On Friday, “The Most Dangerous Man in AEW” Swerve Strickland came to Ring of Honor and violently warned Bandido (his bounty) that he is on borrowed time in “Swerve’s House.”

At last night’s Supercard of Honor pay-per-view event, Bandido defended and successfully retained his ROH World Championship against Blake Christian. Post-match, “The Most Wanted” basked in the glory, only to have it suddenly ruined by a vengeful Strickland, who gave the champion a House Call to the head. The former AEW World Champion wasn’t done there, as he hit another House Call before setting up a chair and sending Bandido onto it with a vertebreaker. After that unexpected confrontation, a cameraperson caught Strickland and his manager Prince Nana as they were leaving the arena. Strickland made it perfectly clear that his “actions will be seen and his voice will be heard.”

SWERVE STRICKLAND PULLED UP TO ROH AND ATTACKED BANDIDO AFTER HIS TITLE MATCH WITH TWO HOUSE CALLS

WHOSE HOUSE?!?!? #ROH #ROHSupercard pic.twitter.com/HkMIJWgt6h

— Self Made AO 💫 (@KXNGAO) May 16, 2026

“My actions will be seen and my voice will be heard.”

EXCLUSIVE: After brutally attacking his Owen Hart Tournament opponent @Bandidowrestler at #ROHSupercard, @SwerveConfident clarifies his goals: power & the AEW World Championship. pic.twitter.com/u0HH13tKEu

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 16, 2026

Earlier this week, the brackets for the Women and Men’s 2026 Owen Hart Cup Tournament were revealed, pitting Strickland and Bandido against one another in the first round. The winner of the overall tournament will receive a world title shot at All In London from Wembley Stadium in August.

Parading around how barbaric he can get, Strickland’s actions have kept him off AEW programming as of late. His last televised match was on the March 25 edition of “AEW Dynamite,” where he lost to Kenny Omega, ruining his opportunity at becoming the next number one contender to former world champion, MJF. After coming up short of possibly becoming a two-time world champion, Strickland turned his attention over to Bandido, by showing up to the ROH World Champion’s Old West hangout, eager at the idea of becoming the only one to capture and collect “The Most Wanted Man.”

Each year, WWE chooses 60 men and women to compete in the two Royal Rumble matches. This inevitably leaves much of the roster out, but for those who are closer to making the cut, it can be all the more painful when they find out they aren’t booked. WWE star Kit Wilson spoke about this scenario on a recent edition of “What Do You Wanna Talk About?” with Cody Rhodes.

It was Rhodes who first broached the topic, revealing that he caught Wilson leaving the 2026 Royal Rumble early. “That night, you pulled me aside and you told me why,” Rhodes said. “You told me you were not part of the Royal Rumble, and you very much wanted to be part of the Royal Rumble. … What I told Carmelo Hayes, actually, is the same thing I’m going to tell you now. … I would say that’s the last Royal Rumble you’re not part of.”

Wilson then revealed that he had thought, at one point, that he was going to be included in this year’s Rumble, only to find out that plans had changed. “That day, I was kind of struggling with those emotions, which is okay, because I’m not toxic,” Wilson said. “However, I do value your opinion, I do value a lot of other peoples’ opinions – AJ [Styles] talked to me that day as well. So the next day, I just came in, smile on my face, … and I just worked in every way I could.”

The WWE star recalled pitching various ideas, getting involved with the company’s Chinese social media team, and doing everything in his power to stay proactive. Wilson believes The Miz took notice of this after seeing him pitch an idea backstage, and the two are now working together onscreen.

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Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu just had a heated clash at WWE Backlash, where “The Original Tribal Chief” came out of the main event with a hard-fought victory before being attacked by Fatu moments later. The Ano’ai family have been at the center of many long term feuds since Reigns first became “The Tribal Chief,” but even his biggest fans still get some of the family members and their ties incorrect.

During an appearance on the “Cheap Heat” podcast, Fatu clarified his relation to Reigns, despite the two often being referred to as cousins. “He’s really my uncle,” Fatu said. “Roman Reigns’ father, Sika – half of the greatest tag team, The Wild Samoans. … Afa and Sika have a sister – my grandmother. … That would make Roman my uncle.”

Despite their lineage, Fatu expressed that him and Reigns have always considered themselves each other’s cousins because of the smaller age gap between them. Fatu then pointed out that Reigns is also The Usos’ uncle as well, but even Jimmy and Jey have a cousin-type relationship with him as well. “My first Christmas, my first birthday, my first holidays were with the Usos,” Fatu said. “I’ve known Roman since we were young.” Fatu further explained that he was around when Reigns and The Usos were in high school, and claimed that even then his cousins were all stars.

“You knew they were gonna be somebody; you just felt it!” he recalled. “Man, you felt it so much to where damn, it kinda rubbed off on us, you know what I mean?”

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Over the years, many retired professional wrestlers have been vocal about the art of improvising a match and how the skill became essential during the prime of their careers. It’s been well documented that talent like John Cena and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin often favored calling matches in the ring, however, former WWE star AJ Styles claimed on “The Phenomenally Retro Podcast” that it’s become much more difficult to improvise a match in today’s wrestling.

“I don’t know that it could be done like that as well and as flawless as it was back then because it was so basic back then. I may get somebody ready to tear my head off. Ric Flair may be calling me on the phone … it becomes very hard that sometimes some of these moves that hey, if you’re too far back, I can’t get to you. So, we kind of got to go over this a little bit. And that’s another thing that once you get to the ring, there will be some things where we’ll rehearse. And by rehearse, we’re not rehearsing the wrestling. We’re not doing that. But we want to see what cameras are going to be in the position that we’re doing a certain thing so we get the best shot on the finish.”

Today, many televised matches are often choreographed and practiced before a live broadcast in order to avoid any glaring mistakes, though many performers like Ric Flair or Andre The Giant were famously against the idea of rehearsing moves ahead of time.

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Orange Cassidy has been part of AEW since the company’s first show, and although criticism against him has dwindled in recent years, it took a while for some people to come around. Despite having an old-school mentality, AEW’s Jeff Jarrett is a big fan of Cassidy’s work, as shared on a recent edition of “My World.”

“OC is anything but a traditionalist,” Jarrett said. “During this modern era, I think OC combines character work and flat-out talent, in-ring work – I think he combines it better than anybody. And that’s taking in a lot of ground. When you watch just his bell-to-bell athletic ability, you go, ‘Alright, the guy can go.’ But then you kind of get into his character work, and I’m talking about from the time he walks [through] the curtain.”

Cassidy is coming off a victory against Dax Harwood, whom Jarrett also complimented for his fundamental wrestling skills. On the May 6, 2026, edition of “AEW Dynamite,” Cassidy beat Harwood to earn a chance for The Conglomeration to challenge for the AEW World Tag Team Championship. He’s also currently one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions alongside Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly.

Meanwhile, after teasing retirement in AEW last year, Jarrett is still wrestling on occasion but on the independent scene. He last hit the ring in March, when he defeated actor Paul Walter Hauser in a tables match for Georgia’s 1 Fall Wrestling, owned by QT Marshall.

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