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Janela will have his work cut out for him at CEO with Moxley
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For everyone who had sticker shock on Double or Nothing, I come bearing *extremely Professor Farnsworth from
Futurama voice* good news. All Elite Wrestling's second show, Fyter Fest,
will stream free of charge as a collaboration with the host event, CEO Gaming. You can watch the show June 29 on the B/R Live app, which is AEW's home base for streaming. This news is welcome, but it's not exactly a surprise.
Kenny Omega ran a produce event last year at CEO, the one where he infamously booked noted sex-offender Chasyn Rance because the latter provided the ring. Oops. This year, I'm sure they can use a bona fide AEW ring. It'll be less creaky.
This free show is certainly not set up like one. The show will feature Jon Moxley taking on Joey Janela. While it's a foregone conclusion who will win that match, it should be a trip. Hell, if the cards are right, things might get really messy in a good way. Moxley came up in the deathmatch community, and Janela made his bones before Spring Break by taking a Johnny Zandig Air Raid Crash from great height outside. While I don't expect light tubes or barbed wire, it could get really down and dirty with the brawling.
The rest of the announced card looks like this:
- The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega vs the Lucha Bros. (Pentagón, Jr. and Feníx) and a mystery partner
- Cody vs. Darby Allin
- Hangman Page vs. Jungle Boy vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. MJF
- Michael Nakazawa vs. Alex Jebailey in a Hardcore Match
The only one I'm not sure of is that last one if only because who the fuck is Alex Jebailey? I guess that's a name I have to research, but hey, he's against Michael Nakazawa, who is guaranteed a good time. I don't know if the show will be more than five matches, but those five look pretty darn spiffy for a free show interstitially between Double or Nothing and All Out, their second big pay-per-view event Saturday, August 31 at the Sears Center in suburban Chicago. The other interstitial event, Fight for the Fallen, a gun violence benefit show, has already announced Omega vs. CIMA, which will be almost guaranteed to blow you away, and Allie/Cherry Bomb vs. Brandi Rhodes, which should be a nice showcase of the women's division.
In other news, Chris Jericho is boycotting Fyter Fest because it's being streamed for free. Ever the heel that guy is, let me tell you. Whether or not Jericho shows up to fuck with his All Out opponent Page or not, Fyter Fest should be a nice show. For free, you can't pass it up.
