This weekend is WWE’s WrestleMania, the Super Bowl of the athletic fantasy known as professional wrestling — meanwhile, they face their toughest rivalry in years.
, which offered a real alternative with a more athletic style of wrestling rather than WWE’s traditional focus on the athletes’ size.
“I think it’s so cool. It’s got such a different feel,” former ROH wrestler and downtown L.A. residentsaid. He also wrestled in WWE as Justin Gabriel and has used the nickname “the Darewolf” due to his daring style and real-life daredevil hobbies. A lot of the talent that built competition like AEW came not just from other independent promotions, but out of WWE itself. That includes stars like former WWE Champion Bryan Danielson, as well as current ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli.
Black’s an example of why talent might leave a historically dominant promotion like WWE for an up-and-coming rival like AEW, or what’s traditionally been a more boutique promotion like ROH. While still with the company, Black asked for a release from his contract. “Back then, [I was] this girl that was getting out of her car with sweaty hands 'cause she was going to her first WrestleMania,” Salcedo said.
The team’s gone from being in WWE development league NXT to appearing on the last couple of WrestleManias. Dawkins called Ford his brother and had big praise for him. Ford has had some solo showcase matches recently — including catching attention by dropping from the roof of a steel structure onto a group of his opponents during last month’s Elimination Chamber show.Montez and Dawkins are in a four-way showcase match at WrestleMania against three other teams.
“These shows are all competing with one another, and some of them are running against each other,” Salcedo said. “I mean, the Ring of Honor Supercard of Honor is running againstthe next night from the Crypto.com Arena.
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