AEW Articles - Page 35

When Jay Lethal made his surprise debut in AEW at Full Gear 2021, where he challenged Sammy Guevara for a match for his TNT Championship, the reaction from the professional wrestling world was mixed. For fans who have been keeping up with the “Black Machismo” since he made his debut in Jersey All Pro Wrestling […]

“Bret Hart has noted being greatly appreciative of FTR and C.M. Punk and other wrestlers for calling him the all-time best. The Calgary Hit Men hockey team sent all three jerseys a few months ago. Bret has been wearing FTR T-shirts. He can’t appear with AEW due to his legends contract so can only be […]

Jim Cornette has an… interesting relationship with AEW. On one hand, the long-time wrestling personality appreciates that WWE finally has a true competitor and has pointed out how Tony Khan’s promotion has brought more wrestling to RAW and SmackDown, which is always nice, but then again, many of the core tenants of AEW and by […]

Thunder Rosa hasn’t stepped in an AEW ring since August 10th, 2022, when the AEW Women’s World Champion defeated the team of Eli Sakura, Marina Shafir, and Nyla Rose in a trios match with Hikaru Shida and Toni Storm. While she technically remains champion, as she’s successfully defended the strap on six occasions, including bouts […]

Folks, this is not a drill: Konosuke Takeshita is officially returning to AEW. That’s right, after leaving the states after a legitimate star-making performance against then-Ring of Honor World Champion Claudio Castagnoli for a run in his current home promotion DDT Pro Wrestling, the 27-year-old suplex scholar is heading back to America for another run […]

Folk’s it’s official: Saraya is in AEW, and she’s looking to wrestle. That’s right, after Britt Baker no-showed her appearance on a joint interview with the newest member of the AEW commentary team, Renee Paquette, the duo finally met in the ring on AEW Dynamite to air out their grievances before the promotion’s final Pay-Per-View […]

Though Chris Jericho is about as AEW as they come at this stage of his career, currently holding the Ring of Honor World Championship in his first reign, “The Ocho” will still freely talk about his time in WWE and how he feels the company is going. From discussing Vince McMahon’s final run, which he […]

MJF really doesn’t like Jon Moxley. A pair of AEW originals who have been around each other since before Dynamite began airing for fans at 8 pm on either TNT or TBS, the duo have only wrestled once before, at All Out 2020, but the rematch is shaping up to be all the more consequential, […]

Ah WarJoe; the AEW Galaxy barely knew them. That’s right, after thoroughly taking care of business against Ari Daivari on AEW Dynamite after the Trust-Busting money mark tried to buy his TNT Championship, Wardlow took the mic and declared to Powerhouse Hobbs, who has been going after him for weeks, that he wasn’t simply happy […]

“Oh, don’t you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me, I said, ‘You’re holding back,’ she said, ‘Shut up and dance with me,’ this woman is my destiny, she said, “Ooh hoo, shut up and dance with me.” – these words, originally sung by Nicholas William Petricca of the band Walk the Moon […]

WWE’s decision to pair Baron Corbin up with JBL is like throwing a mountain of whipped cream on top of a giant vanilla milkshake; if you liked it before, you probably like it as much, if not more now, and if you never had much of a sweet tooth, you’re probably really don’t like it […]

Lio Rush has been out of AEW for way longer than he was in the promotion at this point. Initially debuting at Double or Nothing 2021 as the joker in the Casino Battle Royale, Rush was injured in his initial debut but returned to Tony Khan’s company in November of the same year, where he […]

When Chris Jericho took to the ring for an open challenge against any former Ring of Honor Champion – a challenge eventually answered by Colt Cabana – at the recent AEW show in Baltimore, Maryland, few could have expected that he would spark a feud with the most unlikeliest of people, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar […]

Folks, the professional wrestling world has its first right proper free agent of 2023 officially on the board, as Nick Aldis, the former NWA Champion, has officially put in his notice to the National Wrestling Alliance that he will test the opening market and potentially sign with WWE, AEW, or even Impact, where his wife, […]

Folks, it’s official: Bandido is #AllElite. That’s right, after folks hypothesized that he was secretly under contract and it was reported by Fightful and others that a contract was extended, The Wrestling Observer’s Josh Nason and Dave Meltzer have officially let it be known that the deal is done, and “The Most Wanted Luchador” has […]

Anna Jay has had one foot out of AEW’s Dark Order for some time now. Initially signed during the pandemic, Jay found a home with Evil Uno, John Silver, and company when the late Brodie Lee hand-picked her to join the faction – giving her the number 99 in honor of one of his favorite […]

After wrestling his first “Premium Live Event” match at Crown Jewel since being released from WWE in June of 2021, Braun Strowman was feeling pretty sure of himself. Sure, his match wasn’t exactly a 60-minute Ironman contest between two champions, but his “Clash of the Titans” showdown against Omos drew strong enough reviews for its […]

AEW Rampage became must-watch TV this week, with an All-Atlantic City Dream Match in the books, and boy, oh boy, did it deliver. All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy faced off against “The Wrestler” himself, Katsuyori Shibata. While this alone is a pretty noteworthy match on paper, as this is only Shibata’s third match since his triumphant […]

As AEW inches closer and closer to Full Gear, current World Champion Jon Moxley sat down with The Enquirer in his hometown of Cincinnati about non-alcoholic beer, his wife, and most importantly, sobriety and how it has helped him both inside and outside of the ring. “Over a year ago, I was afraid of dying […]

In case it wasn’t made incredibly obvious by the video packages that have graced Dynamite over the past two weeks, The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, are back in AEW; before long, the promotion’s televised product will feature Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson yucking it up as babyfaces or heels, depending on […]

Just when the professional wrestling world seemingly couldn’t take any more surprise debuts – Lamar Jackson, Rick Ross, Jeff Jarrett,  – or returns hinted at or otherwise – Colt Cabana, The Elite – four performers who have been absent from AEW television for two months now made their triumphant return in the form of Malakai […]

When “Double J” himself, Jeff Jarrett, made a surprise appearance on AEW Dynamite, it presented more questions than answers. Was the very well-traveled veteran and founder of TNA Wrestling going to be leaving his black leather duster at the announcing table in order to stay awhile? Or was this a one-off, or at least a […]

Heading into AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan set a very interesting stipulation for Orange Cassidy’s latest All-Atlantic Championship defense; in order to retain his title, Cassidy would not only have to face off against Rey Fenix, one of the most dominant high-flyers in professional wrestling, but also Luchasaurus, Christian Cage’s “Right Hand of Destruction.” A tough […]

After watching former NFL MVP Lamar Jackson quasi-debut as a member of the audience at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena, the AEW Galaxy was greeted with another star-studded debut by way of platinum recording artist Rick Ross, or, as he asked Tony Schiavone to address him, “The Biggest Boss,” Rick Ross, who joined “Sneaky” Swerve […]

Just when you thought this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite couldn’t get any bigger, none other than a legit MVP candidate walked into the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena and got a massive pop from the thousands of fans in attendance. But who was it? Kenny Omega? Tony Khan? John Cena? What even is an MVP […]

Colt Cabana hasn’t been on AEW programming, not Dynamite, Rampage, Dark Elevation, or even Dark proper since all the way back in March of 2022 when he lost a television match to The Butcher and The Blade alongside then-Dark Order member Alan Angels. Sure, technically, Cabana worked a few shows for AEW to help promote […]

Just when you thought the AEW Galaxy was done with older heel managers who wanted to destroy the promotion from the inside – no offense, Dan Lambert – who but Double J himself, Jeff Jarrett, showed up on Dynamite to take things up a notch like only he can. First, some context; after striking up […]

Jade Cargill might not be the winningest performer in AEW history, have the most high-profile victories in AEW history, or currently even have a championship belt in her possession thanks to the extracurricular activities of Nyla Rose, but the rightful owner of the TBS Championship officially carved out a very special place in annals of […]

There are a lot of people responsible for the start of AEW. There’s WWE for releasing Cody Rhodes, NJPW and the Bullet Club for allowing him to work with Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, Ring of Honor for helping to fund All Out, and most obviously of all, Tony Khan, who is the head […]

On an otherwise insignificant Sunday night, “Uncle” Dax Harwood posted a message to his fans on Instagram featuring three pictures of previous NXT matches booked between The Revival and American Alpha – Chad Gable and Jason Jordan – that will certainly make wrestling fans both very confused indeed and a tad bit nervous about the […]

With the prospects of CM Punk returning to AEW growing less and less tenable with each passing day, with Dave Meltzer going so far as to suggest that punk has been “voted off the island” by a locker room – including Chris Jericho – that basically wants nothing to do with him moving forward, fans […]

Jay White is a force of nature; 139 days and counting into his inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Championship reign, his fifth such championship reign in New Japan Pro Wrestling, White has successful defenses in Japan, in America, and even in AEW, where he successfully overcame the trio of Adam Cole, “Hangman” Adam Page, and “The […]

At 70, Jim Ross knows that his time in professional wrestling is almost done; after having his career rejuvenated as part of the inaugural Dynamite commentary team alongside Excalibur and Tony Schiavone, AEW has been slowly moving away from having Ross as their lead announcer, with Taz taking over his spot on Wednesday nights. Now […]

AEW fans, the galaxy is healing; MJF is back, and more over than ever, The Acclaimed are getting reactions right up there with Billy Gunn’s other faction – DX, not the Gunn Club – and The Elite, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, have officially returned to AEW… sort of. That’s right, after almost two […]

After almost two months away from the ring, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks have officially returned to AEW television… sort of. That’s right, after rumor had it that the trio could return to AEW as soon as this week, in the final Dynamite in the month of October, AEW ran a 33-second promotional video […]

What is going on with Miro in AEW? He went from the hottest new acquisition in the company, the biggest, baddest dude in the promotion with a god complex and the muscle to back it up, to a part-timer who occasionally shows up on Dynamite or Rampage but hasn’t really had a long-term storyline since […]

Matt Hardy’s AEW run has been a weird one. Debuting in the promotion’s first show without fans during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hardy began Broken, had that idea squashed by Tony Khan, who is notoriously not a fan of supernatural angels, and then bounced around from gimmick to gimmick – literally – looking for something that […]

When news broke that Jon Moxley had signed a new deal with AEW that would keep him under contract through 2027, it was met with almost universal acclaim. A three-time champion who has risen to the occasion every time AEW has called his number, Moxley was reportedly working without a contract heading into All Out, […]

Willow Nightingale has been a member of the extended AEW Galaxy for roughly 18 months when she initially debuted with the promotion as enhancement talent at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville all the way back in April of 2021, and yet, she didn’t officially become “All Elite” until Friday, October 21st, when she was officially signed […]