AEW Articles - Page 24

Though Cody Rhodes hasn’t been a member of the AEW universe in over a year, with his final match in the promotion coming in January of 2022 when he lost the TNT Championship to Sammy Guevara on Dynamite, “The American Nightmare’s” influence on the promotion he helped to start remains to this very day, with […]

If there’s one thing Britt Baker knows a ton about, it’s getting people’s attention. She’s willing to speak her mind in interviews, even if it doesn’t always rub folks the right way, is a confident in-ring performer, even if her matches can be polarizing, and has basically forced herself into the “main character” role on […]

With WrestleMania 39 almost three weeks ago, pretty much everyone has commented on the finish between Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Some folks, like Kevin Nash, loved it, others, like Dax Harwood, hated it, and hopefully, the 80,000 fans who attended the show on purpose have come to terms […]

On screen, AEW is more or less stable; MJF in a feud with the Four Pillars that probably won’t result in a title change, Wardlow is the new TNT Champion once more, CM Punk is nowhere to be found, and other than some drama between Taya Valkyrie and Jade Cargill over the use of The […]

No matter what Saraya accomplishes in AEW, how many championships she wins, home many careers she ends or makes, and how long she goes in the promotion, she will forever be known to many, if not most, wrestling fans as Paige, the former NXT Champion who beat AJ Lee for the Diva’s Championship in her […]

Britt Baker and Thunder Rosa do not like each other. They’ve feuded online, feuded in the ring, and have since gone off to feud on AEW: All Access, even if they’ve technically never actually shared the screen on the promotion’s new backstage show. While this feud has seemingly helped to generate buzz around AEW’s fourth […]

Where Goldberg wrestles next is one of the more interesting storylines in professional wrestling right now. Will Vince McMahon see the error of his ways and offer the WCW Legend the retirement match like he reportedly promised him around Elimination Chamber 2022? Or will he instead show up in AEW and provide the sort of […]

With AEW heading to England for what could be the biggest show in the promotion’s near-half-decade history, speculation has been at an all-time high as to which stars should make the trip across the pond for All In II and who they should wrestle when they step in the ring. Will Kenny Omega take on […]

Though he technically hasn’t wrestled a match since all the way back in 2022, when he lost to Roman Reigns at the Elimination Chamber, Bill Goldberg technically isn’t retired; he just isn’t a member of the WWE Universe anymore, as his contract expired earlier this year after failing to come to terms on an extension […]

With rumors abound about the return of CM Punk to AEW, fans, wrestlers, and pundits alike from all over the professional wrestling sphere have weighed in on how “The Best in the World” should return and who he should wrestle when the opportunity presents itself. Will Punk go toe-to-toe with The Elite, a feud with […]

Thunder Rosa hasn’t wrestled a match on AEW television since all the way back in August of 2022, when she successfully defended her AEW Women’s World Championship in a match against Jamie Hayter at Battle of the Belts III, who wasn’t quite as over as she is today. That title defense, her fifth following a […]

After watching “Switchblade” Jay White not only make his debut in AEW but announce the incorporation of Bullet Club Gold, Tony Khan’s version of the most influencial club in professional wrestling, the new leader of Bullet Club, David Finlay, decided to weight in on the state of the group, address the exit of El Phantasmo, […]

With rumors swirling that CM Punk could rapidly return to AEW in the next few months, the wrestling world has been ablaze discussing how Tony Khan could re-incorporate him onto weekly television and who he could end up feuding with down the line, from “Hangman” Adam Page to The Elite. In one fell swoop, AEW […]

Since AEW: All Access began airing on TBS immediately following Dynamite on Wednesday nights, fans have been given an insider-ish look into the backstage workings of Tony Khan’s promotion, even if the events shown on the program are roughly six months old, as the first three episodes focus on the lead-up to Full Gear 2022. […]

After officially winning the AEW World Championships on Dyamite, spurning free agent interest from WWE in order to re-up with Tony Khan’s company for four more years, FTR decided to take to the ring on the April 14th edition of Rampage in order to address their legion of fans and lay down their plans for […]

Though they don’t talk, walk, wrestle, or act in even remotely similar ways, the heel-ish heat MJF and Dominik Mysterio draw from both live audiences and online fans have created a bit of an unofficial rivalry between fans of AEW and WWE, with each side going to bat for their company guy. WWE fans believe […]

After making a name for herself in professional wrestling on the biggest stage of them all, working through pretty much every role a non-wrestler can fill in WWE, Renee Paquette has found a second berth in AEW, where she largely fills a backstage interviewer role in addition to the occasional sit-down with stars like Britt […]

When Jeff Hardy returned to an AEW ring for the first time since June of 2022, it turned heads around the professional wrestling world, from WWE, to Impact, and beyond. Finally, after throwing his life and another Hardy Brothers run off track with a mid-2022 DUI charge, the master of the “Swanton Bomb” was back […]

After many months of speculation and some of the wildest developments in recent wrestling history, the prodigal son may be coming back to AEW. There are “tentative plans” for a CM Punk return, according to Fightful Select. Punk has been away from the company since he made critical comments about talent, including the EVPs- better […]

After being suspended from AEW in June of 2022 for a DUI, Jeff Hardy made his surprising return to the ring on AEW Dynamite to help his brother Matt and Isiah Kassidy in their fight against “All Ego” Ethan Page against The Firm. The segment started off normally enough, with Ethan Page heading to the […]

Extra, extra, read all about it: CM Punk wants to return to AEW. That’s right, according to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, CM Punk has expressed a desire to return to AEW and is even open to a variety of different angles within the promotion, including a feud with Kenny Omega and/or The Elite, which […]

Though she arrived in AEW after Cody Rhodes had already re-debuted in WWE as “The American Nightmare” – instead of the horror show remembered “fondly” as Stardust – Saraya is apparently a massive fan of the former EVP, telling Josh Martinez on Superstar Crossover podcast that she not only love him and his wife but […]

Since Tony Khan founded the promotion in 2019, the pipeline between AEW and WWE has largely flowed one way. Sure, there have been notable defectors from the black and gold brand to Titan Tower, with Cody Rhodes, Gigi Dolin, and Blair Davenport all turning in their All Elite badges in favor of runs for The […]

2022 was an incredibly weird year for Matt Hardy. It began well enough, with his brother Jeff leaving WWE to join him in AEW, and the duo found near-immediate success, with the team no longer legally allowed to be called the Hardy Boys securing a win at Double or Nothing over the Young Bucks and […]

When Saraya began spouting her dissatisfaction with how she was being treated in AEW and convinced Toni Storm to set aside her babyface ways to form The Outcasts, it left fans feeling a certain type of way. Sure, Saraya began her run in AEW as a face, with fans celebrating her return to professional wrestling […]

By pinning the not-so-dynamic duo of Colten and Austin Gunn in the main event of Dynamite, FTR not only became the new AEW World Tag Team Champions, but effectively announced that they had re-signed with the promotion long-term, spurning any interest that may have existed in free agency from WWE. But why? Did AEW offer […]

After watching the Bullet Club record a win over the Guerrillas of Destiny, Hikuleo, and Tama Tonga, plus Master Wato at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Sakura Genesis 2023, David Finlay and Kenta decided to put a beatdown on the NEVER Openweight Champion and his younger brother. While ElP didn’t want to get in on the […]

Why Cody Rhodes lost to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39, especially after literally months of building up goodwill with the WWE Universe, might just go down as the biggest mystery of 2023 within the wrestling world. Did Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company really believe that the time wasn’t right for Rhodes to win “The […]

After putting their contracts on the line for a Careers vs. Titles match with The Gunns, FTR aren’t heading to WWE after all, as, after admitting that Cody Rhodes’ run in WWE has kept their minds open heading into free agency, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler are not only staying in AEW, but are doing […]

After hinting at a big announcement for the last week, Tony Khan has made it official: AEW is going to London for “AEW All In,” the second-ever running of the show and the first under the AEW brand. Announcing the story alongside AEW’s newest media member Nigel McGuiness – who technically made his debut in […]

After being linked to WWE for months, “Switchblade” Jay White has officially signed with AEW, teaming up with Juice Robinson to lay a beatdown on Ricky Starks in a match that was ruled a no-contest as a result. The former leader of Bullet Club, who lost a Loser Leaves Japan match to Hikuleo back in […]

When news broke that “Switchblade” Jay White’s contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling was coming up, it left many wondering which promotion would garner his services next: WWE or AEW. When news broke that WWE had “serious” interest in the former Bullet Club leader and that Paul “Triple H” Levesque and company had an interest […]

Matt Cardona has made a name for himself on the independent scene since being released from WWE in 2020. Formerly known as Zack Ryder, Cardona has appeared in companies such as AEW, Impact Wrestling, and the National Wrestling Alliance. Since leaving WWE, he has won titles such as the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, Impact Digital […]

In the same week FTR challenged The Gunns to a “we lose and we leave AEW forever” match on Dynamite, Dax Harwood decided to dedicate an episode of his podcast, FTR with Dax Harwood, to none other than the head booker and Chief Content Officer of WWE, Triple H, who was in charge of booking […]

After watching both members of the Young Bucks, Nick, and Matt Jackson, get ambulanced away in the opening moments of AEW Dynamite, fans were treated to an incredibly fun six-man tag of Kip Sabian, The Butcher, and The Blade versus Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin, and The Man Called Sting, the 37-year WCW/TNA/WWE vet who recently […]

Wow, what a match; what a spectacle. When Tony Khan announced that El Hijo del Vikingo was coming to town for a “dream match” against Kenny Omega two years in the making, fans in the know knew they were in for an experience, but goodness gracious, who could have imagined that the Lucha Libre AAA […]

Kenny Omega has heard it all before (mostly from WWE fans); El Hijo del Vikingo isn’t a household name, the build-up to their match was non-existent, and calling a non-title match against an international star, even when he’s the Lucha Libre AAA Mega Champion, a “dream match” is a fairly liberal use of the term. […]

WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg is well known for his time in WCW. He was an absolute force who built up arguably one of the most incredible win streaks in wrestling history. Goldberg won an absurd 173 matches in a row before losing to Kevin Nash in a monumental upset. After WCW’s demise, Goldberg returned […]

After consistently being linked to big-time matches at “Premium Live Events” for years now, it would appear Bill Goldberg’s time in WWE has come to an end, at least for now, as the 56-year-old WCW Champion-turned-movie star’s contract has officially expired according to multiple sources including Fightful. So where does this leave Goldberg? Though he’s […]