Episode 85 - WWE and AEW Heat Up Before Fyter Fest

The American Crisis quote from Thomas Paine, on Summerslam:

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

Fyter Fest Preview, Heyman & Bischoff Analysis, Evolve 10 Year Anniversary

That and so much more is ready to be dissected by the Brothers of Discussion.

Tidbits 

• Stomping Grounds full of good wrestling 

  • Tweet length review

  • Matches you’ll revisit? Heavy Machinery finally getting a chance to showcase thanks to D-Bry

• Undertaker returns to rescue Roman Reigns from Shane McMahon + McIntyre

• WWE announces that Attitude Era/Monday Night War pillars are going to be named Executive Directors, Eric Bischoff, and Paul Heyman

  • Press release from WWE.com:

In their executive roles, Heyman and Bischoff will oversee the creative development of WWE’s flagship programming and ensure integration across all platforms and lines of business. The creation of these roles further establishes WWE’s ability to continuously reinvent its global brand while providing two distinct creative processes for its flagship shows.

With more than 30 years of experience in the sports-entertainment industry, Heyman served as President of ECW from 1993 to 2001, securing pay-per-view distribution for the company as well as a national cable television deal with TNN. After his time with ECW, Heyman joined WWE’s Creative team and is widely credited with helping launch the careers of many current and former WWE Superstars.

Bischoff is a former WCW President and New York Times, bestselling author. During his WCW career, Bischoff oversaw the signing of some of the biggest names in sports-entertainment and helped create and develop the nWo storyline. He was also instrumental in securing a television deal for WCW Monday Nitro on TNT and WCW Thunder on TBS. After WCW, Bischoff co-founded Bischoff-Hervey Entertainment, a production company that launched TV reality shows and mobile games.

• Bischoff

  • Bischoff worst ideas: Road Wild PPV (for biking community, free shows lol); Hogan v Goldberg (free show); recycling NWO idea with Immortal in TNA, recycled NWO (vs NWO) idea with Wolfpack, AND Aces and Eights also in TNA; booking Warrior v Hogan...in 1998

  • Bischoff best ideas: Hulk Hogan heel turn; NWO, the cruiserweight division

• Heyman

  • Heyman worst ideas:

  • Heyman best ideas: Steve Austin, Extreme wrestling, Lesnar management

• Scheduling of Evolve’s 10th Anniversary and will be broadcast on WWE Network

  • Same night as Fight for the Fallen

  • Fight for the Fallen is a Charity Event

  • Kenny Omega: 

    • If lining your pockets with blood money is okay, then what's wrong with trying to undermine a charity show for victims of gun violence? I hear that healthy competition is supposed to be a good thing and yet I can't help but feel like I'm gonna be sick.

Fyter Fest

Fyter Fest will be held at Ocean Center in Daytona Beach on June 29. It will be available to stream for free on B/R Live. The main card starts at 8:30 p.m. ET with a pre-show preceding it at 7:30. For more information on accessing Fyter Fest on B/R Live, go here.

Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela

• Started by a stolen cigarette

 

The Elite (Kenny Omega, Young Bucks) vs. The Lucha Brothers and a partner yet to be announced (six-man tag match)

• Was  supposed to be Pac

• Who would you pick, if you could pick anyone in the world to tag with the Luch Bros

Cody vs. Darby Allin

• Allin has a "predilection for self-destruction"

• Is Cody ready to create another emotional roller coaster? Or is this season 2 of the Walking Dead?

Adam Page vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jungle Boy vs. MJF (Fatal Four-Way)

• MJF is the man to watch in this one

• Adam Page is the   one

Jebailey vs. Michael Nakazawa (Hardcore match)

• Nakazawa is the baby oil wrestler from Double or Nothing

• According to BR: “He's the administrator of CEO, a fighting game convention that co-produced an event for NJPW (where he met Omega and other members of AEW's brass).”

• Jebailey defeated Nakazawa in his first-ever match.

RAW + Smackdown

• Mixed Match challenge underway: Seth + Becky vs Corbin + Lacey Evans

NXT

• Io Shirai gets a well-earned “yowie wowie!” chant after a moonsault off the top of the cage!

  • Match ends with Io on her belly, smashing cage door into Shayna, unconscious Shayna falls through open doorway :(

  • Io attacks Candace! Why?? Candace came to her aid! Character reboot to finally get the belt off of Shayna?

    • Leaves with a mostly Japanese promo + “I don’t care!”

• Keith Lee with a squash 

• The debut of NXT Breakout (Welcome to TV) tournament!

  • Angel Garza def Joaquin Wilde

    • Machismo oozing heel defeats a dude stealing Ali’s electronics gimmick

    • Incredible Avalanche Spanish Fly + Tucked powerbomb thing by Angel

NXT UK 

• Mark Andrews v Joseph Conners

  • Stundog millionaire!

  • “Fall to Pieces” shooting star

  • Gets a hell of a pop + crowd reacting to entrance song which i really hate lolol

• Grizzled Young Veterans promo

  • This is a music festival? I’ve been here 2 days, and have yet to hear a single identifiable instrument!

• Killer Kelly v Xia Brookside

  • Terrifying hanging german suplex

  • First I’ve seen: eye-pulling!

  • Jinny + Jazzy “gobb-ert” invade, a lil nod of thank you from Kelly, Xia wins on Codebreaker…?

• Toni Storm cuts a boring promo on Kay Lee Ray

• Noam Dar v Ligero

  • Ligero steals one on a roll-up...Kenny Williams doesn’t allow a chair to enter the match

  • Dar twisting Ligero’s horns?

• Travis Banks v WALTER

  • Pretty standard underdog match, banks went in having no shot...didn’t really do enough to sell us on an upset (like Finn v Brock)