Tag: The Butcher & The Blade

One of AEW’s earliest tag teams reportedly gone from the company

Posted on by Josh Nason

After barely being used over the past 18 months, The Butcher and The Blade — one of AEW’s earliest tag teams — are reportedly no longer with the company.

Fightful Select reported Thursday that the two men were not offered a contract extension after their deals recently came up, making them free agents.

Along with The Bunny, the 46-year-old Blade and the 48-year-old Butcher had been with AEW since the November 27, 2019, episode of Dynamite when they appeared from under the ring to attack Cody Rhodes. The duo feuded with the top teams at the time which included the Young Bucks, Lucha Bros., Jurassic Express and others, but never held the AEW World Tag Team titles.

With The Blade undergoing fusion back surgery that kept him out of action for two years, The Butcher then was moved to the singles ranks for the duration of his run which included some random tag team matches. He last appeared in AEW in February 2025 in a Collision loss to Gabe Kidd with The Blade’s last AEW match coming in January 2024.

The Blade returned to action this past December and has teamed with The Butcher once since coming back. They are set to compete for GCW in June.

AEW names set for GCW debut at 6/27 in LA

Posted on by Jake Skudder

AEW tag team The Butcher and The Blade are set to make their Game Changer Wrestling debut on 6/27 in LA at the Amerika’s Most Wanted event.

The team have wrestled a match in All Elite Wrestling since 2024, where they teamed with Kip Sabian to face Mark Briscoe & The Hardys on the 03/01/2024 episode of AEW Rampage.

Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday at 10am from The UCC in Los Angeles. Alternatively you can watch the show live on TrillerTV+.

FAQs

When and where is GCW Amerika’s Most Wanted?

The show takes place on Friday, June 27th at The UCC in Los Angeles.

How can I watch GCW Amerika’s Most Wanted?

The event streams live on TrillerTV+, GCW’s regular streaming home. You’ll need an active subscription to watch.

Does GCW Amerika’s Most Wanted clash with any other wrestling shows?

It runs the night before AEW Forbidden Door 2026, which takes place on June 28th at the SAP Center in San Jose. Fans on the West Coast can realistically catch both, which is part of why GCW tends to schedule LA dates around major AEW weekends.

JNPO: The Tao of AEW’s ‘The Butcher’ Andy Williams

Posted on by Josh Nason

Scroll down and click ‘Click Here to Listen’ to hear this show.

For the longest time, Andy Williams has been on my short list of guests I have wanted to have on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out and finally, my call was answered.

You might know him as The Butcher in AEW, part of the long-running tag team The Butcher & The Blade. But Williams is also a well-traveled musician, having played guitar in the band Every Time I Die until their breakup in January of 2022.

Andy and I talked for an hour about, well, everything:

  • The challenges of staying in shape at 45 years old
  • How the debut of himself and Blade came to be including a near ROH detour that would have prevented it
  • The story of when Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood thought Williams stole his guitar
  • Whether he knows what AEW show he will be working
  • Joyful stories about Bryan Danielson and Sting
  • How he feels about music more than a year after ETID broke up plus memories of ‘TID The Season festivals in Buffalo
  • News on a new music project or two
  • And lots, lots, lots more.

This is one of my favorite interviews I have ever done and I’m excited to share it so you can learn a little more about one of the nicest yet most visually intimidating men in wrestling.

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If you’re interested in other interviews with Swerve Strickland, Cole Radrick, Carmelo Hayes (before he went to NXT), Alec Price, JD Drake and others, check out the archives.