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Chairshot Shuffle: HHH, Bray Wyatt, Nikki Cross and More! (11/20/19)

Get caught up to speed with the latest news regarding HHH, Bray Wyatt, Nikki Cross and More!

Published

4 years ago

November 20, 2019

Jason Schufletowski

Get caught up to speed with the latest news regarding HHH, Bray Wyatt, Nikki Cross and More!

HHH Returning To The Ring At Survivor Series?

According to the Twitter account of WrestleVotes, there has been some chatter from the creative team to have HHH as a member of team NXT at Survivor Series this weekend. According to the Tweet, there has been a mixed reaction to this, and HHH himself does not want to be a part of the match.

Hearing that over the past few weeks there has been a push from creative to have Triple H as a member of Team NXT in the men’s elimination match. That idea has been met w/ mixed reactions, including that of The Game. I’m told he does NOT want to be part of the match this Sunday.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) November 18, 2019

Jason’s Take

Having HHH a part of the match itself would over shadow the NXT talent, then again, he is playing a large part of the storyline.

Nikki Cross Signs New Deal

WWE is continuing to sign current roster members to long term deals as Nikki Cross has signed a long term contract according to Squared Circle Sirens. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but is rumored to be the typical 3 to 5 year deal the company has offered to stars recently.

Jason’s Take

Cross had been in the middle of a push while tagging with Alexa Bliss, and while both characters are completely different, it worked. I think Cross has a lot that she can offer to the women’s roster if creative utilizes her correctly.

Chris Jericho To Make Huge Announcement

All Elite Wrestling’s Twitter account tweeted today that Chris Jericho will make a huge announcement on tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite.

What does #AEW World Champion Chris Jericho have to say? Find out tomorrow night at 8/7c on #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/v7scNUtig2

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) November 19, 2019

Jason’s Take

Jericho has been quite entertaining on weekly AEW TV. It will be interesting to see what Jericho has to say.

WrestleMania Plans For Bray Wyatt

We are getting closer to the start of the road to WrestleMania, and with it, much speculation as to what is planned for the top talent of the WWE roster. Dave Meltzer stated on Wrestling Observer Radio that there may be big plans for Wyatt at the show of shows. Meltzer would state:

“The one thing is that with Brock, see we’re in November, they will pretty much have Brock’s match locked up in the next month. You know Brock’s stuff, because of Paul, because of Brock, and because of Vince, it is always well-planned out in advance. And we should see hints of whatever it is pretty soon. I’m still thinking it might be Bray Wyatt. Although they are on different brands, so maybe that’s out of the question, but maybe it’s not, and even if it is out of the question today, it may not be out of the question in a month. If ratings go down, you know, what decision would they make at that point?”

Jason’s Take

With the way they are building up Bray Wyatt, this would be the right match for him. However, who would Lesnar lose the title too between now and then because it is unlikely that Wyatt will be losing the SmackDown title to anyone any time soon.

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!

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!