AEW Wrestler Returning For First Time In 3 Months

Welcome back to one of AEW's biggest beefiest boys.

by Andy H Murray
The Butcher
AEW

The Butcher's first AEW match since November will air on tonight's episode of Dark: Elevation, the promotion has confirmed.

As well as regular tag team partner The Blade, Butcher teams with Andrade Hardy Family Office's Private Party and Andrade El Idolo to face Capt. Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo, Baron Black, Jameson Ryan, and Chandler Hopkins on the YouTube show.

Butcher had been out of action since tearing his biceps when he and The Blade faced CHAOS' Tomohiro Ishii and Orange Cassidy on Dynamite's 17 November episode. Prior to and after that, his AEW schedule had been diminished while his band, Every Time I Die, was on tour, though ETID has sadly now split up.

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Tonight's episode of Dark: Elevation will also feature AQA's first match since debuting against Jade Cargill, with the former WWE wrestler teaming with Skye Blue and Kiera Hogan against Emi Sakura, Nyla Rose, and Leyla Hirsch.

Elsewhere, indie standouts Violence is Forever (Kevin Ku and Dominic Garrini) make their debut, siding with Chico Adams, Ariel Levy, and Dean Alexander against full-timers Daniel Garcia, Gunn Club, and 2point0.

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The above matches were taped in Nashville, Tennessee last Wednesday.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.