This Week In Pro Wrestling: WWE star Cesaro's a free agent, Logan Paul's arrival, Jericho reigns supreme and more
This week in professional wrestling was CRAZY! The road to Mania is shaping up to be, interesting to say the least. The hard core fans are all over themselves as we know we are getting Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley at Revolution. It just keeps getting better and better. Let start on the WWE side of things.
Before we dive into WWE, let’s say farewell to the ‘real’ people’s champ, Cesaro! His contract expired with WWE and he is free to go wherever he pleases. Along with Bray Wyatt, there wasn’t a guy who was more over than him and just didn’t have the opportunity. Good luck Cesaro wherever you land.
Guess who got their wish and wants to take their shot at the tag titles. The Best Friends of Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens! Yup. That’s right. They beat RK-Bro AGAIN! While I don’t know the angle they’re playing at, it could be something super dope with all three of those teams getting after it this Monday.
Brock Lesnar fresh off his victory in the Chamber came out in his new Cowboy attire calling out his opponent The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns. Before Brock could get into his promo, ‘LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! My name is Paul Heyman!’ The special council to Roman Reigns dropped in to put Brock on notice. Brock wasn’t having it and put Paul and Roman on notice about showing up to Smackdown to sign the contract for the “biggest match in Mania history.” More on that later.
Remember when I said one of the Paul brothers would show up for the Miz? Well, Logan came out at the one to team up with the must see superstar. And it became official, Miz/Logan Paul vs. the Mysterios. Miz killing it again, going after one of the most ‘hated’ people in social media, just fits who and what the Miz is going for. Can’t wait to see the build for this. Miz has a knack for bringing his best material for Mania season. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.
Bianca Belair went fact to face with the Big Time Becky Lynch. She gets her chance again at Wrestlemania to dethrone another great. This was one of the best moments on Raw. The exchange between the EST and Becky was awesome. This build is off to the right start and should be at its peak when we get to Dallas. Same can be said for Edge.
Edge doesn’t have an opponent yet. The Rated R superstar dropped hints on who he wants to face at Mania with some key easter eggs. Throwing out terms like phenomenal, demon, and even a Cody reference. Who takes up the challenge? I don’t think it will be Finn because he’s got himself tied up in the United States Champion Damian Priest. Cody may be a HUGE stretch, but he strikes me as someone who shows up on the Raw after Mania. So that leaves the Phenomenal One. Let’s see it AJ. Styles vs. Edge at Mania is where I want to place my bet.
Smackdown was okay this past week. Team B.A.D is back. Sasha and Naomi made their claim to go after the tag team champions at Mania. We also saw, Johnny Knoxville get all up in Sami Zayn’s grill. With that, we saw our guy Ricochet shoot his shot and get in the Intercontinental Title mix as he just asked Adam Pearce for a match, AND GOT IT! Will Ricochet get a fair shake? I don’t know, but we at least know we will have a helluva match next week. These two kill it in the ring together.
Lastly, Roman cut one of the best promos of his life in the contract signing with Brock. I AM WRESTLEMANIA! Now wrestling purest folks will be like easy slugger, that’s Shawn Michaels. Look we know okay, but no one has been more relevant right now than the Tribal Chief. Let’s just leave it at that.
…. and then there was AEW
AEW was even better this week. MJF made people actually feel sorry for him. He cut a super hard shoot style promo on CM Punk. He was relatable as so many people felt how he did when CM Punk left professional wrestling. He left everyone who believed in him. MJF was no different than any of us that day. Punk even needed to come out and question the validity of it. MJF just further establishing he may very well be the best in the world of professional wrestling.
Adam Cole and Adam Page are full f’n tilt right now. This has the potential to be the best match of the year. Cole is right where he belongs in the AEW title picture, and Hangman isn’t making it easy for him. It’s going to be a wild week to get to Revolution.
Bryan Danielson took out another strong competitor in convincing fashion drawing out the Wild Thing Jon Moxley. Bleed together if they must, but Danielson isn’t afraid of it. In fact he used it as a threat to Mox. If you want violence, you will get it with this one. I think after they throw down next week, they do eventually build a faction and make their run through all AEW. That type of star power can be ignored. We know how Mox fares in a stable (The SHIELD), now throw in Danielson. Sheesh.
Unpopular opinion, not a huge Eddie Kingston fan. But, him and Jericho stole the show without having to throw a single punch. They took shot after shot at each other. Neither one backed down. But, the GOAT put Eddie away with his parting words. ‘You look like it, but deep down you know you’re afraid of success. Can’t win the big one. And you won’t win the big one.” Eddie wasn’t ready. Cue Judas as Jericho walks out the ring. That will be a good one.
Lastly, Sammy and Andrade opened Rampage on Friday night. That may as well have been the main event. It was incredible. That story is long from over. We need more Sammy vs. Andrade. And we also need a Broken Matt Hardy. He keep teasing it. Especially since Jeff Hardy is rumored on his way to AEW. So many other stories going on in professional wrestling, if I missed one you wanted to discuss, feel free to hit me up on the socials.
Enjoy this week as it can only get better going forward. Hit me up on Twitter: @zero2hero or IG: Rproctor23. Talk with you all next week ATC fam.
