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AEW All Out media scrum notes: Tony Khan gives Matt Hardy update

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Tony Khan, Hikaru Shida, and Jon Moxley were part of a media scrum that took place following the end of tonight’s All Out event.

Khan mentioned that Matt Hardy was okay following the table bump he took on tonight’s show. He clarified what went down: he had the bell rung to pause the match so doctors could check on Matt Hardy. Doc Sampson cleared him after a concussion protocol test. He later clarified that Matt Hardy could not overrule the doctor and did not pressure Sampson into clearing him, and would have never been put out there against the doctor’s decision.

Later, regarding the finish to the Matt Hardy match, he was extremely concerned about Hardy working the finish, hence why the match was paused. Once he was cleared, he was allowed to go to the finish.

He described it as a scary moment that no one enjoyed.

Khan put over the PPV, saying it was exactly what he had dreamed of save for some scary moments. When talking about the Britt Baker/Big Swole match, he mentioned that he was there during the filming of the match with Jerry Lynn, Dustin Rhodes and a camera crew.

Regarding Thunder Rosa, Khan put her over strong. He would love to see her back, but he can’t speak for the NWA. If he could work something out with NWA owner Billy Corgan, he’d love to have her back. 

Khan also brought up the prospect of adding a third hour of content to TNT, saying that he would love to exapand the roster if there is a demand for it.

In response to the official AEW stance on performers using third parties such as Twitch and Cameo, Khan said while he thinks there are some grey areas, he generally supports people using their Twitch and YouTube platforms to monetize their content. He said he would never tell people not to do anything outside of AEW and would not try to stop them.

Jon Moxley also joined the scrum and put over MJF, saying that he would be on top of the company long after he was gone, though in storyline he mentioned that cheaters never win.

On Lance Archer winning the battle royal, Moxley said he was focused on the World title match tonight, but mentioned his IWGP US title match against Lance Archer at Wrestle Kingdom 14, where he left Archer a bloody mess. He also thought trading promos with Jake Roberts was intriguing.

On Renee Young possibly coming to AEW, Moxley said that Young was there tonight in the audience. She has an extensive no-compete clause, however, so she can’t appear on camera. Her goals are outside of wrestling, but he wouldn’t be surprised if she somehow dipped her toe back in.

Both Tony Khan and Jon Moxley mentioned the humidity in Florida. Khan made sure to note that they pushed for hydration and that there were “thousands” of water bottles at Daily’s Place.

Hikaru Shida put over her opponent for tonight, Thunder Rosa. She noted she was a champion in Japan and was strong. She wanted someone strong, and Thunder Rosa was more than that.

In terms of who she would like to face next, she mentioned that Nyla Rose is ranked first in the division. She also mentioned Penelope Ford. She ended her interview by saying she was open to fight anyone.

Shida vs. Rosa, Casino Battle Royale, more set for AEW All Out

Posted on by Josh Nason

This post was updated at 10:05 PM Eastern.

AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. NWA Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa is now official for AEW All Out.

Last Saturday, Rosa made a surprise appearance on Dynamite and challenged Shida to a title match at the company’s September pay-per-view. On Thursday’s Dynamite in a video package, Shida accepted and the contract was signed. The match is not title vs. title and is for just Shida’s belt.

Rosa has been champion since January but with the NWA in a hiatus due to the pandemic, Tony Khan approached Billy Corgan about Rosa’s availability and a deal was worked out. Corgan and footage of Rosa in the NWA were part of the video package Thursday. 

Shida has been champion since May 23rd when she defeated Nyla Rose at Double or Nothing to win the title.

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The field for the 21-man Casino Battle Royale at All Out began to take shape as several participants were announced or announced their intention to be in the match.

Darby Allin, Lance Archer, Brian Cage, Ricky Starks. Eddie Kingston, The Butcher, The Blade, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix will all be involved, leaving twelve participants left to go. The winner earns an AEW World title shot.

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Following their brawl Thursday, an eight man tag team match was announced for the show featuring Dark Order (TNT Champion Mr. Brodie Lee, Colt Cabana, Evil Uno and Stu Grayson) vs. The Natural Nightmares (Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall), Scorpio Sky and Matt Cardona.

Thunder Rosa appears on AEW Dynamite, challenges Hikaru Shida

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NWA Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa appeared on Dynamite tonight, challenging Hirkau Shida to a match at All Out next month.

Rosa appeared in a pre-taped interview with the NWA Women’s championship and was identified as champion. She called out Hikaru Shida, citing her call for challengers and challenged her to a match at All Out for the AEW Women’s championship. Rosa finished the promo by saying she would become the next AEW Women’s champion.

Hikaru Shida did not appear on the program tonight and no response was given.

Rosa won the NWA Women’s championship back on January 24 at NWA Hard Times. The promotion has not run any shows since February due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Rosa last defended the NWA Women’s title against Melina, winning the match by count out.

Shida hasn’t wrestled for most of this last month, last defeating Heather Monroe on the August 12 edition of AEW Dynamite. She last defended the AEW Women’s championship by defeating Penelope Ford on the July 1 edition of Dynamite.

New AEW TNT belt revealed, Moxley and Shida added to Dynamite

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During a photo shoot Wednesday, Cody Rhodes was surprised when he was presented with the new version of the AEW TNT Championship belt.

Featuring plenty of gold, red, and the same design of plates as the original, this version was originally slated to be done by May’s Double or Nothing but was delayed due to COVID-19. Rhodes pinned Lance Archer in the finals of a tournament to win the inaugural title, presented that night by Mike Tyson.

Rhodes is set to defend the title against Scorpio Sky on Wednesday’s Dynamite, the first time the belt will be seen on national TV.

Also announced for Dynamite Wednesday afternoon: Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida will be in action against an opponent to be announced, and there will be an interview segment with AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, his first since defeating Darby Allin last week that makes his title defense against MJF at September’s All Out official.

They join a lineup on Tag Team Appreciation Night that includes a rematch between Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy, AEW World Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega and Hangman Page vs. Jurassic Express, and the Young Bucks vs. the Dark Order. Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and the Rock’n’Roll Express will also be on hand.

Two title matches set for next week’s AEW Dynamite

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Next week’s AEW Dynamite will feature two of the company’s four recognized championships being defended in addition to the other two champions in action.

Kenny Omega and Hangman Page will look to keep their AEW Tag Team titles when they face the no. 1 contenders in the Dark Order (Stu Grayson/Evil Uno). The Elite members have seven successful title defenses since winning the belts in late-January while Grayson and Uno haven’t lost since the November 6th Dynamite.

TNT Champion Cody will continue his weekly open challenge against “one of the top independent wrestlers in the world” after defeating the debuting Eddie Kingston Wednesday.

Women’s champion Hikaru Shida will face Diamante in what is believed to be a non-title match, fresh off her win Wednesday over the returning Ivelisse. Shida is 4-0 since defeating Nyla Rose for the title at Double or Nothing but only one of those was a title match (Penelope Ford).

In other action:

  • AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will team with Darby Allin to take on Brian Cage and Ricky Starks in a tornado match, accompanied by Taz. As Allin came out to confront Cage Wednesday, he was attacked by Starks from behind for the second time this week. As the two beat down Allin, Moxley ran in and chased them off. The rules are that all men can be in the ring at the same time.
  • In a ten man tag, Best Friends will team with Orange Cassidy, Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy to take on the Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Santana, Ortiz, Sammy Guevara and Jake Hager). The match was made at the very end of Wednesday’s show as all the men involved were in a show closing brawl.

AEW Dynamite video highlights: Fyter Fest night one

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Hikaru Shida defeated Penelope Ford last night at Fyter Fest to retain her AEW Women’s World Championship in arguably the match of the night. 

This was a strong outing from both women and probably the best match of Ford’s career. 

Two other title matches also highlighted night one of Fyter Fest.

Kenny Omega & Hangman Page retained the AEW World Tag Team titles last night. They defeated Best Friends to keep their championships as well as their 2020 undefeated tag team records. Omega & Page will defend their titles again next week at night two of Fyter Fest against Private Party. 

Cody retained the TNT Championship with a win over Jake Hager. Hager had Cody locked in an arm triangle, but Cody flipped over into a cover to score the pinfall victory. The match also saw Hager’s wife Catalina, Cody’s manager Arn Anderson, and Cody’s brother Dustin Rhodes get involved before the finish.

For more of what you missed, including Taz cutting a promo on Jon Moxley, MJF & Wardlow vs. Jurassic Express, and Private Party vs. Santana & Ortiz featuring a Chris Jericho/Orange Cassidy pull-apart, scroll below.

More coverage from last night —

AEW Dynamite video highlights —

MJF & Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus

AEW Women’s World Championship match: Hikaru Shida vs. Penelope Ford

TNT Championship match: Cody vs. Jake Hager

Private Party vs. Santana & Ortiz, Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy pull-apart

Taz cuts a promo on Jon Moxley

Trent’s mom drives Best Friends to the ring

AEW Tag Team title match: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs. Best Friends

Hikaru Shida set for action on AEW Dynamite

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Hikaru Shida is scheduled for Dynamite on Wednesday.

It was announced today that Shida will be in action against a unnamed opponent. Shida has been champion since May 23, when she defeated Nyla Rose in a Falls Count Anywhere match to win the championship at AEW Double or Nothing.

Last week, Tony Schiavone announced that Shida will be defending the championship against Penelope Ford, who pinned Shida in a tag team match several weeks ago.

A number of other matches are planned for Dynamite this week. Mr. Brodie Lee will team with Colt Cabana to take on Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss, Santana will face Matt Hardy, and Luchasaurus will face Wardlow in a lumberjack match. Jon Moxley is also scheduled for action.

In addition, highlights will be shown of a Cody press conference relating to his TNT championship match against Jake Hager at Fyter Fest, which is scheduled for both July 1 and 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.

Rose & Ford vs. Shida & Statlander set for AEW Dynamite

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A new match has been announced for Dynamite on Wednesday.

AEW President Tony Khan posted on Twitter that a tag team match has been signed for Dynamite. New AEW Women’s champion Hikaru Shida will team with Kris Statlander to take on Nyla Rose and Penelope Ford. 

This comes off the heels of Double or Nothing several weeks ago where Shida defeated Rose in a no DQ, no countout match to win the championship for the first time. Rose gained some momentum back on last week’s Dynamite by pinning Big Swole.

It was also announced that Chris Jericho will be returning to commentary for this week’s show. He joined Tony Schiavone for several shows during the initial outbreak of COVID-19.

Also announced for Wednesday is a TNT title match between Marq Quen and champion Cody, Best Friends & Orange Cassidy vs. Jake Hager and Santana & Ortiz of the Inner Circle, and Sammy Guevara vs. Colt Cabana.

FTR, the former Revival, will also make their wrestling debut on the program, facing The Butcher & The Blade.

Six-man tag match added to AEW Dynamite, more appearances set

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The Young Bucks and Matt Hardy are set to team up again on tonight’s post-Double or Nothing episode of Dynamite.

AEW has announced that The Young Bucks & Hardy will face Private Party & Joey Janela in a six-man tag match on tonight’s show. The Young Bucks, Hardy, Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defeated The Inner Circle in their Stadium Stampede match in the main event of Double or Nothing. 

Best Friends defeated Private Party in a tag team number one contender’s match on the Double or Nothing pre-show. Janela was a participant in the Casino Ladder Match at the pay-per-view.

AEW has also made a few more announcements for tonight’s Dynamite. AEW World Champion Jon Moxley will appear on the episode, Brian Cage will make his first Dynamite appearance, and new AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida will be in action.

Moxley retained his AEW World Championship against Brodie Lee at Double or Nothing. Cage made his AEW debut at the PPV as the mystery entrant in the Casino Ladder Match. As a stipulation of winning that ladder match, Cage will challenge for Moxley’s title at Fyter Fest. The details for Fyter Fest will be announced on Dynamite tonight.

Shida defeated Nyla Rose in a no DQ, no countout match at Double or Nothing to become the new AEW Women’s Champion.

Also on tonight’s Dynamite, a battle royal will decide the first challenger for Cody’s TNT Championship, The Inner Circle will have a pep rally, Britt Baker will address her injury, and Mike Tyson will appear.

The battle royal winner will challenge for Cody’s title on Dynamite next week.

Hikaru Shida wins AEW Women’s title at Double or Nothing

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Image: Lee South/AEW

Hikaru Shida’s magical 2020 continued Saturday at AEW Double or Nothing with a victory over Women’s Champion Nyla Rose to take the title in a no DQ, no countout match.

In a physical match, Shida hit Rose with a kendo stick shot to the head and followed that up with a running knee strike to pin Rose and become the third women’s champion in company history (Riho, Rose). The end was fitting as Rose assaulted Shida with a kendo stick in recent weeks.

With the win, Shida runs her record to 10-1 in the calendar year with her only loss coming in a four-way on the January 1st Dynamite. She made her AEW debut at the company’s first Double or Nothing show last May.

The 37-year-old Rose had held the title since February when she defeated Riho on the February 12th Dynamite to win the belt. Since then, she only officially defended the title once against Kris Statlander at the February Revolution pay-per-view.

Tag team match added to AEW Dynamite

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A women’s tag team match has been added to tomorrow’s episode of Dynamite.

Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander will team up to take on AEW Women’s champion Nyla Rose and Britt Baker, according to a post from AEW President Tony Khan. This follows a fatal four way match that took place last week, where Hikaru Shida defeated Statlander, Baker, and Penelope Ford.

Two matches were made for this Sunday’s Double or Nothing as a result of that match. Shida is now the number one contender for Rose’s AEW Women’s title, while Kris Statlander and Britt Baker will face off. Commentary mentioned during the fatal four way match that Baker seemed more interested in hurting Statlander than actually winning the match.

Already announced for tomorrow is Sammy Guevara vs. Matt Hardy, Jon Moxley vs. 10 (a member of the Dark Order), MJF vs. Marko Stunt, Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara, and Orange Cassidy vs. Fenix. Additionally, Jake Roberts and Arn Anderson will meet in a face-to-face interview.

Nine matches announced for next AEW Dark

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The no. 1 contender to the AEW women’s championship will be in action this Tuesday as part of a nine match lineup for AEW Dark.

Less than a week before she is set to face Nyla Rose at Double or Nothing, Hikaru Shida will look to extend a four match winning streak against Dani Jordyn. Jordyn will be looking for her first AEW victory after losses to Rose and Kris Statlander.

In other matches announced Saturday:

  • Darby Allin vs. Serpentico: Allin will be looking to get back in the win column against Serpentico (aka Jon Cruz who is also wrestling on the show). This will be the character’s first AEW appearance.
  • Luther vs. Jon Cruz: Luther will look to rebound from last week’s Dark loss to Jimmy Havoc while Cruz will transform to his actual persona after losing to Ten of the Dark Order on a recent Dark.
  • Sammy Guevara vs. Alan Angels: Guevara was last in singles action on the May 5th Dark with a win over Shawn Dean while Angels (0-3) will be looking for his first AEW win.
  • Fenix vs. Shawn Dean: The aforementioned Dean will also be looking for his first AEW victory against Fenix who is coming off a win over the aforementioned Angels.
  • QT Marshall vs. Clutch Adams: Marshall is coming off a loss to Lance Archer on the May 6th Dynamite while Adams will be making his promotional debut.
  • Private Party vs. Ryan Rembrandt and Mike Reed: Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen returned to tag action for the first time since March on last week’s Dark, picking up a win over Musa and Lee Johnson. Rembrandt and Reed lost in their maiden voyage as a team to Jurassic Express.
  • Jimmy Havoc & Kip Sabian (w/Penelope Ford) vs. Musa and Lee Johnson: Havoc and Sabian were unsuccessful in their first outing as a team, dropping a no dq, no countout match to Best Friends recently while Musa and Johnson lost to Private Party last week.
  • Marko Stunt vs. Jason Cade: Stunt will be looking for his first singles win in AEW against Cade who lost in his AEW debut on the May 6th Dark to Orange Cassidy.

Three matches announced for AEW Double or Nothing

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Three matches were announced tonight for Double or Nothing.

The AEW Women’s championship will be on the line, as champion Nyla Rose will face number one contender Hikaru Shida. It will be a no DQ, no countout match after Rose attacked Shida with a kendo stick backstage. Shida had defeated Kris Statlander, Britt Baker, and Penelope Ford in a fatal four way match tonight to become the number one contender.

A match between Britt Baker and Kris Statlander was also made tonight, stemming from what happened during the fatal four way women’s match. Baker had Statlander on the floor with her lockjaw submission. The announcers mentioned that Baker was more intent on taking out Statlander than actually winning the match.

The Buy-In pre show match will be a tag team match, with Private Party squaring off against Best Friends. The winners of that match will become the number one contenders to the AEW Tag Team championships, which are currently held by Hangman Adam Page and Kenny Omega.

Double or Nothing will take place on May 23.

Two more matches announced for this week’s AEW Dynamite

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Image: Lee South/AEW

More matches have been announced for this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite.

AEW President Tony Khan announced on Twitter this afternoon that Hikaru Shida will face Britt Baker in a singles match. This stems from what happened this past week on Dynamite when Baker got into it with Shida during Shida’s match against Anna Jayy. Baker exchanged more words with Shida after the match.

Lance Archer will also be in action. He defeated Marko Stunt this past week in his debut match.

Additionally, Chris Jericho will be on commentary this week with Tony Schiavone.

Already announced for the show is the start of the TNT title tournament, where Cody will face Shawn Spears in the opening round. This will be the first time the two have met since All Out last August, when Cody defeated Spears.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, AEW this past week taped a number of matches in an undisclosed area in Georgia that will air on Dynamite in the coming weeks.