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AEW Fyter Fest night one live results: Three title matches

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Three title matches headline night one of AEW Fyter Fest. 

Cody will defend his TNT Championship against The Inner Circle’s Jake Hager. Cody has made three successful defenses of the TNT title after winning it at Double or Nothing against Lance Archer. Hager enters the match having lost three in a row. Those losses came against AEW World Champion Jon Moxley in a title match on Dynamite, to The Elite in the Stadium Stampede at Double or Nothing and in a trios match against Best Friends and Orange Cassidy last month on Dynamite. 

Kenny Omega and Hangman Page will defend the AEW Tag Team titles against Best Friends. Omega and Page are undefeated in 2020 in tag team matches while Trent and Chuck Taylor will carry a 2020 record of 10-3 in tags into the match. Best Friends earned this title shot with a win over Private Party on the Double or Nothing Buy In show. 

Hikaru Shida will defend her AEW Women’s World Championship against Penelope Ford. Ford is the number two ranked wrestler in the AEW women’s division. She comes into this match on a three-match winning streak and having defeated Shida in a tag match on Dynamite last month. 

Private Party vs. Santana and Ortiz, plus MJF and Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus are also scheduled for tonight’s show. Chris Jericho will join the commentary team for the broadcast. 

Our coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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The show opened with Jericho entering to join the commentary desk.

MJF and Wardlow then entered for the opener. 

MJF cut a strong promo on Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus. He said he thought he and Wardlow had dispatched of Jungle Boy and his dinosaur once and for all. He ripped on Jungle Boy going through his daddy’s money and said Luchasaurus was greener than his tongue. 

MJF said he finally understood why this match was made even though he and Wardlow had already beaten Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus. He said it’s because they’re in a ratings war and you can’t win without MJF on the front lines. 

Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus (w/Marko Stunt) defeated MJF & Wardlow

This was a super opener. 

Jungle Boy and MJF started off. Jungle Boy hit some strikes. He tried a hurricanrana off the apron but Wardlow caught him and MJF and Wardlow took control of the bout. They traded quick tags in working over Jungle Boy. 

Jungle Boy finally made a hot tag to Luchasaurus who ran wild with tail whips and a variety of kicks. Wardlow and MJF traded powerful strikes. Luchasaurus hit a death valley driver into a double down. 

MJF and Jungle Boy got tags. Jungle Boy hit three straight dives to MJF. He went for a springboard attack but Wardlow tossed him over the barricade. Luchasaurus hit Wardlow with a dive. 

Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus hit a tandem cutter on Wardlow. Jungle Boy hit Wardlow with a poison rana. Marko Stunt took the referee. Luchasaurus hit a powerbomb on MJF. MJF hit Luchasaurus with a thrust kick. All four men went down. 

Jungle Boy hit a destroyer off the back of Luchasaurus onto Wardlow. Wardlow tossed Stunt off the stage onto Jungle Boy on the floor. Wardlow hit a swanton bomb on Luchasaurus for a two count. 

The finish saw MJF accidentally hit Wardlow with his Dynamite diamond ring. Wardlow avoided one accidental punch with the ring but MJF had his arm kicked into Wardlow’s face.  Luchasaurus hit a series of kicks and pinned Wardlow with a standing moonsault.

A commercial aired for the AEW Dynamite Puppy Battle Royale which will air next week after Fyter Fest. 

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Lance Archer and Joey Janela had a pull-apart in the crowd. I saw zero masks among the dozen or so fans that were shown in this shot.

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A Hikaru Shida and Penelope Ford hype video played. Both came off as big stars in this. Well done. 

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AEW Women’s World Championship match: Hikaru Shida defeated Penelope Ford (w/Kip Sabian) to retain the title 

Jericho called this the best match of Ford’s career and he was right. Both women were awesome here. 

Referee Aubrey Edwards ejected Kip Sabian before the opening bell. Sabian took Shida’s kendo stick with him as he left. 

Shida tried to repeat the quick win she picked up last week with a running knee strike at the opening bell. She tried for a falcon arrow but Ford slipped out. 

The match went to the floor where they sent each other into the barricade. Back inside, Ford took over with a handspring back elbow in the corner and a boot in the corner. Ford hit a German into a bridge for a two count before a commercial break. 

They traded strikes after the break. Ford hit an inverted DDT for a two count. They had a slap fight. Shida hit an enzuigiri. Ford hit a nice pump kick. Shida blocked a stunner and grabbed a sleeper. They botched a backbreaker spot but recovered well. 

Shida hit a flacon arrow. Ford rolled through and cradled Shida for a near fall. Ford used a matrix back bend to avoid a diving attack off the top. Ford hit a stunner for a great near fall. 

Ford rolled outside and grabbed the title belt. Edwards went out after her. Sabian ran in with the kendo stick. Shida ducked a kendo stick shot and hit Sabian with the stick. 

Ford jumped back in and hit a stunner for a near fall. Shida hit a falcon arrow but Ford kicked out. 

Shida then hit two running knee strikes for the pin. 

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Taz broke down Jon Moxley’s double arm DDT in a video package. 

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TNT Championship match: Cody (w/Arn Anderson) defeated Jake Hager (w/Catalina Hager) to retain the title

Cody entered wearing a new shirt that had an old school Great American Bash theme to it. 

They started very slowly. They did some mat wrestling and traded ankle lock counters. Cody hit a springboard dive to the floor and things picked up a bit. Hager came back with some throws. 

The match spilled outside. Hager went after Arn and shoved him against the barricade. Cody went after Hager but ended up taking a suplex on the floor before a commercial. 

Catalina walked on Cody’s back during the break. After the break, Hager tried to post Cody. Arn got in his way. Cody used the distraction to post Hager. 

Back inside, Hager used a sleeper. Cody walked the buckle to try to break the hold and got a two count but Hager kept the hold. Cody finally broke the hold and hit a springboard cutter off the top. 

Remember when everyone started doing Spanish Flies about two years ago? The trend in wrestling right now is the pump kick. Everyone is using the pump kick. Cody used a pump kick here. Hager hit a Vader bomb for a two count. 

Hager tried a second Vader bomb. Cody blocked and hit an inverted DDT for a two count. Hager hit a throw off the buckle for a two count. Hager used an ankle lock but Cody forced a rope break. 

Here was the finish. Hager took the ref. Catalina slapped Cody. Hager went back to the ankle lock. Arn got in the ring and took the ref. Dustin Rhodes ran down and punched Hager. Cody went for Cross Rhodes. Hager blocked it. Hager hit a uranage and floated over into the arm triangle. Cody postured up and pinned Hager.

This match didn’t do anything for me. The TNT title time limit actually hurts Cody matches because his best matches are long brawls where he can spend a long time selling. I also can’t recall having seen Hager have a good outing in AEW yet. 

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Hager jumped up after the match as though he had won. Hager thought Cody passed out in the hold and that’s why the bell rang. 

Hager knocked out the referee. A bunch of referees and road agents ran in to get Hager out of the ring. 

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A Darby Allin hype video played. He was skateboarding and stuff. It was okay. Precisely as much thought went into coming up with the content for this video as it seems from this description. 

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Orange Cassidy sauntered in and sat next to the commentary team with his feet on the desk. 

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Private Party (w/Matt Hardy) defeated Santana & Ortiz

There was some good action in this one. Isiah Kassidy was the star of the match, he was absolutely on fire tonight. 

Quen and Kassidy ran wild early with some spectacular dives. Kassidy in particular hit a great dive to the floor. Santana cut Kassidy off with a backdrop. Ortiz tagged in and hit a DDT and Santana and Ortiz established control. 

Quen got a tag during a commercial break and hit some dives before he was also cut off. Kassidy got  tag and hit a crazy tornillo. Kassidy hit a swanton on Ortiz for a near fall. Quen tagged in and fell victim to some tandem offense. Ortiz made a cover and Kassidy made the save for Quen. 

Santana took out Kassidy on the floor. Ortiz took the ref. Santana tried to use a mad ball on Quen but Hardy jumped on the apron and took it away. 

Santana and Ortiz went for the Street Sweeper. Quen pulled Santana’s headband over his eyes and blocked the move. Private Party hit the Gin and Juice on Santana and Quen picked up the pin. Ortiz was just seconds late on making the save.

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Jericho and Cassidy had a pull-apart. I wouldn’t even have done this angle here. As far as generating interest in their match, nothing was going to top the angle that closed last week’s show. They should have just replayed that in some form. Jericho left the commentary desk for the rest of the show.

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The announcers previewed next week’s show. 

Private Party vs. the winners of the tag title match tonight was added to the show. 

Jon Moxley vs. Brian Cage for the AEW title was moved to two weeks from tonight, which will apparently be Fight for the Fallen. 

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Taz and Cage entered for a promo. Taz said he’s not upset that the match was moved back a week. 

Taz said Moxley didn’t want to come to Fyter Fest out of fear for the health of the staff and crew. Taz said that sounds good but he knows Moxley has been tested time and again at home and has tested negative. He said the only thing Mox is positive for is the chicken shits. Taz worked in a line here about AEW not running a “sloppy shop,” a jab at WWE. That’s well and good and I like Taz but he’s in a ring surrounded by people not wearing masks, so let’s not throw stones in our glass house. 

Taz promised that Cage will take the title from Moxley’s “dumb ass” at Fight for the Fallen. 

This was a great promo. Taz is making a strong case for best on interviews this year. 

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Best Friends arrived for the main event in a nondescript vehicle. Trent’s mom was driving. She was later shown in the crowd during the match. 

AEW World Tag Team Championship match: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defeated Best Friends to retain the titles

Omega and Taylor started off. They had a very basic exchange before tagging out. Trent and Omega had a back and forth. Taylor and Trent double up on Page and got the first real advantage of the match. 

Page made his own comeback. Page and Omega then went two on one against Trent. Omega hit a kotaro krusher. Page hit a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Omega and Page remained in control through a commercial break. 

FTR came out to the stage with chairs and beers to watch the action. 

Taylor got a tag and made a comeback. He suplexed Omega into Page on the floor against the barricade. Page and Trent got tags as the back and forth nature of the match continued. Page hit some lariats. Omega tagged in and hit a missile dropkick and a fisherman buster on Trent. 

Omega went for you can’t escape but Trent got his knees up and blocked. Taylor tagged in and hit a spike piledriver on Omega. Page broke up the pin attempt. 

Omega hit snap dragon suplexes on both Taylor and Trent. Page hit a rolling elbow on Taylor and powerbomb on Trent. Omega hit Trent with a v-trigger. Page covered for a two count. 

Page and Omega went for Last Call. Trent dodged it and Trent and Taylor hit their Strong Zero on Page. Omega broke up the pin. Omega tried a One-Winged Angel on Taylor. Taylor blocked and hit a Michinoku driver. Best Friends did their hug spot. 

Page hit a pump kick and knocked Taylor out of the ring. Trent and Page traded strikes. Trent blocked a sunset flip and sat down in a cradle for a two count. Page hit a deadeye on Trent for a near fall. 

Page hit the Buckshot Lariat on Trent for the pin. 

This was a very good main event. 

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FTR came to the ring with beers after the match and offered them to Page and Omega. Page and Omega both accepted the beers. Page drank his. Omega doesn’t drink so he poured his out. 

Wheeler and Harwood were upset that Omega poured out their beer and confronted him. The Young Bucks ran in to separate FTR and Page and Omega. 

What a weird finish to the show. FTR vs. Omega and Page is a fine direction to tease. But there’s another show next week with a tag title match on it. Shouldn’t Private Party have been the team confronting Omega and Page tonight? Weird. But this was overall a very good show. 

Daily Update: Jarrett/Anthem lawsuit, Wednesday shows, WWE notes

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WON NEWSLETTER: June 29, 2020 Observer Newsletter: #SpeakingOut continues, WWE COVID-19 outbreak

The worst week in the pro wrestling industry since 2007 is looked back on in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

We go through name after name, case after case, the culture, the situations, suggestions on changes and a history dating back to the 30s of women in wrestling’s plight.  We look at Joey Ryan, the WWE talent, people fired from every company, companies restructuring, attorney letters, Jim Cornette, Sammy Guevara, Travis Banks, Marty Scurll, the U.K. culture, the legal aspect, the ugliness from the fan base, David Lagana, Michael Elgin, death of CHIKARA, and pretty much the only mainstream place that will touch the story.

We also look at the COVID outbreak in WWE.  We look at how it happened, why AEW is at risk, the new taping schedule, the plans to return to shows with fans quicker than you think, how the AEW decision making went, how WWE is getting around the travel ban, the Orlando, the mask ordinance, and much more.

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The ending of WWE Backstage, the Tuesday night block and more.

Update on the New Japan Cup tournament with this coming week’s shows.

What was supposed to be a big deal and ended up going nowhere due to COVID, the Tessa Blanchard Impact title win. We talk about the ending, and why it happened the way it did.

Possible end of Undertaker’s career, where wrestling stood this past week in sports ratings, WWE gets new overseas deal, most-watched shows on WWE Network and WWE’s current worth.

This week’s UFC show that featured a guy with a destroyed knee winning one of he best fights of the year.

Next two weeks of Wednesday night wrestling. 

Update on Extreme rules.

Ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.

Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week. 

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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE

Bryan and I will be back tonight with Wrestling Observer Radio covering Raw, New Japan Cup and some recent television sports news related to wrestling. You can also send questions to tonight’s show to [email protected].

Cody on Twitter said that Sammy Guevara would be back and he would be a better person and better wrestler for what happened with his being suspended.

Jeff Jarrett’s lawsuit against Impact Wrestling and Anthem is scheduled to go to trial tomorrow. Jarrett had given Impact the rights to use his Global Force Wrestling tapes while he worked for the company, but felt that once he was no longer with the company, they had no rights to the tapes.  Impact, which had the master tapes, had deleted them. 

WWE’s John Brody has been heavily criticized for his statements regarding how WWE has handled the COVID situation.

After the ratings last week, there is more interest in this week’s Wednesday shows with AEW Fyter Fest vs. NXT Great American Bash.

NXT has:

  • Oney Lorcan vs. Timothy Thatcher
  • Rhea Ripley vs. Robert Stone & Aliyah and if Stone & Aliyah win, Ripley must join the Robert Stone brand
  • Roderick Strong vs. Dexter Lumis strap match
  • Mia Yim vs. Candice LeRae vs. Tegan Nox vs. Dakota Kai elimination match
  • Io Shirai vs. Sasha Banks non-title

AEW has:

  • Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus vs. MJF & Wardlow
  • Private Party vs. Santana & Ortiz
  • Hikaru Shida vs. Penelope Ford for the women’s title
  • Cody vs. Jake Hager for the TNT title
  • Kenny Omega & Adam Page vs. Best Friends for the tag title
  • Chris Jericho will be announcing on this show

WWE tapes in Orlando Wednesday through Friday this week, with the next two weeks of NXT on Wednesday, two episodes of Smackdown and 205 Live on Thursday and two episodes of Raw and Main Event on Friday. 

WWE

  • Raw tonight has contract signings for both Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler and Asuka vs. Sasha Banks for the Extreme Rules PPV show. Matches announced are Apollo Crews vs MVP in a non-title match, Viking Raiders vs. Andrade & Angel Garza and Akira Tozawa vs. R-Truth for the 24/7 title. Also advertised as appearing are Ric Flair and Randy Orton.
  • Titus O’Neil and Dave Bautista will be on a UNICEF live stream on Amazon tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. Also listed as appearing are the NBA’s Paul Gasol, Laurie Hernandez of gymnastics and Danielle Kang of the LPGA.
  • The movie “Jumanji: The Next Level” starring Dwayne Johnson comes to Starz on 7/3.  Another Johnson movie, “Race to Witch Mountain” starts on Disney+ on 7/3.
  • FS1 will be airing the 2018 Survivor Series show featuring Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar, which was a hell of a match, as was Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair. There is also both a men’s and women’s Survivor Series match.

AEW

  • The lineup for Dark tomorrow night:
    Shawn Spears vs.; Max Caster
    Butcher & Blade vs. Low Rida & Fuego de Sol
    Ricky Stars vs. Griff Garrison
    Scorpio Sky vs. Brady Pierce
    Brandi Rhodes & Allie vs KLynn King & Skyler Moore
    Lance Archer vs. Pineapple Pete
    Young Bucks vs. Brandon Cutler & Peter Avalon

MISCELLANEOUS

  • There will be new Japan Cup shows this week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning at 6 a.m. Eastern. The 7/3 show will bring it down to the final two who will face off on 7/11 in the first New Japan show with fans.
  • Harold Meij and Hiroshi Tanahashi talk about New Japan’s return.
  • Low Ki made a post about not wearing a mask in public which garnered a ton of controversy. If people haven’t realized our country is not listening to doctors, and Canada’s listening to doctors resulted in what happened, I don’t know what to say, but here was his post.
  • ONE announced a show called No Surrender for 7/31 in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Impact announced it has a TV deal with Pluto TV LATAM, covering Latin America.
  • Impact also announced a Rumble style match with Kimber Lee, Rosemary, Jessicka Havok, Neveah, Alisha Edwards, Susie, Kiera Hogan, Tasha Steelz, Taya Valkyrie and Kylie Rae for the 7/18 Slammiversary PPV show.
  • Invicta returns for a Fight Pass show at 8 p.m. on Thursday night headlined by Julianna Lima vs Emily Ducote
  • Melbourne City Wrestling has announced new procedures for its return. Melbourne had 75 new cases yesterday, so pro wrestling’s return may not be as quick as thought last week.
  • Oliver Copp announced the first new product from the TNM wrestling simulator line in 17 years to commemorate TNM’s 25th anniversary. People interested can download a free 28-day trial version here.

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AEW announces Fyter Fest lineups for both nights

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Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite saw some new matches made for Fyter Fest in addition to the announcement of the lineups for both nights.

The plan as of now is to film both nights next week at Daily’s Place at Jacksonville, FL.

Night 1: Wednesday, July 1st

  • AEW Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega and Hangman Page vs. Best Friends
  • AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Penelope Ford (w/Kip Sabian)
  • AEW TNT Champion Cody vs. Jake Hager
  • MJF & Wardlow vs Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus: This match was made as a result of the action in the Wardlow/Luchasaurus lumberjack match Wednesday, a continuation of the recent MJF and Jungle Boy rivalry.
  • Private Party (w/Matt hardy) vs. Santana & Ortiz

Night 2: Wednesday, July 8th

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley vs. Brian Cage (w/Taz)
  • Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho
  • FTR & Young Bucks vs. The Butcher & The Blade and Lucha Bros: This was made Wednesday when Butcher and Blade stole FTR’s truck and the Lucha Bros entered the ring from behind, surprising them with an attack.
  • Lance Archer (w/Jake Roberts) vs. Joey Janela
  • Nyla Rose will be in action with a “big surprise and announcement”
  • SCU vs. Dark Order (Mr. Brodie Lee and Stu Grayson) and Colt Cabana

Fyter Fest will replace Dynamite for the next two weeks on TNT.

Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy set for AEW Fyter Fest

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Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho is officially set for Fyter Fest.

Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara lost to Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent) on tonight’s Dynamite main event. After the match, Orange Cassidy, who was disguised as a cameraman, took off his outfit and entered the ring. He attacked Jericho, sending him out of the ring with a Superman punch.

The show ended with the announcers saying that Tony Khan had made Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho official for Fyter Fest.

Orange Cassidy has been feuding with the Inner Circle in the weeks following Double or Nothing. It reached a new level last week when Jericho assaulted Cassidy with a baseball bat, then attacked him with a bag of oranges.

Already announced for Fyter Fest is Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defending the Tag Team titles against Best Friends, Jon Moxley defending the AEW World championship against Brian Cage, and Hikaru Shida defending the Women’s title against Penelope Ford.

This year’s Fyter Fest will be a two night event, starting on July 1 and concluding on July 8.

Women’s title match set for AEW Fyter Fest

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A women’s title match has been announced for Fyter Fest.

While conducting an interview with Britt Baker on tonight’s program, Tony Schiavone announced on Dynamite that champion Hikaru Shida would face Penelope Ford. Baker said that Ford only got the title match because she was injured. The segment ended with Big Swole behind the wheel of Baker’s motorcar. She drove away, with Baker later being found inside a dumpster.

Ford pinned Shida in a tag team title match last week, setting up a future title match. Shida defeated Nyla Rose to win the championship back at Double or Nothing.

Already announced for Fyter Fest is Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy, a TNT title match between Cody and Jake Hager, Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defending the Tag Team titles against Best Friends, and Jon Moxley defending the AEW World championship against Brian Cage.

This year’s Fyter Fest will be a two night event, starting on July 1 and concluding on July 8.

Cody vs. Jake Hager set for AEW Fyter Fest

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A TNT championship match has been set for Fyter Fest next month.

After Cody successfully retained the title tonight against Private Party’s Marq Quen, Hager came out and immediately went after Cody’s manager Arn Anderson. The two brawled, with Private Party and Matt Hardy coming in for the save. Santana, Ortiz, and Sammy Guevara came out resulting in a eight man brawl that had to be separated by the referees. Cody then said it was clear Hager wanted a shot, and would give it to him at Fyter Fest.

Cody won the championship last month at Double or Nothing, when he defeated Lance Archer in the finals of a tournament to crown the first TNT champion. Cody made his first successful title defense last week, when he defeated Jungle Boy. Another TNT title match will take place on next week’s Dynamite.

This year’s Fyter Fest will be a two week event that will take place on TNT during Dynamite’s normal time slot, running on July 1 and July 8.

AEW Tag Team title matches set for next Dynamite, Fyter Fest

Posted on by Josh Nason

The next two shots at the AEW tag team titles have been spoken for.

On Wednesday’s Dynamite, Kip Sabian and Jimmy Havoc defeated SCU, earning themselves a shot at champions Kenny Omega and Hangman Page on next week’s show. The duo (3-1 since they started teaming up) won when they hit their combination Michinoku driver/dropkick combo on Scorpio Sky.

As the match closed, Excalibur announced that whoever comes out of next week’s match as champions will defend against Best Friends at Fyter Fest. The show doesn’t have a date as of this writing, but already has AEW World Champion Jon Moxley vs. Brian Cage headlining.

Chuck Taylor and Trent are on a six-match winning streak dating back to early April and earned the shot with a win over Private Party at Double or Nothing.

Since defeating SCU for the titles on the Jericho Cruise in January, Page and Omega are 3-0 but haven’t defended the titles since beating the Young Bucks at February’s Revolution pay-per-view due to the pandemic.

Jon Moxley vs. Brian Cage AEW title match to headline Fyter Fest

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While the date for the show hasn’t been revealed yet, this year’s Fyter Fest already has its main event.

AEW president and CEO Tony Khan announced in a post-Double or Nothing media scrum that Brian Cage will challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at Fyter Fest. Cage made his AEW debut at Double or Nothing and won the Casino Ladder Match.

Moxley retained his AEW World Championship against Brodie Lee at Double or Nothing. The finish of the match was Lee passing out in a choke after kicking out of two Paradigm Shift DDTs.

Cage, who was accompanied by Taz, was the mystery entrant in the Casino Ladder Match at Double or Nothing. The match also featured Scorpio Sky, Frankie Kazarian, Kip Sabian, Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy, Colt Cabana, Joey Janela, and Luchasaurus.

Further details about Fyter Fest will be announced on Dynamite this week.

Khan said that Fyter Fest was originally supposed to take place in London, but that can’t happen due to the coronavirus pandemic.

AEW’s first Fyter Fest event took place in June 2019 and was headlined by Moxley defeating Joey Janela in an unsanctioned match. AEW and CEO Gaming partnered together for the event.

AEW Fyter Fest live results: Six-man tag, Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela

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The second show in AEW history takes place tonight as the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida hosts Fyter Fest.

The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega will team against The Lucha Bros & Laredo Kid in a six-man tag match. The Young Bucks defeated Pentagon Jr. & Fenix at Double or Nothing, but The Lucha Bros then won the AAA Tag Team titles from The Young Bucks at AAA Verano de Escandalo.

After appearing at Double or Nothing, Jon Moxley will make his AEW debut against Joey Janela tonight. AEW has added a “non-sanctioned” stipulation to the match.

Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin, Hangman Page vs. MJF vs. Jungle Boy vs. Jimmy Havoc in a four-way match, Nyla Rose vs. Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho in a triple threat match, and Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA are also set for the main card.

The pre-show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time and will feature Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) vs. Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) in a match where the winning team will advance to All Out for a shot at a first-round bye in AEW’s Tag Team title tournament.

The event is in partnership with CEO Fighting Game Championships, and CEO organizer Alex Jebailey will face AEW’s Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match on the pre-show.

Fyter Fest will stream for free on B/R Live in the United States and Canada and will be available to purchase via Fite TV elsewhere. The pre-show will also air on AEW’s YouTube channel.

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Best Friends defeated SoCal Uncensored and Private Party in a Triple Threat Match

The winners of this match get an opportunity in All Out to get a Bye in the AEW Tag Team Title Tournament.

Marq Quen of Private Party wore sunglasses throughout the match ala Mr. Hughes. The fans were into SCU the most, but they showed love for all three teams. After three or four minutes of well executed, but “dull” wrestling, Quen and Isaiah Kassidy got the crowd up and going with a series of dives and springboard moves in and out of the ring. The director completely missed what looked like an amazing dive out of the ring by Kassidy. The two more experienced teams teamed up on Private Party. Kassidy took a double suplex on the floor and Quen took a Tornado DDT on the floor, which finally caused his glasses to fall off.

Best Friends cut off Kassidy and got the heat on him. Even though they are babyfaces (I think), Chuck and Trent did a great job doing all those old school heel tag team tactics. Quen had been knocked off the apron, so Kassidy was forced to tag in Kazarian when he needed out. The match broke down into a wild 6-way series of moves. Quen hit the most beautiful Shooting Star Press you’ve ever seen on Trent, but it was only for a 2 count. Kazarian hit a Scorpio Sky-assisted Unprettier for a 2 count. Quen landed on his feet on an attempted Super German Suplex and then Private Party used a double team hurricarana/cutter on Kazarian, but that was broken up.

The finish was Trent pinning Kassidy.

After the match The Dark Order appeared on the video screen and vowed to make Best Friends their first victim. The lights went out and when they came back on there were 6 minions around the ring. The lights went out a second time and this time everyone disappeared.

The biggest pop was for Chuck and Trent hugging mid-match, but the fans were into it from bell to bell.

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The Elite have lost their gear and Kenny Omega told the Young Bucks that he has the seamstresses working on new gear. The problem is Kenny spent half the budget on gear, so they had to fire 2 of the models, who were on the stage and replaced by manequins.

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Leva Bates came out as The Librarian and told everyone to “Shhh”, but Peter Avalon was hiding in the tent on the stage also telling people to “Shhh”. Avalon got upset and threw the tent into a kiddie pool and then broke one of the mannequins.

They encouraged the fans to stop playing video games and start reading books. This led to a mild “We can’t read” chant. This brought Allie out for a bonus match.

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Allie pinned Leva Bates

Leva kept trying to “Shush” Allie, so Allie grabbed her finger and twisted it around before stomping on Leva’s hand. It was pointed out that that is the finger you use to turn the page of a book. Avalon was reading and accidentally-on-purpose tripped Allie as she was running the ropes. He swore innocence as Leva took over.

Leva stretched Allie backwards and put her finger to Allie’s lips as she was grimacing in pain, which was a nice touch. Allie made her comeback, using a series of strikes, including a Sliding Elbow to a seated Leva in the corner. Leva cut her off and hit a Pedigree, but Allie kicked out.

Avalon tried to get involved at the finish, but he accidentally-on-purpose threw his book at Allie, who tossed it back to Leva and laid her out with the Best Superkick Ever for the pin. The match was rough in points, but still good.

The fans chanted “Hooked on Phonics” and “Reading Rainbow” during this one.

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Kenny Omega was walking around with a drum and a bunch of cords, but was informed all the bands that got booked dropped out, including Blink-182. Not sure if Kenny was sadder than me.

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Michael Nakazawa pinned Alex Jebailey in a Hardcore Match

This match was supposed to happen at last year’s CEO show, but Alex injured his Achilles Tendon, and couldn’t wrestle. Before the match, Nakazawa took the mic, calling Alex “Mr. Cripple” and saying CEO sucks.

Nakazawa bumped really well for Jebailey, but Alex’s strikes looked awful. Nakazawa poured babyoil all over himself to get out of a go-behind. Both the referee and Jebailey slipped and fell. Jebailey used a clipboard on Nakazawa when I began having buffering issues, but it began working again in time to see them near the entrance ramp. Jebailey tried drowning Nakazawa in the pool, but Nakazawa fought back with a flamingo. Jebailey slammed Nakazawa in the pool before they got back to the ring.

Jebailey pulled out all kinds of foreign objects, but it came back to bite him in the butt, as Nakazawa choked him with the cord of a Nintendo Gamecube controller. My brother popped for that one. Nakazawa speared Jebailey through the ropes and through a table on the floor. Nakazawa somehow removed his thong and went to shove it down Jebailey’s throat, but Alex is rich and smart, so he ducked it. Next up they pulled out something that were described as buttons and were said to be worse than legos, so Nakazawa got backdropped into them. Nakazawa still had the thong in his hand and somehow wiped it into the referee’s face.

Jebailey used a La Magistral cradle, but Nakazawa shoved his thong in his face, reversed the roll up and got the win. All I’ll say about this match is that if you are someone who would enjoy this type of match, this is the match for you.

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Jim Ross joined the commentary team as the official show began. He joined Excalibur and Goldenboy at the desk.

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Cima pinned Christopher Daniels

Excalibur implied that Chris Daniels and Curry Man are the same person, which is obviously not true. I do think Daniels was Mr. America, though. Cima twisted Daniels up like a pretzel early on, but Daniels was able to just get his toe on the ropes for the break. Daniels used a crossface later on, which Cima just barely got to the ropes during. Cima sold the lower back for most of the match and kicked out of an Angel’s Wings early on. Cima used a step-up inzigri and a sunset flip into a Liger Bomb.

Unfortunately I got horrible buffering issues and didn’t see the finish, but Cima won with the Meteora and they showed respect for each other after the match.

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Riho defeated Nyla Rose and Yuka Sakazaki

Nyla used her size and power at the bell to toss around her tinier foes. Riho and Sakazaki had limited success, but any offense they got was immediately reversed. Rose used a Double Camel Clutch, but Riho was able to get the ropes, which broke the move. Nyla heaved Yuka onto Riho, which actually almost led to a pinfall. Yuka sent Nyla out of the ring with a headscissors and then did a Springboard Tope onto her on the floor.

Riho and Yuka had a rough spot in the ring where they fell to the mat during a spot. Nyla got back into it and the story was that she was being very lackadaisical and not taking her opponents seriously, as she made half hearted covers. Nyla leaped to the top rope and came off with a diving knee to Riho, which led to the first “Holy Shit” chant of the night. She didn’t make the cover and when she went back to the top rope she was momentarily cut off by Yuka. She went for a Swanton Bomb, but Riho rolled out of the way. Nyla did catch both of them, at the same time, after attempted top rope crossbody, but that led to both Riho and Yuka getting a simultaneous two count on Nyla.

The finish saw Nyla got for a Beast Bomb on Riho, but Riho rolled through and got a sudden, surprising three count on the monster. Nyla attempted to attack Riho after the match, but Yuka made the save. Riho shoved down Yuka and walked away.

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Kip Sabian joined the commentary table for the next match. He will face the winner of the next match at Fight For The Fallen.

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Hangman Page defeated MJF, Jungle Boy (w/Luchasaurus) and Jimmy Havoc

MJF cut a really good heel promo before the match, where he succeeded in getting the fans to turn on him. He then said he used to love video games…and then he lost his virginity.

This was a fast paced match with a lot of constant movement. MJF tried to take a walk and avoid fighting, so Page flew over the top rope and took him out. Jungle Boy went for a cannonball moonsault, but his foot got caught on the top rope, but he was somehow able to recover in mid-air and complete the move. Page and Havoc used a Stacked Up Superplex to Jungle Boy, but on the way down, Boy kicked MJF in the head.

Page and MJF squared off mid-ring and MJF got the better of it by chop blocking Page. MJF went for a Sharpshooter, but Page blocked it and put on one of his own. Luchasaurus stopped Jungle Boy from taking a bump on the floor, so Havoc gave him a Death Valley Driver onto Luchasaurus. Havoc tried multiple times to hit an Acid Rainmaker, but couldn’t connect.

Page hit a Buckshot Lariat and then pinned Havoc after a Deadeye.

Jungle Boy looked great and takes an amazing beating. MJF is a tremendous character.

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Cody vs Darby Allin finished in a 20-minute time limit draw

Allin dragged out a bodybag with Cody’s name on it.

Allin looked good here and it helped that he was in the ring with someone as good as Cody. The story was about how much punishment could Allin take and still fight back from. Allin took a tremendous looking bump where he flew out of the ring over the middle rope and crashed and burned on the ground in one fluent move. Cody used a Shock Treatment backbreaker in the ring, looking like he broke Allin in half. Darby’s best move early was when he threw Cody’s hand into the ring post. The rest of the match saw Cody fight through the pain every time he tried using a hold, while Cody withstood all the punishment and stayed in this.

Darby’s comeback started by blocking a vertical suplex by attacking the injured hand. Darby hammerfisted Cody’s hand and used a wristlock while continuing to torture the hand. Allin torpedoed out of the ring with a dive, but got tripped up on the steps. Back in the ring Darby hit a Code Red for a near fall. Cody used a reverse superplex, which hurt his hand almost as much as Allin. Allin went for a Coffin Drop (basically he did a trust fall dive), but Cody rolled out of the ring and Allin loudly crashed onto the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring.

With two minutes to go in the time limit, Cody zipped Darby up in the body bag and hit a Beautiful Disaster Kick for a 2 count. The last minute saw Cody take off his belt and whip Darby repeatedly with it. Darby hit an over the top Stunner and Cody hit a Cross Rhodes as the bell rang for the time limit.

Brandi and Cody demanded 5 more minutes. Before it could happen, Shawn Spears ran in and laid Cody out with an unprotected chair shot. Brandi started yelling at Shawn, who looked like he was going to hit Brandi, but Audrey Edwards, the referee, stepped between them. Cody was bleeding from the back of his head. MJF and SCU ran out for support after Shawn left. On replay Cody had just turned his head, which was how the back of his head took it. With that said, he should have put his hands up. (Post-Show Edit: It’s actually Aubrey Edwards with a B and not Audrey. Sorry about that)

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Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks defeated Laredo Kid & Lucha Brothers

It’s being pushed that this is the last “official” match, since the main event is non-sanctioned.

The Young Bucks came out dressed as Ryu and Ken while Omega was dressed as Akuma from Street Fighter. A “fan” ran out and started dancing like Batista, so Omega laid him out. Matt and Kenny both told Justin to announce “Round 1: Fight”. We really needed health bars above everyone’s head, along with a car for one of them to destroy with strikes.

It took…oh….30 seconds for it to go from traditional 6-man tag to a wild 6-way. If I had four hands and two computers I don’t think I could keep track of every spectacular moment. Matt did a series of rolling Northern Lights Suplexes on each man and did one at the same time to both Fenix and Pentagon. Laredo did a top rope crossbody, but Omega countered with a perfectly timed dropkick. Fenix tried doing a flat back bump off the apron, but realized he had to readjust before he slammed his head off the guardrail. Elite used an Asai Moonsault, top rope elbow and Swanton for a 2 count on Loredo Kid. Matt used a running Canadian Destroyer to Pentagon and it was possibly the most fluid version I’ve ever seen.

In case I don’t mention it elsewhere, both Pentagon and Fenix looked amazing here.

Pentagon was going for Something to Omega and threw Nick over the top rope and then backdropped a running Fenix over Omega and the post onto Nick outside the ring. A Superkick Party broke out after another Canadian Destroyer. The Elite used three simultaneous Hadouken’s on their foes. If you have no idea what that is, I don’t know if I could explain it, so YouTube that. Nick did a 450 Splash to Fenix and Laredo Kid, who were being held draping off the ropes. More dives and more cutters led to Fenix doing a Spanish Fly to Nick off the top rope to the floor where Pentagon caught them. Omega hit a Tiger Driver 98 to Laredo Kid for a 2 count. Omega with multiple V-Triggers and finally pinned Laredo Kid with a One Winged Angel.

This was an amazing, spectacular offensive exhibition. This was 20 minutes of pure nonstop athleticism and storytelling. For all the faults you may hear and read about the Young Bucks, this was a perfect match on the perfect night in front of the perfect crowd. I don’t know if this match would suddenly create a million new fans on TNT, but it was different than everything you’ll watch on basic cable and is well worth going out of your way to see it.

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Jon Moxley pinned Joey Janela in an unsanctioned, lights out match

Moxley neither came out with the IWGP United States title belt nor was he acknowledged as champion.

They didn’t even pretend to have a wrestling match, as it immediately became a hardcore weapons match. Janela used someone’s prosthetic leg as a weapon early on, but then took a bodyslam on a chair. Janela sat Moxley on a chair and went for a Swanton Bomb, but Mox moved and Janela dove onto a set up chair. Mox pulled out a Barbed Wire covered chair and stomped it down on Janela. He then took a bow when the fans called him a “Sick F***”. Janela blocked a DVD and Moxley blocked a suplex, both out of the ring, and Mox did what was essentially a Russian Leg Sweep off the apron and through a table. Moxley picked up Janela and ran across the ring with a Spear through a table, which was reminiscent of Rhino in ECW way back when.

Next up was a barbed wire board and Moxley took the brunt of this one as Janela did a running Death Valley Driver that sent him into and through it. After that we got a ladder set up in the ring, which saw Joey dive off the top of the ladder with an elbow through Moxley, who was splayed across a table at ringside. We got a second barbed wire board, this one propped up from ring apron to the guardrail. Because turnabout is fair play, Moxley gave Joey a Death Valley Driver over the top rope and essentially butt-first into and through the board. The thumbtacks were out next, complete with an ovation from the crowd. Moxley ripped the shoes and socks off Joey and sent him flying ass over teakettle into the tacks. A second move saw the tacks go right into Janela’s bare feet. This is getting hard to watch.

We got a second bag of thumbtacks along with an Ambrose Impaler DDT and this one, mercifully, is over.

Scroll up and re-read what I said about the Nakazawa-Jebailey match. This match definitely has its fans. For people who enjoy these types of matches in 2019 will probably love this match. The people who aren’t fans of this type of match will probably hate it.

After the match Kenny Omega ran down and hit Moxley with a running V-Trigger. Omega hit a diving double foot stomp to the floor and then dragged him to the band stand. Kenny grabbed the drumsticks and did a solo on Mox’s back before cracking an electric guitar over Mox.

The referees tried to help Moxley out, but Mox shoved them away. Kenny took a personal afront to this, so he returned with a trash can to continue the beating. Beatings will continue until morale improves! Omega dropped him with a DDT on the trashcan. The show ended with a close-up of Moxley smiling.

Overall Thoughts

This was truly 3 ½ hours of total nonstop action. The show didn’t slow down and built from one match to another. The show truly had a little bit of something for everyone, regardless of your taste.

At the end of the day I don’t believe, for better or worse, that it’s going to change anyone’s opinion about AEW. If you are an AEW fan who feels they can do little wrong, you will love this show and think it’s far superior to Stomping Grounds. If you are a WWE fan who feels WWE is the best no matter what, you probably won’t have your opinion changed and may argue that Stomping Grounds was a better full show.

The next show is Fight For The Fallen on July 13 with Cody & Dustin vs the Young Bucks.

Daily Update: Bischoff/Heyman email, Fyter Fest, WWE house show notes

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DAILY UPDATE

Latest News:

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We’re looking for reports on yesterday’s WWE show in Singapore, tonight’s NXT show in Crystal River, FL and tomorrow’s WWE show from Tokyo to [email protected]

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NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING ON AXS TV AT 8 P.M. EASTERN

  • Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito in the 2017 G-1 Climax finals

ROH BEST IN THE WORLD FROM UMBC CENTER IN BALTIMORE AT 8:30 P.M. EASTERN ON PPV AND HONOR CLUB

  • Rush vs. Flip Gordon
  • Jonathan Gresham vs. Silas Young in pure rules
  • Kelly Klein & Jenny Rose vs. Mandy Leon & Angelina Love
  • Dragon Lee vs. Dalton Castle
  • Mark & Jay Briscoe vs. Nick Aldis & mystery partner returning to ROH
  • Marty Scurll & PCO & Brody King vs. Tracy Williams & P.J. Black & Mark Haskins for six-man titles
  • Shane Taylor vs. Bandido for TV title
  • Matt Taven vs. Jeff Cobb for ROH title

CMLL TONIGHT FROM ARENA MEXICO AT 9:30 P.M. EASTERN ON THE CMLL FACEBOOK PAGE AND CMLL YOUTUBE PAGE (YouTube goes up after the show)

  • Electrico & Oro Jr. vs. Inquisidor & Nitro
  • Lluvia & Avispa Dorada & Maligna vs. Amapola & Tiffany & Comandante
  • Dulce Gardenia vs. Disturbio
  • Sanson & Cuatrero & Forastero vs. Titan & Triton & Esfinge
  • Stuka Jr. vs. Mephisto
  • Ultimo Guerrero & Gran Guerrero & Euforia vs. Ciber the Main Man & Sharly Rockstar & The Chris
  • Caristico & Volador Jr. & Valiente vs. Cavernario & Negro Casas & Mr. Niebla

IMPACT TONIGHT AT 10 P.M. ON THE PURSUIT CHANNEL

  • Sami Callihan vs. Fallah Bahh
  • Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary vs. Su Yung & Havok
  • LAX & Laredo Kid vs. Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel

NJPW SUMMER SHOWDOWN AT 5 A.M. EASTERN SATURDAY MORNING FROM FESTIVAL HALL IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA ON FITE TV

  • Michael Richards & Andrew Villalobos & Mark Tui vs.  Ren Narita & Shota Umino & Toa Henare
  • Aaron Solow vs. Slex
  • Sho & Yoh & Toru Yano vs. Gedo & Taiji Ishimori & Gino Gambino
  • Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi vs. Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi
  • El Phantasmo vs. Rocky Romero for British cruiserweight title
  • Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Juice Robinson & Mikey Nicholls for IWGP tag titles
  • Will Ospreay vs. Robbie Eagles for IWGP jr. title
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bad Luck Fale & Jay White

We’re looking for reports from Saturday’s Smackdown show in Jackson, MS, NXT in Venice, CA and Saturday’s ROH TV tapings in Philadelphia (Jeff Cobb vs. Dalton Castle vs. Kenny King vs. Jonathan Gresham, Briscoes vs. Dragon Lee & Rush, Marty Scurll vs Flip Gordon, Angelina Love vs. Jenny Rose vs. Tasha Steelz vs. Stella Gray, Silas Young vs. Josh Woods and Sumie Sakai vs. Karissa Rivera to [email protected]

UFC ON ESPN FROM THE TARGET CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS AT 6 P.M. EASTERN

  • Junior Albini (266) vs. Maurice Greene (256)
  • Amanda Ribas (115) vs. Emily Whitmire (115)
  • Dalcha Lungiambula (205) vs. Dequan Townsend (205)
  • Jared Gordon (155.5) vs. Dan Moret (155)
  • Eryk Anders (205) vs. Vinicius Moreira (206)
  • Journey Newson (135.5) vs. Ricardo Ramos (136)
  • Paul Craig (204) vs. Alonzo Menefield (204.5)
  • Drew Dober (156) vs. Marco Polo Reyes (155)
  • Vinc Pichel (155.5) vs. Roosevelt Roberts (156)
  • Demian Maia (171) vs. Anthony Rocco Martin (170.5)
  • Joseph Benavidez (126) vs. Jussier Formiga (125.5)
  • Francis Ngannou (255.5) vs. Junior Dos Santos (249)

EVOLVE ON SATURDAY NIGHT FROM  QUEENS, NY AT 6 P.M. EASTERN AT WWW.WWNLIVE.COM

  • Adrian Alanis & Liam Grey vs. Brandon Watts & Randy Summers
  • Harlem Bravado vs. Babatunde
  • J.D. Drake vs. Stephen Wolf vs. Sean Maluta vs. John Silver
  • Shotzi Blackheart vs. Brandi Lauren
  • Josh Briggs vs. Arturo Ruas
  • Eddie Kingston & Joe Gracy vs. Anthony Greene & Curt Stallion for tag titles
  • Tyler Breeze vs. A.R. Fox
  • Roderick Strong vs. Anthony Henry
  • Austin Theory vs. Leon Ruff for Evolve title

AEW FYTER FEST AT 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT FROM THE OCEAN CENTER IN DAYTONA BEACH AT 7:30 P.M. EASTERN

  • Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky vs. Private Party vs. Trent Baretta & Chuck Taylor as part of the tag team title tournament
  • Alex Jebailey vs. Michael Nakazawa hardcore match
  • Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho vs. Nyla Rose
  • Christopher Daniels vs. Cima
  • Adam Page vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. MJF vs. Jungle Boy
  • Cody vs. Darby Allin
  • Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela unsanctioned match
  • Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix & Laredo Kid

MLW ON BEIN SPORTS SATURDAY NIGHT AT 9 P.M. EASTERN SATURDAY NIGHT

Sunday has a Smackdown house show in Monroe, LA.

EVOLVE ON SUNDAY AT 8 P.M. EASTERN FROM BROOKLYN, NY AT WWW.WWNLIVE.COM

  • Brandi Lauren vs.Natalia Markova
  • Curt Stallion vs. Sean Maluta
  • Josh Briggs vs. Brandon Taggart
  • Eddie Kingston & Joe Gacy vs. AR Fox & Leon Ruff vs. John Silver & Alex Reynolds vs. winner of the opener on Saturday in a four-way non-title match
  • Anthony Henry vs. Arturo Ruas
  • Tyler Breeze vs. Anthony Greene
  • JD Drake vs. Babatunde for WWN title
  • Austin Theory vs. Roderick Strong non-title

Raw is Monday in Dallas with Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley in a falls count anywhere match. Smackdown and 205 Live are Tuesday in San Antonio. 

F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: Recapping WWE Stomping Grounds

After a lack of interest heading into the pay-per-view, Stomping Grounds was a show that exceeded expectations.

Given that there weren’t really any surprises at the PPV, that’s probably mostly due to expectations being set too low. Nothing on the show was dramatically better than it should have been. The PPV succeeded where most good WWE shows do. Even if the build was underwhelming, a talented roster was able to go out to the ring and have good matches throughout much of the card.

WON NEWSLETTER: July 1, 2019 Observer Newsletter: Paul Heyman & Eric Bischoff hired as WWE Executive Directors

A look at the WWE’s move to bring in Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff is the lead story in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.  The story talks about what led to the moves, the questions about the moves that aren’t answered, the Heyman-McMahon history, the Bischoff decision, and how Wall Street and AEW fit into this equation.

We also look at the end of the political career of Antonio Inoki, a look at plans for Extreme Rules, business notes on ticket sales for the summer’s biggest events, the business this past week of WWE, the reaction to Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin, full coverage of Stomping Grounds with match-by-match rundowns, star ratings and poll results.

We also look at the retirement of Riki Choshu, a look back at his heyday, his awards, his as a headliner and booker and as a creator as well as his retirement mach.

We also look at the July 13 night of wrestling that will be loaded as far as different offerings go, with ESPN+, AXS, WWE Network and B/R Live all offering shows at the same time.  We look at how and why this happened.

We also look at changes to WWE television, why the Rollins vs. Bryan match went like it did, and what the internal feeling is about the changes.  We also look at the rounds system, 24/7 title news, declines in Raw viewership over the past year in different demos, new WWE signings, WWE injury updates, Noam Dar talks Adrian McCallum, Lio Rush update, WWE canceling shows and why, television industry exec talks wrestling and television landscape and how the mentality of TV has changed, WWE name changes, first Smackdown on FOX news updates and the market value of WWE.

We also look at all the NXT and WWE main roster events over the past week with match results, highlights and other business notes.

We’ve got full coverage of this past week’s UFC show with business notes.

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FRIDAY’S NEWS UPDATE

Bryan and I will be back tonight covering the latest WWE news, as well as the ROH PPV and other topics.  You can send questions to [email protected]

Regarding the promotinal e-mail blast that went out earlier today pushing Paul Heyman for Raw and Eric Bischoff for Smackdown this week as the big stars in Dallas and San Antonio, that was both legit and a subject of a lot of controversy.  It wasn’t supposed to be released like that and Bischoff was not even scheduled for the show.  The idea is to push the idea that it’s all new to boost ratings after the last few weeks.  But Bischoff was not even scheduled to be in San Antonio as of this morning (Heyman was to be in Dallas but he’s at every Raw).  It is possible that Vince McMahon has in the last few hours or will contact Bischoff about being in San Antonio based on the advertising going out. 

For the Smackdown house shows this weekend, neither Randy Orton nor Daniel Bryan are advertised for the shows.

Here is the cold open for AEW Fyter Fest tomorrow night.

The Dallas Morning News has an article on New Japan Pro Wrestling and next week’s show in Dallas.

WWE

  • Eric Bischoff canceled a Canadian tour on Tuesday over a new contract that would prohibit such shows so that tells you roughly when the deal was finalized.  

MISCELLANEOUS

  • The incredible Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito G-1 Climax final for 2018 is on AXS tonight.
  • Impact and River City Wrestling have a joint show on 7/5 in San Antonio at Freetail Brewery at 7 p.m..  The card has Tessa Blanchard & Rich Swann & Willie Mack vs. Jake & Dave Crist & Sami Callihan as the main event.
  • Heath officials are attempting to get all fans at the 6/23 Welcome to the Wreckroom Pro Wrestling show in New Albany, IN to get tested for HIV and Hepatitis C due to blood exposure.  Those at the show who may have had blood exposure should call 812-948-4726. More information here.
  • AAW tonight in Merrionette Park, IL at 115 Bourbon Street has LAX vs. Besties in the World vs. Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz for the tag titles, Jake Something vs. Try Miguel for the Heritage title, Jimmy Jacobs vs. Mance Warner in a loser leaves town match, Kris Statlander vs. Priscilla Kelly, Eddie Kingston & Curt Stallion vs. AR Fox & Myron Reed, Jacob Fatu vs. Kongo Kong and more.
  • IWF on 8/25 in Nutley, NJ at the Rec Center featuring Tito Santana, Bull James, Gary Michael Cappetta and more.  They also run 10/11 in Wayne, NJ at the PAL.
  • Pro Wrestling Eve has three shows this weekend you can check out here. They already had one show today.
  • Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Eastern from the Resistance Gallery in London  
    Kay Lee Ray vs. Mayu Iwatani vs. Su Yung vs. Millie McKenzie
    Viper & Utami Hayashishita vs. Jamie Hayter & Kagetsu
    Arisa Hoshiki vs. Laura Di Matteo
    Jordynne Grace vs. Yuu
    Jetta & Erin Angel vs. Debbie Keitel & Valkyrie
  • Sunday at 11 a.m. Eastern from York Hall in London
    Kay Lee Ray vs. Viper in both women’s final match with promotion for the Eve title
    Utami Hayashishita vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Nina Samuels for Eve International title
    Mayu Iwatani vs. Kagetsu
    Arisa Hoshiki vs.Roxxy
    Millie McKenzie & Charli Evans vs. Jetta & Erin Angel to create the first Eve tag team champions
    Session Moth Martina vs. Su Yung hardcore mach
    Laura Di Matteo vs. Jordynne Grace
  • Michael Elgin vs. Adam Knight headlines for CWE tonight in Winnipeg at Rookie’s Sports Bar.  Also appearing are Konnan and Lanny Poffo.
  • KSW returns to London for its 50th show on 9/14 at SSE Wembley with Phil DeFries (17-6) defending the KSW heavyweight title in the main event.  Norman Parke (27-6-1) vs. Marian Ziolkowski (21-7-1) is announced for the show. 
  • Women of Wrestling owner Jennie Buss, founder David McLane and stars Tessa Blanchard and The Beast will be appearing at the San Diego Comic Con on 7/20 and 7/21 along with Michael Kingston’s Headlocked Comics.  Blanchard will be appearing 7/21 from Noon to 2 p.m. with McLane.  Buss, McLane and Beast will be on 7/20 from 1-3 p.m.;
  • Jushin Liger’s last match in the Carolinas will be on 7/7 in Charlotte at the Grady Cole Center as John Skyler & Ethan Case & Liger face Caleb Konley & Zane Riley & Jake Manning.  Rocky Romero is also on that show.
  • Powerslam.tv announced they’ve signed up Premier Wrestling Xperience out of Charlotte.
  • Lisa Varon (Tara/Victoria) is scheduled for the Wizard World Comic Con 8/22 to 8/25 in Chicago.
  • 559 Fights run tomorow in Visalia, CA at the Convention Center.
  • I Believe in Wrestling on 7/5 at the Team Vision Dojo for the Florida J Cup.
  • Bestia 666 vs. Mance Warner has been added to the 7/6 MLW show in Cicero, IL at the Stadium.
  • Trina Michaels has an interview with @vegasbadboyz talking about her wrestling career and AEW.
  • TMart Promotions presents The Gathering in Charlotte at the Hilton University Hotel from 8/15 to 8/18 with Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, Bobby Eaton, Stan Lane, Dennis Condrey, Jim Cornette, Randy Rose, Bob Backlund, Sgt. Slaughter, Ron Simmons, Lex Luger, Larry Zbyszko, Stan Hansen, Greg Gagne, Kendo Nagasaki, Carlos Colon,John Tatum, Missy Hyatt, Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie, Jim Duggan, Jake Roberts, Greg Valentine, Ivan Putski, Masked Superstar, Magnum T.A., Buff Bagwell, Baron Von Raschke, Nord the Barbarian, Warlord, Barbarian, Ken Patera, Shane Douglas, Austin Idol, Bill Dundee, Dark Journey, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Scarlett Bordeaux, Katarina and more.
  • An interview with PCO for tonight’s PPV.
  • In the latest Because WCW podcast, British wrestling veteran Dean Ayass and Yahoo sports columnist Liam Happe are joined by Mike Quackenbush to look over the cultural impact of the arrival of the luchadors in WCW.
  • A story on Ariel Helwani.

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‘Non-sanctioned’ stipulation set for Moxley-Janela at AEW Fyter Fest

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Ahead of the show taking place this Saturday, AEW has announced a stipulation for one of the matches at Fyter Fest.

Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela at Fyter Fest will now be a non-sanctioned match. The stipulation was revealed in a video that AEW posted today.

“Due to both competitors’ propensity for violence and the statements coming from both camps, AEW has decided to strip this match of all rules,” AEW announced. “This is a non-sanctioned match.”

Following his appearance at Double or Nothing, this will be Moxley’s AEW in-ring debut. Janela took part in the Casino Battle Royale on the Double or Nothing pre-show.

The Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida is hosting Double or Nothing on Saturday. It will air for free on B/R Live in the United States and Canada and will be available to purchase via Fite TV elsewhere. The pre-show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time, with the main card starting at 8:30 p.m. Eastern.

The updated card for Fyter Fest is listed below:

  • The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) & Kenny Omega vs. The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) & Laredo Kid
  • Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela in a non-sanctioned match
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin
  • Hangman Page vs. MJF vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jungle Boy
  • Nyla Rose vs. Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki
  • Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA
  • Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) (winning team advances to All Out for a shot at a first-round bye in AEW’s Tag Team title tournament) (pre-show)
  • CEO Fighting Game Championships organizer Alex Jebailey vs. AEW’s Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match (pre-show)

Best Friends vs. SCU vs. Private Party set for AEW Fyter Fest

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A three-way tag match with Tag Team title tournament implications has been announced for Fyter Fest.

Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) is set for the Fyter Fest pre-show. The winning team will advance to All Out on August 31, where they’ll get an opportunity at a first-round bye in AEW’s World Tag Team Championship tournament.

During his appearance on the Steve Austin Show, AEW’s Tony Khan revealed that AEW will be holding the Tag Team title tournament and it will be “one of the main focuses” of their television when it debuts this fall.

Fyter Fest is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29. It will air for free on Bleacher Report Live and will be available to purchase on Fite TV outside of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Here’s the updated card:

  • The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) & Kenny Omega vs. The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) & Laredo Kid
  • Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin
  • Hangman Page vs. MJF vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jungle Boy
  • Nyla Rose vs. Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki
  • Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA
  • Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) (pre-show)
  • CEO Fighting Game Championships organizer Alex Jebailey vs. AEW’s Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match (pre-show)

Lucha Bros to team with Laredo Kid at AEW Fyter Fest

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AEW has revealed The Lucha Bros’ partner for Fyter Fest.

At the end of this week’s episode of Being the Elite, it was announced that Pentagon Jr. & Fenix will be teaming with Laredo Kid for their six-man tag match against The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega at Fyter Fest.

The Young Bucks’ feud against The Lucha Bros continued at AAA’s Verano de Escandalo on Sunday night, with Pentagon & Fenix defeating The Young Bucks to win the AAA Tag Team titles. Laredo Kid & Taya Valkyrie defeated Daga & Tessa Blanchard at Verano de Escandalo.

Laredo Kid also returned to Impact Wrestling at their television tapings in Queens, New York earlier this month.

The Young Bucks & Omega vs. The Lucha Bros & PAC was originally announced for Fyter Fest before PAC was pulled from Double or Nothing and Fyter Fest.

AEW and CEO Fighting Game Championships are partnering together for Fyter Fest. The show is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29 and will air for free on Bleacher Report Live in the United States. It will be available on Fite TV outside of the US, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

Here’s the updated card for Fyter Fest.

  • The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. The Lucha Bros & Laredo Kid
  • Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin
  • Hangman Page vs. MJF vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jungle Boy
  • Nyla Rose vs. Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki
  • Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA
  • CEO organizer Alex Jebailey vs. AEW’s Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match (pre-show)

Nyla Rose vs. Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki added to AEW Fyter Fest

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A triple threat match has been added to the card for Fyter Fest.

Nyla Rose vs. Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki was announced for the show on this week’s episode of AEW’s Road to Fyter Fest series. Fyter Fest is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29 and will air for free on Bleacher Report Live.

Rose, Riho, and Sakazaki all wrestled at Double or Nothing last month. Rose took on Britt Baker, Kylie Rae, and Awesome Kong in a four-way match, with Baker getting the win by pinning Rae. Riho, Hikaru Shida & Ryo Mizunami defeated Sakazaki, Aja Kong & Emi Sakura in a six-woman tag match.

Fyter Fest is in partnership with CEO Fighting Game Championships. Here’s the updated card for the show:

  • Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr., Fenix, and a partner
  • Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin
  • Hangman Page vs. MJF vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jungle Boy
  • Nyla Rose vs. Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki
  • Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA
  • CEO organizer Alex Jebailey vs. AEW’s Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match (pre-show)

AEW Fyter Fest to stream for free on B/R Live

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AEW’s next show will be airing live for free.

During an interview at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) on Monday, Kenny Omega announced that Fyter Fest will be streaming live for free on Bleacher Report Live. The show is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29.

A video that was played to promote Fyter Fest included Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA in the matches that are official for the show.

Fyter Fest is in partnership with CEO Fighting Game Championships. This is the second year in a row that CEO and Omega have worked together on a show, with CEO x NJPW When Worlds Collide having been held at the Ocean Center in June 2018.

Omega announced that esports commentator Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez will be calling Fyter Fest with Jim Ross and Excalibur. Mendez, who was also a commentator for NBC’s “The Titan Games,” was part of the announce team for the CEO x NJPW show last year.

Omega & The Young Bucks will team against Pentagon Jr., Fenix, and a partner at Fyter Fest. Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela, Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin, and Hangman Page vs. MJF vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jungle Boy are also set for the main card. CEO organizer Alex Jebailey will face AEW’s Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match on the pre-show.