STARDOM hosted its latest event, Hiroshima Goddess Festival on Nov. 3. At that event, Mayu Iwatani who held the SWA World Championship for 182-days, decided to relinquish the championship making it vacated. Her reasoning is to focus on the upcoming IWGP Women’s Championship which will decide its inaugural champion on Nov. 20. That match will … Read more
The biggest news coming out of the November 2 episode of AEW Dynamite is that Toni Storm will officially defend the interim AEW Women’s World Championship against Jamie Hayter at the Full Gear pay-per-view on November 19. Elsewhere on Dynamite, Saraya and Britt Baker were both slated to participate in a sit-down interview with Renee … Read more
Tensions are heating up in AEW’s women’s division. During the October 26 episode of Dynamite, Jamie Hayter defeated Riho in a little over 10 minutes. Hayter tossed Riho around in the early minutes. Riho picked up momentum until Britt Baker held her foot at ringside while the ref wasn’t looking. It wasn’t enough as Riho … Read more
There have been two women’s matches confirmed from the STARDOM promotion to take place at a New Japan Pro Wrestling event. It will be stateside as it takes place in New York, New York and the event is named NJPW Rumble on 44th Street. The event takes place this Friday on Oct. 28. The SWA … Read more
Maria Kanellis made her AEW debut during the Oct. 15 episode of Rampage. She would emerge on stage with her husband Mike Kanellis along with Matt Taven who are collectively known as The Kingdom. The trio is known for their time in ROH as well as IMPACT Wrestling. They have just wrapped up their time … Read more
Taya Valkyrie is currently working all over the wrestling scene while holding multiple championships. She is currently one-half of the IMPACT Knockouts World Tag Team Champions with Jessicka, and also holds singles gold as the AAA Reina de Reinas and MLW Women’s World Featherweight Championship. One company she hasn’t worked for is AEW and she … Read more
It was announced back in July as the relationship has grown between STARDOM and NJPW that a women’s belt would be introduced. It was confirmed to come in November and it is being created by both promotions for the women to defend in not only Japan but the United States at NJPW events. Now, a … Read more
Willow Nightingale is finally All Elite!! On this week’s live episode of AEW Rampage, Willow Nightingale had a match against Leila Grey in which she was victorious after delivering the Doctor Bomb. After the match, Tony Schiavone joined her in the ring to make the announcement! Nightingale was originally scheduled to face Penelope Ford, but … Read more
*Please note that this article contains spoilers from the most recent AEW Dark tapings* Spoilers via PWInsider – Tonight in Jacksonville, Fla. from Daily’s Place, AEW taped matches for Dark. During the tapings, there was a debut from a former Stardom champion Jungle Kyona. She debuted in a match against Riho. Riho would get the … Read more
AEW’s Athena took on Jody Threat on this week’s Elevation episode. This was Threat’s first match in an AEW ring. The match caught the eye of many on social media stating that Athena in particular was being too stiff/aggressive during the match. Athena also had to switch to the heel role despite being a babyface … Read more
This week’s AEW Dynamite aired on Tuesday due to MLB action on TBS. During the “Title Tuesday” episode, Toni Storm was tasked with defending her interim AEW Women’s Championship against former champion Hikaru Shida. The women’s bout aired early in the night, taking place in the second match. After lots of back and forth as … Read more
On the Oct. 14 episode of AEW Rampage, the First Lady of Professional Wrestling, Maria Kanellis Bennett made her debut. Alongside her husband Mike Bennett and Matt Taven, The Kingdom has arrived and challenged FTR for the ROH World Tag Team Championships. The trio just wrapped up their time with IMPACT where Bennett and Taven … Read more
*Please note that this article contains spoilers for the Oct. 14 episode of AEW Rampage.* Per PWInsider, the following took place for this week’s Rampage – Nyla Rose (with Vickie Guerrero and Marina Shafir) defeats Anna Jay – Anna Jay puts on a sleeper before getting caught coming off the top rope and hit with … Read more
Saraya, formerly known in WWE as Paige, shocked the wrestling world a few weeks back when she joined AEW and became All Elite. She was not re-signed by WWE back in July after spending the past five years unable to wrestle due to her neck injury. In a new report from Fightful Select, her leaving … Read more
Renee Paquette is officially All Elite. AEW Dynamite‘s debut in Toronto kicked off with the arrival of Renee Paquette after Tony Khan tweeted ahead of the show that she has signed a deal. After welcoming the crowd to the show, Paquette interviewed Toronto’s own Christian Cage. Later on in the show near the 9:30 p.m. … Read more
The current World of STARDOM Champion Syuri says she can see herself in one of the major wrestling companies in the United States. No stranger to wrestling the likes of Asuka and Hikaru Shida, Syuri mentioned wanting to share the ring again with them. As well as some other top names in AEW. While speaking … Read more
Jade Cargill is still undefeated after defending the AEW TBS Championship at Battle of the Belt IV on Friday night. She faced Willow Nightingale and would be victorious after delivering Jaded. This was Nightingale’s second try for the title, this time she was coming off of a win from Rampage after getting the pin for … Read more
Julia Hart announces her engagement to fellow AEW talent Lee Johnson. While talking with AEW Unrestricted, the member of the House of Black confirmed that she has a fiance now. “We are engaged,” Hart said of her relationship with Johnson. “Now, it sounds weird saying ‘boyfriend,’ I’m like, ‘what?’ he’s my fiance. Nobody really knows … Read more
Britt Baker stirred the pot in the first women’s segment on AEW Dynamite. During a backstage promo, the former AEW Women’s World Champion claimed that doctors won’t clear Saraya to compete in the All Elite ring. Commentators immediately questioned who these doctors are as we shifted to the trios match. At the top of the … Read more
On the Sept. 30 episode of AEW Rampage, a trios match was confirmed for the upcoming episode of Dynamite. The Interim AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will team up with Willow Nightingale and Athena w/Saraya in their corner will take on Jamie Hayter, Serena Deeb, and Penelope Ford w/Britt Baker in their corner. On … Read more
Saraya promises to bring change to AEW’s women’s division, and she’s starting with a lumberjack match. Following her shocking debut at Dynamite: Grand Slam, Saraya spoke for the first time on this week’s Dynamite. While there was no clarification of her in-ring status, she mentioned early on that she’s “damaged, but not broken.” Saraya made … Read more
On the Sept. 21 episode of AEW’s Dynamite Grand Slam, Saraya made a shocking debut and instantly became All Elite. On tonight’s Dynamite episode, Saraya will be speaking in regard to the role she will be playing in AEW. Prior to this, Fightful Select has reached out to their sources to receive some information on … Read more
Serena Deeb will be challenging Toni Storm this Wednesday for the Interim AEW Women’s World Championship. Storm is coming off of a victory from last week where she successfully defended in a Four-way which included Deeb, Athena, and Britt Baker. Storm pinned Baker in the match to retain. Deeb holds a pin over Storm in … Read more
Saraya (Paige) shocked the wrestling industry when she showed up in AEW on the Sept. 21 episode of Dynamite Grand Slam. Her appearance was instantly felt as the heels that were in the ring including Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter, and Serena Deeb retreated while the Interim AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm and Athena embraced … Read more
Ruby Soho’s injury is going to require surgery. Soho was injured during her mixed tag match at AEW’s All Out where she teamed up with Ortiz to take on Tay Melo and Sammy Guevara for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championships. She took a knee to the face from Melo which caused the break. … Read more
Saraya, fka Paige, is officially #AllElite. In the semi-main event of AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam, Toni Storm put her AEW Interim Women’s Championship on the line in a four-way against Britt Baker, Athena, and Serena Deeb. The match started around 9:15 p.m. ET with Deeb shining in the first couple of minutes with unique pins … Read more