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Matt Hardy Lets WWE Contract Expire
In a YouTube video on his personal account, Matt Hardy announced that he has let his WWE contract expire. Hardy talked in the video about how he has decided to become a free agent, and mentioned having roughly 3-4 years left of being an active competitor. He talked about having no bad feelings to WWE but that he and the company were on different pages with how he should be utilized. Hardy mentioned watching a lot of wrestling going forward to decide on his next option, including AEW, NXT, MLW, NJPW, ROH and more.
AEW Revolution Results
Saturday night played host to one of the best wrestling shows of the young year. AEW Revolution hit it out of the park with big moments, excellent matches, and moments that will stick in the minds of wrestling fans for years to come. Here are the full results from AEW Revolution:
- Dark Order def. SCU
- Jake Hager def. Dustin Rhodes
- Darby Allin def. Sammy Guevera
- Hangman Page & Kenny Omega (c) def. The Young Bucks to retain the AEW Tag Team Championships
- Nyla Rose (c) def. Kris Statlander to retain the AEW Women’s Championship
- MJF def. Cody Rhodes
- PAC def. Orange Cassidy
- Jon Moxley def. Chris Jericho (c) to win the AEW World Championship
Colt Cabana, Blood & Guts, & More AEW Notes
The AEW Revolution Buy-in Pre-Show saw an appearance by Colt Cabana. He made the save for SCU against the overwhelming numbers of the Dark Order. AEW President Tony Khan confirmed that Cabana has signed with AEW as a wrestler and commentator, and Cabana commented on it on Twitter.
As @TonyKhan said last night,
I've signed with @AEWrestling & @AEWonTNT.
I've had different goals & ideas throughout my career in Wrestling.
Right now, to be involved on a national TV show & product with my Friends and Equals…it's all I can ask for!
This will be fun!
Thankssss— Colt Cabana (@ColtCabana) March 1, 2020
AEW also announced a match type that is familiar to wrestling fans under a different name at Revolution. It has long been thought that Cody and AEW would have a WarGames style match, even though WWE owns the name. AEW will have a two-ring cage match, called Blood and Guts. It will be on March 25th at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The name Blood and Guts is a subtle jab to WWE talking about AEW resorting to “blood and guts” on a July 2019 investor call.
Newark, NJ – Are you ready?
March 25th – @PruCenter
Get your tickets at https://t.co/5WsWwyDkwZ pic.twitter.com/uwXpmVPGhl— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 1, 2020
Cody debuted a new neck tattoo. It is dividing fan opinion, but is driving the stock price of turtleneck companies through the roof.
A closer look at the new ink of @CodyRhodes.
Courtesy of @craigbrocktattoo @inkanddaggertattoo pic.twitter.com/XmMoe1UqgS— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 1, 2020
RUSH Wins ROH World Championship
Jon Moxley wasn’t the only person to attain a company’s top championship on the weekend. RUSH defeated Mark Haskins and champion PCO at ROH Gateway to Honor on Saturday night. This is RUSH’s second ROH Championship win, and his first championship run ended at the hands of PCO. Nick Aldis gave RUSH an assist by hitting PCO with the NWA World Championship, leading to RUSH’s victory.
@RealNickAldis just showed up & laid out @PCOisNotHuman with the @nwa World title & @rushtoroblanco uses that to his advantage & regains the @ringofhonor World title in a shocker!#HonorClub#GatewayToHonor pic.twitter.com/0JluvBqhZ1
— UltraLiger (@UltraLiger) March 1, 2020
Raw Preview
Lots of announced matches for Raw, including Shayna Baszler in action six nights ahead of her stepping into the Elimination Chamber. All of the announced action for Monday night:
- Shayna Baszler vs Asuka
- Seth Rollins & Murphy (c) vs Street Profits for the Raw Tag Team Championships
- Riddick Moss defends the 24/7 Championship
- A.J. Styles vs Aleister Black
- Angel Garza & Andrade vs Rey Mysterio & Humberto Carrillo
- Beth Phoenix gives an update on Edge’s medical condition
As first reported by @nypost, @QoSBaszler steps into the squared circle against @WWEAsuka tomorrow night on #RAW!https://t.co/eKLfs3CkWj
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2020
One for the Road:
Southpaw Season 3 is coming!
