AEW notes: Trios title challenge, Cope, Chris Jericho, new faction name
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Here are some follow-up notes from Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite — the follow-up to last Sunday’s Dynasty pay-per-view.
Trios title challenge
Following Samoa Joe & Hook’s victory over Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli in the main event and the subsequent brawl with the Death Riders, Joe issued a challenge on behalf of Hook and Katsuyori Shibata for the AEW Trios titles that Yuta, Castagnoli and PAC currently hold.
The challenge has yet to be accepted, but a potential wrench in the plan is the foot injury PAC suffered in his match with Swerve Strickland earlier in the night. As of this writing, it’s unknown what the extent of the injury is and how long he could be out of action.
Cope out
During the broadcast, the announce team recapped FTR turning on Adam “Cope” Copeland at Dynasty and questioned whether he will ever return to wrestling due to his history of neck injuries. They said the former TNT Champion is out indefinitely while FTR will be on Collision this Saturday to address the attack. It’s likely they also confront Tony Schiavone who took Dax Harwood to task and invoked the name of his daughter in doing so.
New Callis Family members?
During a backstage promo flanked by Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita, Don Callis said that due to a rash of injuries in the group, they are accepting potential new members so people should send their resumes, phone numbers and bank accounts because they’ll go straight to the top.
He didn’t mention the injured by name which is Brian Cage (knee injury) and Mark Davis (foot injury) that will keep them out of action for a while.
Chris Jericho has had enough
As part of an in-ring promo, Chris Jericho informed Big Bill and Bryan Keith that he is disappointed with everyone’s failed efforts at Dynasty (Jericho losing the ROH World title with Bill and Keith unable to win the AEW Tag Team titles). Therefore, he is leaving until Bill and Keith until they change that disappointment in him. He later shown leaving the venue in a car to drive the point home.
Jericho’s band Fozzy is about to embark on a one-month tour that begins next Thursday and runs through Monday, May 12th. Of note, there is only one Wednesday date on the schedule (April 30th).
Undisputed No More
In a backstage promo, new TNT Champion Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong introduced what appears to be a new faction name for this new chapter in their history: The Paragon which Cole said is “undisputed.”
The three had been going by the Undisputed Kingdom along with Mike Bennett & Matt Taven. However, Bennett and Taven haven’t been on AEW or ROH TV since December’s Final Battle. Their last AEW appearance was in early-November and it’s unclear what their future is with the Tony Khan-owned promotions.