 What's good Josh, we'll rock back again with another video. So we're going to be checking out 10 times A.W.W.E went too far in 2021. A.W.W.W.E, they've been having their so called war for some people. And sometimes they they send jabs at each other and say certain things to kind of hype up the crowd and get the crowd to who and all and that's just going to be part of of competitive wrestling. That's just what it is. WCW used to do it all the time. W.W.E used to do it all the time. And that's what it's going to be. People sit up there and say, oh, they should mention the other company. You're just giving them more attention. No, I mean, I'm I'm more of the individual of if they want to compete with each other in the ring and they send a little shots at each other here and there, that's fine. I know I don't really care. I don't think it takes away from either product because I can sit there and watch both, you know, so it's really the best of both worlds for me. Personally, I like both brands and I'm loving where A.E.W. is heading. So this is one of those things where I don't trip over it personally. So but we're going to check this out. Appreciate all the love and support, man, on the channel. You guys have been running it up all 2021. And I thank you guys so much for that. And let's get right into this for scorned three years ago. The latest great wrestling war began on American soil. Two companies put their finest soldiers against the other on Wednesday nights to determine which promotion would earn the bigger share of the wrestling viewing audience. However, in the years that have passed since the launch of all elite wrestling, the war with WWE has evolved. Now, the two promotions don't spend nearly as much time counter-programming each other as they did in the early days of the But the war itself is still very much alive with A.E.W. continuing to gain traction, WWE continuing to sabotage their own public perception. WWE is I couldn't even tell you. It's like they don't want to win the war. I mean, I think WWE management doesn't still take A.E.W. Seriously, I'm being that. So I think that's the reason why they just haven't really tried to put on the best shows because they know they will always make a lot of money. They're making a lot of money right now, despite letting everybody go because of budget cuts. They're making a lot of money. So it's one of those things where it's like doesn't really matter to them as long as they keep making money, but they start losing money and viewership a lot more than what they are now. And A.E.W. starts to get more of that viewership. I think that will be the only time they try to change. Within the wrestling community, there have still been a number of moments where the two companies have been at odds with each other. 10 of them. In fact, just enough for a list. Huh. How convenience that? I'm Pete Hailing from Parts Fun Known, and these are 10 times WWE and A.E.W. Winter War in 2021. And before we dive in, make sure to subscribe to the channel so you can get more listy goodness and also because I'm feeling ill and it will make me feel better. Just subscribe and then I'll feel better. Please subscribe. Thanks. Number 10. Cody Rhodes loves a Sledgehammer. What happened to Cody Rhodes? At the start of A.E.W. Dynamite, he was the most beloved babyface in the company. He was. Well, he's the furthest thing from it. Was it his divisive Ra Ra America promo that did it in? Or perhaps has his status as the former WWE guy with a chip on his shoulder been taken over by so many talents over the past two years that it no longer makes him feel special? You be the judge. That's for Cody, however. He still loves to point out his history with the Fed, making a pretty on-the-nose reference to Triple H on the December 1st episode of Dynamite. Cody looked under the ring for some handy dandy plunder and emerged with a Sledgehammer. What could that possibly be in reference to? Cody, of course, has been called. I didn't I didn't see that match. I heard it was intense. I will say that I did see some highlights of it, but I didn't know he pulled out a damn Sledgehammer. We know what that reference is all about. Triple H of AEW very often with some fans feeling that he hasn't put over new talent akin to the dreaded run of Hunter the Terrible from yesteryear. Despite losing to MJF, Derby Allen, Manukai Black, the list goes on and on. Cody was quick to toss the Sledgehammer aside in favor of a golden shovel as he yelled that he was going to lean in to the reaction he was getting from the fans. I don't know what that could have been referencing either. Number nine. Not the golden shovel. If you know anything about that, that's still another Triple H reference. The golden shovel, you know, saying Triple H was, you know, considered the guy to bury people in. You can make it a John Cena reference of, you know, him getting out a golden shovel as well and burying people. But for the most part, it was a Triple H reference. Because, you know, he didn't really put over too many people in his heyday. Death by a thousand references. It feels weird to put one specific jab in a promo on this list as that would hardly constitute a war. But when it happens frequently all year, enough jabs become a talking point. Granted, many of these moments have come from AEW, such as Christian Cage telling Adam Cole that he should be used to losing on Wednesdays, a direct shot at his older NXT, or Don Callis mocking WWE's no leg slapping policy. But from time to time, WWE would send jabs back the other way. Drew McIntyre made light of AEW's infamously botched exploding barbed wire death match from Revolution. Oh, God, let us all please forget that moment. MVP on Raw that when you make a promise you can't deliver on, sparks fly and people get disappointed. Moments like this happen regularly, and while some of it is fairly trivial and should not be taken so seriously by the fans, this is also part of the fun of having a wrestling war. Hell, Shawn M- This is, this is like I said at the beginning of the video. For me, I like it. I, you know, said I know what it was like with WCW and WWF at the time. And that's what made it fun, bro. As a wrestling fan, you can like whichever company you want. You can like, you can like both of them. You can not like both of them. But you know, if you're as long as you're entertained by one of the companies, it works. And if you're, if you're entertained by both like me, it works as well. So when they send those little jabs and stuff, I don't care. It's competition, bro. Like it is what it is. I'm all for it. Michael slapped a WCW sticker on a little person dressed as Bret Hart in 1997. And we certainly haven't crossed that line yet. Number eight, Christian Cage signs with AEW. One year after his best friend Edge made a miraculous return from retirement at the Royal Rumble, Christian did the same, wrestling his first match in seven years at the 2021 Rumble event. He looked as good as he ever had and he watched as Edge won the Rumble. Surely this incredible return could play into a fantastic storyline for WrestleMania. His best friend in the main event, unfinished business with Big E over the Intercontinental Championship. The possibilities were endless. That is why it was so bizarre to find out that WWE had no plans for Christian after his return. What? One of the best in ring. Yeah, I still kind of confused on that when I when they announced, you know, saying he was leaving. I was like, well, this would make sense for them to have another run for him to create some good views. I don't, I don't get it. What was the purpose, you know, of even bringing him back? You know what I'm saying? Oh, well, we really wanted one at Edge. I was like, yeah, that's kind of fucked. Like, Christian is putting some time himself. Like, he's definitely a future Hall of Fame. And he like, what? You know what I'm saying? You can't give him something to do meaningful in the company. Bring performers of his generation with a built-in story to your hottest period of the year. No interest. Well, don't mind if I do, said Tony Khan, who welcomed the rechristened Christian Cage. Try saying that five times fast at Revolution 2021. Christian has continued to show why WWE was foolish to pass on him, resting great matches regularly, including the main event of All Out against Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship. Number seven, this business isn't big enough for two Khans. For years, people said wrestling was run by Khan men. Now it's just run by Khan men. While it sounds nothing now, WWE at one point made an effort to form a working relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling as a way to keep Daniel Bryan in the company. This relationship never materialized, of course, because sharing with WWE sounds like about as much fun as shaving my taint with a cactus. WWE President Nick Khan was reportedly at the helm of this, and AEW President Tony Khan made sure to let Nick know that there would only be one Khan with a relationship with New Japan. Many of Tony's Twitter speeches have made light about battles with WWE, but this one was certainly the most direct, as he told Nick that there was only room for one Khan in pro wrestling. Naturally, WWE and Nick Khan would not return fire at AEW, but AEW is the one with New Japan talent on their shows, although can you imagine Tomohiro Ishii vs. Walter add an NXT takeover dear God in heaven? I would like to check out. I probably could check out some New Japan pro wrestling stuff on my own time. It's just I know checking it out on this channel, even though you guys did enjoy it when I did like a few years ago, like probably in 2019. It had got a lot of traction on views of me just checking it out and you know, you know, seeing what the hype was all about. And I was enjoying it from what I was seeing just from from the clips and stuff, but when they strike my channel, I was like, Oh, they didn't even get even block it. They striked it. I was like, Oh, well, I'm going to chill on that. So I really wish I could check it out on this on like actually react to it and stuff, but they don't play when it comes to their content on YouTube. So yeah, but from what I know from what what I remember and what I know about New Japan pro, that's a whole different beast of wrestling. I will say that. Number six, WWE cuts him, AEW signs him. Boy, WWE sure released a lot of talent in 2021, didn't they? That list is about 80 people long and that's just from this year, let alone the dozens gone in 2020 as well. WWE made a point to sign as much talent as possible when AEW launched because it doesn't matter if they want to play with this toy as long as no one else can play with them either. Sure enough, WWE's releases made the wrestling free agent pool a dealer's choice situation for AEW with Tony Khan getting to choose which stars he would like to bring on board. Enter the likes of Andrade, El Idlo, Malachi Black, Ruby Soho and Bobby Fish, all of whom have been given the opportunities to put on fantastic matches that they weren't given on the WWE main roster. For years, the theory was you didn't want to sign too many of WWE's castaways, but that applies much more to Valvinus beating Christopher Daniels in 2010 TNA and less to world-class talent that should never be let go over budget cuts. AEW New Year's Smash vs NXT New Year's Evil The last real example of NXT and AEW Dynamite putting on big specials opposite each other came on the first episodes of 2021. To kick off the new year, AEW put on New Year's Smash while NXT aired their New Year's Evil special. Both shows had major matches on their cards. Dynamite featured a five-star main event as Kenny Omega defended the AEW title against Rey Phoenix, which only served as the appetizer for the AEW debuts of Carl Anderson and Doug Gallows. Meanwhile on NXT, Raquel Gonzalez and Rhea Ripley put on an outstanding Last Woman Standing match which signalled the end of Ripley's time on the brand. The main event was a rematch of the classic Finn Balor vs Kylo Renny match from TakeOver 31 and overall this made for one incredible night of wrestling. The Wednesday Night War had basically been decided, but there was still plenty of fight left in NXT at this point, although it would only be a few more months before NXT was moved to Tuesdays, officially ending the Wednesday Night War and leading to the beginning of NXT 2.0, which is, well, you know. Number four, Eddie Kingston shoots on WWE. Eddie Kingston is about as outspoken as they come in wrestling. He is also about as good of a talker as they come in wrestling. Put those two together and you have the recipe for some very spicy post-show comments which is exactly what we got following Saturday Night Dynamite on June 26th. Following the main event, Kingston stood in the ring with Jungle Boy, Christian Cage and Penta El Zero Miedo. What started as a fairly by-the-numbers send-the-crowd-home happy promo, turning to a rallying cry for the AEW fans. As Kingston said, the competition sometimes doesn't want to hear their fans. He said AEW listens to their fans and everyone in the locker room isn't doing this for a paycheck. They're doing it for the people and to bust their asses for the love of pro wrestling. He said you won't see matches like Jungle Boy vs Kenny Omega, legends who are respected and the heart of the AEW locker room on the other channel. You can choose to like this style of promo or not, and there is no doubt that it was effective as the entire crowd at Dady's place stood in their feet enchanted AEW before going home happy. From what I can tell AEW do care about their fans. I do believe that. WWE, not so much. AEW for the most part. It seems like they care about their fans. It seems like they care for the legendary wrestlers or the wrestlers that we grew up on in the 90s. They show them respect. You know what I'm saying? They like to give fresh new talent and opportunity. They like to give talent that we've all been wanting to see booked correctly for the most part. It's not perfect by any means. I'm not saying AEW is perfect. No wrestling company is perfect in my personal opinion. There's always something you could do better. But there's one thing I know about AEW. They care about their fans. That's the one thing I can say. So happy you're going to play to your audience. And this is what that audience pays to see. Number three, the dragon and the boom. We had an entry on this list already for stars that WWE released who showed up in AEW. There is no doubt how valuable they all are in their current roles. However, it speaks volumes when two of the absolute top performers in the wrestling business are desired by both WWE and AEW and they choose to leave the land of sports entertainment. This is exactly what happened with Bryan Danielson and Adam Cole. Danielson walked away from WWE after over 10 years with the company and it said many times that he loved working for the company. Yet still he wanted to go to AEW because it was where wrestling was at its best. With Adam Cole, WWE somehow let his contract expire by accident and after NXT takeover 36, Cole had decided that he was going to walk away after four years with the promotion in favor of rejoining his friends in AEW. The craziest thing, both of these debuts happened on the same night. In case you need a reminder, here is Oli's reaction. Oh, no! It is one thing to... And I will say this, man, Adam Cole, I'm glad he left because they weren't trying to use him. They weren't. Adam Cole was in NXT. I'm sorry. You can agree or disagree with me. But even before he got the NXT championship, Adam Cole was in NXT. There's no denying it. He put NXT on his back and carried it. He did. And no disrespect to the muscle chopper, Johnny Gargano, some of the legends of NXT. But when you anytime you saw Adam Cole match, you was preparing yourself for a good time. Every time they went, you heard, you know, they had a takeover. The crowd would give the loudest reaction. Adam Cole come out there with Undisputed Error. Undisputed Error, one of the greatest stables in wrestling. And you hear Adam Cole, baby, you can't beat that, man. NXT will never be the same without the guy. He was a legend in WWE for what he did in NXT. And I'm glad he didn't go to the main roster because they would have ruined him. I'm so glad he didn't take the money, went somewhere where he would be appreciated. And I can see Adam Cole one day being the AEW World Heavyweight Champion. To be cut and find success elsewhere, he's a band of his player. There's something else entirely to be the place top talent are walking away from WWE for. Number two, a less famous Miz. That line, that's the line. That's the line of the year promo wise for me. That dad was, fuck, I watched that a lot. We're not live, but I watched it after it aired. I just, I lost my shit. Oh my God. Miz catching stray bullets from promos on a completely different show. This probably could have been included in the entry about all the other jabs with AEW and WWE have taken at each other. And oh, this is just so saucy. It deserves its own spot. You won't find two wrestlers with acid tongues more than CM Punk and MJF. And when you point them at each other with microphones in their hands, you better believe they are going to spit some venom. In their recent promo duel on Dynamite, both men took shots at each other using WWE as the bullets. MJF threw countless insults at his adversary, calling him PG Punk and saying he was second best to the You Can't See Me man and the King of Kings. However, the biggest moment of the promo came early on with Punk saying MJF wasn't revolutionary. He is just a less famous Miz. He can't say that. Can he say that? The line even broke the threshold of WWE with Edge making light of it on Raw, saying people on the other show are using Miz's name to get a cheap reaction. Some shots are unnecessary, but this is good old-fashioned pro wrestling. This is wrestling right here. I know a lot of people prefer the MJF CM Punk promo. I prefer the MJF CM Punk promo. It was just, it felt a little bit more organic, but I enjoyed the Miz and Edge promo. I enjoyed it for what it was. It was an entertaining segment. The crowd wasn't really into it as much as I would have liked them to be. You know, that's all depending on the area. You know, saying where the show is being held at. But other than that, I still enjoyed it. And I hate to say this. I don't even hate to say this. This is something that I've been starting to notice even with just some of the clips I've been checking on Monday Night Raw. Monday Night Raw has actually seen a lot better than what it was a few months ago. Monday Night Raw is not just total dog water. And you got interesting segments like this in, you know, they're setting up future matches and stuff. I'm like, huh, seems like Monday Night Raw definitely got the dub in the draft this year because smackdown outside of Roman for real this time. There's really nothing worth, in my opinion, even caring about. And even then that the Roman and Brock situation is kind of, it's been there, done that. So, but yeah, man, I enjoyed both segments. Of course, CM Punk, MJF, that, oh my God, bro. That's probably the best promo segment for me personally this year. Geez. With the shots on both shows fueling the respective stories they are involved in. But goodness, what did Miz do? And number one, the Rampage buy-in versus Super Smackdown. Following the end of the Wednesday Night War, it seemed like it would be a considerable amount of time before WWE and AEW went head to head again. Tony Khan has been adamant that he won't compete with Raw because he won't run against the NFL on Mondays. But what about Fridays? Well, with AEW Rampage making its debut in August, Smackdown was merely sitting at the next lunch table over in the cafeteria. And it would only take one of them to bump the other's tray to start a fight. On October 15th, WWE aired Super Smackdown, featuring an extra half hour of TV, which eats into Rampage. Meanwhile, AEW pulled out all the stops, putting on a Rampage buy-in lasting an extra hour and featuring Tempest Wet Dream with Bryan Danielson versus Minora Suzuki, which was awesome! This was the biggest head-to-head wrestling event in years. Even if Smackdown and Rampage were only competing on TV for a half hour, Tony Khan threw down the gauntlet for the night, and while Rampage did not come close to beating Smackdown and overall viewership, they were able to win the night in the key demos. Make what you will of the ratings and the viewership, but this was the biggest example to date of WWE and AEW going to war with one another, and it certainly doesn't feel like the last time either. So that was the list, whether any... Yep, yeah, they definitely Smackdown, Vince McMahon said, hey, we're going to go extra 30 minutes longer. Of course, Tony Khan was not okay with that, but at the end of the day, they won in the demographic viewership that they wanted to win in. So I'm all for competitive wrestling when it comes to both of these companies and I'm all for it, man. So comment down below, let me know, are you guys okay with them making jabs at each other, you know, in promos and segments and stuff? Or do you guys feel like it's unnecessary? I mean, I think that's the part of wrestling. That's what makes wrestling what it is, especially when you have two companies trying to compete to see who's the better wrestling company. I like that, man. I'm all for good competition, but I appreciate all love and support. Road to 70K, appreciate you talking to me. See y'all next week. Peace.