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In wrestling, one match can change everything. One match secured Eddie Kingston a contract, suspended “The Summer of Punk” until probably Halloween, and one match played a part in convincing Tony Khan that another big-time wrestling promotion like AEW could run in the United States with the likes of Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega serving […]

When Taz arrived in AEW, it was for one reason and one reason alone: To do commentary for AEW Dark. I know, in hindsight, that seems a little hard to believe, as Taz has since gone on to earn a gig on AEW Rampage, AEW Dynamite, and an in-ring management role first with Brian Cage, […]

Max Caster might just have the sharpest tongue in all of AEW. Sure, occasionally, it gets him into trouble, as the one-two punch of talking smack on the Duke Lacrosse scandal and Simon Biles’ mental health in the Olympics resulted in a suspension and a required trek through sensitivity training, but when Caster gets going […]

Welp, AEW fans, the women’s division just got a whole lot more experienced. On Wednesday afternoon, mere hours before AEW Dynamite hit the tubes from Columbus, Ohio, Tony Khan and company announced a slew of new back-of-house changes coming to the promotion, with QT Marshall, Sanjay Dutt, Tony Schiavone, and Pat Buck all elevated to […]

Adam Cole joined AEW because of the Young Bucks. He could have stayed in NXT, could have remained atop the card of the black and gold brand, or even jumped up to the main roster for a “managerial role” that may now look a good bit different with Triple H running the show. Cole didn’t […]

When the man formerly known to the professional wrestling world as Alexander Rusev made his debut in AEW, it was largely met with negative reactions from new and old fans alike. Now granted, the initial pop of seeing the “Bulgarian Brute” in an AEW ring was very much there, as fans loved to see now-named […]

As AEW fans the world over already know, Orange Cassidy can go. Though he may present himself as aloof, with a style that is equal parts suave as it is maddening for older fans who like their wrestlers to look and act a certain way, OC has crafted a unique spot in the professional wrestling […]

An odd choice for sure, but we’re not really complaining that AEW Fight Forever will be featuring mini-games. Based on a leaked trailer that wasn’t supposed to come out until next week’s THQ Nordic Showcase, Yuke’s Interactive appears to have coded into AEW Fight Forever some mini-games. That came absolutely out of nowhere, but we […]

Keith Lee is a lot of things; he’s Limitless, the husband of Mia Yim, and… oh yeah, the AEW World Tag Team Champion alongside his fellow former NXT standout Swerve Strickland. His in-ring work, when booked correctly, can dazzle even the most casual of wrestling fans thanks to incredible moves like his “Bradley Beal” or […]

Dakota Kai‘s return to the WWE Universe has been a resounding success. A long-time NXT fan favorite who had some great matches with Raquel Rodriguez, against the performer then-known as Io Shirai, and even as a member of WWE NXT TakeOver: WarGames III, where her team of Candice LeRae, Rhea Ripley, and Tegan Nox lost […]

It’s been just a week since Ring of Honor‘s Death Before Dishonor, and the wrestling world is still reeling with the ramifications of the Pay-Per-View spectacular. Though FTR pulled out a win in Tony Khan’s ring in a fantastic Two out of Three Falls bout against The Briscoes, Dax Harwood further injured his shoulder in […]

When Saraya, the performer formerly known in the WWE Universe as Paige, fired off the following quote Tweet about a month ago, it set the wrestling world, from AEW down to her family’s World Association of Wrestling, ablaze. https://twitter.com/RealPaigeWWE/status/1486032672044593152?s=20&t=EWz67uZcBUaILYz6SyYsEA Yeah, there’s no way that would be misconstrued by the *checks notes* 4.6 thousand people who […]

Anytime a major wrestling promotion, from AEW to WWE, NJPW, Ring of Honor, and Impact, holds a Pay-Per-View – or, as The Fed calls it, a “Premium Live Event” – fans wait eagerly for Dave Meltzer, the proprietor of The Wrestling Observer, to release his star ratings and officially etch the quality of every match […]

Dax Harwood and his FTR brother in arms, Cash Wheeler, are on a bit of a role in the greater AEW/Ring of Honor Tony Khan-sian Universe. They won the Lucha Libre AAA belts in an AEW ring, won the IWGP Tag Team titles at AEW x NJPW’s Forbidden Door, and even pulled off the shocking […]

One of the worst parts of AEW founder Tony Khan’s buying Ring of Honor was the decision to take the ROH Pure Championship off of Josh Woods at Supercard of Honor. Now granted, if that’s the lowest light of Khan’s tenure running the promotion, then he is off to a fantastic start, as it makes […]

As if their long and increasingly violent feud couldn’t get any more contentious, Brody King wanted to make his intentions of quite literally putting his fellow AEW wrestler Darby Allin into the ground by permanently etching his intentions forever into his skin via a new, American Traditional style tattoo. That’s right, after beating the brick […]

AEW owner Tony Khan is no stranger to the sports world. Besides owning AEW, he is the co-owner of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and the Director of Football for Premier League side Fulham FC. Khan has met his fair share of figures in sports, but according to him, he has a bond with one unlikely […]

Mere weeks after Evil Uno and company took to the ring in Brodie Lee’s hometown of Rochester to declare that the Dark Order is, in fact, fine, a turn has been taken that could throw AEW‘s little faction that could into flux. That’s right, after watching founding member Stu Grayson, the Player Dos to Evil’s […]

You have to give it to AEW‘s Ricky Starks, he sure knows how to make an entrance. That’s right, after having his open challenge for the FTW Championship answered by none other than the very nicest, very evilest man on the AEW roster, Danhausen, at Fyter Fest Week 2, Starks preempted his own in-ring entrance […]

When WWE made the decision to release William Regal from his contract due to “budget cuts,” it felt like a mistake. While he hadn’t been an in-ring performer in, oh, almost a decade, being “retired” by his former pupal, Claudio “Don’t-call-him-Cesaro” Castagnoli, Regal was a fixture of NXT as an in-universe authority figure and a […]

Ask, and you shall receive, AEW fans. After keeping track of trios match results since all the way back in 2019, Tony Khan and company have officially announced the arrival of the AEW World Trios Championship, with the belts’ initial winners being decided via a tournament that will culminate at All Out in Chicago. TRIOS […]

It’s been a pretty good week for AEW‘s Wheeler Yuta He and his Blackpool Combat Club faction-mate Jon Moxley beat the bricks off of his former friends Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta, collectively known as the Best Friends, and then doubled-down on his winning ways with a big-time bout against Daniel Garcia at Ring of […]

There’s an old saying in professional wrestling, from WWE, to AEW, ROH, NJPW, and even Impact that goes a little something like this: A wrestler is only as good as their opponent. Sure, a veteran pro can get a fantastic match out of a much less experienced foe, as pretty much any (successful) celebrity-featuring match […]

20 years ago, Rey Mysterio made his debut in the WWE, defeating Chavo Guerrero on an episode of SmackDown. Dropping the Jr. from his moniker but regaining the mask he ditched at the end of his tenure in WCW, Mysterio rapidly became a fan favorite with WWE fans who weren’t typically used to seeing his […]

Darby Allin is one of the biggest babyfaces in AEW; kids of all ages love his very “toyetic” appearance, his reckless style/innovative move set, and the fact that no matter who he wrestles in a match, he will almost assuredly be the babyface. And yet, because he’s such a babyface, he sometimes gets taken advantage […]

Since being released from the WWE at the end of 2021, Swerve Scott is having a moment. He’s wrestled across multiple promotions, won the DEFY Tag Team Championship improbably teamed up with Christopher Daniels, and… oh yeah, took the AEW Tag Team Championship belts off of the Young Bucks alongside his fellow former NXT standout […]

In case you haven’t heard, Jonathan Gresham has reportedly asked for his release from AEW/Ring of Honor after a falling out with Tony Khan over his booking in the company (more on that here). While this news hasn’t exactly soured the overall reception to Death Before Dishonor in the greater independent wrestling world, as most […]

It’s hard to call Death Before Dishonor XIX, the second Ring of Honor Pay-Per-View with AEW CEO Tony Khan at the helm, anything but a resounding success. The card was loaded, with six title matches plus an awesome brother versus brother bout featuring Rush and Dragon Lee on the main card, and four very interesting […]

After turning in an absolutely enthralling bout against his brother/fellow Los Ingobernables member Dragon Lee at Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor, Rush is riding the momentum and putting his 10-match win streak on the line at AEW‘s Fight for the Fallen, where he will take on Interim Champion Jon Moxley for the strap in […]

Jay Lethal really doesn’t like Ring of Honor TV Champion Samoa Joe. He doesn’t like that he ended his streak, that he left ROH for WWE, or that he’s been notably absent from the AEW television due to his previous Hollywood commitments. And yet, in his hatred of Joe, Lethal has lost what made him […]

After missing both Forbidden Door and Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor, Bryan Danielson has officially announced his return to the AEW ring with a match booked for Fight for the Fallen. But who, pretell, will his opponent be? Will Tony Khan call up NJPW and import in Zack Sabre Jr. for the match fans […]

In AEW, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia are known for being promising young performers who secured choice spots in big-time factions the Blackpool Combat Club and the Jericho Appreciation Society. Though their respective teams couldn’t be any more different in a Kayfabe sense, as the BCC is all about strengthening their wrestling abilities through strong, […]

When news broke that Rush was not only booked for Ring of Honor‘s Death Before Dishonor but was slated to take on his brother Dragon Lee in a fittingly titled “Battle of Brothers,” it caused more than a few fans to reach out to AEW owner Tony Khan to thank him personally. You see, not […]

After over three months away, with just the occasional bout on AEW television to keep the flame flickering, Ring of Honor is bursting back to life with Death Before Dishonor, the second Pay-Per-View of the Tony Khan era and the 19th overall running of the event, which has typically served as the promotion’s big summer […]

Historically speaking, wrestling pre-shows, from the WWE, to AEW, and even Ring of Honor, get a bad rep. It’s where the acts who aren’t quite good enough for the Pay-Per-View card get to at least say they were on the card, and an opportunity for wrestling fans to pass along to their non-wrestling fan friends […]

With Death Before Dishonor less than 24 hours away, Ring of Honor has officially announced the entire card for their forthcoming Pay-Per-View on AEW Rampage. *spoiler alert* it’s really good. With members of the OG ROH roster like Dalton Castle, Tony Deppen, and The Righteous announced alongside AEW performers like Brian Cage, Rush – who […]

In case you haven’t heard, Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay are in the middle of an all-out social media war that supersedes their respective roles in AEW and NJPW. The duo have knocked each other’s in-ring abilities, critiqued the way they handle things backstage, and a host of other issues that you can read about […]

After becoming to talk of the wrestling world – at least pre-Vince McMahon’s retirement – during his all-out takeover during the AEW Dark tapings in Orlando, Florida, Ari Daivari is officially coming to AEW, as a mid-Fyter Fest video package broadcast on Rampage clearly shows. Ari Daivari (@AriyaDaivari) coming soon 👀#AEWRampage #FyterFest Night 4 is […]

July 22nd, 2022, will go down forever in the annals of history as the day Vince McMahon retired from the WWE. Whether you’ve been a lifelong fan of The Fed, a lapsed fan who stopped watching for one reason or another, or one of those who dropped the promotion for good when AEW hit television […]