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WILL AEW SELL OUT NYC, ELIZABETH IN THE WWE HALL OF FAME, 'WORLD' TITLES AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2021-06-17 10:00:00

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I read your answer about Miss Elizabeth today. Some years ago I Read that was her family to not want  her in the WWE HOF for not being associated to wrestling life style, for them responsable of her abuses and death. Is it true? And if yes, can a family deny to the WWE to honor Elizabeth ina HOF ceremony?

I don't believe a family can legally stop WWE from recognizing someone and celebrating their work in the company, but if WWE went ahead and inducted someone and upset their family, I don't think the positive outweighs the negative there, especially if the media picks up on it.  So, that concern could prevent it.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated already recognizes all the major titles as "World". What do you think about that?

It's their magazine.  They can recognize anything they want under whatever criteria they want.   Most World titles are company belts now.  There's nothing like the NWA World champion traveling the world now, it's a different time and place.  However, if the magazine wants to recognize anyone they want as World Champions, let them.  I am just happy that magazine is still in existence and I wish all the other old London Publishing publications still existed in some form.  I loved them so growing up and wish they would digitize the magazines and sell them as collections as I'd buy them all.

Do you think AEW sells out the NYC debut?

I do.  It's the first announced pro wrestling show, PERIOD for New York City since the pandemic.  There's a ton of NYC-based talents who work for the company.  The venue is a top notch destination that is easily accessible by car, public transportation and depending on where you live in Queens, WALKING.  It's going to be seen as an "event' and New York City fans love an event.  I have seen a lot of local excitement and I had friends who haven't mentioned wrestling to me in 5-10 years texting me about the New York Daily News piece that came out yesterday, telling me they want to go to the show.  I honestly expect they will see healthy first day sales and it will be sold out well before the day of the show.  New Yorkers loved WCW but it very rarely ever came to NYC.  it also loved ECW.  I can see it coming out to support AEW, especially for the first-ever show in the market.

I am watching this old movie "My Super-Ex Girlfriend" and the bad guy has a lackey that looks familiar.  He may be a wrestler, but I can't figure it out.

It's the former Big Guido from ECW who also worked independents as Primo Carnera III.

If there's one movie that should have been made about pro wrestling, what is it?

I still feel there's an interesting documentary to be made about the life of Eddie Gilbert. 

If you mean a feature film, I remain disappointed that Mick Foley's Tietam Brown was never produced as a film.

I watched all the A&E Biographies.  Which did you think was the best and the worst?

The worst, hands down, was the Randy Savage.

I appeared in the Steve Austin one, so I can't be expected to rank or rate that one, so we have to throw it out. 

So, excluding the Austin one, my personal favorites were the Mick Foley, Bret Hart and Roddy Piper ones, but I thought most of them were very good, especially given the time parameters they had to deal with.

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