The Dark Order’s Exalted One will be revealed on next week’s AEW Dynamite, which takes place from the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York.
Over the past several weeks speculation has led to numerous possible names for the group’s leader: Christopher Daniels, Matt Hardy, Lance Archer, Raven, and Luke Harper/Brodie Lee (also a Rochester native). We’ll find out next week who is the head of the stable.
Lance Archer made his AEW debut Wednesday night as the client of Jake “The Snake” Roberts.
It all went down during the opening match on Dynamite when Archer and Roberts walked out as Cody wrestled against Ortiz.
The duo then sat in the front row and watched on as the two wrestlers went at it in the ring. Archer teased jumping over the railing at one point in the match, but Jake stopped him from doing it and they instead left before the match was over.
The former WWE, Impact and NJPW wrestler’s signing was announced by All Elite Wrestling last month.
Watch his entrance on Dynamite below.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.
* Ortiz (with Santana) vs. Cody (with Arn Anderson)
* Death Triangle (PAC, Pentagon Jr., and Fenix) vs. Private Party and Joey Janela
* Jurassic Express vs. MJF, The Butcher, and The Blade (with Wardlow and The Bunny)
* Blood and Guts Match rules announcement
* AEW Tag Team Champion Hangman Page and a mystery partner vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara (Non-Title Match)
Cody Rhodes appeared on AEW Dynamite last night to call out MJF for cheating in their match at Revolution, but Jake “The Snake” answered his call instead by walking to the ring.
“The Dark Side” will apparently be coming to AEW soon with Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and it sounds like they’ll be targeting Cody Rhodes first.
Roberts said he hated to spoil the party, but he was tired of hearing Cody’s crying/bitching. Jake then explained that he wasn’t there to praise Rhodes, he was there to slay him … and mentioned having a client. “The Dark Side will be coming to AEW,” Roberts added. “And once my roots have taken hold it will be like a phoenix rising from the ashes.”
Jake also noted that he’d be on the outside of the ring for his client’s matches, and that Cody could bring “that one trick pony” Arn Anderson.
Watch Roberts’ promo below.
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
* Fallout from AEW Revolution
* AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and Darby Allin vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara
* PAC vs. Chuck Taylor (with Trent and Orange Cassidy)
* Lance Archer debuts
* Leva Bates vs. Big Swole
AEW announced a special episode of Dynamite called “Blood & Guts” that will take place on March 25 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The show will feature two rings covered by a giant cage for a WarGames-like match.
At the AEW Revolution post-event press conference, Wrestling Inc. asked AEW President Tony Khan about the match and using the “WarGames” name, which is owned by WWE. Khan quickly pointed out that the match is not called WarGames.
“I have not used that term and will never use that term,” Khan said. “You’ll never see me using that expression.”
Khan confirmed to us that the match will be called “Blood & Guts.”
“The expression we’re using for this match is Blood & Guts,” Khan stated. “It’s everything to us, it’s a heart and soul struggle, but it’s also a metaphor for our company in that it’s both a serious thing in that it’s wrestling-centric, but we’re also having fun with it.”
Khan said that “it’s a blood and guts match”, and it’s “going to be awesome.”
“Blood & guts” is a play on a phrase Vince McMahon used when referring to AEW during an earnings call last year. When asked about WWE having more competition, McMahon said that he hopes that AEW doesn’t continue “the blood and guts and gory things that they have been doing.”
You can listen to Khan’s comments about the “Blood & Guts” episode below:
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
* 30-Minute Iron Man Match: Kenny Omega vs. Pac
* AEW Revolution World title Match Weigh In – (C) Chris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley
* The Butcher and The Blade w/The Bunny vs. Best Friends w/Orange Cassidy
* Inner Circle (Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz) vs. Jurassic Express
Former WWE, ECW, WCW and TNA star Raven was sitting in the crowd for last night’s AEW Dynamite episode from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
He could be seen on TV a few times, during the Tag Team Battle Royal, but he was not acknowledged by the AEW announcers, and did not appear to be in character at all.
AEW had some fun with Raven’s appearance and joked about him being involved with The Dark Order as he was sitting near members of the group, including The Exalted One, and did not move while the action unfolded next to him. Raven can be seen in a clip that was tweeted from the official AEW Twitter account.
“Did you see it? The exalted one is always watching,” AEW wrote in the caption.
Raven lives in Atlanta and is good friends with Diamond Dallas Page, so it’s possible he was just visiting. DDP was visiting at Dynamite this week, along with Austin Aries.
Raven has not appeared for a major promotion since his last TNA appearances in 2010. You can see several related tweets below:
https://twitter.com/GetDaTables/status/1230304471567208451
https://twitter.com/JeffreyShowLive/status/1230298256506269699
https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1230298156866457601
https://twitter.com/AndyNemmity/status/1230328933943586816
https://twitter.com/JoeyShoots/status/1230298390157758464
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
* Jon Moxley vs. Jeff Cobb in his AEW in-ring debut
* Tag Team Battle Royal with the winners becoming the new #1 contenders for a title shot at Revolution
* AEW World Tag Team Championship: Adam Page and Kenny Omega (c) vs. Lucha Bros
* Cody Rhodes vs. Wardlow in the first-ever AEW Steel Cage Match
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from the H.E.B. Center in Austin, Texas.
* AEW Women’s World Championship: Riho (c) vs. Nyla Rose
* AEW World Tag Team Championship: Hangman Page and Kenny Omega (c) vs. SCU
* Santana vs. Jon Moxley in an “Eye for an Eye” match
* MJF vs. Jungle Boy
* Dustin Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara
