A bout for the IWTV Independent Wrestling World Championship has been announced for Beyond Wrestling’s Sunday, December 5 Fete Forever event in Rhode Island.
IWTV World Champion Alex Shelley will defend the title against AEW’s Ruby Soho. Beyond Wrestling made the match announcement today. The show will air on FITE TV.
Shelley captured the IWTV title on October 8, defeating Wheeler Yuta.
Soho is one of a number of regular AEW talents working the event. Yuta will also be in action, taking on Matt Makowski. John Silver and Alex Reynolds of The Dark Order will be in a tag match against VSK and Mark Sterling on the show.
Here is the announced lineup for the event:
Beyond Wrestling Fete Forever, Sunday, December 5, Providence, Rhode Island, 4 p.m. Eastern time on FITE TV —
IWTV Independent Wrestling World Championship: Alex Shelley (c) vs. Ruby Soho
John Silver & Alex Reynolds vs. VSK & Mark Sterling
Ruby Soho defeated Penelope Ford in a first round matchup to advance in the TBS Championship tournament on AEW Saturday Night Dynamite.
After The Bunny tried to slide a pair of brass knuckles into the ring, Ford and the referee struggled to grab the weapon. Soho then used the distraction to use an O’Connor roll to pin Ford and advance to the second round of the tournament.
After the match, Ford and The Bunny teased attacking Soho. The Bunny’s first round tournament opponent ran in to make the save for Soho.
Soho will now face Kris Statlander in the second round.
Another first round match will take place on this Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, as Hikaru Shida takes on Serena Deeb. The winner of that bout will advance to face Nyla Rose. The winner of The Bunny vs. Red Velvet will take on Jade Cargill in the second round.
The other first round match will see Anna Jay face Jamie Hayter. The winner of that contest will advance to take on Thunder Rosa.
A first round TBS Championship tournament match has been added to this Saturday’s edition of AEW Dynamite.
Ruby Soho will face Penelope Ford with the winner moving on to face Kris Statlander (first round bye) in the second round. Ford attacked Soho on last week’s Rampage after Soho defeated The Bunny to set the match up.
Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb is set for this Wednesday’s Dynamite from Boston while dates for Anna Jay vs. Jamie Hayter and The Bunny vs. Red Velvet have yet to be announced.
The winner of Jay vs. Hayter will face Thunder Rosa (first round bye) in round two, while either The Bunny or Velvet will advance to take on Jade Cargill (first round bye). The winner of Shida vs. Deeb will face Nyla Rose (first round bye).
Here is the announced lineup for Dynamite:
AEW Dynamite | Saturday, October 23 | 8 PM Eastern time —
Cody Rhodes vs. Malakai Black III
AEW World title eliminator tournament first round: Lance Archer vs. Eddie Kingston
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TBS Championship tournament first round: Ruby Soho vs. Penelope Ford
Dan Lambert gives stipulations for American Top Team vs. Inner Circle
For the first time since 2016, Ruby Soho will return to the indies as Beyond Wrestling announced she will be part of their December 5th card in Providence, Rhode Island.
Soho, the former Ruby Riott in WWE and Heidi Lovelace before that, is no stranger to Beyond having worked matches for the New England-based promotion since 2013. Her opponent has yet to be announced.
This will be her first indie match since a December 2016 AAW show in Illinois when she defeated Kimber Lee. She started in NXT two weeks after.
After being released by WWE earlier this year, she signed with AEW, making her debut as the joker in the women’s Casino Battle Royale. She won the match and earned a World title shot against Britt Baker, but was unsuccessful in defeating the champion at Dynamite: Grand Slam.
Since then, Soho has won two straight and will learn Friday if she is to be in the TBS Women’s title tournament.
For the first time since unsuccessfully unseating Women’s Champion Britt Baker at AEW Grand Slam, Ruby Soho will return to the ring on Monday’s Dark: Elevation.
Soho will take on Emi Sakura who is riding a six-match win streak since returning to the U.S.
Monday’s show will also see the debut of former WCW star Crowbar as he takes on Joey Janela. These two are no strangers and have worked against each other four times dating back to 2014.
FTR will return to action against Lee Moriarty and LSG.
Here’s the full seven match card, taped last Wednesday before Dynamite in Philadelphia, PA:
Ruby Soho vs. Emi Sakura
FTR vs. Lee Moriarty and LSG
Santana and Ortiz vs. Adrien Soriano and Matthew Omen
The Butcher and The Blade & Private Party vs. Lee Johnson, Brock Anderson, Chuck Taylor and Wheeler Yuta
Ruby Soho’s first AEW Dynamite opponent has been announced.
Soho will take on Jamie Hayter on this week’s show. Soho made her AEW debut as the surprise entrant in the women’s Casino Battle Royale at Sunday’s All Out pay-per-view. Soho won the match to earn a future Women’s World Championship match against Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., though no official date for the title match has been announced.
This will be Soho’s first singles match since a May 7 loss to Carmella on WWE SmackDown.
Hayter returned to AEW and aligned with Baker after the main event of Rampage on August 13. Hayter’s victory over Red Velvet on the August 25 edition of Dynamite was her first match for AEW since November 2019. She worked primarily for STARDOM, OTT and RevPro throughout 2020 and the first half of 2021.
Here is the announced lineup for Wednesday’s Dynamite:
The former Ruby Riott is now #AllElite as Ruby Soho debuted at AEW All Out Sunday in the women’s Casino Battle Royale, winning the match to earn a future shot at Women’s Champion Britt Baker.
As had been rumored, Soho was the final entrant (the joker) into the match, entering to Rancid’s “Ruby Soho” to a loud ovation with a wide smile on her face.
Soho, Thunder Rosa and Nyla Rose were the final three women in the match. Rosa eliminated Rose and she and Soho battled for several minutes, eventually spilling to the ring apron.
Soho looked for a belly-to-back suplex but couldn’t get it while Rosa looked for a death valley driver and also couldn’t hit it. The end came when Soho hit a jumping head kick that staggered Rosa until she fell off the apron to the floor.
After five years in their system, Soho was released by WWE in June and recently began sharing videos teasing her comeback.
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Fightful Select reported this morning that according to “talent and industry insiders”, Soho is headed to AEW. Her no-compete clause is scheduled to end before All Out on September 5. They further reported that one promoter that tried to reach out to Soho as far back as a month ago were told that she wasn’t taking any bookings.
Soho, formerly Ruby Riott, has largely been silent since being released by WWE on June 2. She has since changed her name to Ruby Soho, named after a song by the band Rancid. She most recently posted a new picture on Twitter.
When she signed with WWE in 2016, Riott first appeared on NXT, then later on the main roster with Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan. Collectively, they were known as The Riott Squad. They continued to team together until 2019, when the stable was split up due to the Superstar Shake-up.
After taking time off for double shoulder surgery, Riott returned in early 2020. After initially feuding with Morgan, the two eventually reunited and teamed together until Riott’s release.
