Tag: AEW

Jade Cargill Reportedly Leaving AEW – Believed To Be Heading To WWE

Jade Cargill’s tenure with AEW is seemingly coming to an end, and the former TBS Champion could soon be calling herself a WWE Superstar.

Fightful is reporting that Cargill is believed to be “finishing up” with AEW, according to sources within the promotion.

Sources in both AEW & WWE believe that she will be heading to WWE when the time is right.

There is no word yet of an official offer being made by WWE and that as always, things can change in the world of professional wrestling.

It is currently unclear how long is left on Cargill’s current contract with All Elite Wrestling.

The report indicates that Cargill’s last AEW match may have already been taped, as she took on Kris Statlander Wednesday night in a TBS Championship match that will be broadcast on “AEW Rampage” on Friday.

Counting this week’s “Rampage,” Cargill has wrestled a total of 64 matches over the course of her two-and-a-half year career, all of them in AEW. If Fightful’s reporting proves accurate, she would be the second major AEW wrestler to leave Tony Khan’s “challenger brand” for the established pastures of Vince McMahon (and now Ari Emanuel), and the first homegrown AEW star to do so. AEW’s first major defection came in 2022, when Cody Rhodes returned to WWE at WrestleMania 38.

Backstage Update On The All In 2023 Attendance – Did AEW Inflate The #’s?

Did All Elite Wrestling inflate their attendance numbers for the All In 2023 pay-per-view event, which took place on August 27th from Wembley Stadium?

Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics recently reported on a public records request about the attendance for AEW All In 2023. Earlier today, the Freedom of Information office for the Brent Civic Centre responded to the original request with the following statement:

“The actual numbers registered entering [Wembley] Stadium through the turnstiles was 72,265 – this is reflective of what attended on the night and not the total number of tickets sold or no-shows etc.”

It’s worth noting that AEW has said all along that the paid attendance for the event was 81,035. If that is true, it would have been a new worldwide record for pro wrestling.

WrestleTix previously announced that the number of tickets distributed for All In 2023 was 83,131.

The WrestleNomics report states that a “typical AEW event has a drop count (also known as a “turnstile count”) that is about 80% to 90% of the paid attendance or tickets distributed.” In this case, 72,265 is 89% of 83,131.

So while it remains to be seen whether 81,035 tickets were actually sold, it is known that 72,265 people did walk through the turnstiles. With that being said, over 10,000 no-shows seems a bit high. Of course, there are also scalpers out there who may not have been able to sell the tickets they purchased.

Source: eWn

AEW Dynamite Preview 9/13/2023

AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • AEW International Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Big Bill 
  • No. 1 Contender Fatal-4-Way Match: Britt Baker, Toni Storm, Nyla Rose, and Hikaru Shida. The winner will go on to challenge Saraya for the Title at Grand Slam on September 20.
  • Grand World Title Eliminator Final: Roderick Strong vs. ROH World TV Champion Samoa Joe. The winner will go on to challenge MJF at Grand Slam on September 20.
  • Hangman Adam Page vs Brian Cage
  • Don Callis to reveal his next Masterpiece
  • We will hear from Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara

Saraya Pushes For AEW Women’s Trios Or Tag Team Titles

Saraya captured the AEW Women’s Championship at AEW All In during a fatal 4-way match in front of her family.

Saraya spoke with Women’s Wrestling Talk for a new interview, where she discussed AEW possibly adding new titles to the women’s division.

“I would love for there to be a female trios championship or a regular tag team championship for women because we do have two (women’s titles), and that’s awesome, but there are so many women on our roster, and so many women that are in tag teams. Why don’t we make a tag team championship? Who knows. Tony always has great ideas up his sleeve,” she said.

Source: eWn

AEW Collision Preview 9/9/2023

AEW Collision live on TNT from the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • AEW International Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Action Andretti
  • Grand Slam Eliminator Tournament Semifinal: Roderick Strong vs. Darby Allin
  • Grand Slam Eliminator Tournament Semifinal: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Samoa Joe
  • Bullet Club Gold vs. Gravity, Metalik, Aerostar & Dios Del Inframundo
  • TBS Championship Open Challenge: Kris Statlander vs. TBA
  • We’ll hear from Saraya & Ruby Soho
  • We’ll hear from The Acclaimed & Daddy Ass
  • We’ll hear from Bryan Danielson
https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1700509900353192122

AEW Rampage Preview 9/8/2023

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at 10/9C.

  • Grand Slam World Title eliminator Tournament quarterfinals: Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Hardy
  • Grand Slam World Title eliminator Tournament quarterfinals: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Jay Lethal
  • The Young Bucks vs. Matt Menard & Angelo Parker

Thunder Rosa Is Ready To Return To The Ring

After being out of action since August of last year due to a back injury, Thunder Rosa is reportedly ready to make her return to in-ring action.

Fightful Select is reporting that Rosa has been cleared to return as soon as creative comes up with something for her.

While there is no word on whether Rosa’s return is imminent, it’s said that she could show up at any time now.

AEW Dynamite Preview 9/6/2023

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite live on TBS from the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Fallout from All Out

  • AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament Begins
  • Grand Slam World Title Eliminator: Roderick Strong vs. Trent Beretta
  • Grand Slam World Title Eliminator: Darby Allin vs. Nick Wayne
  • Le Sex Gods (Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara vs. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)
  • We will hear from Hangman Page
  • MJF will address Samoa Joe

CJ Perry Not Under Long-Term AEW Deal Despite All Out Appearance

CJ Perry made a surprise appearance at All Out this weekend, turning up after Miro’s match against Powerhouse Hobbs to help her husband during a post-match attack. She gained a huge ovation from the Chicago crowd which led to question marks about her future with the company, which Tony Khan addressed during the post-show media scrum.

“I think it’s great to have CJ here,” Khan said. “It’s not a long-term guaranteed thing or anything, but at least for tonight it was nice to have her appearing with us and I thought it was a great surprise. It was a great show. Miro and Hobbs was a match that I really believed would be great for All Out.” 

Perry hasn’t been seen in a wrestling ring since her time with WWE came to an end back in 2021, but despite the success of her CJPerry.com website, Perry has always made it clear that she was open to a return to wrestling. While Perry’s appearance proved to be beneficial for Miro as she distracted Hobbs long enough for “The Redeemer” to nail his rival with a chair, that doesn’t mean he was happy to see her. Miro walked away from Perry, leaving her inside the ring as he could be heard screaming, “You’re not real.” Perry then reacted to the situation on social media, claiming she’s not the type of woman you renounce.

https://twitter.com/TheCJPerry/status/1698522743992361295


Even though Perry is currently not on a long-term contract, that doesn’t mean that things can’t change. It now remains to be seen whether or not Perry will appear again on AEW television to continue the storyline.

Source: Wrestling Inc. Credit to AEW for the quotes

AEW All Out 9/3/2023 (Results)

ZERO HOUR — OVER BUDGET CHARITY BATTLE ROYAL:
Hangman Adam Page def. Best Friends, Jake Hager, Cool Hand Ange, Daddy Magic, Daniel Garcia, Scorpio Sky, The Mogul Embassy, Dalton Castle, Shawn Spears, Aussie Open, Action Andretti, Darius Martin, Tony Nese, Komander, Serpentico

ZERO HOUR — TRIOS MATCH:
Hikaru Shida, Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue def. Athena, Mercedes Martinez and Diamante

ZERO HOUR — AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass Billy Gunn (c) w/Dennis Rodman def. Jeff Jarrett, Santam Singh and Jay Lethal

ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
Better Than You Bay Bay (Adam Cole and MJF) (c) def. The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)

Samoa Joe appeared for his match, shoving AEW World Champion MJF out of the way as Adam Cole calmed him down. MJF then rushed Joe in the ring and promptly got  guillotined by Joe as security ran in to broke it up. MJF was furious as Joe mocked him from the top turnbuckle. Better Than You Bay Bay then showed off their titles as they left, but MJF was still fuming.

ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP:
Samoa Joe (c) def. Shane Taylor

AEW TNT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Luchasaurus (c) (with Christian Cage) def. Darby Allin

Post-match Christian set Darby up for the Conchairto whilst Luchasaurus held Wayne in place, but members of the locker room ran out to save Darby and run off the heels.

Miro def. Powerhouse Hobbs

Post-match Hobbs stuck out his hand in respect as a hesitant Miro shook it, but it was all a ruse as Hobbs rushed ‘The Redeemer’ from behind. Then as Hobbs beat down Miro his ‘hot and flexible’ wife CJ Perry ran down with a chair to crack Hobbs in the back, to no avail. Hobbs stared down Perry, but this allowed Miro to rock Hobbs with two chairshots. Miro looked shocked to see CJ, then rolled out of the ring alone shaking his head before heading to the back in anguish whilst shouting “You’re not real”.

AEW TBS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Kris Statlander (c) def. Ruby Soho

STRAP MATCH:
Bryan Danielson def. Ricky Starks

Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) def. Eddie Kingston and Katsuyori Shibata

Konosuke Takeshita def. Kenny Omega

Bullet Club Gold def. FTR & The Young Bucks

AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Jon Moxley def. Orange Cassidy (c) to become new AEW International Champion