Tag: AEW

SCU Become The First-Ever AEW Tag Team Champions

SCU (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) defeated  Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) to become the inaugural AEW World Tag Team Champions on last night’s AEW Dynamite.

Near the end of the match, Fenix and Pentagon Jr. attempted to hit their package piledriver / double stomp combo, but Sky got an inside cradle on Pentagon for the win.

SCU made it to the finals after defeating Best Friends and Dark Order.

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Rock ‘N’ Roll Express Attacked Last night On AEW Dynamite

Last night on AEW Dynamite The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express was there to present the AEW Tag Title Belts to the winner of the AEW Tag Team Championship. But before they got a chance to do that they was introduced earlier in the night and was attacked by Proud & Powerful (Santana & Ortiz), members of the Inner Circle.

Proud & Powerful attacked them from behind and gave them a beatdown. They powerbombed Ricky Morton through part of the stage, The Young Bucks came out to help them and Proud & Powerful fled to the back.

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AEW Dynamite Preview 10/30/19

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in Charleston, West Virginia.

* SCU vs. Lucha Bros (AEW Tag Team Tournament Finals to determine the first AEW World Tag Team Champions)

* Rock ‘N Roll Express to present tag titles to tournament winners.

* Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs. Kip Sabian and The Hybrid 2 (Jack Evans and Angelico)

* “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Sammy Guevara

* Contract signing between AEW World Champion Chris Jericho and Cody for Full Gear.

* Rick and Morty crossover for tonight’s Halloween themed show.

AEW World Title Match At Full Gear To Include Ringside Judges In Case Of A Draw

The upcoming AEW World Championship match between Chris Jericho and Cody Rhodes is set to include a panel of judges who will determine the winner should it end in a draw.

The announcement from AEW explains:

AEW today announced a new tiebreaker stipulation for its World Championship title match featuring defending champion Chris Jericho taking on “The American Nightmare” Cody at the FULL GEAR pay-per-view event in Baltimore on Saturday, Nov. 9.

In the event there is no winner at the end of the 60-minute time limit, a panel of three esteemed judges, who will be seated at ringside, must vote for a winner. In the event there is not a unanimous choice, the majority decision will be the winner. This will ensure that a draw will not be the outcome of this World Championship title match.

No word at this time on who the judges will be.

Other matches set to take place at Full Gear include Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs. Santana and Ortiz of The Inner Circle.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

AEW Dark Preview 10/29/19

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

* Dustin Rhodes and Sonny Kiss vs. Peter Avalon (with Leva Bates) and QT Marshall

* Fatal 4-Way: Allie vs. Penelope Ford vs. Sadie Gibbs vs. Emi Sakura

* Falls Count Anywhere Match: Darby Allin vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jack Evans

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Randy Orton Teasing Leaving WWE For AEW, Booker T Responds

Randy Orton recently got the wrestling world talking when he posted a cryptic picture on his Instagram account. The photo shows Orton looking at a sign at says “ELITE LEVEL.” The caption read “tick tock tick tock” and he tagged Riddick Moss, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder, Luke Harper, AEW Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes and AEW World Champion Chris Jericho.

The post was spotted by Jericho who commented Orton’s post, stating, “Send in a tape and some pix and I’ll see what I Can do….??”

During the latest podcast of “The Hall of Fame” with Booker T, the WWE Hall of Famer spoke on the Instagram post from Orton. Noting that Orton is a man who “walks to the beat of his own drum”.

“Look at the talent they [AEW] has,” Booker said. “Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega and Randy Orton is an elite level player. I always said Randy Orton is an elite wrestler, an elite superstar.

“He’s my guy, I always said that and one thing about Randy is he’s always been a rebel, he’s always been a guy that walks to the beat of his own drum. If anybody was to do something crazy it would be Randy.”

Booker went on to suggest that Orton, who throughout his career has been involved in some controversial moments, is a man who likes to be “on the edge”.

“A lot of those guys over there [in AEW] are on the edge,” Booker added. “Look at Jon Moxley, he was on the edge. I’ll say it right now if it happens I would not be surprised, but I don’t think something like that is going to happen I think Randy Orton is safe and he’s taken care of very well in the WWE.

“But anything is possible. Like Randy “Macho Man” Savage would say ‘always expect the unexpected’.”

Back in 2010, it was reported that Orton signed a ten-year deal with WWE. With his contract coming up soon and Orton looking for an easier schedule, a tease to AEW could help in potential contract talks with both AEW and WWE. During a recent Twitch stream of Call of Duty, Orton praised AEW’s debut on TNT, and also talking about doing a potential match with Sammy Guevara down the line.

“Cody and Sammy Guevara, that kid can do some s–t,” Orton admitted. “I’d love to work with that kid. They had a great match. I thought opening the show with that match was a good idea and well received.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Some AEW Inner Circle Members To Be In Attendance For Jake Hager’s Fight At Bellator 231

Bellator 231 takes place tonight where Jake Hager (2-0) will take on Anthony Garrett. In AEW, Hager is a member of the stable, Inner Circle, which also consists of AEW World Champion Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana, and Ortiz.

According to Marc Raimondi of ESPN, Guevara, Santana, and Ortiz will be in attendance for the fight and then get in the cage for a post-fight photo op.

Hager recently spoke to Wrestling Inc.’s Dan Yanofsky about being able to work for both Bellator and AEW at the same time.

“Honestly, it was such a breath of fresh air. Both of those guys were so willing to work with me,” Hager stated. “AEW loves what I’m doing with Bellator and Bellator loves what I’m doing with AEW. I don’t think 10 years ago you would see that happen where an MMA fighter would go work on a pro wrestling TV show right in the middle of camp.

“For Scott and Tony to be willing to work with each other and understand that this is something really cool and cross-promote, among other things, the sky’s the limit. I feel like that’s the mindset with it. Entertainment is a big part of MMA and it is unique.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Rock ‘N’ Roll Express To Present AEW Tag Team Titles To Tournament Winners

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express will be appearing on next week’s episode of Dynamite to crown the first-ever All Elite Wrestling Tag Team champs.

The legendary tag team will present the winners of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament with the title belts at Wednesday’s show in Charleston, West Virginia.

Despite most of their success coming in the ’80s, Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton are still active in-ring competitors who made their New Japan Pro Wrestling debut just last month!

They were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at the 2017 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony by their former manager Jim Cornette.

In case you missed it … The Lucha Bros. defeated Private Party to reach the AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament final on this week’s episode of Dynamite, while SCU were victorious against The Dark Order.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Diamond Dallas Page Makes Surprise Appearance On AEW: Dynamite (VIDEO)

Diamond Dallas Page had Cody Rhodes’ back tonight during a surprise appearance on All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite.

Chris Jericho’s Inner Circle were shown throughout the show in a suite and during an interview segment involving Cody they began to interrupt AEW exec.

Rhodes didn’t budge, however, and told Jericho, “This isn’t like the other wrestling company we came from, this isn’t an invisible wall right here. I could easily step through and I could easily come up there and we can fight right here.”

Jericho attempted to call Cody’s bluff and pointed out how the numbers were on his side.

This prompted Dustin Rhodes, MJF and DDP to come out to make things even. The foursome walked up to the suite, but Inner Circle locked themselves in a room behind a glass door and Jericho began to mock Team Rhodes. Cody was two steps ahead though and wrapped his hand with MJF’s scarf though so he could punch through the door, causing a brawl to breakout.

Watch two videos showing these parts of the segment below.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/23/19

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

* Britt Baker will be in action in her hometown against Jamie Hayter.

* Jon Moxley vs. PAC

* The Young Bucks vs. Best Friends

* Tag Team Tournament Semi-finals Match: The Dark Order vs. SoCal Uncensored

* Tag Team Tournament Semi-finals Match: The Lucha Bros vs. Private Party

* Kenny Omega vs. Joey Janela

* Cody Rhodes addresses AEW World Champion Chris Jericho and the Inner Circle.