Episode three of AEW Dark debuts on YouTube at 7 p.m. Eastern time tonight and will feature three matches taped in Philadelphia:
The show will be headlined by an eight-man tag match, with The Young Bucks, Cody (w/ Brandi Rhodes) & Dustin Rhodes facing Private Party, CIMA & T-Hawk. Private Party and The Young Bucks are facing off again after Private Party eliminated them from the AEW Tag Team title tournament.
Both semifinal matches in the tournament will take place on Dynamite tomorrow. Private Party will face The Lucha Bros, while The Dark Order will take on SoCal Uncensored.
Nyla Rose vs. Leva Bates (w/ Peter Avalon) and Brandon Cutler vs. Joey Janela are the other two matches on tonight’s AEW Dark. There will also be an Undesirable to Undeniable segment with Cody Rhodes interviewing QT Marshall.
With last week’s Dynamite being held in Philly, Taz appeared as a guest broadcaster for AEW Dark and did commentary for the matches with Excalibur.
Both AEW Tag Team title tournament semifinals are set for next week.
Private Party vs. The Lucha Bros and SoCal Uncensored vs. The Dark Order are now confirmed for next Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite. Both SoCal Uncensored and Lucha Bros won their matches tonight to advance to the semifinals.
The winning teams will advance to the finals of the tournament. The finals are being held on the October 30 episode of Dynamite in Charleston, West Virginia.
Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian opened the show by defeating Best Friends Chuck Taylor & Trent. The SCU team was originally supposed to be Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels, but the Lucha Bros jumped them as they were coming to the ring, with Pentagon Jr. drilling Daniels with a package piledriver on the entryway.
Scorpio Sky came to the ring in street clothes and took Daniels’ place in the match, with his team winning after they hit a powerbomb/dropkick combination on Trent.
Lucha Bros later in the show defeated the team of Jungle Boy & Marko Stunt, who replaced Luchasaurus in the match. It was reported this afternoon that he would be out of the match due to a hamstring injury. Pentagon picked up the win for his team after he and Fenix drilled Stunt with a dropkick/package piledriver for the win.
Next week’s Dynamite will take place at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Private Party have advanced in the AEW Tag Team title tournament.
Their match against the Young Bucks opened tonight’s episode of Dynamite on TNT. The Bucks were going for the Meltzer Driver when Isiah Kassidy pulled Nick Jackson off the apron and to the floor. In the ring, Marq Quen countered, rolling up Matt into a small package and pinning him to win the match.
The remaining two first-round matches will take place next week (October 16). The Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) will take on Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy), while Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) will battle SCU. Private Party will face the winners of The Lucha Bros vs. Jurassic Express in the semifinals on October 23.
The Dark Order, who have a first-round bye in the tournament, will face the winners of Best Friends vs. SCU on October 23 as well.
The finals of the tournament will take place on the October 30 edition of Dynamite.
The second episode of AEW Dynamite takes place at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts tonight.
Following up on last week’s show-closing angle, Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara will face Hangman Page & Dustin Rhodes. A new stable led by Jericho formed last week, with Jericho, Guevara, Santana, Ortiz, and Jake Hager laying out The Young Bucks, Cody, and Dustin Rhodes.
The Young Bucks will be in action tonight as the AEW Tag Team title tournament begins. They’re taking on Private Party in a first-round match.
A number one contender’s match is set for tonight, with the winner of Darby Allin vs. Jimmy Havoc advancing to challenge for Jericho’s AEW World Championship next week.
New AEW Women’s Champion Riho will team with Britt Baker against Emi Sakura & Bea Priestley. Riho defeated Nyla Rose last week to become the inaugural AEW Women’s Champion.
Plus, Jon Moxley faces off with Shawn Spears.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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The broadcast team welcomed us to the show, then ran down the card for the evening.
Excalibur then threw it to a Young Bucks vs. Private Party hype video. The Bucks said they’re the best team in the world. Private Party said they’re one of the best teams, if not THE best, and anything is possible.
AEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT MATCH: PRIVATE PARTY DEFEATED THE YOUNG BUCKS
This was a hell of an opener.
SCU and Jack Evans & Angelico were shown in the crowd.
Isiah Kassidy and Nick Jackson started off with a series of counters and teases. Kassidy ducked under a superkick. Matt jumped in and hit a dropkick through the ropes, sending Marq Quen to the floor.
The Bucks cut Kassidy off with a neckbreaker combo. Kassidy came back with an Asai moonsault, then tagged Quen. Quen ran absolutely wild with a springboard crossbody, a dive to each side of the ring, then hit a 450 splash on Nick for a two count.
Matt cut Quen off with a superkick from the apron, then hit a sunset bomb on Kassidy on the ramp. The Bucks hit a sliced bread combination on Quen. Nick locked Quen in a sharpshooter, but Quen forced a rope break.
The pace slowed, and Matt worked ovr Quen with stomps. The Bucks hit a double hip toss, then a double dropkick. Nick hit a springboard foot stomp. Nick missed a spear. Quen tried for a tag, but Matt cut him off. Matt hit a spear for a two count, while Nick took Kassidy off the apron with a superkick, preventing a tag.
Kassidy got a hot tag. He took out both Bucks with a dropkick, then hit a double hurricanrana. He sold his back from the sunset bomb on the apron. Matt came back with three northern lights suplexes in a row on Kassidy, then hit a double northern lights on both members of Private Party.
Matt locked Kassidy in a sharpshooter. Nick hit Kassidy with a facebuster while he was still in the hold, then hit a dive to the floor that the production team missed.
Private Party hit Gin and Juice on Matt. Quen hit Nick with a poison rana. Quen hit Matt with a 450 for a two count.
The Bucks went for a Meltzer Driver. Kassidy pulled Nick off the ropes to the floor. Inside, Quen used a cradle on Matt for the upset win.
Private Party went into the crowd to celebrate as we reached our first commercial break.
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Jericho and his faction came out for a promo. Jericho said these men are his confidantes, they will continue to work together, and they have a name.
Jericho put over Sammy Guevara as a “Spanish God”, and said he was sexy, and a teenage heartthrob. He said Santana and Ortiz are killers that he personally recruited to AEW.
The crowd began chanting “We the people” as Jericho started introducing “Jake HAGAR”. Jericho said “We the people” sucks, it’s dead and buried, a bad idea from bad creative.
Jericho introduced the group as “The Inner Circle”. He said he hates Cody and his family. He said Dusty was a jerk, Dustin is a moron, and he’s going to beat Cody in Baltimore on November 9, then celebrate in the streets of Baltimore with a little bit of the bubbly.
Jericho can’t help himself with the cool heel lines that always end up turning him babyface, but aside from that, this promo was exactly what it should have been. It established his group, named them, and emphasized his match at the pay-per-view.
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DARBY ALLIN DEFEATED JIMMY HAVOC
Allin gets a title match against Jericho next week by virtue of this win.
This was kind of a weird match. Havoc took the vast majority of the offense. These are two guys whose gimmicks are that they’re ultra-violent, but they didn’t do much violence. There was a lot of biting.
Allin hit an armdrag and a back elbow. Havoc bit Allin, then suplexed him out of the ring to the floor. Havoc went to work on Allin’s left hand. He stomped on the left arm, then bit the hand.
Havoc used a sleeper hold in the corner, then hit a sleeper suplex. Allin rolled to the floor, and the show went to a commercial break.
Back from break, Havoc hit a weak rolling elbow for a two count, then hit a DVD into the buckle for another. Havoc hit a tiger driver for a near fall. Allin used a crucifix for a two count.
Havoc went for a lariat, but Allin bit his hand, hit a stunner, then hit a Coffin Drop for the pin.
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RIHO & DR. BRITT BAKER DEFEATED BEA PRIESTLEY & EMI SAKURA
This was a good match. A minor complaint is that it felt as though they crammed a 20 minute match into a 10 minute window.
Priestley had her right shoulder taped up and didn’t work much, and she didn’t do much in her match last week either, so she may be injured.
Sakura hit a slam on Riho. Riho came back with a dropkick. Riho went for a slam, but failed. Sakura threw Riho across the ring by her hair. Sakura used a Romero Special, then tagged Priestley.
Priestley went after Baker on the apron. They brawled to the floor, trading forearms. Sakura and Priestley hit a double suplex on the floor. Riho then hit a high cross off the post onto the other three ladies on the floor.
The match continued picture-in-picture during an ad break. Riho hit a double stomp on Priestley, while Baker hit a draping DDT. Sakura countered with a Vader Bomb into an elbow drop for a two count.
Baker hit a stunner on Sakura. Riho hit a double stomp to Sakura, then rolled outside to hold Priestley at bay bay. Baker used a swinging neckbreaker for a two count, then used her Rings of Saturn/Mandible Claw combo for the submission win.
Priestley and Baker got into it after the match, but ref Aubrey Edwards quickly pulled them apart.
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We got a Best Friends hype video and promo. They were asked how they’re feeling ahead of their match next week.
Chuck Taylor said don’t ask us, ask this guy how we’re feeling, then stepped aside to reveal Orange Cassidy seated behind him.
Cassidy gave a thumbs up.
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JON MOXLEY DEFEATED SHAWN SPEARS (w/Tully Blanchard)
“The Bastard PAC” was on commentary. He made references to AEW management holding him down, and wanted to know why he isn’t getting a title shot.
Spears went right at Moxley with forearm shots before the bell. Moxley came back with a penalty kick and an elbow drop. Tully tried to trip Moxley from the floor, but failed.
Moxley tossed Spears outside, then ran him into the barricade. Tully grabbed Moxley, then made a hasty retreat. Spears couldn’t capitalize on the distraction, and Moxley remained in control.
Tully whipped Moxley into the steps, then took the referee. Spears sent Moxley into the barricade, then the steps. He then hit a Death Valley Driver on Moxley into the barricade.
Spears continued working over Moxley during a commercial break. Spears locked on a single-leg crab as they returned from break.
Spears sent Moxley outside, then hit a suicide dive. Moxley didn’t sell it, then immediately hit his own suicide dive. Moxley hit a Regal Knee for a two count.
They traded chops. Spears hit a pump kick, but Moxley put him down with a lariat. Spears popped up, then hit an Ushigoroshi for a two count.
Spears taunted Moxley with his perfect 10 deal. Moxley threw Spears into the corner, then hit a Death Rider (double-arm DDT) and got the pin.
Kenny Omega came out to the ramp with a barbed wire broom and a barbed wire bat. He threw the bat to Moxley. As they prepared to square off, PAC attacked Omega from behind with a chair, then left.
Moxley refused to use the bat on Omega when he was down. He’s a good guy.
Page and Dustin are already one of the best teams in the business in their first match together.
Dustin went after Jericho. He dominated him on the floor, then sent him over the barricade. Guevara tried a clothesline off the apron but Dustin nailed him with an uppercut.
Page hit a fall-away slam on Guevara, then hit a dive to Jericho. Page and Dustin doubled up on Guevara. Page hit a standing shooting star for a two count.
Page went up top, but Jericho grabbed his ankle, cutting him off. Guevara climbed to the top with Page, then hit a pop-up TKO, dropping Page across the top turnbuckle. Guevara and Jericho took the advantage heading into the final commercial break.
Back from break, Jericho worked over Page against the ropes. Jericho missed a running knee. Page tried to hot tag Dustin, but Guevara tagged in and made the save for his team.
Guevara used a chinlock on Page. Jericho tagged back in and hit some slaps to Page’s face. Jericho went for a Lionsault, but Page got his knees up. Page again tried for the hot tag, but again Guevara tagged in and cut him off.
Page hit a discus lariat, then finally made that hot tag to Dustin. Dustin hit a Manhattan Drop, then an inverted atomic drop. He hit a twisting crossbody off the top to both Guevara and Jericho.
Guevara got sent outside. Page hit him with a moonsault off the post, but then got taken out by Hager.
Dustin hit a destroyer on Jericho. He set Jericho up for a Final Shot. Guevara jumped in and ate a powerslam. Guevara took the referee, and Hager ran in and dropped Dustin with a forearm.
Jericho used the distraction to hit Dustin with a Judas Effect, then pinned him.
Hager and Page fought to the back after the match, while Jericho and Guevara double-teamed Dustin.
The lights went off. When they came back on, Cody was in the ring. He took out Guevara with a right hand. Santana and Ortiz ran in to cut Cody off. Jericho choked Cody with Cody’s own tie.
MJF ran down with a chair. He teased turning and hitting Cody with a chair, but instead used the chair on Jericho, Guevara, Santana and Ortiz.
MJF posed for the camera. Jericho hit him with a Codebreaker.
The Young Bucks ran down to make the save. They hit tandem topes to Santana and Ortiz. Dustin came to and took out Guevara. Jericho escaped and made it to the ramp.
Jericho then went after referee Bryce Remsburg. Darby Allin rode down the ramp on a skateboard to make the save, nailing Jericho with a knee.
Allin then hit Jericho with the skateboard, then posed with The Elite in the ring.
Jericho took the mic and said that he’ll see Cody on November 9, and he’ll see Darby next week. “It’s your funeral, bitch,” he said.
Final Thoughts – –
73 things happened in the main event and post-match, which is too busy for my taste, but they ended on a strong note with a cliffhanger for next week.
The promo establishing The Inner Circle was well done.
The opener was the best match in the short history of the show.
All in all, this was a better show than last week’s debut.
AEW’s much-anticipated All Out event is upon us and you can watch the live pre-show starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time here on F4WOnline.com.
The two announced pre-show matches are a 21-woman Casino Battle Royale and a tag team match featuring Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. Jack Evans & Angelico.
Announced participants for the Casino Battle Royale include: Britt Baker, Nyla Rose, Teal Piper, Ivelisse, Jazz, Big Swole (Aerial Monroe), Sadie Gibbs, Awesome Kong, Shazza McKenzie, and Allie. The match will begin with five wrestlers in the ring, with groups of five entering every three minutes after that. The 21st participant will then enter on their own.
All Out emanates from the Sears Centre Arena outside Chicago, Illinois and is headlined by Adam Page vs. Chris Jericho for the AEW World title, PAC vs. Kenny Omega, The Lucha Bros vs. The Young Bucks in a ladder match for the AAA Tag Team titles, Cody vs. Shawn Spears, and more.
The first matchup is set for AEW’s Tag Team title tournament.
After their match at House of Glory’s High Intensity 8 last night, The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) announced that they’ll be facing Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) on week two of AEW television. It will be a first round match in AEW’s Tag Team title tournament.
Episode two of AEW TV is taking place at the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, October 9.
In what was billed as likely being The Young Bucks’ final independent wrestling match, they defeated Private Party at High Intensity 8. Matt Jackson gave a post-match speech and asked the fans if they wanted to see The Young Bucks vs. Private Party on national TV. Matt said they’ll open the show on October 9.
Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) will face The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) at All Out on August 31, with the winning team getting a first round bye in the Tag Team title tournament. AEW has yet to reveal how many teams will be in the tournament or when the inaugural champions will be crowned.
It’s rare when professional wrestling news comes out of nowhere in this era, but a bombshell regarding WWE creative broke last week.
WWE announced via Sports Illustrated that Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff are joining the creative team in newly-created positions. Heyman will be the executive director of Raw, while Bischoff will be the executive director of SmackDown. Both will report directly to Vince McMahon.
While describing their roles, WWE stated that Heyman and Bischoff “will oversee the creative development of WWE’s flagship programming and ensure integration across all platforms and lines of business. The creation of these roles further establishes WWE’s ability to continuously reinvent its global brand while providing two distinct creative processes for its flagship shows.”
A look at the WWE’s move to bring in Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff is the lead story in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The story talks about what led to the moves, the questions about the moves that aren’t answered, the Heyman-McMahon history, the Bischoff decision, and how Wall Street and AEW fit into this equation.
We also look at the end of the political career of Antonio Inoki, a look at plans for Extreme Rules, business notes on ticket sales for the summer’s biggest events, the business this past week of WWE, the reaction to Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin, full coverage of Stomping Grounds with match-by-match rundowns, star ratings and poll results.
We also look at the retirement of Riki Choshu, a look back at his heyday, his awards, his as a headliner and booker and as a creator as well as his retirement mach.
We also look at the July 13 night of wrestling that will be loaded as far as different offerings go, with ESPN+, AXS, WWE Network and B/R Live all offering shows at the same time. We look at how and why this happened.
We also look at changes to WWE television, why the Rollins vs. Bryan match went like it did, and what the internal feeling is about the changes. We also look at the rounds system, 24/7 title news, declines in Raw viewership over the past year in different demos, new WWE signings, WWE injury updates, Noam Dar talks Adrian McCallum, Lio Rush update, WWE canceling shows and why, television industry exec talks wrestling and television landscape and how the mentality of TV has changed, WWE name changes, first Smackdown on FOX news updates and the market value of WWE.
We also look at all the NXT and WWE main roster events over the past week with match results, highlights and other business notes.
We’ve got full coverage of this past week’s UFC show with business notes.
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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE
by Joseph Currier and Bryan Rose
WWE
SmackDown tonight will be at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The only thing announced for tonight’s show is a match between Daniel Bryan and Big E.
205 Live will have The Singh Brothers vs. Lucha House Party in a tornado tag team match and a six-man tag match pitting Tony Nese, Oney Lorcan and Jack Gallagher vs. Drew Gulak, Ariya Daivari and Mike Kanellis.
Seth Rollins apologized to Will Ospreay for the tweet Rollins sent last month about comparing bank accounts: “After a few days to sit on it, I’d like to apologize to @WillOspreay for the tweet I sent his way about comparing bank accounts. It was dumb of me & not in line with my values. The moment I pressed the send button I knew it was trash, but I’m too stubborn for my own good. I stand firm in my sentiments that @WWE is the best pro wrestling on the planet and that I’m the best of the best doing it right now. After a helluva week of travel, our crew didn’t waver for a second. Top level humans busting their asses for the love of the game. I couldn’t be more proud to be a champion with this company and represent @WWE and the entire industry in the way it deserves. No more garbage tweets. I can and will be better.”
Roman Reigns spoke to Sports Illustrated about his friendship with Jon Moxley: “I don’t think our working relationship is going to be what it used to be, but I’ll always love that guy, he’ll always be my close friend, and I wish the best for him. We have a brotherhood, so I’m always cheering for him. I’ve shared so many great moments with Ambrose, or Mox. We have love for each other well beyond the wrestling, and it will always be that way.”
On the post-Fyter Fest episode of Being the Elite, The Young Bucks offered Private Party full-time contracts with AEW after their match against Best Friends and SoCal Uncensored. Matt Jackson tweeted about the decision: “Literally right when Private Party stepped back through the curtain after their match at #FyterFest, Nick & I offered them full time contracts. Star making performances like that deserve to be rewarded.”
The Bouncers (Beer City Bruiser & Brawler Milonas) will challenge for the ROH Tag Team titles at ROH’s Mass Hysteria show in Lowell, Massachusetts on July 21. They’ll face the winners of the Guerrillas of Destiny vs. Briscoes title match from Manhattan Mayhem the previous night. Mass Hysteria will air live on HonorClub, and Rush vs. Dalton Castle has also been announced for the show.
Following an event in New Albany, Indiana that caused an HIV health alert, the New Albany city council is looking into a city ordinance banning extreme wrestling.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is warning Conor McGregor to not pull any tricks ahead of his match against Dustin Porier at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. Dana White has said that McGregor is planning to come and watch the fights.
The UFC on ESPN 3 main card averaged 1.091 million viewers this past weekend.
House of Glory noted that the match will be “both a return and a farewell.”
When The Young Bucks wrestling at High Intensity 8 was first announced, Matt Jackson tweeted that it could quite possibly be their last independent wrestling match ever.
The Young Bucks were the first House of Glory Tag Team Champions, and Private Party have also previously held the titles.
Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) took on Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) and SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) on Saturday night’s Fyter Fest pre-show. Best Friends won and advanced to All Out on August 31, where they’ll have a shot to earn a first-round bye in AEW’s Tag Team title tournament.
The Young Bucks teamed with Kenny Omega to defeat Pentagon Jr., Fenix & Laredo Kid at Fyter Fest.
A three-way tag match with Tag Team title tournament implications has been announced for Fyter Fest.
Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) is set for the Fyter Fest pre-show. The winning team will advance to All Out on August 31, where they’ll get an opportunity at a first-round bye in AEW’s World Tag Team Championship tournament.
During his appearance on the Steve Austin Show, AEW’s Tony Khan revealed that AEW will be holding the Tag Team title tournament and it will be “one of the main focuses” of their television when it debuts this fall.
Fyter Fest is taking place at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday, June 29. It will air for free on Bleacher Report Live and will be available to purchase on Fite TV outside of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Here’s the updated card:
The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) & Kenny Omega vs. The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) & Laredo Kid
Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela
Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin
Hangman Page vs. MJF vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Jungle Boy
Nyla Rose vs. Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki
Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA
Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) (pre-show)
CEO Fighting Game Championships organizer Alex Jebailey vs. AEW’s Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match (pre-show)
– On today’s episode of Being the Elite, it was announced that Brandon Cutler has signed a full-time deal with AEW as a wrestler and executive content producer. The Young Bucks talked about how hard Cutler works, how he’s back in pro wrestling after a seven-year break, and how the contract will help with his family’s financial situation.
– Cutler had already been announced as one of the entrants for Saturday’s Casino Battle Royale at Double or Nothing. Luchasaurus and Private Party (Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy) are also now set to take part in the match. Luchasaurus is former WWE developmental wrestler Austin Matelson, who has wrestled for Lucha Underground and ROH during his career.
AEW announced last month that Private Party had signed with them and would be part of their tag team division.
There will be 21 entrants in the Casino Battle Royale. The match will start with five wrestlers in the ring, with waves of five entering every three minutes after that. The 21st wrestler will then enter on their own. Whoever wins will receive a future shot against the first AEW World Champion.
Jimmy Havoc, Billy Gunn, MJF, Michael Nakazawa, Jungle Boy, Glacier, Sonny Kiss, Joey Janela, Ace Romero, Brian Pillman Jr., Sunny Daze, and Dustin Thomas have also been confirmed for the battle royal.
– The PAC vs. Hangman Page match from Wrestle Gate Pro’s show in Nottingham, England this past Saturday will be made available on AEW’s YouTube account at noon Eastern time tomorrow (May 21). As Dave Meltzer reported, the match was done because it will no longer be taking place at Double or Nothing.
Today’s Being the Elite is available to watch below:
A new tag team was announced as joining the All Elite Wrestling roster on this week’s Being the Elite.
Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) will be part of AEW’s tag team division. Quen & Kassidy being hired by AEW was first teased on last week’s Being the Elite, with The Young Bucks talking about an East Coast tag team that deserves a shot. The Super Smash Bros (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) signing with AEW was also teased at the end of that episode.
House of Glory, Wrestling Has A Tomorrow, and CZW are among the promotions Private Party have wrestled for.
The storyline of the librarian character AEW has been looking for also continued on this week’s Being the Elite, with Cody Rhodes and Kenny Omega choosing Leva Bates and The Young Bucks picking Peter Avalon. The episode is available to watch below:
