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AEW’s Cody files trademark on ‘Cody Rhodes’

written by Ruben Jay

PWInsider is reporting that AEW star Cody has filed for a trademark on his former WWE name, Cody Rhodes.

On 4/13, Cody Runnels applied to trademark his former ring name “Cody Rhodes” for the following:

“G & S: Bandanas; Hats; Hooded sweatshirts; Jackets and socks; Pants; Shirts; Sweatshirts”

“G & S: Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestling and sports entertainment personality; Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainment personality; Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; Providing online interviews featuring a professional wrestler and sports entertainer in the field of professional wrestling and sports entertainment for entertainment purposes”

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Commentary: I hope this leads to Cody Rhodes returning to TV. I think Cody is one of the most over stars in wrestling today but I hate that he is a one name wrestler. There isn’t as much power in “AEW CHAMPION…Cody”. I don’t know, I am thinking that Cody Rhodes just sounds better than “Cody”.

 

23 April, 2020 0 comment
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Dustin Rhodes puts his career on the line in the TNT Championship tournament

written by Ruben Jay

AEW star, Dustin Rhodes, has put his career on the line if he is unable to defeat Kip Sabian in the TNT Championship. The announcement came from AEW’s Twitter account in a video where Dustin left a voicemail on his brother, Cody’s, phone.

Here is the video below.

18 April, 2020 0 comment
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The Khan Family Issues Statements On AEW

written by Ruben Jay

SHAD KHAN STATEMENT ON AEW, Tuesday, January 8, 2019

I am the lead investor, a supporter and a backer of All Elite Wrestling, and I anticipate great things today and into the future for AEW and everyone who has worked passionately on this week’s launch.  I know AEW will be welcomed by wrestling fans here in the U.S. and throughout the world who are ready for something new and authentic.  AEW will work hard to deliver on that promise.

As important, I am the father – the proud father – of Tony Khan, who will serve in a leadership role at AEW during the 2019 launch and in the years ahead.  Tony will assemble a great team to take AEW over the top, for the benefit of everyone who loves the wrestling industry, while continuing to serve in his current capacities with the Jaguars and Fulham.

AEW will operate as an organization completely independently from my other interests.  It will not deter attention or divert resources from any of my businesses, teams, projects or investments.  At the same time, AEW will enjoy the same full commitment I given to everything and everyone in my life – my family and friends, my business and, in recent years, to sports, hospitality and now entertainment.

TONY KHAN STATEMENT ON AEW, Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Wrestling fans are a community unlike most others. I’ve been a part of this community since I was 7 years old, and I can tell you that wresting fans see the world every day through a special lens.  We see wrestling in Hollywood films and tv shows, we see elements of wrestling in the presentation of sports and in the marketing of grandiose star athletes, and we certainly see wrestling in politics.

The wrestling community is a constant; its members are diverse, we are physically located on all corners of the planet, yet we are constantly connected. Recently, a new family has formed, bonded by love and respect for wresting but armed with a vision and resources that have never before been available to the wrestling community.  Our objective is to connect our community closer than ever before through All Elite Wrestling, or AEW.

AEW does not mean any less of a continued commitment to existing obligations and duties that I have, or my family has, to our business and sports interests.  That will never be the case.  What’s important is that every individual decision we make as family, whether it’s ownership or investment in a team or property, is 100 percent beneficial to those specific interests.  I will always welcome that accountability and responsibility, as nothing is more important than serving our supporters and friends.

AEW will launch with a roster of the top wrestlers in the world.  While they’ll clash in what will be some of the most intense and fast-paced contests ever sanctioned in the squared circle, they’ll also share a common goal: to make this the true golden age, to make this the greatest time ever to be a wrestling fan.  Likewise, as a business, by treating our wrestlers with respect and warmth, we also seek to make this the golden age for the performers themselves.

I urge everyone who believes in what we’re doing, or wants to believe in dreams coming true, to support AEW by spreading the word and passing the wrestling bug onto someone else.  My message: Get in on the ground floor with AEW today and help lead our movement to grow the wrestling community and ensure that the voices of the wrestling fans, their creative minds and their remarkable ideas, will always be heard.

8 January, 2019 0 comment
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With All Elite Wrestling Being Announced, There Are Now More Questions For The New Promotion Than Answers

written by Ruben Jay

Editor’s Note: The line “Do they need TV for long term growth? Possibly. ” has been edited as it was an original misrepresentation of our stance. The original line was “Do they need TV for long term growth? Absolutely. “

Being The Elite’s Youtube Channel has officially announced the launch of All Elite Wrestling. The promotion is said to be owned by Tony Khaun with Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks said to be on the executive team as well as talent for the promotion. More news on talents, distribution, and more are set to be announced soon. With all this hype, AEW has left more questions than answers.

Will They Have or Need TV?

This is a question that has been asked time and time again: Can AEW get some sort of TV distribution deal? Will they need a TV deal? Me personally, I don’t think they will need a TV deal. At least in the short term.

Is a TV deal necessary for the promotion to get off the ground? No. I don’t think so. I’m not sure how many people ordered All In on the Fite app, but I’m sure that collectively AEW can start running shows that can make them profitable.

Think about this: On Twitter, they have a combined 1.8M followers. On Youtube, they have over 300,000 followers. If 10% of them sign up for a Patreon at $15 a month, that would be $2.7M a month or $32.4M a year. Of course, this is using the rule of 10% and hoping that 10% of their following would actually sign up for this.

That $32M a year could fund Youtube shows. They can find venues where they can sell out and make money on the ticket, sell ad-space online, and of course their merch store would be a huge money maker for them.

Do they need TV for long term growth? Possibly. However, saying they need TV right off the bat to launch is silly.

I actually think that having fans being able to go “all in” with the guys is a great idea. Gives the audience a sense of ownership and a sense of them being apart of the team. No wrestling company has done that.

Who, Other Than Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, And SCU, Will They Feature?

With the announcement, no real announcement of any talent signings were made. This leaves us to wonder, who else will AEW bring in to fill up the roster?

This is important. Cody has come out and said that he plans to not wrestle as much in the future. The 33-year-old son of a plumber’s son might want to go full time for another handful of years before slowing down.

The Young Bucks are a tag team. Will they eventually want to go solo and try to compete for the top titles in AEW? Or will they stick together as a unit?

What Is ‘Double or Nothing’?

The AEW team has announced that Double or Nothing is coming. Will it be their launch event? Will it just be the planned rally?

I guess we have to wait and see.

2 January, 2019 0 comment
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The NWA Is In the Process Of Creating More Titles

written by Ruben Jay

The NWA is on the process of rebuilding itself back up. After ALL IN,  the NWA is on the high of a lifetime. Cody Rhodes is the third NWA World Heavyweight Champion under the Corgan administration and has the world talking. 

Cody Rhodes, moments after winning the NWA World Championship. Copyright to the owner

SEScoops.com has an article up reporting that the NWA is in the process of bringing back some titles. According to the report, the NWA will reintroduce the NWA National Heavyweight Championship at the 70th Anniversary show set for October 21, 2018. 

The same report states that the NWA will be bringing back the NWA Tag Team Championships that have been vacant for a while. 

One has to wonder what the plans are for Cody Rhodes as the NWA Champion. I personally believe that the NWA Anniversary show will have Cody defending the world title against former champion, Nick Aldis. I predicted that in my blog about the NWA needing Cody to be the NWA World Champion. 

I wouldn’t be surprised if we see Cody, The Bucks, and those involved in ALL IN’s success begin to work toward developing the NWA into a full-time promotion. I can almost guarantee that WGN America would be interested in putting the NWA with Cody Rhodes on their network. 

Time shall tell. 

5 September, 2018 0 comment
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What Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, And ‘ALL IN’ Did On Saturday Was A Game Changer: What IMPACT Wrestling, WWE, and Ring Of Honor Can Learn From ALL IN

written by Ruben Jay

Saturday, September 1, 2018 will go down in history as the night that professional wrestling changed forever, even if the show was a one-off. 

ALL IN was a massive success for everyone involved. And while i haven’t been able to finish all 4 hours of the show, what I have seen is enough to know that this show has changed the game (yes, I know I said that twice now). 

The ALL IN – Zero Hour special on WGN America had some technical issues, but it’s forgivable for them to have those issues as this was the first show they’ve produced. 

At the end of the night, I walked away extremely proud of the guys involved. They put on a massive show, had very little problems, and made the show feel special without having their own TV outlet to promote their show. 

There is a ton of things that IMPACT Wrestling, WWE, and Ring of Honor can learn from the success of ALL IN. 

READ MORE: WHY CODY NEEDED TO BE NWA WORLD CHAMPION

The first lesson that can be learned is on story telling. The NWA World Championship Match with Cody Rhodes defeating Nick Aldis to become the new champion was a perfect story told perfectly without the two men ever fighting or without any major over-the-top trash talking. 

The job that Billy Corgan, Dave Lagana, Cody Rhodes, and Nick Aldis told with a few promos, a camera crew, and a compelling story arc was impeccable. All the guys needed was an outlet to tell a story and the arc and the rest was done with the imagination of the fans, the desire to see these two men fight it out for the title, and the need for the babyface to come out as champion. 

The story in the ring was just as epic. Seeing Nick Aldis take it to Cody, seeing what the title meant to Cody and his continued fighting effort to keep fighting even after his wife tells him that he didn‘t need to keep going, and then seeing his wife take an elbow drop from Aldis just made the story so much better. 

And in the end, a quick roll up gave Cody the win. We didn’t need to do a complicated finish or angle, we didn’t need run ins or weapons. All we needed was a story, a match, and a conclusion. And I can’t wait for Cody to defend the title against Aldis at the 70th Anniversary show in October. 

The second lesson that can be learned is more for IMPACT and ROH and that is that production matters. 

The stage set up that ALL IN had was amazing. It looked like something WWE or an MMA group would have set up. I kept thinking, “Man, this looks a lot like a big budget production being done” and in reality, it was three guys who boot-strapped the whole production themselves with the help of sponsors and their corporate sponsors. 

The final lesson, give the fans what they want. Stop trying to push your agenda and ideas that don’t work. ALL IN was a fun show because there was no agenda. There was no one person that needed to get over. The people who needed to be over were and the ones who needed to not be over were not. The fans were able to choose. 

I hope that if there is an ALL IN 2 that these principals are taken into account. 

2 September, 2018 0 comment
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Ring of Honor Signs Flip Gordon To Long Term Contract

written by Ruben Jay

PWInsider.com is reporting that Flip Gordon has signed a long-term deal with Ring of Honor Wrestling.

According to the report, ROH has signed Gordon for two years. That will keep Gordon thru at least the summer of 2020.

Most recently, Gordon challenged for the NWA World Championship against Nick Aldis and impressed many of the ROH higher-ups in the organization. In a recent video with Cody Rhodes, Rhodes mentioned that he sees Gordon as a future franchise player in the industry.

30 July, 2018 0 comment
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Cody And The Young Bucks To Host Marathon On AXS TV

written by Ruben Jay

JOIN NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING STARS THE YOUNG BUCKS AND CODY AS THEY ASSURE VIEWERS ‘THE BULLET CLUB IS FINE’ WITH AN EIGHT-HOUR MARATHON OF BULLET CLUB ACTION ON SATURDAY, JULY 7 AT 12pE/9aP ON AXS TV

‘The Bullet Club Is Fine Marathon’ Leads Into AXS TV’s LIVE Broadcast of NJPW’s ‘G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO’ on July 7 at 8pE/5pP

Cody Faces IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks Defend the IWGP Tag Team Title in a Rematch Against EVIL and SANADA

Los Angeles (June 13, 2018) – New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) superstars and leaders of the Bullet Club—The Young Bucks (brothers Matt & Nick Jackson) and Cody are teaming up to host an eight-hour marathon celebrating some of The Bullet Cub’s greatest matches this year on Saturday, July 7 at 12pE/9aP. “The Bullet Club is Fine Marathon” will feature eight of the group’s best matches from this year leading into AXS TV’s live broadcast of NJPW’s biggest U.S. event ever – the G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO at 8pE/5pP from the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.

The rivalry between Cody and fellow Bullet Club member and newly crowned IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega comes to a head at the G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO as the two face off in the main event. Other matches announced so far include IWGP Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks in a rematch against former title holders EVIL & SANADA, IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Juice Robinson, and a special tag team match pitting Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI.

“The Bullet Club is Fine Marathon” is as follows (subject to change):

12pE – New Beginning in Sapporro 2018 Kenny Omega vs. Jay White
1pE – Honor Rising: Japan 2018 Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Cody & Marty Scurll
2pE – Strong Style Evolved Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
3pE – Sakura Genesis 2018 Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Cody & Hangman Page
4pE – Wrestling Dontaku 2018 Cody vs. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page
5pE – Dominion 6.9 The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. SANADA & EVIL
6pE – Dominion 6.9 Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada (2 hours)
8pE – G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO LIVE on AXS TV
13 June, 2018 0 comment
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“All In” Files For Trademarks

written by Ruben Jay

The company owned by the Young Bucks have filed for a trademark for “All In”. Killing The Business, Inc. filed the trademark on 5/24/2018.

The company has Dana Massie (Matt Jackson’s wife) listed as President.

Commentary: This could be a sign to show that there will be more of the “All In” branded events from the Bucks and Cody. I hope that is the case. More places for wrestlers to work the better.

30 May, 2018 0 comment
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