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Matt Hardy could become a free agent soon.
According to a report from Fightful, Hardy’s AEW contract is set to expire this month. The multi-time tag team champion signed with AEW back in March 2020.
Hardy and AEW have been discussing his contract situation, but it’s unknown if the deal will be extended.
Additionally, Jeff Hardy’s AEW contract was set to match Matt’s deal in length. However, back-to-back injuries and inactivity have reportedly added time to Jeff’s contract. Jeff debuted for AEW in March 2022.
Matt has only wrestled once this year, teaming with his brother and Mark Briscoe in a winning effort against Kip Sabian, The Butcher, and The Blade on the January 3rd edition of AEW Rampage.
Source: eWn
While huge announcements are customarily reserved for Tony Khan in AEW, The Young Bucks exerted their EVP authority on “AEW Dynamite” and were about to break some huge news themselves before Eddie Kingston interrupted them, leading to a fight. As the Bucks set Kingston up for the EVP Trigger, none other than “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada hit the ring to make the save — or so it seemed, before Okada turned on Kingston and was announced as the newest member of The Elite.
That group, of which the Bucks are founding members, was newly free of “Hangman” Adam Page and Kenny Omega. Prior to the exchange with Kingston and Okada’s debut, Matthew and Nicholas Jackson declared that Page was “suspended indefinitely from The Elite without pay,” for contact with officials at Revolution, and that Omega was outright fired from The Elite for not making any of his dates of late, “for no good reason.” Omega, of course, has been out since mid-December battling diverticulitis, while it’s been reported that Page is taking time off following Revolution.
After finishing up with New Japan Pro-Wrestling at “The New Beginning In Sapporo” on February 24th, Okada returns to AEW, this time as a full-time competitor, having competed for the promotion three times prior in 2022 and 2023. He leaves NJPW a seven-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, a NEVER Openweight 6-man Tag Team Champion (with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii), a four-time winner of the G1 Climax tournament, and a two-time winner of the New Japan Cup. Those accolades may have had AEW fans prepared to welcome him to the company as a hero, but his instantaneous alignment with the EVPs seems to have flipped that script right at the start.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from the Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia.
AEW announced took to X on Tuesday, revealing that this will be a new look and a new season of AEW Dynamite.
According to Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, Haku is one of the rumoured names for the 2024 class of the WWE Hall of Fame. 2024 will be the first class chosen by Paul “Triple H” Levesque as opposed to Vince McMahon.
Paul Heyman was announced as the first inductee into the 2024 class of the WWE Hall of Fame on Monday, March 4 and earlier today Triple H announced Japanese women’s wrestling legend Bull Nakano for the WWE Hall of Fame. The WWE Hall of Fame ceremony takes place ahead of WrestleMania and the 2024 edition of the Shows of Shows will emanate from Philadelphia, a city synonymous with Extreme Championship Wrestling. Heyman owned ECW for several years until the promotion shuttered in 2001.
Known as one of the toughest men in professional wrestling, Haku had a long pro wrestling career. He performed in WWE as King Tonga and then Haku from 1985 until 1992, returning to the company in 2001 for a brief run. He also performed as Meng in World Championship Wrestling from 1994 until 2001.
Haku later spent time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling as part of Bullet Club with sons Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa. He helped take out The Elite back in 2018 as part of the Bullet Club civil war. Haku made a brief appearance in All Elite Wrestling in 2021, accompanying his son Hikuleo to the ring at Fight for the Fallen.
Tama Tonga is believed to be WWE-bound following the end of his run with New Japan. He is reportedly not expected to debut before WrestleMania 40, however.
Source: Cultaholic
Last month, during a match taped for “AEW Rampage,” Jeff Hardy reportedly suffered a concussion. However, despite AEW having concussion protocols in place, the match continued, with Sammy Guevara landing his finisher on Hardy to end the bout. According to a new report from Fightful Select, Guevara was suspended following the incident.
It’s unclear when the suspension was enacted, as Guevara wrestled an “AEW Collision” match against Powerhouse Hobbs 10 days after his match against Hardy. Additionally, while it’s obvious Hardy shouldn’t have had any more physical contact, it’s not clear if Guevara ignored communication from the referee or if there was another specific reason why he was suspended. The report states that Guevara is currently serving the suspension and it’s not publicly known how long he’ll be kept out of the ring.
This isn’t the young star’s first AEW suspension. Guevara has previously had physical confrontations backstage with fellow wrestlers Andrade El Idolo and Eddie Kingston, the latter of which also resulted in a suspension. Kingston and Guevara later made amends, while El Idolo eventually wound up returning to WWE.
Guevara recently returned from an injury of his own, which kept the former TNT Champion out of action for several months at the end of last year. Since returning, he’d been involved in the storyline pitting himself and onscreen mentor Chris Jericho against The Don Callis Family, though that saga has since come to its conclusion. Guevara’s most recent onscreen appearance was on the February 24 episode of “Collision” that featured his match against Hobbs.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Following the news earlier this week that Paul Heyman would be part of the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame class, the company’s Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque has now announced the second performer set to be recognized — former All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling star Bull Nakano. Levesque revealed the news on X and recognized the retired wrestler for her contributions to the industry.
“An unbelievable talent with an unforgettable look, and a mean streak a mile long,” Levesque said. “Bull Nakano isn’t just one of the best women’s wrestlers of all time — she’s one of the best of all time, period.”
Nakano began her wrestling career in the early 1980s when she was still a teenager. She captured the AJW Championship before the age of 18 and promptly held onto the title for more than three years. In the early 1990s, after years at the top of the promotion, Nakano left AJW.
In addition to her main body of work in Japan, Nakano made various appearances for both WWE and WCW, primarily from 1994 to 1996. Throughout this time, Nakano had a lengthy rivalry with Alundra Blayze (AKA Madusa). The two feuded in WWE in 1994 and 1995, including a match at WWE SummerSlam 1994, and Nakano later won the WWF Women’s Championship for a time. Both Nakano and Blayze wound up leaving the WWF for WCW in 1996 and their feud continued there.
After retiring due to injuries in 1997, Nakano spent some time as a professional golfer. She would later come out of retirement twice for very brief spots in gauntlet matches. It was also recently announced that Nakano would serve as the onscreen commissioner for Sukeban, a United States-based promotion that focuses on Japanese women’s wrestling.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s WWE NXT special Roadblock on USA Network from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando Florida.
After a career that spanned almost 40 years, Sting finally retired at the weekend’s AEW Revolution pay-per-view. The end of the show saw Sting being showered with chants and applause from the fans in attendance for all his work in AEW and beyond, but is there a chance they could see him in AEW again?
Speaking at the AEW Revolution post-show media scrum, he was asked what his plans are now that he is officially retired, and whether there is a chance that he could find a non-wrestling role in AEW.
“Tony [Khan] has mentioned me staying on board in some form or fashion, we haven’t really worked anything out there yet,” Sting said. “I’m sure we’ll have some sort of conversation, and I’m saying … maybe. We’ll see what happens. I have no interest in being a manager or anything like that, or an agent. I don’t want to do any of that kind of stuff, so I’m not sure what I could offer.”
Khan jumped in by saying that the door will always be open for Sting in AEW, whether it’s for a role backstage or just to visit. However, the AEW CEO made it very clear that he would love to have “The Stinger” around on a regular basis given how much he has enjoyed being around him over the past three years. Sting’s response was very simple: “I’m willing to have a talk.”
“The Icon” hung up his boots following AEW Revolution 2024 where he and Darby Allin managed to retain the AEW Tag Team Championships in a violent Tornado Tag match against The Young Bucks.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE announced Paul Heyman as the first inductee into this year’s WWE Hall of Fame.
Below is the announcement on WWE.com:
As first reported by the Associated Press, Paul Heyman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
The outspoken, brusque New Yorker first gained enemies under the guise of Paul E. Dangerously in WCW. Managing Steve Austin, Arn Anderson and Rick Rude in a stable he dubbed his Dangerous Alliance, Heyman used a Big Apple attitude and an oversized 1980s cell phone to help his charges run through the likes of Sting and Ricky Steamboat.
After WCW released the hothead in 1993, Heyman found an opportunity in failure, turning a modest Philadelphia-based independent promotion called Eastern Championship Wrestling into the notoriously daring Extreme Championship Wrestling. Inspired by alternative rock music and MTV, the innovator took ECW from public access to national pay-per-view by endorsing brutal bouts showcasing the rare combination of misfit warriors alongside cutting-edge athletes.
Credited with inspiring WWE’s landmark “Attitude Era,” the controversial brand became the third-largest wrestling company in the world before it was crippled by financial problems in 2001. Heyman joined WWE as Jim Ross’ broadcast partner, but it wouldn’t be long before the nonconformists of ECW reemerged in WWE as part of the infamous “Invasion.” Aligning himself with Stephanie and Shane McMahon, Heyman came frighteningly close to overthrowing WWE but ultimately failed to bring down his competition.
Time and again, however, Heyman was able to find his way back in, forming alliances with Superstars like CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, Big Show and Kurt Angle.
Since the summer of 2020, Heyman has been firmly entrenched as the Special Council to Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, where he lends his opinion and uses his outspoken nature to advise one of the most impressive title reigns in WWE history.
Heyman’s influence on sports-entertainment has become immeasurable, as his brash, in-your-face attitude has paved the way for multiple generations of managers and Superstars. With a resume that is unmatched, Heyman now takes his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to Paul Heyman on becoming a WWE Hall of Famer!
Source: WWE
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