Wheeler Yuta defeated Matt Sydeal to retain his ROH Pure Championship on Friday’s episode of AEW Rampage: New Year’s Smash.
Prior to Friday’s AEW Rampage, the leader of the Blackpool Combat Club, Bryan Danielson wanted to ensure that Yuta knew how to smash properly.
Danielson tweeted, “Watch Wheeler Yuta SMASH tonight!!! If he doesn’t SMASH appropriately, how should we discipline him? Watch Friday Night #AEWRampage at 10pm ET/9pm CT on TNT, or your suggestion doesn’t count! Also, many thanks to the graphics person who put Rocky’s eyepatch on the other side.”
Watch Wheeler Yuta SMASH tonight!!! If he doesn’t SMASH appropriately, how should we discipline him?
Watch Friday Night #AEWRampage at
10pm ET/9pm CT on TNT, or your suggestion doesn’t count!Also, many thanks to the graphics person who put Rocky’s eyepatch on the other side. pic.twitter.com/YagqmpWxz1
— Bryan Danielson (@bryandanielson) December 29, 2023
During Friday’s episode of AEW Rampage: New Year’s Smash, a new match was announced for the “Zero Hour” pre-show at tonight’s Worlds End 2023 pay-per-view event.
Willow Nightingale will take on Kris Statlander on tonight’s pre-show. The match was set up on Rampage as Stokely Hathaway continued to cause dissension between the two friends, questioning Nightingale why it took her so long to rescue Statlander on Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite.
Nightingale and Statlander later both agreed to a singles match at AEW Worlds End 2023.
You can check out the updated lineup for AEW Worlds End 2023 below:
Main Card:
- AEW World Championship: MJF (c) vs. Samoa Joe
- Continental Classic final: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Riho
- TNT Championship: Christian Cage (c) vs. Adam Copeland in No DQ Match
- TBS Championship: Julia Hart (c) vs. Abadon
- Swerve Strickland vs. Keith Lee
- Miro vs. Andrade
- Sting, Darby Allin, Chris Jericho, & Sammy Guevara vs. Ricky Starks, Big Bill Morrissey, Will Hobbs, & Konosuke Takeshita
- Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Mark Briscoe, & Daniel Garcia vs. Brody King, Jay White, Jay Lethal, & RUSH
Pre-Show:
- FTW Championship: HOOK (c) vs. Wheeler Yuta in FTW rules
- 20-Man Battle Royal to earn TNT title shot
- Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander
