AEW: “Speedball” Mike Bailey on Having Another Match with Kenny Omega Being Reason for Joining AEW, Leila Grey Gets Married, Komander & Hologram New Team Name

“Speedball” Mike Bailey Comments on Having Another Match with Kenny Omega Being Reason for Joining AEW

As noted before, this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Fresno, California featured former TNA talent “Speedball” Mike Bailey making his official in-ring debut in AEW. Bailey was revealed to be the mystery Wild Card competitor for the AEW International Championship Eliminator tournament.

Bailey recently released a new vlog featuring his thoughts about his in-ring debut in AEW and him being one step closer to getting a match with Kenny Omega that has has chased for his wrestling career over almost the past ten years.

“Maybe it’s thinking too far ahead and overconfidence. Me vs. Kenny is the match that I’m literally here to get. It’s the match I’ve been chasing for almost ten years.”

Bailey last competed in a match against Omega for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla in December of 2015.

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com


Leila Grey & Luke Kurtis Gets Married

AEW and Ring of Honor talent Leila Grey announced on Twitter that she recently got married to her fiance and indie wrestler Luke Kurtis.

“OFFICIALLY MR. & MRS. CURTIS 💍🎉🥂

This week was an absolute DREAM come true. The most perfect wedding, with the most perfect partner and our beautiful family and friends celebrating with us. Everything was PERFECT! Truly a fairytale wedding ✨

Official photos coming soon! 💙”

Kurtis reflected on Twitter about his recent marriage to Grey.

“The real ones always show up—no matter when, no matter what. Grateful for the people who prove time and time again they’re in our corner. Tag-team partners for life.”


New Tag Team Name for Komander & Hologram

In recent weeks AEW shows, Komander and Hologram have teamed up together. Komander and Hologram originally had called their new tag team as Los Lucha Stars.

This past Saturday’s AEW Collision show in Las Vegas featured a video package hyping up this new tag team. During the video, Komander and Hologram’s manager Alex Abrahantes talked about their new group but AEW Spanish commentator Alvaro Riojas had called them “Los Titanes del Aire” in Spanish for the translation from English.

AEW confirmed that this new name of “Los Titanes del Aire” will be the official name for Komander and Hologram as a tag team going forward.