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WWE News: How Becky Lynch Injury Changed View Of Nia Jax

Published

5 years ago

November 14, 2018

After injuring Becky Lynch on RAW, it looks like Nia Jax has earned a bad reputation!

Saying that the WWE Universe is disappointed that SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will not be able to compete against RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey this Sunday at Survivor Series would probably be like saying the New York Yankees have a big budget right now.

Although Charlotte Flair is certainly a more than suitable replacement for ‘The Lass Kicker’, the brief build to a Lynch/Rousey clash was arguably the most anticipated match for Sunday’s event. Unfortunately, an errant shot this past Monday on RAW from Nia Jax to Becky caused what WWE called on SmackDown Live a “broken face and severe concussion”.

This is not the first time that ‘The Irresistible Force’ Nia Jax has hurt another performer and according to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, the usual sentiment of “accidents happen” or “it’s not ballet” was changed very quickly with regards to Nia. Sapp reports that at least behind-the-scenes over on the SmackDown Live side of things, the feeling is that Jax is careless in the ring.

It should be reiterated that this only pertains to the SmackDown Live side and there was no mention of whether that sentiment is the same over on Monday Night RAW or with WWE’s office. Of course, Nia is after all the number one contender for Rousey’s title after winning the Battle Royal at Evolution and the belief is she will get her title shot at TLC on December 16th.

EA’s Take: Just my personal opinion, but I think it’s fresh and people over on the blue brand are pissed because their hottest act is hurt. It doesn’t make much sense to me for Nia to have heat over an accident (because regardless of what you think, there’s a zero percent chance it was done on purpose) after we just saw a similar case recently with Brie Bella injuring Liv Morgan. Things happen, especially in a scenario like we had on Monday where it’s just complete chaos and it could have happened to anybody.

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AEW Coverage

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.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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!

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!