Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT and was taped in Norcross, Georgia.
* Dustin Rhodes vs. Kip Sabian (TNT Championship Tournament Match)
* Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin (TNT Championship Tournament Match)
* Jimmy Havoc vs. Orange Cassidy
* Kenny Omega in action
* Brodie Lee in action
* Wardlow in action
* Matt Hardy returns with exclusive footage from The Hardy Compound
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT and was taped in Norcross, Georgia.
* Sammy Guevara vs. Sugar D
* Kip Sabian vs. Chuck Taylor
* Britt Baker will be in action
* Shawn Spears will be in action
* Lance Archer vs. Colt Cabana (First Round TNT Championship Tournament Match)
* Jon Moxley (c) vs. Jake Hager (Empty Arena No Holds Barred Championship Match)
WWE announced that they have released Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder of The Revival. They noted that the release was “immediate”, indicating that they do not have a 90-day non-compete clause.
It had been widely expected that the tag team would be leaving the company once their contracts expired. Both of their contracts were originally set to expire this month. While Dawson’s deal is up, Wilder’s contract was extended until mid-June to make up for time he missed due to injuries.
Wilder recently filed to trademark the name “Cash Wheeler” last month. He also owns the following trademarks related to the team: No Flips, Just Fists; Say Yeah; Top Guys, Shatter Machine; #FTRKO; #FTR.
Dawson also filed several trademarks recently and owns the following: No Flips, Just Fists; Say Yeah; Top Guys; Shatter Machine; #FTRKO.
Following their filings, WWE filed to trademark “No Flips Just Fists” and “The Mechanics”, which is the name that the team originally used in NXT.
It had widely been expected that Dawson and Wilder would be signing with AEW once they were free. AEW currently has no tapings scheduled after filming television last week that will last the company through mid-May. The status of the AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view scheduled for Saturday, May 23rd in Las Vegas remains uncertain.
WWE issued the following statement regarding their release:
Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder of The Revival releasedEffective today, Friday April 10, 2020, WWE and The Revival have agreed on their immediate release from WWE. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT and was taped in Norcross, Georgia.
* Britt Baker vs. Hikaru Shida
* Cody Rhodes vs. Shawn Spears (First-Round TNT Championship Tournament Match)
* AEW World Tag Team Champion Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa vs. The Best Friends
* Lance Archer will be in action
* Brodie Lee will be in action
* Chris Jericho joins Tony Schiavone for commentary
This week’s AEW Dynamite tapings took place from QT Marshall’s Gym in Norcross, GA.
Wrestling Inc. reported that state of Georgia officials had stopped by AEW’s tapings on Thursday.
From what we were told, the officials initially attempted to shut down the tapings before being provided with paperwork that allowed AEW to move forward. Apparently AEW had been approved to move forward before Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp issued his “shelter in place order”, which officially goes into place today at 6 pm.
Since Wrestling Inc.’s reporting, AEW President Tony Khan has reached out to them to provide clarity on the situation.
Khan explained, that the official who stopped by was a local Georgia code enforcement official. They were there to ensure that everything was as agreed to in the permits AEW had obtained. Khan stated that it was just a routine check-in like any other week, and everything was fine on both sides.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
AEW has moved away from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville after the city shut down all hotels, except to essential personnel. With this making it difficult to film in the area, AEW moved to an undisclosed locations to tape new episodes.
Tonight at 8 pm ET on AEW Dynamite:
* Lance Archer’s in-ring debut
* Trent vs. AEW World Tag Team Champion Kenny Omega
* Darby Allin and Cody Rhodes vs. Shawn Spears and Sammy Guevara
* Four remaining names in the TNT Championship tournament will be announced
All Elite Wrestling has announced a tournament will kick off next month to determine the promotion’s first-ever TNT Champion.
The press release states:
AEW announced its first-ever “TNT CHAMPIONSHIP,” a high-stakes, eight-man tournament which kicks off on Wednesday, April 8, on the weekly AEW: DYNAMITE show on TNT. The single-elimination tournament will feature the biggest names in AEW all vying for the inaugural TNT CHAMPIONSHIP belt.
Wrestlers in the first half of the tournament bracket will be revealed this Tuesday, March 31, on AEW’s YouTube show, AEW DARK. The second half of the bracket will be announced this Wednesday, April 1, during the live AEW: DYNAMITE show on TNT.
The TNT CHAMPIONSHIP will culminate with an epic final match at DOUBLE OR NOTHING, AEW’s highly anticipated PPV event on Saturday, May 23, in Las Vegas.
“It’s been a privilege working with Kevin Reilly and TNT to bring fans the best live wrestling show week after week on AEW: DYNAMITE, especially during these tumultuous times,” said Tony Khan, president and CEO of AEW. “I’m glad we’re now able to announce the TNT CHAMPIONSHIP. The first ever titleholder will be determined by an unforgettable tournament that fans will not want to miss, and that our wrestlers will be desperate to win. I’m excited for the announcement of the full bracket live on Dynamite this week. And, it’s only fitting that the champion and the title belt will carry the logo of the globally-respected TNT brand, and that they’ll represent not only AEW but also the great quality programming, massive reach, and storied history in the wrestling business that are all associated with TNT.”
Watch the video announcement on “Road To Dynamite” below.
The first four participants in AEW’s upcoming TNT Championship tournament have been revealed.
AEW Dark this week kicked off with Tony Schiavone and Cody Rhodes announcing the first two tournament matches: Shawn Spears vs. Cody and Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin.
Cody reacted to the announcement talking about how the first match is an All Out rematch and how both of his possible second opponents have taken him to the limit as well.
The tournament to crown AEW’s first-ever TNT Champion is set to begin next month and scheduled to culminate at Double or Nothing in Las Vegas on May 23.
The rest of the competitors will be announced on Dynamite this week.
Watch this week’s episode of AEW Dark for the full announcement.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Tonight’s episode will air live from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida on a closed set. Cody will be special guest announcing with Tony Schiavone.
* Kenny Omega (c) vs. Sammy Guevara (AAA Mega Championship)
* Cody vs. Jimmy Havoc
* Matt Hardy and Chris Jericho to have a one-on-one confrontation
* Luchasaurus vs. Wardlow (Lumberjack Match)
* Chuck Taylor and Trent vs. Pentagon Jr. and Fenix (Parking Lot Street Fight)
AEW has announced a loaded card for Tuesday’s special double episode of AEW Dark, which premieres at 7pm ET on the official AEW YouTube channel.
The matches were taped last Wednesday before & after the AEW Dynamite episode at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, with no normal crowd. AEW President & CEO Tony Khan took to Twitter today and said the special edition of Dark was taped to give fans something “fun and free” to watch while they’re stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, and as a way to give chances to indie wrestlers who are out of work.
Khan wrote, “With fans at home who deserve fun (and free) wrestling content, we’re streaming a double episode of #AEWDark tomorrow! 6 matches on the card & it will feature top stars from AEW + with many independent wrestlers out of work, we’re giving chances to several of them tomorrow night!”
The following matches have been announced for the show:
* Jake Hager vs. Joe Alonzo
* Kip Sabian vs. Suge D
* Colt Cabana vs. Brandon Cutler
* SCU’s Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels vs. Shawn Spears and Robert Anthony
* Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall vs. Jon Cruz and Matt Sells
* Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss vs. Corey Hollis and Mike Reed
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Matt Hardy has been tweeting about his AEW Dynamite debut last night and the early success of his first AEW merchandise. He also interacted with Cody Rhodes.
Matt continued tweeting this evening and said the second coming of “Broken” Matt Hardy will be much different than the first.
“DAMASCUS is much older, more vicious & quite darker than my previous ESSENCE. The Second Coming of #BROKEN Matt Hardy will be very different from the first,” he wrote.
Hardy also touted the YouTube video views on the video of his AEW arrival from their official YouTube channel. As of this writing, the video has 1.4 million views. To compate, the reveal of Brodie Lee (Luke Harper) as The Exalted One has 423,000 video views while the outdoors segment with Lance Archer and Jake Roberts has 137,000 views and the segment with AEW World Champion Jon Moxley has 141,000 views.
Hardy tweeted the video yesterday and wrote, “The finale of last night’s #AEWDynamite has well over 1,000,000 views in just a matter of hours – WONDERFUL!”
Hardy also tweeted the Twitter “Trending Event” post on his debut and wrote, “Lots on buzz coming out of @AEWrestling last night.. And it wasn’t just Vanguard 1 flying into the ring. #BROKEN Matt Hardy makes debut for AEW on Dynamite”
You can see Matt’s related tweets below:
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1240796946677280768
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1240713129077510144
https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND/status/1240750820242661376
Source: Wrestling Inc.
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