Hello and welcome to the WrestleTalk news - I’m Oli Davis. Or am I?
Because as his recent skills of impersonation have shown, I might actually be Chris Jericho.
Following the lights cutting out after Kenny Omega’s victory over Pentagon Jr. at Saturday’s
All In, the luchador suddenly seemed a bit taller in defeat - which turned out to be
because he’d been replaced by Jericho in Zero M’s outfit.
Unless Jericho has actually been Pentagon Jr all along.
Jericho’s appearance was even more shocking considering he performed a gig with his band
Fozzy only several hours earlier. On his Instagram page, Jericho revealed he
had flown from a concert in Little Rock, Arkansas to get to the All In show in Chicago for 5.30pm,
where he then hid in the Young Bucks office until it was time to attack Omega, to then
get on a private jet to fly to another Fozzy gig in Merriam, Kansas later that night - where
he wore the Pentagon make-up on stage. What is it with the fake luchadors this year?
Wait a second… ...Chris?
It was just one moment in a night of celebration for non-WWE wrestling - which has gone down
incredibly well with both fans and wrestlers alike. Bully Ray, who featured in the ROH
matches on the show, tweeted: “The biggest compliment I can pay to #ALLIN
is... I haven’t seen wrestlers and fans have that much passion, energy and FUN since
ECW ONS. Myself included. 🤘” WWE star Daniel Bryan - who was rumoured to
feature on the show if WWE wouldn’t medically clear him to return - praised:
What @CodyRhodes, @MattJackson13 and @NickJacksonYB have done to create a groundswell in the wrestling
community is both incredible and inspiring. Not only is it great for fans but also for
wrestlers and the industry as a whole. Congratulations on what will be an amazing event
And the organiser and new NWA Champion Cody Rhodes posted:
“24 hours removed and I can’t stop smiling. One passion led to a new one. I hope it wasn’t
my only night as an executive producer. Thanks Matt & Nick for producing it with me. You’re
fearless and it was a fearless show.” 24 hours later it might seem fearless. But
in the moment, when the show had significantly overran and you needed to negotiate a minute
extra time with the PPV company, you might have been a little worried.
According to the Wrestling Observer and PWInsider, the Omega/Pentagon match with Jericho appearing
at the end went 15 minutes over its allotted time, Marty Scurll vs Kazuchika Okada overran
by 12 minutes and Hangman Page vs Joey Janela also went long, the dicks - no, seriously,
that’s partly the literal dicks who came out after the match’s fault. This meant
that the 6 man tag main event of Rey Mysterio, Fenix and Bandido vs the Young Bucks and Kota
Ibushi had to be cut from 28 minutes to just 12, with each team having to come out as one,
rather than separate entrances for each man. Apparently every second counted at the end,
as All In’s production team were frantically negotiating with the PPV provider as the 11pm
cut off time was approaching to have the feed extended by just one minute. They accepted,
the Bucks called for the finish early, and the show went off air three seconds before
the time limit. This meant Cody, the Bucks and everyone else
involved were only able to thank the live audience when the main event finished, which
Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso recorded: "You can feel it, there's a hunger, there's
a thirst. You guys want good pro wrestling! ...Do you want more of this?"
"I know when you make a bet, sometime you go double or nothing."
Matt then revealed that they’ve been discussing putting on more events like this from the
Being the Elite family - if that’s what the fans want. Spoiler: they do, very much.
Rajah have since claimed that the “tentative plan is to hold "All In 2" at a West coast
location, most likely Los Angeles but there is no specific date in mind. After that, the
team is looking to take future All In shows around the world to different destinations
in other countries.” Watch my review of All In by clicking the
video onscreen now! And keep supporting indie wrestling by getting your tickets to Wrestling
MediaCon THIS WEEKEND! We’ll be there, Cultaholic will be there, Rev Pro, Impact, and many more.
I’ve been Oli Davis, and that was wrestling.