Fozzy has postponed several concert dates due to Chris Jericho having a bruised larynx.
Jericho is said to have sustained the injury at AEW Quake By The Lake on August 10. He was defeated by Jon Moxley in an AEW World Championship match that night.
Jericho is scheduled to face Bryan Danielson this Sunday at All Out.
Fozzy released a statement on Thursday announcing that they are delaying the start of their “Save the World Tour” to September 29. The tour was originally to kick off on September 8 in Columbus. All postponed shows have been pushed back to the spring of 2023.
Fozzy’s statement reads as follows:
“On August 10th during the Quake By The Lake AEW event in Minneapolis, Chris suffered a throat injury that left him with a severely bruised larynx. Unfortunately, even though the injury is healing and is NOT permanent, Chris hasn’t fully recovered and his laryngologist has recommended that Fozzy postpone the first two weeks of the Save The World tour (scheduled to start in Columbus on Sept 8) in order to facilitate a full recovery as soon as possible. The postponed shows have been moved to the Spring of 2023. The rescheduled dates can be found at www.FOZZYROCK.com All tickets remain valid. The next leg of the Save The World tour will now start on September 29 in Charlotte. Fozzy appreciates each and every one of you and we can’t wait to rock with you again at FULL STRENGTH very soon!! – Chris, Rich, Billy, PJ & Grant,” Fozzy’s statement reads.
IMPORTANT TOUR MESSAGE FROM FOZZY – On August 10th during the Quake By The Lake AEW event in Minneapolis, Chris suffered a throat injury that left him with a severely bruised larynx. Read more: https://t.co/F3gbwTuOlKpic.twitter.com/DMPTZ0rsDw
Wednesday night’s Quake by the Lake edition of AEW Dynamite averaged 972,000 viewers on TBS, up 3.6 percent from last week. It’s the second-largest audience total for the show since June 29.
In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite topped all of cable television with a 0.33 rating. That’s up 3.1 percent from last week.
The overall viewership and 18-49 demo rating were both almost identical to the Fight For the Fallen episode of Dynamite from two weeks ago.
Dynamite’s biggest increase from last week was with people over 50. The show was up 13.5 percent in that category, drawing a 0.42 rating. That ties Dynamite’s best rating in that demo since moving to TBS.
Dynamite had a big decline of 31.3 percent with females 12-34. The show drew a 0.11 rating in that category, which is its lowest number since February 16.
As compared with the same week in 2021, Dynamite was down 0.7 percent in overall viewers and down 5.7 percent in 18-49. It’s the fifth straight week the show has had a year-over-year decline in both of those categories, although the drop this week wasn’t as severe.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and individual demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week averages across all categories. This week’s show was up 4.3 percent in viewers and even in 18-49 as compared with recent weeks.
AEW Dynamite Quake by the Lake airs live tonight from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jon Moxley will defend the interim AEW World Championship against Chris Jericho in a rematch of the 2020 Revolution pay-per-view main event.
Darby Allin will face Brody King in a coffin match tonight in the culmination of their feud.
TBS Champion Jade Cargill will defend her title against new head women’s coach Madison Rayne. Rayne made her AEW in-ring debut on last week’s Rampage.
Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix will take on Andrade El Idolo and Rush in a tornado tag team contest.
Ricky Starks will face Aaron Solo in a matchup of longtime tag partners from the independent scene. Solo is part of The Factory faction, while Starks was most recently part of the now dissolved Team Taz.
ROH, AAA, and IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions FTR will also make an appearance on tonight’s show.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Show Report —
The coffin was set up at ringside.
Coffin match: Darby Allin defeated Brody King
This was wild, violent, and so much fun.
Darby attacked during King’s entrance and whacked him with his skateboard — dotted with thumbtacks for the occasion. He ground the skateboard against King’s face and King was immediately busted open badly. Out on the outside, King avoided a swing with the skateboard and sent Darby over the timekeeper’s table. He broke the skateboard, infuriating Darby, who ran in with a relentless attack.
Back inside, Darby hit an avalanche Code Red. King recovered on the outside and drove Darby hard into the barricade repeatedly, with the last one flipping Darby into the front row. The big man dominated through a commercial, during which he also set up a table.
Once back, Darby rolled out of the way of a diving splash and King crashed through the table. Darby set up for his wild tope, but the lights went out, and when they came back on, Malakai Black and Buddy Matthews were standing in front of King. Darby went for the dive anyway, but Julia Hart tripped him up, allowing Black and Buddy to beat him down.
King crushed Darby through a propped up table with a cannonball senton. There was a loud “We Want Sting!” chant, and when Buddy went out to open the coffin, Sting was inside, bat in hand. He attacked Buddy and King with the bat, then tossed the bat to Black for a challenge. Black thought about using it but instead just dropped the bat and retreated.
Darby landed a suicide dive sending King precariously close to the coffin, but King recovered to slam Darby onto the steel steps. King opened the coffin, but Darby fought back with a chain and choked him out. King collapsed right into the coffin, giving Darby the win.
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Jon Moxley was backstage. He talked about the meaning of the AEW World Championship, saying it was about enduring pain. Tonight, the last survivor of the Hart Dungeon returns, and Moxley will push him to his breaking point. If Chris Jericho’s fighting spirit doesn’t break, his body will.
After the break, a clean-shaven and fresh-faced Jericho said he’d become AEW World Champion. He said Stu Hart was vicious and sadistic, and he didn’t want to think about that pain until tonight. Jericho’s going to stretch Moxley and leave lasting scars. He was the firsst AEW champion, and he will be the next.
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They announced the bracket for the AEW World Trios Championship tournaments. First round matches:
Death Triangle vs. Will Ospreay & Aussie Open
Andrade El Idolo, Dragon Lee, & Rush vs. Young Bucks & TBD
House of Black vs. Dark Order
Trustbusters vs. Best Friends
The Bucks match will take place next week, on August 17.
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Tornado Tag: La Facción Ingobernable (Andrade El Ídolo & Rush) (w/ Jose The Assistant) defeated Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fénix) (w/ Alex Abrahantes)
This was an absolutely incredible tornado tag match. Rush was always great, but he’s been a revelation in AEW.
Andrade and Rush controlled the action early on, then it was just Rush and Penta in the ring for a strike exchange. Penta sent Rush to the floor, where Fénix landed dives on both opponents. Penta hit Made In Penta for two. The Lucha Brothers went for their double team Fear Factor, but Andrade cut it off and they tossed Fénix onto his own brother for two.
Rush and Andrade landed simultaneous topes con giro ahead of a commercial. Once back, Fénix took out Rush with an assisted tijeras and Penta hit a backstabber on Andrade. The Lucha Bros hit a cazadora splash on Andrade for two. An assisted double stomp from Fénix got two more, then the Lucha Bros hit simultaneous topes con giro.
Fénix went for a frog splash, but Andrade got the knees up and covered for a close two. Andrade inadvertently thrust kicked his own partner, Penta cut off the hammerlock DDT, and Rush took out Penta with a shotgun dropkick. Andrade hit double knees in the corner but ran into a springboard thrust kick. Rush crushed Penta with a powerbomb but was cut off by a rolling cutter from Penta.
Everyone was down. Eventually, Penta made his way to the apron where he hit a destroyer on Andrade. He went for the Fear Factor on Rush, but Rush fought out of it and landed a jumping knee. A Rush headbutt stunned Fénix and Andrade hit a Final Cut on him for two as Rush tied Penta’s mask in the ropes.
Fénix tried to fight off Andrade with a thrust kick but ran right into a missile dropkick. Rush had it won, but Penta unmasked himself to make the save, like the famous Octagon spot. Andrade threw Penta’s mask into the crowd, José took out Abrahantes, but Fénix rolled up Rush for a great near fall. Rush set Fénix up for the Bull Horns and nailed it, then Andrade hit the El Ídolo hammerlock DDT for the win.
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The Young Bucks ran into the Dark Order (and Hangman Page) backstage. The Bucks thanked Page for saving them after Adam Cole and reDRagon attacked them last week. Matt started to reminisce on the good times and how it built AEW. He pointed out how they were in the building where Page won the AEW World Championship. Maybe he and Nick are bad people, but when they’re around Page, he brings out the best in them.
Matt asked Page to be their partner, but Page said that he just can’t. The Dark Order were there for them, and Page feels he should have their back. He’ll be in their corner. The Bucks walked off.
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Jungle Boy made his entrance and joined commentary.
Luchasaurus defeated Anthony Henry
Luchasaurus absolutely flattened Henry with a German. Henry hit an enzuigiri, but Luchasaurus returned fire with a headbutt and the Fossilizer for the squash win.
– After the match, Christian started to talk on the video board. Jungle Boy immediately sprinted to him from commentary to attack, but was restrained by security. Luchasaurus attacked all the security guards, chokeslamming one onto a crate before headbutting Pat Buck, who had run up to stop things. Jungle Boy called for help to check on him.
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Miro talked about his temptations. Julia Hart walked up, but Miro dismissed her, saying his path is to the House of Black.
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Powerhouse Hobbs was asked backstage about being done with Ricky Starks, but before he could answer, QT Marshall and The Factory walked up and said they’d finish Starks tonight. Hobbs told QT not to let his problem become Hobbs’.
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Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh walked out. Dutt talked about Satnam slamming Wardlow through the table and said they weren’t done with Wardlow. Lethal gave Wardlow an offer: either defend the title against him again, or they’ll just come take it.
Wardlow came out and said he could have a shot if he wanted it, but tonight, he’s whooping all three of their asses. He stormed the ring, but on the way down, FTR came out and backed up their former Pinnacle ally. Lethal and company retreated, and when Lethal tried to give Wardlow a surprise attack, FTR cut him off and hit the Big Rig.
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2point0, Daniel Garcia, and Anna Jay were backstage. 2point0 said Jericho would win the title tonight, and they have a celebration prepared. Garcia called out Bryan Danielson and called himself the Dragonslayer. Jay found Rebel walking by and accused her of not thinking Garcia’s the Dragonslayer, so she choked her out.
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Ricky Starks defeated Aaron Solo (w/ The Factory)
These two were tag partners on the indies. They wrestled around at the start until Cole Karter tripped Starks up, leading to the official ejecting them. Starks quickly recovered, but Solo countered the Roshambo. Starks was then able to hit the Spear for the quick win.
– After the match, Nick Comoroto attacked Starks, with Starks able to fight him off momentarily. He was overwhelmed by the two-on-one attack but avoided a chair shot and ran up the ramp to escape the rest of the Factory.
The camera cut backstage to Hobbs smashing a TV backstage.
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The Gunn Club was backstage. Billy berated his sons for losing his signature dumpster match. Stokely Hathaway walked up and started to talk, but Billy cut him off and sent him packing. Danhausen then walked up and said he’d see them on Friday.
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The Best Friends were backstage but were immediately interrupted by the Trustbusters. Ari Daivari said Orange Cassidy had been ignoring his texts to join him, but Orange dismissed him.
Jade overpowered Rayne early on until Rayne avoided a tackle and landed a missile dropkick. Rayne countered an electric chair by turning it into a hurricanrana outside. A distraction from Kiera allowed Jade to crush Rayne with a spear ahead of the break.
Back from commercial, Jade hit a one-armed suplex. Rayne returned fire with a jawbreaker and an enzuigiri. A neckbreaker followed, allowing Rayne to climb the ropes and hit something of a flipping neckbreaker for two. Rayne hit a desperation DDT for two more.
Kiera hopped on the apron and distracted Rayne. Rayne recovered to roll Jade up. She went for the Cross-Rayne, but Jade reversed it into Jaded for the win.
– After the match, Athena attacked Jade, but Kiera pulled her to safety. Athena posed with the TBS Championship.
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Thunder Rosa and Toni Storm were backstage. With Kris Statlander’s injury, Storm is now the top contender. Rosa accepted the circumstances, and Storm said her ultimate goal is to be AEW Women’s World Champion.
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AEW Rampage (8/12) lineup:
Bryan Danielson returns & speaks
HOOK speaks
Gunn Club vs. Bearhausen (Danhausen & Erick Redbeard)
Parker Boudreaux vs. Sonny Kiss
Swerve in our Glory speak
Orange Cassidy vs. Ari Daivari
AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championships: Sammy Guevara & Tay Melo (c) vs. Dante Martin & Skye Blue
AEW Dynamite (8/17) lineup:
AEW World Trios Championship Tournament: Andrade El Ídolo, Rush, & Dragon Lee vs. Young Bucks & ???
Toni Storm vs. KiLynn King
Best 2 out of 3 Falls: Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia
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Jericho came out in full Lionheart branding, including his gear, appearance, entrance video, and music.
William Regal joined commentary.
Interim AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) defeated Chris Jericho
This was a fantastic big-fight main event between two of AEW’s defining performers.
Jericho flipped Moxley off, so the champ returned the favor. There was some mind games and showboating from Jericho early on before they performed chain wrestling. They both teased finishers before Jericho locked on almost a grounded octopus with a wristlock. Lionheart went for more llave submissions until Moxley laid in strikes. Jericho returned fire by ripping Moxley’s earring out and hitting his signature springboard dropkick ahead of the commercial.
During the break, Moxley was busted open around his ear. Jericho hit a double underhook backbreaker and a lionsault for two, but Moxley went for a juji gatame on the kickout. He wrenched on Jericho’s arm, forcing Jericho to fight back with forearms to break free. Moxley recovered to apply an ankle lock before hitting a German suplex. Jericho returned fire with a German of his own.
They fought on the top rope, where Jericho hit a frankensteiner for two. He wrapped Moxley’s legs around the ring post and locked on a figure four. Back in the ring, Moxley applied a crossface. Jericho considered tapping but eventually was able to roll out and lock on the Walls of Jericho.
The production team went to picture in picture with Moxley locked in the Walls, ostensibly a finishing hold, which was an odd choice. Jericho held the Walls for legitimately minutes, through the entire commercial break, with only a brief reprieve for Moxley. Once back, Moxley finally reached the ropes. They kept the crowd into it during that whole submission sequence, which was remarkable.
Moxley landed a diving double axe handle on Jericho out on the floor. He went for it again inside the ring, but Jericho countered it into a Codebreaker for a near fall. There was a really weird moment when Sammy Guevara tried to toss Jericho Floyd the Bat, he completely whiffed on the throw, but Jericho used it anyway for a near fall.
After a cradle exchange, Jericho hit the Judas Effect for a great near fall — the first time it’s been kicked out of in AEW. Jericho grabbed the title belt but went face first into the exposed turnbuckle, allowing Moxley to lock on a rear naked choke and then the Bulldog choke. Jericho, busted open badly, turned it into the Lion Tamer, which Moxley in turn floated over into ground and pound.
Moxley re-applied the rear naked choke. Jericho fought and fought but eventually tapped as the champ retained.
– After the match, Sammy Guevara and Jake Hager ran out and attacked Moxley, leading to the Blackpool Combat Club making the save. 2point0 and Daniel Garcia ran out to give the Jericho Appreciation Society the numbers advantage. Jericho set up to smash Moxley with the belt, but then…
“Cult of Personality” played and CM Punk made his return. He effortlessly dispatched 2point0, Guevara, Hager, and then Jericho. The Jericho Appreciation Society retreated, which meant it was time for Punk and Moxley to face off. Moxley flipped Punk off and shoulder-bumped him before walking up with the rest of the Blackpool Combat Club. Punk soaked in the adoration in the ring to end the show.
It was announced during Saturday’s AEW Battle of the Belts that the ROH, AAA, and IWGP Tag Team Champions will appear on Wednesday’s show. It will be their first appearance since retaining the ROH Tag Team titles at Death Before Dishonor, where they defeated The Briscoes.
FTR last appeared on the July 20 edition of Dynamite, where they cut a promo ahead of their title match. The duo then went on to defeat the Briscoes in a two out of three falls match. It was the second match between the two teams, with their first encounter being back in April at Supercard of Honor. On that show, FTR defeated The Briscoes to win the ROH Tag Team titles for the first time.
Here is the lineup so far for Wednesday’s show, Quake at the Lake:
Interim AEW World Champion Jon Moxley defends against Chris Jericho
TBS Champion Jade Cargill defends against Madison Rayne
Darby Allin vs. Brody King in a coffin match
Lucha Bros vs. Andrade El Idolo & Rush in a tornado tag team match
Darby Allin and Brody King’s feud will culminate with a coffin match at AEW Dynamite Quake by the Lake.
In a bout announced on Wednesday’s Dynamite, Darby Allin will face Brody King in a coffin match at Quake by the Lake on Wednesday, August 10.
King and Allin began feuding at the July 1 Rampage, where King eliminated Allin from the inaugural Royal Rampage match. The feud continued with angles at an autograph signing on July 10, then at San Diego Comic-Con on July 24, with King attacking Allin on both occasions.
Also announced for Quake by the Lake, TBS Champion Jade Cargill has issued an open challenge for her title.
Additionally, a tornado tag team bout with The Lucha Bros facing Andrade El Idolo & Rush had been added to Quake by the Lake.
Also on Dynamite, Chris Jericho defeated Wheeler Yuta to retain his shot at the Interim AEW World title at Quake by the Lake.
The lineup for the show:
AEW Dynamite Quake by the Lake, Wednesday, August 10 —
Interim AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Chris Jericho
TBS Championship open challenge: Jade Cargill (c) vs. TBA
Coffin match: Darby Allin vs. Brody King
Tornado tag team match: The Lucha Bros vs. Andrade El Idolo & Rush
An interim World Championship match is set for AEW Dynamite Quake by the Lake.
Jon Moxley will defend the interim AEW World title against Chris Jericho on the August 10 Quake by the Lake episode of Dynamite in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Target Center. The match was announced on Wednesday’s Dynamite.
Following a successful Moxley title defense against Rush, Chris Jericho made his way to the stage with the Jericho Appreciation Society and challenged Moxley. After a back and forth on the microphone, Moxley accepted and the match was made official.
Moxley has held the interim AEW World title since defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi for the belt at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door on June 26. He has since defended the title against Rush and Brody King. The interim title was created following an injury to current AEW World Champion CM Punk.
Jericho was the first AEW World Champion, defeating Hangman Page to win the title at the promotion’s first pay-per-view, All Out, in August 2019.
AEW is returning to Minneapolis this summer for a special edition of Dynamite and Rampage.
AEW has announced that the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota will host an episode of Dynamite on Wednesday, August 10. The Friday, August 12 edition of Rampage will also be filmed at the Target Center that night.
“Quake by the Lake” is the name of both special television episodes.
The event will be AEW’s only show to take place in Minnesota in 2022. Tickets are going on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. Central time.
AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view was held at the Target Center in November 2021. The venue is the home of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves.
AEW has now announced all of its show locations through August 17:
Wednesday, June 22: Dynamite/Rampage at UWM Panther Arena in Milwaukee, WI
Sunday, June 26: Forbidden Door at United Center in Chicago, IL
Wednesday, June 29: Dynamite/Rampage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI
Wednesday, July 6: Dynamite/Rampage at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY
Wednesday, July 13: Dynamite/Rampage at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, GA
Wednesday, July 20: Dynamite/Rampage at Gas South Arena in Duluth, GA
Wednesday, July 27: Dynamite/Rampage at DCU Center in Worcester, MA
Wednesday, August 3: Dynamite at Schottenstein Center in Columbus, OH
Friday, August 5: Rampage/Battle of the Belts III at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI
Wednesday, August 10: Dynamite/Rampage at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, August 17: Dynamite/Rampage at Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, WV
