Category: AEW

Will Ospreay Says He’s Retiring This Controversial Move After AEW Dynasty Dream Match

The dream match between Will Ospreay and Bryan Danielson at AEW Dynasty was everything that wrestling fans wanted it to be: a dream. The two men went to war for over 30 minutes, with Ospreay picking up the victory after hitting a Storm Driver ’93 and a Hidden Blade. However, Danielson was visibly in pain after taking the Storm Driver ’93 to the point where doctors tried to get involved. Ospreay appeared at the AEW Dynasty post-show media scrum to talk about the match, where he opened up by apologizing to everyone after reviewing the footage and seeing the medical staff trying to get involved. 

“Within the confines of wrestling, I do go, like I said, in the ring it is more or less your life versus mine, until you kind of see it staring at you in the face of what I did and I’m honestly…I feel awful about this. So even though like 90% of the time, that move’s been absolutely fine, seeing the damage that it’s kind of done, I’m going to retire using the Storm Driver.”

Ospreay explained that after seeing what the Storm Driver ’93 did to Danielson – someone he has a huge amount of respect for and has wanted to wrestle since he was a child — it wouldn’t feel right continuing to use the move. The star then apologized to Danielson, the AEW medical team, and Tony Khan for being reckless in the ring, before the company President explained that Danielson would be okay and Ospreay should be proud of winning such a tremendous match.

Source: Wrestling Inc. credit to AEW post-show media scrum

AEW Dynasty 4/21/2024 (Results), Return Of Jack Perry

Results from  “AEW Dynasty” on April 21, 2024, from the Chaifetz Arena in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Zero Hour

  • Trent Beretta def. Matt Sydal (w/ Mike Sydal) via Submission (Modified Triangle Choke).
    • Beretta kept the hold on Sydal after the match, but Chuck Taylor made the save. Trent cut a promo and said that Taylor had been acting like a prick and that he had until Dynamite to tell him where he stood. Orange Cassidy & Berentta had a staredown ahead of Cassidy’s match.
  • Orange Cassidy & Katsuyori Shibata def. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty) (w/ Anthony Ogogo) via Pinfall (Orange Punch).
  • AEW World Trios Championships & ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship Match: Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & The Gunns) (c) def. The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) & “Daddy Ass” Billy Gunn (c) via Pinfall (Blade Runner).
    • With this win, Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) were crowned as the new Undisputed AEW Trios Champions.

Main Broadcast

  • After a video package previewing the card, Taz, Excalibur & Jim Ross welcomed the audience to the main broadcast.
  • AEW Continental Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) def. PAC via Pinfall (Rainmaker Lariat).
    • Despite the loss, PAC got a standing ovation from the crowd after the match.
  • The House Of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) def. Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston & Mark Briscoe via Pinfall (Black Mass).
    • In the last parts of the match, Copeland went for a Spear on Black, but Black spat the Black Mist on Copeland before catching him with the Black Mass for the win.
  • TBS Championship – Skye Blue & Kris Statlander Banned From The Match: Willow Nightingale def. Julia Hart (c) via Pinfall (Doctor Bomb) to win the Championship.
    • Stokely Hathaway was on commentary for the match.
    • Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway celebrated with Willow after the match. Mercedes Mone interrupted and confronted Willow in the center. Willow and Mercedes Mone will go one-on-one for the title at AEW Double Or Nothing.
  • AEW International Championship Match: Roderick Strong (c) def. Kyle O’Reilly via Pinfall (End of Heartache).
    • The referee caught Wardlow trying to get involved in the match, leading to Wardlow to sit at ringside. The match ended with Strong hitting the Sick Kick before hitting the End of Heartache for the win.
    • Mike Bennett & Matt Taven appeared at the ramp with Adam Cole in a wheelchair. Cole managed to stand up from the chair and celebrated with Roderick Strong his victory.
  • FTW Championship – FTW Rules Match: Chris Jericho def. HOOK (c) via Pinfall (Bat to the Head) to win the title.
  • AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Toni Storm (c) (w/ Mariah May & Luther) def. Thunder Rosa.
    • Deonna Purrazzo laid out Mariah May & Luther at ringside. Despite Rosa surviving the Hip Attack & the Storm Zero Storm, the end of the match came when Storm kicked Rosa with a low blow, followed by hitting a second Storm Zero for the win.
  • Will Ospreay def. Bryan Danielson via Pinfall (Hidden Blade).
    • Multiple medics checked on Bryan Danielson after the match.
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals – Ladder Match: Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) def. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) to win the vacant titles.
    • The ending came when Dax Harwood dropped Nicholas Jackson off the ladder. Dax was about to retrieve the titles, but was stopped when a fan pushed Dax off the ladder he was in and sent him crashing into the top rope. The fan was revealed to be none other than the returning “Scapegoat” Jack Perry. Nicholas Jackson climbed the ladder to retrieve the AEW Tag Titles for the win as Perry was escorted out of the arena by security.
  • AEW World Championship Match: Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana) def. Samoa Joe (c) via Pinfall (Swerve Stomp) to win the AEW World Championship.
    • With this win, Swerve Strickland is the first-ever African-American World Champion in the history of All Elite Wrestling. In a ground-breaking moment in professional wrestling history, Strickland stood victorious as world champion to end the broadcast.
      Who’s house? Swerve’s house.

AEW Dynasty 4/21/2024 (Card)

AEW Dynasty pay-per-view – Sunday April 21 from Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

CARD

Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay

AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana)

TOURNAMENT FINAL FOR THE VACATED AEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (LADDER MATCH):
The Young Bucks (Nicholas Jackson and Matthew Jackson) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)

Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston, and Mark Briscoe vs. The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews)

AEW WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
“Timeless” Toni Storm (c) (with Mariah May and Luther) vs. Thunder Rosa

HOUSE RULES MATCH FOR THE TBS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Julia Hart (c) vs. Willow Nightingale (with Stokely Hathaway)

AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Roderick Strong (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly

AEW CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Pac

FTW CHAMPIONSHIP (FTW RULES):
Hook (c) vs. Chris Jericho

ZERO HOUR:

WINNERS TAKE ALL MATCH FOR THE AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP AND ROH WORLD SIX-MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) and “Daddy Ass” Billy Gunn (c–AEW) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White and The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) (c–ROH)

Orange Cassidy & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty

AEW Collision & Rampage Preview 4/20/2024

Tonight’s Collision and Rampage on TNT from Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL. Go home show for Sunday’s Dynasty pay-per-view.

AEW Collision:

  • Bunkhouse Brawl: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher
  • Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks vs. PAC & FTR
  • The Acclaimed vs. Austin & Colten Gunn
  • Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston & Mark Briscoe vs. Top Flight & Action Andretti
  • Skye Blue vs. Leyla Hirsch
  • Powerhouse Hobbs in action

AEW Rampage:

  • Four-Way Elimination Match: Rob Van Dam vs. Komander vs. Isiah Kassidy vs. Lee Johnson
  • Yuka Sakazaki vs. Emi Sakura
  • Kyle O’Reilly, Rocky Romero & Matt Menard vs. Roderick Strong, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett

Kenny Omega Blasts Rossy Ogawa – ‘He Puts Underage Girls In Very Revealing Swimsuit Calendars’

Kenny Omega has some concerns regarding STARDOM founder Rossy Ogawa launching his new Marigold promotion.

As many of you know by now, Ogawa was fired from STARDOM by parent company Bushiroad after he was accused of trying to poach talent. Earlier this week, Ogawa announced his new promotion Marigold. The company will be holding its first show on May 20th.

Taking to his Twitch channel, Omega expressed his concerns about Ogawa. The AEW wrestler also revealed that he stands by Asuka’s comments last year regarding STARDOM being “created to destroy [her] personally.”

You can check out some highlights from the Twitch stream below:

On Rossy Ogawa and his new promotion: “From someone who lived it, breathed, who has very close friends in the industry. I don’t necessarily mean the wrestling industry, I mean the industry. The government issued press. The information they know. I’m just going to leave it at that. I would say don’t be so quick to listen to praise for that individual because someday, I’m not sure when it will be. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but someday, people will know the truth. What they do with that truth, I don’t know. Will they share it? Maybe. A lot of the higher ups in Japan, they know exactly what.”

On his comments potentially being taken out of context: “My comments on Rossy are whatever. There is nothing to say. I just think, eventually… I don’t care about Rossy being an E-Drone. That’s no big deal. He’s done… that’s not even the tip… just you friggin wait. If you are still interested in wrestling and you’re listening to the stories and reading stuff. When it finally comes out. I will say one thing, there are a lot of people who refuse to work for him for the very same reason. Some of those people are in WWE. Some are in AEW. They have a very good reason. It’s not just, ‘I decided to wake up and not like this guy.’

“If you want to know along what lines they tread amongst, the dude just flat out said, ‘we’re looking for girls ages 13 to 21 that don’t have a boyfriend and aren’t married.’ We already know he puts underage girls in very revealing swimsuit calendars and books. I wish that’s all he did. Let’s put it that way. I don’t know. I don’t want to say anything. I’m not going on record to say anything. I don’t want lawyers barking at my door. That’s why I don’t want to say anything. I don’t have any sort of video evidence, I just have the good word of people who are very close. I’m outside of it. If those people feel like commenting or saying something, whatever. For now, I’ll say that people going to Marigold, good luck. I hope you have a great time. I hope it works out for you. For me, I would be very hesitant. I would be very hesitant. That’s all….My only comment, I’m with Asuka. That’s it. We are bros. Always have been. She has her reasons and they are probably the same ones as mine.”

Source: eWn

AEW Head Tony Khan Reacts To Warning From Oklahoma State Athletic Commission

Earlier this week, news emerged that the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission had sent a warning to All Elite Wrestling after the company had violated its ban on intergender wrestling. In particular, OSAC raised issues with a December 20, 2023 match between Nyla Rose, a transgender wrestler, and Alejandra Lion, a cisgender wrestler. As a result, the OSAC has threatened to take “punitive action” if AEW sanctions another match between a transgender and cisgender athlete in the state of Oklahoma. On the AEW Dynasty media call, AEW President Tony Khan addressed the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission’s warning, asserting that he, and the entire AEW family, firmly support and embrace Nyla Rose.

“I was disappointed by the Commission’s position and by that warning,” Khan said. “I don’t think we did anything wrong. I’m really, really shocked by it. I don’t think there should be discrimination against transgender wrestlers or transgender people at all. They have rights, and to that end, I absolutely stand by Nyla Rose. AEW stands behind Nyla Rose and all transgender people who want to play sports. This is wrestling. There is nothing wrong with it. Nyla Rose is a great wrestler. She’s been a great world champion and I love Nyla. I love working with Nyla.”

“… She deserves the same chances as everybody else,” Khan continued. “And if the AEW locker room, which consists of people from all over the world, all kinds of different backgrounds, all different beliefs, if everybody in the locker room can embrace Nyla, I would hope that the Oklahoma Commission could do the same thing.”

As AEW continues to support Rose, Khan pointed out that Rose has been as equally supportive toward AEW, and its diverse roster of talent. Khan also reiterated that Rose remains an important part of AEW’s history, as she stands as one of the talents brought in during the company’s first year of operations, and the second-ever AEW Women’s World Champion.

Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to AEW

Adam Cole Not Returning To The Ring Anytime Soon

Fightful Select has provided an update on the status of Adam Cole who has been out of action for several months due to an ankle injury.

According to the report, Cole is not expected to return to the ring anytime soon.

The reason for Cole’s absence from AEW TV was reportedly due to concerns that it was slowing down his recovery progress.

Cole broke his ankle in September 2023 and there is currently no specific timetable for his return to the ring.

However, Cole can still make appearances on TV, although they may be less frequent.

Before his injury, Cole was a prominent figure on AEW TV and was revealed as the leader of The Undisputed Kingdom, who caused chaos and contributed to MJF losing the AEW World Title to Samoa Joe at Worlds End 2023 on December 30.

Source: eWn

AEW Stars Ruby Soho And Angelo Parker Announce Pregnancy

For most of 2024, AEW’s Ruby Soho has been embroiled in a feud with Outcast stablemate Saraya, while growing closer with Angelo Parker. As the storyline progressed, however, Soho’s in-ring output decreased, with her last match occurring back in February, and she had recently disappeared from television altogether as Parker continued to feud with Saraya and her brother, Zak Knight.

As it turns out, Soho had a pretty good reason for not being around. Following “AEW Dynamite” last night, in a segment taped for Saturday’s “AEW Rampage,” Soho appeared for the first time in weeks to reveal to Parker she had been absent because she discovered she was pregnant. Fightful Select would later confirm this wasn’t just a storyline, and that Soho and Parker, who are a real-life couple, are expecting their first child, with the couple deciding to incorporate Soho’s pregnancy into their TV romance.

Soho’s announcement last night was the only segment taped for “Rampage,” as the show is scheduled to air outside of its 10:00 Friday timeslot this weekend, instead airing live immediately following “Collision” on Saturday. While no firm reason has been given for why the segment was taped last night instead of airing live, Soho is a native of Lafayette, Indiana, only an hour away from last night’s “Dynamite” location in Indianapolis, thus allowing the AEW star to announce her pregnancy in her home state.

Though the segment will air this Saturday, footage of Soho’s announcement and Parker’s emotional reaction can be found on social media. No further details were given on when Soho is expecting, let alone when she’d return to the ring. Wrestling Inc. would like to offer its congratulations to both Soho and Parker.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Gets Warning From Oklahoma State Athletic Commission

A spate of laws discriminating against transgender athletes has popped up in numerous states throughout the country, including Missouri and Oklahoma. AEW has found itself in trouble with the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission over the company’s recent event in Oklahoma at the end of 2023.

According to KOKH, the OSAC has issued a warning to AEW for including Nyla Rose, who wrestled Alejandra Lion during the December 20, 2023 event, the promotion’s first in the state. Sean O’Leary has the minutes of this past January’s meeting, in which the OSAC repeatedly misgendered Rose as they discussed her appearance at “AEW Dynamite,” which violated Oklahoma’s 2021 law against transgender athletes competing against cisgender athletes, even in scripted entertainment like wrestling. 

The commission opted to only give AEW a warning, with the caveat that further punitive measures could be handed out. The commission had been tipped off by an unnamed wrestling promotion that had dealt with a similar warning from the OSAC. OSAC opted to reprimand AEW as they felt the commission should be consistent following reprimanding the other organization. Rose commented on the commission’s minutes, jokingly suggesting she would find the “dastardly Transgender,” referring to herself. AEW currently has no announced upcoming dates in the state of Oklahoma for the foreseeable future.

Rose has been an outspoken advocate for the entirety of her fellow AEW Women’s locker room, recently championing the idea of AEW adding more women’s titles to the promotion. Rose’s fellow wrestlers are supportive of the former AEW Women’s Champion’s presence in the company, even coming to her defense after instances of bigotry from AEW fans and critics.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite Preview 4/17/2024

AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from the Indiana Farmers Coliseum.

  • Claudio Castagnoli vs. Will Ospreay
  • Mixed Tag Team Match: Adam Copeland and Willow Nightingale vs. House of Black’s Julia Hart and Brody King
  • Trios Match: The Elite vs. PAC, Daniel Garcia and Penta El Zero Miedo
  • Deonna Purrazzo vs. Mariah May
  • Jon Moxley returns as the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion
  • Taz to broker meeting between Chris Jericho and Hook
  • We will hear from Samoa Joe
  • We will hear from Swerve Strickland
  • We will hear from Mercedes Mone’