Eddie Kingston Articles - Page 2

Before Eddie Kingston and Ortiz took the ring against Team DDT, Konosuke Takeshita, and Jun Akiyama on the final Rampage before AEW Full Gear, the “Mad King” was asked what it was like to face off against one of his wrestling influences – one of the men who spurned on his in-ring interest in the […]

After three months(ish) away, Konosuke Takeshita officially returned to AEW for the go-home edition of Rampage before Full Gear, taking part in a tag team match against Eddie Kingston and Ortiz with Jun Akiyama in the show’s main event. Now, for most non-Japanese wrestling fans, this wasn’t all that important of a match, certainly not […]

Folks, this is not a drill: Konosuke Takeshita is officially returning to AEW. That’s right, after leaving the states after a legitimate star-making performance against then-Ring of Honor World Champion Claudio Castagnoli for a run in his current home promotion DDT Pro Wrestling, the 27-year-old suplex scholar is heading back to America for another run […]

Jay White is a force of nature; 139 days and counting into his inaugural IWGP World Heavyweight Championship reign, his fifth such championship reign in New Japan Pro Wrestling, White has successful defenses in Japan, in America, and even in AEW, where he successfully overcame the trio of Adam Cole, “Hangman” Adam Page, and “The […]

Before fans were combing through every report, rumor, and reported rumor about the backstage brawl at the end of All Out that resulted in CM Punk, Kenny Omega, and the Young Bucks being suspended, there was a fight between Eddie Kingston and Sammy Guevara that resulted in the former being quietly taken off of television […]

It’s almost been a week since AEW’s All Out, which can only mean one thing: Dave Meltzer has officially dropped his Wrestling Observer star ratings. That’s right, though the medium has changed ever so slightly, as few fans actually get the Observer in the mail anymore, fans still eagerly comb through the newsletter to see […]

After months of anticipation, the wait is finally over: AEW’s All Out is officially here, and the fans both at home and assembled in Chicago are in for an all-timer. The show has already eclipsed a $1 million gate, marking the third-straight AEW Pay-Per-View to accomplish the feat, according to Tony Khan, and with 11 […]

On the penultimate edition of Dynamite before All Out, the fate of the AEW World Championship was officially decided. There would be no more “interim” labels, no more dueling profiles under the champions headline on the AEW roster page, and no more discussion over who deserved the proper label, Jon Moxley or CM Punk. No, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

On an unsuspecting Sunday afternoon, a Twitter user who goes by the name Niccolo decided to post a series of pictures of Eddie Kingston during his match with Konosuke Takeshita on AEW Rampage with a not-so-kind caption that you can read here. Commenting on Kingston’s, shall we say, unconventional body type for a sport typically […]

In a match filled with interesting storylines, backstage intrigue, and very real implications for AEW‘s future booking plans, one storyline rose above the rest and felt so potentially contentious that Draftkings even ran a prop bet on whether or not teammates would fight during the match: Would Eddie Kingston and Claudio Castagnoli work together on […]

Eddie Kingston wanted violence when he enter caged double rings during the main event of AEW‘s Blood and Guts. He took the door with a Tommy Dreamer-style Kendo Stick in his hands and kept swinging it, mostly against Christ Jericho’s head, until it literally shattered in his hands like a sword in Breath of the […]

After tearing down the “Forbidden Door” at a pay-per-view literally called Forbidden Door, AEW is on a roll. They’ve got a new interim champion, a number of new feuds raring to go, and have booked of their biggest televised bout of the year, Blood and Guts, set to take place on free television, broadcast live […]

Wrestling, regardless of whether it’s done in an AEW, WWE, or any other ring, is built on feuds. AEW x NJPW’s Forbidden Door was chocked full of intriguing in-ring battles between performers who have been passing like ships in the night for years – Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi – white-hot, livewire rivalries between an […]

The warpath of Eddie Kingston continues and has claimed another victim, Jericho Appreciation Society’s Jake Hager, on AEW Rampage. After causing “The Mad King” to be eliminated at Dynamite’s Interim Title Battle Royal, Kingston demanded that he fight Hager on Rampage to get his receipt. And just like that, the contract was signed, and while […]

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 […]

CM Punk is now officially back in the pro wrestling world and things are getting back to normal for the WWE legend. AEW star Eddie Kingston has major beef with him and has been going off lately. Eddie Kingston was recently on the Battleground podcast where he talked about his beef with CM Punk now […]

AEW continues to add big names to its promotion with people like CM Punk and Bryna Danielson. Eddie Kingston took the signings in a different way than most people would. He respected the veterans and knew everyone in AEW would have to step up. Eddie Kingston knew that went for him as well, there was […]