Welcome to an all new edition of Blogs Count Anywhere, the complementary pro wrestling blog to the ODPH Podcast & 607TWS on Twitch. It’s Superbowl Sunday but there’s a lot of wrestling news to break down from the past week. Big moves have been happening & they don’t look to be stopping anytime soon. Let’s jump in and see what’s the latest from your favorite promotions, shall we?
Photo Credit: All Elite Wrestling
On Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, All Elite Wrestling came thru on its’ announcement of the big signing with the debut of “Limitless” Keith Lee. The former NXT Champion made a big statement win over Isiah Kassidy to enter into the Face of The Revolution match at AEW’s next PPV. Rumors of Lee signing with AEW had been heavily circling around the fandom & with him recently getting married (congrats!), fans weren’t sure we would see him at this point. Happily, we were all surprised it was him & not the Rhodeslander in a story-line gimmick.
Lee is a great addition to the roster. His agility for being his size is incredible. Kassidy was a great opponent for him to showcase his skills against. Now the question becomes: what’s next? Lee joins a growing list of former WWE/NXT superstars now in AEW. With only so much TV time to go around, how much of an impact will he make right away? The Revolution match is a great start. After that, I feel he will get a solid program to run with, possibly with a returning Miro. That would be box office!
Photo Credit: All Elite Wrestling
Lee wasn’t the only one to make some noise on Wednesday. Another wrestler walked through “The Forbidden Door”: NJPW’s very own “KING SWITCH” Jay White. White has been over state-side doing some fantastic work in Impact Wrestling along with NJPW Strong. White, the current leader of the Bullet Club, showed up in a backstage segment helping Adam Cole (Bay Bay) & the Young Bucks. White also showed up on AEW Rampage to attack Trent Beretta after his match.
During the backstage time, Cole did make a reference about being “Bullet Club for life” which raised a question. Recently, fans have seen Cole back together with his former partners in Undisputed Era, reDRagon. AEW has been slow building towards an eventual match between the Bucks & reDRagon. That said, how does White & the Bullet Club fit in here? Fans know that the Guerillas of Destiny are state-side as well with Impact Wrestling. Does this mean we’re going to lead into some trios matches with Bullet Club vs. Cole/reDRagon vs. Kenny Omega/Young Bucks? This feels like the way that the stories are building to. What will be the endgame after this is what feels uncertain.
While it’s fantastic White is in AEW, it seems it won’t be for too long. There is so many dream match sequences to unfold here that AEW has their choice of direction to go in. There is only one minor roadblock with this: Cole did challenge “Hangman” Adam Page for the championship. Pending on when they want to do this, AEW will have to juggle some stories to get everyone their fair time in the ring.
It’s a good problem to have all this talent to work with, but making it all work might be the biggest challenge for all this talent.
Photo Credit: All Elite Wrestling
Another big signing for AEW happened late Saturday night: NICK FN’ WAYNE was offered a contract. If you’re not familiar with this 16yr old phenom, get ready. AEW has one of the best future prospects in the business in their company now. Putting the karma out there at the gentleman featured above gets put into a program with Wayne at some point. #WAYNEvsHOOK needs to happen!
Photo Credit: All Elite Wrestling
The match of the week you don’t want to miss is Bryan Danielson vs. Lee Moriarty. If there’s ever a reason to turn into Dynamite, its this match. Super excited to see this on free TV & 10000000% for Moriarty joining Danielson’s faction if that’s where we are going after this. Make plans to see this on Wednesday!
Photo Credit: Major League Wrestling
Taking a quick lap around some other promotions, Major League Wrestling announced Killer Kross will be returning to the promotion for MLW Superfight on Feb. 26th! Very excited to check this out! Can’t wait for Hammerstone vs. Davey Richards on that night as well. For more information: MLW.com
Photo Credit: Ring Of Honor Wrestling
Ring of Honor is having a big week. With the announcement of Bryan Danielson joining the Briscoes as part of the first class of ROH Hall Of Fame Inductees, Ian Riccaboni & the board of Directors will be having a Facebook Live session on Wednesday, February 16th at 7pm EST. You don’t want to miss this as they will be talking the next phase of ROH & more info about Supercard of Honor in April! Make sure to check it out!
Photo Credit: Xcite Wrestling
Last but never least, Xcite Wrestling unveiled it’s card for #XCITE10, their 10th anniversary show. Many familiar faces will be returning to the X for this show like Tommy Dreamer & Matt Cross. Make sure you don’t miss it! Sell Out The X! For more information: XciteWrestling.com & drop that Follow on Twitch!
That’s all for this week. Make sure you’re listening to the 607podcast family for more wrestling content. Hit me up on Twitter & let me know what promotions we should be talking about.
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