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When Ric Flair announced that he wanted to wrestle one final match at the tender age of 73, it made fans of professional wrestling a bit nervous. Sure, Flair wasn’t going to wrestle alone, he had his son-in-law, Andrade El Idolo, by his side against a pair of pros pros in Jeff Jarrett and Jay […]

2022 has been the year of FTR or, more specifically, the year of Dax Harwood, the team’s follicly challenged heavy. Since leaving WWE and, really, since dropping the AEW World Tag Team Championships to the Young Bucks in July of 2021, Harwood has been on a tour de force across the professional wrestling world, with […]

Tony Khan is a busy man; he’s got a role with the Jacksonville Jaguars, a role with Fulgham FC, and… oh yeah, the multi-hyphenate at the top of AEW, the first promotion that has fielded a legitimate challenge to the supremacy of WWE since WCW closed up shop some 20 years ago. When the draft […]

Tony Khan books a ton of matches in any given week, month, or year. He has a roster of well over 100 wrestlers in AEW, and if Ring of Honor ultimately secures the television deal he’s been pining for, there’s a chance the overall number of in-ring performers he employs on some sort of contract […]

Though she’s only been a member of the AEW broadcast team for a little over a month, it’s safe to say the addition of Renee Paquette, who went by the name Renee Young in WWE, has been a resounding success. Working largely as a backstage interviewer who has expanded out to some sitdown interviews in […]

When MJF walked into the back of the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, at the end of Full Gear, he officially added a qualifier to his expansive list of titles. That’s right, joining “The Salt of the Earth,” “I’m Better than you and you know it,” and “Pete Lightning” – when he’s feeling nostalgic […]

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 […]

When the clock strikes midnight, and it officially becomes Sunday, November 20th, MJF very well may be the new and reigning AEW World Champion. That’s right, since officially joining AEW on a five-year contract in 2019 and making his debut for the company at Double or Nothing in the Casino Battle Royale on the pre-show, […]

Toni Storm is technically the AEW Women’s World Championship. Sure, she holds the strap and has even defended it on seven occasions since winning it at All Out 2022 in a match against Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida, and Jamie Hayter, but in the annals of the promotion’s history – not to mention the annals of […]

After AEW Dynamite went off the air, MJF took the ring alongside Tony Khan and cut one heck of a babyface promo after his in-ring interaction with Jon Moxley but before their match at Full Gear for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship. “A lot of bullsh*t has gone on.” MJF said to the crowd after […]

When Jay Lethal made his surprise debut in AEW at Full Gear 2021, where he challenged Sammy Guevara for a match for his TNT Championship, the reaction from the professional wrestling world was mixed. For fans who have been keeping up with the “Black Machismo” since he made his debut in Jersey All Pro Wrestling […]

Jim Cornette has an… interesting relationship with AEW. On one hand, the long-time wrestling personality appreciates that WWE finally has a true competitor and has pointed out how Tony Khan’s promotion has brought more wrestling to RAW and SmackDown, which is always nice, but then again, many of the core tenants of AEW and by […]

Lio Rush has been out of AEW for way longer than he was in the promotion at this point. Initially debuting at Double or Nothing 2021 as the joker in the Casino Battle Royale, Rush was injured in his initial debut but returned to Tony Khan’s company in November of the same year, where he […]

When “Double J” himself, Jeff Jarrett, made a surprise appearance on AEW Dynamite, it presented more questions than answers. Was the very well-traveled veteran and founder of TNA Wrestling going to be leaving his black leather duster at the announcing table in order to stay awhile? Or was this a one-off, or at least a […]

On an otherwise insignificant Sunday night, “Uncle” Dax Harwood posted a message to his fans on Instagram featuring three pictures of previous NXT matches booked between The Revival and American Alpha – Chad Gable and Jason Jordan – that will certainly make wrestling fans both very confused indeed and a tad bit nervous about the […]

What is going on with Miro in AEW? He went from the hottest new acquisition in the company, the biggest, baddest dude in the promotion with a god complex and the muscle to back it up, to a part-timer who occasionally shows up on Dynamite or Rampage but hasn’t really had a long-term storyline since […]

When news broke that Jon Moxley had signed a new deal with AEW that would keep him under contract through 2027, it was met with almost universal acclaim. A three-time champion who has risen to the occasion every time AEW has called his number, Moxley was reportedly working without a contract heading into All Out, […]

After becoming a fixture of AEW television and a notable favorite of Saraya, Willow Nightingale has officially become a member of Tony Khan’s company, earning a full-time contract and an “Is All Elite” graphic after defeating Lela Gray in the ring on a live edition of Rampage broadcast, for some reason, from Daily’s Place in […]

After weeks and weeks of radio silence, where every tweet, rumor, and word spoken on commentary was heavily scrutinized, Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer has released a bold, definitive piece of reporting on his website, suggesting that AEW and CM Punk are nearing a contract buyout, with the lone hold up coming from the […]

After months of anticipation, Renee Paquette has finally made her debut in AEW, joining husband Jon Moxley in Tony Khan’s promotion. Though the pairing seemed like a borderline no-brainer, as WWE’s decision to fire Paquette was immediately viewed as a mistake, the interviewer/pundit/occasional commentator opted against AEW, or any other wrestling promotion for that matter, […]

After beginning his third tenure as AEW World Champion at Grand Slam, Jon Moxley has been rewarded with a new five-year extension that will keep him with the promotion until 2027. That’s right, gone are the hopes for a Dean Ambrose return in WWE  – or even a Jon Moxley match on a WWE x […]

After almost seven years with the company, WWE has officially released Nigel McGuinness from his contract, according to Pro Wrestling Insider. A commentator who mostly worked NXT, Main Event, and 215 Live over his commentary career, McGuinness leaves the greater WWE Universe with little fanfare, as the company is rapidly retooling their commentating teams ahead […]

Though the build-up may have been muddied by yet another backstage fight, with Andrade vs. Sammy Guevara the latest backstage battle to garner headlines across the greater sporting world, AEW: Battle of the Belts IV is officially here, and this time, it’s going to be a little different the previous runnings of the show. For […]

“Andrade is a terrible guy,” Tony Khan told Robbie Fox on the My Mom’s Basement show. “So if Andrade loses this match (with Pres10 Vance of the Dark Order) he will leave AEW forever and frankly, you know, the way things have been gone with Andrade and the ways things have carried on, I don’t […]

FTR haven’t wrestled on AEW television since Dynamite episode 152, when they wrestled alongside former Pinnacle member Wardlow in a trios match against Ren Jones, Vic Capri, and ex-Ring of Honor stalwart Silas Young. Now granted, they have been on AEW programming once since then, as the very same trio wrestled another long-time ROH member, […]

After watching two titles change hands at Grand Slam – three if you count the vacant World Championship – AEW is immediately putting the straps on the line once more with not one but two championship matches scheduled for the fallout edition of Dynamite coming to fans live from the “Home of Extreme,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. […]

After being the topic of heavy speculation about his current contract status, his future, and his past few weeks in AEW, Malakai Black took to Instagram Live to set the record straight in his own words in order to “debunk” some of the rumors floating around. “Alright guys, good evening,” Black began. “You know there’s […]

When Darby Allin and Sting’s match against the newly Malakai Black-less House of Black duo of Brody King and Buddy Matthews came to an end, things weren’t looking too good for Tony Schiavone’s favorite male wrestler. After being seemingly taken out of the match by a pair of Julia Hart handcuffs, Sting had to watch […]

In case you haven’t heard, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks are unofficially suspended, and that decision has had serious, wide-spreading ramifications across the AEW Galaxy. From forbidding Omega from wrestling at Lucha Libre AAA’s TripleMania, to the suspension of Being the Elite, to “The Cleaner” being taken off of the AEW team at Tokyo […]

When Tony Khan booked The Acclaimed to wrestle the Swerve in our Glory duo of Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland at AEW’s All Out, it felt like a compelling yet otherwise mildly predictable bout for a championship team still relatively early in their championship run. The Acclaimed had wrestled for the AEW World Tag Team […]

Since returning to AEW from his extended absence, MJF has taken up the practice of speaking about himself in the third person. ‘What MJF wants, MJF gets,’ ‘MJF always does what’s best to MJF;’ you know how things thing tends to go. But why? Is Friedman fully embracing the WWE way of doing things before […]

In less than 30 seconds of television time, AEW introduced the wrestling world to its new favorite performer: Luigi Primo. That’s right, in a segment designed to advertise for Grand Slam, which is booked for the subsequent edition of Dynamite live from Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York, Alex Marvez called for a backstage […]

Colt Cabana hasn’t been on AEW programming, be that television, Pay-Per-View, or even broadcast on YouTube, since AEW Dark #133, when he wrestled in a losing effort alongside Alan Angels as “Dark Order” in a loss to The Butcher and The Blade. His last match on television came in November of 2021 when Bryan Danielson […]

Folks, according to Wrestling News via a post from Ryan Frederick of The Wrestling Observer on the company’s board, “The Young Bucks reportedly sent feelers out about interest in WWE after AEW deals expire.” Oh snap, the fight after All Out must have been a whole lot worse than fans initially thought. If the Young […]

Folks, it’s officially official: CM Punk has been removed as AEW World Champion. Now, as you may or may not know, this has been a long time coming, as Punk has been on a tear since he returned to AEW in August and the tension surrounding the situation reached a fever pitch during the media […]

When CM Punk came out of retirement to join AEW in August of 2021, it felt like a paradigm shift for the professional wrestling business. After over half a decade away from the ring following his incredibly firey burnout with WWE, Punk was propositioned by seemingly every professional wrestling promotion in the world to lace […]

If you plan on watching just one episode of AEW Dynamite in 2022, the Wednesday, September 7th edition of the show would very much be the episode to tune into, as this two-hour block of television could very much change the direction of Tony Khan’s company for the foreseeable future. According to Justin Barrasso of […]

After taking a face full of black mist from Sting at the end of the penultimate match of AEW’s All Out, Malakai Black was pinned cleanly in the corner of the ring by Darby Allen following his signature Coffin Drop. On paper, this wasn’t a particularly unusual way to end the match. Sure, it would […]

Welp, there you go; after months of anticipation and a weird swerve where Jon Moxley secured the rights to call himself the World Champion for a little less than two weeks, CM Punk has officially been afforded an opportunity to hold AEW’s top strap above his head in the middle of the ring while thousands […]