AEW: Kenny Omega on His Upcoming AEW TV Return, WBD Reportedly Pushed for AEW Dynamite Maximum Carnage Show to Feel “Important”, More News

Kenny Omega Comments on His Upcoming AEW TV Return

As noted before, Kenny Omega made a surprise return appearance at this past December’s AEW Worlds End 2024 event. Omega made his official in-ring return from injury at this past Sunday’s NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty event in Japan.

Omega reflected on Tuesday on Twitter about him making his upcoming return to AEW television on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in

“A year to rebuild. Less to reclaim. Let’s take this as far as we can go.”

A year to rebuild. Less to reclaim. Let’s take this as far as we can go. pic.twitter.com/tPCHT90AMD

— Kenny Omega (@KennyOmegamanX) January 8, 2025

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Warner Bros Discovery Reportedly Pushed for AEW Dynamite Maximum Carnage Show to Feel “Important”

AEW will be holding a new themed special called Maximum Carnage for their January 15th episode of AEW Dynamite in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that his sources stated that one big reason why AEW officials decided to add a special moniker to their upcoming Dynamite show in Cincinnati was due to it being something that was requested from Warner Bros Discover.

Sapp reported that WBD officials had asked AEW that their upcoming episode of Dynamite “needed to be important” for “advertising reason” and AEW officials responded back with the decision to use their Maximum Carnage name for this show.

This reportedly was also a reason for AEW officials decision to include an AEW World Championship match for the show.

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AEW News & Notes

Sammy Guevara recently released a new vlog featuring his recent time in Japan and competing at NJPW and AEW’s co-promoted Wrestle Dynasty event this past Sunday.

AEW recently released a new mockumentary video focusing on Toni Storm’s “rookie” year in AEW and asking several AEW wrestlers for advice for her wrestling career in the company.

A recent ad for Warner Bros Discovery’s MAX featured Jay White being shown among several sports stars for this week’s sports coverage and games on the service.

In a recent virtual fan signing event for K&S WrestleFest, Prince Nana gave his thoughts about why it is unlikely that AEW will sell replica Prince Nana crowns. Nana stated “No. We’re not going to do that. I have to go through a vigorous approval process from the royals back home in Ghana before we do anything like that. It’s been talked (about), but very very hard to do.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the AEW Hey! (Ew) show, AEW and ROH talent Serpentico gave his thoughts about his mask design and why he wears a long mask. Serpentico stated “It’s just, my jaw. Listen, I want to be original, and this mask, I think it’s quite original, isn’t it?” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)