TNT title match set for Dynamite, Dan Lambert says Paige VanZant will sign with AEW
A TNT Championship match has been announced for the March 9 AEW Dynamite.
In a bout set up in an angle that played out on social media and Friday’s AEW Rampage, Sammy Guevara will defend the TNT title against Scorpio Sky.
AEW president Tony Khan tweeted that he had offered Sky a spot in Sunday’s ladder match for a TNT title show at Revolution, but that Sky had declined. Khan said that he then made a deal with Sky’s manager Dan Lambert, in which Sky would receive a shot at the TNT title on Dynamite, provided that another member of Lambert’s American Top Team, Paige VanZant, signed with AEW.
I had offered a 7th spot in the Face of the Revolution match to 2021 winner @ScorpioSky but instead I just bartered with Dan Lambert: Scorpio Sky will challenge the winner of tonight’s 3 way #AEWRampage TNT Title match this Wednesday @ Dynamite + @paigevanzant will sign with @AEW https://t.co/uCOf6HWFPZ
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) March 5, 2022
Khan tweeted that Lambert had accepted the deal, but that Khan would not make an official announcement regarding VanZant’s signing until her signature was on a contract.
Knowing Dan Lambert I don’t trust him as far as I can throw him, so you won’t see a @paigevanzant is All Elite graphic or any confirmation of an agreement until something is signed, because I won’t rely on a Dan Lambert promise.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) March 5, 2022
Sky and Lambert appeared in a promo segment on Rampage, where Lambert touted Sky’s nearly one-year run without taking a singles defeat. It was then announced that VanZant would sign her contract at Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view.
Guevara retained the TNT title on Rampage, defeating Andrade El Idolo and Darby Allin in a three-way.
Sunday’s lineup:
AEW Revolution, Sunday, March 6, 7;30 p.m. Eastern time —
- AEW World Championship: “Hangman” Adam Page (c) vs. Adam Cole
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (c) vs. Thunder Rosa
- AEW World Tag Team Championship: Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus (c) vs. reDRagon vs. Young Bucks
- TBS Championship: Jade Cargill (c) vs. Tay Conti
- Dog collar match: CM Punk vs. MJF
- Face of the Revolution ladder match for a TNT title shot: Keith Lee vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Wardlow vs. Ricky Starks vs. Christian Cage
- Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
- Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
- Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara vs. Andrade El Idolo, Matt Hardy & Isiah Kassidy
- Paige VanZant signs her AEW contract
- Pre-show match: Kris Statlander vs. Leyla Hirsch
- Pre-show match: Hook vs. QT Marshall
- Pre-show match: PAC, Penta Oscuro & Erick Redbeard vs. Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews