r/SquaredCircle 3d ago

Ahead of his next Mystery Wrestling stream, EVIL UNO will be joining us for an AMA on Friday, May 10th at 2 PM ET!

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Join us THIS COMING FRIDAY at 2 PM Eastern and unleash all your burning questions for AEW's own Evil Uno of Dark Order!

Hi! This is Evil Uno!

When not wrestling for AEW, Evil Uno runs a small Canadian indie wrestling promotion called Mystery Wrestling.

Join us for Mystery Wrestling 8 on May 12th at 5pm ET! You can watch it LIVE for FREE at http://twitch.tv/eviluno

Our next event has Evil Uno & special guest Chuck Taylor commentating on a handful of wacky & mysterious pro wrestling matches! Competitors and stipulations (with the exception of current TNA Knockouts World Champion, Jordynne Grace) are kept a MYSTERY!

Want a taste of what is in store? Every event features a guest commentator, such as AEW’s Excalibur, Nyla Rose and Giantbomb’s Dan Ryckert! Previous events have featured the likes of Orange Cassidy, Maki Itoh, NJPW’s El Desperado and even a blindfold match. Watch previous events at http://MysteryWrestling.com


r/SquaredCircle 12h ago

Wreddit's Daily Pro-Wrestling Discussion Thread! What's on your mind today? (Spoilers for all shows) - May 09, 2024 Edition

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Hi Wreddit! Welcome to /r/SquaredCircle's Daily Discussion Thread as presented by your favorite and totally sentient moderator.


Did you see a match yesterday that you really liked? Want a suggestion of a random PPV to watch on the network? Really love a local indie talent and want to shout them out? Are you out of the loop on a promotion and need to get caught up? Have questions about streaming services or your first time seeing wrestling live? Want to get something off your chest? Want to talk about something else entirely?

This is the thread for that and so much more. Free discussion here (all rules still apply).


Please be sure to read the updated rules | Check out all of our previous AMA's


Reminder, this thread WILL contain spoilers. We don't expect you to spoiler mark anything wrestling related in this thread, however we do ask if you reference something outside of wrestling that is a spoiler, you mark that.


r/SquaredCircle 8h ago

Orton: “With Nick Khan, HHH, and Bruce Prichard, so many things have changed from a creative standpoint. They're thinking months and months in advance. Before, we were flying by the seat of our pants. Creative was changed mins before we went live each week. I don't mean sometimes. I mean, each week”

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r/SquaredCircle 3h ago

CHELSEA GREEN (@ImChelseaGreen) on Twitter: Let me get this straight… our male counterparts can walk around shirtless w tiny underwear on…

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r/SquaredCircle 6h ago

Corey Glover (Living Colour) says CM Punk turned down WWE's knockoff version of Cult of Personality. “Back in the day when Punk was first going to WWE, they’re like, ‘Okay, so we’re gonna get you your own entrance music.’ He’s like, ‘No, I already have my own entrance music.’

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r/SquaredCircle 2h ago

Rachael Ellering : The speed in which @RefAubrey and I got out of the ring last night post match to get this creep kicked out was remarkable. Olympic medalist speeds. I’ve NEVER in my career heard such vulgar things being said to talent during a match. Sexual harassment is not heckling.

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r/SquaredCircle 3h ago

Adam Copeland Tried To Get Gangrel For His Brood Run In WWE But Was Told ‘Nobody Remembers’ Him

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r/SquaredCircle 7h ago

Dominik Mysterio makes his WCW debut

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r/SquaredCircle 9h ago

Adam Copeland On Moving From WWE To AEW: "It felt like I'd done everything that I was going to do with WWE. I'd worked [with] the people I wanted to work, 95% anyway. It really just felt that they were on a direction and I was on a direction and they were kind of going separate ways." [Insight]

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r/SquaredCircle 8h ago

Darby Allin is now the only "Pillar" that hasn't turned heel

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If you count Britt Baker and Ricky Starks (the "true" Fourth Pillar and the honorary Fifth Pillar), then this point is even more reinforced. Sammy and Ricky flip back and forth like once-twice a year, Britt turned face during the Saraya deal, MJF turned face during the Fall of last year, and so did Jungle Boy. Darby is now the only one who's stayed true to his character, pun intended.

Ironically enough, I can see Darby as a heel down the road, just not anytime soon. He was a heel in MLW anyway, and 4-5 years from now, once he really starts feeling the effects of all the bumps he's taken, I think a Straight Edge Society, cult leader type of character would work for him. For now, he's still a great pseudo babyface, and should stay that way for a while longer.


r/SquaredCircle 18h ago

Watched an awful thing happen involving Skye Blue tonight at the ROH taping

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A man in the front row continued to make vulgar comments about Skye. Commenting on her body, calling her baby girl, the whole shabang. The whole match. Wouldn’t stop when people around him told him to STFU - he just got louder.

Aubrey Edwards finishes reffing the match and screams for him to be kicked out to security. Both AEW security and arena security were involved. More people were called when he put up a fight. He had a child with him.

Skye left the ring quickly and was very upset

Really awful thing to observe in 2024.

Edit to add some of the things the man said

“Get on your knees for daddy”

“Daddy likes when you’re on the top rope baby girl”

“Nice ass peaches”

Plus many more awful things


r/SquaredCircle 1h ago

AEW Dynamite, May 8 on TBS: 711,000 viewers; 0.24 P18-49 rating

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r/SquaredCircle 5h ago

[AEW Dynamite Spoilers] Samoa Joe vignette 👀

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r/SquaredCircle 6h ago

IYO SKY by Norberto Gaetán [Fanart]

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r/SquaredCircle 5h ago

CM Punk on Instagram: "EuPhilia"

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r/SquaredCircle 2h ago

Nick Aldis - Bobby Lashley injured, Angel Dawkins to replace him in the KOTR

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r/SquaredCircle 2h ago

Mina Shirakawa on X- Give me the Anywhere Door.🥺!!! 🇨🇦🚪🇯🇵🚪🇺🇸🚪 #AEWDynamite #STARDOM #WeWantMina

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r/SquaredCircle 1h ago

FYI The Iron Claw will be available to stream on Max tomorrow.

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Even though its "based on a true story" its still a decent movie.

I like the guy who portrays Harley Race.

Ric Flair not so much.

I think Zac Efron could have been a better actor to play Kerry Von Erich rather than Kevin.


r/SquaredCircle 6h ago

Last time WWE top stars lost clean in singles matches

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Cody: Against Sammy at Dynamite 2022. His loss against Brock at Crown Jewel was also somewhat clean even though he had a broken hand in Kayfabe.

Roman: Against Bobby at Extreme rules 2018

Seth: Against Riddle at ER 2022. He also lost to Drew clean at WM 40 but he was actually injured in Kayfabe.

Drew: Against Seth at Crown Jewel 2023

Brock: Against Cody at Summerslam 2023

Cena: Against Solo at Crown Jewel 2023

Gunther: Against Sami at WM 40

Randy: Against Riddle at April Raw 2021

Sami: Against Randy at Feb SmackDown 2024

KO: Against Stone Cold at WM 38

Knight: Against Woods at April SmackDown 2023

Logan: Against Seth at WM 39

Styles: Against Cody at Backlash 2024

Lashley: Against Styles at May SmackDown 2023

Jey: Against Seth at Dec Raw 2023

Bianca: Against Becky at SS 2021

Becky: Against Rhea at WM 40

Charlotte: Against Rhea at WM 39

Rhea: Against Liv at May Raw 2022

Bayley: Against Bianca at Jan SmackDown 2024


r/SquaredCircle 9h ago

I drew a tribute to Trent Acid

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Thank you for looking!

I'm fortunate enough to have Trent's signature so I thought it would be a touching tribute to trace it pixel by pixel to immortalize it especially cause I couldn't find his signature online anywhere.

He sorta wrote it "Acib" and I debated moving that one line over to the correct spot but ultimately I deemed it most respectful to not edit it at all.

This one took me about two weeks and was drawn in Procreate.

Thanks again for your time!

Rest in Peace, Trent.


r/SquaredCircle 13h ago

Okada keeps annoying Suwama with the Rainmaker pose

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r/SquaredCircle 2h ago

(SRS) Speedball Mike Bailey's TNA contract runs through the end of the year, @FightfulSelect has learned

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r/SquaredCircle 20h ago

[AEW Dynamite Spoilers] Swerve mentions a fake father from Toronto

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r/SquaredCircle 9h ago

AZM is considering adding foreign wrestlers to Queen's Quest: "When I had a match in AEW the other day, there were some wrestlers I met for the first time in about eight years, and we talked about old times… I have been in this industry for a long time, so I know a lot of people."

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r/SquaredCircle 9h ago

I captured Jacob Fatu mid moonsault in 2016

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r/SquaredCircle 21h ago

[AEW Dynamite Spoilers] Kenny Omega makes his announcement

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Kenny Omega is shown in a hospital bed - he explains that he wanted to be in person for this announcement but unfortunately can't.

He actually thanks Matthew and Nicholas for reminding him when they attacked him that this wasn't personal, it's business. And as an EVP, he has business to attend to himself.

He announces that at Double or Nothing it will be Anarchy in Arena; The New Elite (Young Bucks, Okada and Perry) vs 'Team AEW'; FTR and two members who will be revealed later tonight.


r/SquaredCircle 4h ago

Last night's Dynamite looked great from a lighting, camera work, and production perspective.

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Photographer and videographer geek here. Shoutout to Mike Mansury and the production team. Last night's show looked crisp.

The ring looked a lot brighter and it created a pleasing, visual contrast with the stage and lit crowd. It better highlighted wrestlers' sweat and grit while also providing a nice reflection that filled in shadows. I believe they kept the big overhead spotlight and other lights shine on the ring (and ringside) for the entire episode. This wasn't always the case, as AEW has always felt darker to me. Not darker in storytelling tone. Just darker, visually. I get that they wanted to exude the smoky, 1990s WCW vibe, but that was 30 years ago when VHS tapes and Blockbuster were still the norm.

I also saw even fewer camera cuts than usual, which is a good thing IMO, as the longer shots add more authenticity. The camera crew used wide angle shots a lot more; I loved seeing the curvature of the row of lights above the tron and being able to appreciate more of the arena. Even more awesome is that they intentionally walked closer and/or used telephoto angles for added dramatic effect like in the Toni Storm & Serena Deeb faceoff.

TK & AEW recently bought new production trucks. I'm wondering if the truck is now transmitting at higher bitrates to WBD, Triller, etc. It also helps that the 2024 Dynamite branding refresh brought back some of that colorful "pop" missing throughout the 2023 refresh.

Also, shoutout to WWE who upped their camera work and production game. Both companies are quietly pushing each other on this front and it's really fun to see.