AEW announced a blockbuster main event for the May 10 episode of Dynamite at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
The main event will be a cage match featuring former AEW World champions Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley. The match was confirmed last night on Rampage and furthers the feud between The Elite and The BCC.
Omega and Moxley already wrestled three times against each other in a lights out match at Full Gear 2019, exploding barbed wire death match at Revolution 2021, and a regular match on Dynamite in 2021.
Further draft picks were made today from those eligible to be drafted, leaving four Superstars free agents.
Smackdown confirmed the services of Top Dolla, Ashante “Thee” Adonis, B-Fab, and Lacey Evans in today’s supplemental picks.
Monday Night Raw now has Maximum Male Models with Maxxine Dupri, Dexter Lumis, Candice LeRae, The Viking Raiders with Valhalla, Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville, Natalya, and NXT’s Apollo Crews, Zoey Stark, and JD McDonagh.
The free agents are Omos with MVP, Mustafa Ali, Dolph Ziggler, and NXT’s Von Wagner.
Trinity Fatu made her Impact Wrestling debut last night at the television tapings in Chicago. Her debut airs this coming Thursday on AXS TV.
Now going by her first name of Trinity, the artist formerly known as Naomi in WWE brought her glow gimmick back and her first appearance consisted of an in-ring promo. Her first opponent will be KiLynn King and that match is being taped today which will air in two weeks’ time.
“Ecstatic to welcome @TheTrinity_Fatu to the @IMPACTWRESTLING roster,” tweeted Impact President Scott D’Amore. “A world class athlete and entertainer who will raise the already high bar for everybody in the locker room. Don’t miss her debut this Thursday on #IMPACTonAXSTV.”
This was Trinity’s first time performing in front of a wrestling crowd since May 2022. She and her former tag team partner Sasha Banks walked out of Raw – and WWE – after a creative dispute with Vince McMahon.
Banks went on to Japan as Mercedes Mone but Trinity remained inactive for nearly a year.
Speaking of Mercedes Mone, the former IWGP Women’s champion was backstage and in the crowd for Trinity’s Impact debut, doing the same thing that Trinity did for her when she traveled to Japan to see her at Wrestle Kingdom. Mone donned a large hat and sunglasses to try and disguise herself.
AJ Styles returned to Smackdown last night following four months out with a broken ankle.
Styles, along with Anderson, Gallows, and Michin, were all drafted to Smackdown as The OC and took out The Viking Raiders and Valhalla as their first act on the blue brand. Styles tested his ankle by doing his Phenomenal Forearm on Ivar.
Anderson, Gallows, and Michin didn’t feature much on WWE television since AJ got injured but with the faction back together, all of them will likely get some much-needed TV time in the coming weeks and months.
Styles’ injury took place at the non-televised live event in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in late December during a mixed six-person tag match.
“Just want you guys to know that I’m ok. Broken ankle is what I’m dealing with,” Styles wrote on Twitter at the time. “No surgery, this just takes some time to recover. This will be the longest I’ve ever been out of the ring. Thanks for the prayers and get well wishes.”
The first picks of the WWE Draft took place last night on Smackdown and they will continue this Monday on Raw on USA Network.
Staying or going to the Raw brand are Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Gunther, Giovanni Vinci, Ludvig Kaiser, Matt Riddle, Drew McIntyre, The Miz, Shinsuke Nakamura, and NXT’s Indi Hartwell.
The Intercontinental title is moving to Raw with Gunther while Indi Hartwell, the current NXT Women’s champion, will probably end up dropping the belt before her move.
The Smackdown brand got Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, and Paul Heyman, Bianca Belair, The Street Profits, Edge, Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Michin, Bayley, Dakota Kai, IYO SKY, and from NXT Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn.
Belair is the current Raw Women’s champion so that means right now both women’s champs are on Smackdown but that will obviously change come Monday. Fyre and Dawn from NXT are also the current NXT Women’s Tag Team champions.
With Reigns remaining on Smackdown that means that the newly re-introduced WWE World Heavyweight Championship will be on the Raw brand.
Roster changes will take effect starting on May 8, the first Raw after Backlash.
Arena: American Bank Center
City: Corpus Christi, TX
Triple H is introduced first to welcome everyone to Smackdown and the 2023 Draft. Every superstar on Raw and Smackdown are eligible for the draft and 50% will be drafted tonight and the other 50% will be drafted Monday Night on Raw. Also select superstars from NXT are also available to be selected to Raw or Smackdown. The new official roster will be in effect on May 8th.
First pick goes to Smackdown with Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa and the WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns. This means the New WWE World Heavyweight Champion will be exclusive to Monday Night Raw.
Raw picks the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes.
Smackdown selects the EST of WWE the Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair
Raw picks “The Man” Becky Lynch
Triple H then introduces The Usos. They say they are going to win the tag team championships back tonight in the WrestleMania rematch. This leads to Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn coming out from the back. After The Usos dedicate the match to Roman Reigns, Sami pointed out that Roman and Solo and Paul were drafted to Smackdown without them and Roman hasn’t called them since WrestleMania. Jey then said they will lose, and Kevin is going to turn on Sami and Kevin says he is tired of hearing all that crap he is only concerned with winning and keeping the titles tonight.
Butch VS. L.A. Knight
Knight hit his finisher to get the win.
Winner: L.A. Knight
The Usos are discussing their match tonight. Paul Heyman and Solo come in and try to pep up the Usos and says tonight is the night and looks at Solo as Solo tightens his tape.
Rob Van Dam and Michael “P.S.” Hayes are shown holding cards and are announced as special presenters of the next draft picks.
Rob Van Dam and Michael Hayes are introduced.
Smackdown selects the Street Profits
Raw selects Imperium
Smackdown selects the Rated R Superstar Edge
Raw selects Matt Riddle
The Street Profits VS. Ricochet & Braun Strowman VS. Cruz Del Toro & Juaquin Wilde
Ford pins Ricochet after a blind tag and a powerslam from Dawkins.
Winners: The Street Profits
Teddy Long and JBL will be announcing round 3 of the draft.
Smackdown selects Bobby Lashley
Raw selects Drew McIntyre
Smackdown selects the O.C – A. J. Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson and Mia Yim
Raw selects The Miz
Zelina Vega VS. Sonya Deville
Zelina surprises Deville with a roll up for the win.
Winner: Zelina Vega
After the match, Rhea attacks and as she goes for a riptide Vega counters and hits a DDT and gets out of the ring.
Santos Escobar and Rey Mysterio congratulate Zelina Vega on her win and encourage her for her match against Rhea Ripley at Backlash.
The O.C. comes to the ring. Before A.J. could say anything, the Viking Raiders come out. A.J. said I will make it easy for you I will go over to this turnbuckle and O.C. handle your business. Gallows and Anderson hit the Magic Killer on Erik and A.J. says they are just getting started. A.J. then gave Ivar a phenomenal forearm.
Shawn Michaels and the Road Dogg will be announcing the next and final round of tonight’s draft picks.
Smackdown selects Bayley, Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky
Raw selects Shinsuke Nakamura
Smackdown selects the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn
Raw selects the NXT Women’s Champion Indie Hartwell
Kayla Braxton was interviewing Shinsuke Nakamura on how he feels about his move to Raw and before Shinsuke could say much he was attacked by Karrion Kross.
Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn VS. The Usos *For the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship
During the match we see Paul Heyman on the phone and then tells Solo tonight is your night.
As Solo heads to the ring, Matt Riddle stops him, and they fight to the back. Sami pulls Jey out of the ring and slams him into the ring steps, Owens hits Jimmy with the Stunner then tags Sami and Sami hits the Helluva Kick for the win.
Winners and Still WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
AEW Rampage tonight comes to us from the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Fl. After last week drawing 371,000 & a 0.12 in the 18-49 demo.
There’ll be word tonight on the upcoming cage match between Moxley & Omega.
*****
Bullet Club Gold vs Shawn Spears & Ricky Starks
Backstory: White debuted by helping Juice beat down Starks; the two then attacked Spears after he insulted White’s in-ring debut last week
Well that’s refreshing. They actually gave the openers their entrances. As a recap of Bullet Club’s exploits thus far played. Starks drew a nice reaction from the crowd.
Before rushing down the ramp, right to a four-way brawl, going after Robinson: the match he never got. Spears and White spilled outside. As Starks took Juice to the corner for chops. Before tagging Spears.
Presumably he and Robinson wrestled in NXT?
Quick tags from the good guys, Spears mocked White which seemed to draw boos. Before taking Juice to the corner for ten punches, even catching White with a sledge after spotting him sneaking up. Though White had the last laugh with a knee to the back from the apron.
Allowing Robinson to take control. White then dropped the vet across the apron to bring the break.
White in, Spears stuck in the wrong corner – slow, stinging chops from Jay, a dropkick to the knee maintaining the advantage. Until a cheap shot to Starks allowed Spears to snatch him up in a suplex, both guys down, an animated Starks begging for the tag.
Which he got, as did Juice, a smashing clothesline dropping Robinson and making White abandon the apron – he wanted no part of Ricky. Back body drop, back elbow, suplex, Starks firing up, the crowd responding. White tried a cheapshot and ate a lariat to the outside, before Juice was taken upstairs. Blind tag to Spears – superplex/big splash combo for two.
Which I believe was the first attempt at a pin, a solid ten minutes into the show.
C4 ready, Juice raked the eyes, tag to White, who also slipped out of Spears’ finish, only to eat a sky high. Robinson made the save, was wiped out by Ricky, who was knocked off the apron by White, who was snatched up again for the C4, only to slip behind as the two ever-so-smoothly transitioned right into the Bladerunner. Very nice finishing sequence. And the move drew a pop from the crowd.
Right winner; right loser.
Starks showed a ton of charisma here and was over with the crowd. He needs to be used more consistently. But there are a dozen guys who tick that particular box.
The fight continued after the match as Starks and Juice continued brawling, White saving his partner from a Spear while shouting that he owned Starks.
Winner: Bullet Club Gold
Lexi with the Hardys and Hook. ‘Isiah Kassidy is still missing, nowhere to be found’.
Erm, what? When did this happen?
Anyway, it was the Firm who took him – Big Bill threatened to chokeslam him off some scaffolding unless the Hardys agreed to make Firm Deletion next Friday on Rampage. They agreed; Bill chokeslammed him anyway. Poor Isiah takes too many big bumps for far too little rub from the vets.
And Firm Deletion sounds like something to counteract too much Viagra.
A fired-up Hardy shouted that they were all ‘dead’. ‘The Firm’s getting deleted,’ deadpanned Hook.
Naturally Limitless vs Brennan Hughes & Charlie James
Backstory: None
Lee beat James with the Spirit Bomb.
Afterward, Mogul Embassy (the Embassy & Swerve Strickland) appeared on the stage.
Winner: Naturally Limitless
Lexi with Sammy. Who was interrupted by a furious Tay Melo – MJF isn’t his friend and he shouldn’t blow a world title opportunity for him (by laying down).
This is exactly why everyone needs a gorgeous Brazilian blonde – to help you realize when your friends aren’t really your friends.
Anna Jay vs Ashley D’Amboise
Backstory: None
Jay’s eyes are still black after her misting.
The crowd were almost silent except when D’Amboise was announced as being from the region. Jay hooked a bow and arrow using the ringpost.
Ads.
The majority of this took place during those ads. Jay got the win via Queenslayer after a neckbreaker.
Post-match, the lights went out, Julia Hart appeared & the two brawled.
Winner: Anna Jay
The Outcasts appeared. Their latest swagger-jacking being an updated version of I Broke Wahoo’s Leg as they wore tees with an image of black-eyed Britt Baker. They said ‘losers’ and ‘babygirl’ a lot. Then that this was their house.
The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn vs Cameron Stewart, Ryzin & Some Dude
Backstory: None
Caster’s rap accused one of their opponents of looking like a pedophile.
Fameasser, Arrival, Mic Drop, win.
Crowd liked em.
Winner: the Acclaimed
Jay Lethal vs Cash Wheeler
Backstory: Jarrett beat Dax Weds after being distracted by Sonjay Dutt
Cool ring jackets for FTR as they dedicated the match to Jay Briscoe en route to the ring.
Immediately Lethal rolled outside, ostensibly to hug Mark Briscoe, as the announcers talked about how ridiculous the interference was in the JJ/Dax match Weds.
Lockup, to the corner, where Jay took cheap shots to the gut before ramming knees. A bodyslam followed, the crowd almost silent. Cash replied by reversing a hiptoss, armdrag into a lock; Lethal came back with the kitchen sink but saw Lethal Injection avoided as Cash hit a dropkick, knee lift, back body drop, clothesline to the outside.
A rare cut-to-break with the good guy on top.
Things had changed as we returned, a deadly and exciting abdominal stretch held by Lethal, who even more heart-stoppingly went right back to it after Cash briefly escaped. As Briscoe prevented Dutt’s interference.
Cash slipped into a cradle for two but was quickly dropped across the ropes, the heel back on top. This crowd is basically asleep. As Lethal dropped an elbow so obviously intended to miss that JR basically called him on it.
And was then propelled into the air by the tag champ’s legs. Flurry from Cash, big uppercut, snap powerslam out of a leapfrog. Great sequence. Followed by a tornado ddt for two.
The two exchanged pin attempts, Lethal back body dropped his way out of a piledriver, Lethal Combination followed, but Cash caught Lethal into a Gory Bomb out of Lethal Injection. Two only as Dutt interfered and hopped onto the apron, Briscoe too, Lethal shoved Cash into both then rolled him up.
Wouldn’t you know it, that was the finish. A rare interference-laden screwjob.
More fun with contenders no-one wants to see and screwy finishes. WWE’s offer/the prospect of working for Vince must’ve really sucked if this is what FTR signed up for.
Decent enough match otherwise. Strange how much of the match Lethal took considering he was winning.
Episode four of season one of AEW: All Access drew 299,000 viewers this week, up 10,000 viewers from episode three of last week. The show had a 0.09 rating in 18-49, up 0.01 from last week and placed #38 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Rumors are running rampant that the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota is a leading candidate to host WrestleMania 41 in 2025.
Patrick Kessler, Special Contributor for WCCO-TV/CBS Minneapolis wrote in a tweet that his sources said that Minneapolis is one of the finalists trying to get the show of shows to the city. The city was already a candidate to host WrestleMania 33 and prepared a bid to host WrestleMania 36 as well but 33 went to Orlando and 36 originally went to Tampa.
The $1 billion enclosed U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis, which hosts over 70,000 fans, would be the location where WrestleMania would take place.
Minneapolis has never hosted WrestleMania before and it would be the fist time in the state of Minnesota as well.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced a four-woman tournament to crown the inaugural NJPW Strong Women’s champion and Mercedes Mone is one of the four stars who will be participating.
Mone will be taking on CMLL’s Stephanie Vaquer in the semi final while Stardom’s Mono Kohgo will take on AEW’s Willow Nightingale in the other semi final.
The tournament will be held at the upcoming Resurgence show on Sunday, May 21 in Long Beach, California, with two women pulling double duty as both semi finals and final will be held on the same night.
Mone lost her IWGP Women’s title last weekend at the Stardom All Star Grand Queendom event against Mayu Iwatani.
Resurgence will air live on NJPW’s streaming service NJPW World.
Despite heavy competition from NBA and NHL, Dynamite grew in viewership this week, drawing 863,000 viewers, up 33,000 viewers from the prior week. The show did a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demo, the same of last week and the week before and placed #9 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Sarah Schreiber greeted the fans to start the show.
Bianca Belair v IYO SKY for the Raw Women’s title
Bayley and Dakota Kai interfered causing a DQ. Asuka’s music hit and spoke Japanese to the crowd. Another match was created which was a 3 on 2 handicap match between Damage Control and Asuka/Bianca. Bianca pinned Dakota for the win.
Baron Corbin v Rick Boogs
Boogs rolled up Corbin for the pin fall win. Looked like Boogs might have held Corbin’s tights.
Dominik Mysterio came to the ring with Damian Priest. Dominik said that Judgment Day were the strongest faction in WWE. Dominik also said that Finn Balor was going to embarrass Cody Rhodes tonight. Dolph Ziggler’s music hit. Dominik was hugely over as a heel.
Dominik Mysterio v Dolph Ziggler
Dominik won via pin fall. Damian Priest kept taking cheap shots at Ziggler throughout the match.
Maximum Male Models v Alpha Academy
MMM got on the mic and said they would do a five minute pose. They stayed still while the screen counted down from five minutes. Around 3 minutes 30, Alpha Academy’s music hit. Otis did the worm and elbow drop for the pin fall win.
Sarah Schreiber mentioned how WWE have supported the Special Olympics for years and how this year’s was in Berlin. Encouraged people to visit the WWE Special Olympics website.
The Miz v Seth Rollins
Miz got on the mic and said how people shouldn’t start “that chant” (tiny balls). Miz said that even a five year old was chanting it and acted disgusted. Rollins’ music hit. Rollins was very over. Seth stood still in the middle of the ring while people sang his theme for what felt like almost five minutes. Miz kept telling people to stop singing Rollins’ theme. Miz got on the mic and said he wasn’t having the match if people kept singing. Miz walked off. Rollins ran down the aisle to bring Miz into the ring so the match started. Rollins won after a Curb Stomp. After the match, Rollins took a lot of selfies with fans at ringside.
Intermission.
Dexter Lumis v Bronson Reed
Reed pinned Lumis. Reed got on the mic saying he thought he’d get a better reception, “being Australian and part of the commonwealth”. Reed mentioned how he was involved in a match with Bobby Lashley and Austin Theory at Backlash. Reed mentioned how Theory and Lashley were about to have a match and how he wasn’t going anywhere. Lashley came to the ring.
Austin Theory vs Bobby Lashley for the United States title
Bronson Reed stayed at ringside. The match ended when Reed ran into both men as Lashley was applying a full Nelson on Theory. Lashley attacked both Reed and Theory after the match. Lashley posed with the US title.
Finn Balor v Cody Rhodes
Damian Priest did a run in during the match and kicked Cody in the back of the head behind the ref’s back. Priest kept interfering. The ref told Priest to go to the dressing room. Dominik then did a run in. Cody started throwing a Dusty-style punches and an elbow, hit the Cross-Rhodes on Balor and pinned him.
After the match, Cody got on the mic and asked if Manchester had a good time. Cody said it was an “amazing and enriching experience”. Cody thanked the staff and the fans and asked if the fans would be here when WWE comes back.
AEW is going to have one hell of a busy week in late August and early September with both All In and All Out taking place within a week of each other.
While the status of All Out was up in the air, AEW’s Chief Legal Officer Megha Parekh confirmed during a podcast that All Out will indeed take place as expected on September 3, a week after AEW presents All In live from London’s Wembley Stadium.
“It’s been a while since I’ve spent any meaningful time (in London) because of COVID, so I’m excited just to go back,” Parekh said on the A2theK podcast. “We’ll have to come back here for All Out the week after, but it should be really fun.”
All In is so far not a pay-per-view and some wondered if that would replace All Out this year but that doesn’t seem to be the case. It’s not known yet how All In will be aired.
AEW has not announced anything regarding All Out either, not even a location, although the show has taken place just outside of Chicago over the years in Hoffman Estates at the NOW Arena.
The WWE Draft kicks off tonight on Friday Night Smackdown on FOX and will then continue on Raw this coming Monday night on USA Network.
WWE has revealed the Superstars who are eligible to be drafted tonight and on Monday. Notable absentees are Bray Wyatt and Alexa Bliss, who are not named in any of the two lists. Also, The Bloodline is listed as just Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa and not a complete faction with The Usos. The same goes for Judgment Day, with Rhea Ripley not listed as part of the group.
Select NXT stars will also be eligible for the Draft but their names will remain as a surprise.
Eligible to be drafted tonight are: Becky Lynch; Bianca Belair; Bobby Lashley; Candice LeRae; Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville; Cody Rhodes; Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY, and Dakota Kai); Dexter Lumis; Dolph Ziggler; Drew McIntyre; Edge; Hit Row (Top Dolla, Ashante “Thee” Adonis, and B-Fab); Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci); Lacey Evans; Matt Riddle; Maximum Male Models (Mace, Mansoor, and Maxxine Dupri); Mustafa Ali; Natalya; Omos (and MVP); Shinsuke Nakamura; The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa); The Miz; The OC (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Michin); The Street Profits; and The Viking Raiders (with Valhalla).
Eligible to be drafted on Monday are: Akira Tozawa; Alpha Academy; Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo; Asuka; Austin Theory; Baron Corbin; Braun Strowman and Ricochet; Brock Lesnar; Bronson Reed; Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin; Charlotte Flair; Dana Brooke; Elias; Emma; Johnny Gargano; Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio); Karrion Kross (with Scarlett); Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn; LA Knight; Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez; Nikki Cross; Piper Niven; Rhea Ripley; Rick Boogs; Riddick Moss; Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler; Seth Rollins; Shotzi; Tamina; Tegan Nox; The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch); The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, and Zelina Vega); The New Day; The Usos; Trish Stratus; and Xia Li.
NXT fan favorite and up-and-comer Sol Ruca is out of action for the next several months after she tore her ACL.
Ruca was written off television last night on the Spring Breakin’ episode of NXT, becoming the latest victim of the mystery assailant who keeps taking out women backstage or at the parking lot of the WWE Performance Center.
A torn ACL means a lengthy spell on the sidelines, an unfortunate setback for Ruca who has been building herself up on TV lately.
Meanwhile, Ruca was not the only one injured as NXT Women’s champion Indi Hartwell was also minutes from losing her title due to a legit ankle injury.
On the show last night, Hartwell defended her title against Roxanne Perez and Tiffany Stratton in a triple threat match and landed bad on her ankle taking a move from Stratton. The injury led to Hartwell being helped to the back while the match continued between Perez and Stratton. Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline said that they called an audible and Stratton was going to win the title.
But Hartwell managed to make her way back to the ring and finish the match as originally scripted, retaining her title. It remains to be seen if the injury will actually lead to her taking some time off but NXT is heading into their next premium live event fairly soon and she is expected to be defending the title at Battleground next month.
The Spring Breakin’ episode of NXT on USA Network last night drew 647,000 viewers, up 82,000 viewers from last week’s show and the second most-watched episode of NXT of 2023 so far. The show, going against NBA and NHL playoffs, did a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 0.04 and the best number of 2023 and placed #14 on the chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
The Double or Nothing pay-per-view main event was supposed to have been decided last night on Dynamite but the Four Pillars tournament had another twist, somewhat rendering the whole tournament useless.
Sammy Guevara defeated Darby Allin via disqualification in the final match after he beat Jack Perry via countout last week. The win technically earned Guevara a spot in the main event of Double or Nothing against MJF but AEW announcer Tony Schiavone, via a message from Tony Khan, later announced that the Double or Nothing main event will be decided next week in a tag team match.
The match will see AEW World champion MJF team up with Sammy Guevara against Jack Perry and Darby Allin. If MJF and Guevara win, then the main event will remain MJF vs Guevara. If Perry and Allin win, the match will turn into a four-way match with the Four Pillars headlining the show.
The big surprise that Impact Wrestling is promising for tomorrow’s television tapings in Chicago is none other than the arrival of Trinity Fatu, the wrestler formerly known as Naomi in WWE.
PWInsider broke the story that Fatu is joining the promotion and according to other insiders, this is not just a one-time appearance.
Fatu recently applied to trademark the name Trinity Starr but she dropped the application with the USPTO a few days later.
She has not appeared on television since May of last year and stayed out of the wrestling scene after she walked out of Monday Night Raw with Sasha Banks.
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AEW President Tony Khan appeared on Dynamite last night to announce the second annual Owen Hart Cup tournament.
The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place at the upcoming Double or Nothing pay-per-view next month in Las Vegas while the actual tournament will happen on Canadian territory.
Matches will take place at AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door PPV and other AEW events in Canada with the finals being held at the Calgary Saddledome non-televised live event on July 15.
July 15 falls on a Saturday so when the new AEW show launches it might turn into a live broadcast instead.
Adam Cole and Britt Baker were the inaugural winners of the Owen Hart Cup tournament, defeating Samoa Joe and Ruby Soho respectively.
