Last Sunday’s WWE Superstar Sunday on A&E had one episode of LFG and two episode of WWE’s Greatest Moments.
LFG started at 8PM with episode 14 and drew 149,000 viewers, up 78,000 viewers from the prior week. It had a 0.03 rating in 18-49, up 0.01 from the last episode.
Episode 10 of Greatest Moments featured Cody Rhodes at 9:30PM and had 89,000 viewers with a 0.02 rating in 18-49. That was down 47,000 viewers but up 0.01 in the demo.
Episode 11 followed, featuring The Bloodline, and it did 88,000 viewers with a 0.03 rating in 18-49. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
Popular AEW star Swerve Strickland is getting his own custom Reebok Answer 3 collaboration according to Sole Retriever.
The design of the sneakers, based on Allen Iverson’s signature shoe, features inspiration from his AEW Dynasty 2024 gear, with the same color palette and design. His Dynasty gear, inspired by Killmonger, had black and gold suite with faux cheetah print details.
The sneakers will have a base layer adopting the exotic print and gold accents lining parts of the leather eyelets and mid foot overlay.
It will be available on May 28 for a retail price of $160 and you can see it at SoleRetriever.com.
AEW announcer Jim Ross announced some unfortunate news on X today, saying he has been diagnosed with colon cancer this week.
“Surgery being scheduled in the next week or two. I appreciate your concern and support,” Ross wrote.
The 73-year-old WWE Hall of Famer has had bouts with cancer over the past years, including the latest one last year where he underwent surgery for cancer on his right hip. In 2021, he was also diagnosed with skin cancer.
His health problems prevented him from doing much commentary over the past several months, with his role behind the mic greatly reduced.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful is reporting through his Select service that Willow Nightingale has signed a new deal with AEW, keeping her there for the foreseeable future.
Nightingale has been pushed as one of AEW’s top women stars and is a former TBS champion and NJPW Strong Women’s champion. She also won the 2023 women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament.
The 31-year-old originally signed with AEW in October 2022 and is locked in a feud with the Death Riders’ Marina Shafir at the moment.
NXT this week drew 664,000 viewers, up 12,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. The show had a 0.15 rating in 18-49, up 0.01 from the prior show. Despite the increase, this was the fourth least-watched episode of NXT on CW this year so far. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)
Mina Shirakawa earned an AEW Women’s title match at the upcoming Double or Nothing pay-per-view after she won an eliminator match last night on the Beach Break episode of Dynamite.
Shirikawa defeated champion Toni Storm, the returning Skye Blue, and the NJPW Strong Women’s champion AZM in a four-way match to punch her ticket to the show.
This will be a rematch from the Forbidden Door 2024 pay-per-view, where Storm already defeated Shirakawa.
In a related note, Shirakwa entered to a new theme song which AEW fans did not like and complained online about it. AEW President Tony Khan took note of the complaints and reinstated her original theme song after she won the match!
The Anarchy in the Arena match was set up last night on Dynamite, just 10 days before the Double or Nothing pay-per-view where the match will take place.
The set up came after the steel cage match main event yesterday, where Jon Moxley defended the AEW World title against Samoa Joe, a match which had a bunch of interference and also a massive brawl after the cage was lifted.
14 individuals were involved in the post-match brawl, with Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, Powerhouse Hobbs, Mike Bailey, Samoa Joe, and Willow Nightingale teaming up to battle Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, The Young Bucks, Kazuchika Okada, Marina Shafir, and Gabe Kidd.
It was Strickland who issued the challenge for the gimmick match much to the enjoyment of the fans. Anarchy in the Arena has been present for the past three Double or Nothing pay-per-views.
The match has not been officially announced yet and it’s unclear how many participants will be in. The 2023 and 2024 editions of the match featured four vs four but the 2022 edition was five vs five.
AEW returns to the Chicago area tonight for Dynamite: Beach Break live from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
It will be a fully-loaded show, headlined by a steel cage match for the AEW World title featuring champion Jon Moxley defending against Samoa Joe.
Also set to take place are Will Ospreay and Hangman Page vs Konosuke Takeshita and Josh Alexander, Zach Gowen vs Ricochet, and an AEW Women’s title eliminator four-way match with Toni Storm vs Skye Blue vs AZM vs Mina Shirakawa.
Dynamite airs live on TBS at 8PM ET and streams on Max.
The National Hispanic Media Coalition today announced that WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio will be honored with the Legend Impact Award at the upcoming 2025 Impact Awards Gala.
The multi-time champion will be recognized for his groundbreaking impact in sports entertainment and representation spanning across generations.
Other honorees joining Mysterio this year are co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hyphenate Media Group and Chairman of the Television Academy, Cris Abrego, actress Daniella Pineda, actress Isabela Merced, and filmmaker, producer, and writer Phil Lord. The AppleTV+ series Acapulco and Netflix’s Cobra Kai are also being honored.
The annual Impact Awards Gala is a part of the NHMC’s overall mission to spotlight the importance of accurate, fair, and positive representation in media. Through the coveted Impact Awards, each year the NHMC honors individuals who are truly making an impact, shifting societal narratives, and setting an example in the entertainment industry.
The awards are taking place on Friday, June 6, 2025, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Speaking on the Casual Conversations podcast, WWE Intercontinental champion Dominik Mysterio said it was “surreal” at WrestleMania to receive those loud cheers from the crowd just minutes after he was booed by the same crowd.
Dirty Dom won the Intercontinental title in a fatal four-way which also included then-champion Bron Breakker, his Judgment Day partner Finn Balor, and Penta.
“Walking out, getting booed, to walking back after the match to just endless amounts of cheers and just them singing this Dirty Dom song…dude, it was so, so surreal,” Dom said. “I never expected it. Especially the kind of reaction I got.”
Mysterio said it was a huge blessing for him, especially to walk out of the match with the gold, taking him less than five years to become “better than that deadbeat” father of his.
He said that his record at WrestleMania was 0-3 and all his previous Mania matches involved his father, WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio, so he blamed his record on his dad.
“So everything it had to do with him. So the fact that I was walking into this WrestleMania alone as myself, Dirty Dom, the greatest Mysterio of all time,” Dom said.
The May 5 episode of Raw was #4 on the Netflix top 10 global chart with 2,800,000 viewers, down 200,000 viewers from last week’s show.
This ties the second-lowest viewership for the show so far since moving to Netflix in January. This particular episode registered 5,700,000 hours of watch time.
Despite the lower-end number of viewers, the May 5 Raw was in the top 10 in 20 different countries including Australia, Bahrain, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, and United States.
Today, 2K rolls out the New Wave Pack, the first of five DLC character and content packs planned for WWE 2K25, the highest rated game in franchise history on Xbox.
The New Wave Pack features four of the hottest names to join the WWE roster in recent history, all making their WWE 2K franchise debuts.
Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin comprise the Motor City Machine Guns, who quickly captured the WWE Tag Team Championships shortly after their WWE debut, and held an array of titles and accolades in other promotions, establishing themselves as one of the world’s foremost tag teams.
Stephanie Vaquer is the current NXT Women’s Champion, former NXT Women’s North American Champion, and the only woman to hold both titles simultaneously.
Giulia arrived in WWE to much fanfare, winning the 2024 Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge within a few months of her NXT debut, and going on to capture the NXT Women’s Championship.
The New Wave Pack includes MyFACTION cards for each new Superstar, as well as a total of more than 40 moves and taunts. The pack is available for individual purchase, or as part of the WWE 2K25 Season Pass, which is also included in both The Bloodline Edition and Deadman Edition.
Also included in the New Wave Pack is entitlement for a special celebrity guest character, who will be revealed soon via an exciting announcement from WWE. Players who purchased the New Wave Pack, Season Pass, The Bloodline Edition or Deadman Edition will receive the celebrity guest as a playable character in the future, with more details to be revealed soon.
Arriving in conjunction with the New Wave Pack are new MyFACTION content, including the WWE 2K25 debut of the popular Demastered card series, as well as the useable Urn foreign object, which will be available to players who purchased the Deadman Edition Bonus Pack, Deadman Edition or The Bloodline Edition.
Chapter 2 of The Island will also be arriving soon, offering 11 new quests, 44 new matches, new unlockable content including Xavier Woods’ alter ego Zero and the ghost of Paul Bearer, plus new branded gear in the shops, a continuation of The Island storyline, and more, exclusively available for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
For more information on WWE 2K25, visit the game’s official website, become a fan on Facebook, follow the game on TikTok, X, Instagram, and subscribe on Twitch and YouTube. Official campaign hashtags #WWE2K25 and #RuleBeyondTheRing.
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TNA Hall of Famer Gail Kim will be referring the match between NWA Women’s champion Kenzie Paige and WWE Superstar Natalya this coming Saturday during the NWA Crockett Cup event.
The announcement came straight from NWA CEO Billy Corgan.
“As the person who booked this very special match-up between the WWE’s Natalya and NWA World Women’s Champion Kenzie Paige, in a championship match no less, and given the bad blood between the two stars, which has only built since the Bloodsport event in Vegas and of course Ms. Paige’s unseemly attack at The Dungeon, I’ve come to a very important conclusion: which is that the officiating of this match must be handled in a very particular way,” Corgan wrote.
He said that while he has full confidence in the NWA referees, he’s concerned about their safety and wants a clear and just result.
“I’ve named Gail Kim as the special guest referee for this contest at Crockett Cup, Saturday, May 17th in Philadelphia; for I know well Ms. Kim’s impeccable and unimpeachable integrity in the sport of professional wrestling. May the best lady win.”
idrinq announced an exclusive partnership with AEW, making idring the official Productivity Drink of AEW.
With this new partnership, idring will be featured across AEW’s weekly TV programming on TBS, TNT, and streaming on Max, along with several AEW pay-per-view events. As the official Productivity Drink of AEW, idring will have premiere logo placement in both the ring and broadcasted on live TV.
With the evolving partnership between the two entities, idring is happy to announce that the AEW talent will also play a part in the AEW/idrinq journey.
“AEW fans bring the energy, and now they have the perfect drink to match-without the crash” said idring CEO Norbert Vergez. “At idrinq, we believe peak performance starts with a clear mind, which is why we created the first-of-its-kind productivity drink that enhances focus and endurance without caffeine or stimulants. Teaming up with AEW-where mental and physical precision are everything— just makes sense. Whether you’re gearing up for a big match, a workout, or just tackling your day, idring helps you stay sharp, focused, and in the zone—naturally.”
John Cena is now being advertised for the June 9 episode of Monday Night Raw which will have the fallout from the Money In The Bank premium live event.
This makes it four events in a row for Cena that week, as he will be on the June 6 episode of Smackdown, the Money In The Bank show, the June 9 Raw, and the June 13 Smackdown.
This particular Raw has a WWE World Heavyweight title match announced as well, with Gunther challenging whoever the champion will be come that day.
Tickets for this Raw from the PHX Arena in Phoenix, Arizona are available on Ticketmaster.com starting from $77.25 including all taxes and fees.
AEW will hold a six-show residency in July at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.
Located in the Uptown area of the city, the venue can hold a maximum of 5,000 seats and will have another unique look for the shows.
The shows held there are Dynamite on July 16, Collision on July 17, Dynamite on June 23, Collision on July 26, Dynamite on July 30, and Collision on July 31.
A pre-sale will kick off Thursday, May 15 using the code TIX9AEW and then tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, May 19 at 10AM CT.
While Chicago has seen a downturn in attendance for AEW events, tomorrow’s Dynamite Beach Break will have over 4,000 fans, which is up from the 2,700 that Collision did in the same arena in September of last year.
This is the second AEW residency announced this year, with the company also doing something similar in Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena between August 27 and September 11. Residency shows reduce overall production costs, which is the main reason why they are done.
Brad Schwartz, President of The CW, told Variety, that NXT’s move to the network has been “an absolute game changer” for the broadcaster.
“This last quarter that just ended was the highest rated NXT quarter in five years. It’s up 19% year over year,” Schwartz said.
He revealed that CW and WWE are constantly discussing ways to expand their relationship, including the possibility of additional WWE shows moving to the network.
“In adults 18 to 49 and 25 to 54, we’re regularly beating Fox on Tuesday nights. It’s unheard of,” Schwartz said. “So it’s been absolutely crushing for us. It’s one of the big reasons why our network as a whole is up 40% season over season…besides animation on Fox, [NXT] has the highest concentration of 18-49 and 25-54 on all broadcast.”
Elayna Black, the artist formerly known as Cora Jade, has been announced for five GCW shows.
Black will be at the June 20 show in Little Rock, Arkansas, the July 5 show in Hartford, Connecticut, the July 11 show in Dallas, Texas, the July 19 show in Coney Island, New York, and the August 1 show in Rutherford, New Jersey.
The July 11 and August 1 shows are during the AEW All In: Texas and WWE SummerSlam weekends respectively.
The former NXT star revealed last week that she has joined OnlyFans and will be uploading spicy content starting on June 2 for $15.99 a month.
The upcoming AAA Triplemania Regia event will feature four TNA champions on the card.
Dorian Roldan, AAA General Manager, announced that TNA World champion Joe Hendry, TNA X Division champion Moose, and TNA Tag Team champions Nic and Ryan Nemeth, will be in Monterrey for the show, although their matches were not announced yet.
“We’re thrilled to welcome these four incredible TNA stars to AAA,” Roldan told Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown. “This collaboration represents the best of both worlds — the passion and tradition of Lucha Libre, and the global momentum of TNA. Our fans are in for something truly special.”
Angel and Berto from WWE will also be on the show and wrestling.
This is the first big show by AAA following the WWE acquisition news, which will be made official sometime in Q3 2025.
Triplemania Regia will be held at Arena Monterrey on Sunday, June 15, a week after AAA teams up with NXT for Worlds Collide in Inglewood, California.
Tomorrow night on Dynamite Beach Break, another AEW Women’s title eliminator match will take place, a week after Toni Storm defeated Penelope Ford, Thunder Rosa and Anna Jay in a similar four-way eliminator match.
Facing Storm will be the returning Sky Blue, the new NJPW Strong Women’s champion AZM, and Mina Shirakawa, who is rumored to have either signed or is close to signing a full-time AEW deal.
If any of the three challengers win, they will earn a shot at the AEW Women’s title but if Storm wins, everyone goes home empty-handed.
AZM won the NJPW Strong Women’s title in a three-way last weekend against then-champion Mercedes Mone and Shirakawa. Mone is in line for an AEW Women’s title shot if she defeats Jamie Hayter in the Owen Hart Cup tournament final at Double or Nothing.
