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After playing Roman Reigns’ music to distract Riddle in a tag team bout versus the Usos that also featured Shinsuke Nakamura, Sami Zayn was named an honorary Uso and given a task that’s much easier said than done: Beat Riddle and banish him from SmackDown forever. Earning the main event bout in a contest that […]

When Walter changed his name to Gunther on an episode of NXT 2.0 back in January, it left many a fan confused about his future in WWE. Fast forward to June of 2022, and Gunther is the new WWE Intercontinental Championship, having dethroned Ricochet after a 99-day run. In hindsight, that decision worked out pretty […]

When Ronda Rousey took to the wring to discuss her upcoming bout at Money in the Bank versus Natalya, it was only a matter of time before one of the many challengers for her belt, be that her aforementioned future foe or someone else, hit the ring to interrupt the “Rowdy One.” On this particular […]

When news broke that Cody Rhodes suffered a serious pec injury that could keep him out of action for the foreseeable future, it put a damper on a surprisingly compelling return to WWE by the well-traveled former AEW EVP. When Rhodes opted to still wrestle his match with Seth Rollins at Hell in the Cell […]

Qualifying matches in WWE and in any wrestling promotion are easy; win the match, and you qualify for whatever is up for grabs, lose the match and you don’t. It’s black and white, day, and night, and really shouldn’t have much ambiguity one way or another. But what happens when two wrestlers are disqualified at […]

When 2point0 arrived in AEW, it was met with very little fanfare. Known nationally as Ever-Rise during their time in NXT, where they most notably feuded – albeit sort of one-way – with Hit Row, the French Canadian tag team came made their way to All Elite Wrestling thanks to a call between Chris Jericho […]

Welp, it’s officially official: Will Ospreay has arrived in AEW. That’s right, after wrestling around the United States for much of the last year, delivering big-time bouts at Warrior Wrestling, West Coast Pro, and NJPW Strong, Ospreay has finally made his way to All Elite Wrestling, where a whole new world of matches suddenly come […]

Every now and again, a wrestler captures the hearts and attention of fans watching AEW Dark or AEW Dark Elevation either at home or in the arena in a very special way. They get cheered, the crowd backs them instead of their typically contracted foes, and with every near-fall, the hopes of a shock-the-world underdog […]

Roman Reigns hasn’t publically been in a WWE ring since mid-may, when the “Head of the Table” took on Drew McIntyre for a live event in Iowa. Since that match, Reigns has missed Hell in a Cell, missed every episode of Raw and Smackdown, and now, will reportedly miss WWE’s next marquee event, Money in […]

As the biggest Pay-Per-View of the summer, Forbidden Door, rapidly approaches, fans of AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling are frantically fantasy booking their dream matches. Could we finally see FTR versus Aussie Open? Or how about Will Ospreay wrestle someone like Miro, Wardlow, or Orange Cassidy? Will G.OD. make their AEW debut versus the […]

Konosuke Takeshita is the new kid on the block at AEW. After initially appearing in the company in 2021, primarily working with fellow DDT alum Kenny Omega, Takeshita is now in the states for a long excursion and should be a mainstay of Dynamite, Rampage, Dark, and Elevation programming for the rest of the year. […]

If you’re mostly just a fan of mainstream American professional wrestling, you probably haven’t heard of AEW‘s newest addition, Rush. When Andrade El Idolo and his assistant Jose sat around a table waiting for another member to join their meeting in a pre-taped segment on Double or Nothing, and a large man in a white […]

And just like that, fans of AEW finally know who will represent the promotion at Forbidden Door in the main event bout to decide the promotion’s Interim World Championship: Jon Moxley. Yes, as if there was ever any doubt, the former World Champion, who won the belt against Chris Jerico in February of 2020 at […]

After turning in a fantastic win over David Finlay, Adam Page was handed a microphone to address his adoring AEW fans. “Hanger,” in his first in-ring appearance since losing the AEW World Championship, addressed the elephant in the room, his chances of earning a rematch, and the fact that there is, in fact, more than […]

When Trent Beretta took the ring at AEW Dynamite to lament his inability to celebrate Best Friends Day and to ask for another shot at the ROH Tag Team Championship, fans had to know it was just a matter of time before something was going to happen. First, it was the arrival of FTR, who […]

In the leadup to a seemingly inconsequential Dynamite match between Buddy Matthews and Pac, Tony Schiavone made an announcement few fans saw coming: AEW is debuting another new championship. Alright, cool, the promotion has been hinting at a trios title for years now; it’s good to see that it will finally be introduced. … except […]

Well, the AEW Interim World Championship Battle Royal has concluded, and we know who will be facing off against Jon Moxley in the main event of Dynamite. After a fun yet chaotic match, complete with Swerve Strickland’s betrayal of Keith Lee, the admittedly disappointing Joker entrant reveal of Andrade El Idolo, and the possibly more […]

After nearly winning the AEW tag team championship at Double or Nothing at the end of May, there already appears to be tension between Swerve Strickland and Keith Lee, the duo who just christened themselves “Swerve in our Glory” on the previous edition week’s Dynamite. Taking part in the Battle Royal for the interim AEW […]

For fans of independent wrestling, there’s nothing more exciting than seeing their favorite plucky upstart appear on an episode of AEW Dark or AEW Dark Elevation. Sure, the matches are never particularly long, and the indie star, even prominent ones, often take the L to middle-of-the-card AEW talents, but the pop in bedrooms, basements, and […]

When Stokley Hathaway, the wrestling manager formerly known as Malcolm Bevins, made his debut at AEW‘s Double or Nothing, it put “Smart” Mark Sterling in a very awkward spot. Though Sterling was technically still employed by Jade Cargill as her lawyer-turned-manager, the duo had been squabbling more as the months went on, most notably in […]

When Ember Moon was released by WWE/NXT in November of 2021, many a fan expected to see her arrive in AEW as soon as her non-compete clause came to an end. That didn’t happen. No, instead, Moon became Athena, the “Fallen Goddess” who once took the Indies by storm before taking her talents to The […]

Trent Beretta is a member of two pretty prominent groups in AEW; Roppongi Vice, a New Japan import tag team alongside the notoriously underrated Rocky Romero, and Best Freinds, the tag team that was initially composed of Beretta and Chuck Taylor before ballooning out to also feature Orange Cassidy, Kris Statlander, Wheeler Yuta, and maybe […]

After setting off his version of a pipebomb at AEW‘s Los Angeles debut at the “Fabulous” Kia Forum, MJF has reportedly taken a liking to the City of Angels and has begun to peruse opportunities outside of the squared circle in Tinseltown. That’s right, according to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, MJF opted to stay a […]

When WWE signed the wrestler then known as Rok-C to a developmental contract with NXT, it was a pretty big deal in the world of professional wrestling. Though far from a household name, Rok-C made waves in the indies where, after training at Booker T’s wrestling school during her teenage years, she beat out the […]

It’s been roughly seven months since Kenny Omega graced an AEW ring. That’s a long time. He’s missed the entirety of his former tag team partner, “Hangman” Adam Page’s World Championship run, the TNT Championship seesaw of Sammy Guevara and Scorpio Sky, and the exit of “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes, who was once a […]

Though they’d yet to perform in the city over the first three years of the promotion’s history, AEW has a very big profile in Los Angeles. Their original tag team champions, SCU, were so LA they put Southern California in their name – what does the U stand for? Well, that would be “Uncensored”- as […]

WWE‘s Ezekiel isn’t Elias… right? Sure, they do look alike, as family members often do, and they just so happen to work for the same company, World Wrestling Entertainment, but the duo each have their own profiles on the WWE roster page, their own interests – does Ezekiel play drums? – and have different facial […]

On Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, budding heel group Judgment Day gained, and then immediately lost, a member. Judgment Day is one of the more recent examples of a spooky-flavored faction in wrestling that was formed by Edge, a Superstar unafraid to tap into his Brood-roots. Complete with a black and purple color scheme and […]

Jason Kelce doesn’t get enough credit from non-Philadelphia Eagles fans. A sixth-round pick out of Cincinnati who has gone on to start every game he’s appeared in, Kelce can cut like a knife through even the stoutest of defensive fronts, call out the mike and the blitz with ease, and turn into a glorified fullback […]

When Riddle initially teamed up with Randy Orton in the WWE, it felt like a novelty. “The Viper” is, was, and will forever be one of the best legacy wrestlers in WWE history, and his serious demeanor – not to mention the voices in his head – makes him a strange fit paired up with […]

When Danna Brooke entered the ring for her scheduled bout versus Becky Lynch, it came with very little fanfare from the WWE Universe. For one thing, she didn’t have an entrance, at least not one that was televised. And then, after watching her opponent–one of the most decorated wrestlers of all time–make her way down […]

The first segment of Monday night’s edition of Raw started out so well. Cody Rhodes entered the ring, the WWE universe celebrated his fantastic match at Hell in a Cell, and all looked right in the world, save, of course, the pec injury that will send Dusty’s son under the knife on Thursday. Both competitors […]

After losing CM Punk to an “injury requiring surgery,” AEW is holding a big old contest to determine an interim champion until “The Best in the World” returns to the squared circle, starting with a Battle Royal to kick off Dynamite this Wednesday. Unusual? Most definitely. Typically when a superstar suffers an injury immediately after […]

Bobby Lashley is one of the most decorated superstars in the WWE today. He’s held the WWE United States Championship, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, the TNA King of the Mountain Championship, the TNA X-Division Championship, the Impact World Heavyweight Championship, the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and the WWE Championship, in […]

Bryan Danielson hasn’t had the best luck as of late. From getting his leg stuck on the entrance ramp at the end of Rampage on May 18th, to being literally choked out by Jake Hager with a ring rope during Anarchy in the Arena, the wrestler formerly known as Daniel Bryan has been taking it […]