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It was a Battle of Edge vs Edge-Head back in 2024. On the March 30, 2024 edition of AEW Dynamite, Adam Copeland held an open challenge for his TNT Championship. The person who answered the challenge was none other than his former Edge-Head, Matt Cardona (FKA Zack Ryder). The matchup itself was a fun one for fans to witness but for Cardona, himself, it was the chance of a lifetime and an absolute dream match...even if it didn't result in a fulltime gig. Cardona recently spoke with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp at the Squared Circle Expo, where he discussed the matchup with his former mentor and spoke about how much it meant to him. "I guess AEW didn't love it because I never got job," Cardona said. "But seriously, it was my dream match and it was a great moment. I'm forever grateful for that match with Adam Copeland. I think just walking down that aisle—I'm getting goosebumps right now, you can't tell because I'm wearing this custom suit—but it was like, ‘Wow, it worked. Everything I've been doing, it's working, it worked.’ Validation, is that the right word? For it to be against Adam Copeland / Edge, it was just like a story that nobody wrote. It was real life. Edge versus Edgehead, a match I thought that would never happen. My dream match. It was happening and the people were behind me. It was cool. Adam Copeland wasn't the only former WWE World Champion that Cardona faced in AEW/ROH. He also faced Chris Jericho for the Ring of Honor World Championship, and it was another match that Cardona holds close to his heart. "Even like months later when I do the Jericho stuff, I was kind of nervous coming in as a babyface. I'm like, ‘Oh, my God, they're gonna hate me. Like, I'm not an AEW babyface. I don't do all those moves.’ But they love me. But even that whole run with Jericho was a bunch of fun," Cardona said. Cardona also recently spoke his character evolution and how important that evolution is for him to stay fresh and relevant. Fans can read those comments here. Cardona previously spoke about his matchup with Copeland, and fans can read those comments here.

Below are announced and confirmed signings, people working with the AEW brand moving forward, and any roles we know they have. *- Not announced as signing a full-time contract Men's Wrestlers Aaron Solo Action Andretti (of Cru) Adam Cole (of The Paragon) Adam "Hangman" Page Alex Reynolds (of Dark Order) Angelico (of Spanish Announce Project) "Cool Hand" Angelo Parker Anthony Bowens Anthony Ogogo (of Shane Taylor Promotions) AR Fox Ariya Daivari (of The Premier Athletes) (w/ Mark Sterling) Austin Gunn (of The Gunns and Bang Bang Gang) -- INACTIVE Bandido The Beast Mortos (of La Faccion Ingobernable) (w/ Jake "The Snake" Roberts) Big Bill (of The Learning Tree) "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn Bishop Kaun (of Kaun & Liona) The Blade (of Butcher & The Blade) -- INJURED Bobby Lashley (of The Hurt Syndicate) Brandon Cutler -- INACTIVE Brian Cage (of Don Callis Family & Murder Machines w/ Lance Archer) Brody King (of Hounds of Hell) 'Bad Apple" Bryan Keith (of The Learning Tree) Buddy Matthews (of Hounds of Hell) The Butcher (of Butcher & The Blade) Carlie Bravo (of The Infantry & Shane Taylor Promotions) Cash Wheeler (of FTR) ( w/ Stokely Hathaway) Chris Jericho (of The Learning Tree) Christian Cage (of The Patriarchy) Claudio Castagnoli (of Blackpool Combat Club) Cole Karter (of The Frat House) Colt Cabana Colten Gunn (of The Gunns & Bang Bang Gang) -- INACTIVE "The Rated R Superstar" Cope Danhausen -- INACTIVE Daniel Garcia Dante Martin (of Top Flight) (w/ Leila Grey) Darby Allin -- INACTIVE Darius Martin (of Top Flight) (w/ Leila Grey) Dax Harwood (of FTR) ( w/ Stokely Hathaway) Dralistico (of La Faccion Ingobernable) (w/ Jake "The Snake" Roberts) Dustin Rhodes (of Sons of Texas) "The Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington Eddie Kingston -- INJURED Evil Uno (of Dark Order) Griff Garrison (of The Frat House) Hologram HOOK (of The Opps) Isiah Kassidy (of Private Party) -- INACTIVE Jack Perry Jay Lethal (of Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh, & Sonjay Dutt) "Switchblade' Jay White (of Bang Bang Gang) -- INJURED JD Drake -- INJURED Jeff Jarrett ( w/ Karen Jarrett) (of Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh, & Sonjay Dutt) John Silver (of Dark Order) -- INJURED Johnny TV Jon Moxley (of Death Riders) Josh Alexander (of Don Callis Family) Josh Woods (of (of The Premier Athletes) (w/ Mark Sterling) Juice Robinson (of Bang Bang Gang) -- INJURED Katsuyori Shibata (of The Opps) Kazuchika Okada Keith Lee -- INJURED Kenny Omega Kevin Knight Killswitch (of The Patriarchy) -- INJURED Kip Sabian (of The Patriarchy) Komander Konosuke Takeshita (of Don Callis Family) Kota Ibushi -- INACTIVE (Has Wrestled DDT shows) Kyle Fletcher (of Don Callis Family) Kyle O'Reilly (of The Paragon) Lance Archer (of The Don Callis Family & Murder Machines w/ Brian Cage) Lee Johnson Lee Moriarty (of Shane Taylor Promotions) Lio Rush (of Cru) Mansoor (of MxM) Mark Briscoe Mark Davis (of The Don Callis Family) -- INJURED Marq Quen (of Private Party) -- INACTIVE Marshall Von Erich (of The Von Erichs) Mason Madden (of MxM) "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard Matt Sydal -- INJURED Matt Taven (of The Kingdom) Matthew Jackson (of The Young Bucks) -- INACTIVE Max Caster Michael Nakazawa -- INACTIVE Mike Bennett (of The Kingdom) MJF (of The Hurt Syndicate) MVP (of The Hurt Syndicate) Nicholas Jackson (of The Young Bucks) -- INACTIVE Nick Comoroto Nick Wayne (of The Patriarchy) Orange Cassidy -- INJURED Ortiz -- INJURED PAC (of Death Riders) -- INJURED Paul Wight -- INACTIVE Peter Avalon Powerhouse Hobbs (of The Opps) Preston Vance (of The Frat House) Ricochet Rocky Romero (of Don Callis Family) Roderick Strong (of The Paragon) Ross Von Erich (of The Von Erichs) Rush (of La Faccion Ingobernable) (w/ Jake "The Snake" Roberts) Sammy Guevara (of Sons of Texas) Samoa Joe (of The Opps) Satnam Singh Scorpio Sky -- INACTIVE Serpentico (of Spanish Announce Project) Shane Taylor (of Shane Taylor Promotions) Shawn Dean (of The Infantry & Shane Taylor Promotions) Shelton Benjamin (of The Hurt Syndicate) Swerve Strickland ( w/ Prince Nana) Toa Liona (of Kaun & Liona) Tony Nese (of The Premier Athletes) (w/ Mark Sterling) Trent Beretta (of Don Callis Family) Truth Magnum (of The Outrunners) Turbo Floyd (of The Outrunners) Wardlow -- INACTIVE Wheeler Yuta (of Death Riders) Will Ospreay Women's Wrestlers Anna Jay Athena (ROH Women's Champion) Billie Starkz Dr. Britt Baker DMD -- INACTIVE "The Virtuosa" Deonna Purrazzo (of The Vendetta) Diamante -- INACTIVE Emi Sakura -- INACTIVE Harley Cameron Harleygram Hikaru Shida -- INACTIVE Jamie Hayter Julia Hart (of Hounds of Hell) Kamille -- INACTIVE Kiera Hogan -- INACTIVE Kris Statlander Lady Frost Leila Grey (of Top Flight) Madison Rayne -- INACTIVE Marina Shafir (of Death Riders) Megan Bayne Mercedes Martinez -- INACTIVE "The CEO" Mercedes Moné Mina Shirakawa Nyla Rose -- INACTIVE Penelope Ford Queen Aminata Rachel Ellering Rebel -- INACTIVE Red Velvet (ROH Women's TV Champion) Riho -- INJURED Ruby Soho -- MATERNITY LEAVE Serena Deeb -- INACTIVE Skye Blue Tay Melo -- INACTIVE Taya Valkyrie (of The Vendetta) Thunder Rosa Toni Storm Willow Nightingale Yuka Sakazaki -- INACTIVE ROH ROSTER UNDER CONTRUCTION Front Office/Management Adam Hopkins (Public Relations) Chad Glenn (Director of Finance) Chris Harrington (VP, business strategy) Jake Manning (Merchandise) Jennifer Pepperman (Vice President of Content Development) Jeremy Flynn (Director of Live Events) Kenny Omega (Executive VP) Kosha Irby (Chief Operating Officer) Mark Caplan (Head of licensing and merchandising) Margaret Stalvey (Legal coordinator) Megha Parekh (Chief Legal Officer) Michael Mansury (Senior Vice President & Co-Executive Producer Nick Jackson (Executive VP) Nik Sobic (VP, Business Operations) QT Marshall (VP, currently unknown VP role) Shahid Khan (Co-Owner) Shane Emerson (VP, Global Programming & Partnership) Tony Khan (Founder, Co-Owner, President, & CEO) Will Washington (Administration Coordinator) Backstage Personnel Billy Gunn (Coach) Chris Hero (Coach/Producer) Christopher Daniels (Manager of Talent Relations/Coach/Interim AEW EVP) Dean Malenko (Senior Producer/Coach) Jerry Lynn (Coach/Producer) Katie Hebner (Production Assistant) Kevin Matthews (Creative) Madison Rayne (Coach) Pat Buck (Vice President of Talent Development/Producer) QT Marshall (Coach) Renee Paquette (Backstage Producer) Scott Garland (Producer/Coach) Shawn Dean (Extras Coordinator) Sonjay Dutt (Vice President of Production and Creative Coordination/Producer) Tony Chimel (Producer) Tony Schiavone (Senior Producer and Special Advisor to Talent) Referees Aubrey Edwards (Referee) Brandon Martinez (Referee) Bryce Remsburg (Referee) Mike Posey (Referee) Paul Turner (Referee) Rick Knox (Referee) Stephon Smith (Referee) Managers/Non Wrestlers Alex Abrahantes Don Callis (The Don Callis Family Manager) Jake "The Snake" Roberts (La Faccion Ingobernable's Manager) Karen Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett's Manager) Luther (Manager of Toni Storm) "Smart" Mark Sterling (The Premier Athletes Manager) Mother Wayne (of The Patriarchy) MVP (Hurt Syndicate's Manager) Negative 1 (Dark Order's Manager) ** On special occasions. Prince Nana (Swerve Strickland's Manager) Sonjay Dutt Stokely Hathaway (FTR's Manager) Production/Broadcast Team Alex Marvez (Interviewer) Alicia Atout (Backstage Interviewer) Amanda Huber (Production Team/Community Outreach) Excalibur (Commentator) Ian Riccaboni (Commentator) Jim Ross (Commentator) Justin Roberts (Ring Announcer) Lexy Nair (Interviewer) Mikey Rukus (Music Producer) Nigel McGuinness (Commentator) Paul Wight (Commentator) Renee Paquette (Interviewer) RJ City (Interviewer) Sunny Daze (Video Editor) Taz (Commentator) Tony Schiavone (Commentator, Host) International Broadcast Team Alex Abrahantes (Spanish-Language Commentator) Alvaro Riojas (Spanish-Language Commentator) Günter Zapf (German Language Commentator) Carlos Cabrera (Spanish-Language Commentator Mike Ritter (German Language Commentator) Norbert Feuillan (French Language Commentator) Alain Mistrangélo (French Language Commentator) Mens Tag Teams/Teams 2Point0 (Angelo Parker & Matt Menard) Bang Bang Gang ("Switchblade" Jay White, Juice Robinson, Colten Gunn, & Austin Gunn) -- INACTIVE (Robinson and The Gunn's are inactive. Jay White is injured.) Butcher & The Blade -- INACTIVE (The Blade injured) Cru (Action Andretti & Lio Rush) Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver, & Alex Reynolds) Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, Marina Shafir, PAC, & Wheeler Yuta) -- PAC injured The Frat House (Cole Karter, Griff Garrison, & Preston Vance) FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) w/ Stokely Hathaway Hounds of Hell (Brody King & Buddy Matthews) w/ Julia Hart The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, MJF, MVP, & Shelton Benjamin) The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean) (of Shane Taylor Promotions) The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) The Learning Tree (Big Bill, Bryan Keith, & Chris Jericho) MxM (Mansoor & Mason Madden) Murder Machines (Brian Cage & Lance Archer) w/ Don Callis (of Don Callis Family) The Paragon (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, & Roderick Strong) The Opps (HOOK, Katsuyori Shibata, Powerhouse Hobbs, & Samoa Joe) The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, Nick Wayne, & Kip Sabian) (w/ Shayna Wayne The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari, Josh Woods, & Tony Nese) (w / Mark Sterling) Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) -- INCTIVE Shane Taylor Promotions (Anthony Ogogo, Carlie Bravo, Lee Moriarity, Shane Taylor, Shawn Dean, & Trish Adora) Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) (ROH World Tag Team Champions) Spanish Announce Project (Angelico & Serpentico) Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) (w/ Leila Grey) The Von Erichs (Marshall and Ross Von Erich) The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) -- INACTIVE Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) Women Tag Teams/Teams The Vendetta (Deonna Purrazzo and Lyra Valkyrie) Stables (4+ members) The Don Callis Family (Brian Cage,Josh Alexander, Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer, Mark Davis, Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, & Don Callis) The Patriarchy (Christian, Kip Sabian, Nick Wayne, & Mother Wayne) Trios (*- two or more iterations of the team available) Dark Order Death Riders The Don Callis Family The Hurt Syndicate The Infantry La Faccion Ingobernable (w/ Jake "The Snake" Roberts) The Opps The Patriarchy The Premier Athletes (w / Mark Sterling) Shane Taylor Promotions Undisputed Kingdom Not Confirmed As Being Signed Full Time Anthony Henry -- INJURED Dalton Castle -- INJURED Trish Adora (of Shane Taylor Promotions)

Muhammad Hassan loved reconnecting with Maven. In September 2024, Maven uploaded a video with Muhammad Hassan to his YouTube channel, allowing the star to talk about some of the most controversial moments from his career in WWE. Following the video's release, Hassan's short run in WWE became a talking point in the world of wrestling once again. In May 2025, the character was covered on a new episode of Dark Side Of The Ring. While speaking with Fightful for a new interview, Hassan was asked about possibly creating his own wrestling-related content. "You know, I would like to find my niche. I work really hard. I have four children. So I would love to be able to find some sort of side hustle or some of my expertise would benefit others, maybe. But being on Maven’s show is such a blast the way that we did it. We did it at the high school in the district that I work at. We watched old film. Maven and I weren't particularly close, but we were friends and we spent time together and we had a very similar experience in the business. So seeing somebody after all of that time, it was like hanging out with an old buddy and just kind of watching and laughing at yourself because we watched a lot of funny things too. But I will say that watching Maven and the screener that they sent me from Dark Side, I feel like the six hours I spent interviewing, they got about 20 minutes of screen time with me and the other 20 was Maven. Like he steals the show. But his perspective is so interesting and he really lived a very similar experience that I lived, albeit different at the same time. But again, his perspective, Jimmy's, all of those guys, it was really cool to kind of hear other people tell my story. But yeah, I think my Maven's going to probably want to bring me on as a cohost for some of the shows that he does, watching clips." Elsewhere in the interview, Hassan talked about how his wrestling character helped him as a teacher. His full comments on the topic can be found by clicking here. Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Muhammad Hassan in the video linked at the top of this interview.

R-Truth says he's been released from WWE. Over the past few weeks, R-Truth has been working with John Cena and more recently, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa and more on Friday night's as part of WWE's SmackDown brand. Truth's current run with the promotion began in 2008, and he has been a fan favorite for much of his time with the company due to his wacky shananigans. In a new social media post on June 1st, R-Truth stated that he had been released from WWE, thanking the promotion and fans for being along for the ride. Im sorry to inform you all. I just got released from WWE. I want to thank WWE for the ride, but MOSTLY I want to thank each and EVERYONE OF YOU who was along for the ride, Thank you for all the love, support, and appreciation you have given me over the years. Thank you ---- — Ron Killings (@RonKillings) June 1, 2025 Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp confirmed that the post was not a hack, nor an accident, and Truth will be exiting WWE upon his contract expiring. The R Truth tweet is accurate, not a hack or accident. He will be leaving WWE when his deal expires. — Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) June 1, 2025 During his second run in WWE, Truth would capture the United States Championship on multiple occasions, was a record setting 24/7 Champion as well as a tag team champion. Most recently, Truth faced off with John Cena at the most recent WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.

Kiley (@KileyWrestling) and Collins (@_queerauntie) discuss Hangman Page as the next contender for the AEW World Championship, the debut of Thekla in AEW, the confrontation between AEW Women's World Champion Toni Storm and TBS Champion Mercedes Moné, and more.

Ricochet 'lights the shield' for FC Dallas' game against Philadelphia Union. Prior to each home game that FC Dallas participate in, they have a caremony where a special guest 'lights the shield', in the form of a giant version of the franchise's logo. In an Instagram post, FC Dallas highlighted Ricochet's lighting of the FC Dallas shield prior to their MLS fixture against Philadelphia Union as part of promotion for AEW's upcoming All In pay-per-view which is set to take place next month in Dallas, Texas. View this post on Instagram A post shared by FC Dallas :) (@fcdallas) AEW also highlighted Ricochet's appearance on their own social media. As the countdown to All In Texas continues, @KingRicochet was in Dallas to light the shield at yesterday’s @FCDallas game! pic.twitter.com/53sPDLMT5D — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 1, 2025 On this past week's edition of AEW Dynamite, Ricochet stated that he is in need of a crew to help him out. You can read more about that here.

AJ Francis claims responsibility for Joe Hendry's rise to stardom. Since debuting inTNA last year, AJ Francis and Joe Hendry have been at odds, with Hendry spoiling Francis' debut at Hard To Kill, and releasing one of his trademark parody songs about Francis. In a new interview with Simon Miller of WhatCulture, Francis claimed responsibility for Joe Hendry's rise over the past two years. "Joe Hendry is the reason. I'm the reason Joe Hendry... Let's be fair. Joe Hendry did the same thing for 10 years and got nowhere. He had one feud with me, and then he was the biggest thing in wrestling. That's a fact. Check the timeline. A year ago today, actually, was Rebellion when he went viral twice. Once because A-List was twerking on him. The other time, because Shawne Merriman gave him a clothesline. Who do you think set up both of those? Then the very next night, we filmed the Joe Hendry rock concert that goes viral. Who's he singing that song about? Like, let's just be real. It's not like he hasn't had other stars to sing songs about. He sang about LA Knight. He sang about Drew McIntyre. He sang about all these other guys that are bona fide stars. That didn't make him a star. What made him a star was talking about me. That's a fact. And if you don't like that, you're mad at facts. So I don't give a shit." Hendry recently lost the TNA World Title to Trick Williams at NXT Battleground. You can read more about that here. If you use any of the quotes above, please credit the original source with a H/T and link back to Fightful for the transcription.

Carlito is now a champion. RAW’s general manager, Adam Pearce, recently approved an appearance for Carlito in WWC at Summer Madness, which is a promotion owned by Carlito's father, Carlos Calon. The former WWE United States Champion is currently a member of The Judgment Day faction, and now he joins Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez and Dominik Mysterio as champions. On May 31st at WWC Summer Madness, Carlito would take on Ray Gonzalez and successfully won the WWC Puerto Rico Championship. Carlito is the new WWC Puerto Rican Champion ---- pic.twitter.com/L3vdekLRs7 — The Ringside Roster- Wrestling News & Rumors (@RingsideRoster) June 1, 2025 Carlito previously last competed for WWC in 2023 prior to him rejoining WWE following a return at Backlash that year in Puerto Rico. Carlito recently noted that Logan Paul has earned the right to be called a pro wrestler. You can read more about that here.

BJW's update on Sekimoto. At Big Japan Pro Wrestling's May 29th event, Daisuke Sekimoto suffered an injury and had to be taken to a hospital. He was in a tag team match and was given a swinging DDT. Sekimoto had to be stretchered out. Big Japan provided an update on their social media platforms and noted that he is recovering at home. Sekimoto will undergo further testing on June 2nd. He'll be out of action for the remainder of the month and his return to in-ring action will be determined after consultation with doctors.

Fujita versus Desperado for the Junior Heavyweight Title is locked in. The final of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors 32 tournament took place and it featured YOH versus Kosei Fujita. In what was a 28-minute bout, it was Fujita putting YOH away to win the tourney and secure his shot at El Desperado's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. Fujita is the youngest Best of the Super Juniors tournament winner at 22 years old. The next big show for New Japan is Dominion on June 15th. Here are the full results from the 6/1 show at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo: * Kickoff Show: Robbie X def. Shoma Kato * HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Ren Narita & SANADA) def. Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Master Wato, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano * United Empire (Francesco Akira, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan) def. Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI & Taichi * Nick Wayne, MAO, El Phantasmo & Shota Umino def. T.M.D.K. (Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) * Yota Tsuji & Titán def. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors & Taiji Ishimori) * EVIL def. Gedo * Dragon Dia, Ninja Mack & Hiroshi Tanahashi def. TAKA Michinoku, El Desperado & Yuya Uemura * Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi def. Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto * Best of the Super Juniors 32 Tournament Final: Kosei Fujita def. YOH