Tonight’s AEW Rampage – 100th episode – on TNT at 10/9c
All Elite Wrestling is gearing up to put on one of the most highly-attended shows in wrestling history next month with AEW All In, and according to Dave Meltzer in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there’s a chance the show could break the all-time “verified attendance” record set by WWE WrestleMania 32 in 2016.
AEW All In: London is continuing to sell tickets.
According to The Wrestling Observer and Fightful, AEW All In at Wembley Stadium is now up to 75,030 tickets distributed with “about” 68,000 sold. The stadium is now currently setup to seat a total of 87,825 fans
It was just this past Tuesday, WrestleTix had reported that the event was up to 74,888 tickets distributed.
AEW All In: London is scheduled for Sunday, August 27. AEW still has yet to officially announce any matches for the event.
AEW would need to sell about 6,000 more tickets to break WrestleMania 32’s total attendance record, which seems well within the range of possibility for the four-year-old wrestling promotion. However, Meltzer believes it’s unlikely that the company will reach the paid attendance record of 79,800 people.
All In will be AEW’s first event outside North America, with wrestling fans from across Europe making their way to the United Kingdom to experience the company’s continental debut. Details on how fans at home can watch All In have yet to be announced, with AEW President Tony Khan stating back in May that a deal was still being worked out. Just one week after the massive London event, AEW is planning to hold its annual All Out pay-per-view in Chicago, Illinois, making the waning days of summer a very busy time for wrestling fans.
Sources: eWn and Wrestling Inc.
WWE SmackDown will air tonight live on FOX and emanate from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Thunder Rosa has been out of action since August 2022 due to issues with her back.
In her new YouTube vlog, Rosa shared an update on her recovery and tentative return timetable.
Rosa met with AEW’s ringside doctor Michael J. Sampson who said,
“So looking at the most recent MRIs and all the conservative stuff we’ve done in the past, you’re progressing well right now. You still have all the pathology in your lower back, L-405. And you know, I think that with our progression go into pushing it to the limit, but taking it sequentially — so going week to week to week, we push a little bit more. If we hit a roadblock, we back it up a step. But I think you know over the next four to six weeks, we’ll see how it’s going. So far we’ve done a week or two… and you’ve been progressing very well, pain free.”
“I think if we continue to do that, we know where we stand. Gets you stronger, get you more ring-ready. As long as you don’t have that pain, we’re good. We still have to protect your back, we still have — the pathology has not gone away, it’s just a matter of. we’re treating it so that it helps you improve yet also protects you from not worsening. So that’s where we are with it… I would say [six weeks is] a good shooting point to our goal point to go to is six weeks to see how we go with that.”
Source: eWn
Just 9 nights away from Slammiversary, don’t miss an all-new IMPACT! this Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders.
ROH will air a new episode of its weekly television show tonight at 7 pm ET on HonorClub.
You can sign up for the streaming service here. Below is the lineup for the show:
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.
Special time and day!
MLW FUSION tonight at 7pm ET headlined by The Samoan SWAT Team vs The Second Gear Crew in a Hardcore match for the World Tag Team Championship, streaming on MLW’s YouTube channel and FITE+, Friday on beIN XTRA and Saturday on Cable TV’s beIN SPORTS (find a provider).
The final stop on the road to Saturday’s Never Say Never live special on FITE+ is here!
The Samoan SWAT Team put their dominant reign over the tag team division to task as Lance Anoa’i and Juicy Finau wage war with The Second Gear Crew in a Hardcore match for the World Tag Team Championship!
Can the combined finesse of Juicy’s unmatched power and Lance’s crisp offense overcome professional wrestling’s dangerous highwaymen, or will Ol’ Mancer and 1 Called Manders spill blood and brawl their way to their first taste of championship gold in the league?
As the clock winds down to Never Say Never this Saturday on FITE+, Hammerstone and Alex Kane are in the house. Both champion and challenger will address the media for the final time ahead of their World Heavyweight Championship showdown this Saturday night.
Plus, rumors and innuendo of a shadowy power broker backing The BOMAYE Fight Club continue to cast a cloud over Never Say Never’s main event. Who could the mysterious backer be? Part 2 of MLW’s exclusive expose airs tonight!
“The World’s Greatest Wonder” Microman is on the scene with his jovial buddy Mister Saint Laurent. With it being Microman-Day in the city, Saint Laurent promises a big surprise for his little amigo.
The Calling’s “Death Fighter” AKIRA puts his newly won World Middleweight Championship on the line against former champ Lince Dorado in a rematch. Can Lince get lucha lit once again, or will the infamous calling card definitively claim Dorado as a victim?
After being on the receiving end of The Calling’s horrifying “gift” last week, Billie Starkz steps into the ring with Mandy Leon. Can Starkz stop The Calling’s attempted stranglehold over the Featherweight division dead in its tracks, or will Mandy turn Starkz into her own personal human horror show project? Tune in and find out!
PLUS: Davey Boy Smith Jr and more!
WWE NXT from the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida on the USA Network:
Wrestling News Blog 