The February 18th edition of AEW Dynamite featured a huge night of action for the roster. The main event saw Kenny Omega go one-on-one with Swerve Strickland in a very physical encounter.
Strickland won the match, but that wasn’t enough for the ruthless heel competitor. He continued the attack after the bout officially ended, driving Omega through the announce table with a sickening vertebreaker.
That brutal assault may well have been done to write Omega off television for the time being. It is currently expected that he won’t be available for the Revolution pay-per-view on March 15th.
Dynamite also featured the return to television of former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa. She appeared during a backstage segment with Kris Statlander to address her current status.
Rosa revealed that she was officially cleared for action after a lengthy recovery period. She immediately set her sights on the current AEW Women’s World Champion, Thekla.
Rosa had not been in action since All In Texas back in July 2025. That all changed when she took on Julia Hart on the February 21st edition of Collision.
La Mera Mera won the bout, but her entrance gear was more notable than the victory itself. She sported attire with the words “Mujer Mexicana Migrante”, which translates to English as “Mexican Migrant Woman.”
Taking to social media after the match, Thunder Rosa responded to a hateful message she received. She explained that the message attacked who she is and where she’s from rather than her wrestling abilities.
Thunder Rosa Speaks Out Against Hateful Messages
“I want to address something real. I received a hateful message, the kind that doesn’t critique my work, but it really attacks who I am and where I came from,” Rosa wrote online.
She refused to repeat the vile comments or give the individual any further attention. “I’m not going to repeat it, and I’m not going to give this guy more oxygen, but I will say this, in the United States right now, a lot of people are being treated as suspects,” she stated.
“Not because of what they’ve done, but because of their names, their accents, or the place that they came from. If you don’t like my matches, my promos, my style, that’s your right,” Rosa continued. She noted that debate is a regular part of being a fan.
“Wrestling is a passionate sport. Debate is part of it. But dehumanizing people, threatening them, turning immigration into a punchline, that’s not fandom, that’s hate,” she stated. She then issued a direct challenge to the industry.
“So here’s my message to the locker room, to the audience, and to everyone listening. We can keep wrestling tough without being cruel. We can be loud without being dangerous, and we can protect this community by refusing to normalize intimidation,” she ended.
Rosa’s powerful message comes at a crucial time for the promotion as they build momentum. AEW is currently finalizing the card for the Revolution pay-per-view event scheduled for March 15, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
I have a message to share #Wrestlingforeveryone#ThunderRosa pic.twitter.com/QFj6Goznzx
— Thunder Rosa (@thunderrosa22) February 22, 2026
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