“Rotator cuff surgery was April,” Avalon posted on Threads. “Meniscus/ACL surgery was Tuesday.”
When AEW launched in 2019, Avalon was among the original members of the promotion’s roster, playing a librarian character alongside Leva Bates. He is still listed on the AEW roster page, most recently wrestling for the company on ROH in October 2024. That was a tag team match with Avalon & Preston Vance losing to JD Drake & Beef.
Over the summer, Avalon appeared alongside AEW’s Brandon Cutler and Nyla Rose in an event at San Diego Comic-Con.
Avalon has competed in Los Angeles throughout his career and is involved with the Championship Wrestling promotion from United Wrestling Network.
There has not been a date announced regarding when Avalon will be able to return to the ring.
Peter Avalon is recovering from shoulder surgery after going under the knife last week.
“I had shoulder surgery last Tuesday & this sling I’m wearing is driving me LOCO,” Avalon posted to social media yesterday. He also shared a photo of himself wearing the sling last week and holding an “out of service” sign.
Avalon did not say how long he expects to be on the shelf. Despite his injury, he appeared at United Wrestling Network’s Championship Wrestling television tapings on March 25. Avalon announced that he is Championship Wrestling’s new on-screen matchmaker and is now going by “Producer” Peter Avalon.
In addition to that role, Avalon was part of the broadcast team for Rob Van Dam’s Only Wrestlers Association promotion on March 20.
Avalon appears for AEW and ROH on a per-date basis, most recently competing at an ROH taping in October 2024. He teamed with Preston Vance in a loss to JD Drake & Beef on that episode.
This week’s NJPW Strong action was taped in Hollywood, California, at the recent Nemesis tapings.
Blake Christian defeated KEITA
Christian picked up the win off a double foot curbstomp to the back.
Mistico defeated Misterioso
Misterioso hit a tope to the floor. Mistico was over with the crowd and had chants going for him during the match. Late in this, Mistico did a springboard hurricanrana and followed up with La Mistica for the submission win.
NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Fred Rosser defeated Peter Avalon to retain
The winner of this match moves on to defend against KENTA at February’s Battle in the Valley in San Jose.
Avalon talked trash on the mic as Rosser made his entrance. Rosser jumped into the ring and beat on Avalon while he still had his title belt on around his waist.
Rosser and Avalon brawled on the floor later. Avalon sent Rosser flying into the barricades at ringside. He spiked Rosser with a swinging DDT off the top rope and continued his trash talking.
When he had Rosser on the apron, he shoved his middle finger in Rosser’s face which set off “Mr. No Days Off.” The champion grabbed Avalon and planted him back-first onto the apron’s edge with a back drop.
Rosser later used a “billy club sandwich” on Avalon which is where Rosser takes both of his arms and lariats his opponent from front to back until Rosser feels like stopping.
Avalon was able to respond later on with a modified half-crab submission that had Rosser shouting in pain but was broken up after the champion grabbed the ropes.
The finish saw Rosser put Avalon away with a double-knees gutbuster, an emerald flowsion and a chicken wing STF submission to pick up the win. Rosser moves on to face KENTA in San Jose for the STRONG Openweight title.
Afterward, Rosser then grabbed the mic and ordered KENTA to get his ass out there. KENTA came to the ring but didn’t say anything, just staring Rosser down. Rosser told him that in San Jose, he would be leaving with three boots: two on KENTA’s feet and one in his ass.
Final Thoughts:
The main event would have been more exciting if they hadn’t announced Rosser vs. KENTA before this aired. That said, this was a fine episode of Strong, but not the best ever.
Peter Avalon, who had been with AEW since before the company ran its first show, is a free agent.
PW Insider was first to report that Avalon’s AEW deal recently expired, which we have since confirmed. The news coincides with Avalon’s own announcement this past week that he is accepting independent bookings.
Avalon was also seemingly written out of Being The Elite storylines on this past week’s episode.
The original PW Insider story notes that just because Avalon is no longer under contract does not mean he will not work with the company in the future on a per-appearance deal.
Avalon and Leva Bates appeared on BTE as The Librarians prior to AEW’s inception, then were two of the company’s first official signings.
In AEW, Avalon has primarily been an enhancement talent. He has teamed and feuded with Brandon Cutler in a race to see who of the two would win a match first.
After a gimmick change, Avalon became “Pretty” Peter Avalon, using a lothario persona.
Fifteen matches have been announced for this week’s AEW Dynamite.
Brandon Cutler and Peter Avalon will have a no DQ, no count out match where there must be a winner The two have had previous matches on Dark where the bouts ended by double disqualification and double count out.
Leyla Hirsch, who most recently appeared on GCW’s Bloodsport event earlier this month, will face AEW Women’s champion Hikaru Shida.
SCU (Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels) will also be in action, facing Hybrid2 (Angelico & Jack Evans). Matt Sydal, who will face Eddie Kingston this Wednesday on Dynamite, will face Lee Johnson.
Here is the full card for Tuesday’s show:
Ivelisse & Diamante vs. Kilynn King & Savannah Evans
Brandon Cutler vs. Peter Avalon
Evil Uno & Stu Grayson vs. Top Flight
Anna Jay vs. Katalina Perez
Ricky Starks vs. VSK
Aaron Solow vs. Sonny Kiss
Jersey Muscle & Danny Limelight vs. Jurassic Express
Darby Allin vs. Alex Chamberlain
The Hybrid 2 vs. SCU
10 vs. Sean Maluta
Brian Cage vs. Fuego del Sol
Matt Sydal vs. Lee Johnson
Best Friends vs. Anthony Bowens & Max Caster
Will Hobbs vs. Nick Comoroto
Hikaru Shida vs. Leyla Hirsch
AEW Dark airs on YouTube every Tuesday at 7 pm ET.
Set up on this past week’s Being The Elite, either Brandon Cutler and Peter Avalon will get their first AEW win this Tuesday on Dark as they will meet for the third time.
On BTE, company president and booker Tony Khan said that there must be a winner after their first two matches went to a double countout and double DQ, respectively.
In a storyline that played out entirely on Dark and BTE, the two had teamed up starting in May but never won a match in thirteen outings. The two finally came to blows after the final loss in August which eventually set up their first and then second singles matches against each other. Manager Leva Bates has reluctantly stuck with Avalon and has been conflicted in their two matches.
Both men have been with AEW since the start with Cutler making an appearance on the debut Dynamite in a losing effort to MJF. Avalon worked Dark for a month before making his Dynamite debut in mid-November. Neither man has been on Dynamite since a late-May battle royal.
After never recording a win as a team, The Initiative (Peter Avalon and Brandon Cutler) finally blew up two weeks ago after their latest defeat.
On this Tuesday’s AEW Dark, the two will square off in the main event of Dark as part of an 11-match lineup with Leva Bates remaining in Avalon’s corner.
In other notable matches, Brandi Rhodes will be in a singles match for the first time since July of 2019 when she faces Red Velvet.
Other matches include:
In an eight-man tag, the Dark Order (John Silver/Alex Reynolds/Evil Uno/Stu Grayson) will face Private Party and the Gunn Club (Billy and Austin).
Another Dark Order member, Colt Cabana, will be in action against QT Marshall (w/Allie).
Inaugural Women’s Tag Team Cup winners Diamante and Ivelisse will team up yet again to face Skyler Moore and Rache Chanel.
FTW Champion Brian Cage will face the debuting Megabyte Ronnie, a Grapplers Anonymous (Buffalo, NY) trained wrestler.
In an all Buffalo affair, The Butcher & The Blade (w/Eddie Kingston) will face Daniel Garcia and Kevin Blackwood. Butcher (Andy Williams), Garcia and Blackwood are also Grapplers Anonymous trainees as is Puf, the man that first appeared from the back during Kip Sabian’s best man announcement last Wednesday.
Two feuding teams will look to get momentum heading into Dynamite as Best Friends will face Maxx Stardom and Dontae Smiley while rivals Santana and Ortiz will take on Brian Pillman Jr. and Griff Garrison.
Will Hobbs will look for his second straight win when he faces former Impact and NXT talent Jessy Sorensen.
Penelope Ford (w/Sabian) will face Dani Jordyn.
Dark debuts Tuesday at 7 PM Eastern on AEW’s YouTube channel.
Excalibur and Taz welcomed us to the show and previewed the card.
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Billy (w/ Austin Gunn) defeated John Skyler
Austin Gunn was on the outside being as obnoxious as humanly possible. Skyler went out after Gunn on the floor. Billy intervened.
Skyler got a little bit of offense as Billy climbed back inside, hitting a chop and a spear through the ropes.
Billy came back with a spinebuster and hit the Fameasser for the pin.
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Alex Marvez was in the parking lot interviewing Dustin Rhodes and Brandi Rhodes. Marvez noted that QT Marshall was nowhere to be found.
Dustin and Brandi assured Marvez that Marshall was on his way. Marvez put over Brandi’s role in leading the Natural Nightmares to the number two ranking in the tag division.
Marshall pulled up in a new blue Corvette with Allie in the passenger seat. Brandi and Dustin wanted to know what was up with the car. Marshall said Allie told him someone of his magnitude should have a real car.
Brandi and Dustin said they’re all family and they’re looking out for QT and worried about him. Brandi asked QT if he really thought Allie was into him. QT said with his new hair and new car, what’s not to be into?
QT said he would be back later after he and Allie grab a bite to eat.
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The Butcher & The Blade defeated Jon Cruz & Joe Alonzo
This was a complete squash.
Butcher hit Cruz with a leg drop and three gutbusters. Blade had Alonzo pinned after a tandem F5 with Butcher but pulled him up at the two count to deliver more punishment.
Butcher suplexed Cruz onto Blade’s knees and followed up with a cover for the pin.
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The unnamed interviewer was backstage with Peter Avalon, Brandon Cutler, and Leva Bates. She brought up Avalon and Cutler losing in the battle royal on last week’s Dynamite. Avalon and Cutler began to argue over who was worse. The interviewer was disgusted by these geeks and left.
Bates took the mic and said that two negatives equal a positive and Cutler and Avalon should team up with her in their corner.
Cutler agreed but only if Bates and Avalon agreed not to cheat.
This promo was a waste of time and resources.
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Christi Jaynes defeated KiLynn King
Jaynes has something. Obviously she has a great look but she’s a good athlete as well.
Jaynes and King traded shoulder tackles and taunts. Jaynes used some heel tactics to take control of the match. She hit some illegal strikes and pulled King’s hair in the corner.
King hit a diving cutter and rolled Jaynes up for a two count.
Jaynes reversed into a cradle and pinned King with a handful of tights.
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Santana & Ortiz defeated Big Game Leroy & EJ Lewis
As a showcase for Santana and Ortiz this was effective.
Big Game Leroy came to the ring playing a Nintendo Switch. Leroy refused to drop the Switch once the opening bell rang and Santana kicked it out of his hands.
Lewis tagged in and Ortiz worked him over. Ortiz hit a Gory Bomb. Santana tagged back in and hit hard chops and strikes.
Ortiz hit a Michinoku Driver. Santana hit a quebrada. Santana dared Leroy to tag back in.
Leroy tagged back in and got destroyed. Santana hit a cannonball in the corner.
Santana and Ortiz hit the Street Sweeper and simultaneously pinned Leroy.
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The Natural Nightmares (Dustin Rhodes & QT Marshall w/ Brandi Rhodes) defeated Brandon Cutler & Peter Avalon (w/ Leva Bates)
Marshall and Dustin entered. QT called out Allie and walked her to the commentary desk where she joined the broadcast team for the match. Allie acted like QT was the hottest man in the world.
Allie said she’s encouraged QT to go vegan and he now eats smoothie bowls. She said there’s just something about a man and an apple. Excalibur asked what happened with her and Butcher and Blade and she completely ignored the question.
Taz said QT looked like a boy who just had his first kiss in the forest.
QT slapped the book out of Bates’ hands on the floor. Avalon was upset and hit a tope suicida. Cutler and Avalon began working over Marshall. Cutler hit a springboard forearm for a near fall. Avalon used a back rake and hit a leg lariat for a two count.
Allie said that if she was at ringside instead of Brandi her man wouldn’t be losing. She said she’s turning over a new leaf and Brandi should too. Cutler hit a senton and made a cover. Dustin broke up the pin.
Dustin and Avalon got tags. Dustin hit an inverted atomic drop, a bulldog, and a powerslam for a two count.
Cutler got a blind tag and hit a springboard elbow. Marshall broke up the pin attempt. Allie said QT is named QT because he’s such a cutie.
Bates jumped in. Brandi entered and hit her with a stunner. Avalon hit Bates with a spear by mistake.
Dustin hit Cutler with a destroyer. QT followed with a QT Cutter for the pin.
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Allie said that she renamed QT’s finish the Red Delicious.
Marshall posed on the buckle and made eyes at Allie. Allie blew him a kiss. Dustin and Brandi tried to get QT to celebrate with them.
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Marvez interviewed Dustin, Brandi, and Marshall to close the show.
Marvez said Dustin couldn’t have won without Brandi. Dustin agreed.
QT said he couldn’t have done it without her, then turned to look at Allie. He said Allie is the apple of his eye. He handed Brandi a chewed up apple and said he and Allie were off to celebrate.
Brandi and Dustin looked confused and disgusted. Me too, guys. Me too.
Episode 197 of Being The Elite caught up with the cast as they adjusted to life in quarantine.
Some highlights include:
Matt Jackson ate some coffee beans and told his son that the coffee shop was open for business.
Nick Jackson gave a status report. He has been playing an arcade game recommended by Adam Cole “before he died.”
Nick and his wife welcomed the birth of a son. Nick said the baby’s name is Michael, so if he becomes a wrestler, he’ll be named Michael Jackson. [Editor’s note: also if he does not become a wrestler]
Matt and Nick worked out with Brandon Cutler in Nick’s home gym. Matt coughed but assured the guys he does not have coronavirus.
Kenny Omega gave an update from the set of Dynamite. He assured us that Colt Cabana was not in the room. Cabana’s face appeared on the television screen behind Omega.
Christopher Daniels had a 50th birthday party. His guest joined him via video conference. His gifts included a mask, toilet paper, bottled water and hand sanitizer.
Peter Avalon called Cutler from a landline while listening to a record player to taunt him about losing to Cabana.
Luchasaurus said he needs to find his tail.
Matt answered fan questions.
Hangman Page played Animal Crossing, watched Tiger King and worked out in full gear, all while ignoring calls from Nick, Kenny, Cody and Matt.
The Big News: Death Triangle ran in after the main event to lay a beating on five babyfaces. It took three more, in the form of Best Friends and Orange Cassidy, to run them off.
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When looking up this episode on YouTube I couldn’t help but notice the large number of episodes (including this one) where the thumbnail is of the Jurassic Express.
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Jurassic Express (with Marko Stunt) defeated Kip Sabian & Peter Avalon (with Penelope Ford & Leva Bates)
Speaking of the Jurassic Express, they are here to kick off Dark this week. Avalon, who comes into this match at 0-10, took forever to start his promo. He got as far as saying we were in Denver before the Express’ music began. This doesn’t seem right, but the graphic indicates this is only the second time Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus are teaming together in a two-on-two tag match.
Jungle Boy ran wild on both heels and was going for some sort of slingshot maneuver, but Penelope tripped him up and Sabian took over. Sabian and Avalon worked well together. Avalon missed a beautiful moonsault, giving Jungle Boy room to crawl for a tag. However. Ford grabbed one of Leva’s books and threw it into the ring to distract the referee, so the heels kept control.
Unfortunately for Sabian and Avalon, their ladies could not get along. Bates and Ford began arguing with one another, which distracted the team long enough for Luchasaurus to get the tag. He had it almost had it won with a moonsault to Avalon, but Sabian bum-rushed into the pile, breaking up the cover. Luchasaurus gave Sabian the tail whip, allowing Jungle Boy to pin Avalon following an assisted cutter.
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Tony Schiavone and Dasha Gonzalez previewed the rest of the show. Dasha wanted to know why Tony was wearing a Nightmare Family shirt. Turns out 20% of the proceeds of that shirt up until March 14 will be donated to Planned Pethood.
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Jimmy Havoc defeated Severino Corrente
I believe “Severino Corrente” loosely translates to “lamb being led to slaughter.”
Corrente had his fingers yanked back. Most people would be like “I’m done”. Instead Corrente punched Havoc to no avail. Jimmy used a discus elbow to the face and went for some sort of fireman’s carry, but Corrente raked the eyes.
Corrente started to build momentum, but then he ran chest-first into Jimmy’s feet. He did duck an Acid Rainmaker and used a German suplex into the corner turnbuckles. He tried to fishhook Havoc, but instead Jimmy bit his fingers. A series of impact moves followed, including a leg hook DDT and finished off Corrente with an Acid Rainmaker for the pin.
Havoc beckoned to the back, daring Luther and Mel to come out. Unfortunately, you get what you ask for, as Luther flew down the ramp and attacked Havoc from behind, eventually laying out Havoc with a DDT on the ramp.
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Hikaru Shida defeated Abadon
Abadon is one of the most unique looking wrestlers on the roster. She has done her face paint to look like blood is seeping from her forehead into her eye and down her cheek. She is certainly a sight to behold. By comparison, Hikaru Shida does not look like she has blood coming out of her eye.
Some of the crowd chanted for Abadon to “eat her soul” despite being the heel and Shida being very well liked. Abadon tried to eat Shida’s hand, which threw off the number one ranked contender. Abadon looked really good here and I really hope she’s not one and done. Abadon had her tied in the ropes and licked Shida’s face. Shida was not happy about this, possibly for more than one reason.
Abadon didn’t sell for much, but she definitely felt it when Shida used a running knee in the corner and a missile dropkick. Shida nailed a knee to the back of the head, but Abadon almost won with the Edge-a-matic. Shida finally managed to hit a Shining Wizard for the win.
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Backstage, Dasha asked Jimmy Havoc for an update on his injuries. Havoc thanked Luther for doing it, so being the nice guy Luther is, he attacked Havoc again and had to be dragged away.
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The Librarians were telling us about the newest book of the month, which is Written In The Stars. They came upon Colt Cabana, who was listening to a podcast instead of reading a book. Avalon kept recommending authors, so Colt recommended podcasts. This led to a challenge for a match.
Leva went back and told Colt she loves his podcast.
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Private Party defeated Sonny Kiss & Brandon Cutler
A few weeks ago, Cutler almost beat Private Party by himself when his partner, Shawn Spears walked out. So how will things be when he has a loyal partner? Either way, Cutler is dueling it out with Peter Avalon for the worst record in AEW at 0-9.
Cutler did a great job countering Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen, much like he did the last time they met. This time Sonny got involved and it ended up in a standoff. Excalibur wondered if Quen and Sonny got their hair done at the same place, which led Taz to say he thinks they go to the same “Dye-ist”. While this conversation was going on, Kiss went down to a combo Rude Awakening/Double Foot Stomp, giving Private Party the advantage.
Private Party mimicked Kiss while getting the heat on him. Cutler got the hot tag and used a beautiful springboard double clothesline. Cutler looked good, laying a beating on both men. We did have a contrived spot where Kassidy was laying on the middle rope and had to stay hanging there while Cutler did moves to Quen first.
Get out the hammer and nails, because this team of Cutler and Kiss are BUILDING MOMENTUM! Kiss went for a boot on Quen, but Marq moved and Kiss ended up in the splits. Quen went for what turned into a Moonsault with double knees. Cutler got in and started doing moves without getting a tag. The referee kept telling him he’s not legal, but Cutler ignored him and hit the TPK on both members of Private Party. Kiss went to the middle rope, but Kassidy prevented him from leaping off. Quen tagged in as Private Party nailed Kiss with the Gin and Juice for the win.
Suddenly, from out of nowhere (or just off the camera), Death Triangle ran in to attack Private Party! PAC, Pentagon and Fenix ended up laying out not only them, but also Cutler and Kiss, who tried to make the save.
PAC took the mic and told all of AEW that if they continue to disrespect athletes of their caliber, they’ll get exactly what they asked for. Joey Janela tried to run in for the save, but was also laid out. Best Friends and Orange Cassidy then hit the ring to send the Death Triangle reeling as the show closed
The Big News: The Young Bucks continued the respective losing streaks of Peter Avalon & QT Marshall in the main event.
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Tony Schiavone introduced this week’s episode of AEW Dark from a quiet spot backstage.
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Kris Statlander defeated Diamante
Now that the Nightmare Collective is no more, Statlander has lost her angle, but she was back here to do battle with former LAX member Diamante. Statlander booped referee Rick Knox, which is when she touches their nose. She spent a minute teasing doing it to Diamante before being smacked away.
Statlander took her down, stuck Diamante’s finger in her mouth, and then gave her a wet willie. Please no one show this to Jim Cornette.
We broke down into a serious wrestling match as Statlander used a gorilla press to drop Diamante on the ring apron, which is the hardest part of the ring. Statlander used a nice German suplex and picked up the win with the Big Bang Theory.
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Best Friends (w/ Orange Cassidy) defeated The Hybrid 2
Earlier today on the AEW media call, Cody called Jack Evans one of the most underrated wrestlers in AEW. Evans showed off his athleticism early and bragged to the crowd about it, which got him booed. Trent used a nice Northern Lights suplex when Evans tried diving over the top rope into the ring.
Angelico and Chuck Taylor tagged in. Taylor got the best of it, so Angelico went outside and punched Orange Cassidy, a man wearing glasses, right in the face! Best Friends ran out for the save, but Evans dove off the top rope and then stomped on Cassidy for good measure. The fans chanted Jesus, since the guy dressed like Jesus was in the crowd.
Trent used a tornado DDT to get away from his foe and make the hot tag to Taylor. Taylor ran wild on both members of TH2, including giving Evans a pop-up powerbomb on Angelico and hitting a spinning Liger Bomb on Evans.
A crazy four-way broke out, with both members of both teams running wild. Evans went up top and suddenly Cassidy rose from the ashes and violently began striking Evans in the legs. I do not know how Evans maintained his balance while getting struck like that. Anyhoo, TH2 ended up crotching themselves on the ropes and Best Friends finished them off with a Strong Zero.
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Big Swole defeated Christi Jaynes
Jaynes is from Brazil, trained in Mexico, and was making her AEW debut here. We started with a collar-and-elbow tie-up, which was such an even matchup that they went around the ring with neither wrestler gaining the advantage and it ended in a stalemate.
Swole was dominating after that, but Jaynes stepped aside on a charge and used a step-up enzuigiri where she ran up the ropes ala Fenix. Swole battled back and hit a pretty nice cutter that she hit as she stepped through the ropes. She then picked up the win with a ripcord elbow called Dirty Dancing.
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The Young Bucks defeated QT Marshall & Peter Avalon (w/ Leva Bates)
Wasn’t I just talking last week about how we hadn’t see either Librarian in a while? Marshall and Avalon have a combined record of 0-12, so maybe what they lack as individuals they can make up with being a tag team. Speaking of tag teams, where is Shawn Spears? Has he stopped looking for a partner?
The Young Bucks were hoping to pull out the hammer and nails and begin to build momentum leading into tomorrow night’s gigantic tag team battle royal. Trust me, that’s not the corniest joke I have.
Marshall and Nick Jackson exchanged counters, with both men flipping and rolling through moves. Avalon took the mic and began booing both, including his partner, for not doing actual wrestling.
Matt Jackson and Avalon tagged in and Avalon got taken down with a drop toe hold. Matt took the mic and asked if the crowd wanted to see a double hip toss. They did it and then led the crowd in a chant of “That was awesome.”
Marshall did agree to tag in despite everything that had happened, but Avalon came in for a sneak attack on Matt and then tagged himself back in. Matt was draped across the middle rope and while Avalon distracted the referee, Leva Bates jumped up and tried to show Matt the book she was reading. He pushed it away, which offended Bates, who hit Matt in the knee with it.
Matt hit eight straight Northern Lights suplexes on Avalon, with the last one including Marshall, who tried to break it up. Nick got the hot tag and used the Sharpshooter at one point. Since the referee wouldn’t just ring the damn bell, Bates pushed the bottom rope closer to Avalon to break it up.
Avalon got a handful of tights for a near fall and then went for Bates’ book, but Marshall broke it up and threw the book away. Avalon punched Marshall, got superkicked and hit with a Meltzer Driver, and the Bucks picked up the win.
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Final Thoughts: If nothing else, the main event was fun — so watch the show just for that.
AEW has announced two matches for next Tuesday’s edition of AEW Dark.
Both of the matches will be taped this Wednesday before premiering on YouTube at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, October 29. Darby Allin, Jimmy Havoc, and Jack Evans will face off in a three-way match, while Dustin Rhodes & Sonny Kiss will team against Peter Avalon & QT Marshall (Michael Cuellari).
Evans vs. Joey Janela was originally announced for this week’s Dynamite, but the match was changed to Janela facing Kenny Omega instead.
Allin unsuccessfully challenged for Chris Jericho’s AEW World Championship in a Philadelphia street fight on last week’s Dynamite.
An Undesirable to Undeniable segment with Cody Rhodes and Marshall aired on this week’s AEW Dark. It covered Marshall’s career, his time in Ring of Honor and suffering a neck injury, and working behind the scenes in AEW. Cody revealed that Marshall would be having his first AEW match.
Tomorrow’s live episode of Dynamite and AEW Dark tapings are taking place at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sonny Kiss vs. Peter Avalon (w/ Leva Bates) is set for the Fight for the Fallen pre-show, which will begin airing at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time this Saturday. The main card will start at 8:15 p.m. Eastern. The show is being held at Daily’s Place Amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida.
Avalon and Bates are playing the librarian characters that were established on Being the Elite. They’ve been part of the pre-shows for both Double or Nothing and Fyter Fest.
Allie defeated Bates at Fyter Fest. Avalon was at ringside and attempted to get involved and help Bates.
Kiss made his AEW debut as an entrant in the Casino Battle Royale on the Double or Nothing pre-show.
Fight for the Fallen will air for free on B/R Live in the United States and Canada and will be available to purchase on Fite TV elsewhere. The pre-show will also stream on YouTube. Here’s the updated card:
The Young Bucks vs. Cody & Dustin Rhodes
Kenny Omega vs. CIMA
Brandi Rhodes vs. Allie
Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian
Chris Jericho will have a “live mic”
Pentagon Jr. & Fenix vs. Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian
Jimmy Havoc, Darby Allin & Joey Janela vs. MJF, Sammy Guevara & Shawn Spears
