# Any Pro Wrestling Fans in the Audience? (Multiple promotions) (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma\ **Created:** [May 13, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374 "2022-05-13T17:23:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 94
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1862 "2025-02-04T01:40:05Z")
None of those guys could do the work. Of course Jey or anyone else who takes the belt from Gunther could be a short time champion, either to transition to someone else entirely, or just to lose it back to Gunther and make him a 2 time champion. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1863 "2025-02-04T03:58:58Z")
AJ Styles has joined RAW through the transfer window. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1864 "2025-02-05T02:52:51Z")
TNA’s Johnny Curtis, formerly known as Faaan-DAAAAAAAAAAN-go, has returned to NXT to challenge Lexis King for the Heritage Cup. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1865 "2025-02-06T12:51:37Z")
Maybe I was wrong in thinking splitting up the Usos would destroy their careers. Jey’s sold a lot of YEET merchandise, so they’re keeping him in the spotlight. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1866 "2025-02-08T01:56:47Z")
Cedric Alexander has been released by WWE. > **[Cedric Alexander Announces Departure From WWE](https://www.newsweek.com/sports/wrestling/cedric-alexander-announces-departure-wwe-2028215)** > > Longtime WWE Superstar Cedric Alexander has announced that he is officially departing the company after nearly nine years. Could we see him with The Hurt Syndicate in AEW in 90 days? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1867 "2025-02-08T02:29:05Z")
Drew McIntyre defeated LA Knight and Jimmy Uso in a triple threat match to advance to the Elimination Chamber match. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1868 "2025-02-08T03:10:34Z")
Tiffany Stratton will defend the Women’s Championship against Nia Jax next week on SmackDown. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1869 "2025-02-08T06:07:33Z")
Paul Ellering and AOP have been cut (again), along with Sonya Deville. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1870 "2025-02-08T11:32:09Z")
I have a feeling the Wyatt Sicks are about to be shown their papers too. After a thrilling debut, they haven’t been used in months. They didn’t even get an appearance at RR, when practically the entire rest of the roster did. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1871 "2025-02-08T16:33:30Z")
6 WWE cuts: Sonya DeVille (contract not renewed, immediate free agency) AOP & Paul Ellering Cedric Alexander Blair Davenport AEW/ROH: Bear Boulder (Iron Savages) fired following arrest for domestic battery. Tough break for Bear Bronson (whom I see wrestle often, along with his wife, as he’s local and from the school I watch). They worked as a big beefy team, but as singles, I’m not sure he has what it takes on the big stage. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1872 "2025-02-08T18:20:39Z")
Apparently, Isla Dawn can be added to the list. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1873 "2025-02-08T18:25:45Z")
Gallows & Anderson Giovanni Vinci (not yet confirmed) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1874 "2025-02-08T18:38:15Z")
They did Vinci cold after splitting him from Imperium. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1875 "2025-02-08T19:28:14Z")
If I remember correctly, Gallows & Anderson were poached from AEW, but WWE eventually realized they weren’t that hot a commodity any more. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1876 "2025-02-08T20:19:00Z")
When Anderson was signed by WWE this last go-around he was still holding the NEVER Openweight championship. They had to arrange for him to quickly drop it to Tama Tonga on his way out the door. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1877 "2025-02-12T02:33:51Z")
EEEEK! Ricky Starks is in NXT, the day after his contract expired! Wonder why AEW dropped the ball on him? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1878 "2025-02-12T03:04:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Ricky Starks is in NXT, the day after his contract expired! Just last Friday he beat KENTA for the DEFY championship. I wonder if that means DEFY is working with WWE now? They’ve basically been a farm promotion for AEW between Darby, Aubrey Edwards, Nick Wayne, Swerve, and Pentagon all having worked there first. > ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1879 "2025-02-14T19:08:22Z")
Michelle McCool will be inducted into the 2025 Hall of Fame class. > **[Michelle McCool is the second member of the 2025 WWE Hall of Fame class](https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2025/2/14/24365599/michelle-mccool-wwe-hall-of-fame-announcement-triple-h-undertaker-surprise-video-espn-get-up)** > > Triple H returned the favor of Undertaker surprising him about his entry into the company’s Hall by crashing Taker’s ESPN appearance with his wife to tell her she would be joining him. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1880 "2025-02-18T12:50:29Z")
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I kind of miss VKM’s chaos. There’s nothing wrong with HHH’s vision, and that’s the problem. AEW’s initial appeal was that it was flawed and developing, and WWE has none of that. It’s gotten too predictable. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374/1881 "2025-02-18T15:23:41Z")
I kinda thought this would happen. In addition to your point about a lack of volatility, they’re production quality is dropping in some ways because there’s no raging maniac backstage criticizing everything they do and going apeshit when something goes seriously askew. The recent McMahon documentary had Vince explaining why he didn’t think Shane would be a good promoter, because Shane has a wrestler’s attitude and would be well liked by the talent and sympathetic to them instead of feared and hated as promoter. I think the same applies to HHH. Not saying Vince was right about the result, but some businesses require a heavy hand on the tiller. Wrestling and wrestlers fall in that category. AEW is also affected in that manner, but more so because Tony Khan is neither a competent wrestler or promoter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374.md?page=93) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-wrestling-fans-in-the-audience-multiple-promotions-part-2/964374.md?page=95)