AEW x NJPW x CMLL x STARDOM Forbidden Door last night was a strong pay-per-view that gave AEW a clear road to All In: London, even if the “Forbidden Door” concept itself does not feel as fresh or untouchable as it once did. The wrestling delivered, the final stretch gave the show real weight, Will … Read more
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x STARDOM Forbidden Door arrives tonight from the SAP Center in San Jose, California with one of the most talented cards AEW will put in front of fans all year, but also one of the most uneven roads the Forbidden Door brand has had to navigate. On paper, this is … Read more
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite came into Rio Rancho, New Mexico with the difficult job of being both a loaded television wrestling show and the final Dynamite before AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. On paper, AEW threw almost everything at the wall: Konosuke Takeshita defending the AEW International Championship against Ricochet, Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland taking … Read more
AEW Dynamite: Summer Blockbuster felt less like an ordinary episode of weekly television and more like the first act of a summer action movie with multiple explosions waiting to go off at once. The opening scene gave us Chris Jericho returning to confront Tommaso Ciampa. Jon Moxley and Shane Taylor turned the AEW Continental Championship … Read more
This summer, there are no capes. No stunt doubles. No guaranteed happy endings. There is only Jon Moxley returning home to Cincinnati with the AEW Continental Championship around his waist and Shane Taylor standing in his path like the final boss of a street fight. There is Swerve Strickland stepping into the darkness against Brody … Read more
AEW Double or Nothing last night felt like a true reset point for the company’s summer direction. From the Buy In to the main event, the show was loaded with title changes, major angles, chaotic match layouts, predictable but still important creative decisions, and one of the biggest legend signings AEW could make for the … Read more
AEW is putting a lot on the table tonight with a special three-hour Dynamite and Collision go-home show before Double or Nothing this Sunday. On paper, this is a loaded lineup. Darby Allin defends the AEW World Championship against “Speedball” Mike Bailey, FTR put the AEW World Tag Team Titles on the line against Orange … Read more
AEW Revolution was a show built to leave people talking, and in that sense it absolutely succeeded. The problem is that not all of the conversation feels flattering. There was strong wrestling on this card, some real star power, a few smart storyline pivots, and enough returns and title changes to make the road to … Read more
Last night’s All Elite Wrestling didn’t present Dynamite like a checklist on the way to AEW Grand Slam Australia. It treated it like a breaking point. This wasn’t a “remind you what’s on Saturday” episode. It was AEW taking every major thread it’s been weaving since late January—the faction wars, the ego collisions, the humiliation … Read more
AEW hits the gas tonight from Toyota Arena in Ontario, California, and the timing couldn’t be sharper: this is the final Dynamite before Grand Slam: Australia (Saturday, Feb. 14), which means every advertised match is doing double duty—standing on its own while also locking the weekend’s pecking order into place. That’s the real hook of … Read more
