Jay Lethal Debuts At AEW Full Gear 2021

The former ROH World Champion is #AllElite.

by Andrew Pollard
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Former ROH World Champion Jay Lethal is #AllElite.

Lethal made a shock appearance at last night's AEW Full Gear PPV, being brought out to the stage by Tony Schiavone. There, Lethal revealed that he's officially signed with AEW, and he then threw out the challenge to Sammy Guevara.

With the Spanish God having just competed in a brutal Minneapolis Street Fight - The Inner Circle beating American Top Team - he was quick to accept Lethal's challenge, with Guevara to defend his AEW TNT Title against the one-time Black Machismo on this coming Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite.

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AEW President Tony Khan has previously made mention about how there are certain Ring of Honor talents he has his eye on, and Jay Lethal was clearly a priority for Khan once it was revealed how ROH wrestlers were to be allowed out of their contract.

For those who missed it, ROH recently announced how it would not be renewing its roster's contracts at the end of the year, with the promotion to go on hiatus for the first quarter of 2022. As such, ROH talent are free to seek opportunities elsewhere - with it now a question of which other ROH names could join Lethal in AEW across the next few weeks and months.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.