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When AEW Dynamite went off the air on TBS on Wednesday night, the action continued.
Kenny Omega got on the microphone and cut a promo after the show wrapped up for the crowd inside Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
“Now you guys listen to this,” Omega said. “There was a week when my whereabouts were unknown. I didn’t stay home. I didn’t go to Canada.”
From there, he would go on to tease the fifth member for The Elite team in their AEW Blood & Guts showdown against the Blackpool Combat Club.
“I went to recruit an old friend, somebody who’s very near and dear to my heart,” Omega said. “I’ve got no doubt in my mind that as much as he cares about me, he cares about the men in this ring, he cares about this promotion, he cares about changing the face of professional wrestling. At Blood and Guts in two weeks, there is no way we lose.”
Source: PWMania
AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS and emanate from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
AEW taped tonight’s (7/1) episode of Collision on Thursday night (6/29) at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The reason AEW taped this week’s Collision is because July 1 is Canada Day.
AEW will resume live episodes of Collision on Saturday, July 8 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, SK.
Announced lineup for tonight’s new Collision:
AEW has announced the lineup for tonight’s Rampage that was taped this past Wednesday from the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
AEW Dynamite airs live tonight on TBS from the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Adam Cole has hit yet another unfortunate bump in the road yesterday as, due to illness, he was not able to compete at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event. Tony Khan announced the news on Twitter that the match between Cole and NJPW Strong star Tom Lawlor is officially canceled.
Cole’s match against Tom Lawlor was made on Friday’s episode of “AEW Rampage,” when Lawlor and Royce Issacs attacked Cole during the Owen Hart Tournament winner’s segment with AEW World Champion MJF. The soon-to-be partners in AEW’s upcoming Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament remained at odds, and when Team Filthy went after Cole in the ring, MJF took his time to “aid” his unlikely partner in the ring.
This is not the first mishap for Cole when it comes to the annual AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event, with last year’s show seeing the former ROH World Champion suffer a concussion during his fatal-four-way match against Kazuchika Okada, “Hangman” Adam Page, and Jay White for White’s IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
Cole’s absence also means that Tom Lawlor is unfortunately unlikely to be featured on the show in any capacity. The former UFC fighter has been a focal point of the American branch of New Japan Pro-Wrestling since NJPW Strong began in 2020. After his reign as the inaugural NJPW Strong Openweight Champion ended at the hands of Fred Rosser in May 2022, Lawlor went on to compete in the G1 Climax 32, ending with a 3-3 record to claim six points in block competition.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Bryan Danielson suffered what is believed to be a fractured right arm at Sunday night’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door II pay-per-view event.
During the post-AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door II media scrum, Danielson revealed that he believes he suffered an arm fracture with about 10 minutes left in the match. The injury will likely require 6-8 weeks of recovery time.
Additionally, Danielson commented on using “The Final Countdown” theme for his entrance. For those unaware, the band Europe charges an arm and a leg to license the theme song so this is likely a one-off deal.
You can check out some highlights from the media scrum below:
On whether “The Final Countdown” will be back as a regular theme: “I think that’s a question for Tony, because they want a zillion dollars per play, so uh, [laughs]. I didn’t even ask for it, to be honest. Tony came up with the idea, I thought it was really cool. And I was legitimately — I was a little bit angry right before I went out there. And then I heard ‘Final Countdown’ play, and it literally just put a smile on my face. I said it out there at the end of the show, but I legitimately don’t think I’ve heard that song since I last came out to it in Ring of Honor.”
On if he’s going to stay more part-time: “I was planning on wrestling on Wednesday this week. I don’t think that’s gonna happen, because in this match specifically, we think I fractured my right forearm with about 10 minutes left to go. So yeah — but talking to our doctors, and I love the AEW medical staff and trainers, they think it’s gonna be six to eight weeks for this specific injury.
“The stuff after Revolution, after the Iron Man match with Max [I] had a torn labrum and some compressed vertebrae and all that stuff. It’s just normal wrestler stuff. I’m fine, but we just thought from a precautionary measure [to hold off]. That’s what I love, I mean I love our medical staff’… we have an incredible training staff and I try to follow their direction.”
Source: eWn
This post contains spoilers on upcoming Impact Wrestling storylines. Continue reading if you wish to be spoiled.
Impact Wrestling returned to Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia, for two nights of “Summer Sizzler” action this weekend. Friday’s tapings kicked off in a big way when Trey Miguel received his X-Division Championship rematch against Chris Sabin. However, the match did not end decisively as a returning Zachary Wentz reunited with Miguel and caused the match to end in disqualification when he attacked Sabin from behind. Wentz’s return is slated to air on June 29.
Wentz previously worked for Impact for two years from 2018 through 2020 as a member of The Rascalz alongside Miguel and Dezmond Xavier, also known to fans as Wes Lee. Wentz and Xavier opted to sign with WWE at the start of 2021. They were renamed Nash Carter and Lee, respectively, while collectively being known as MSK. The duo became two-time “NXT” Tag Team Champions before Wentz was released from WWE in April 2022.
After Wentz captured the “NXT” tag titles for a second time, his ex-wife Kimber Lee publicized allegations of abuse and also leaked an old photo of Wentz imitating Adolf Hitler. WWE subsequently vacated the titles and terminated Wentz, leaving Wes Lee to continue his WWE run as a singles competitor.
Since then, Miguel has remained with Impact and recently concluded his second reign with the X-Division Championship. Miguel has teamed with Wentz on the independent scene over the last year, and it appears they will continue to be a unit in Impact again going forward.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
After a fan asked current AEW star Paul Wight on Twitter if he was ever going to write a book about being in the pro wrestling business for “nearly 30 years,’ Wight answered that he would, but until he retired. The former WWE superstar, as seen below, also added, that he wants to still have more fun with his character from the 1998 comedy, “The Waterboy” — Captain Insano.
It’s worth remembering that Bobby Boucher’s (main character in “The Waterboy” played by Adam Sandler) favorite wrestler made his first “cameo” on All Elite Wrestling last year. He was part of The Acclaimed’s music video “A Hand for a Hand,” and the music video premiered on the November 16 edition of “AEW Dynamite.”
Wight has not been in the ring since the April 4, 2022 edition of “AEW Dark: Elevation,” when he defeated Austin Green in a little over two minutes. He also did commentary for “Dark: Elevation.” Wight signed with AEW in February 2021. One of his first matches with the company was a win over QT Marshall at AEW All Out on September 5, 2021.
Since joining the promotion, Wight has dealt with a few setbacks — earlier this year, he had knee surgery and had to spend 11 weeks in a wheelchair, as revealed during an interview with the “Metro UK.” Also in that interview, he did confirm that it was a “brand new titanium joint,” and it’s good for 35 years. Before that, he had been dealing with hip issues.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
