Tag: All Elite Wrestling

Mick Foley officially signs with AEW, meets MJF during Double or Nothing Zero Hour

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Mick Foley is officially All Elite.

As the multiple time world champion joined Renee Paquette in the ring as part of the AEW Double or Nothing pre-show, Tony Khan announced that Foley had officially joined the promotion.

“He’s co-hosting The Buy In at AEW Double or Nothing tonight, and now it’s official: the legendary Mick Foley is ALL ELITE!!,” he wrote.

After making his entrance, Foley said that being at Double or Nothing was one of the biggest nights of his life, as AEW is the reason he fell in love with pro wrestling again. He said he considered Tony Khan a friend and is glad to be part of the family.

Towards the end of the Zero Hour pre-show, MJF interrupted Foley has he was sharing his predicton for the main event. The two exchanged words until MJF gave Foley a low blow. Darby Allin came out for the save but MJF fled before anything more could take place. Foley recovered enough to give Allin a pep speech, asking him to win tonight for the weird kids.

Foley publicly left WWE for political reasons

Foley’s AEW debut was announced earlier this week after reports surfaced that the company was interested in bringing him in. 

Last year, Foley made headlines when he chose to cut ties with WWE, declaring he would not be renewing his Legends contract due to the company’s ties with President Donald Trump. He called Trump’s comments regarding director Rob Reiner’s death “incredibly cruel.”

The Rascalz officially announced as part of AEW

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The Rascalz are officially All Elite.

After Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz teamed with Eddie Kingston and Ortiz to defeat the Grizzled Young Veterans, Big Bill, and Bryan Keith in a parking lot brawl, Tony Khan officially announced that the trio had signed with All Elite Wrestling, posting their graphic on social media.

It was first announced back on the January 14 edition of Dynamite that The Rascalz were heading to AEW, with Xavier, Wentz, and Myron Reed appearing on the following episode of Collision. Last week, they reunited with Eddie Kingston and agreed to team with him to take on GYV and Big Bill and Bryan Keith. The eight men fought on top of a parking lot overseeing the Las Vegas strip. After Ortiz powerbombed Drake on a car hood, Kingston scored the win for his team after a DDT on Gibson.

When The Rascalz made their debut, one person was mysteriously absent: Trey Miguel. Although he had signed with the company, he was quickly released due to higher-ups at Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly blocking his signing due to previous controversial tweets. Miguel originally chose to walk away from pro wrestling following his release, but soon after chose instead to re-sign with TNA.

Speak Now: Saraya & Britt Baker heated promo, AEW Dynamite recap

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Hey there happy Wednesday! Tune into Speak Now Pro Wrestling hosted by Denise Salcedo as she reviews the November 9th edition of AEW Dynamite.

Wednesday’s show featured the build towards AEW Full Gear, a heated promo between Saraya and Britt Baker, MJF/Moxley build, and a 2-out-of-3 falls match between Sammy Guevara and Bryan Danielson. 

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Speak Now: Punk vs. Moxley shocks fans, AEW Dynamite show review

Posted on by Denise Salcedo

It was a wild night of wrestling, the August 24th edition of AEW Dynamite had a lot of fans asking a lot of questions. 

The Jon Moxley vs CM Punk match played out differently that many had expected, Thunder Rosa is out with an injury, lots of matches were made for AEW All Out! Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she reacts and breaks down the events that took place! 

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Speak Now: Lots to talk about on AEW Rampage & WWE SmackDown, show recap

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Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she breaks down two very newsworthy episodes of WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage. On the WWE side of things, we have some call-ups and name changes, and on the AEW side of things, we had a major main event between Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta. This is a very fun episode of Speak Now Pro Wrestling.

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Speak Now: Full AEW Dynamite rundown, show recap

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Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she rundowns the March 30th edition of AEW Dynamite and also discusses this weeks event! This is a very fun and informative show. Enjoy the podcast!

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Speak Now: A very special edition of AEW Dynamite

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What an awesome night of wrestling. Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she recaps and reviews the March 16th edition of AEW Dynamite: St. Patrick’s Day Slam! This features Thunder Rosa winning the AEW Women’s World Championship! 

Topics:

— Thunder Rosa wins AEW Women’s World Championship

— Hangman Adam Page teams with Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus

— Is Kris Statlander getting a character change?

— Moxley and Danielson team up 

— Jericho Appreciation Society explained

— MJF cost Wardlow the TNT Championship 

— Matt and Jeff Hardy in-ring AEW debut

— AEW Rampage matches for Friday

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Speak Now: Jeff Hardy debuts, AEW Dynamite show recap

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Jeff Hardy debuts in AEW, Scorpio Sky is the new TNT Champion, Inner Circle drama, and more! Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she breaks down the March 9th edition of AEW Dynamite on Speak Now Pro Wrestling! 

Topics:

— The Inner Circle story & why it makes no sense

— Why I loved that Dante Martin got a match against Hangman Adam Page

— William Regal: Why he’s in AEW

— Jeff Hardy debuts

— Wardlow’s World 

— The Acclaimed vs. Jurrassic Express

— Thunder Rosa defeats Leyla Hirsch

— Future matches announced

— Scorpio Sky wins TNT Championship

— Paige VanZant to feud with Tay Conti 

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March 7, 2022 Observer Newsletter: Tony Khan buys Ring of Honor, Cain Velasquez charged with attempted murder

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Tony Khan, who had only appeared in front of the crowd once before in the history of Dynamite (for the end of the Brodie Lee Memorial show), announced at the start of the 3/2 Dynamite that he had purchased Ring of Honor. He really gave no details and at press time hadn’t answered any questions regarding the purchase and goals.

Sinclair Broadcasting had made the decision to shut down the company late last year and relaunch it at a much lower cost, eliminating almost all talent contracts and likely only running PPV shows and television tapings. They had largely dropped house shows since coming back from the pandemic, which made exclusive deals with talent even more cost-ineffective.

The one major asset the company had was a tape library that dated back to 2002 and contained some tremendous matches with performers who would go on to make it big in WWE and AEW.

At first, when the announcement of the shutdown came, and rumors that the tape library would be for sale, both Tony Khan and WWE sources indicated they had not been approached about the library, meaning at the time it wasn’t for sale. WWE did have talks with ROH management when ROH was at its peak of popularity with the Young Bucks about purchasing the company, but the idea was to shut down the company and really just purchase the tape library which had early matches of many of WWE’s top stars like Kevin Owens (as Kevin Steen), Sami Zayn (as El Generico), Seth Rollins (as Tyler Black), Daniel Bryan (under his real name), Cesaro (under his real name) and many others.

The idea at the time was to get the valuable library and use it on the WWE Network and for documentaries and shut the company down because at the time ROH and NXT were battling over the hardcore fans and even going head-to-head in markets and in places ROH was beating NXT even with NXT’s advantages of being part of WWE and more advertising, but NXT did have an edge of better talent and the New Japan affiliation which in 2018 meant a lot.

The idea would be to eliminate NXT’s biggest competition for the hardcore fan base while picking up a valuable library. But the deal was never completed past ROH did make a deal to allow WWE some usage of their footage for WWE projects.

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Speak Now: Tony Khan buys ROH, AEW Dynamite show recap

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Tons of news! Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews this super newsworthy edition of AEW Dynamite — this includes Tony Khan’s major announcement that he has purchased Ring of Honor, plus lots more! Join for a fun and lively show! 

Topics Rundown: 

— Tony Khan purchases Ring of Honor, pros of this announcement 

— Bryan Danielson wrestles Christopher Daniels, Moxley confrontation

— Casino Tag Team Royale, Darius Martin returns

— CM Punk and MJF bloody confrontation

— Will Thunder Rosa win The AEW Women’s Championship?

— MJF slaps Wardlow- when is enough, enough?

— Matches announced for AEW Rampage 

— Main Event: trios tag, The War of the Adams

Denise will return this Friday to chat AEW Rampage and WWE SmackDown! Plus she will be LIVE on Monday to chat AEW Revolution! 

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Speak Now: MJF promo, Buddy Matthews, AEW Dynamite recap

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We are on the road to Revolution. On tonight’s Dynamite, we had an epic MJF promo, a heated confrontation between Chris Jericho and Eddie Kingston, plus the AEW debut of Buddy Matthews! Tune into Speak Now Pro Wrestling hosted by on-camera personality Denise Salcedo! This show is a fun and lively podcast perfect for all fans of All Elite Wrestling!

Topics Rundown:

– Battle Royal, fave moments, Adam Page attack on reDRagon and Adam Cole 

– Breaking down the MJF promo, why I liked It, predictions

–  Eddie Kingston has heated confrontation with Chris Jericho

– Ricky Starks vs. 10 

– Tay Conti confronts Jade Cargill

– AEW Las Vegas dates announced

– Matches for Rampage, next week’s Dynamite and AEW Revolution

– Main event, Bryan Danielson defeats Daniel Garcia 

Denise will return on Friday night to chat AEW Rampage and WWE Smackdown.

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Speak Now: Breaking down the Cody Rhodes story, AEW Dynamite recap

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Tons and tons of news on today’s show! Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she covers the top news stories surrounding All Elite Wrestling and reviews and recaps the February 16th edition of AEW Dynamite. 

Topics Rundown:

– Breaking down the Cody Rhodes stories: What has been reported by multiple journalists and analyzing the information, formulating theories and opinions based on those reports 

– Buddy Matthews reportedly heading to AEW

– Jake Atlas injury update

– CM Punk chooses to have a dog collar match against MJF at AEW Revolution 

– Bryan Danielson vs. Lee Moriarty, Moxley poses interesting question to Bryan

– Why Wardlow turn on MJF is now long overdue 

– The war of the two Adams

– Eddie Kingston returns

– Thunder Rosa defeats Mercedes Martinez in a NO DQ match

– Matches announced for Dynamite, Rampage, and Revolution

– Sammy retains the TNT Championship! 

Denise returns on Friday to talk AEW Rampage and WWE Smackdown! 

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Speak Now: WWE SmackDown and AEW Rampage show reviews

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Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews the February 11, 2022 editions of WWE SmackDown and AEW Rampage! 

Denise recaps the most need-to-know moments of WWE Smackdown, the perfect way to catch up with the show, storylines, and products. 

During the second half of the stream, she discusses matches, storylines and more from this week’s AEW Rampage.

Denise will return next week for a whole new slate of shows.

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