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AEW revealed the bracket for the 2026 Men's Owen Hart Tournament on Wednesday's edition of "AEW Dynamite." The tournament bracket was announced during the show.
AEW TNT Champion Kevin Knight brought back the TNT Championship open challenge on "AEW Dynamite" and successfully retained his title by defeating a returning wrestler known as "Machine."
Shelton Benjamin became friends with Eddie Guerrero while working a series of live events together early in Benjamin's WWE main roster tenure. Benjamin discussed his friendship with the late Guerrero.
AEW star Swerve Strickland has commented on The New Day's WWE departure after speaking with both wrestlers following their release. According to Strickland, The New Day members are "in high spirits," "motivated," and "happy" following their departure from WWE.
Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland released a promo video addressing his absence from television. In the video, Strickland stated that "they're afraid of what I'm going to do to Bandido."
Jonathan Coachman claimed on his YouTube channel that Aleister Black and Zelina Vega are confirmed to be heading to AEW, citing information from one of his wrestling connections. This contradicts a previous report from WrestleVotes Radio suggesting that AEW was not expecting Black to return anytime soon. Both wrestlers were recently released by WWE as part of post-WrestleMania cuts, and Black previously worked for AEW as Malakai Black before returning to WWE in 2025.
Former WWE stars The New Day will become free agents soon, and a report has revealed how AEW stars feel about the duo joining the promotion.
Tonight's AEW Dynamite will air live from Asheville, North Carolina at 8 p.m. ET on TBS and HBO Max, featuring Darby Allin defending the AEW World Championship against Konosuke Takeshita. Will Ospreay is also scheduled to return to action on the show.
Bobby Lashley is considering several AEW talents as potential new members for The Hurt Syndicate. The AEW star has multiple ideas for expanding the group's roster.
AEW's Thunder Rosa appeared as a guest on "Under the Mat with Simon Miller" where she named her top five face painters in wrestling history. The specific wrestlers she selected for her list were not detailed in the available content.
According to Fightful Select, AEW talent are heavily pushing for the company to sign former WWE stars Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods following their departure from WWE. The report states there is overwhelming internal support within AEW for bringing in the former New Day members, with every AEW source contacted being fully on board with the idea and several major names already advocating for their signing. Many within the wrestling industry expect AEW to be the eventual destination for Kingston and Woods, who have convention appearances lined up including GalaxyCon later this month.
Women's World Champion Thekla has addressed the possibility of former WWE star Kairi Sane joining All Elite Wrestling. Thekla commented on the potential of Sane coming to AEW, which Thekla referred to as her home promotion.