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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 […]

Chris Jericho isn’t just “The Ocho,” “The Demo God,” “Le Champion,” and about 100 other nicknames he’s been afforded by himself and others over his 32-year wrestling career. No, for all of the accolades Jericho has earned in the ring, he’s just as known for his knowledge of the industry, as he’s a certified student […]

Recently I wrote an article highlighting five WWE superstars who would thrive in AEW. Just like WWE, AEW has a stacked roster with some of the most talented wrestlers in the world. Unfortunately, when a company has as much talent as AEW does, many wrestlers get forgotten about and swept under the rug for a […]

Ah another week, another opponent placed in the way of Bryan Danielson in order to slow him down ahead of AEW Revolution by MJF; at this point, what else is new? After besting Brian Cage on the previous edition of Dynamite, “The American Dragon” was tasked with taking on the man with a wicked Fujiwara […]

After securing a huge win over Darby Allin for the TNT Championship in the first AEW Dynamite of the month of February, Samoa Joe was riding high. Finally, after a month without his belt, the “King of Television” was complete once more, and the could reign over his kingdom in peace and harmony a la […]

Darby Allin is the best showman in AEW. When he’s the champ, fans know he’s going to defend the strap week-in and week-out on television for cheering fans in whatever town the promotion happens to be running that night, and even if his “all challenges are welcomed” philosophy often limits the length of his reigns, […]

Some AEW fans don’t like Jade Cargill. They don’t like that she was given a featured spot on AEW television without any experience on the indies, didn’t like her limited move set, and still give her a hard time for her work-in-progress ability to sell for opposing wrestlers, almost all of whom are much smaller […]

After a few weeks away from AEW television, The Elite are back but not in the wrestling ring. No, Kenny Omega, the Young Bucks, and the rest of their crew, Don Callis, Brandon Cutler, and Michael Nakazawa, are taking a page out of their hero Michael Jordan’s book and playing basketball. “Ladies and Gentlemen, check […]

The Gunns, Austin, and Colton, really don’t like The Acclaimed, and based on how their family therapy went down, it’s safe to say Billy Gunn’s adoptive sons don’t like his real ones either. So naturally, when The Acclaimed secured a win over enhancement talents The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) it was only a […]

Jon Moxley and “Hangman” Adam Page don’t like each other. Two of the first four AEW World Champions, an exclusive fraternity years in the making that was ultimately sullied by the back-and-forth booking of CM Punk and Mox in 2022, the duo have been feuding ever since the Blackpool Combat Club veteran knocked Page so […]

On the one-week anniversary of his Dynamite debut and what would have been his brother’s 39th birthday, Mark Briscoe took to social media to issue his first official public statement on the passing of Jay Briscoe in a touching memorial video posted on AEW and Ring of Honor’s social media accounts. “Life is gonna be […]

When AEW announced that Samoa Joe’s rematch with Darby Allin for the TNT Championship was going to be a No Holds Barred match instead of a traditional one-on-one contest, it rubbed the “King of Television” the wrong way. Now sure, Joe’s one of the most dominant performers in the pro wrestling game, and he can […]

Folks, it’s official: Kota Ibushi, the former multi-time IWGP Champion inside New Japan Pro Wrestling and long-time tag team partner of AEW World Trios Champion Kenny Omega, is a free agent. After years of negative back-and-forth banter between the “Golden Star” and NJPW management, and a string of injuries that kept him out of the […]

Though he’s currently down one of his two television titles, Samoa Joe, the “Contested King of Television” finds himself in a very interesting spot heading in the first AEW Dynamite of the month of February. After being unseated by Darby on the first Dynamite after New Year’s Day, Joe has another shot at the TNT […]

Though the ultimate announcement shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise, as he’s been on the outs with the company for years now, it still feels weird to write that Kota Ibushi, one of the most decorated Japanese wrestlers of the last decade, is no longer employed by New Japan Pro Wrestling. Initially signed […]

Kofi Kingston and New Day have wrestled just about everyone there is to wrestle in the WWE Universe. The current NXT Tag Team Champions have worked matches against The Usos, wrestled The Bar, worked against the Wyatt Family, and even have a match against The Shield at Survivor Series 2017 that is incredibly interesting in […]

WWE currently has the most stacked roster it has ever had in the company’s history. From the top guys to the superstars who barely get any TV time, the WWE locker room is filled with talent that can make an impact and win over the crowd on any given night. The unfortunate part of having […]