Miro, who made his in-ring debut in AEW during last night’s edition of AEW Dynamite, changes the names of Some of hHis moves.
The former Rusev now calls his Accolade submission hold (a version of the Camel Clutch) “The Game Over”, which is incidentally also the name of KENTA’s version of the LeBell Lock or Yes Lock.
Dave Meltzer reports that Miro also dropped the name “Machka Kick,” which he typically uses as the set-up before applying his finishing submission hold. Meltzer said that Miro’s signature superkick no longer has a specific name as of this writing.
Although Meltzer did not mention about WWE having trademarked the terms “Machka” or “Machka Kick,” he said that “WWE will be pissed off” if Miro uses the terms or catchphrases in AEW. According to Justia Trademarks, the term Machka was previously trademarked to a restaurant services company. Also, the term Macha Kick is free of any trademarks.
A few years ago, Miro revealed that Machka, which means Crush in his native language of Bulgarian, is a catchphrase he developed after watching Rocky 4 with his wife, Lana.
Speaking of Miro, he reportedly suffered a minor injury during last night’s match, but he is OK and likely will not miss any ring time.
The match saw Miro and Kip Sabian defeat Sonny Kiss and Joey Janela in tag team action when Miro used his “Game Over” submission. There was some concern after Miro started selling a leg injury after getting sent to the floor as chaos broke out towards the end of the match.
In an update, Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Live that Miro “tweaked” his ankle, but he felt better after the match, and is fine. It was noted that the injury was said to be legitimate, but Miro is OK now.
As seen below, Miro has not addressed the injury as of this writing but he did take to Twitter and comment on his opponents.
Very impressed with @SonnyKissXO and @JANELABABY not so much. Best man stamp of approval
— Miro (@ToBeMiro) September 24, 2020
