Appearing as a guest on Busted Open Radio today to promote King and Queen of the Ring, Undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes recounted how he found out that the company was going the route of Rock vs Roman on the day of the Royal Rumble.
Cody said that in the upcoming WrestleMania XL documentary that was delayed, the moment he found out about the change of plans were caught on camera.
“I had to leave that room head up and make sure no one knew what could possibly happen and probably one of the more difficult days I’ve ever had in the wrestling business,” Rhodes said, adding it was hard for him to complain knowing he was going to win the Royal Rumble again.
“It was such a high, such a low,” he said about the day.
Cody said leading up to WrestleMania, he just couldn’t catch a break when it came to ideal circumstances, with everything thrown against him, including his bus catching on fire, but was confident everything would eventually work out for the best.
“I was not gonna be presented with the ideal circumstances. I had given into that and conceded that before WrestleMania because I just had this feeling, even all the way back to the Royal Rumble. I had this feeling that it was gonna work out,” Cody said.
The WrestleMania XL documentary is still without a release date although sources say it will be out very soon. The reason for the delay is because so much footage was shot during Mania weekend and WWE decided to expand the story of the documentary.
WWE’s Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane, and Akira Tozawa sent a flower arrangement to Marigold ahead of their first show in Japan which was held today at the Korakuen Hall.
Marigold is the new all-women promotion headed by former Stardom booker Rossy Ogawa.
“A wonderful array of flowers, including flowers from Tozawa, Io Sky and Kairi Sane,” Marigold posted on X along with photos of the arrangement.
The inaugural show was headlined by a former NXT star Sareee and a future NXT star in Giulia who were part of a tag team match. Sareee pinned Giulia in the match.
Giulia, who along with Ogawa were at NXT Stand & Deliver and also during the whole WrestleMania weekend, is scheduled to start with the brand fairly soon, with rumors being that she will be part of the NXT Heatwave show in Toronto.
A wonderful array of flowers, including flowers from Tozawa, Io Sky and Kairi Sane. pic.twitter.com/5I69dzBmM1
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Bryan Danielson has claimed that he will need to undergo surgery soon after the injury he suffered wrestling Will Ospreay at Dynasty.
Speaking to the AEW social media team for a digital exclusive, Danielson said he landed straight on his head when he hit the Frankensteiner off the top rope on Ospreay.
“I go straight down on my head and then later in the match, right before he pins me, he hits me with a storm driver,” Danielson said. “I got shooting pains down my arm. I’m at home and I have to go get MRIs.”
Those MRIs, he said, revealed that he has a compression of the nerve root at C6, C7, and C7-T1. The shooting pains in his arms won’t go away and doctors recommended that he undergoes surgery.
“The only way I can hold out, the only way that I can hold out is if I can keep the strength in my right hand. Right now it’s still there. I have the shooting pain, but I’ve still got the strength,” he continued.
Danielson is part of Team AEW in the Anarchy in the Arena match for Double or Nothing.
EXCLUSIVE: Bryan Danielson will FIGHT with all of the strength that he has left with Team AEW to take out The Elite at Anarchy in the Arena at #AEWDoN NEXT SUNDAY!@BryanDanielsonpic.twitter.com/x2INeVymZQ
AEW’s Ruby Soho and Angelo Parker tied the knot yesterday in a ceremony held in Ohio.
This is the first marriage for both Soho, 33, and Parker, 40. The two have been dating for several months and last month Ruby announced during an episode of Rampage that she was pregnant with their first child.
Any of y’all catch that interview with Takeshita? Seems dude is as frustrated with how he’s being used as we are. Gist: He’s never enjoyed any part of his time in AEW and thinks he should get more tv time. But doesn’t, in part because he’s Asian.
The exerts are on wrestlinginc if you’re interested.
*****
Can’t say AEW don’t do comedy: there’s a ‘jam-packed crowd’ here in Portland per Schiavone. Could swear there were more than 3,000 people when Dame sent the Thunder packing.
More intentionally funny – Nigel said Ospreay cites him as one of his big influences. ‘Did you read that?’ asked Schiavone. ‘No, I just made it up,’ admitted McGuinness.
Will Ospreay vs Shane Taylor
Backstory: Taylor laid out Ospreay last week
Ospreay out first to a nice ovation. Then Taylor and co. And the stars keep coming – Rowdy Roderick and the Disputed Kingdom out to observe. In fact, they’ve decided for the third show in a row to highlight Strong’s talking, so he’s joining on comms.
Ospreay rushed Taylor with a dropkick, vaulting press outside, diving lariat off the top, Taylor out at two. Taylor ‘leapfrogged’ Ospreay then nailed a Vader-style body smash. Crowd chanting for Will as he fired back with forearms. Until a single one from Taylor left him laying on the apron.
Taven threatened to interfere but the ref actually spotted it. Taylor aimed an open hand at the chest, in between jawing with the DK. Ospreay went for a tornado ddt off the ringpost, Taylor blocked it but was shoved into the DK, leaving Ospreay to dump water on Strong.
Guess it was a big week for suggesting throwing beverages during booking meetings.
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Taylor wailing away, Ospreay trying to fire up, exchange of chops begetting a corkscrew kick, bootwash in the corner, to the top, forearm to the back of the head, just about two. Hidden Blade cut off by Taylor, uranage, standing splash for two.
Ospreay slipped to the shoulders seeking a rana, but was muscled back up and absolutely annihilated by a last ride, popping right up to be lariated back down. For another near fall. Ospreay was blocked from the Oscutter by the Kingdom hitting the apron so had to use a different side of the ring, allowing Taylor to get two after countering.
Ubiquitous TiA chant as Ospreay caught Taylor climbing the buckle, hit thrust kicks in the corner then dragged the big man onto his shoulders for a Storm Driver to win.
Strong’s glasses were broken after Taylor crashed into them earlier, he distracted Ospreay but the Brit fought off the Kingdom then fled up the ramp, smiling and making the belt gesture.
Decent action; pretty pointless.
Winner: Will Ospreay
Continuing the unintentional comedy, the Elite, with all their millions of dollars, have put a price on Team AEW’s head. Yet could only afford the Righteous and Lance Archer.
Danielson said the Elite should have come to collect themselves. He and FTR said it’s ‘going to take a lot more than the Righteous and Lance Archer’ to take them out.
Err, yep.
*****
Moxley and Claudio.
Mox said Takeshita’s been a ‘hell of a blue chipper for quite some time.’
Then noted Take’d come after him trying to ‘put a big ol’ notch’ on his belt. When you get to where Mox is, you get used to being a target. Guys like the Family are into gold and green and adulation. BCC ‘don’t give a rat’s ass’ about any of that. They hunt because they’re lions, not because they’re hungry. They like it. They don’t play for money, they play for blood.
Claudio said things keep repeating. He made fun of the entire pretext of a promo. And said everything other wrestlers say is fake, they don’t really live it. And only the BCC can see what’s real. Shots at Kingston? Surely not again. Weird.
Moxley said Takeshita started it and the BCC will finish it.
Moxley’s delivery’s always top notch; this felt empty and generic, probably because the feud is and there’s not really anything for the former AEW champ to work with.
*****
Jericho and Big Bill promo after Dynamite. Jericho said Hook making him bleed ‘makes me proud.’ It’s what he’s here for, to make Hook a better person in and out of the ring. So he wants to thank Hook and wished him the best for his match tonight.
All deliberately disingenuous of course.
Bill doesn’t seem to have quite the swagger he had alongside Starks. Was basically limited to ‘That’s right, Chris.’
Johnny TV vs Hook
Backstory: NONE
Nigel yelled at Tony to put his phone away and stop filming as TV and Taya made out, in what will probably be the high point here.
Lots of stalling and etc until TV hit a running knee strike for two. Shots from the mount, crowd trying to get themselves into it with a dueling chant as TV rode Hook on the mat. Cravate now, ‘Johnny TV is as strong as they come,’ said Schiavone. Definitely near the top of my list.
Hook recovered to nail a lariat and a pair of throws. TV hit a jawbreaker, exchange of forearms, Taya hit the apron before Hook even moved toward it, distracting him before TV missed his split-leg finish.
Redrum, tap. As always, props for actually tapping. Otherwise, a nothing match which achieved, well, nothing. And which qualifies Hook for another match Wednesday or something. AEW doing their usual stellar job of laying out a tournament/set of rules.
Hook was leaving up the ramp when they did the two rivals wrestle back-to-back thing as Shibata came out and gave Hook dap. Which was reciprocated.
Winner: Hook
Katsuyori Shibata vs Rocky Romero
Backstory: NONE
Series of standing switches, each looking for the advantage via arm and leg holds until Shibata leveraged Romero down. Right back up, he was taken down again, firing knees to the gut then whipping Shibata off but telegraphing a drop-down and being stomped, Shibata pivoting silkily into a figure four.
But too near the ropes.
Shibata hit the ropes and was snatched into an iron octopus. But powered up and out, grabbing the leg, back down into the leg lock. He ran Romero to the buckle, series of rights and lifters, Romero got his boots up to block the dropkick, uppercut, tornado ddt, Shibata trying to pop back up but collapsing down.
That’s a nice touch to add some realism, like it.
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Shibata walked through Romero’s kicks and knocked him on his ass. Hauling him up to nail a series of chops in the ropes but being bridged to the apron, grabbing a sleeper from out there until Romero snapped his arm across the top rope.
Then draped him across the rope and nailed a kick to the head from the top. Shibata blocked sliced bread and began targeting the knee, gorgeous legtrip into a leg lock as the crowd yelled ‘tap!’ then booed when Rocky got the ropes.
Shibata flurry, Romero down in the corner, running dropkick, overhead throw, two count. Back to the Shibata sleeper, Romero hooked the legs for a cradle and two, same from a backslide, Shibata ducked one enziguri but took a heel kick for another near fall.
Romero was hauled onto Shibata’s shoulders: DVD into a backbreaker, PK, back to the leglock, furious tap.
Very nice match – clean, simple story and good action. And didn’t go too long. Shibata too advances to whatever the hell that is on Wednesday. He and Romero shook.
Winner: Katsuyori Shibata
Bryan Keith vs Boulder
Backstory: NONE
They repeated the same thing, Keith coming down the ramp as Shibata was leaving. So this is to find out who’s taking the pin Wednesday right?
Whoever the dude with the Boulder guys is (Jameson or something?) cut the most generic ‘heel heat’ promo. Then Boulder raced at Keith before the bell rang. Keith tried to fight back but took a big boot. Schiavone described the Boulder guys as ‘a successful tag team.’ They should ask for one of them there Eliminators.
The other heels hit the apron, which makes three times in four matches, the distraction backfired, allowing Keith to take over and win with his finish off the top. The usual very good Portland crowd are up for almost anything tonight; this didn’t make the cut.
So who the hell was I supposed to care about here? AEW Dark lives on.
Winner: Bryan Keith
Pac backstage in a dark room.
Lexy asked if he wanted to respond to BCG. Pac said he couldn’t care less – ‘they’re very funny chaps, hilarious in fact.’ Normally, ‘their naughty behavior’ would rattle him. But he hasn’t felt a thing in weeks. And now he’s expected to care about those idiots?
He challenged BCG to make him feel anything, make him care, ‘try harder, make…me…care.’
He told Lexy to leave him alone. She left.
Excellent character stuff from Pac who basically snapped after losing to Okada. Love his delivery. Much like Jay White, he doesn’t sound like other wrestlers when he talks.
*****
They recapped Willow/Mercedes from Weds, including the killer final line. They’ve done a better job than usual recapping Dynamite tonight actually.
*****
And now…
By order of the Bang Bang Gang!
The lights came up on their entrance and Jay White had a groggy Pac laid out beneath him. ‘I bet you care now, don’t you? … Bastard.’
They left.
*****
Christian and the Patriarchy.
Nick’s facing Swerve Wednesday. Cage said he believes in him. Wayne said he’s now a man so he knows he can beat Strickland ‘on my own.’ He walked off. Cage smiled like a proud papa.
Orange Cassidy vs Isiah Kassidy
Backstory: NONE
We still need matches for Saturday…
*Scans roster*
Hey, d’you ever notice this guy’s called Cassidy and *this* guy’s called Kassidy? (Giggles)
Again, Isiah seemed to fall outside almost anything as far as this crowd were concerned. The announcers keep talking about something to do with Cassidy and Callis which happened earlier or something but which they’ve never shown.
Cassidy ran through his pockets routine sans pockets. Isiah hit an armdrag, they exchanged roll ups for near falls. Lots of them. A very lot. Until Isiah fell on his ass in fear of the Punch. And bailed outside.
Crowd laughed. Callis shown watching backstage.
Orange did more comedy based around breaking the ref’s count. Then got the pockets outside and hit a running shotgun. Orange well on top as Trent made his way down the aisle through the crowd.
Allowing Isiah to hit a belly to back on the barricade, miss off the top back inside but recover to hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Crowd very quiet again. Not into Isiah at all. Cassidy took a whip and spilled outside.
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Both struggling to their feet, yay/boo, Cassidy countered a suplex into stundog, tornado ddt, Isiah groggy, Cassidy just about kipping up, flinging his pad at Trent before readying the Punch. Which was ducked, Isiah countered beach break too into a roll up, then hit a spinning kick to the face.
Isiah continued to avoid Cassidy, then countered being run into the buckle from the apron into a cutter. They exchanged boots out there until each hit pump kicks, Orange crashing down outside, conveniently scooting himself backward toward where Trent is. They got into it of course, Kassidy used the distraction to use the ref to hit silly string, then hit another cutter, then went upstairs and hit a swanton.
Very near fall.
Crowd chanting for Orange now as he hit ‘beach break outta nowhere,’ to quote Schiavone. Which was not inaccurate.
Would’ve liked to see Orange come out pissed off here after everything that’s happened. Too much comedy. If AEW were in the business of getting wrestlers over, Cassidy nailing the Punch and winning emphatically after launching the pad at Trent would’ve been perfect.
But they’re in the ‘good match’ business.
Lexy went to talk to Trent. He said after watching, it’s clear he’s a better professional wrestler than Orange. And only lost two weeks ago because he cheated. Orange is a sociopath: ‘Rules matter!’ he yelled. He started to challenge Orange to a plain ol’ wrestling match when Orange flew at him and Beretta bailed.
Decent mic work from Trent there and not a bad angle.
Winner: Orange Cassidy
Serena Deeb vs Anna Jay
Backstory: NONE
Deeb threw something at Jay to distract her then rushed her and hit a swinging neckbreaker for two. Then looked like she was struggling to get a hold on, but actually was putting the paradise lock on. Cringe AF. Just rotten.
Anna hit back with a nice diving neckbreaker, suplex/throw, Deeb got her feet up in the corner and hit a draping neckbreaker across the middle rope.
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Anna hiptossed free of an octopus, running forearm, back elbow, another in the corner, running back kick, flatliner for two. Really nice stuff from Anna there, fast and crisp. A weak exchange followed though as she ducked a couple lariats until being taken down, going to the corner where Serena caught her foot, dragon screwing her against the ropes.
Standing switches leading to a release German from Deeb, hammerlock into a lariat for two. Crowd behind Serena here as she searches for a piledriver. Anna got free then a stutter-y spot saw Deeb land a chop block, Anna briefly got the Queen Slayer and looked for Gory Special but her knee gave way.
Serena got the Serenity Lock for the tap. Lots of those tonight.
As Luther came down and grabbed Serena’s banner. Serena saw that happening but decided not to bother doing anything about it.
Serena continued to just watch impotently as Mariah came out to hold the banner with Luther. Toni then came out and stripped behind the banner before being wrapped in it. No idea why that’s supposed to make someone angry. Not that Serena really was.
Until she finally decided that she’d sprint at Toni but stop awkwardly when she could’ve easily caught her. Cheap storytelling, badly carried out. How this was intended to make people want to see this match is anybody’s guess.
Winner: Serena Deeb
Swerve package pushing his feud with Cage and the Elite.
Jack Cartwheel vs Nick Wayne
Backstory: NONE
‘Good match’ alert:
Guy most people have never heard of with a rep on the indies
AEW regular who hasn’t had much tv time lately
And is suddenly involved in a high-profile angle
So needs a win
On a show with not much happening i.e. there’s time to fill
Wayne rushed Jack but then kept missing cause Jack kept doing his second name. Jack then tejeiras-ed him outside but missed a space flying tiger drop. Which looked sore as hell.
Wayne aimed kicks back inside. His shoulder’s taped despite the fact he hasn’t wrestled in ages which probably isn’t a good thing. He hit Wayne’s World. Then hit house call after talking trash to Swerve into the camera.
If you GAS about seeing Swerve get another very obvious win, you might be looking forward to that Wednesday. At least this wasn’t a ‘good match,’ it was designed to get somebody over.
Winner: Nick Wayne
Bryan Danielson & FTR vs Lance Archer & the Righteous
Backstory: NONE
Just hilarious – again, unintentionally – listening to Nigel talk about the faces as ‘marked men.’ They gonna get clicked into missing the match next week?
Dax and Vincent to start. Vincent on top in the corner until Dax escaped to tag his partner. Cash got two after a double team. Then grabbed a headlock but was whipped off and hit with a back elbow. To silence.
Dutch in, body slam to Cash, Cash ducked a boot, series of jabs, ducking a big right, dropkick, tag to Dax, double Russian legsweep, Dutch flung Dax off at two. Crowd chanting for Danielson. As Dax hit a bulldog from the top. Everyone came in, to not much of a reaction, things spilled outside.
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Vincent and Dax once more, Dax leaping off the top into a boot after being distracted by Dutch. Archer in for the first time, shot to the gut, another to the head, pair of running charges in the corner, a third missing but Archer recovered to goozle Dax then seek Blackout.
Dax bit his way free but Archer hit a step-up knee strike with Dax still atop the buckle to an ‘oooh’ from the crowd (always baffled why they don’t do more with him). Archer made a blind tag, Dutch missed an elbow drop, Danielson in to a big cheer, chops and kicks in the corner, kip off the buckle, ducking a lariat, diving one of his own, crowd the loudest they’ve been in a while.
Until Dutch ducked a roundhouse but took a tope outside. BD shotgun from the top back inside, Cash took care of Vincent, Danielson sought the LeBell on Dutch and finally got it but Archer instantly broke it up and hit a big spinebuster to Cash and chokeslam to Dax before the heels tripled up on Danielson.
Archer missed a charge outside, FTR setup a powerplex on Vincent. And hit. Dutch splashed his own partner after Cash moved, Archer took out Cash with a big boot and sought the Blackout. But BD nailed a busaiku knee though ran into a Bossman slam from Dutch, Cash took him out, then was rolled up by Vincent for two. Cash elevated out of a belly to back then was elevated over again by his own partner to setup the Shatter Machine in a creative finish.
Happy they’re trying to establish some camaraderie among this weird ‘Team AEW’ group. Just wish it wasn’t at the expense of a match against someone we knew categorically they’d beat. Also, didn’t really feel like the heels were trying to take out the faces, just felt like they were trying to win a match. Wasn’t wrestled like there was a bounty.
Though afterward Danielson was favoring his neck and the heels went after the faces. To very light, droning booing. Which is what happens with heels fans don’t care a lick about. Archer wailed away with a chair on Dax. Then hit a Blackout on a chair to Cash.
All to essentially continuing silence. Until ‘longtime FTR friend Daniel Garcia’ hit the scene. And cleaned house. He’s ‘standing up for AEW’ apparently. This storyline is weird. Standing up for his friends. Sure. Standing up for the good guys. Sure. Standing up for AEW? How? In what way?
If you’re wondering why Darby Allin didn’t come out, well, by his own admission he’s still limping on his broken foot.
He should not be going anywhere near a ring anytime soon.
Hook vs Shibata vs Bryan Keith (FTW Title Eliminator)
Swerve vs Nick Wayne
Cassidy & Ospreay vs Beretta & Strong
Thumbs Up/Down
Pac’s promo
Shibata vs Rocky
They did actually build some stuff for the ppv here – faint praise but praise nonetheless
*****
Lots of interference
A baffling card full of nothing matches from a group who sold less than 3,000 tickets in an NBA arena – hard to imagine anyone who was on the fence will be experiencing FOMO next time they’re in town
Can we get a Jay White match? Or Takeshita? Somebody who at least benefits from winning on tv so that next time they lose to a big name they have visible momentum
The paradise lock – that thing’s just BS, especially for a wrestler like Serena whose thing is that she’s very believable
Appreciate you reading. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Eight matches will be part of tonight’s Collision, one of the biggest cards for the two-hour broadcast. And if that is not enough, Rampage will follow with four more matches with AEW presenting 12 bouts over a three-hour period.
Set for Collision are Bryan Danielson and FTR vs Lance Archer and The Righteous, Will Ospreay vs Shane Taylor, Katsuyori Shibata vs Rocky Romero, Orange Cassidy vs Isiah Kassidy, Johnny TV vs Hook, Bryan Keith vs Boulder, Serena Deeb vs Anna Jay, and Jack Cartwheel vs Nick Wayne.
Rampage follows with Kyle O’Reilly vs Lee Moriarty, Anthony Bowens vs Brian Cage, Deonna Purrazzo vs Robyn Renegade, and Rush vs an opponent still to be named.
Before defending her TBS title in Las Vegas against Mercedes Mone, Willow Nightingale had one more title defense, in Japan for STARDOM.
Wrestling for the first time for the promotion, the popular AEW star successfully defeated Tam Nakano during the Stardom Flashing Championships event held in Yokohama at Yokohama Budokan. The two co-main evented the show in a 17-minute match.
In the post-show press conference, Nightingale hinted that this might not be the end for the two of them, but today, she was the better woman.
This was the first time that the TBS title was defended in Japan.
It’s rumored that STARDOM stars will be part of the upcoming Forbidden Door pay-per-view in June.
Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com is reporting that Eddie Kingston is suffering from a tibula fracture to his leg, an injury he sustained during his match against Gabe Kidd last week at the NJPW Resurgence show.
Kingston was suplexed from the apron and onto a table at ringside but his leg violently hit the guard rail. He immediately clutched his right leg and took a while to get on his feet. He still had the beat-down angle with The Elite to follow and went through that as well.
His return will be impacted depending on if he requires surgery. The injury took him out of the Anarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing and he was replaced by Darby Allin.
The semi finals of the King and Queen of the Ring from the Smackdown bracket are now confirmed after last night’s episode where the final four advanced in the tournaments.
In the King of the Ring, Tama Tonga of the Bloodline defeated LA Knight to move on while Randy Orton beat Carmelo Hayes in the main event.
In the Queen of the Ring, Bianca Belair took out Tiffany Stratton first and then Nia Jax beat Jade Cargill via a disqualification in the second match.
Tonga vs Orton and Belair vs Jax will be taking place on next week’s Smackdown which airs from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the first time ever.
Ivar of the Viking Raiders will be out of commission for a while as he announced on social media that he is suffering from an injury which he did not disclose.
Writing that there have been a lot of misinformation about him on the Internet, Ivar said that it’s a very serious injury but did not have surgery yet.
“Still trying to figure out all options and what this means for my future. That being said, I Want to thank everyone for the out pouring of love and support, not only after finding out I was injured but thru out the last several months, I have heard you all,” Ivar wrote.
Ivar was written off television on Tuesday’s episode of NXT when Gallus returned and took him out.
“No matter what happens, I owe it to everyone who ever believed in me to do everything I can to get back in that ring, under those lights, and in front of the most amazing fans on the planet,” he continued. “See you soon as I can!”
It’s going to be champion vs champion at King and Queen of the Ring but Logan Paul’s United States championship will not be on the line at the premium live event.
After being hinted several times that both titles would be on the line including by Cody Rhodes, WWE changed direction of the match yesterday and during the contract signing segment, Paul said that he only agreed to wrestle for the Undisputed WWE title and did not agree to have his United States title on the line.
Paul and his lawyer then presented a brand new contract after Paul tore up the original one and while Smackdown GM Nick Aldis was not impressed by the switch, Cody Rhodes accepted anyway.
The segment ended with Cody throwing Paul out of the ring and then powerbombing one of Paul’s people through a table.
Arena: Vystar Veteran’s Memorial Arena
City: Jacksonville, FL
Bianca Belair VS. Tiffany Stratton in a Queen of the Ring quarter final match
Bianca hit the KOD to get the win.
Winner: Bianca Belair
Cathy Kelly asked Bianca about her knee and Bianca admitted her knee is not 100% but next week, nothing is stopping her from becoming Queen of the Ring.
Logan Paul is shown walking backstage as LA Knight comes out of Nick Aldis’ office and a stare down between the two follows. Nick Aldis said right this way. Knight says see you champ.
Byron Saxton interviews Jade Cargill about her match with Nia Jax tonight. Bianca comes in and they tease being against each other next week. Jade tells her let’s take one match at a time.
The Bloodline getting ready for their match and Paul asked Solo if he had talked to him today and Solo said all the time Wiseman, all the time.
LA Knight was then interviewed by Cathy Kelly, Carmelo Hayes comes in and welcomes him to Smackdown. Knight asked Carmelo if he wanted to hear something real and his says with everybody saying with the crowd in tune “L.A. Knight. Yeah”, Knight then tells Carmelo to go play somewhere he is busy.
Tama Tonga VS. LA Knight in a King of the Ring quarter final match
It wasn’t long before Solo Sikoa and Tonga Loa got on the ring apron to distract Knight for Tama Tonga to take over. After taking out Tonga Loa, Knight goes face-to-face with Solo and then rolls in the ring where Tama hits Knight with his finisher and pins Knight.
Winner: Tama Tonga
Knight is shown walking with the referee talking about it wasn’t fair dealing with three guys and Carmelo Hayes walked by and said couldn’t get the job done and Knight shoved him, and they argued until we cut back to the ring and Nick Aldis.
Aldis is in the ring for the contract signing between Logan Paul and Cody Rhodes for their match at King & Queen of the Ring.
Logan takes the contract and rips it up. Logan then says he agreed to face Cody for the WWE Undisputed championship only and will not defend the United States championship. He tells Nick to get this done. Aldis tells Paul he is tired of this and it’s unprofessional and he won’t stand for it. Paul’s attorney asked if he was threatening his client.
Cody stops Aldis and says he is doing a great job, and he will handle it from here and bring it to his office. Paul then says Cody has done nothing to earn a shot at his US title and tells Cody to sign it. Cody then tells him he is tired of him, and he is a fly by night. Cody then signed the contract and then kicked Paul out of the ring after Paul tried to attack him.
Cathy Kelly interviewed Nia Jax about her match with Jade Cargill.
Nia Jax VS. Jade Cargill in a Queen of the Ring quarter final match
Nia taunted Jade’s daughter at ringside then a fight ensued. Finally Jade hit Nia with a chair causing a disqualification.
Winner by DQ: Nia Jax
After the match was officially over the two women continued to fight.
DIY VS. Legado Del Fantasma (Angel & Berto)
As Gargano went to the top rope, Santos Escobar gets on the ring apron and distracts the referee and Elektra Lopez pulls Gargano’s leg causing him to fall onto the top turnbuckle and fall to the mat.
The referee, realizing what happened, throws them both out of the ringside area.
As the referee is busy getting Escobar and Lopez to the back, DIY hit meet in the middle on Berto and Gargano pins him.
Winners: DIY
A-Town Down Under who was on commentary for the match did not hesitate to stand on the announce desk and argue with DIY.
Corey Graves and Wade Barrett talk about the QR codes.
Byron Saxton interviewed AJ Styles and said next week he will go to Nick Aldis’ office to see where he goes from here.
Byron interviewed Bayley and Piper Niven is snoring and Chelsea Green comes in and Bayley says she doesn’t have time to talk that they can talk next week in the ring.
Randy Orton VS. Carmelo Hayes in a King of the Ring quarter final match
Randy catches Hayes coming off the second ring rope with an RKO and advances in the tournament.
Winner: Randy Orton
Cathy Kelly started to interview Randy after the match, but the Bloodline came out. Randy said hold on is the Bloodline really trying to come out and intimidate me. Let me remind you who I am. Randy then told him he would be the next King of the Ring.
The road to the King and Queen of the Ring premium live event continues tonight on Smackdown live from Jacksonville, Florida.
Four quarter final matches in the two tournaments will take place with Randy Orton vs Carmelo Hayes and LA Knight vs Tama Tonga in the King of the Ring while Tiffany Stratton takes on Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill battles Nia Jax in the Queen of the Ring tournament.
Plus, the contract signing between Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul also takes place and hopefully there’s more clarification if the United States title will also be on the line along with the Undisputed WWE title.
WWE launched the Bret “Hit Man” Hart legacy championship replica title today, an all pink, black, and white title which is different from any other legacy replica title already available in WWE’s collection.
“Every inch of the belt is dressed in subtle and stunning tributes to Bret Hart. It is ‘The Excellence of Execution’ personified in collectible form and a must-have for the die-hard sports entertainment fan,” reads the description of the title, which retails at a cool $749.99 price.
The item is in stock now and available to ship within one business day. Free shipping is available if you use the code WWE29 at WWEShop.
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AEW announced a residency at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas for six upcoming Collision shows and the Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view.
Dubbed the AEW Path To All In Summer Series, the July 20, July 27, August 1, August 10, and August 17 television tapings of Collision will take place at the arena along with the July 26 ROH pay-per-view. All shows are live except the August 1 episode, which is being taped on a Thursday to air on August 3.
“We are thrilled to partner with the City of Arlington for AEW’s first-ever events at Esports Stadium. This AEW summer series will add to the rich legacy of major professional wrestling events held in the great state of Texas and serve as the ultimate springboard for AEW: All In London on August 25 at Wembley Stadium,” said AEW CEO, General Manager and Head of Creative Tony Khan. “This partnership would not have been possible without the tireless support of Matt Wilson, Justin Grimsley, the Arlington Sports Commission and City of Arlington teams and of course, our incredibly passionate fanbase throughout Texas.”
The Esports Stadium hosts around 2,500 fans.
Tickets will go on sale Thursday, June 6 at 10AM CT via ETix.com and AEWTix.com. Fans interested in exclusive pre-sale opportunities can register to become an AEW Insider by visiting allelitewrestling.com/aew-insider.
NBA and NHL programming continued to wreck wrestling shows in ratings with Dynamite this week drawing 672,000 viewers, down 39,000 viewers from the prior week and the least-watched episode since January 6, 2021. The show had a 0.23 rating in 18-49, down 0.01 from last week and placed #6 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: SpoilerTV)
The CW have confirmed that NXT will remain on Tuesday nights once the show transitions to their network from USA Network in October of this year.
Unveiling their fall schedule today, NXT is listed as airing from 8PM to 10PM as part of a new, five-year deal between WWE and The CW.
This is the first time that NXT will be on network television and the first time that it has aired outside of USA Network in the United States since it moved to cable in September 2019.
The CW is trying to push into live sports with 500 hours of WWE, NASCAR, LIV Golf, ACC football and basketball, and other sports coming to the network in 2025.
