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26 Nov 2020

AEW’s Unrestricted Podcast: Anna Jay

The latest episode of the AEW Unrestricted podcast features Anna Jay. After signing with AEW, Anna soon found herself recruited to the Dark Order—hear how that happened, how she keeps a straight face when filming BTE with John Silver and more. Anna’s also talking about training at the Nightmare Factory with QT Marshall, tagging with Tay Conti, Jerry Lynn’s impact on her development and AEW career to date—and learning the sleeper hold from Arn Anderson. She remembers bonding with her dad over wrestling, the promos he used to cut on her as a kid and the inspiration for the “Star Of The Show.” And, she answers fan questions about Brodie Lee and the AEW Women’s World Championship. 

Below are highlights from the podcast, as well as the full episode.

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25 Nov 2020

Jeff Jarrett and IMPACT Wrestling on the Passing of Bob Ryder

Today, it was announced that Bob Ryder, one of the founders of TNA Wrestling (now IMPACT Wrestling), passed away. There has been an outpouring from those within the pro wrestling industry since this news broke, sharing their thoughts and memories of this remarkable man who meant so much to so many people over the years. May he rest in peace.

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25 Nov 2020

Movie Review: The Wrestler

Today, I watched The Wrestler for the first time since it came out nearly 11 years ago. It is still a fantastic movie. It’s very much the pro wrestling version of Rocky Balboa, an equally fabulous piece of cinema that is gritty, authentic, and overflowing with emotion.

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24 Nov 2020

IMPACT Wrestling Report: The Rascalz Final Match, Knockouts Tag Team Title Tournament, Wrestler’s Court, & More

Tonight is IMPACT Wrestling on AXS TV! So, let’s catch up on what happened last week and what’s going down tonight.

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22 Nov 2020

WWE: Survivor Series Sunday

Right before I wrote this sentence a voice came through my computer and yelled, “Welcome to WWE ThunderDome!” I’ve been in the WWE ThunderDome before, and I’m very excited that I can be in the crowd for tonight’s Survivor Series because it’s The Undertaker’s Final Farewell, capping off a 30-year career in WWE.

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21 Nov 2020

All Elite Wrestling Announces Launch of AEW GAMES

If there’s one thing I love just as much as wrestling, it’s video games. Both of these passions played a big role in my youth and are still a massive part of who I am today. Wrestling video games, specifically, are some of my absolute favorites. Read my book review of Wrestling With Pixels for a rundown of my favorite pro wrestling video games of all time. I may have a new one to add to the list because All Elite Wrestling announced that it’s launching AEW Games!

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21 Nov 2020

AEW Arrives On DVD!

Right now is the best time to be a wrestling fan, since the 1990s. There are numerous promotions to enjoy, including WWE, IMPACT Wrestling, and, of course, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), which was founded in January 2019 and debuted its primetime TV show on TNT in October of the same year. Now AEW has a new milestone to add to its long list of achievements, the company’s popular PPV events are available on DVD for the first time!

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19 Nov 2020

Undertaker Cameo Available For $1,000

Hot on the heels of requiring its talent to deactivate their personal Cameo, Twitch, and OnlyFans accounts, WWE announced that fans can get one of 30 available Cameo videos from The Undertaker for a cool $1,000 a piece. Meanwhile, IMPACT Wrestling is supporting its wrestlers’ use of Cameo and promoting their channels, where you can get personalized videos for far less than what WWE and The Deadman are charging.

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19 Nov 2020

IMPACT Wrestling Supports Talent On Cameo

While WWE is busy firing and threatening talent for trying to earn an honest living using various entrepreneurial platforms, such as OnlyFans and Twitch, and simultaneously promoting $1,000 Cameo videos from The Undertaker, IMPACT Wrestling is supporting its wrestler’s efforts to leverage Cameo as a way to increase their income by providing fans with personalized videos. Yet another reason why I’m such a big fan of IMPACT Wrestling! Below is the full announcement.

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18 Nov 2020

Champ Rich Swann takes over IMPACT Plus!

I’m a huge fan of IMPACT Wrestling and its streaming service IMPACT Plus. The company just announced that Rich Swann, the IMPACT Wrestling World Champion, is getting a month’s worth of exclusive content on the streaming service. Read on for all of the details.

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