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Paige VanZant in-ring debut announced for AEW Double or Nothing

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Paige VanZant will make her in-ring pro wrestling debut at Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view. 

VanZant will tag with American Top Team/Men of the Year duo Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page against Sammy Guevara, Tay Conti, and Frankie Kazarian in a six-person trios match at Double or Nothing, one of two new bouts announced for the show during Friday’s Rampage episode.

VanZant, a former UFC fighter and current Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship fighter, officially signed with AEW earlier this year after making a sporadic series of appearances with the company beginning in September 2021. She has been training for professional wrestling with Gangrel, who made a surprise appearance on Friday’s Rampage episode.

In the other new bout added to Double or Nothing, Darby Allin will face Kyle O’Reilly in singles competition. 

In a promo on Rampage, Allin vowed to get revenge on O’Reilly for taking out Sting in an injury angle on last week’s Dynamite episode. The match was made official later in the program. 

Here is the updated lineup for Double or Nothing:

  • AEW World Champion Hangman Page defends against CM Punk
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa defends against Serena Deeb
  • Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals: Samoa Joe vs. Adam Cole
  • Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals: Britt Baker vs. Ruby Soho
  • MJF vs. Wardlow
  • Anarchy in the Arena match: Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker) vs. Eddie Kingston, Santana, Ortiz, Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson
  • AEW Tag Team Champions Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus defend against Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs and Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland in a triple threat match
  • The Young Bucks vs. The Hardys
  • Darby Allin vs. Kyle O’Reilly
  • Mixed tag match: Scorpio Sky, Ethan Page & Paige VanZant vs. Sammy Guevara, Frankie Kazarian & Tay Conti
  • The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) vs. Death Triangle (PAC, Penta Oscuro & Rey Fenix)
  • TBS Champion Jade Cargill defends against Anna Jay
  • Pre-show: Hook & Danhausen vs. Tony Nese & “Smart” Mark Sterling

Paige VanZant signs AEW contract on Dynamite

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Paige VanZant is All Elite. 

The former UFC and current Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship star signed her AEW contract during the main event segment of tonight’s Dynamite, igniting a feud with Tay Conti in the process. 

As Conti seconded Sammy Guevara in the TNT Championship match main event, VanZant jumped the railing and attacked Conti, throwing her into the ring steps. As the distraction unfolded, Scorpio Sky pinned Guevara to win the TNT title. VanZant then signed her contract on top of Conti. 

VanZant made her AEW debut in September 2021, aligning with Dan Lambert’s American Top Team stable. She has since made sporadic appearances for the company. 

AEW president Tony Khan tweeted last week that he had offered Lambert’s client Sky a TNT title match this week in exchange for VanZant agreeing to sign with the company. 

Khan tweeted the official announcement of VanZant’s signing tonight. 

VanZant’s husband, Bellator MMA fighter Austin Vanderford, was also in the ring as VanZant signed her contract at tonight’s Dynamite show, although he was never identified by name on the television commentary. 

VanZant, 27, fought for UFC from 2014 to 2020. She has a career 8-5 record in MMA, with a 5-4 record in UFC. VanZant’s UFC deal expired in July 2020. She signed a four-fight deal with BKFC in August 2020, and has since gone 0-2 in the promotion, losing both fights by decision.

VanZant gained a measure of mainstream notoriety with her 2016 appearances on the Dancing with the Stars reality competition, where she placed second.