AEW: Gates of Agony vs. Hurt Syndicate for AEW Tag Tiles Set for AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru Show, Mariah May AEW Contract & Career Future Update, More News

Apr 16, 2025

AEW announced one new match for the card of Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru at the MGM Music Hall At Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts.

This new match announced was an AEW World Tag Team Championship match of Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) vs. The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley) (c).

THIS WED. 4/16#AEWDynamite Spring BreakThru
LIVE, 8ET/7CT on @TBSNetwork + @SportsOnMax

AEW World Tag Team Titles
The Hurt Syndicate vs Gates of Agony@FightBobby + @SheltyB803 have accepted the challenge of@TheKaun + @ToaLiona and they will put the titles on the line at… pic.twitter.com/Rq2nje4GF4
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 15, 2025

Current card for April 16th AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru show:

AEW World Tag Team Championship match of Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) vs. The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley) (c)
AEW World Trios Championship – The Opps (Samoa Joe, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata) vs. Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, & Jon Moxley) (c)
2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Semifinal Round match – Mercedes Mone vs. Athena
2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Semifinal Round match – Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita
2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament First Round match – Hangman Adam Page vs. Wild Card

Update on Mariah May’s AEW Contract Status & Career Future

As noted before, “The Glamour” Mariah May’s contract with AEW is currently believed to potentially be expiring between this summer and this November. May is also currently believed to potentially be leaving AEW for WWE once her contract expires.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that May is being wise and maximizing her levegare and negotiating power for her next contract.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that AEW officials absolutely hopes to retain May in the company.

It was reported that rumors and reports claiming that May going to WWE was already something in the works or effectively a done deal is not true. It was also reported that rumors of May’s name being on WWE’s internal “incoming” list is also not true. It was reported that WWE’s internal roster list has had Jeff Cobb’s name on it for a month but this was due to him being without a contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling during that time period.

It was also reported that those spoken to confirmed that May still has several months left on her contract with AEW.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that the biggest surprise about May’s contract situation was the possibility that May was only on a deal of this short length with AEW.

AEW News & Notes

AEW filed new trademarks for “AEW Summer Blockbuster” and “Paragon” on April 14th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In regards to Paragon, this is the new name of Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Roderick Strong’s group in AEW.

As noted before, this past Saturday’s AEW Collision show featured the announcement of Jon Moxley replacing PAC as the interim AEW World Trios Champion due to PAC suffering an injury. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources within AEW stated that Moxley is technically a Trios Champion unless him and the Death Riders win their titles match on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru show.

As noted before, this past Saturday’s AEW Collision show drew 455,000 viewers and a 0.12 key demographic rating on TNT. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources stated that AEW officials were really happy with this past Saturday’s AEW Collision show in Springfield, Massachusetts. AEW officials reportedly were also happy with the viewership and ratings numbers for the show as well.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that the May 3rd episode of AEW Collision will be preempted to TBS due to TNT will be airing a Marvel Avengers movie marathon on their network that night.

In a recent interview with the AEW Hey! (EW) show, “Speedball” Mike Bailey gave his thoughts about the origin of his mullet hair cut style for his look for his wrestling career. Bailey stated “It was ironic initially. It was a post-pandemic haircut where, I assumed no one would see it and it wouldn’t really matter for the longest time. But I’ve grown to love it. I’ve grown… genuinely fond of it. I used to have long hair, and I really liked it. I thought that looked the best on me than, you know, all the other short hairstyles I’ve had.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the McGuire on Wrestling podcast, MVP gave his thoughts about the advice he gave to Kevin Knight after Knight had recently asked him for some advice for his wrestling career. MVP stated “I was just telling Kevin Knight the other day. He asked me, ‘What advice could you give me right now?’ I said, ‘Look man, you’re dope. You still need to learn a few things in terms of showmanship on television. You’re wrestling ability and athleticism are unquestionable. But, you want my advice? Promo. Promo, promo, promo. Talk in the shower, talk in the car. People should think you’re a madman because you’re driving along in the car having a whole raging argument with somebody and people are like, damn, what’s a matter with that guy? Keep cutting a promo.’ Promo, promo, promo. Because that’s where you’re gonna make your money. If you’re a guy that works phenomenally and you can talk? Well, now you’re talking about drawing money.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

In the same interview, MVP also gave his thoughts about his current plans for the future of his wrestling career and Hurt Syndicate group. MVP stated “From the time I signed a contract with WWE, which was in 2005, I have not had a job outside of the professional wrestling industry, and I’d realize how fortunate I am to have that, and to know that at this point, there’s no end in sight. When I retire from wrestling, you know, I lucked into this manager thing, it wasn’t planned. It just kind of happened, and here I am with this whole new chapter of my career being a manager. So, when I retire from being an in-ring guy, and Bobby and Shelton decide to retire, the Hurt Syndicate closes shop. Potentially, I’m still around to be a mouthpiece for some other young talent to help teach them and guide their careers and help blow them up. So conceivably, I could do this for another 10 or 15 years.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)