3. Jim Cornette Thanks AEW & Tony Khan
Last week professional wrestling legend, ‘Beautiful’ Bobby Eaton, passed away at the age of 62. Tony Khan’s All Elite Wrestling promotion released a Tweet shortly after the passing, stating the following:
“AEW joins the wrestling world in mourning the passing of a true legend and one of the greatest tag team wrestlers off all-time “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton. Our thoughts are with his family, his friends and his fans.”
AEW joins the wrestling world in mourning the passing of a true legend and one of the greatest tag team wrestlers off all-time “Beautiful” Bobby Eaton. Our thoughts are with his family, his friends and his fans. pic.twitter.com/rPIIvlGlX4
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 5, 2021
On the latest episode of the Jim Cornette Experience, Cornette thanked Tony Khan and AEW for the tribute.
“I want to say this also, a lot of people tweeted including the folks at AEW tweeted a nice graphic and a respectful message about Bobby. I know that some of the AEW personnel at various positions listen to the show. That’s not a side comment either. If anybody with access to Tony Khan can get to him, tell him that I heard everything that he said about Bobby and how respectful it was and how nice it was and I thank you Tony. Tony Khan is not a horrible human being. We may see way far apart on wrestling in a variety of issues but that was a cool thing to do Tony. I hope somebody will deliver that message to him.” (H/T WrestlingNews.Co)
2. Released WWE Star Was Set For Motivational Speaker Gimmick Before Release
Peyton Royce was interviewed by Chris Van Vliet this week, where she revealed that before she was released she had a meeting with Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard, where the three discussed several potential gimmicks for her.
“I just went in there with what I wanted to present, and we just moved on from it so quickly. In my head I was thinking how can I steer this conversation back to that? I really thought something was there and I hadn’t explained it properly. I sat in that room with him and Bruce Prichard for 45 minutes tossing up ideas.
At one point we had come up with the idea that I was going to be a motivational person, a motivational speaker. Vince loved how much I had sacrificed to be there. I didn’t want anything else in my life other than to work for him. He loved that and was so thankful for what I had sacrificed, my family, everything in Australia, my whole life. So that’s what we had come up with and obviously nothing ever came of it. But that conversation wasn’t a complete dud. From my perspective it was this is what I want to present and move forward with.” (H/T WrestlingInc)
