On this week’s WWE Raw, The Viking Raiders had a squash match against indie wrestlers Mike Sydal and Kyle Roberts who were dressed in The Chicago Cubs uniform, and were even billed as the baseball team’s name.

Raw took place in St. Louis that night, which is the home of the Cardinals, and WWE wanted to play off of the two teams’ bitter rivalry in front of the St. Louis crowd.

The duo of “Rizzo” and “Bryant” of “The Chicago Cubs” didn’t last long in front of the Viking Raiders at all – as is the case with enhancement talent – the match was over in a couple of minutes. The WWE Raw Tag Team Champions didn’t give the Cubs a single chance to attack them.

While the audience in attendance was dead for the most part of the match, WWE’s shot against the Cubs did gain attention elsewhere. The segment caught the attention of the official NBC Sports account for the Chicago White Sox, who enjoyed seeing the Cubs get a beatdown. So of course, the Cubs’ NBC Sports account responded, and said in the now-viral response that they like All Elite Wrestling over WWE anyway.

We like @AEWrestling better anyway.

— Cubs Talk (@NBCSCubs) October 29, 2019

This got the attention of none other than executive vice president of AEW, Cody Rhodes, and chief brand officer Brandi Rhodes.


— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) October 29, 2019



— Brandi Rhodes (@TheBrandiRhodes) October 30, 2019