Mercedes Mone has a chance to add the AEW Women’s title to her collection of titles after she was victorious in the women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament final yesterday and now has a shot at Toni Storm’s title come All In: Texas.
Mone vs Jamie Hayter kicked off the Double or Nothing pay-per-view and it was another strong showing from Mone, who has been delivering big time in PPV matches over the past several months. Mone won the match with a DDT.
Mone defeated Julia Hart in the first round of the tournament and then the ROH Women’s champion Athena in the second round before reaching the final while Hayter eliminated Billie Starkz and Kris Statlander in the first two rounds.
This will be Mone’s first shot at the AEW Women’s title. She remains the TBS champion.
The TNA World title is now in possession of an NXT star as Trick Williams, he himself a former NXT champion, dethroned the popular Joe Hendry at last night’s Battleground.
The match headlined the show, which was the first time ever that a TNA title match main evented an NXT show.
The ending of the match came after Hendry tried the Standing O finisher but Williams put his thumb in Hendry’s eye to break it. He then face-planted Hendry on the TNA World title, which was left in the ring after Williams tried multiple times to use it. Williams followed with a Trick Shot and pinned Hendry to win the title.
“Whoop that trick” chants filled the arena as history was made, with Williams becoming the first-ever WWE-contracted star to win the TNA title.
This ends Hendry’s 126-day reign as champion. He won it from Nic Nemeth at the Genesis pay-per-view this past January.
Here are the results from last night’s NXT Battleground 2025 premium live event which took place from the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida.
Sol Ruca defeated Kelani Jordan to retain the NXT Women’s North American title; Hank, Tank, and Josh Briggs defeated The Culling in a six-man tag team match; Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo defeated Tony D’Angelo; Stephanie Vaquer defeated Jordynne Grace to retain the NXT Women’s title; Oba Femi defeated Myles Borne to retain the NXT title; Trick Williams defeated Joe Hendry to become the new TNA World champion.
Here are the results from last night’s Double or Nothing 2025 pay-per-view which took place from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
BUY-IN: Harley Cameron and Anna Jay defeated Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford; Bandido, Komander, Hologram, and AR Fox defeated RPG Vice and CRU.
PPV: Mercedes Mone defeated Jamie Hayter in the women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament final; FTR defeated Daniel Garcia and Nigel McGuinness; Ricochet defeated Mark Briscoe in a stretcher match; The Hurt Syndicate defeated The Sons of Texas to retain the AEW Tag Team titles; Kazuchika Okada defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey to retain the AEW Continental title; “Timeless” Toni Storm defeated Mina Shirakawa to retain the AEW Women’s title; Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, The Opps, and Willow Nightingale defeated Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Marina Shafir, The Young Bucks in the Anarchy in the Arena match; The Don Callis Family defeated Paragon; “Hangman” Adam Page defeated Will Ospreay in the men’s Owen Hart Cup tournament final.
Two Money In The Bank qualifying matches were announced for tomorrow’s episode of Monday Night Raw on Netflix.
Raw General Manager Adam Pearce said in a video posted on social media that Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor vs Sami Zayn will be one of the matches while the other one will feature Chad Gable vs Penta vs Dragon Lee.
The winners will move on to the men’s MITB ladder match in two weeks live from the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. LA Knight and Solo Sikoa are the other two who have qualified so far for the match, with two more open spots available following tomorrow’s matches.
Chelsea Green suffered a broken nose on Saturday Night’s Main Event yesterday after she was on the receiving end of a botched 619 from Zelina Vega.
Vega somehow couldn’t complete the turn on the 619 move and then kicked Green in the face, busting her open immediately. Vega went on to win the match and retain the Women’s United States title.
“I was like ‘Whaaat just happened?!’ The ref turns to me and I thought he said ‘You won’ but he said ‘Your nose is broken’ and I was like ‘WHAT’ and he said ‘Your nose is broken!!!!’ and I was like ‘WAIT—EXCUSE ME?!'” she wrote in a post on X.
Green continued her funny post saying that she wasn’t mad, but she was, in the kind of mad where you have to laugh because she knew she was robbed.
“IS THIS REAL LIFE OR AM I ON A HIDDEN CAMERA SHOW ??? I literally turned to the ref and said ‘You’re kidding me right?’ but no, apparently not. He said ‘You have to go to medical because your nose is broken,'” she continued.
WWE Hall of Famer and former champion Trish Stratus told Green that she has a face mask that she could borrow if she needs one!
Me tonight !!! It’s absolutely INSANE!!! I was like “Whaaat just happened?!” The ref turns to me and I thought he said “You won” but he said “Your nose is broken” and I was like “WHAT” and he said “Your nose is broken” !!!! and I was like “WAIT—EXCUSE ME?!”
I’m not even mad… pic.twitter.com/A7KK7UoELI
PWInsider.com is reporting that Drew McIntyre is taking personal time off from WWE and last night’s match against Damian Priest was his final one for a while.
McIntyre was also working injured since he was on the receiving end of Priest’s South of Heaven finisher through a couple of tables at Backlash, with his head missing the tables.
PWInsider adds that McIntyre’s time away from WWE will be “extended” and there’s currently no timetable for his return.
The Scotsman is rumored that he will be filming a movie as well, which might add to that time away.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appeared in front of the live crowd at the Yuengling Center last night at Saturday Night’s Main Event before the show went on the air on NBC.
DeSantis, who was there with his family and bodyguards, received a frosty reception and chants of “you suck” from the Tampa crowd.
He accompanied his kids to ringside for some photos in front of the ring and then returned to the back to massive boos from his own people.
DeSantis was instrumental in allowing WWE to continue operations during the COVID-19 pandemic by labeling them as “essential business,” enabling them to continue to operate freely within the WWE Performance Center during lockdown.
The next Saturday Night’s Main Event will take place on July 12, the same day as AEW’s All In: Texas pay-per-view.
The date was wildly speculated before but it was officially announced last night during the NBC broadcast. The State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia will play host to the third SNME of the year.
All In will start earlier in the day, avoiding a direct head-to-head with the WWE show.
SNME will be followed by Evolution 2 the following night from the same arena. Combo tickets for SNME and Evolution will go on pre-sale on Tuesday, May 27 and they go on sale to the general public the following day on Wednesday, May 28 through Ticketmaster.com.
The last Saturday Night’s Main Event of the year will be held on December 13, with Boston being the rumored location.
Live tonight from the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, WWE presents NXT Battleground on Peacock and streaming on Netflix everywhere else. The full card is as follows:
Oba Femi vs Myles Borne for the NXT title; Stephanie Vaquer vs Jordynne Grace for the NXT Women’s title; Joe Hendry vs Trick Williams for the TNA World title; Sol Ruca vs Kelani Jordan for the NXT Women’s North American title; Tony D’Angelo vs Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo; Hank, Tank and Josh Briggs vs The Culling in a six-man tag team match.
The NXT Battleground show will kick off at 8PM ET and the pre-show will start 30 minutes prior, streaming on WWE’s social media properties.
Live tonight from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, AEW presents Double or Nothing 2025 on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:
PPV: “Hangman” Adam Page vs Will Ospreay in the Owen Hart Cup tournament men’s final; Jamie Hayter vs Mercedes Mone in the Owen Hart Cup tournament women’s final; “Timeless” Toni Storm vs Mina Shirakawa for the AEW Women’s title; Kazuchika Okada vs “Speedball” Mike Bailey for the AEW Continental title; The Hurt Syndicate vs The Sons of Texas for the AEW Tag Team titles; Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, Willow Nightingale, and The Opps vs Death Riders and The Young Bucks in the Anarchy in the Arena match; FTR vs Daniel Garcia and Nigel McGuinness; Mark Briscoe vs Ricochet in a stretcher match; The Paragon vs The Don Callis Family in a trios match.
ZERO HOUR: Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford vs Anna Jay and Harley Cameron.
The Zero Hour show starts at 7PM ET and will stream free on AEW’s social media properties. Double or Nothing is available for purchase through Prime Video, PPV.COM, and YouTube in the United States and Canada and Triller TV internationally.
The second match for the WWE/AAA Worlds Collide show was announced last night during the Saturday Night’s Main Event broadcast on NBC.
The former AAA Mega champion El Hijo Del Vikingo will be battling the leader of American Made, Chad Gable in a one-on-one match. Gable’s alter ego, El Grande Americano, seems to be taking the night off.
Vikingo was at ringside for SNME last night and was shown on camera.
Worlds Collide will take place on Saturday, June 7 starting at 3PM ET / Noon PT live from the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. Tickets are available now at Ticketmaster.com.
Half a dozen WWE legends were invited to last night’s Saturday Night’s Main Event and were shown at ringside throughout the two-hour broadcast.
Jimmy Hart and Bushwhacker Luke, both Hall of Famers, were the first ones to get some camera time. They were followed by former WWF Women’s champion and Tampa’s own Leilani Kai and Tatanka. The last two shown on camera were WWE Hall of Famers Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham, the duo formerly known as The U.S. Express.
Kai, who has not appeared on WWE television since she 1994, posted on Facebook, “All I ever wanted” with a photo of herself sitting at ringside and the lower third graphic with her name.
Also, Lilian Garcia returned to do all the ring introductions for the night and Hall of Famer Jesse “The Body” Ventura also returned for several segments with Joe Tessitore and did commentary for the cage match between Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre.
WWE announced the return of the all-women’s Evolution premium live event last night during Saturday Night’s Main Event.
The show will take place on Sunday, July 13 live from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, and will be part of a triple-header with NXT Great American Bash (date unannounced) and Saturday Night’s Main Event the night before.
Combo tickets for SNME and Evolution will go on pre-sale on Tuesday, May 27 and they go on sale to the general public the following day on Wednesday, May 28 through Ticketmaster.com.
Interestingly enough, there’s a Beyonce concert on the same day at the same time across the road at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
This is the first Evolution since the original one in 2018 which was headlined by Ronda Rousey taking on Nikki Bella for the Raw Women’s title. The show was held at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York with 10,900 fans in attendance.
Cody Rhodes returned at Saturday Night’s Main Event last night, his first appearance since losing the WWE championship at WrestleMania 41 Sunday.
Rhodes came in to even the odds in the main event after John Cena interfered on behalf of Logan Paul, assaulting Jey Uso after getting rid of the referee. Rhodes sprinted to the ring and attacked Cena, hitting the Cross Rhodes and then made sure Uso picked up the victory against Paul to retain the title.
After the match, Rhodes got the mic and told Cena that he ruined enough and at Money In The Bank, he got Logan Paul as his tag team partner and he has Jey Uso as his tag team partner, challenging him for a tag match.
Earlier in the broadcast, Cena told Uso that he would be watching closely and wondered what would happen when the clock strikes zero and he retires as the WWE champion and a YouTuber is the WWE World Heavyweight champion.
Bronson Reed returned to Saturday Night’s Main Event last night and aligned himself with Paul Heyman’s dangerous alliance, becoming the third man in the group.
Reed took out Punk during the match, leaving Zayn alone to eat a spear from Breakker and get the pinfall.
After the match, Reed went in the ring and stood face-to-face with Breakker, who was protecting Reed’s long-time nemesis Seth Rollins. But Rollins, moved Breakker and hugged Reed. He then shook hands with Breakker as the three, along with Heyman, celebrated in the middle of the ring.
Punk tried to get some revenge but received a Tsunami for his actions.
Reed has been out of action since November 2024 after suffering a leg injury during the WarGames match which also involved CM Punk.
WWE’s unexpected change of venue for the already-announced WrestleMania 42 presents an unprecedented situation that has not occurred since the inception of WrestleMania in 1985.
Until now, WWE had stuck to the city it announced approximately one year prior to the event. While there was a single instance of venue change for WrestleMania 7, the show of shows remained in Los Angeles, relocating from the 90,000-seater Rose Bowl outdoor stadium to the 16,000-capacity indoor Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, primarily due to very poor ticket sales.
However, this is the first time in 41 years that WWE has announced a location for a WrestleMania and then withdrawn from the commitment.
The original location for next year’s WrestleMania was announced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson during an episode of Smackdown, which was held at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. The press releases were distributed, the logo was published, and the contract was signed.
WrestleMania 42 was scheduled to take place at the Caesars Superdome, with Smackdown, NXT Stand & Deliver, and Raw events held at the Smoothie King Center, and the multi-day WWE World convention at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
However, this week, WWE made an unprecedented decision to cancel its agreement with the city of New Orleans, leaving a significant void in the city’s sports and entertainment calendar.
Fans frequently book flights early for WrestleMania, particularly those residing overseas, to take advantage of reduced fares. Some hotels offer non-refundable bookings at a lower cost. Because, why not take advantage of some discounts? 41 years of sticking to your word on a location is a pretty good track record. Plus, WrestleMania is a very expensive holiday nowadays so every cent saved counts.
WWE’s actions this week have introduced uncertainty for years to come. Announcements regarding WrestleMania locations, or any other event for that matter, should no longer be taken at face value because if they pulled out of a city which hosted the Showcase of the Immortals twice already, God knows what they can do to other cities.
WWE’s decision to withdraw from a city so easily also raises questions about how one-sided their WrestleMania site contracts must be.
The rumored, and make that bold, rumored location for next year is Las Vegas once again. Las Vegas is renowned for its vibrant nightlife, comparable to New Orleans’ party city reputation.
Is it soon to go back? Oh hell yeah. Part of the magic of WrestleMania is being in a different stadium, a different city, a different vibe every year. While returning to a past hosting city is inevitable, it would be nice to wait a few years before returning.
Only one city has hosted WrestleMania consecutively, and that is Atlantic City, New Jersey, when WWE held WrestleMania 4 and 5 at the Trump Plaza. No other city has achieved this feat since then.
Back-to-back wrestling events in the same city or arena/stadium are not uncommon in professional wrestling though.
SummerSlam was held for six consecutive years at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, and for four years thereafter at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. AEW’s Double or Nothing and All Out have been held in Las Vegas and Chicago, respectively, since their inception, except for this year. On a larger scale, All In was held back-to-back at Wembley Stadium for two consecutive years and is returning there next year. New Japan Pro-Wrestling has held Wrestle Kingdom, its flagship pay-per-view, in the same location for two decades.
However, fans voiced their disappointment when rumors of WrestleMania returning to Las Vegas came out. Las Vegas is known for its high cost of living, with even a small bottle of water costing you as high as $8. Every single fan is likely to come out of the city and Las Vegas is probably one of the very few, if not the only, major city where there’s not a big wrestling following where you can count on 10,000-15,000 locals attending.
Las Vegas boasts an abundance of hotels, pleasant weather, and a plethora of attractions and activities, so there’s that to look forward to. But when you have a tax on a tax on a tax plus a Las Vegas tax on all of those taxes, well, it adds up. Try talking to a mother or a father who took their family of four to WrestleMania this year, they’ll tell you.
And let’s face it, WrestleMania 41 was not the greatest. Night one shat the bed and the crowd was dead for most of it. That wasn’t necessarily a Las Vegas problem, but you know…guilty by association.
Regaining public trust will require substantial efforts, and cities bidding on future WWE events may demand iron-clad contracts that prevent WWE from relocating the event to a more favorable location if a higher bid is received.
And as for fans? Forget booking 11 months out for a WrestleMania from now on. Get ready to either pay a few hundred dollars more for your tickets, or risk losing everything when they decide to move the event somewhere else.
Tomorrow’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view is tracking to maybe reach last year’s attendance if there’s a good walk-up or a strong ticket sales day today.
The show, held at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, is currently at 7,400 tickets distributed, 700 shy of what the arena is currently configured for. There’s around 11,000 seats which could be used according to @WrestleTix, eliminating all the seats behind the stage and those opposite the stage in the 200 level, which would send the total to over 19,000.
Last year’s show drew over 9,000 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This is the first DoN away from Las Vegas, not counting the 2020 event during the pandemic.
Tickets start as low as $40 and there are Me+3 and 5-plus pack offers available on Ticketmaster as well for certain sections.
WWE returns for its second Saturday Night’s Main Event of 2025 with a show live from the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, the first of three consecutive shows taking place from the former home of the WWE ThunderDome.
Tonight’s broadcast, airing live on NBC and simulcast on Peacock at 8PM ET, has five matches announced. These are:
John Cena vs R-Truth in a non-title match; Jey Uso vs Logan Paul for the WWE World Heavyweight title; CM Punk and Sami Zayn vs Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker; Damian Priest vs Drew McIntyre in a steel cage match; and Zelina Vega vs Chelsea Green for the WWE Women’s United States title.
For international fans, Saturday Night’s Main Event will air on WWE’s YouTube channel.
This week’s episode of Collision, which aired Thursday instead of the usual Saturday, drew 353,000 viewers on TBS, down 45,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. The show had a 0.08 rating in 18-49, the same as the prior week and was #12 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
