Tony Khan has revealed the first AEW rankings of 2024. When All Elite Wrestling first started, the company featured a set of rankings to help determine championship contenders based on wins and losses, but, in August of 2022, the system disappeared from our screens. Recently, it was announced that AEW were bringing the rankings back…
The race to sign ‘The Rainmaker’ is heating up. On January 19th, New Japan Pro Wrestling made the shocking announcement that former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada would be leaving the promotion at the expiration of his contract on January 31st. With the date now February 1st, Okada now finds himself as a free…
Plans for Mercedes Moné in AEW may have been delayed. We’re just one month into 2024, and the battle for the hottest free agents is already heating up, with both Kazuchika Okada and Mercedes Moné seemingly likely to land in a promotion home sooner or later. As of writing, both appear to be more likely…
It’s Wednesday and you know what that means. The AEW rankings are back! The top contenders are in action as Hangman Page is set to face Toa Liona, who was chosen by Swerve Strickland. Strickland’s opponent is teased to be Rob Van Dam, who was chosen by Page. For the first time ever surprisingly, Jon…
Jade Cargill has reflected on how her AEW stint prepared her for WWE. In September, WWE officially announced their capture of AEW homegrown talent Jade Cargill. The 31-year-old came in off the back of her TBS Title run and her signing sparked a lot of buzz. However, it was only last weekend that she made…
‘The CEO’ will soon be back on our screens. This past Saturday’s Royal Rumble saw a number of exciting WWE returns and debuts, including Andrade, Naomi, and Jade Cargill, but one name that many fans were hoping for that didn’t show up was Mercedes Moné. As PWInsider had previously reported, Moné was never planned for…
Welcome to this week’s Wrestlepurists coverage of AEW Collision. This show promises a night full of excitement. We have a thrilling, violent 6 man elimination tag team match in a cage between FTR with Daniel Garcia against the House of Black, We have a Tag team match between The BCC’s Claudio Castagnoli and Jon Moxley…
We now have some minor updates on a handful of injured WWE and AEW talents. Per Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, NXT’s Cora Jade, who tore her ACL at a house show in an NXT Women’s Championship match against Lyra Valkyria earlier this month, is expected to miss most of the rest of…
A rumour killer has come out regarding Mercedes Mone and Kazuchika Okada. The Royal Rumble match is a huge staple of WWE’s schedule. The January spectacle is renowned for shocks, surprises and debuts, and many fans are anticipating the twists and turns that could be in store for us tomorrow night. At present, the future…
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer stated that the belief in All Elite Wrestling is that Mercedes Moné will be starting with the company soon. Moné has been out of wrestling since last summer after suffering a leg injury in a match against Willow Nightingale for the Strong Women’s Championship…