Category: AEW

Bully Ray Says He Or Tommy Dreamer Could Draw 1 Million Viewers For AEW Dynamite

Jack Perry’s recent heel turn may have awakened the sleeping giant that is Extreme Championship Wrestling, with the newly-crowned FTW Champion berating the now-defunct company on the July 26 edition of “AEW Dynamite.” After defeating his former tag partner HOOK a week prior, Perry took aim at the iconic hardcore promotion and one of its biggest stars Taz (who’s also HOOK’s father), before being interrupted by AEW producer and former ECW wrestler Jerry Lynn.

With AEW President Tony Khan publicly expressing his love of ECW throughout the years, one of the company’s greatest performers — tag team legend and WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray – believes he could be the perfect person to help take Perry to the next level.

“If the story went down the ECW road and I showed up in the right town … there’s monster business to be done there,” Bully said on “Busted Open.”

“This is not me blowing smoke up my own ass … if you announced that Bully Ray, or even Tommy Dreamer to the matter, were showing up on ‘AEW Dynamite’ on whatever week it was, to come face-to-face and confront Jack Perry, you’re doing over a million viewers. Guaranteed.

“Tommy fits the part the best. Him and Taz were the bestest of best friends, Tommy was Taz’ best man at his wedding. The story is so deep, it’s there if you want to go down the ECW road. If you do go down that ECW road, you will make Jack Perry a bigger star at the end of this story than you can with any other talent that’s in ECW right now.”

Dreamer and Bully Ray have both remained active in recent months, while the likes of Rob Van Dam and Rhyno have also been suggested as potential opponents for Perry on social media. The likelihood of Taz being the ECW legend to topple Perry is minuscule, with the former world champion continuing to reiterate his retirement from in-ring competition.

Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to “Busted Open”

Backstage Update On Dustin Rhodes’ AEW Contract

Back in December, Dustin Rhodes did an interview where he revealed that his contract with All Elite Wrestling would be expiring in July of this year. At the time, Rhodes said,

“I made the decision, the end of July, my contract is up and I’m going to be done in-ring, or at least tone way down. I don’t know if that’s going to be it because when we say we’re retiring, we always comeback and you never say never, but that’s what I’m looking for, an end date for my in-ring wrestling career.”

According to a report from Fightful Select, Rhodes’ contract actually expires in September of 2024.

As of this writing, there is no word on whether an extension was signed or if another issue extended the terms of the original contract.

Source: eWn

AEW Dynamite Preview 7/26/2023

AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from the MVP Arena in Albany, New York.

  • AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. AR Fox
  • Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Lucha Bros (Rey Fenix and Luchasaurus), and Best Friends(Trent Baretta and Chuck Taylor)
  • Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland
  • PAC vs. Gravity
  • Dr. Britt Baker, DMD vs. Taya Valkyrie
  • MJF & Adam Cole promo

Billy Gunn Leaves His Boots In The Ring On AEW Collision

After The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn were unsuccessful in winning the World Trios Titles on Saturday night’s AEW Collision, Gunn unlaced his boots, took them off and left them in the center of the ring. Gunn was pinned after Malakai Black hit him with a side kick to the head.

After being pinned, Black whispered something in Gunn’s ear, before the House of Black themselves made their own exit from the ring. It was after this, Gunn began to unlaced his boots.

As Gunn was beginning to unlace his boots, the fans started a “You still got it!” chant, while Max Caster and Anthony Bowens looked on with confusion. After Gunn walked off, Anthony Bowens grabbed Gunn’s boots from the center of the ring.

Source: eWn

I believe it’s just a story line angle. Whether or not Gunn has wrestled his last match, it’s very likely that we will learn more about this development in the coming weeks on AEW television.

https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1682917945746259968

AEW Collision Preview 7/22/2023

Tonight’s AEW Collision Live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey tonight at 8/7c on TNT.

  • Ricky Starks celebrating his Owen Hart Cup win in the opening segment
  • CM Punk will be on-hand looking for a fight
  • Taya Valkyrie vs. Skye Blue
  • FTR appearance
  • Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson)
  • AEW Trios Champions House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) defend against The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn

AEW Rampage Preview 7/21/2023

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT

  • TBS Championship: Kris Statlander defends against Marina Shafir
  • Royal Rampage battle royal to earn a TNT Title shot at All Out 
  • The Acclaimed & Daddy Ass vs. QTV

Nick Aldis Is Interested In Both WWE And AEW

Nick Aldis departed from Impact Wrestling after the Slammiversary 2023 pay-per-view event, where he lost to World Champion Alex Shelley in the evening’s main event. He is now once again a free agent.

Before his Impact return at its April 16th Rebellion pay-per-view event, where he was on a short-term contract with the promotion, he had interest from WWE but wasn’t brought in. 

As previously reported, WWE has expressed interest in signing Aldis again and Aldis’ name has been discussed internally among WWE management as a potential producer for the company.

Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Aldis has yet to sign with anything.

“Aldis has no new deal in place and is said to be interested in both AEW and WWE. Aldis did clean jobs on the way out to Alex Shelley in the title match and Eric Young on TV. Aldis is a free agent right now and had agreed to work here through this week,” Meltzer wrote.

Source: eWn

Bryan Danielson Undergoes Surgery, Provides Injury Update

Bryan Danielson broke his arm during a match with Kazuchika Okada at last month’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II pay-per-view event.

The American Dragon recently took to Twitter to provide an update, revealing that he underwent surgery “about two weeks ago.” He wrote,

“Also, to give everyone an update before #AEWDynamite, I got surgery on my arm about two weeks ago, where they put in a steel rod and 9 screws. Surgery went well and I’m on the road to recovery. Thank you all for the support, and check out #BloodAndGuts tonight!”

https://twitter.com/bryandanielson/status/1681787330288570368

Source: eWn

AEW Dynamite “Blood And Guts” Preview 7/19/21

AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts will air live tonight on TBS from the TD Garden Arena in Boston, MA.

  • Blood & Guts Match: Blackpool Combat Club Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli), Konosuke Takeshita and PAC vs. The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Hangman Adam Page, Nick Jackson and Matt Jackson)
  • FTW Championship Match: Hook (c) defends against “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry
  • Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament Finals: MJF and Adam Cole vs. Sammy Guevara and Daniel Garcia

Vickie Guerrero’s AEW Contract Expires, She’s Now A Free Agent

Vickie Guerrero’s contract with All Elite Wrestling has expired and she’s now a free agent.

Back in February, it was reported that Guerrero’s contract would be expiring this month after the two sides agreed not to renew the deal. As of this week, Vickie is now free to sign wherever she’d like.

Guerrero hasn’t been backstage at any AEW TV tapings since February. She made headlines back in April after her daughter Sherilyn accused Kris Benson (Vickie’s husband) of sexually assaulting her on a cruise.

Source: eWn