AEW Star Undergoes Name Change

Published: Apr 28, 2025 by Liam | Last Updated: Apr 28, 2025 by Liam

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An AEW star has undergone an official name change after recently making his return to television on Dynamite.

In recent weeks, FTR have turned heel, notably attacking Cope after their failed bid to win the AEW World Trios Championship.

Since then, FTR have reintroduced Stokely Hathaway to AEW TV as their new manager.

Hathaway has previously been the manager for Jade Cargill, the short-lived Firm faction, Kris Statlander, and another short-lived run with Private Party.

After being reintroduced, there has been an official change made regarding Hathaway on the official AEW website roster page.

He is no longer listed as Stokely Hathaway, and is now listed as simply ‘Stokely’.

On this past Wednesday’s Dynamite, FTR, accompanied by Stokely, attacked the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express.

On Collision, FTR picked up the win in the main event against Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly of the Paragon.

FTR then attempted a post-match attack, which was cut off by Daniel Garcia.

Stokely Hathaway is now simply known as ‘Stokely’ as per AEW’s official roster page pic.twitter.com/rlX0J0lG7K

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