AEW: Darby Allin on Sting’s Son Steven Wrestling Training Progress, Eddie Kingston on Tony Khan Nixed His Idea for Flair-Funk “Plastic Bag” Angle During Jericho Feud, Will Ospreay

Darby Allin Comments on Sting’s Son Steven’s Training Progress for a Wrestling Career

As noted before, Steven Borden, son of wrestling legend and retired AEW wrestler Sting, has been training for a professional wrestling career since this past May at Darby Allin’s house.

Uproxx held a recent interview with Allin. One of the topics discussed included Allin providing an update on Borden’s training for his future wrestling career.

“He’s still training. He stays outside in the tent in my front yard. And then yeah, it’s still coming. Definitely want to take our time with that and not rush anything. Because we don’t want it to look like, ‘Oh, Sting’s son’s getting a handout and we’re just going to rush him in there and this guy sucks really bad in the ring.’ No, we want to make sure he’s ready to rock, you know, whenever he steps foot in the ring you only get one shot at a first impression.”

---

Eddie Kingston Comments on He Pitched Doing Flair-Funk “Plastic Bag” Angle During Past Feud with Chris Jericho

The Ringer held a recent interview with Eddie Kingston as part of an article reflecting on the 35th anniversary of the classic Terry Funk and Ric Flair feud in 1989.

One of the topics discussed included Kingston’s thoughts about how he had pitched the idea to recreate the infamous plastic bag angle from the Funk vs. Flair match at the Clash of Champions VIII event for his own feud with Chris Jericho in 2022. Kingston stated that AEW CEO Tony Khan nixed the idea due to not being on board with it due to issues related to Turner officials.

“Trust me, I know how Turner is scared about that because I’ve asked about the plastic bag several times. It was always walking in and Tony [Khan] going, ‘We’re not doing the plastic bag.’”

---

Will Ospreay Gifts Shirt to Young Fan Who Got Involved in His Match with MJF at AEW Dynamite 250

As noted before, this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite 250 show in Little Rock, Arkansas featured MJF defeating Will Ospreay to become the new AEW International Champion. This match was notable for a little girl getting involved in the match and helped Ospreay by beating up MJF in the crowd.

A LITTLE GIRL BEAT UP MJF!!! 🤣 #AEWDynamitepic.twitter.com/m7D7nLFhjR

— Jack Cassidy  (@RealJackCassidy) July 18, 2024

ABC7 Little Rock held an interview with the little girl named Mia and her father earlier today. During the interview, Mia’s father stated that she had asked him if she could give MJF a middle finger back after MJF gave one to her but he said no since that was where he was going to draw the line for her involvement in the match. Her father also stated that Ospreay had gifted her a shirt after the show.

The little girl who beat up MJF on AEW Dynamite was interviewed on the local news in Little Rock, AR. She’s wearing the shirt Will Ospreay gave to her. pic.twitter.com/o0hNbJDjPh

— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) July 23, 2024