AEW Articles - Page 27

When Swerve Strickland took the ring against Dustin Rhodes, it wasn’t solely about adding a notch to his win-loss record in AEW. Sure, Strickland would happily add a fifth win to his record in 2023, but after weeks of talking down the “nepo babies” who had everything handed to them in AEW, Swerve was more […]

Speaking with Mark Henry about his white-hot streak in AEW on Rampage, with 18 straight wins and the coveted title of All-Atlantic Championship, Orange Cassidy was just getting ready to give an in-depth, soul-spilling interview with the “Strongest Man on Earth” when who but Wheeler Yuta appeared from… wherever they were, to rain on his […]

Whether you like it or not, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, collectively known as The Elite, love to have some fun in the AEW ring. Sure, they’ve all taken part in legitimate five-star bangers, with The Bucks wrestling an absolutely incredible effort against FTR at Full Gear 2020 and Omega holding the honors of […]

After losing his “Loser Leaves Japan” match to Hikuleo at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s New Beginning in Osaka, Jay White finds himself one of the hottest would-be free agents in all of professional wrestling. AEW clearly has a horse in the game, as “Switchblade” wrestled one heck of a match at Forbidden Door in his […]

MJF did not want to appear on the penultimate AEW Dynamite of the month of February. If he had his way, he’d likely be hanging out with his fiance on Statin Island looking at new blue Camaros, but alas, Tony Khan wrote it into his contract that he had to appear, so, ever the professional […]

After officially signing with AEW following his second-straight win on Dynamite, Mark Briscoe caught up with Lexi Nair in the back to discuss his plans in the promotion. “Miss Lexi, I feel wonderful, Briscoe said. “And, if my math adds up correctly, that would make me 2-0 in AEW, but hold on real quick, let […]

After eight months away from the ring, Adam Cole is (almost) back in AEW. Though he hasn’t worked a match for Tony Khan’s company since Forbidden Door and doesn’t yet have a match booked moving forward, Cole knows as well as anyone that Revolution is just around the corner and that the fans who will […]

When Mark Briscoe booked his first match on AEW Dynamite, it was a beautiful, borderline-unthinkable occurrence. After he and his brother, Jay Briscoe, were effectively blackballed from television by Warner Bros. Discovery for past offensive tweets, landing a tribute match dedicated to the older Briscoe’s memory was universally viewed as a win by fans of […]

When AEW announced that “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry was scheduled to face off against Brian Cage on AEW Dynamite, fans knew they were in for a good match, as every time the duo have wrestled before in AEW or otherwise, it was a very good “David vs. Goliath”-style showdown but few expected the bout to […]

After a month away, Wardlow returned to AEW television with one thing and one thing only on his mind: revenge. After having his TNT Championship taken without being pinned in a “Triple Threat” match at Full Gear that also featured Powerhouse Hobbs, Wardlow was bested once more by the “Samoan Submission Machine” at New Year’s […]

Though the next Tony Khan-produced Pay-Per-View is Revolution, where AEW will descend on San Francisco, California, for what’s shaping up to be a very good but very long show, the re-launch of Ring on Honor television presents a necessity for storylines to begin forming ahead of Supercard of Honor, which is scheduled to take place […]

WrestleMania is where professional wrestlers bring out all of the stops to cement their legacies into WWE history. Fans have seen shocking debuts, musicians performing their favorite superstar’s songs, and even a tank and Terminators for good measure too, and as the shows get bigger, so too will the efforts of wrestlers to stand out. […]

With Revolution right around the corner, Tony Khan has been doing the rounds on professional wrestling media to talk all things AEW. Naturally, considering the current state of the company, one performer Khan has been fielding questions about is MJF, the current AEW World Champion, and maybe a murder, depending on the results of the […]

“D*mn y’all. I kinda miss wrestling.” – with these six words, Dax Harwood of FTR drew incredible speculation from fans across the professional wrestling world, with fans of AEW and even WWE wondering if there was some hidden message woven into the 7-star champion’s words. Asked about the tweet read around the world by Matt […]

While fans may not like it, The Gunns are AEW World Tag Team Champions, and needless to say, they’re probably the least popular champions in the promotion’s short but storied history. The defeated The Acclaimed with trickery, upon cheating, upon cheap shots, the crowd booed the duo, Colten Gunn and Austin Gunn, out of the […]

Though he was long gone from AEW at the time, having already re-debuted in WWE at WrestleMania 38 and even wrestled his now-signature Hell in a Cell match against Seth Rollins, more than a few fans wanted to know what Cody Rhodes, the blue-eyed revolutionary who helped to spearhead All In nearly half a decade […]

While Tony Khan doesn’t always plaster his face on television in the same way as other professional wrestling promoters, at his heart, he’s a showman. The second-generation sports owner has built up a true contender to WWE in AEW, has broken through the “forbidden door” – under case – to bring inter-brand wrestling to the […]

After being called out repeatedly by Swerve Strickland over the past few weeks, Dustin Rhodes finally addressed the elephant in the room via a firey promo defined by his fight to retain the honor of the Rhodes name. “Yeah, he’s crossing the line, right?” Rhodes asked. “Swerve listen, you can talk about me all you […]

After wrestling his first AEW match against Jay Lethal on what would have been his brother Jay’s 39th birthday, Mark Briscoe was riding high. Booked for a segment with Lexy Nair on Rampage, Briscoe was ready to make an announcement about his future within Tony Khan’s companies. “Lexy I’m feeling good,” Briscoe said. “I’m feeling […]

Eddie Kingston is not a fan of, well, of most things really. He doesn’t like many of his coworkers, really doesn’t like AEW’s current World Champion, and probably isn’t particularly high on any of the other champions too if we’re being honest. So naturally, with a bunch of free time on his hands and a […]

On paper, Jade Cargill has everything going for her in AEW; she’s the TBS Champion, she’s never lost a singles, tag team, or trios match, and in a promotion with over 100 wrestlers under contract, she’s the only performer with a perfect 50-0 record to start out her in-ring career in AEW. And yet, after […]

While doing promotional work for WWE 2K23, Seth Rollin was asked rather surprisingly about one of his former NXT friend, CM Punk – real name Phil Brooks – and his rather dubious status in the professional wrestling world at the moment. Based on his comments, it’s clear Rollins isn’t a fan. “Philly Phil, stay away,” […]

Heading into Dynamite, the pressure was on for MJF to show up and show out against the “Japanese Phenomenon,” Konosuke Takeshita, in an eliminator match for the AEW World Championship On paper, MJF had the clear advantage; he’s the AEW World Champion, hasn’t lost a match since May of 2022 at Double or Nothing, and […]

After calling The Acclaimed, Max Caster and Anthony Bowens, the most popular tag team in AEW history earlier in the month, Tony Khan did the duo dirty for the second time in the past six months by having The Gunns, Colten, and Austin, secure a win on Dynamite via a convoluted series of events that […]

After working through an absolute gauntlet of the best mid-card talents AEW has to offer, Bryan Danielson found himself one match away from securing a 60-minute Iron Man match against the current World Champion MJF at Revolution. Unfortunately for “The American Dragon,” after securing a win over Konosuke Takeshita in the opening segment of AEW […]

After watching Jamie Hayter secure a win in her AEW Women’s World Championship eliminator match against Allie/The Bunny, Renee Paquette asked Saraya and Toni Storm, the top heels in the women’s division, if they happened to catch the current title holder’s efforts. “We did, we did get to see her in action,” Saraya said. “Congratulations, […]

With his undisputed reign as the “King of Television” officially restored, Samoa Joe is riding high in AEW once more. He has the straps, one for AEW and one for Ring of Honor, he has the glory, and unfortunately, he has “Mr. Mayhem” himself, Wardlow, following his every move in pursuit of the title he […]

When Ric Flair decided to seemingly out of nowhere knock Konosuke Takeshita’s chops following his AEW Dynamite match with Bryan Danielson, it rubbed more than a few wrestling fans the wrong way. Sure, Takeshita isn’t a chop specialist who uses the move in every match multiple times, but the “Japanese Phenomenon” is a more than […]

When New Japan Pro Wrestling’s next premier event, The New Beginning in Osaka, comes to an end, either “Switchblade” Jay White or Hikuleo will have to leave Japan for good and continue with their professional wrestling journey elsewhere. That’s right, after spending years together in Bullet Club, either White, a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion […]

In 2020, there wasn’t a more hotly anticipated match in AEW than the Young Bucks versus FTR. Finally, after years of anticipation, the two best tag teams in the world, at least according to general consensus, would finally take the ring to see who were the real top guys, and the fans both at home […]

On Valentine’s Day, it will officially be two months since Mandy Rose was released from her NXT contract by WWE. In those two months, the  former NXT Women’s Champion has become a millionaire, become one of the top-earning talents on FanTime, and remained one of the hottest names in professional wrestling, so much so that […]

Adam Cole is a babyface in AEW. That statement felt impossible for more reasons than one not three years ago, and yet, here we are, with the former NXT World Champion cutting babyface promos in the middle of the ring after half a year away about who he wants to prove the fans right who […]

Swerve Strickland doesn’t like AEW’s Dustin Rhodes one bit. He doesn’t like how he got into the industry, he doesn’t like that he’s been handed opportunities because of his last name, and he doesn’t like that his brother, Cody, is having success in WWE either, as he too is a second-generation star who started his […]

While Adam Cole spent most of his interview with Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzalez of The Wrestling Observer discussing his own injury recovery process, the NXT-turned-AEW star did find a few moments to comment on his longest frenemy in professional wrestling, Kyle O’Reilly, and how close he may be to returning to the ring. “I […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee, collectively known as Swerve in our Glory, was one of the hottest acts in all of AEW. They were cool, they were strong, they had indie pedigree and NXT/WWE intrigue, and when it came to in-ring efforts, they could go toe-to-toe […]

While Adam Cole is currently a member of AEW, working his way back from a combination shoulder/head injury that left him unable to remember matches or drive in a car for more than 15 minutes, to many fans of professional wrestling, the Lancaster, Pennsylvania native will forever be associated with NXT, where he was the […]

After taking care of business against Timothy Thatcher on Dynamite, Bryan Danielson has landed his next challenger in the form of “El Toro Blanco” RUSH, the former Ring of Honor champion and current leader of La Faccion Ingobernable in AEW. Handed a suitcase of money with the guarantee of more to come if he took […]

As crazy as it may be to realize, The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, never actually defended the AEW World Trios Championships during either of their title reigns. That’s right, while their first reign being defenseless isn’t too surprising, as the trio were stripped of their belts after just three days due to […]

Though Jon Moxley isn’t currently sitting pretty as the AEW World Champion, you wouldn’t know it by his workload, as the three-time champion has maintained a steady workload in Tony Khan’s company and beyond with his “Night at the Moxbury” event a resounding success for Wrestling Revolver. Speaking on The Justin Kinner Show, Moxley explained […]