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Cody Says He Passed On WWE Already, Chances The Elite Could Split Up

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5 years ago

December 10, 2018

Cody reveals he already declined WWE, talks about The Elite’s future!

There’s been no shortage of headlines this year surrounding Cody Rhodes and the rest of The Elite for that matter, as 2018 has seen them take the independent scene over with the success of All In, a possible sequel, their free agency (or impending), all the talk surrounding All Elite Wrestling and more.

Of course as the year nears its end, Cody is already free to make a decision on his future, but all signs right now still point to All Elite Wrestling being the outcome (see the latest on that here). Over the weekend, ‘The American Nightmare’ has been in the United Kingdom and took part in a live production of Something To Wrestle with Bruce Prichard for Fight Forever Wrestling.

During the show, fans had the opportunity to ask questions and when Cody was posed with the topic of a possible WWE return, he would respond by saying he had “already passed on the WWE offer a few weeks ago”, then spoke about the current independent scene’s ability to support a non-PG product.

Separately, Cody also was interviewed during his trip by Mirror Sport and addressed his knee injury, NXT UK and a host of other topics. When it comes to the future for The Elite as a whole however, Cody said it might not be as sure of a thing as everyone thinks that they will stick together:

“Yeah I know [about the rumors] and it’s one of those things where it’s nice to let it play out. Any time fans ask me what do you guys think is next, what’s the plan, I typically tell them to watch Being The Elite. I know Being The Elite has so much comedy in it and there’s many goofy elements, but it also has… the thread is in there of where we’ll be going and what we’ll be doing.

But the truth really is, these two months December and January, are really a minefield of just political and difficult decisions for everybody. You know, obviously, we would love to stick together, we have this chemistry amongst each other, this friendship and a competitive nature amongst each other, we would love to stay together, but who knows? There is a world where that may not happen.

Either way, if All In was just one night, it was the best night of my life, for sure. It was a wonderful thing. If it ends up being more, then I think that’s a great thing for the fans. But the best thing I can tell you is stay tuned and hang in there with us, because believe me, we don’t have all the answers yet either.”

Quotes c/o Mirror Sport

Check out the entire interview with Cody at this link.

EA’s Take: I think I’ve said this before, but these guys are so good at getting people to hang on everything they’re doing that I can’t ever rule out anything being just a total…brain tease (not what I was going to use there). Quite frankly, I’d be pretty surprised if The Elite didn’t all stay together after they’ve played that up so much. However, I will say if there’s one guy I could see straying, it would be Kenny Omega. Think about it…is it unreasonable to think he wouldn’t want to stay with New Japan? Maybe he works something out where he could do both too. Really, we’re all just taking stabs in the dark at this point, except for All Elite Wrestling. I think that’s a done deal, permitted they get a TV deal (which I think they will).

Do you think there’s any chance The Elite gets separated? Let us know on social media @theCHAIRSHOTcom and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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

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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.

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

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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!