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Daily Update: Piloto Suicida, Atlantis Jr. injured, QT Marshall update

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Atlantis Jr.
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— Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw, fallout of AEW Double or Nothing, and the rest of the wrestling news with Wrestling Observer Radio.

— The Piloto Suicida who died in the ring last night in Ciudad Juarez is not the Southern California wrestler using the same name. The wrestler who died was Jose Calzada Salazar, 56. He went for a springboard moonsault to the floor, lost his balance, fell backwards to the floor and suffered a fatal skull fracture. This is very sad news. He was not even scheduled for the show, his son was but he replaced his son. A lot of Southern California fans and wrestlers were freaked out because the Southern California star of the 90s does still wrestle and is about the same age. The promotion did stop the show at that point. Apparently footage of this does exist. Fans were asked to leave the building and the building was shut down until the arrival of agents from the State Attorney General’s Office who conducted an investigation.

— Raw tonight is from Columbus, OH. Earlier today there were 9,231 tickets out. What has been announced is Penta vs. Je’Von Evans for the IC title, Bayley & Lyra Valkyrie vs. Raquel Rodriguez & Roxnne Perez, the go-home angle with Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu for Sunday, and Oba Femi opens doing a promo.

— Regarding QT Marshall, Tony Khan after the show said he was okay. It appeared he may have injured his leg or knee. Apparently he slipped on the top rope, which was right after the water was thrown and some of it got on the ropes. He fell to the outside and grabbed his knee. He was helped to the back by several people and was putting no weight on the leg.

— We received a ton of complaints from people who attended Double or Nothing regarding problems leaving the building and getting home. Many said it was the best live show they ever attended, but the staff at the building apparently didn’t open up enough exits and there was a mass transit issue of some sort. Some also complained of issues getting in the building which explains why it was so empty when the first match started on the pre-show.

— We don’t have any PPV numbers available and Tony Khan was asked about it last night but ended up talking about another question and never got back. Google searches were 50,000, which was No. 41 for the day. It was way above the 20,000 the night before for Saturday Night’s Main Event, but that is lower than almost all WWE PLEs do, but above most of the recent AEW PPV shows. We do have preliminary indications of it doing well, but as far as whether it beat Revolution numbers, I can’t even hazard a guess at this point.

— We’re looking for your thoughts on AEW Double or Nothing, thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]

— As noted on last night’s show, Atlantis Jr. was injured at last night’s show at Arena Mexico. He was in the main event, early moments of the match, teaming with Neon & Blue Panther vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Gran Guerrero & Stuka Jr. He basically flipped over the top rope to land on the apron, nothing hard or dangerous, the landing looked fine, but the left knee went out. He had to be helped to the back. He’s off today and tomorrow’s shows in Puebla and Guadalajara, but nothing more has been said. In addition, like the same week Zandokan Jr. returns after knee surgery and being out for months, his tag team partner, Barboza was injured and Rob Bihari reported he’s out a couple of months minimum. That Galleon Fantasma team that I literally recommended to everyone and then Zandokan Jr. got hurt, has been jinxed something fierce.

— Atlantis Jr. was to face Villano III Jr. on Friday in the finals of the Copa Juniors. I would expect when the card is released later today or tomorrow we’ll know what they are going to do.

— I expect word about the TBS title will be announced on Dynamite on Wednesday. I had the impression it would be announced last night but I guess everything wasn’t finalized.

— El Clon beat Historic welterweight champion Mascara Dorada also last night at Arena Mexico. Clon issued a title challenge and Dorada accepted. It could be this coming Sunday although that is not official. I was told by multiple people the match was great.

— Atlantis replaces his son on tonight’s Puebla show (live on CMLL YouTube) teaming with Dorada & Neon vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Gran Guerrero & Stuka Jr., plus Esfinge & Stigma vs. Averno & Euforia.

— The city of El Paso has declared that weekend of 6/13 to 6/15 as Viva La Lucha Weekend.

— Linda Newton, who fans of Mid South and Crockett Promotions will know as Dark Journey, turned 69 today. AAA star El Mesias turned 51. Alberto El Patron turned 49. Roman Reigns turned 41. Uncle Howdy Taylor Rotunda turned 36. William Muldoon, one of the first celebrity pro wrestlers in the 1870s, was born on this day in 1845. June Byers, one of the greatest American women wrestlers ever, was born in 1922. Victor Rivera was born on this day in 1944. Hall of Famer Johnny Rougeau died 43 years ago today at the age of 53. DJ Peterson died 33 years ago today at 33. Jean Louis Cormier, better known as Rudy Kay, died 18 years ago today at 65. Rene Goulet died seven years ago today at 86. (thanks to Tony Richards)

— Matt Riddle vs. Steve Maclin was announced to headline Boca Raton Championship Wrestling on 8/16 at The Studio at Mizner Park. Maclin defends his BRCW title on the show.

— Nikki Bella will be appearing on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune that airs on Disney+ and Hulu. She will be on the sixth episode of the new season that starts in a few weeks. The show has her playing against actress Jamie Lynn Sigler and actor Dan Bucatinsky.

— AEW will be airing in its regular time slots for both Dynamite and Collision the entire month of June, so no three hour shows or Collision moves since NHL on TNT will be over by that point. The Countdown to Forbidden Door will air at 10 p.m. on 6/27 after Collision on the Saturday night before the show.

Tony Khan provides update on AEW star after scary fall at Double or Nothing

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Tony Khan addressed QT Marshall’s status following AEW Double or Nothing. He also talked extensively about Mick Foley’s future contributions to the promotion. 

In the post show media scrum, Khan discussed Foley’s addition to the AEW roster and stated that Marshall was ‘going to be okay’ after the fall during the pay-per-view. 

“It was great to have Mick Foley come into AEW and be a part of the show now hosting with Renee, somebody who’s a true icon of wrestling and certainly in Philadelphia, one of the great icons of wrestling. Thank you for asking. QT’s gonna be okay. Thanks for asking.”

Khan elaborated on Foley’s presence and plans to pair up with Renee Paquette in terms of duties and responsibilities in AEW. 

“Well, let me tell you, Renee, something I take pride in is pairing up great pairs, whether it’s Sting and Darby (Allin) or so many other great ones along the way. And I think a great team is going to be you and Mick. Yeah. And I’m really excited about it. You got off to a great start hosting the show tonight with Mick and I’m excited that you’re both going to be here doing it for a long time to come. Obviously he got into a bit of an altercation before the show started, but all in all, I think it was one of the best nights in the history of the company.”

In the Double or Nothing pre-show, Marshall teamed up with ‘Big Boom’ AJ and The Conglomeration against Shane Taylor Promotions. During the match, he slipped off the top rope amidst the tower of doom spot. He had a scary landing outside the ring and had to be assisted backstage. 

On the other hand, Foley officially signed with AEW. The announcement was made shortly before the PPV. He also confronted MJF and Darby Allin at the beginning of the event. He hyped Allin ahead of his AEW World Championship match. 

MJF claims fake pilot once tried to abduct him at AEW show

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

MJF recalled a bizarre backstage incident when he was almost abducted from an AEW event.  

He detailed the incident during his interaction on The Adam Friedland Show. A man claiming to be a pilot approached him backstage informing him that he’d be flying him out to Long Island after the event. MJF later went to thank Tony Khan for the gesture, believing his boss had arranged it after his father suffered a heart attack. But Khan was confused and insisted he had nothing to do with it. 

“A pilot walks up to me and he goes ‘Mr. Friedman, I’m going to be flying you out back home after the show’s proceedings’ which to be fair I’ve flown on the jet with my boss up to that point anyway. Not to the island, well, to the island, as in Long Island, the only island that matters.”

“So, I find my boss after this pilot says this to me and I knock on his door and he opens the door and he goes ‘Max!’, I go ‘Yeah, it’s me. I want you to know how much this means to me the fact that you’re trying to fly me back to my dad as soon as possible, after he had the heart attack.’ Cause he did know, my boss Tony Khan and he goes ‘What the f*ck are you talking about?’. And I go ‘The pilot just told me’. He goes ‘I didn’t f*cking book you a jet to go back home tonight’”

MJF returned with QT Marshall to confront the man. Marshall asked him to show his pilot’s license as proof and he pretended to have left it at home. 

“So, now I go back over with one of my bosses, one of the EVPs of the company, QT Marshall. And QT goes, ‘So, who did you say hired you, again?’. He goes, ‘Tony Khan’. Tony Khan’s my boss. We go, ‘Okay, are you sure about that?’. And then security comes and they grab this guy, and QT goes, before the guy leaves, he goes ‘wait a minute, wait a minute, we’ll let you stay if you show us your pilot’s license’. And the guy, I sh*t you not does this (pats himself imitating his search). ‘Ah, I left it at home’. Get the f*ck outta here. So, then they f*cking throw, I guess they throw the guy in whatever you call the brig or whatever.”

The interviewer asked MJF how the man managed to get backstage access to which he replied that no one knows to this day. When security questioned the man’s intentions, he replied to abduct MJF. 

“We still don’t know how he got there. We still don’t know how he got backstage. To be fair our security team has changed since then but it probably was the building security, not even AEW security fault but they asked this guy ‘What were you planning on doing?’. And he was honest he said gonna f*cking abduct me”

There was no specification on when the alleged incident transpired. However, MJF has talked about it publicly dating back to 2020. 

New match added to AEW Revolution Zero Hour

Posted on by Josh Nason

Big Boom AJ’s match for this Sunday’s AEW Revolution has been revealed.

Announced during Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV, the social media star will reunite with Boom & Doom teammate QT Marshall to take on The Infantry on the Zero Hour pre-show, set for 7 pm Eastern.

He last competed alongside Marshall on a late-December 2025 edition of ROH TV, defeating The Frat House. Before that, he and Marshall defeated RPG Vice on the AEW Full Gear pre-show last November.

It’s assumed his son (Big Justice) will be in Los Angeles as well alongside The Rizzler.

AEW Revolution 2025 updated lineup | This Sunday | Los Angeles

Main Card

  • Marina Shafir vs. Toni Storm – Everyone banned from ringside
  • AEW Trios Champions Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis defend against Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey & Mistico
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla defends against Kris Statlander in a two-out-of-three falls match
  • Brody King vs. Swerve Strickland
  • Bandido vs. Andrade El Idolo
  • AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defends against Konosuke Takeshita in a no time limit match
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defend against The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
  • AEW World Champion MJF defends against Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match where if Page loses, he can’t challenge for the World title ever again
  • AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale) defend against Megan Bayne & Lena Kross
  • Roderick Strong, Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. The Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & Clark Connors)

Zero Hour

  • Ricochet defends his AEW National title in a 21-man Blackjack battle royal
  • TBS Champion Willow Nightingale defends against Lena Kross
  • Boom & Doom (QT Marshall & Big Boom AJ) vs. The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)

QT Marshall congratulates AEW star on first title win

Posted on by Joseph Currier

QT Marshall was proud to see one of his former QTV pupils win gold on AEW Dynamite last night.

At Winter is Coming 2025, Harley Cameron & Willow Nightingale defeated Mina Shirakawa & Toni Storm to become the inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions. It’s the first-ever title win for Cameron, who has progressed from her early days in QTV to becoming one of the most improved wrestlers in AEW.

Marshall shared a backstage photo with Cameron from Winter is Coming and expressed how proud he is of her.

“Genuinely proud of this woman! The true definition of when talent plus hard work equals success,” Marshall tweeted. “Anything she’s ever given, she knocks it out of the park! More than that, the best human being! An honor calling you a friend, but now I get to call you a champion!”

Cameron called the title win a dream come true and thanked Marshall for everything he has done for her.

“Thank you QT for everything. I wouldn’t even be here today if it wasn’t for you believing in me and giving me a shot,” she wrote. “Appreciate you more than I can put into words. Just the beginning! Time to work even harder!!”

Marshall is an executive for AEW with an SVP (Senior Vice President) job title. He also occasionally competes in the ring for AEW and ROH.

In the AEW Women’s Tag Team title tournament, Cameron & Nightingale picked up victories over Mercedes Mone & Athena, Julia Hart & Skye Blue, and Shirakawa & Storm on their road to becoming champions.

Cameron spoke with TV Insider last month and named Nigel McGuinness and Orange Cassidy as some of the other people who have contributed to her improvement by helping her train.

Wrestling Weekly: Interview with Dr. Tom Prichard

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On this edition of Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Victor Sosa are joined by Dr. Tom Prichard to discuss what went into the decision he recently made to close his wrestling school. We also talk about some of the differences in trainees mindsets today compared to previous generations, schools out there today aspiring wrestlers should look into — as well as John Cena’s retirement, the rise of Dominik Mysterio, and one of Dr. Tom’s most recent success stories: WWE star Ivy Nile.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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New ROH Death Before Dishonor match added

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A fourth match has been added to next Friday’s Death Before Dishonor special on ROH’s HonorClub streaming service, this one a Fight Without Honor.

The storyline between QT Marshall and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor Paul Walter Hauser will continue at Death Before Dishonor in a Fight Without Honor. The match was made official in a segment on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV episode:

Death Before Dishonor will take place at the former ECW Arena, now the 2300 Arena, in Philadelphia on Friday, August 29. Four matches are now official for the show, including the Fight Without Honor, an ROH World title bout, an ROH Women’s World title match, plus an ROH Pure Championship tilt. The updated card:

ROH Death Before Dishonor, Friday, August 29 —

  • ROH World Champion Bandido defends against Hechicero
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Mina Shirakawa
  • ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty defends against Xelhua
  • Fight Without Honor: QT Marshall vs. Paul Walter Hauser

QT Marshall to challenge for TV title on next week’s Ring of Honor

Posted on by Ethan Renner

QT Marshall will take his shot at the Ring of Honor World Television Championship on next week’s ROH TV.

In a promo airing on this week’s Ring of Honor TV episode on Honor Club, Marshall announced his intention to challenge Komander for the TV title on the Thursday, January 16 show.

Marshall went to a time limit draw with Komander in a Proving Ground match on the January 2 ROH TV episode to earn the right to challenge for the title. That match was taped in Asheville, North Carolina at the January 1 AEW Dynamite event.

Komander won the ROH TV title at Final Battle in December in a Survival of the Fittest match, outlasting former champ Brian Cage, Mark Davis, Willie Mack, Blake Christian, and AR Fox to become champion.

Marshall’s last ROH victory came in July 2024 in a dark match at a taping in Mississippi. His last victory that aired on Ring of Honor TV came in October 2023.

Jay Lethal revives ‘Black Machismo’ character at ROH Final Battle

Posted on by Josh Nason

For the first time in a Tony Khan-owned company, Jay Lethal’s “Black Machismo” character has debuted as Lethal brought it back during Friday’s Ring of Honor Final Battle from NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

Lethal took on QT Marshall during the streaming special and emerged as the tribute character to “Macho Man” Randy Savage, accompanied by Karen Jarrett who was dressed to look like Sensational Sherri (Martel) who was by Savage’s side for much of the notable “Macho King” era in WWE.

Lethal first debuted the character in 2006 while he was in TNA Wrestling. Commentator Ian Riccaboni said it was in honor of a new Jazwares action figure so it’s unclear if Lethal will continue with it past Friday.

For his part, Marshall was decked out as Savage during his NWO era (sans the logo), referring to “Marshall Madness” in the lead-up.

The 39-year-old Lethal picked up the victory in his first ROH action since May. He last appeared for AEW in late-August and has worked a handful of indie matches since then. He and Marshall squared off in ROH back in 2012 in a first round of the Survival of the Fittest tournament. In three singles matches against each other, Lethal is 3-0.

Women’s title defense, grudge match added to Ring of Honor Final Battle

Posted on by Josh Nason

Ring of Honor Women’s World Champion Athena will put her title on the line against stablemate and former Women’s TV Champion Billie Starkz at next Friday’s ROH Final Battle.

The match was made during Thursday’s HonorClub show after Athena stole a pin from Starkz on Red Velvet to earn her spot at January’s Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup. In a backstage segment, Starkz confronted Athena about the situation and they agreed to a title match at the streaming special from New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

It will be their third-ever singles match with the first coming in the opening round of the 2023 Owen Hart Foundation women’s tournament. The two then squared off at last year’s Final Battle with Athena successfully defending her title.

Athena has held the title for more than 730 days with 24 successful title defenses.

In another new match for the card, Jay Lethal will take on QT Marshall. This was also made Thursday during a backstage segment where Lethal was talking about his future and Marshall interrupted which led to a physical altercation and the match being made.

Here’s the current card:

  • ROH World Champion Chris Jericho defends against Matt Cardona
  • ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Billie Starkz
  • ROH Tag Team Champions Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) defend against The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch)
  • ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet defends against Leyla Hirsch
  • Jay Lethal vs. QT Marshall

Big Boom AJ wins AEW debut at Full Gear Zero Hour

Posted on by Joseph Currier

TikTok star AJ Befumo now has a 1-0 record in AEW.

With an assist from his son Big Justice, Befumo was able to defeat QT Marshall on the AEW Full Gear pre-show. The match marked a successful return to the ring for the 48-year-old Befumo, a former indie wrestler who has not regularly competed in two decades.

The closing stretch of the match saw Big Justice (Eric Befumo) get involved after Aaron Solo tried to interfere on behalf of Marshall. The younger Befumo took out Marshall with a spear, then his father hit a “Power Boom” to get the victory.

Befumo and Big Justice have become social media sensations over the past year, building a following on TikTok with their father-son channel. They are called the “Costco Guys” with their most popular videos being trips to Costco and rating food products.

For this match, Befumo went by the name Big Boom AJ and entered to “We Bring the Boom” — a song that he and Big Justice released over the summer that went viral on social media and helped their rise to fame.

Befumo and Big Justice also had their friend and fellow TikTok celebrity The Rizzler (Christian Joseph) with them. The young child served as the guest timekeeper and celebrated with Befumo and Big Justice after ringing the bell. Before the finish, there was a moment where Wight needed to protect The Rizzler when Marshall went over to the timekeeper’s area.

What comes next for Befumo in wrestling remains to be seen. He’s said that — if Full Gear went well – he’d be honored to have more matches with AEW in the future. Tony Khan has spoken highly of Befumo and Big Justice, saying he’s learned a lot about marketing from them. Befumo was able to promote Full Gear during appearances on The Tonight Show, Fox Business, and other mainstream outlets leading into the event.

Befumo was called “The American Powerchild” Eric Justice when he used to compete on the indies. He wrestled “for about 11 years” from the 1990s-2000s.

AEW announces full lineup for Full Gear go-home edition of Rampage

Posted on by Josh Nason

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The full lineup for this Friday’s AEW Rampage is official — the final stop before Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view.

AEW Women’s World Champion Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa will team up against former champion Nyla Rose & Harley Cameron. May and Shirakawa will host a championship champagne celebration on Saturday.

Big Boom AJ of the Costco Guys and QT Marshall will have a weigh-in ahead of their clash on Saturday’s pre-show.

In trios action, The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii) will challenge Dark Order.

The show is rounded out by Juice Robinson going one-on-one with The Butcher.

AEW taped two episodes of Rampage on Wednesday after Dynamite.

Here’s the full lineup for Friday:

  • The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver & Alex Reynolds)
  • Big Boom A.J. & QT Marshall weigh-in
  • Juice Robinson vs. The Butcher
  • Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa vs. Nyla Rose & Harley Cameron

QT Marshall releases diss track aimed at Costco Guy AJ

Posted on by Ian Carey

QT Marshall has released a diss track aimed at his upcoming opponent, Costco Guy AJ.

Marshall’s track is a parady of the song that launched AJ and his family to superstardom on TikTok. Instead of bringing “the boom,” however, Marshall says he’s bringing “the doom.”

AEW posted Marshall’s song to social media on Monday:

Marshall and AJ will go one-on-one on Saturday during the AEW Full Gear Zero Hour pre-show. It’s the only match announced for Zero Hour thus far.

Here’s the current card for Saturday, November 23rd in Newark, New Jersey:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Orange Cassidy
  • TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Kris Statlander
  • TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Daniel Garcia
  • Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher
  • Jay White vs. Hangman Page
  • Bobby Lashley vs. Swerve Strickland
  • MJF vs. Roderick Strong
  • Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa champagne celebration
  • Four-way match for AEW Tag Team titles: Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) defends against The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd), House of Black (Malakai Black & Brody King), and The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens)
  • Zero Hour: Costco Guy AJ vs. QT Marshall

Wrestling Observer Live: AEW vs. NXT, QT Marshall, Satomura, more

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With Bryan Alvarez out and Filthy Tom Lawlor on the road, Mike Sempervive flies solo. A lot to get into, as always, including tonight’s head-to-head battle between NXT and AEW Dynamite, Meiko Satomura’s retirement date, QT Marshall talks about his talk with WWE, and more! It’s a fun show as always, so check it out~!

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QT Marshall felt ‘rubbed the wrong way’ by meeting with WWE earlier this year

Posted on by Ian Carey

QT Marshall met with WWE earlier this year and says he felt “rubbed the wrong way” by the experience.

During an interview with Sports Illustrated, Marshall spoke about his brief period of free agency from late November 2023 to early 2024, noting that he knew quickly into his WWE meeting that it was not the place he wanted to be.

“I had one conversation with somebody that doesn’t even work there anymore,” Marshall said of WWE. “I just got rubbed the wrong way during the conversation. It was like, ‘Hey, yeah, oh yeah, that’s great. All right. And I told him, like, yeah, all right, we’ll stay in touch’. To me, it was like I’m not staying in touch.”

Marshall’s return to AEW in an executive role was announced on February 14, 2024.

Along with Cody Rhodes, Marshall opened The Nightmare Factory in 2020. Recently, the school was one of five designated as an official member of the new WWE ID program. However, Marshall says he doesn’t know anything about WWE’s deal with the school, and decided months ago he would be taking a break from coaching regardless.

Marshall said of The Nightmare Factory’s involvement with WWE:

“Cody had spoken to me about potentially signing over the intellectual properties and stuff, and he said he was doing something related to WWE but kind of sworn to secrecy type of thing, and I don’t want to know.”

“When Cody explained it to me, he was very smart about not putting me in the press releases. He didn’t want any kind of drama for me. And I told Tony, Cody has his own camps. It’s always been like that where I’ve been a coach but these are his camps. These are all his kids. They’re from scratch. I’ve always trained people for the most part in a night class with Billy Gunn. And before Billy, it was just myself. But I like more of the experienced guys and girls, whereas Cody likes to get them when they’re like brand new. So it was a little weird at first when he went to WWE.”

“Now, I mean, of course that the WWE is involved, I don’t understand what is going on. I didn’t look into it as much. The reason I want to look into it is because I have every single student we’ve ever had has been messaging me, but I don’t know the answer. So I don’t know what their whole deal is, what that involves. I read the press release as well.”

“But I know when I spoke to Cody like, ‘Hey, you’re going to be doing your own thing. Maybe I could run a night class in there if we lose the building here, if we sell the building and stuff. But obviously, with AEW and the conflict of interest, I’m probably not going to be a part of this thing. He’s like, ‘Yeah, of course, that makes perfect sense, stinks because you are 50 percent of the Nightmare Factory. More than 50 percent because of the coaching that you bring. But at the end of the day, of course, if it’s going to make any kind of difficulty at work, you know, and that’s the biggest thing’.”

“I didn’t really know what was going on. And I understand from Cody’s point of view. He’s sworn a kind of secrecy and stuff because, who knows if maybe it’s such a cool thing that they’re doing that we would have wanted to jump on it. I don’t know. Cody and I, we just have more of a friend relationship than professional at this point.” 

Marshall wrestled at the last Nightmare Factory Showcase event on October 20, 2024. He teamed with Joey Z and Raegan Teal in a win over Cole Klein, Isis Reade, and Kevin Cox. Three days later, he wrestled a dark match for AEW, losing to Manny Lemons.