Chris Jericho will return to action on Wednesday's AEW Dynamite against CMLL's Atlantis Jr., plus Kris Statlander & Skye Blue will settle their differences on the show.
Jericho returns to the ring for the first time since the February 7 Dynamite on the Wednesday, February 28 episode in a match against Atlantis Jr. as announced by AEW's Tony Khan on Tuesday. The legendary Atlantis will be in his son's corner for the bout.
Khan pointed out that Jericho and Atlantis teamed together in CMLL more than 30 years ago:
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Huntsville, AL Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite TBS, 8pm ET/7pm CT
Atlantis Jr vs "Lionheart" Chris Jericho
Over 30 years after @Atlantis_CMLL's tag team with Corazon de Leon, he'll be in his son's corner vs his former partner when Atlantis Jr fights @IAmJericho
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Also announced, Kris Statlander & Skye Blue will square off for the third time on Wednesday's AEW Dynamite.
After Blue issued a challenge for a rubber match on last week's Rampage and Statlander accepted the challenge on last week's Collision, Tony Khan announced on social media on Tuesday that the third match between Statlander & Blue is official for this week's Dynamite.
Statlander defeated Blue on the October 14, 2023 Collision, while Blue scored the victory in a rematch on the December 27, 2023 Dynamite.
The updated lineup for the Wednesday, February 28 Dynamite:
- Sting makes his final Dynamite appearance before retirement
- Hangman Page will announce his status for Revolution
- Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Eddie Kingston & FTR
- Will Ospreay appears
- Chris Jericho vs. Atlantis Jr. (w/Atlantis)
- Kris Statlander vs. Skye Blue
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