Wearing my AEW hoodie and walked into the gas station
Older dude behind the counter lit up like a Christmas tree and goes “what’d you think of that match?”
And proceeds to go off about how much he loved Danielson v Ospreay
God bless professional wrestling
AEW Roster
Omega
Cody
The Young Bucks
Jericho
PAC
Hangman
Pentagon Jr
Fenix
Daniels
Kazarian
Scorpio Sky
Trent?
Chuck Taylor
Janela
CIMA
MJF
Havoc
Jungle Boy
Sonny Kiss
Guevara
Penelope Ford
Britt Baker
Brandi
Nyla Rose
Yuka Sakazaki
Kylie Rae
Aja Kong
Partners with OWE & AAA
I hope the Von Erichs film ends with a happy ending, with a memory that all of us want to leave the theatre with. When Lacey Von Erich went up to Ted Dibiase at a convention and mentioned that all her family were dead with a big grin on her face.
There’s been a bunch of “fans” by the elevators all weekend trying to get pics with the wrestlers
So I had a buddy come ask for an autograph pretending that I was a wrestler as I was walking in front of them, & watched the rest of these creeps started asking me for pics as well
At Starrcast, I literally bumped into, what can best be described as a ghost
I said “oh. OH! HOLY SHIT. You look just like your dad!”
“I get that a lot”
“I’m sorry. Hi, I’m Josh and you’re obviously Daniel”
“Um I’m David Benoit. Daniel was my brother”
I just walked away
8 years ago today, I snapped this picture of Cody Rhodes running through the audience at a Smackdown taping
I posted it on Facebook with the caption “Dashing Cody Rhodes” and no one cared how clever I was
Hopefully almost a decade later, you guys can appreciate it
OK story time... I avoided saying anything until the show was over to avoid any further issue but... this honestly soured my to ROH in a big way. Honest to god story that can be backed up by about half a dozen people...
Quick Gerry Brisco story after today’s news.
Him and Pat were unannounced guests at the first Starrcast. They were tucked away in the back corner of the basement on the last day, and were only there for a few hours, most attendees probably missed them
Papa Johns released “the Papadilla”. It’s supposed to be a pizza quesadilla.
I thought... pizza and a quesadilla mixed as one? Fine, I’ll bite.
$6 later...
I’ve been sold a personal pizza that’s been folded in half
They were clearly on a tight schedule and had no reason to stay late, let alone ten minutes of uninterrupted talk about the business, where it came from, where it is, and their optimism for the future
The word legend gets thrown around too often but for these guys, it’s deserved
Got off the phone with WWE. I can’t believe this but they’re offering contracts to fans
I was offered $1,000 to sit on the sidelines most of the year & only support the McMahons
I can no longer be filmed cheering at PWG but can be seen at Evolve & Progress
This is the future
Wrestlemania will NOT have
-invisible men
-Japanese legends
-a reasonable run time
-binge drinking
-legless wrestlers
-doors as weapons
-bad boy vision
-crowdsurfing
-felons for champions
-profuse swearing
-wrestlers avenging their death
-fans throwing money in the ring
#JJSB3
You know who is an absolute sweetheart?
@Taeler_Hendrix
who heard about all the ROH nonsense and reached out to me to offer an apology and send me some 8x10s
I was already a big fan but from now on, we’re all going to Hail Hendrix
That’s the end in regards to a timeline of events.
The whole thing is still completely unbelievable and surreal, honestly.
I’ve gone to live events for 15 years and been following wrestling for 22 years. Never once heard of something like this happening
Lacey Von Erich was signing at Wrestlecon this weekend & filmed the event for her channel & Hannibal tv
Most fans & wrestlers have no idea who she is & assume she’s just some random hot fan. She also doesn’t know who anyone is since she doesnt follow wrestling. It leads to magic
Here’s the official follow up statement from Ring of Honor
Note that the 48 hour “investigation” has seemingly ended and the company never once contacted me
You guys want another bombshell?
The “security” that brought me backstage turned out to be Hunter Johnston... ROH’s head booker & rumored boyfriend of Mandy Leon, who had already facepalmed and spit on me
A list of people I care about
Ladies
Fellas
Pelple who don't give a fuck
All the lovers
All the haters
People that call themselves players
Hot Mama's
Pimp Daddy's
People Rolling in the Caddies
Rockers
Hip hoppers
And everybody all around the world
“Cool well do you work Thursday nights?”
“No”
“Could you get to downtown Portland? Are you free May 17th?”
“Yeah”
“Alright man, I’m sending you and your son to the show”
Have a blast, Travis from the gas station
Thanks for talking about wrestling with me
Important note from this episode:
Jericho had Tr*mp Jr. on his show a couple months ago. Tr*mp made some comments about trans people.
Jericho wasn't informed enough to refute the claims, & with Nyla in mind, he decided to just edit the comments out altogether
I had more fun tonight at the show than I have in a very long time. I’m humbled and grateful by the generosity of an absolute stranger.
Never stop being there for each other. Never stop taking the high road. Never stop being the better man. Thank you
@FightOwensFight
This is my girlfriends first independent show and she’s the biggest AEW/Orange fan
I spent all day telling her AEW guys can’t be here
Now she’s crying. This is what wrestling is all about
At some point Velvet Sky seemingly loses her cool & is challenging me to come in the ring. Tells me to suck it, calls me a pussy, etc
No prob. Get your heat
She calls me a virgin. I remind her she has sex with that fat turd Bully Ray. Call them the tramp stamp trio. End segment
Story time.
Last night, after the show, we got some pizza at Puget Sound Pizza. If you’re in town, check it out, it’s very good.
Afterwards, we head back to the hotel around midnight to have some drinks at the bar.
Imagine telling someone a year ago, that within the next year
-Becky will be the most over wrestler
-Roman will go on indefinite hiatus
-Dean will leave the company
-The Elite will leave NJPW & start their own promotion
-Bryan will return & do some of the best work of his career
Forever ago, I bought an 8x10 from Brody King at a PWG show
My drunk ass woke up to realize it was gone
I DM’d him to make sure he brought more the next day and offered to buy another one as this was definitely my fault
He declined my payment & gave me a replacement for free
At the final hour, Pat and Brisco said they had flights to catch and maybe had ten minutes left. I ran up to Sam who was literally putting the final touches on the picture as I approached.
Good guy Sam coming through clutch
Confirmed. The story basically ends there. Bagwell was a dipshit all weekend stole the money bag on the last night. Janela and security in tow chased him down in the hotel parking lot
@zayer_dounya
I don’t have anything to promote but know that anyone who is speaking up right now to the injustices around them... I love you. I have your back. We have your back.
Black lives matter
WWE brought her in for a taping and she asked John Cena who he was, which pissed him off and now he doesn’t like her
She brought 36 cans of beer, I’m halfway through this, it’s about 10am her time and she’s drank at least four. She’s also given away tons to fans and wrestlers
Malakai Black hoped on the mic
“Popular to popular belief, I do talk. This is a nice building.”
Says he’ll be back 9/26
Brody says he’ll go wherever Malakai goes
See y’all on 9/26 (Delta variant pending. Get vaccinated)
Amazing Red v Ospreay.
Un
Be
Lievable
May we never ever forget how revolutionary, groundbreaking, and incredible Amazing Red is. Dude was ahead of his time in 2003 and can out wrestle anyone almost 20 years later
Unbelievable
The youngest person to ever headline a GCW show, in an unbelievable match, against his dream opponent, on Father’s Day of all days while Buddy watches over him
Congrats
@thenickwayne
Met a guy in Japan, who was visiting from Australia that left his Wrestlekingdom tickets at home with no time to get them shipped before the show
So he had his buddy go to his house, pick them up, and paid for his flight to bring him the ticket. Incredible
Suddenly BULLY RAY comes out from a back room. Full on gear since he was in the opening segment of the show and he looks PISSED. Much bigger than me so I’m kinda taking a step back on this here. Security backs off and it’s just us two
No videos since it’s against the rules, but I’ll be posting pics and results for PWG Mystery Vortex tomorrow. Show starts at 6pm PST/9pm EST
Spread the word
I’m not trying to act tough. I was legit being intimidated with purpose and I wasn’t about to get kicked out during match 3 so I just bit the bullet and said “sure... yes sir... yeah, I understand... yup...”
He said “End of convo. Go be a fan”
Security led me back to my seat
If someone legitimately called Chris Jericho the greatest of all time, I wouldn’t disagree.
He is in his 30th year of wrestling, has been on top for over 20 years, been a draw & champion in ECW, WCW, WWE, NJPW, and AEW, is a great face, a better heel, and won’t stop evolving
This is not only incredible content but comes from a good place. Lacey has a dark sense of humor but is oozing with personality & a heart of gold. She hasn’t charged anyone for a pic or autograph & said that this is her therapy. She loves coming to events to hear about her family
Show starts. Dark match is some local girls fighting. Allure interferes at the end. Velvet and I exchange words along with the rest of the Allure. Nothing crazy. Mandy Leon spits on me from the side. Not preferable but I honestly don’t care. Segment ends
She learns who Million Dollar Man is & someone in the comments suggests she finds Virgil
She walks around for 45 min trying to find Virgil (who wasn’t there)
At one point she went to go ask Ted about him but Ted was on the phone. I’m so upset that we missed that interaction
I bolted back downstairs to catch Brisco and Pat just getting up to leave. I showed them the picture, had them sign it, and explained how great it was to meet them.
They sat back down, asked me to take a seat beside them, & stayed an extra 10 min with me, just talking wrestling
Side note. I love and respect like 99% of all wrestlers. I honest to god never try to make the show ABOUT me, get myself over, etc. My rule of thumb is to boo the bad guys and cheer the good guys. It’s rare that I’ll flip the script but I always decide to go along with the show
In closing...
Always go out instead of staying in. Crazy shit happens when you’re out.
Buy a round for strangers to make them feel welcome.
Use your manners.
Autograph stalkers do have a purpose. They are to be lied to, to further your agenda.
Go be a fan.