AEW: Kenny Omega vs. El Hijo del Vikingo Announced for Dynamite, House Rules Updated Card, Matt Hardy

AEW Announces Kenny Omega vs. El Hijo del Vikingo for Next Week’s Dynamite Show

AEW CEO Tony Khan recently announced a new official match for the card of next week’s AEW Dynamite show in Independence, Missouri.

This was announced to be a “Dream Match” of Kenny Omega vs. El Hijo del Vikingo.

This Wednesday, March 22
Independence, MO
Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite@TBSNetwork LIVE

Dream Match@KennyOmegamanX vs @vikingo_aaa

In a dream match that was postponed in 2021, Kenny Omega will finally go one-on-one vs the amazing
El Hijo del Vikingo LIVE on TBS this Wednesday! pic.twitter.com/V8ouCwiJGU

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) March 17, 2023

This will be Vikingo’s official debut in AEW and the first time ever that Omega and Vikingo will compete in a match against each other in their careers.

This match was originally planned to take place in 2021 for Lucha Libre AAA but was dropped due to Omega dealing with an injury at the time.

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Two New Matches Add to AEW’s March 18th House Rules Event, Updated Card

AEW recently announced two new matches for the card of their House Rules house show event tonight in Troy, Ohio.

The first new match announced was a tag team match of The Butcher & The Blade vs. Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy.

TOMORROW at #AEWHouseRules at the @HobartArena in Troy, Ohio, @DarbyAllin & #AEW International Champion @OrangeCassidy team up for the first time ever, to face The Butcher & The Blade (@andycomplains @BladeOfBuffalo)!

🎟 Tickets are on sale at https://t.co/UN1cNj1kQq! pic.twitter.com/DrM33Ptpfd

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 18, 2023

The second and final new match announced was a TNT Championship Open Challenge match of Christopher Daniels vs. Powerhouse Hobbs (c).

There is no rest for TNT Champ #PowerhouseHobbs after facing Rey Fenix on #AEWRampage, his Open Challenge has been answered by @facdaniels for #AEWHouseRules TOMORROW NIGHT in Troy, OH!

TNT Title
Hobbs vs Daniels

Tickets On Salehttps://t.co/rFcIFUPD6k | https://t.co/IeoTQ3yG5l pic.twitter.com/KYuuGJb9pX

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 18, 2023

Updated card for AEW House Rules event on March 18th in Troy:

• Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. The Firm (Lee Moriarty & Big Bill)
• Britt Baker vs. Anna Jay A.S.
• The Butcher & The Blade vs. Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy
• TNT Championship Open Challenge match – Christopher Daniels vs. Powerhouse Hobbs (c)

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Matt Hardy Comments on AEW Potentially Adding New Third Weekly TV Show

A recent episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast featured co-host Matt Hardy’s thoughts on the recent rumors of AEW potentially adding a third weekly television show in the future.

“I’m okay with that. Obviously, AEW has a huge roster. It’s hard to get everyone on a Dynamite and a Rampage. If they do end up doing it, I almost think you take like the Elevation show, and you kind of transform it into a television show that airs here nationally in the US, and I’m sure it would air globally as well. I think it would be okay to have a show where you have some guys that just go out and get wins, and you continue to build them to feature them on Rampages and Dynamites. I would be okay with a show like that, almost similar to a Sunday Night Heat or Velocity, or even more of a throwback than that, a Wrestling Challenge or Wrestling Superstars. I’d be cool with that.”

In response to co-host Jon Alba’s idea suggesting for AEW to build shows for this new potential series around two matches every week with interviews and vignettes to help build them up as “prize fight” style matches, Hardy stated:

“Yeah, I get that, and I do like builds for the match. But I feel like if it is an hour, if it’s an hour-long show, I feel like two matches is a little too thin. I feel like you could spend some time, I think do a minute and build up a match before. But I would almost use it more to try to build stars. In AEW, I feel like there’s a big number of talents that they go out and they wrestle in a big match, and you know they’re just putting someone over. If you see Skye Blue going out to wrestle Jade or Britt Baker or Jamie Hayter, you kind of know who’s gonna win, what’s the outcome. I would like to see them build up a Skye Blue. I would like to see them build up some of the younger guys that you have as well, like Lee Moriarty is one. I would like to see him built some. So I would like to see a package, give me thirty seconds, a minute on this person, and then let them have a match. Even if they wrestle someone that is local and they just get a very strong win, I’m good with that. I think there’s a place for those on TV and building people. I think the most important thing is that you need to use that hour of television to build equity in the guys that don’t necessarily get it on a Dynamite or a Rampage. I think that would be the most beneficial to AEW.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com