Mariah May’s performance on Wednesday’s AEW dynamite was newsworthy, as she won the women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament and then violently attacked her friend and future rival Toni Storm. May defeated Willow Nightingale to win the title shot and the trophy at the August’s All In event at London’s Wembley Stadium. May won the match • Read More »
The first-ever AEW title holder will have a chance to regain the title in the future. PAC earned the opportunity on Wednesday’s Dynamite by winning a four-way match called “Global Glory”. He beat Tomohiro Ishii (against Claudio Castagnoli) and Kyle Fletcher. He will face either Will Ospreay, the current champion, or MJF in the 250th • Read More »
Bryan Danielson, the third-ever male Owen Hart Foundation winner on Wednesday’s AEW dynamite, earned a shot against AEW World Champion swerve Strickland in August’s All In. Danielson needed to defeat Hangman Page at the finals in order to achieve this. He went all out, even performing a springboard-somersault outside the ring at the end of • Read More »
The identity of the wrestler behind the mask has been revealed less than a week following the first mystery vignette that aired on AEW Collision. Luchablog confirmed that Bodyslam.net reported the news first, stating that Aramis was a former AAA wrestler. The BodySlam Report stated that the deal was made over the past few weeks • Read More »
Shawn Michaels appears to have confirmed that Stephanie Vaquer will be joining WWE. CMLL issued a statement today announcing Vaquer’s departure from the company, citing personal issues. She was also pulled from her scheduled match on Saturday at NJPW x CMLL Fantasticamania, in San Jose. The Mexican publication Record posted on social media, following CMLL’s • Read More »
Drew McIntyre, the latest WWE wrestler who has joined Paradigm Talent Agency. Variety announced today that McIntyre had signed with Paradigm to represent him in all areas. Variety reports that Brad Small, of the Fox Rothschild law firm, will continue to represent him. Paradigm is the fourth largest agency in Hollywood behind WME, CAA and • Read More »
HonorClub will feature the new ROH TV Champion tomorrow night. ROH TV will broadcast Atlantis Jr. defending Serpentico’s title this week. The CMLL star beat Kyle Fletcher on June 28 to win the championship in CMLL Super Viernes at Arena Mexico. Billie Starkz, the ROH Women’s TV champion, will also be on Thursday’s show. She • Read More »
Swerve Strickland praised AEW President Tony Khan in a recently conducted interview. Strickland recently told Sports Illustrated that Khan has given Khan TV time with top talents and that this is the biggest difference between his runs as WWE and AEW. Strickland said, “TV time is an investment.” “Tony Khan has given me that. He • Read More »
Stephanie Vaquer left CMLL & NJPW. Vaquer left both promotions immediately for personal reasons, according to the promotion. She will not participate in her scheduled match on Saturday at Fantasticamania, San Jose. Below is a translation of the announcement made by the company. “CMLL-NJPW SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT” We wish to inform you that Stephanie Vaquer informed • Read More »
Shelton Benjamin provided an update about his free agency during an appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet. Benjamin, 49, still believes he has much to offer as an athlete after his release from WWE. Benjamin revealed that he spoke briefly with AEW in free agency. Benjamin is still open to the possibility of a • Read More »