KAKE - Paul Wight talks about returning to Wichita and the wrestling show he's promoting for this Saturday night [VIDEO].
I couldn't get the video to simply imbed, so you'll have to follow the link to KAKE.
I'm close to buying a ticket and going solo, which if you've followed some of the discussions in the OT Forum you'd know that's not easy for me.
I loved wrestling while growing up in the 90s and became a fan of Paul Wight back when he was simply known as The Giant in WCW. I fell away from wrestling some time after WCW was bought by WWF/E and felt that with no competition, that the E got stale and I stopped watching. I did watch some TNA from time to time but started getting back into it when I stumbled across AEW on TNT a few years ago as well as ROH on whatever channel it was on at the time.
I've really enjoyed AEW and it's given me a little more of the feel that wrestling had back when it was fun for me. They have some legends of the game like Chris Jericho, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Christian Cage, Adam Copeland (Edge), Billy Gunn (Daddy Ass), Bryan Danielson, Dustin Rhodes, Jay Lethal, Matt and Jeff Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Madison Rayne Sting, and of course Paul Wight.
But they've also built up some young stars who would have never been given a chance when WWE was really the only game in town. Guys like Anthony Bowens and Max Caster (The Acclaimed), Daniel Garcia, Darby Allin, Eddie Kingston, Hook, Jack Perry, Komander, Konosuke Takeshita, Maxwell Jacob Freeman (MJF), Orange Cassidy, The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix), Ricky Starks, Rush, Sammy Guevara, and Wheeler Yuta. Some of these guys will be targeted by WWE when contracts are up since they've proven they can connect with fans and headline shows.
They also have a lot of young talent that in their women's division that have come a long way over the past few years. They have some experienced vets but a lot of young talent with only a couple of years of experience. Names like Abadon, Anna Jay, Athena, Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D (real, practicing dentist), Hikaru Shida, Jamie Hayter, Julia Hart, Kiera Hogan (not related), Kris Statlander, Penelope Ford, Ruby Soho, Saraya, Skye Blue, Tay Melo, The Bunny, Toni Storm, and Willow Nightingale.
I'm obviously a fan of this organization. The thing that excites me is there's a group called The House of Black that has come back recently and are almost guaranteed to be in Wichita. They have a lot of talent and a pretty cool gimmick, and the way things are going we have a good chance of seeing Skye Blue who is a future star. The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass (Billy Gunn) have confirmed that they'll be in Wichita to celebrate their current Trios Title run.
The more I type the closer I get to buying a ticket and going alone.
Then here's a nice 20 minute interview Paul did with Johnny Maze at T95 recently.
I couldn't get the video to simply imbed, so you'll have to follow the link to KAKE.
I'm close to buying a ticket and going solo, which if you've followed some of the discussions in the OT Forum you'd know that's not easy for me.
I loved wrestling while growing up in the 90s and became a fan of Paul Wight back when he was simply known as The Giant in WCW. I fell away from wrestling some time after WCW was bought by WWF/E and felt that with no competition, that the E got stale and I stopped watching. I did watch some TNA from time to time but started getting back into it when I stumbled across AEW on TNT a few years ago as well as ROH on whatever channel it was on at the time.
I've really enjoyed AEW and it's given me a little more of the feel that wrestling had back when it was fun for me. They have some legends of the game like Chris Jericho, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Christian Cage, Adam Copeland (Edge), Billy Gunn (Daddy Ass), Bryan Danielson, Dustin Rhodes, Jay Lethal, Matt and Jeff Hardy, Jeff Jarrett, Madison Rayne Sting, and of course Paul Wight.
But they've also built up some young stars who would have never been given a chance when WWE was really the only game in town. Guys like Anthony Bowens and Max Caster (The Acclaimed), Daniel Garcia, Darby Allin, Eddie Kingston, Hook, Jack Perry, Komander, Konosuke Takeshita, Maxwell Jacob Freeman (MJF), Orange Cassidy, The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix), Ricky Starks, Rush, Sammy Guevara, and Wheeler Yuta. Some of these guys will be targeted by WWE when contracts are up since they've proven they can connect with fans and headline shows.
They also have a lot of young talent that in their women's division that have come a long way over the past few years. They have some experienced vets but a lot of young talent with only a couple of years of experience. Names like Abadon, Anna Jay, Athena, Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D (real, practicing dentist), Hikaru Shida, Jamie Hayter, Julia Hart, Kiera Hogan (not related), Kris Statlander, Penelope Ford, Ruby Soho, Saraya, Skye Blue, Tay Melo, The Bunny, Toni Storm, and Willow Nightingale.
I'm obviously a fan of this organization. The thing that excites me is there's a group called The House of Black that has come back recently and are almost guaranteed to be in Wichita. They have a lot of talent and a pretty cool gimmick, and the way things are going we have a good chance of seeing Skye Blue who is a future star. The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass (Billy Gunn) have confirmed that they'll be in Wichita to celebrate their current Trios Title run.
The more I type the closer I get to buying a ticket and going alone.
Then here's a nice 20 minute interview Paul did with Johnny Maze at T95 recently.
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