AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS and emanate from the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
The Elite (Kenny Omega, Young Bucks) to speak
Four Pillars Tag Team Match: AEW World Champion MJF and Sammy Guevara vs Jungle Boy and Darby Allin
Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Bandido & Orange Cassidy vs Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, Jake Hager, and Daniel Garcia of the Jericho Appreciation Society.
Saraya vs Willow Nightingale
Ricky Starks vs Juice Robinson
Tres de Mayo Trios Battle Royal – Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds, & John Silver) vs. The Acclaimed (Billy Gunn, Anthony Bowens, & Max Caster) vs.Powerhouse Hobbs, QT Marshall, & Aaron Solo vs. Lucha Bros & Vikingo vs. Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade vs. Ari Daivari & The Varsity Athletes (Josh Woods & Tony Nese)
AEW shocked the wrestling world on Wednesday night with Roderick Strong’s surprise debut on “Dynamite” in Sunrise, Florida. He had requested his WWE release last May, hadn’t been seen on WWE programming since August, and as of mid-March, was reportedly still under contract. So for him to show up on “Dynamite” to run in and save Adam Cole from the Jericho Appreciation Society was something almost no one saw coming. Very quickly, Fightful Select reported some details to try to help give context to what was a very left-field debut.
The most recent information that Fightful had was that the AEW talents they spoke to were “pleasantly surprised” that Strong had signed. On the WWE side, the newest information was that 2K Games had been told not to include Strong in the “WWE 2K23” video game, that other WWE talent had never been updated on his status, and he had not been at the WWE Performance Center “in quite some time” even though he was fully cleared to wrestle. The report also noted that Strong’s WWE run started its downward slide when Paul “Triple H” Levesque lost power in “NXT,” as he was behind Strong’s push as the center of a revitalized cruiserweight division.
Strong has been wrestling since 2000, breaking into the business when he was 16 years old after years of training under Jim Neidhart. After initially getting on the map for his work in the IPW promotion in Florida, he made a name for himself in Ring of Honor, where he was a mainstay for over a decade before signing with WWE in 2016.
During Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite, the Charismatic Enigma made his return to make the save for his brother Matt.
Prior to Wednesday night, Jeff Hardy hadn’t been seen on AEW television since July 2022 due to being suspended following a DUI arrest in Florida.
In a segment where Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy, and HOOK were being attacked by The Firm on this week’s broadcast, Jeff Hardy’s music hit and he came out with a chair and took everyone out. He then hit a swanton bomb on Lee Moriarity.
AEW President Tony Khan said at the time of Jeff’s arrest that he could “only return to AEW upon successfully completing treatment and maintaining his sobriety.”
Jeff Hardy’s case has since been closed after he entered a no contest plea.
According to a report from Pwinsider, Don Callis was legitimately injured when he was “assaulted” backstage along with ‘Hangman’ Adam Page by the Blackpool Combat Club on Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
According to the report, ‘The Invisible Hand’ hit his head while he was going down following a punch thrown by Jon Moxley and ended up being busted open legitimately.
During Kenny Omega’s IWGP United States Championship defense against Jeff Cobb that followed immediately, the commentators noted that Callis was being checked out backstage which was legitimate.
No further details have yet been reported in regard to Don Callis’ injury.