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Samoa Joe vs. Max Caster Owen Hart Cup qualifier set for AEW Dynamite

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Samoa Joe’s in-ring AEW debut is set for this week’s Dynamite. 

AEW president Tony Khan announced on Twitter on Tuesday that Joe will face Max Caster in an Owen Hart Foundation men’s tournament qualifier on this week’s Dynamite. 

Joe appeared at Friday’s ROH Supercard of Honor pay-per-view, saving Jonathan Gresham from an attack at the hands of Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt. Following the event, Khan announced that Joe had signed with AEW. 

In a post-show press conference, Joe mentioned the Owen Hart Foundation tournament as the likely first step in his quest for domination in AEW. 

This week’s Dynamite takes place at the Agganis Arena in Boston. 

The announced lineup so far: 

  • Owen Hart Foundation tournament qualifier: Samoa Joe vs. Max Caster
  • Women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament qualifiers continue
  • Adam Cole vs. Christian Cage
  • Tables match: The Hardys vs. The Butcher & The Blade
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship & AAA Tag Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks

New signee facing The Bunny in Owen Hart Cup qualifier on AEW Dynamite

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AEW will debut a new women’s division roster member on the March 30 Dynamite episode. 

It was announced on Friday’s Rampage that AEW president Tony Khan will be signing a new talent and that they will make their debut in an Owen Hart Cup tournament qualifying match on Dynamite, facing The Bunny. 

Already set for Dynamite are a singles match between Darby Allin and Andrade El Idolo. Sting will be in Allin’s corner, while Jose the Assistant will be in Andrade’s. 

Also announced for Dynamite, FTR’s Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler will face The Gunn Club’s Colten Gunn and Austin Gunn. Billy Gunn will be in the Gunn Club’s corner. 

Here is the lineup for Wednesday’s show in South Carolina: 

AEW Dynamite, Wednesday, March 30 —

  • Darby Allin (w/Sting) vs. Andrade El Idolo (w/Jose the Assistant)
  • FTR vs. The Gunn Club (w/Billy Gunn)
  • Women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament qualifying match: The Bunny vs. a new AEW signee

AEW’s Owen Hart Cup tournaments to begin early next year

Posted on by Bryan Rose

AEW announced that both of the Owen Hart Cup tournaments would begin early next year.

Tonight’s Dynamite showed a video with footage of Hart wrestling in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and also showed home videos of Hart with his family. AEW stars such as Mark Henry, Matt Hardy, and Adam Cole, among others, talked about their experiences with Hart. AEW then confirmed that the Owen Hart Cup, which consists of both a men’s and women’s tournament, would take place early next year.

The finals of both tournaments will take place at Double or Nothing in May, with the widow of Hart, Dr. Martha Hart, presenting the winners with the Owen Hart Cup.

Both AEW and Martha Hart’s Owen Hart Foundation announced a partnership in September that established the tournaments, as well as other merchandise including action figures, apparel, and other collectables. In addition, Owen Hart will be included in the upcoming AEW console video game.

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  • How ROH came to be, its start, highs and lows, peak, legacy and perhaps its ending
  • Match of the week and performers of the week
  • A look at the three NJPW Wrestle Kingdom shows and details
  • NJPW Best of the Super Juniors, World Tag League, and last major show of the year
  • The voting, politics and results of the 2021 Tokyo Sports awards for Japanese pro wrestling
  • History of every Japanese MVP of the last 48 years
  • The sad story of Jimmy Rave
  • Kevin Owens signs new WWE deal and a look back at his career
  • Update on WWE Day One PPV and notable business
  • Why WWE Raw may be struggling badly over the next month
  • Updates on ticket sales for all major WWE and AEW events
  • Those who have worked for AEW at WWE tryouts this week
  • AEW Winter is Coming Danielson vs. Page, which type of viewers grew the most, which didn’t, the realities of the rating and the ratings patterns of pro wrestling the last seven weeks
  • Thoughts on Jon Huber and his wife’s story
  • Thoughts on AEW potential additions
  • International TV ratings
  • The audience of all shows over the past week, what is the pattern across the board and why the pattern is something ratings or even 18-49s don’t tell you
  • Thoughts on two incredible matches on the same day and compare and contrast Danielson vs. Page and Takahashi vs. YOH
  • The beginning of Flair vs. Sting and the dozens of matches before the famous one in Greensboro
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  • The dark match from last night’s Raw had Becky Lynch defeat Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan in a triple threat match.
  • An video that was posted on WWE’s social media had Io Shirai and Zoey Stark running into Legado Del Fantasma.
  • Main Event for this week will have Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez vs. R-Truth and Akira Tozawa and Veer vs. T-Bar.
  • Big E told The U.S. Sun that he thinks he has a few years left in his in-ring career after originally telling himself he wanted to be out of wrestling by 35. ”I’ve got a few more years left in me. I don’t really know when that time will be… but when you’re 23, 35 feels like it’s ages from now and that you’ll be an old man and beat up. So 35 felt like at the time a good time to get out and I don’t want to overstay my welcome. I was talking to one of our refs, Rod Zapata, and I’ve known him since I got to FCW – so I’ve known him for 12 years. We’ve talked about how I’d spoken about getting out at 35 but I think, in many ways, a lot of wrestlers’ primes are like 35, 40… We’re seeing Bobby Lashley now having his best run in his mid-40s. We have so many guys now… Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Kofi Kingston, Bobby Roode, Dolph Ziggler – so many guys in their 40s performing at such a high level.  They look great and are ageing well. So, I don’t know if I’m going to wrestle into my forties as I always told myself that I would make sure I was out before then, but my body feels great.”
  • Drew McIntyre spoke to Daily Record about his recent run in the WWE.
  • WWE’s YouTube page added The Miz vs. Tatanka from the September 1, 2006 edition of SmackDown, Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Rey Mysterio from WCW Starrcade 1996, and The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton from the May 30, 2002 edition of SmackDown.

AEW

  • AEW has released their Road to Holiday Bash video, focusing on Sammy Guevara vs. Cody for the TNT Championship and Nyla Rose vs. Ruby Soho in a semifinal match in the TBS Women’s title tournament. 
  • Tony Khan on Twitter regarding the Owen Hart Cup Tournament: “Tomorrow night on #AEWDynamite #HolidayBash LIVE on TNT @ 8ET/7CT/6MT/5PT we have a special video on the Owen Hart Cup Tournament including stars of multiple generations speaking about his legacy + footage of Owen wrestling in @njpw1972 & private home movies from Dr. Martha Hart!”
  • Former WCW official and commentator David Crockett joined Tony Schiavone for a special edition of the AEW Dynamite Control Center.
  • Sammy Guevara’s latest vlog.

Other Wrestling

  • Pro Wrestling Tees recently sent out a physical letter to consumers regarding a recent data breach. They were informed on November 1 that “a small portion of our customers’ credit card numbers had been compromised. We immediately conducted an extensive investigation of our systems and concluded that a malware virus was the source of the breach.” They have said that they have removed the virus from their system and have provided free IDX identity protection services.
  • Former New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine will appear at a ISPW GrandSLAM event on February 18 at St. Anthony’s Church Gym in Butler, New Jersey. Scotty 2 Hotty, returning to the ring, and Gene Snitsky will be at the show.
  • Ian Riccaboni will call the ROH Championship match between Jonathan Gresham and Blake Christian on January 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
  • Allie Katch vs. Kylie Rae has been added to GCW’s Say You Will event on January 15.
  • Impact Wrestling is partnering with Serious Pizza in Dallas ahead of their Hard to Kill event on January 8.
  • In an interview with Sportskeeda, former WWE star Jeet Rama talked about the portrayal of Indians in WWE: “WWE is a business at the end of the day. I can’t tell them to make business decisions around me. They are doing what they think is right from a business perspective. But why is it that you take any Indian WWE wrestler…why are they always made heels? Why are we only presented as villains? Why do they have to behave in such a manner that the audience there insults them and boos them?”
  • Matches set for Jonathan Gresham’s Terminus promotion on January 16 in Atlanta include Jay Lethal vs. Lee Moriarty, Fred Yehi and Tracy Williams vs. Dante Caballero and Joe Keys, Jordynne Grace vs. Kiera Hogan, Moose vs. Alex Coughlin, and Janai Kai vs. Liiza Hall.
  • Mauro Ranallo is celebrating a birthday today.

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Owen Hart Cup finals to take place at AEW Double or Nothing

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More details on the Owen Hart Cup tournament have been revealed.

On tonight’s Rampage, it was announced that the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Cup tournaments will take place in May. The finals will take place at Double or Nothing. Hart’s widow, Dr. Martha Hart, will be at Double or Nothing to award the cups to the two tournament winners. Further details will be announced on next Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Tony Khan announced on Busted Open Radio on Friday that more information would be announced on tonight’s show.  Both will be singles tournaments. It was announced in September that AEW was partnering with the Owen Hart Foundation for the tournaments.

“This collaboration includes launching the annual Owen Hart Cup Tournament within AEW, which will see the winner receive a Cup known as ‘The Owen,’ as well as the production and distribution of unique and original Owen Hart merchandise, including specified retail goods as well as the upcoming AEW console video game,” the company announced at the time.

AEW to hold men’s and women’s Owen Hart Cup tournaments

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AEW will be holding both men’s and women’s versions of its Owen Hart Cup tournament.

During his appearance on Busted Open Radio on Friday, Tony Khan revealed that, in addition to the men’s tournament, there will be a women’s Owen Hart Cup. Khan said the when and where regarding the tournaments and where they will be culminating will be announced on tonight’s Rampage.

Khan said Dr. Martha Hart has been great to work with, and she’ll be presenting the trophies to both winners at the conclusion of the tournaments.

AEW has yet to reveal the participants for either tournament. Khan said both Owen Hart Cups will be singles tournaments.

More information will also be announced on next Wednesday’s Holiday Bash edition of Dynamite. A video about the Owen Hart Cup will be airing on that show, with Khan saying that Rocky Romero helped AEW get footage of Owen Hart from NJPW that will be used in the video. The video will tell fans more about the tournaments, the Owen Hart Foundation, and what AEW hopes to accomplish with the tournaments.

This September, it was announced that AEW and the Owen Hart Foundation had entered into a partnership to honor the legacy of the late Owen Hart.

“This collaboration includes launching the annual Owen Hart Cup Tournament within AEW, which will see the winner receive a Cup known as ‘The Owen,’ as well as the production and distribution of unique and original Owen Hart merchandise, including specified retail goods as well as the upcoming AEW console video game,” AEW announced

“This alliance incorporates opportunities to develop Owen Hart action figures via AEW’s partnership with Jazwares, apparel, posters, and additional collectable merchandise.”

AEW announces ‘Winter is Coming’ Dynamite special for December 15

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AEW has announced their next special edition of Dynamite, Winter is Coming.

The company confirmed on tonight’s Rampage that Winter is Coming will take place on December 15, which will be in Garland, Texas at the Curtis Culwell Center. After Rampage ended, Tony Khan on Twitter also announced that details regarding the Owen Hart Cup would be announced at Winter is Coming.

“Thank you everyone who watched #AEWRampage tonight on TNT,” Khan wrote. “Thanks to you great wrestling fans around the world + the generosity of Dr. Martha Hart, on Wednesday 12/15 Winter is Coming #AEWDynamite, we’ll have more info including [the] schedule for the highly anticipated Owen Hart Cup!”

At last year’s Winter is Coming, Kenny Omega defeated Jon Moxley to win the AEW World Championship. He held the championship for nearly a year before dropping it at this past Saturday’s Full Gear event, where Hangman Page defeated Omega to win the title.