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While The Iron Claw has largely earned positive reactions from fans of both professional wrestling and cinema alike, one aspect of the A24 film that has been thoroughly panned by fans has been Aaron Dean Eisenberg’s depiction of Ric Flair, which has been described as everything from laughable to a downright character assassination. Did Eisenberg […]

After turning in a solid showing with Full Gear at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, AEW is officially returning to Pay-Per-View for its final show of 2023: Worlds End. Booked firmly in MJF country, Long Island, New York, the show is set to serve as an inflection point for the promotion, closing out what […]

For the first time since AEW debuted in 2019, the promotion will close out the calendar year with a bang, running a brand new Pay-Per-View, Worlds End, live from MJF‘s home of Long Island on the final Saturday in December. Billed as a turning point for the promotion, which, in turn, has been going through […]

MJF has been a member of AEW since the beginning. An OG who appeared in the very first official match on the first-ever All In, taking a loss to Matt Cross after a pair of pre-show buy-in matches, MJF has slowly risen up the card from Cody Rhodes’ friend to faction leader, all the way […]

As MJF prepares for the “bidding war of 2024,” fans of AEW and WWE have been debating where the “Best in the World” should wrestle next and what the future of Tony Khan’s company could look like if they lose yet another marquee performer to Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s newly revamped creative department. With WWE […]

Heading into AEW Dynamite in Orlando, Florida, no one wanted to win the Gold League and punch his ticket to Worlds End more than Swerve Strickland. He had a bone to pick with Jon Moxley, a win over “Switchblade” Jay White, and a burning desire to prove he’s one of the top wrestlers in the […]

When Chris Jericho decided to enter a Twitter flame war with wrestling lawyer Steven P New over AEW’s usage of NDAs after the Brawl Out, an interaction made all the more bizarre because it was spurned on by a post from “The Ocho’s” own website, it surved as an unexpected Christmas present for fans across […]

Though The Iron Claw hasn’t even been in theaters for a month, the story of the Von Erich Family has already taken on a surprising second life on the internet for its portrayal of Ric Flair, the “Nature Boy” who went from limousine ridin’ to Woooo! Energy drink hawking as a semi-regular member of AEW […]

When Bill Goldberg wrestled Roman Reigns in Saudi Arabia at the Elimination Chamber in 2022, it was more of a transaction and less of a favor. Sure, at the time, the former WCW juggernaut was still under contract with the leader in Sports Entertainment and would be until the end of 2022 when his deal […]

As we head into 2024, we decided to make a list of our top 5 best sports video game list for 2023. Between the latest annual titles and some interesting surprises, it was certainly difficult just to choose five. However, we felt these five games gave players the most control while offering great gameplay experiences. […]

AEW Fight Forever Season 2 is finally available for Nintendo Switch owners. Season 2 of AEW Fight Forever adds more wrestlers and a new single-player mode, with more content on the way. Although Switch players had to wait a bit longer, they can now enjoy the current and upcoming DLC. AEW Fight Forever Season 2 […]

After punching his ticket to the “playoffs” of the Continental Classic on AEW Dynamite, securing a commanding win over Rush to finish out the tournament with a 4-1 record as part of the Gold League, Swerve Strickland was feeling good, as he was just one pin away from punching his ticket to Worlds End for […]

In a few short days, MJF will wrestle what might just be the most important match of his AEW World Championship reigns in front of his hometown crowd in Long Island, when he goes toe-to-toe with one of the biggest, baddest dudes to ever do it in the business, Samoa Joe, at Worlds End. If […]

When news broke that Charlotte Flair suffered a series of injuries that would leave her out of action for the foreseeable future, it left fans wondering how WWE would address the loss of one of the brand’s top stars regardless of age, brand, or gender. Would WWE opt to elevate a younger star to a […]

Ah Christmas, a day to second with friends and family, enjoy some professional sports, and, if you’re Chris Jericho, go to war with Jim Cornette and his lawyer buddy Stephen P New over CM Punk’s involvement in the “Brawl Out” after AEW All Out in 2022. What? You didn’t have an all-out smackdown between two […]

When Adam Copeland took the ring for what very well might be his final match in the WWE Universe, a main event bout against Sheamus on SmackDown in his home-ish town of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, fans from across the professional wrestling world wondered what was next for the “Rated-R Superstar.” Would he work out a […]

Like him or hate him, it’s impossible to argue that Christian Cage doesn’t have a certain way about him that is all his own. A master of hyperbole who has never found a line he wouldn’t cross to get a cheap pop from an audience, with his current favorite centering around making fun of wrestlers […]

When Adam Copeland signed with AEW in October, he effectively let it be known that this run isn’t simply about himself. Granted, the “Rated-R Superstar” still has plenty he wants to accomplish in his professional wrestling career, as he has a list of roughly a dozen wrestlers he wants to work alongside in AEW and […]

AEW Fight Forever Update Patch 1.08 just went live today, bringing more customization options to CAW (Create-A-Wrestler). Additionally, the update brought new match types for Stadium Stampede, and multiple bug fixes. The update also launched for all platforms, adding and fixing content for each one. Overall, this update comes at a great time, right before […]

MJF is a bit of a Renaissance man in professional wrestling. Sure, he can work a match against about anyone, even if he prefers to wrestle as little as possible, but the “People’s Scumbag” is quick to borrow from the world of single-digit WrestleManias, where fans would pop like crazy over a single bodyslam, or, […]

Though they hadn’t shared the ring since March of 2022, it felt like it was only a matter of time before CM Punk and MJF would share the ring once more in order to see who was the real AEW World Champion. Sure, MJF held the title, and rightfully so, as he won the belt […]

While AEW has added quite a few new performers to their ranks from WWE, New Japan Pro Wrestling, the indies, and beyond, with over a dozen new performers signing with the promotion over the calendar year, 2023 will widely be regarded as a year of loss for AEW, as two of the promotion’s most notable […]

When Cody Rhodes noted in an interview on The Michael Kay Show that he would love for his former second, current AEW World Champion MJF, to come over to WWE in order to “swing a bat with the big boys” of professional wrestling, it turned heads around the industry. Sure, maybe Rhodes was just shooting […]

When news, or at least rumors, broke that Warner Brothers Discovery was interested in negotiating with WWE about the media rights for RAW, a decision potentially related to CEO David Zaslav’s relationship with former AEW favorite CM Punk, it set the internet wrestling community on fire. Was Nick Khan and company looking to run their […]

As the release of The Iron Claw rapidly approaches, fans of the first family of Texas wrestling were treated to not one, not two, but three appearances by The Von Erichs, Marshall, Ross, and their father Kevin – played in the movie by Zac Efron – on AEW television, with the trio debuting on Dynamite […]

It has officially been three months, give or take a few days, since Matt Riddle was released from WWE. While his period away from the promotion hasn’t been completely silent, as he did comment on the return of CM Punk on social media and earned a pretty massive shoutout from Randy Orton for effectively keeping […]

When Kenny Omega announced to the professional wrestling community that he was going to be out of action indefinitely in AEW after suffering a medical emergency that was later reported to be diverticulitis, it called the very future of the Golden Jets, his tag team with Chris Jericho, into question. Sure, Tony Khan could simply […]

When news broke that A24 was producing a movie based on the Von Erich family, fittingly named after the family’s famous finishing maneuver, The Iron Claw, fans eagerly waited to see how filmmaker Sean Durkin would tackle the stories of Fritz, Kerry, Chris, David, and Kevin Von Erich on the silver screen. While early reviews […]

After nearly a year of anticipation, Athena and Billy Starkz will finally take the ring against each other as foes with the Ring of Honor Woman’s Championship on the line at Final Battle, a show going up against SmackDown and Rampage exclusively on Honor Club. Will the hardest-hitting performer in professional wrestling keep her title […]

Two days removed from setting up a huge angle with AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks and Big Bill, one-half of the number one contending team of the Golden Jets, Kenny Omega, has been placed on ice indefinitely, as “The Best Bout Machine” has suffered a medical emergency that will place him on the shelf […]

When news broke that Mariah May was signing with AEW over WWE after an extended run in Stardom, it felt like a major win for Tony Khan’s company. Sure, May wasn’t the biggest name on the international scene, as Giulia remains the apple of WWE’s and, to a lesser extent, AEW’s eyes, but at 25, […]

When The Von Erichs, Marshall and Ross, the sons of The Iron Claw subject Kevin Von Erich, exited MLW at the end of their contracts in the spring of 2022, it felt like only a matter of time before the third-generation wrestlers would be off to bigger and better things in the business. And yet, […]

When Tony Khan announced the field for the 2023 Continental Classic, there was one match above all others that fans circled on the golden bracket: Swerve Strickland versus Jon Moxley. Suddenly, the hottest performer in AEW, fresh off one of the most incredible death matches you will see at Full Gear, was destined for a […]

AEW Fight Forever launched the 2nd DLC of the Season 2 Pass, Beat The Elite. This single player mode pins you against 10 AEW wrestlers, with the final fight against a member of the Elite. Completing the event earns players in-game rewards, dependent on the difficulty they played on. Overall, the new mode aims to […]

Chris Jericho has wrestled hundreds and hundreds of different wrestlers over his professional wrestling career. From Ultimo Dragon in CMLL, to Rob Van Dam in ECW, Hiroshi Tanahashi in New Japan, Cody Rhodes in AEW, and about a dozen major names from Shawn Michaels to Kevin Owens in WWE, “The Ocho” has worked against some […]

Before Ruby Soho was Ruby Soho, the apple of Angelo Parker’s eyes and a member of Saraya’s Outcasts faction, she was Ruby Riott, the leader of WWE’s The Riott Squad and factionmate of Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan. While the faction never quite rose to the level some fans were hoping to see, as none […]

When AEW does something wrong, weird, or questionable, you can bet your bottom dollar that WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff will have something to say about it. CM Punk’s firing? He hated it. The promotion’s declining viewership numbers? He has a million fixes for that, too. And the acquisition of Ring of Honor? Well, […]

After watching SmackDown and NXT secure expensive, expansive media rights deals with the USA Network and The CW, respectively, with a new deal for the CM Punk-headlined RAW soon to follow, all eyes are on AEW and just how much money Tony Khan can secure for a portfolio that includes Dynamite, Rampage, Collision, and Ring […]

Over the past month and change, all but one of Ring of Honor‘s championship belts, from the Television to the Pure, the World Championship, the Six-Man Championship, and the Tag Team Titles, have been defended on AEW programming, with belts being wrestled for on television, on Pay-Per-View, and as part of the Continental Classic, where […]