Pittsburgh crowd turns on Guevara & Conti, Britt Baker is Teflon
PITTSBURGH - Before Wednesday night's Rampage from the Peterson Event Center in Pittsburgh Wednesday night, Virgil walked amongst the crowd. He was spotted near the line in which Sammy Guevara and real-life gal pal Tay Conti were happily taking pictures with fans who...
A wrestling veteran hits first AEW show
RALEIGH, NC -- I attended my first live wrestling show in February 1970 at the War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, PA. This was the old Pittsburgh territory and featured a main event of Bruno Sammartino and The Battman versus Ivan Koloff and Professor Toru Tanaka. There...
Live Full Gear had an ‘electric atmosphere’
MINNEAPOLIS - There’s no debating All Elite Wrestling has set a high bar with its pay-per-view events. Each one seems to have just the right mix of matches, which almost are, at worst, good, and at best, all-time classics. Saturday’s Full Gear certainly fit right in....
All Out live was a major grand slam
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — The forbidden door has firmly been kicked open. If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: All Elite Wrestling has the professional wrestling world feeling some type of way. All Out on Sunday saw the roof blow off the building with the promotional...
Live Punk’s return a ‘special moment in time’
CHICAGO — In our sport, there are moments that transcend time. Friday at the United Center was one of those moments as the worst-kept secret in professional wrestling was revealed. CM Punk made his long-awaited return to the sport after a seven-plus year absence in...
Live, Pittsburgh Rampage show just flies by
EDITOR'S NOTE: This report may contain spoilers for upcoming AEW shows. PITTSBURGH -- AEW Ring Announcer Dasha Gonzalez introduced promotion owner Tony Khan as “The Man Who Saved Wrestling” prior to the launch of “Rampage” Friday Night at the Peterson...
Full Gear in person: Great action, too many COVID concerns
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nobody said putting on live wrestling shows in the middle of a global pandemic was going to be easy. All told, All Elite Wrestling has handled things very well. No COVID-19 outbreaks among its roster, producing a compelling television show most...
Baker brings Brittsburgh to AEW, Jericho, Cody and Dustin Rhodes highlight Steel City debut
PITTSBURGH - All Elite Wrestling Dynamite made a historic showing at Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The AEW show (the fourth since its TNT debut) was the first professional wrestling event in the venue's 17-year history and...
Thoughts from the crowd at All Out
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - As I sat in the stands during All Elite Wrestling's sophomore pay-per-view effort, All Out, on Saturday night at Sears Centre Arena, I couldn't help but be almost stunned. North American wrestling is fun again. This isn't an indictment against...
All In will be long remembered
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - A dream became reality Saturday night. A year ago, All In was a pipe dream. But the brain child of Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks blew past expectations in front of one of the most raucous crowds in recent memory. The 10,000-plus fans at Sears...
