Tag: Matt Menard

Trios match added to AEW Collision lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

The Death Riders will be in action on Saturday’s AEW Collision with new member Daniel Garcia ready to make a splash.

In a match announced Friday night, former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley teams with Garcia and Claudio Castagnoli against Paragon’s Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong along with Matt Menard. “Daddy Magic” is a former partner of Garcia’s and isn’t happy with the direction his now-former friend has taken.

The Moxley-led group was run off by Darby Allin and his flamethrower on this past Wednesday’s Dynamite after AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander emphatically denied their offer to join the group.

Moxley, Garcia and Castagnoli will face AEW World Champion Hangman Page, Samoa Joe and Powerhouse Hobbs on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Current AEW Collision card | Saturday, September 27:

  • TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher defends against Komander
  • Max Caster & Anthony Bowens vs. Swirl (Lee Johnson & Blake Christian)
  • Eddie Kingston & Hook vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
  • Jamie Hayter vs. Julia Hart
  • Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) and Matt Menard

Report: AEW wrestler/commentator signs new contract

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Daddy Magic appears to be staying with AEW.

Fightful Select reported on Tuesday that Matt Menard has signed a new contract to remain with AEW long-term. The report stated that Menard’s contract was originally set to expire around All In, but the contract was extended. The deal is five years in length, meaning it will run through the summer of 2030.

Recent years have seen Menard take on less of a role in wrestling, instead focusing more as a commentator. He also continues to serve as a mentor of sorts for Daniel Garcia, who also signed a new deal recently. Menard has only wrestled a handful of times in 2025, with his last match taking place on the episode of Collision taped on April 12 where he and longtime tag team partner Angelo Parker lost to FTR.

Both Menard and Parker, better known as 2point0, signed with AEW in 2021 after they were released from their WWE contracts. They, along with Garcia, joined the Jericho Appreciation Society at one point, changing their names to what they are now. 

Matt Menard taking over for Chris Jericho on AEW Rampage commentary team

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

With Chris Jericho out of the AEW Rampage commentary team, his former Jericho Appreciation Society teammate Matt Menard will officially take his place.

Author and podcast host Pat Laprade announced the news via X on Saturday.

Menard first started doing some commentary on both AEW Dark and Dark Elevation which led to some Rampage appearances when Jericho was out.

During Friday’s Rampage, Jericho revealed he would no longer be on commentary so he could be on TV more often on Dynamite and Collision.

Following a multi-year run in WWE, Menard (then Matt Lee) and longtime partner Angelo Parker (then Jeff Parker) signed with AEW in August 2021, aligning with Daniel Garcia shortly after. They eventually joined Jericho’s latest faction and competed in the first-ever Anarchy in the Arena match and in a Blood & Guts match in 2022.

Since the faction dissolved, Menard has wrestled infrequently with just six matches this year. He was last in action in an early-May singles win over Mike Bennett in Ring of Honor as Parker has been off following his recent marriage to Ruby Soho.

RVD & Hook vs. Angelo Parker & Matt Menard added to AEW Collision

Posted on by Bryan Rose

RVD’s Collision debut match has been announced.

On Saturday, RVD will team with Hook to take on Matt Menard and Angelo Parker in a tag team match. Hook teamed with Orange Cassidy and Kris Statlander on Friday’s Rampage Grand Slam to defeat Parker, Menard, and Anna Jay. This will be RVD’s return to Michigan, where he’s from.

Julia Hart will take on Willow Nightingale in singles action. At Rampage Grand Slam, Hart defeated Skye Blue. Hart continued to attack Blue until Nightingale made the save. It had been pushed on commentary that Hart had been undefeated for all of 2023. Hart was also watching in the crowd during last week’s Collision when Statlander defeated Britt Baker to retain the TBS Championship.

Here is the current lineup for Saturday’s show:

  • Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks in a Texas Death Match
  • AEW Tag Team Champions FTR defend against The Workhorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)
  • Three-way match for TNT Championship: Luchasaurus defends against Darby Allin and Christian Cage
  • Andrade El Idolo vs. Jay White
  • Rob Van Dam & Hook vs. Angelo Parker and Matt Menard
  • Julia Hart vs. Willow Nightingale

Mixed trios match agreed to for AEW Rampage Grand Slam

Posted on by Ian Carey

A new match has been set up for AEW Rampage Grand Slam. 

Following the conclusion of Collision on Saturday night, AEW posted footage of Matt Menard, Angelo Parker, and Anna Jay confronting Hook, Orange Cassidy, and Kris Statlander in the locker room. The segment ended with the former Jericho Appreciation Society members issuing a challenge for Rampage Grand Slam. 

“I’m reading the situation. I think they want a taste,” Parker says in the video. “How about the three of you meet us in the ring, Rampage Grand Slam?”

AEW has yet to officially confirm the match. 

Rampage Grand Slam will be a two-hour show taped on Wednesday, September 20 from Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queen’s, New York. It will air on Friday, September 22 on TNT. Three matches are officially confirmed for the show. 

AEW Rampage Grand Slam 2023 announced lineup:

  • ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony) defend against The Elite (The Young Bucks & Hangman Page)
  • AEW Trios Champions The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) and Billy Gunn defend against Dark Order (Evil Uno, Alex Reynolds & John Silver)
  • Darby Allin & Sting vs. Luchasaurus and Christian Cage

World title eliminator match added to AEW Rampage

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A change has been made to Friday’s AEW Rampage lineup. 

An originally announced Blackpool Combat Club vs. Jericho Appreciation Society tag team bout will instead be a Jon Moxley vs. Matt Menard World title eliminator match. If Menard beats Moxley, he will earn a future AEW World Championship match. 

AEW made the announcement on Thursday after Wheeler Yuta was double booked for both Friday’s live Rampage, as well as Friday’s NJPW Rumble on 44th Street pay-per-view. Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli had been set to take on Menard and Angelo Parker in a tag contest. 

In a video promo, Yuta stated that he made the NJPW commitment first, and that the BCC always honor their commitments. Yuta will team with Homicide and Shota Umino against Tom Lawlor, Jorel Nelson, and Royce Isaacs of Team Filthy at Rumble on 44th Street. 

Here is the updated card for Friday’s Rampage: 

  • TNT Championship: Wardlow (c) vs. Matt Taven
  • AEW World title eliminator: Jon Moxley vs. Matt Menard
  • Tay Melo vs. Madison Rayne

JAS’ Angelo Parker & Matt Menard sign AEW contract extensions

Posted on by Josh Nason

Two key members of the Jericho Appreciation Society have also been appreciated by AEW as 2point0 (Angelo Parker and Matt Menard) have signed contract extensions.

Fightful first reported the news Friday. No terms were disclosed.

After the former Ever-Rise in WWE NXT were released in the summer of 2021 less than two weeks after signing new deals, the two made their AEW debut in early August in a trios match with Daniel Garcia. The announcement of their full-time deals came shortly after.

The two became part of Chris Jericho’s new JAS faction in March after Jericho turned on Santana & Ortiz to officially end the Inner Circle.

Menard hasn’t been in action since June’s Blood & Guts cage match, but recently did some commentary on Dark. He revealed that he suffered a torn labrum, rotator cuff and partial shoulder tear in the match.

Parker has wrestled just twice since then, once in a July Dark match and on a Canadian indie show in August.