Below are a couple of top AEW & WWE news stories of the day.
• Shawn Spears (fka Tye Dillinger in WWE) has left AEW. His contract expired on January 1st and his departure was amicable. There’s no heat between him and All Elite Wrestling.
Spears signed with the company in 2019. He last wrestled on the All Out Zero Hour.
This begun speculation that Triple H will bring him back to WWE as entry #10 in the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble match, as his gimmick in WWE was the “Perfect 10”.
He has now teased his return to WWE at entry #10 during the Men’s Royal Rumble match, as he replied the following to a Royal Rumble related tweet:
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— Shawn Spears™️ (@ShawnSpears) January 22, 2024
He entered at #10 in the 2017 Royal Rumble match. You can watch it below:
COULD IT BE??? 👀 pic.twitter.com/duCAle3V2y
— ً (@tylerduran21) January 22, 2024
• When AEW was launched in 2019, a ranking system was implemented to determine top contenders for championships, aligning with a sports-based presentation.
However, these rankings became controversial due to unequal win values and storyline deviations from title contention.
In September 2022, AEW phased out the ranking system, disconnecting it from championship considerations.
Bryan Alvarez has now revealed that CM Punk was reportedly the one who persuaded Tony Khan to eliminate the ranking system.
As of now, the ranking system is set to return to All Elite Wrestling, and their impact on the championship landscape remains uncertain.
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