AEW CEO, President and General Manager took to Twitter on Friday, revealing the commentary team for Collision.
Khan has announced that Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuiness and Jim Ross will be the weekly announce team for Collision.
Collision debuts tonight, live on TNT, beginning at 8:00 pm ET.
AEW President Tony Khan took to Twitter on Friday to announce that he’s licensed the music for Elton John’s 1973 hit “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting.” The song will serve as the official theme song for AEW Collision.
As we previously reported here on eWn, Tony Khan also announced that Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness will be doing commentary for AEW Collision with analysis from Jim Ross.
Khan wrote,
“It’s official!
Our opening theme for Saturday Night #AEWCollision on TNT is
Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting by Sir Elton John!
While @FulhamFC and @WatfordFC will never be best mates on the pitch, you’re now a great friend to @AEW, @eltonofficial, and we salute you, Sir!”
Source: eWn
AEW has announced the lineup for tonight’s Rampage on TNT at 10/9C.
Tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling on AXS TV.
Following this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, we now have five matches announced for the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II pay-per-view event, which takes place on June 25th from Toronto, Canada.
The updated AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II card below:
AEW World Championship Match:
MJF (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP United States Championship Match:
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match:
SANADA (c) vs. Jungle Boy Jack Perry
Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
AEW International Championship Match:
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
All Elite Wrestling returns to the place where it all began as AEW Dynamite will emanate from the Capital One Arena in the nation’s capital Washington, D.C. To commemorate the AEW’s flagships show’s return to the site of its first episode.
In a new interview with Rasslin, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about the rumored brand split ahead of the June 17th launch of Collision.
According to multiple reports, AEW wants the brand split for Dynamite and Collision due to CM Punk, who is slated to be the top star for Collision, as he has heat with several wrestlers on the roster.
“I am going to feature certain talent on certain shows, but I haven’t drawn any hard lines or locked us into any kind of split of a roster,” Khan said (h/t Fightful). “I think people are gonna be featured on certain shows, but I also think that gives us a great opportunity to showcase certain wrestlers on both Dynamite and Collision at certain times and certain stories that can cross the shows. I think the champions of AEW will be the champions on every show, and frankly, every promotion in the world. We’re not shy about the AEW wrestlers going out and taking on the top stars, top competition from other companies.”
“The roster we have is so strong, I believe we have so many great wrestlers, it’s impossible to showcase them all in three hours of television,” he added. “Now, it’s a much better opportunity with five hours of television. Across five hours of television, we can really utilize the roster much more frequently and utilize our great wrestlers more than they’ve ever been used before, so I’m very excited.”
Source: eWn
AEW producer BJ Whitmer was arrested on June 4 in Boone County, Kentucky for first-degree strangulation and second-degree burglary and bond was set for him at $25,000. Due to the arrest and the charges, he has been terminated from his job at All Elite Wrestling.
AEW’s full statement is below:
“B.J. Whitmer has been terminated following his arrest on domestic violence charges. While talent and staff are ultimately responsible for their own personal actions, this behavior is intolerable within AEW. AEW has reached out to offer support to those impacted by his behavior.”
Source: WrestlingNews.co
Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C.
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