Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live on TBS from the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA.
AEW Collision Live tonight on TNT at 8pm ET. Tonight’s show is being held at the Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT.
AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from the Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia.
Monday’s episode of “WWE Raw” kicked off in a familiar way with Seth Rollins’ music and the crowd joyfully singing along, but things quickly took a somber tone, with Rollins announcing that an MRI showed that he suffered a Grade 2 MCL tear and a partially torn medial meniscus in his left knee. With surgery, that would mean a 3-4 month recovery period, which would cause Rollins to miss WrestleMania 40 — although it sounded like Rollins hadn’t committed to the doctors’ prescribed timeline as far as that goes.
Before the champion could detail his plan of action, he was interrupted by GUNTHER’s music and the WWE Intercontinental Champion hit the ring with his Imperium allies. After a promo from GUNTHER, Rollins said Imperium should have let him finish, because he “doesn’t give a damn what the doctors tell [him]” and he intends to keep his promise to take the title into WrestleMania, and do everything in his power to walk out with it. GUNTHER made it clear that he plans on winning the Royal Rumble and announced his intentions to choose Rollins as the titleholder that he would then go after.
The news was not a total surprise, as Rollins’ injury during last week’s title defense against Jinder Mahal was spotted in real time, with his legs taking more of the impact on a moonsault than he would have liked. Word got around soon after that it was indeed a legitimate injury, and we awaited word from the man himself tonight to see where things would go. As of this writing, whether WWE actually keeps the World Heavyweight Championship around Rollins’ waist in hopes that he’ll be back in time for the Showcase of the Immortals remains to be seen.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s AEW Collision Live on TNT from the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, MO.
Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT.
The last two months have been busy for luchador Black Taurus. The former AAA Latin American Champion wrapped up his commitments to TNA/Impact Wrestling, then made two notable appearances in Ring of Honor and AEW, challenging El Hijo del Vikingo for the AAA Mega Championship on both occasions. Earlier this month, Taurus announced he would be departing AAA, his home of the last several years in Mexico, furthering speculation on whether a move to AEW/ROH could be more permanent.
As it turns out, it will be, as Luchablog reports that Taurus has secured a deal with AEW and ROH. However, he will compete in both promotions under a new name, as Taurus will be dropping both the “Black Taurus” and “Taurus” names going forward, due to “Taurus” being the intellectual property of AAA.
The situation is made murkier by Taurus owning the “Black Taurus” name, which he came up in 2016 after leaving AAA, and continued to use in the US and in the Mexican independent scene upon rejoining the promotion in 2018. Despite that, Taurus nor AEW/ROH are expected to challenge AAA on the matter, and it is believed Taurus has been preparing for the possibility of working under a new persona for some time.
It’s unclear what this means for the relationship between AAA and AEW, which began back in 2019. There have been rocky periods for the partnership since, including Dragon Lee announcing he had signed a WWE contract on a late 2022 AAA show after he and his brother Dralistico defeated AEW team FTR to win the AAA World Tag Team Championships. AAA also recently reaffirmed their relationship with TNA at the latter’s Hard to Kill PPV event last weekend, another potential sign of souring between the AEW and AAA.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live on TBS from the North Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, North Carolina.
Tonight’s AEW Collision and Battle of the Belts IX live on TNT from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, VA.
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