Weekend Roundup: WWE Backlash Notes, Komander Injury Update, Stardom & Suzu Suzuki, Kimber Lee Retirement, AAA, Indies

Indie / Misc

Steve C.

May 7, 2023

WWE

Saturday’s WWE Backlash 2023 event in San Juan, Puerto Rico featured a SmackDown Women’s Championship match between Zelina Vega and Rhea Ripley, which was won by Ripley. Following the show, Vega reflected on Twitter about the overwhelming reaction and support she had received from the crowd. Vega stated “Thank you. you’ll never know what tonight meant to me. I love you all so much. Still crying.”
Saturday’s Backlash 2023 event in San Juan also featured former WWE wrestler Savio Vega making a surprise appearance on the show. During a backstage segment involving Bad Bunny and Rey Mysterio about Bad Bunny’s upcoming match against Damian Priest, Vega made a surprise appearance and handed a Puerto Rico flag kendo stick to Bunny as a gift. Vega made another appearance later in the show during the San Juan Street Fight match helping take out Judgement Day after their attack on Bad Bunny.
Besides Savio Vega, former WWE wrestler Carlito also made a surprise appearance at Saturday’s Backlash 2023 event in San Juan. Following Judgement Day’s Dominick Mysterio and Finn Balor’s run-in attack during the San Juan Street Fight match, Rey Mysterio ran out trying to help save Bad Bunny only to also get beaten down. This led to Carlito’s music playing and him making a surprise appearance to help save Bad Bunny. Carlito, Rey, Vega, and the LWO all came out to Bad Bunny’s aide and ran Dominik and Balor out of the ringside area.
In a recent interview with People, Damian Priest gave his thoughts about Bad Bunny’s fandom in professional wrestling. Priest stated “He loves the business. He’s a big fan. And he’s treated it with respect. So, I know for him to come back now, he’s not here promoting anything and he wants to be involved in the product, so I would imagine he’s just as happy now as he was for his first match at WrestleMania. He was like a little kid, excited, and nervous, I remember that. It was awesome.“
PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Brian Kendrick worked as a backstage producer at Saturday’s Backlash 2023 event. Johnson reported that Kendrick worked alongside Jamie Noble as the producers for the San Juan Street Fight match between Bad Bunny and Damian Priest.
NBC recently announced that Big E will be one of the celebrity guest judges for their new reality competition television series called Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge on the network. Besides Big E, former WWE NXT and AEW talent A.Q.A. revealed on Twitter that she will also be making an appearance during the series’ debut season.
In a recent interview with Whiskey Ginger, Sami Zayn revealed that he took a huge paycut from what he was earning on the indies to sign with WWE in 2013. Zayn stated “I used to write down all the money I would make. It wasn’t like a bookkeeping, for tax purposes type thing. It was just, ‘I did this match on this date for this company and I got paid (this much).’ I remember then that pay went from $20 to $50. ‘Woah.’ The first time I got offered $100, I was like, ‘I’m getting $100 to go to the States? To wrestle?!?!?’ The first year, I think it was 2008, I’m six years into the business, and I’m making $20,000 a year. ‘That’s it. I don’t need another job. This is my living now.’ I’ve been very lucky in a lot of ways. 20, 30, 40 the next year. Over time, it’s just gone up, which is great. It continues to go up, thankfully.“
Zayn continued stating “When I signed for WWE, I actually took a pay cut. You’re signing for WWE, it’s like the opportunity to make money, in a sense. I think my last year on the independents, I’m throwing all these numbers out willy nilly, but whatever. I think it was, at the time, right after I left the independents, the independents kind of blew up where guys are suddenly making six figures who are just starting to make good names for themselves. There was a big Indie Boom right after I left. I think my last year on the independents, I made somewhere around $100,000. I signed my first WWE contract for $39,000. It’s developmental now, but eventually, you’ll make good money, which is what happened. I wasn’t too near-sighted about it, thinking, ‘Oh, I’m worth so much more.’ You kind of understand when to take it on the chin and when you’ll make it up. All this to say, I got pretty lucky in wrestling, even when I signed with WWE, even though I had already been working for ten or 11 years, they put me through the developmental program, and I did very well, very quickly. Within about eight months, which was unheard of at the time because they usually take two or three years before they start sending you to do stuff. Within about eight months, they started sending me on the road to do road loops. At that point, maybe it is 50 grand a year. That first check came in for that road loop, it was like six or seven grand. I had this lightbulb moment, ‘Oh my God, that’s right, I’m here to make money.’ I know it sounds cliche, ‘when you enjoy what you do, you never work a day in your life.’ Money is not why I do it. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy having it versus not having it.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
WWE reportedly generated an attendance of 7,741 (6,800 paid) for their April 28th SmackDown show in Corpus Christi, TX, 8,096 for their April 28th house show event in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12,571 for their April 29th house show event in Paris, France, 4,728 for their April 29th house show event in Beaumont, TX, 3,823 for their April 30th house show event in Bossier City, LA, and 10,644 (9,400 paid) for their May 1st RAW show in Fort Worth, TX, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
WWE reportedly has sold around 4,658 tickets for their May 8th RAW show in Jacksonville, FL, 7,748 tickets for their May 12th SmackDown show in Knoxville, TN, 3,021 tickets for their May 13th house show event in Augusta, GA, 2,932 tickets for their May 14th house show event in North Charleston, SC, 7,561 tickets for their May 15th RAW show in Greensboro, NC, 7,757 tickets for their May 19th SmackDown show in Columbia, SC, 3,110 tickets for their May 20th house show event in Fayetteville, NC, 4,186 tickets for their May 21st house show event in Hampton, VA, 8,861 tickets for their May 22nd RAW show in Hershey, PA, 2,303 tickets for their May 28th NXT Battleground event in Lowell, MA, 4,810 tickets for their May 29th RAW show in Albany, NY, 8,283 tickets for their June 2nd SmackDown show in Wilkes-Barre, PA, 2,817 tickets for their June 3rd house show event in White Plains, NY, 2,930 tickets for their June 4th house show event in Manchester, NH, 5,915 tickets for their June 5th RAW show in Hartford, CT, 3,754 tickets for their June 9th SmackDown show in Des Moines, IA, 3,697 tickets for their June 12th RAW show in Wichita, KS, 5,849 tickets for their June 16th SmackDown show in Lexington, KY, 2,411 tickets for their June 17th house show event in Cincinnati, OH, 2,455 tickets for their June 18th house show event in Charleston, WV, 6,053 tickets for their June 19th RAW show in Cleveland, OH, 5,174 tickets for their June 23rd SmackDown show in Lafayette, LA, 1,592 tickets for their June 24th house show event in Monroe, LA, 2,399 tickets for their June 25th house show event in Mobile, AL, 4,758 tickets for their June 26th RAW show in Savannah, GA, 6,181 tickets for their June 29th house show event in Sheffield, England, 6,485 tickets for their June 30th house show event in Newcastle, England, 17,500 for their July 1st Money in the Bank 2023 event in London, England, 4,541 tickets for their July 2nd house show event in Cardiff, Wales, 9,215 tickets for their July 7th SmackDown show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY, 5,219 tickets for their July 10th RAW show in Buffalo, NY, 5,958 tickets for their July 14th SmackDown show in Raleigh, NC, 2,784 tickets for their July 15th house show event in Fairfax, VA, 1,632 tickets for their July 16th house show event in 6,947 tickets for their July 17th RAW show in Atlanta, GA, 6,663 tickets for their July 21st SmackDown show in Orlando, FL, 6,004 tickets for their July 24th RAW show in Tampa, FL, 38,410 tickets for their August 5th SummerSlam 2023 event in Detroit, MI, 5,047 tickets for their August 7th RAW show in Minneapolis, MN, 5,852 tickets for their August 11th SmackDown show in Calgary, Canada, 6,593 tickets for their August 14th RAW show in Winnipeg, Canada, and 10,559 tickets for their August 18th SmackDown show in Toronto, Canada as of this past Thursday, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE’s average viewership for SmackDown shows over this past three months was up 8% in overall viewership and up 15% in key demographic viewership compared to the same time period last year. RAW’s average viewership for shows this past three months was up 4% in overall viewership and up 12% in key demo viewership compared to the same time period last year. NXT’s average viewership for shows this past three months was down 4% in overall viewership but up 7% in key demo viewership. Meltzer reported that when factoring in homes lost to cord cutting for USA Network over the past year, RAW would be up 11% for overall and up 19% for key demo while NXT would be up 2% for overall and up 11% for key demo. Meltzer reported that SmackDown’s numbers are lower than what FOX had averaged during that time period due to FOX had actually gained an increase in home coverage over the past year. For some comparisons, Meltzer reported that the cable television industry as a whole was down 15% in overall and 20% in key demo while network cable television was down 6% in overall and down 15% in key demo compared to the same time period last year.
As noted before, the city of Orlando, Florida is currently in the process of making an official bid to WWE be the potential host city of next year’s Royal Rumble event. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Tampa city official are also currently very interested in making an official bid for next year’s Royal Rumble event.
The New Day’s Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston were inducted into the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Alumni Hall of Fame at this past Friday’s ceremony in Orlando, Florida.
As noted before, WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon has been dealing with several lawsuits filed by WWE investors over issues regarding his return to the company’s Board of Directors and alleged history of paying to cover up his past sexual harassment accusations in the company. Bloomberg reported that these lawsuits had been conciliated into a single lawsuit that was dropped this past Wednesday following a request filed by shareholders, which was granted by the presiding judge. In their filing, the shareholders stated that their claims against McMahon became moot after he agreed and paid back the $17.4 million WWE had spent on their internal investigation against him. It was reported that counsel for WWE’s investors are currently seeking a “mootness fee” as a reward for their role in forcing McMahon’s hand.
Alexa Bliss recently announced on Twitter that this past Friday was the 10th anniversary of her official debut in WWE.

AEW & ROH

AEW recently confirmed on Twitter that their upcoming event on July 8th in Regina, Canada will be a television taping for an unnamed show. This taping is currently expected to be for AEW’s upcoming new television series that is also expected to be called AEW Collision.
As noted before, AEW had sold around 60,000 tickets as of this past Friday for their upcoming All In event this August at Wembley Stadium in London, England. In a recent episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, co-host Matt Hardy gave his thoughts about AEW’s current sales success for their upcoming All In event. Hardy stated “I felt pretty confident that we could expect 50,000 or so when it was all said and done, and it might surpass that quite a bit, I’m not sure. But the 43,000 mark in 36 hours, if I’m not mistaken, is really impressive, and I think it really shows AEW‘s power as a brand across the globe. I know people are going to be making the hike from all around Europe to come over there. I saw people from Germany that were coming, from Ireland, Scotland obviously. I saw a couple people from Italy that were heading there. So it’s gonna be really, really cool to be at All Out, and it’s definitely gonna be the biggest house, the biggest attendance ever in the history of AEW.” Hardy also gave his thoughts about if AEW’s All In sales success could end up laying the groundwork for the company holding a major event at a stadium location in the United States in the future. Hardy stated “I could. I could see this being a blueprint for a major United States stadium show. I really could. I think it’s one of those things, sometimes people talk about AEW, how their audience just maintains usually around high 800,000 [viewers], every so often, they’ll pop a million, especially if there’s a lot of competition going on or whatever. I really think that there’s some people that go, ‘Oh, AEW’s stagnant, they get these numbers.’ But I think once again, the demand… it is tangible. The demand for AEW is still growing. Even the last few events and houses that we’ve had, when it comes to live events when there’s TVs, the attendances in the venue have been really, really strong. It’s been doing well, man. It’s still growing, people are still learning about the brand, AEW. Once again, at the end of the day, it’s four years old, so it is really just starting the journey. It’s hard for a wrestling fan not to compare it to WWE. WWE is just so much further ahead, their brand is so ingrained in global pro wrestling lore. So AEW is doing a great job, and I think this is a very strong statement, just about the power of AEW and the AEW brand, and how there’s such a demand for it.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that when adding in DVR +7 numbers for AEW’s viewership, their March 29th Dynamite show had drawn 975,000 viewers total (833,000 for same day viewers and 142,000 for DVR), their April 5th Dynamite show had drawn 1,004,000 viewers total (877,000 for same day and 127,000 for DVR), and their May 12th Dynamite show had drawn 1,018,000 viewers total (866,000 for same day and 152 for DVR). Meltzer reported that this would be increases of 17%, 14.5%, and 17.6% respectively for those shows. Meltzer also reported that AEW has been averaging around an 18% increase in viewership for their shows when factoring in DVR +7 over the past year.
AEW reportedly generated an attendance of 4,400 (4,100 paid) for their May 3rd Dynamite show in Baltimore, MD, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
AEW reportedly has sold around 5,786 tickets for their May 10th Dynamite show in Detroit, MI, 1,403 tickets for their May 12th house show event in Corbin, KY, 1,727 tickets for their May 13th house show event in Salem, VA, 3,491 tickets for their May 17th Dynamite show in Austin, TX, 4,268 tickets for their May 24th Dynamite show in Las Vegas, 6,880 tickets for their May 28th Double or Nothing 2023 event in Las Vegas, NV, 2,867 tickets for their May 31st Dynamite show in San Diego, CA, 1,040 tickets for their June 2nd house show event in Tupelo, MS, 1,375 tickets for their June 3rd house show event in Huntsville, AL, 1,805 tickets for their June 7th Dynamite show in Colorado Springs, CO, 2,507 tickets for their June 14th Dynamite show in Washington, D.C., 4,462 tickets for their June 21st Dynamite show in Chicago, IL, 12,884 for their June 25th Forbidden Door 2 event in Toronto, Canada, 3,276 tickets for their June 28th Dynamite show in Hamilton, Canada, 2,292 for their July 12th Dynamite show in Saskatoon, Canada, and 3,000 for their July 15th television taping event (Collision) in Calgary, Canada as of this past Thursday, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that Komander has been doing worked injury spots for some of his matches in the indies of late. Meltzer reported that some people sat down with Komander and talked to him about needing to save his body and stop doing those spots now that he has a real contract in place that pays him good money. This reportedly was the reason why there has a lack of updates regarding Komander’s injury situation from a recent event for Demand Lucha due to him not suffering a legitimate injury.
In a recent interview with BBC Norfolk, Saraya gave her thoughts about if she would like to see CM Punk return to AEW soon. Saraya stated “Absolutely. I’ve said this before with Punk. He’s always been an absolute sweetheart to me. He’s never once had any conflict whatsoever. He’s been very helpful and given a lot advice over the years. Since basically near the beginning of when I was at WWE, he was kind of on his way out, but I remember coming up on live event loops, and he was very nice. Going into WWE Backstage, always very nice. Coming into AEW, he had reached out to me, ‘If you need anything.’ He’s really awesome. I want whatever is best for business. If people don’t like each other, you have to find that common ground in a professional setting. There are people I haven’t liked over the years, but I’ve never let my personal feelings get in the way of business, at the end of the day. If he was to come back, it would be great for AEW, it would be great for tickets too. Wembley is already doing awesome without anyone announced, but do you bring in the big dogs? Absolutely. We do have Chris Jericho, we do have the Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) and Kenny (Omega), and hopefully, we bring in Punk too.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
In a recent fiscal report released this past Friday, Warner Bros Discovery stated that the company generated around $10.1 billion in revenues but also had generated a net loss of $1.1 billion for the past fiscal quarter due to issues related to their current debut of $49.5 billion. In regards to their streaming business in the United States, it was stated that they had generated $50 million in revenues for the fiscal quarter and $704 million for year-to-year growth. In regards to WBD’s current television deal with the NBA, WBD CEO David Zaslav stated that the company would be “disciplined” when it comes to negotiations for a potential renewal of their television deal with the NBA, which is currently set to expire after the 2024-25 NBA season.

Indies & Misc. Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling reportedly generated a paid attendance of 2,120 for their April 29th Wrestling Satsuma No Kuni event in Kagoshima, 1,655 for their April 30th Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2023 event in Kumamoto, 1,006 for their May 1st Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2023 event in Beppu, and 4,489 for their May 3rd Wrestling Dontaku 2023 event in Fukuoka, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Pro Wrestling NOAH reportedly generated a paid attendance of 1,028 for their Star Navigation 2023 event in Tokyo and 2,721 for their May 4th Majestic 2023 event in Tokyo, Japan, Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre reportedly generated an attendance of over 10,000 for their April 27th Arena Mexico 67 Aniversario in Mexico City, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Stardom reportedly generated a paid attendance of 1,053 for their April 29th Golden Week Fight Tour 2023 event in Nagoya, 615 for their April 30th Golden Week Fight Tour 2023 event in Fukuyama, and 1,338 for their May 4th Fukuoka Goddess Legend ~Sweet Stardom~ event in Fukuoka, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
As noted before, Suzu Suzuki recently left Prominence and if currently expected to be joining Stardom soon. Dave Meltzer reported that his sources stated that while Suzuki is currently not an official member of Stardom’s roster, she for all real purposes already is considered as one within the company. Meltzer reported that Stardom is currently waiting for all of Suzuki’s current deals with other companies, sponsors, merchandise, and other endorsements to expire first before they make an official announcement of her signing. Stardom officials reportedly currently have plans in place to announce Suzuki and Mei Seira’s signings with the company at the same time.
All Japan Pro Wrestling reportedly generated a paid attendance of 814 for their April 30th Champion Carnival 2023 event in Osaka and 832 for their May 4th Champion Carnival 2023 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Sunday’s Champion Carnival 2023 Finals in Tokyo, Japan featured Shotaro Ashino defeating T-HAWK to be crowned the winner of this year’s Champion Carnival tournament.
DDT Pro Wrestling reportedly generated a paid attendance of 1,160 for their May 3rd Mega Max Bump 2023 In Yokohama event in Yokohama, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
In a recent interview with the Busted Open Radio podcast, Trinity, former Naomi in WWE, stated that she had worked with a torn labrum injury during her final year in WWE. Trinity stated “What people don’t know, I worked with a torn labrum for over a year. Just wrestled, kept wrestling like that and didn’t say anything because you don’t want to look weak. You don’t want to look like there is a problem, you don’t want to be taken off TV, none of that. I just wanted to keep working. So, I continued to work with a shoulder injury, and that was affecting me, it didn’t feel good. When I got the time off, the first thing I did was get my shoulder fixed. I had shoulder surgery, so months off like that, not being able to work, and just having all of it gone. At one point, I was like, ‘I’m done. I don’t think I’ll wrestle ever again.’ Just working through it all myself, mentally, having a great support system and seeing the fans be like, ‘We want you back, we want to see you, how are you doing?’ The support and my family, I got back to where I needed to be. Got through the injury, got through the surgery. All of that was a lot, mentally. I did have surgery. I had a torn labrum. All of that was just a lot, mentally. Also, being off the road after that’s all I’ve known over the last 13-14 years, that has been my life. Being with my husband every day, traveling every day, and all of a sudden just sitting home alone in all of it to sort through. It was a lot, but I feel it’s made me stronger mentally. Physically, I feel great. Just having that time to really miss wrestling, really miss the business, really miss the job. I was like, ‘Oh no, this ain’t it. I can’t go out like this. We have to run this back.’” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
Indies wrestler and former Impact and WWE NXT talent Kimber Lee recently announced on Twitter that she has retired from wrestling. Lee stated “The goodbye that I thought would never come. The mistress that has overtaken my life for the past 15 years. At times, wrestling was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I have been to places and I have gotten to see things that I never would have dreamed of in my lifetime. But at the same time, there comes a point in everyone’s life where things just cannot continue in the same fashion that they have, because circumstances and goals evolve and change. I know that I am coming completely from left field for some of you, and that is understandable as have been rallying as if a comeback is on the way. But that is not the case. I have been deeply working on myself this past year, coming to terms with some very harsh realities, and learning a lot about myself and who I am in the process. I originally thought that this was just going to be a break from wrestling. That after some time I would be ready to put my heart into this again and come back better than I have ever been before. But the thing is, the more I think about it, the more I come to realize that my heart is not in this anymore. Kimber Lee brings me instant heartache and anxiety, not the butterflies and joy that once was. There are too many painful wounds that come with going back into this world, and I am not willing to give those wounds my power or dominion over my life anymore. With that being said, I will no longer be. Taking active bookings for the foreseeable future. Kimber is going to step away from the squared circle, and Kimberly Frankele is going out into the world, ready to become something amazing. I know I am being called into my healing abilities, and will be continuing to step forward in that space and I would love to have as many of you as I can along for that journey. When you close one door, you give yourself the opportunity to open up any new door you choose. I have lives to change and heal, and this is my first official step into my true self. As the real me. love you all so much, and with this, the Princess takes her final bow. Let the curtain fall…“
Indie wrestler and former Major League Wrestling talent Danny Limelight announced on Twitter that he recently joined the cast for the upcoming On Call television series for Amazon.
As noted before, Japanese wrestler Shinjiro Otani has been out of action from wrestling since April of 2022 due to a serious cervical cord injury. Otani made an appearance for the company at their event on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan to make an appearance at Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s May 6th event in Tokyo, Japan. Following him receive a bouquet of flowers as a gift by the company, Otani stated “I will never lose the next time I fight.” Otani also thanked Tatsunji Fujinami for inviting him to the event. Otani stated “Since I was injured in April last year, many people have been sending me hot ale to do my best, don’t lose, stand up. But every time, I still think like this. I’m not the only one working hard. Not only the professional wrestlers who fight every day, but also everyone who came today is working hard and working hard for someone important while clenching their teeth somewhere every day. So, please let me send you a yell too. Please let me send a yell to everyone who works hard every day. Good luck! Let’s do our best! Do your best. I can’t lose. No matter what happens, you can’t lose. And the one who worked hard is a lie if he doesn’t get rewarded. I want to prove this word that I have been saying for many years with this body. Today, my friends in the professional wrestling world will cheer everyone up with their full power of professional wrestling. Yes, I am. So everyone, please enjoy professional wrestling as much as you can until the end today.” (English translation via Fightful.com)
Japanese Deathmatch legend Atsushi Onita announced on Twitter that he will be undergoing surgery this Tuesday for an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
PROGRESS Wrestling and TNT Extreme Wrestling recently issued an official joint statement stating that they will be welcoming back both Will Ospreay and Paul Robinson. It was stated that “After a comprehensive investigation in which both talent complied with all requests and after taking on board all feedback internally, both TNT Extreme Wrestling and PROGRESS Wrestling now look forward to welcoming back both talent as a team or as individuals to each respective promotion.” Robinson had been released from PROGRESS in early 2021 following him being named among those who committed sexual abuse and other inappropriate conduct towards female wrestlers and others as part of the #SpeakingOut movement in 2020. Ospreay had been accused of getting a wrestler named Pollyanna ‘blackballed’ from the wrestling industry following her accusations of sexual assault committed against her by wrestler Scott Wainwright, who was a close friend of Ospreay.
The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that Kamille surpassed 700 days as NWA World Women’s Champion on Saturday.
In a recent interview with The Business of the Business podcast had Lucha Libre AAA Director Dorian Roldán as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Roldán revealing that AAA is currently in talks with a couple “big, major” American wrestlers for potential appearances at their upcoming Triplemania XXXI: Mexico City event in Mexico City, Mexico. Roldán stated “We’re also having discussions with a couple of big, major stars, American, both of them to know if they can be also part of our third leg of Triplemanía Mexico City and we are also — you know that we were trying to work with influencers? We also are having a couple of discussions with big influencers and major stars here in Mexico.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)