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There was a time when Keith Lee looked like he was going to become the next big thing in WWE – literally. Measuring in at 6-foot-2, 332 pounds, Lee looks like an NFL nose tackle but moves like a luchador and has the ability to be one of the most special in-ring performers a promotion […]

AEW’s Kenny Omega is not one to hide his outside-the-ring influences from his wrestling persona. His finisher, the One-Winged Angel, is named after Final Fantasy VII, the V-Trigger is a reference to Street Fighter, and he’s worn ring attire inspired by everything from The Terminator to Undertale, Ghostbusters, and even Street Fighter, again. But did […]

When Tay Melo and Anna Jay AS took the ring against Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale at the “Fabulous” Kia Forum in sunny Los Angeles, California, fans knew they were in for a bloodbath. Veterans of the hardcore game dating back to their first street fight against The Bunny and Penelope Ford at New Year’s […]

As AEW contracts begin to come due over the next calendar year, WWE fans have already begun fantasy booking performers from the black and gold brand jumping ship to The Fed for a chance to compete with and against their former co-worker Cody Rhodes. Kenny Omega? Sure, he’d look great in the ring against other […]

Kenny Omega’s 2022 was not what you would call a banner year for the former AEW World Champion. With his run as the “Belt Collector” officially done and a small mountain of needed surgeries compounding, leading to over half a year away from the ring and a missed spot at the Pay-Per-View virtually made for […]

When Action Andretti beat Chris Jericho in a “tune-up” match on AEW Dynamite, it was a big deal. The win instantly made Andretti a star, secured him an AEW contract, and afforded him opportunities to appear on podcasts like AEW Unrestricted, the official podcast of the company. And as for Jericho? Well, this loss thrust […]

There was a time where FTR, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, returning to AEW on new contracts felt incredibly unlikely. The duo, mostly Harwood, consistently complained about the team’s lack of title shots despite being perennial number one contenders, the team began working more indie matches to supplement their lack of AEW television time, and […]

When Excalibur plowed through the matches for fans to expect on the next episode of AEW Dynamite on the final Rampage of the month of February, the masked commentator announced the Face of the Revolution Ladder Match, which will be on television for the first time in the match’s history. Going through each participant, Excalibur […]

Though they’ve yet to wrestle a match as a trio, or even work a tag team match on AEW Dark, Dark Elevation, Dynamite, or Rampage, Swerve Strickland and his new faction, the Mogul Affiliates, have found a way to make things interesting within the AEW Galaxy with their potent combination of big word talking and […]

Though he’s only wrestled one match on AEW television in the calendar year of 2023, securing a squash win on Rampage, many in AEW still have high hopes for the career of Powerhouse Hobbs, the former Team Taz member who has yet to taste gold in Tony Khan’s company. One of those AEW personalities who […]

On Wednesday, AEW Dynamite cracked one million viewers. The show had its most viewers since October 5th of 2022, and its highest rating, 0.35, since September 21, according to 411 Mania. For a show with a big announcement regarding even more AEW television, with AEW: All Access coming to TBS in March, this was very […]

After falling short in “The Guevara-Garcia Gauntlet” on AEW Dynamite due to interference from a masked Chris Jericho, Ricky Starks came to the penultimate edition of the Wednesday night show with a plan to not only get himself on the Revolution card but secure a match with his perfered opponent, “The Ocho,” too. Walking down […]

Taking the ring after completing MJF’s gauntlet of would-be challengers on the penultimate edition of AEW Dynamite before Revolution, “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson has a simple question for the fans in Phoenix, Arizona: why does MJF hate him? “Boy, is it great to be back in Phoenix, Arizona?” Danielson asked the crowd, who replied […]

After hinting at a big announcement for the better part of a week, Tony Khan made a rare appearance on AEW Dynamite to make a special announcement to his fans. “Well, there’s a huge announcement Renee, and it involves a lot of the big stars in AEW, a lot of people backstage, and I thought […]

After securing a win over Sky Bly in her AEW Dynamite singles debut, a win heavily influenced by cheating from Toni Storm, Saraya was looking to make a statement out of her fallen foe. Landing one of her signature green spray paint cans from Storm, Saraya was ready to brand Blue a “loser” when who […]

Heading into AEW Dynamite, Wheeler Yuta had a very specific goal in mind: to bring the All-Atlantic Championship back to the Blackpool Combat Club. On paper, the table was set fairly well heading into the match, which opened up Dynamite; Yuta was a member of Best Friends before he jumped ship to the BCC, and […]

After weeks of reintroducing Powerhouse Hobbs through his “The Book of Hobbs” video packages, AEW has firmly established the former Team Taz member as a legit main event-caliber star, with his choice of title shots at either the TNT, All-Atlantic, or World Championship. … actually, that’s not true. The first part is, AEW ran a […]

In case you’re somehow living under a professional wrestling rock, you’ve certainly heard the rumor that WWE really wants to sign Kenny Omega when his contract with AEW comes due at some point in the next year or two. AEW fans want him to stay, obviously, as what would All Elite Wrestling be without the […]

Tony Khan, the president of All Elite Wrestling, is set to make an important announcement on AEW Dynamite. AEW has been hyping up this announcement throughout the week, leaving fans wondering what it could be about. Khan’s announcement could be about a handful of different things. Fans are speculating that it could be about another […]

When Lio Rush was announced as the Joker entrant in the Casino Battle Royal at Double or Nothing 2021, it was a big deal for AEW. An indie stalwart who spent the better part of four years in WWE as a wrestler and manager for Bobby Lashley, Rush was released like so many other wrestlers […]

Kenny Omega is a man with a foot in two very different worlds. In AEW, he’s a member of The Elite, a lighthearted trio who are always down to have a good time and currently hold the AEW World Trios Championship, and in New Japan Pro Wrestling, he’s “The Cleaner,” arguably the most popular gaijin […]

Despite being the proud holder of the reigning “Match of the Year” for his efforts against Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega hasn’t sniffed a serious feud with MJF or otherwise for a singles championship now that he’s back and cleared to wrestle in AEW once more. What gives? Is NJPW going to be the home of […]

After watching an early edition of AEW Rampage, wrestling fans tuned in to watch the go-home edition of SmackDown on the day before the 2023 WWE Elimination Chamber and were met with a surprise guest in Ariel Helwani, the wrestling/MMA reporter who was booked as a local correspondent for the show. Displeased to see a […]

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 […]