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THEKLA-AEW, TAYLOR SWIFT'S WEDDING, YOTA TSUJI, AEW AT TARGET FIELD AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2026-07-05 10:00:00

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Were any pro wrestlers at the Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift wedding?

Not that I have heard, unless former WWE 24/7 Champion Rob Gronkowski was there.

I was wondering if you could explain why you sometimes include material about former WWE stars in movies and celebrities who were making WWE appearances on the site.  None of these people have any current involvement in pro wrestling and I feel it's a waste of my time to read about them.

Well, first, you can choose to read or not read anything you want.

As far as why I choose to include certain things in my coverage, it's very simple.  If someone worked in the business, especially as a talent, their work outside of it is still newsworthy to those who care about professional wrestling.  To say The Rock or Dave Bautista's work in Hollywood, for example, isn't newsworthy to an industry where they headlined Wrestlemanias is, to me, silly.  In the case of celebrities who intersected with pro wrestling, they are at least wrestling-adjacent and therefore, to me, at least interesting enough to include, especially when names like Mr. T or Cyndi Lauper's history in the business are important moments.  

If you feel differently, well, you can report anything you want or don't want on your own site!

Is the recent invective from Yota Tsuji towards AEW a work, or legit?

My feeling is it's storyline, but we'll see if and when it actually cascades into Tsuji interacting with AEW talents.

Will the upcoming AEW event at Target Field be televised or shown online, or will it essentially be a house show?

My guess is AEW will tape the footage but it will essentially be a house show.  I guess they could stream it on MyAEW.com if they wanted.

Can you think of a better acquisition in the last few years for AEW's women's division than Thekla? She does the crazed, dirtbag heel routine so well, and she adds such an air of danger and unpredictability that you don't normally see in wrestling as much nowadays.

I think she's absolutely awesome as a scummy heel.  She and Willow Nightingale are my favorites personally to watch in that division, but there's a lot of talent there.'

Is NWA doing OK on COMET TV?

They just announced a second series, so they must be doing at least OK!

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