![]() “I want to make it clear, TNT never said don’t do surprises, they thought that was great, and they got a huge reaction to Sting… There’s a balance between announcing things in advance telling fans in advance when something’s coming, or surprises that came out of nowhere.” Tony Khan has since given his side of the story to PWInsider, though, saying he should know, as he’s the one who actually had that conversation. Jericho said that’s why Big Show Paul Wight’s signing was announced on social media ahead of their TV episode, and Christian Cage’s pay-per-view debut was teased on the go-home show. Speaking on Talk is Jericho, Y2J described TNT’s reaction to AEW’s big Sting debut surprise on the Winter is Coming episode as “don’t do that again… We don’t want surprises, we want to take advantage of the ratings.” As Jericho himself has revealed their own TV network wasn’t best pleased with them last December. “There is also something to be said about keeping your guys special and the only place you can see this superstar is on my television show, but it’s a new age and both companies need all the eyeballs they can get at the moment.”Īnd that’s not the only criticism AEW has received recently. Punk interestingly also had some criticism for AEW for allowing Jericho to do it, which is a take I haven’t actually seen yet, but it does make sense: I’m sure they’ll mention AEW, but they won’t get into the hard questions that I think people are interested in.” And he should know, after changing the culture with WWE Backstage. Punk did go onto say that even though he doesn’t think Vince fears AEW, don’t expect Austin to ask Jericho about how much better the AEW locker room is than WWE’s, or the NXT ratings war, or Big Show and Christian Cage jumping ship – saying it’ll “probably be a feel good interview where they talk about Jericho’s past at WWE. If he was, he wouldn’t allow that to happen.” Speaking to TMZ Sports, Punk said: “I think it shows Vince McMahon isn’t afraid of AEW at all. And CM Punk believes that shows McMahon doesn’t actually see AEW as a threat. Stone Cold revealed in an interview that he and Jericho came up with the idea, and Vince was totally fine with it when they pitched it to him. In what will surely go down as one of the craziest things to happen in wrestling this year, the WWE Network announced last Friday that current top AEW star Chris Jericho will appear on the the special post-WrestleMania Night Two episode of the Broken Skull Sessions, being interviewed by Stone Cold Steve Austin. Sullivan appears to be aware of that, as he’s relaunched his Instagram with the new handle which has multiple posts of him working out, with a bio that describes him as ‘Pro Wrestler’ along with an email address for bookings. And as the world opens up more and more thanks to the vaccine rollout, Lars will be a very in-demand name for indie promotions wanting a former WWE star name. While it’s not an in-ring return, it is wrestling related. Lars told Fightful he was done with wrestling after suffering crippling anxiety before WWE TV tapings, which was eventually what led to his release, having no showed multiple episodes.īut it seems the last few months might have softened his thoughts on wrestling again, as he’ll be appearing at The Wrestling Universe Store in Queens, New York on Saturday 8th May for a signing session. Lars Sullivan has announced his first post-WWE appearance after being released by the company back in January. What do you think is going to happen with the Fiend and Orton at Mania? Let me know in the comments down below because I’ll be replying from outta nowhere also with a towel on my head. There have been rumours from Bliss also getting a Fiend-like mask in an idea that was originally meant to debut at the Royal Rumble, all the way to the Fiend possibly just squashing Orton in minutes, like his SummerSlam 2019 debut against Finn Balor.īut it seems the match will actually at least partly take place in front of fans, rather than being a fully cinematic Firefly Funhouse match, as Vince McMahon wants a big Fiend live entrance as a WrestleMania spectacle. There’s been a lot of reported WWE plans for The Fiend vs Randy Orton over the last several weeks, which often implies nobody actually knows what’s happening. Which is still better than the old red lighting. It would also be a good way to cover The Fiend’s layers of make-up coming apart while actually wrestling. Especially with the inclusion of the Sister Abigail-like character of Alexa Bliss. Much of the Fiend’s gimmick is based around Bray exorcising WWE’s bad booking demons from his career, so a reference to one of the most mocked certainly fits. Maybe… maybe it’s good we didn’t see that match.
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