Tony Khan appeared on NFL Network with a neck brace and discussed being the target of an attack by The Young Bucks, Kazuchika Okada, and Jack Perry. When the hosts said he took a Meltzer Driver, Khan said the Bucks changed the name months ago to the Tony Khan Driver. “Maybe I should have seen it coming, in hindsight,” he said. He said he has a complicated relationship with the Bucks and Jack Perry. Regarding Perry, he said he “sent him on excursion to Japan where he did great things.” He said he reinstated him by his own request, and Perry “repaid me by hitting me in the stomach with the micro ..read more

When: Saturday, April 27, 2024 Where: Jacksonville, Fla. at Daily’s Place Attendance: WrestleTix reports that 2,338 tickets have been distributed; arena is set up for 2,459. How To Watch: Live on TNT cable network Announced Matches & Appearances The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zach Gibson) Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) vs. Action Andretti & Top Flight (Dante Martion & Darius Martin) – AEW Unified World Trios Championship “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Anna Jay Swerve Strickland to speak fo ..read more

AEW President Tony Khan wore a neck brace during the NFL Draft as a nod to selling the angle at the end of Dynamite on Wednesday where he took a stuff piledriver from The Young Bucks. The decision to sell the injury the next day at the NFL Draft was noted by media. Pat McAfee referenced it on his show. A panelist noted that Khan was turning his neck back and forth anyway, despite the neck brace, and wasn’t particularly convincing that he was nursing a serious neck issue. Yahoo Sports referred to it as “an amusing sporting crossover” and provided the backstory. Sports Illustrated took a tongue ..read more

Last night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 683,000 viewers, down from 762,000 the prior week. It is easily the lowest viewership of the year and the lowest of since it drew 670,000 viewers on Jan. 13, 2021, over three years ago. It barely outdrew NXT the night before, which drew 661,000. In the key 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.23 rating, back down to where it was the two weeks before the Jack Perry-C.M. Punk footage aired. NXT drew a 0.20 in the key demo. It went up against NBA and NHL playoffs games, the West Coast timeslot was live instead of delayed until prime time, and they had major audio ..read more

When: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Where: Jacksonville, Fla. at Daily’s Place How To Watch: Live on TBS Attendance: WrestleTix reports today that 2,134 tickets have been distributed so far; arena is set up for 2,459. Announced Matches & Other Notes Jon Moxley vs. Powerhouse Hobbs – IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match Swerve Strickland vs. Kyle Fletcher – AEW World Championship Eliminator match Mina Shirakawa vs. Anna Jay Willow Nightingale’s Championship Celebration Chris Jericho to speak Chuck Taylor to choose between Orange Cassidy and Trent Beretta LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: AEW DYN ..read more

When: Wednesday, April 21, 2024 Where: St. Louis, Mo. at Chaifetz Arena How To Watch: Live on PPV Attendance: WrestleTix reports today that 6,058 tickets have been distributed so far; arena is set up for 6,584. Announced Matches & Other Notes Samoa Joe vs. Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana) – Singles match for AEW World Championship “Timeless” Toni Storm (with Mariah May & Luther) vs. Thunder Rosa – Singles match for AEW Women’s World Championship Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay Hook vs. Chris Jericho – FTW Rules match for FTW Championship Roderick Strong vs. Kyle O’Reilly – Single ..read more

When: Saturday, April 20, 2024 Where: Peoria, Ill. at Peoria Civic Center Attendance: WrestleTix reports that 2,282 tickets have been distributed; arena is set up for 2,610. How To Watch: Live on TNT cable network Announced Matches & Appearances The Acclaimed vs. The Gunns The Elite vs. Pac & FTR – Trios match Adam Copeland & Mark Briscoe & Eddie Kingston vs. Top Flight & Action Andretti – Trios match Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita – Bunkhouse Brawl LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: AEW COLLISION RESULTS (4/13): Amin’s report on Cla ..read more

Last night, AEW Dynamite finished no. 11 among all cable and broadcast shows in the 18-49 demo with 337,000 viewers. The no. 1 show was the NBA Play-in Tournament game on ESPN with 1.543 million viewers. CBS’s “Survivor” finished no. 2 with 1.014 million viewers. Last week (4/10), AEW Dynamite finished no. 7 among all shows. A regular season NBA game on ESPN finished no. 2 with 650,000 viewers in the key demo, behind CBS’s “Survivor” which drew 906,000. Two weeks ago, the NBA on ESPN drew 487,000 in the key demo (ranking no. 6) compared to Dynamite’s 309,000 (ranking no. 12). Three weeks ago ..read more

Last night’s (4/17) episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 762,000 viewers, down from last week’s 819,000 viewers. They went up against the NBA Play-in Tournament games last night. The average through 16 weeks this year is 804,000. One year ago this week it drew 830,000, a drop from 866,000 the prior week. Dynamite drew 866,000 last year up against the NBA Play-in Tournament games on Apr. 12. The average viewership through 16 weeks last year was 897,000, so Dynamite is down on average 93,000 viewers per week. Two years ago this week, it drew 1.104 million and averaged 818,000 through 16 weeks. It ha ..read more

AEW DYNAMITE REPORT APRIL 17, 2024 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. AT INDIANA FARMERS COLISEUM AIRED LIVE ON TBS REPORT BY JACK LONDON, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT DARK OPENER (A)  Powerhouse Hobbs won a squash match to warm up the crowd NOTES -I have been to almost every Dynamite here in at the Farmers Colosseum. This was by far the lowest attended show and it’s not even close. -The crowd was hot for Jon Moxley opening the show. -The crowd was indifferent for the Mercedes Moné promo -Edge got a star reaction -Lots of who’s house Swerves house all night randomly -Chris Jericho got a star reaction and Hook g ..read more