Cary Silkin, ROH’s previous owner before Tony Khan of AEW bought the promotion, made an appearance on Busted Open to discuss how the company was doing under its new management (per Wrestling Inc). 

According to Silkin, the company’s two PPV events under Khan haven’t yet reached the heights of their potential. 

“No, not yet. Maybe Tony Khan will hear this and not be happy with what I said … He’s got so many people there that he’s going to use contracted AEW guys as opposed to bringing in Dalton Castle regularly or bringing in a Matt Taven or whoever else. Hopefully some of these guys who are fringe but worthy wrestling talent like Taven, like Mike Bennett, other guys have signed with Impact already.”

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Freddie Prinze Jr. recently offered his opinion on why he thinks Liv Morgan is becoming a villain and what Ronda Rousey needs to do to enhance her WWE promos. 

On the most recent edition of Wrestling With Freddy, Prinze praised Morgan’s performance and mentioned that he believes she is turning heel so that she may defeat Rousey at Extreme Rules. Here are the highlights: 

The backstage segment between the two: 

“I thought [Morgan] was very good. She kept it simple, she didn’t try to oversell anything. She didn’t try to seem desperate. She put her lie out there, ‘I’m the only person that’s beaten you twice.’ Which is true, but the way she won was still a lie, but now she’s taking this heel stance. Based off where she was last week when she watched Ronda wrestle, she was up in like a private suite looking down, which was kind of heelish.

“So I think they’re going the route. Now they wanted her to be a babyface, but I think they have to go the route of heel now. And I thought she did a pretty damned good job, and challenged Ronda to an Extreme Rules match which is probably the only way she can legit beat her because she can cheat, because there’s no rules. And then that can maybe give us a heel champion for a babyface to chase.”

Rousey’s performance in the segment: 

“You’ll notice I didn’t mention what she did… they gave her as little dialogue as you possibly can. I think she had three lines. But even the three lines were just…rough, man. It’s rough. She even had an easy one, like, ‘You want to challenge ME to an Extreme Rules match?’ It should have been like that, she should have almost been laughing on the line. And instead like, she waits to breath until the line is over.

“It’s just little acting [things]. If they just got her a little coach who said, ‘Hey, don’t forget to breath. Hey, you know how you laughed earlier when you talked to me because you thought I was full of s**t when I said I trained jiu-jitsu and I’m pretty good,’ and you were like, [chuckles] ‘Yeah, I bet you do.’ Do that when she challenges you.’ And it’s those kind of notes that can help people. You’ve just gotta give them the Cliff Notes.”

Quotes via 411 Mania

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The New Day has become one of the most decorated stables in WWE history, and according to Kofi Kingston, WWE live events were vital in the group’s development. 

Speaking with Graham “GSM” Matthews for WrestleRant Radio, Kinston was asked to name something the New Day has tried out at a live event before performing it on television. 

“Everything that we have done on TV started at a live event, whether it be on the road traveling in the car or just doing random stuff in the ring. Literally everything. We usually go out there and we try to entertain each other, and then when something like that works, we’re like, ‘People are gonna liked. Well let’s see if they like it this time. Oh, they like it here. Let’s bring it on TV and see if they like it there too. Being on the road and having these live events was integral to the chemistry and development of me, Woods, and E. We were very fortunate to be able to travel every single week and have matches with each other. This is before anything was televised, and just to kind of like foster that chemistry and really fine-tune it so by the time that we were able to debut on TV.”

Quotes via Fightful

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Speaking on WWE’s Table for 3, Rick Steiner questioned why his son, Bron Breakker, did not use the Steiner name when he joined WWE NXT. 

The Steiner name is legendary due to the tag team work and singles careers of Rick and his brother Scott. 

Rick asked, “I know [WWE] came up with Bron Breakker, why not like Bron Steiner? Why, like, who comes up with that?”

Bron responded with, “I kind of came up with it from football and just playing football I tried to hurt people or break people in half when I was blocking. That’s kind of how I came up with the name and I don’t feel like we need to use the [Steiner] name for me to be successful. I mean, I think I should, just go my own, go my own route and pay tribute to [The Steiner Brothers.]”

H/T Wrestling Inc for the transcription

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Jim Cornette gave his thoughts on various topics, including Madcap Moss, during his Jim Cornette Experience.

Cornette spoke highly of Moss’ look, in-ring prowess, and overall athleticism while he finds his way in WWE. 

“But next up was for the NXT North American Title, which was just won by Solo Sikoa on apparently the last NXT program he’s going to be on, because now he’s on the main roster. And he defended against old Mosh Pit Jones. Who now except they’re still calling him Madcap Moss, but he looks like a f*cking star now, because they’ve taken that goofy outfit off of him.

And he’s jacked, and he looks good, and his athleticism, you can tell he’s [got potential], why they stuck him next to Baron Corbin and that ridiculous gimmick, you know, they have however long it’s been since they started it, that’s how far behind they have put this guy in his wrestling career. Because nobody was ever going to give a sh*t about it, take it seriously, pay attention to him as a result of it, whatever. So, both these guys can go because Solo is good they look great. And it’s still the same six guys on this show.

I remember Mid South Wrestling used to have more variety on the programme. We had 18 guys in the territory, they’ve got 200 under contract, and we’re seeing the same six. Hopefully they’ll change Madcap in the near future. They can go, they looked great, Sammy interfered enough until finally, Moss chased him away and then turned around and ran into a super kick 123. So, apparently, they’re not wanting to push Moss, but at least they made him or let him get rid of his suspenders.”

Quotes via Inside The Ropes

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At WWE SummerSlam 2021, after a 16-month absence, Brock Lesnar made his return to WWE television, and he did so sporting a brand-new appearance.

Since then, he has gone by the nicknames “Farmer Brock” and “Viking Brock.”

Brock was recently captured on camera on a farm, and as you can see, he has since grown out of his Viking-style ponytail and is once again clean-shaven.

Since his loss to Roman Reigns at SummerSlam back in July, Lesnar has not made an appearance on WWE TV. He is prominently featured in advertisements for the January WWE Day 1 and Royal Rumble events.

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Kenny Omega became one of the biggest stars in the industry when he took over Bullet Club in New Japan, assisting BC in reaching new heights and putting on a number of memorable matches.

Rocky Romero recalled how NJPW head booker Gedo decided that Omega would be the next big star during an appearance on Bobby Fish’s Undisputed Podcast. Omega’s rise was helped in part by the NJPW exit of former Bullet Club leader AJ Styles.

“So we were all back there, we were making the match, right? This is like a day before the Tokyo Dome and I knew what was gonna happen because obviously, Karl [Anderson] and [Doc] Gallows, we’re really tight and they had kind of told me the night before that, ‘Hey, we’re gonna talk to the bossman and let him know that we’re out of here and AJ’s going and we’re gonna leave right after him’ so… So we’re all trying to make the match but I remember The [Young] Bucks and I were invested in these two, like trying to make the match but also really trying to watch what was going to happen in this whole conversation when they broke the news to Gedo that they were leaving, they were on their way out. So, we kind of watched the whole thing and that was also the day that we saw — literally, I saw Gedo like, ‘Oh sh*t, you guys are leaving, AJ’s leaving.’ He’s like, ‘Oh man.’

“He’s totally feeling it and then he kind of scans the room and then he just sees Kenny [Omega] and then it’s like, okay, AJ’s out and you could see it in his face. He just locked eyes on Kenny, was like, okay, Kenny’s the guy now. All this kind of happened right at the same time. It was pretty cool and kind of interesting, you know, kind of what happened after that because AJ was out, BULLET CLUB, Gallows and Anderson left, Shinsuke [Nakamura] left and then it was literally like the next night after the Tokyo Dome was the big angle where Omega lifts up AJ and drops him on his head and then now, Kenny takes over the BULLET CLUB and then you see the rise of Omega’s BULLET CLUB or whatever so, yeah, just pretty crazy. Crazy time,” said Romero.

H/T: POST Wrestling

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After news broke that WWE content on the streaming service was going to expire this weekend, an update on the WWE’s contract with Hulu has surfaced.

Previous reports indicated that WWE content would be removed from the streaming service when the WWE-Hulu agreement for Raw and SmackDown next-day rights was scheduled to expire on Saturday (September 24).

The majority of the WWE content available on the service is currently labeled as expiring on Tuesday (September 27), according to PWInsider. WWE and Hulu are reportedly still in talks about a potential new agreement.

Raw, SmackDown, NXT, Main Event, Total Divas, and Total Bellas are among the programs that will leave Hulu.

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Delirious, a former head booker for Ring of Honor, reportedly worked at the Impact Wrestling TV tapings on Saturday night following Victory Road.

In addition to people like Gail Kim, Lance Storm, Tommy Dreamer, Jimmy Jacobs, RD Evans, and Deaner, the wrestling veteran also worked as a producer, according to PWInsider.

At the Victory Road special, Delirious made a challenge for Mike Bailey’s X-Division Championship. Frankie Kazarian of AEW rose to the top contender position at Victory Road, and on October 7, Kazarian will compete for the gold at Bound for Glory.

After Supercard of Honor in April, the first event after Tony Khan bought the promotion, the former booker’s job with the ROH was officially terminated.

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Matt Menard and Angelo Parker are two of the most improved wrestlers in the world, according to AEW President Tony Khan.

Speaking on Barstool Rasslin, Khan commended the tag team and said that Menard and Parker have improved due to the Jericho Appreciation Society.

“They are two of the most improved wrestlers in the world. What a great year, Parker and Menard have had. Those guys are really, really great wrestlers and I’m excited to see – honestly, they have the ability to be great wrestlers, but this year we’ve seen them transcend it and become also great sports entertainers. It’s taken Menard and Parker to another level of being with (Chris) Jericho.”

Quotes via Cultaholic. 

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As previously noted, former WWE/AEW star Bobby Fish made his Impact debut at Victory Road on Friday by cutting a promo. 

PWInsider has more details and notes on the current status of Fish with the promotion. Fish and Joe Hendry filmed backstage material that will be used on future episodes of Impact TV. 

Fish has reportedly not yet signed with Impact Wrestling, but he’s currently set to work Bound for Glory on October 7th and the following TV tapings the next night, both of which are being held in Albany, New York.

Although it’s said to be unclear whether he’ll be working additional dates beyond those shows, it is said to be “certainly possible.”

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Teddy Long’s account blocked several people on Twitter after his account was hacked. Saturday night saw the WWE Hall of Famer’s Twitter account block people, including Taz, Saraya, Renee Paquette, Britt Baker, Joe Gacy, Cheeseburger, Santos Escobar, Sammy Guevara, and more. 

Long released a video explaining the situation with his account:

“Hey, what’s up players? WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long. Just wanted to get on here this morning and let everybody know, I’m here at LA Fitness, my second home, somebody hacked my Twitter account, I have no idea who it was. I think it was somebody that I blocked that was mad because I blocked them, and then they wanted to hack my s*** and block everybody else. Well, I want to thank him because the first thing they did was they got me trending. This is like the third time I’ve ever been trending. So that tells me, ‘Teddy Long, you still got it.’ But let me explain this to you, players, I didn’t block anybody. Like I said, it might have been that person that hacked me, I might have blocked him, and you can see why I blocked him. My Twitter is verified, so I didn’t block anybody. So, I don’t want y’all mad at me, so I’ll be coming next week we’ll talk further about this. I’ll be doing maybe a couple of podcasts and we’ll be talking more about it. But I didn’t block anybody, so I’m letting you all know, it was not me. Players, I love all of y’all!”

Quotes via 411 Mania

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Seth Rollins vs. Matt Riddle in a Fight Pit Match will take place at the upcoming Extreme Rules pay-per-view event. 

The early betting odds are out for the match and list Riddle as the -260 favorite while Rollins is the +180 underdog, according to Betonline.com.

WWE presents the Extreme Rules event on Saturday, October 8, 2022, from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA that will air on Peacock. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.  

Updated WWE Extreme Rules Card

WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Liv Morgan vs. Ronda Rousey – Extreme Rules Match

WWE Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair vs. Bayley

Seth Rollins vs. Matt Riddle – Fight Pit

Karrion Kross vs. Drew McIntyre – Strap Match

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Karl Anderson spoke with Sports Illustrated for a new interview where he talked about a wide range of topics. Here are the highlights: 

The longevity of the Bullet Club: 

“Each time somebody has talked s**t about Bullet Club or started to say Bullet Club is dead, or there’s too many members, something else cool happens. It just remains hot. If you look at the totality of wrestling, there’s a bunch of great factions. I look at it this way—I grew up on the Four Horsemen. I love the Four Horsemen. There’s the Four Horsemen, the NWO, Degeneration X and the Bullet Club. Of course, there are other great factions, and I’m not slighting anybody. But look at all the guys that have gone through the Bullet Club, where they are now, and how they still show their Bullet Club roots in AEW, WWE and Impact. Bullet Club has been reinvigorated again in New Japan Pro-Wrestling with Jay White, who’s turning into a massive star. Now he’ll always be attached to the Bullet Club. [Kevin] Nash and [Scott] Hall passing on the Too Sweet to us, that completely legitimized us. Then Shawn Michaels and Triple H throwing up The Kliq sign to us in the Manhattan Center on Monday Night Raw [in 2018], that was another big moment. That’s all because of what we did in Japan. It’s pretty crazy to think back to 2013. There’s no way we could imagine where this was going to go.”

The possibility of an extended singles run: 

“People look at us primarily Anderson and Gallows, or Gallows and Anderson, and I love tag-team wrestling, but I do want a singles run. I came into my own during the G1 in 2011 when I started learning from Tanahashi and Shinsuke [Nakamura]. I wanted to build the types of matches they were creating, and then I started to do that. I absolutely want an extended singles run in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. I was pushing for one in Impact, but the timing just didn’t work out. I love singles matches. It’s a different way to show people what I can do. I f**king love it.”

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One of AEW’s biggest rising superstars has been Absolute Ricky Starks, who has wowed audiences since getting signed by the promotion in 2020, which includes a run as FTW champion.

When someone on Twitter referred to Starks as a potential pillar of the company he quickly responded by saying he doesn’t wish to be known as a pillar as he stands on an island by himself. His full tweet reads:

“Sorry, I don’t wish to be involved in any pillar talk. We’re way past that convo. You can leave it to those guys to be enclosed by those definitions. I’m stand alone. Island supporting himself.”

Sorry, I don’t wish to be involved in any pillar talk. We’re way past that convo. You can leave it to those guys to be enclosed by those definitions

I’m stand alone. Island supporting himself https://t.co/gjXDgDbXvk

— Ricky Starks (@starkmanjones) September 25, 2022

Fans and analysts have been having the AEW pillars talk since the company launched, which has included names like Darby Allin, Jungle Boy, Sammy Guevara, MJF, Adam Page, and Britt Baker.

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Former NXT U.K. star Wild Boar recently appeared on the Ringsiders Wrestling program to discuss his run in the now disbanded brand, adding that he had heard rumors of the NXT Europe launch but wasn’t sure if he would be involved in those plans. Highlights from the interview can be found beow.

What he feels like he learned and got better at during his time in WWE:

Two things I really feel like I’ve developed: Confidence [during my time working with NXT UK coaches]. Confidence in being in-ring. I was confident before, but now it’s a different type of confidence. It’s really hard for me to explain to even myself to be honest. I can’t put a finger on why I’m more confident but I just am. Maybe it’s a pressure thing. I feel like if you’re put in a certain situation which is high pressure, unless the next situation is higher than that, probably gonna be — the pressure isn’t gonna be that much on you therefore you’re more confident if that makes sense and then the other point is that I found my voice to an extent, right? Before going in, I really shied away from talking of any kind and then when you’re there and obviously, you’re working with people like William Regal who’s giving you advice on talking in front of a camera and you work with other certain people who were there and they give you certain tips… Like working with some of the other talent who were already pretty good at speaking, coming out of there, I’m so much more confident with being able to speak and I feel like me as a wrestler is so much more well-rounded these days and that increases my passion to wanna be able to get out there on the independents and so… I look at me now, that’s my feeling on it.

His thoughts on NXT Europe:

It [NXT Europe] was kind of briefly mentioned towards the end when the call came [WWE release]. But we didn’t know too much about it to be honest with you. Still don’t. I think that’s the feeling to be honest [that former NXT UK talents could return for NXT Europe]. If you’re gonna be sensible with it, if you’re gonna look at it from a real life circumstance, you don’t know what point in your life you’re gonna be in if an offer comes along. So I can’t say ‘yes’, I can’t say ‘no’. All I’m saying is, regardless if I’m involved or not, I feel like NXT Europe could be a pretty cool thing. Looking at the Clash at the Castle thing, there’s obviously an investment in doing more in this country… Just thinking about how Triple H has been handling WWE and stuff lately. He’s just gone in, isn’t he? He’s gone right for [it], let’s go.

(H/T and transcribed by Post Wrestling)

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The legendary Al Snow recently spoke with Steve Fall from NBC Sports Boston about his days in the Attitude Era, and how he used to get into legitimate arguments with his most famous prop, Head. Snow states that if he were involved in today’s post-show media scrums he would constantly speak with Head and act insane. Highlights are below.

Says he would act insane if he did media scrums back in the Attitude Era, especially with his prop mannequin piece, Head:

“I would do it as if I were completely and legitimately insane. People don’t realize, during that time, I carried the head everywhere. When I went out to eat after shows, I took it into diners, into restaurants, it sat across the table, I’d order dinner. We’d argue and fight.”

Recalls getting into fights with Head at restaurants, fights that would make the staff and other customers uncomfortable:

Waitresses would come up, ‘Sir, you’re making the other customers uncomfortable, they’re leaving.’ ‘Well they’re making us uncomfortable, how are we going to eat our food? They [Head] has an upset stomach, I’ve paid for their dinner, box it up please, we’re gonna go.’ Then I’d take the second meal back and eat it in the hotel later.”

(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)

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During a recent interview with Sportskeeda top wrestling star EC3 recalled a promo he cut in WWE that Vince McMahon hated so much that the now-retired Chairman demanded that EC3 no longer speak on-screen. Check out the full story in the highlights below.

On a goofy promo that he did that Vince McMahon saw:

“I swear, this is the truth; he saw one promo I did; it wasn’t even like one of our professional shoots. It was me by the pool. And I think I was going like ‘victory after victory.’ It was kind of goofy and over-the-top, like you don’t have any common sense.”

How McMahon hated the promo and thought EC3 shouldn’t even talk:

“He (Vince) saw it once, and he was like, ‘No, this guy needs to be a weatherman. He can’t talk with much enthusiasm. Actually, he shouldn’t even talk.’ Nobody even said, ‘hey, Vince, he’s actually a decent enough speaker, he might be good there with a microphone and produce something with that.’ Nobody even bothered to say anything.”

(H/T and transcribed by Wrestling Inc.)

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WWE Hall of Famer D-Von Dudley recently appeared on The A2theK podcast to discuss a wide range of topics, including how the Usos kindly asked his permission to use the Dudley Boyz 3-D finisher. Highlights from the interview are below.

Says the Usos came up to him at a live event to ask permission to use the 3D:

“They came to me during a live event. I think I was producing it with Jamie Noble, and they had asked me — we would talk and shoot the stuff. When we worked with The Usos, they were talking about when we would hit the 3D on them, and they were like, ‘Yeah, D-Von,’ especially Jey because Jey is so energetic, he’s like, ‘Yeah! We get the 3D, BANG!’ He was like, ‘I was just talking to my brother the other day, and I was like, why don’t we ask D-Von if we can use the 3D?”

How it was an honor for them to ask him:

“I said, ‘Shit, it’s an honor and a pleasure to do that for you guys. I wouldn’t have it any other way,'” Dudley continued. “‘If my boys wanted to wrestle, which they are wrestling, but the day they get on the main stage, they’re going to want to use 3D, too,’ I said, ‘But, you can do it now. Nobody else is doing it. Plus, you’re paying homage to me and Bubba.'”

Recalls watching them hit the move for the first time:

“I remember when The Usos used to play with my sons in catering at the events, throwing paper plates like frisbees around, and it’s one of thos. Thengs, Then, I’m looking across the ring And it’s The Dudleyz versus ,The Usos and I’m like, ‘Wow, talk about the change. ‘Good God, it blew my mind,” he said. “So for them to come to me and ask me, ‘Is it okay if we use The 3D?’ I looked at them and said, F Yeah, but I didn’t say ‘F.’ You know what I said. I said, ‘I would love for you guys to do that. I showed them and told them different things about how to do it. Keep the opponent’s legs closed, and have them stand straight up. Even when he’s coming backward, stay straight, don’t fall backward with them. When they hit it the first time, I was home actually recuperating from back surgery when I saw it. I’m watching the pay-per-view, and suddenly, I looked and went, ‘They just hit 3D! Did they just hit 3D?’ I was like, ‘Oh, shit; they did,’ he continued. “Then, of course, the fans were like, Oh, ‘I can’t believe that 3D, that’s disrespectful.’ Then I went on Twitter and said, ‘go f yourselves.’ I go, ‘They asked for permission to use it. They didn’t need to ask, but they asked for permission. They were being nice about it, and they hit it perfectly. Leave these guys alone.’ Let the new generation be what you want us to be back in the day. Because when me and Bubba, and The Hardy Boys, and Edge and Christian came on the scene, nobody believed in us.”

(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)

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Top WWE superstar Drew McIntyre did not compete at the company’s house show in Stockton California last night, with PW Insider reporting that the former two-time world champion was dealing with food poisoning.

That’s not all. McIntyre was apparently in bad shape prior to the SmackDown taping, but received IV treatment to help get him through his segment with Karriron Kross and Scarlett.

The Scottish Warrior was replaced by Braun Strowman at the house show event.

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