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Bryan Danielson reveals his contract duration

written by Ruben Jay

All Elite Wrestler Bryan Danielson (formerly Daniel Bryan in WWE) revealed the duration of his contract.

Danielson made his debut in AEW at AEW’s All Out in September. On his appearance on The MMA Hour show, Danielson reveals his contract is for 3 years.

Ariel Helwani asked Danielson how long his contract was for and Danielson said “three years.”

He was also asked about his freedom to wrestle in other promotions.

“Obviously, I have to clear it all through AEW first. AEW has to be my priority but even going to Japan right now is hard with COVID and all that kind of stuff. I’m able to do that but to be fair, WWE was gonna let me do that as well. With the contract that they offered me and when I was talking to Vince about it cause that was one of my big things. I was like, ‘I wanna be able to go and wrestle these guys all over the world’ and that sort of thing, and they were gonna allow me to do that.”

Danielson will face Miro (the former Rusev in WWE) tonight on AEW’s Full Gear.

13 November, 2021 0 comment
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Jim Ross confirms Skin Cancer diagnosis

written by Ruben Jay

AEW announcer Jim Ross posted on social media that he has skin cancer.

According to the post, Ross has skin cancer on his ankle. Ross is awaiting a plan of attack on the treatment.

On Twitter, “On my way to Orlando for tonight’s AEW Dynamite. Skin cancer confirmed. Waiting on radiologist study to determine best treatment. Likely radiation. Feeling great and ready to attack. Thanks for the support from so many.”

We wish Ross a speedy recovery.

24 October, 2021 0 comment
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Cody Rhodes opens up about the one rule he has on ‘Rhodes to the Top’

written by Ruben Jay

Cody Rhodes is one of the top executives and performers in All Elite Wrestling.

On top of his work with AEW, Rhodes is also the star of Rhodes to the Top with his wife, Brandi. Rhodes wants one thing from filming the show, authenticity.

“I mean no disrespect to Shed media or our friends at Warner Media, but it’s very annoying. The annoyance of it is a great complaint to have that these people want to document this company as it grows, and they want to document our family as it grows. It did get to the point where some of the reasons I think the show is real quality, is it got to the point where I said, ‘Hey guys, I’ll wear this mic and you can follow me with that camera, but don’t stage anything. Don’t ask me to repeat something. Don’t ask me to frame something up. Just film. If you just film, you’ll be very happy ultimately with what you get.’”

Quote from WrestlingNews.co 

20 October, 2021 0 comment
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AEW Founder and President Tony Khan is the most loved billionaire, ranking much higher than WWE’s Vince McMahon

written by Ruben Jay

Money.com released the following information:

AEW owner Tony Khan has been crowned the world’s ‘most loved’ billionaire according to the 2021 Beloved Billionaire 100 from money.co.uk.

The study looked at over 1,500 of the worlds richest people, analyzing over 2 billion internet searches and more than 100,000 social media posts to find the most popular billionaire business tycoons.

The super-wealthy business leaders were then given a ranking based on the number of annual Google searches they received, combined with the % of social media posts about them that were positive.

The comprehensive study found  AEW’s Tony Khan to be the world’s ‘most loved’ billionaire, with a massive 38% of all social media mentions of the 38 year old sport mogul being overtly positive, more than any other person on the list, beating household names including Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos and WWE rival Vince McMahon who placed 7th on the list with a score of just 23%. 

Key findings of the study were:

  • Tony Khan is the world’s most loved billionaire with 38% of all mentions of him being positive
  • Elon Musk is the world’s most searched billionaire with 64 million searches a year
  • Vince McMahon is the billionaire with the highest wealth-to-popularity ratio ranking 8th overall despite being worth ‘just’ $2.2bn and a Forbes ranking of 1417

The top 10 ‘most loved’ Billionaires in the world 

Billionaire Social Sentiment (Positive %)
1. Tony Khan 39%
2. Mackenzie Scott 37%
3. Elon Musk 35%
4. Bill Gates 32%
5. Warren Buffett 31%
6. David Tepper 27%
7. Vince Mcmahon 23%
8. Evan Spiegel 22%
9. Giovanni Ferrero 21%
10. Sergey Brin 20%

 

The World’s most popular billionaires

In the combined search and sentiment rankings, both Tony Khan and Vince McMahon appeared in the top 10 for most popular billionaires in the world, with Khan placing two spots higher than the elder McMahon, ahead of Mark Zuckerberg, David Tepper and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey.

Tesla’s Elon Musk took the overall top spot for most popular billionaire, thanks in part to a staggering 64,677,930 annual searches, more than double the number two spot, Bill Gates. 

Beloved Billionaire Ranking Net Worth Famous For Popularity Score Worldwide Search Social Sentiment (Positive %)
1. Elon Musk $201.7 B Tesla, Spacex 100 64,677,930 35%
2. Bill Gates $131.5 B Microsoft 87 31,023,210 32%
3. Mackenzie Scott $56.5 B Amazon 70 7,191,020 37%
4. Warren Buffett $101.5 B Berkshire Hathaway 70 10,353,810 31%
5. Jeff Bezos $195.4 B Amazon 59 38,800,260 16%
6. Tony Khan $8 bn AEW 55 670,750 39%
7. Mark Zuckerberg $125.3 B Facebook 41 14,442,490 10%
8. Vince Mcmahon $2.1 bn WWE 38 3,850,560 23%
9. David Tepper $15.8 B Hedge Funds 34 371,470 27%
10. Jack Dorsey $14.4 B Twitter, Square 32 4,714,630 18%

The full study, including infographics and downloadable data, is available over on the study page below:

https://www.money.co.uk/current-accounts/beloved-billionaires.

15 October, 2021 0 comment
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A new Los Angeles Wrestling promotion launched: LA Fights

written by Ruben Jay

The following was announced from Game Changer Wrestling:

Game Changer Wrestling is proud to announce the launch of “LA Fights”, a California based promotion intended to serve as a companion to GCW on the West Coast.

Similar to GCW’s Jersey Championship Wrestling brand on the East Coast, LA Fights will provide an additional showcase for both the West Coast’s rising stars and SoCal Legends to compete on the GCW Platform.

“Los Angeles has become a second home for GCW,” said Promoter Brett Lauderdale. “When we returned to LA in August, we were welcomed with open arms. It felt great to be back and it felt like there was an opportunity to do so much more.”

GCW has sold out all 3 of its events in Los Angeles since returning to LA after a pandemic hiatus, including their upcoming shows, Bloodsport on Oct 22nd and on October 23rd at the Ukrainian Cultural Center on Melrose.

LA Fights will launch on Sunday, November 28th at 3PM at Don Quixote on Olympic Blvd.

The event will stream LIVE and FREE for everyone on the GCW Youtube Page.

“There is so much talent on the West Coast that is on the verge of a break through,” said Lauderdale. “I hope that we can help provide that platform, and expand our relationship with the fans of California at the same time. I’m excited to get started!”

Follow LA Fights on Social Media for additional information:

Twitter: @LAFights21

IG: @_LAFights_

14 October, 2021 0 comment
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RHODES TO THE TOP ratings

written by Ruben Jay

PWInsider is reporting the debut episodes of Rhodes to the Top, the Cody and Brandi Rhodes reality show, did 422,000 overnight viewers.

Compare that to WWE’s Miz & Mrs. first episode’s overnight audience of 706,000.

According to WarnerMedia:

“Rhodes to the Top,” from Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, is produced by Shed Media. The series is executive produced by Dan Peirson and Lisa Shannon of Shed Media, Bernie Cahill and Jon Kanak of Activist Artists Management, and Tony Khan, CEO, GM and Head of Creative of AEW. Additionally, Sam Berns and Paul Storck serve as executive producers with Berns as showrunner.

30 September, 2021 0 comment
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IMPACT Wrestling to introduce a new championship

written by Ruben Jay

PWInsider is reporting that IMPACT Wrestling plans to reveal a new championship tonight on AXS TV.

According to the report, IMPACT will kick off a tournament next week to crown the new champion. Apparently, the title will be built around the companies digital platforms.

No details on name, division on or any other details for the title were released.

Commentary: My take, IMPACT needs to have a top champion on their programming since their current champion works for another company full time. I am predicting that this title will be like the TNT Championship where the champion defends it on TV. Maybe the AXS Champion?

I hope this isn’t a sign of them keeping the title on Christian Cage.

30 September, 2021 0 comment
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Former WWE Champion Dave Baustista adopts abused dog

written by Ruben Jay

Former WWE World Champion and Hollywood megastar Dave Baustista has adopted a 3-month-old puppy that was terribly abused.

The actor is best known for his time in WWE and as Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy. He has also offered a reward of $5,000 for any information on who abused this puppy. Fox News also reports that the pup had to undergo surgery to get a metal chain removed from her next.

On top of Bautista’s reward, the Humane Society is also offering $1,500 to the pot. Actor Mickey Rourke has also thrown in $1,000 and a Tampa Bay law firm has also offered to match Bautista’s $5k.

“ATTN Tampa Bay: I will personally hand $5000 cash to the person who gives information leading to the arrest and conviction of the sick piece of sh-t responsible for this,” the 52-year-old Marvel star wrote in the post. “If you know anything please contact @humanesocietytampabay or @safek9.”

 

27 September, 2021 0 comment
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AEW expands ‘Rampage’ to two hours for New York episode

written by Ruben Jay

AEW has expanding their RAMPAGE taping from one hour to two for next week’s episode. PWinsider.com is reporting the news with the card:

*CM Punk vs. Will Hobbs.

*FTR vs. Sting & Darby Allin.

*Christian Cage & Jurrasic Express vs. Young Bucks & Adam Cole.

*Chris Jericho & Jake Hager vs. Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky.

This will mark CM Punk’s first time wrestling on TV in over 7 years.

15 September, 2021 0 comment
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