AEW: Winnipeg Show Rescheduled & New Dynamite Logo Revealed, Hangman Page Announcement & New Matches for Wed. Dynamite, Darby Allin on Sting

April 10th Dynamite Show in Winnipeg Rescheduled to May 1st & New Dynamite Logo Revealed

AEW recently announced that they have rescheduled their upcoming AEW Dynamite show at the Canada Life Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from its originally announced date of April 10th to a new date of May 1st.

It was also announced that those who purchased a ticket for the April 10th date will have it honored at the rescheduled event and those who want a refund have until March 5th to do so.

Official press release:

The AEW Dynamite & Rampage previously scheduled for April 10, 2024 at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg has been rescheduled to May 1, 2024. Fans who have already purchased tickets will have their original tickets valid for admission to the event on May 1. Fans who cannot attend on the rescheduled date or who wish to seek a refund have until Tuesday, March 5 to request a refund from Ticketmaster or the original point of purchase. After March 5, all sales are final.

AEW also revealed a new logo design for Dynamite as part of their announcement and upcoming new changes for Dynamite’s stage set.

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Hangman Page Injury Announcement & Two New Matches Announced for Wed. Dynamite Show

AEW CEO Tony Khan recently announced that tonight’s AEW Dynamite show in Huntsville, Alabama will be featuring an announcement by Hangman Adam Page regarding his rumored injury status from last week’s show for this Sunday’s AEW Revolution 2024 event.

After rumors surfaced of a potential injury to Hangman going into the 3 Way Match for the @AEW World Championship this Sunday on ppv at #AEWRevolution, Hangman Adam Page will address his status live on TBS on Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite TOMORROW!

Don't miss Dynamite TOMORROW! pic.twitter.com/jJBxV4zSz2

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 27, 2024

Khan also announced two new matches for the card of tonight’s show as well.

The first new match announced was a singles match of Atlantis Jr. vs. Chris Jericho.

TOMORROW
Huntsville, AL
Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite
TBS, 8pm ET/7pm CT

Atlantis Jr vs "Lionheart" Chris Jericho

Over 30 years after @Atlantis_CMLL's tag team with Corazon de Leon, he'll be in his son's corner vs his former partner when Atlantis Jr fights @IAmJericho TOMORROW pic.twitter.com/jZSu5K0ATK

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 28, 2024

The second new match announced was a singles match of Kris Statlander vs. Skye Blue.

TOMORROW, 2/28
Huntsville, AL
Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite
TBS tomorrow, 8pm ET/7pm CT@callmekrisstat vs @Skyebyee

After Skye Blue issued a challenge on #AEWRampage for a rubber match vs Kris Statlander
+ Stat accepted on #AEWCollision, the match is set for Dynamite TOMORROW pic.twitter.com/MyJwrgc7NK

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 28, 2024

Current card for February 28th AEW Dynamite:

• Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, & Bryan Danielson) vs. Eddie Kingston & FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
• Kris Statlander vs. Skye Blue
• Atlantis Jr vs. Chris Jericho

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Darby Allin Comments on His Time with Sting in AEW

Darby Allin recently released an article on The Players Tribune giving his thoughts about how much his time with Sting has meant to him in AEW and his career.

“I have no idea who came up with the saying “don’t meet your heroes,” but they probably spent time in the wrestling business. For whatever reason, this business has a way of bringing out the worst in certain people — especially on their way out. When some wrestlers get to the end, that’s when you see a lot of bitterness and selfishness and just all-around piece-of-shit behavior. And really those guys are products of an environment. They saw the guys before them take instead of give, so they feel entitled to pass that down. It’s a shitty cycle.

When I got paired with Sting, I didn’t know what to expect. It’s funny — for weeks they had me up in the rafters, and I wasn’t sure why. You’d think I would’ve put two and two together, but I didn’t. I was just like, “Sit in the rafters? OK cool.” But then at some point someone said, “Yo….. you know why we’re doing this, right? Sting’s coming.” And I just remember thinking how crazy that sounded. Like, I couldn’t process it. STING? And in his first show back…. he’s going to have a staredown with ME? Haha what the fuck.

An hour before the show, Cody pulled me aside. He was like, “Alright. Sting’s here. I want you to meet him before you go out there.” Then he walked me over to Sting’s trailer. It happened so fast, I barely had time to remember how nervous I was. But there was nothing to be nervous about. We started talking through the segment, and it was actually wild: there was no ego from him, no big-timing, no This is how it’s gonna happen, kid. None of that. If anything, it was the other way around. He was asking me how it’s gonna happen, and if I was OK with this, this and this, and if everything was cool. We’re talking about a guy who’s headlined some of the biggest shows ever, made shitloads of money, been on top longer than I’ve been alive. He’s showing up for this massive return. And his main concern is that I’m feeling comfortable. A 27-year-old nobody who he’s probably thinking jacked half his look. I was just like, WHAT IS HAPPENING. THIS IS INSANE. HOW IS STING SO NICE. That was December of 2020 — the start of this amazing ride.

And now that the ride’s almost over, I can tell you for sure: Sting really is that dude. For the last three years, no matter what situation we were in, he’s always been the same person I met in that trailer. And I think that’s part of why he’s done so well here. He could have easily come to AEW and just said, Fuck off I’m Sting, hit a Scorpion Death Drop or two and gone home. People still would’ve loved it. The checks would’ve cleared. Seriously, Sting had nothing to prove to fucking anyone. But he worked his ass off and he proved something anyway. To the fans, to the locker room, to the business, and I’m guessing most of all to himself. Not in some bullshit “you’ve still got it” way. But in this much more powerful way of like…. taking back what was stolen from him. Which is the right to retire on his own terms.

He went out and fucking did that.

I respect him so much for it.

And now we’re here.

Sting’s dad passed away recently, which you probably know — only a couple of weeks before his final match. You probably also know that Sting’s sons have been a part of this story we’ve been telling over the last month and a half. And I’ve been thinking a lot about that as the match has gotten closer. I’ve been thinking about what a legacy is, and what a career is, and even what a life amounts to. For someone like Sting, it’s impossible to wrap your head around. The guy has been loved by literally millions of people, across five decades. He’s wrestled Ric Flair, who was born in 1949…. and Nick Wayne, who was born in 2005. There’s this hugeness to it that’s so insane. But what’s special about Sting I think is how he hasn’t let that hugeness define him. Moment to moment, person to person — he’s just lived his life, decided what’s important to him, and cared.

He’s cared about what it’s meant to be a man of faith. And his father’s son. And his kids’ father. And a co-worker to each wrestler he’s worked with. And “The Icon” to each fan who’s bought a ticket to a show. And for the last three years? He’s cared about what it’s meant to be my mentor, my partner, my friend. He’s cared about what it’s meant to be all of that — deeply. And with some fucking integrity.

That’s Sting’s legacy to me.

And that’s what we’re celebrating on Sunday.

But we’re also celebrating Sunday on Sunday. Man, I know it’s such a small part of Sting’s career in the big picture, this one match, but I’m so glad it’s happening. And I’m so glad Tony Khan paired us together, and that he’s giving Sting this incredible sendoff. So many guys end their careers on the worst possible note. Either the business embarrasses them, or they embarrass it, or both. It’s depressing. Like I said — wrestling can be a shitty cycle. And if there’s one last chapter of Sting’s legacy that gets written, I hope it’s this: Cycles can be broken. The wrestling business, it actually can treat older wrestlers with respect, and not spit on them on their way out. And older wrestlers, they actually can give instead of take. They can go out with grace and not like a bitch.
Before the match, I’m going to tell Sting the same thing I’ve been telling him this whole time — which is HAVE FUN. That’s it. That’s the one rule. Nothing else matters.

After the match, I’m going to tell him the only thing there’s left to say: Thank you.

I didn’t just get to meet a hero, I got to find out he’s a hero worth having.
It was an honor, truly. It’s been the time of my life.

To paraphrase Tony Schiavone —

It’s fucking Sting.