Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT.
Dave Brown, an announcer of Memphis wrestling for over 30 years, will be a guest announcer for AEW Collision on October 21 in Memphis, TN.
Brown worked alongside Lance Russell for 25 years on Championship Wrestling for the Continental Wrestling Association.
This marks the first time AEW will hold a show at the venue, with WWE’s last event being Raw on August 28th.
As previously reported, former AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill is expected to be joining WWE.
Dave Meltzer provided more details in the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, reporting that Cargill and AEW didn’t come to terms on a new deal.
Meltzer wrote,
“Those in WWE believed she was coming and that it would be on the main roster rather than developmental, but I could see that going either way. Another person in WWE described it to us as that her name was being talked about a lot, but the deal was not completed at press time. The money it would take to get her would have been far more than they pay those in developmental, but while she has a star look and is a great athlete, her skill set and experience level is not at WWE main roster woman levels. But good workers are there to make the less experienced and more marketable workers look better than they are.”
The Observer also reported that former major league baseball star Aaron Phillips, Cargill’s husband, was in attendance in Cincinnati for her possible final AEW match and that there were reports that it was the best match of her career.
Meltzer continued,
“One person in WWE described this as coming out of the blue, but that they do expect her to be coming in. There are several factors involved here including money. Cargill was probably protected more in AEW than she would be in WWE, but that’s not to be sure. She probably can have better matches in WWE because on the main roster the level of the women is higher. From a travel schedule, for someone with outside interests and a daughter, WWE would have her do more matches, which is probably a good thing for her long-run, but travel far more extensive unless she got a sweetheart deal on the schedule. If she has goals outside of wrestling, such as acting since she’s got a superhero look, the WWE main roster exposure would help her more.”
Sources: eWn and Wrestling Observer
Jade Cargill’s tenure with AEW is seemingly coming to an end, and the former TBS Champion could soon be calling herself a WWE Superstar.
Fightful is reporting that Cargill is believed to be “finishing up” with AEW, according to sources within the promotion.
Sources in both AEW & WWE believe that she will be heading to WWE when the time is right.
There is no word yet of an official offer being made by WWE and that as always, things can change in the world of professional wrestling.
It is currently unclear how long is left on Cargill’s current contract with All Elite Wrestling.
The report indicates that Cargill’s last AEW match may have already been taped, as she took on Kris Statlander Wednesday night in a TBS Championship match that will be broadcast on “AEW Rampage” on Friday.
Counting this week’s “Rampage,” Cargill has wrestled a total of 64 matches over the course of her two-and-a-half year career, all of them in AEW. If Fightful’s reporting proves accurate, she would be the second major AEW wrestler to leave Tony Khan’s “challenger brand” for the established pastures of Vince McMahon (and now Ari Emanuel), and the first homegrown AEW star to do so. AEW’s first major defection came in 2022, when Cody Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38.
Did All Elite Wrestling inflate their attendance numbers for the All In 2023 pay-per-view event, which took place on August 27th from Wembley Stadium?
Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics recently reported on a public records request about the attendance for AEW All In 2023. Earlier today, the Freedom of Information office for the Brent Civic Centre responded to the original request with the following statement:
“The actual numbers registered entering [Wembley] Stadium through the turnstiles was 72,265 – this is reflective of what attended on the night and not the total number of tickets sold or no-shows etc.”
It’s worth noting that AEW has said all along that the paid attendance for the event was 81,035. If that is true, it would have been a new worldwide record for pro wrestling.
WrestleTix previously announced that the number of tickets distributed for All In 2023 was 83,131.
The WrestleNomics report states that a “typical AEW event has a drop count (also known as a “turnstile count”) that is about 80% to 90% of the paid attendance or tickets distributed.” In this case, 72,265 is 89% of 83,131.
So while it remains to be seen whether 81,035 tickets were actually sold, it is known that 72,265 people did walk through the turnstiles. With that being said, over 10,000 no-shows seems a bit high. Of course, there are also scalpers out there who may not have been able to sell the tickets they purchased.
Source: eWn
AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Saraya captured the AEW Women’s Championship at AEW All In during a fatal 4-way match in front of her family.
Saraya spoke with Women’s Wrestling Talk for a new interview, where she discussed AEW possibly adding new titles to the women’s division.
“I would love for there to be a female trios championship or a regular tag team championship for women because we do have two (women’s titles), and that’s awesome, but there are so many women on our roster, and so many women that are in tag teams. Why don’t we make a tag team championship? Who knows. Tony always has great ideas up his sleeve,” she said.
Source: eWn
AEW Collision live on TNT from the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio.
Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C.
After being out of action since August of last year due to a back injury, Thunder Rosa is reportedly ready to make her return to in-ring action.
Fightful Select is reporting that Rosa has been cleared to return as soon as creative comes up with something for her.
While there is no word on whether Rosa’s return is imminent, it’s said that she could show up at any time now.
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