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Former champion not cleared for Blackjack battle royal at AEW Revolution | Exclusive

Posted on by Josh Nason

Former AEW Trios Champion Hook was originally slated to be in the 21-man Blackjack battle royal for the National title at Sunday’s AEW Revolution, but didn’t appear in the match.

According to our Bryan Alvarez, the reason was that he wasn’t medically cleared at the last minute. However, Alvarez said he is expected to be fine. It’s unknown what injury he currently has.

Hook’s inclusion was revealed during Saturday’s Collision.

The 26-year-old hasn’t wrestled since a late-January indie appearance with his last AEW match taking place on January 7 in a lights out tag team match. He has been seen on AEW TV as the self-appointed leader of The Opps, taking Samoa Joe’s place as he recovers from a reported concussion. Fellow Opps member Katsuyori Shibata made his return in the battle royal after being in Japan.

Jack Perry won the battle royal and took home the AEW National title, dethroning inaugural champion Ricochet.

Jack Perry wins National title at AEW Revolution

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Jack Perry is the new National Champion.

The final moments of the Blackjack Battle Royal that headlined Zero Hour opened the main card of Sunday’s AEW Revolution event in Los Angeles. After Perry threw El Clon out of the ring, the match boiled down to him and Ricochet. The two did battle as Ricochet grabbed Perry off the turnbuckle and went to deliver a move on the apron. Perry instead countered and hit a reverse rana, causing Ricochet to tumble out of the ring.

Perry and Ricochet have been feuding for the last several weeks. Although Perry was unsuccessful in challenging Ricochet for the title, his team won the Mile High Madness match on last month’s Dynamite, defeating Ricochet’s team. On Collision, he revealed he would be part of the battle royal.

The former Jungle Boy made his entrance on Saturday by arriving on a bus driven by tag team partner Luchasaurus, who is out of action with an injury.

Ricochet became the first National Champion back in November when he won a Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear. He had defended the title across several promotions including Ring of Honor, CMLL, and New Japan.

AEW wrestlers issue challenges for NJPW New Beginning USA

Posted on by Bryan Rose

AEW stars are heading to New Japan.

After the Knockout Brothers successfully retained the IWGP Tag Team titles against Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura on Wednesday, Ricochet and GOA appeared on the video screen. Ricochet said that they would be taking over New Beginning USA and called out Taiji Ishimori for an AEW National Championship match. Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona,  meanwhile, said they smelled blood in the water and would be going after YUTO-ICE and Oskar.

Ricochet became the first-ever National Champion back at Full Gear, winning a Casino Gauntlet match. Since then he has defended the title in other promotions, defeating CMLL’s Titan back on January 16 and in ROH at Final Battle, defeating Dalton Castle. On the February 4 edition of Dynamite, he successfully defended the title against Jack Perry.

Here is the updated lineup for New Beginning USA:

NJPW New Beginning USA (February 27)

  • IWGP Global title: Yota Tsuji defends against Andrade El Idolo
  • AEW National title: Ricochet defends against Taiji Ishimori
  • IWGP Tag Team titles: Knockout Brothers defend against GOA
  • NJPW Strong Openweight title: Tomohiro Ishii defends against Boltin Oleg
  • IWGP Women’s title: Syuri defends against Athena
  • NJPW World TV title: El Phantasmo defends against Konosuke Takeshita

National title rematch set following AEW Collision

Posted on by Josh Nason

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After their recent clash that saw Ricochet defeat “Jungle” Jack Perry to retain the AEW National title, the two will do it again very soon.

Perry defeated Anthony Bowens in a title eliminator on Saturday’s AEW Collision to earn the opportunity, pinning him after connecting on a running knee strike. Afterward, Perry chased after the champion who was on commentary and attacked him in his chair before Ricochet ran away.

The date and show where the rematch will take place has yet to be announced.

Ricochet defeated Perry on the New Year’s Smash edition of Dynamite in their first ever meeting, earned after Perry pinned him in an eight-man at Worlds End. Ricochet won the inaugural title at November’s Full Gear in a Casino Gauntlet match and has five successful title defenses thus far in four different promotions.

Perry is looking for his third AEW singles title (recognized and ceremonial) following a TNT title run in 2024 and an FTW title run in 2023. He and Luchasaurus also held the AEW World Tag Team titles in 2022.

Fight Game: Is AEW Dynamite still must-watch TV?

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

John LaRocca and I return with a brand-new Fight Game to discuss some of the most interesting topics in pro wrestling this week.

After doing our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down segment, we each brought topics that we wanted to discuss to the table:

  • Thoughts on the new AEW National title
  • Whether or not Blood & Guts matches should’ve been on Full Gear
  • If AEW Dynamite is still must-watch
  • What Triple H was talking about with his new landscape comment

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WOL: Dynamite, new National Title, WWE earnings!

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including AEW Dynamite, the new AEW Championship, Blood and Guts, TKO earnings call with WWE making stupid money, all the news and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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