Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C.
The AEW roster is “excited” over the prospect that Sasha Banks could be ‘All Elite’ within a matter of weeks.
Banks has not been seen on WWE TV since May and is serving a suspension for walking out of an episode of RAW.
This week, it was reported that Banks is expected to appear at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom event on January 4, 2023.
Fightful Select reports that several AEW stars are “excited” and believe that Banks’ Wrestle Kingdom outing could be a sign of her arrival in AEW.
One anonymous source said they believe Banks joining could turn around the promotion’s TV ratings.
Some have suggested that Banks could be Saraya’s mystery partner, as the British star and her partner will face Britt Baker and AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter on the January 11th episode of AEW Dynamite, one week after Wrestle Kingdom.
Source: EWrestlingNews
While speaking during Wednesday’s media call to promote this weekend’s Ring of Honor Final Battle pay-per-view event, ROH owner and AEW President Tony Khan hinted that an update on the promotion’s television deal could be coming soon. Khan acquired Ring of Honor in May of this year. Tony indicated to Brandon Thurston that an announcement regarding ROH’s TV future could come this weekend.
ROH Final Battle 2022 will take place this Saturday, December 10th at 4:00 PM EST from Arlington, TX. It will air live on pay-per-view.
Source: EWrestlingNews
AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS, and emanate from the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas, just outside of Austin.
A report from Fightful Select has an update on William Regal leaving AEW. Regal is now “effectively done” with AEW and said to be heading back to WWE. Additionally, Fightful’s report states that he’s currently finalizing a new deal with WWE.
Regal’s deal with AEW is said to be up this month, so that’s why he was written off TV with the recent angle on Dynamite with MJF. There have been multiple rumors regarding the length of Regal’s contract. It was previously rumored that he had a three-year contract, but WWE sources claimed that Regal had an “out” clause in his AEW agreement.
Additionally, the report notes that all AEW sources are operating under the assumption that Regal is leaving. Regal previously joined AEW in March of 2022. One WWE source said it’s not surprising that Regal is returning to WWE as Triple H was reportedly “very unhappy” that he was let go earlier in January. WWE NXT sources had said that Regal was considered a “lifer” for the NXT brand, and Triple H even mentioned this before.
Regal is expected to have a “backstage role” following his return to WWE.
After joining AEW, William Regal became the manager of the Blackpool Combat Club, featuring Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley as the inaugural members of the stable.
Source: EWrestlingNews
Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C.
Ruby Soho made her return and attacked Melo during this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. Soho left Melo on the ramp with the Destination Unknown after the two brawled at ringside.
Soho broke her nose during the conclusion of Soho and Ortiz vs. Tay Melo and Sammy Guevara at the AEW All Out PPV.
Hangman Page made his return on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
During the opening segment of the show, Page interrupted a promo by Jon Moxley, which lead to a brawl between the pair. Page had been off of AEW TV for several weeks since suffering a concussion. He suffered the concussion on the October 18th episode of Dynamite in a match with Moxley.
Source: EWrestlingNews
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite LIVE from the Indianapolis Farmers Coliseum, at 8pm ET/7pm CT on TBS.
AEW star Andrade El Idolo revealed on Twitter that he recently underwent surgery for a torn pectoral muscle.
Andrade’s last match was back at the All Out PPV, where he lost the ladder match that was eventually won by MJF. He was scheduled to square off against 10 of the Dark Order on the October 5 taping of Rampage but was sent home following a backstage fight with Sammy Guevara.
Source: WrestleView
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