Mike & JD Show Ep.130: Mike Goes to TNA & Visits Backstage | AEW Signs Everyone | NFL Players vs Wrestlers
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TNA backstage access
I was in Atlanta on Friday. I went to the TNA taping. A couple weeks ago I was tweeting about No Surrender and I was pretty brutal to it. Next thing you know, I'm blocked. Carlos Silva reached out and he was like, 'Hey Mike, they didn't come from me. I told them to unblock you. You do a good job pushing us forward.'
AEW/TNA relationship
Dave Meltzer said on his show that he thinks Tony Khan signed the IInspiration just to take TNA's tag champions—like he signed them while they were tag champions and he just wanted to mess with TNA.
TNA backstage sentiment
They said that they've had a lot of conversations about me specifically. They said there's like 18 people backstage that don't like you.
WWE WrestleMania plans
The WrestleMania events are headlined by CM Punk versus Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton. On Friday, a friend of mine who I'll DM you afterwards is pretty pissed. He's really close to Drew [McIntyre] and he was like, he's not happy.
AJ Francis / TNA locker room
I was thinking, 'Who is the one person in this company that would be willing to confront me?' I bet AJ Francis would be the type of guy that would confront me. I walk in there and AJ Francis comes over. He was a total sweetheart. He shook my hand. He's like, 'Hey, my name's AJ. How are you?'
Sean Ross Sapp / Dragon Lee controversy
Sean Ross Sapp took a screenshot of Dragon Lee's mask being ripped off and posted it. All the Lucha people went after him calling him a racist. I think he's just showing part of the show. Maybe a case of ignorance, but I don't know about racist.
Ricky Sosa prospect
I'm here proclaiming on this show that Ricky Sosa will be the next big star in pro wrestling. If TNA locks him in, he's probably going to be their next big star. If WWE or AEW gets him right now, it might actually hurt his development.
Logan Paul vs. NFL players
Logan Paul says, 'I'll give a million dollars to any NFL player that wants to fight me.' Le'Veon Bell says, 'I'll take that.' Then Chris Legento called Logan Paul during his podcast and was like, 'Hey, we're not going to let you fight, there's liability.' So now the whole challenge is off.
AEW signings
They signed Ashanti the Adonis. He came to TNA for a taping and I wasn't impressed with him, but they signed him in September and they debuted him last week at Ring of Honor.
NFL players vs. Wrestlers
AJ Francis says NFL players can beat up any pro wrestlers. I think he's thinking of guys like Ricochet. Of course, Ricochet is not beating him up. But Brock Lesnar today at almost 50 years old can beat up every football player that's currently playing.
