AEW Battle of the Belts II will air Saturday 4/16/2022 on TNT at 8 pm ET.
*AEW Women’s Championship
Nyla Rose vs. Thunder Rosa (c)
* AEW TNT Championship
Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky (c)
* ROH World Championship
Dalton Castle vs. Jonathan Gresham (c)
Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT will be a live episode that takes place at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.
Rampage is airing live at a special start time of 7pm ET instead of 10pm, due to NBA coverage on TNT.
* Gunn Club (Billy, Austin, and Colten Gunn) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley, and Bryan Danielson with William Regal)
* Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Qualifier
Ruby Soho vs. Robyn Renegade
* Texas Deathmatch for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship
Adam Cole vs. ‘Hangman’ Adam Page (c)
The card for next week’s AEW Dynamite was revealed last night and it is filled to the brim with action and announcements. It was promised that Tony Khan, the Founder and President of AEW, will be appearing to reveal a major announcement for All Elite Wrestling.
When it comes to the matches, the ongoing feud between Andrade El Idolo and Darby Allin looks to be coming to a head when they face each other in a coffin match. This will only be the second coffin match ever in AEW and Darby’s second time competing with such a stipulation.
Rising AEW star Hook will also be making his way to Dynamite to compete for the first time. On the show Rampage and on pay-per-view buy-in shows, Hook remains undefeated, so it will be interesting to see if he can keep up the winning streak with a new wave of challengers.
You can see the full card for next week’s AEW Dynamite below:
Wardlow vs. The Butcher
Hook makes AEW Dynamite in-ring debut
* Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Qualifier
Britt Baker vs. Danielle Camella
* Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Qualifier
Jungle Boy vs. Kyle O’Reilly
* Coffin Match
Darby Allin vs. Andrade El Idolo
Tony Khan to make a major announcement
The AEW console video game may be released much earlier than originally expected.
AEW first announced their video game back in, but no timeframe was provided. Now Fightful Select reports that there has been internal talk of the game being released in September, but that is tentative and not official.
It was noted that there is plenty of work to be done on the game, but the plan for some time has been to release this year, and that September is widely regarded as the target timeframe as of this week.
An AEW source stressed that this is a tentative release date, and there’s a publisher involved. It was also said that fans can expect the game fairly soon if all goes well, but a lot of things can change between now and September.
It was revealed back in mid-March that there will be a story mode for the game, and that some of the AEW wrestlers were giving input into the storylines. It was also noted that several members of the Yuke’s team that helped create popular RAW vs. SmackDown video games are also a part of this story mode process.
While Yuke’s is known to be the developer of the AEW video game, no publisher has been announced, but this new report notes that a publisher is working with the AEW video game team. It’s believed that once the publisher is confirmed, there will be more information released, such as a release date and other details.
Kenny Omega is said to be determined for the AEW video game to be a success, and word is that he understands how integral a great showing could be.
The official AEW video game is scheduled to be released on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite on TBS will air live from the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Tony Khan on Busted Open Radio says TNT/TBS is very happy with AEW ratings and that’s why they are getting an overrun tonight. Tony says he’s not saying they will go “super long” tonight. It could be just an extra couple of minutes.
AEW has announced the following line-up for tonight:
* CM Punk vs. Penta Oscuro
* Marina Shafir makes TV debut vs. Skye Blue
* MJF vs. Shawn Dean
* Santana, Ortiz and Eddie Kingston vs. Chris Jericho, Jake Hager and Daniel Garcia of The Jericho Appreciation Society
* Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland vs. Powerhouse Hobbs and FTW Champion Ricky Starks
* AEW World Tag Team Champions Jurassic Express defend against reDRagon
* ROH World Television Champion Minoru Suzuki defends against Samoa Joe
* Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt have a “big surprise” for Samoa Joe
Tonight’s AEW Rampage episode on TNT was taped earlier this week at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
* Jon Moxley vs. Wheeler Yuta
* The Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament – Qualifier: Willow Nightingale vs. Red Velvet
* Swerve Strickland vs. QT Marshall
* Bryan Danielson (w/William Regal) vs. Trent Beretta (w/Chuck Taylor)
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite on TBS will air live from the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
* New AEW/ROH star Samoa Joe vs. Max Caster in the first qualifying match for The Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament. This will be Joe’s AEW debut
* Hikaru Shida vs. Julia Hart in the third qualifying match for The Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament. Winner joins Toni Storm and Jamie Hayter as confirmed entrants
* Shawn Dean vs. Shawn Spears
* Christian Cage vs. Adam Cole
* The Hardys vs. The Butcher and The Blade in a Tables Match
* FTR defends the AAA World Tag Team Titles and the ROH World Tag Team Titles against The Young Bucks
Tony Khan recently spoke with the media following Ring Of Honor’s Supercard Of Honor show about signing Samoa Joe.
The former WWE Superstar debuted at the end of the event, and Khan made it clear that he’s excited to have him on the roster for both of his promotions.
“I am very excited to have Samoa Joe in both Ring Of Honor and All Elite Wrestling,” he exclaimed. “I think his timing was impeccable, and I’m sure the champ (Jonathan Gresham) agrees. But I am very excited, and we are going to hear from him shortly, and you’ll get to hear from him as well. But I know I am very excited about having Samoa Joe in AEW. Samoa Joe is going to be on Dynamite on Wednesday, and it was great to have him here on Supercard.
“I thought it made a great night of great wrestling a bit more special. And it was a really cool moment to see Samoa Joe in the ring. I think with Jonathan Gresham and Lee Moriarity. A few different generations of great wrestlers, and great Ring Of Honor stars. All people that potentially could be competing also in AEW. I am very excited about a great championship match to end a great PPV tonight.”
Jonathan Gresham joined Tony Khan in being pleased about the situation. He admitted that there are people on the roster that he sees as originals, with Joe being one of those. He is also pleased to have these veterans passing on their knowledge to the next generation of talent.
“For me, I am just very excited,” Gresham said. “From the locker room to people that are making special appearances. Like tonight, Samoa Joe. Christopher Daniels is in this locker room, Jay Lethal is here, B.J. Whitmer is here. To me when I became conscious to how wrestling can be, in my mind, how wrestling should be, I call these men, these great men, the originals. They still possess the fire and the spirit of what I believe wrestling is built upon.
“Having them here in this company, to teach the next generation, to help us understand how to be pro wrestlers, it means the world to me. I am exactly where I am supposed to be, and I am very happy these guys are coming back to an umbrella that has someone who cares so passionately about the sports and the essence of this business. Tony Khan, and Samoa Joe, Bryan Danielson, and all these guys are keeping the business of pro wrestling alive, and I am happy to be part of it.”
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Samoa Joe is now All Elite.
Joe made his surprise return to ROH at the end of Friday’s Supercard of Honor XV event. The main event saw Jonathan Gresham defeat Bandido to become the Undisputed ROH World Champion, but Gresham and Lee Moriarty were attacked by Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal after the bout.
Lethal, who turned on longtime friend Matt Sydal earlier in the night after defeating Moriarty, challenged Gresham to an immediate title match but Gresham denied him because of his earlier actions. This led to Dutt hitting Gresham and Gresham getting beat down. Moriarty tried to help Gresham but he failed, and that’s when Joe came out. Joe faced off with Lethal, then choked Dutt out.
In an update, ROH announcer Ian Riccaboni noted on commentary that Joe would be appearing on AEW Dynamite this Wednesday.
Furthermore, AEW President and new ROH owner Tony Khan took to Twitter to declare that Joe is All Elite. Khan confirmed Wednesday’s Dynamite appearance for The Samoan Submission Machine, who has the longest ROH World Title reign of all-time at 645 days when he held the strap from March 22, 2003 – December 26, 2004.
Supercard of Honor XV marked Joe’s first ROH appearance since June 2015. He is a one-time ROH World Champion, a one-time ROH Pure Champion, and was inducted into the inaugural class of the ROH Hall of Fame earlier this year.
WWE released Joe from his contract back on January 6. He was believed to be under the standard 30-day non-compete clauses that most WWE NXT talents have, which would’ve made him a free agent on February 5 when the clause expired.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s AEW Rampage episode on TNT was taped earlier this week at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbus, South Carolina.
* We will hear from Kris Statlander
* We will hear from AEW TNT Champion Scorpio Sky, Dan Lambert and Paige VanZant
* The Young Bucks vs. Top Flight
* House of Black vs. Fuego Del Sol, Evil Uno and Stu Grayson
* Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Qualifier: Jamie Hayter vs. Skye Blue
* Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Keith Lee
* Appearances by Sammy Guevara, Tay Conti and others
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