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When news broke that Adam Copeland‘s contract with WWE was coming to an end, fans from around the world started to imagine all sorts of different matches for the man formerly known as Edge, with the 31-time champion already having a list of his own with 14 wrestlers he’d like to throw down with in […]

When Swerve Strickland jumped ship from WWE to AEW following his and the rest of Hit Row’s release from the SmackDown roster in 2021, excitement was intense. After turning himself into a legitimate star in NXT both as a singles star and with his band of buddies under the watchful eye of Paul “Triple H: […]

After spending the better part of three decades as a professional wrestler, it’s safe to say Edge has pretty much done everything a performer could hope to do in the sport, right? Sure, the man born and now wrestling under the name Adam Copeland has exclusively wrestled for WWE during the duration of his mainstream […]

When Adam “Edge” Copeland made his debut in AEW during the final moments of WrestleDream, it got the entire wrestling industry buzzing. Suddenly, after spending 25 years – literally – in WWE, the “Rated-R Superstar” was free to flex the creative juices fans have known were hiding right under the surface for years now in […]

When news broke that Jade Cargill was heading to WWE after establishing herself as one of the more interesting performers in professional wrestling as a member of AEW, fans wondered how Paul “Triple H” Levesque would debut his newest Superstar. Would she go to NXT, having to have her character and gimmick altered ever so […]

When Adam Copeland, aka Edge of WWE, made his debut in AEW at the end of WrestleDream, fans effectively watched in real time as he filled the spot abdicated by CM Punk following his firing after All In. Now sure, technically, Punk and Copeland are kind of like apples and oranges, as the former is […]

Whether Grayson Waller wrestles one more match or 1,000 in the WWE Universe, he will forever get to tell his friends and family that his first match on the main roster came against Edge, the “Rated-R Superstar,” in the main event of SmackDown at Maddison Square Garden. Working a program that was short but sweet, […]

When Edge was kicked out of the Judgment Day by Finn Balor, Rhea Ripley, Damian Priest, and, eventually, “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, it began the slow but steady transition from a full-time heel manager to a part-timer with no viable path to the main event picture, let alone the mid-card titles. Discussing his addition to the […]

When news broke that the Bellas, Nikki and Brie, were finishing up their contracts with WWE sans any sort of an extension in favor of hitting it independently under their given names, Nikkie and Brie Garcia, it felt like only a matter of time before the duo joined the latter’s husband, Bryan Danielson, in AEW. […]

When CM Punk debuted the “Real” AEW World Championship – aka the AXW Championship – it was meant to ruffle a few feathers. Sure, the idea behind the belt was sound, or at least sound-ish, as Collision was being positioned as the SmackDown to Dynamite‘s RAW, with a “main” title needed to give the Saturday-only […]

After booking a blistering four-hour Pay-Per-View filled to the gills with technical spectacles, high-flying heroics, and one of the most hotly anticipated debuts of the year in the form of WWE Hall of Famer Edge, Tony Khan decided to keep the AEW fun going with a media scrum for the ages, with the exact runtime […]

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, plus a pretty sweet sendoff match with Sheamus, it finally happened: Edge, or, should I say, the man formerly known as Edge, Adam Copeland, made his long-awaited debut in AEW. That’s right, taking the ring at the end of WrestleDream with a Darby Allin-produced vignette to announce his arrival, […]

After waiting through four hours of pulse-pounding, hard-hitting, and occasionally head-scratching wrestling, thousands of fans in Seattle, Washington, and hundreds of thousands more watching from all corners of the globe watch on the edge of their seats at Christian Cage and Darby Allin beat the absolute you-know-what out of each other in the main event […]

There are 10 matches on the WrestleDream card, 14 if you count the four bouts on Zero Hour, and yet, maybe the most interesting aspect of the show isn’t who will come out on top in each of these matches, but instead which outside stars could debut on the show, as, according to Tony Khan, […]

When Tony Khan announced that, after booking All In for the last weekend in August and All Out for the first weekend in September, that he had booked a brand new AEW Pay-Per-View, WrestleDream, planned for the first Sunday in October, this time coming to fans from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, it […]

Ever since MJF and Adam Cole started cutting video packages like they were working for Paul “Triple H” Levesque in prime-era NXT, a small but passionate subset of the AEW audience have been begun to compare their work to that of Roman Reigns, The Usos, Solo Sikoa, and Paul Heyman, aka The Bloodline. Now granted, […]

On a day where Shawn Michaels created plenty of news on his NXT No Mercy media call, talking about recently released stars like Mustafa Ali and Dana Brooke, explaining the absence of Gable Steveson, and even discussing the demographic preferences of WWE’s Tuesday night show, the “Heartbreak Kid” was in the news for another reason: […]

Though Booker T has only wrestled six matches since his final run in WWE came to an end back in 2012, there are still plenty of performers the two-time Hall of Famer has history with in the ring, both from WWE, TNA, and even his own promotion, Reality of Wrestling. Running through AEW Grand Slam […]

Dolph Ziggler has accomplished darn near everything someone could want to as a member of the WWE Universe. Sure, he never became a Grand Slam Champion, coming one Universal Championship win short of the prestigious honor, but when you consider his WWE career in totality, from his developmental days, to his Money in the Bank […]

When the House of Black lost their AEW World Trios Championship belts to The Acclaimed at Wembley Stadium as part of AEW All In, it felt like a minor setback before a major future comeback for Malakai Black. Sure, the faction hasn’t been seen on AEW television since, as it’s not too often a dominant […]

When Rob Van Dam‘s run in Impact wrestling came to an end following a, shall we say, weird run as part of the “Cancel Culture” stable led by disgraced Pro Wrestling Guerrilla founder Joey Ryan, it seemed like the long-time WWE stalwart’s career was winding down. Sure, he still wrestled from time to time, working […]

Long before Dolph Ziggler was released from WWE, fans heavily expected to see the IRL brother of Ryan Nemeth jump ship to AEW. From running special comedy nights featuring AEW talents to appearing in the Young Bucks’ Being the Elite Youtube show, something that few, if any, WWE Superstars have done in the past, it […]

When Paul Wight announced that he was leaving the BS – aka Big Show – behind in WWE for AEW, it left more than a few fans wondering what the promotion had planned for the supersized Kayfabe son of Andre The Giant. Would Wight continue his wrestling career, working matches against multiple jobbers on the […]

On a recent edition of the Jim Cornette Drive Thru podcast, a fan wrote into the show to ask Bryan Last and his Camp-y co-host what he thought of a recent statement made by The Undertaker on his WWE’s sponsored 1 deadMAN Show in Glasgow, Scottland, where the “American Bada**” put over the AEW World […]

When news broke that about a dozen WWE Superstars, ranging from OG future Hall of Famers like Dolph Ziggler and Shelton Benjamin, to often overlooked “niche” acts like Mustafa Ali and the Maximum Male Models, were released from WWE in the fallout of the company’s merger with UFC under the TKO banner, it turned heads […]

Folks, it’s officially official: Jade Cargill has left Tony Khan and AEW behind to try her hand at becoming the next great WWE Superstar. In an announcement officially made by ESPN but known far and wide due to reporting by Sean Ross Sapp, Dave Meltzer, and others, “That B**ch” has been leaning towards a deal […]

After turning in what will ultimately go down as the signature match of his professional wrestling career, defeating Claudio Castagnoli in the opening match of Grand Slam to become the new Ring of Honor World Champion, Eddie Kingston surprised the professional wrestling world by announcing that he recently signed a four-year extension with AEW to […]

In the roughly year and a half since Cody Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38 as Seth Rollins’ secret opponent, there has been a surprising lack of Brandi Rhodes representation on WWE television. Sure, there’s been the occasional cameo here and there, with the former ring announcer appearing in Rhodes’ documentary and his comeback […]

For the third time in under a month, AEW put on a named show for the professional wrestling world to enjoy, this time for free on television, and needless to say, Tony Khan did not disappoint the fans watching from home or looking for a Grand Slam performance at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, Queens. […]

When Jon Moxley took the ring against Rey Fenix at AEW Grand Slam, few fans expected anything but a victory by the third-ranked wrestler in the latest edition of the PWI 500. Now granted, that didn’t mean the match couldn’t have been a lot of fun, as Fenix is one of the most talented luchadors […]

When news broke that AEW was heading back to New York City for another running of Grand Slam, the promotion’s yearly show at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, Queens, fans wondered how MJF, a native New Yorker who famously calls Long Island home, would handle the situation as the AEW World Champion. Would he largely […]

When Eddie Kingston takes the ring against Claudio Castagnoli at AEW Grand Slam in Flushing, Queens, he will have the entire city of New York behind him. A plucky grappler who never thought he’d make it out of the five boroughs, let alone become a champion in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Kingston has a chance […]

The next AEW Fight Forever DLC, The HOOKHausen Very Handsome Very Evil Pack, is on its way to the game. The DLC adds two new wrestlers to the wring, Danhausen and Hook, but no mini-games. So, when is the Hookhausen DLC Release Date? Let’s find out. HOOKHausen DLC Release Date Check out these sneak peek […]

When Tony Khan publically fired CM Punk with cause via a press release, a public announcement for the fans in Chicago, and a recorded one for everyone else a few moments later, it effectively created an inflection point in AEW’s history. For some, namely those fans and wrestlers who are incredibly loyal to Punker, the […]

In the immediate aftermath of All In and then a week later in the media scrum following All Out, Tony Khan informed reporters that he couldn’t talk about the backstage fight at Wembley Stadium or the subsequent firing of CM Punk that preceded the go-home edition of Collision at the United Center in Chicago. But […]

In professional wrestling, there’s nothing quite like a hometown hero. From Jerry Lawler in Memphis, to the Von Ericks in Texas, to modern-day stars like CM Punk in Chicago, promoters like Tony Khan have made incredible matches out of booking regionally in addition to nationally, and they will continue to do so moving forward because […]

When news broke that Edge would become a free agent after failing to agree to a long-term contract with WWE, fans the world over hoped to see the “Rated-R Superstar” make his way to AEW if for no other reason than to reunite for one last ride with his long-time tag team partner, Christian Cage. […]

When news broke that Jade Cargill was almost certainly heading to WWE after finishing up her contract with AEW, Tony Khan found himself in an unusual spot because, technically, she still had one match left on the books, as that week’s Rampage had a pre-taped rematch between on the books between “That B**tch” and Kris […]

When Cody Rhodes announced that Jey Uso was going to be heading to RAW at Payback, it set into motion a series of events that still haven’t been resolved to this day: SmackDown‘s draft compensation. Announced by Adam Pearce on the subsequent episode of RAW, the Blue Brand reportedly requested and was granted draft compensation […]