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Anna Jay on Brodie Lee, NWA on CW, Travis Kelce’s mom visits PC & More

Anna Jay Comments on Brodie Lee

On this week’s AEW Dynamite: Homecoming, Anna Jay wore a shirt in tribute to Brodie Lee, who passed away in December of 2020. Speaking after competing on the show, Jay addressed her time working with the Dark Order leader. 

“He’s really what started me here in AEW. He was here from the beginning when I was signed at 21, he kind of took me under his wing. I was in the Dark Order to begin with and he’s somebody who kind of showed me what was right… Now not having him is obviously really difficult, but tonight really sparked something in me that I haven’t had since then.”

NWA on the CW App

Last year, it was reported that the NWA had reached a deal with the CW, though the promotion has yet to air on TV. This week, the NWA confirmed that all-new NWA programming will be on the CW App starting February 6.

Travis Kelce’s Mom Comes to the WWE PC

Pop sensation Taylor Swift’s relationship with San Francisco 49’er Travis Kelce has dominated the headlines as of late, with even Grayson Waller getting in on the fun. Recently, Kelce’s mom visited the Performance Center and snapped a photo with Shawn Michaels. The USA Network made it clear they hope to see more Kelces and Kelce-affiliated people at the PC. 

WWE Files Trademark

Dragon Lee has been impressive on the main roster and has been winning over fans with his generosity at WWE live events. This week, WWE filed a trademark on the name of the former NXT North American Champion. The trademark covers the use of his name on merchandise and at wrestling events. 

Posted January 12th, 2024 in News. Tagged: , , .

AEW Star Injured in Recent Rampage Match

Anna Jay AS has revealed why she has been sidelined for the last month in a message on Twitter. 

The AEW star suffered dislocated ribs during a recent AEW Rampage match. In a response to a fan on Twitter, Jay confirmed the injury that took place in a match that aired on January 13.

The Confirmation

“No bruised tailbone, but I did have some dislocated ribs. Not fun,” Jay AS wrote.

This injury would’ve happened when she teamed up with Tay Melo to wrestle Ruby Soho and Willow Nightingale in a street fight on the show that airs every Friday night on TNT. At one point in the match, Jay was grabbed by Nightingale and powerbombed her off the ramp. 

Both stars were supposed to go through a table. Unfortunately, Jay ended up missing the table. She landed hard on the floor and the ribs were dislocated.  As a result, she has not wrestled since the match took place.

In recent months leading up to this bout, Jay has aligned herself with the Jericho Appreciation Society and formed a tag team with Melo, who has been feuding with Soho since her return from a broken nose. Ironically, she was sidelined with the injury that was caused by Melo during the AEW All Out pre-show last September.

Posted February 24th, 2023 in AEW, News. Tagged: .

AEW Star Turns Heel at Fyter Fest

Another AEW personality has turned over to the dark side.

Wrestlers in the industry are constantly switching things up. Whether it’s a total gimmick overhaul or a change in personality, switch-ups in the business are nothing new.

In the latest turn of events, an AEW talent has turned heel after being a babyface since the faction she had been a part of started to embrace fans for a very special reason.

As time goes on, however, changes are made.

Anna Jay Turns Heel

Anna Jay Tay Conti
Anna Jay & Tay Conti

During the main event of the Barbed Wire Everywhere match to close out night three of Fyter Fest, Tay Conti attacked Ruby Soho. Ruby had been in charge of keeping the Jericho Appreciation Society locked in a Shark Cage during the Eddie Kingston vs. Chris Jericho match.

Anna made her way out and pretended to scold Tay for her actions. Instead, she ended up attacking Ruby and allowed the JAS members to escape the cage.

This heel turn had been teased following a Dynamite match last week between Anna Jay and Serena Deeb. Anna lost the match despite turning in one of the best performances of her career.

In the backstage area, Tay Conti, who is Anna Jay’s close friend, suggested that she joins her in the JAS to turn her misfortune around.

It’s clear that Anna has heeded Tay’s advice.

Anna had been a member of The Dark Order but that is clearly in the rearview mirror now.

Posted July 20th, 2022 in AEW, News. Tagged: .

(Exclusive) Anna Jay on her Bloody Street Fight, AEW’s Women’s Division

Anna Jay recently spoke with SEScoops correspondent Ella Jay about the state of AEW’s women’s division, who she sees as a locker room leader and her intense tag team Street Fight from the “New Year’s Smash” edition of AEW Rampage.

All Elite Wrestling has been steadily growing its women’s division. Through its evolution, the female competitors have been granted some gnarly opportunities, through the first ever Unsanctioned Lights Out Match, the TBS Championship Tournament and the bloody women’s tag team war on New Year’s eve.

Watch our full interview with “The Queenslayer” Anna Jay

Street Fight at New Year’s Smash

Anna Jay and Tay Conti battled The Bunny and Penelope Ford in a tag team Street Fight on the final AEW broadcast of 2021. It was the culmination of a longstanding rivalry between the two teams.

The match was a violent affair and one of Anna Jay’s toughest challenges to date. Despite the physical toll the match took on all four women, Anna Jay says she learned a lot from the match and enjoyed the hardcore brawl more than she expected to.

“That was a lot of fun,” said Jay. “Definitely nothing like I’ve done before. So I think my biggest takeaway, too, is just even more believing in myself. I can do these things that other people can do, and I can do hardcore things which I never thought that I would do. And yeah, like I said, I had a lot of fun. I learned a lot and really enjoyed it more than I thought that I would have.”

How does one prepare for a match that involves tables, ladders, chairs and thumb tacks?

“I think really the only preparation was just mentally just knowing what my body was going to endure, she continued. “And it’s funny too, I don’t know if I’ve said this before, but I actually had a super bad migraine that day before the match, and I did not feel good at all. So it was like hard for me to really focus on, like worrying about things, if that makes sense. So I it was kind of like a crazy day, but yeah, I would say just mentally, just knowing what I was about to do.”

The AEW Women’s Division

In honor of Women’s History Month, Anna Jay also spoke on the AEW Women’s Division. She feels the division has come a long way since the company was founded in 2019.

“I mean, it’s definitely grown,” she said. “We’re doing great now. It’s cool to say to that. We have more than one segment on Dynamite and Rampage and to grow our roster and just myself, even being able to do more and seeing everyone get better and want to do better has been a really cool thing too. So, yeah, I mean, it’s been great and I think everyone in the locker room would say the same thing.”

Women’s Locker Room Leader

Vickie Guerrero
(Photo: AEW)

Anna Jay went on to also explain who she considers the locker room leader in the AEW Women’s division:

“Honestly, Vickie Guerrero, that’s a great one….She’s willing to help anyone so that to start off with. She really helped out the locker room a lot. Like I said, offers to help with anything, helps us with the locker room itself, like our stuff, our gear, just pretty much anything we need. She’s there. It’s like a locker room mom, like a locker room leader. She’s really the best.”

Thanks again to Anna Jay for chatting with us! You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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Posted March 8th, 2022 in AEW, Interviews, News. Tagged: .

Three Matches Added To AEW Grand Slam Rampage

Some more matches have been added to the upcoming AEW Grand Slam edition of Rampage.

AEW is making its way to Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City. The promotion will be airing Dynamite live on Sept. 22. They will also be taping a special two-hour edition of Rampage.

Three more matches for the Rampage show have been revealed. Leading the pack in terms of the announcement is a Lights Out match featuring Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston vs. Minori Suzuki & Lance Archer. An eight-man tag team match between Lucha Bros & Proud N Powerful vs. Private Party & The Butcher and The Blade has also been announced.

There will also be a singles match between Anna Jay and Penelope Ford.

Here’s a look at the final card for the AEW Grand Slam edition of Dynamite and Rampage.

AEW Dynamite (Live On Sept. 22)

  • Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson (Non-Title Match)
  • Britt Baker (c) vs. Ruby Soho (AEW Women’s World Championship)
  • Malakai Black vs. Cody Rhodes
  • Sting and Darby Allin vs. FTR
  • MJF vs. Brian Pillman Jr.

AEW Rampage (Airs On Sept. 24)

  • Adam Cole & The Young Bucks vs. Christian Cage & Jurassic Express
  • Powerhouse Hobbs vs. CM Punk
  • Lights Out Match: Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston vs. Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer
  • Chris Jericho & Jake Hager vs. Scorpio Sky & Ethan Page
  • Lucha Bros & Proud N Powerful vs. Private Party & The Butcher and The Blade
  • Anna Jay vs. Penelope Ford

Posted September 17th, 2021 in AEW, News. Tagged: , , , , , , , , .

Anna Jay Returns, Set to Compete In Casino Battle Royale At All Out

Anna Jay has made her return to AEW just before the All Out PPV.

On the Sept. 1 edition of Dynamite, Tay Conti went one-on-one with Penelope Ford. Ford recently aligned herself with The Bunny. Ford’s interference cost Conti a match against The Bunny on Rampage. Conti got some revenge with a victory over Ford on Dynamite.

After the match, Ford and The Bunny attacked Conti. Jay’s music hit and she cleared the ring to save her friend. It was then announced that Anna Jay will be competing in the Women’s Casino Battle Royale on Sept. 5 at All Out.

Jay had suffered a shoulder injury, which was announced back in February. She underwent successful surgery.

“Hi everyone, I just got out of my shoulder surgery, and all is well. For the next two days I will most likely sleep and eat only ice cream and soup. But after that…I will be working my ass off in any way I can. Thanks for all of the support and well wishes.”

The Women’s Casino Battle Royale was initially set for the Buy In preshow. The match has been bumped to the PPV portion of All Out after Pac vs. Andrade “El Idolo” was postponed.

SEScoops will be providing coverage of All Out this weekend. Be sure to stick with us for results and updates throughout the show. All Out takes place inside the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Posted September 1st, 2021 in AEW, News. Tagged: .

Kenny Omega, Others React To Jungle Boy & Anna Jay Make-Out Photo

Yesterday, Jungle Boy Tweeted out a photo that showed him and the Dark Order’s Anna Jay in an embrace. Kenny Omega was not impressed. He took to Twitter to voice his dismay.

“Oh geez Louise…,” Omega Tweeted. “Is this the part where some loser out there tells me, “there are things in the world more important than titles”??

More People Respond To Jungle Boy and Anna Jay

The rather aesthetically gifted couple drew reactions from others online as well.

The Dark Order’s Colt Cabana was impressed with the new recruitment tactics the faction is using.

Tay Conti offered up the following reaction:

Then there was this response from MJF’s scarf:

Big Swole meanwhile, offered up several thoughts.

https://twitter.com/SwoleWorld/status/1409587078250205188

She continued to then debate with some fans about the PG-level of the pic.

https://twitter.com/SwoleWorld/status/1409596595335729153

“Dah! Put an asterisk on it cuz it’s still PG to me. Pending…” she continued.

Stu Grayson wants people to stop tagging him in the picture.

Evil Uno doesn’t understand it’s not Grayson in the picture with Anna.

NXT’s Jake Atlas offered up the following:

https://twitter.com/JakeAtlas_/status/1409619035101204486

Kenny Omega Title Defences

The win for Omega was his 5th successful title defence after winning the title at Winter is Coming on December 2nd, 2020. Omega has defeated Rey Fenix, Jon Moxley, Rich Swann (title for title in Impact), Orange Cassidy and PAC (Triple Threat), and now Jungle Boy.

Posted June 29th, 2021 in AEW, News. Tagged: , , .

Jungle Boy Posts Photo Making Out With Anna Jay

AEW stars Jungle Boy and Anna Jay of the Dark Order appear to be more than “just friends.”

Jungle Boy had an impressive showing against AEW World Champion Kenny Omega this past weekend on Saturday Night Dynamite. Omega retained the gold, but Jack Perry showed once again that he can hang in the main events.

On Monday, Jungle Boy posted this photo of himself making out with Anna Jay outside Jacksonville’s TIAA Bank Field stadium.

Colt Cabana replied to the tweet and jokingly asked Anna Jay if this was her way of trying to recruit Jungle Boy to the Dark Order.

Anna Jay’s Road Back To AEW

Anna Jay has been out of action since February dealing with a shoulder injury that required surgery. At the time, AEW announced that she’s expected to miss 6-12 months of action.

Anna Jay recently tweeted that she “can’t wait to get back in the ring.” Late July would be 6-months from the time of her injury, so she could be back in action as early as next month.

Posted June 28th, 2021 in AEW, News. Tagged: , .

Anna Jay Out 6-12 Months With Shoulder Injury

AEW star Anna Jay will be out of action for the next 6-12 months due to injury. According to AEW, the Dark Order member will require shoulder surgery.

Anna Jay has been replaced in the AEW Women’s Title-Eliminator tournament by Madi Wrenkowski, a student and protege of Thunder Rosa.

AEW announced the news on Monday. Anna Jay commented on her injury, stating that she’s super upset about the situation, but will come back stronger than ever.

Anna Jay & The AEW Women’s Eliminator Tournament

Fans began suspecting something was up with Anna Jay on on Monday. She was conspicuously absent from AEW’s promotion for this week’s Women’s Eliminator tournament matches. She also did not appear on this week’s Being The Elite.

https://twitter.com/genwhyprod/status/1363924993072070657

Wrenkowski trained out of the Hybrid School Of Wrestling in San Antonio. She made her pro-debut in 2019 and has competed on AEW Dark previously.

Tonight’s show on YouTube will feature the semi-finals of the Japanese side of the bracket and two 1st round matches from the American side of the bracket. The scheduled matches are below:

  • AEW Women’s Title-Eliminator Tournament (1st Round American bracket)
    Tay Conti vs Nyla Rose
  • AEW Women’s Title-Eliminator Tournament (1st Round American bracket)
    Britt Baker vs Madi Wrenkowski
  • AEW Women’s Title-Eliminator Tournament (2nd Round Japanese bracket)
    Emi Sakura vs Yuka Sakazaki
  • AEW Women’s Title-Eliminator Tournament (2nd Round Japanese bracket)
    Aja Kong vs. Ryo Mizunami

Posted February 22nd, 2021 in AEW, News. Tagged: .

Anna Jay On Her Favorite WWE Stars Growing Up

AEW Star Anna Jay hasn’t been wrestling for very long but the young star has impressed everyone with the improvement in her in-ring performance since her debut in September 2019.

The Dark Order member recently appeared on the Talk Is Jericho podcast where she talked about things like the story behind her AEW debut and more.

During the interview, the female star discussed being a WWE fan from a young age and she revealed the Bella Twins as her favorite WWE stars growing up:

“I love The Bella Twins, always say that, of course, people are like, ‘Oh, of course you do,’ but that is what got me into it because I see them and think, if they can do it, I can do it. They were good at branding themselves, and you could see that. And I feel like it started a whole different era.”

Anna Jay also recalled attending a WWE Live event in Jacksonville during her freshman year of high school where she got to see Nikki Bella.

Apart from this, the 22-year-old star discussed how her debut match for All Elite Wrestling was only her fifth or sixth bout and how she got offered a contract after only her second match with the company.

Posted January 22nd, 2021 in News, AEW. Tagged: .