AEW: Tay Melo Medically Cleared for In-Ring Return, Two New Matches & Two New Segments Set for 8/28 Dynamite Show, More News

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Aug 28, 2024

Tay Melo Announces She is Medically Cleared for In-Ring Return

As noted before, Tay Melo has been out of action for AEW since March of 2023 due to maternity leave reasons over the birth of her first child. Melo’s husband Sammy Guevara this past July that they have been training for an in-ring return, which Guevara did for Ring of Honor this past July.

Sammy Guevara recently released a new vlog on YouTube featuring a behind-the-scenes look at this past Sunday’s AEW All In 2024 event at Wembley Stadium in London, England. During the video, Guevara’s wife and AEW talent Tay Melo revealed that she has been medically cleared for an in-ring return to AEW.

In response to Melo stating that she wants to wrestle again:

Sammy Guevara – “That might be soon?“

Tay Melo – “You gotta call Tony Khan and ask him because I don’t know about that. I’m cleared, though. I’m cleared. Mama is cleared. Just got cleared.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Two New Matches & Two New Segments Announced for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Show

AEW announced two new matches and two new segments for the card of Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show, which takes place at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.

In regards to the new matches, the first new match announced was an All-Star Eight-Man Tag Team match of The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Bryan Keith, & Big Bill) & Roderick Strong vs. The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Hook, Mark Briscoe, & Kyle O’Reilly).

The second new match announced was a singles match of Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hangman Adam Page.

In regards to the new segments, the first new segment announced was an AEW Women’s World Championship Celebration segment featuring Mariah May.

The second new segment announced was a promo segment featuring Swerve Strickland.

Current card for August 28th AEW Dynamite show:

  • All-Star Eight-Man Tag Team match of The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Bryan Keith, & Big Bill) & Roderick Strong vs. The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Hook, Mark Briscoe, & Kyle O’Reilly)
  • Ricochet vs. Kyle Fletcher
  • Jamie Hayter vs. Harley Cameron
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hangman Adam Page
  • AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson will address his future
  • Mariah May AEW Women’s World Championship Celebration
  • Swerve Strickland to speak

AEW News & Notes

AEW filed new trademarks for “Grand Slam Australia” and “AEW Grand Slam Australia” on August 26th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Artist Jacob C. Paul announced on Twitter that he was recently hired by AEW to be their new official merchandise artist for their merchandise department. In a follow-up tweet, Paul stated that due to his new job for AEW, he will not be able to accept new commissions for outside work for the time being.

The Young Bucks recently released several behind-the-scenes videos on TikTok from this past Sunday’s AEW All In 2024 event.

In response to comments made by Bryan Danielson at this past Sunday’s AEW All In 2024 post-show media scrum about his match against Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship being the favorite moment of his wrestling career, Swerve Strickland stated on Twitter that their match was also his favorite of his wrestling career.

Marshall Von Erich recently reflected on Twitter about him and his brother Ross Von Erich getting to wrestle at Wembley Stadium at this past Sunday’s AEW All In 2024 event. Von Erich stated “Unbelievable moment I got to share with my brothers. Words can’t explain how fullfilling my brother I feel that my Dad gets to witness all this hard work paying off. God is good!“

Dustin Rhodes recently reflected on Twitter about getting to compete at this past Sunday’s AEW All In 2024 event and how he could not be prouder and happier of his new faction in AEW. Rhodes stated “Gonna be real for a moment. If You asked me when I left the fed if I was done. I would have told you yes. AEW called and passion was renewed. I have had 5 wonderful passionate yrs in @AEW . I am grateful that I can still perform at a very high level, and that impresses me personally. I watched Sting my whole life and he paved the way for all of us. To watch him for so long, still able, is inspirational. Whether you love me or hate me, I believe in all my yrs that I am doing my best work. Time to elevate the #VonErichs@MarshallVonEric and @RossVonErich and pass on my knowledge to them and @sammyguevara I couldn’t be prouder or happier with this faction of guys. I may have been done 5 yrs ago, but passion came calling. Thanks @TonyKhan for all the opportunities. Here’s to another 36 #TheSonsOfTexas“

In a recent interview with Stephanie Chase, Orange Cassidy gave his thoughts about if he felt that the trio of himself and Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta) had ran its course in AEW. Cassidy stated “No (I don’t feel Best Friends ran its course). I think it was cut pretty too short. I mean, since we’re here, last year in Wembley, I think we finally got a good moment with The Best Friends when we were standing tall at the end… After that Stadium Stampede match, all three of us in the ring in front of all those fans. It felt like this is gonna be the start of us on the uprise and it actually had the opposite effect which is a bummer but, never say never…” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

A recent Terrificon 2024 event in Uncasville, Connecticut featured Samoa Joe as a guest. One of the topics discussed included Joe’s thoughts about his talks with AEW CEO Tony Khan over plans for him to form a group with HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata in AEW. Joe stated “It was kind of just talking with HOOK and knowing (Katsuyori) Shibata and seeing these two talents. I wanted to do something different with them. I wanted for the world to see a little bit more both of their personalities and so, I sat there and I sat with Tony (Khan). We kind of figured out, ‘Yeah, would this be kind of a good grouping of us three?…’ So that was really how it all came together.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

In a recent episode of Being The Dark Order, Evil Uno stated that they will be releasing fewer episodes going forward due to them wanting to give fans content that was worth watching and also due to them trying to focus on some bigger roles in AEW both on-screen and behind-the-scenes. Evil Uno stated “We actually have some news. You probably have seen the last few weeks we have not uploaded any BTDOs. Part of that is because we have become very, very busy, but also another part of that is because we have made the decision to try to reduce the amount of BTDOs we will be releasing. In the future, we don’t think this show will come out week to week. A big part of that is because we feel like we’re giving you an inferior piece of content than what we used too. The appetite for it, not from you, but from the people backstage is a lot harder than it used to be. With more of a roster, it is actually more work to be done because there’s more people to put time into, including ourselves. We’ve been here for five years now, and we’re trying to start a focus on some bigger roles in AEW, be it on-screen or backstage. So we wanted to take this time to tell you that we have appreciated the support for, it’s been about four years. We don’t want to say that this was all for nothing because it was not. I don’t think that we would be who we are today, or where we are today, if it were not for BTDO … Little known fact, these boys were not employed for almost a year and a half of time on television. So if it wasn’t for BTDO or BTE, who knows where Dark Order would be today? But we believe at this time, the best decision is to make sure that when we make an episode for you, it is in fact one worth watching.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

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