Photo Credit – TNT AEW President Tony Khan has revealed that AEW will undergo a ‘Huge Expansion’ starting with this Sunday’s Double Or Nothing PPV, and stated that the company has to begin to expand the roster and there will be ‘great surprises’. Tony Khan was a guest on this weeks AEW Unrestricted Podcast, and he revealed on the episode that due to AEW getting another hour of television on TNT, the roster will need to be expanded. In full Khan said “There’s gonna be a huge expansion of the company and I think that’s where Double Or Nothing comes…
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As a guest on the Gamespot Wrestling Buddies podcast, Cody Rhodes revealed that he spends weeks planning his promos with a ‘focus group’ as AEW is a ‘data based company’ so he needs to workshop everything he does as people expect his promos to be a high standard. Rhodes said “This is probably gonna sound not cool, because a lot of wrestlers–especially wrestlers from my dad’s era–will lie to you and say, ‘Oh, I just came up with that promo right there on the spot,’ which is bulls***. But whatever. I workshop my promos heavily for weeks on end. We…
In today’s Rasslin Roundup Renee Paqeutte has revealed the negatives of working in the WWE, Matt Jackson has thrown shade towards Jim Cornette and WWE, Chris Jericho has revealed who he believes is the best wrestler in the world today, Shinsuke Nakamura has named who he wants to face in his retirement match, and WWE have advertised the return of multiple stars for the July 16th edition of SmackDown! 5. Renee Paquette Reveals The Negatives Of Working In WWE Photo Credit – WWE Renee Paquette was recently a guest on Busted Open Radio, where she spoke about her time in…
This weekend has been one filled with news around the professional wrestling industry, and in today’s Rasslin Roundup we round up the top 5 news stories, rumors and reports! In today’s rumor roundup, John Cena’s WWE return date has reportedly been revealed, A classic WWE championship is set to return, Jim Ross has revealed how much longer he plans to stay with AEW, Chelsea Green reveals which SmackDown star saved her wrist from ‘shattering, and Pat McAfee has given his thoughts on Vince McMahon being in the ear of commentators during shows. 5. Jim Ross Reveals How Much Longer He…
In today’s Rasslin Roundup we take a look at the top five news stories around the wrestling world, in what has been one of the busiest news weeks in recent wrestling history! 5. Bray Wyatt Makes First Comment Since WrestleMania Photo Credit – WWE Top WWE star Bray Wyatt has not been seen on WWE television since his highly criticised WrestleMania match against Randy Orton, which involved a lot of involvement from Alexa Bliss, who ended up costing Wyatt the match. Since the loss, Wyatt has not been seen on Monday Night Raw or any WWE programming in general, with…
Photo Credit – All Elite Wrestling With just over a week until AEW’s upcoming PPV ‘Double or Nothing, the show was under pressure to build up the PPV considering the lacklustre build so far. Another note going into the show was that for the first time in weeks Dynamite would not feature a major match, and while you simply cannot expect a major match to take place every week on a wrestling show, it would be interesting to see based on the matches advertised which would main event the show. GOOD: The show opened with Christian Cage taking on Matt…
All Elite Wrestling have announced that its flagship show, AEW Dynamite, will be moving to TBS from TNT in 2022. No reason was given to explain the move. The company also announced that their highly anticipated second show will be titled ‘AEW: Rampage’ and will debut in August on TNT. The show will air every Friday at 10pm ET. Here is the full statement from AEW & Warner Media: LOS ANGELES (May 19, 2021) – The All Elite Wrestling (AEW) franchise will grow its footprint with a move of “AEW: Dynamite” to TBS in January 2022. Until then, presence on…
When All Elite Wrestling was announced in 2019, the major names creating the promotion alongside Tony Khan were Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and Cody Rhodes. At first everything seemed to be running smoothly among them, and the group were truly living the dream that so many of us imagined when we were kids, to be able to run a wrestling promotion alongside our best friends. However, it now seems like this dream has soured into a nightmare. Last week on the Jim Cornette Podcast, Brian Last revealed that he had heard about heat between the EVP’s in AEW. He…
Following becoming the first ever Indian ONE Heavyweight World Champion this morning after defeating Brandon Vera by TKO, Arjan Bhullar laid out a “warning shot” to both AEW & WWE. Arjan is an experienced grappler but has never stepped into the squared circle as a professional wrestler. He was formerly signed with UFC, but now Bhullar has found a home with ONE Championship on a long-term deal. Here is what Arjan had to say following his big win over Brandon Vera this morning: “I have reached the pinnacle of this sport, now, I want to attack the pro wrestling industry.…
Chris Jericho reportedly suffered a dislocated elbow during the AEW Blood & Guts match last week. Renowned professional wrestling journalist, Dave Meltzer, has noted in this week Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Chris Jericho suffered a dislocated shoulder during the fall he took off the cage at Blood & Guts. Meltzer noted that the AEW star would be out for 4-6 weeks, however presumed that he would still be involved in the Stadium Stampede match set for Double Or Nothing. Melzter stated “I presume he’s working Stadium Stampede based on the television angle but otherwise he’s out four to six weeks.”…