Tag: AEW

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/21/20

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

* Penta El Zero M vs. Rey Fenix (AEW Tournament Match)

* Kenny Omega vs. Joey Janela (AEW Tournament Match)

* Colt Cabana vs. Hangman Page (AEW Tournament Match)

* Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy (AEW Tournament Match)

* Britt Baker in action

* Private Party vs. John Silver & Alex Reynolds vs. The Butcher & The Blade vs. The Young Bucks (Winners face AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR at Full Gear)

* MJF and Chris Jericho “Le Dinner Debonair” segment

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/14/20 – Anniversary Show

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite Anniversary Show airs on TNT from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. All four titles will be on the line for the first time in Dynamite’s history.

* Jon Moxley (c) vs. Lance Archer with Jake Roberts (AEW World Championship)

* FTR (c) with Tully Blanchard vs. Best Friends (AEW World Tag Team Championship)

* Cody (c) with vs. Orange Cassidy (AEW TNT Championship)

* Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Big Swole (AEW Women’s World Championship)

* Miro and Kip Sabian with Penelope Ford in action

* MJF to make a big announcement

Britt Baker To AEW Fans: “Please Don’t Turn The Channel When Women Are On TV”

AEW star Britt Baker believes that for AEW’s women’s division to grow, the new wrestling company needs help from the audience watching at home.

While addressing the criticism faced by the female division, Baker said fans need to ensure that women’s segments are not the lowest-rated segments on AEW Dynamite.

“I know there are plans to grow the women’s division, but at the same time we need help from the fans at home too,” Baker told Uproxx in an interview. “We can’t have the women’s segments being the lowest rated or the lowest views [on YouTube] each week. Because at the end of the day it’s a business, and AEW needs ratings.”

Baker acknowledged that since AEW is in a ratings war every Wednesday night with NXT, it needs more fans watching the women’s segments.

“It’s no secret we’re in a war every Wednesday night with NXT, so we need the ratings up. So for the fans that are so encouraging and saying “We want more women, we want more women!” that’s great, but please don’t turn the channel when the women are on TV then! We want everybody to be watching the segments and cheering us on from home,” she said.

Baker also cited COVID-19 as a reason for AEW’s women’s division not reaching greater heights.

“Our women’s division got hit hard because of the COVID outbreak. Half our roster is international talent, so we immediately didn’t have access to any of those women. Then Kris Statlander got hurt, and I got hurt. And there’s only so much time on AEW Dynamite to start with,” added Baker.

Hikaru Shida will defend her AEW Women’s World Title against Big Swole during tonight’s AEW Dynamite anniversary episode.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/7/20: Chris Jericho Celebrates 30 Years In Wrestling

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

* Chris Jericho’s 30 year celebration

* Chris Jericho and Jake Hager vs. Chaos Project (Luther and Serpentico)

* Brian Cage (c) with Taz vs. Will Hobbs (FTW Championship)

* Brodie Lee (c) vs. Cody (Dog Collar Match for the AEW TNT Championship)

* FTR (c) with Tully Blanchard vs. TH2 (AEW World Tag Team Championship)

* Big Swole vs. Serena Deeb

AEW Dynamite Preview 9/30/20

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT from Daily’s Place from Jacksonville, Florida.

* Orange Cassidy vs. 10 of The Dark Order

* Chris Jericho vs. Isiah Kassidy

* Ricky Starks vs. Darby Allin

* Britt Baker will be in action

* AEW World Champion Jon Moxley to face opponent of Eddie Kingston’s choosing

* Cody Rhodes responds to the recent challenge from AEW TNT Champion Brodie Lee

* FTR (c) vs. SCU (AEW World Tag Team Championship)

AEW Changing Their COVID Testing Procedures, More Talents Tested Positive

AEW changed their COVID testing protocols at Wednesday’s tapings, according to report from Wrestling Inc.

Wrestling Inc. has learned that AEW had talents get tested from their home in addition to getting test on-site at Wednesday’s taping. Lance Archer apparently tested positive during that second round of testing. Also, the AEW medical staff consulted with the NFL COVID response team to come up with updates to their COVID testing process.

This apparently comes after several positive COVID-19 tests in the company. Jon Alba and Fightful.com reported that multiple AEW wrestlers who were at the September 9th tapings tested positive for COVID-19 in the two weeks since. The report noted that some of the talent that had tested positive had been brought in for the last set of AEW Dark tapings and are not under contract.

Archer announced that he had tested positive prior to Wednesday’s Dynamite, causing the scheduled six-man tag team main event to be changed. On the show, the announcers said that Archer was pulled from the match because he had come into contact with someone with COVID, but never stated that Archer tested positive himself.

Wrestling Inc. exclusively reported earlier this month about the COVID testing procedures implemented by WWE and AEW. AEW talent go to an off-site facility the morning of tapings to have a blood prick test taken. The test allows a talent to know within ten minutes whether they are positive or not. If the talent passes the test, they are given a wrist band and taken to Daily’s Place. Talent cannot enter Daily’s Place without the wrist band.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite Preview 9/23/20

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

* Jon Moxley, Will Hobbs, and Darby Allin vs. Lance Archer, Brian Cage, and Ricky Starks

* Brodie Lee (c) vs. Orange Cassidy (AEW TNT Championship)

* AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida and NWA Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Diamante and Ivelisse

* Chris Jericho to appear live

* Miro to make in-ring debut

Miro Reveals He Is Not Restricted To AEW, Teases NJPW Debut

It seems like Miro could be following in AEW World Champion Jon Moxley’s footsteps and wrestling in Japan despite being under contract with AEW.

During his latest Twitch stream, Miro revealed that his AEW contract allows him to wrestle in different countries, especially “where the sun rises,” hinting at a possible appearance in NJPW at some point down the road.

“Despite signing a contract, I am not restricted to AEW alone. While I am not going to name any promotions, I’ll just say I’m allowed to work in different countries. Maybe a country where the sun rises? You’ll just have to wait and see,” said Miro.

Miro hinted that wrestling in Japan is one of his lifelong dreams and something that he plans to fulfill in the near future.

“Sometimes when God says, Miro you’re going to live all your dreams, you just got to keep the faith. That’s why when I got released [from WWE], I had zero doubt that I would be able to go to AEW and work in different places. And that is how things are unfolding now,” he added.

Miro, who appeared on AEW Dynamite a few weeks ago, went onto say that his patience is beginning to pay off, especially after a lengthy hiatus from the ring following his WWE release in April.

“Things happen for a reason, and the more you let go off the BS, the more service you’re doing to yourself. If you’re good, and trust and believe, things will align themselves. You just have to be patient, and that’s what I did. I bided my time and here I am now.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite Preview 9/16/20

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT from Daily’s Place from Jacksonville, Florida.

* Best Friends vs. Santana and Ortiz (Parking Lot Fight)

* FTR vs. Jurassic Express (Non-Title Match – if Jurassic Express wins, they will receive a title match)

* Thunder Rosa (c) vs. Ivelisse (NWA Women’s World Championship)

* Chris Jericho and Jake Hager vs. Private Party

* MJF in action

* Lance Archer interview

* AEW World Champion Jon Moxley to appear

* Hangman Page vs. Frankie Kazarian

* Miro and Kip Sabian to speak

AEW Gives Broadcast Update For This Week’s Dynamite

AEW has confirmed that this week’s AEW Dynamite will air, as usual on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on TNT.

The promotion tweeted, “#AEWDYNAMITE WILL AIR AS USUAL THIS WEDNESDAY 8pm EST on @TNTDRAMA (Yes, caps weren’t necessary. But, here’s a picture of @orangecassidy for no reason).”

Originally the plan was a one-hour episode on Wednesday following NBA coverage and Thursday was going to be the usual two-hour episode.

So far the card for Wednesday is the following:

* AEW Champion Jon Moxley to appear

* Lance Archer and Jake Roberts to appear

* NWA Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Ivelisse

* AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. The Jurassic Express

* Santana & Ortiz vs. Best Friends (Parking Lot Fight)

* Private Party vs. Chris Jericho & Jake Hager

* Hangman Page vs. Frankie Kazarian

* MJF in action