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WWE Rumors: All The Latest On Pentagon & Rey Fenix Possibly Heading To WWE
There’s been much speculation over the last couple of months regarding the futures of Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix, more specifically relating to which promotion the brothers could be headed to next.
Just over a month go, it was reported that WWE not only had interest in both men, but had already made overtures to them (read about that here). However, it was said that they both had multiple seasons remaining on their Lucha Underground contracts. Things remained fairly quiet regarding the report since, that is until recently. Major League Wrestling, with whom Pentagon and Fenix are the current World Tag Team Champions, tweeted out this tease this week:
It’s been an incredible 2018 for the #LuchaBros!
And a monumental moment is on the horizon for @ReyFenixMx and @PENTAELZEROM as we hear what 2019 holds for them.
MLW fans may be shocked to see what’s nxt! pic.twitter.com/iqJRvJWPMu
— Major League Wrestling (@MLW) September 6, 2018
Now this is of course making reference to the rumors surrounding the brothers heading to NXT. This led to numerous reports that the two were in fact NXT-bound, likely by the end of 2018. However, at PCW Ultra’s ‘Vision Quest’ event last night in Wilmington, California, Pentagon was in action and addressed the rumors. After retaining his PCW Ultra Heavyweight Title over Hammerstone, Penta took the mic and informed the crowd he was “not going anywhere”, obviously in reference to the recent talk. Of course, we also know that Pentagon and Fenix have what’s been described as “elusive” on taking bookings for 2019.
EA’s Take:Â While it’s probably likely, it’s still tough to say for sure that they are definitely going to NXT. This could be a case of Pentagon being unable to or unwilling to talk about it or MLW being cute by bringing up the speculation, who’s to say. The real tell with these sorts of things is when/if the talents in question begin backing out of scheduled bookings. We see it with everyone that the company brings in. They haven’t necessarily done that yet, but being so wishy-washy on taking them for next year is definitely another sign that the talk is true. Generally where there’s smoke, there’s fire, but I’m holding off on saying, “it’s happening” until there’s something more concrete.
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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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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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