Cole Karter (Troy Donovan) To Make AEW Dynamite Return, Change Made To Women’s Bout
Ricky Starks will be in action on AEW Dynamite.
AEW announced that Ricky Starks has made an open challenge for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest week two. The open challenge has been answered by Cole Karter.
Karter is best known as Troy “Two Dimes” Donovan in NXT 2.0. Donovan was released by WWE in June. He previously wrestled on AEW programming before signing with WWE.
#FTW Champion @starkmanjones has issued an FTW Championship Open Challenge for TONIGHT on
Wednesday Night Dynamite, and it’s been accepted by @realcolekarter, who’s making his @AEWonTV return LIVE on @TBSNetwork on #AEWDynamite #FyterFest Night 3
@ 8pm ET/7pm CT/8pm PT TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/Bzi1Fxsez8— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 20, 2022
Furthermore, it was announced that Leila Gray has not been cleared and is out of the women’s trios match. As a result, Jade Cargill & Kiera Hogan will take on Willow Nightingale & Athena with Kris Statlander sitting out.
Interim Baddie @Miss_LeilaGrey isn’t cleared to wrestle tonight. In the case that 1 of his trio wasn’t cleared @StokelyHathaway had negotiated that he chooses 2 of the opposing trio to make a #AEWDynamite tag match@AthenaPalmer_FG/@willowwrestles vs Jade/@HoganKnowsBest3 TONIGHT pic.twitter.com/God1RNabon
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 20, 2022
Plus, FTR will speak ahead of ROH Death Before Dishonor.
Here is the current lineup for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite:
AEW Dynamite (7/20)
- Barbwire Everywhere Match (with the Jericho Appreciation Society suspended in a shark cage): Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
- Darby Allin vs. Brody King
- Christian Cage & Luchasaurus vs. Varsity Blonds
- Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta vs. Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta)
- The Baddies (Jade Cargill & Kiera Hogan) vs. Athena & Willow Nightingale
- Swerve In Our Glory Championship Celebration
- Ricky Starks vs. Cole Karter
- FTR to speak
Fightful will have live coverage of AEW Dynamite beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday. After the show, check out the post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.
