Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2021/05/06/post-news-update-dark-side-of-the-ring-creators-interested-in-covering-speakingout/
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** Dark Side of the Ring co-creators Evan Husney and Jason Eisener talked to VICE about season three of their series. Evan shared that they do have interest in covering the #SpeakingOut movement that began in the Summer of 2020 where many women shared their stories of sexual and/or emotional abuse in wrestling.
Husney: We were definitely paying attention when that was happening, and itās definitely something weāre interested in covering. In fact, thereās one story that I was quite passionate about that exemplified aspects of that movement, but the access to that story wasnāt there yet. It might be something we could possibly do down the line, but there are a lot of stories that we do pursue that donāt work out for access reasons. You donāt want to make a talking head piece thatās impersonal. For us, it just wasnāt the right time.
The season three premiere is covering the life of Brian Pillman Sr. Jason talked about the fallout from Brianās passing and how his son, Brian Pillman Jr. initially thought it was all a part of an angle.
Eisener: Yeah, itās kind of what Evan was talking aboutāwhat are the ramifications of living a gimmick and how does that impact the family? It was such a powerful moment to hear Brian Pillman Jr. talk about how when he was a kid and his dad passed away, he thought it was just part of the angle and he was just waiting for the cameras to pop up and for his dad to come back. I canāt think of any other sport or art form where families have to navigate those blurred lines. When you watch our shows, youāre seeing people grieve in different ways, and I think thatās really important.
** In September of 2020, Joseph Laurinaitis (Road Warrior Animal) passed away. Former manager of The Road Warriors, Paul Ellering recounted how he found out about Animalās passing during a virtual signing with K & S WrestleFest. Ellering said losing both Animal and Hawk was like losing family.
Now Iām all alone. Thatās what I said to my wife. I said, āNow Iām all alone.ā Itās like losing your family. It was early. It was like 7:30 in the morning, somewhere around there and my son calls me up and he said, āHave you seen Animal lately?ā And I said, āI just saw him last monthā and I sent him a birthday wish on his birthday, because he died a week after his birthday and I sent him a birthday wish for his birthday so I said, āYeah.ā He said, āDad, theyāre saying that he diedā and Iām going, āWhat?ā I said, āYou canāt believe anything you read on the internet. That kind of crap goes on all the time. I wouldnāt believe it.ā He says, āWell, Iāll check againā and he checked and he called me back and he said, āYeah, itās true, he died,ā and that was it. Sad day.
** Aubrey Edwards and Tony Schiavone welcomed Kris Statlander onto the AEW Unrestricted podcast. Since her return, Statlander has been paired with Orange Cassidy, Trent and Chuck Taylor. She recalled initially being told that she and Orange Cassidy as a pairing was not wanted on TV.
When I first got signed, we were doing a whole lot of skits on BTE and everything and we were told it would never happen on TV. This is gonna stay on BTE just because of, you know, personal reasons and whatnot. Not our reasons but it was just something that wasnāt wanted for TV and then, the fact that how we made me joining them my actual return is still incredibly mind-blowing to me. How often do you see a woman wrestler return in a menās main event gimmick match to team up with them and save them? When does that happen? Never does but it was kind of a huge moment for me but I didnāt realize. I was just like, āOh, Iām just doing a goofy ass spot right here,ā but itās to make amends with friends that I hadnāt been here for this whole time and stuff so I think it was really cool how it all actually happened.
Statlander suffered a torn ACL in 2020 and she opened up about the emotional and mental struggles she endured. She stated that she cried every day for months and credited her significant other for helping her through those times.
You know, thereās one thing if youāre never not sure about yourself in a career, have it taken away from you unexpectedly and then youāll see where you stand and being injured as badly as I was made me want to wrestle and get better and be the best more than anything ever could, because I couldnāt do it and I literally cried every single day for three-to-four months straight, because I was so upset that I couldnāt participate. I was so upset that I couldnāt help out, I felt that I had failed everybody and it just felt like it was all on me and itās like I would watch AEW and I would get upset because I couldnāt be there and Iād get upset that I couldnāt help out and Iād get upset because I was like, āOh, everyoneās doing great without me. Do they even need me back anymore?ā Iād try to work out and Iād start crying because I canāt do anything, Iām useless. I just wanna do everything, I just wanna be better and I canāt and kudos to my boyfriend for putting up with that because it was a long, a long time that I was crying every single day and thatās not an exaggeration. There might have been like one day or something where I didnāt get upset, occasionally throughout that time period. It was rough.
Although she is has wrestled several matches since her return, Statlander shared that she still has aches in her knee. She couldāve came back earlier than she did but hindsight being 20/20, she is glad that her return was held off.
Now looking back in retrospect, I donāt mind that they made me wait as long as I did because I probably wouldnāt come back from each match feeling as good as I do if I came back earlier, if that makes sense. Like I still get achy in my knee from walking around all day. We have long days when weāre there, standing on concrete and I have to tell myself to sit down more because I just got back from knee surgery but itās not as bad as it probably would be if I came back earlier than I did. So Iām very happy that they made my stubborn ass sit down and be like, āNo, donāt do it. Donāt do it.ā So, yeah. It was just frustrating for me because I mentally and physically felt ready and I was like, āItās been long enough.ā I had almost two months before the surgery I had to wait and I had these seven-and-a-half, eight months after. I think Iām good to go. Please let me go. Itās just more mentally frustrating than anything where I know in my heart that itās better for me to have stayed out as long as I did.
She and Trent both came back as a part of the Arcade Anarchy match which Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor won. Kris said the pop-up spot from the claw machine was originally supposed to be Orange Cassidyās. She added that she was cleared the Tuesday prior to Dynamite.
Well okay, so, I donāt even know where to start with that because I know that was originally supposed to be Orange Cassidyās spot were like, āItās just gotta be full force. Just gotta do itā and then I was worried that I was gonna Shockmaster myself getting out of the claw machine, because itās pretty tall to get over there so I was like, āGreat, Iām gonna make my big return,ā because my leg canāt bend all the way with the brace on so I was like if my foot gets stuck and I f*cking eat sh*t, oh God. Like I was so worried that I was just gonna faceplant but then they told me they were gonna put a step in there for me and Iāll be able to grab onto the top so I was like okay.
** Jerry McDevitt, longtime lawyer for WWE was interviewed for the WWF Steroid Trail episode of Dark Side of the Ring, as confirmed by Evan Husney and Jason Eisener during their interview with the New York Post.
** Jake Hager told Daily Star that he did not and does not view the AEW versus WWE programming as a āwarā. He feels it is solely about longevity for AEW.
For the most part. We donāt really look at it as a war because a lot of us come from that company and a lot of us work and have worked with those people, are friends with those people and hang out with those people in social sets and things. Really, itās all about wanting AEW to last. Weāre doing good numbers and a great demo, and that means AEW is going to be here to stay. Thatās really what Iām worried about and what I want. I think every wrestling fan wants Monday Night Wars 2.0, but the fact of the matter is that the industry has changed. Weāre different wrestlers, weāre doing different storylines and telling different stories. Can we have a healthy competition and see how far we can grow our company? Sureā¦ (but) to get back to where youāre trying to put each other out of business? Thatās just not really this day and age.
** Back in February, Miranda Gordy, daughter of the late Terry Gordy, had a tryout with WWE. Miranda began her wrestling career in 2019 and she told the Front Row Material podcast that she did not want to reach out to Michael P.S. Hayes and ask him to help her get into WWE, despite his close relationship with her father.
I started training after that and be like, āI deserve a spot at NXT, I want WWE to train me.ā I wanted to make sure that first off, this was for me and that I liked it and so, before I go move off to Florida or anything, I wanted to make sure I was passionate about it, that my body could handle it, that it was even something I wanted to spend time on and Iāve progressed and gotten out there and so itās just like, the more I keep the steam behind me, the more passion I get for it and Iāve made a career out of it for the last year-and-a-half.
One individual who is currently with NXT that helped Miranda get started in wrestling is Zoey Stark. Miranda said if there was anybody she could have a match with, it would be Zoey so she could show her how much she has improved.
The same with the new NXT-er Zoey Stark. Yes, Theresa is her real name. She was there my first bump. She helped me for like the first six or seven months of my training so to actually have a match with her would be awesome. That would probably ā I would say her the most, just so she can see my progress because I know sheās proud of me now and weāre friends or whatever but just to be able to like, āHey, this is what I did and you helped me get here.ā I think she would be number one on my list.
** Former TNA Knockouts Champion Taryn Terrellās last match was in 2017. During her appearance on Vickie Guerreroās podcast, she stated that she is not sure if she would return to the ring because she isnāt sure if she can match the talents of today.
Iām not sure. You know what? I missed so much wrestling. It is ā you know how it is. When youāre not in it, it hurts your heart that youāre not a part of it. So, I got this feeling and I donāt know, you tell me if you . So I donāt ā I just donāt know. Weāll see.
Terrell was present at the last set of NWA tapings. She is not signed with the company but is not against the idea of signing a deal. She added that NWA taped eight episodes in three days coming out of their āBack for the Attackā pay-per-view.
Yeah, thatās definitely it. They donāt do ā as far as I know, at least in my situation thereās no contract or anything so they film ā in three days, we did a pay-per-view and eight episodes which is like one season. Yeah so, everything kind of wraps up in that season so I ā itās all just sort of time-to-time, because I am also in the stunt industry so itās hard to say will I have a movie then or will I not, you know? So, for now itās working and weāll see. I would be open to contracts but weāre, I donāt know. I like to go where life sort of takes me and enjoy the ride.
As the conversation went on, Vickie and Taryn talked about the growth of womenās wrestling over the years. Taryn recalled once getting in a great deal of trouble for doing a superplex with Michelle McCool.
I guess 13 years since I got in the business, what a change happened. So, I like that I have the perspective of that so I can truly appreciate where the women are, what the fight was. Iāll never forget I was doing a superplex with Michelle McCool and we got in so much trouble, so much trouble for doing that and itās just like ā and then you look at the Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa match that just happened and itās like what!? Itās so crazy. Itās just such a different time and obviously a different company but the girls in WWE like going through tables. That just didnāt happen. So itās cool. Iām glad that I have the perspective and the appreciation for where everything was and where it is now.
** QT Marshall was welcomed onto the Wrestling Perspective Podcast. QT shared that outside of his in-ring duties, he is AEWās Director of Creative Coordinator. He recalled telling Tony Khan that heāll sign a lengthy deal with AEW because he doesnāt want to leave.
Behind the scenes, I donāt ever wanna stop. If thereās something attainable, I want it. In ten years from now, I hope itās myself and Tony are doing whatever theyāre doing and Iām still there. I told Tony the other day when I got promoted to this Director of Creative Coordination, I told him, he was like, āHey congrats,ā yada, yada and I just told him like, āHey, Iāll sign a contract for the next 100 years. As long as the pay continues to go up, I never wanna leave. I donāt wanna go anywhere.ā This is what I love. I love the passion that Tony has for this industry, especially somebody ā I always look at that, right? Somebody that doesnāt need the financial gain, right? Students too like Jade Cargill. She doesnāt need the money and sheās there, beautiful woman, busting her ass, getting kicked in the face and all this stuff. She doesnāt need the money so she must love it, you know what I mean? Or she must have the passion for it so when I see someone like Tony, thatās a guy that Iām like, āYou know what? I will believe āā kinda like what they used to say about Paul Heyman. Iāll believe what heās selling me because he doesnāt need it, so if heās telling me why heās doing this, I believe that because he has no reason to try to carny me into believing anything else.
QT and Cody Rhodes run their Nightmare Factory wrestling school. Prior to that, QT had his own school. He stated that he had a chip on his shoulder because WWE did not offer him a coaching tryout in NXT so he created his own school and was determined to make it better than the Performance Center.
Because even before AEW started, I opened a school and I had a chip on my shoulder when I wasnāt offered a job ā not a job, a tryout as a coach down in developmental at NXT. I had this chip on my shoulder. Well Iām just gonna open my own school then. Iām gonna open my own schools and Iām gonna make it the greatest school in the world and itās gonna be better than the Performance Center so Iāve kind of made it my mission to do that so thatās why if you see our student showcase, itās got lights, everything. I want it to be the greatest show in the world for these kids that pay their money to learn from us.
On AEW programming, The Factory currently consists of QT, Nick Comoroto and Aaron Solow. QT feels WWE is āstupidā for not recognizing what they had in Nick Comoroto and added that they never recognize until it is too late.
But at the end of the day too, I think Comoroto, another one. He was in NXT, they let him go because theyāre stupid and they didnāt know what they had which they never do anyway so their loss is our gain and then you have Aaron Solow, another guy who has been traveling all over the world for the past ten years and I kind of talked to them and we spoke and they realized, āHey, okay, weāre willing to do this. Letās make it happen soā¦ā
** The Godfather is going to be a future guest on Broken Skull Sessions with Steve Austin.
** Session Moth Martina joined Cultaholicās Desert Island Graps show and she was candid about how over the past several months, she disassociated from wrestling because she has not had the chance to wrestle in over a year. Martina admitted that it was starting to weigh on her mentally.
I donāt know if Iāve really stayed sane during it . Iām not gonna lie and say itās been easy. It definitely hasnāt. I kinda disassociated from wrestling quite a bit the last few months. Iām kinda coming out of it now because I feel like Iām starting to get good news again. Like getting news about that womenās tournament, we have a new wrestling school opening up when weāre allowed so itās there for me. You know, kind of little bits of hope like restrictions lifting and seeing shows over in England. Whether I get to go or not, I still donāt have full faith, but hoping that I get to do a few shows in England in the coming months. Just the idea that we might actually be on the final stretch now. Iāve kind of been able to open up again and watch wrestling again but I really did have to ā I kind of stopped tweeting as much and stayed off my phone because it was just getting ā it was very hard sitting and even watching everyone at NXT UK wrestling and doing tapings and Iāve sat at my home for a year kind of just waiting and waiting even for a wrestling school so I could train. So I really had to take a step back from wrestling but in a way, I kind of feel that was a bit of blessing at the same time because I feel if I would have been too focused on wrestling this entire time, I would have got burnt out and resentful and it couldāve put me off completely.
** Tenille Dashwood is the most recent guest on Taylor Wildeās āWilde Onā podcast. Dashwood opened up about the multitude of surgeries and injuries that she underwent/dealt with while in WWE.
Well, it happened and just like an accident. My arm got caught in the rope while she was doing a move and it just tore. So at that point, it was a very bad injury. I was out for ā well I tried to not have the surgery because like I said, Iām stubborn and I didnāt wanna have time off and I donāt wanna lose my spot so I was always like, āI need to stay on TV and just push through.ā So I tried that and then it just kept dislocating even though I rehabbed for a month straight, intense rehab. So ended up having surgery again and it goes on and on. Then that didnāt fix it properly so I had another surgery. Yeah, and I had one on my back too. I had a big feud with Becky Lynch that was brewing and we had just started it and then, weāre like one or two matches into this feud then herniated disc in my back. I was off for a while for that one too. So that kind of ruined that.
** Daily DDTās Graham Matthews published his interview with Isaiah āSwerveā Scott. Scott is a former MLW World Heavyweight Champion and on the topic concerning a potential working relationship between WWE and MLW, Swerve said he is game.
Iām all for crossover. If it makes sense and itās beneficial, I am all for a crossover with a brandā¦ I loved the Bad Bunny match at WrestleMania because it was crossover appeal and he took it seriously. He worked hard and he was passionate and he enjoyed it. He enjoyed what he was doing, so therefore us as viewers enjoyed watching him.
Elsewhere during their conversation, he touched on his time in Lucha Underground. He credited Martin Casaus for bringing out something unique in him.
Morrison was the top person with Prince Puma a.k.a Ricochet. You had the Fenixs and the Pentagons. You had the Cages, the Blue Demon Jr.s, the Chavo Guerreros, some of the most athletic human begins youāve ever seen on planet earth. All on one card. Where do you fit in? Thereās a lot of things in the ring I can do. I just donāt do it as good as them. Thatās truly what theyāre made for and they made a career off it. Jumping in that lane and trying to compete with that would do me a disservice. I had to take a step back, sit all night in my hotel room and think and really think. I just went a different way and got gritty. Honestly, itās like the Leon Ruff situation: it was the least likely opponent for me that really helped me shine and that was Marty āThe Mothā Martinez. He really brought something to the table and I could use a lot and really start getting into my mad scientist lab. āI could do this, this and this!ā It really brought out some new elements to me that nobody else was really doing on the show.
** While speaking with Sports Illustratedās Justin Barrasso, Paul Heyman dove into how reluctant he was to do anything with anyone on-screen outside of Brock Lesnar.
I cannot begin to convey how reluctant I was to ever do anything in this industry after the eight years, let alone the 18 years, that I put together with Brock Lesnar. Look at our accomplishments: a 500-day run as champion, multiple world championships, the single biggest, most historic victory in sports entertainment history in the conquering of āThe Streak.ā There was very little chance of me ever returning on-screen.
** Prior to AEW Blood & Guts, Inside The Ropes caught up with Shawn Spears. He looked back on his moment at the 2017 Royal Rumble event and said that moment will live with him forever.
That moment at 2017 at the Rumble, Iām going to carry that for the rest of my life, not because it was just a cool moment for me to come out in front of 50,000-plus people and have them all, you know, having a great time. Itās because it was about the collective feeling that everybody was in on it, you know what I mean? Like, I havenāt talked about it too much but, as the clock was counting down backstage and I was about to go through the curtain, there was a lot of talent in gorilla at that night at the Royal Rumble and as ten, nineā¦ They all started clapping because a lot of them had knew my story and they knew what Iād been through up until that moment. Things like that, Iām going to carry with me forever. Do you know what I mean? So it was just a beautiful moment and a memory that Iām going to hopefully remember when Iām 70.
** Bill Alfonso was one of the two guests on the newest āRewind Recap Reliveā episode. Alfonso shared that one of his biggest paydays in his career was refereeing The Undertaker and Giant Gonzalezās match at WrestleMania IX. He went on to tell the story of Paul Heyman matching that same payout for him after ECWās 1997 Barely Legal pay-per-view.
WrestleMania 9 daddy, Caesarās Palace, sold out. That was one of my biggest paydays. That was one of my biggest single paydays in the business. Iāll tell you what I made that night and you wouldnāt believe it, and Paul Heyman, on the first pay-per-view in ECW, Barely Legal, Paul Heyman said, āFonzie, I donāt know what to pay you. You know, we did well on the pay-per-view, we did a good buy rateā and all that. He said, āI donāt know what to pay you.ā I said, āWell pay me the same thing Vince paid me at WrestleMania 9.ā He said, āOkay, how much was that?ā And I told him and he paid it. Paul Heyman was very generous with me. I love Paul Heyman. Heās still my dear friend.
Rob Van Damās WWE Icons documentary premieres on May 16th. Alfonso is going to be a part of it and stated that WWE paid him big money for his appearance.
I talk to Van Dam all the time. In fact, theyāre shooting a documentary on Van Dam and Vince McMahon flew two camera people, a sound guy and a producer to my home in Tampa, Florida and I did a three-and-a-half-hour shoot and they paid me big money because I was Van Damās manager in ECW. Lifetime documentary, heās a Hall Of Famer so thatās going to be released late May and thatās going to elevate me again.
** While speaking to Steven Muehlhausen of DAZN, Sammy Guevara looked back on the six-man tag match he was a part of at Fight For The Fallen 2019. He shared that he went into the match upset because he felt like the odd man out. The focus of the match was on his partners MJF and Shawn Spears.
I talked about that with some other guys backstage. I always imagined what I would be doing right now . I donāt know, personally, Iām where I want to be, but Iād be, but I know Iād be working my ass off to make sure Iām in a good position. Because thatās something with me, Iām never one whoās just happy to be there, and Iām not trying to just collect the checks because I can go collect a check somewhere else. Iām trying to go and grow the brand. Iām trying to actually prove that I belong. At Fight for the Fallen back in 2019, after the match with Kip Sabian, I remember I was pissed off at that match because I remember Kip had a match with Hangman (Adam) Page. I was very happy for Kip. I like Kip.
Him and I have a show together, āThe Kip and Sammy Showā. But I remember I was like, thatās an excellent opportunity for him. Then I got thrown in a six-man tag, and I remember just being the odd man out in that match. The story was Shawn Spears and MJF, which is funny now that theyāre in a team. But I remember I was just this odd man out. I went into that match so pissed off. If you watch it, I made sure I did my absolute best to stand out. I did everything I could. By the end of it, people were talking about Sammy Guevara in a positive light instead of saying like, āWho is this random guyā? So I think that would have been my mentality if Chris didnāt put me in The Inner Circle, I would have just been me every single time, and I still do it. Every single opportunity, Iām just trying to prove that I belong here and I belong in a top spot.
** Stephanie Chase chatted with Shawn Spears. Spears gave his thoughts on the recently released WWE talents and said Cassie Lee (Peyton Royce) and Billie Kay (Jessica McKay) already have a number of offers rolling in.
And so for some of the talent that got released recently, as surprised as I was as well as a lot of other people were, those talents, especially a few of them are gonna be just fine. It all really depends on what they wanna do so, for guys like Samoa Joe, for ladies like Cassie Lee , uber talented and Iām not just being biased. They just have so much talent that the world is kind of like ā they already have people knocking on their door. They get messages and calls almost every day, so I know that when I left recently, WWE, my opportunities expanded massively and so if they expanded that much for me, theyāre only gonna go over the top and be as big and crazy as it is for them so Iām actually excited to see whatās gonna happen for those people. But, good things happen to good people and the good people will always land on their feet so Iām excited to see what everybodyās going to do following this up and I have no doubt theyāll do some incredible things, for sure.
The āSearch For Spearsā challenge was brought up during the interview. Spears says it was done so that AEW could scout talent and it could give independent wrestlers a chance to be spotlighted.
So the Search For Spears was a legitimate thing. That was something that was a brainchild and it was a great way for AEW to see talent when we were traveling to different cities and things like that. It was to give talent, independent talent an opportunity to be seen essentially, so I thought it was a great idea. Of course when the pandemic hit and everything kind of shut down, that had to obviously go away. We couldnāt travel very much. I thought the idea was pretty good. I also think that had anything continued on or had I found a tag partner, then I might not have been in the position to be in The Pinnacle, because I think a couple weeks after that stopped, Max and I were sitting at ringside and we started having a conversation so, I think it was a blessing in disguise. I thought it was something to do at the time so, but overall, Iām 100 percent glad I didnāt find a tag partner because now I have five guys on my side and we are head and shoulders above everybody else in AEW and right now with The Inner Circle, this is the hottest angle in professional wrestling today so, I think it was a blessing in disguise to have the Search For Spears come to an abrupt halt.
** POST Wrestlingās own John Pollock caught up with MLW CEO Court Bauer.
** NXT Tag Team Champions MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) guest appeared on Sean āX-Pacā Waltmanās Pro Wrestling 4 Life podcast. Wes Lee discussed he and Nashās transition to WWE. He said those in NXT have made it easy for them to get comfortable.
Itās definitely ignited a fire with us really getting ā I donāt wanna say ācomfortableā but more in the flow with how things are working here, and when youāre more comfortable, youāre able to give a little bit more and thatās what happening there. They made it so easy for us to just transition here that it was home immediately and when you feel like youāre at home, you go hard because you wanna represent your home well and thatās kind of like the mind state that we have switched over to that we kind of just amplified and now we have a different understanding of what we do in the ring and how to do it and that has come from just the short time here that weāve been here at the P.C. and we are extremely excited to see where our minds go as we continue.
** NXT UKās Rohan Raja (Gursinder Singh) was interviewed by News18. He spoke highly about his time at the U.K. Performance Center thus far and referred to it as the āHarvardā of professional wrestling.
Fast forward to UK and in the Performance Center I am learning from the best ā this is like the Harvard of Professional Wrestling. My childhood hero is Shawn Michaels and I am learning from him. I get goosebumps talking about it ā I donāt know how you top that. And thatās what I have done, combined all these styles and I made them my own. I have been wrestling for 5 years and am still learning. I feel like every time I am on TV, I will keep getting better.
** This past Monday, Mansoor made his debut on Raw and had singles match against Sheamus. He spoke to TV Insider about his debut and said he did not find out he was appearing on the show until the day of.
I found out the day of. Thatās the great thing about being a WWE superstar. When you go to work, you are kept on your toes. Itās exciting. Iāve been coming to the ThunderDome for the last two months doing Main Event. I think people have been taking a look at me and seeing if Iām ready. I was hoping this day would come. A member of the production team on Monday came to me, shook my hand, and said, āHey, welcome to the team.ā I canāt tell you how happy that made me.
Mansoorās match with Sheamus resulted in a disqualification. Prior to that, Mansoor tallied up 49 wins in a row. He was hoping his streak wouldnāt end anticlimactically.
I was having those matches on 205 Live and felt I was getting momentum. Then someone pointed out momentum is key. Wins can really build and bring the best out of my opponents.
** New Japan Pro Wrestlingās Yokohama Stadium show on May 15th and their Tokyo Dome show on May 29th are going to air on FITE TV.
** Samoa Joe vs. Cesaro from Ring of Honorās 2006 Gut Check show:
** Chris Jericho, Evan Husney and Jason Eisener talked to Entertainment Weekly about Dark Side of the Ringās season three premiere.
** Killer Khanās store in Japan is being closed. It is not closing down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
** Sportskeedaās Rich Ucchino interviewed Mansoor.
** Natalyaās latest Calgary Sun column was dedicated to Motherās Day. She got a comment from Tamina for the article.
** Booker T made the media rounds to promote his WWE/A&E documentary and appeared on KTLA 5.
** Below is the Tony Deppen versus Tracy Williams ROH World TV Title match that recently aired on ROHās weekly show. Deppen defeated Williams to become champion.
** Matt Cardona and Brian Myers put together a VLOG and documented their respective experiences at IMPACT Wrestlingās Rebellion pay-per-view.
** Hiroshi Tanahashi is doing voiceover work for the āCardfight!! Vanguardā animated series.
** WrestleZone has an interview with Santana and Ortiz. The duo were also guests on the Battleground Podcast.
** JD Drake did a Q&A with Sports Illustrated.
** The newest episode of Battle of the Brands with Xavier Woods and Tyler Breeze:
** K & S WrestleFest hosted a virtual signing with Jerry Lawler.
** NXT UKās Piper Niven has a birthday today. Dakota Kai turned 33 on 5/6.
** Drew McIntyre joined The Rich Eisen Show.
** Melina joined GAW TV with Mickie James, Lisa Marie Varon and SoCal Val.
** Brian Myers spoke to Scott Mitchell of Daily DDT.
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