HUGE Names Backstage At Last Night's AEW Dynamite (AEW News)

Killer Kross and Scarlett Bordeaux amongst those backstage for AEW Dynamite: Rebel Heart.

by Andrew Pollard
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With AEW celebrating Rebel and raising awareness for ALS on last night's special Rebel Heart edition of Dynamite, several notable names were backstage for this particular Dynamite taping.

Per PWInsider, current MLW Champion Killer Kross, Scarlett Bordeaux, Gail Kim, Christy Hemme, Dasha Gonzalez, Allysin Kay, and Marti Belle were amongst those backstage at Dynamite, in addition to a "large group of family and friends" of Rebel's.

Allysin Kay also took to X to post a picture of her and Marti Belle alongside Rebel last night.

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Taking place from Rome, Georgia's Akins Ford Arena, this special Rebel Heart episode of Dynamite saw Rebel celebrated and her battle with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) spotlighted. As Rebel herself explained, she first had symptoms of ALS in late 2024, before being diagnosed with terminal ALS earlier this year.

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On Dynamite, Rebel was featured in the return of The Waiting Room, chastising Britt Baker for calling her Reba, and likewise correcting Persephone to refer to Britt as Dr. Baker. Rebel would also make her presence known in the six-woman tag match that pitted Baker, Persephone, and Hikaru Shida against Thunder Rosa, Maya World, and Hyan, coming out to the ring mid-match to hand D.M.D. her patented glove, which led to Britt tapping out Hyan with the Lockjaw, before she and Rebel shared an emotional exit to the back - all to huge "Rebel!" chants from the Rome crowd.

For more details on ALS, Rebel's battle, and to support the cause, visit aewtogether.org/rebelheart.

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