Paul Wight's AEW In-Ring Debut Confirmed

Here's when Paul Wight will work his first AEW match - and who he'll face.

by Andy H Murray
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Paul Wight will wrestle QT Marshall at All Out 2021 (5 September), AEW has confirmed.

The match was put together on the last night's show, during which Wight was brought to the ring by Tony Schiavone. The former Big Show saved Tony and son Chris from a Marshall-led Factory beatdown last week, which Wight addressed, stressing how good it felt to get back in the ring.

Marshall and his crew interrupted, showing images from the five surgeries Wight has gone through over the past 18 months to suggest he isn't up to this line of work anymore. Wight blasted back, saying that "seeing his big beautiful *ss on television" didn't embarrass him, then revealed that he had already spoken to Tony Khan after the pay-per-view match.

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Wight got physical last week, nailing Aaron Solow with a Chokeslam when his Factory stablemates left the ring.

This will be the veteran's first match since signing with AEW and first of any kind since July 2020, when he wrestled Randy Orton on WWE Raw. It joins Kenny Omega vs. Christian, PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo, and a women's Casino Battle Royale on the pay-per-view lineup.

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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.