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Sasha Banks’ status in WWE has been one of the biggest stories in professional wrestling since, well, since she and Naomi – real name Trinity Fatu – walked out of the company back in June when Vince McMahon was in charge. It’s been reported numerous times that she’s done, just as many times that she’s […]

Samoa Joe is a bad, bad dude; since making his way to AEW and eventually Ring of Honor after a long and very up-and-down run in WWE, Joe has won almost all of his matches, had made friends with Wardlow – even if that only lasted a few weeks – and ultimately won a pair […]

It’s here, it’s finally here; Ring of Honor Final Battle. Soon fans of the promotions will see how Tony Khan’s first calendar year as the head booker of the legendary promotion shakes out, which, if any, belts exchange hands on the show, and if the clever booker has any other surprises in store, maybe even […]

After effectively being banned from television due to deeply troubling homophobic comments from a decade prior, The Briscoes were inferred to on both AEW Dynamite and Rampage ahead of their big bout with FTR at Ring of Honor Final Battle. They enlisted The Gunns, Colton and Austin, to read off their Christmas cards to Dax […]

Ricky Starks has been a fan favorite in AEW for years now; since initially earning himself an AEW contract after wrestling Cody Rhodes in his first open challenge as TNT Champion, the “Starkman” has consistently found ways to elevate any segment he’s in, from his run in Team Taz, to his micro-feud with Brian Cage, […]

When Malakai Black sprayed Julia Hart with his black mist, it created one of the most exciting micro-storylines in AEW. Sure, at the time, some wrote it off; Hart was a valet of the Varsity Blondes, who weren’t exactly fixtures of television at the time, and she spent months wearing an eyepatch and acting strangely […]

Though they didn’t appear on television Wednesday and haven’t been on Dynamite or Rampage since Preston Vance shockingly turned on the Dark Order in order to throw his mask in with La Faccion Ingobernable, Rush, and Jose The Assistant made their presence known to the AEW Galaxy not with their actions but via a phone […]

Though The Briscoes may be banned from television by Warner Bros Discovery – which is a story for another day – that doesn’t prevent them from sending others to do their work for them, as, immediately following their loss to The Acclaimed, the FTR duo of Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood were challenged to a […]

Wrestling fans, it’s official; William Regal’s time in AEW will be over in January, when he leaves the promotion he joined back in March of 2022 to return to WWE. Tony Khan talked about it during his media call before Ring of Honor Final Battle, Moxley asked him to “run” and MJF followed that up […]

When Athena made her way to AEW in May of 2022, it felt like a major get for a division lacking in strong, believable babyfaces capable of putting in big-time bouts against established heels like Britt Baker and Jade Cargill. On paper, Athena brought a lot to the table; she was incredibly seasoned due to […]

There isn’t a hotter yet more unclear story in wrestling today than William Regal’s status in AEW and/or WWE. Not since CM Punk, Ace Steel, Kenny Omega, and the Young Bucks, Nick and Matt Jackson, threw down in the back of the NOW Arena in the greater Chicagoland area has speculation run so high while […]

The most interesting AEW storyline that’s criminally absent from their TV programming just got even more interesting. AEW’s Dark/Dark Elevation shows can be fun, laid-back watches and a good chance to see talent pad out their win-loss records against up-and-comers and indie darlings. However, a continuing story of Matt Hardy, Private Party, Ethan Page, Stokely […]

Folks, the House of Black is officially back in AEW and based on their initial goings-on within the promotion, it doesn’t look like the quartet are looking to simply work their way through the rankings and challenge for championship belts. No, from their macabre video packages to their absolute demolition of The Factory and the […]

When Colt Cabana returned to AEW for a match with Chris Jericho for the Ring of Honor World Championship, it marked “Boom Boom’s” first televised match in the promotion since all the way back on Thanksgiving 2021, when Bryan Danielson beat up the Chicago native in his hometown as part of his mission to defeat […]

As the Blackpool Combat Club seemingly falls apart at the seams, with William Regal reportedly leaving AEW for WWE, Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson on opposite sides of the “Gentleman Villain” divide, and Wheeler Yuta’s backup left up-in-the-air ahead of his match with Daniel Garcia at Ring of Honor Final Battle, Claudio Castagnoli sat down […]

FTR are arguably the most important tag team in professional wrestling right now. Sure, The Usos have been tag team champions in WWE for what 500 days – 505 to be exact – and the duo of Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood aren’t even the tag team champions in their own company, that honor belongs […]

Though it technically isn’t official just yet, and likely won’t be until “The Gentleman Villian” graces a television – for some promotion – all signs point to William Regal, the former NXT GM turned leader of the Blackpool Combat Club jumping ship from AEW back to WWE, with some suggesting that he could be back […]

Sami Zayn has been a member of WWE since 2013. He’s worked 811 matches for The Fed on RAW, SmackDown, and NXT – plus hundreds more as an outside-the-ring helper – has worked true-blue “wrestling” programs like his various runs with Kevin Owens that draw massive respect from “smart marks,” and now sits as arguably […]

Jade Cargill has been the AEW TBS Champion since all the way back in January of 2022. She’s been the champion longer than Bray Wyatt has been back in WWE, longer than CM Punk has been suspended from AEW – if you can believe it – and longer than Ring of Honor has been back […]

AEW fans, it’s official; after more than a month of anticipation, Juice Robinson is All Elite. That’s right, after working a fantastic bout with his New Japan Pro Wrestling rival Jon Moxley in an eliminator match for the AEW World Championship in Philadelphia back in September, a match that reportedly garnered such “massive” internal interest […]

Folks, it’s official, former Ring of Honor Television Champion Shane Taylor has made his debut in AEW. That’s right, after failing to latch on with ROH after it was purchased by Tony Khan, Taylor has officially made his way to Rampage, though he didn’t do so in the ring for a match against another in-ring […]

When Ric Flair announced that he wanted to wrestle one final match at the tender age of 73, it made fans of professional wrestling a bit nervous. Sure, Flair wasn’t going to wrestle alone, he had his son-in-law, Andrade El Idolo, by his side against a pair of pros pros in Jeff Jarrett and Jay […]

Matt Hardy’s run in AEW has been littered with ups and downs. His debut was massive, even if some criticized the mystical nature of his teleportation in an empty Daily’s Place only for his “Broken Nature” to fall apart due to Tony Khan’s disinterest in going down that particular magical rabbit hole. He then, after […]

The reign of terror has just begun. MJF has been AEW World Champion for only a few short weeks, and he’s already off to a hot start. Not only did he (once again) drop a fantastic promo on AEW Dynamite, but he also introduced his own version of the AEW Championship and turned on William […]

After seemingly putting an end to William Regal’s run in AEW once and for all – though, in actuality, that might have happened later in the show – Jon Moxley returned to Dynamite live from Indianapolis with a bone to pick. Not with anyone in particular, mind you, he didn’t come out and challenge MJF […]

Dax Harwood is a fan of CM Punk. The duo worked together extensively during their shared time in AEW, with Punk’s first match after winning the AEW World Championship actually coming in trios action with FTR by his side, and even as the then-champ sat on the sidelines waiting to recover from injury, Harwood and […]

When news broke that Malcolm Bivens had turned down a full-time, main event roster with WWE in order to become a free agent and eventually show up on AEW Dynamite as the character he built up on the indies, Stokely Hathaway, it drew confused reactions from around the professional wrestling sphere. Say what you will […]

2022 has been the year of FTR or, more specifically, the year of Dax Harwood, the team’s follicly challenged heavy. Since leaving WWE and, really, since dropping the AEW World Tag Team Championships to the Young Bucks in July of 2021, Harwood has been on a tour de force across the professional wrestling world, with […]

With one fateful statement on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer whipped the entire professional wrestling world into a frenzy: William Regal’s contract with AEW was only for one year, and it “would not surprise me” – me being Meltzer – if he returns to WWE to work with his good friend Paul “Triple H” once […]

Andrade hasn’t been on AEW television since All Out 2022, when he was in the middle of an angle with Preston Vance, then of the Dark Order. Since that fateful match, Andrade reportedly got into a physical altercation with Sammy Guevara that turned from Twitter fingers to fisted fingers, complained online about his status, and […]

What in the sam heck is going on with CM Punk? Is he going to return to AEW? Remain under contract but never appear on the promotion again? Secure a buyout from Tony Khan and then jump ship back to WWE, where he could potentially wrestle someone like “Stone Cole” Steve Austin at WrestleMania 39? […]

Anthony Bowens is a member of one of the most over tag teams in AEW. He went from losing singles matches on Dark to being the AEW World Tag Team Champion as part of The Acclaimed alongside Max Caster in a little under three years and now has his own signature catchphrase, his own signature […]

Tony Khan is a busy man; he’s got a role with the Jacksonville Jaguars, a role with Fulgham FC, and… oh yeah, the multi-hyphenate at the top of AEW, the first promotion that has fielded a legitimate challenge to the supremacy of WWE since WCW closed up shop some 20 years ago. When the draft […]

Rey Fenix has found himself at an impasse in the AEW Galaxy. On paper, Death Triangle is on a roll, scoring two huge wins over The Elite in their first matches back with Tony Khan’s promotion. But in order to secure the wins, Fenix has had to watch his team resort to cheating, using a […]

Action Bronson is a lot of things; he’s a rapper – obviously – a travel show host, a cookbook writer, and even a movie star, but what about a professional wrestler? I mean, he did rap Hook down to the ring at AEW All Out and then even worked a match alongside the “Cold-hearted Handsom […]

MJF has been a member of AEW since February of 2019, when he joined the promotion’s inaugural class of talent. At the time, Maxwell Jacob Friedman wasn’t supposed to become a main event star and didn’t have much pedigree to professional wrestling fans outside of the North East and/or devotees of Court Bauer’s Major League […]

When The Elite made their way down to the ring for their second-ever match back in AEW since their suspension following the Brawl Out after All Out, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks were clearly in enemy territory. With boos reigning down from the rafters and chants of both “CM Punk” and “F*ck The Elite” […]

When Colt Cabana made his triumphant return to AEW for a match against Chris Jericho for the Ring of Honor World Championship, he wrestled the match like it was his last. He came out to the ring with tears in his eyes to a glowing response from fans both in the ring and watching along […]

For the longest time, Evil Uno of the Dark Order‘s motto has been some version of “everything is fine,” but at this stage in the game, one had to ask: is it, though? With the faction’s biggest AEW advocate, “Hangman” Adam Page, out indefinitely after suffering a concussion so severe he had to have his […]