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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Thursday, February 25, 2021.

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Results from last night’s AEW Dynamite and NXT are straight ahead in this update but first…

(STINGER: AEW)

A BIG announcement from AEW earlier in the day Wednesday. It announced the signing of Paul Wight - better known as the Big Show.

AEW says Wight will join the commentary team alongside Tony Shiavone for a new YouTube show: AEW Dark: Elevation. It was also mentioned on Dynamite that Wight is licensed to wrestle in AEW. Wight is set to appear on next week’s Dynamite.

The new weekly show will debut on Monday, March 15th at 7PM.

Also on Wednesday, Tony Khan tweeted that a second AEW show for TNT or another WarnerMedia outlet is still in the works for sometime this year.

Lance Archer is in the 6-man Ladder Match at Revolution, where the winner gets a shot at the TNT Championship. Archer beat Rey Fenix in the main event of last night’s Dynamite.

Another spot in that match will be decided on next Wednesday’s Dynamite - when Dark Order’s Preston “10” Vance faces the Acclaimed’s Max Caster.

We also got two new matches announced for Revolution on Sunday, March 7th.

Orange Cassidy & Chuck Taylor vs. Miro vs. Kip Sabian...and a Tag Team Casino Battle Royal - with the winner getting a shot at the AEW Tag Team Championships.

It took TWO Beast Bombs, but Nyla Rose was able to beat Dr. Britt Baker last night. Rose advances to the U.S. final in the Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament - next Wednesday against the winner of Riho vs. Thunder Rosa.

No one is safe on Dynamite!

First, The Young Bucks’ DAD was attacked and bloodied backstage by Chris Jericho and MJF. Papa Buck was taken away in an ambulance.

Sting dragged a body bag out on stage to confront Team Taz - and revealed an unconscious HOOK inside. Darby Allin rode a zipline from the upper deck down to the ring...and Darby and Sting ran wild on Team Taz - Sting laid out Cage with a Stinger Splash and a Scorpion Death Drop.

Before that, Cage and Ricky Starks did beat the Varsity Blonds.

Hangman Page beat Isiah Kassidy. Page got an assist from Dark Order’s John Silver and Alex Reynolds. After the match, Matt Hardy vowed revenge against Dark Order, and got an immediate start on that...by tossing Alan Angels off the stage.

Jon Moxley blew through Ryan Nemeth. AEW Champ Kenny Omega was only seen in a brief backstage segment - in a workshop - apparently helping to build something related to the Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match between him and Mox at Revolution.

(STINGER: WWE)

Adam Cole promised an explanation...for his recent attacks on Kyle O’Reilly and Finn Balor - but we didn’t really get on. Instead, we got an emotional and apparently remorseful Cole at the end of last night’s NXT.

Don’t worry. Cole did eventually show his true colors. But first, he was interrupted by Roderick Strong. Who was himself interrupted by Balor - who ran through Strong to get at Cole.

Cole and Strong worked together to get the better of Balor. Then, Strong clotheslined Cole. Only problem is...Strong seemed to regret it. That allowed Cole to draw him in for a low blow, rip the Undisputed Era chain off Strong’s neck...and hit him with a superkick.

Earlier, WWE announced that Kyle O’Reilly will be out of action for 4-6 weeks following Cole’s attack on him last week.

Dexter Lumis submitted North American Champion Johnny Gargano in a non-title match last night.

Io Shirai is set to defend the NXT Women’s Championship in two weeks...against Toni Storm. Shirai beat Zoey Stark in a non-title match last night.

The No Disqualification Match between Karrion Kross and Santos Escobar was more like a handicap match - as Kross battled all three members of Legado Del Fantasmo, starting in the notorious NXT parking lot...before making their way back inside the Capital Wrestling Center...where Kross finally put away Escobar.
A tag title match on today’s NXT UK. Gallus defends against Pretty Deadly.

Also, Xia Brookside vs. Nina Samuels. The loser will become the winner’s personal assistant for a month.

WWE officially announced the largest class of recruits in the history of the Performance Center on Wednesday. Some of the names have already debuted on NXT TV - including LA Knight, the former Eli Drake.

Others were widely reported and rumored - but only now confirmed by WWE - including Taya Valkyrie and Blake Christian.

(STINGER: New Japan)

The last stop on New Japan’s Road To Castle Attack this morning. The main event this morning is Junior Tag Title Match - El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori defending against El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Tetsuya Naito is BACK on the card for the first time since he was sidelined with a knee injury early last week. He’ll be part of a 6-man tag. He’s set to challenge Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship on Sunday’s Castle Attack show.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Thursday, February 25. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

I’m Matt Carlins. Thank YOU for listening.

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