A four-way match has been added to the card for AEW’s next show.
On this week’s Being the Elite, it was announced that Hangman Page, MJF, Jimmy Havoc, and Jungle Boy will face off in a four-way match at Fyter Fest in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29.
There was a storyline on Being the Elite where Page wanted a match against MJF, but Nick Jackson couldn’t hear him correctly and originally booked him in matches against Jungle Boy and Havoc before the four-way was announced.
Page, MJF, Havoc, and Jungle Boy all took part in the segment where Bret Hart unveiled the AEW World Championship belt at Double or Nothing. MJF interrupted Hart and Page and insulted them, then Havoc and Jungle Boy stopped MJF as he tried to leave.
Page will face Chris Jericho at AEW All Out in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on August 31 to decide the first AEW World Champion. Tickets for All Out will go on sale this Friday (June 14) at noon Eastern time.
Fyter Fest is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach and is in partnership with CEO Fighting Game Championships. Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr., Fenix, and a partner is also set for the show, along with Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela, Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin, and CEO organizer Alex Jebailey vs. AEW’s Michal Nakazawa in a hardcore match (pre-show).
Fyter Fest will be available via Bleacher Report Live.
This week’s Being the Elite is available to watch below:
Moxley made a surprise appearance at Double or Nothing on Saturday night. AEW then announced that Moxley has signed a full-time, multi-year deal with them.
Coming out of Double or Nothing, AEW has made announcements for their next two shows.
– AEW sent out a press release tonight announcing that Jon Moxley (formerly Dean Ambrose in WWE) will make his in-ring debut for the promotion at Fyter Fest in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29. It was also announced that Moxley has signed a full-time, multi-year deal with AEW.
Moxley appeared after Chris Jericho defeated Kenny Omega in the main event of Double or Nothing. He interrupted Jericho’s post-match promo, then laid out Jericho and the referee. Moxley brawled with Omega and ended up laying him out as well.
Fyter Fest is in partnership with CEO Fighting Game Championships. The show is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach.
– At Fight for the Fallen, Cody & Dustin Rhodes will team against The Young Bucks. That show is being held at Daily’s Place Amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, July 13 and is the third event in AEW history. Proceeds from the gate will benefit Jacksonville’s Victim Assistance Advisory Council.
Cody defeated Dustin at Double or Nothing, with Dustin bleeding heavily throughout the match. After the match, Cody cut a promo and said Dustin doesn’t get to retire here. He asked Dustin to team with him at Fight for the Fallen. Cody said he doesn’t need a partner or a friend for the tag match — he needs his older brother. Cody and Dustin then hugged.
Following Double or Nothing, Dustin tweeted that he’s feeling okay after his match against Cody: “I’m ok. God bless y’all and from my heart of hearts, the greatest night of my life.”
We’re looking for reports on the final day of the WWE European tour, with the Raw crew in Cardiff, Wales and Smackdown in Berlin, Germany, as well as NXT shows in Philadelphia and St Petersburg to [email protected].
We’re also doing a weekend poll for Money in the Bank, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected].
NEW JAPAN WORLD PRO WRESTLING AT 8 P.M. EASTERN TONIGHT ON AXS TV (Three hour show)
Jeff Cobb vs. Taichi for Never Open weight title
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Evil
Kazuchika Okada vs. Seiya Sanada for IWGP title
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi – Last year’s Dontaku main event where Okada was going for the all-time title defense record against the previous record holder
CMLL ARENA MEXICO TONIGHT AT 9:30 P.M. EASTERN ON THE CMLL FACEBOOK PAGE
With less than a month until the show, WWE has revealed the name and announced the first three matches for their return to Saudi Arabia.
The third show in WWE’s controversy-filled 10-year deal with the Saudi General Sports Authority will take place at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on Friday, June 7. It will air live on the WWE Network and is titled “WWE Super ShowDown,” which is the same name the company used for their event in Melbourne, Australia last October.
A look at the new AEW television deal with TNT and other aspects of starting up is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Look at the detail of the two nights being considered and the arguments for each night, international television, streaming, why the price is what it is, and how long talks have been going on for the TNT deal.
Read a lengthy bio on Silver King, a breakdown of what happened in the ring when he passed away and what lessons can be learned by it. Look at the start of his career, and his going to All Japan as a teenager.
Read the updates on the next two WWE PPV shows.
Read a detailed article on Lars Sullivan, from his background, to his fine, to the questions asked, to what got him in trouble, why he was fined now, why he wasn’t before and a lot of the questions regarding all this.
Also look at changes to WWE Network, Vince McMahon talks the move to FOX, WWE gets award nominations, tons of new news on the XFL, what happens to Vince McMahon when the XFL starts, why Percy Watson left the company, and an update on the Mauro Ranallo’s situation.
Have a look at the legend of Tom Magee, the match with Bret Hart and the WWE documentary.
Read complete coverage of UFC 237 with match-by-match coverage and poll results.
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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE
AEW tickets for the Fyter Fest show on 6/29 in Daytona Beach, FL went on sale at 6 p.m. Eastern on Ticketmaster for a password protected presale. The password you can use for tickets is: AEWJEB
Alexa Bliss’s injury is officially listed by WWE as undisclosed. Of late, undisclosed has usually meant concussion and that term has been used in some reports of the injury.
The fact Double or Nothing is on FITE TV outside the U.S. was officially announced earlier today.
Shinsuke Nakamura is in a national TV Noodles ad in Japan.
New Japan announced Toru Yano and Taiji Ishimori for the 6/29 show in Melbourne, Australia.
WWE
Latest odds at www.BetOnline.ag for Sunday:
Becky Lynch -170
Charlotte Flair +130
Becky Lynch -500
Lacey Evans +300
Seth Rollins -400
A.J. Styles +250
Kofi Kingston -200
Kevin Owens +150
Men’s MITB
Drew McIntyre -150
Andrade +250
Finn Balor +1000
Ali +1000
Sami Zayn +1000
Baron Corbin +1200
Randy Orton +1200
Ricochet +1600
Women’s MITB
Mandy Rose +225
Bayley +275
Ember Moon +300
Carmella +1000
Dana Brooke +1000
Naomi +1200
Natalya +1200
Samoa Joe -250
Rey Mysterio +170
Roman Reigns -340
Elias +220
Miz -500
Shane McMahon +300
Matt Bloom and Canyon Ceman were in Singapore this past week scouting at Singapore Pro Wrestling.
Shannon Moore was coaching at the Performance Center this week.
The Bella Twins were on The Talk on CBS today. They were called former wrestlers.
UFC
Arnold Berdon, the husband of UFC fighter Rachael Ostovich, was sentenced to four years probation from his no contest plea in a second degree assault charge from November. Ostovich said she forgave her husband and did not ask for jail time. Honolulu prosecuting attorney Robert Rawson was seeking five-years in prison for Berdon. Ostovich also filed for divorce and will get full custody of her six-year-old daughter. Berdon will be allowed supervised visits and the possibility of custody after completing anger management and domestic violence intervention courses.
MISCELLANEOUS
UFC announced today that they will have 19 live events over the next 15 days of Fight Pass. This is the schedule:
Glory 65 held earlier today
Lou DiBella’s Broadway boxing at 8:30 p.m. Eastern tonight
Cage Fury Fighting Championships at 9 p.m. Eastern tonight. C.M. Punk is doing commentary for this show.
Cage Fury Saturday night at 10 p.m. Eastern with C.M. Punk, John Morgan and Jessica Penne on commentary
Absolute Muay Thai from Bangkok Saturday night late at 1 a.m.
Absolute Muay Thai from Bangkok Monday at 9 a.m. Eastern
Absolute Muay Thai from Bangkok on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. Eastern
Alaska Fighting Championship on Wednesday at midnight Eastern
Roy Jones Jr. boxing on Thursday at 10 p.m. Eastern
TKO MMA from Canada at 8 p.m. on 5/24
Polaris Jiu Jitsu on 5/25 at 4 p.m. Eastern headlined by Urijah Faber vs. Nicky Ryan
Pancrase from Japan on 5/26 at 3 a.m. Eastern
Eddie Bravo’s Combat Jiu Jitsu at 9 p.m. on 5/26
Absolute Muay Thai from Bangkok on 5/27 at 9 a.m. Eastern
Absolute Muay Thai from Bangkok on 5/28 at 7:30 a.m. Eastern
Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting from Michigan on 5/29 at 8 p.m.
CES MMA on 5/31 at 9 p.m. Eastern featuring Nick Newell and John Gotti III
Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat on 5/31 at 10 p.m. Eastern
Scott Steiner vs. Joey Ryan headlines tonight in Traverse City, MI for MCPW at the Grand Traverse County Civic Centre. Mad Man Fulton and Jake Crist are also on the show.
Women of Wrestling held a secret television taping last night. It was a secret to prevent results from getting out. So you do a show with almost no fans because of fear of results getting out.
Rise tonight at 11 p.m. Eastern on Fite TV for $9.99 features Rosemary vs. Cherry Bomb, Zoe Lucas vs. Aerial Monroe, Mercedes Martinez vs. Madison Rayne, Shotzi Blackheart vs. Miranda Alize, Raze vs. Big Mama plus an elimination match with Killer Baes & Heather Monroe & Laura James & Taya Valkyrie & ? vs. Ashley Vox & Delmi Exo & Nicole Savoy & ?.
Ultimo Dragon faces Matt Cross on 6/1 in Toronto for Smash Wrestling.
Legacy Fighting on 6/28 at The Sylvee in Madison, WI on AXS TV headlined by Isaac Steele (7-1) vs. Mark Lemkminger (8-1) in a welterweight fight.
Ed in San Antonio presents PODER~! at the FSW arena on Friday 5/24 – Showtime is at noon – Main event: Bryan Alvarez vs. Logan Stunt
Empire dinner on Friday 5/24 at 8:30 p.m. at Texas de Brazil – Price is $82 – All you can eat meat and salad, sodas, tea, and coffee, plus dessert included
Empire suite party on Friday 5/24 for those who were not able to get the Q&A package – Price is $25
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Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, and Jim Ross are going to do a panel at Starrcast discussing their 1989 trilogy.
Cody & the Young Bucks will be doing a Q&A as part of their panel about All Elite Wrestling just 48 hours prior to Double or Nothing in Las Vegas. Starrcast will be streaming it on FITE and allowing viewers the chance to ask questions.
Arn Anderson and Sting both have panels at Starrcast on May 24th. Tony Schiavone will taking questions from fans watching at home on FITE for the Q&A portion of the show.
The Young Bucks and Joey Janela will be guests for Colt Cabana’s live Art of Wrestling show on May 24th.
Bret Hart and Tom Magee will discuss their now infamous match from 1986 with Sean Mooney on Saturday, May 25th in Las Vegas.
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Kenny Omega and PAC will be on opposite sides of a six-man tag match at All Elite Wrestling’s event with CEO Fighting Game Championships.
It was announced today that Omega & The Young Bucks will team against PAC & Pentagon Jr. & Fenix at AEW Fyter Fest. The show is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29.
The Young Bucks have been feuding with The Lucha Bros and will defend their AAA Tag Team titles against them at Double or Nothing in Las Vegas on May 25. Omega is facing Chris Jericho at Double or Nothing, while PAC is wrestling Hangman Page.
This is the second year in a row that Omega has been involved with a pro wrestling event that’s in partnership with CEO’s gaming convention. CEO x NJPW When Worlds Collide took place in Daytona Beach last June.
The Fyter Fest name was announced earlier this week and is a reference to the failed Fyre Fest music festival from 2017. CEO organizer Alex Jebailey vs. AEW’s Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match is also set for Fyter Fest, with it being a rematch of their comedy match from the CEO x NJPW pre-show.
Tickets for Fyter Fest will go on sale in early May. AEW Fight for the Fallen is taking place in Jacksonville two weeks after Fyter Fest.
