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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the Awards issue coming out in a few weeks and thoughts ....
The Golden Donut: AEW Revolution Recap and Review Kenny Omega May Be a Tough Son of a Bitch, But He Can t Build an Exploding Ring Worth a Shit. 14-minute read AEW Remember last year? Remember packed, sold-out crowds? Remember when AEW Revolution was the most anticipated wrestling show of the year? I’m sure many of you know by now that, in addition to nearly sweeping the 2020 Wrestling Observer Awards, Revolution was voted Show of the Year and its tag title epic earned the Match of the Year honors. This year, there were a bunch of distractions leading up to the pay-per-view Impact and NJPW and ....
AEW President Tony Khan is this week’s guest on the AEW Unrestricted podcast. Khan, who seems to now prefer being described as the winner of the 2020 Wrestling Observer Awards for “Best Booker” and “Promoter of the Year,” was on hand to hype up the AEW Revolution pay-per-view that’s taking place this Sunday, Mar. 7. Paul Wight created major buzz for the event by dishing out the ‘biggest scoop ever’ about AEW signing a Hall of Fame worthy talent to a contract on Sunday. Tony Khan followed up on that tease: “[Paul Wight] told the world, and it’s true, that there’s gonna be a big star signed with AEW, and he’s coming here.this Sunday a major star in the world of wrestling, a huge, huge star, is gonna come and sign a multi-year contract with AEW on Sunday at the pay-per-view. So I can confirm what Paul said is true. And I’m not talking about the person in the ladder match.Paul’s talking about a big surprise, and that’s no joke.” ....
A look at the death, unique lives and careers of Jon Huber and Danny Hodge is the focus of what is the best issue of the Observer in more than a decade. Details surrounding the Huber health crisis and death, words from his wife, how he got started in wrestling, my own personal thoughts regarding my interaction with him, his leaving WWE for AEW, his WWE run with The Wyatt Family, what were the plans for the Bludgeon Brothers to imitate and how it fell through, the match that changes his WWE focus, the background of his big decision, what match was scheduled for him that fell through, how his AEW term played out with his biggest matches, why the death became such a huge news story, the story behind and coverage of the tribute show and more. ....