AEW Dynamite: New match and legendary special guest added to August 7 episode

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We are three weeks away from the biggest All Elite Wrestling show of the year, All In pay-per-view at the Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom as builds for the annual event will be observed on the weekly Dynamite episode.

The latest upcoming Dynamite will have the first-ever American Championship defense on the card by the champion MJF alongside a bout between the current AEW title match challenger Bryan Danielson and WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett.

To raise the stakes for this match, AEW has recently confirmed that Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat will be the special guest at ringside. This marks Steamboat's return to AEW programming for the first time since the AEW Revolution.

On that night, he acted to be the timekeeper for legendary Sting's last match, where he and Darby Allin defeated the Young Bucks for the AEW tag team titles. Even before this, Steamboat made sporadic appearances for the company.

Meanwhile, his match against Jarrett on Dynamite will be a part of Bryan's "Final Countdown" ahead of AEW All In as he will challenge Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship at the PPV in a Title vs. Career scenario.

The former WWE Superstar has put his career on the line in the match in light of his previous announcement where he made it clear that 2024 would be his last year as a full-time wrestler.

Also added to the card of Dynamite is the number-one contender for AEW Women's World Title, Mariah May who will be seen in action. Owen Hart Foundation women's tournament winner has been booked in a match against Viva Van.

The new match was announced by AEW's Tony Khan in a social media post, last night. At present, May is involved in a highly personal feud with the women's world champion Toni Storm, and will face her at All In.

The August 7 episode of AEW Dynamite takes place at the LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Four matches have been confirmed for the weekly flagship show of AEW which goes as follows:

• No DQ match: Bryan Danielson vs. Jeff Jarrett (Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat to be the special guest at ringside)
• AEW American title eliminator: MJF vs. Kyle Fletcher
• Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bryan Keith ("The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho will be on commentary)
• Mariah May vs. Viva Van