The Random AEW News Thread

[Cattle Mutilation]

 

[Reality Check]

The Kingdom has reportedly signed with AEW.

The Kingdom’s Mike Bennett, Matt Taven and Maria Kanellis finished up with Impact Wrestling on October 8 at the post-Bound For Glory tapings, dropping the Impact World Tag Team Titles to Heath and Rhino. They debuted with AEW on the October 14 edition of AEW Rampage, technically still as Impact champions as the title change didn’t air until the October 20 edition of Impact.

In an update, a new report from Fightful Select notes that Bennett, Taven and Kanellis have all signed full-time, multi-year contracts with AEW.

The Kingdom issued a challenge to AAA, IWGP & ROH World Tag Team Champions FTR when they debuted on AEW Rampage, for a shot at the ROH straps. Word is that FTR had also pushed to get The Kingdom involved, but no other details are available.

The Kingdom were not actually signed to AEW contracts when they debuted on Rampage in Toronto, but since then they have put ink to paper, and are now All Elite.

We noted a few weeks back how WWE had interest in signing Taven to a contract. Word now is that Bennett and Kanellis also had talks with WWE, but there’s no word yet on any firm offers.

Kanellis joins Brandi Rhodes as the only women to appear for AEW, WWE, ROH, Impact and NJPW. She has expressed interest in wanting to help ROH owner Tony Khan book the promotion, or the ROH women’s division, but as of now she is only contracted as a talent.

Backstage News on The Kingdom Signing with AEW, Their Talks with WWE, FTR's Involvement, More

 

[MenacingMonk]

I keep losing respect for this dude TK. The Wackdom.

 

[3Rivers]

If we don't have NJPW cameramen 5 inches from Maria's ass then what's the point?

 

[Tres Leches]

Tk giving out contracts like Oprah

 

[Bonefan32]

I read that Adam Cole used to be a member of the kingdom so I assume he will join them when he returns

Mike Bennegoat & Taven> Bobby Fish & Kyle

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Tk giving out contracts like Oprah

You sure about that?

 

[Flex Luger]

 

[Flex Luger]

FTR pushed for these bums to get signed? It’s okay to tell your talent no sometimes TK.

 

[DanielAlfredsson]

Here's the story

Major Development on the Elite

Things are looking up for The Elite.

After being suspended after the Brawl Out situation, The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega haven't been seen on AEW TV or in an official capacity since then, to the level in which Omega was even pulled from AEW Tokyo Game Show promotional appearances. We've learned that for the first time since AEW All Out, there is talk backstage of Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks coming back to work, at the very least in a backstage capacity. One source said they heard it could happen "imminently," but nobody we heard from could definitively tell us when it's expected.

Fightful Select has learned that over the last couple of weeks, the most movement out of the situation has happened since the incident took place. We were told that a meeting was scheduled for last week, but we're in the dark on the context of those.

There hasn't been an indication on when they could return to AEW TV.

 

[NYChase718]

You sure about that?

He couldn’t even stand straight for promos during that little return time in wwe

 

[Reality Check]

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Wonder what the AEW haters and 1 note jokesters gonna say about this one



Oh damn….. this Twitter link ain’t showing all 4 of their videos

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Wonder what the AEW haters and 1 note jokesters gonna say about this one

They each had their own separate video actually. HOB coming back soon. Wonder when it will be. I haven't heard a thing about any of them since Buddy Matthews got green misted by the Great Muta.

 

[White City Black]

I’m on the Kingdom signings. That’s obviously for padding ROH. Tony said he was close to announcing something TV wise for that.