Category: AEW

ESPN Secures Exclusive Broadcast Rights To AEW In Major Overseas Deal

All Elite Wrestling and ESPN announced a major partnership on Thursday, which will see Dynamite, Rampage and AEW pay-per-view events made available to ESPN subscribers in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

You can check out an excerpt from the press release below:

“ESPN announced that it has secured exclusive broadcast rights to top American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), bringing its premium matches and entertainment to ESPN subscribers in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands starting February 16.

Each week on ESPN, fans in the region can catch all the action on “AEW: DYNAMITE” on Thursday AEDT, and “AEW: RAMPAGE” on Saturday AEDT, with same-day replays and episodes made available on-demand. In addition, through ESPN, fans will have access to all of AEW’s quarterly pay-per-view events on delay: REVOLUTION, DOUBLE OR NOTHING, ALL OUT and FULL GEAR.

AEW will be available on ESPN in the following locations: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Niue, Nauru, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Northern Marianas, Tokelau, Tahiti, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and Wallis and Futuna.”

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Starting on Thursday, February 16th, AEW Dynamite will air on AEDT and Rampage will air on Saturdays AEDT with episodes available via same-day replays and on-demand as well.

Source: eWrestlingNews

Eddie Kingston Does This Charitable Act At Indie Shows

Throughout his time with All Elite Wrestling, Eddie Kingston has still maintained a healthy schedule of independent shows on many weekends to complement his work on “AEW Dynamite” and “AEW Rampage.” While speaking to Marc Maron on a special wrestling-themed episode of “WTF,” Kingston discussed his reasons for continuing to work independent promotions, and shared that he usually makes a charitable donation with a significant portion of his earnings.

“I like doing the independents still,” Kingston said. “Because without the independents, I would’ve went nuts years ago. … A lot of times — well, they already announced it a couple times. I hate it when they do this. I usually will go there and do a show, but I’ll tell them, ‘Take half my money, and give it to a charity that’s local.’ And I tell them not to announce it, just do it. And they announced it anyways.” Kingston stated that he sees these donations as his way of giving back after working his way through the independents for most of his career.

Over the last year, Kingston has stayed busy working for promotions across the country such as House of Glory, Beyond Wrestling, DEFY, and Glory Pro. On top of his work with his home promotion and on the independents, the AEW star has competed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, facing off against Tomohiro Ishii and even teaming with Kazuchika Okada to wrestle “Switchblade” Jay White and Juice Robinson of Bullet Club in October. After months of trash talk back and forth, Kingston will soon return to the promotion to face White in a singles match at NJPW Battle in the Valley on February 18.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite Preview 2/8/2023

AEW Dynamite “Championship Night” will air live tonight on TBS and emanate from the El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas.

  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Acclaimed (c) vs. The Gunns
  • AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Elite (c) vs. Top Flight & AR Fox
  • World Title Eliminator: AEW World Champion MJF vs. Konosuke Takeshita
  • Women’s Title Eliminator Match: AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter vs. The Bunny
  • Bryan Danielson vs. Rush
  • Garcia-Guevara Gauntlet Match

Danhausen Forms Tag Team With Chris Jericho On Jericho’s “Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager At Sea” Cruise

There might be a very nice, very evil, and very new tag team entering the AEW tag team picture.

Over the weekend as part of Chris Jericho’s “Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea” cruise, AEW’s resident ghoul Danhausen teamed up to become a unit for a pair of matches on the voyage. “Danhausen and Jerichohausen… the most hausen tag team of all hausen!!” one traveler tweeted, posting a photo of Danhausen and Jericho in matching facepaint and red capes. Another attendee shared a look at Danhausen and Jericho both using “The Walls of Jericho” against Austin and Colten Gunn.

Jericho’s annual cruise event typically features wrestlers — mostly from AEW’s roster at this point — in addition to a few other stars from ROH, GCW, and NJPW. Musical artists like Jericho’s rock group Fozzy, Quiet Riot, and “Platinum Max” (AEW World Tag Team Champion Max Caster) performed this year as well. Danhausen was advertised as the cruise’s “guest host” for the weekend. 

Even before his AEW debut in early 2022, Danhausen had grown into a beloved figure among wrestling fans, making a name for himself on the independent scene and on social media. Known for casting “spells” on his adversaries, he has racked up an 8-5 record in his first year with AEW. Although with the recent attention he’s been garnering, it’s not out of the question to see bigger things on the horizon for him in his second year with the promotion — especially considering his association with the All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy and the Best Friends.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dark: Elevation Preview 2/6/2023

The latest episode of AEW’s latest weekly show, Dark: Elevation, is slated to air tonight at 7pm ET via the official AEW YouTube channel.

  • ROH Champion Claudio Castagnoli & ROH Pure Wrestling Champion Wheeler Yuta vs. Tony Nese & Ari Daivari with Smart Mark Sterling
  • Nyla Rose & Emi Sakura & Diamante & Marina Shafir with Vickie Guerrero vs. Sky Blue & Madison Rayne & Queen Aminata & Heidi
  • Orange Cassidy & The Best Friends vs. Zack Clayton & Serpentico & Luther
  • Top Flight vs. The Butcher & The Blade with The Bunny.
  • Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz
  • Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Corey Calhoun
  • Matt Menard & Angelo Parker vs. The Boys, Brendan & Brett Tate

AEW Rampage Preview 2/3/2023

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C. Taped on Wednesday at Wright State University – Nutter Center in Dayton, OH

  • AEW World Trios Championship: The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) (c) vs. Ethan Page, Matt Hardy, & Isiah Kassidy
  • RUSH vs. Christopher Daniels
  • Swerve Strickland vs. Brian Pillman Jr.
  • Toni Storm & Saraya in tag team action

Positive Health Update On Jay Briscoe’s Daughters

On January 17, Jamin Pugh, known to fans as Jay Briscoe, tragically passed away in a car accident that shook the wrestling world down to its very core. Fortunately, his daughters, who were also in the vehicle, survived the accident. However, both of them sustained life-altering injuries.

We now have a positive medical update on Jay Briscoe’s daughters, Jayleigh and Gracie.

Update on Jayleigh: “JJ, Briscoe’s nine-year old daughter was officially released from the hospital yesterday and is back home. She will have to wear her neck and back brace for four more weeks, at which point she will then return to the hospital to have her back brace surgically removed. She will obviously need continued physical therapy as she recovers but she was able to return home last night.”

Update on Gracie: “Gracie, Briscoe’s twelve-year old daughter, will be moved to the rehab floor of the hospital so that she can focus more on physical therapy towards regaining use of her legs below the knee. She has feeling in her legs but is still unable to move them below the knees. She noted to her sister that her leg, which has felt as if its tingling nonstop, ‘felt normal’ last night.”

We wish Jayleigh and Gracie the best on their road to recovery.

Source: eWrestlingNews

AEW Considering Launching Their Own Streaming Service

The award-winning WWE Network may have some competition if AEW goes ahead with reported plans to launch their own streaming service.

Since 2019, AEW had produced thousands of hours of content, and with the purchase of Ring of Honor, also has the distribution rights to the 2018 ‘ALL IN’ event.

Bloomberg is reporting that the promotion is considering launching its own streaming service, according to a source “familiar with management’s thinking.”

This streaming service would likely be done with the aid of AEW’s distribution partner Warner Bros. Discovery and isn’t the first time there have been reports of a service.

In October 2021, AEW President Tony Khan said that AEW was in talks with HBO Max over a streaming service with HBO Max, though no service came to light.

Source: eWrestlingNews

AEW Dynamite Preview 2/1/2023

AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS and emanate from the Wright State University Nutter Center in Dayton, OH.

  • AEW TNT Championship No Holds Barred Match: Darby Allin (c) vs. Samoa Joe
  • TBS Championship: Jade Gargill (c) vs. Red Velvet
  • “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley
  • Bryan Danielson vs Timothy Thatcher
  • Konouke Takeshita vs Brian Cage
  • The Acclaimed in Action

The Funeral Service For Jamin “Jay Briscoe” Pugh Now Available To Watch

On Sunday, a funeral service for late Ring of Honor wrestler Jamin “Jay Briscoe” Pugh was held in Laurel, Delaware.

The official YouTube channel of the Laurel School District hosted a livestream of the funeral, which you can see below. During the service, Jay’s mother, father, and brother Mark recalled their memories of their beloved family member.

You can watch the service below.

On behalf of all of us here on eWn, we send our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jamin “Jay Briscoe” Pugh.