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I followed up on this statement and asked Tony whether he would ever be in a position where he should take the biggest and best offer for their media rights, or take the largest offer for the benefit of #AEW.
Tony said he enjoys playing for his "hometown" team and would rather work with those who fit AEW's synergy than sacrifice that for the potential largest offer.
Tony Khan said he won't chase people around for contracts and renewals regarding #AEW; he is more focused on putting out the best product possible.
Tony said he isn't chasing down the dollars.
#AEWFullGear
Mike 🏈 retweeted
"Tag team wrestling is alive and well in AEW, and this is just the beginning."
EXCLUSIVE: Motor City Machine Guns (@AlexShelley313/@SuperChrisSabin) walked out of #AEWDynamite the winners of their Best of 5 Series with FTR.
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#Celtics Jayson Tatum shares a special moment with one of his biggest fans courtside.
I asked 87-year-old, Atita, why she’s taking a liking to Tatum (being from Toronto).
She responded “he’s a great player and I like his personality.”
Precious stuff.
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After announcing at UFC 8 & UFC 10 I finally convinced the then UFC owner in 1996 on the film set when filming & co-starring as myself on the hit TV show “Friends” to hire me as the permanent Octagon announcer & it was the best poker hand I ever played. 🗣️🎙️🙏👊
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Never forget that Bret Hart honoured his WWF commitments even after Montreal. I struggle to think of any wrestler who'd still go to meet a competition winner after what they did to him. This is the real Bret Hart. The reason he's admired by so many fans.
Fun Fact:
I had dinner with Bret here in Calgary a couple days after the Montreal Screw job.
I received this gift in exchange for my artwork being the best sign at:
“In Your House Canadian Stampede” the July prior.
@BretHart did not have to keep this obligation after he quit & was headed to WCW, but he did. His integrity is unmatched.
Let me tell you! Hearing first hand what occurred (prior to the public, news outlets, before social media & the “wrestling with shadows” documentary) was mind blowing as a 14 year old.
It will always be a moment I treasure forever.
Shown below:
-A newspaper clipping from that evening.
- Left: Bret, myself and a friend from that dinner, Right: bret and I recreating a moment from that night, 20 years later at a Hart family function.
#MrMcMahon #Netflix #VinceMcMahon
Mike 🏈 retweeted
A new report has a bit of context on how Warner Bros. Discovery viewed their deal with AEW before its merger into Skydance (per @FightfulSelect). #AEW #Skydance 411mania.com/wrestling/how-w…
Mike 🏈 retweeted
I also remember jim herd got wcw profiled in 1990 on a cbs connie chung piece.
The segment opens up with connie saying how wrestling was the F word. Then it shows wcw behind the scenes as if wcw endorsed the piece saying how wrestling was fake.
The F word was a big no-no in 1990, especially in wcw. Since many took great pride in not being sports entertainers. We were rasslers!
Many in wcw were pissed at the piece for connie using the F word. Herd thought he would placate the wcw crew with free pizza and beer at a house show.
Hawk said he would punch out anyone that touched the pizza and beer. Nobody had pizza that night, ironically from pizza man.
Memories
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Kyle Fletcher on fans putting him in the conversation for best wrestler in the world:
“Man, it’s, obviously I take it as a huge compliment. It feels great to hear other people say that. Like any wrestler should strive to be in that conversation I think and I think if you’re not striving to be in that conversation, you’re in the wrong business.
It’s something that I’ve always wanted. I’ve always wanted to be the best wrestler in the world, but I don’t believe it yet.
As much as it’s nice to hear, I know me, inside myself, I know that I can be better and that’s the thing that I’ll ever be able to shake it. I don’t know if I ever want to shake it because that is possibly the reason why other people think I’m the best in the world because every time I go out there, I know I can be better and I’m working every single day, every single thing I do is in order to become a better pro wrestler.
So if people think I’m the best pro wrestler in the world now, that’s great, that’s awesome, but I just want to tell them that I know I can be better, so watch the f**k out man.”
(@SI_wrestling | @TruHeelSP3)
Mike 🏈 retweeted
Here’s how Shaq and Kobe greeted each other before their first game after the Lakers-Heat trade.
Mike 🏈 retweeted
Mr Crockett has chimed in about Jim Herd.
Everybody has their opinion, but this is from the only living CROCKETT!
Follow him! ⬇️
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Some people inside TKO are not happy about being sent to Saudi Arabia to work events in between missile and drone attacks. Our story: sports.yahoo.com/mma/article…
Mike 🏈 retweeted
We just had a first! A wedding proposal while meeting @MATTHARDYBRAND and @JEFFHARDYBRAND!
Only on the @jericho_cruise!
Mike 🏈 retweeted
“Gunther didn’t go [to Riyadh for WWE Crown Jewel]. The match was off. Gunther lost to Trick Williams tonight. Spin Kick, Book End, one two three. It’s possible this is all coincidental. It is possible because in a dark match, the babyface does go over. That’s the rule.
Usually with a guy at the level of Gunther, they’ll do a run-in and a DQ because they protect the top guys in these type of matches. So there’s probably something to this, but that happened in Greenville tonight.”
- Dave Meltzer
(WOR | @WONF4W)
Mike 🏈 retweeted
There is literally zero reason to sign a contract with MLW. They only do a handful of tapings per year and you dont make any money. Your career momentum stalls and you cant sign w/ aew or wwe unless they let you out. Oh they also have a clause that says you cant wrestle for gcw
MLW is planning a roster refresh, with some contracts not being renewed as the company evaluates viewership data provided by Tubi, Fightful Select has learned.
The goal is to free up payroll to pursue one or two bigger free agents rather than retain several mid-level names.
More details on Fightful Select for subscribers.
Mike 🏈 retweeted
Josh Barnett sounds off on slap fighting after seeing what happened to Jake Hager:
“It's the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my entire life.
We've had our differences in the past, but watching Jake Hager go out there, it's just like, what are you doing? What are you thinking?
It's the dumbest thing you could ever do.
It kills me to see an Oklahoma wrestler, a collegiate D1 wrestler, an All-American, who wrestled in WWE and AEW and fought in Bellator, out there doing this.
There's so much more you could do with your life and career. You'd be better off doing MMA than ever doing slap fighting... I can't say anything good about slap fighting.”
