I’m sorry, the idea of fucking KAZUCHIKA OKADA starting in the PC, in the same class as a bunch of failed college football offensive linemen is fucking insane.
Imagine you’re a beginner in jiu-jitsu, been training a couple months, could still stand to lose a few pounds but you’re feeling good, and you enter a tournament, surprise yourself by going on a win streak, and standing across from you in the finals is JON FUCKING MOXLEY.
AEW's Jon Moxley won his division in a jiu-jitsu tournament Saturday in Ohio. Moxley took home gold in the men's beginner 30-years-old-and-up no-gi division at super heavyweight (225 to 249.9 lbs.). Tournament was the NAGA Cincinnati Grappling Championship.
I always said that the magic of TalkingSmack was that it allowed these corporate-polished marketing machines to drop the veneer and just be themselves as real people, unfiltered.
Which makes this clip all the more revealing in hindsight.
Rhea Ripley turned 23 six weeks ago.
Sasha is 27.
Bayley is 30.
Becky is 32.
Charlotte is 33.
We're headed toward WrestleMania 36.
If Rhea Ripley is still in WWE at WrestleMania 50, she'll still be two years younger than Shayna Baszler is RIGHT NOW.
#SurvivorSeries
#WWENXT
I had never heard the name “Eddie Kingston” before this promo.
Had never laid eyes on this man before he came out and told Cody Rhodes “I AM A GROWN-ASS MAN. AND I WILL PUT YOU IN THE GROUND AND SMILE.”
That moment was my introduction.
From that moment I was hooked.
Eddie Kingston's AEW debut on national television during the peak of pandemic.
Perfect example of a guy who didn't need any vignette or promo package. He told you about his life struggles and talked trash for 2 minutes and you were instantly hooked.
Obviously, if you’re AEW, and you ever run Oklahoma again, there’s only one thing you can do.
You book Nyla in a match for the title, and you put the belt on *HER* in the motherfucking Main Event.
And if the Oklahoma Athletic Commission has a problem with it, they can eat shit.
NEWS: I have received the minutes from January's Oklahoma Athletic Commission mtg about a "transgender" wrestler (h/t
@RealRasslinUK
)
In regard to Nyla Rose competing, the Commission passed a motion to "warn
@AEW
to not do this again" or there will be "punitive action" taken.
So neither the Intercontinental NOR the US Title will be defended at
#WrestleMania
.
Finn Balor and Ricochet don’t get to wrestle.
But Logan Paul and Johnny Knoxville get to wrestle.
I hate it here.
#SmackDown
I'm convinced that Bryan takes a sick pleasure in knowing how concerned we all get when he takes bumps like this.
He thinks it's hilarious.
#AEWDynamite
Turning a Texas Cloverleaf into a Powerbomb and right back into a Cloverleaf is one of the most impressive & innovative things I've seen in a while.
#AEW
Not interested in MJF vs Sammy.
Not interested in MJF vs Darby.
Not interested in MJF vs Jungle Boy.
VERY interested in a Fatal 4-Way with all competitors.
Hope we can get there somehow.
#AEW
This is just a grown man admitting he doesn’t know how to use Google, and most of the comments are all some variation of “bro is cooking fr”.
Gatekeeping is dumb, but so is a lack of intellectual curiosity.
O’Shea Jackson Jr on AEW fans and what’s missing
“If I’m watching someone on AEW and I ask who is this guy I don’t need you to tell me I’m not a real wrestling fan.”
(Chris Van Vliet interview)
Imagine being so unconcerned with beating your “non-competition” on a night THEY DON’T EVEN NORMALLY RUN that you bring in John Cena and Paul Heyman and threaten to exhume the Undertaker.
Priceless.
ANDRADE
vs OMEGA
vs FENIX
vs PAC
vs LIO RUSH
vs HANGMAN
vs MOXLEY
vs EDDIE
vs GUEVARA
vs WARDLOW
vs JUNGLE BOY
vs MIRO
vs DARBY
vs RICKY STARKS
vs PENTA
vs CHRISTIAN
vs OGOGO
vs UNFROZEN CAVEMAN
WRESTLER
BOOK THEM ALL
#AEW
“Slam the door in the face of their former company” is such an insane thing to say.
Makes me wish it was possible for Mustafa Ali to walk out on Dynamite and have TK say, “we’re willing to buy him out. And if you sue him, Vince, he’s using *my* lawyers.”
Never happen though.
The Forbidden Door can be opened for anyone from any wrestling promotion in the world, whether or not it’s a company
@AEW
is on good terms with, even if it’s someone from a company that’s open for business. They’re also welcome to slam the door in the face of their prior company.
So Asuka became number one contender by beating Becky and Becky became number one container by beating Asuka the following week and now both women are number one contenders and neither of them got over because WWE.
#WWERaw
"Right after The Rock leaves this arena, San Diego, I'm gonna head down to the pet store, The Rock's been thinking about getting a new pet, and I thought maybe I'd get a medium-sized housecat, or maybe a tiny little hamster, or maybe, The Rock might get A BIG DOG."
Kazuchika Okada: "There have been a lot of dream matches over the years, but not many that can truly capture fans the world over. I’m happy to be half of a dream match that can do just that. I want to show people just how good Japanese wrestling can be."
I don’t hate Punk.
Don’t love him either.
I think it’s a false narrative that those are the only options.
So I guess what I’m saying is:
Now, Phil.
Now is when you’re telling lies.
#AEWCollision
Wait did I miss something, why are we booing Ruby?
She won an OUTSTANDING match vs Statlander, who was a late replacement in the tournament. If you were rooting for Kris, that’s fine, I love her too, but if you didn’t already know she was losing, that’s kinda on you.
.
@realrubysoho
has a lot of pent up feelings towards Dr.
@realbrittbaker
DMD and plans on putting the hurt on her this SUNDAY LIVE on PPV at
#AEWDoN
Double or Nothing! Do not miss it! What an incredible night of action here on
@tntdrama
tonight!
One of the little things that struck me last night was that Kevin Patrick on commentary seemed flustered and confused instead of his usual exuberant puppy dog self, and then it hit me.
I don’t know if he’d ever had Vince in his ear on the headset before.
That’d fluster anyone.
World Heavyweight Title tournament in WWE is cross-branded.
WWE Raw and Smackdown will see a total of four Triple Threat matches next week. The winners of each on Raw & SD take on each other later that night and culminates at WWE Night of Champions
WWE does not plan to grant Mustafa Ali's request for release, Fightful Select has learned.
The full story and many more details are up for subscribers of Fightful Select
OK, AEW.
There’s no more room for excuses.
Your women’s division is right up there with any on the planet.
You need a minimum of two women’s matches on Dynamite and one on Rampage.
I do not want to hear it.
Get it done.
#AEWAllOut