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Clarification on AEW Revolution Zero Hour airing ‘free’ on HBO Max

Posted on by Josh Nason

This past Saturday during AEW Collision, Tony Schiavone said that the Zero Hour pre-show for this Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view would be airing “free” on HBO Max, followed by tweets like this one promoting the same.

However, the terminology used wasn’t quite accurate.

A WBD spokesperson told our website that while the show will be in front of the PPV paywall, it will not be in front of the HBO Max subscription paywall, meaning you still need an HBO Max subscription to view it just like previous AEW pre-shows like the Tailgate Brawl editions before last fall’s PPVs.

According to the graphic shown during the show, Zero Hour will also air on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, X and Facebook.

AEW Revolution 2025 updated lineup | This Saturday | Los Angeles

  • Marina Shafir vs. Toni Storm – Everyone banned from ringside
  • Big Boom AJ vs. TBA
  • AEW Trios Champions Kazuchika Okada, Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis defend against Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey & Mistico
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla defends against Kris Statlander in a two-out-of-three falls match
  • Brody King vs. Swerve Strickland
  • Bandido vs. Andrade El Idolo
  • AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defends against Konosuke Takeshita in a no time limit match
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defend against The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
  • AEW World Champion MJF defends against Hangman Page in a Texas Death Match where if Page loses, he can’t challenge for the World title ever again
  • Zero Hour: Ricochet defends his AEW National title in a 21-man Blackjack Battle Royal

AEW Slam Dunk editions of Collision returning in March, Zero Hour update

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW will once again be holding Slam Dunk editions of Collision in March due to NCAA tournament coverage on TNT.

The HBO Max listings for March have one hour editions set for 11 pm Eastern on both Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22 after NCAA coverage.

Those week’s episodes will be taped in Fresno, California, after the March 18 Dynamite.

Other AEW notes from the Max listings:

  • A one hour Zero Hour pre-show will return for next month’s Revolution, listed at 7 pm Eastern for March 14 with the PPV beginning at 8 pm Eastern. The Revolution countdown show will air after that Saturday’s Collision per usual.
  • Last September’s All Out from Toronto will be uploaded to the HBO Max archives.
  • On March 27, episodes of AEW Dynamite and Rampage from 2023 during MJF’s first World title run will be uploaded to the archives.
  • All other new Dynamite and Collision will begin at their usual start times.

Eddie Kingston vs. Zack Gibson added to AEW Worlds End Zero Hour

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

AEW has announced a match between Kingston and Zack Gibson to their Zero Hour show leading into the World’s End pay per view on Saturday. 

Kingston’s issues with the GYVs began shortly after his AEW championship loss to Samoa Joe at Dynamite: Winter is Coming on December 10. The Vets were in Nathan Cruz’s corner for his loss to Kingston on December 17. Kingston then defeated James Drake at Ring of Honor’s Boxing Day Brawl in a match taped a few days earlier. Gibson attacked Kingston after his victory over Drake, setting up the Zero Hour match. 

One other match has been announced for Zero Hour: Hyan & Maya World will team up to face the Sisters of Sin. 

Hailing from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Zero Hour will be available on YouTube on at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific on December 27. 

AEW Worlds End 2025 match card – Hoffman Estates, Illinois

AEW Worlds End 2025 is scheduled to take place on December 27th, 2025, from the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

  • Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue & Julia Hart) vs. Hyan & Maya World – AEW Worlds End Zero Hour match
  • Eddie Kingston vs. Zack Gibson – AEW Worlds End Zero Hour match
  • Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita – Continental Classic semifinal
  • Jon Moxley vs. Kyle Fletcher – Continental Classic semifinal
  • Continental Classic tournament final
  • Darby Allin vs. Gabe Kidd
  • The Death Riders vs. The Conglomeration & Toni Storm – Mixed Nuts Mayhem match
  • FTR vs. Bang Bang Gang – Street Fight for the AEW World Tag Team Championships
  • Babes of Wrath vs. Mercedes Mone & Athena – AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championships
  • Samoa Joe vs. MJF vs. Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland – AEW World Championship
  • Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter – AEW Women’s World Championship

Three-way trios match announced for AEW All Out Zero Hour

Posted on by Josh Nason

A three-way trios match was announced for Saturday’s AEW All Out Zero Hour pre-show.

During Friday’s AEW Collision, it was revealed in a backstage segment that Top Flight & Action Andretti will face both Shane Taylor Promotions & The Beast Mortos and The Undisputed Kingdom in the match.

Lee Moriarty and Shane Taylor will represent STP while Roderick Strong, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett will represent the Undisputed Kingdom.

To this point, it’s the only match announced for the 90-minute pre-show with the Bang Bang Gang vs. Cage of Agony in another trios clash a possibility given their backstage confrontation on Collision.

Here’s the current card for Chicago:

  • AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson defends against Jack Perry
  • Unsanctioned lights out steel cage match: Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page
  • Chicago street fight: Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander
  • AEW International Champion Will Ospreay defends against PAC
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) defend against Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)
  • MJF vs. Daniel Garcia
  • TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Hikaru Shida with Kamille banned from ringside
  • AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada defends against Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy and The Beast Mortos
  • Zero Hour pre-show: Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) and Action Andretti vs. Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty & The Beast Mortos vs. Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Roderick Strong)

AEW All In notes: New Zero Hour match, Private Party, Casino gauntlet update

Posted on by Josh Nason

The Zero Hour pre-show for Sunday’s AEW All In had a new match added during Saturday’s AEW Collision in addition to some other developments for the pay-per-view from London’s Wembley Stadium.

In a ten-man tag match, Ring of Honor Tag Team and Six-Man Champion Dustin Rhodes will team with fellow champions Sammy Guevara & The Von Erichs in addition to Katsuyori Shibata against former ROH Six-Man Champions Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona and former ROH Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett.

The match was made Saturday when Rhodes and Guevara issued an open challenge for the event which was later answered.

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In a backstage segment Saturday that led into the previous announcement, it was stated that Private Party will be the official MCs for the night.

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During the broadcast, Tony Schiavone said that the winner of the Casino gauntlet match will be able to “cash in” on their earned AEW World title shot which is believed to mean at any time, any place.

That adds further intrigue as the World title will be defended on the pay-per-view between current champion Swerve Strickland and Bryan Danielson.

Here’s the current card for Wembley Stadium on Sunday:

The All In card for Sunday, August 25:

  • AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland defends against Bryan Danielson
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Mariah May
  • AEW American/International Champion MJF defends against Will Ospreay
  • TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Darby Allin in a coffin match
  • AEW Trios Champions The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, and Nick Wayne) defend against The Bang Bang Gang, The House of Black, and PAC, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta in a London ladder match
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defend against The Acclaimed and FTR
  • TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Britt Baker
  • Casino gauntlet match for future AEW World title shot (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Hangman Page, Kyle O’Reilly, Mark Briscoe, Evil Uno confirmed entrants)
  • FTW Champion Chris Jericho defends against Hook
  • Zero Hour: Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway, winners get to pick stipulation to Nightingale/Statlander CMLL Women’s title match for All Out
  • Zero Hour: Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, The Von Erichs (Ross & Marshall) and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona, Matt Taven & Mike Bennett

Brian Pillman Jr. to challenge for MLW World title at Zero Hour

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Brian Pillman Jr. is getting a World title shot at MLW’s first show of the year.

MLW announced this morning that World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu will defend his title against Pillman at their Zero Hour set of television tapings. The show is taking place at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, January 11.

MLW hyped up the title match:

There is unfinished business between CONTRA Unit and the remaining members of the Hart Foundation. 

CONTRA Unit struck fast and with violence late last year when they took out Teddy Hart. Now young Brian Pillman readies for retribution and his first World title shot as he looks to conquer the seemingly unconquerable in the 300 pound Fatu.

Pillman, who along with Davey Boy Smith Jr., have vowed payback on CONTRA Unit, campaigned for a title match following his breakout performance in the 2019 Opera Cup. Matchmakers agreed that Pillman’s ranking in MLW’s top 10 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated warranted consideration for a championship bout.

Now official, Pillman will look to do what eluded his father: win the World Championship. Can the 2018 Rookie of the Year dethrone the undefeated World Champ?

Fatu has been MLW World Heavyweight Champion since winning the title from Tom Lawlor in July 2019. Fatu defending his title against CIMA has also been announced for MLW’s Fightland tapings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 1.

Here’s the updated card for Zero Hour:

  • Jimmy Havoc vs. Mance Warner in a no ropes barbed wire match
  • MLW World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu defending against Brian Pillman Jr.
  • Ross Von Erich vs. Tom Lawlor
  • National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone defending against Aerostar
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Simon Gotch in a no ropes, no holds barred match
  • Marshall Von Erich vs. MJF (If MJF wins, The Dynasty will get a Tag Team title shot against The Von Erichs. If Marshall wins, MJF can’t challenge The Von Erichs for the titles again.)
  • Savio Vega vs. Richard Holliday
  • Drago & Puma King vs. Taurus & El Hijo de LA Park vs. Injustice (Jordan Oliver & Kotto Brazil)
  • Gino “El Intocable” Medina vs. Septimo Dragon
  • Dominic Garrini vs. Zenshi
  • Erick Stevens debuts

Triple threat tag match added to MLW Zero Hour tapings

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A triple threat tag team match is the latest addition to the card for MLW Zero Hour.

MLW announced today that Drago & Puma King vs. Taurus & El Hijo de LA Park vs. Injustice (Jordan Oliver & Kotto Brazil) is set for Zero Hour. The tapings are taking place at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, January 11.

Drago, Puma King, and Taurus are three of the four Lucha Libre AAA wrestlers announced for Zero Hour. Aerostar will also challenge Alexander Hammerstone for the MLW National Openweight Championship.

A working agreement between MLW and AAA was announced at Saturday Night SuperFight last month.

Here’s the updated card for Zero Hour:

  • Jimmy Havoc vs. Mance Warner in a no ropes barbed wire match
  • Ross Von Erich vs. Tom Lawlor
  • National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone defending against Aerostar
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Simon Gotch in a no ropes, no holds barred match
  • Marshall Von Erich vs. MJF (If MJF wins, The Dynasty will get a Tag Team title shot against The Von Erichs. If Marshall wins, MJF can’t challenge The Von Erichs for the titles again.)
  • Savio Vega vs. Richard Holliday
  • Drago & Puma King vs. Taurus & El Hijo de LA Park vs. Injustice (Jordan Oliver & Kotto Brazil)
  • Erick Stevens debuts

MLW notes: Atout signs multi-year deal, Smith vs. Gotch at Zero Hour

Posted on by Joseph Currier

– After joining their broadcast team earlier this month, Alicia Atout has officially signed with MLW.

It was announced today that Atout has signed a multi-year agreement with MLW. She’s working as a correspondent/interviewer and host for the promotion.

“Alicia brings a passion and quality to MLW broadcasts and coverage unmatched in the sport,” MLW’s Court Bauer said. “We are very pleased to formalize Alicia’s future with MLW.”

Atout, who has previously done work for Impact Wrestling and AEW, noted that this is the first contract she’s signed in professional wrestling: “HUGE NEWS!! I’ve officially signed my first ever contract in professional wrestling and it’s with @MLW! Damn it feels good having a place to call home.”

– A no ropes, no holds barred match between Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Simon Gotch has been added to the lineup for MLW’s Zero Hour tapings. The show is taking place at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, January 11.

Here’s the updated card:

  • Jimmy Havoc vs. Mance Warner in a no ropes barbed wire match
  • Ross Von Erich vs. Tom Lawlor
  • National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone defending against Aerostar
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Simon Gotch in a no ropes, no holds barred match
  • Marshall Von Erich vs. MJF (If MJF wins, The Dynasty will get a Tag Team title shot against The Von Erichs. If Marshall wins, MJF can’t challenge The Von Erichs for the titles again.)
  • Erick Stevens debuts

National title match set for MLW Zero Hour tapings

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Aerostar is getting a title shot when he appears at MLW’s Zero Hour television tapings next month.

MLW has announced that National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone will defend his title against Aerostar at Zero Hour. The show is taking place at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, January 11.

Aerostar is one of four Lucha Libre AAA wrestlers announced for the Zero Hour tapings. Drago, Puma King, and Taurus are also set for the show.

A working partnership between MLW and AAA was announced at MLW’s Saturday Night SuperFight pay-per-view last month.

Hammerstone became the inaugural National Openweight Champion by winning a tournament for the title this June.

MLW also announced today that Erick Stevens will make his debut for the promotion at Zero Hour. Here’s the updated card for the event:

  • Jimmy Havoc vs. Mance Warner in a no ropes barbed wire match
  • Ross Von Erich vs. Tom Lawlor
  • National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone defending against Aerostar
  • Marshall Von Erich vs. MJF (If MJF wins, The Dynasty will get a Tag Team title shot against The Von Erichs. If Marshall wins, MJF can’t challenge The Von Erichs for the titles again.)
  • Erick Stevens debuts

Marshall Von Erich vs. MJF added to MLW Zero Hour tapings

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A match with Tag Team title implications has been added to MLW’s Zero Hour television tapings.

MLW announced today that Marshall Von Erich vs. MJF will take place at Zero Hour. The match has a stipulation where — if MJF wins — The Dynasty will get another Tag Team title shot. If Marshall wins, MJF can’t challenge the Von Erichs for the titles again.

Marshall & Ross Von Erich won the titles by defeating The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) at last month’s Saturday Night SuperFight pay-per-view.

After the angle where Tom Lawlor turned heel and cost him an MLW World title match against Jacob Fatu, Ross Von Erich is facing Lawlor at Zero Hour.

Zero Hour is MLW’s first event of 2020. It’s taking place at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, January 11 and will also feature Jimmy Havoc vs. Mance Warner in a no ropes barred wire match.

Tom Lawlor vs. Ross Von Erich set for MLW Zero Hour tapings

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Tom Lawlor will face off with a Von Erich brother when MLW makes its return to the Dallas area next month.

MLW announced today that Lawlor vs. Ross Von Erich is set for their Zero Hour television tapings in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, January 11. The tapings are taking place at the NYTEX Sports Centre.

The match comes after an angle where Lawlor turned heel against the Von Erichs by costing Ross his match against MLW World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu. That title match aired on MLW Fusion’s Thanksgiving special, with Lawlor hitting Ross with a steel chair and then saying “F*ck CONTRA” and “F*ck the Von Erichs” after.

Ross & Marshall Von Erich are the current MLW Tag Team Champions. They won the titles from The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) at last month’s Saturday Night SuperFight pay-per-view.

The Zero Hour tapings will also feature a no ropes barbed wire match between Jimmy Havoc and Mance Warner.

MLW returning to Dallas area for Zero Hour tapings

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ahead of this weekend’s War Chamber tapings, MLW has announced a return date for the Dallas area.

MLW will be back at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, January 11, 2020 for a set of television tapings. MLW: Zero Hour is the name of the event.

Tickets for Zero Hour will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday (September 10) at 10 a.m. Central time. MLW noted that fans attending Saturday’s War Chamber show will have the first opportunity to purchase tickets for Zero Hour.

War Chamber will be the first MLW show to take place at the NYTEX Sports Centre. It’s being headlined by Tom Lawlor, Ross Von Erich, Marshall Von Erich & Low Ki vs. Contra Unit (Jacob Fatu, Josef Samael, Simon Gotch & Ikuro Kwon) in a War Chamber match. The match has War Games-style rules and can be won by pinfall, submission, or surrender once everyone has entered.

Kevin Von Erich will be in Lawlor, Ross, Marshall & Low Ki’s corner for the match. There will also be a tribute to the late Gary Hart at the event.