Date: 11/10	5:00 PM
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Wed. #1 is HERE. To help out the site subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan or support us on Patreon. Don't miss all of today's news updates! With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Wednesday's latest wrestling news.

In an excerpt from his new book, Jon Moxley ripped WWE executive Kevin Dunn, a sentiment that's far from new but still entirely welcome to read. I've included the entire excerpt from Reddit below.

If I had gone in there and been an asshole, why didn't he just say, 'Fuck you, then, you're being an asshole.' No, he let me go through the whole song and dance, while being completely phony, pretending to accept my apology, pretending it was all good and we were friends. Then five minutes later this little cunt rat goes right to the rest of the office and says I didn't give a sufficient apology and whatever other bullshit he probably said about me, behind my back, no less. This dickless motherfucker ... and it was 48 hours later. Why didn't you just call me on the phone right when it happened and say, 'Fuck you, we're all mad at you, and if you do it again, you're fired?' That would have been easy to understand. Instead, I got summoned to the secret castle to meet the Magical King Wizard who lives in the truck and controls the universe to beg for forgiveness? What are all these stupid little games?

The reality in a place like WWE is that one comment, one little seed planted by a guy in Kevin Dunn's position can be extremely detrimental to someone's future there. That's a lot of power, and power breeds ego. Connecticut ... old, rich boys' club ego. I've heard all kinds of stories about that guy messing with people's careers, but this isn't that kind of book. Suffice to say that dude is a fuckbag. Maybe this is that kind of book. No! No! But for real, don't EVEN get me started on ... no ... no this is not that kind of book. Fuck Kevin Dunn.

In an update to yesterday's story about UpUpDownDown and Xavier Woods (Austin Watson), Woods never owned the channel -- WWE has owned it all along. It did take him "a long time" to get the idea approved though, and despite building it to 2.27 million subscribers, he makes "little to no additional money" from any of the success it has had. UUDD earnings are applied toward his downside guarantee, which is believed to be true for any of the WWE talent who appear on the channel. (FF)

Coincidentally Xavier Woods will be the first guest on Freddie Prinze Jr.'s new wrestling podcast.

The latest NWA Powerrr results are below. (FF)

* Crimson cut a promo
* Tim Storm cuts a promo
* No DQ: Tim Storm def. Jaden Roller
* NWA Women's Championship (2 Out Of 3 Falls): Kamille (c) def. Kenzie Paige
* Nick Aldis interrupts Kamille's birthday celebration
* Trevor Murdoch & Nick Aldis def. Thom Latimer & Chris Adonis
* Cage Match: Jax Dane def. Crimson

New WWE related clips are available below.

The Briscoes will defend their GCW tag team titles at ROH Honor For All.

NWA Clash of the Titles will take place again at an unannounced date in December.

In this interview Tony Khan talks about AEW's EVPs: "They are still very involved in a lot of aspects of the business, and a lot of those things have been enhanced. The amount of development of huge resources that we have allocated to building a great console video game. Kenny Omega has led a team and really spearheaded this project with our staff. He has been such a great leader. So, Kenny Omega has helped lead the company in a few different ways in the past couple of years. Working with The Young Bucks and Cody, they're great leaders backstage with the wrestlers. I have been pretty open. It's not because of anybody other than me that I have probably gotten a little bit more hands-on with the stuff I do than when we started. But that makes sense because I had never worked with a wrestling company. I had only come in from the outside, so I was organizing a lot of things at the beginning and I was the head of a committee, and I think there are a lot of drawbacks to trying to book a wrestling show with a committee. Even if you are at the forefront of it, it's a mind boggling, difficult process."

Moose says the Impact Grand Championship was terrible and blames Billy Corgan: "That was Billy Corgan's idea. I'm sorry Billy but that was a terrible fucking idea. There was history behind it, I get it, it was something they did in England with the rounds, but I think in this era of wrestling, it's stupid because let's say the last minute of a round, you have the crowd up here, then it ends and you have to take a two-minute break. In that break, you have the crowd from up here to back down to zero. When the round starts, you have to bring them back up. It sucks. It's like watching a killer match, it being over, and you're waiting for the next match. That's how I felt like with rounds and why it was stupid. Great idea, just not for wrestling. Unless you go back to how WWE did it where it was shoot boxing. It was a better idea on paper. I haven't met one guy on the roster who actually liked that format. The belt was cool and all, but I thought it was dumb. The idea I had, and I think it would be a great idea but obviously no one in IMPACT listens to me, and that's for good reasons anyway. I think you come out with a championship and the winner of the championship always picks the match stipulation. Maybe they bring the Grand Championship back and make that stipulation with it. The champion always picks the stipulation. It always puts the challenger in a spot where he wrestles the champion in a match he is great at. You have to beat him in his style."

Ethan Page talks about his Karate Man gimmick: "If you're going to go look for one of those matches, make sure it's mine that I shot and edited on my YouTube page. Check that one out of the two. It was honestly out of necessity. I wasn't really making that much money during my time during the pandemic, things were rough. So, I decided to create an alter ego to create a feud with myself so I could have dueling merch and someone would buy a Karate Man shirt or an Ethan Page shirt and pick their favorite. It was more out of survival and that's when the best ideas come when you need them."

5:00 PM ET. Eddie Kingston talks about facing CM Punk at Full Gear: "It's 15 years in the making. I wouldn't say it's the biggest match of my career but it's definitely the most personal match. Professionally, it was me and Moxley last year because I truly believe in my heart that the AEW World title is the biggest prize in all of America. That was the biggest match for me, but this weekend, personally, it's me and Punk."

Speaking of Full Gear here's a new preview with Tony Schiavone.

Here Drew McIntyre talks about returning to the United Kingdom: "It was pretty emotional. There's a video out there you can probably find of when I saw my dad and brother for the first time in almost two years. My brother and I held it together pretty good, but my dad is a big emotional wreck at the best of times. He got a little bit emotional. But it was wild that we hadn't seen each other for that long, and it's cool that we have it on video and we can remember that moment that we got to see each other for the first time (in years). I saw my nephew, whose three, who I'd only seen two times prior. He looks like a human now, a little man, instead of a big ball of fat. And he's talking now. It was fun to see everybody. We had a nice family dinner the day after the show. My wife was there for the trip, and we got to stay a couple extra days and catch up with everybody. For this next tour, especially in Liverpool which is close to Scotland, I'll probably have my dad come along too."

The updated lineup for Dynamite tonight is below. (AEW)

* Kenny Omega and Adam Page Contract Signing for Full Gear match
* Bryan Danielson vs Rocky Romero (w/ Orange Cassidy)
* Dr. Britt Baker, Rebel and Jamie Hayter vs. Tay Conti, Anna Jay and Thunder Rosa
* PAC vs. Dax Harwood
* Matt Sydal and Lee Moriarty vs. Dante Martin and Lio Rush
* Tony Schiavone speaks to the Inner Circle

A new video featuring Adam Cole is below.

For those interested here's a new Malakai Black interview and one with Tony Schiavone.

Here Lio Rush talks about battling anxiety and depression: "With all the things I've gone through in my childhood and teenage years and now with depression, anxiety, PTSD, it all stems from when I saw that first glimpse of a different kind of lifestyle; being in a private school, leaving and going back to public school because my parents couldn't afford private school because I stopped playing baseball and I was on scholarship and I went to be an amateur wrestler because my favorite pro wrestlers have amateur backgrounds and I wanted to move in that route. I did, lost my scholarship, went back to public school, and dealt with things I was dealing with my parents. I wound up in a group home at one point with my mom and sisters, in and out of court a lot. Just going through things that teenagers probably shouldn't have to go through while being in school. My mind was never really on school, the only thing my mind was on while in school was sports, that's how I took out my anger and coped with things. I knew that was my strong suit and I could excel. I work good under pressure and better when I have a chip on my shoulder. I always like keeping that chip on my shoulder because good things happen."

Yesterday's NXT dropped from 631,000 to 603,000 viewers but held onto its 0.15 18-49 demo. (SBD)

6:00 PM ET. Paul Heyman says Big E needs to break away from The New Day: "I was very complimentary towards Big E and I still am. Big E needs to break away from The New Day the same way Roman Reigns broke away from the Shield. Roman Reigns became such a megastar that the Shield could not contain Roman Reigns' stardom any further. Big E needs to take that same approach regarding King Woods and Kofi Kingston and the New Day. Big E is WWE Champion. When you think about the responsibility and obligation and accountability of being WWE Champion, we're talking Bruno Sammartino, Superstar Billy Graham, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, The Rock, Brock Lesnar, Undertaker, Triple H, these are the names whose legacies are now carried on the back of Big E. He has to stop being concerned with the New Day. That's what I've tried to explain to him on Talking Smack. When he takes an individualistic approach and understands his role, he will be a supremely dominant WWE Champion, second in WWE only to the Tribal Chief and Universal Champion Roman Reigns."

Hangman Page talks about the difference between his title shot at Kenny Omega and his previous one against Chris Jericho: "As a person, as an athlete I like to think a lot and I think that's reflected in whether I can put it into so many words or not how I feel about this coming weekend versus how I felt only days out from that weekend. Very different feelings. I don't want to say confidence because that sounds lame. It sounds dumb, even though it may be true to an extent. I know that when I wrestled Jericho, I was the young guy who joined the Bullet Club who had the break of his career in being able to do that, being able to travel to Japan, who was in all those multi-man matches and who probably got beat in all those multi-man matches with Bullet Club. And the next thing he's challenging for this new championship for a brand new company, headlining a pay-per-view. It didn't add up for people and I think truthfully it didn't add up for me deep inside. I didn't understand how I got in the position. I mean I know that I won a battle royal to get there, but honestly, that doesn't feel as meaningful if I had worked my way up from something more. So, yeah I don't know if I've felt a hundred percent the way that I do now back then."

Makeup artist Jason Baker talks about the creative freedom he and Bray Wyatt had in WWE: "WWE did give Bray and I a lot of creative freedom but also, a lot of times, everything had to be approved. There were little tweaks and changes and things like that. At the end of the day, whoever is footing the bill is the one who gets (final say). If we're working for WWE and creating a mask for them, it's safety first. The big thing we have to do it make sure that it's comfortable, durable, and they can see out of it. If they can't see, they can miss a move and it can end badly where they hurt themselves, someone else, or worse. They are professionals at what they do and they do high-risk maneuvers. I would hate to be that person where 'I couldn't see what I was doing and now I'm paralyzed because you didn't do your job right.'"

Darby Allin talks about his relationship with Sting: "He's so chill in the sense that, there is no ego with him. The more I'm around the best of the best, whether that's skateboarding when I'm around Tony Hawk or Travis Pastrana, it's Sting. The guys that have done the most shit are the most humble. They have nothing to prove. It's all the fake ass wannabe people that never made it that have this ego. 'You know who I am, right?' No, I don't fucking know who you are. That's what I learned from Sting. Just be a fucking good human being. Be humble and cool."

Biff Busick (f/k/a Oney Lorcan) talks about his dream matches: "At the top of my list would have to be Bryan Danielson. I've been a big fan of his work for a lot of years. After I watched his match with Lance Storm in Ring of Honor, I knew I wanted to be a wrestler. Another guy that I'd like to get in the ring with is Minoru Suzuki. I'm a big fan of Japanese wrestling. I've been a big fan of him for a long time, and it would be an honor to get in the ring with him one day. Another guy on the list would have to be CM Punk. He's a huge star, I don't think I would ever have gotten the chance to wrestle him in WWE. So now that I've been released, he's a guy that's definitely at the top of the list. There are a lot of guys I would like to wrestle."