Category: AEW Dynamite

AEW Dynamite Preview 11/6/2024

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live on TBS from the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire.

  • Fight Without Honor Match: The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill and Bryan Keith) vs. The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly and Tomohiro Ishi)
  • Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli and PAC
  • Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher vs. Ricochet and a mystery partner
  • Adam Cole vs. Malakai Black
  • Penelope Ford vs. Jamie Hayter
  • The Hurt Syndicate to appear live
  • Christian Cage and Hook will go face to face

Bobby Lashley Destroys Swerve Strickland In AEW Debut Following Dynamite Main Event

The Hurt Syndicate may be near completion, as Bobby Lashley made his AEW debut following the main event of “AEW Dynamite” Wednesday night, after reports of his signing emerged back when Shelton Benjamin officially became “All Elite.” The main event saw former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland take on Benjamin, with MVP at ringside, who relentlessly taunted Prince Nana throughout the bout. The match was made following Strickland’s decision to stay with his manager rather than join MVP’s new stable.

The match was Strickland’s first following his brutal loss against “Hangman” Adam Page in an unsanctioned steel cage match at All Out. Strickland started off the match hot, but Benjamin quickly took control for a good portion of the bout. When Strickland was able to battle back, he hit the House Call and went to the top rope, but hit a 450 Splash instead of a Swerve Stomp. Benjamin kicked out and quickly got Strickland into a waist lock. Strickland hit a desperation cutter and took them both out. Strickland got back to the top, but Benjamin followed, and Strickland countered with a Liger Bomb. He followed up with the Swerve Stomp to get the victory.

The camera then panned to MVP at ringside, who made a call while staring down Strickland in the ring. The lights went out quickly, then Lashley’s music hit. He got in the ring and got face-to-face with Strickland, and Benjamin distracted Strickland, taking him out and both men beat up the former champion. MVP choked out Nana with his cane, and Lashley got Strickland in a full nelson hold and made him pass out. Referees and security came running down to the ring, and MVP got on the microphone to ask the fans to guess “who’s back in business” as the show ended.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

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AEW Fright Night Dynamite Preview 10/30/2024

Tonight is AEW Fright Night Dynamite, live on TBS from the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • Swerve Strickland vs. Shelton Benjamin
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Private Party. If Private Party loses, they must split up.
  • Adam Cole vs. Buddy Matthews
  • Kamille vs. Kris Statlander
  • Orange Cassidy to appear
  • We’ll hear from Hangman Page

Backstage Report On Chris Jericho’s ROH Title Win On AEW Dynamite

Chris Jericho captured the Ring of Honor World Championship for the second time during Wednesday night’s “AEW Dynamite,” defeating Mark Briscoe in a ladder match with some help from The Learning Tree. Discussing the match on “Wrestling Observer Radio,” Dave Meltzer offered a possible explanation for Jericho’s title victory.

“I think that if they are working on an ROH television deal, then it probably is beneficial for them to be champion, to try and close that deal,” Meltzer said.

The writer then confirmed that Tony Khan is in the process of trying to secure a TV deal for the brand. AEW recently re-upped with Warner Bros Discovery, ensuring “Dynamite” and “AEW Collision” remain on TNT/TBS as well as heading to streaming platform Max. However, ROH was not included in that agreement.

Meltzer praised the Jericho-Briscoe match from last night, marveling at Briscoe’s mobility after a career full of death-defying stunts. Both Meltzer and co-host Bryan Alvarez stated that it was possible that Khan would run another rematch between Jericho and Briscoe and ROH Final Battle later this year, which would allow Briscoe to compete in the Continental Classic and take some losses before winning the title back from Jericho.

This is Jericho’s second time as champion, with his last reign also coinciding with rumors that Khan was seeking a media rights deal for ROH. However, no outside agreement materialized, and ROH has since been relegated to its own online streaming platform and appearances on AEW programming.

Following the win against Briscoe, Jericho’s next challenger stepped forward — Tomohiro Ishii of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Jericho successfully defended the ROH World Championship against Ishii during his initial reign in November 2022. Though Ishii has previously held the ROH Television Championship, he has not yet held the brand’s world title.

Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to Wrestling Observer Radio

AEW Dynamite 10/23/2024

AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from the Maverik Center in West Valley City Utah, just outside of Salt Lake City.

  • ROH World Championship – Ladder War: Mark Briscoe (c) vs. Chris Jericho
  • House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King and Buddy Matthews) in trios action
  • ROH World Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara vs. Shelton Benjamin
  • The Elite’s Jack Perry and The Young Bucks vs. Daniel Garcia & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen)
  • Kyle Fletcher will reveal why he turned on Will Ospreay at WrestleDream
  • HOOK “will handle” person who attacked his father Taz
  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley to appear
  • Kamille vs. Queen Aminata

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/16/2024

AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

  • Fallout from WrestleDream
  • AEW TBS and NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone’ vs. Queen Aminata
  • FTR vs. Learning Tree’s “The Redwood” Big Bill and “Bad Apple” Brian Keith (Match is to help support hurricane relief efforts)
  • Kazuchika Okada and The Young Bucks vs. The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy and Rocky Romero)
  • Jay White vs. Christian Cage
  • Shelton Benjamin vs. Lio Rush
  • Adam Cole returns
  • Jon Moxley appears

Update On Why Britt Baker Missed Wednesday’s Episode Of AEW Dynamite

Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. missed this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite due to an illness.

The former AEW Women’s Champion was originally set to compete in a Women’s Title Eliminator match against Willow Nightingale, but the match wound up being pulled at the last minute.

Taking to Twitter, the D.M.D. posted a video to announce that she went to urgent care and was given antibiotics, an IV, and a shot due to a case of strep throat.

Tony Khan announced during Wednesday’s media call to promote AEW WrestleDream 2024 that Baker attended the wedding of former AEW VP Megha Parekh prior to becoming ill.

Baker ended her video with the following message to her critics,

“To all the weirdos with your conspiracy theories, f**k off.”

Source: eWn

Daniel Garcia Is Staying With AEW

Daniel Garcia has made his return to All Elite Wrestling.

On Tuesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite, Garcia addressed the speculation over his future in AEW.

While Garcia revealed that he owed the fans an explanation for being absent and teased leaving the promotion, he said that he’d realized he can do what he wants because he’s one of the best in the world. With that, he announced that he’d be saying with AEW moving forward.

Penelope Ford Returns To AEW Dynamite For The First Time In Two Years On Title Tuesday

The “Title Tuesday” edition of “AEW Dynamite” was full of surprises, but one that caught everyone off-guard was the return of Penelope Ford.

Ford made her presence felt during the four-way “anything goes” match to determine the No. 1 contender for the AEW Women’s World Championship, attacking Jamie Hayter from behind as Hayter looked to hit Saraya with a chair. Once she got her shots in, Ford made sure to keep her distance from Hayter as she headed backstage, with Hayter following her and out of the match in the process.

The 32-year old last wrestled for AEW in October 2022, which came shortly after she returned from a lengthy spell on the shelf due to injury. However, she would once again step away from the company after learning she was pregnant. Her husband, fellow AEW star Kip Sabian, revealed in a 2023 interview that the pregnancy came at a time in his own life when he was frustrated with the lack of time he was getting on TV, but he stated that AEW President Tony Khan was willing to do anything to make Ford’s pregnancy more comfortable.

Tragically, Ford and Sabian lost their baby ten weeks into the pregnancy; both individuals detailed everything in a short YouTube video a few weeks after they found out the news. Ford has been away from wrestling ever since, while Sabian would eventually return to the company on a full-time basis during the summer of 2024.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday Preview

Tonight is a special AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday episode of AEW Dynamite live on TBS from the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington. Special start time of 9:00 pm ET. 

  • Double Title Match: Mercedes Mone will defend the TBS Championship and the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship against Emi Sakura
  • AEW Women’s Title Eliminator Match: Willow Nightingale vs. Dr. Britt Baker. D.M.D. The winner goes on to challenge Mariah May for championship at WrestleDream.
  • Bryan Danielson and Wheeler Yuta vs. Claudio Castagnoli and PAC
  • Darby Allin and Brody King will go face to face
  • Hook will call out whomever attacked his father Taz