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Backstage News On Whether There’s Been Any ‘Mending Of Fences’ Between CM Punk And AEW

Fans hoping for CM Punk to make his return to AEW television soon should know that there is reportedly much work left to be done. Dave Meltzer offered an update regarding the fallout of “Brawl Out” on the latest episode of “Wrestling Observer Radio.” “There was a lot of damage done that night,” Meltzer said, acknowledging that many want Punk to come back because the ratings for AEW have been flat as of late. Meltzer previously reported that Chris Jericho was pushing for Punk to not come back, but the ball remains in the court of AEW owner Tony Khan.

Backstage News On Whether There’s Been Any ‘Mending Of Fences’ Between CM Punk And AEW
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BY DOMINIC DEANGELO/FEB. 14, 2023 11:58 AM EST
Fans hoping for CM Punk to make his return to AEW television soon should know that there is reportedly much work left to be done. Dave Meltzer offered an update regarding the fallout of “Brawl Out” on the latest episode of “Wrestling Observer Radio.” “There was a lot of damage done that night,” Meltzer said, acknowledging that many want Punk to come back because the ratings for AEW have been flat as of late. Meltzer previously reported that Chris Jericho was pushing for Punk to not come back, but the ball remains in the court of AEW owner Tony Khan.

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“Tony’s gonna do what Tony’s gonna do and I don’t know what that’s going to be. … There’s a lot of damage there to the brand. It wasn’t just like he yelled at The Young Bucks. It was the brand. I mean he basically said that AEW is second-rate,” Meltzer added, having been in attendance for Punk’s infamous post-All Out press conference. According to Meltzer, there are bridges that haven’t been crossed yet between the two parties.

“There’s a lot of mending of fences that need to be done and there’s been no mending of fences at all,” he said. “Punk could be back in two months and then there’s a decision of how that goes. That’s going to be a big story of how that goes down or how it doesn’t go down.” Punk happened to tear his tricep that night while defeating Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship, and hasn’t been seen in AEW since. Without Punk appearing for AEW, ratings for “AEW Dynamite” have plateaued below a million viewers and viewership for “AEW Rampage” has nosedived.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Rampage Preview 2/10/2023

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

  • Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. Kip Sabian and The Butcher & The Blade
  • “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry in action
  • Ruby Soho vs. Marina Shafir
  • Mark Briscoe to speak
  • All-Atlantic Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Lee Moriarty

ESPN Secures Exclusive Broadcast Rights To AEW In Major Overseas Deal

All Elite Wrestling and ESPN announced a major partnership on Thursday, which will see Dynamite, Rampage and AEW pay-per-view events made available to ESPN subscribers in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

You can check out an excerpt from the press release below:

“ESPN announced that it has secured exclusive broadcast rights to top American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), bringing its premium matches and entertainment to ESPN subscribers in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands starting February 16.

Each week on ESPN, fans in the region can catch all the action on “AEW: DYNAMITE” on Thursday AEDT, and “AEW: RAMPAGE” on Saturday AEDT, with same-day replays and episodes made available on-demand. In addition, through ESPN, fans will have access to all of AEW’s quarterly pay-per-view events on delay: REVOLUTION, DOUBLE OR NOTHING, ALL OUT and FULL GEAR.

AEW will be available on ESPN in the following locations: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Niue, Nauru, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Northern Marianas, Tokelau, Tahiti, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and Wallis and Futuna.”

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Starting on Thursday, February 16th, AEW Dynamite will air on AEDT and Rampage will air on Saturdays AEDT with episodes available via same-day replays and on-demand as well.

Source: eWrestlingNews

AEW Dynamite Preview 2/8/2023

AEW Dynamite “Championship Night” will air live tonight on TBS and emanate from the El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas.

  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Acclaimed (c) vs. The Gunns
  • AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Elite (c) vs. Top Flight & AR Fox
  • World Title Eliminator: AEW World Champion MJF vs. Konosuke Takeshita
  • Women’s Title Eliminator Match: AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter vs. The Bunny
  • Bryan Danielson vs. Rush
  • Garcia-Guevara Gauntlet Match

Danhausen Forms Tag Team With Chris Jericho On Jericho’s “Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager At Sea” Cruise

There might be a very nice, very evil, and very new tag team entering the AEW tag team picture.

Over the weekend as part of Chris Jericho’s “Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea” cruise, AEW’s resident ghoul Danhausen teamed up to become a unit for a pair of matches on the voyage. “Danhausen and Jerichohausen… the most hausen tag team of all hausen!!” one traveler tweeted, posting a photo of Danhausen and Jericho in matching facepaint and red capes. Another attendee shared a look at Danhausen and Jericho both using “The Walls of Jericho” against Austin and Colten Gunn.

Jericho’s annual cruise event typically features wrestlers — mostly from AEW’s roster at this point — in addition to a few other stars from ROH, GCW, and NJPW. Musical artists like Jericho’s rock group Fozzy, Quiet Riot, and “Platinum Max” (AEW World Tag Team Champion Max Caster) performed this year as well. Danhausen was advertised as the cruise’s “guest host” for the weekend. 

Even before his AEW debut in early 2022, Danhausen had grown into a beloved figure among wrestling fans, making a name for himself on the independent scene and on social media. Known for casting “spells” on his adversaries, he has racked up an 8-5 record in his first year with AEW. Although with the recent attention he’s been garnering, it’s not out of the question to see bigger things on the horizon for him in his second year with the promotion — especially considering his association with the All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy and the Best Friends.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dark: Elevation Preview 2/6/2023

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.

  • ROH Champion Claudio Castagnoli & ROH Pure Wrestling Champion Wheeler Yuta vs. Tony Nese & Ari Daivari with Smart Mark Sterling
  • Nyla Rose & Emi Sakura & Diamante & Marina Shafir with Vickie Guerrero vs. Sky Blue & Madison Rayne & Queen Aminata & Heidi
  • Orange Cassidy & The Best Friends vs. Zack Clayton & Serpentico & Luther
  • Top Flight vs. The Butcher & The Blade with The Bunny.
  • Yuka Sakazaki vs. Billie Starkz
  • Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Corey Calhoun
  • Matt Menard & Angelo Parker vs. The Boys, Brendan & Brett Tate

AEW Rampage Preview 2/3/2023

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C. Taped on Wednesday at Wright State University – Nutter Center in Dayton, OH

  • AEW World Trios Championship: The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) (c) vs. Ethan Page, Matt Hardy, & Isiah Kassidy
  • RUSH vs. Christopher Daniels
  • Swerve Strickland vs. Brian Pillman Jr.
  • Toni Storm & Saraya in tag team action

AEW Considering Launching Their Own Streaming Service

The award-winning WWE Network may have some competition if AEW goes ahead with reported plans to launch their own streaming service.

Since 2019, AEW had produced thousands of hours of content, and with the purchase of Ring of Honor, also has the distribution rights to the 2018 ‘ALL IN’ event.

Bloomberg is reporting that the promotion is considering launching its own streaming service, according to a source “familiar with management’s thinking.”

This streaming service would likely be done with the aid of AEW’s distribution partner Warner Bros. Discovery and isn’t the first time there have been reports of a service.

In October 2021, AEW President Tony Khan said that AEW was in talks with HBO Max over a streaming service with HBO Max, though no service came to light.

Source: eWrestlingNews

AEW Dynamite Preview 2/1/2023

AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS and emanate from the Wright State University Nutter Center in Dayton, OH.

  • AEW TNT Championship No Holds Barred Match: Darby Allin (c) vs. Samoa Joe
  • TBS Championship: Jade Gargill (c) vs. Red Velvet
  • “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley
  • Bryan Danielson vs Timothy Thatcher
  • Konouke Takeshita vs Brian Cage
  • The Acclaimed in Action

AEW Rampage Preview 1/27/2023

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

  • Hangman Page vs. Wheeler Yuta
  • AEW Women’s Champion Jamie Hayter vs. Emi Sakura in a title eliminator match
  • Best Friends & Danhausen vs. Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh & Jay Lethal
  • Powerhouse Hobbs vs. TBA