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Backstage AEW Status Updates On Awesome Kong And Shanna (Photo Credit: AEW) AEW officials reportedly chose not to renew contracts for Awesome Kong and Shanna. There was some speculation on Kong and Shanna after their profiles were removed from the AEW roster page over the weekend. Now Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com has confirmed that their contracts were not renewed. Shanna originally debuted for AEW on October 30, 2019 with a Dynamite loss to Hikaru Shida. She took some time off from AEW due to...

Well folks, it's finally happened. After an over year-long reign consisting of 8 successful title defenses against the likes of Tay Conti, Nyla Rose, Ryo Mizunami, and others, Hikaru Shida has been...

AEW Chief Brand Officer Brandi Rhodes took to Twitter on Saturday to share photos from a baby shower held for her by various women who work for AEW. Brandi wrote the following caption: I love my @AEW family!! These lovely women came together tonight to celebrate me and Baby Rhodes! We had so much fun and my heart is so full! Thank you ladies so much from the bottom of my heart. I love you guys so much The likes of Vickie Guerrero, Tay Conti, Nyla Rose, Anna Jay, Red Velvet, Jade Cargill, Kris S...

BTE Recap: Matt Jackson On How Jon Moxley Has Fared Post-WWE, Rocky Romero Appears Photo Credit: Being the Elite Below are highlights from the latest Being the Elite: * The Young Bucks grieve over their stolen Air Diors. Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston took them at the end of last week’s Dynamite. * Ryan Nemeth does the Hollywood Pop Quiz with Rebel. He asks about who was the spokesperson for Venmo (it was him), but she had no idea. He was bummed that she had no idea. * Peter Avalon writes a n...

Matt Jackson Cuts Promo On Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston, New BTE Champion Crowned In Newest Being The Elite (Recap) May 24, 2021 | Posted by Blake Lovell The newest edition of Being the Elite is available, and it features Matt Jackson cutting a promo on Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston, Brandon Cutler winning the BTE title, and much more. Here are the highlights: * The Young Bucks are not happy about losing their Air Diors after Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston stole them on AEW Dynamite. * Ry...

Christopher Daniels Wonders If His In-Ring Career Is Over (Being The Elite Recap) Photo Credit: Being the Elite Below are highlights from the latest Being the Elite: * Christopher Daniels getting stitched up after his tag match against The Young Bucks on Dynamite. Daniels sits by himself and talks to the camera about growing up and watching Dusty Rhodes, recalling a time when Rhodes won the title. Afterwards, Rhodes spoke about how he was thinking about retiring, which confused Daniels about w...

The latest episode of Being the Elite is online, with Matt Jackson and Christopher Daniels both cutting promos ahead of SCU’s AEW World Tag Team Title match this week. You can see the full video and a recap below: * We start off with Matt Jackson cutting a promo on SCU, calling them two of the best wrestlers he’s ever seen in his life. He talks about how Daniels was royalty in the wrestling world back when he was growing up, and Kazarian worked the first indy show he ever saw. He talks a...

The Young Bucks And SCU Hype Tag Title Match (Being The Elite Recap) Photo Credit: BTE Below are highlights from the latest Being the Elite: * Matt Jackson talks about Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian and knowing him for a long time. He mentions how Daniels was royalty back in the day and everybody wanted to wrestle him. He also gave Kazarian his props, and talks getting to not only wrestle them, but ride with them from town to town. Jackson recalls a few road stories, and brings up how...

This month has been one of those months that makes it difficult to be a fan of this division. As usual, it's not because of the performers themselves; as per usual, they gave it their all the...

The Young Bucks Poke Fun At WWE Trash Bag Incident In Newest Being The Elite (Recap) April 26, 2021 | Posted by Blake Lovell The newest edition of Being the Elite is available, and it features The Young Bucks poking fun at the WWE trash bag incident, Stu Grayson being confused, and much more. Here are the highlights: * The Young Bucks and The Good Brothers are talking in the parking lot, and Karl Anderson starts doing the helicopter after the Bucks ask him where his earrings are. Anders...