Tag: John Silver

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• A mix of backstage footage and broadcast footage from Rampage aired. The Young Bucks joked that after his loss to Christian, Kenny Omega then had to go to Mexico to do a job for Andrade because Ric and Charlotte Flair said so. 

The Elite —

• The Bucks shopped for their TV outfits. 
• The Elite were shown preparing for their entrance on last week’s Dynamite. Omega referenced his “gas” and his “stack,” before they went to the ring. A big portion of the match was shown from Brandon Cutler’s point of view, as well as Christian and Jurassic Express entering in the post-match. 
• Cutler’s footage and broadcast footage from The Good Brothers defending the Impact Tag titles on Dynamite was shown. 
• The Bucks and Omega showed off their new shoes. 
• The Elite showed off their new handshake. 
• On their day off, The Elite went to a GNC, a casino and a mall. There was a brief Daniel Bryan tease as they looked at wrestling action figures in a toy store. 
• Omega and The Bucks cut a promo on fans mocking their basketball skill. This was all in jest, but they said that 75 percent of their roster came from WWE and that means they failed at sports and failed at WWE. They said they were going to school the roster with their basketball skills. 
• Omega and The bucks then beat Nakazawa and Cutler 11-0 in a game of 2-on-2.

Dark Order —

• Evil Uno, Stu Grayson and Colt Cabana were having a heated discussion backstage. They were upset that they did as Hangman Page asked and he still left the group to go solo. Cutler approached and Cabana punched him. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Peter Avalon played his entrance music in an effort to win back Leva Bates. Alex Reynolds appeared and put his arm around Bates. Avalon was crestfallen. 
• Ryan Nemeth explained his desire to make “cream pictures” to challenge the perception of what cinema can be. He ordered his assistant Milk around. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

Matt and Nick Jackson approached a figure in a sequined robe. The man was bragging about being Space Mountain, going sixty minutes, wooing, the whole Nature Boy bit. Matt and Nick said they were glad the rumors were true and Wrestling Inc. was right. 

The man turned around and it was Sour Boy, not Ric Flair.

The Elite —

• Matt, Nick and Kenny Omega opened a Space Jam gift box from Warner Bros. 
• The Elite and Juventud Guerrera played basketball backstage at Dynamite. 
• Omega was interrupted as he was about to shave his facial hair. The JR impersonator told him that Hangman Page was in the ring live. 
• Footage was shown from Cutler Cam of The Elite confronting Hangman on last week’s Dynamite. They played just about the entire segment. 
• The Elite recorded an episode of Talk’N Shop. They broke down their backstage promo from last week’s Dynamite and talked about putting it together. 
• Another Sour Boy cameo closed the show.

Dark Order —

• Dark Order were arguing in their lair over whether or not they failed Hangman. They found the DVD that Page left for them during Dynamite and decided to watch it. 
• The DVD played. Hangman said that they were expecting their movie, but for a ton of different reasons he couldn’t finish editing the movie. Instead, Hangman made a recruiting commercial for Dark Order. He said he may have to ride solo now, but he made this for them. The commercial was a video of the best times that Hangman had with Dark Order. The group was emotional after seeing the video. This was the best thing on the episode. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Peter Avalon saved Leva Bates from tripping over Cezar Bononi. Avalon and Bates stared longingly into each other’s eyes, then at Bononi’s urging, Avalon acted like he wasn’t interested in Bates. As Avalon and Bononi left, Bates had tears in her eyes. 
• The next installment in the Hollywood Hunk saga saw a man turn into Cream Eyes during the filming of a commercial. This is bizarre stuff. 
• Avalon confronted Cutler and berated him for becoming a cheater. When they were a team, Cutler refused to cheat. Now, he said, he loves cheating and referees never catch you cheating. 
• Orange Cassidy, Kris Statlander, Chuck Taylor and Wheeler Yuta continued to review Yuta’s matches. Statlander and Taylor gave Yuta a hard time for never winning. 
• The former Ever-Rise argued in their hotel room over whether they encountered the real Sting or Jeff Farmer on Dynamite. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Brandon Cutler’s attempted run-in on “The Elite Hunter” Frankie Kazarian on Dark Elevation was shown from a backstage perspective. The Young Bucks and Doc Gallows ribbed Cutler into running in by himself. 

The Elite —

• Nick Jackson arrived at the airport for an early flight. Cutler and Matt were nowhere to be found. Cutler said Dark Order can’t blackmail him if he doesn’t show up, so he stayed at home. Matt was seen brushing his hair at home. 
• Nick arrived at Dynamite and was confronted by Leva Bates. Bates had a Dark Order Ally sign and asked Nick to allow Dark Order back on BTE. Nick declined. 
• Kenny Omega appeared backstage and was approached by someone spoofing Jim Ross. They informed Kenny that they were live, pal. 

Dark Order —

• The Dark Order blackmail of Cutler was explained. They emailed Cutler a video of him unmasking as a Dark Order creeper. Cutler responded by agreeing to put them back on BTE, hoping Nick would not notice. 
• Dark Order discussed the movie they’re shooting. 
• The group discussed their upcoming elimination match against The Elite. They gifted Hangman Page some new gear. 

BTE Championship —

• Marko Stunt retained the title in a handstand contest against Luchasaurus. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Peter Avalon said he’s ready to move on from Bates and has his eye on the lady in red, Abadon. The Wingmen approached Abadon on his behalf and talked him up, but Abadon did Abadon things and ignored them. 
• Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian in their wrestling executive characters talked to Christian Cage about working in TNA and doing a cage match with Brian Cage. They left and Christian revealed that he had been asleep during the entire bit. 
• Another Hollywood Hunk short film aired. This appeared to be explaining the hostage he had in last week’s segment and setting up future stories in this HH universe. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Matt and Nick Jackson were in an airport doing their full heel shtick, complaining about “marks” traveling and making their travel days more difficult. 

The Elite —

• There was an extended montage of The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler shoe shopping, then going to a juice bar. 
• The Bucks and Kenny Omega posed for a video shoot. 
• A Jim Ross impersonator alerted The Elite that Hangman Page was calling Omega out on last week’s Dynamite. Footage was then shown of The Elite and Dark Order segment from last week’s Dynamite.
• Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels appeared off-screen as two new human resources employees hired to monitor Matt and Nick’s new heelish behavior. 
• Matt Hardy went to The Elite’s locker room to explain how big a fan he was of them and how The Bucks had surpassed The Hardys as the number one tag team of all time. He also said that Omega was the best world champion in the business today, surpassing Roman Reigns, Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre and Seth Rollins. He also continued on his quest to have his loss to Christian Cage overturned due to his lack of sleep.
• Cutler was wrapping up the episode when he received a ransom note from Dark Order. They threatened to show Matt and Nick “the tape” where there’s blood on Cutler’s hands unless he gets them back on Dark Order. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• There was a very strange Hollywood Hunk segment. Ryan Nemeth appeared to have a hostage in his home. 
• The A.M.E.N. segment stated that they had been canceled due to lack of funding. Alright. 
• In this week’s telenovela, Peter Avalon was sitting alone. Leva Bates approached and told him they’ll always have the library. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• The Young Bucks and The Good Brothers opened the show with a story rather than a comedy bit. They reminded the audience of when Brandon Cutler had a car accident in the parking lot several episodes ago and how nonchalant he was about it. 
• They then told a story of Cutler accidentally slamming Don Callis’s hand in a car door and acting similarly nonchalant. Callis then appeared and showed his bruised hand. Callis explained that he does not have use of the hand currently.

The Elite —

• Trick Shots with Nick Jackson returned this week with Nick hitting various dunks. 

Dark Order —

• The bulk of this week’s show was Dark Order content. The group discussed their tripping experience a week ago. Hangman Page was reluctant to share his vision of winning the AEW World Championship. 
• Colt Cabana hung an “intermission” sign in the Dark Order lair so that he could sell gimmicks. 
• The group decided to stage an intervention for Stu Grayson, but the intermission sign caused confusion. 
• Preston Vance thought that the intervention was for his drug use, alcohol abuse, sex addiction or steroid use, but they explained that this was for Grayson seeing Anna Jay when she isn’t really there. 
• Anna Jay made a cameo.

BTE Championship —

• Cezar Bononi won a number one contender’s contest and will challenge Marko Stunt for the BTE Championship next week. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Isiah Kassidy bought Matt Hardy a do-rag and helped him put it on. He also bought a do-rag for Marq Quen, but Quen didn’t like his. Hardy said he is expecting his fourth child, but he thinks he actually has six kids and wished Private Party a Happy Father’s Day. 
• This was the best episode of BTE in a long time. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• The Young Bucks and The Good Brothers discussed strategy for last week’s Dynamite. Karl Anderson talked about how much he loves cheating, then Sour Boy made an appearance. 

The Elite —

• Brandon Cutler showed behind the scenes footage of the MMA cage setup for Dynamite. 
• Trick Shots with Nick Jackson returned with Nick throwing fish to a seal. 
• Cutler showed footage of The Bucks and The Good Brothers from Dynamite. 

BTE Championship —

• Marko Stunt cut a promo. He said next week there will be a qualifying match and the following week he’ll defend the title. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Peter Avalon tried to give Leva Bates a book, but Alex Reynolds intercepted the book and gave it to Bates instead. Cezar Bononi gave Avalon a sex book. Reynolds called Avalon a pervert and left with Bates. 
• Vickie Guerrero, Nyla Rose and Ryzin used a Ouija board to name their faction A.M.E.N., Angelic Ministry of Embezzling Negotiations. 
• Matt Hardy cut a promo on Christian Cage and told him to accept his retirement check or else Hardy will send him into retirement. 
• Trent was Ryan Nemeth’s guest on Hollywood Trivia. 

Dark Order —

• -1 made an appearance and mocked Ryan Nemeth. 
• 10 accidentally spilled a hallucinogenic drug in Dark Order’s lair and the group started to trip. Reynolds dreamed believed he lost his hair. Colt Cabana was taken off the Pro Wrestling Tees box in favor of Taz. Stu Grayson saw a vision of Anna Jay. 10 wasn’t impacted by the drug at all. Hangman Page saw a vision of the AEW World Championship.

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Ryan Nemeth asked Luchasaurus a Hollywood Trivia question. Luchasaurus did not correctly guess that Nemeth was the answer, so Nemeth upset Luchasarus’s chess board.

The Elite —

• Footage of The Bucks showing up at Impact’s Against All Odds show aired. 
• Matt and Nick Jackson made Brandon Cutler clean their title belts and their sneakers. 
• Trick Shots with Nick Jackson returned. 
• Cutler filmed as Matt, Nick and Kenny Omega were being driven to a photo shoot for AEW Rampage. 
• Cutler then filmed the shoot. 
• Footage from Cutler and The Bucks’ match on Dynamite last week aired. After taking the pin, Cutler was forced to do squats as punishment. 
• The closing scene of the episode saw Cutler happen upon Matt and Nick backstage after they had attacked PAC.

BTE Championship —

• Marko Stunt defeated Brandon Cutler in a basketball contest to win the title. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• The Wingmen ate sushi together in a bit filled with double entendres. 

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This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

• Matt and Nick Jackson threatened Brandon Cutler’s job if he did not agree to help them cheat to win their match on last week’s Dynamite. 

The Elite —

• Footage was shown from The Bucks vs. PAC and Penta El Zero Miedo from Dynamite, including Cutler cheating to help them win. 
• As part of a promotion for a new show called The Cube on TBS, Kenny Omega and Nick were shown unpacking a cube. 
• In Trick Shots with Nick Jackson, Nick hit a trick shot into the cube. 
• Matt and Nick were filmed attacking Rey Fenix backstage. 

BTE Championship —

• Marko Stunt beat Luchasaurus in a number one contender’s cube game and will challenge Cutler for the title next week. 

Miscellaneous bits —

• Chuck Taylor was the guest on this week’s Hollywood Trivia with Ryan Nemeth. Taylor did not get the trivia question correct. 
• The Wingmen did a quick bit with John Silver. Silver said “I’m just living.”
• The Hardy Family Office was commiserating after The Bunny’s loss on Dynamite. Matt Hardy said that it was a bad night for the HFO, but he had a great night when he dropped Christian Cage. Hardy cut a promo on Cage. 
• Nyla Rose, Vickie Guerrero and Ryzin shot promo photos backstage. 

Dark Order —

• Alex Reynolds and John Silver attempted to recruit Billy Gunn to join Dark Order. Billy agreed to swing by their lair later on. 
• Each member of the group helped Evil Uno prepare for is TNT title match against Miro by pretending to be Miro. Uno practiced ways to escape Miro’s Game Over hold. Billy Gunn walked in and caught the group in a compromising position and said he’s already been there and done that and he’ll never do it again.