AEW believed to be interested in booking match after fake graphic of it goes viral

Prior to the October 16th 2024 edition of AEW Dynamite, a graphic circulated around social media that was advertising Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mascara Dorada for the show. However, after several websites reported that the match was taking place, it was revealed that the graphic was fake.

Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com, who was in attendance for Dynamite, noted the following while on Wrestling Observer Radio…

“It was a fake graphic, but I did not know it was a fake graphic because it looked just like their graphic, and I’m going like, ‘Oh my god, they’re announcing this match at the last minute.’ So I went to the show, didn’t know any better, and then the show’s over, and it didn’t happen, so I figured maybe something happened to Mascara Dorada, I don’t know.

So I actually was asked and I go like, ‘What happened to Mascara Dorada?’ And they said, ‘That was a fake graphic, but what a great match. Boy, do we want to put that match on now. So, whoever made up this great match or this fake graphic, he spurred an idea in people’s heads and, in fact, they love the idea of that match. I don’t know if it’s going to happen anytime soon, and Mascara Dorada, as of now, has not been able to work for AEW. I mean, they want him. They would like to have him. I was actually at the show thinking I was going to see that match.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)