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WWE Rumors: Speculation On More Mae Young Classic Participants

Published

6 years ago

July 19, 2018

The beginning of the WWE’s second Mae Young Classic is now less than three weeks away with tapings for the tournament kicking off August 8th and 9th at Full Sail University. WWE has already confirmed a handful of names to enter the 32-woman field:

Kaitlyn
Rhea Ripley
Io Shirai
Tegan Nox
Deonna Purrazzo
Reina Gonzalez
Jessie Elaban
Nicole Matthews
Jinny
Kacy Catanzaro

We’ve seen rumors about other participants such as Meiko Satomura (for more on that go here) and recent WWE tryout attendee Chelsea Green (check that out here), but a new rumor has now surfaced after WWE personality Renee Young followed a number of female stars on Twitter, which was found by Squared Circle Sirens’ Casey Michael. Of course, this has led to reports that a “list” of names for the Mae Young Classic has now “leaked”. Below is Casey’s tweet which led to the rumors:

Thanks, Renee. pic.twitter.com/AMJe42htRI

— casey michael 🏳️‍🌈 (@ifyouseekcasey) July 18, 2018

Here’s a look at the rumored “rumored list” being reported by some other sites, one of which is a former IMPACT Wrestling Knockout who was just moved to the alumni section of the company’s site (read about that here), plus a current IMPACT Knockout:

Aerial Monroe
Vernice Gabriel
Isla Dawn
Vanessa Kraven
Kavita Devi
Toni Storm
Sienna
Killer Kelly
Rachael Ellering (Evers)
Lacey Lane
Priscilla Kelly
Madison Rayne
MJ Jenkins
Meiko Satomura

The reports are also listing Mia Yim and Mercedes Martinez as confirmed names, both of whom competed in the inaugural Mae Young Classic, however neither have been confirmed by WWE this year as of this writing.

EA’s Take: There’s a lot to digest here, so in my best impression of Jim Carrey when he gets pulled over in ‘Liar, Liar’, “Here goes….*deep breath*”. It’s a massive leap in my opinion to go from who Renee Young followed on Twitter to, “They’re rumored to be in the Mae Young Classic!”. First of all, why would Renee be privy to such information and would she really be dumb enough to do something like that, knowing people will pick up on it? Also, there are explanations for her following a number of those people as a lot were either already signed to WWE or were JUST signed by WWE. She just recently followed Brock Lesnar and Kairi Sane too, so I guess that means they will be in the MYC? Additionally, she recently followed Kenny King who’s with Ring Of Honor. Granted, they both are in the Las Vegas area so perhaps they know one another, but does that mean we should read into that more? Another point; Aerial Monroe and Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander just recently got married, so is it not possible Renee followed her because they know one another? I think some people out there need the ‘Jump To Conclusions’ mat from Office Space as a Christmas gift this Winter.

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW Coverage

AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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