Cole Karter (Troy Donovan) To Make AEW Dynamite Return, Change Made To Women's Bout

Ricky Starks will be in action on AEW Dynamite.

AEW announced that Ricky Starks has made an open challenge for Wednesday's AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest week two. The open challenge has been answered by Cole Karter.

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Karter is best known as Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan in NXT 2.0. Donovan was released by WWE in June. He previously wrestled on AEW programming before signing with WWE.

Furthermore, it was announced that Leila Gray has not been cleared and is out of the women's trios match. As a result, Jade Cargill & Kiera Hogan will take on Willow Nightingale & Athena with Kris Statlander sitting out.

Plus, FTR will speak ahead of ROH Death Before Dishonor.

Here is the current lineup for Wednesday's AEW Dynamite:

AEW Dynamite (7/20)

  • Barbwire Everywhere Match (with the Jericho Appreciation Society suspended in a shark cage): Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
  • Darby Allin vs. Brody King
  • Christian Cage & Luchasaurus vs. Varsity Blonds
  • Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta vs. Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta)
  • The Baddies (Jade Cargill & Kiera Hogan) vs. Athena & Willow Nightingale
  • Swerve In Our Glory Championship Celebration
  • Ricky Starks vs. Cole Karter
  • FTR to speak

Fightful will have live coverage of AEW Dynamite beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday. After the show, check out the post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.

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