Paul Wight Revives Captain Insano, But Not In AEW; November 21st Wrestling News Round-Up

A feature-length WWE documentary giving a behind-the-scenes look at John Cena has been released in full for free.

The 2010 documentary, which was uploaded in its entirety to the WWE Vault YouTube channel earlier today, gives a behind-the-scenes look at Cena’s life outside the ring.

The documentary is also the source of the hilarious viral clip of Cena singing Cody Rhodes‘ former entrance theme, Smoke And Mirrors, backstage at an event. The moment in question can be seen at the 1:45:59 mark of the video.

Will Ospreay has released brand-new merchandise parodying claims that he went off-script in a viral clip.

The Assassin came under fire last week when a clip from his match against the late Kurtis Chapman in 2022 resurfaced on social media. It was falsely claimed that Ospreay went “off-script and shows brutality” in the clip, in which the AEW star uses the Hidden Blade before hitting several forearm strikes to the back of Chapman’s head.

Thankfully, Ospreay has found a way to create some good from the incident. In a post to his X account, he unveiled a new AEW t-shirt parodying the false claim and announced that all royalties made from it will be sent to the family of Chapman – who tragically passed away at the age of 26 last December.

Off Script & Shows Brutality.

This came from a viral video that everyone hoped on the trend for https://t.co/pTNNHDKdu6

What people may have missed is the person in the video with me is the late “Mad Kurt”

This clip came from a match we had at @RevProUK from 2022 and had the… pic.twitter.com/51Acrzvxqj

— Will Ospreay • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) November 20, 2024

Following last night’s AEW Dynamite, a taping took place for this Friday’s edition of AEW Rampage. Below are the spoilers of every match that took place on the taping, courtesy of PWInsider:

• Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa defeated Nyla Rose & Harley Cameron
• Juice Robinson defeated The Butcher
• Mark Briscoe, Tomohiro Ishii & Rocky Romero defeated The Dark Order
• Thunder Rosa defeated Harleygram (Harley Cameron)
• Hechiero defeated Komander
• The Beast Mortos defeated Serpentico
• Atlantis Jr, Mascara Dorado & Katsuyori Shibata defeated Action Andretti & Top Flight

This week’s AEW Dynamite emanated from the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania. The next AEW pay-per-view is AEW Full Gear this weekend!

The full results from Dynamite were as follows:

• The Don Callis Family defeated Will Ospreay, Mark Davis, Powerhouse Hobbs & Ricochet
• Kris Statlander defeated Hikaru Shida
• Bobby Lashley defeated Joe Keys & Cheeseburger
• Claudio Castagnoli defeated Darby Allin
• Orange Cassidy defeated Wheeler Yuta

What was your favourite moment of last night’s show? Let us know your thoughts here!

WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Garcia, formerly Nikki Bella, has finalised her divorce from Artem Chigvintsev.

TMZ reports that the two have agreed to a divorce settlement and will share custody of their four-year-old son Matteo. The settlement ends their marriage of just over two years, stemming from the pair’s engagement in November 2019.

Issues between the two became public earlier this year when Artem was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence following an incident at their home. The professional dancer did not face charges following the arrest.

Ricky Starks is set to compete for the first time in over seven months early next year.

House of Glory announced on social media that Starks will compete at their January 17th event next year, his debut for the promotion. This will mark his first match since defeating QT Marshall at a Big Time Wrestling event in May.

Despite still being listed on the active AEW roster, Starks hasn’t appeared in the promotion since the March 30th edition of AEW Collision. There, he and Big Bill were eliminated from an AEW World Tag Team title tournament by Top Flight.

🔥 C H I C A G O 🔥

BREAKING ‼️Friday, January 17th HOG #WillBeAbsolute as “Absolute” @starkmanjones makes his HOG debut, live in Chicago!!! Watch on #TrillerTV+

Tickets Available ⬇️ @FiteTV https://t.co/3iSBudIFsJ pic.twitter.com/QSiBZvDfzh

— House Of Glory Wrestling (@HOGwrestling) November 20, 2024

Paul Wight has once again revived his infamous ‘Captain Insano’ gimmick, but this time at an unexpected event!

Wight made sure the Country Music Association Awards was a Big Show with a surprise cameo as Captain Insano at the event. Appearing as part of Bailey Zimmerman’s performance at the event, the AEW star carried Zimmerman on his shoulders towards the end of his song.

The former Big Show initially played Captain Insano in 1998’s The Waterboy and has since reprised the role a few times in AEW. The bizarre gimmick last appeared during a pre-taped Dynamite segment with Adam Cole and MJF back in September 2023.

Thanks for the invite Bailey Zimmerman! 👊Captain Insano shows no mercy!#CMAwards

— Paul Wight (@paulwight.bsky.social) 2024-11-21T03:06:15.564Z

Welcome back to the ITRWrestling live blog! I’ll be with you from 12pm to 6pm GMT (7am – 1pm ET) covering all the biggest stories from WWE, AEW, NJPW, TNA, and more.

Today’s top stories are:

• Paul Wight Revives Captain Insano, But Not In AEW!
• Ricky Starks Set For First Match In Over Seven Months
• Nikki Garcia Finalises Divorce From Artem Chigvintsev