A major announcement by Taz has been announced for tomorrow’s Fyter Fest event.
Tony Khan tweeted the following this afternoon: “Also tomorrow night at Night 2 of the Fyter Fest on #AEWDynamite on TNT, @OfficialTAZ & Brian Cage @MrGMSI_BCage will be interviewed by @tonyschiavone24, and Taz will make an announcement that I guarantee will send shockwaves through the world of professional wrestling!”
Cage was originally set to face Jon Moxley for the AEW World title on the second night of Fyter Fest. However, Moxley has been at home following his wife Renee Young’s positive COVID-19 test. The match has been rescheduled for Fight for the Fallen, which will take place on the July 15th edition of Dynamite.
Matches announced for the second night of Fyter Fest include Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy, Lance Archer vs. Joey Janela, Nyla Rose vs. an opponent to be named, Colt Cabana & The Dark Order vs. SoCal Uncensored, FTR & The Young Bucks vs. The Butcher & The Blade & Lucha Brothers, and Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defending the AEW Tag Team titles against Private Party.
The show opened with the continuation of Brandon Cutler’s Kick Out Challenge. Cutler enlisted The Young Bucks to help as he said they kick out of more false finishes than anyone. Broken Matt Hardy appeared to define false finishes for us. The Bucks proceeded to hit Cutler with a variety of moves. Cutler was unable to kick out of any of them.
Matt, Nick and Malachi Jackson played the basketball shooting game “H-O-R-S-E” with the letters “B-T-E.” Matt bragged about his basketball prowess. Nick and Malachi hit a variety of trick shots and Matt missed all of his shots.
Tony Schiavone and Cody appeared at AEW Headquarters East, debuting a new segment called “Quarantine Confessions.” Tony confessed that he has become addicted to Playstation 4. Cody sipped coffee from a cup labeled “FTR.”
Luchasaurus went to a Panda Express to look for Super Panda as he continued looking for his tail. Super Panda told him to kick rocks and that he would not help him. Luchasaurus promised to get Panda some bookings. Panda agreed to help him. A bouncing Colt Cabana head made a cameo.
Benigno Bodega and Taz appeared via Zoom. Taz said he has mellowed with age but he has problems with Excalibur and asked Bodega for help. Taz buried Schiavone. Taz said Schiavone and Excalibur owe him money. Excalibur called Taz and Taz cursed him out.
Nick and Malachi continued playing B-T-E. Nick missed an easy layup and lost the game. There was another Cabana cameo.
Private Party reconciled after their fight last week. They received a secret message from The Lucha Bros. Quen went off “to do lab stuff” on the message but was attacked by a giant teddy bear. Kassidy drank vodka and had a dream that he was attacked by the mystery man that appeared several weeks ago, then dreamed that he was wrestling the teddy bear. He ran off to warn Quen about the bear.
Hangman Page appeared from his house. He asked viewers to “kindly shut the f— up” as in his house, he has a sourdough starter. Page walked us through making sourdough bread. He was not wearing pants. Page took a clearly store-bought loaf of bread out of the oven.
Page chastised his wife for not disinfecting the flour. Page said he was not being safe enough and had to make a change.
Taz is officially under contract with All Elite Wrestling.
AEW announced today that Taz has signed a multi-year agreement with the promotion. They posted a video of Taz signing his contract backstage at last night’s Bash at the Beach edition of Dynamite.
Taz debuted for AEW as a guest commentator on the third episode of AEW Dark back in October. He also filled in for Tony Schiavone on the New Year’s Day episode of Dynamite and called last night’s AEW Dark tapings.
Taz commented on signing with AEW: “I am beyond proud to be on this AWESOME team of driven/talented people! Let’s GO. #ImWithAEW #AEW @AEWrestling”
Taz also tweeted before the news was announced: “Couple of announcements regarding my career today. 1st, I can tell u guys, ‘Taz Show’ pod will be on a ‘hold’ for quite some time. I know many if u don’t like that news, I apologize for inconvenience & THANK U for all the support. My other career news will be announce shortly.”
It was announced yesterday that AEW has signed an extended deal that will keep Dynamite on TNT through at least 2023. The deal includes launching another night of AEW action in the form of an hour-long show.
Taz will be playing a role in next week’s New Year’s Day edition of Dynamite.
AEW announced last night that Taz will make a “guest appearance” on next Wednesday’s episode. Further details about what he’ll be doing on the show haven’t been revealed.
Taz tweeted about the announcement: “This #AEWDynamite show is loaded…its gonna be SICK! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in JAX as we kick it’ LIVE on @tntdrama – #ImReady”
Taz previously made an appearance as a guest commentator for AEW Dark on an episode that was taped in Philadelphia in October.
Next Wednesday’s Dynamite is being held at Daily’s Place amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida. Here are the matches and segments that have been announced for the show:
Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. PAC & The Lucha Bros
AEW Women’s Champion Riho defends her title against Kris Statlander
Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin
Jon Moxley responds to Chris Jericho’s offer to join the Inner Circle
MJF lays out his stipulations for an upcoming match against Cody
A special guest will be returning to Philadelphia for the episode of AEW Dark that’s being taped on Wednesday.
On Twitter today, Cody Rhodes announced that Taz will be a guest broadcaster for the AEW Dark episode. The show will air on AEW’s YouTube channel at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, October 22.
Taz, a two-time ECW World Champion, formerly did commentary for WWE and TNA. He currently co-hosts the “Taz and the Moose” morning show on CBS Sports Radio.
AEW Dark debuted on YouTube this Tuesday and featured four matches that were taped in Washington, D.C. on the night of the Dynamite premiere.
In Boston this Wednesday, three matches were taped and will air this coming Tuesday (October 15).
The matches that were taped in Boston for AEW Dark were: Kenny Omega vs. Joey Janela in an unsanctioned lights out match, SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky) & CIMA vs. The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) & The Hybrid Two (Jack Evans & Angelico), and Kip Sabian vs. Sonny Kiss vs. Peter Avalon.
