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When AEW panned the camera up into the stands in the pre-show of All In and made it abundantly clear that Mercedes Mone, aka Sasha Banks in WWE, was one of the 81,035 fans in attendance at the “biggest professional wrestling show of all time” – though she all but certainly didn’t pay for her […]

When Adam Cole and MJF took the ring in the main event match of All In at Wembley Stadium, it felt special. Sure, the duo had already wrestled on the show earlier in the night, securing the Ring of Honor Tag Team Championships off of Aussie Open after they themselves took the titles off of […]

When Billy Gunn left his boots in the ring against the House of Black following a failed AEW World Trios Championship challenge by The Acclaimed on Collision, few expected to see the DX member get back into the squared circle again, let alone do so at the biggest show of all time, All In. Week […]

Why did Will Ospreay wrestle Chris Jericho at All In? Was it because he wanted to finally check the “dream match” off of his checklist after their previously booked bout in New Japan Professional Wrestling was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Was it because he took issue with Jericho using his match to perform […]

If Sting wanted to call it a career at All In, he had everything set up to say goodbye to the AEW Galaxy. Almost three years after his return at Winter is Coming in 2020, Sting took to the ring alongside his best friend, Darby Allin, to his old WCW song, “Seek and Destroy” by […]

When Saraya took the ring at Wembley Stadium for one of the biggest wrestling shows of all time, All In, to “We Will Rock You” by Queen, fans just had to know that Hikaru Shida’s time as the AEW Women’s World Champion was numbered, measured in minutes, not days… 8:43 to be exact. Beginning the […]

When news broke that Terry Funk passed away in the week leading up to AEW’s biggest show of all time, All In, and John Moxley just happened to be booked on the show in a Stadium Stampede match, you just had to know that the top hardcore wrestler of this generation – yeah, I said […]

When the Young Bucks and FTR – curiously wrestling one match after Kenny Omega and two matches after CM Punk – took the ring at AEW All In, they had one question on their minds that they desperately wanted to answer: who is the greatest tag team of this generation? Now sure, some will say […]

In a move that turned more than a few eyes, Kenny Omega and his Golden Elite buddies “Hangman” Adam Page and Kota Ibushi took the ring against Bullet Club Gold – “Switchblade” Jay White and “Rock Hard” Juice Robinson – and Konosuke Takeshita in the second match of All In, immediately following the match between […]

*All In drama alert, All In drama alert,* this is not a drill AEW fans. That’s right, despite reportedly having some beef on Collision over a desire to use real glass, Jack Perry decided to rub it into CM Punk during the final Zero Hour match before All In, when he and Hook did suplex […]

How would Tony Khan begin the biggest show of his professional wrestling booking career, All In? Would he start things slow? Get as many performers in the ring as possible? Or bring the energy early on to really get the fans up? Well, as it turns out, he went right for the jugular, booking the […]

When Adam Cole and MJF threw their hats into the ring to wrestle not once but twice at All In in order to legitimize their friendship in the most wrestling way possible, with Tag Team Championship gold, it turned heads around the professional wrestling world. Sure, All In is the wrestling show, with 80,000+ fans […]

After months and months of anticipation, AEW All In is officially here; soon, fans will find out if AEW truly delivers the biggest wrestling show of all time and if the hype surrounding the show will live up to fan expectations. If it works out, AEW has a chance to truly establish itself as the […]

The reason Cody Rhodes left WWE in 2016 is common knowledge, right? After being unhappy with his spot in WWE following a gimmick change to Stardust, the second-generation WWE Superstar decided to bet on himself against the cream-of-the-crop independent wrestling had to offer, all the while launching his own wrestling promotion, AEW, along the way […]

After a summer of anticipation, extensive hype, and a build-up that, while reviled by some, has led to a number of main event-worthy matches, All In is officially here, marking one of the most exciting professional events in not just the history of AEW but also the history of professional wrestling period. With 81,285 tickets […]

After working over a wonderful match with Finn Balor in a touching tribute to Bray Wyatt, the victorious LA Knight was riding high; he got an incredible reaction from the crowd, cut a fantastic promo that put over Wyatt as much as it buried The Miz, and is now set to ride into Payback in […]

Hulk Hogan is a lot of things; he’s arguably the most instantly recognizable professional wrestler of all time, arguably the most successful professional of all time across a wide range of subjects, and a certified shooter who is willing to tell tails about his historic run in the ring, even if on occasion, he doesn’t […]

When news broke that Cash Wheeler, the hair-having half of the AEW Tag Team Champions, FTR, had been arrested and charged with third-degree aggravated assault stemming from a road rage incident back in late July, it left fans of the promotion, of #TheRevival, and of professional wrestling, in general, wondering what in the you-know-what was […]

There’s a reason why fans call Bryan Danielson the greatest wrestler in the world. No matter what promotion he works for, from Ring of Honor to WWE and now AEW, the “American Dragon” has found a way to get himself over, get himself on top, and stay there despite from bigger, stronger, and more athletic […]

While watching Michael Cole lead an expansive tribute show to honor the memories of Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk, with dozens of WWE Superstars standing in unison as the promotion rang a ten-bell solute to their fallen alumni, one face notably missing from the assembly was Alexa Bliss, the do-it-all diminutive former champion who worked […]

After being the subject of heavy speculation following the final match of his current contract with WWE, with some suggesting that the promotion turned down his contract request and, as a result, he’s AEW-bound, Edge decided to take to Twitter to clear everything up, making sure that, for as much uncertainty lies ahead, he could […]

When the story of Bray Wyatt‘s career is written, the final chapter will feature one wrestler extensively: LA Knight. Now granted, the two performers didn’t have much, or really anything in common other than a comfortability on the microphone, as Wyatt’s entire schtick was built around his love of horror movies, cults, and general spookiness, […]

Though WWE committed the vast majority of the final SmackDown of the month of August to the untimely passing of Bray Wyatt, who suffered a heart attack the day before, the “Eater of Worlds” wasn’t the only Superstar who passed away in the days after Monday Night RAW, with the hardcore legend Terry Funk also […]

Becky Lynch really doesn’t like Trish Stratus. After coming together as an impromptu faction alongside Lita in the lead-up to WrestleMania 39, the duo split apart in April to an incredible degree, with Stratus turning on Lynch after the pairing lost a WWE Woman’s Tag Team Championship match to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez on […]

As SmackDown rapidly approaches, WWE fans the world over are preparing for the sort of all-encompassing tribute show that will all but surely push all previous plans aside in favor of celebrating the life and career of Bray Wyatt. Matches will be wrestled, likely with tributes to Wyatt and fellow fallen former Superstar Terry Funk, […]

As seemingly the entire professional wrestling world across promotions mourns the loss of one of the sport’s most indelible performers, Bray Wyatt, fans have openly wondered how this has affected those closest to the third-generation pro, with Erick Rowan, Bo Dallas, and Braun Strowman, the most notable members of the Rotunda and Wyatt families, all […]

Bray Wyatt, The Fiend, the Eater of Worlds, Husky Harris; no matter what you called Windham Rotunda during his decade and a half in the WWE, it’s clear he made a name for himself in professional wrestling with his chameleon-like commitment to character, his willingness to innovate, and for better or worse, his willingness to […]

For how polarizing a performer Bray Wyatt may have been in the professional wrestling ring, with some fans hating his otherworldly personas, spooky vignettes, and quite possibly the most controversial character in WWE history, The Fiend, it’s hard for even the most old-school, by-the-books wrestling fan to not see the passion he brought to his […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque announced to the WWE Universe that Windham Rotunda, the Superstar widely known to fans as Bray Wyatt, had unexpectedly passed away at the way-too-young age of 36, it left folks shocked. Sure, it was fairly widely known that Wyatt had been dealing with an illness for quite some time, leading […]

When news broke that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s daughter was going to be making her NXT debut under the Ava Raine moniker, linking up with Joe Gacy, Rip Fowler, and Jagger Reid as part of Schism, it made more than a few fans turn their heads. Sure, it made sense to put Raine in a […]

With AEW All In rapidly approaching, it seems like all 100 of the promotion’s wrestlers – that’s actually a conservative estimation – have been lining up interviews to help promote what is being billed as the biggest show of all time. Some are using this expanded external interest to hype up their matches in London, […]

Though he may not currently have the Intercontinental Championship around his waist, Chad Gable earned a pretty darn good consolation prize on RAW, when he became the first man to secure a singles win – albeit count-out – over Gunther since he was elevated onto the WWE main roster in 2022. Call it a cheap […]

When WWE announced that they were releasing Hit Row and its leader, now known as Swerve Strickland, back in November of 2021, it left more than a few fans of professional wrestling – Swerve included – wondering why WWE was so quick to pull the plug on such a popular NXT act, especially right after […]

With the biggest professional wrestling show of all time, AEW All In, rapidly approaching, MJF sat down for a special one-on-one interview with Renee Paquette on Dynamite to discuss his plans for the show, his future, and his friendship with Adam Cole, which isn’t a work, he promises. Asked how he feels heading into the […]

With the final match left on his WWE contract officially wrestled and his exact out date, though technically unknown, rapidly approaching, Edge is nearing what might just be the most important decision of his professional wrestling career: what’s next? Will the “Rated-R Superstar” stick with what he knows and re-sign with WWE, even if it’s […]

When Adam Cole showed up at the end of All Out 2021, it was an incredible surprise for AEW, WWE, and NXT fans alike. The long-time face of NXT during its greatest era, the “Black and Gold era,” there wasn’t some great bidding war for the former NXT/PWG/Ring of Honor Champion, with fans fantasy booking […]

Two years removed from the announcement that he was diagnosed with dementia, Terry Funk, the Japanese Death Match legend, NWA standout, and WWE Hall of Famer has passed away at 79. A second-generation wrestler who came up under the watchful eye of his father Dory Funk Sr., and brother Dory Funk Jr., Funk spent the […]

If there’s one man in the world who knows a thing or two about Brock Lesnar, both inside and out of the ring, it’s Shelton Benjamin. A fellow alumnus of the University of Minnesota, Lesnar, and Benjamin have been working in WWE together in one form or another for over 20 years, with the duo […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Cody Rhodes wasn’t known as the “American Nightmare,” an AEW Evp, the hottest act on the independent scene, or even Stardust, but instead a member of the Rhodes Scholars, his mildly popular tag team with Damien Sandow that is more famous for not appearing at WrestleMania […]