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There was a time in the not-too-distant past when one question rose above all others: When would MJF return to AEW? After no-showing a fan event in Las Vegas ahead of Double or Nothing, maybe buying a plane ticket to leave the weekend early, and then cutting a fiery promo on the LA edition of […]

Though Thunder Rosa hasn’t been on AEW television since all the way back on August 10th, when the trio of Hikaru Shida and ThunderStorm won a trios match on Dark Elevation, her heat in Tony Khan’s company is at an all-time high. While it’s long been known that there is no love lost between Rosa […]

When news broke that Eddie Kingston wasn’t taking a tour around the indies as a sign of goodwill or to “give back” to his roots but instead undertook the endeavor because he was suspended due to a backstage interaction with Sammy Guevara based on an in-ring promo at Quake at the Lake that was ultimately […]

AEW has received a ton of criticism for things happening outside of the squared circle in recent days. On Wednesday night, another story of backstage drama surfaced. AEW quietly suspended Eddie Kingston a few weeks back, according to Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s Dave Meltzer. Meltzer reports the suspension has already been completed. The suspension arose from […]

Everyone loves The Acclaimed! Anthony Bowens and “Platinum” Max Caster are one of AEW’s most entertaining acts. And they certainly know how to get people riled up. On Wednesday’s edition of Dynamite, The Acclaimed accompanied Billy Gunn to the ring as the wrestling veteran was set to face his son, Colten Gunn. Caster did his […]

As if AEW’s penultimate edition of Dynamite before All Out couldn’t have been more impactful, the main event of the match – which somehow wasn’t Jon Moxley versus CM Punk – was interrupted by the return of none other than Kip Sabian. That’s right, after watching the AEW Galaxy develop from the front row of […]

For the second time in as many Pay-Per-Views, AEW will only be holding one tag team championship match. That’s right, much like at Forbidden Door, where the Young Bucks opted to wrestle alongside El Phantasmo as The Bullet Club in a bout versus the “Dudes with Attitudes,” Sting, Darby Allin, and Shingo Takagi, AEW’s All […]

When Jon Moxley entered the ring to face off against CM Punk in the penultimate match of an otherwise unassuming episode of AEW Dynamite, fans in attendance in Ohio knew they were in for a show. Goodness, this was the first time in the promotion’s history where two AEW World Champions would square off in […]

When AEW announced that Jon Moxley versus CM Punk would take place a few minutes after the one-hour mark of Dynamite, it generated an incredible amount of heat and intrigue around the professional wrestling world. Why wasn’t the match the main event? Would the show go long after 10 pm ET? And what about the […]

While the card for AEW’s All Out is still very much a work in progress, one match that has been set in stone since mid-August was Thunder Rosa vs. Toni Storm to decide on the next AEW World Women’s Championship. That’s right, despite being one of the more popular tag teams in the women’s division, […]

Wrestling fans have to give it up to Konnan – he’s not one known for holding his tongue. Whether working in WCW, TNA/Impact, AAA, MLW, or even the occasional appearance in AEW, Konnan has always “kept it 100” to the point where his podcast is quite literally named “K100 w/ Konnan & Disco.” While openness […]

When Tony Khan made the decision to “strap a rocket” – in his words – to the back of Daniel Garcia and the 2.0 duo now known as Angelo Parker and Matt Menard, it was far from universally acclaimed by the AEW Galaxy. Sure, Garcia was an indie talent darling “smart marks” on the internet […]

On a show eagerly anticipated for the return of Edge to a Toronto wrestling ring for the first time in a decade, WWE’s RAW show broadcast live from the Scotiabank Arena will forever be remembered as the day Johnny Gargano, “Johnny Wrestling,” returned to the promotion that transformed him from an indie darling to an […]

MJF is expected to make his return to AEW sometime soon. However, there may be opportunities outside of the wrestling ring for the Salt of the Earth. Former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz has been doing a media tour for his new book. Gewirtz nowadays is an executive with Seven Bucks Productions, a production company owned […]

Goodness, the hits keep coming for Jake Atlas, the former NXT/WWE superstar who had a cup of coffee with AEW before he suffered a knee injury and was put on the shelf indefinitely. Back in May, Atlas was arrested for domestic abuse and effectively had his career derailed as a result. While Atlas, born Kenny […]

Babyface Wardlow has been a fantastic thing for the AEW Galaxy. After spending literally years relegated to the role of MJF’s hired gun, and then months going through various trials to get out of his deal and become a free man in AEW, Wardlow captured the hearts of wrestling fans the world over with his […]

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 […]