• Old School WCW Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WCW Veteran Scott Norton celebrates his 58th birthday today.
Scott Norton wrestled for Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling in 1993 and then from September 1995 until September 1999.
Norton is well remembered for being a member of the famous New World Order faction from late 1996 till the time he left WCW, but even continued as a member of nWo Japan when he joined New Japan Pro Wrestling afterwards.
While he didn’t win any titles in WCW, he did win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship twice in NJPW.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT NORTON!
• Chris Jericho Calls Out AEW Wrestler For Stealing His Gimmick
As we noted yesterday, tickets for AEW’s All Out 2019 pay-per-view got sold out in 15 minutes and Chris Jericho took credit for it.
Below is the video that Jericho posted on Instagram:
After Jericho posted this, AEW wrestler MJF took credit for All Out selling out in 15 minutes by tweeting the following:
15 minutes.
I did it. #Betterthanyou pic.twitter.com/GlpY3rrysm
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman (@The_MJF) June 14, 2019
Jericho then called out MJF for stealing his gimmick (again):
Sorry kid. You already stole the scarf gimmick, let’s not go 2 for
2. https://t.co/BwW08FJZfI— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) June 14, 2019
MJF replied the following:
Awwww so proud of you for figuring out how to use Twitter dad! How about you focus on your match with seabiscuit… maybe you can use the winners purse to buy another leather jacket at hot topic ? #Betterthanyou #talentovertenure
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman (@The_MJF) June 14, 2019
Jericho then went on to own MJF:
Wow a Dad joke AND a @HotTopic joke already? It looks like The Future needs some new material, pronto! But I appreciate the effort Mr F & good luck in your match against…um…well whomever you face in the preshow. If u carry my bags in, I’ll let u sit in the big boy lockeroom! https://t.co/sjmfriRORm
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) June 14, 2019
