In this WrestleTalk News, another NWA departure rocks the company, King of the Ring to returns
as a premium live event?
And Oli will be here reviewing AEW Dynamite.
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While Arn Anderson may not quite understand it, the Acclaimed’s scissoring craze has
well and truly swept the AEW galaxy - uniting wrestlers, fans and even Father Bottom himself
and his newly adopted sons.
However, it seems for one important figure in AEW, they’re still waiting on that special
bonding moment.
Tony Khan has recently revealed that as much as he wishes it to happen, he has yet to say
those beautiful words of ‘scissor me daddy’ to his own father Shahid Khan.
Speaking on Boston’s Gresh and Keefe on WEEI 93.7 FM Tony revealed he won’t be giving
up that pursuit of gratification and bonding anytime soon reiterating that "He [Shahid
Khan] would love that, so I will try to scissor him."
We at Wrestletalk would like to wish Tony Khan all the best in these future scissoring
endeavors.
Adding to the impending loss of top star Nick Aldis, it was announced that NWA’s Taryn
Terrell has not only departed the company but has also retired from wrestling altogether.
Terell made the announcement via her Instagram, thanking NWA and Billy Corgan for her time
in the company.
However, a new report from Fightful Select has revealed that all was actually not well
between the two parties leading to Terrell’s exit.
Terrell reportedly notified NWA of her intention to leave in October citing concerns relating
to her creative.
Importantly she was also reportedly not pleased with how the company reacted to her sustaining
a head injury in a recent match.
Terrell has worked for NWA since 2021 and was initially employed in an on-screen managerial
role, however she did go on to compete in ten matches in total for the company.
As previously mentioned, this week has not been too kind for NWA and President Billy
Corgan, with the recent suspension of Nick Aldis following his unfavorable comments towards
Corgan and NWA as well as his announcement that he would be leaving the company in January
2023.
However, Corgan stated on Busted Open Radio on Tuesday that he believes Aldis is working
some kind of angle and using himself and the NWA to do so.
Either way, Terrell and Aldis’ departures and reasoning behind them have not painted
the NWA in the best light lately.
Stay tuned to Wrestletalk.com for more updates on this increasingly curious situation.
With WWE on the eve of finally welcoming one of WCW’s most famous concepts to its main
roster in War Games on November 27th, Triple H isn’t quite satisfied with that being
the only PPV revival coming to the current product.
According to Wrestlevotes via GiveMeSport, there is a “very good chance” WWE is bringing
back the King of the Ring event as a standalone tournament.
This would see the event return to its roots from back in the 80’s when it was first
conceived, with all rounds taking place on one night instead of preliminary rounds being
hosted on Raw and Smackdown.
Wrestlevotes also noted that if WWE does decide to go through with the event’s resurrection
it would likely result in the Queen of the Ring receiving it’s own separate bracket
on the show.
If this is true it’s amazing, and much welcomed news as KOTR was a staple for so long in WWE.
However, if a KOTR and QOTR are to take place on one night that would mean a whopping 14
matches total, while we have seen similar astronomical match numbers at AEW PPV’s
such as All Out recently that is maybe a bit too much.
WWE has seen it’s fair share of shocking returns as of late, but none quite matched
the 24/7 seeing it’s first on camera title defense in what has felt like a lifetime.
Following her capturing and subsequent (almost) binning of the title on Raw, WWE has seemingly
made it official and called it a day on the title.
Marking its lifespan on their website as 2019-2022 on the superstars page on WWE.com.
The 24/7 title leaves a rather forgettable legacy behind, being not much more than an
excuse to give TV time to underutilized performers.
However, credit must be given to R-Truth who frequently held up segments involving the
title as well as holding the record for most title reigns with a whopping 53.
It’s Thursday, you know what that means!
My review of AEW Dynamite… in about 5 minutes.
After last week’s fever dream of a show, this episode opened with the 8 man tag of
FTR and the Acclaimed vs the Ass Boys and Swerve in our Glory - where Keith Lee did
not fist bump his tag team partner Swerve.
ACCUSATIONS!
This was a fun opening match which also did a lot of storyline juggling - both across
the ring, and within the teaming teams themselves.
The Acclaimed will face Swerve in our Glory for the tag titles at Full Gear.
FTR will probably smash the Ass Boys at an ROH show.
But beyond that, The Acclaimed will also likely have to defend against FTR in the near future.
And the intra-tag team feud of Swerve in our Glory was also told, with Lee seeming dejected
by his parter’s heel shenanigans, but when they did work together, they took out everyone.
It marks the Full Gear match a less predictable ‘Acclaimed retain’ outcome, because of
the added intrigue of whether Keith fully turns heel to side with Swerve.
FTR hit the Big Rig on Colten for Bowens to make the pin - another neat layer of The Acclaimed
only being tag champions because FTR are letting them
Freshening up how to present wrestling promos, AEW then played an exclusive excerpt of MJF
appearing on the sports podcast Pardon My Take.
The production looked awesome.
The content, eh.
I’m still waiting for this sudden babyface direction to fully click with me.
MJF is a fantastic talker.
Every line was crafted and delivered to perfection.
He talked up that him winning the world title will be a wrestling history defining moment.
That he’s going to fly the flag for AEW and professional wrestling - his most overt
babyface promise so far.
He even got a dig in at CM Punk, talking about how his big career moments so far have been
overshadowed by other things on the same shows, like neck tattoos, Matt Hardy concussions
and… a press conference.
He also explained that he’s not been on Dynamite the last two weeks because his doctors
said he shouldn’t travel after such a brutal beatdown, where the Firm put him through a
table.
But that doesn’t ring that true when I feel like I’ve seen Darby Allin get set on fire,
thrown down five flights of stairs, run over by a 4x4 on a weekly basis and then he comes
out the next week with one plaster on his arm.
Hell, Sammy Guevarra probably does that in one match.
It comes across like a heel move to not show up two weeks in a row, like he’s dodging
Moxley and coming to work.
But maybe that’s the underlying intention, and his new babyface act is all a work.
Stokely Hathaway then got a rebuttal promo where he feels betrayed by Max as he just
used the Firm.
Stop trying to make the Firm happen.
And revealed it’s illegal to ride a dick without a license.
Well then someone arrest my ex-girlfriend!
She cheated on me so much.
Yay, it’s Eddie Kingston, and he’s totally fine.
He took on Ethan Page in the first round of the Championship Eliminator tournament, which
Excalibur explained how this is actually a feud that goes back over a decade, leaving
a trail of blood across the Midwest.
It might’ve probably been better to save this for a later stage in the tournament then,
and really lean into that cool history, because while fine, it didn’t fully realise that
potential - with Page going over after Hathaway distracted the ref when Kingston nearly had
it won, letting Ethan hit a very impressive 2nd rope Ego’s Edge to win.
With Kingston out, this now feels like even more of a midcard tournament compared to previous
years.
Also, during that match, Tony Schiavone mentioned off hand on commentary that AEW is coming
to the UK.
That’s great news.
But perhaps maybe not the level of news that Tony Khan promised as “an exciting newsworthy
show…”
now look at all my intricate data points.
At this rate of big announcement promotion, he’s going to reveal Bram’s signed a multi-year
deal.
Wardlow powerbombed Ari Daivari into oblivion and then called out Powerhouse Hobbs, following
Hobbs attacking him at the end of last week’s show.
The cup of coffee kicked in, and Wardlow got way too confident, saying he’s going to
win every title there is.
That’s going to take a while.
There’s like 8 just on this show.
Which didn’t go down too well with his buddy who was lurking right behind him, ROH TV Champion
Samoa Joe.
Joe turned on Wardlow, which while it wasn’t an angle that was built well or that impactful,
it sure sets up a mouthwatering hoss three way.
Finally getting a fair independent adjudicator, Britt Baker and Saraya were interviewed by
the totally impartial Tony Schiavone.
Saraya finally revealed she is 100% medically cleared, where she broke into tears with genuine
heartwarming emotion.
Unfortunately Britt Baker then destroyed her on the mic.
Now the in-ring status is cleared up, it’s revealed another problem with Saraya.
AEW is expecting her to walk into a promotion, declare it her house, and be cheered like
a babyface.
This goes against the entitled, anti-WWE narrative they’ve fostered over the years, and when
Britt pointed that out, calling Saraya a superstar, not a wrestler, that this isn’t her house,
it’s Britt’s, who built it up from day one, it exposed Saraya, character dynamic-wise,
as a heel.
Saraya seemed genuinely rattled as the crowd realised they sided with Baker, and doubled
down - saying Britt has no idea what it takes to make it.
Which again doesn’t ring true, as we’ve seen Britt bleed and work injured and be champion
for over a year to make it.
Saraya had great passion, but in hindsight, thinking she could be an uber face just because
of nostalgia was a lazy and shortsighted.
Jay Lethal beat Trent in a what turned out to be a long backstage segment and in-ring
match set up for Jeff Jarrett to challenge Sting and Darby to a tag match at Full Gear.
He then chased off a member of the crew who was trying to wrap him up, and didn’t even
hit him over the head with a guitar.
Jungle Boy said Christian doesn’t get to decide when their feud is over.
Can I?
Because I feel like it peaked two months ago.
Jon Moxley cut a promo replying to MJF, saying he knows the devil, and Max isn’t it.
This was great delivery as usual, and the content was good, but maybe not the level
it needs to be at two weeks out from the pay-per-view.
We got another clip of The Elite getting erased.
Jamie Hayter beat Sky Blue to build her for Toni Storm.
Lance Archer beat up Ricky Starks ahead of their tournament match backstage.
I miss the days when Lance would throw people through ceilings.
And the main event was a 2 out of 3 match so good, it’ll make you go: ah, maybe Sammy
Guevarra has actual heat rather than the kind where I just want him to leave.
The mix of Danielson’s stiff technical work and Guevarra’s flamboyant flipping created
an engaging back and forth styles clash - which is the larger underpinning story of the JAS
vs BCC: a difference of wrestling philosophies.
And the structure was very similar to one of my favourite 2 out of 3 falls matches of
all time - Great start to match, with Danielson’s intensity
and Guevarra’s flipping flamboyant.
Guevarra intentionally lost first fall with chair to Danielson head.
Then took microphone to Danielson’s eye.
Danielson had colour.
Danielson really good at still fighting, despite being selling.
Sammy GTH to give him second fall.
Very similar structure to one of my favourite 2 out of 3 fall matches of all time - some
guy called Daniel Bryan vs Sheamus at Extreme Rules 2012.
Sammy whacked Danielson with a chair to lose the first fall, but it gave him a significant
advantage to grab the second and almost a third.
Cue an incredibly exciting final third, full of innovative flips into submission counters,
but Danielson eventually made Sammy tap in a modified LaBell Lock.
What did you think of Dynamite?
Let me know in the comments.
The main event was terrific, and Saraya being medically cleared is very newsworthy.
But when you compare this episode to the same time last year, there’s something missing.
And I’m not just talking about CM Punk, Adam Cole, Hangman Page and The Elite.
We’re just one show away from Full Gear, and it feels like one of the least hyper AEW
pay-per-views ever.
This week’s Dynamite is 74%.