Good news for wrestling fans unable to travel to Chicago for All In! The Elite just announced the event will be broadcast on pay-per-view, the FITE app and partly on WGN America.
The announcement was made on the latest episode of Being the Elite and begins with Cody Rhodes saying “an event this ambitious” can’t be limited to one place. He then announces All In will be broadcast live on PPV.
Hangman Page is featured next in the video, revealing the show will also be available on FITE.
Lastly … Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson announce the first hour, which is being called “All In: Zero Hour,” will be shown exclusively on WGN America for free beginning at 6pm ET. According to the press release from WGN, this will serve as the event’s pre-show.
The broadcast team on September 1 will be Don Callis, Ian Riccaboni, Excalibur, Sean Mooney, Justin Roberts, Bobby Cruise and Alicia Atout.
Both The Wrestling Observer and WrestleVotes report that WWE is prepared to offer contracts to Cody, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks by the end of the year. According to the report, the reason is because they’re stars and because WWE wants to eliminate competition. It’s unknown if they will take the deals.
AXS TV announced on Wednesday that they will be airing a “Bullet Club is Fine” marathon that will be hosted by Cody and the Young Bucks. The eight-hour marathon will air July 7 beginning at 12:00pm ET as a lead-in to the “G1 Special” which will air live on AXS TV later that night from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA beginning at 8:00pm ET.
The preview video courtesy of AXS TV can be seen above and the official announcement from AXS TV which includes the marathon schedule is below:
JOIN NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING STARS THE YOUNG BUCKS AND CODY AS THEY ASSURE VIEWERS ‘THE BULLET CLUB IS FINE’ WITH AN EIGHT-HOUR MARATHON OF BULLET CLUB ACTION ON SATURDAY, JULY 7 AT 12pE/9aP ON AXS TV
‘The Bullet Club Is Fine Marathon’ Leads Into AXS TV’s LIVE Broadcast of NJPW’s ‘G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO’ on July 7 at 8pE/5pP
Cody Faces IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks Defend the IWGP Tag Team Title in a Rematch Against EVIL andANADA
Los Angeles (June 13, 2018) – New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) superstars and leaders of the Bullet Club—The Young Bucks (brothers Matt & Nick Jackson) and Cody are teaming up to host an eight-hour marathon celebrating some of The Bullet Club’s greatest matches this year on Saturday, July 7 at 12pE/9aP. “The Bullet Club is Fine Marathon” will feature eight of the group’s best matches from this year leading into AXS TV’s live broadcast of NJPW’s biggest U.S. event ever – the G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO at 8pE/5pP from the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.
The rivalry between Cody and fellow Bullet Club member and newly crowned IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega comes to a head at the G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO as the two face off in the main event. Other matches announced so far include IWGP Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks in a rematch against former title holders EVIL & SANADA, IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Juice Robinson, and a special tag team match pitting Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI.
“The Bullet Club is Fine Marathon” is as follows (subject to change):
12pE – Kenny Omega vs. Jay White (New Beginning in Sapporo)
1pE – The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Cody & Marty Scurll (Honor Rising 2018)
2pE – The Golden Lovers vs. The Young Bucks (Strong Style Evolved)
3pE – The Golden Lovers vs. Cody & Hangman Page (Sakura Genesis)
4pE – Cody vs. Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page (Wrestling Dontaku)
5pE – The Young Bucks vs. SANADA & EVIL (Dominion)
6pE (two hours) – Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada (Dominion)
At a ROH show in New York City over the weekend, Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks teased the possibility of having All In 2 in NYC at the world famous MSG.
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis appeared at Ring of Honor’s Honor United: London event to challenge Cody Rhodes for a Title vs. Title match at the All In show on September 1 in Chicago. Aldis made the stipulation to Cody he would only face him at All In if he wins back the ROH World Championship from Dalton Castle at the Best in the World pay-per view held in Baltimore on June 29. Cody accepted the challenge.
Sunday, the National Wrestling Alliance released a video featuring the exchange back-and-forth between Cody and Nick Aldis which can be seen below:
In the latest episode of the “Ten Pounds of Gold” series, The NWA documented their championship being defended against Cody Rhodes at All In.
What you see happen in this special episode of Ten Pounds of Gold is a behind-the-scenes look at the day, their first reaction and the major announcement of how the NWA and the Worlds Heavyweight Championship will be involved in ALL IN. Including the surprising announcement by Cody Rhodes he would be challenging for the NWA Worlds Championship. Billy Corgan spoke at the press conference regarding the Ten Pounds of Gold and current NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis is approached after as well.
Starrcast, the official wrestling convention during the weekend of All In during Labor Day weekend in Chicago, confirmed lots of new names for the event that will be running from August 30 to September 2 at the Hyatt Regency in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Tickets for Starrcast go on sale Tuesday (May 15) at Starrcast.com.
Names advertised as of now to appear include:
Cody Rhodes
The Young Bucks
“Papa Buck” Matthew Lee Massie
Bruce Prichard
Eric Bischoff
Tony Schiavone
Billy Gunn
Kevin Nash
Shane “Hurricane” Helms
James Ellsworth
X-Pac
Ron Simmons
Scott Hall
Diamond Dallas Page
Lex Luger
Tully Blanchard
Jeff Jarrett
JJ Dillon
David Penzer
Teddy Long
Dutch Mantell
Macaulay Culkin
Jerry “The King” Lawler
Joey Janela and Penelope Ford
The Blue Meanie
Sean Mooney
Road Warrior Animal
Ron Funches
Colt Cabana
Wade Keller and Bruce Mitchell of PWTorch
Vince Russo took to Twitter noting that he is being blocked from appearing and attending the upcoming All In event in Chicago.
Russo tweeted out:
The ABSOLUTE FACT that I am ready, willing and able to appear at ALL IN while others are already attempting to do EVERYTHING in their power to keep me from attending-tells you just about everything you need to know about ME & THEM.
After months of speculation about whether a self-financed, ten-thousand-seat event put on by The Young Bucks and Cody could sell out, we finally have our answer … it’s yes.
Tickets went on-sale Sunday afternoon and it only took around thirty-minutes for All In at the Sears Centre Arena in Chicago, Illinois — which has a capacity of 11,800 people — to be considered a sell out. No word on the exact number of tickets sold as of yet.
Rhodes revealed that tickets, which went on sale Sunday afternoon, were sold out in just under a half hour officially at 29 minutes and 36 seconds.
As you may you recall, this comes about a year to the date after Cody Rhodes claimed he’d “take that bet” when Dave Meltzer tweeted saying Ring Of Honor wouldn’t be able to sell out a ten thousand seat plus arena “any time soon.”
As we first reported back in November of last year, Cody and the Young Bucks had started to put together the plans for the event and shortly after a date/venue were announced. Since then they’ve put together an incredible line-up of talent for the event including Kazuchika Okada, Deonna Purrazzo, Pentagon Jr, Rey Fenix, Tessa Blanchard, Stephen Amell and just announced earlier today – Rey Mysterio.
ROH announced the Louisiana Wrestling/Boxing Commission confirmed that Cody will be receiving a police escort to the ring on Saturday for his entrance. Cody will be taking on Kenny Omega in a much anticipated match that should settle who is the leader of the Bullet Club. This event will be in front of a record ROH crowd of just under 6,000 fans.
The Louisiana Wrestling/Boxing commission has confirmed that @CodyRhodes will have a police escort to the ring on Saturday for his entrance. pic.twitter.com/jH48xLvrrF
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) April 6, 2018
Below is episode 98 (“Strong Style Evolved”) of Being the Elite. We see some of the backstage footage surrounding Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi vs. The Young Bucks. At the event, after The Young Bucks lost to Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi, Cody came out, yelled at Matt Jackson and shoved Nick Jackson to the ground. In the back, Cody apologized to The Young Bucks, but Nick told Matt and Marty Scurll, “I don’t think we can trust this guy.”
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