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New York Post
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
AEW returning to Prudential Center for Full Gear riding wave of All In momentum
All Elite Wrestling is returning to the tri-state area for one of its major pay-per-view events. The brand will return to the Prudential Center for the second consecutive year to host Full Gear on Saturday, Nov. 22, with tickets going on sale on Aug. 25. Advertisement AEW continues to bring major shows annually to the New York-New Jersey area, also hosting Forbidden Door at UBS Arena last year. 'Being around wrestling and being a fan of wrestling my whole life, I know it's very important to keep a great relationship with the fans around New York and New Jersey, and we have such great fans in the area,' AEW CEO Tony Khan told The Post. 'Full Gear is one of the best events every year for AEW and the wrestling fans and I'm very excited to bring Full Gear back to the Prudential Center.' The company is currently riding a wave of momentum after a highly successful All In pay-per-view in front of 25,000 fans at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas earlier this month — its most attended show ever in North America. 4 Kenny Omega Lee South/AEW Advertisement The show saw 'Hangman' Adam Page end Jon Moxley's 273-day reign as AEW World champion to a huge pop from the crowd. Page, whom the Young Bucks called the company's 'main character' before All In, once again rose to the occasion when AEW needed him. Page, an AEW original who has already had meaningful stories with The Dark Order, Kenny Omega and Swerve Strickland, made it undeniable that he should beat Moxley and complete his redemption arc. 'What's amazing is to see someone who was essentially the No. 1 pick that the franchise is built around and watch him grow and develop into being exactly the wrestler you hoped and dreamed he would become and even more,' Khan said. 'Hangman, the AEW world champion, continues to get better and better. It's very exciting.' 4 'Hangman' Adam Page is the AEW World Champion Lee South/AEW Advertisement The show was the longest televised wrestling event ever at more than seven hours, including the preshow that served as counter-programming to WWE's counter-programming attempt of NXT's Great American Bash and 'Saturday Night's Main Event' on the same day. Khan thought the whole situation made sense to have the 'ultimate festival of pro wrestling.' 'There are so many great stories this year that have developed into exciting rivalries. There were so many big battles, and the epic nature of the staging and the platform of Globe Life Field made it possible to put on this epic event with huge entrances and epic matches,' Khan said. 'The only thing I have seen worldwide that had a comparable pace was some of the very best of the Wrestle Kingdom events [from New Japan] because typically AEW pay-per-view events have been paced differently.' All In will move back to London's Wembley Stadium next year. Khan said he has yet to think past that on whether the event will stay there or move to different cities in the U.S., after the success in Texas. Advertisement This year's show was the crescendo of the full reboot of the company's creative that Moxley exclusively talked to The Post about in November. Khan called it a New Year's resolution to also reboot his approach to the creative process. He felt it allowed AEW to have more cohesive shows and led to a lift in the ratings from 2024. 4 Mercedes Mone puts a submission hold on 'Timeless' Toni Storm. Ricky Havlik Khan went back to how he wrote shows during the pandemic in 2020, when AEW was shooting weekly from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, by putting all of the responsibility onto himself and only putting ideas on television he 100 percent believes in. That started with him writing his outline for 'everybody's segments, not just certain segments but the entire show,' and then he would come in and 'hear people out.' 'I think I found myself in 2024 doing some of the same things I was doing in 2019, in terms of lots of meetings and lots of good conversations, but probably being almost too open to feedback and ideas and too often I was leading a committee, putting an outline and ideas together instead of, I should just sit down, and that's what I do now,' Khan said. 4 The Young Bucks take flight at All In. Ricky Havlik/AEW Before this year, he found himself reverting to his 2019 process when he was the chairman of the committee, still deciding what goes on the show but soliciting all the feedback from others and using that to craft the show. The approach wasn't working. Advertisement 'I looked at myself in the mirror around Christmas 2024 the same way I did around Christmas 2019 and said I need to be accountable for everything that happens on the show and I should stop having so many meetings and I should just put the show together to be what I believe it should be,' Khan said. AEW is in its first year of its new television rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, but we have yet to see the company's live pay-per-views shift HBO Max; they currently air on Prime Video in the United States. Khan said he is 'excited about the future' of pay-per-views on Max, but the technology and platform to do so on the streaming service is something that's 'absolutely being worked on right now.' While fans wait for that, AEW continues to move forward toward Full Gear back in New Jersey later this year.
Yahoo
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dynamite results, live blog: Presented by Shark Week
Here's a place to check results and comment along with a new episode of AEW Dynamite, airing live tonight (July 23) at 8 p.m. ET on TBS... and streaming on Max! AEW continues their Chicago residency with the third of six shows at the Aragon Ballroom, as the promotion builds toward next month's Forbidden Door London PPV! Get ready with our preview for the show here! Set for the show: World champ Hangman Page continues to deal with the Death Riders, this time taking on Wheeler Yuta. Timeless Toni Storm faces Billie Starkz, and the minion of Casino Gauntlet contract-holder Athena can win a shot at Storm's Women's World title if she wins this Eliminator Match. Plus, Swerve Strickland takes on The Callis Family's Hecichero... and more! Come right back here at 8 p.m. Eastern when the Dynamite live blog kicks off once the show starts on TBS — and Max. It will be below this line here. Enjoy the show! Times have changed and times are strange. Here I come, but I ain't the same. Mama, I'm liveblogging this here pro wrestling show for these folks. I came in about four minutes late but they are wasting no time going at it hammer and tongs! To the floor, Page throws YUTA into the barricade a couple times, back in the ring, Hanger with a fallaway slam and a big boot, big chops in the corner, Death Valley Driver in the middle of the ring... NOPE! Big lariat, Page lines him up... 'Hangman' Adam Page wins by pinfall with Buckshot. Post-match, Adam grabs a length of chain from ringside! He loads his fist and decks YUTA with a huge right hook and comes down for grounded punches with the chain! He wraps the chain around YUTA's neck, blood pouring from Wheeler's face, he stops short in the ropes and yells at him before relenting and letting him go! Billie Starkz is backstage with Athena for a promo. Athena is wearing a Shark Week fin and it's so adorable that I can barely pay attention to the promo. Anyway she directs Billie in a question and answer session about who she is and what she stands for and how Starkz is gonna take Toni Storm out tonight. (Like out for a nice dinner?) (Listen it's a reasonable question on a show as queer as Dynamite.) FTR jump JetSpeed at the bell and beat them down, Knight falls to the floor so I guess Bailey is legal as they look for an early Shatter Machine, folding press on Harwood for two and now we know he's legal! Waistlock, standing switch, back body drop sends Cash packing, superkick-assisted German suplex almost wins the match for JetSpeed! Stereo planchas from JetSpeed, back inside, FTR regaining control, working Speedball over in the corner, trading elbow for chop, big uppercut from Dax! Whip across, back elbow lays them out, to the floor, looking for a piledriver, countered with a back body drop and one for Wheeler too as we go to break! Back from commercial, JetSpeed mounting a comeback, Knight hits a big DDT on Harwood for two! Kevin lands a shoulder block, Mike out to the apron, UFO splash and an Asai moonsault in stereo... NO DEAL! Dax pulls Knight into the corner and posts his knee a few times! Following it up with the figure four leglock around the post, Bailey breaks it up with a kick combination but Wheeler drops him with a dragon screw to the bad knee! Back inside, Kevin with an inside cradle for two, Dax dragon screws him, FTR with stereo Sharpshooters, Cash on the floor and Dax in the ring! Knight gets the ropes for the break! Power and the Glory... THE KNEES ARE UP! Bailey off the top, Shadows Over Hell shooting star press, Knight crawls over for the cover... DAX HARWOOD KICKS OUT AND WE GO TO BREAK! Back from commercial, Speedball with a big nearfall, back body drop puts them on the apron, elbow smashes, Wheeler comes to assist his teammate and Mike blasts him with a boot before dropping them both with a corkscrew Asai moonsault! Back inside, up top, shooting star, nobody home, Frankensteiner rolled through, Penalty Kick, standing moonsault knee drops... STILL NO! Speedball kicks into the enzuigiri, waistlock, blind tag from Knight, electric chair, standing dropkick Doomsday Device... NOT ENOUGH! To the floor, back body drop sends Cash flying over the timekeeper's barricade, and Bailey dives over it onto him! Back in the ring, Kevin hits the UFO Splash, feet up, inside cradle... KEVIN KNIGHT WILL NOT STAY DOWN! Hurricanrana gets a nearfall on Harwood, he blocks a Frankensteiner from Mike and turns it into a slingshot powerbomb, Kevin grabs a crucifix... SO VERY CLOSE! Victory roll and an assist from Stokely Hathaway... FTR win by pinfall with a victory roll pin from Dax Harwood and some leverage from Stokely Hathaway on Kevin Knight. Post-match, Tony Schiavone interviews FTR in the ring and Big Stoke does the talking. He says Adam Copeland belongs in prison. Everyone in this company knows he's not a professional wrestler and so Copeland had no business putting hands on him last week and he's a horrible human being, a loser, and a cancer to AEW. It doesn't matter what anyone says, because— Enter Adam Copeland, much to Hathaway's chagrin. Stokely demands he stop on the stage and calls for Alter Bridge to be cut. He reminds that Copeland isn't allowed in the vicinity of FTR so what is he doing here. Adam begs off, saying he forgot about that but he made a business deal with some gentlemen and they were willing to come down and do what he can't. And by the way, their business is hurting people. THE HURT SYNDICATE ARE HERE! Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin hit the ring and beat Cash and Dax down until referees and security swarm to pull them apart! It's a fool's errand and FTR end up laid out! Copeland goes to spear Stokely but he pulls a security guard in front of him and hobbles off! Nick Wayne, Mother Wayne, and Kip Sabian are backstage for a promo. Nick says they explained themselves verbally last week, but it's time to start speaking physically, and on Saturday they're gonna show what they're capable of when they are Uncaged. Will Ospreay is shown making his way into the arena and we go to break. Back from commercial, we get a promo from Jon Moxley about how Hangman Page was impressive in victory but now he has to wake up and do it again and wake up and do it again and so on and soforth. As for him, he lost a match and he's not gonna be a bitch about it. He's ready to go again, and this isn't a move, the credits don't roll, the cowboy doesn't ride off. A mistake was made, he will fix it, and by the end of the night we'll find out who the Hangman Page that rode out of Arlington is. He walks off and Marina Shafir takes a beat to mouth something down the barrel of the camera. Will Ospreay makes his entrance and gets on the mic. He says Tony Khan had no idea he'd be here today, he flew out by himself and asked for five minutes just to talk to everybody and let everybody know what's going on. He's been struggling with his neck for ten months, he's had some issues, and usually his medical staff is right on it but he's been keeping this one to himself. That's on him, he should tell medics and referees and the other wrestlers, but he just really wanted to get AEW over the finish line. He made a lot of promises, to Swerve, to Hangman, and to all of us, that he'd play a part in retrieving the world title, and the sacrifice was great but he's proud to say we got the belt back. So here it is— when the Death Riders attacked to him, he was taken to an emergency room, got an MRI, and at C2 and C6 he has herniated discs going into his spinal cord. And that sounds bad, but all the doctors have said it's treatable, and if everything goes right, hopefully he'll be back for Forbidden Door. He thanks Swerve and says he loves him, tells Hangman Page he's glad to have him as his champion, and to the Death Riders, the moment he's fit and healthy, where he's from it's an eye for an eye, so he's coming for each and every one of you fucks! Shane 'Swerve' Strickland embraces Will on the stage and raises his hand. We get a hype reel for the new trio of Julia Hart, Skye Blue, and Thekla. Renee Paquette interviews Willow Nightingale backstage. She says there's a sense of renewal in the air and Hangman Page is champion and if Big Theks feels her Spidey-Sense tingling, that's her in the middle of the ring. And so we go to break. Back from commercial, Renee Paquette interviews the Hurt Syndicate about Adam Copeland. Maxwell Jacob Friedman is upset about them helping Copeland when they haven't done a thing to help him get his title back. He's told it's a business arrangement and they're here to hurt people before Montel Vontavious Porter asks for the room and Bobby Lashley snaps, choking Max against a locker and telling him he's sick of his 'I' 'I' 'I' shit every week and he wants him out of the Hurt Syndicate, giving him a thumbs down. Shelton Benjamin gives him a head shake and Montel gets close for a real sad look and they leave MJF to think about where he's at. Collar and elbow, Starkz gets her in the ropes, side headlock, block the shot off, Storm with a schoolboy pin and a side headlock of her own! Off the ropes, shoulder block, kick, big backbreaker and Toni is in control! Monkey flip, up in the turnbuckles, Billie cuts her off with a chop, legsweep, basement superkick, suicide dive follows! Cannonball senton off the apron and Starkz is in control as we go to break! Back from commercial, Storm lands a chokebomb... NOPE! Single knee facebreaker from Starkz, a Final Cut into the knee, cover for two! Northern lights suplex into a bridge, Billie kicks out, pump kick connects, electric chair in the corner, Toni reverses, victory roll pin, reversed, no deal! Sidestep a boot, big German suplex from Storm! Hip attack in the corner, Storm Zero countered, back body drop into a rana pin... STILL NO! Enzuigiri from Starkz, senton atomico off the top, knees up! TCM Chickenwing is locked in... Toni Storm wins by submission with the TCM Chickenwing. Post-match, Starkz wallops Toni in the face with her own title belt! She calls Athena down, the Fallen Goddess cracks Toni in the face with her title contract and she wants to cash it in... BUT ALEX WINDSOR MAKES THE SAVE AND DOUBLE LEGS HER INTO MOUNTED PUNCHES! And so we go to break. Mat grappling to start, working a wristlock, Hechicero counters to overhooks, trapping Strickland's arms, Shane slips out, whip across, drop down, sliding heel pick, roll through, sleeper, Swerve pops out of it! Rolling around and through, hooking the arm, snapmare, triangle blocked, Strickland rolls him through with his leg, side headlock, Cobra Twist, Hechicero gets the ropes for the break! Hammerlock, spin, Mad Scientist Bomb connects! Shoulder blocks in the corner, chops, Swerve with a vertical suplex, feeling it and we go to break! Back from commercial, Hechicero with a bodyslam, cover for a nearfall! Strickland on the second, diving uppercut connects, step-under, backbreaker, off the ropes, roundhouse kick lays Hechicero out! Up top again, 450 splash... SO CLOSE! Waistlock, Hechicero slips out, inverted monkey flip right into the sleeper hold and then shifting gears to a cross armbar! Rolling him around, legscissors pin for two, rolling thunder reverse STO from Swerve! Lance Archer hits the ring and referee Rick Knox has no choice when he starts attacking Strickland... Shane Strickland wins by disqualification. Post-match, Bandido and Brody King rush down to make the save! They brawl Archer and Hechicero off... BUT KAZUCHIKA OKADA ATTACKS SWERVE FROM BEHIND WITH A STEEL CHAIR! But Strickland knocks him down with a headbutt and horsecollars him with the chair... BUT OKADA BEATS A HASTY RETREAT! Ricochet and Gates of Agony are interviewed backstage by Alicia Atout. Ricochet corrects her, saying it's just GOA now and he's been trying to tell people for weeks but maybe they're listening now after they had two back-to-back victories in one night. They don't care what you think about them, but one way or another you will respect them or fear them, and that's a demand, annoying bird laugh. And so we go to break. Back from commercial, Maxwell Jacob Friedman makes his entrance and gets on the mic. He explains to us that he doesn't need Bobby Lashley to get his world title back. He doesn't need Bob, and as far as Cowboy goes, you wanna call him a coward, he's the coward and a hypocrite. He won't wrestle him unless he executes that contract? Fine, he'll wrestle him fair and square and get his title back around his waist. Enter Mark Briscoe. He says much like Max's kosher pickle he's gonna keep this short, and he's doing all he can to exercise his self-control because he just wants to take this microphone and shove it all the way up MJF's ass but they'll dock his paycheck and he's got kids, man. But Max stole the Casino Gauntlet from him and he wants him in the ring right here in Chicago next week! Friedman says no. Briscoe is wrong when he says Max cost him the match, because if he was supposed to win he would have, but when the pressure is on, Mark loses, but MJF wins with the pressure on, because he's a generational talent, baby. The most complete professional wrestler in the world today. He's gonna be honest and he hopes Briscoe can take this on the chin— he thinks he sucks and he's white trash just like everybody else here, but he's not an idiot, he's not stupid, he knows everybody loves Mark Briscoe. And look at him, he's got a wonky eye, missing teeth, a silly accent, he's funny! He's entertaining! But not even his biggest fans actually think he's a top guy, be honest. Not even his biggest fans think he's anywhere near Friedman's level. He's a joke, a circus clown they parade around for cheap pops and cheap laughs, and these people don't actually respect him. But he knew another guy from Delaware that people did respect and look up to. (George Thorogood?) That guy would have been worth his time, and he can't imagine how depressing it must be to be Mark Briscoe, to look his fans and family in the eyes knowing deep down no one will ever respect him as much as they did his brother Jay. THAT gets Mark off his feet and rushing the ring but MJF runs away! Collar and elbow, giving way to a battle of chops for uppercuts, Briscoe gets him down in the corner, more big right hands, action to the floor and Castagnoli swings him into the barricade over and over to send us to break! Back from commercial, Claudio in control in the ring, stepping on Briscoe's hand but Darby Allin appears in the crowd! Mark with an enzuigiri and a suplex, cover for two! To the floor, suicide dive, Chicken standing on the annoucne desk... NESTEA PLUNGE! Back inside, up top... CASTAGNOLI KICKS OUT OF FROGGY BOW! Up top, jockeying for position, Claudio crotches Briscoe and hooks him for an avalanche bodyslam... NO GOOD! Thumb in the eye, cover for two, Gotch grip reversed, small package... BRISCOE DID IT! Mark Briscoe wins by pinfall with a small package. Post-match, Marina Shafir catches Briscoe with a chop block! Jon Moxley comes down and says Hangman thinks he's a champion because he's walking around with a belt? He's not champion yet and they're here to make sure nobody gets too comfortable! While he says this, Castagnoli drops Briscoe gut-first on the back of an opened chair! 'Hangman' Adam Page is here and he strides confidently right to the ring. He says Mox and he both knew that Jon was lying when he said Hanger didn't want Texas Death, but he does think he believes Moxley when he says that he doesn't think that Page can get up and do it again and again. Not to the Jon Moxley standing here but to the Moxley who carried AEW on his shoulders time and again over these last six years, and so next week on Dynamite, Moxley and Page, one more time. But this time Jon is the challenger and he'll play by Hangman's rules, and everyone but the referee will be banned from ringside, and he already knows his answer is yes, so he'll see him next week, dumbass. Tony Schiavone tells us Tony Khan has already signed off on it and we get a graphic on the tron! That's the show, folks. More from Not everyone is marking out about Eva Marie's return Mansoor's Raw Debut was classic WWE Is this who caught Lilly's eye? Former WWE champs face off on (checks notes) Main Event Yes, Angel Garza shoved a rose up Drew Gulak's butt on Raw Raw recap & reactions: Flip the switch Flair already added to title match at WrestleMania Backlash EVA MARIE IS BACK
Newsweek
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Top AEW Superstar Dealing With Serious Injury
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. AEW star Will Ospreay has confirmed that he is dealing with a legitimate and serious neck injury. On the July 23rd episode of AEW Dynamite, Ospreay made his first appearance since the All In pay-per-view to deliver a difficult and honest update on his health. In an emotional in-ring promo segment with Tony Schiavone, Ospreay revealed the nature of the injury. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer has since confirmed that the injury is legitimate and not part of a storyline. Ospreay told the live crowd that he has been struggling with neck issues for about ten months but has been keeping the pain to himself. After being taken to the emergency room following the attack at All In, an MRI revealed the severity of the damage. He announced that he has two herniated discs (C2 and C6) that are pushing into his spinal cord. Despite the serious nature of the diagnosis, Ospreay offered a glimmer of hope. Ospreay said that doctors have told him the ailments are treatable and that he hopes to be ready to compete at next month's AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event in his home country of England. All Elite Wrestling ALL IN at Wembley Stadium in London on August 27, 2023. All Elite Wrestling ALL IN at Wembley Stadium in London on August 27, 2023. Courtesy of AEW More news: WWE Superstar Announces Retirement Match Neck injuries are among the most feared in professional wrestling, often altering or ending careers. The news is especially concerning given Ospreay's breathtaking, high-impact in-ring style. Known as the "Aerial Assassin," his matches are a whirlwind of acrobatic, high-risk maneuvers that put immense strain on his neck and spine. For years, fans and critics have marveled at his ability to perform moves like the Stormbreaker and the OsCutter, while also worrying about the long-term physical toll. This injury appears to be the unfortunate result of that punishing style. AEW is using the brutal storyline attack from the All In: Texas pay-per-view as the on-screen explanation for the injury. At the event, after Ospreay had already competed in a grueling tag team match, he got involved in the main event. He was then attacked by the Death Riders faction, with Claudio Castagnoli stomping his head through a steel chair. The violent angle wrote Ospreay off television and now serves as the justification for his real-life injury. After his promo on Dynamite, his All In tag team partner, Swerve Strickland, came out to the stage to embrace him in a sign of support. The wrestling world now wishes one of its best performers a full and speedy recovery. More WWE News: For more on WWE, head to Newsweek Sports.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Huge Matches Signed For AEW Summer Blockbuster
AEW Summer Blockbuster is going to be a big one, with two matches already confirmed for the event. During Wednesday's episode of AEW's Fyter Fest, Will Ospreay took to the ring alongside Tony Schiavone. He said he regrets trying to pair up Adam Page and Swerve Strickland, and has since adjusted his focus. In a surprising moment, Ospreay then challenged Strickland to a singles match at the upcoming TV special. The match was later confirmed by the show. Ospreay and Strickland met each other in the ring at last year's Forbidden Door pay-per-view in an instant classic. In that match, Strickland walked out the winner, something Ospreay hopes to change this time around. Advertisement Elsewhere in the show, it was also confirmed that The Hurt Syndicate would take on Speedball Bailey, Komander, and Kevin Knight in a trios match during the show. AEW Summer Blockbuster is set to take place on June 11, 2025, and will be held at the Theater of the Clouds at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. The fully updated card for the TV special is as follows: Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland The Hurt Syndicate vs. Speedball Bailey, Komander & Kevin Knight READ MORE: AEW Fyter Fest Results: Review, Grades, Card For June 4 The post Huge Matches Signed For AEW Summer Blockbuster appeared first on Wrestlezone.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Tony Khan calls out WWE's scheduling tactics - "This will go a lot differently than JCP"
Image via AEW All Elite Wrestling (AEW) President Tony Khan didn't hold back while addressing the growing rivalry between AEW and WWE during the post-Double or Nothing 2025 media scrum. With both promotions running events on the same weekend, Khan was asked about WWE's recent trend of counter-programming AEW pay-per-views. His response was both historical and defiant. 'It's pretty consistent,' Khan said. 'I'd say it's the most consistent event head-to-head scheduling since Jim Crockett Promotions. Saw a lot of scheduling that went that way. And I can tell you this will go a lot differently than that did.' The comparison to Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) is a significant one. Back in the 1980s, JCP often clashed with WWE programming, with the rivalry culminating in the WWF running Survivor Series opposite JCP's Starrcade in 1987. The financial strain from such scheduling eventually led JCP to sell to Turner Broadcasting in 1988. AEW Double Or Nothing Post Show Media Scrum | Glendale, AZ 5/25/25 WWE counters AEW with strategic scheduling Khan's remarks come at a time when WWE appears to be intensifying its counter-programming strategy. On the same weekend as AEW's Double or Nothing, WWE held both NXT Battleground and Saturday Night's Main Event. Even more notably, WWE has lined up their second all-women's premium live event, Evolution, for the day after AEW's biggest show of the year - All In: Texas - set for July 12 at Globe Life Field in Arlington. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo Additionally, WWE's programming calendar includes a European tour during AEW's Forbidden Door event in London this August, signalling what many believe to be a clear attempt to divert attention and viewership. Despite WWE's attempts to dominate the schedule, Khan remains optimistic and assertive. His tone during the media scrum was confident, suggesting that AEW has learned from history and is better equipped to handle such competition. While Khan didn't reveal specific strategies to combat WWE's moves, his message was clear: AEW isn't intimidated, and it's prepared to maintain its momentum in the face of growing pressure. With both companies now regularly overlapping major events, the professional wrestling landscape is heating up like never before in the modern era. For fans, it's a flashback to the legendary Monday Night Wars of the late 1990s - only this time, the battle spans not just Monday nights but weekends and international tours as well. With AEW's All In: Texas and Forbidden Door on the horizon, and WWE ramping up its own counter-efforts, wrestling fans could be witnessing the birth of a new golden age, where competition drives creativity and both companies are pushed to deliver their very best. What's clear is this: the rivalry between WWE and AEW is no longer theoretical. It's unfolding live, and the industry may be better for it. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
