AEW Articles - Page 25

When AEW announced that FTR were going to wrestle the dynamic duo of Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal for the AEW Tag Team Championships at Double or Nothing, it left more than a few fans underwhelmed. Sure, Lethal and company have carved out a strange little niche in AEW, going from an odd inclusion on […]

After weeks of back-and-forth fights, the time for talking was over, with Chris Jericho and Adam Cole finally getting to settle things in the ring in an unsanctioned match at Double or Nothing. Beginning the match with a chair duel Star Wars-style between Sabu and Jericho – a throwback to ECW – the match rapidly […]

Ah, battle royals at AEW Double or Nothing; a pairing as sweet as chocolate and peanut butter. Since the very first running of Double or Nothing, which, coincidently, was the first ever show under the All Elite Wrestling moniker, Tony Khan has made battle royals a fixture of his May Pay-Per-Views, with performers like “Hangman” […]

After almost a year away following a suspension from AEW for drunk driving, Jeff Hardy made his triumphant return to the ring at Double or Nothing, working a trios match alongside his brother Matt and Hook for the rights to “All Ego” Ethan Page’s contract. *spoiler alert* this was a Hardy Boyz greatest hits match. […]

Though Double or Nothing maybe isn’t as highly anticipated as in years past, what with the announcements of All In II, Forbidden Door II, and the debut of Collision in Chicago, which may or may not feature the return of CM Punk, AEW’s top traditional Big 4 Pay-Per-View of the year is still loaded to […]

As AEW prepares for Double or Nothing, arguably the WrestleMania of the brand’s Big 4 Pay-Per-Views, Chris Jericho stopped by Spotf for an interview with Joe Baiamonte to discuss everything from his match with Adam Cole, to the show’s Four Pillars main event match, and even the acquisitions that he “buries” talent when he works […]

When news broke that NXT was going to run their Battleground “Premium Live Event” on May 28th, 2023, it turned more than a few heads around the professional wrestling world because it fell on the same day the biggest Pay-Per-View on the AEW calendar, Double or Nothing. The 2023 running of AEW’s first official show […]

With NXT Battleground rapidly approaching, the third show of WWE’s huge four-day Memorial Day Weekend extravaganza, Shawn Michaels decided to take a page out of Tony Khan’s book – one of many things he would take from TK’s book this weekend – and hold a media call with reporters to discuss the forthcoming show and […]

After weeks of feuding back and forth, Adam Cole and Chris Jericho officially signed their contracts for an Unsanctioned match at Double or Nothing, with the stage now set for an all-out war under the bright lights of Las Vegas on Memorial Day weekend. Finally, after weeks of back and forths, from Jercho orchestrating a […]

After hinting at a big announcement regarding the first edition of AEW Collision on the previous edition of Dynamite, Tony Khan appeared on-screen once more to let the cat out of the bag and officially deliver the news that fans – specifically CM Punk fans – have been waiting to hear for months. “It’s great […]

Though they most recently held championship gold in New Japan Pro Wrestling, holding the IWGP Tag Team Championship and the NJPW StrongOpenweight Tag Team Championships until they vacated both due to injury at NJPW Strong Resurgence 2023, Aussie Open didn’t have to wait long to find their new professional wrestling home, as the unsigned tag […]

To some, one of the biggest question marks of the last decade of WWE history regards what a main roster Adam Cole run would have looked like. The former standout and leader of The Undisputed Era, Cole held the NXT World Champion and North American Championship for a combined 529 days and is responsible for […]

Though he may not have championship gold around his waist and, unless something very unusual happens at Night of Champions, he all but certainly won’t be heading into RAW on Monday night with a strap over his shoulder, Cody Rhodes has been booked like a champion, or at least like a very big deal, since […]

As crazy as it may sound, as she doesn’t even turn 31 until August, it has almost been a decade since Saraya made her on-screen WWE debut, winning the Divas Championship off of AJ Lee on the April, 7th, 2014 edition of Monday Night RAW. Since then, the performer formerly known as Paige had her […]

After weeks and weeks of anticipation, AEW has officially announced the debut of Collision, the promotion’s new Saturday night show, which will be coming to fans weekly starting in mid-June. Soon, fans will get two more hours of AEW television each week, the brand’s massive roster will be split a bit more evenly, creating more […]

Though AEW Dynamite is still a few hours away from airing as of the time of publication, that hasn’t stopped Tony Khan and the folks over at Warner Bros. Discovery from officially announcing the forthcoming debut of AEW Collision, the promotion’s long-rumored third show, which is coming to fans on  June 17th, 2023 and will […]

Though his rhetoric has chilled out ever so slightly since winning the AEW World Championship off of CM Punk at All Out 2022, MJF continues to hint at a desire to play the field in 2024 and maybe, just maybe, take his talents to WWE early next year should he win “The Bidding War of […]

While he was technically on AEW television for a special Saturday night edition of Rampage, even if it was pre-recorded, online, Matt Hardy‘s Twitter was going wild, as someone – no one really knows who – decided to hack into his account and go on an absolutely wild NSFW rant that got fans absolutely buzzing. […]

AEW, by definition, is a challenger brand to WWE; Tony Khan had admitted it, Warner Bros Discovery has leaned into it, and even WWE has admitted to the fact, with the company using it in a lawsuit with MLW to prove they aren’t a monopoly. So, when the company was really getting off of the […]

The Briscoes, Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe, were, are, and forever will be one of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history. Their run in Ring of Honor has reached legendary status, their time away from the brand has become incredibly prolific too, with matches in Impact, GCW, and NJPW during the brand’s break, […]

Though Jon Moxley has been Jon Moxley-ing it up for over four years now, taking part in matches for AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and indie promotions across the country, to a segment of the professional wrestling world, he will forever be known as Dean Ambrose, the third member of The Shield and only member […]

When Matt Cardona debuted in AEW all the way back in 2020, it was as a friend of Cody Rhodes. Now granted, it wasn’t quite that simple; after securing a win over Warhorse during his TNT Championship open challenge, Rhodes was attacked by members of The Dark Order, only for his friend from ‘Strong Island’ […]

Folks, it’s official: AEW has sold 60,000 tickets and counting for All In 2023. Not since the debut of CM Punk has excitement been at such a fever pitch for Tony Khan’s company, and with “The Best in the World” reportedly coming back to AEW in the not-too-distant future, it would appear things are only […]

When Roderick Strong made his debut in AEW, it was a pretty big deal. Last seen in the hospital demanding that Ivy Nile and the Creed Brothers, Brutus and Julius, “win” their feud with former Diamond Mine faction member Damon Kemp, Strong’s surprise arrival in AEW made fans pop and got folks very excited about […]

When Dustin and Cody Rhodes shared the ring at the inaugural running of Double or Nothing, it was a pretty darn big deal; AEW placed two former WWE stars in the center of the ring for a match Vince McMahon would have never placed in a main event, and Dusty’s sons went on to deliver […]

As the WWE Universe prepares for the 2023 Draft, where Roman Reigns’ fate will be decided, and the new WWE World Heavyweight Championship will find its brand home, fans, pundits, and wrestlers alike have discussed the forthcoming brand split and how the company has handled the effective desolation of the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, even […]

Folks, it’s official: Roderick Strong is #AllElite, leaving WWE and NXT to rejoin his Undisputed Era partner Adam Cole on Dynamite. That’s right after unsuccessfully lobbying for his release from WWE for what felt like years, first when the rest of Undisputed Era left the brand and then when he was working with The Creed […]

With All In II officially on the books for Wembley Stadium this July, wrestlers from inside the company and from around the world alike have been evaluating the AEW landscape in the hopes of working their way onto the card and into a match at what’s shaking up to be a historically significant card. Some, […]

With the final RAW before the WWE draft officially booked for Chicago, fans expected plenty of interesting angles and even more intriguing goings on, but one thing fans didn’t get to see was a backstage interaction that might just be the most interesting and intriguing storyline of them all: CM Punk being backstage at the […]

Ever since Goldberg announced that WWE did him dirty and refused to give him the retirement match Vince McMahon promised him before his contract expired, fans have been speculating like crazy over who would wrestle the WCW legend next. Announcing an unofficial retirement tour that could feature as many as four retirement matches on an […]

Before he was wrestling his brother, teaming up with Keith Lee, and training the women’s division of AEW, Dustin Rhodes was Goldust, one of the most “Bizarre” characters to ever grace a WWE ring. From the gold and black facepaint – which semi-transitioned over to AEW – to the blonde wig, his valet Marlena, his […]

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 […]