Matt Hardy Weighs In On Mike Santana WWE Rumors
Matt Hardy holds the view that Mike Santana accomplished exactly what he set out to achieve during his run as TNA World Reigning champion, regardless of what co...
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On Mike Santana Following WWE Interest, Off-Camera Update
As many of you may already know, Nic Nemeth beat Mike Santana in the main special event of TNA’s Slammiversary 2026 pay-per-view to win the TNA World Strap. As...
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Wrestling Legend Reveals Another Near Backstage AEW Brawl
Yes, almost again. There are a lot of different kinds of personalities in any wrestling locker room and sometimes those personalities can clash in a bad way. It can be rough seeing things break down between stars but there is very little that can be done to avoid the situation entirely. Now we are hearing about what was almost another backstage brawl between AEW stars. During the latest episode of Konnan’s Keepin’ It 100 podcast, Konnan spoke about the backstage issues in AEW between Santana and Ortiz. Konnan said that he heard that their issues almost led to a physical altercation between Santana and Eddie Kingston, though there was no reason given for what led to the issue. There is no word no why Santana and Ortiz’s relationship has broken down. It should also be noted that any Kingston and Santana incident would have taken place in May at the earliest, as Santana has been out of action with a knee injury. Opinion: Somehow this is a relief as AEW has built up a reputation as a com..
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AEW Star Reveals He Is Out Of Action With Multiple Shoulder Injuries
Another one on the list. There are all kinds of wrestling matches but some of them can be very dangerous. While there is always the chance that someone is going to get hurt in a regular match, there are ways to up the danger by adding some kind of stipulation. Unfortunately it seems that another star was injured in one of the more violent matches of the year. In a new YouTube video from JOFO In The Ring, AEW’s Matt Menard revealed that he suffered a shoulder injury during the Blood & Guts match on the June 29 Dynamite. Menard said that he has torn parts of his shoulder, labrum and rotator cuff, but he will be able to rehab the injuries and avoid surgery. The injury took place during a spot with Santana during the match. There is no word on how long Menard will be out of action, though he has been appearing on AEW TV in non-wrestling segments. Opinion: You never want to hear something like that and it is a shame that Menard will have to be out of action. He and Angelo Parker have show..
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He’ll Be Around: What Santana’s Injury Means For His Partner Ortiz Going Forward
He’ll be around. Injuries can be one of the worst things to happen to a wrestler as you never know how long someone is going to be out of action for upon getting hurt. While that alone is bad enough, it can also be bad for the people associated with the injured wrestler. That is a problem that seemed to come about recently, but things might not be as bad as they seem. Last month, Santana injured his knee during AEW’s Blood & Guts match, which will leave him out of action for several months to come. According to Fightful Select, AEW has no plans to leave Ortiz, Santana’s partner, on the sidelines during Santana’s recovery. Ortiz will continue to regularly appear on AEW TV, as he did this week on Dynamite. This comes as Santana and Ortiz have reportedly not been getting along backstage, to the point where Ortiz has been taking independent bookings on the independent circuit. Opinion: That’s a good thing to hear and I’m sure Ortiz is happy as well. Santana being injured doesn’t mean tha..
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Long Term: Injury Update On AEW Star (And It Isn’t Good News)
That’s a long time. Wrestling is a dangerous sport as you can see someone with all of the experience and skill in the world get taken down in the blink of an eye. Someone doing the most basic of moves can result in them going on the shelf for a very long time and that seems to be the case again. This time around it is someone with a long history on TV, but something has gone rather wrong. Back at AEW’s Blood & Guts, Santana hit a swinging suplex but injured his knee in the process. Santana was pulled from the rest of the match and did not celebrate with the winning team. According to Chris Jericho on the True Geordie Podcast, Santana injury will keep him out of action for eight months. There is no word on the specific details of Santana’s injuries. Opinion: That is one of the most amazing and at the same time sad things about wrestling: someone can be doing a basic move and suffer a horrible injury, even if it is during a wild match like Blood & Guts. You never want to see someone su..
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They Had A Plan: Several Details About Recent AEW Title Change, How It Was Set Up
It seemed to work. With so many wrestlers around today, it can be a little bit difficult to find time for everyone to make an impression. One of the easiest ways is to put people together in a team, but even then they have to be established in some way. This can be tricky to do as well, but AEW pulled it off this week. It turns out they had a pretty long term plan in mind. Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland won the AEW Tag Team Titles in the main event of this week’s edition of Dynamite. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the title change was a long term plan and the match was designed to elevate Lee/Strickland and Team Taz up to the next level. This came as the Hardys, Santana and Ortiz and Jurassic Express are all gone for the time being for various reasons. Strickland and Lee’s tension over the last few weeks was included as a way to continue teasing a possible breakup and make their win a surprise. Opinion: The best thing that can be said about the title change is that ..
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No More? Top AEW Tag Team May Be Going Their Separate Ways
There could be a problem. AEW has been around for over three years now and the company’s tag team division continues to be one of its greatest strengths. The company has all kinds of great tag teams and the division has grown even stronger over time. That is the kind of thing that few promotions are able to do, but now one of the teams might not have much longer together. According to the Fightful review of AEW’s Blood & Guts, there has been some kind of a falling out between AEW’s Santa and Ortiz. The team has only wrestled two regular tag team matches in AEW this year, with their most recent taking place in March. They also no longer stand next to each other during segments and Santana has been taking solo independent bookings. There is no word on if the team will split or what caused any possible issue in the first place. Opinion: This is a situation where the two people involved know what is going on and that is what matters. As a fan, I would be sad to see the team split as they..
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Injury Update On AEW’s Santana (And It Could Be Pretty Bad)
That’s one of the worse ones. Injuries can happen at any time in wrestling and you never know when you are going to see something take place. It can happen from anywhere, with something as simple as a basic move going the wrong way. Unfortunately that seems to be the case again, and now the early prognosis of how bad things are is about as awful as it could be. This week’s AEW Dynamite featured the second Blood & Guts match, with Santana seeming to suffer some sort of leg injury. Santana was removed from the match and did not return, including not being present for the post match celebration. According to Wrestling Observer Live, the early word is that Santana might have suffered multiple torn ligaments, including his ACL and MCL, though this has yet to be confirmed. Opinion: I’d like to say that this is a surprise but that looked like the kind of knee injury that could wipe someone out for a long time. What makes it more frustrating is the fact that it came on a pretty standard move..
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WATCH: AEW Star Injured During Blood & Guts (This Is A Bit Nasty)
It can happen to anyone. Injuries are something that are a possibility in any match you see in wrestling. That is not a good thing but there is no way to guarantee complete safety. Sometimes things happen no matter what you do and it can be made even worse if a match is especially dangerous. That was the case again this week and someone got hurt, though it wasn’t even in an especially dangerous moment. AEW held its second Blood & Guts match this week on Dynamite, featuring two teams of six wrestlers each. During the match, Santana injured his leg while suplexing Daniel Garcia and twisting his knee or ankle in the process. He was taken out of the match and did not return, including not appearing on the top of the cage as his teammates celebrated their win. There is no word on how long he might be out of action. This is a bit rough to watch. Check out where the injury occurred: [This post contains video, click to play] Opinion: My goodness AEW’s luck continues to be horrible as it’s ..
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More Details On AEW’s Blood & Guts Match, To Be Bigger This Year
They have a plan for that. While Forbidden Door is coming up later this weekend, there is another major AEW event taking place in less than a week. That would be a special edition of Dynamite, featuring the second ever Blood & Guts match. The match is AEW’s version of the classic WarGames match and is extremely violent. Now we have a bit of an update on what to expect from the whole thing. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the match is expected to be six on six, an upgrade from last year’s five on five. The match is expected to feature Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Matt Menard and Angelo Parker vs. Eddie Kingston, Jon Moxley, Santana, Ortiz, Wheeler Yuta and a mystery partner. Yuta was always planned for the match and is the reason why Guevara was added to the other side. Opinion: That is quite a bit for a single match but at least they are going to have two rings to space things out a bit more. Blood & Guts is a match idea that has worked for..
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Keep It Coming: AEW Announces Two Big Matches For Double Or Nothing
The card keeps getting bigger. AEW has a pay per view schedule that is very different than what WWE does. The company presents a pay per view about every three months, which makes their events feel that much more important. They know how to put together a show that feels like a big deal and that is what they are doing again with Double Or Nothing. Now we know more of what they have planned. AEW announced two more matches for the Double Or Nothing card this week on Dynamite. First, Tag Team Champions Jurassic Express issued a challenge to Team Taz and Swerve Strickland/Keith Lee for a triple threat match. Later in the show, the Jericho Appreciation Society and the team of Jon Moxley/Bryan Danielson/Santana/Ortiz/Eddie Kingston agreed to meet in a Gang Warfare match, which will mean no rules and anything goes. Double Or Nothing is scheduled to take place on May 29. Opinion: I’m starting to get hyped up for Double Or Nothing as the show has mostly taken shape. One of the best things abo..
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Put It Together: AEW Considering Major, Violent Match Soon
They have a plan. There are all kinds of different matches you might see on a wrestling show, though most of the time the bigger ones are saved for some of the more important shows. That can make for some interesting moments, as a major match under the right setup can be quite the attraction for the promotion presenting it. Now we might be seeing another huge one soon. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, AEW is planning on presenting a Blood And Guts match in the near future, though the specific date is not known. The match will possibly feature the Jericho Appreciation Society against Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson of the Blackpool Combat Club, Eddie Kingston, Santana and Ortiz. AEW has run one Blood And Guts match in history, when the Pinnacle defeated the Inner Circle on May 5, 2021. Opinion: I like the idea of an annual match like this one, but it is a bit strange to see an all star team against the Jericho Appreciation Society. The team doesn’t have the lineup to hang in ther..
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Longtime AEW Stable Breaks Up, New One Takes Its Place
It can’t last forever. There are a lot of stables in wrestling history and several of them have been nothing short of great. It can be an easy way to get multiple people onto a shot at once and offer a big story at the same time. Sometimes you get something very special, but there is almost always a split for the group as well. That was the case this week, with the biggest stable AEW has ever seen. This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured a segment between Chris Jericho and Eddie Kingston which saw the two of them shaking hands. After the two shook hands, Daniel Garcia and 2.0 came to the ring to attack Kingston. Jericho’s Inner Circle teammates Santana and Ortiz came to the ring but were attacked by Jericho, who turned on the two of them to split up the team. Jake Hager joined Jericho, Garcia and 2.0, with Jericho dubbing the new team the Jericho Appreciation Society. The Inner Circle originally debuted on October 9, 2019, the second week of Dynamite. Opinion: This is a surprise,..
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AEW Dynamite Results – February 23, 2022
Dynamite Date: February 23, 2022 Location: Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut Commentators: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur We are two and a half weeks away from Revolution and that means it is time to start hammering down the card. That could go in a few different ways, which makes this show all the more interesting. One of the spots in the Tag Team Title match will be determined tonight in a tag team battle royal, as opposed to next week when one of the spots in the Tag Team Title match will be determined by a tag team battle royal. Let’s get to it. Opening sequence. Tag Team Battle Royal Dark Order, Young Bucks, Butcher and the Blade, Best Friends, Private Party, Gunn Club, Santana/Ortiz, FTR, 2.0, ReDDragon There are ten teams in all and both members have to be eliminated. It’s a huge brawl to start, with no entrances, and people fighting in and out of the ring. Blade knocks Alex Reynolds of the Dark Order out but spends too much time posing, allowing John Silver t..
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Two Returns Take Place During This Week’s AEW Dynamite
Welcome back. We are on the way to AEW Revolution and that means things are starting to get a lot more interesting in a hurry. While the show is still about two weeks away, AEW is starting to put the card together. That includes drumming up interest in the show, and that can be done in a few ways. One of those ways took place this week, albeit two times on the same show. This week’s edition of AEW Dynamite featured two returns over the course of the show. First up, the returning Kyle O’Reilly, along with Bobby Fish, helped Adam Cole attack Hangman Page, marking their returns after a multiple week absence. O’Reilly had been out of action due to paternity leave. Later, Eddie Kingston made his return from a broken orbital bone to manage Santana and Ortiz in their win over Chris Jericho and Jake Hager. Kingston and Jericho brawled after the match. Opinion: Neither of these were big surprises, but it does make you feel like things are starting to pick up. I could go for more of both of th..
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VIDEO: Top Star Returns At AEW Dynamite, Teases New Feud
Welcome home. Wrestlers leaving a promotion can be a problem at times but they have no choice but to go away for one reason or another. Some of these are not as serious as others, as a wrestler might need to take care of something outside of the ring. Even if that is the case, their return can still be pretty special, which seemed to be the case during a return this week. Chris Jericho made his return during this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite. Jericho ran in to clear out 2.0 and Daniel Garcia, who had defeated Eddie Kingston, Santana and Ortiz. After the match, Garcia hit Santana in the face with the ring bell, drawing out Jericho for the save. Kingston did not care for Jericho’s actions and the two had to be separated. Jericho had been missing since the December 1 Dynamite due to going on tour with his band Fozzy. Jericho is a big deal in AEW. Check out the return and what he has done in the company: [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contains video, click to pl..
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AEW Rampage Results – October 15, 2021
Rampage Date: October 15, 2021 Location: James L. Knight Center, Miami, Florida Commentators: Excalibur, Ricky Starks, Taz This is another special edition of the show as we have a bonus first hour airing on YouTube, which seems to be retaliation for WWE running an extra half hour of Smackdown this week. The bonus hour will feature Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki while the regular show has CM Punk against Matt Sydal. Let’s get to it. Buy-In: Tay Conti vs. Santana Garrett Anna Jay is here with Conti, who takes Garrett down by the arm to start. Neither of them can hit am armdrag as commentary hypes up the Rampage card, including a commercial free opener. Conti’s leglock has Garrett in more trouble and she kicks Garrett in the face for two. Garrett is sent to the apron but misses a kick to the face, allowing Conti to roll her back inside for two. There’s a forearm to Conti’s face to stagger her again and a running elbow in the corner makes it worse. Conti fights out of a leglock and a..
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More Former WWE Stars Make AEW Debuts
Welcome! There have been all kinds of names let go from WWE over the last year and a half and that has changed all kinds of things about the wrestling landscape. Suddenly there are all kinds of new wrestlers out there on the market and some of them are going to get signed to major promotions. That might be the case in the future for two people, as they at least made an appearance this week. This week’s AEW Dark saw the debut of two former WWE stars, as both Santana Garrett and Adrian Jaoude made appearances. Jaoude is better known as Arturo Ruas in NXT while Garrett wrestled under the same name. Both were released from WWE earlier this year, though there is no word on either of them being signed to contracts with AEW. Garrett appeared in a backstage segment while Jaoude teamed with Cezar Bononi to win a tag match. They could be worth a look. Check out the show, plus both of them in action elsewhere: [This post contains video, click to play] [This post contains video, click to play..
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AEW Dynamite Live Coverage And Results – September 1, 2021
Dynamite Date: September 1, 2021 Location: Now Arena, Chicago, Illinois Commentators: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur It’s the go home show for All Out and that means it’s time for the big push to the show. As you might have guessed, CM Punk is back in the house and the ovation should crazy all over again. It’s also the 100th edition of Dynamite and that means we might be seeing something of a look back. AEW has always done those well so let’s get to it. Opening sequence. Santana/Ortiz vs. FTR Tully Blanchard is here with FTR, who have Bobby Eaton themed trunks for a very nice moment. Harwood headlocks Santana down to start and then shoulders him down for a bonus. They chop it out and Santana gets knocked into the ropes. Everything breaks down in a hurry with FTR being sent outside, where Wheeler holds his bad arm. The big flip dives take FTR down and the springboard flip dives do it again. Back in and Harwood tags his way out of a belly to back suplex so Wheeler can send Ortiz..