Select Portions: WWE Raw Producers, IMPACT Note, NJPW Note
Added 2023-08-22 17:53:18 +0000 UTC- As noted last night, Nick Aldis was backstage and working with Petey Williams on the Miz segments.
- A little note Bianca Belair, Asuka and Charlotte Flair weren’t actually at Smackdown in Dayton, Ohio ahead of Summerslam. Instead, they were already in Detroit working on their WWE Summerslam match.
- We've heard from several within IMPACT Wrestling who were happy about how Crazzy Steve's sitdown interviews did for the company.
- Something that was brought up this weekend at the IMPACT/NJPW shows. A recent WWE hire left a pretty big hole in New Japan Pro Wrestling. Fightful was told that NXT referee hire Jeremy Marcus had previously served as a head of admin in NJPW on their United States end.
- Stephanie Chase's Fightful prediction show for AEW All In will take place Thursday.
- Bryan Danielson is scheduled to be in London this weekend, even though he isn't scheduled to wrestle.
WWE Raw Producers
- Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn with Judgment Day: Michael Hayes and Shane Helms
- Drew McIntyre & Matt Riddle vs. New Day: Abyss
- Chad Gable vs. GUNTHER: Jason Jordan
- Rhea Ripley vs. Candice LeRae: Shawn Daivari
- The Miz vs. Akira Tozawa: Petey Williams & Nick Aldis
- Becky Lynch promo: TJ Wilson
- Chelsea Green & Piper Niven vs. Kayden Carter & Katana Chance: TJ Wilson
- Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn & Cody Rhodes vs. Judgment Day: Michael Hayes & Shane Helms
MAIN EVENT:
- Ricochet vs. Riddick Moss: Adam Pearce
- Natalya vs. Nikki Cross: Adam Pearce.
Tony Khan media notes.
- Right out of the gate, Under The Ring's Phil Strum asks about Cash Wheeler, and if Tony Khan ever thought he match at AEW All In was in question. Tony Khan says he can't comment on the specifics of Cash Wheeler, because he doesn't have the info. They're keeping the eye on the situation, and as of now, it's an inconclusive situation with Cash. He says in this case, they don't have the facts they had when they moved swiftly on other situations where they did have evidence. Tony Khan tells John Pollock says he hasn't known about the Cash Wheeler situation "for a long time," but didn't specify when exactly he found out about it. Tony Khan says he's taking the Cash Wheeler situation seriously, but hasn't seen enough evidence or facts to make an alteration to his scheduled All In match.
- Tony Khan says that by far, football is the toughest competition on American TV. He says they're expecting it to affect AEW positively and negatively because of the competition, but also because of additional eyeballs on TV when they're on.
- Tony Khan tells Steve Fall that it is his decision who is on All In and All Out, and it's a very tough decision to make.
- Brandon Thurston asks Tony Khan if he would make the ticketing audit available to media for AEW All In Tony asks what WWE would do in that situation. Brandon says that WWE would issue a press release that includes ushers and ticket takers. Tony isn't sure what he'll do but it's fun to be in that position. He says it'll be an accurate number.
- Tony Khan tells Stephanie Chase that Young Bucks and Kenny Omega are always contributing ideas and says they have a variety of responsibilities. However, he doesn't specify what they were.
- Tony Khan says there will still be some adjustments to the card, when answering Bill Pritchard. He says he wishes the original plan is always what happen. Injuries are the nature of wrestling, and you have to adjust. He says there have been a lot of changes.
- Tony Khan said he had Bryan Danielson figured in to a big match at All In. He confirmed our Fightful Select report that PAC and Jamie Hayter had big plans. Tony Khan says he expects more changes that he didn't want to make, that are real-world related that he didn't want to make.
- Tony Khan says more things will be added to AEW All In
- Tony Khan says that he has made contract overtures towards Sting, and tells Dom D'Angelo he wants Sting to be around as long as he wants.
- Tony Khan tells Jon Alba that he believes WBD views AEW content as sports. He said that when he introduced President of WBD David Zaslav to his father, Zaslav said "your son is f'n killing it!"
- Tony Khan says the start dates and lengths of the Elite's deals are a little different due to injuries and such. All of the deals are multi-year deals.
Comments
Haven’t seen anything regarding this, Bleacher Report is billing it as two separate $49.99 ppvs. Guess you got to rely on NordVPN.com code Fightful 😀
Jared
2023-08-22 20:51:46 +0000 UTCNo one asked about all in and all out ppv cost/bundle? Or did I miss a previous announcement?
David
2023-08-22 20:11:37 +0000 UTC