Better Than You Bay Bay
| Better Than You Bay Bay | |
|---|---|
Cole (left) and MJF (right) | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | MJF Adam Cole |
| Name(s) | MJF and Adam Cole Better Than You Bay Bay |
| Billed heights | MJF: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Cole: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 429 lb (195 kg) |
| Debut | July 5, 2023 |
| Disbanded | December 30, 2023 |
| Years active | 2023 |
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Better Than You Bay Bay was a professional wrestling tag team which consisted of Adam Cole and MJF, who are currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
The duo originally feuded together in June 2023, but after Cole's title shot match for MJF's AEW World Championship, they were forced to work as one tag team for the Blind Eliminator Tournament to earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship title match against the reigning champions, FTR, in which they won the tournament but lost against FTR. Afterwards, the two would team up at AEW All In: Zero Hour to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship from Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher). The two would hold onto the titles for 123 days, in which MJF would have to both defend the titles alone in handicap matches and with Samoa Joe as Cole suffered a legitimate ankle injury. MJF would lose the titles against The Devil's Masked Men, as part of the ongoing Devil storyline within AEW, in a handicap match on AEW Dynamite in December 2023. At World's End after losing the AEW World Title to Joe, MJF was betrayed by Adam Cole as he revealed himself to be the Devil, ending the team in the process.
History[edit]
In June 2023, Cole and MJF began a feud storyline for MJF's AEW World Championship. Cole was interrupting MJF's segment on the June 7 episode of Dynamite. the confrontation ended with MJF accepting an eliminator title match against Cole the following week, where if Cole won, he'd earn a future title match against MJF.[1] The following week, Cole narrowly missed out on defeating MJF, due to the 30 minute time limit expiring as Cole was pinning MJF. After the draw, MJF refused to continue the bout, thus costing Cole a future title match.[2] On the June 21 edition of Dynamite, MJF further refused to grant Cole a title match, despite his close loss. The duo were then informed by Tony Schiavone that they had been randomly drawn together as a tag team for the upcoming Blind Eliminator Tournament, much to both men's dismay.[3] On the same week's edition of Rampage, MJF announced he had gotten Adam Cole a match against NJPW's Tom Lawlor at Forbidden Door, Cole was then attacked by Lawlor and Royce Isaacs of Team Filthy.[4] Shortly before Forbidden Door, the match was cancelled, after Cole was forced to pull out of the match due to an illness.[5] As the Blind Eliminator Tournament began, Cole and MJF began to get along, eventually becoming best friends and defeating Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara in the tournament finals at Blood & Guts to win the tournament and earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship match against FTR.[6] The title match took place on the July 29 episode of Collision, where Cole and MJF lost.[7]
Despite the loss, MJF had promised Cole a future AEW World Championship match, which he announced to take place at the main event of All In.[8] The following week, in addition to their AEW World Championship match, Cole—who still felt he and MJF could be a championship caliber tag team—challenged Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) for the ROH World Tag Team Championship to take place on All In's Zero Hour pre-show.[9] Aussie Open accepted the challenge on that week's Rampage.[10] On August 27 at All In, Cole and MJF defeated Aussie Open to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[11] In the main event, Cole lost to MJF, although the two embraced after the match.[12] At All Out on September 3, 2023, Better Than You Bay Bay successfully defended the ROH World Tag Team Championship against The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver).[13] At WrestleDream in October 2023, MJF successfully defended the titles against The Righteous (Dutch and Vincent) in a handicap match after Cole suffered a broken ankle.
On the December 30, 2023 at AEW Worlds End, Cole revealed himself as The Devil along with The Devil's Masked Men (consisting of The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett), Roderick Strong and Wardlow), thus turning heel against MJF and disbanding the team in the process. [14]
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "AEW Dynamite results (6/7): Powell's live review of Orange Cassidy vs. Swerve Strickland for the AEW International Title, Kris Statlander vs. Anna Jay for the TBS Title, Jay White vs. Ricky Starks, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta vs. Rocky Romero and Best Friends, Jack Perry and Hook vs. Dralistico and Preston Vance in a Texas Tornado match". June 7, 2023.
- ^ "AEW Dynamite live results: MJF vs. Adam Cole World title eliminator". June 14, 2023.
- ^ "AEW Dynamite results (7/5): Powell's live review of Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland vs. Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin in a blind eliminator tournament match, Britt Baker vs. Rubo Soho in an Owen Hart Cup tournament match, Kenny Omega vs. Wheeler Yuta". July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor Announced for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door". June 24, 2023.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (June 25, 2023). "Adam Cole Not Cleared For AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door Due To Illness, Bout With Tom Lawlor Canceled". Fightful. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ "AEW Dynamite results (7/19): Powell's live review of Golden Elite vs. Blackpool Combat Club in a Blood & Guts match, MJF and Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia and Sammy Guevara in the Blind Eliminator tourney finals". July 19, 2023.
- ^ "AEW Collision results (7/29): Powell's live review of FTR vs. MJF and Adam Cole for the AEW Tag Titles, Andrade el Idolo vs. Buddy Matthews in a ladder match, ROH TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Gravity". July 29, 2023.
- ^ "AEW Dynamite results (8/2): Powell's live review of the 200th episode with the Elite vs. Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, and Satnam Singh, Toni Storm vs. Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women's Title, Jon Moxley vs. Penta el Zero Miedo vs. Trent Berreta". August 2, 2023.
- ^ Powell, Jason (August 9, 2023). "AEW Dynamite results (8/9): Powell's live review of Jack Perry vs. Rob Van Dam for the FTW Title, The Young Bucks vs. Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy, MJF and Adam Cole, Hikaru Shida vs. Anna Jey for the AEW Women's Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Don (August 11, 2023). "AEW Rampage results (8/11): Murphy's premiere review featuring Orange Cassidy vs. Johnny TV for the AEW International Title, Saraya vs. Skye Blue for a spot in the four-way AEW Women's Title match at All In, Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "AEW All in pre-show results: Powell's live review of MJF and Adam Cole challenging Aussie Open for the AEW Tag Titles, Jack Perry vs. Hook for the FTW Title". August 27, 2023.
- ^ "AEW All in results: Powell's live review of MJF vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship, Will Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho, CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe for the Real World Title, Stadium Stampede". August 27, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Better Than You Bay Bay - matches". Cagematch.net. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ^ Sambus, Theo (October 2, 2023). "AEW's Inagural card". 411 mania wrestling. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "ROH World Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 3, 2023.