Two Top AEW Stables Shockingly TURN, Join Forces In New Mega-Faction (AEW News)

The Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs joined forces on AEW Dynamite.

AEW Dynamite The Bang Bang Gang The Dogs Juice Robinson David Finlay Clark Connors Jay White Austin Gunn Ace Austin Colten Gunn
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The AEW roster has been put on notice by the formation of a new mega-faction, as the Dogs and the Bang Bang Gang joined forces on last night's Dynamite.

There, Jon Moxley picked up a win over Roderick Strong in a title eliminator bout for a future shot at Mox's Continental Championship. Post-match, the Dogs' David Finlay and Clark Connors attacked Roddy, only for Moxley to make the save, which led to Moxley then getting attacked by Finlay and Connors.

When on-off Dogs man Gabe Kidd entered the scene to confront Finlay and Connors, he, too, was attacked by the two, leading to the Conglomeration and the Bang Bang Gang to turn up. Despite Jay White having teamed with Orange Cassidy earlier in the night, things took a turn here when Switchblade laid out OC with the Blade Runner, and the rest of the Bang Bang Gang went to work on the other babyfaces.

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The segment ended with the Dogs and Bang Bang Gang standing tall and hitting their familiar gun hand gestures, as AEW now has a new super-group of Jay White, Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, Ace Austin, David Finlay, and Clark Connors - and with Gabe Kidd kicked to the curb.

Of course, White and Finlay have plenty of history together, serving as Young Lions together in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, both becoming part of the Bullet Club, and Finlay assaulting White to take over as leader of the Bullet Club in 2023. Finlay also has plenty of previous with Juice Robinson, with the tandem of FinJuice having a short run as the IWGP Tag Team Champions in early 2020.

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While the issues between Jay White and David Finlay carried over to their time in AEW, it looks like such issues have now firmly been put behind them.

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