CM Punk’s Return Announced; Live AEW Dynamite Updates, Results, & Reactions

Another week, another AEW Dynamite, and this time around, we got the MAJOR news that CM Punk is coming back to AEW on June 17. Until then, we’ve still got plenty of action to look forward to, including the next episodes of Rampage and Dynamite.

This Friday, Rampage will return to its traditional start time of 10 pm ET and feature all Championship bouts! This includes a NJPW Strong Championship match between Willow and Emi Sakura, as well as the return of Will Ospreay to AEW to defend his NJPW World TV Championship against Action Andretti. You can see the card for the 6/2 AEW Rampage below:

• AAA Mega Championship: El Hijo Del Vikingo (c) vs. Komander vs. Dralistico
• NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Emi Sakura
• NJPW World TV Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Action Andretti
• ROH Pure Championship: Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Lee Moriarty

As for next Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite, two matches have been revealed so far, including a grudge match between Ricky Starks and Jay White. You can see the card for the 6/7 AEW Dynamite below:

• AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Swerve Strickland
• Ricky Starks vs. Jay White (FTR & Juice Robinson are banned from ringside)

During the final commercial break, Saraya remained in control of Britt following Chris’ interference. She uses a vertical suplex, a chin lock, and some forearms to the back to keep Britt grounded. Jericho even runs into the match just to taunt the audience and Cole/Britt. We come back to fullscreen with Saraya calling out The Outcasts, who beat down Britt as Jericho distracts the referee. Hikaru Shida is here! She brings out the kendo sticks and beats down The Outcasts until they run back out.

Jericho gets back in the ring and yells in the face of Britt until she slaps him and tags in her partner, Cole. Cole and Jericho go out it, with Cole taking control and even raining down hammer fists like he did at Double or Nothing. Jericho with a lionsault out of nowhere! He tags in Saraya and the two women go at it. Britt with a boot to Saraya. Still, Saraya regains control and tries to superplex Britt off of the top rope. Baker shoves her down, but Jericho tries to protect Saraya by covering her body. Britt didn’t care! She just splashes both and then gets a close two count on Saraya.

Cole is tagged in and uses the backstabber on Adam Cole. Cole tries for the Panama Sunrise, but Jericho reverses it into the Walls of Jericho. Saraya knocks Britt off the apron to avoid a tag. Cole struggles to make it to the ropes! He is trapped for what feels like minutes until Britt makes the save. She puts on her special glove and secures the lockjaw on Jericho. He releases Cole and she applies it with even more force! Saraya breaks it up to save her partner.

Cole tunes up the band but his sweet chin music is stopped with a codebreaker from Jericho. A close two count follows! The two men trade forearms and chops before nailing one another with a double clothesline. They make it to their corners and tag in the women. They exchange a flurry of elbow strikes. Britt’s swinging neckbreaker is broken up, allowing Saraya to hit her finishing DDT. Jericho swings a bat at Britt but eats a superkick by Cole instead!

Jericho eats a double superkick by the power couple and then tags in Cole. Adam uses the final boom for the win! Adam Cole and Britt Baker win this one! Cole and Britt celebrate together as the show wraps up.

Britt Baker enters first, followed by Adam Cole (Bay Bay!). We then see Saraya, followed by Chris Jericho. LFG! The bell rings! Cole and Jericho throw some punches right away, then chops. Chris gets Cole into the corner and uses a running clothesline to send him down to one knee. Cole with some forearms and a chop, but Jericho comes back with several chops of his own. Cole uses a blatant scratch to the eyes to his rival.

Chris gives him a poke to the eyes back! He throws Cole outside of the ring and Irish whips him into the ringside barricade. Back inside the ring, Jericho with a chop but then he eats a running clothesline. The women tag in for the first time! Britt with hard forearms right away, then hitting a sling blade. Britt nails the Air Raid Crash, but when she goes to follow up, Saraya distracts the referee and Chris trips Britt.

We see a rundown of the Rampage card for this Friday, as well as the card for Dynamite next Wednesday.

We then get a look back at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view and the Unsanctioned Match between Chris Jericho and Adam Cole. The main event is next!

During the break, Nyla Rose dominated. She puts Kris in a headlock and then chop-blocks her. She tries for an ankle lock, but Kris kicks her away. She dodges a big splash and starts using some lariats and a kick to the head. Statlander uses a corner splash and a running knee, followed by a blue thunder bomb for a close two-count!

Statlander goes to the top rope but Nyla gets over to her and pulls her legs out from under. She splashes into Kris in the corner, but as she goes for the cannonball, Kris pivots to the outside. Nyla changes direction and hits her with it on the floor. She then sets Kris up against the barricade and uses another cannonball! Nyla spikes Kris into the mat with a chokeslam and gets another two count.

Statlander suddenly reverses Nyla with a lawbreaker and follows it up with the 450 Splash for the win! Kris WINS! Backstage, Taya Valkyrie watches on and looks irritated that Kris pulled out the win.

The two women lock up and struggle for control. Nyla backs Kris up into the corner but the TBS Champion claps back with a dropkick. The two women try for body slams until Nyla finally comes out on top with the slam. Nyla tries for a senton splash but misses it. Kris with body scissors. Eventually, Nyla makes it to the bottom rope and then throws Kris face-first into the turnbuckles.

Statlander struggles for control but can’t quite regain it. She’s suplexed into the corner turnbuckles as we go to a break.

Backstage, Renee Paquette asks Toni Storm how it feels to win the Women’s Title again. She says she’s on top of the world with her best friends, and it’s not because she’s lucky. She knows she’s earned this. Ruby Soho talks her up, and then Saraya does the same. Toni explains that she’ll be a fighting champion like a touring champion should be. The lucky ones are the AEW fans because they get to see The Outcasts every week.

Our TBS Title match is next!

Tony Schiavone is back in the ring and he thanks the crowd for joining them tonight. Suddenly, Hook’s music hits and the FTW Champion is walking down to the ring. Tony asks what is next for Hook. Before he can talk, La Faccion Inogernable comes out of the back and says the only way they’ll get TV time is to interrupt Hook. He compains that they get no opportunities, so they’re going to take it! Dralisitico and Preston Vance attack Hook until Jungle Boy comes down with a chair and takes everyone out.

Jose the Assistant runs to the ring, but he’s met with a front headlock suplex to toss him out. Hook and Jungle Boy bump fists as the segment ends.

We see a promo with MJF, who says that proper challengers for his AEW World Title are running out now. It was made abundantly clear in Sin City that nobody is “on the level of the devil.”

Gates of Agony remained in control basically the entire picture in picture break. As we return to the show, Kaun hits a backbreaker on the turnbuckle on Allin. Liona follows up with a senton splash on the apron to Darby, followed by a uranage for a close two count. Kaun is tagged back in, but Darby’s attempt to rally is ineffective. Finally, he gets some offense and shoves Gates of Agony into one another. OC gets the tag!

He goes to his pockets and uses the signature dropkick on Liona. He kips up and uses a tornado DDT on Kaun for another close two. The crowd chants “Freshly Squeezed” as he attempts an Orange Punch. It’s avoided, and Liona and Kaun sandwich him with clotheslines for yet another two. Gates of Agony try for a double chokeslam, but OC with a double hurricanrana. Darby tags in and hits back splashes to both men in opposite corners.

Liona misses a tackle in the corner and eats the turnbuckle. Orange Punch on the apron, followed by a shotgun suicide dive on the outside to Liona. Stundog Millionaire, code red from OC to Kaun. Darby follows it up with the Coffin Drop for the victory! Allin and OC win it!

Swerve, Cage, and Prince Nana start walking down to the ring as Darby and Cassidy try to collect themselves. STING IS BACK!! He’s got the baseball bat, too! The heels choose to stay outside of the ring as Sting evens the odds!

Toa Liona starts against Cassidy as Kaun gets a cheap shot on Darby and drags him outside. Liona tosses Cassidy with ease while Darby gets out of Kaun’s grip and shoves him into the ring post. Allin slides back inside the ring but is quickly taken out by Liona. Gates of Agony hype each other up. Darby goes for a sudden springboard coffin drop but he’s pounced out of the air by Liona in gnarly fashion! Wow!

Brian Cage, Swerve, and Prince Nana come to the ramp to watch the match. Darby tries to get back in the match, but when Allin uses an elbow to take down Kaun on the apron, Liona returns with a huge splash. Darby ends up on the apron but Kaun pulls his leg out from under him and throws him all over the ring barricades. Liona with a destructive shoulder tackle on OC as we go to the break.

We see a replay of what happened between Wardlow and Christian Cage in the ladder match for the TNT Title at AEW Double or Nothing. Wardlow cuts a promo, telling Luchasaurus that if he wants to try finishing the job, bring it on!

Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy vs. Gates of Agony is next!

Tony Schiavone begrudgingly introduces Don Callis and Konosuke Takeshita to the audience. They’re booed loudly as they walk down to the ring. Tony point out how Don must have a new protege now. Callis’ heat is insane right now! He tells the crowd that he hopes the boos are for Kenny Omega before being drowned out by the boos. He’s got Dominik Mysterio heat right now, y’all!

Callis says the IWGP Title was Kenny’s because of him, the AEW Title was because of him. He chose his friends, and it’s Kenny’s fault this all happened. He may have lost a nephew now, but he has gained a son. Omega says Konosukle Takeshita is the best athlete he’s ever seen in wrestling. Callis thinks he’s better than all of the greatest Japanese legends, including Okada, and Kenny Omega, too! Takeshita yells a promo in Japanese as the crowd continues with the deafening boos. “We will destroy The Elite! We will destroy Kenny Omega!” Takeshita yells in English.

Callis says Omega ruined his family, so he made a new one. Now he’s going to cut The Elite out of All Elite Wrestling. They pose as the crowd continues their audible disdain!

We see Kris Statlander speaking about her TBS Title win, saying that she is happy to finally hold something that shows she means a lot to AEW. Kris wants that best title run possible!

Renee Paquette is here to interview The Acclaimed with Daddy Ass! Paquette tells them the floor is theirs, so Billy Gunn grabs the mic and says that things didn’t go their way last week, but that can happen at anytime. Daddy Ass is most disappointed that he let his partners down. Caster says that it will be okay because they are The Acclaimed and they are the people’s choice. Bowens knows they were screwed out of tag team gold before and they want some hardware back. More importantly, they want Billy Gunn to hold a title one more time!

A Daddy Ass chant breaks out. Bowens tells him it’s all good because they love him and everyone loves The Acclaimed. They pose for the audience as we see a rundown of what’s left for AEW Dynamite tonight.

Big Bill remained in control for a large portion of the break, carrying the action to the outside and slamming Trent’s face into the steel steps. He moves to Swerve and slams his face into the ring apron before also hitting some chops. We return to fullscreen as Trent and Swerve battle on the ring apron for control. Bill comes out of nowhere, and boots Swerve off of the apron.

Trent takes advantage and uses a splash into Bill to knock him over the top ropes, too. Trent uses a diving moonsault to take out Bill, but Swerve is here now and wants the Swerve Stomp on Trent. Bill stops him with a chop while perched on the top rope. Trent joins the party on the top rope, and as Bill wants a double chokeslam, he’s thwarted. It turns into a triple superplex! That was amazing!!

Trent uses a half-and-half suplex on Swerve, but Bill catches Trent in a tilt-a-whirl slam. This one is going quick! Swerve with a leaping flatliner on Trent. He eats the flying knee and a spike piledriver on Swerve for a close two-count, broken up by Bill. Trent hits some chops on Bill, but he ends up being chokeslammed into the ring. Swerve with a Swerve Stomp out of nowhere on Bill, followed by a surprise pin on Trent for the victory! Swerve steals it!

Bill immediately gets Swerve to exit the ring, so it’s down to him and Trent Baretta. Trent with a chop to the chest of Bill, but he’s stopped. Trent dives through the ropes with a sudden suicide dive on Swerve! The three men get back inside the ring, where Trent hits more chops on Bill before Big Bill pivots to a choke on Trent and a boot on Swerve. He splashes both men in opposite corners and leaves Trent dropped in the center of the ring.

Following the big news about CM Punk, we’re heading into a three-way match between Trent Baretta, Swerve Strickland, and Big Bill!

Tony Khan is back for yet another announcement regarding AEW Collision! He says that the show, beginning June 17th, will feature CM PUNK!!!

PUNK IS COMING BACK!

#AEW CEO & GM @TonyKhan has just announced that the debut of #AEWCollision on Saturday June 17th at the @UnitedCenter will feature @CMPunk! pic.twitter.com/5ovjNi0U4R

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 1, 2023

Tony Schiavone stands in the middle of the ring, introducing Jay White and Juice Robinson of Bullet Club Gold. Tony asks them about Ricky Starks and why they attacked him at Double or Nothing. White says that we can all agree that DoN was an amazing night. And after Ricky Starsk eliminated Bullet Club Gold from the battle royale, he’s probably on top of the world.

But White emphasizes that Starks still lost that battle royale, just like he lost to him before. Juice wants to know why FTR interfered and helped Mr. Ricky Starks. Juice says they can’t be friends because Starks doesn’t have any friends! White says that since FTR are a couple of Southern boys, they probably are pretty dumb. But how are they dumb enough to get involved in Bullet Club Gold’s business.

Here comes FTR! White puts Tony Schiavone in front of them. Juice says they’re keeping it civil tonight, and FTR must be there to apologize and say sorry. White agrees, and brings up the idea of FTR joining Bullet Club Gold! White says all they have to do is ask, but make sure they do it politely. Out of nowhere, Juice punches Dax in the face! Cash attacks him but gets taken out by both men. Blade Runner from Jay and a Pulp Friction from Juice! Ricky Starks runs down to the ring and chases Bullet Club off. He challenges Jay White to a match next Wednesday on Dynamite!

Bryan Danielson walks down from the commentary table and congratulates Wheeler Yuta. The BCC celebrates inside the ring as we transition to the back.

We are backstage with The Elite, and Matt Jackson says that after this past Sunday, he thinks The BCC brings the worst in then. Even to the point where he was trying to melt a man’s face off with an exploding superkick. Hangman Page says they are still standing and still swinging, and they’re not finished yet.

Dark Uno and The Dark Order show up, acting jealous that Hangman has gone back to The Elite. Hangman goes off to talk to them, but first, he says Kenny Omega is out of the country but he’s not in Canada right now.

During the commercial break, the trio of luchadors struggle to get back into the match as BCC dominates. Mox traps Bandido with a straight jacket hold and then several clotheslines in the corner of the ring. Bandido with a kick to Mox and a corkscrew splash out of nowhere to ground Mox. Fenix and Claudio are tagged in! Claudio with a few elbows, but Rey does a fake-out on the ropes and delivers a superkick.

Rey catches Yuta in the corner with a springboard, spinning back kick. Penta tags in and they use a tandem maneuver, followed by a sling blade. Penta with a DDT on Mox and then eats a clothesline to take him down. Bandido wants the tag! Yuta and Bandido enter, trading elbows back and forth until Wheeler bites him in the head! Bandido claps back with a dropkick and a press cutter!

He climbs to the top rope and hits a top rope splash as The Lucha Bros take out the rest of BCC with swanton bombs on the outside. It’s only a two! BCC starts interfering from the outside, taking Lucha Bros out of the match. Yuta hits Bryan Danielson’s running knee, the elbows raining down to the head, and the pin for the victory on Bandido. BCC stands tall!!

Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta enter first, followed by Bandido, Penta El Zero M, and Rey Fenix. Bryan Danielson is on commentary for this one, too! BCC immediately takes the advantage and beats down their three opponents, but the luchadores respond with superkicks. They attempt synced dive attacks to the outside, but BCC cuts them off and starts beating all 3 men down outside.

Yuta tosses Bandido into the guard rails all over. Meanwhile, Claudio beats down Fenix in the audience and Penta/Mox go at it. We head into the ring with Bandido and Yuta; Yuta with a scoop slam and a senton splash for a two count. Bandido with a delayed vertical suplex while The Lucha Bros hold down Mox and Claudio with submission holds. He holds Yuta for a FULL 60 SECONDS in the air! The Lucha Bros tag in and use a superkick and tight rope kick on Yuta. The rest of BCC comes in and they all collide until Penta uses the backstabber on Claudio.

The crowd rallies as Bandido is tagged in the match. He misses a diving cross body at the last moment, which inspires BCC to pull Bandido out of the ring and uses a spike piledriver on the floor.

Here we go!! The entrance theme plays, the pyro goes off, and Excalibur welcomes us to a new episode of AEW Dynamite!

First out tonight is Blackpool Combat Club!

Before we dive fully into a new episode of AEW Dynamite, let’s check out what is coming up later this week on a new episode of SmackDown. Roman Reigns is the prettiest belle at the ball this Friday when he is honored for 1,000 days as Universal Champion! However, the accomplishment comes at a time when The Bloodline is falling apart. What will happen between The Usos and The Tribal Chief after Jimmy Uso attacked Reigns this past Saturday at Night of Champions?

You can see the card for the 6/2 WWE SmackDown below:

• Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Montez Ford vs. LA Knight
• Roman Reigns celebrates 1,000 Days as Universal Champion

THIS FRIDAY on #SmackDown@WWERomanReigns celebrates 1,000 days as CHAMPION. You do not want to miss this historic event! pic.twitter.com/aFenNspNLJ

— WWE (@WWE) May 31, 2023

The Undertaker is one of pro wrestling’s most recognizable superstars, perhaps best known for achieving an unprecedented 21 – 1 win/loss streak at WrestleMania. And though Undertaker retired back in 2020 with his “Last Ride” match, “The Phenom” can’t deny that he feels some type of why when he attends live WWE shows.

“I’ve got to the point now where if I’m home, I’m fine. It’s when I do show up at a WWE event I get that ‘I should be getting ready’ feeling”

That’s especially relevant for WrestleMania. The event where Undertaker stamped a large portion of his legacy was one of the most difficult for him to attend this year because it made him want to jump in the ring, himself.

“At WrestleMania 39, I was there and I had my family and friends up in a suite watching the show and I kind of found myself rocking in my chair like, ‘oh, my gosh, I should be down there’. So in those instances, it’s there. It’s still in my heart and it’s in my brain.” (h/t The Independent).”

The Acclaimed’s Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and Daddy Ass were surprise challengers for The House of Black’s AEW Trios Championships this past Sunday at Double or Nothing in a House Rules match. Though they were unsuccessful on the occasion, The Acclaimed is overcoming that loss and wants to realign their focus on capturing AEW gold in some way going forward.

The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass, we still have one goal in mind and that is to get gold back around our waists. We were screwed out of gold and Daddy Ass deserves to wear gold around his waist one more time and we will not stop until we get that back. And that starts this week on Dynamite because we are going to re-group, we’re going to learn from our mistakes, and we’re going to continue showing everybody why everyone loves The Acclaimed.”

Although #TheAcclaimed didn’t capture the #AEW World trio’s titles at #AEWDoN, the goal remains the same: to hold #AEW gold in the near future.@Bowens_Official | @PlatinumMax | @RealBillyGunn
Watch #AEWDynamite TONIGHT at 8pm ET/7pm CT on @TBSNetwork. pic.twitter.com/eyni0Ez2aZ

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 31, 2023

It’s difficult to anticipate what kind of long-term effects pro wrestlers will take on after dedicating portions of their lives competing inside the squared circle. For some, the consequences manifest mentally, which is what’s happening with WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase.

“The Million Dollar Man” opened up in a recent interview about how he’s dealing with “severe brain trauma” as he grows older.

“I don’t have Alzheimer’s and I don’t have dementia. But they said, ‘Ted, you have something — we just simply call it severe brain trauma.’ … I only wrestled maybe almost 20 years, so I’m not surprised I might have a little brain trauma. What it affects is my memory, and they say it’d be easier for [me] to remember something [I] did 40 or 50 years ago, but the short-term memory — some of the stuff like now — it’s bits and pieces.”

You can read more about this story here.

Just a couple of hours ahead of the new AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan took to Twitter and announced yet another match added to the card this evening. Due to the events that unfolded in the Blackjack Battle Royale this past Sunday at Double or Nothing, Swerve Strickland, Big Bill, and Trent Baretta will battle in a three-way match. Who will come out on top and potentially earn another International Championship match? We’ll find out!

After the Blackjack Battle Royal saw Swerve’s close call and his betrayal of Big Bill, [as well as] Trent taking a bullet for his friend, Swerve, Big Bill & Trent fight in a 3 way TONIGHT!”

You can see the updated card for AEW Dynamite below:

• Big Bill vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Trent Baretta
• Chris Jericho & Ruby Soho vs. Adam Cole & Britt Baker
• Konosuke Takeshita and Don Callis will speak for the first time since attacking Kenny Omega at Double Or Nothing
• AEW President Tony Khan will make an announcement on the premiere episode of AEW Collision
• Lucha Bros & Bandido vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta)
• Bullet Club Gold speak
• TBS Championship: Kris Statlander (c) vs. Nyla Rose
• Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Kaun)

Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite
Live on TBS
8pm ET/7pm CT@swerveconfident vs @TheCaZXL vs @trentylocks

After the Blackjack Battle Royal saw Swerve’s close call + his betrayal of Big Bill, + Trent taking a bullet for his friend,
Swerve, Big Bill & Trent fight in a 3 way TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/VBN9fH9k27

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) May 31, 2023

Congratulations to WWE superstar Carmella and Raw commentator Corey Graves, who appeared on the Tamron Hall Show this past Wednesday and revealed that they’re having a baby boy! They told Hall they both wanted this to be the result, especially Graves, who says girls in their house outnumber him.

Carmella is due in November. She first revealed the news on May 1, and since then, other stars in the world of pro wrestling have announced pregnancies, like Alexa Bliss and Tay Melo.

You can see a video of the interview below:

This past Saturday at WWE Night of Champions, Seth Rollins successfully defeated AJ Styles in the World Heavyweight Championship Tournament finals to be the first man to hold the new rendition of the belt. Now that he wears it with pride, Rollins is making regular media appearances like the one he made on The Bump earlier today.

During the interview, Rollins described why he believes a new World Title needed to be introduced into the fold of WWE.

There was a need for a title on Monday nights. There was a need for a new title because everybody is so good: myself, AJ Styles — all the SmackDown guys, really — Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Gunther. You look at Raw: you got Cody Rhodes, you’ve got Kevin [Owens], you’ve got Sami [Zayn]. I mean, there’s just tons of guys, tons of competition at the top and we needed a prize to fight for since our Universal Champion, you know, he wants to keep his part-time schedule.

“We needed a prize to fight for since our Universal Champion wants to keep his part-time schedule…” 👀@WWERollins isn’t holding back on #WWETheBump 🔥 pic.twitter.com/4veaxS2Z0a

— WWE (@WWE) May 31, 2023

Tammy “Sunny” Sytch was a fan-favorite during WWE’s Attitude Era, but poor decisions later in life have tarnished the legacy she built for herself. She’s been arrested several times, with the most recent being for the death of a 75-year-old man due to crashing into his car. Officers believed that Sytch was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.

Barry Horowitz, a wrestling veteran who knew Sytch from her relationship with his good friend, Chris Candido, was recently interviewed about Sunny. To him, she was simply in the right place at the right time when she was signed to WWE. And because of her poor choices, he thinks she’s getting what she deserves by being incarcerated.

“She was just getting going, 23 years old. There’s girls right there now that are her age in the mall in Florida walking around that smoke her alive. The biggest thing was right time, right place. All you had to do was keep that mouth shut, drama free, you should be retired like Trish Stratus, Stacy Keibler, living off your royalties. Instead, you’re in a jail cell looking bad. Poor Chris had to deal with that, so maybe karma is biting her in the ass. What goes around comes around, especially in the wrestling business.”

You can read more about this story here.

Tonight’s new edition of AEW Dynamite will emanate from the Viejas Arena in San Diego, CA, and the city is happy to embrace the company as they arrive. AEW’s Twitter page broke the news that San Diego’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Nick Serrano, on behalf of Mayor Todd Gloria, presented AEW’s Thunder Rosa and Excalibur with a certificate proclaiming May 31 as AEW day.

AEW is proud to announce that the City of San Diego has proclaimed May 31st as All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Day, presented by Nick Serrano, Deputy Chief of Staff on behalf of Mayor Todd Gloria to Thunder Rosa & Excalibur.”

#AEW is proud to announce that the @CityOfSanDiego has proclaimed May 31st as All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Day, presented by @TheNickSerrano, Deputy Chief of Staff on behalf of @MayorToddGloria, to @thunderrosa22 & @ShutUpExcalibur!

Don’t miss Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite on TBS… pic.twitter.com/6nX1Gw8ZcY

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 31, 2023

Before we get into the live action, let’s take a look at what matches and segments have been announced for this AEW Dynamite. One match that’s bound to be outstanding based on who is involved is Lucha Bros & Bandido vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta), but even beyond the action, we’ll see certain storylines continue, like what is going down between Konosuke Takeshita w/ Don Callis and Kenny Omega.

• Chris Jericho & Ruby Soho vs. Adam Cole & Britt Baker
• Konosuke Takeshita and Don Callis will speak for the first time since attacking Kenny Omega at Double Or Nothing
• AEW President Tony Khan will make an announcement on the premiere episode of AEW Collision
• Lucha Bros & Bandido vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta)
• Bullet Club Gold speak
• TBS Championship: Kris Statlander (c) vs. Nyla Rose
• Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Kaun)

You won’t want to miss the fallout from #AEWDoN on #AEWDynamite TONIGHT LIVE from @ViejasArena in San Diego, starting at 8pm ET/7pm CT on @tbsnetwork! pic.twitter.com/5lHpjN3uNy

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 31, 2023

Welcome back, folks! We’re celebrating this hump day with another edition of AEW Dynamite, and the card has developed more and more throughout the day. We now know that the new TBS Champion Kris Statlander, who became the first woman to ever defeat Jade Cargill in their surprise match at Double or Nothing, will be defending her belt for the first time against Nyla Rose. We will also hear from Don Callis and Konosuke Takeshita after they screwed Kenny Omega and The Elite out of the victory at Anarchy in the Arena.

Elsewhere in the news, it was revealed that former NXT Champion Tomasso Ciampa is believed to be coming back to the ring in the coming weeks. He was seen backstage at this past Monday’s Raw, supporting the theory that he’ll return soon.