Tag: AEW

AAA Is Finished Putting Championships On AEW Wrestlers

Don’t expect to see AEW talent draped in championship gold from AAA, with the possible exception of Kenny Omega.

At the recent Noche de Campeones event, FTR lost the AAA World Tag Team Championships to Dralistico and Dragon Lee, the latter of whom announced his WWE deal shortly after.

Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo were stripped of the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championships after Melo was pulled from the event.

According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, AAA is finished putting titles on AEW talent for the time being due to the difficulties with booking them.

“Right now the plan is that unless it’s Kenny Omega, who they still want as their Mega champion because of his work and name value if they can get dates on him, they don’t want titles on AEW wrestlers because of the difficulty in confirming dates on them.”

Instead of appearing for AAA, Melo competed on this week’s Dynamite, teaming with Anna Jay to defeat Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale.

Source: ewrestlingnews

AEW Dynamite “New Year’s Smash” Preview 12/28/2022

AEW Dynamite special “New Year’s Smash” will air live tonight on TBS and will emanate from the 1STBank Center in Broomfield, CO.

  • AEW TNT Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Wardlow
  • AEW Trios Championship Six In The Best of Seven Series: Death Triangle (c) vs. The Elite
  • Jon Moxley & ROH Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Top Flight
  • Bryan Danielson vs. Ethan Page
  • Ruby Soho & Willow Nightingale vs. Tay Melo & Anna J.A.S.

AEW Dark Preview 12/27/2022

Tonight on AEW Dark at 7pm ET via the official AEW YouTube channel.

* Dante Casanova vs. Angelico

* The Work Horsemen vs. The Hughes Brothers

* Mafiosa vs. Diamante

* Billie Starkz vs. Red Velvet

* AR Fox vs. Slim J

* Evil Uno vs. Blake Li

* Lucky Ali vs. Fuego del Sol

* Iron Savages vs. Brandon Bullock & Jameson Ryan

* Matt Menard vs. Brock Anderson

AEW Rampage “Holiday Bash” Preview 12/23/2022

Tonight’s AEW Rampage “Holiday Bash” on TNT at 10/9C

* $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Royale
* Jade Cargill (C) vs. Vertvixen (TBS Women’s Title Eliminator)
* The Acclaimed vs. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett
* We’ll hear from Eddie Kingston & Ortiz
* We’ll hear from Wardlow

AEW Dynamite “Holiday Bash” Preview 12/21/2022

AEW Dynamite “Holiday Bash” special will air live tonight on TBS and emanate from the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas.

  • AEW Women’s Championship: Jamie Hayter (c) vs. Hikaru Shida
  • FTR vs. Gunn Club
  • Death Triangle (c) vs. The Elite in a no DQ match (match 5 in the best of 7 series for the AEW Trios titles)
  • Rick Ross to mediate a face to face meeting between Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland
  • Bryan Danielson appearance
  • Ricky Starks appearance
https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1605595449041231873

AEW Dark: Elevation Preview 12/19/2022

The latest episode of AEW’s latest weekly show, Dark: Elevation, is slated to air tonight at 7pm ET via the official AEW YouTube channel. Here’s the card: 

  • Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta vs. The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)
  • Emi Sakura & The Bunny vs. Lady Bird Monroe & Gigi Rey
  • Eddie Kingston & Ortiz vs. Hagane Shinno & Steven Andrews
  • Marina Shafir vs. Jazmin Allure
  • ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena (c) vs. VertVixen

AEW Rampage Preview 12/16/2022

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C.

  • Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara
  • Orange Cassidy, Dustin Rhodes & Best Friends vs. The Butcher, The Blade, Trent Seven & Kip Sabian
  • Britt Baker vs. Skye Blue
  • Wardlow in action
  • We’ll hear from FTR
  • Jim Ross sits down with Preston Vance.
https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1603744252697067520

AEW TV Will Reportedly Be Getting A New Look In January

Michael Mansury, the former Vice President of Global Television Production for WWE, has been hired by AEW, and now changes are expected for AEW programming. 

Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that part of the deal for Mansury being brought in is that Warner Brothers Discovery and AEW President Tony Khan have decided to change the look of the television programming. 

It’s believed that the planned changes will go into effect at some point in January.

A person within WWE gave the following comments regarding Manusary being signed by AEW:

“Tremendous asset. Was being groomed to be the heir apparent to the Kevin Dunn throne, but moved up too quickly and much like David Sahadi and several others, that’s when Dunn covertly made his life very difficult.”

Source: ewrestlingnews

AEW Issues Press Release For ROH’s Weekly TV Show

At Saturday’s post-ROH Final Battle 2022 media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan announced the return of HonorClub, which is where ROH’s weekly TV show will be featured.

The company sent out the following press release today to hype the news:

Tony Khan Announces Relaunch of Ring of Honor’s HonorClub Platform
— More than two decades of Ring of Honor Content Now Available For $9.99/Month, With New PPV and TV Content To Come —

On the heels of a momentous Ring of Honor Final Battle pay-per-view from College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, Tony Khan announced that the company’s HonorClub streaming platform has officially relaunched, featuring more than 2,500 hours of premium professional wrestling content dating back to 2002, with new weekly television episodes coming soon to the platform.

The announcement was made during an afternoon filled with title changes, as Claudio Castagnoli regained the ROH World Championship from Chris Jericho, Athena taking the ROH Women’s World Championship from Mercedes Martinez, The Briscoes winning the ROH World Tag Team Championships back from FTR in their third matchup this year, Wheeler Yuta winning the ROH Pure Championship back from Daniel Garcia and the Gates of Agony defeating Dalton Castle & The Boys for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.

Fans can sign up immediately for HonorClub for just $9.99 per month by visiting WatchROH.com. HonorClub is accessible via the ROH app on iOS, Android, Roku and Amazon FireTV.

The relaunched platform features updated functionality, where fans will be able to enjoy thousands of hours of Ring of Honor content including classic matches from the full ROH television archive and hundreds of pay-per-views and special events. Khan also announced plans for a weekly ROH television show to be solidified at the top of next year. Pay-per-view events will be available for viewing on HonorClub 90 days after they happen live, with live broadcasts still airing via Bleacher Report.

Jeff Jarrett Teases That ‘Cool Things’ Are Coming To AEW In 2023

Jeff Jarrett currently serves as AEW’s Director of Business Development and is working closely on the live event side of things.

During the latest edition of his “My World” podcast, Jarrett promised some “cool things” that will be coming in 2023.

When talking about adding AEW live events to new markets, Jarrett said the company is “plowing the ground, and a lot of cool things coming in Q1 next year.” He said,

“Hopefully we get some announcements out sooner rather than later, but there’s a lot of cool things … The WWE is a 40, 50, 60-year-old company, the lineage goes back three or four generations. AEW, I mean people may or may not take this the right way, but in a lot of ways it’s no longer the embryo, it’s been born, but it’s still in the infant stages. It’s really cool.”

Source: ewrestlingnews