Shameful Wrestling News: June 17, 2021

 

I spend too much time reading about wrestling online, so now you have to:

AEW is heading to New York City in a big way. They'll be holding a live "Grand Slam" Dynamite special from Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday, September 22. This sounds really cool. I've never seen a wrestling show in a tennis stadium before, but the seating layout looks great for wrestling. Can AEW sell 20,000 tickets to a Dynamite in NYC?

That said, Chris Jericho's explanation for why they're going to Arthur Ashe and not MSG or Barclays is pretty hilarious:

"I'm sure we could have gone to the Garden or done the Barclays Center, but those do have a WWE brush on them. Let's go somewhere else and make it our New York market arena. Let's go to Arthur Ashe Stadium and that now becomes an AEW stronghold in the middle of New York"

Sure, Chris. Either way, the show should be cool.

There's a rumour that the King of the Ring tournament could be coming back. I'm an old man, but I like the KOTR and think it should be its own PPV.

However, WWE is likely going to do it as one of their themed shows. Themed shows are a good idea and AEW has had a lot of success with them. It makes watching the weekly shows less monotonous. Each episode of Raw, for example, shouldn't feel the same and in the modern world, they all do.

Roman Reigns is talking smack about John Cena and the Rock, so WWE is likely setting up both of these matches, which could be good. Roman should win both. The person who eventually beats Roman for the title should be a full-time WWE wrestler.

Gerald Brisco says Vince McMahon doesn't "surround himself with yes people." Okay, sure. And I don't waste my time on the internet....

Speaking of Vince McMahon, he's being sued (along with several other WWE executives) over stock sale issues. I'm not smart enough to know if this is a real issue or not, but I know that Stephanie McMahon would say that it's just like 9/11.

Wrestling News and Such and So On

 

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Apparently WWE wants to make SummerSlam "this year's WrestleMania," which is odd because I really thought we had a WrestleMania this year and it went two nights and... anyway, WWE wants this to be big. The rumour is that Romain Reigns will face John Cena.

Speaking of big deals and returning stars, WWE reportedly wants the Rock at Survivor Series, which may be in Brooklyn, New York. Remember that the Rock had his first WWF/E match at Survivor Series in New York, back in 1996 which was 25 years ago and oh dear God 1996 was 25 years ago why oh why time is so cruel and...

Anyway, Kenny Omega vs Moose for the Impact World Title will happen at Against All Odds... and it will happen at Daily's Place, AEW's home arena.

-1, the son of the late Brodie Lee, is only allowed to appear on AEW programming when he's getting good grades. That's a pretty fun reward for a kid and it's heartwarming how AEW is trying to bring him some happiness.

Okay, that's it for today!!!

A Bunch of Stuff Happening in Wrestling Right Now

Yes, we're going with the "here are some links to wrestling news" because, hey, we might as well turn the time we spend reading wrestling news into #content!

Let's go!

The Bobby Lashley vs Drew McIntyre match at Hell in a Cell now comes with stipulations! The main one is that if Lashley wins, McIntyre won't get to ever challenge him for the WWE Title again. So, this means we're all definitely hoping Lashley wins, right? They can't possibly keep doing rematches...

Apparently the WWE Draft is going to happen in late August. So, that's.... exciting?

Speaking of announcements that aren't actually exciting, apparently Cody will have something to say on Dynamite this week.

It will probably be something about how "AMERICA ONCE AGAIN TRIUMPHED OVER EVIL" because this is about the greatness of America and certainly not being done to show evidence of his usage of the "American Dream" trademark to satisfy the the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He may even say something about Pride Month because, you know, when you think of Pride Month, you think of Cody Rhodes merchandise. 

Finally, in the podcast world, Bruce Prichard talked about Ahmed Johnson. I'm dumb, but I liked Ahmed Johnson. I know all the stuff about his work in the ring and his attitude backstage and his inability to do promos, but he was a cool character at the time.

Okay, that's it! Go back to your normal lives now!