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Chairshot Wrestling News Shuffle (2/15/2019)

Start your Friday off with comments on news regarding Jimmy Uso, The Undertaker, Bray Wyatt, and more!

Published

5 years ago

February 15, 2019

Jason Schufletowski

Jason shuffles in to the homestretch of the week with the Chairshot Wrestling News Shuffle! Today we take a look at news on Jimmy Uso, The Undertaker, Bray Wyatt, and more!

Welcome To The Uso Penitentiary

According to TMZ sports, Jimmy Uso was arrested after a drunken dispute with Detroit police today. Naomi and Uso were pulled over earlier today when Namoi was headed the wrong way on a one way street. Police say that the vehicle smelled strongly of alcohol. Upon getting pulled over, Uso reportedly acted like he wanted to fight with police. He was booked and later posted bond.

Undertaker At Starrcast II

Sports Illustrated broke the news earlier today that the Undertaker will be appearing at Starrcast II Memorial Day weekend. According to SI: “I know people might assume this is an AEW event, but that is not true,” said Starrcast founder Conrad Thompson, whose convention is a weekend-long event featuring more than two dozen live wrestling-themed shows. “We have wrestlers appearing from every promotion from all over the world, and Starrcast isn’t just for All Elite Wrestling fans, it’s for all wrestling fans.

Cruiserweight Title Match Moved To Elimination Chamber Kickoff

The Cruiserweight championship match between Akira Tozawa and Buddy Murphy that was scheduled to be a part of the Elimination Chamber pay per view this coming Sunday has been moved to the Elimination Chamber kickoff show according a tweet from the WWE.

#WWEChamber Kickoff this Sunday will see @WWE_Murphy defend the @WWE #CruiserweightTitle against @TozawaAkira! https://t.co/FM6FVL6207 #205Live pic.twitter.com/3o0ipuwuKI

— WWE (@WWE) February 14, 2019

Bray Wyatt To Return Soon?

According to PWInsider, Bray Wyatt is “very close” to an in ring return. The last time Wyatt was seen in a WWE ring was at a WWE Live event in Columbus Ohio last December. The thought at the time was Bray Wyatt would return to Royal Rumble, but outside of some odd tweets, he hasn’t been seen or heard from since.

Jason’s Thoughts on Today’s News

Undertake is on his way to All Elite Wrestling!!!! I better not say that or some of the AEW marks will get upset. All things considered though, it will be interesting to see what the Undertaker experience will be at Starrcast II. For pretty much the entirety of his career as the Undertaker, he has really never broken character outside of the ring. I would love to see a Q&A with him, a podcast, or a potential shoot interview. If there was one person who would have hours of stories to tell, it would be the Undertaker. I am a bit curious though of his contractual situation with the WWE and if they had any input to the appearance. Many fans will associate Starrcast II with AEW, so it is interesting. Does this mean we wont be seeing Undertaker at WrestleMania?

I am not going to comment on Jimmy Uso or Namoi. Everyone has a personal life outside of the ring. I really don’t have anything of value to add.

I thought Wyatt would be back at Royal Rumble as well, and there were the rumors that the Wyatt family could reunite. Throwing a hypothetical scenario out there, but could the return of Erik Rowan and his siding with Daniel Bryan lead to a potential return scenario for Wyatt? There is history there, and the storyline would pretty much write itself.

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!