Wrestlers being under-utilised in WWE before switching to AEW is a common theme here, and Melo epitomises this trend. The Brazilian lingered in WWE third brand NXT without acclaim for three years before departing in April 2020. A year later she'd been widely praised as one of AEW's brighte...
It is also possible that there are matches featuring only AEW talent. AEW has an outstanding women’s division, but New Japan does not employ female wrestlers. Its parent company, Bushiroad, also owns Stardom, which is New Japan’s sister promotion. “This is an AEW-NJPW event, said Ohba...
Tony Khan has a message. As delivered by Tony Schiavone on commentary, “AEW has come to terms with one of the world’s best wrestlers, someone who is known and respected by virtually every AEW fan. They’ll come to Los Angeles to sign their contract this Saturday at Full Gear.” Just...
Riddle is shown backstage, talking into the camera. He thanks the fans for the love and support they've shown Orton. He addresses the Usos and states he didn't come alone--enter Nakamura! Nakamura and Riddle warn the "tribal piece of trash" that he can't stop them from taking the Uso...
RARARARA! Ishii tells Jericho in Japanese that he’s done for. Will the Learning Tree be uprooted once and for all? Or is the ROH World Championship stuck in the Jericho Vortex for good this time? The Bucks are hurrying to the parking lot. Matt & Nick look over their shoulders, Marvez...
From there, we shift gears to a Shinsuke Nakamura live video segment where he talks in Japanese about his Bullrope match against Cody Rhodes tonight. Once that wraps up, the match is promoted and then Cole and McAfee hype the Undisputed Women's Tag-Team title rematch coming up next. ...
It was like it exposed me and a lot of fans from that time period to so much of that Japanese wrestling that you know, if it wasn’t for Ring of Honor… the first time I saw stuff that really changed my whole life is Pro Wrestling NOAH, KENTA a...
RARARARA! Ishii tells Jericho in Japanese that he’s done for. Will the Learning Tree be uprooted once and for all? Or is the ROH World Championship stuck in the Jericho Vortex for good this time? The Bucks are hurrying to the parking lot. Matt & Nick look over their shoulders, Marvez...
As we settle back in from the commercials, we see Otis taking over on offense again. This time he has Nakamura down for the Catapillar spot and he hits it. He goes for the cover but the Japanese legend kicks out after the count of two. ...
Konosuke nods and calls out Ricochet in Japanese. Then in English, “Wednesday, I will end you.” Kyle says Ricochet can bring any one he wants, literally anyone, Kyle doesn’t care. The Don Callis Family heads out, will they completely take over AEW? Lio Rush w/ Top Flight VS Ariya...