Reflecting on the now-completed “The Last Time Is Now” tournament, “Busted Open Radio’s” Bully Ray responded to co-host Dave LaGreca speculating as to whether or not “WWE SmackDown” general manager Nick Aldis could have been the surprise semifinal opponent for LA Knight after Sheamus withdrew due to injury. Without hesitation, the WWE Hall of Famer bluntly stated, “I would never waste Nick Aldis in this situation.”

Of course, we now know that Knight faced, and defeated, The Miz, who finagled his way back into the tournament with a little slight of hand behind Aldis’ back on “SmackDown,” and that Knight would go on to lose to GUNTHER in the tournament final, but the conversation pivoted to Aldis as a potential in-ring competitor again in the future, and Bully dug deeper into his thoughts on the matter. “There is a story with Nick Aldis,” he said, “and that story with Nick Aldis is Adam Pearce.” Both Pearce, who serves as Aldis’ GM counterpart on the “WWE Raw” side of things, and Aldis are multiple time NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champions, which is precisely the connective tissue that would bring the two together according to Bully Ray.

Situationally, what seems to fit best for a potential Aldis-Pearce in-ring rivalry, is a traditional WWE event that also just passed, especially if the trope of “brand supremacy” were to return to the forefront. “Nick Aldis vs. Adam Pearce is perfect for Survivor Series,” Bully said. “If you have a ‘Raw’ team and a ‘SmackDown’ team and each team needs one more member, [I definitely] think that could work. That’s an easy fit.” Aside from that, another way to get Aldis involved in the ring would be to pair him with his real-life spouse, former WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James, “if WWE ever gets on this mixed tag team train.”

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The underdogs are officially the first-ever AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions, and Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron, The Babes of Wrath, made history in the opening match of “AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming” on Wednesday. They defeated the Timeless Love Bombs, “Timeless” Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa to win the gold.

Shirakawa and Cameron started off the match and battled back and forth until hot tags were made to bring in Nightingale and Storm. Storm gave her opponent a big sniff and they locked up, with Nightingale getting the “Timeless” one in a headlock. It was a battle between the teams until at one point, it was just Nightingale and the Timeless Love Bombs in the ring, but the pair couldn’t keep the former TBS Champion down. She overpowered them both with a double clothesline and sent Storm flying out of the ring.

Storm dominated her opponents with chops and hit Cameron with a DDT, but Nightingale saved her partner from Storm’s chicken wing. Shirakawa got Cameron in a figure four in the center of the ring, but Cameron reversed the hold. Storm interfered, flipping Shirakawa back over, and she and Nightingale traded reversals to help their partners. Shirakawa hit a sling blade off the top to Cameron and Storm followed it up with a Storm Zero, but Nightingale just barely broke up the pin. Shirakawa hit a backfist to Cameron and looked for the Glorious Driver, but Cameron countered into Her Finishing Move and Nightingale hit a Babe with the Power Bomb for the victory.

In an interview with Renee Paquette after the match, Nightingale said how proud of Cameron she was. They faced off with the Timeless Love Bombs once again, but Shirakawa and Storm both shared their respect to the new champions.

Saturday Night’s Main Event is set to take place this Saturday in Washington D.C. Considering WWE Hall of Famer and President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, wouldn’t be too far from the event, many believe he might attend or perhaps even Vince McMahon, to see off John Cena, who will be retiring after the event.

During an episode of his “Grilling JR” podcast, Jim Ross was asked whether he thinks either would be a possibility. 

“I’d say Trump’s got all he can handle on his plate right now, but yeah, who knows? He’s a little unpredictable,” he said, before being asked about McMahon’s potential appearance. “Wouldn’t surprise me! Vince is a really independent thinker, he’s bold, he likes to do things that are outside the traditional box,” Ross opined.

“I would be shocked if Vince wasn’t in the building to commemorate, celebrate John Cena’s last match,” he added, noting that Cena specifically made McMahon a fortune in their time working together. “So, I can’t see why Vince wouldn’t. There’s no agenda, political agenda, that would prevent Vince from attending this match. I think that he should go; whether he’s on camera or not is irrelevant.” 

Ross further opined that he thinks McMahon’s presence would mean a lot to Cena. Interestingly, Cena recently reflected on his relationship with McMahon, citing the most important lesson he learned through the former WWE Chairman’s departure from the promotion.

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Khan said he was proud of what they’ve been able to build and reiterated he’s excited for the future. He explained what he could say, from things that were already public knowledge however, was that all bidders for Warner Bros. Discovery are NFL partners, and great partners at that, for the league. Khan’s father, Shad Khan, owns the Jacksonville Jaguars and Khan also holds an executive role with the team as chief football strategy officer.

“Everybody who has been in the running for this is somebody that we work with in the NFL, so I have a lot of respect for all of them,” he explained. “I’m on the major events and fan committee of the NFL and we worked closely with all three of the bidders that have been in the mix, so we’ll see what happens. I have only positive things to say about Netflix and Warner Brothers Discovery, but when it comes to AEW and Warner Brothers Discovery, it’s been a great partnership.”

The AEW president said that despite changes over the years from Warner Media to Warner Brothers Discovery, things have only gotten “stronger and better” for the promotion. He said that he could tell everyone “for sure,” that at least until “the end of 2027, going into 2028,” AEW will be on TBS, TNT, and HBO Max, a deal that was announced last October. 

“Very proud that we’ve been able to continue the tradition of wrestling on TBS and TNT,” Khan said. “When there’s wrestling on TBS and TNT, I think wrestling is better for it, so I’m proud AEW has been able to bring that for years and years, and we will continue to bring it for years and years to come.”