Select Answers: Def Rebel, Tag Teams, Kozlov/Festus (Patreon)

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Very random question: Vladimir Kozlov and Festus had a match on an episode of Smackdown in 2008 that was one of the best examples of a short hoss fight I can remember. Just was curious if any stories or chatter at that time that came out about it. (Its on YouTube and it still holds up, i highly recommend it)

I got you a direct quote from Gallows on this: "We beat the living piss out of each other. He was stiff so we just threw hands, he was my wing night beer drinking buddy back then! Fun ass match! Hahaha"

How come many companies don’t use their tag team wrestlers when one of them is injured?

Lazy creative. Not having anything significant when one goes down. Sometimes the creative planning is adjusted so heavily that it doesn't make sense to have the other one go on a singles run. But that's not always the case. Look at how much Kyle Fletcher took off as a singles wrestler. A lot of the time it's because there were no real creative plans as a singles, and they don't wanna job that wrestler out. Then there are cases like Kit Wilson where it actually makes sense to do that.

There were talks that Def Rebel deal was coming up soon last year is that true

No, I was told that it wasn't true, isn't true, and the details around their deal are kept very quiet. There are a lot of things that get reported that people just use to capitalize on the "positive buzz" that emerges from it, and people in the companies have no idea where the info would have actually came from. Then if someone like me debunks it, I get harassed for raining on someone's parade. Another dove cries.