AEW: Two New Matches for 7/13 Collision Show, Tony Khan on Potential Future AEW/ROH Event at Hammerstein Ballroom, MxM Collection Signs with AEW/ROH, More News

Jul 12, 2024

Two New Matches Announced for Saturday’s AEW Collision Show

AEW and Ring of Honor announced two new matches for the card of this Saturday’s AEW Collision show, which was taped this past Wednesday in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The first new match announced was a tag team match of Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly vs. The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven).

The second new match announced was a ROH World Championship #1 Contender match of Roderick Strong vs. Dalton Castle. It was also announced that the winner of this match will face off against Mark Briscoe for the ROH World title at ROH’s Death Before Dishnor 2024 event on July 26th in Arlington, Texas.

It's OFFICIAL!
This Saturday on #AEWCollision, two former #ROH World Champs go head-to-head, @roderickstrong takes on @theDALTONcastle.

The winner will face Mark Briscoe for the #ROH World Title at Death Before Dishonor!

Watch #ROH TV on #HonorClub at https://t.co/8dcdtxr3sN pic.twitter.com/Wt2MVYgYzj
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 11, 2024

Current announced card for July 13th AEW Collision show:

ROH World Championship #1 Contender match of Roderick Strong vs. Dalton Castle
Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly vs. The Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven)
Konosuke Takeshita vs. “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington

Tony Khan Comments on Potential of AEW or ROH Holding a Future Event at Hammerstein Ballroom

SportsGrid held a recent interview with AEW CEO Tony Khan. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts about the potential of AEW or ROH running an event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City in the future.

“Yes, I think that’s a very interesting idea. You know what’s interesting, I’ve never been to the Hammerstein Ballroom. I’d really like to go. I’d love to do it. I’ve seen great shows there. I think it’s a great venue. I’ve never been. But we also have these amazing relationships around New York, so it’s about right-sizing. I mean, for the right event, on the right night, it could make a lot of sense. And I’d imagine it would sell out very, very quickly because it’s not the biggest room. But it is a fascinating setup. It’s a really cool looking room. It’s got great acoustics and it’s a lot of fun from everything I’ve seen on television. I’d love to check it out in person. That’s a great point, it’s a great idea.
But I really think that, for us, the Hammerstein Ballroom could be a cool venue sometime. It’s a great idea. I haven’t thought that much about it, but that’s why I love talking to great wrestling fans about ideas.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

MxM Collection Reportedly Sign Contracts with AEW & ROH

As noted before, the MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor), former Maximum Male Models in WWE, made their official on-screen debut for Ring of Honor at the July 4th ROH TV show.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Madden and Mansoor recently signed official contracts with AEW and ROH. It was reported that MxM Collection was in attendance backstage at recent AEW and ROH events.

It was also reported that it is currently not known when MxM Collection will be making their official in-person debut for ROH.

AEW News & Notes

The San Diego Comic Con announced that AEW’s panel on July 25th at this year’s SDCC convention will include details on a new collobration between AEW, Warner Bros Discovery, and DC Comics for a new series of AEW-themed DC comic books.

This past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Calgary, Alberta, Canada featured Mariah May turning heel and attacking “Timeless” Toni Storm and Luther resulting in Storm being busted open and Luther being sent through tables off the stage. Following the show, AEW released a backstage video featuring the aftermath of May’s attack involving May not giving an answer when asked for her actions and bloody Storm being assisted for her walk backstage.

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Mariah May reflected on her attack on “Timeless” Toni Storm following her winning this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Calgary. May stated “That felt like extra celebration for the work I did. That’s what that was.“

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that TNA Wrestling producer Lance Storm was in attendance backstage at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Calgary.

Mercedes Mone recently announced on Twitter that she is issuing an open challenge for her TBS Championship at next week’s AEW Dynamite 250th Episode show on July 17th in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mone stated “To celebrate #AEWDynamite250 next week in Little Rock, I am going to have an open challenge for my TBS Title. The challenge is open to any woman on the AEW Roster except @RealBrittBaker“

As noted before, former Lucha Libre AAA talent Aramis was recently revealed to be the identity of a new mysterious masked wrestler that was shown in a debut “hologram”vignette at this past Saturday’s AEW Collision show. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated tha Masked Republic’s Lucha Libre Agency negotiated Aramis’ deal with AEW and this deal was signed this past February. Johnson reported that AEW CEO Tony Khan was the one who created the character and was stated by those spoken to be have been personally excited about putting it together. Johnson also reported that AEW’s plans for Aramis’ debut date is currently not known.

In a recent interview with the Battleground Podcast, AEW CEO Tony Khan gave his thoughts about the potential of AEW holding a Women’s Blood & Guts match in the future. Khan stated “At some point, it would be great to have a women’s Blood & Guts match. I think you need a lot of people tied in on [the] story, and a lot of healthy people. We have a great roster that we’re building up, and I think our women’s roster is stronger than it’s ever been right now today. And I’m really excited about that. So if we ever get to the point where we’ve got enough people tied together and the story makes sense, I think it would be great.” (Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com)

As noted before, WWE talent Rhea Ripley was in attendance backstage at this past May’s Double or Nothing 2024 event in Las Vegas, Nevada. In a recent interview with the Gabby AF podcast, Serena Deeb gave her thoughts about seeing Ripley backstage at AEW’s event that night. Deeb stated “Anything is possible. It’s a cool place for the business to be at because for so long, it wasn’t like that, and it was very rigid, the very rigid lines of, ‘No, you can’t cross that,’ and now the lines are blurred. You mentioned Jordynne [Grace], I thought her match at that NXT pay-per-view was really good. I really respect her. She’s honestly somebody, yeah, I would love to get in there with Jordynne at some point. But I would say definitely number one is Rhea Ripley. When we were at the Performance Center together, we just had a really cool bond. I felt really close with her. I think of all the coaches, myself and Scotty 2 Hotty, we were kind of her people. I always had her back, I always tried to pep her up and encourage her. I know, and I’m not saying, ‘Oh, I knew,’ but I knew. I was like, this girl’s a star. Once she gets that right thing, forget about it, she’s gonna rise so fast, which she has. I actually saw her at Double or Nothing. I saw her, I couldn’t believe it when I saw her. I was completely shocked. We embraced each other, I gave her the biggest hug, and we seriously did not let go for like ten minutes. We were just standing there with our arms around each other. I cried multiple times. I told her, ‘I’m so proud of you, I knew it. You’ve persevered through so much.’ I love watching her. I think she’s the biggest star in women’s wrestling. I think her in-ring work is incredible, on top of all her character work. She’s number one. I told her that. In my personal opinion, she’s just operating at a level that, there’s a lot of great women, but she’s up here in my opinion. When I saw her, I was like, ‘I want to wrestle you so bad.’ I think for both of us, it’s a dream match, for sure.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

AEW recently announced one new match for Friday’s AEW Rampage show:

High Flying 4-Way match – Rey Fenix vs. Angelico vs. Komander vs. AR Fox