Below are some top AEW & WWE news stories of the day.
• The wrestling world has seen a playful challenge thrown and a humorous response delivered, as former 2-time WWF Women’s Champion Wendi Richter addressed the recent call-outs from AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm.
In a new interview with Ring the Belle, Richter responded to Storm’s challenges with a tongue-in-cheek demand, humorously naming her price at a cool $20 million.
“I didn’t even know it. Someone said, ‘Are you gonna wrestle Toni Storm?’ I said, ‘Who’s that?’ I didn’t know who she was. You know what, I would wrestle Mike Tyson if they paid me enough. I’ll wrestle anybody,” Richter stated, demonstrating her playful approach to the challenge.
She then directly addressed Storm, saying, “I challenge you, Toni. For $20 million. I’ll do it.”
Richter’s response, delivered with a clear sense of humor, highlights the lighthearted nature of the challenge. While a match between the two champions seems highly unlikely, Richter’s playful counteroffer has undoubtedly added an entertaining chapter to the ongoing narrative.
The exchange serves as a reminder of Richter’s enduring wit and her ability to engage with the modern wrestling landscape, even in a jestful manner.
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• During an interview on the Cheap Heat podcast, Jey Uso talked about battling John Cena, and explained what “Top Guy Speed” is.
Here’s what the 2025 Men’s Royal Rumble winner said:
“I still learned in there with him because I was excited to go HAM. Last two in there. He’s like, ‘Nah, man. Here’s what we’re going to do. Slow pace.’ In my mind, I’m like, ‘My bad. I’m learning too.’ That’s a different kind of speed in there.
We came up with that term recently, we call it ‘Top Guy Speed’. That’s a term. Roman is the first one that told me when we were working during the pandemic era. That stuck with me.
Instead of moving to the next thing, just lay there for a little minute until the crowd (rises) ‘This is awesome’. A lot of homies want to move, and while they are moving, people are chanting, ‘This is awesome,’ but you’re moving. I’ll lay there and let the crowd go. Once they come down, then we go. We have to be disciplined to sit still. It’s hard to sit still.
You want to get up and do the next thing. Wait. Once they come down, now we get up, onto the next, boom, do it again, ‘this is awesome,’ do it again. You gotta do it in (the ring). You’re not going to learn it anywhere else.
Only real ones know that. Cena, Randy (Orton), Roman (Reigns), Seth (Rollins), Drew (McIntyre).”
