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When Matt Hardy took it upon himself to manage Private Party, it was supposed to take the team over the top in AEW. One of the highlights of the first year of AEW television who turned heads on the second episode of Dynamite by beating the Young Bucks in the tournament to decide the first-ever […]

Since AEW switched over to filming roughly a month’s worth of Dark matches at Universal Studios Florida instead of sporadically knocking them out whenever possible at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, it created a weirdly compelling amount of hype and intrigue about what the promotion’s lower card will look like for the foreseeable future. Now sure, […]

AEW’s Andrade El Idolo is on a bit of a roll. Though his team, La Faccion Ingobernable, dropped arguably their most important bout in AEW so far when they lost in the first round of the AEW World Trios Championship Tournament to the Elite trio of Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks, Andrade was able […]

All Elite Wrestling has garnered a reputation for its commitment to long-term storytelling over the lifespan of the promotion. AEW prides itself on its continuity. It even considers continuity from outside of AEW. For instance, the promotion used the history between Chris Jericho and Juventud Guerrera to build their match on Dynamite last August. All […]

No matter how much AEW fans complain, it’s clear the Trustbusters quartet of Ari Daivari, Slim J, Parker Boudreaux, and now Sonny Kiss aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Tony Khan loves them, Daivari specifically seems very popular among his peers, and even after losing in the first round of the AEW World Trios Championship, it’s […]

“Hangman” Adam Page had a fantastic run in AEW over the past year. He had a grand buildup to his eventual championship match with former tag team partner Kenny Omega – a run that saw the former member of “The Elite” overcome a crisis of confidence to win the belts at Full Gear – a […]

When AEW announced that Andrade El Idolo and Rush would be joined by none other than Dragon Lee for the tournament to decide on the inaugural winners of the AEW World Trios Championship, it felt like a big deal. Rush and Lee had just turned in a fantastic singles match at Ring of Honor’s Death […]

In AEW, Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee are a tag team and a darn good one at that. While their run together hasn’t been without the occasional drama, as Swerve did eliminate Lee from the AEW Interim World Championship Contendership Casino Battle Royale, the duo have gotten on the same page over the summer and […]

When it comes to AEW’s MJF, dedication to the bit means everything. Whether on TV, at fan events, or on social media, MJF will always stay in character, doing whatever he can to get heat from his supposed fans, and he’s darn good at it. However, while MJF hasn’t been seen or heard from in […]

Eddie Kingston hasn’t wrestled on AEW television since he broke Chris Jericho’s nose in a losing effort during the first-ever AEW Barbed Wire Everywhere Death Match. Granted, he’s technically wrestled since then, with a win over Jake Something recorded at NJPW Strong’s High Alert four days later, and has a slate of indie dates booked […]

Folks, it’s happening; it’s finally happening: AEW is going to unify their two World Heavyweight Championship belts at All Out. All of the anticipation has been worth it, all of the hype has been justified, and the dynamic duo of CM Punk and Jon Moxley, a pair of post-modern anti-heroes who are among the most […]

During his interview with Danny Limelight on the SHAK Wrestling YouTube Channel, Shakiel Mahjouri asked “The Radioactive Papi” about all sorts of different topics, from his thoughts on WWE, to his status in MLW and even his matches with Konosuke Takeshita and Kenny Omega, but the one question that rose above the rest and will […]

Orange Cassidy and Best Friends have been with AEW since basically the very beginning. Though the trio didn’t appear on All In, the “The Biggest Independent Wrestling Show Ever,” they took the ring at Double or Nothing in 2019, where Best Friends took on The Hybrid 2, and OC was a member of the pre-show […]

There was a time when 2point0 weren’t exactly the most popular performers in the AEW Galaxy. Now granted, to more recent fans of the promotion, this sounds crazy; there wouldn’t be an AEW Galaxy, the term, if it wasn’t for Angelo Parker blurting out the phrase in a promotional segment for his faction, the Jericho […]

Though the backstage drama has been ever so slightly overshadowing their in-ring product – need I say more than “Hangman” Adam Page vs. CM Punk? – the actual in-ring AEW product has been on fire as of late. The company is drawing good viewership numbers, drawing big gates for live shows, and, after literally years […]

Would WWE’s Edge by any other name be as sweet? This question, asked to the “Rated-R Superstar” by Ryan Gaydos, sports editor for Fox News and Fox Business, would seemingly lead to the same old sort of answer, right? Something to the effect of ‘WWE gave me the name, and it just sort of stuck?’ […]

Folks, in case you haven’t heard, Kenny Omega has officially returned to an AEW ring. That’s right, after 277 days away, “The Best Bout Machine” has made his triumphant return to an AEW ring to face off against one of his final pre-injury opponents in Lucha Libra AAA, Andrade El Idolo, as part of the […]

277 days is a very long time, AEW fans. That’s almost 100 days longer than a K-12 school year, longer than Major League Baseball’s regular season, and long enough for a baby to go from a dream to reality. That figure is also the length of time between Kenny Omega’s loss to “Hangman” Adam Page […]

When Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed broke up an unfortunate July 6th episode of AEW Dynamite, it hit more than a few fans in their feelings. Granted, if the two parties split up, Billy was always going to side with his Sons, Colten and Austin, as they are his children after all, but what he […]

CM Punk’s pipebomb takedown of Jon Moxley at the start of AEW Dynamite had a little bit of everything; from WWE references, to talk of money problems, and even a kiss on the lips that would make a GCW fan blush, Punk left very little to the imagination and got the fans behind him, against […]

Say what you will about CM Punk in the ring, about his occasional botch, or his lack of exceptional cardio, but there’s nobody better on the mic in the industry today. Punk can open a show with nothing but a microphone and 15 minutes of time to kill, and can talk down or up any […]

For one reason or another, Tony Khan really likes to throw themed AEW shows during the summer. Call it a hangover from the pre-television era of the promotion, where shows like Fight for the Fallen or Fyter Fest cost money to watch, or as a counterpoint to the monthly “Premium Live Events” that WWE runs […]

After seven months away from the ring with an injury, Penelope Ford officially made her way back to the ring on AEW Dark Elevation to match wits with Heather Reckless at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. And who, you may ask, was watching her ringside for this long-awaited return bout? Well, that would be […]

WWE’s Kevin Owens is a darn good professional wrestler. He’s had fantastic matches everywhere from Bingo Halls to PWG, ROH, and NXT, and will forever be remembered as the man who wrestled “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in his final match as a professional wrestler as one of the two main events of WrestleMania 38. He’s […]

For one reason or another, fans have been debating which member of the WWE faction, The Shield, is the best wrestler. Some prefer Roman Reigns, the current Unsidputed WWE Universal Champion who has held the RAW belt for over 700 days and has genuinely dominated the wrestling world for about two years now. Reigns hasn’t […]

When Konosuke Takeshita announced that he’d be leaving America for a return to his home promotion DDT in Japan, it put a general ennui over the AEW Galaxy. Fans lamented the loss of the homegrown phenom, who went from an AEW Dark Elevation afterthought to the sort of performer who could headline Battle of the […]

When Adam Cole turned his back on the Young Bucks on the August third edition of AEW Dynamite, it served as an inflection point in the story of The Elite. After trying to hold strong with their fellow quasi-former Bullet Club member Cole and his Undisputed buddies, the Bucks found themselves bullied, beaten down, and […]

A little over three years ago, Kenny Omega decided to take his talents to a brand new professional wrestling company by the name of AEW and left his long-time, on-again, off-again tag team partner Kota Ibushi back in Japan. At the time, this break-up was sad but expected; Ibushi signed a very long-term contract to […]

As you may or may not know, in addition to being the AEW Interim World Champion, Jon Moxley is also the current GCW World Champion, having held the belt for 344 days and counting since he took it off of one-time AEW performer Matt Cardona on September 4th, 2021.  He’s defended the strap on five […]

As the AEW Galaxy prepares for the World Trios Championship Tournament, which will culminate in a bout at All Out, broadcast live from the Now Arena in Chicago, one of the teams with a first-round spot in the tournament just secured some massive momentum heading into the round of eight. That’s right, the team of […]

Kenny Omega has officially been a contracted member of the AEW Galaxy since February 7th, 2019. He’s wrestled 71 matches for the promotion, has been a part of some of the most exciting makes of the past three years regardless of promotion, and for 346 days, had one of the most consequential championship runs in […]

It’s here, it’s almost, finally here: AEW is about to crown the first ever World Trios Champions. That’s right, after spending literally years teasing the idea of expanding out the championship picture to give an end goal destination for the teams picking up otherwise fruitless wins in trios action, AEW has taken a page out […]

After months of anticipation – of dark matches, vignettes, and Ring of Honor appearances – Ari Daivari and the Trustbusters have officially landed on AEW television, first in a backstage segment with the Best Friends and again on the subsequent episode of Rampage in a pair of matches versus Sonny Kiss and Orange Cassidy. While […]

When the “OG3” of Hit Row made their triumphant return to the WWE Universe for a quick squash match on SmackDown, it garnered a pretty darn big pop. The fans assembled in the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, were very excited to see Top Dolla, Ashante “Thee” Adonis, and most importantly of all, B-Fab, […]

Sonny Kiss is an AEW original. While the genderfluid superstar who uses she/her/he/they pronouns wrestled 193 matches before her AEW debut at the original Fight for the Fallen and technically wrestled on television before, going by the name XO Lishus in Lucha Underground, Kiss didn’t rise to national prominence until 2019, when she was a […]

As you almost certainly know, Hook is the new FTW Champion. He won the belt off of his fellow former member of Team Taz, Ricky Starks, at AEW’s Fight for the Fallen after the former got a bit too cocky after an in-ring win over Danhausen, took photos with the belt and his father to […]

As, well, basically every fan of professional wrestling surely knows, Friday nights at 8 pm is when WWE’s SmackDown airs on FOX… except during football season, which is when the process of preemption starts to rear their ugly heads and fans suddenly have to scramble for when and where to watch their favorite show. So […]

In the modern professional wrestling world, everyone sort of knows everyone. Sure, some performers are lifers in WWE, AEW, NJPW, or elsewhere, but there isn’t a performer on a major promotion who doesn’t know someone who is either signed to another company or wrestled for another company before their current landing spot. Because of this […]

Once upon a time – read: two months ago – Konosuke Takeshita was considered the best-kept secret in AEW. The pride of Osaka, Japan, Takeshita is one of the most decorated performers in the history of DDT Pro Wrestling – the promotion responsible for a guy you may have heard of by the name of […]