NWA Referee Yali Sapphire On EmPowerr And The Knockouts Division.
The youngest in charge, Andrew Thompson recently spoke to pro wrestling referee Yali Sapphire (the only job where you get to take bumps harder than Eva Marie).
During the discussion, Thompson asked Sapphire about the empowerment she felt being part of NWA's all women's show, Empowerr (from Post Wrestling):
"It was literally an empowering experience [NWA EmPowerrr] because right off the bat, Mickie [James] was so welcoming and so kind. Like she would speak to you as if you were a friend, like she had known you for years, so it was just mind-blowing, like oh my God. This woman that I saw as a kid was right here in front of me, she knows my name. It was crazy. But like, everybody there was just so supportive."
The interview goes on about another all women's event hosted by Impact Wrestling's Knockout special and how starstruck she felt seeing her favourite performers:
"It was like — I’m telling you, it was like a dream [being a part of IMPACT Wrestling’s Knockouts Knockdown show] because first of all, I woke up to a text message from Gail Kim saying, ‘Hi, it’s Gail.’
I was like nah, I’m still sleep right now. I thought about it and then five minutes later, I looked and I was like oh my God, this is crazy. They want me to do IMPACT Wrestling and I was still kind of on an emotional high from working with NWA, so I was like oh my God, what is life right now?
This is crazy and then you get to the locker room at IMPACT Wrestling and you see — it just seems like everybody that I hadn’t seen before was there in IMPACT Wrestling in the locker room, from Christopher Daniels, Eric Young, just everybody, just… Rhino, Christian [Cage], everybody. It was crazy. It was like a dream, and you know, I had to play it cool."
Quick Thoughts On Smackdown Yesterday.
Imagine thinking, "yea, I'm going to review Smackdown tomorrow" and then you woke up after a 16-hour sleep (it was pretty good in case you were curious) a few hours before the very next day.
Yea, this is why I didn't review Smackdown yesterday but I'm sharing my brief thoughts on what the blue brand did this week and it was okay.
Nothing really noteworthy happened besides Lacey Evans' origin story straight out of a COD intro and Charlotte Flair tapping out Drew Gulak which I'm sure the so-called "alphas" love the entire segment.
Andy Kaufman Documentary IN DEVELOPMENT!?
The folks over at The Wrap have heard from their snitch that a documentary is in the works about the late comedian, Andy Kaufman. Now, what does this piece of news have to do with wrestling?
Well, if you're as young as Louis Dangoor then you'll know that Kaufman played a significant role in the wrestling sphere whether it's his infamous feud with *I'm clearly not a creep* Jerry Lawler in Memphis Wrestling or wrestling with the women performers, calling himself as the "Intergender wrestling champion of the world".
The documentary doesn't have a release date so I'll definitely keep an eye on that.
Paul Heyman Hall Of Fame Induction?
Paul Heyman's promos alone should put him in the conversation of being in any hall of fame. Why? Just watch his in-ring promo about Vince McMahon on Smackdown during the invasion arc.
The guy himself did talk about a possible induction into the hall of fame and was like, "Nah, I'm good" during an interview with 101 WRIF (from WrestlingInc):
“I have absolutely no desire to go into the Hall of Fame while I am special counsel to the Tribal Chief Roman Reigns, And putting together a Hall of Fame run simply based on what we do as the Undisputed Champion right now, let alone everything else that has been accomplished beforehand.
So while we’re in the middle of this run, it would make no sense for me to go into the Hall of Fame.”
Keith Lee Was Told To Lose WEIGHT!?
WHAT? THAT CAN NOT BE POSSIBLE (sarcasm of course)!!
If you believe what Davey Boy Meltzer had to say on the Wrestling Observer Radio, the dude has mentioned that AEW’s Keith Lee (in his non-bearcat habitat) was told to lose weight similar to what they told Gunther because "Vince wants slim people on TV".
What a great company WWE is!
What do you think about the news I just reported and follow me on the tweets @omartheplayaguy? Anyways, stay safe smarks.