Wednesdaymania 202

Well...

I guess we know what Cody & the Bucks are doing now, don't we? Heh.

It's a really real thing that actually exists now!

All Elite Wrestling is not only a real thing, now, it has wrestlers! SCU have signed with AEW, as has... Joey Janela? Wait, doesn't he have his own promotion? Interesting. Chris Jericho is involved, and so is PAC (you may know him better by his WWE name: Neville). Basically, AEW is, in fact, All Elite.

But what about the Elite from NJPW and ROH who haven't yet signed?

Marty's contract isn't up yet, so we'll see from there. His New Year's Day party was... well, it was a party. Flip wants to join Bullet Club (which is from another BTE video). The Tongans are still BCOG (Bullet Club OG).

No word on Ibushi, though that could be because he got brained at Wrestle Kingdom 13... To be honest, I'm pretty sure he's going to remain a free agent because he's insane and likes the freedom too much.

As for Kenny Omega, he "lost his phone", but that can be seen at one point (I think it's his) in one of the BTE videos, ticking away like the other phones did as their signing to AEW drew nigh. Now, this is interesting to me, because 1) WWE is rumored to have offered Kenny an obscene amount of money to join them, 2) Kenny doesn't have the phone with him right now which means that he might or might not be signing with AEW (though they've faked us out many times before), and 3) NJPW President/CEO Harold Meij has recently said "Our job as a business in New Japan is to make sure our wrestlers are not spending their life worrying about ticket sales, living expense, feeding their family, or injury. They need to be able to focus on the ring".

Basically I know nothing beyond who has signed with AEW - that much I know.

• Cima (aka Nobuhiko Oshima) from Dragon Gate and OWE - a veteran to the ring and to management (he is President of OWE...)
• Chris Jericho - another in-ring/promotional veteran, and someone who definitely appeals to a more mainstream US/Canadian audience...
• Christopher Daniels
• Cody Rhodes (Executive Vice President/Wrestler)
• El Lindaman (aka Yuga Hayashi) also of OWE/Dragon Gate
• Frankie Kazarian
• Hangman Adam Page
• Joey Janela
• The Young Bucks (Executive Vice Presidents/Wrestlers)
• MJF from MLW
• PAC aka Neville
• Scorpio Sky
• Takehiro Yamamura of OWE/Dragon Gate
• T-Hawk of OWE/Dragon Gate
• Brandi Rhodes (Chief Brand Officer and Wrestler)
• Britt Baker (who is how you do a wrestling dentist properly, thank you very much)
• Penelope Ford (Joey Janela's valet)
• BJ Whitmer (formerly of ROH, listed as a "Producer")
• Billy Gunn (Producer)

All of this seems really interesting, and I honestly can't wait to see what comes next.

I hope Kenny does join them.

I hope Ibushi follows him.

Uh...

Also, Kushida is going to WWE - wasn't sure where to put that tidbit, so I'll just dump it here. I think it's a mistake, professionally, but financially, this will make sure that he never has to worry about paying for anything ever again, probably. Unless he gets really badly injured here in the US...

I'll never understand why people from countries with decent healthcare come here to do jobs where they know they'll probably get wrecked...

Alright, that's all from me!

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