The Dark Order’s Exalted One will be revealed on next week’s AEW Dynamite, which takes place from the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York.
Over the past several weeks speculation has led to numerous possible names for the group’s leader: Christopher Daniels, Matt Hardy, Lance Archer, Raven, and Luke Harper/Brodie Lee (also a Rochester native). We’ll find out next week who is the head of the stable.
Lance Archer made his AEW debut Wednesday night as the client of Jake “The Snake” Roberts.
It all went down during the opening match on Dynamite when Archer and Roberts walked out as Cody wrestled against Ortiz.
The duo then sat in the front row and watched on as the two wrestlers went at it in the ring. Archer teased jumping over the railing at one point in the match, but Jake stopped him from doing it and they instead left before the match was over.
The former WWE, Impact and NJPW wrestler’s signing was announced by All Elite Wrestling last month.
Watch his entrance on Dynamite below.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.
* Ortiz (with Santana) vs. Cody (with Arn Anderson)
* Death Triangle (PAC, Pentagon Jr., and Fenix) vs. Private Party and Joey Janela
* Jurassic Express vs. MJF, The Butcher, and The Blade (with Wardlow and The Bunny)
* Blood and Guts Match rules announcement
* AEW Tag Team Champion Hangman Page and a mystery partner vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara (Non-Title Match)
The speculation on Matt Hardy’s post-WWE future continues.
Hardy took to Twitter today and said today is the day, for something.
“Today is the day it ends. Today is the day it begins,” he wrote.
There’s still no word yet on if Matt will end up with AEW or some other promotion now that he’s a free agent from WWE, but we may have a better idea after he releases part 2 of the “Free The Delete” series finale later this afternoon. There’s already speculation on his latest tweet being related to a possible debut on tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode.
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1237733799485677569
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1237409952748224513
Below are Matt’s comments on brother Jeff Hardy’s return to SmackDown on FOX this Friday, along with a teaser and outtake from today’s episode, and promotional tweets on some of Matt’s upcoming post-WWE appearances, including his “Broken Tailgate Party” at WrestleCon during WrestleMania 36 Weekend:
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1237248265889943553
https://twitter.com/RebyHardy/status/1237558670679920640
https://twitter.com/wrestlecon/status/1237500286953979905
https://twitter.com/fswvegas/status/1236722854554550272
https://twitter.com/PPSCLV/status/1237176031154278400
Source: Wrestling Inc.
The following was taped for tonight’s AEW Dark episode on YouTube at 7pm ET:
* Lucha Express (Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy) vs Peter Avalon and Kip Sabian
* Jimmy Havoc vs. Severino Corrente
* Hikaru Shida vs. Abadon (local talent)
* Sonny Kiss and Brandon Cutler vs. Private Party
AEW posted the latest teaser for the reveal of The Exalted One of The Dark Order last night, adding to the rumors and speculation on Matt Hardy being brought in for the group.
As we’ve noted, Matt is expected to sign with AEW but that has not been confirmed, and there’s no solid word yet on what he will be doing if he does sign with the promotion.
You can see that the first letter of each line in the new teaser spells, “MATT HARDY.”
The teaser reads like this:
MADE FROM THE VOID OF HOPELESSNESS
AND FROM TIME SPENT AWAY WITH THE SHADOWS
THIS IS WHAT IT TOOK FOR ME TO ARRIVE
THE CALLING….HELLO?
ARE YOU THERE?
READY & WAITING
DARK ORDER WELCOMES ME
YOU ARE HERE
Hardy, who is now a free agent after his WWE contract expired last weekend, has not acknowledged the AEW teaser as of this writing. You can see the full tweet below:
https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1236200204996620289
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Cody Rhodes appeared on AEW Dynamite last night to call out MJF for cheating in their match at Revolution, but Jake “The Snake” answered his call instead by walking to the ring.
“The Dark Side” will apparently be coming to AEW soon with Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and it sounds like they’ll be targeting Cody Rhodes first.
Roberts said he hated to spoil the party, but he was tired of hearing Cody’s crying/bitching. Jake then explained that he wasn’t there to praise Rhodes, he was there to slay him … and mentioned having a client. “The Dark Side will be coming to AEW,” Roberts added. “And once my roots have taken hold it will be like a phoenix rising from the ashes.”
Jake also noted that he’d be on the outside of the ring for his client’s matches, and that Cody could bring “that one trick pony” Arn Anderson.
Watch Roberts’ promo below.
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
* Fallout from AEW Revolution
* AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and Darby Allin vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara
* PAC vs. Chuck Taylor (with Trent and Orange Cassidy)
* Lance Archer debuts
* Leva Bates vs. Big Swole
The following was taped for tonight’s AEW Dark episode on YouTube at 7pm ET:
* Britt Baker and Penelope Ford (with Kip Sabian) vs. Yuma Sakazaki and Riho – dark match from AEW Revolution
AEW announced a special episode of Dynamite called “Blood & Guts” that will take place on March 25 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The show will feature two rings covered by a giant cage for a WarGames-like match.
At the AEW Revolution post-event press conference, Wrestling Inc. asked AEW President Tony Khan about the match and using the “WarGames” name, which is owned by WWE. Khan quickly pointed out that the match is not called WarGames.
“I have not used that term and will never use that term,” Khan said. “You’ll never see me using that expression.”
Khan confirmed to us that the match will be called “Blood & Guts.”
“The expression we’re using for this match is Blood & Guts,” Khan stated. “It’s everything to us, it’s a heart and soul struggle, but it’s also a metaphor for our company in that it’s both a serious thing in that it’s wrestling-centric, but we’re also having fun with it.”
Khan said that “it’s a blood and guts match”, and it’s “going to be awesome.”
“Blood & guts” is a play on a phrase Vince McMahon used when referring to AEW during an earnings call last year. When asked about WWE having more competition, McMahon said that he hopes that AEW doesn’t continue “the blood and guts and gory things that they have been doing.”
You can listen to Khan’s comments about the “Blood & Guts” episode below:
Source: Wrestling Inc.
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