Author: Rhys Boulton
John Silver has been one of the few AEW roster members who have raised through the ranks in BTE. It has even had Tony Khan mentioning to him that where is that on AEW Dynamite. This felt like John Silver’s gimmick hit new levels, jumping fully into this gimmick forming the John Silver we know and love today. The sad news is that in the John Silver match against Darby Allin for the TNT Champion. John Silver suffered a shoulder injury that will put him out for 4-6 weeks. How it went down in BTE In the latest episode of…
Matt Hardy has had a lot of different gimmicks. That ranges from Big Money Matt to Stronger than Death Matt. One of the best gimmicks in his career is considered to be Broken Matt Hardy that he made famous through the Indies and other promotions. This then got changed to the Woken Matt Hardy in WWE but wasn’t given the respect. The Broken gimmick returned in a different form in AEW when he debuted, although the lack of fans hurt the progression of the character. Matt Hardy then used all of the gimmicks in a new form which ended with…
The final segment of Being the Elite felt huge for the long term storytelling of Hangman officially leaving the Elite. One of the longest stories told in All Elite Wrestling is Hangman leaving the Elite. The fact that he wanted to leave early on and then ended up in a tag team with Kenny Omega was told through TV. There were a lot more layers to this story told through BTE. This with him arguing with the Elite weekly saying that he is underrated and not talked about as a member of the Elite faction. If you have just starting…
In the recent Being the Elite episodes, it looked like Maki was going to join the Dark Order. This after Anna’s injury and ever since has not appeared on the Dark Order segments. She has been mentioned with the Dark Order, saying that they miss her. In the latest Being the Elite, we saw the Dark Order ask Maki if she wanted to join. Maki did turn them down with her signature catchphrase. Saying that she’s returning to Japan. Something else to take away from this segment. One thing that might have just been a throw-away line in Being the…
In a recent episode of Dynamite, the invisible hand Don Callis mentioned that the Young Bucks have lost their touch and are not who they were back in NJPW. This resembles how they brought back the Good Brother into what they’re now calling the Super Elite. Making Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson remember the good old days with Kenny Omega in NJPW made them join in his crusade. In the episode, it doesn’t look like the Young Bucks will be joining Kenny anytime soon. After this segment, the Young Bucks looked to save Jon Moxley and not too sweet Kenny…
It looks like we are getting a couple more of these Dark Order Spending Segments on BTE. In a recent match between Hangman Adam Paige and Matt Hardy. The stipulation was whoever wins gets the other’s Q1 earnings. This being Matt Hardy’s Big Money Matt gimmick, you could only think how much Matt Hardy wanted to win. Although, if you are up to date with your PPVs, you will know that Matt Hardy lost to Hangman Paige and now has his Q1 earnings. This hasn’t been played off much on the main show on Wednesday but has plenty on BTE.…
AEW has been mocked but also praised for its long term booking on their weekly Dynamite. Kenny Omega and Hangman Paige’s lack to Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley have all had long-term stories. It looks like BTE have also followed suit. This being done with Hangman Paige again by getting a lawnmower. However, we did see the lawnmower in AEW Dynamite. Where the Dark Order nearly fell off the massive mower. We got a better look at the lawnmower this time around. The Lawn Mower effect If you have been up to date with BTE, you will know the spending…
WWE go as far as to nearly never mention AEW even exist, so don’t go out of their way to take shots at AEW. AEW are the complete opposite and love to shoot at WWE on nearly every occasion. It started with Cody Rhodes doing basically a spoof of Triple H’s entrance near the beginning of AEW. Now it feels like nearly every single member of the Elite has had their dig at some point. Then there’s every ex-WWE employee getting a dig at their past employer. Being in the wrestling news business ourselves, they do give them a lot…
The BTE belt has been part of Sammy’s Vlog ever since he beat John Silver for the belt on BTE. Since then, the belt has been featured on the vlog every week and also had some of Sammy’s Vlog stickers on the belt. In that time, Sammy has defended his belt against his mum. On this week’s vlog, he defended the belt up against his Girlfriend. Where they turn to throw a ball into a bag in the corner of their home, it looks more fun than it sounds. After five rounds, they went into a round of sudden death.…
It was recently reported that Dark Order Anna Jay was going to be out with a shoulder injury after a training injury. It was a surprise when she didn’t appear in the Being the Elite Dark Order segment, but it is understandable. We did see Kris Statlander appear on Being the Elite. This was most likely due to the fact that she is getting better and ready to start training. We probably won’t see Anna Jay in Being the Elite for a long time until she returns to begin training again. It looks like she may have already been replaced…