The world of professional wrestling is a small one as seen by interactions online and throughout the Indie circuit, so it’s no surprise Bully Ray responded to Eddie Kingston’s WWE comments.
Of course, it helped that Kingston made his state on primetime after last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite aired.
Kingston is one of the absolute best when it comes to working the mic, and he let it all hang out when he cut a promo slicing into WWE.
Transcript curtesy of comicbook.com.
“Because the competition (WWE) sometimes doesn’t want to hear there fans. Oh, I guess I’m burning another bridge. Surprise! Ladies and gentlemen, AEW cares about their fans. Because we are not here just to get ourselves a paycheck. We’re here every week with you people, without you people and we come out here and we bust our asses. We love professional wrestling!
“You saw a match between Kenny Omega and my dude, Jungle Boy, that you will not see on the other channel,” he added. “You will not see legends who are respected on the other channel. You will not see people like me and my best friend (Penta) on the other channel. And you will not see the heart that everybody in that locker room has on the other channel. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m was supposed to send you home happy, but I’m speaking from my heart. The bottom line is this: We are AEW. We will see you Wednesday, and we want to hear you!”
The reaction
While Kingston was obviously pushing AEW, the company he works for, many fans didn’t take it that way since it was another dig someone in AEW threw at WWE.
It happens. All of the major promotions do it in some way or another, meaning some are subtle and others are in our face. It’s part of the fun of having so many companies vying for our attention.
One former WWE, ECW, and TNA star and WWE Hall of Famer didn’t like what was said.
On Busted Open Radio, Ray said (more thanks to comicbook.com for the transcript):
“I love Eddie Kingston to death. If we were having promo wars and I was the captain of the team, and somebody says, ‘you get to pick one person to do the promo for you,’ I’d most likely pick Eddie — because of his believability, tone, inflection and everything about him. But in this case, Eddie needs to shut the f–k up and stay in his lane. And his lane is [of] an AEW guy speaking about AEW, and flying the flag for AEW. Then, I’m completely onboard. Tell me how great AEW is, fly the flag for your company, show me that you wear your heart on your sleeve.”
Just as we get what Kingston was doing, we also have to admit Ray has a point. It’s okay to hear the occasional shot, but it can get tiresome. But in the end, it’s what helps add another layer.
Eddie’s response to the reactions
Kingston responded to the various reactions, and he did so in his usual point blank style.
As reported in the sportster.com:
“Let’s all calm down. You think I’m going to go bury the locker room that I work for? No, plus I love our locker room. I love AEW.
“They’re paying me! They’re putting me on national television after – it’ll be 20 years in October. Of course, I’m gonna rah-rah AEW,” Eddie explained. “Relax. Relax. I expect people from the other joint if they’re allowed to mention our names. They’ll probably do the same thing cause you know what I mean? They want their home team to win. It’s just like the NFL or Major League Baseball, man. You wanna go with your home team, AEW’s my team. That’s my squad.”
We may agree or disagree with what Kingston and others may say, but we can’t argue with their passion or their belief in what they’re doing and where they’re working.
What do you think about Eddie Kingston’s WWE comments? Should he “stay in his lane” or keep doing his thing? Let us know in the comments below.
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