Triple H Addresses Recent Backstage Meeting With WWE NXT talent Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 08, 2021
During the NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver post-show media call, Triple H addressed the meeting he recently held with talent backstage at NXT.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer originally reported that Triple H told talent that AEW bulled them off Wednesday nights. However, he later retracted that comment.
Here is what Triple H said: Yeah, look, if I wanted everybody to know what was in the meeting I would have put out a memo and you guys could have just got it from one of your sources first hand and printed it. It was a conversation with our talent that was exactly that, it was informational to tell them where we’re going. Meetings that we have all the time given COVID restrictions. We had a lot less than we normally would. As far as the content of the meeting that was reported by a lot of people and elsewhere, completely inaccurate.
Blood and Guts Match Announced For Future AEW Dynamite Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 07, 2021
On tonight s AEW Dynamite, Chris Jericho announced that on May 5th there will be a Blood and Guts match between The Inner Circle and The Pinnacle. He delivered the news in a very intense promo. It wasn t to take him under my wing, it was to keep him under my thumb. @IAmJericho has a message for @The MJF and #Pinnacle as the NEW #InnerCircle RETURNS to #AEWDynamite.
Are you excited for the first-ever Blood & Guts match on the May 5 episode of Dynamite?
Tony Khan On Allowing Chris Jericho To Do Broken Skull Sessions Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 07, 2021
During an interview on Busted Open Radio, Tony Khan was asked about Chris Jericho being allowed to appear on an upcoming episode of Steve Austin s Broken Skull Sessions.
He revealed he had to think about it for a moment before agreeing to it. When I heard from Chris that this was something that they wanted to do I had to think about it for a minute. He and Steve had apparently talked and Steve asked Chris if he had any interest in doing this, or I guess they had a conversation and it came up.
Forbes has released its latest list of the world’s billionaires.
WWE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vince McMahon is estimated to have a net worth of $2.1 billion. That puts him at #1517 of 2,524. He has increased his worth over the last year by a whopping $300 million but has fallen around 300 places compared to his previous year rank.
AEW’s co-owner and chief investor Shahid Khan, Father of Tony Khan is also ranked, but his wealth doesn t come from pro-wrestling. He owns NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and the Premier League’s Fulham F.C. and is estimated to be worth $8 billion ranking as the 308th richest person in the world. He increased his wealth from $7.8 billion in 2020.
Tony Khan Comments On TNT Not Wanting Surprises On AEW Dynamite Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Apr 07, 2021
During the most recent episode of his Talk Is Jericho podcast, Chris Jericho mentioned that TNT do not want AEW to do andy surprise appearances following Sting s debut. The idea behind this is they can get a bigger audience by pre-announcing any surprises. You can read what Jericho said on his podcast by clicking here.
In an interview with Mike Johnson at PWInsider, Tony Khan addressed a recent conversation with TNT. It s a mixed bag..I wouldn t say that s exactly how it happened. Some of that, maybe through different..point being, I don t think that s exactly how the conversation.I know, because I was the one who had it, that s not exactly how the conversation with TNT went but there s a balance between announcing things in advance like we ve done with Mike Tyson coming in for this week or with Paul Wight coming in, telling fans in advance when something s coming