AEW Thread: Dynamite- 5/15

All Elite Wrestling revealed on the Road to Double or Nothing that WWE Hall of Famer and founding member of the Four Horsemen Tully Blanchard will be managing Shawn Spears going forward.
Obviously, Blanchard has a long history with the Rhodes family. This is all leading to Cody vs. Shawn Spears at the 8/31 All Out PPV.
 
TNT officially launched two social media platforms for All Elite Wrestling on their network this morning, using the tag line "Are You Elite?", which could be a marketing slogan for the forthcoming weekly series.

Twitter - www.Twitter.com/AEWonTNT.
Instagram - www.Instagram.com/AEWonTNT.

AEW's weekly series on TNT is expected to launch on Wednesday 10/2. AEW has trademarked the name Wednesday Night Dynamite.
AEW will present All Out on 8/31, headlined by Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho vs. Adam "Hangman” Page
 
All Elite Wrestling’s 8/31 All Out PPV features:

*Chris Jericho vs. Adam “Hangman” Page to determine the first-ever AEW Champion.

*AAA Tag Team Champions Lucha Brothers vs. The Young Bucks – Ladder Match.

*Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley.

*Dark Order vs. Best Friends – Winners receive bye in AEW Tag Team Championship tournament.
*Cody vs. Shawn Spears is also expected to be made official.
 
July 24, 2019 – WarnerMedia announced today that the new professional wrestling league All Elite Wrestling (AEW) will begin airing its two-hour weekly matches on TNT on Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 8 p.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET. The highly-anticipated, action-packed matches will take place in different cities across the nation each week on Wednesdays, starting in Washington, D.C., at the famed Capital One Arena. Ticket pricing and on-sale date for the televised live event will be announced on Monday, July 29, at 12 p.m. ET via AEW’s social media platforms.

AEW features a world-class roster of diverse male and female wrestlers, giving fans a new wrestling experience for the first time in 20 years. Founded by President and CEO Tony Khan, AEW is headlined by Cody & Brandi Rhodes, The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), Kenny Omega, Hangman Adam Page, Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley. The roster is also filled with incredibly skilled competitors including Nyla Rose, Awesome Kong, Dustin Rhodes, Jungle Boy, Dr. Britt Baker, MJF and SCU. In addition to being in-ring talent, Cody, The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega also serve as EVPs with Brandi Rhodes serving as Chief Brand Officer. Renowned commentator Jim Ross has also joined the league.

Focused on fast-paced, high-impact competitions, AEW offers fans more athleticism along with real sports analytics. Wrestlers are also given freedom to explore their characters and highlight their athletic abilities. Introducing statistics to wrestling for the first time ever, AEW will raise the stakes for its matches and deepen fan engagement by tracking each competitor’s wins and losses as wrestlers pursue championships. Their moves and damage to their opponents will also be analyzed on-air to provide insights into their winning streaks.

WarnerMedia has been offering fans exclusive access to AEW’s previous matches that kicked off in May. Their extremely popular events DOUBLE OR NOTHING, FYTER FEST and FIGHT FOR THE FALLEN were all streamed on B/R Live. The highly anticipated ALL OUT event in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 31, will also stream on the platform. B/R Live’s high fan engagement provides an invaluable opportunity to build AEW’s audience and maximize its viewership.
 
First match on the first TNT show Is Cody vs Sammy Garcia


AEW announced that the Young Bucks will team up with Kenny Omega against Chris Jericho and two mystery partners at the AEW on TNT debut.
 
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Tickets for All Elite Wrestling’s TV debut on TNT go on sale at 12 PM ET today. The event happens on October 2 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC at 8 PM ET. Here’s what’s announced so far:

* Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Chris Jericho & Two Mystery Partners
* Cody vs. Sammy Guevara
* Jon Moxley will appear
* The first AEW Women’s Champion will be crowned
 
All Elite Wrestling has sold upwards of 10,000 tickets for their 10/2 TNT debut in Washington, DC AT Capitol One Arena.

There are still tickets available in the $20 range and some are still listed in the $90 range but other ticket levels are listed as sold out.
It appears they are well on their way to a sellout, but time will tell.
 
On Wednesday, October 9, they will be in Boston at Boston University's Agganis Arena.

On Wednesday, October 16, they will be in Philadelphia at Temple University's Liacouras Center.
 
On 8/2, All Elite Wrestling applied to trademark "AEW Revolution" for various purposes including:
Live streaming of video pay-per-view events on the internet; communication services, namely, transmitting streamed sound and audio-visual recordings via the internet; streaming of audio material on the internet; streaming of video material on the internet; transmission of information in the audio-visual field; mobile media services in the nature of electronic transmission of entertainment media content; podcasting services; webcasting services; video-on-demand transmission services
Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing television show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production in the nature of organization of exhibitions and performances of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media, namely, television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service.
 
Updated All Out matches

- Chris Jericho vs. Hangman Page for the AEW World title
- Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega
- Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta) vs. The Dark Order (Evil Uno & Stu Grayson) for a first round bye in the AEW Tag Team championship tournament
- Lucha Bros vs. Young Bucks in a ladder match for the AAA Tag titles
- Cody Rhodes vs. Shawn Spears
- Darby Allin vs. Joey Janela vs. Jimmy Havoc
- Casino Battle Royale to determine a challenger for the new AEW Women’s World championship, featuring Allie, Britt Baker, Brandi Rhodes, Nyla Rose, Yuka Sakazaki, Ivelisse, Jazz, and Teal Piper (The Buy-In)
 

WWE Reportedly Interested in Purchasing FITE TV

WWE is said to be interested in purchasing FITE TV, according to a new report. The WON reports that the company’s interest is sincere enough that there are upcoming meetings about the possibility. FITE currently functions as the streaming home for a number of MMA, boxing and wrestling companies, notably including AEW. They just announced on Thursday that they are partnering with MLW to distribute the promotion’s PPVs worldwide.

It is worth noting that just because WWE is interested doesn’t mean that FITE’s owners will will be interested in selling, or that WWE will find the deal ultimately worth pursuing. It isn’t clear exactly what this would mean if WWE did buy it, as they could simply run it as a separate entity or fold it into a higher-tiered version of the WWE Network among other possibilities. It would obviously have a big impact on the independent companies that have deals with FITE for distribution, and would almost certainly leave AEW without their services. AEW also airs on B/R Live though, and they could also partner with another streaming partner.
 
Tony Schivaone has been locked into a deal by All Elite Wrestling, which headed WWE, who also had interest in Schiavone, off at the pass. As late as Wednesday, WWE was still pursuing a Schiavone deal but we are told he he agreed to terms with AEW this past Thursday.

Schiavone, who is signed to a MLW contract, will continue on with Major League Wrestling, PWInsider has confirmed, so there will be a lot of Schiavone on cable TV in the months ahead.

The AEW deal would bring Schiavone back to TNT, where he was the lead announcer for Monday Nitro.