Tony Khan – ‘The Arrival Of The Most Important Announcements In AEW History Is Imminent’

AEW All In: London 2024 takes place on August 25, and fans have begun speculating that AEW President Tony Khan could be saving some major announcements for the Wembley event.

In a recent interview with “TV Insider,” Khan teased that the announcements are imminent.

He said, “It is a very exciting time in AEW for many reasons…We’re days away from AEW All In on August 25. This is the most important and exciting time in AEW’s history. In addition to what is happening in the ring, there are so many exciting things happening behind the scenes at AEW right now. We’re on the verge of the most important announcements in the history of AEW. There are multiple aspects. The arrival of these announcements is imminent. We’ll have big news that could come at any time. Isn’t that the best kind of wrestling surprise when you know something is coming and you want it and it’s exciting, but you’re not sure when it’s going to happen? You have that feeling it’s going to happen. In this case, I have more than a feeling to paraphrase Boston. I have been working on this for a long time. We have a great team here. The future of AEW is very bright.”

Khan also noted that he wishes to run more shows and major events at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, TX.

He continued, “I think we found something very special around Arlington’s Esports Stadium in Texas. There is magic in the building and magic in those fans. I would love to keep doing more shows there and having major events there. And if there are other great wrestling markets, legendary wrestling markets that could sustain that kind of excitement week after week, I would love that. We found something very special there in Texas.”

AEW’s residency in Arlington will conclude with a Collision/Rampage taping on Saturday, August 17.

Source: eWn

WWE NXT Preview 8/13/2024

WWE will present a new episode of NXT TV tonight on the USA Network at 8:00 PM EST.

NXT North American Championship: Oba Femi (c) vs. TBA

NXT Tag Team Championship: Nathan Frazer & Axiom (c) vs. Chase U (Andre Chase & Ridge Holland)

NXT Heritage Cup Match: Tony D’Angelo (c) vs. Charlie Dempsey

Lexis King vs. Eddy Thorpe

Report – Tay Melo’s AEW Return Imminent

Tay Melo took a hiatus due to a back injury and then went on maternity leave after having her first child with her husband, Sammy Guevara, last November.

In a recent social media post, Melo shared that she is getting back into training for her return to the ring. Meanwhile, Guevara made his return to television on the ROH brand, where he has embraced a babyface character and aligned with Dustin Rhodes.

Pwinsider is reporting that there is talk at AEW’s tapings in Arlington, Texas, that Melo’s return is imminent. Some individuals within the company believe that she could return as early as this Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite.

AEW’s plans for Melo upon her return remain unknown at this time.

Source: eWn

Dakota Kai Out 8-10 Weeks With A Torn Meniscus

Dakota Kai is unfortunately no stranger to knee surgery in her career, and it appears she’s headed for another one, as per “WWE Raw” commentary. Kai, who was attacked last week by Shayna Baszler, Sonya Deville, and Zoey Stark — a group now known as The Pure Fusion Collective — needs surgery for a torn meniscus in her right knee and is expected to be out of action for 8-10 weeks.

It’s unclear when the injury actually took place, but Kai hasn’t wrestled a match since July 27 at the WWE SuperShow live event in Tokyo, Japan, where she and IYO SKY defeated former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. She was slated to take on Deville on last week’s “Raw,” having laid down the challenge the week prior, but was seemingly written out of that match by the backstage attack and replaced by her Damage CTRL ally SKY, who emerged victorious. On Monday’s episode, Kai was nowhere to be found while SKY and Io Shirai competed against Baszler and Stark in a No. 1 Contenders’ match for The Unholy Union’s women’s tag titles, a match that ended in a no contest when the champions attacked both sides.

Kai suffered a torn ACL in the same knee last year and only returned to action in February. Damage CTRL has been plagued by knee problems in 2024, with Asuka still recovering from her own injury with no timeline for her return having been announced.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Raw Preview Preview 8/12/2024

Tonight’s edition of WWE Raw from the Moody Center ATX in Austin, Texas, returns to USA Network after two weeks on SyFy due to coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

  • Rhea Ripley to open the show
  • Randy Orton to appear
  • Odyssey Jones to appear
  • Damian Priest vs. Carlito
  • American Made (Julius and Brutus Creed) vs. Alpha Academy (Akira Tozawa and Otis)
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Kairi Sane and IYO SKY vs. Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler
  • Two-Out-Of-Three Falls Match for WWE Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sami Zayn

(Report) Possible Name Change For The Judgment Day

A big change is reportedly in store for The Judgment Day faction in WWE.

And it could begin tonight on WWE Raw in Austin, Texas.

Ahead of tonight’s three-hour WWE Raw on USA Network, sources are reporting that “plans are in motion to rebrand the ‘new’ Judgment Day.”

The report from Wrestle Votes claims that the group’s “essence will stay the same, but a name change is likely.”

Additionally, the report states that the leading candidate for a new name for the group is the “Street Trash” insult that GUNTHER used for Damian Priest heading into their WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WWE SummerSlam 2024.

Report – New Theme Song For Roman Reigns Is Ready To Go

Roman Reigns may be debuting a new theme song in the near future.

Fightful Select is reporting that a new full theme song has been produced for the WWE Superstar.

The report notes that the music is ready to go whenever WWE wants to use it. The song is said to be “expansive and lengthy to say the least.”

As of this writing, there is no word on whether the song will be used for Reigns moving forward. But it is there if needed.

Speaking of Roman Reigns, he made his return on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown.

During the main event of this week’s show, Solo Sikoa came to the ring to proclaim that he was the new Tribal Chief and if Reigns had a problem with it, he could come down and attempt to take the title from him.

Reigns eventually came out and took out Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa. As Solo and Reigns began to brawl, the latter was about to take out Solo with a Superman Punch, but Loa pulled him out of the ring.

It’s worth noting that Jacob Fatu was not present for the segment. Fatu is currently dealing with an injury. It isn’t known how long he’ll be out of action.

Source: eWn

AEW Collision Preview 8/10/2024

AEW continues it’s All In Summer Series live on TNT tonight from the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas.

  • FTR vs. The Outrunners
  • #1 Contenders Match for the AEW World Trios Championship at All In: (Special Guest Referee Christina Cage) – House of Black vs. Bang Bang Gang
  • Texas Bull Rope Match: Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo
  • Rush vs. Preston Vance
  • Darby Allin & Hologram vs. Premier Athletes
  • AEW World Championship Open Challenge Eliminator Match: Swerve Strickland (c) vs. ?
  • Hikaru Shida in action

AEW Rampage Preview 8/9/2023

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT.

  • Darby Allin vs. The Butcher
  • Saraya vs. Nyla Rose
  • Wheeler Yuta vs. Rocky Romero (Bryan Danielson on commentary)
  • Private Party in action
  • We’ll hear from Dustin Rhodes

WWE SmackDown Preview 8/9/2024

WWE SmackDown air live tonight on FOX, from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

  • Fallout from SummerSlam
  • The return of Roman Reigns
  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will appear
  • New WWE United States Champion LA Knight will appear
  • Celebration for new WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax
  • AJ Styles may appear