Various: Britt Baker on Adam Cole’s Reaction to Lights Out Match, Ethan Page on AEW Signing, Indies

Mar 24, 2021

Britt Baker Comments on Adam Cole & Other WWE Talents Reactions to Her Unsanctioned Lights Out Match

A recent episode of the Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette podcast had Britt Baker as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Baker revealing the reaction her boyfriend Adam Cole and several other WWE talents had for her Unsanctioned Lights Out match at last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.

“As soon as we got to the back, they’re taking the tacks out and he was texting with Jeff Jones. He went to grab the phone to FaceTime, I’m covered in blood, and Jeff was preparing him, ‘She’s okay.’ He was so happy. He actually watched the match when it was playing when he was backstage at NXT. He does not miss a big moment. He was watching on his phone. His text almost made me cry. He said, ‘Britt, you literally made history. This is one of the best women’s matches I’ve ever seen. One of the best gimmick matches period,’ and just saying how the match will always be remembered. That was really what I wanted more than anything; to put out something people would remember and would go down in the history books. The first of anything will always be remembered, but something that draws true emotion out of people, and that’s what they remember, not because it was the first, second or third something …
It was such a sense of relief because this was my baby. I had put so much time and effort and emotion into all of it. I was going to be crushed if fans were like, ‘It was fine, but overhyped.’ We really did hype it all week. I would have been heartbroken if they didn’t like it. When they did, it was such a relief. I had so many nice messages from people in different companies. Drew McIntyre messaged me. I was really excited about that. Trent Seven, who is one of the funniest guys, messaged me. I had a nice message exchange with the other role model in wrestling [Bayley]. One of my favorites, I’m literally a fangirl of her. She’s the best. Candice LeRae, who helped train me and is a hardcore legend herself. Mick Foley loved it. We also talked about getting him hooked up with fixing his teeth.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Ethan Page Comments on Why He Signed with AEW Over WWE

Ethan Page held a recent fan Q&A session on his YouTube channel and one of the topics discussed included his reasons for why he signed with AEW instead of WWE.

“I wanted to go to AEW from the chance that I even thought about moving from one place to another. AEW was always at the top of my list. I would not be able to do this stream with you guys, I would not be able to answer these questions, I would not be able to do my vlog, Twitch, or any outside projects like that (in WWE). They give the talent some really good creative freedom as well to be who they are and who they want to be. You’re going to see ‘All Ego’ Ethan Page. I really had a hand in designing my first t-shirt for AEW. You’re going to see sprinkles of my creativity throughout my AEW career. It’s more of a collaboration.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Warrior Wrestling announced that Matt Cardona will be making an appearance for the company at their Stadium Series event on June 5th in Chicago Heights, Illinois.

Impact Wrestling reportedly currently has their upcoming Hardcore Justice event on April 10th on Impact Plus scheduled to air starting at 3:00PM EST, according to PWInsider.

Legendary Japanese wrestler Genichiro Tenryu reportedly was recently hospitalized due to congestive heart failure, according to Post Wrestling.

WrestleCon recently announced that Scott Hall, Gail Kim and Brooke Adams will be making an appearance at their WrestleCon 2021 convention on April 8-11 in Tampa, Florida.

Glenn Jacobs, known as Kane in WWE, recently announced on his official Facebook page that he is currently planning to run for re-election as the mayor of Knox County in Tennessee. Jacobs has been the current mayor of Knox County since 2018.

Ring of Honor announced that they have pulled Dragon Lee from the card of their upcoming 19th Anniversary Show on March 26th in Baltimore, Maryland due to him recently suffering a broken eardrum. The company also announced that Bestia del Ring will be replacing Lee for their scheduled ROH World Tag Team Championship match at the event.

Josh Barnett announced a new match for the card of Game Changer Wrestling’s Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 6 event on April 8th in Ybor City, Florida:

Bad Dude Tito vs. Victor Benjamin