The latest WWE and AEW News and Results
A loaded episode of AEW DYNAMITE with lots to cover! Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she breaks down the April 27th edition of Dynamite.
Tonight’s show included: Dax Harwood vs. Cash Wheeler, Wardlow vs. Lance Archer, a Philly Street Fight, a TNT Championship ladder match, and more! Tune in for a very fun and lively discussion!
Join Denise Salcedo on the April 20th edition of Speak Now Pro Wrestling in which she covers AEW Dynamite! This episode includes a coffin match, CM Punk vs Dustin Rhodes and an announcement from Tony Khan regarding AEW and NJPW partnership! This is a fun and lively show perfect for all fans of AEW!
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!
Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she reviews the April 6th edition of AEW Dynamite which includes Adam Cole vs Christian Cage, Samoa Joe’s AEW debut, and FTR vs Young Bucks II. This a lively and super interactive post show!
Join on-camera personality Denise Salcedo as she rundowns the March 30th edition of AEW Dynamite and also discusses this weeks event! This is a very fun and informative show. Enjoy the podcast!
Scorpio Sky is the new TNT Champion.
Sky defeated Sammy Guevara in the main event of tonight’s AEW Dynamite to win the TNT title. With the victory, Sky becomes the first AEW competitor to have held both the TNT and the AEW World Tag Team titles.
Guevara suffered a storyline rib injury in the bout after hitting a 450 splash off the top rope through a table to the floor. Later, Sky got his knees up on a shooting star press, then hit a TKO to pin Guevara and win the title.
The TNT title bout also included a run-in by Tay Conti, who tended to the injured Guevara. Sky’s Men of the Year partner Ethan Page attempted to distract Guevara during the match, but Conti intervened. Paige VanZant then jumped the railing and neutralized Conti, allowing Sky to hit the TKO.
Guevara’s second TNT title reign ends at 43 days after four successful defenses.
Sky will have his first title defense on next week’s St. Patrick’s Day Slam Dynamite episode, taking on Face of the Revolution ladder match winner Wardlow.
Wardlow announced during Dynamite that while he is still under contract to MJF, he no longer cares what MJF says and is his own man now.
Next week’s Dynamite will have two title matches. In addition to the TNT title bout, Britt Baker will defend the AEW Women’s World title against Thunder Rosa in a steel cage match.
Also announced for next week’s Dynamite, Adam Cole will team with Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly against Hangman Page, Jungle Boy, and Luchasaurus.
Next week’s lineup:
AEW Dynamite St. Patrick’s Day Slam, Wednesday, March 16 —
Wardlow won tonight’s Face of the Revolution ladder match at AEW Revolution, earning a future TNT title match later this month.
The finish of the match had Wardlow fight Ricky Starks on top of the ladder. Starks had his hands on the brass ring, but Wardlow was able to transition into a powerbomb, sending Starks onto another ladder below. Wardlow then grabbed the ring and won the match.
Other participants in the match included Powerhouse Hobbs, Christian Cage, Keith Lee, and Orange Cassidy.
With the victory, Wardlow will get a TNT Championship match on the March 16th episode of AEW Dynamite. He will face the winner of the TNT title match between champion Sammy Guevara and Scorpio Sky that will take place on this coming Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.
In recent months, tension has been building between MJF and Wardlow, with MJF reminding Wardlow that he works for him, not for AEW. On last week’s Dynamite, MJF told Wardlow that he would let Wardlow keep the TNT title if he won, but also said he didn’t think he’d actually win. After Wardlow told him it was only because he was making sure MJF won his matches, MJF slapped Wardlow and threatened to fire him.
During his Friday appearance on Busted Open Radio, AEW head Tony Khan revealed that another match was added to Friday’s Rampage in Wardlow vs. Nick Comoroto of The Factory.
Wardlow will look to extend a three-match winning streak while Comoroto is looking for his second straight win.
Khan said if Comoroto picks up a win, he’ll be in consideration for a Face of the Revolution qualifying match himself. Wardlow is already in the match at next Sunday’s pay-per-view along with Keith Lee, Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs.
Khan also announced that Kayla Sparks will be the opponent for Serena Deeb in the latest edition of the five-minute rookie challenge.
Here’s the full lineup that was taped following Wednesday’s Dynamite in Bridgeport, Connecticut:
Wardlow defeated Max Caster on tonight’s AEW Dynamite to qualify for the Face of the Revolution ladder match at next month’s pay-per-view.
Wardlow pinned Caster with his Powerbomb Symphony to advance to the ladder match set for the Sunday, March 6 pay-per-view. The winner of that contest will receive a shot at the TNT Championship currently held by Sammy Guevara. Guevara defeated Darby Allin to retain that title on tonight’s show.
On last week’s Dynamite, the debuting Keith Lee won the first qualifying match for the Face of the Revolution bout. The third qualifying contest is set to air on Friday’s Rampage, with Powerhouse Hobbs facing Dante Martin. Friday’s Rampage will air at 7 p.m. Eastern time due to TNT’s NBA coverage.
Also announced for Revolution on tonight’s show, CM Punk will face MJF in a dog collar match, plus Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus will defend the AEW Tag Team titles in a three-way.
The lineup so far:
AEW Revolution, Sunday, March 6, Orlando, Florida —
Dog collar match: CM Punk vs. MJF
Face of the Revolution ladder match for a TNT title shot: Keith Lee vs. Wardlow, four spots TBD
AEW World Tag Team Championship: Jurassic Express vs. TBD vs. TBD
Time to chat AEW DYNAMITE BEACH BREAK! Join on-air personality Denise Salcedo as she covers the show, shares her honest thoughts and provides in-depth analysis on all the stories and characters. Plus she also incorporates commentary from the live audience!
Topics:
MJF and hometown boy Wardlow will be on Wednesday’s Beach Break edition of AEW Dynamite in Cleveland, Ohio.
AEW founder Tony Khan announced the news during his weekly appearance on Busted Open Radio, saying that wherever CM Punk goes, both men seem to follow and vice versa. Punk is scheduled to speak on tonight’s show as well.
Punk has been angling for a match with MJF for months with the latter throwing obstacles in his way like Wardlow and Shawn Spears. The undefeated Punk picked up wins over both men in recent weeks with Punk saying he will continue to derail MJF’s title hopes as long as he refuses to face him.
Here’s everything that has been announced for Wednesday’s show thus far:
Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Lance Storm is back with tons to talk about including tons of thoughts on AEW this weekend, including the Cody promo and the Wardlow angle, Impact thoughts, WWE and the Guinness Book of World Records and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
On this week’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and I look over an email he received from a wrestler and trainer who shared their thoughts on AEW Dynamite.
We also chime in with our takes on that show as well as NXT (including an idea for WALTER now that he is a part of the brand), the Raw Women’s title picture, and Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley.
Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!
CM Punk will face Wardlow on tonight’s AEW Dynamite.
Punk has targeted MJF in recent weeks on AEW programming, with MJF ducking him. MJF looked to finally be accepting Punk’s challenge on last week’s show, but offered up Wardlow instead.
New interim TNT Champion Sammy Guevara will make his first title defense on tonight’s show. He will face Daniel Garcia in a match that was set up on last week’s Battle of the Belts special.
Team Taz’s Powerhouse Hobbs will be in action tonight, taking on Dante Martin. Martin was briefly a member of Team Taz, then quickly turned on them.
The rivalry between Hikaru Shida and Serena Deeb will continue on tonight’s show, as the two will meet for the fourth time on Dynamite.
AEW GM and president Tony Khan teased a surprise for tonight’s show on Twitter today:
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means: Wednesday Night #AEWDymamite TONIGHT on @TBSNetwork! You stepped up for us last week; thanks to your support we had a huge debut on TBS, & we’re back TONIGHT @ 8pm ET/7pm CT/8pm PT with big matches, big moments + maybe a surprise for you! pic.twitter.com/g9s3FU3uOz
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) January 12, 2022
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
**********
Show Report —
Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Bobby Fish came out to start the show. Cole reminded the audience that he is undefeated since coming to AEW — and the boys are back together. “It’s a new era in AEW.”
The Young Bucks interrupted, but O’Reilly wasn’t having it, saying he didn’t need their help or interference. Matt said “This is our company,” and that they’re the longest-reigning tag champions in AEW history. They want their belts back.
O’Reilly and Fish want the titles too, and no team will stand between them and those titles, including the Bucks. Cole tried to calm everyone down, comparing their accolades to the Best Friends, who subsequently interrupted.
Cole got in Orange’s face, but Orange attacked and everyone brawled. Orange got the upper hand, but Cole low-blowed him to even the score. Kris Statlander got in between Cole and Orange, so Britt Baker ran out and curb stomped her. She superkicked Orange and Cole did the same followed by the Boom knee strike.
Baker and Cole kissed to end the segment.
**********
A Wardlow video package aired.
CM Punk defeated Wardlow (w/ MJF)
This was more of an extended angle than a match.
Wardlow flattened Punk with a shoulder tackle early. He continue to overpower the smaller Punk until both men teased their finishers, forcing Punk to roll to the floor leading into a commercial. Wardlow was firmly in control upon return.
After being whipped into the corner, Punk tried to start a comeback with a tornado DDT, but Wardlow just tossed him off. Punk reversed a powerbomb attempt and landed a series of kicks and lariats, but Wardlow wouldn’t go down until Punk finally hit a springboard clothesline.
Punk hit his corner knee strike and flipped off MJF, but Wardlow used the distraction to turn it into a powerbomb. Wardlow went for the Powerbomb Symphony and hit one right away, followed by a second, third, and fourth.
Wardlow had the match won, but MJF interrupted the count, saying he wanted Wardlow to do more. Wardlow obliged, but it still wasn’t enough for MJF. He made it up to seven powerbombs before MJF demanded that Wardlow powerbomb Punk through the timekeeper’s table. Wardlow did so.
The official started the count, but Punk barely made it back into the ring at the count of nine. MJF wanted more powerbombs, but Punk cradled Wardlow for the three count.
– After the match, MJF berated Wardlow for losing and shoved him. Wardlow looked like he was about to snap, but Shawn Spears ran out and cooler heads prevailed.
**********
Taz joined commentary.
Dante Martin defeated Powerhouse Hobbs (w/ Ricky Starks)
Dante broke out on the ramp and attacked Hobbs, who met him halfway. A big running crossbody sent both Dante and Hobbs crashing to the outside, where Hobbs caught a dive and hit a spinebuster on the floor. That led to an extended Hobbs beatdown of Dante.
Hobbs went for the torture rack, but Dante escaped before running straight into a huge tackle from Hobbs. He whipped Dante to the floor, where Starks stomped on him as the beatdown continued through a break.
Dante fired up with an elbow smash and landed a top-rope missile dropkick for two. He followed it up with a springboard tornillo to the floor. Hobbs cut Dante off with a big impact. Starks tried to interfere, but Jay Lethal ran out to cut Starks off. Dante then hit the double springboard moonsault for the win.
**********
Chris Jericho, flanked by the Inner Circle, was interviewed backstage about being named PWI’s 2021 Faction of the Year. They promised to dominate the company. He said if 2point0 tries to interfere in the TNT Championship match tonight, they’ll send them packing.
Eddie Kingston walked up and said that Santana and Ortiz would be tag team champions without Jericho. Jericho got hot, but Santana got everyone to calm down. Jericho said that if Kingston got involved in the main event, he’d kick his ass.
**********
MJF came out on the ramp all worked up. He said Punk had to be feeling a world of hurt after his fluke victory over “an oaf” tonight. Next week, Punk will take his first L in AEW. It seemed like MJF was about to challenge Punk to a match, but he instead booked Punk vs. Shawn Spears.
**********
The SuperKliq and reDRagon were backstage. Cole said Kris Statlander wasn’t safe anymore, and he and Britt Baker challenged Statlander and Orange Cassidy to a mixed tag match.
**********
Hangman Page promo & Lance Archer return
The champ came out to a great reaction. Over the past month, he’s spent 90 minutes in the ring with one of the best in the world, and it was all for the AEW World Championship. He said he needs a new challenger.
Dan Lambert interrupted, comparing Page to all the other cowboy wrestlers throughout history. Page told Lambert to get to the point. Lambert complimented Page, saying he didn’t take the “Cody Rhodes” route of using backstage politics to get to the top. Page has earned everything, except the cowboy persona he wears. Lambert said to keep the title and the money, but “stop disrespecting the legacies” of the wrestlers that came before.
The segment was about to end, but Lance Archer returned from injury. He got in Lambert’s face, but suddenly attacked Page and beat him down, hitting Blackout through a chair.
**********
Arn Anderson was backstage with his son Brock and Lee Johnson. He said he was proud of those two, but Tully Blanchard and FTR interrupted and tried to recruit Brock. They challenged Brock and Lee to a match next week.
***********
A video package recapped Jade Cargill winning the TBS Championship.
**********
Serena Deeb defeated Hikaru Shida
Deeb chopped out Shida’s leg during the latter’s entrance. She tried to attack with Shida’s kendo stick, but Shida kicked it out of the way. Instead, Deeb dropped Shida’s knee over the steel steps. The match started and Deeb immediately started targeting Shida’s leg. She went for the Serenity Lock and Shida submitted in about three minutes.
– After the match, Deeb cleared out the official and doctor and repeatedly smacked Shida’s knee with the kendo stick.
**********
Jurassic Express and Christian Cage were backstage. They wished Rey Fénix well and outlined an open challenge to any top five tag team. John Silver and Alex Reynolds of the Dark Order arrived and challenged them to a match on Rampage.
**********
Matt Hardy cut a promo on Penta, saying he would “Delete!” him and send him to the hospital to be with his brother.
Penta El Zero Miedo (w/ Alex Abrahantes) defeated Matt Hardy (w/ Private Party)
They dueled with “Cero Miedo!” and “DELETE!” chants. Penta did his glove schtick. They traded big strikes ahead of commercial. Once back, Penta hit sling blades and kind of hit a backbreaker for two. Hardy came back with a DDT for two.
They jockeyed for position on the top rope where Penta was able to hit a stomp on a hanging Hardy for two. Hardy hit a Side Effect on the apron for yet another two count. Penta escaped the Twist of Fate and hit an enziguiri before avoiding a moonsault. He then hit the Fear Factor for the win.
– After the match, Penta addressed Malakai Black in Spanish, saying he’d show Penta some respect. The lights went out and Black appeared, attacking Abrahantes. Black downed Penta with a high kick and went after Penta’s mask, but the Varsity Blonds ran out and all beat him down. Julia Hart got them to stop.
The lights went out again, and Brody King appeared in the ring, dispatching everyone. Black and King are the current PWG tag champions, referred to as the Kings of the Black Throne.
**********
Kris Statlander, Red Velvet, and Leyla Hirsch were backstage with Tony Schiavone. Hirsch wanted Statlander to focus on their upcoming trios match before Velvet talked her down.
**********
Caster called out Darby Allin and Sting in his pre-match rap. The Acclaimed are the top-ranked tag team.
The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) defeated Bear Country (Bear Bronson & Bear Boulder)
Bear Country overpowered The Acclaimed right away. Bowens gave himself some space with a thrust kick and Caster took advantage with a diving crossbody to take control during the break. Upon return, Bronson reached Boulder for the hot tag.
Boulder fought off both Acclaimed on his own and set up for the Bear Bomb. Caster avoided it and rolled up Bronson for two. He then hit the Mic Drop for the win.
– After the match, Sting made his entrance. Darby Allin attacked Caster from behind as Sting took out Bowens with the bat. Sting hit the Scorpio Death Drop to end the segment.
**********
A PAC video promo played. He sold that he was blind now, but his “vision has never been so clear.”
**********
AEW Rampage (1/14) lineup:
AEW Dynamite (1/19) lineup:
**********
Matt Hardy was frustrated backstage. Andrade El Idolo walked up and told him to focus, offering to negotiate a deal.
**********
David Crockett was here to present the interim TNT Championship to the winner.
Eddie Kingston also came down to ringside.
Interim TNT Championship: Sammy Guevara (w/ Chris Jericho) (c) defeated Daniel Garcia
They went after each other right away. Garcia dropped Guevara with a right hand and hit a big kick, so Guevara returned fire. They traded slaps before Guevara sent Garcia to the floor and landed a great-looking flip dive. Back in the ring, Garcia caught Guevara with a backbreaker to take control ahead of commercial.
Once back, a cradle allowed Guevara to even the odds with a pump kick. Garcia blocked the GTH and applied a Scorpion Deathlock and wrenched it in deep, but Guevara escaped. After another exchange, Garcia locked on a sleeper hold and used a backbreaker to deepen it. He then hit a straight piledriver for a near fall.
2point0 arrived and attacked Jericho on the outside. Guevara went for the GTH and eventually hit it after distraction attempts from 2point0. The impact was enough for Guevara to retain.
– Crockett presented the championship to Guevara, but 2point0 attacked. Both Jericho and Kingston made the save, but some miscommunication led to them exchanging words as the show went off the air.
Three matches have been announced for next week’s AEW Dynamite.
CM Punk will be in action on the show, facing The Pinnacle’s Wardlow. The match was set up on this week’s Dynamite, as the feud between Punk and Pinnacle’s leader, MJF, continues to pick up steam. Punk caused MJF to be disqualified in a match against Shawn Dean, then promised to continue to hound MJF until he agreed to face him in the ring. Rather than accept the challenge, MJF offered up Wardlow.
In another match set for next week, Hikaru Shida will face Serena Deeb. This will be the fourth meeting between the two since October, all of them coming on Dynamite.
Also announced, Team Taz’s Powerhouse Hobbs will take on Dante Martin. Martin was very briefly a member of Team Taz as well, but left the group on the December 8 Dynamite after eliminating Ricky Starks from the Dynamite Diamond battle royale.
AEW Dynamite, Wednesday, January 12 —
