AEW: Three New Matches Announced for Sat’s AEW Collision Show, AEW Reportedly Resolved CMLL/AAA Issues for Forbidden Door, Charlette Renegade Absence Update

Three New Matches Announced for Saturday’s AEW Collision Show

AEW announced three new matches for the card of this Saturday’s AEW Collision show on June 8th at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The first new match announced was a tag team match of Blackpool Combat Club (Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood).

#AEWCollision
THIS SATURDAY, 6/8!
Council Bluffs, IA
TNT, 8pm ET/7pm CT

@WheelerYuta/@ClaudioCSRO Vs @DaxFTR/@CashWheelerFTR

After last night’s return, Doctors have today cleared Yuta to continue.
Now THIS SATURDAY for the first time ever:
Claudio/Yuta collide vs FTR on TNT! pic.twitter.com/hCXrCp3DiH

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) June 6, 2024

The second new match announced was a singles match of Orange Cassidy vs. Kyle O’Reilly.

#AEWCollision
THIS SATURDAY, 6/8!
Council Bluffs, IA
TNT, 8pm ET/7pm CT@KORcombat vs @orangecassidy

After they locked up in the 4 Way last night on Dynamite, this weekend
Kyle O’Reilly will collide vs Orange Cassidy 1-on-1 for the first time ever on TNT in Iowa THIS SATURDAY! pic.twitter.com/MfpU4eYd9u

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) June 7, 2024

The third new match announced was a singles match of “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Lady Frost.

#AEWCollision
THIS SATURDAY, 6/8!
Council Bluffs, IA
TNT, 8pm ET/7pm CT

AEW Women’s World Champion
“Timeless” Toni Storm
vs @RealLadyFrost

Ahead of her World Title match vs @MinaShirakawa at Forbidden Door, TCM’s “Timeless” Toni Storm fights Lady Frost on TNT,
THIS SATURDAY! pic.twitter.com/d7mTdjNBEv

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) June 7, 2024

Current card for June 8th AEW Collision show:

• Blackpool Combat Club (Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
• Orange Cassidy vs. Kyle O’Reilly
• “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Lady Frost

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AEW Reportedly Resolved AAA & CMLL Issues for Forbidden Door 2024

AEW reportedly recently resolved the issues between Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Lucha Libre AAA for this month’s AEW and NJPW’s Forbidden Door 2024 event, according to the Wrestling Observer Radio.

Dave Meltzer reported that AEW CEO Tony Khan was able to resolve CMLL’s restriction preventing CMLL contracted talent from working on the same show as AAA contracted talent for this year’s Forbidden Door event. Meltzer reported that this means that RUSH, Rey Fenix, and other AAA contracted talent who had been prevented from working in past Forbidden Door events are now allowed to work at this year’s event.

Meltzer reported that Khan has been trying to be a good partner for CMLL and CMLL officials likely became less stubborn over their stance recently due to them wanting to get more exposure and work for their talent in the United States.

Meltzer also reported that CMLL officials have held recent talks regarding plans to potentially run events in the U.S. in the future. Meltzer speculated that CMLL likely would not run these potential events on their own at least for the initial events.

Meltzer also reported that RUSH vs. MJF is currently expected to be officially announced for the event while Mistico and other top CMLL talents will likely work at the event as well.

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Charlette Renegade AEW Absence & Health Status Update

As noted before, Charlette Renegade has been out of action for AEW and Ring of Honor since this past December due to an undisclosed medical issue that was recently revealed to not be a concussion-based injury.

A recent episode of the Women’s Wrestling Talk podcast featured Renegade as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Renegade providing an update on her current absence from AEW and health situation.

“At the start of the year, I had a small incident occur that put me out for six months. We’re quickly approaching that six months now but what I’ve been doing during that six months is I’ve learned how to cut hair, I’ve become a barber as kind of a side job while I’m out. I’m here and I’m supporting Robyn (Renegade) and trying to help her as much behind the scenes as I can, trying to be there for her as much as I can for her but, we’re quickly approaching the end of our six months so hopefully you guys should start seeing (me) more back out there with her.

My grandfather has owned a barbershop in Tucker, Georgia for the last 52 years. So, he taught my mom how to cut hair 20 years ago and they’ve been working there forever. My mom took a short break. She went off and made her own business and has recently come back to cutting hair and when I was set off to the side with this break that I’m having to take, I started going up to the barbershop every day and just being a little bit of a help by sweeping and mopping and folding towels. Just doing what I could to make a little extra money and I looked at my grandad one day and he was like, ‘Why don’t you just get your license? Because you’re in here every day. It shouldn’t take you that long,’ and because I’m apprenticing under my grandfather and my mom, they’re allowing me the time to take off for wrestling when I need to take off for wrestling when I do come back and still allow me to get my license. But the entire point was to make the barbershop three generations deep so we have my grandfather, my mom and me.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com