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AEW and NXT both fell slightly in overall viewership but not in 18-49 Dynamite was the number five show on cable on Wednesday while NXT was number forty for the night The NBA, MTV's The Challenge, and college football all topped AEW in the ratings. Chris Jericho uses his Dad Bod to inflict pain on Top[...]

Following this week's episode of AEW Dynamite, plans are shaping up for New Years Smash, a special two-week event taking over Dynamite on December 30th and January 6th The second night will compete head-to-head with NXT's New Years Evil special, so both companies are sure to beef up the cards for that night further during[...]

AEW Dynamite aired a Holiday Bash special on TNT last night, a rare night when AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT did not go head-to-head because Dynamite was pushed back to a 10PM start time by the NBA season opening But Dynamite didn't take an early holiday break… well, technically they did because this show was[...]

Welcome to The Shovel: Wednesday Night Wars Edition, a column wherein usually I watch four straight hours of wrestling starting with AEW Dynamite and then following up with WWE NXT on DVR and tell you what happens so you can live a life that isn't insane But this week, Dynamite is preempted for a basketball[...]

On tonight's Holiday Bash episode of AEW Dynamite, the company announced another special episode to take place on February 3rd, and that episode will feature the wedding of Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford. Kip Sabian, Penelope Ford, and Miro announced the date of Ford and Sabian's wedding will be February 3rd at a special episode of[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's recap of AEW Dark "What?!" you ask? "Since when does Bleeding Cool recap AEW Dark? Since this week, folks. The official logo for AEW Dark Bear Country vs Jurassic Express Excalibur and Taz welcome us to AEW Dark and then Justin Roberts introduces Bear Country, who come to the ring These guys names are[...]

Standing in front of some festive holiday decorations, the pair did their usual schtick of mocking Impact as small and insignificant compare to AEW Khan pointed out that he could stop Kenny Omega from wrestling at Impact's Hard to Kill PPV in January if he wanted, but it doesn't bother him Instead, Khan invited Impact[...]

With TNT and TBS' 24-hour A Christmas Story marathon kicking off its run this Christmas Eve, AEW fans were given their first look at the wrestling organization's take on some of the more iconic scenes from the holiday classic- set to air throughout the holiday tradition With narration and stage direction read by AEW announcers[...]

AEW Dynamite will not be the highest-rated wrestling show this week as AEW Dynamite returned to its normal range in the 18-49 demo WWE Raw set a new record earlier this week for low ratings, and if Dynamite stayed close to its rating from last week, it could have beaten Raw this week And with[...]

This week's AEW Dynamite set up what we can expect from the company over the holiday season Six matches for next week's episode of Dynamite, Holiday Bash, are already booked Jurassic Express will take on The Dark Order, but will former champs FTR, who cut a promo complaining about Jurassic Express last night, interfere? Dustin[...]

Today's edition covers the Wednesday Night Wars between AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock][MULTINAV] AEW Dynamite Recap for December 16th, 2020 Part 2 Alex Marvez talks to Thunder Rosa Rosa cuts a promo on Britt Baker and says she[...]

Today's edition covers the Wednesday Night Wars between AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT. The Shovel – Weekly TV Recaps of WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Impact Wrestling, AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT [Photo: Shutterstock][MULTINAV] AEW Dynamite Recap for December 16th, 2020 Part 1 It's the last normal edition of AEW Dynamite before three straight weeks of special holiday-themed episodes,[...]

This was the second episode of Impact Wrestling since the company began a crossover with AEW that saw Kenny Omega win the AEW Championship and then show up on Dynamite with it last week But just one week later, the show is ranked lower than it was the week before the crossover, though viewership remains[...]

Greetings, comrades! It is I, your El Presidente, reporting to you from Warren Buffet's garage, with news on suspicious activities from the pro wrestling organization known as AEW Back when I was running an authoritarian dictatorship, I always told people, "if you see something, say something" and if I saw that they didn't say something[...]

AEW Unrivaled has continued the success of the year-old wrestling promotion, with sellouts and huge dollar amounts on the aftermarket driving huge interest in the brand Wave 1 and Wave 2 have been insanely hard to get a hand on, and that is not even mentioning the impossible chase figures This afternoon, Jazzwares have revealed[...]

Omega's tour bus was parked outside the building for the past two weeks since Omega won the AEW Championship from Jon Moxley at Winter is Coming with help from Impact EVP Don Callis But after the main event on Impact tonight, Omega went inside to attack Impact Champion Rich Swann, setting up a six-man tag[...]

When TNT and TBS' 24-hour A Christmas Story marathon kicks off its run on Thursday, December 24, it does so with a stable of some of AEW Wrestling's best ready to offer their take on some of the more iconic scenes from the holiday classic. AEW wrestlers will be taking part in this year's A Christmas[...]

"You could play the game where you're like, oh, if AEW was an option, would you have gone right after you left WWE? You know, if you're going to play that game, there's no way they would have handled it the way they handled it with suspending me for two months and then nobody contacting[...]

AEW Dynamite failed to top a million viewers for its post-Winter-is-Coming episode, but it came awfully dang close With the fallout from last week's special episode, including the first words from newly-signed legend Sting, an appearance by NBA great Shaq, and an in-ring promo from Don Callis and Kenny Omega after Omega's shocking heel turn[...]

AEW President Tony Khan channeled his inner Teddy Long in booking a massive tag team match for next week's episode of Dynamite Khan booked a 14-man tag team match spinning out of the Orange Cassidy vs MJF match that headlined last night's show The Inner Circle was at ringside in full force for the match[...]

Big news coming out of AEW Dynamite last night Starting December 23rd, AEW Dynamite will air three special themed episodes to close out 2020 and kick-off 2021 AEW announced the news during the second hour of last night's episode, answering the question of how they'll handle the NBA preemption for the December 23rd episode. Here's AEW[...]

With the ending of last week's AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming special, AEW kicked off a crossover with Impact Wrestling, expanding the battlefield of the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars to Tuesday Nights as well and giving Impact a major boost in viewership Tonight's episode of Dynamite promises new champion Kenny Omega, NBA star Shaq, and[...]

With the ending of last week's AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming special, AEW kicked off a crossover with Impact Wrestling, expanding the battlefield of the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars to Tuesday Nights as well and giving Impact a major boost in viewership Tonight's episode of Dynamite promises new champion Kenny Omega, NBA star Shaq, and[...]

As promised, Kenny Omega appeared on Impact Wrestling on Tuesday with his newly-won AEW Championship Omega won the belt from Jon Moxley on last week's episode of AEW Dynamite, a special event dubbed Winter is Coming, with help from Impact's Don Callis Callis and Omega fled the building "like scalded dogs," according to Jim Ross,[...]

That's where the numbers have been at for the first half-hour of the show, even though anyone who's ever watched wrestling before knows damn well Impact is going to hold off on the Kenny Omega interview until the end of the show. Kenny Omega will make his first appearance as AEW Champion not on Dynamite, but[...]

In addition to the advertised first appearance by Kenny Omega since winning the AEW Championship, Impact Wrestling also featured more guest stars from another promotion this week: AEW President Tony Khan and commentators Tony Schiavone The pair appeared on the show under the guise of a paid commercial, knowing that Omega's appearance will draw attention[...]

Continuing their ongoing mission to make The Chadster's life miserable, AEW has now added basketball star Shaq to the card for tomorrow's episode of AEW Dynamite "BREAKING NEWS @Shaq addresses #AEW with @tonyschiavone24!" the company revealed on Twiter "Watch #AEWDynamite this Wednesday night on @TNTDrama 8e/7c or http://AEWPlus.com by @FiteTV for our International fans[...]

The trouble began when Dave Meltzer wrote in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that AEW was not interesting in signing Tessa Blanchard. Regarding Tessa Blanchard, who has still not surfaced anywhere since being released by Impact and only wrestled once since the pandemic started, which was a loss to Kylie Rae on Warrior[...]

WWE executive, NXT showrunner, and Jared Kushner to Vince McMahon's Donald Trump, Triple H, took aim at rival pro wrestling organization Impact in a recent interview after Impact became publicly involved in a wrestling super-mega-crossover event with NXT's biggest rival, AEW Dynamite Triple H was speaking with paid shill Ryan Satin, who shamelessly begged clickbait[...]

AEW shocked the world on Wednesday when the ending to the main event matchup between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley ended with the start of a super-mega-crossover event with Impact Wrestling The Young Bucks spoke about the crossover in a recent interview with Jon Alba in his podcast, Living the Gimmick But what lessons should[...]