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MJF vs. Starks winner takes all match set for AEW Dynamite Winter is Coming

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The AEW World Championship and Dynamite Diamond ring will be on the line in a winner takes all match next week at Winter is Coming. 

As announced on this week’s Dynamite, MJF will defend both the AEW World title and the Dynamite Diamond against Ricky Starks on the December 14 Winter is Coming episode of Dynamite. 

Starks earned the World title shot by virtue of winning the World title eliminator tournament last month, then won the Dynamite Diamond battle royale on this week’s Dynamite to earn the shot at the ring. 

Also announced for Winter is Coming is the in-ring return of House of Black (Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews, and Brody King w/Julia Hart). No opponents were announced for HOB. 

Already set for Winter is Coming is the fourth match in the best-of-seven series for the AEW World Trios Championship, with Death Triangle facing The Elite. Death Triangle holds a 2-1 series lead. 

The announced lineup for next week: 

AEW Dynamite Winter is Coming, Wednesday, December 14 —

  • AEW World Championship and Dynamite Diamond ring winner takes all: MJF (c) vs. Ricky Starks
  • House of Black in action
  • AEW World Trios Championship best-of-seven series: Death Triangle vs. The Elite (Death Triangle leads 2-1)

Ricky Starks wins AEW Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal

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Ricky Starks won the Dynamite Diamond Battle, earning a shot at MJF’s Dynamite Diamond Ring at next week’s Winter is Coming edition of Dynamite.

Starks last eliminated Ethan Page to win the battle royal. In addition to the diamond ring, the match between Starks and MJF will also be for the AEW World Heavyweight title.

Following the match, MJF’s music immediately hit as he came to the ring and addressed Starks. MJF referred to Starks as “The Pebble” and a “dollar store Dwayne”. MJF also mentioned that he would send Starks back to “Billy Corgan’s NWA on YouTube”. Starks called him “Maxi Pad”, running down his appearance and knocked MJF for using cheap heat. MJF countered by low blowing Starks and aiming to strike him with the diamond ring. Instead, Starks ducked and hit a spear to close out the segment.

Other participants in the battle royal included Jungle Boy Jack Perry, Dustin Rhodes, Lee Moriarty, Orange Cassidy, Kip Sabian, Matt Hardy, The Butcher, Capt. Shawn Dean, Dalton Castle, and Brian Cage.

Speak Now: Chicago crowd split on The Elite/CM Punk, AEW Dynamite recap

Posted on by Denise Salcedo

We had a pretty noteworthy episode of AEW Dynamite unfold today. 

Topics include: The Elite in Chicago dividing the crowd, a major announcement regarding the AEW Women’s division, the Blackpool Combat Club falling apart, and much more! 

Tune in as Denise Salcedo breaks down the show on Speak Now Pro Wrestling. 

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Ricky Starks wins AEW World title eliminator tournament

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Ricky Starks is set to challenge for the AEW World Championship. 

Starks defeated Ethan Page in the finals of the AEW World title eliminator tournament on Wednesday’s Dynamite, earning a shot at MJF’s title at Dynamite: Winter is Coming on December 14. 

Starks defeated Page after hitting three spears in a match where his upper body was taped as he sold injuries from matches with Lance Archer and Brian Cage last Friday and Saturday. 

Though billed from New Orleans, Starks made his name on the independent wrestling scene in Texas, and Winter is Coming will be held in Garland, Texas. 

MJF won the AEW World title from Jon Moxley at Full Gear last Saturday, but was absent from Wednesday’s Dynamite as he was reportedly on set for The Iron Claw film. William Regal announced on Wednesday’s show that MJF will return on next week’s episode in his first official appearance as AEW World Champion. 

Ricky Starks advances to AEW World title eliminator tournament finals

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The finals for the AEW World title eliminator tournament has been set.

Ricky Starks defeated Brian Cage in a semifinal match at Saturday’s Full Gear Zero Hour pre-show. Starks picked up the win after hitting Cage with the ro sham bo. As a result, Starks will now meet Ethan Page in the finals of the tournament, which was confirmed as taking place this coming Wednesday on Dynamite.

Starks was originally set to have a quarterfinal match against Lance Archer during last week’s AEW Rampage. However, a video was shown on social media showing Archer laying out Starks, postponing the match to this week’s Rampage. Although Archer jumped Starks before the bell rang and dominated the match, Starks was still able to advance to the semifinals after pinning Archer with a spear.

Ethan Page defeated Eddie Kingston and Bandido to reach the finals. He did commentary during Zero Hour and told announcers after Starks won that he was happy he would be facing Starks in the finals.

Ricky Starks advances in AEW World title eliminator tournament on Rampage

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Ricky Starks has advanced in the AEW World Title eliminator tournament.

On Friday’s Rampage, Starks defeated Lance Archer after hitting a spear. Archer had attacked Starks backstage prior to the match, with the two eventually brawling their way to the ring. Archer was in control for most of the match until Starks found an opening and connected with the spear.

After the match, Prince Nana and Brian Cage arrived, as Cage will face Starks in the final semifinal match at Full Gear Zero Hour on Saturday. The distraction allowed Archer to attack Starks from behind, eventually chokeslamming him on top of steel steps.

The winner between Starks and Cage will advance to the finals, where they will face Ethan Page. Page defeated Bandido on Dynamite this past Wednesday to advance. The date for the finals was moved from Full Gear to an unknown date in the future.

The match between Starks and Archer was originally set for last week’s Rampage. However, the match was called off after a social media post by AEW showed that Archer had jumped Starks backstage.

Tony Khan reveals change to AEW World title eliminator tournament

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A change has been made to the AEW World title eliminator tournament schedule. 

Last week on AEW Rampage, it was announced that Ricky Starks was not cleared to compete after being attacked by his first-round opponent, Lance Archer. Tony Khan revealed during Thursday’s Full Gear media call that Starks was legitimately not cleared to perform and this has caused a change to the tournament schedule. The nature of Starks’ injury was not disclosed. 

The finals will no longer take place at AEW Full Gear. The opening round match between Starks and Archer is scheduled for Friday’s Rampage with the winner to face Brian Cage in the semifinals on Saturday’s Zero Hour pre-show. The tournament finals will now take place on the November 23 edition of AEW Dynamite. 

AEW World title eliminator tournament 2022 schedule and results:

  • Ethan Page defeated Eddie Kingston (AEW Dynamite 11/9) (opening round)
  • Bandido defeated Rush (AEW Dynamite 11/9) (opening round)
  • Brian Cage defeated Dante Martin (AEW Rampage 11/9 ) (opening round)
  • Ricky Starks vs. Lance Archer (postponed until AEW Rampage 11/18) (opening round)
  • Ethan Page defeated Bandido (AEW Dynamite 11/16) (semifinals)
  • Brian Cage vs. Starks/Archer (AEW Zero Hour 11/19) (semifinals)
  • Finals (AEW Dynamite 11/23)

Ricky Starks promo added to AEW Rampage

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A Ricky Starks promo segment has been added to this week’s AEW Rampage lineup. 

AEW announced the new segment on Twitter on Thursday: 

In his recent AEW outings, Starks lost to Powerhouse Hobbs at All Out on September 4, won a Lights Out match against Hobbs on the September 23 Rampage, then defeated Eli Isom in a squash match on the September 28 Dynamite. His only October match for the company came at a Dark taping in Toronto on October 13, where he defeated Nick Comoroto. 

The Starks segment joins a lineup that includes an All-Atlantic title match with Orange Cassidy defending against Katsuyori Shibata, Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter facing Skye Blue and Madison Rayne in a tag match, plus Mike Tyson on commentary. 

Here is the announced lineup for Friday’s live Rampage from Atlantic City, New Jersey: 

  • AEW All-Atlantic Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
  • Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter vs. Madison Rayne & Skye Blue
  • Ricky Starks promo
  • Mike Tyson on commentary

Speak Now: A loaded AEW Dynamite Fight For The Fallen

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AEW Fight For The Fallen was a stacked show with lots of good matches, shocking moments, and some news! 

Tune into Speak Now Pro Wrestling hosted by Denise Salcedo to hear her review of the show. Denise includes funny commentary and analysis of the show while also engaging with live viewers. 

This podcast is sponsored by Wrestle Rumble. 

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Hook wins FTW title at AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen

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Several weeks ago in a backstage promo, it was intimated that Hook was in line for a future title shot. 

While the undefeated rookie didn’t acknowledge it then, he called his shot at Wednesday Fight for the Fallen edition of AEW Dynamite, defeating Ricky Starks for the FTW title.

Starks defeated Hook’s occasional partner Danhausen following a spear and then again issued an open challenge to anyone for the belt. Surprisingly, Team Taz member Hook’s music hit and he came out to silently accept the challenge.

The match was short as Hook got in his usual amount offense in before Starks rallied with a spear. He went for his Roshambo finisher, but Hook reversed it into his Redrum submission, getting the quick tap for the win and his first-ever title.

Before leaving the ring, Hook fist bumped Starks in a show of respect. After the commercial break, Starks was cutting a fiery promo about how this was his time, flanked by tag team partner Powerhouse Hobbs. 

Out of nowhere, Hobbs nailed Starks and then delivered a spinebuster as Taz (on commentary) was confused as to what Hobbs was doing and why.

Since debuting in December 2021, Hook is undefeated at 10-0 in singles action and 11-0 overall — all in AEW.

Toni Storm, Keith Lee, Swerve Strickland part of six-match AEW Dark lineup

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AEW has announced six matches for Tuesday’s edition of Dark. 

The matches for this week’s show were taped on Friday, April 15 from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. 

Notable matches scheduled to air include Team Taz’s Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs facing The Dark Order’s Evil Uno & Stu Grayson. Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee will team up to take on The Factory’s Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto as well.

Marina Shafir will also be in action on Dark ahead of her TBS title match against Jade Cargill on Friday’s edition of Rampage. She’ll take on Alejandra Lion on the show. 

The full lineup for Tuesday’s edition of AEW Dark is as follows:

  • Toni Storm vs. Gigi Rey
  • Marina Shafir vs. Alejandra Lion
  • Danielle Kamela vs. Rache Chanel
  • Tony Nese vs. JD Griffey
  • Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee vs. The Factory’s Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto
  • Team Taz’s Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. The Dark Order’s Evil Uno & Stu Grayson

VIDEO: AEW Dynamite post-show segment with Blackpool Combat Club, Ricky Starks

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AEW has uploaded footage following tonight’s Rampage, including appearances from the Blackpool Combat Club, Ricky Starks, Danhausen, and more.

You can watch the footage below:

The video starts with Jon Moxley saying he wanted to introduce someone from New Orleans. Danhausen came out, and everyone was perplexed by Danhausen. Moxley didn’t like that Wheeler Yuta knew Danhausen and made him do ten push ups. Danhausen, meanwhile, interacted with William Regal and ended up cursing him.

Bryan Danielson then tried to introduce the real hometown face, but it was Hook instead, entering then exiting the stage. Danielson tried one more time and eventually got the right hometown face, Ricky Starks.

Starks started to cut a promo, but then The Acclaimed came out as Max Caster did his rap. They then ran down everyone in the ring, pointing out their segment last week was the highest rated on Dynamite. Eventually Max Caster entered the ring and everyone took him out. The segment ended with everyone posing for the crowd.

AEW will return on Friday with a live edition of Rampage headlined by Hangman Page defending the AEW World Championship against Adam Cole. Battle of the Belts will also be taped that night.

Speak Now: Suzuki vs. Joe, full AEW Dynamite show recap

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Happy Wednesday! Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews the April 13th edition of AEW Dynamite. This was a loaded episode where there is plenty to talk about including CM Punk vs. Penta Oscuro, Minoru Suzuki vs. Samoa Joe, the debut of Satnam Singh, plus lots more! Tune in for a fun and honest review!

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Ricky Starks vs. Swerve Strickland FTW title match set for AEW Rampage

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The FTW title will be on the line on Friday’s AEW Rampage as Ricky Starks will defend the gold against Swerve Strickland.

This will be Starks’ first title defense since early-February when he defeated the debuting Jay Lethal.

Strickland has been getting involved in Team Taz’s affairs over the last week, coming to the defense of Keith Lee who has his own issues with Powerhouse Hobbs and Starks.

reDRagon will also be in action as they take on Dark Order’s 10 and Alan “5” Angels. Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish attacked Dark Order friend and AEW World Champion Hangman Page on Wednesday’s Dynamite before Jurassic Express and Christian Cage came out for the save.

Friday’s show will also see Lance Archer take on Dustin Rhodes for the first time since their April 2020 clash in the inaugural TNT title tournament.

Nyla Rose will also be in action after her surprise attack on AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa Wednesday.

The new matches join the previously announced QT Marshall “Certificate of Accomplishment” ceremony for Hook after Hook’s victory over him at Revolution.

Here’s the full lineup that is being taped following Wednesday’s Dynamite in Cedar Park, Texas:

  • FTW Champion Ricky Starks vs. Swerve Strickland for the title
  • Lance Archer vs. Dustin Rhodes
  • reDRagon vs. Dark Order’s 10 and Alan “5” Angels
  • Nyla Rose in action
  • QT Marshall “Certificate of Accomplishment” ceremony for Hook

Ricky Starks advances to Revolution ladder match on AEW Dynamite

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Ricky Starks is going to Revolution. 

Starks defeated Preston “10” Vance of The Dark Order in a qualifying match on tonight’s Dynamite to advance to the Face of the Revolution ladder match at the March 6 Revolution pay-per-view. 

Starks joins Wardlow, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Keith Lee in the match, with two spots still open. Orange Cassidy will take on Anthony Bowens in another qualifier on this Friday’s AEW Rampage. 

The winner of the Face of the Revolution ladder match will receive a future TNT Championship match.

The Revolution card is taking shape following tonight’s episode of Dynamite. The lineup so far: 

AEW Rampage, Sunday, March 6 —

  • AEW World Championship: Hangman Adam Page (c) vs. Adam Cole
  • AEW Women’s World Championship: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (c) vs. Thunder Rosa
  • Dog collar match: CM Punk vs. MJF
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship: Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus (c) vs. Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly vs. TBA
  • Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
  • Face of the Revolution ladder match for a shot at the TNT Championship: Keith Lee vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Wardlow vs. Ricky Starks vs. Orange Cassidy/Anthony Bowens vs. TBA