AEW: Gallus Reportedly Was Backstage at 1/21 AEW Dynamite Show, Bishop Dyer on His AEW Debut Appearance & Tony Khan’s Reaction To His Dark Match at 1/21 AEW Tapings, Kenny Omega Did Motion Capture Work for Street Fighter 6

AEW
Jan 23, 2026

Gallus Reportedly Was Backstage at 1/21 AEW Dynamite Show

Former WWE group Gallus (Wolfgang, Mark Coffey, & Joe Coffey) reportedly were in attendance backstage at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Orlando, Florida, according to WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select.

It was reported that their sources stated that Gallus were among several notable names backstage at this past Wednesday’s show who are currently not contracted to AEW.

It was also reported that a number of AEW talent had been pushing for the company to bring in Gallus late last year. It was also reported that despite the support for the group within AEW’s locker room, an appearance for them did not end up materializing leading to the group being set to make their official debuts soon for Major League Wrestling and possibly joining that company instead.

Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources have yet to confirm if all three members of Gallus have signed contracts with MLW but that seems to be the current direction for them.

Bishop Dyer Comments on His AEW Debut Appearance & Tony Khan’s Reaction To His Dark Match at 1/21 AEW Tapings

As noted before, Bishop Dyer, former Baron Corbin, made his official debut appearance for AEW at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite and Collision tapings in Orlando, Florida. Dyer teamed up with Martin Stone & Better Together (Hadar Horvitz & Ori Gold) in an Eight-Man Tag Team dark match against Elijah Drago, Brady Booker, & Austin & Billy Gunn.

A recent episode of Jonathan Coachman’s Off The Ropes podcast featured Dyer as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Dyer’s thoughts about the process that led to his official debut appearance in AEW.

“The highlight of my day was not only being in the ring, with that crowd, because the crowd was just f*cking awesome through and through. But, the whole thing started because I went to pick up Big Show to take Big Show up to Orlando for the show and to just see my people, and they ended up switching their shows last night and adding Collision post-Dynamite, because there’s supposed to be a snowstorm… So they did it last night and we stayed through the end. So we didn’t leave Orlando till like 12:20, 12:30 at night. Drove back to Tampa, got to Odessa, dropped the big man off… Great time, great stories. I love that man to death…”

Dyer also gave his thoughts about if he got a ‘high’ from competing in front of the AEW audience and how Billy Gunn was the person who brought up the idea of him being part of the match.

“Oh yeah. Oh my God, yes (I got a ‘high’ from competing in front of the AEW crowd). I’ll kind of give the rundown of how it came about and stuff… I think any wrestler on the planet knows the rule: Always bring your gear. Just always bring it, and so I threw it in the truck and brought it with me, and I got there and saw my man Billy Gunn, who’s like a dad to me. He’s always been my guy that I’ve leaned on through a lot of stuff in the wrestling world. They had the dark matches because he was working with his son, Austin (Gunn), and he’s like, ‘Hey man, do you wanna be in this dark match with us?’ And I was like, ‘Dude, if it gets OK’d, I’m sold. Let’s do it,’ and he’s like, ‘You got your gear, right?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m a professional, dude. Always.’ So they put it through Papa T.K., and it was okay and I did the physical and all that stuff and… when I walked out, it was pretty awesome. When I got into the light — me watching thousands of people there, it’s the first time I’ve been in front of a crowd that size in a while, and seeing them come out of their seats and stand up and cheer and I’m used to a career of boos, and so when you get that kind of pop, and it was funny because the guys I was working with too, a couple of them are in wrestling school out there and we put them with me and then, Danny Burch was a guy that we were together in NXT who I think is awesome, and the two young dudes were like, ‘Oh my God! Thank you! Thank you!’ They were part of that great reaction, and so I made them feel good and step their energy up, and then having the opportunity to get in the ring with Billy and Austin, dude, they’re so good. Like, let’s be real. Billy Gunn, at 62 years old, and looks unbelievable. I’m like, man, I need to go on some serious diet and workout all day long to hopefully look like that but, hard transition when you used to be 330 pounds… When we were putting the match together, Billy and I are like, ‘Well, let’s have a face-to-face. Let’s face off in the middle of your comeback,’ and he’s like, ‘They should react.’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know if they’re gonna react. I don’t know if they’re not gonna care,’ whatever it is. But when I slid in, and went face-to-face with Billy and like, again, (John) Cena’s taught me everything I know about listening to the crowd, and Roman (Reigns) as well. You watch them at the same time too because you can see the reactions, and we slide face-to-face and I just see, out of my peripherals, the audience standing up, and you get that, ‘Ohhh!’ Billy and I both just smiled ear to ear at each other because we’re like, oh yeah. That’s it, that’s why we’re here.”

Dyer also gave his thoughts about his conversation with AEW CEO Tony Khan after the match and Khan’s positive reaction to his match.

“I know Tony (Khan) told me afterwards, he was like, ‘The match was so fun. I enjoyed it,’ and obviously, he’s working his ass off back there. I’m not gonna bother him with anything other than, ‘Thank you for allowing me to do that with Billy and Austin’ so that was the extent of our conversation.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Kenny Omega Reveals He Did Motion Capture Work for Street Fighter 6

Capcom recently released a new gameplay trailer featuring the upcoming addition of Alex to the game’s playable roster of fighters. This trailer was notable for featuring Alex doing a One Winged Angel as a move similar to Kenny Omega’s finisher.

Following the release of the gameplay trailer, Omega responded on Twitter stating “It’s almost like looking in a mirror 🥹😉“

In a follow-up post, Omega confirmed on Twitter that he did motion capture work for the Alex character in Street Fighter 6.

“Incredibly happy to announce that I’ve done some big mocap work as Alex in Street Fighter 6. Can’t wait for you all to see more, he’s my favorite character in Street Fighter 👀”

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