Opinion

Tiffany’s AEW Take: Are The Swipes At WWE Over Done?

Tiffany Takes a long hard look at the art if AEW taking swipes at WWE, and if it’s become too much.

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3 years ago

September 12, 2020

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Tiffany Takes a long hard look at the art if AEW taking swipes at WWE, and if it’s become too much.

So, if you’ve been paying attention, basically since the founding of the Elite, AEW has been taking swipes, jabs, pokes, and generally mocking WWE and Vince McMahon every chance they get, and for just about as long, people have been complaining about it, and perhaps with some reason. It seems that every ex-WWE superstar wants to take a swipe at the company, which cheers up the anti-WWE folks in the IWC. However, it does get tiresome, if only because of the social media fights that tend to break out whenever such a jab happens. So, is it time for AEW to stop swiping at WWE?

Well, the problem with complaining about AEW taking swipes at WWE and vice versa, is that promotional jabbing is nothing new in wrestling, or business. Ever since the Attitude Era, at the very least, wrestling promotions have taken swipes at each other, either outright in promos, or on commentary. WCW used to reveal the spoilers of Monday Night RAW back in the days when RAW was LIVE every other week. ECW wrestlers showed up at a RAW taping in Philadelphia, though whether or not they were unofficially invited at first is another matter. In comparison, AEW vs WWE’s stuff is minor league, and they are hardly the only ones taking swipes at the Big ‘E’. Podcasters, wrestling legends, and fans all love to swing at Vince and WWE. Never mind the times WWE’s own talent sometimes take swipes at the company over something dumb they did.

Let’s face it, Vince has pissed off a LOT of people during his career, from the promoters he ran out of business, legends that feel that he’s totally destroyed the sport of Professional Wrestling, to superstars who felt, rightly or wrongly, that he kept them from reaching their full potential or mistreated them in some way, and now they have more platforms to do it on. However, you have to remember that WWE is a business, first and foremost, and Vince McMahon is A human being. He’s not infallible and he fucks up a lot more often than probably anyone wants to admit, including him. Vince missing the boat on guys, or not seeing the potential in guys is not the most shocking thing in the world to know or say. We are talking about the man that gave the final ‘Ok’ to the godawful Katie Vick storyline and thought the Gobbeldygooker was a good idea.

I will say that I do get annoyed when AEW or its superstars take unnecessary jabs at WWE. By ‘unnecessary’, I mean, jabbing at WWE in interviews just because they can or without being asked by the interviewer. Yes, Jon Moxley still talks about his experience in WWE at the end, but that’s mainly because people keep asking, or when someone makes a jab at WWE because WWE does something stupid. It’s like commercials where Company A takes a jab at Company B, which happens in most commercials that have to do with competition between businesses.

One comment I’ve heard about all the ex-WWE guys talking about their time in WWE is that their complaining and jabs will keep WWE from re-hiring them. Vince is a businessman. If he thinks he can bring back a superstar and make a dime in profit off them, they can call him everything but late for dinner. People have said worse thing about Vince than complaining about how he couldn’t see how great they were.

Bottom line, is the jabs at WWE annoying? Yes, they are, but that doesn’t mean you have to bitch on social media every time it happens. Any reaction is a good reaction. If it bothers you that much, just ignore it. Roll your eyes and move on with your day.

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

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King’s WrestleMania Rewind: Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (WrestleMania 21)

In the next WrestleMania Rewind, Chris King takes us back to WWE WrestleMania 21, and Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero in a battle of tag team champions!

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In the next WrestleMania Rewind, Chris King takes us back to WWE WrestleMania 21, and Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero in a battle of tag team champions!

Chris King is back with his third edition of WrestleMania Rewind. This week he’s bringing us back to some ‘Latino Heat.’ We’re rolling back to WrestleMania 21 where Eddie Guerrero faced longtime friend and rival Rey Mysterio.

This would be Guerrero’s last Mania match caused by his unfortunate death. Over on SmackDown, Mysterio and Guerrero would become the tag team champions at No Way Out where they defeated MNM.

Chavo Guerrero would get into the head of Latino Heat by making him believe Mysterio was trying one-up his tag team partner. Chavo went as far as to tell his uncle to stop using the Guerrero name.

Guerrero would finally give in to his nephew’s manipulation and went on to challenge Mysterio to a one-on-one match at WrestleMania 21. I For the first time in history, both tag team champions would face each other. Guerrero vs. Mysterio was the first match on the stacked card. Both partners threw everything at each other including the kitchen sink in a battle of one-up-manship. In an incredible high-octane match that saw both superstars delivering counter for counter, Mysterio pulled off the win with a surprise pin roll up.

A few months later, what once was a friendly battle turned into a nasty fight involving the custody of Mysterio’s real-life son Dominik Mysterio. After several torturous weeks, both former tag team champions would face off in a ladder match with the custody of Dominick on the line. I forgot how amazing this rivalry was and it’s definitely worth a watch. Sadly, we would lose Latino Heat in November of 2005. There will never be another Eddie Guerrero. Viva La Raza!

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

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King’s WrestleMania Rewind: Stone Cold VS. Scott Hall (WrestleMania X8)

Chris King is back with another WrestleMania Rewind, looking at the NWO’s Scott Hall battling Stone Cold Steve Austin at WWE WrestleMania X8 from Toronto!

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2 weeks ago

March 14, 2023

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Chris King is back with another WrestleMania Rewind, looking at the NWO’s Scott Hall battling Stone Cold Steve Austin at WWE WrestleMania X8 from Toronto!

Chris King is back this week with another edition of WrestleMania Rewind, where he is rewatching all the past Mania matches and feuds. This week you’re in for a treat as we look back at ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin vs. Scott Hall at WrestleMania X8.

In late 2001, Vince McMahon bought out his competition WCW and acquired the rights to a plethora of talent including Booker T, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, and the iconic trio known as NWO. Hulk Hogan; Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall were hell raisers, and what better way to make a name for yourself than take out the two top superstars in the WWE The Rock, and Stone Cold?

The NWO cost Austin his chance at becoming the Undisputed Champion at No Way Out during his match with Chris Jericho. Adding insult to injury, the NWO spray-painted ‘The Texas Rattlesnake’ with their brand logo just like they did in WCW. As you can imagine, Austin was pissed and out for revenge against the group and primarily Scott Hall.

Hall would challenge Stone Cold to a match at WrestleMania 18. Both superstars beat the living hell out of each other leading up to this highly-anticipated match for who runs the WWE.

The glass broke and Stone Cold made his iconic entrance, and black and white NWO covered Halls’ entrance alongside Kevin Nash. With the odds stacked against ‘The Toughest S.O.B’ could Austin or NWO prove their dominance? Sadly the NWO broke up that very night when Hulk Hogan came to the aid of his adversary The Rock after their ‘iconic’ dream match. Stone Cold would ensure the victory with the Stunner. Hall would perform an Oscar-worthy sell over the finisher.

What a time to be a wrestling fan in the 2000s when nothing was impossible for WWE. Who would’ve thought WCW would go out of business and Hogan would make his long-awaited return to WWE?