AEW
AEW Worlds End 2024: Adam Copeland and Kenny Omega Return, Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher in a Classic, Jon Moxley Retains Title
In the closer of 2024, AEW capped off the year with an outstanding pay-per-view that featured some high level athleticism and drama with Worlds End emanating from Orlando, Florida on Saturday night, December 28th from Addition Financial Arena.
The event featured a stack card and brought it with the surprise returns of two of AEW’s most legendary stars, who have been out of action all year with injuries and medical conditions, Adam Copeland and Kenny Omega.
Let’s take a look at some of the highlights – from the best matches to major moments of the night. First, the Continental Classic held its semi-finals with the winners going for the title later in the evening.
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In the opener, Will Ospreay, the clear crowd favorite and pro wrestling’s “Aerial Assassin” faced former friend-turned-enemy, Kyle Fletcher. In a dazzling match move for move, moment for moment, Ospreay, who was bloodied in the match and Fletcher had the crowd on their feet. Eventually, Ospreay scored the pin. However, he needed major stitches to get him ready to face his opponent in the finals which turned out to be his longtime rival, Kazuchika Okada, who bested Ricochet in their semi-final.
It should be noted that following his loss, Ricochet was pelted with toiler paper thanks to the arrival of Swerve Strickland, who promised his old pal, “Trevor” that if he lost he would embarrass him setting up a major rivalry for 2025.
When it came time for the final, Kazuchika Okada defeated Will Ospreay with his patented Rainmaker to win the classic and retain the belt. Now celebrating in the ring, Okada is interrupted by the return of his longtime rival and AEW EVP, Kenny Omega. Heading to the ring, Omega hands the belt to Okada, but tensions are noticeable. Could this mean Omega will be in action in 2025?
The AEW women showed up with two memorable matches. First, Mariah May defeated Thunder Rosa to retain her AEW World’s Women’s Championship in a Tijuna Street Fight. “The Glamour” used a bag of dirt to secure the win.
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However, the match for the AEW TBS Women’s Championship, between Mercedes Mone and Kris Statlander, delivered high impact, great drama, and knockout performances by both women. In the end, Mone bested Statlander getting her shoulders down for a three-count in the most unique fashion. However, during the match, it was Mone’s series of Eddie Guerrero-style suplexes (her idol and friend) that was most memorable bringing the crowd to their feet and showing that love her or hate. her, Mercedes is indeed the C.E.O.
MJF and Adam Cole did battle for the Dynamite Diamond Ring, This match was long-awaited after the fallout of the former besties featuring multiple back-stabbings and double-crosses. On this night, MJF took advantage of the ref, and scored the victory on Cole, but that was not enough. Afterwards, he went to get a chair to re-break, Cole’s ankle, but Cole’s buddies, the Undisputed Kingdom, came to the ring for the save, and it that even included Kyle O’Reilly who reunited with the group to help save Cole.
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In another excellent match-up, International Champion Konosuke Takeshita defeated “Powerhouse” Hobbs to retain the title as manager Don Callis celebrated with his protege leaving ex-stablemate, Hobbs, finished on the mat.
In the final match of the night, Jon Moxley retained his AEW World Heavyweight Championship over Orange Cassidy, Hangman Adam Page and Switchblade Jay White, with interference by the Death Riders. After pinning White for the victory, Moxley (who this time was bleeding out the back of his head, not the front for a change) was going to do more damage when all of a sudden FTR returned, followed by the Rated-R Superstar, Adam Copeland, and the trio is now dubbed, “Rated FTR.”
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After clearing the ring, the camera went to the box seats in the arena, where Copeland’s former best friend and tag partner, Christian Cage was sitting with the Patriarchy. Cage looked upset and shocked that Adam was back in action and now poses a threat to Cage cashing in on his title shot at any time in the future.
As AEW Worlds End went off the air, the announce team revealed the first big TV match of 2025. Circle this Wednesday night, January 1st when “Rated FTR” goes up against the Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and Moxley) during AEW DynamiteFight For the Fallen to help those affected by the hurricane in Ashville, North Carolina.
So, what did you think about the winners and losers and the surprise returns during AEW Worlds End? Share your reactions via the comment section below.
After month of rumors and reports, Chris Jericho is home on AEW. The moment occurred on last night’s April 1 episode of AEW Dynamite live from Winnipeg, Canada.
Jericho, the pro wrestler/actor/musician has been off AEW programming since a year ago in April, amid speculation he would be returning for one final run in the WWE.
However, last night was a homecoming for Chris, who has been with AEW from the very beginning in 2019. His signing with the company made him one of its top stars out of the gate and he became the inaugural AEW world champion.
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In the set-up on ‘Dynamite’ Jericho kicked-off the show as he interrupted Tony Schiavone, who was in the ring getting ready to bring out MJF and Kenny Omega for their AEW World Championship Match contract signing ahead of AEW’s Dynasty pay-per-view next weekend
As Jericho came out to his theme song from his band Fozzy, “Judas” the chants of the chorus got louder. Once he was in the ring, Jericho simply addressed the crows by saying,“Winnipeg … AEW … I’m home.” Then, he dropped the mic and made his exit.
After the show, Jericho took to his Instagram account and showed how he was in the parking garage at the MTs Centre in Winnipeg and how in 50 minutes he was going to shock the world with his return on ‘Dynamite’
Chris was last his ‘The Learning Tree’ faction, but it disbanded soon after he lost the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship to Bandido at last year’s AEW Dynasty pay-per-view.
As an actor, Jericho was seen last week on CBS’ Tracker as villain Virgil Dean and will be seen in the new AppleTV+ series, Margo’s Got Money Troubles which drops on April 15.
So, what did you think of the arrival of Chris Jericho on AEW Dynamite, after a year away? Do you think Chris will be a babyface or heel for his new run on AEW? Weigh-in via the comment section. In case you missed it, and what has been all the buzz for the last 24 hours, check it out below.
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‘American Gladiators’ Revival Drops Official Trailer, New Theme Song by Jelly Roll, Names of ‘Gladiators”
The season one trailer of Prime Video’s reboot of the iconic physical competition series, American Gladiators has been released which features a new theme song by Grammy Award-winning superstar, Jelly Roll and the official Gladiator names of the cast which includes plenty of pro wrestlers, finesse experts, and more. Fans can Pre-Save “Rise Up” from Jelly Roll only on Amazon Music now.
As previously reported, WWE’s Mike ‘Miz” Mizanin is the host along with Rosci Diaz. The first three episodes of the series will premiere on Friday, April 17, 2026,, followed by three new episodes releasing Friday April 24, and the final four episodes releasing on Friday May 1. All ten episodes will debut exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Each episode of the fan-favorite competition features amateur male and female Contenders from across the nation stepping into the Arena to face 16 powerful new American Gladiators.
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From classic events like Joust, Powerball, Hang Tough, and The Wall, to high-impact new events including The Ring and Collision, every showdown demands strength, strategy, and pure grit. Only one man and one woman will conquer the Arena, claim $100,000, and earn the title of American Gladiator Champion.
Season One Official Gladiator Names
Abigail Lay – “Blaze, Ayinde Warren – “Neon”, Dani Means – “Voltage”, Dani Speegle – “Crush”, Drew Aggouras – “Ace, Emily Nelson – “Striker”, Eric Bugenhagen – “The Bull”, Fessy Shafaat – “Mayhem”, Jason Peele – “Eagle,” Jessica Roden – “Supernova”, Jessie Godderz – “Steel”, Joseph Hall – “Lightning”, Kailey Latimer – “Hurricane”, Lu Faustin – “Empire” Michael Wardlow – “Fang” and Sydney Hunter – “Huntress”.
American Gladiators is created and executive produced by Johnny C. Ferraro. Daniel Calin serves as the series Showrunner and Executive Producer, alongside Barry Poznick. Susan Janis-Mashayekhi, Sarah Happel Jackson and Adam Cooper serve as co-executive producers. The series is directed by Ramy Romany. American Gladiators is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
So, what do you think about how the American Gladiators reboot is shaping up? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out the trailer below.
AEW
TUNE-IN ALERT: ‘Tracker’ Starring Justin Hartley to Feature Chris Jericho as Bad Guy Virgil Dean
This Sunday, a very familiar face from both AEW and the WWE will guest-star on Tracker, America’s top primetime broadcast television show with soap opera alum, Justin Hartley (ex-Adam, Y&R and ex-Fox, Passions).
That’s when none other than Chis Jericho, who has been concentrating on acting roles along with his European tour with his rock band Fozzy will appear in the episode as Virgil Dean.
Jericho has currently been off AEW TV having last appeared in April of 2025 on an edition of TBS’ AEW Dynamite. There have been rumors swirling for months, that Chis was headed back to the WWE, but speculation has run high that he remains under contract with AEW and his contract is frozen.
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In the meantime, not only is Chris appearing alongside Justin Hartley in a case of good vs evil on the March 22 episode entitled “Breakaway,” but he will also be seen in the new Apple TV+ series Margo Has Money Troubles which begins streaming on April 15.
In the synopsis for the Sunday, March 22 episode of Tracker, after Baxter (David Ramsey), a veteran stuntman, disappears following a risky stunt, his girlfriend, Laura (Erica Durance), calls Colter (Justin Hartley) to investigate a B-movie set, uncovering shady producers and a trail that leads into a dangerous underground world.
*It should be noted that for the first time, in a few years, Tracker was dethroned as TV’s most-watched show for the ratings the second week of March. That slot was taken over by Marshals, the Taylor Sheridan-backed project featuring the return of Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton. Tracker did come in at #2.
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Taking to his Instagram to announce the news of his appearance on Tracker, Chris Jericho shared, “Stoked to announce I’ll be playing the lead bad guy on this Sunday’s episode of Tracker the NUMBER ONE SHOW on network tv!!! The episode is called #Breakaway also starring Justin Hartley, Fioana Ren, David Paul Ramsey & Erica Durance and was directed by David Barrett ! I play #VirgilDean and let’s just say, he’s not a nice guy. Can’t wait for you all to see it, THIS SUNDAY at 9pm EST on @cbstv & @paramountplus!
Take a look at the Tracker promo for the episode entitled Breakaway below.
Tracker airs (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*.
So, intrigued to see Justin Hartley mix it up in scenes with Chris Jericho? Does Tracker remain your favorite primetime TV show? Let us know via the comment section.
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