Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C.
Michael Mansury, the former Vice President of Global Television Production for WWE, has been hired by AEW, and now changes are expected for AEW programming.
Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that part of the deal for Mansury being brought in is that Warner Brothers Discovery and AEW President Tony Khan have decided to change the look of the television programming.
It’s believed that the planned changes will go into effect at some point in January.
A person within WWE gave the following comments regarding Manusary being signed by AEW:
“Tremendous asset. Was being groomed to be the heir apparent to the Kevin Dunn throne, but moved up too quickly and much like David Sahadi and several others, that’s when Dunn covertly made his life very difficult.”
Source: ewrestlingnews
At Saturday’s post-ROH Final Battle 2022 media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan announced the return of HonorClub, which is where ROH’s weekly TV show will be featured.
The company sent out the following press release today to hype the news:
Tony Khan Announces Relaunch of Ring of Honor’s HonorClub Platform
— More than two decades of Ring of Honor Content Now Available For $9.99/Month, With New PPV and TV Content To Come —
On the heels of a momentous Ring of Honor Final Battle pay-per-view from College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, Tony Khan announced that the company’s HonorClub streaming platform has officially relaunched, featuring more than 2,500 hours of premium professional wrestling content dating back to 2002, with new weekly television episodes coming soon to the platform.
The announcement was made during an afternoon filled with title changes, as Claudio Castagnoli regained the ROH World Championship from Chris Jericho, Athena taking the ROH Women’s World Championship from Mercedes Martinez, The Briscoes winning the ROH World Tag Team Championships back from FTR in their third matchup this year, Wheeler Yuta winning the ROH Pure Championship back from Daniel Garcia and the Gates of Agony defeating Dalton Castle & The Boys for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.
Fans can sign up immediately for HonorClub for just $9.99 per month by visiting WatchROH.com. HonorClub is accessible via the ROH app on iOS, Android, Roku and Amazon FireTV.
The relaunched platform features updated functionality, where fans will be able to enjoy thousands of hours of Ring of Honor content including classic matches from the full ROH television archive and hundreds of pay-per-views and special events. Khan also announced plans for a weekly ROH television show to be solidified at the top of next year. Pay-per-view events will be available for viewing on HonorClub 90 days after they happen live, with live broadcasts still airing via Bleacher Report.
Jeff Jarrett currently serves as AEW’s Director of Business Development and is working closely on the live event side of things.
During the latest edition of his “My World” podcast, Jarrett promised some “cool things” that will be coming in 2023.
When talking about adding AEW live events to new markets, Jarrett said the company is “plowing the ground, and a lot of cool things coming in Q1 next year.” He said,
“Hopefully we get some announcements out sooner rather than later, but there’s a lot of cool things … The WWE is a 40, 50, 60-year-old company, the lineage goes back three or four generations. AEW, I mean people may or may not take this the right way, but in a lot of ways it’s no longer the embryo, it’s been born, but it’s still in the infant stages. It’s really cool.”
Source: ewrestlingnews
Chris Jericho faced off against Action Andretti on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, which many fans and Jericho himself thought would be a squash match. But in a shocking turn of events, Andretti picked up a huge upset victory over the Ocho.
Jericho, who was extremely angry after losing to Claudio Castagnoli at the ROH Final Battle 2022 pay-per-view event, said he was going to take his frustrations out on “some jobber.”
This led to Andretti coming out to face him, with the “jobber” picking up a massive win over Jericho.
Andretti often works for MCU Pro Wrestling and has also worked for CZW in the past.
Following the match, AEW President Tony Khan announced that Andretti is All Elite.
Source: ewrestlingnews
AEW Dynamite Winter Is Coming will air live tonight on TBS, and emanate from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.
At the age of 63, All Elite Wrestling star Sting is still going strong. It’s been just about two years since Sting debuted for AEW at Winter is Coming 2020 by coming to the aid of Darby Allin, and since then he’s put on a number of astonishing performances. In a recent interview with “The K&C Masterpiece” radio show, however, Sting revealed that he recently underwent surgery on both of his knees.
“I just had surgery, it [was] 6 or 7 weeks ago now,” Sting said. “Basically just a clean-out on my very old knees. … I’ve seen those that went through the physical therapy process with flying colors, and did what they were supposed to do, and worked through the pain versus those who did not. Those who did not, they never recover. The game never comes back to them.”
Sting would then recall several instances from his past where he knew that he was injured, and stressed the importance of stopping immediately rather than attempting to power through certain injuries. “Then there are other times where you’re hurt almost to that point, but you can still go on,” Sting continued. “I’ve dealt with all of it.”
The recent surgery might come as a bit of a surprise for fans, considering Sting wrestled a match at AEW Full Gear just a few weeks ago. “The Stinger” didn’t take it easy during the match, either — he even dove off a raised platform, landing on Jay Lethal and Satnam Singh, in one of the more memorable moments of the match. His actions in the match seem to confirm Sting’s surgery was relatively minor, and it certainly looks as though the wrestling legend is already back at full capacity.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
ZERO HOUR:
Jeff Cobb def. Mascara Dorada
Willow Nightingale def. Trish Adora
Top Flight def. The Kingdom
FINAL BATTLE:
Blake Christian & A.R. Fox def. La Facción Ingobernable (Rush and Dralistico)
Things went wild at the end, and A.R. Fox got the surprise win with a 450 on Dralisitico – looked to be a botch with Fox looking genuinely surprised as the ref insinuated that Dralistico didn’t get his shoulder up in time. RUSH and Dralistico took the loss well, throwing chairs and attempting to tie Fox up with cables. Odd ending, defo seems like it was a botch, and considering it was Dralistico’s debut and due to RUSH’s prior ROH booking, I don’t think this was the intended ending.
ROH Women’s Championship Match:
Athena def. Mercedes Martinez (c) to become new ROH Women’s Champion
Swerve In Our Glory def. Shane Taylor Promotions
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match:
The Embassy (Brian Cage & Gates of Agony) def. Dalton Castle & The Boys (c) to become new ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions
ROH Pure Championship Match:
Wheeler Yuta def. Daniel Garcia (c) to become new ROH Pure Champion
ROH Tag Team Championship Double Dog Collar Match:
The Briscoes def. FTR (c) to become new ROH Tag Team Champions
The Briscoes became ROH World Tag Team Champions for a record thirteenth time. As FTR were regrouping in the ring, The Gunns ran out of nowhere to dish out a beating before saying they want to kill FTR’s legacy. The Briscoes chased the ‘Ass Boys’ away as Dax Harwood promised to take The Gunns out.
ROH World Television Championship Match:
Samoa Joe (c) def. Juice Robinson
ROH World Championship: (If Castagnoli loses, he must join the Jericho Appreciation Society)
Claudio Castagnoli def. Chris Jericho (c) to become new ROH World Champion
Referee Paul Turner sent Ange and Magic to the back as Jericho hit a snap Codebreaker, but the follow up Codebreaker missed as Claudio finally got the big swing, with Jericho tapping out mid swing as Claudio regained the ROH World Championship. Wheeler Yuta arrived to celebrate with his BCC team-mate, as did former ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn as Claudio and the fans had fun with streamers. The Ring of Jericho era is over.
AEW wrestler Matt Hardy has provided an update on his brother Jeff, and continues to tease that his “Broken” character might be in the works.
Jeff Hardy has been off AEW television since June 14th, when he was written off due to an arrest for driving under the influence and then beginning rehab. Since then, we haven’t had many updates about Jeff’s progress until now.
Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt was asked about Jeff and he had the following to say, “He’s basically been doing the same thing he’s been doing. He’s doing exactly what he needs to be doing to get where he needs to be in life. More or less, we’ve just got to get these legal issues behind him before we move forward, so that’s kind of where we’re at with Jeff, and we’re hoping that happens sooner rather than later.”
Matt has continued to appear on AEW television since his brother’s absence, teaming with Private Party and being absorbed into The Firm. Hardy and his Firm cohort Ethan Page have had their issues of late, which has led to Matt teasing a return of his “Broken” persona. When asked about it, Hardy said,
“I can say I am not a big fan of Ethan Page. I think he’s an a**hole. Very creative guy. I do think he’s an a**hole. It’s hard to call him an FI because he’s got a pretty good head on his shoulders, he just uses it for all the wrong things. So yeah, there’s was a point in there where I snapped a little bit. It could have been a flash of Damascus popping out of my mortal vessel. I don’t know. If we continue along this same path, and he keeps punishing and doing things to Private Party that negatively affects their career, then I might end up ‘Broken’ before it’s all said and done. I promise you, Ethan Page – if we end up going down this avenue, this is going to be something you will regret.”
Source: EWrestlingNews
AEW Presents ROH Final Battle Saturday December 10, 2022 from College Park Center at the University of Texas-Arlington in Arlington, Texas – 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT, with Zero Hour starting at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT.
A ROH press release confirmed that Final Battle will be available through Bleacher Report (the same way fans have been ordering AEW pay-per-views) via its website or the B/R app for $39.99. The event can be pre-ordered here.
Fans in the U.S. can also order the PPV through InDemand on various cable and satellite TV providers. International cans can check out FITE or PPV.com to order the show.
CARD
ROH World Championship:
Chris Jericho (c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli
If Castagnoli loses, he must join the Jericho Appreciation Society
ROH Pure Championship Match:
Daniel Garcia (c) vs. Wheeler Yuta
ROH Women’s Championship Match:
Mercedes Martinez (c) vs. Athena
ROH World Television Championship Match:
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Juice Robinson
ROH Tag Team Championship Double Dog Collar Match:
FTR vs. The Briscoes
ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match:
Dalton Castle & The Boys (c) vs. Brian Cage & Gates of Agony
Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. Shane Taylor & JD Griffey
ZERO HOUR:
Willow Nightingale vs. Trish Adora
The Kingdom vs. Top Flight
Matt Menard & Angelo Parker vs. Shinobi Shadow Squad
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