AEW
Cody Rhodes On A Possible AEW & WWE Crossover, & Wanting To Face A New Japan Star
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3 weeks agoon


AEW has opened up the forbidden door by working with both New Japan Pro Wrestling and IMPACT, and Cody has spoken about the crossover.
AEW has recently had several wrestlers appearing on IMPACT, with Kenny Omega, Matt Hardy, and Private Party all popping up. Meanwhile, The Good Brothers have shown up at AEW Dynamite, while recently KENTA made his first appearance on Wednesday nights as well.
When speaking to the New York Post, Cody discussed AEW’s working relationship with New Japan, admitting there s someone that he wants to wrestle from the company, adding that there is some good potential, but he will always look at AEW first.
“I’m all AEW, but I’m not blind to the potential of these crossovers. I do think when travel restrictions lift, perhaps there are crossover matches, the dream matches that are available for us. I know in my heart that there is somebody I’d love to wrestle from New Japan. I didn’t get the opportunity and time is running out on that opportunity,” said Cody. “I’m a big fan of The Ace (Hiroshi Tanahashi). I like to challenge myself and they have a great roster in terms of (Kazuchika) Okada, Jay White and of course (Kota) Ibushi, who I got to wrestle so many times, and many people. (Tomohiro) Ishii, my gosh. There’s some good potential there for crossover elements and good friendly relations, but I also want to never forget that we have a loaded locker room of men and women who are champing at the bit to get in this two-hour time slot and I always look at AEW first. Just respectably to any other company, I’m probably the most guarded up when it comes to crossovers.”
Cody continued discussing the idea of other crossovers that have yet to happen, linking it back to ALL IN and how the show happened with collaboration. He stated that he’s aware of Bullet Club’s impact on AEW, and he also stated that there’s no reason WWE and AEW couldn’t work together down the line.
“I think of “All In” itself. “All In” is a show that ROH (Ring of Honor) helped us with that Matt (Jackson), Nick (Jackson), myself did all the work for outside of that initial production element and the reason it was important that the three of us do it was we were able to let all these old rules go away. That’s a very dangerous and powerful precedent to set if you literally do put down all the bridges and you do put down all the doors. Again, this is all hypothetical, but there is no reason AEW couldn’t work with New Japan. We’re aware of the world outside. Bullet Club is a big part of our blood in AEW. So there’s no reason we couldn’t work with New Japan. There’s no reason Jacob Fatu couldn’t take a step over from MLW and stand across the ring from me. There’s no reason that there couldn’t be a potential WWE crossover one day. And I don’t mean that’s a thing that’s been discussed or happening, but none of those rules that exist for other places exist for us. Wrestling is really this universal industry. The territory reference that you made, that’s fairly accurate, but the part of it that’s most accurate was there was a genuine trust.”
Cody pointed out that Vince McMahon Sr. succeeded by trading people and doing business, and Cody stated that the doors are open with AEW is the business is correct.
“Eddie Graham and Vince (McMahon) Sr. they traded people all the time and made prolific pieces of business out of it and they did it in a way where they introduced these characters in New York and then next thing you know they introduce these characters in Florida and it kept things fresh because above all, Wednesday Night War or not the main thing we have to do for fans for the rest of this run – and I want this company to be around forever — is keep it fresh. It can’t ever get stale. Our doors are open if the business is right, if the moment is right, if the time right. Our bridges are down. I’ll be the one curmudgeon AEW guy to make sure it’s all good.”
AEW
Shaq Discusses His AEW Dynamite Appearance & How He Got Motivated
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2 hours agoon
Mar 7, 2021

Shaq has spoken about his appearance on AEW Dynamite and why he got motivated to get in good physical condition.
Shaq appeared on Access to discuss why he decided to dress the way he did, opting for sweatpants and a tank top rather than traditional wrestling gear.
“Look, Cody challenged me to a fight, I’m showing up in fight clothes, sweatpants and a tank top. I respect him, I respect his family, I respect all the wrestlers, what they’ve done. I don’t want to come in with a gimmicky costume. This man challenged me to a fight. I’m showing up like it’s going to be a fight. So I’m just going to wear sweatpants and a tank top.”
Shaq looked in great shape when he appeared on Dynamite, and he revealed that it was because of Mario Lopez that he got in such great physical shape.
“Guess who motivated me? One day I was looking on the internet and I’d seen my good friend Mario Lopez take his shirt off and I got jealous because we used to hang out back in the day. We used to look similar and now you’re killing me, so I wanted to say thank you for motivating me. You look fabulous. I want to say I’m proud of you. But I’ll be ready tonight, March 3rd, I’ll be ready.” (H/T to Fightful.com for the transcriptions)
AEW
The Young Bucks Admit They Thought Paul Wight Was A Lifetime WWE Guy
Published
2 hours agoon
Mar 7, 2021

The Young Bucks recently spoke about AEW signing Paul Wight, revealing how Tony Khan broke the news to them.
The signing of Wight (fka The Big Show) is something that took the wrestling world by surprise. Wight had been a very loyal WWE Superstar, and even The Young Bucks admitted they were shocked as they told Robbie Fox of Barstool Sports.
“So, Tony, I want to say it was about a month ago, he wanted to tell us something. He gathered us up with Kenny, he’s like, ‘hey, what do you guys think of signing the Big Show?’ We’re like, ‘what?’ Our reaction was like, ‘really, I thought he would be a lifetime WWE guy.’ He said, ‘well, he wants to come and play,’ so we’re like, ‘let’s do it.’ So that was pretty much how it all went.” (H/T to Fightful.com for the transcriptions)
Wight has signed a long-term deal with the company and he will be working as a commentator for the company for AEW’s new show, AEW Dark: Elevation.
Wight will also be appearing at AEW Revolution tonight where he will be introducing a “Hall Of Fame level” new signing. Meanwhile, The Young Bucks will be defending their Tag Team Championships agasint Chris Jericho and MJF.
AEW
AEW Revolution Live Tonight On PPV | Final Match Card, Start Time & How To Watch
Published
10 hours agoon
Mar 6, 2021

AEW Revolution
March 7, 2021
Jacksonville, FL
* * *
Bell Time: 8:00 PM ET
Pre-Show: 7:30 PM ET
How To Watch: B/R Live and PPV
* * *
Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match for the AEW World Championship
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jon Moxley
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match
The Young Bucks (c) vs. Chris Jericho & MJF
AEW Women’s Championship Match
Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Ryo Mizunami
Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
Cody Rhodes vs. Scorpio Sky vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Lance Archer vs. Max Caster vs. TBD
Big Money Match
Hangman Page vs. Matt Hardy
Street Fight
Brian Cage & Ricky Starks vs. Darby Allin & Sting
Kip Sabian & Miro vs. Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy
Casino Tag Team Royale
Bear Country vs. The Dark Order (5 & 10) vs. The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) vs. The Inner Circle (Santana & Ortiz) vs. Private Party vs. Death Triangle (PAC & Rey Fenix) vs. The Sydal Brothers vs. The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) vs. The Gunn Club vs. Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi vs. SCU vs. The Natural Nightmares vs. Varsity Blonds vs. Jurassic Express
The Buy-In Match
Riho & Thunder Rosa vs. Dr. Britt Baker DMD & Rebel


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