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On a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa go over a ton of items this week including WWE’s decision to do a U.S. house show tour this summer.
We also discuss Kevin Nash’s thoughts on TKO affecting WWE’s booking process, AEW’s busy week outside the ring and how not to make it obvious that something has gone wrong in the middle of a match.
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One-third of the AEW World Trios Champions, with Kevin Knight and Mistico, “Speedball” Mike Bailey is now scheduled to face Amazing Red at HOG: Glory At The Globe.
Bailey was recently involved in a loss against MJF on the April 1st episode of AEW Dynamite in a World Title Eliminator match.
Advertised as a “dream match,” the Bailey vs. Amazing Red bout is scheduled to take place at The Globe Theatre in Los Angeles on May 1st, 2026. The event is set to begin at 8:00 PM and finish at 11:00 PM PDT.
“Amazing Red vs. Mike Bailey Set for Dream Match at HOG: Glory At The Globe – May 1st in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA – House of Glory Wrestling proudly presents a must-see, first-time-ever showdown as Amazing Red takes on international sensation Mike Bailey at HOG: Glory At The Globe on Friday, May 1st live from The Globe Theatre in Los Angeles.
“This electrifying singles match brings together two of the most innovative and hard-hitting competitors in professional wrestling today. A pioneer of high-flying offense and a cornerstone of independent wrestling excellence, Amazing Red has influenced an entire generation with his explosive style and unmatched creativity inside the ring,” the match advertisement read.
The 43-year-old Amazing Red is an industry veteran and has wrestled across multiple promotions. His latest match dates back to two losses against Sammy Guevara and Andrade El Idolo from earlier this year.
Brand new Trios champions have been crowned at AEW Revolution.
Toward the final stages of the AEW Revolution PPV, fans saw The Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada, Mark Davis, and Kyle Fletcher) defend their Trios titles against Mistico, Kevin Knight, and “Speedball” Mike Bailey.
Following a closely contested fight and several near falls, the final moments of the match saw Mistico trap Fletcher in with La Mistica, Bailey hit Davis, and Knight follow it up with a Frog Splash on Davis and cover him for the pinfall victory.
With the pinfall win, Bailey, Knight, and Mistico crowned themselves the brand new AEW Trios Champions, ending The Don Callis family’s short title reign. Shortly after the win, production hit Mistico’s theme song as the crowd joined in. As the Los Angeles crowd vibed to the song, the news of Mistico’s All Elite signing was also announced.
Interestingly, Mistico, 43, is also a CMLL World Trios Champion with Mascara Dorada and Neon in CMLL. Former AEW Trios Champion Adam Page is currently scheduled to be in a Texas Deathmatch against MJF for the AEW World title.
Kyle Fletcher is all set to defend his TNT Championship on the upcoming episode of AEW Dynamite.
On Wednesday, March 4th, episode of Dynamite, Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Kazuchika Okada defeated Hangman Adam Page, Speedball Mike Bailey, and Kevin Knight to crown themselves the new AEW World Trios Champions.
Shortly after, it was announced that next week’s Dynamite episode on March 11, Fletcher will defend his TNT title against Speedball Mike Bailey.
In addition to the TNT title match, Adam Page and MJF are also set to take part in a press conference before their Texas Deathmatch at AEW Revolution.
Next week’s AEW Dynamite is scheduled for March 11, 2026, at the San Jose Civic Center in San Jose, California.
Les Thatcher and Victor Sosa return on a new Wrestling Weekly to talk John Cena’s last match.
Gunther said something on WWE Raw that gave Vic an idea about one way to go with the match. We look at the rest of the SNME card with WWE vs. NXT and some upsets that took place on AEW Dynamite.
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On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez explained what happened with the awkward Shelton Benjamin vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey finish from last night’s AEW Dynamite.
The closing stretch of the Benjamin vs. Bailey match included a spot where Benjamin delivered a superkick and went for the pin, but the referee stopped counting despite Bailey’s shoulders still being down. They then continued on with the match, which ended with Benjamin getting the win with a German suplex, a knee strike, and another superkick.
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— TalonWulf91 (@TalonWulf91) November 20, 2025
Some fans thought Bailey was injured from the initial kick, but that was not the case. Benjamin tried to call an audible and end the match with the first kick because he thought it looked so cool that it should be the finish. The referee was not on the same page and there was a miscommunication.
“As it turns out, everybody is fine,” Alvarez said. “What essentially happened is — the finish was going to be a superkick. So Shelton ends up shooting him in or whatever. And he hits this kick, and Speedball just takes this incredible full-flip bump and it looks like he’s dead. So Shelton decides it ain’t going to get better than that. And so Shelton calls the audible — this is the finish. Apparently the ref didn’t hear him, and so the ref stops the count because that wasn’t actually supposed to be the finish.
“So you could say it’s the referee’s fault, you could say it’s Shelton’s fault. You can’t say it’s Speedball’s fault, he just laid there like he was supposed to. So, anyway, that’s what happened. It was a miscommunication. And then when the referee stopped [counting], they just went on and did the actual finish. But, no, he did not get concussed by the kick or anything like that. There was no injury involved. It was just, Shelton thought a move looked really cool and that they should just go to the finish right there.”
Benjamin’s victory earned him one of the first two spots in the Casino Gauntlet Match at Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view. He’ll start the gauntlet off against his Hurt Syndicate stablemate Bobby Lashley.
The winner of the gauntlet becomes the inaugural AEW National Champion.
MVP is refuting claims that he has heat with “Speedball” Mike Bailey, instead calling Bailey “one of the nicest guys around.”
A report emerged over the summer claiming that MVP did not like Bailey and did not want The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) to lose to JetSpeed (Bailey & Kevin Knight). MVP and Bailey joked about the rumors at the time — and now MVP has directly addressed the situation on a new episode of his podcast.
“At no point did I ever say that I dislike ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey,” MVP said on Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze. “I don’t have an issue with Speedball. We work together, we see each other, we shake hands and we keep it moving. Like, there’s no issue there.
“I don’t have any problems with any of the talent that I work with at AEW. Mike Bailey is one of the nicest guys around. I don’t have a problem with him.”
MVP added that he does not believe there are any significant issues among any of the talent in the AEW locker room.
“And to be honest, as far as I know, amongst talent at AEW, I think everybody pretty much gets along amongst the talent,” MVP said. “I mean, yeah, you’re always going to have professional disagreements. And everybody’s, you know, jockeying for a position. Everybody wants to be the top guy. So, yeah, you’re going to have rifts and you’re going to have issues.
“But for the most part, I don’t know of anybody in the AEW locker room that has, like, legitimate beef with anybody.”
MVP manages The Hurt Syndicate in AEW along with still competing in the ring from time to time. He, Lashley & Benjamin became the new number one contenders to the AEW Trios titles by defeating Ricochet & The Gates of Agony at WrestleDream. The titles are currently held by Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata.
If there is indeed an issue between “Speedball” Mike Bailey, MVP and The Hurt Syndicate within the walls of AEW, they tried their best to diffuse it Wednesday night with humor.
Seen below, MVP posted a video to his Instagram showing he, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin walking backstage when they came upon Bailey who was filming for his vlog.
MVP then said, “F**k you, Speedball.” Bailey then said, “Well f**k you too, MVP.” MVP then told Lashley and Benjamin to “tell him” and they jokingly stared at the floor, saying the same thing. A smiling Bailey said, “Well f*ck you guys, too.” before he waved and MVP did the same.
The video comes after a report emerged on Wednesday from Fightful that MVP had “rubbed a lot of people the wrong way” backstage in AEW and that he had made it clear he didn’t like Bailey. The report also stated he turned down pitches for The Hurt Syndicate to lose to FTR at Forbidden Door and would prefer to lose to a younger team instead like The Outrunners, Gates of Agony or Private Party instead.
To this point, no one on the AEW side or MVP’s side has denied the allegations publicly.
The Hurt Syndicate will defend the AEW World Tag Team titles at Forbidden Door against either FTR or Brodido (Brody King & Bandido).
The AEW Tag Team titles will be on the line as part of next month’s AEW All In: Texas as The Hurt Syndicate will defend against JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight).
The match was made during Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite after Bailey and Knight defeated Ricochet & AR Fox, issuing a challenge to Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley afterward. Joined by MJF and MVP, the champions then attacked and decimated the would-be challengers from behind, punctuating the violence by putting Knight on a table and chokeslamming Bailey on him, breaking the table in half.
Afterward, MVP said they would accept if Bailey and Knight could walk again.
Knight and Bailey have had the champions in their sights for several weeks. Teaming with Mascara Dorada at Summer Blockbuster, they fell to Lashley, Benjamin and MJF and go into the match on a two-bout win streak.
Lashley and Benjamin have been dominant since joining the AEW roster. First winning the titles in late-January, they have successfully defended them five times with the last coming at May’s Double or Nothing over the Sons of Texas.
The AEW Continental title will be on the line as part of this Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing.
During Wednesday’s Dynamite, it was made official that reigning AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada will defend against “Speedball” Mike Bailey. The two have traded blows in recent weeks as ancillary parts of the build to the Anarchy in the Arena match.
It will be their first-ever singles match.
Okada has held the title for over 400 days with 11 successful title defenses while it will be Bailey’s first shot at the gold. He is 3-1 since debuting in March.
Also confirmed on Wednesday were the twelve participants for Sunday’s anything goes Anarchy in the Arena match.
One side will be led by AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, the Young Bucks & Marina Shafir against Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, AEW Trios Champions The Opps (Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs) & Willow Nightingale.
The participants got into a big brawl Wednesday after Strickland, Joe and Hobbs’ trios win over the Bucks and Moxley.
An All-Star eight-man tag featuring some of AEW’s top stars is set for the next episode of Dynamite.
Kenny Omega will team with Speedball Mike Bailey, Mark Briscoe, and Kevin Knight to take on The Young Bucks, Kazuchika Okada, and Ricochet. The match was made official on this week’s episode of Collision. In his tweet making the announcement, Tony Khan noted this would be the first time Omega and Okada have met in the ring since 2018.
After Swerve Strickland defeated Blake Christian in the opening match of this week’s Collision, The Young Bucks jumped him, laying out Swerve with the EVP trigger. They went for the Meltzer Driver but were interrupted by Omega, who made the save by laying out Nicholas with a snap dragon suplex. He attempted the v-trigger, but Matthew pulled Nicholas from the ring before Omega could lay him out.
It was also announced that both The Hurt Syndicate and MJF will be appearing on next week’s program. MJF in recent weeks has attempted to align himself with the group, but Bobby Lashley is the lone holdout that doesn’t trust whatever MJF has up his sleeve.
The AEW Dynamite lineup for April 30:
AEW International Champion Kenny Omega won’t just have one contender to defend against at next month’s AEW Dynasty pay-per-view, but two.
That’s because both Ricochet and new roster member “Speedball” Mike Bailey both qualified during Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite by virtue of a double pin on Mark Davis.
Bailey, Davis, Ricochet and Orange Cassidy were competing in a four-way that represented the finals of a eight-man eliminator tournament designed to give Omega his next challenger.
Bailey had Davis pinned with a backslide out of the corner when Ricochet jumped in to try and steal the pin but with his feet on the ropes. As both men argued their case following the referee counting three, the referee declared that it was a double pin and both men would move on to face Omega.
Omega won the title for the first time at this month’s Revolution by defeating rival Konosuke Takeshita.
Here’s the current card for the Sunday, April 6th event from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
“Speedball” Mike Bailey is officially #AllElite after making his promotional debut during Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite.
Bailey picked up a victory over The Beast Mortos, making a surprise appearance as the sole wild card in the International title eliminator tournament. He picked up the victory after hitting a spinning crescent kick for the pin.
He advances to a four-way on next Wednesday’s Dynamite with the winner challenging reigning International Champion Kenny Omega at next month’s Dynasty pay-per-view.
Shortly afterward, AEW head Tony Khan made the signing official:
The 34-year-old Bailey wrapped up a multi-year run in TNA Wrestling last November and had been rumored to be heading to AEW after news broke that he was going to free agency. Three weeks ago, a Bailey vignette aired on Collision, heralding his arrival.
The match was the Canadian’s first since an early-December 2024 match in Deadlock Pro Wrestling.
It was their first meeting since being on opposite sides of a TNA tag team match in 2023.
During Saturday’s AEW Collision, AEW officially announced the impending arrival of former TNA X-Division Champion “Speedball” Mike Bailey.
As the show was previously taped, a specially produced vignette aired hyping Bailey’s long-awaited debut with the company.
It was rumored that Bailey was set to sign with AEW after his TNA deal expired, but it was unclear as to why he hadn’t appeared yet with acquiring a working visa speculated as a possible reason.
Bailey’s contract with TNA expired at the end of last year with his final match taped last October that aired in early-November where he lost the X-Division Championship to reigning title-holder Moose.
In the months following his departure from TNA, the 34-year-old remained active in the ring, competing for Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling in Canada, where he continued to showcase his elite skills against top-tier talent like current International Champion Konosuke Takeshita, GCW and Deadlock Pro where he and Jake Something lost their Tag Team titles in early-December.
Vacationing Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio, talking about all the big news from Friday’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter as well as the big events from the weekend.
Paul Fontaine and Pat Laprade joined us.
Here were some of the things we covered:
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