Hold onto your folding chairs, folks—because “The Man Beast” Rhino is barreling into AEW this week, and if you’re anywhere near Detroit’s Masonic Temple, prepare for minor tremors and maximum GORE.
After 30 years of reducing ribs to mulch across WWE, TNA, ECW, ROH, and whatever indie promotion let him charge through plywood like a redneck Kool-Aid Man, Rhino is now heading to AEW Dynamite and Collision for what promises to be a double-header of neck meat and nostalgia.
AEW gleefully announced his arrival like it was a kaiju sighting:
“‘The Man Beast’ RHINO will appear LIVE in Detroit at the Masonic Temple Theatre Wednesday 5/7 and Thursday 5/8…”
And just like that, the building insurance premiums tripled.
While it’s unclear what Rhino will actually do at these shows—wrestle? GORE a Young Buck into another dimension? Yell menacingly into the crowd and disappear like a wrestling Bigfoot?—the fact remains: AEW just added 275 pounds of Detroit-certified chaos to an already stacked week.
This marks Rhino’s first AEW appearance, though he’s no stranger to Ring of Honor, having competed under its former management from 2010–2014. Since leaving TNA in December 2024 (after years of professional furniture demolition), he’s kept busy in the indies and NWA, possibly preparing for this very moment: to cause a scene at home, the way only Rhino can.
As for the rest of Dynamite? AEW’s dishing out:
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The Young Bucks & Ricochet vs. Swerve Strickland, Mark Briscoe & Mike Bailey in a match that may defy physics.
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Samoa Joe vs. Claudio Castagnoli, a fight so meaty that the commentary desk may legally count as a casualty.
Meanwhile, Rhino lurks, likely near catering, waiting for a reason to burst through drywall.