During a recent edition of the “Busted Open After Dark” podcast, Tommy Dreamer discussed the prospects of AEW wrestler Kyle Fletcher, mentioning that he reminds him of a young Randy Orton.
Fletcher is scheduled to compete against Will Ospreay at Full Gear 2024 tomorrow night.
Dreamer said, “What you have is one person in particular stood out to me, and he reminded me of someone when he first came up on the WWE roster. Each and every week, I’m getting more invested in this person, and also seeing the future of AEW. That’s Kyle Fletcher, and the person he reminded me of was a young Randy Orton. That is high praise because you look at the body of the work that Randy Orton did. Randy Orton also had to learn from his mistakes early on to become Randy Orton, and we are in those early stages of Kyle Fletcher. This kid has it all. He really and truly does. He is a star that is shining amongst eight men and I’m noticing him.”
During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Mercedes Mone addressed the backlash she faces from wrestling fans online and explained her decision to overlook it.
Mone currently holds the AEW TBS Championship and is set to defend her title against Kris Statlander at Full Gear 2024 on Saturday night.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On creating her own website: “This whole last two to three years, the internet, people just wanna create their own stories. Really [the website] was just to control the narrative and to get my voice back. Going on social media every single day and seeing these made up stories… It’s like enough’s enough.”
On ignoring the online criticism: “Oh, things don’t get to me at all anymore (laughs). I learned a long time ago to not let words affect me, because the internet used to affect me so much. Just the littlest things… would ruin my whole day.”
On not letting it get to her anymore: “We have no idea who is on the other side of the keyboard. I don’t know if these are bots. I don’t know if it’s someone who looks like you. I don’t know if it’s a witch or rat or whoever, but at the end of the day I don’t care what you have to say about me.”
