All Elite Wrestling star Anthony Bowens is already plotting his subsequent tag staff transfer and his newest pitch simply would possibly show to be probably the most surprising but. The AEW star took to social media after Saturday Evening Stay‘s January 25 episode, the place solid member Bowen Yang (Depraved) was noticed rocking a New Japan Professional Wrestling (NJPW) shirt throughout the broadcast. The nod to professional wrestling didn’t go unnoticed by followers — or by AEW’s personal Bowens, who wasted no time in floating a brand new tag staff thought.
Posting an image of Yang within the NJPW shirt, Bowens joked that he’d wish to formally invite Bowen Yang to AEW to type a brand new staff referred to as ‘Bowens Yang.’ Sure, actually. And given AEW’s penchant for, ahem, “artistic” staff names (see: Meat Insanity), it won’t be probably the most out-there suggestion. Now, whereas Yang’s SNL second acquired wrestling Twitter buzzing, there’s no indication that he has any precise plans to step into an AEW ring, not that the wrestling web fandom has paid any consideration to that, particularly since Bowens is in determined want of a brand new tag staff buddy, because it all got here crashing down at AEW Collision: Most Carnage, the place he and longtime companion Max Caster formally break up up.
Do a Lot of Celebrities Like Wrestling?
You wager they do. The game appears to be an actual responsible pleasure for lots of them, nevertheless it additionally is sensible, since they spend their lives performing and these athletes are doing it stay each week in entrance of 1000’s. On the Netflix premiere of WWE Uncooked, the celebs had been out in pressure. Kieran Culkin, who was on the present celebrating his Golden Globe win for A Actual Ache from the night time earlier than, met with WWE celebrity CM Punk after the primary occasion, whereas his brother Macaulay Culkin appeared on digital camera, alongside Seth Inexperienced, Ashton Kutcher, and Yang’s Saturday Evening Stay compatriot Michael Che.
And talking of SNL, the connection between them and professional wrestling goes again many years. WWE stars like The Rock, John Cena, and Roman Reigns have additionally guested on speak segments like Weekend Replace, whereas Cena additionally hosted, again in 2016, and The Rock has hosted 5 instances and was inducted into the 5-Timers Membership by Tom Hanks and Alec Baldwin.
On the flip aspect, Che and Colin Jost appeared on WWE tv in a storyline with WWE that led to them competing within the André the Large Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35. Jost, specifically, performed a basic heel, irritating the large Braun Strowman and paying the value.
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