AEW: Update on AEW’s Plans for Men’s Own Hart Cup Wild Card Entrant, Tony Khan on AEW’s Relationship with WBD & AEW’s Women’s Division, Anthony Bowens

Jun 27, 2024

Update on AEW’s Current Plans for Wild Card Entrant for 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Cup

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Buffalo, New York featured The Young Bucks announcing that they have inserted their own handpicked choice for the Wild Card entrant for this year’s Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament. This mystery entrant is currently scheduled to be revealed for Jeff Jarrett’s tournament match at next week’s Dynamite Beach Break 2024 special in Chicago, Illinois.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that the mystery Wild Card entrant could be Hangman Adam Page making his official return from his break. It was reported that this is something that they have yet to confirm 100% from their sources.

It was reported that Page has been scheduled to return to AEW this summer following the end of his break from the company and wrestling due to family-related reasons. It was also reported that page is expected to be a heel upon his return.

Tony Khan Comments on AEW’s Working Relationship with Warner Bros Discovery & AEW’s Women’s Division Being Best Women’s Division in World

WGN Radio held a recent interview with AEW CEO Tony Khan. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts about AEW’s working relationship with Warner Bros Discovery.

“I love working at TBS and TNT so much. We do five hours Wednesday on TBS, and Friday and Saturday on TNT. We’re having great talks with Warner Bros. Discovery. I just had great talks with them yesterday. I’m so blessed to work with these great people and as somebody who loves wrestling, it means a lot to me that we brought wrestling back to TBS and TNT. Know that so many of the listeners who are wrestling fans used to watch wrestling on TBS and TNT and for some of the really young fans, for a long time, almost 20 years, there was no wrestling on TBS and TNT. It’s what I grew up on. It meant a lot with the launch of AEW, that we bring All Elite Wrestling every week, Wednesdays on TBS, and weekends on TNT.
I want to keep bringing the shows here as long as possible. We have a great partnership and we’re having great talks,” Khan continued. “I hope that we are with TBS and TNT for a very, very long time. We’re really happy to be here and I’m really blessed to work for a great leader like Mr. David Zaslav, who has been so great to AEW, and helped us expand [with] more events and expand TNT Saturdays, and has helped us continue to have these great Wednesday nights on TBS.”

Khan also gave his thoughts about his belief that AEW’s Women’s division is currently the best Women’s division and women’s wrestling in the world.

“I think right now across the board everyone thinks this is by far the best wrestling in the history of AEW in the women’s division and I think we have the best women’s wrestling in the world right now.
There’s more competition and more talent in the AEW women’s division than there’s ever been, and more big matches. I think by far 2024 has been the best year of the AEW women’s division and I give so much of the credit to ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm the World Champion and Mercedes Mone the TBS Champion and a lot of other great wrestlers like Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com, F4WOnline.com

Anthony Bowens Comments on “Everyone Is Allowed To Be Themselves At AEW, I’m Proud To Be Elite”

AEW recently released a new AEW Represents video featuring The Acclaimed’s Anthony Bowens. One of the topics discussed included Bowens’ thoughts about being an openly gay athlete in wrestling and being proud to work in AEW due to them allowing everyone to be themselves.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to be highlighted in the Out 100, the top 100 out entertainers in the country, to attitude covers of Attitude Magazine, Gay Times, and 26 Magazine, becoming AEW’s first gay champion, win the tag team titles in New York City with Max Caster, win the trios titles at Wembley Stadium with over 80,000 people, the biggest scissor party of all time. This stuff is crazy. I never thought any of this would be possible. Of course, it’s fun from a personal goal standpoint, but also someone could pick up that magazine, someone could look at that list, someone could watch me on television and go, ‘I feel validated, I feel safe, and now I have someone I can look towards as an inspiration for me to achieve my goals as well.’ That’s a very, very powerful thing.
I think acceptance at every level, no matter if it’s your sexuality, whether it’s your nationality, anything, we’re all human beings. It’s all very important to accept and love one another. Here at AEW, everybody is allowed to be themselves. They’re authentically allowed to be themselves. I’m proud to be elite, and I’m proud to represent this company. I think that also is important for people to see as well because there are plenty of little boys, little girls, those who identify as non-binary that want to be professional wrestlers one day or they want to be in entertainment or they want to be in sports and they need to see that visibility, they need to have that representation so that when somebody looks on-screen and goes, ‘Oh, Anthony Bowens did it? Anthony Bowens became champion? I could become a champion.’ That is so, so important, and I’m happy to be at the forefront of that. My name is Anthony Bowens, I am ‘The Scissor King,’ I am proud to represent the LGBTQ+ community, I am proud to be elite, and always remember to keep spreading the love. You are loved, and most importantly, everyone loves The Acclaimed. Happy Pride.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com