Tag: AEW

Luchasaurus Returns To AEW Television Following Hamstring Injury (Video)

Luchasaurus returned to AEW last night on Dynamite following a short absence due to injury.

Luchasaurus’ return went down after a tag match involving Jurassic Express and The Dark Order. Evil Uno offered Marko Stunt a spot as one of his creepers and Jungle Boy intervened. This led to Stu Grayson attacking him from behind.

The creepers then started to beat both wrestlers down and attempted to force one of their masks on Jungle Boy, but Luchasaurus came out to make the save.

After hitting a huge boot on the first creeper at the top of the stage, Luchasaurus made his way to the ring and landed a spin kick on three creepers at once. He also tossed one to the outside before turning his attention on Grayson.

Once the ring was cleared, Luchasaurus hugged Jurassic Express.

As we previously reported … the 34-year-old wrestler injured his hamstring prior to an episode of Dynamite last month. Excalibur noted on commentary that he was supposed to be out until January.

AEW Dynamite Preview 11/13/19

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

* SCU (Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky) (c) vs. Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara (AEW World Tag Team Championship)

* PAC vs. “Hangman” Adam Page

* Fallout from MJF’s attack on Cody at Full Gear.

AEW Full Gear Results 11/9/19

(The Buy In) Britt Baker vs. Bea Priestley –

Winner: Britt Baker via Submission

Post-match, Awesome Kong and Brandi Rhodes show up on the stage and then head to the ring. Bea Priestley is still in the ring when they get there. Kong with a spinning backfist levels Priestley. Kong then takes the glove off and pulls a knife out, she hands it to Brandi. Double underhook facebuster on Priestley by Kong. Brandi gives the knife back to Kong, Brandi then pulls up some of Priestley’s hair and Kong takes a hunk of it. Kong keeps the lock of hair as they both make their way to the back.

 

The Young Bucks vs. Proud & Powerful (Santana & Ortiz) –

Rock ‘N’ Roll Express was setting at ringside in the front row.

https://twitter.com/brlive/status/1193336713084637184

Winners: Proud & Powerful (Santana & Ortiz)

Post-match, Sammy Guevara heads down to the ring with his camera in hand to celebrate a bit with his Inner Circle stablemates. Guevara then brings a sock full of baseballs. Rock ‘N Roll Express up on the apron, Guevara and Ortiz charge and they go low, sending both guys to the floor. Matt and Robert beat up on Santana. Ricky then hits a slingshot canadian destroyer on Santana (with a little help from Matt to get him over). Ricky then hits a suicide dive on Guevara and Ortiz! Crowd pops big for those spots.

 

“Hangman” Adam Page vs. PAC –

https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1193345777944481792

Winner: “Hangman” Adam Page

 

Joey Janela vs. Shawn Spears w/Tully Blanchard –

Winner: Shawn Spears 

 

AEW World Tag Team Championship: (C) SCU vs. Lucha Bros vs. Private Party –

Winners: SCU

Post-match, Lucha Bros attack the champions. Pentagon looks to finish off Kazarian on a chair. The lights go out though. In the ring is another Pentagon, the other Pentagon gives Pentagon Jr. an STO, Fenix jumps in, “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels hits the angel’s wings on Fenix, sending him onto Pentagon. Daniels pulls the mask off and grabs a chair, swinging at Pentagon who rolls out of the ring. Daniels hugs the other SCU members. Daniels yells at Fenix and Pentagon, “Let’s finish this!”

https://twitter.com/ITVWrestling/status/1193359441028096001

 

AEW Women’s World Championship: (C) Riho vs. Emi Sakura –

Winner: Riho

 

AEW World Championship: (C) Chris Jericho w/Jake Hager vs. Cody Rhodes w/MJF

(Three judges will be available as a tiebreaker if match goes beyond 60 minute time limit. If Cody loses he won’t challenge for AEW World Title ever again)

The three judges are Dean Malenko, Arn Anderson and the Great Muta

https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1193368775208423425

 

Winner: Chris Jericho via MJF throwing in the towel

Post-match, Inner Circle comes out with the bubbly to celebrate with the champion. MJF is in the ring with a dejected Cody. MJF is sad and saying he’s sorry. Cody isn’t even listening and seems pretty annoyed at what happened. MJF and Cody talks a bit, MJF then kicks Cody between the legs! He smiles and then sneers at Cody, shoving Cody to the mat, yelling “My time!” Crowd with an a-hole chant. While heading backstage, MJF gets a some liquid thrown at him from a fan! MJF stares at him for a second and then heads to the back.

 

Unsanctioned Lights Out Match: Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega –

https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1193385037556834304

Winner: Jon Moxley

AEW Full Gear 11/9/19

November 9, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET – (Preshow at 7:00 PM ET ) – Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Maryland  – Available on B/R Live and Traditional PPV

Saturday’s AEW Full Gear pay-per-view from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD, Ticketmaster shows more than 1,200 tickets left at this link. They are going for $30 – $125. There are also two floor seats that come together, and include the commemorative take-home chair, for $300 each.

AEW World Championship: (C) Chris Jericho vs. Cody Rhodes

(Three judges will be available as a tiebreaker if match goes beyond 60 minute time limit. If Cody loses he won’t challenge for AEW World Title ever again)

Unsanctioned Lights Out Match: Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega

AEW World Tag Team Championship: (C) SCU vs. Lucha Bros vs. Private Party

AEW Women’s World Championship: (C) Riho vs. Emi Sakura

The Young Bucks vs. Proud & Powerful (Santana & Ortiz)

“Hangman” Adam Page vs. PAC

Joey Janela vs. Shawn Spears w/Tully Blanchard

(The Buy In) Britt Baker vs. Bea Priestley

AEW Dynamite Barely Tops WWE NXT Viewership This Week, AEW Attendance And Poor Crowd Photos From Dynamite

AEW Dynamite has topped WWE NXT in viewership for the sixth week in a row, however it was by the smallest margin to date.

Wednesday’s Full Gear go-home edition of Dynamite on TNT drew 822,000 viewers, topping NXT’s 813,000 viewers on the USA Network by only 1.1%, according to Showbuzz Daily.

AEW ranked #8 in the Cable Top 150, while NXT ranked #12. AEW ranked #31 in viewership, while NXT ranked #32 in viewership.

For NXT, it was the best number for the show since its two-hour premiere on October 2nd. It was the second lowest number for Dynamite behind last week’s show which averaged 759,000, however that episode was against Game 7 of the World Series.

Last week’s Dynamite episode drew 789,000 viewers and ranked #6 in the Cable Top 150, and #28 in viewership, so the audience was up 4.2%. Last week’s NXT episode drew 580,000 viewers and ranked #32 in the Cable Top 150, and #42 in viewership so NXT saw a much larger 40% increase.

AEW drew a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic while NXT drew a 0.30 in the same demo this week. Last week’s AEW episode drew a 0.33 in that demographic while NXT drew a 0.18.

* Monday’s Crown Jewel go-home edition of RAW on the USA Network drew an average of 2.133 million viewers, down from the previous week’s 2.342 million viewers. RAW was #4 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150, with a 0.72 rating

To compare, this week’s pro wrestling viewership looks like this so far:

* Monday’s post-Crown Jewel edition of RAW on the USA Network drew an average of 2.136 million viewers, barely up from last week’s 2.133 million viewers, and the fourth-lowest non-holiday episode in RAW history. RAW was #12 for the night in viewership on cable and #4 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150, for the second week in a row, with an average 0.76 cable rating

* Tuesday’s Total Divas episode on the E! network drew 191,000 viewers, down from last week’s 283,000 viewers for the lowest viewership in the history of the show. Total Divas ranked #93 on the Cable Top 150 this week with a 0.08 cable rating in the 18-49 demo

* Tuesday’s official WWE Backstage premiere on FS1 drew just 49,000 viewers in the 11pm hour. The show did not make the Cable Top 150 but drew an 0.02 cable rating in the 18-49 demographic

* Wednesday’s Full Gear go-home edition of AEW Dynamite on TNT drew 822,000 viewers, up from last week’s 789,000 viewers. Dynamite was #31 for the night in viewership on cable and #8 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.35 rating

* Wednesday’s NXT episode on the USA Network drew 813,000 viewers, up from last week’s 580,000 viewers. NXT ranked #32 for the night in viewership on cable, and #12 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic

Below is 2019 NXT Viewership Tracker:

September 18 Episode: 1.179 million viewers (one hour on the USA Network)
September 25 Episode: 1.006 million viewers (one hour on the USA Network)
October 2 Episode: 891,000 viewers (season premiere, both hours on the USA Network)
October 9 Episode: 790,000 viewers
October 16 Episode: 712,000 viewers
October 23 Episode: 698,000 viewers
October 30 Episode: 580,000 viewers with a 0.18 demographic in the 18-49 demographic
November 6 Episode: 813,000 viewers with a 0.30 demographic in the 18-49 demographic

Below is 2019 AEW Dynamite Viewership Tracker:

October 2 Episode: 1.409 million viewers (premiere episode)
October 9 Episode: 1.018 million viewers (on TNT, 122k on truTV)
October 16 Episode: 1.014 million viewers
October 23 Episode: 963,000 viewers
October 30 Episode: 789,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 6 Episode: 822,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic

The estimated attendance for Wednesday night’s Dynamite episode from Charlotte was in the 5,000 range, according to PWInsider. A hot topic on social media has been the photos going around of the empty seats on the hard cam side, which you can see below:

https://twitter.com/JayNetwork2/status/1192245097557118977

Saturday’s AEW Full Gear pay-per-view from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD, Ticketmaster shows more than 1,200 tickets left at this link. They are going for $30 – $125. There are also two floor seats that come together, and include the commemorative take-home chair, for $300 each.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

The Rock Praises Cody Rhodes Promo From AEW Dynamite

As noted, last night’s AEW Dynamite episode featured a heated promo from Cody Rhodes, who revealed that he will not challenge for the AEW World Title if he’s unable to defeat champion Chris Jericho for it during Saturday’s main event at the Full Gear pay-per-view.

The Rock took to Twitter this morning and praised Cody for the promo.

He wrote, “Rhythm, cadence, tone, intent, passion, execution. Great promo, brother. You [microphone emoji] dropped that MF. @CodyRhodes”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Cody Rhodes Made Career Announcement On AEW Dynamite

Cody Rhodes announced last night on  AEW Dynamite that due to the criticisms of him being in a title match and an AEW Executive Vice President, if he doesn’t beat Chris Jericho he will never challenge for the AEW World Title again in his career.

https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT/status/1192254321049526272

Rhodes will take on AEW World Champion Chris Jericho this Saturday at Full Gear in Baltimore.

AEW Dynamite Preview 11/6/19

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tonight is the go-home show for this Saturday’s Full Gear PPV in Baltimore.

* Cody Rhodes makes his big career announcement

* Kenny Omega and Adam Page vs. Sammy Guevara and AEW World Champion Chris Jericho

* PAC vs. Trent

AEW Dark Preview 11/5/19

The following matches were taped for tonight’s AEW Dark episode on YouTube:

* Shawn Spears (with Tully Blanchard) vs. Michael Nakazawa

* Allie & Sadie Gibbs vs. Big Swole & Mercedes Martinez

* Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt) vs. Joey Janela & Jimmy Havoc

 

Cody Rhodes To Make Career Announcement On This Week’s AEW Dynamite

Cody Rhodes announced on Twitter that he’s going to be making a career announcement on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.

Rhodes tweeted, “This week’s @AEWonTNT #AEWDynamite I will be uninterrupted and have the chance to make my career announcement. I hope it resonates with the fans, because it matters a great deal to me. Wednesday – 8/7c on @tntdrama.”

As noted before at AEW Full Gear, Cody Rhodes will be going against AEW World Champion Chris Jericho.

Below is Cody’s announcement:

Source: Wrestling Inc.