Chairshot Wrestling News Shuffle (2/18/19)

“In my mind, from a pure business standpoint, I’m worth as much as Brock Lesnar to WWE as far as what I bring to the table. That’s the watermark that I had. For me to go back to Vince, I want that kind of a deal. When I was starting to talk with Tony (Khan) and New Japan and Impact as well– Impact offered me a hell of a deal for a four match series. We’re talking mid-seven figures. They have some cash as well.”

AEW Double Or Nothing Ticket Sale Notes

Cody Rhodes took to Twitter a few days ago and provided some interesting stats on ticket sales for AEW Double Or Nothing:

• Tickets purchased from all 50 states domestically(plus Puerto Rico / D.C)

• 9 countries. Canada, UK, Mexico, Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Panama, Austria

• 1st same day sellout for pro-wrestling in Vegas ever!

Thank you fans for going “all in” on this dream. pic.twitter.com/F5oi8A7uDu

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) February 13, 2019

Why The Women Didn’t Headline Elimination Chamber

Initially, it was thought that the historic Women’s Tag Team Championship match would headline the Elimination Chamber pay per view, however, according to Fightful, Vince McMahon made the change to swap the match out with the men’s Elimination Chamber match. McMahon felt the women’s match would get the reaction desired to close out the show.

Becky Lynch Re-Injures Knee At Live Event

While it appears to be only in storyline, Becky Lynch appeared to re-injure her knee after attempting to attach Charlotte Flair at a house show Saturday evening.

BREAKING: @MsCharlotteWWE has RE-INJURED #TheMan’s knee after the suspended @BeckyLynchWWE jumped the barricade at #WWEAlexandria.https://t.co/UTeaeDgjQL

— WWE (@WWE) February 17, 2019