Big Bill and Bryan Keith have a new tag team name.
On Thursday’s edition of Ring of Honor on HonorClub, the team wrestled under the name Paid in Full. A graphic for their match posted earlier in the day also referred to Bill and Keith by the same name.
AEW filed to trademark Paid in Full on February 23, 2026, for wrestling purposes.
Bill and Keith began teaming with each other in August 2024 when they were aligned with Chris Jericho as part of The Learning Tree. They challenged for the AEW World Tag Team titles against The Hurt Syndicate’s Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin at AEW Dynasty 2025 last April.
Some of the team’s other notable matches include defeating the Gates of Agony at Beach Break 2025. They also teamed with the Grizzled Young Vets in a loss to Eddie Kingston, Ortiz, and The Rascalz in an eight-man tag team parking lot fight on the February 4, 2026 Collision taping.
Paid in Full @bountykeith and @TheCaZXL didn’t want to wait for the celebration for Top Flight to be over!
An injury to Brian Cage led to a change in plans for AEW’s upcoming Dynasty pay-per-view.
In the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer confirmed that Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin are scheduled to defend their AEW Tag Team titles against Big Bill & Bryan Keith at the Sunday, April 6 PPV in Philadelphia. It was originally supposed to be Cage & Lance Archer challenging for the belts, but Cage is dealing with a knee injury.
“The tag title match was a change as Brian Cage suffered a knee injury on an independent show on 3/20 in Los Angeles against Chris Masters,” Meltzer wrote. “So the originally planned but not announced Hurt Syndicate vs. Murder Machines match had to be changed and they had to pivot to new challengers, going with Bill & Keith.”
The build to Lashley & Benjamin vs. Big Bill & Keith began with a confrontation on Dynamite this week. After a challenge was issued, The Hurt Syndicate told Big Bill & Keith that they’ll need to win a match before they’ll be granted a title shot.
"The Bad Apple" Bryan Keith and "The Redwood" Big Bill have business with The Hurt Syndicate!
Big Bill & Keith vs. Top Flight is taking place on AEW Collision this Saturday.
Lashley & Benjamin were crowned the new AEW Tag Team Champions when they defeated Private Party this January. Big Bill is a former tag champ, holding the titles with Ricky Starks from October 2023 to February 2024.
A match between Cage and Rich Swann was scheduled for Future Stars of Wrestling’s Chris Bey benefit show on March 23, but Ricochet ended up facing Swann instead.
A new match for this Saturday’s AEW Collision was made late Wednesday night as former ROH World Champion Bandido will team with Powerhouse Hobbs against Big Bill & Bryan Keith.
Bandido and Hobbs issued the challenge in a promo shared on X which was later confirmed. Hobbs recently defeated Bill in a recent street fight and still isn’t done with him, and Bandido said that he also isn’t done with ROH World Champion Chris Jericho after losing to the champion last Saturday.
Hobbs is from the Bay Area of California where the show will be held while Bandido said Oakland is “Latino country.” It will be their first time teaming up while Keith and Bill haven’t been on AEW TV as a traditional team since last October.
AEW has announced a pair of new matches this Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.
During Saturday’s AEW Collision, it was announced that Will Ospreay will take on Bryan Keith while Harley Cameron will square off against Deonna Purrazzo.
While talking with Lexy Nair backstage on Collision, Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie mocked Cameron’s puppet and singing skills, claiming she scored a fluke victory over Valkyrie weeks ago, but then “lost like the loser she is” at AEW Grand Slam Australia.
Ospreay will be looking to keep momentum going ahead of his newly-accepted steel cage match against Kyle Fletcher at next month’s Revolution.
The new additions join the previously announced AEW International title defense by Konosuke Takeshita against top challenger Orange Cassidy with the winner moving on to face Kenny Omega at Revolution.
Here’s the current card from Oceanside, California:
AEW International title: Konosuke Takeshita defends against Orange Cassidy
Former Ring of Honor World Champion Bandido will make his long-awaited return to the AEW ring this Saturday on AEW Collision.
Bandido will take on Bryan Keith of The Learning Tree with Chris Jericho promising Keith he will double a $100,000 bounty if he can do to Bandido what Big Bill did to Powerhouse Hobbs recently.
The 29-year-old had been on the injured list since June 2023 with a broken wrist suffered in a match with Konosuke Takeshita that required multiple surgeries. He returned at ROH Final Battle to target Jericho, but got concussed hitting a dropkick and was out another month before returning on last Saturday’s Collision to again run off Jericho.
Bandido returned to action, ironically enough, on the Jericho Cruise this past weekend in three trios matches alongside The Outrunners.
Saturday’s show will also feature a “halftime” concert from Harley Cameron as she attempts to get a TBS title match against Mercedes Mone on Grand Slam Australia.
Here’s the current lineup for Houston, Texas:
Harley Cameron concert
Bandido vs. Bryan Keith
Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe
Thunder Rosa vs. Penelope Ford
Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong vs. Shane Taylor & The Infantry (Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean) vs. Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker
The first match has been announced for Friday’s AEW Rampage Winter is Coming.
Before he challenges Chris Jericho for the ROH World Championship at Final Battle, Matt Cardona will get in the ring with “The Bad Apple” Bryan Keith on Friday’s Rampage episode.
Cardona appeared in a backstage promo segment on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, and will also appear in a Final Battle contract signing segment with Jericho on Thursday’s Ring of Honor TV show.
Final Battle takes place on Friday, December 20 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.
The Cardona vs. Keith bout is the only item officially announced for Friday’s Rampage. The Winter is Coming branding will also be used for Saturday’s Collision episode.
The lineups for AEW Rampage Winter is Coming, and AEW Collision Winter is Coming:
AEW Rampage Winter is Coming, Friday, December 13, 10 p.m. Eastern time on TNT —
Matt Cardona vs. Bryan Keith
AEW Collision Winter is Coming, Saturday, December 14, 8 p.m. Eastern time on TNT or following NBA coverage —
FTR call out The Death Riders
Continental Classic Blue League: Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe
Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada vs. The Beast Mortos
International Women’s Cup qualifier: Willow Nightingale vs. Jamie Hayter
Former AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will return to action on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite for a good reason: to benefit hurricane victims in North Carolina.
Announced Tuesday, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler will take on The Learning Tree’s Big Bill & Bryan Keith to raise awareness for the Manna Food Bank, Be Loved Asheville, and the Asheville Dream Center, according to the graphic.
Both FTR members are from North Carolina. Asheville and the western part of the state were nearly decimated by flooding due to the recent Hurricane Helene. Harwood, Wheeler and Asheville resident Adam Copeland have been vocal on social media for help for their local communities.
Bill and Keith are 0-1 as a team, losing to Kyle O’Reilly & Orange Cassidy earlier this month. It will be FTR’s first in-ring action since the September 21st edition of Collision.
Here’s the current lineup for AEW’s debut in San Jose, California:
New AEW World Champion Jon Moxley appearance
TBS & NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone vs. Queen Aminata in a non-title match
The Elite (Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks) vs. The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Rocky Romero)
Jay White vs. Christian Cage
Shelton Benjamin vs. Lio Rush
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
Three matches are on tap for next Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with one involving the former AEW World Champion and another featuring a first-time-ever match between two legends.
AEW American/International Champion MJF will face Kyle Fletcher in a non-title match following the latter coming out to aid former partner Will Ospreay from an MJF post-match attack.
Ospreay had just defeated Lance Archer when MJF followed up on a show-opening promo by beating down Ospreay. Fletcher then prevented a Dynamite diamond ring punch before cutting a promo on MJF, challenging him to a match right there. MJF pretended he was going to do it and then said he would do it next week instead.
Ospreay and Fletcher were part of the United Empire faction in NJPW in addition to the Don Callis Family before Ospreay and Callis parted ways this year.
MJF and Fletcher squared off at last year’s All In when MJF & Adam Cole defeated Fletcher & Mark Davis for the ROH Tag Team titles.
The so-called "American Hero" attacks from behind, but Kyle Fletcher makes the save! Has this become Don Callis Family business?
Another match will see Bryan Danielson take on Jeff Jarrett for the first time ever.
The bout was made after Wednesday’s in-ring promo with Danielson and AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland where Danielson offered up his career if he cannot beat Strickland at All In. Danielson walked backstage and Jarrett was rooting him on as a follow-up to last week’s pump-up speech that he gave him.
Danielson wasn’t in the mood and then issued the challenge for next Wednesday.
Bryan Danielson is ready to PROVE to Jeff Jarrett he is ALL. IN.
Another match made for next week will see Katsuyori Shibata taking on Bryan Keith as the feud between their respective groups continues.
Shibata returned last week to disrupt The Learning Tree’s plans. Chris Jericho said in a backstage promo celebrating 102 days as FTW Champion that since his finger was broken last week in his bout with Minoru Suzuki, Keith would take care of Shibata for him.
It's a Celebration for the 102-Days and counting For the World Champion!
A new trios match has been added to Forbidden Door.
After Chris Jericho and Big Bill defeated Private Party on AEW Collision, the two along with Bryan Keith continued to attack Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy until Samoa Joe, Hook, and Katsuyori Shibata came out for the save.
Joe then cut a promo saying that Jericho’s learning tree sucks, and they come from different backgrounds and different school of thoughts. He then issued the trios challenge for Forbidden Door. The match, however, has yet to be made official.
Jericho has debuted a new persona since taking the FTW Championship away from Hook, taking Big Bill and Bryan Keith under his “learning tree”, often giving patronizing advice to those he comes across.
Since his loss to Jericho at Double or Nothing thanks to Bryan Keith, Hook has been looking for revenge. He and Samoa Joe have since agreed to have each other’s backs, with Shibata joining them to form a trio. Earlier on Collision, the trio defeated Ari Daivari, Tony Nese, and Josh Woods of the Premier Athletes.
Kyle O’Reilly’s in-ring return for AEW has been scheduled.
O’Reilly will face Bryan Keith on Saturday’s AEW Collision in his return bout, announced during Wednesday’s Dynamite.
O’Reilly hasn’t wrestled since the June 8, 2022 AEW Dynamite. He underwent neck fusion surgery in September that year and later suffered a rare post-surgical complication that impacted his recovery.
It’s the first match announced for the show from the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada — a city AEW will be making his debut in.
O’Reilly said the following to Renee Paquette on Wednesday:
For two years the thought of never wrestling again, the least of my problems. There was a span where I couldn’t physically pick up my daughter and they were the darkest days of my life. But my neck got better and my arm got better and now that I’m here and I look at the landscape, the AEW roster, and I just wonder if I can still hang.
It’s probably the most competitive roster in the history of the sport. But then I look at a guy I’m impressed by. A guy I’ve had my sights set on, so to speak, a guy that I think can bring out ‘that’ Kyle O’Reilly. So, ‘Bounty Hunter’ Bryan Keith you and I, we have a duel this Saturday on Collision, my first match back in almost two years, my home country, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Kyle O'Reilly returns to action for the first time in 2 years THIS SATURDAY LIVE on #AEWCollision!
O’Reilly returned to the promotion at AEW Revolution. He embraced longtime stablemate Roderick Strong but appeared to reject an offer to join the Undisputed Kingdom. Strong approached O’Reilly backstage after the above promo, hugged him again, and wished him good luck doing it “on his own” in his return match.
This week’s AEW Collision will feature a rare Malakai Black singles match.
AEW has announced that Black vs. Bryan Keith will take place on Collision this Saturday night. It’s the first one-on-one match Black has had in AEW since June 2022, when he defeated Penta El Zero Miedo on an episode of Dynamite. Black also took part in a four-way match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door that same month.
Black and his House of Black stablemates are currently feuding against Mark Briscoe.
Keith is a new addition to the AEW roster. His signing was officially announced after putting in a strong performance in a loss to Eddie Kingston on Collision earlier this month.
On Rampage tonight (February 23), Keith is teaming up with Penta El Zero Miedo & Komander in a three-way trios match against Top Flight & Action Andretti and Private Party & Matt Sydal.
Collision is taking place from Great Southern Bank Arena in Springfield, Missouri this Saturday. The updated lineup for the episode is listed below:
AEW Collision (Saturday, February 24) —
Bryan Danielson vs. Jun Akiyama
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty
Malakai Black vs. Bryan Keith
Serena Deeb in action
Thunder Rosa in action
The Bang Bang Scissor Gang’s Jay White, Billy Gunn & Austin Gunn in trios action
Following a loss to Eddie Kingston on AEW Collision, Tony Schaivone interviewed Keith, announcing that he had officially become “All Elite.” Kingston and the crowd celebrated with Keith as Bryan Danielson’s music played, heading to the ring for the next match.
Tony Khan on X also confirmed Keith’s signing with the company.
Keith has made several appearances for AEW dating back to last August, when he lost to Hangman Page on an episode of Rampage. In December he wrestled at ROH Final Battle, winning a spot in the Survival of the Fittest elimination bout on the pre-show. He was unsuccessful in winning that match, but later that month on ROH TV he teamed with the Von Erichs to defeat The Iron Savages and Jacked Jameson.
Trained by Booker T, Keith made his pro wrestling debut in 2013 and made regular appearances for Reality of Wrestling. Over the years, he has wrestled for many promotions including GCW, Defy, Progress, Prestige Wrestling, and House of Glory.
AEW’s Continental Crown Champion will be in action on this Saturday’s Collision episode.
As revealed during Wednesday’s Dynamite, Continental Crown holder Eddie Kingston will wrestle on this week’s Collision as he takes on Bryan Keith in a non-title match.
Kingston was victorious in a Continental Crown title eliminator bout on last week’s Collision episode over Willie Mack. On the prior Collision, Kingston & Ortiz lost to Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli in tag team action. Kingston was on commentary for Danielson’s match against Yuji Nagata on this past week’s episode as a feud between the two continues to build.
Keith has scored two victories in four matches on ROH programming since last December, but remains winless in his seven career AEW bouts.
Earlier on Wednesday, Danielson was also announced for a singles bout on Saturday’s Collision. Danielson will face CMLL’s Hechicero. CMLL wrestlers will also take on Danielson and the Blackpool Combat Club on next week’s Dynamite as Danielson, Castagnoli & Jon Moxley face Hechicero, Mistico & Volador Jr.
The updated Collision lineup for the Saturday, February 3 episode:
With just a few days to go before AEW All Out, one of the final pieces will be put into place on tonight’s AEW Rampage from Chicago.
20 men representing ten teams will compete in an over the top battle royal with the winners advancing to a Ring of Honor Tag Team title match at All Out against new titleholders MJF & Adam Cole.
Teams include Aussie Open, Best Friends, Action Andretti & Darius Martin, Ryan Nemeth & Peter Avalon, The Righteous, Dark Order’s Alex Reynolds & John Silver, Matt & Jeff Hardy, Gates of Agony’s Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona, The Butcher & The Blade, and The Outrunners.
For the first time since May, former AEW World Champion Hangman Page will be in singles action as he takes on indie standout Bryan Keith.
Two of the top young talents in the game — El Hijo del Vikingo & Nick Wayne — will team up in AEW for the first time as they take on Kip Sabian & Gringo Loco.
Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue will face Anna Jay & Taya Valkyrie.
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Taped in Chicago, Illinois.
John Silver & Alex Reynolds of The Dark Order won a Tag Team Battle Royal for a Shot at the ROH World Tag Team Titles (11:38).
“We love battle royals here on Rampage!” Yeah Jericho, no kidding.
The Outrunners were the first team eliminated; both members of the team were eliminated consecutively. Aussie Open hung out on the floor at the start of the battle royal and pulled Bishop Kaun ofThe Gates of Agony through the bottom rope. Chuck Taylor ofThe Best Friends dumped Ryan Nemeth, and Peter Avolon was abused by The Hardy Boys, then dumped by Trent Beretta. The Best Friends and The Hardys had a stand off in the middle of the ring, until the rest of the men in the battle royal attacked then. Lots of action in and out of the ring. Mark Davis of Aussie Open dumped Bishop Kaun. Toa Leona dumped the Blade from the ring apron. The Blade held onto Leona’s foot, and Kyle Fletcher of Aussie Open dropkicked him to the floor to eliminate him.
After a split-screen break, Dutch of The Righteous eliminated The Butcher. Jeff Hardy clotheslined Vincent of The Righteous to the floor. The Hardy Boys were eliminated separately by the Dark Order, and Action Andretti eliminated Dutch. Andretti got a bit of shine against the Aussie Open before he took a man-sized bump over the top rope and into the railing. Darius Martin eliminated Alex Reynolds, (ostensibly injuring his knee) and John Silver eliminated Martin.
The match got down to Aussie Open, the Best Friends, and John Silver. Aussie Open dumped Taylor. Silver feigned an alliance with Aussie Open to eliminate Baretta, but then ducked away and let Aussie Open do all the work. Beretta ducked a charge from Fletcher and he flew over the top rope. Davis knocked Silver to the floor, but Alex Reynolds (who was still at ringside being tended to because of his “injury”) caught him to keep him from hitting the floor. Davis and Beretta fought in the ring, with Beretta using a front facelock to eliminate Davis. Once Andews dropped to the floor, Sliver ran in to dump Beretta and win the match for his team.
Yeah, AEW has too many battle royals, but they’re usually pretty decent and this was no exception.
The Dark Order v. Better Than You, Bay-Bay for the ROH World Tag Team Titles is official for All Out.
After a commercial break, Aussie Open came out to the announcer’s desk to attack Chris Jericho. Sammy Guevara came out with Floyd the Bat to make the save. Feels like we’re gonna get a match between these teams soon.
Mike Santana took us back to the beginning. Four months after his debut, his dad passed away. This brought out a lot of negative thoughts that he’d tried to keep buried. And then he destroyed his knee in the Blood and Guts match. Now, he has a story to tell.
El Hijo Del Vikingo & Nick Wayne defeated Kip Sabian & Gringo Loco (w/ Penelope Ford) (7:20 aired)
This feels very random. Wayne hit a step up hurricanrana on Sabian. Ford jumped up on the apron to distract Wayne. Well the kid is 18. This led to Wayne getting dumped on the floor and double-teamed into the commercial break.
Gringo Loco tried a springboard moonsault on Wayne, but Wayne got his knees up and got the tag to Vikingo. He took out Sabian with a corkscrew kick, then caught Loco with an enziguri. Vikingo hit a springboard dropkick while Loco was hung up in the ropes for a near fall. Vikingo and Loco took way too long to set up a top rope poison rana (where they were both standing up on the top rope). Wayne hit Wayne’s World on Sabian, then followed him to the floor with a tope con hilo. Vikingo hit the 630 senton on Loco to get the pinfall.
– The QTV crew set up some footage of QT Marshall defending his AAA Championship. Johnny TV is apparently in charge of QTV, and he dumped his coffee on Harley Cameron.
“Hangman” Adam Page defeated “The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith (3:29)
Someone put a bounty on Adam Page in Chicago? Bryan Keith actually got an inset promo to explain his motivation.
Crowd chanted for Page at the start of the match. Page hit a stiff lariat on Keith. Keith came back with an exploder and some weak looking clotheslines. Page caught Keith with a fallaway slam. Page set up the Buckshot Lariat, but goofed around with the crowd too much and Keith mounted a brief comeback. Page caught Keith with a boot, then hit the Buckshot Lariat to get the pin.
– Danny Garcia, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker got some interview time with Rene Paquette to plug their Trios Title shot on Collision.
– Rene Paquette has a sit-down interview with Roderick Strong. Strong refused to answer Paquette’s questions and left. That felt pointless.
– Ricky Starks will challenge Ricky Steamboat to a strap match tomorrow night at Collision.
– Orange Cassidy v. Jon Moxley was confirmed as the main event for All Out. Also added was Eddie Kingston & Shibata v. Claudio Castignoli & Wheeler Yuta.
Skye Blue & Willow Nightingale defeated. Taya Valkyrie & Ann Jay (8:27)
Nightingale countered a suplex attempt with a small package for a near fall. Blue (who was over with her hometown crowd) came in with a cartwheel into an elbow strike on Valkyrie. Jay caught Nightingale with a kick from the outside, and Valkyrie followed up with a backstabber to take control.
After a long split-screen break, Nightingale hit Valkyrie with an enziguri. Tags were made on both sides, and Blue dominated Jay with a shotgun dropkick, a knee strike and an enziguri. Blue hit a crossbody for a near fall. Blue hit another knee strike for a near fall. Valkyrie ran into break up the pin, and Nightingale hit her with a spinebuster. Nightingale hit Valkyrie with a Pounce. Nightingale held Valkyrie up in an Electric Chair for Blue to come in off the top, but Jay pushed her to the mat. Valkyrie held Blue open for a superkick, but Blue ducked and Jay superkicked her partner to the floor. Blue hit her own superkick on Jay, then hit the Code Blue for the win.
After the match, Valkyrie hit Blue with a cheap shot. Nightingale made the save and celebrated with Blue to end the show.
Final Thoughts:
Of all the hours (and hours) of wrestling on this weekend, this was definitely one of them.
