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CM Punk goes all out on Cabana, Page, AEW EVPs in fiery press conference

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Colin Vassallo
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New AEW World champion CM Punk went on a long tirade during the post-show press conference, targeting Colt Cabana, Hangman Page, and even the AEW EVPs who did nothing to diffuse a situation.

Asked about Cabana, Punk looked a bit irritated that he’s answering this question in 2022, saying that he hasn’t been friends with Cabana since late 2013 and it is unfortunate he has to be here, on his time, speaking about Cabana.

Punk said he has every e-mail, every receipt, every bill, including the note where Cabana told him they’ll go their separate ways and he will pay his own bills.

“That’s an email that I have. And the only reason the public did not see is because when I finally had to countersue him, through discovery we discovered he shared a bank account with his mother. That’s a fact,” Punk said. “And as soon as we discovered that fact and we subpoenaed Marcia, he sent the email, ‘Oh, can we please drop all this?’”

After a long rant on Cabana, Punk turned his sights on Page and unnamed EVPs who instead of doing their job and handle the situation, they enabled Page.

“There’s people who call themselves EVPs that should have f*cking known better. This sh*t was none of their business,” Punk continued. “I understand sticking up for your f*cking friends. I f*cking get it. I stuck up for that guy more than anybody. Okay? I paid his bills until I didn’t and it was my decision not to.”

Addressing Page, he said he did nothing to deserve an “empty-headed f*cking dumb f*ck like Hangman Adam Page” to go on TV and say what he said. “For what? What did I do? What did I ever do? Didn’t do a Goddamn thing.”

Punk said that they jeopardized the first $1 million gate this company ever drew off his back, calling Page and the EVPs a disgrace to the industry and a disgrace to the company.

“We’re far beyond apologies. I gave him a f*cking chance. It did not get handled, and you saw what I had to do, which is very regrettable lowering myself to his f*cking level,” Punk said. “But that’s where we’re at right now. And I will still walk up and down this hallway and say, ‘If you have a f*cking problem with me, take it up with me.’ Let’s f*cking go.”

MJF returns at All Out in show-closing angle

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Colin Vassallo
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MJF made his return to AEW last night at All Out for the show-closing angle with new champion CM Punk.

After Punk won the title, the lights went out and a voicemail from Tony Khan played. It said that he doesn’t like he is screwing the fans and is prepared to swallow a big pill and offer him more money to show up at All Out, put him in the Casino Ladder match, and doesn’t have to sign a contract extension.

A very old ROH promo from CM Punk then aired where Punk told fans that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people he didn’t exist. The masked Joker from the Casino Ladder match then showed up, turned around, and removed his mask…and put his Burberry scarf on, with MJF saying he’s the devil himself.

MJF then walked out to the top of the stage to a loud ovation and MJF chants from the crowd. Punk held the title over his head and MJF signaled he’s going for the title.

He then wrapped up his appearance by flipping off the fans.

MJF has not been seen on AEW television since the Dynamite following Double or Nothing where he delivered a much talked about promo saying he wants to quit and called Tony Khan a “f*cking mark.”

All Out 2022 pay-per-view results

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Colin Vassallo
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Here are the results from last night’s All Out 2022 pay-per-view which took place from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

ZERO HOUR: Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo defeated Ortiz and Ruby Soho to retain the AAA Mixed Tag Team titles; Hook defeated Angelo Parker to retain the FTW title; PAC defeated Kip Sabian to retain the All-Atlantic title; Eddie Kingston defeated Tomohiro Ishii.

PPV: The Joker, who remained a mystery, won the Casino Ladder match to earn a shot at the AEW World title; The Elite defeated Hangman Adam Page and The Dark Order in a trios match to win the AEW World Trios titles; Jade Cargill defeated Athena to retain the TBS title; Wardlow and FTR defeated Jay Lethal and Motor City Machine Guns; Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Ricky Starks; Swerve In Our Glory defeated The Acclaimed to retain the AEW World Tag Team titles; Toni Storm defeated Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida, and Jamie Hayter to win the interim AEW Women’s title; Christian Cage defeated Jungle Boy; Chris Jericho defeated Bryan Danielson; Sting, Darby Allin, and Miro defeated House of Black; CM Punk defeated Jon Moxley to win the AEW World title.

NXT Worlds Collide results

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Colin Vassallo
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Here are the results from the NXT Worlds Collide premium live event which took place from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Carmelo Hayes defeated Ricochet to retain the NXT North American title; Pretty Deadly defeated The Creed Brothers, Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Gallus in a fatal four-way elimination tag team match to become the unified NXT Tag Team champions; Mandy Rose defeated Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport in a triple threat match to become the unified NXT Women’s champion; Kayden Carter and Katana Chance defeated Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop to retain the NXT Women’s Tag Team titles; Bron Breakker defeated Tyler Bate to become the unified NXT champion.

Triple H to meet Bad Bunny to explore future appearance

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Colin Vassallo
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Paul Levesque revealed in the post-show press conference that he will be meeting with music megastar Bad Bunny again soon to discuss the possibility of another collaboration between WWE and himself.

He went over how when Bunny came in for WrestleMania, he busted his ass every day at the WWE Performance Center and even gota house in Orlando to be closer for training. Bunny won over everyone in WWE with his dedication.

“A little bit of a spoiler, him and I are gonna have a conversation very, very soon,” Levesque revealed to the media. “It’s already scheduled, we’re gonna see what’s available. Biggest music star in the world so…let’s go!”

Triple H noted how they have been working with Bunny, Pat McAfee, Logan Paul, and Fury, and they do it because these stars show passion, the same passion that WWE Superstars have. He said it takes a lot for him to show respect, but these individuals got his respect because whenever they were involved, they were 100% committed and showed that they’re there because they love the business.

Full betting odds for All Out 2022

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Colin Vassallo
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AEW is back on pay-per-view tonight with a massive card, the biggest one so far in AEW history.

Today we bring you the latest odds for the full card of All Out courtesy of betting-sider.net. With over a dozen matches, there will be changes to these numbers so make sure you check out the latest odds before placing any bets.

Will we see a new AEW champion tonight? Bookmakers certainly think so as CM Punk is favorite with 2/5 odds to beat Jon Moxley in the main event. Moxley is 7/4 to retain.

A new AEW title will enter the fray tonight with the final of the Trios title tournament. The Elite, featuring The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega, are 1/3 favorites to become the inaugural champions against Hangman Page and The Dark Order whose odds are at 2/1.

A match to determine who is the better wrestler will pit Bryan Danielson vs Chris Jericho. The American Dragon is 8/15 favorite to beat the Lionheart who is 11/8 in odds at time of this writing.

With Thunder Rosa out of action, a new interim AEW Women’s champion will be crowned tonight. Toni Storm, Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter, and Hikaru Shida all have a shot at taking the gold but it’s Storm who is the favorite at 4/6. Baker is 11/4, Hayter is 4/1, and Shida is quite a long shot with 12/1 odds.

AEW Tag Team champions Swerve In Our Glory put their titles on the line against The Acclaimed. Lee and Strickland are 2/9 favorites to retain while Acclaimed are 3/1 for the upset.

A Casino Ladder match will determine who will get a future AEW World title shot. The Joker, the last entry of the match, is the favorite with 10/11 odds. ROH champion Claudio Castagnoli is 11/2 along with Rey Fenix. Andrade El Idolo is 6/1, Wheeler Yuta at 8/1, Rush at 10/1, Penta El Zero M at 16/1, and Dante Martin at 20/1.

Jade Cargill has the TBS title and her streak up for grabs as she defends against Athena. Cargill remains the clear favorite with 1/6 odds while the former NXT Women’s champion is 7/2.

FTR will team up with Wardlow to take on the Motor City Machine Guns from Impact Wrestling and Jay Lethal in a trios match. FTR and Wardlow are favorites with 1/8 odds and their opponents are 9/2.

Jungle Boy is looking to get revenge on Christian Cage in a one-on-one match. Jungle Boy is so far favorite at 4/6 while Cage is 11/10.

House of Black will take on the team of Sting, Darby Allin, and Miro in another multi-man tag match with the faces being favorite with 4/9 odds while the heels are 13/8 to win.

Former team mates Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs will clash tonight with Starks currently favorite with 8/11 odds and Hobbs with 1/1.

PAC will defend the All-Atlantic title against Kip Sabian. Odds are quite in favor of PAC who is 1/6 to retain while Sabian is 7/2.

Eddie Kingston faces Tomohiro Ishii and Kingston is 2/7 favorite while Ishii is 5/2.

The FTW title will also be on the line as Hook, the overwhelming favorite with 1/16 odds, defend against Angelo Parker who is 7/1 underdog.

Mickie James in win-or-retire Impact angle

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Colin Vassallo
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Mickie James returned to Impact Wrestling this week for a major announcement of her own.

James cut an emotional promo in the ring which detailed the death of her sister, getting released from WWE, and returning to Impact. She thanked her fans for sticking by her and then addressed what’s next for her.

The 43-year-old said that after months of soul-searching, she wants to find out if she can still hang out with the best and announced an open challenge for her, going through everyone who responds to eventually get an Impact Knockouts title match.

But there is a catch. If she loses any match along the way, or loses the title match if she gets there, she will then retire.

The angle is similar to what Ric Flair did on his way to WrestleMania 24 when Vince McMahon made Flair wrestle all the top guys and if he loses, he had to retire. Flair ended up losing to Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania.

Full betting odds for NXT Worlds Collide

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE presents its second premium live event of the weekend today with NXT Worlds Collide live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

This will be the final show for NXT UK as the brand goes away to make way for NXT Europe in 2023. We are presenting you with the latest odds for the show, brought to you by USDT betting site, but remember, these odds will change as bell time gets closer. Be careful before betting with real money.

In the NXT title unification match, NXT champion Bron Breakker is favorite to win the match with odds of 1/5 while Tyler Bate, whose title victory aired just this week on NXT UK, is 10/3 to win.

The NXT Women’s title match will see champion Mandy Rose taking on NXT UK Women’s champion Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport. This match is also a title unification match. Rose is favorite right now with 8/11 odds while Satomura is 7/4 to get the title and Davenport is an outsider with 3/1 odds.

The third and final title unification match will see The Creed Brothers, Gallus, Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen, and Pretty Deadly in a four-way tag match to crown the new undisputed NXT Tag Team champions. The Creed Brothers are currently 8/11 favorites while Gallus are 11/4. Briggs and Jensen are 5/1 while Pretty Deadly are pretty much not winning this with 6/1 odds.

The NXT Women’s Tag Team titles will be on the line as Katana Chance and Kayden Carter take on NXT alumni and WWE Superstars Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop.

The reigning champions are 4/9 favorites while the challengers are 13/8. And lastly, Carmelo Hayes defends his North American title against Ricochet. Hayes is 4/11 to win this while Ricochet is 2/1 underdog in what should be a fantastic encounter.

Kyle O’Reilly out injured after neck fusion surgery

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Colin Vassallo
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AEW star Kyle O’Reilly will be out of action for the next couple of months as he has just undergone neck fusion surgery.

The former Undisputed Era and reDRagon member posted a few stories on his Instagram from the hospital indicating he did the procedure. O’Reilly hasn’t appeared on AEW television since early August when he showed up with Adam Cole and Bobby Fish. His reDRagon tag team partner Fish is now a free agent and no longer under an AEW contract.

While neck fusion surgery doesn’t have a long recovery in hospital, it will take him a few months before he’s allowed to take bumps in the ring and resume his regular schedule.

The 35-year-old recently signed a long-term deal with AEW.

All Out 2022 live on pay-per-view tonight

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Colin Vassallo
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Live tonight from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, AEW presents All Out on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:

Jon Moxley vs CM Punk for the AEW World title; Toni Storm vs Britt Baker vs Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru Shida in a four-way match for the Interim AEW Women’s title; Jade Cargill vs Athena for the TBS title; Swerve In Our Glory vs The Acclaimed for the AEW Tag Team titles; Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs Hangman Page and The Dark Order for the AEW World Trios titles; Bryan Danielson vs Chris Jericho; Sting, Darby Allin and Miro vs Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews, and Brody King; FTR and Wardlow vs Motor City Machine Guns and Jay Lethal; Ricky Starks vs Powerhouse Hobbs; Jungle Boy vs Christian Cage; Claudio Castagnoli vs Dante Martin vs Wheeler Yuta vs Andrade El Idolo vs Penta Oscuro vs Rey Fenix vs Rush vs TBA in a Casino ladder match for a future AEW World title shot.

Four matches will be part of the Zero Hour broadcast preceding the pay-per-view. These are:

PAC vs Kip Sabian for the All-Atlantic title; Hook vs Angelo Parker for the FTW title; Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo vs Ortiz & Ruby Soho in a AAA Mixed Tag Team title match; and Eddie Kingston vs Tomohiro Ishii.

All Out is available for purchase on Bleacher Report in the United States and FITE.TV internationally.

Cardiff show first of a big worldwide plan, says Levesque

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Colin Vassallo
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In the post-show press conference, Paul Levesque announced that there were fans from 42 countries at Clash at the Castle yesterday with 78% of the crowd coming from outside Wales.

WWE announced a total attendance of 62,296, which seems to be the legit number and not inflated as that’s around the number that was being quoted earlier as far as tickets sold and comped. It was not close to the 74,000 attendance record that the Principality Stadium currently has.

Asked if we can expect more of these events, Levesque said that this was just step one of a big plan and told the media to get their passports ready. He said that there will be a lot more announcements over the next few months and years for international events like this.

Regarding using the Clash at the Castle name again, Triple H joked that there’s not many places with castles where they can hold a show so this could be a one-and-done event in terms of that name.

NXT Worlds Collide live on Peacock and WWE Network today

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Colin Vassallo
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Live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, WWE presents NXT Worlds Collide today on Peacock and WWE Network. The full card is as follows:

Bron Breakker vs Tyler Bate in a match to unify the NXT and NXT UK titles; Mandy Rose vs Meiko Satomura vs Blair Davenport in a triple threat match to unify the NXT Women’s and NXT UK Women’s titles; Kayden Carter and Katana Chance vs Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. for the NXT Women’s Tag Team titles; The Creed Brothers vs Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs vs Gallus vs Pretty Deadly in a fatal four-way tag team elimination match to unify the NXT Tag Team and NXT UK Tag Team titles; Carmelo Hayes vs Ricochet for the NXT North American title; Axiom vs Nathan Frazer in the first best of three series.

NXT Worlds Collide will start at 4PM ET on Peacock and WWE Network with a 30-minute Kickoff show before.

Malakai Black reportedly asks for AEW release, gets denied

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Colin Vassallo
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Earlier this week there were rumors of some AEW stars requesting their release from the company.

One particular individual heavily rumored to be among those stars was Malakai Black. His name was confirmed by Raj Giri of WrestlingInc.com saying that his sources indicated that it was Black after “concerns about his mental health due to personal life and demoralization due to the booking and handling of his character.”

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer also noted that one who asked for his release has a long time left on his current AEW deal and Black fits that category as well. Black was mentioned by Tony Khan a few weeks ago as someone who is tied up to AEW for years to come.

In the end, AEW management turned down Black’s request for release despite Tony Khan previously stating that anyone who wants to leave will be granted their wish.

Imperium reunites as Giovanni Vinci re-joins faction on main roster

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Colin Vassallo
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Solo Sikoa was not the only NXT star to get called up to the main roster as Giovanni Vinci, the star formerly known as Fabian Aichner, re-joined Imperium at Clash at the Castle.

Before the Intercontinental title match started, Ludwig Kaiser came out to introduce the champion, but before that, he told fans to show their gratitude to Giovanni Vinci, who was shown on screen as the camera panned out.

Kaiser then introduced “the leader of Imperium” to a big pop from the crowd as the trio returned together for the first time since earlier this year.

Aichner was repackaged as Giovanni Vinci in NXT as Kaiser and Gunther moved to the main roster in April. Vinci made his first appearance under his new name in June.

Tyson Fury prevents Money In The Bank cash-in by knocking out Theory

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Colin Vassallo
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Tyson Fury was ringside for the whole event in Cardiff and while he was not involved in a match, the boxing champion still got busy by preventing a Money In The Bank cash-in in a spectacular fashion.

With both Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns down along with the referee, Austin Theory’s theme song hit the speakers. Theory sprinted down the aisle with a second referee and went next to the ring announcer to let her know that he is cashing in his briefcase.

But Fury, who was sitting right there, had other plans. The champ stood up and threw a right hand at Theory, knocking him out!

“Oh my God! Tyson Fury just knocked the hell out of Theory,” screamed Michael Cole on commentary as the fans went absolutely bananas. “Why did he do that for,” questioned Corey Graves.

Fury got involved after the match again, first showing respect to the Tribal Chief by shaking his hand and then showered Drew McIntyre with praise and even sang “American Pie” with him to send the crowd home happy.

Solo Sikoa saves Roman Reigns at the Castle

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Colin Vassallo
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Solo Sikoa crashed the Drew McIntyre party at Clash at the Castle, preventing the Scotsman from winning the Undisputed WWE Universal championship from his cousin Roman Reigns.

Sikoa, the younger brother of Jimmy and Jey Uso, showed up in a hoodie and pulled the referee from making the three count, sending fans inside the Principality Stadium into frenzy. The distraction then allowed Reigns to recover and spear McIntyre for the victory.

The 29-year-old has been part of NXT for the past year and is now moving up to the main roster, seemingly joining The Bloodline.

Early betting odds for NXT Worlds Collide

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Colin Vassallo
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NXT will present its first premium live event since April’s Stand & Deliver tomorrow live from the WWE PC in Orlando. It will be the final show featuring the NXT UK brand as the remaining stars will now be part of NXT moving forward pending the arrival of NXT Europe.

Today we take a look at the betting odds for the three title unification matches and tomorrow afternoon we will bring you the latest odds for the full card. Remember, odds will change so be careful when placing real bets. You can also check out other betting sites not on Gamstop.

In the NXT and NXT UK title unification match, Bron Breakker is 1/5 favorite to defeat Tyler Bate who is 10/3. Bate’s NXT UK title win aired on Thursday on the WWE Network even though he’s been coming out with the title for the past few weeks on NXT.

The NXT Women’s and NXT UK Women’s titles will be up for grabs in a triple threat match as Mandy Rose battles Meiko Satomura and Blair Davenport. Davenport has no title but was inserted into the match anyway. The leader of the Toxic Attraction is favorite with 8/11 odds while Satomura is 7/4 and Davenport is an outsider with 4/1 odds.

And the NXT Tag Team and NXT UK Tag Team titles will be decided in a four-way elimination match. NXT Tag Team champs The Creed Brothers are currently the favorites with 8/11 odds while Gallus are 11/4 to win. NXT UK Tag Team champs Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen are 5/1 to take all the gold while former champs Pretty Deadly are 6/1 to regain. Pretty Deadly are the only ones to previously hold both set of titles.

Chris Jericho responds to Triple H: “NXT sucks”

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Colin Vassallo
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Appearing on Inside The Ropes, the first AEW World champion Chris Jericho did not appreciate Triple H’s comments about AEW beating the WWE developmental system and said that once again, Levesque is changing the narrative and history.

“When it started [the Wednesday night war], it was not developmental, it was a third brand, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon, and all the other bullshit that they said, so of course we beat the developmental or whatever you want to call it, but who gives a shit?” Jericho said.

The it’s a marathon not a sprint line was used by WWE when AEW won on its debut night by pulling 1.4 million viewers.

“The show sucks. NXT sucks. It’s not a good show, and they know it. Whether they were punished or not…they probably were punished. That’s probably why Triple H said those things because he is angry that we beat them, and he is probably angry that we exist,” Jericho continued.

He said that AEW doesn’t care about WWE and only care about building their fanbase and ratings with the best stories and best wrestling show they can put on.

Jericho then added that Tony Khan has more money that Triple H’s boss does and they are not going anywhere.

“That pisses them off and why wouldn’t it? They had a monopoly for so long and don’t like the fact that we exist and that’s fine. We don’t care that they exist, God bless them. They are running a show in front of 50,000 people, why would he care about us? But you know, he should, and he does, and that’s why he said those things,” he concluded.

Early betting odds for All Out 2022

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Colin Vassallo
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AEW is back on pay-per-view tomorrow with their biggest show of the year, All Out, live from the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The card for the show is huge and fans are in for a very, very long night tomorrow.

We will present you with the betting odds for the top three matches of the card and tomorrow we’ll go over the full card. Remember, odds will change so be careful. And if you’re from Africa, you can see other odds from betting sites in Zambia.

The AEW World title will be on the line as CM Punk gets his rematch against champion Jon Moxley. Last time around, Punk got beat in under three minutes and odds this time are favoring him instead. The challenger is favorite to regain the AEW World title with odds of 8/15 while Jon Moxley is 11/8 underdog to hold on to it.

A new interim AEW Women’s champion will be crowned with Thunder Rosa out of action for the next few months. The four individuals are Toni Storm, Britt Baker, Jamie Hayter, and Hikaru Shida. Storm, the original opponent of Rosa at the pay-per-view, is favorite with 4/6 odds while Britt Baker is 5/2. Hayter and Shida are total outsiders with odds of 6/1 and 8/1 respectively.

And who is the best wrestler? We will find out tomorrow as the American Dragon Bryan Danielson takes on Lionheart Chris Jericho. Danielson is favorite with 2/5 odds while Jericho is at 7/4.

Clash at the Castle results

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Colin Vassallo
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Here are the results from Clash at the Castle which took place from the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

The Street Profits and Madcap Moss defeated Alpha Academy and Austin Theory in the Kickoff six-man tag match; Bayley, IYO SKY, and Dakota Kai defeated Bianca Belair, Asuka, and Alexa Bliss in a six-woman tag match; Gunther defeated Sheamus to retain the Intercontinental title; Liv Morgan defeated Shayna Baszler to retain the Smackdown Women’s title; Edge and Rey Mysterio defeated Finn Balor and Damian Priest; Seth Rollins defeated Matt Riddle; Roman Reigns defeated Drew McIntyre to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal title.

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