At this past Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event, FTR captured the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships in a three way bout that also featured Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan and Roppongi Vice. The match also saw FTR put their ROH Tag Team Championships on the line, with the result meaning that the duo […]
Wellness policies in wrestling have developed immensely in recent years. A number of unfortunate incidents have made it imperative for the likes of WWE and AEW to enforce policies to protect their workers in an industry that is highly demanding, physically and mentally. AEW lost one of its biggest stars in Jeff Hardy to a
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This past Sunday, AEW held their first ever joint pay-per view event with New Japan Pro Wrestling, Forbidden Door, with reviews of the show being resoundingly positive following an excellent night of pro-wrestling. The card, however, only featured one women’s wrestling match, with that being Thunder Rosa’s successful defence of her AEW Women’s Championship against
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This past Sunday at the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event, Claudio Castagnoli made his AEW arrival as he defeated Zack Sabre Jr. Following this, the Blackpool Combat Club’s newest member then scored the win on this Wednesday’s edition of Dynamite as he competed in Blood and Guts. According to a new report from Dave
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Dave Meltzer Match Ratings all taken from the July 4 2022 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter WWE SMACKDOWN JUNE 24: Drew McIntyre & Sheamus vs The Usos: **** AEW RAMPAGE JUNE 24: Andrade El Idolo vs Rey Fenix: ****.25 STARDOM Fight In The Top June 26: Tam Nakano vs Natsupoi, Cage Match: ****.5 Mayu
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Before the first bell rang at least, Forbidden Door sure felt like a cursed show. Dream matches were taken from us almost weekly, with an injury preventing CM Punk vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi before removing Bryan Danielson as well as others from the show also. Wrestling’s many political elements seemed present too, combining with an almost
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Earlier this month, news emerged regarding the arrest of AEW star Jeff Hardy regarding a number of offences, including driving under the influence of alcohol. A new report from Mike Johnson of PWInsider has now revealed that Hardy filed a written plea of not guilty on June 28th. The report then notes that Hardy is
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Since joining AEW in November of 2019, Kris Statlander has established herself as one of the promotion’s top female stars, and now finds herself well suited to challenge for Jade Cargill’s TBS Championship in the near future. Statlander recently spoke to Jaychele Nicole regarding a number of topics, including potential dream matches for a possible
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Following the departure of Stu Grayson earlier this year, it now appears that the Dark Order have lost another of its members, as Alan ‘5’ Angels’ AEW contract has now expired. Rumours first began to circulate regarding Angels’ AEW departure when a post was made on Reddit noting that The Dark Order’s ‘5’ had removed
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Unsurprisingly given the nature of the match in question, last night’s AEW Dynamite was largely dominated by the Blood and Guts, although the first half of the show was reportedly thrown together at the last minute due to several talents testing positive for Covid-19. Speaking on the Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that plans
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