AEW Rampage Preview 10/13/2023

AEW has announced the lineup for tonight’s new Rampage episode on TNT.

  • Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy & Brother Zay vs. Matt Menard, Angelo Parker & Daniel Garcia
  • Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta of Blackpool Combat Club vs. Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona of Mogul Embassy’s Gates of Agony 
  • Skye Blue vs. Emi Sakura
  • Trent Beretta vs. Jay Lethal

AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday Preview 10/10/2023

AEW Dynamite will hold a special Title Tuesday episode live tonight on TBS from the Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, MO.

Tonight’s show will go head-to-head this week only with NXT, live on the USA Network.

Tony Khan announced on Monday evening that the first 30 minutes of tonight’s show will be commercial free. Also, according a report from Fightful Select, you can expect a 10-minute overrun.

Eddie Kingston will defend the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship against Minoru Suzuki on the pre-show. The match will be taking place at 7:30 PM EST on AEW’s Twitter, Facebook and YouTube:

  • No. 1 Contender’s Match to the TNT Championship: Bryan Danielson vs. Swerve Strickland
  • AEW Women’s World Championship: Saraya (c) vs. Hikaru Shida
  • AEW International Championship: Rey Fenix (c) vs. Jon Moxley
  • Adam Copeland vs. Luchasaurus
  • Christian Cage to explain his recent actions toward Adam Copeland
  • Jay White vs. Hangman Page
  • Chris Jericho vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
  • MJF will appear
  • ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm is ready for her close-up

AEW Collision Preview 10/7/2023

Tonight’s AEW Collision live on TNT at a special start time of 7/6c from the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah

  • AEW World Tag Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. Ricky Starks & Big Bill
  • ROH World Championship: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Komander
  • Adam Copeland responds to Christian Cage.
  • Bryan Danielson vs. Kyle Fletcher
  • Toni Storm vs. Kiera Hogan

Danhausen Returning To AEW Soon

Things are once again about to become “Very Nice, Very Evil” in All Elite Wrestling, as a vignette teasing the return of Danhausen aired on this week’s episode of AEW Rampage.

Danhausen hasn’t been featured on AEW television since suffering a torn pectoral muscle at the Revolution pay-per-view event.

You can check out a video of the vignette below:

Chris Jericho To Star In UPtv Movie ‘Country Hearts’

Chris Jericho is the star of a new UPtv movie, “Country Hearts,” that comes out on October 22. 

The top AEW star plays a former rockstar, named Bones, who’s married to a country music songstress and has three daughters with dreams of becoming singers. The movie description reads:

“In ‘Country Hearts’, the daughters of country music and rock & roll royalty find themselves at a crossroads, torn between following their dreams of performing or helping their father run their up-and-coming horse breeding business. Between old flames, new love, best friends and family – they’ll all need the strength of each other to face the next steps. ‘Country Hearts’ stars Chris Jericho, Lanie McAuley, Katerina Maria, Brendan Morgan, Jeff Irving, Craig Strickland, David Pinard, Michelle Nolden, Genevieve Fisher, Roy Lewis, Lara Amersey, Greg Ellwand, Bebsabe Duque, Celine Bauwmans and Neil Whitely.”

Source: eWn

AEW Rampage Preview 10/6/2023

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT.

  • Four-way match for ROH Championship shot: Johnny TV vs. Komander vs. Lince Dorado vs. Penta El Zero Miedo
  • Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose and Marina Shafir
  • Matt Menard, Angelo Parker, Jake Hager, Daniel Garcia vs. The Hardys and The Best Friends

Backstage News On Injury Sammy Guevara Reportedly Suffered At AEW WrestleDream

Sammy Guevara was initially penciled in to be Konosuke Takeshita’s partner against Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega on last night’s episode of “AEW Dynamite” in Stockton, California. However, Guevara was not medically cleared to perform, so Kyle Fletcher took his place. 

According to veteran wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, who was speaking on the “Wrestling Observer Radio” show, Guevara suffered a concussion on Sunday night at the inaugural AEW WrestleDream pay-per-view. Meltzer was unsure how much time Guevara would miss as a result of his injury.

Guevara, who turned on Jericho after suffering a loss against the former AEW World Champion at the third annual “AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam” special on September 20, pinned his former buddy in a trios match at WrestleDream moments after “The Ocho” was struck with a baseball bat by Don Callis. Guevara was teaming up with his new Don Callis Family associates Takeshita and reigning IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay against Jericho, Omega, and Kota Ibushi.

On last night’s episode of “Dynamite,” Callis announced that Guevara was not medically cleared to perform in his scheduled tag team match. He then introduced Fletcher as Takeshita’s partner, with the pair going on to suffer a loss at the hands of Jericho and Omega. After that tag team bout, Callis distracted Jericho and Omega on the stage while Powerhouse Hobbs entered the ring and attacked both men.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite 4th Anniversary Preview 10/4/2023

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite is the four-year anniversary special of the show and the fallout from this past Sunday’s WrestleDream pay-per-view.

Tonight’s Dynamite will air live on TBS from the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.

  • We will hear from Adam Copeland
  •  At the very end of last week’s episode, masked men beat up Jay White backstage. The leader of the group was wearing MJF’s Devil Mask. Earlier in the night, MJF and White had a heated verbal exchange in the ring. At this past Sunday’s WrestleDream PPV, MJF said that he did not attack White and that his mask was stolen. Will it be revealed who is behind the mask?
  • Jay White & Juice Robinson speak
  • Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega vs. Sammy Guevara and Konosuke Takeshita
  • AEW International Championship: Rey Fenix (c) vs. Nick Jackson

Adam Copeland Details How Quickly AEW Deal Came Together

Shockwaves were sent across the wrestling landscape this past Sunday evening when Adam Copeland made his long-rumored jump to AEW, appearing at the close of AEW WrestleDream to confront TNT Champion and long-time tag partner/rival Christian Cage. And while Copeland’s future is now well known, with appearances on this week and next week’s “AEW Dynamite” already scheduled, some details regarding how he arrived in AEW have remained a mystery.

In an interview with “CBS Sports,” Copeland clarified some of the confusion, including confirming when exactly his contract with WWE expired last month. He also confirmed that he didn’t begin contract talks with AEW until that time.

“It wasn’t until my contract was up on [September 21],” Copeland said. “So it was really, really quick to get everything done and get everything dialed in. Figuring out so many things like getting with Alter Bridge and getting the music and doing all of those things. There were nine or 10 days.”

While talks with AEW came and went rather quickly, Copeland admitted he was already eyeing the promotion. He was also encouraged to seriously consider AEW by his own personal feelings, his desire to work with Cage (real name Jay Reso), and his wife, WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix.

“I didn’t know immediately, but I thought that’s where I wanted to go,” Copeland said. “I really thought that working with Jay again was what I wanted to do and how I pictured it in a perfect world. Beth said ‘What’s your perfect world? ‘I was like, ‘My perfect world is that I end my career with Jay.’ So suddenly that perfect world looked like it could be there. It’s tough to pass that up.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Adam Copeland Addresses Whether AEW Run Will Be His Last In Wrestling

Edge may be a distant memory, but Adam Copeland is here to stay. The WWE Hall of Famer burst onto the scene in AEW in a big way this past Sunday at WrestleDream, and he looks to be a consistent presence for the promotion going forward, with an appearance this Wednesday on “AEW Dynamite” and his first match in AEW, against Luchasaurus, scheduled for next week’s “Title Tuesday” edition of AEW’s marquee show. “The Rated-R Superstar” revealed in an interview with “CBS Sports” that he wants to make the most of working for his new promotion, mostly because he believes this will be his last major run in wrestling.

“I think that’s a very safe thing to say because I know how much work it’s going to take to be able to pull it off,” Copeland said. “I know that. I’m not in any way trying to fool myself into thinking I’m just going to trot through this whole thing. It’s going to be hard. It’s going to be a lot of hard work. I enjoy hard work. I always have. It’s how I’m wired. It’s what I was born with. It’s in my DNA. So that’s super fun. But I’m also a realist and I understand that I’m not going to be able to maintain it for a super long time.”

If this is his last run, Copeland’s fans came take comfort in the fact that he plans on being producing a decent amount of wrestling, as AEW owner Tony Khan has revealed that the former WWE Champion will be featured often on both “Dynamite” and “Collision.” And Copeland is ready to give it his all for this last stand of his career, for however long he is able to hold up as a performer.

“I want to try and maximize what I still have left,” Copeland said. “If that’s one year, if that’s two years, I want to do it as much as I can while I still feel like I can. I know that’s going to be hard and I know that’s going to take a lot of work physically. I know there’s a different fallout now, but I know all of those things and I really just want to weigh the glory of this thing as much as I can.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.