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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 […]

Tony Khan has booked a wide variety of different styles of wrestling matches in AEW. He’s booked Ironman matches, Best Two out of Three Falls matches, Three-Way Tag Team Title matches, and even the dynamic duo of the Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match and the Barbed Wire Everywhere Match – both of which didn’t quite […]

Well, AEW‘s Fyter Fest Night 3 is officially in the books, and goodness, what a show it was. Swerve in our Glory was celebrated in a segment that also featured rapper Kevin Gates, Ricky Starks retained his FTW Title against the artist formerly known as Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan (Cole Karter) only to be challenged […]

Say what you will about AEW‘s Eddie Kingston, that he’s one of the best talkers in the business, that he has an “unprofessional physique,” or that his angles have a tendency to get a bit too real for anyone’s good, but even his biggest detractors can’t say with a straight face that the “Mad King” […]

Jungle Boy has been off of AEW television since losing the AEW World Tag Team Championships on the June 15th episode of Dynamite. However, that changed Wednesday night. The AEW star made his return to the company following a tag team match between former associates Christian Cage and Luchasaurus against The Varsity Blondes. Cage picked […]

After securing a massive win over Cole “Don’t-call-him-Tony-Two-Dimes-Donovan” Karter on AEW’s Fyter Fest, Ricky Starks got greedy. Though his match was somewhat contentious, with Karter getting in a few should-have-been-pins on the “Absolute” one, Starks was drinking a little too much of his Kool-Aid once the ref hit 1-2-3 and demanded a microphone to issue […]

Anytime Brody King and Darby Allin find themselves in the same AEW ring – or a Zumiez in the Pacific Northwest – you know it has the potential to get violent. I mean, we’re talking about a man who defeated Allin not with a Gonzo Bomb but a choke off the side of the ring […]

Welp, that didn’t take long; after officially making his first post-NXT appearance in a wrestling ring as part of the AEW Dark tapings in Orlando, Florida, Cole Karter, aka Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan, has officially been bumped up to the “main roster” to wrestle Ricky Starks on the Week 2 edition of Fyter Fest as […]

For a few years in the early 2010s, there wasn’t a cooler faction in the WWE than The Shield; they wore cool, all-black gear with potentially unnecessary kevlar vests, featured three of the top up-in-coming future main eventers in Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Dean “Eventually Jon Moxley” Ambrose, and after going on a very […]

In case you haven’t heard, Fightful Select is reporting that Kenny Omega’s return to AEW is in the not-too-distant future, with Tony Khan and company already readying their roster for the “Best Bout Machine’s” eventual return. All things considered, this is very good news indeed. Though Omega’s absence has been for the right reasons both […]

No wrestler in AEW history has ever kicked out of the One-Winged Angel; the finisher is considered one of the most protected finishing moves in all of wrestling and has become so ubiquitous that even casual fans know the name of the Kenny Omega move, a name he stole from Final Fantasy 7 villain Sephiroth. […]

After being rumored to wrestle everyone from A.J. Styles to Chris Jericho, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, and even Ricky Morton – which actually almost happened – Ric Flair‘s final opponents, plural, have officially been announced for his Final Match: Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal. That’s… a choice. Now granted, Flair won’t be alone in his […]

Being a professional wrestler, even in a company like AEW with a relatively light workload, isn’t for everyone; the hours are long, the traveling can be a slog, and the constant physical beating can take a toll on even the most physically fit performer. While some performers relish the road-dog lifestyle, sleeping in 15-passenger vans […]

CM Punk‘s status in AEW is one of the biggest questions surrounding the promotion during the summer of 2022. On one hand, his injury wasn’t bad enough to require him to outright relinquish his title. If he suffered a Santana-esque ACL injury that would cost him 8-16 months, then Jon Moxley’s belt would be a […]

When news broke that the wrestler formerly known in NXT as Harland, Parker Boudreaux, made a surprise appearance at AEW‘s Dark tapings live from Orlando, Florida, it sent minor shockwaves through the independent wrestling world. Infamously known online as some variation of ‘Next Brock Lesnar’ or ‘Brock Lesnar 2.0,’ the supersized former Central Florida/Notre Dame […]

11 years ago, AEW World Champion CM Punk defeated John Cena at Money in the Bank to become the WWE Champion. This match, which also featured Vince McMahon threatening to have Cena fired if he didn’t win and Alberto Del Rio almost cashing in his MitB briefcase before eating a roundhouse kick, ushered in the […]

When CM Punk went down with a broken foot that robbed him of another “Summer of Punk,” it felt like a massive blow to the immediate plans and overall landscape of AEW. After three years of largely sticking to the plan, with Tony Khan booking long and healthy title runs for each of his handpicked, […]

In case you haven’t heard, Ric Flair is set to wrestle a match later this month featuring more than a few interesting performers spanning the histories of AEW, NJPW, Impact, and even WWE also on the card. … yup, you read that correctly, we’re talking about the ‘Rolex wearing, diamond ring wearing, kiss stealing, wheeling […]

When news broke that Alan “5” Angels of the Dark Order was leaving AEW after failing to agree to a new contract with Tony Khan and company, it felt like a pretty big deal in the grand scheme of the faction’s future in the promotion. Sure, they lost Stu Grayson to a similar contract dispute […]

When Tony Khan delivered the following quote – as dictated by Wrestling Inc. – on Busted Open Radio about Santana’s much-speculated about injury suffered at Blood and Guts, it put a cloud over a match that many an AEW fan considered a resounding success. “Obviously, it’s a very dangerous match, and going into it, we […]

When WWE signed Parker Boudreaux as part of their 2020 NXT recruiting class, it felt like a really big deal. A collegiate offensive lineman who started his career off at Notre Dame before transferring to Center Florida, the tackle-turned-grappler stood an imposing 6-foot-4, 300 pounds, and had a certain kind of look – muscular and […]

Jade Cargill came into AEW like a flash flood; she arrived with little warning, changed the landscape of the promotion forever, and the results will resonate for years to come. Initially serving a Silver Surfer-style herald of sorts for the impending arrival of the sporting world’s Galactus, aka Shaquille O’Neal, she stuck around once her […]

After being released by the WWE in June due to a “policy violation” and then being Kayfabe killed off of NXT television in a move that would make Lucha Underground blush, the man formerly known as Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan is headed back to the independent wrestling scene, where he previously performed as Cole Karter. […]

When Lio Rush arrived in AEW as the joker entrant of the Double or Nothing Casino Battle Royal, it felt special. Rush was incredibly hot due to his time in MLW, GCW, CZW, and Ring of Honor, and even if he’s flirted with retirement in the past, the prospects of adding the “Man of the […]

Though he wrestles for AEW now, Claudio Castagnoli is a Ring of Honor legend. The mainstream wrestling world may largely know him for his decade-spanning run in WWE from 2011-2022, and fans have been getting really familiar with his time in Chikara to prepare for his eventual feud with Eddie Kingston – read up on […]

When Jonathan Gresham exited the tunnel for his first solo match on AEW Rampage ever, a bout for the Ring of Honor World Championship versus Lee Moriarty no less, a familiar face flanked the blue-dressed man in a Cthulhu-looking octopus mask that got the internet buzzing. No, it wasn’t ex-FTR/Shawn Spears manager Tully Blanchard or […]

When Billy Gunn turned his back on The Acclaimed’s Max Caster and Anthony Bowens in favor of his sons Austin and Colton, it felt like the end of a very disappointing era in AEW. Sure, the quintet never all shared the ring together, though that had more to do with Bowens’ injury than Tony Khan’s […]

When AEW signed “The Big Show” Paul Wight away from WWE when that chapter of his career came to a close, it was to be a commentator. Sure, many expected to see Wight in the ring at least for a moment, maybe in an enforcer’s role, or simply a spot or two from time to […]

Though he wasn’t allowed to wrestle on Forbidden Door due to inter-promotional disagreements between CMLL, AAA, and NJPW, Andrade El Idolo made his presence known in AEW during the month of June, going 2-0 in singles competition in addition to re-forming La Faccion Ingobernable alongside former Ring of Honor Champion Rush. And yet, after securing […]

Though he continues to promote Night 2 of Fyter Fest for AEW, Tony Khan took a little time out of his afternoon to drop an absolute bombshell ahead of Ring of Honor’s forthcoming Pay-Per-View Death Before Dishonor: FTR-Briscoes II has a stipulation. Yup, you read that correctly; after putting on the best tag team match […]

After a few months away from a wrestling ring, some wondered what would come next for Claudio “don’t-call-him-Cesaro” Castagnoli following his decision not to re-sign with WWE. Would he go to AEW, what about NJPW? Goodness, could it have all been a charade, with the Swiss Superman returning to SmackDown as a Maximum Male Model? […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when it looked like Swerve Scott and Keith Lee were going to be two of the biggest stars in the WWE. On paper, the two had everything going for them; Scott was the leader of a white-hot faction with the potential for real world entertainment tie-ins in […]

Fresh off of watching their archrivals, the Young Bucks, lose their AEW Tag Team Championships without either Jackson eating a pin – making their FTYB hashtag totally invalid – FTR have officially landed another choice match in their wrestling careers, taking on the trio of Aussie Open and TJP alongside NJPW standout Alex Zayne at […]

The Young Bucks were never supposed to be AEW‘s first-ever two-time Tag Team Champions, at least not as of the summer of 2022. It has all but been confirmed that The Hardy Brothers, Matt, and Jeff were supposed to win the belts over The Bucks and the Jurassic Express, and considering the Christian Cage story […]

After teasing a major announcement about All Out 2022 on social media all week, Tony Khan made it official midway through this week’s edition of Dynamite: AEW is returning to the Now Arena in Chicago for their end-of-summer Pay-Per-View extravaganza. Now, for fans out of the know, the Now Arena holds a particularly important place […]

In quite possibly the weirdest story you will read all day, a largely forgotten WWE team from the mid-2010s has re-emerged in AEW. No, not The Nexus, the Hype Bros, or even the Edgeheads – now called something like the Christian Chads – but the Real Americans, Cesaro and Jack Swagger, now wrestling against each […]

When it was announced that Orange Cassidy was going to wrestle Wardlow on the first night of AEW‘s Fyter Fest, it raised a few eyebrows across the internet. Both men were coming off of impressive showings in their more recent contests, including big-time bouts on Pay-Per-View, and the prospects of potentially slowing one of their […]

FTR have been the number one contenders for the AEW Tag Team Champions for months now… literally. They were the number one contenders throughout the majority of Jurassic Express’s title run – despite never actually earning a championship match – and while they did have a few big-time bouts over that tenure, most notably their […]