AEW: Cash Wheeler Reportedly Expected to Wrestle at All In, Interest in Mariah May, Jeff Jarrett

Aug 22, 2023

Cash Wheeler Arrest Update – Wheeler Expected to Wrestle at AEW All In

As noted before, Cash Wheeler was arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Firearm this past Friday in Florida following an alleged road rage and firearm brandishing incident last month in the state.

Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso reported that his sources stated that AEW officials currently have plans for Wheeler to still compete in his scheduled tag match with Dax Harwood against The Young Bucks for the AEW World Tag Team titles at this Sunday’s All In event at Wembley Stadium.

Barrasso also reported that it is still not known if Wheeler had informed AEW CEO Tony Khan ahead of time of his arrest.

AEW Reportedly Interested in Signing Mariah May

AEW reportedly is currently interested in potentially signing Stardom talent Mariah May to a contract, according to Fightful Select.

It was reported that AEW officials recently had backstage talks regarding the idea of potentially bringing May into the company.

It was reported that May had a tryout for WWE in 2019 at their United Kingdom Performance Center and while WWE has kept an eye on her ever since then, AEW has as well and has been picking up steam as the potential landing point for May.

It was reported that while May is currently in Japan working a heavy schedule for Stardom, there has been speculation over the past week that she might be finishing up her commitments with the company. Fueling speculation of her upcoming departure revolves around her recently shutting down her store on Big Cartel and her and Mina Shirakawa recently dropped their Goddess of Stardom Championship to the Cosmic Angels.

It was also reported that it has yet to be confirmed if May has actually signed a deal with AEW but there has been traction towards that becoming a reality.

Jeff Jarrett Comments on Online Criticisms of Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deatmatch on Last Week’s Dynamite

This past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen 2023 special in Nashville, Tennessee featured a Texas Chainsaw Massacre Deathmatch between Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy, which was won by Jarrett.

In a recent episode of the My World with Jeff Jarrett podcast, co-host Jarrett gave his thoughts about the match and the online criticisms of it.

“I told my buddy at the gym this morning. I’ll just say, he’s not down with lucha libre, says it doesn’t make a lot of sense. He loves Japanese wrestling. He’s not so much a fan of WWE. He just kind of likes the no nonsense strong style. He leans more into that. He came up, and he said, ‘Man, there’s some people bent out of shape online. What do you think about that?’ I said, ‘Well, let me ask you, why do you like it? Because you’re shocking me that you like that.’ He said, ‘Well, when you hear the title ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre Death Match’ right out of the gate, you kind of know you’re not gonna be getting any hurricanranas and German suplexes and all that.’ He’s like, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘The biggest disappointment I would’ve had, by far, is if there would have been no feedback.’ The point that there was people, that this made them so divisive, that somebody cared so much or cared so much about the AEW brand, that they tune into Twitter or Instagram…I really thought that the sponsor, exact words, ‘Incredible. Way overdelivered.’ Okay, so that’s a win.
It’s my understanding, across the board, the network, because they’re the ones, when you bill a deck and hey, we did for this client and this for this client, all that. Obviously, goes without saying, the top man, TK, super excited. Look, his sole decision. That was up to him. With the funds going to Maui, that says so much to me. But the audience being so passionate about it, I love that, okay, that lit a nerve. Not always good. Some people just didn’t like it, but I loved it. I thought it was an honor to be in that type of integration. It was definitely out of the box. I thought Jeff Hardy and his entire crew executed it to a tee.
I’m not a horror movie guy, but Leatherface, that clip of him walking down the aisle, throwing the chainsaw, and he was supposed to be on our side, but Sonjay got his ass kicked, Karen got ran off, and all the integration. Production across the board, it was a grand slam in so many ways. For those that didn’t like this kind of stuff, I will say this without question, it certainly will make you appreciate more your four-and-five star matches. So yes, it actually served a purpose to you as well. It will make you appreciate, ‘Hey, I don’t like that integration stuff, I like this stuff.’ So I’m super excited. Mission accomplished.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com