AEW is presenting a massive card tomorrow night at Double or Nothing with a total of 13 matches on the show live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Today we will take a look at the betting odds of the top five matches from the show and then tomorrow we will provide you with all the available odds for the rest of the matches.
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In the AEW World title match, the challenger CM Punk is looking like the favorite to walk out of Vegas with gold around his waist as Punk is 4/7 to win the title while champion Adam Page is at 5/4 to retain it.
One champion who looks like a lock to retain is Women’s champ Thunder Rosa as her odds are 1/8 to win her match against Serena Deeb whose odds are at 9/2 and highly unlikely for the big upset.
Finally, Wardlow will get his hands on MJF and the angle which has been brewing for several months will reach its climax tomorrow night. This is certainly Wardlow’s biggest match of his career so far and he goes in as a super favorite with 1/7 odds while MJF is at 4/1 to show that he’s better than him.
In the Owen Hart Foundation tournament final matches, Adam Cole is the favorite to beat Samoa Joe with odds of 2/7 and 5/2 respectively while Britt Baker has 2/5 odds and favorite to beat Ruby Soho who is at 7/4.
Impact on AXS TV drew 125,000 viewers this week, up 6,000 viewers from last week’s show. In the 18-49 demo, the show did 0.03, down 0.01 from the previous show and it ranked #130 in the top 150 cable chart for the day. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Current AEW Women’s champion Thunder Rosa has joined Busted Open on SiriusXM and will be co-hosting an hour of the show every Friday from 11AM to Noon ET.
Rosa’s first show will be next week, June 3, and she will be joined by hosts Dave LaGreca and Mark Henry. The announcement was made yesterday.
“I’m super excited about this next chapter in my career. It is important to have diversity and bring a different flavor a new voices to professional wrestling,” Rosa tweeted after the announcement. “Agárrense [brace yourselves] cause this is going to be fun!”
Busted Open airs Monday to Saturday from 9AM to Noon ET on SiriusXM Fight Nation (channel 156 on SiriusXM radios and the SXM App), bringing the latest news, analysis and interviews with top stars from the world of professional wrestling.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reported in his latest edition of the newsletter that Stephanie McMahon is not returning anytime soon and when – or if – she does, returning as Chief Brand Officer is highly unlikely.
WWE is already on the hunt for a new Marketing and Brand Director to fill in the gaps while WWE President Nick Khan takes over her role temporarily. Stephanie wrote that she would be returning eventually but never gave any indication on when that might happen.
While McMahon has indeed taken a leave of absence to take care of her family, it is noted that there are other reasons for her departure, and those other reasons are a closely-guarded secret that have not gone out yet. Stephanie and Triple H went through a hard period over the past six months with his cardiac issues and while Triple H has resumed working in his office full time, his position of power is no longer the same as before.
WWE held an employee meeting at HQ this week and employees were once again told that McMahon left to take care of her family and more recruiting will be done to cover for her.
MMA star Paige VanZant will be making her AEW in-ring debut tomorrow night at Double or Nothing as she teams up with Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page to take on Sammy Guevara, Tay Conti, and Frankie Kazarian in a trios match.
The match, although never announced, was originally scheduled to be a mixed tag team match with the MMA star and Page vs Guevara and Conti but it was changed to a six-person match instead. There is a stipulation in the match though as if Guevara, Conti, and Kazarian lose, then the men in the team cannot challenge for the TNT title while Sky holds the title.
VanZant dropped off from AEW television for the past several weeks and was said to be training for an upcoming fight for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. She signed with AEW earlier this year and was involved in an angle with Brandi Rhodes before Rhodes left the company with her husband in February. She had been positing videos doing wrestling training on social media.
This trios match is the 12th match on the Double or Nothing card.
Ruby Soho booked a place for Double or Nothing tomorrow night after she beat Kris Statlander in the semi final match of the women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament.
Soho now battles Britt Baker in a rematch from their Arthur Ashe Stadium Dynamite main event last year. Baker beat Soho to retain the AEW Women’s title during that show.
Fans inside the arena began booing Soho after she won the match and even when she addressed Baker who came out to the top of the ramp when the match finished.
In the men’s tournament, Samoa Joe will take on Adam Cole in the final match.
Gangrel made his second AEW appearance last night during a live Rampage, coming out with The Young Bucks who dressed up as The Hardy Boys to troll the crowd. Brandon Cutler also dressed as Lita.
The Bucks wrestled Taylor Rust and Jon Cruz and after winning the match, they turned on Gangrel. That prompted the real Matt and Jeff Hardy to come out to save the day. Both teams meet tomorrow night at Double or Nothing.
The former leader of The Brood also made a surprise appearance in late 2020 when he showed up in the Elite Deletion cinematic match with Matt Hardy defeating Sammy Guevara.
In August of last year, Gangrel claimed that Edge’s Brood entrance at SummerSlam cost him an appearance on Dynamite as he was booked for a show to do his usual entrance. With Edge bringing it back before, AEW nixed the idea and his appearance was canceled.
Arena: Michelob Ultra Arena
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
The last show going in to Sunday’s PPV, it’s Saturday morning, and you know what that means… it’s time for our Rampage Review!
BRYAN DANIELSON vs MATT SYDAL
Backstory: The BCC beat Sydal and Dante Martin last week
Matt Sydal seems to be the guy AEW goes to when they want a good, long, flashy match with a clear winner.
‘AE-Dub’ chants rang out as we began with groundwork by Danielson. Regal joined Taz and Excalibur on comms and was defensive about the Dragon’s health ahead of Sunday.
Another round of grappling saw Sydal come out on top before both retreated and started again, leading to a full-nelson takedown from Danielson before dropping Sydal back-first across the knee, following with chops in the corner and vicious European uppercuts, culminating with a fish-hook and a beautiful roll-through before continuing to treat Sydal’s mug as a punching bag, much to the crowd’s delight.
Speeding up, Sydal briefly shook off the dominant Dragon with a leg lariat ahead of the first break.
Back in control as we returned, Danielson grabbed a two-count but was thrown off when Sydal flipped to his feet out of a snapmare and followed with a quick spinkick. Chops and strikes came next until Sydal was caught attempting another spinkick but surprised BD again, turning it into a hurracanrana. Danielson-like high kicks to the head brought Sydal close to victory with a 2, before he headed topside.
Cut-off, the Dragon went for a top-rope butterfly but Sydal fought it off and hit a meteora. Which Danielson rolled-through into a single crab in a very smooth transition, drawing ‘ooohs’ from the crowd. Next came YES! Kicks to the chest, vicious looking and sounding.
Heading back to the top, Sydal again took advantage of his speed, countering a suplex into a sunset flip from upstairs for another very near fall. After exchanging strikes in the middle, BD ducked a spinkick and smashed through Sydal with a busaiku knee, hammer and anvil elbows and a choke for the inevitable victory.
Hell of an opener. Danielson looked great here as Regal left to be replaced by Mr Starks.
WINNER: Bryan Danielson
YOUNG BUCKS vs Taylor Rust & John Cruz
Backstory: The Jacksons’ last match before they face the Hardys this weekend
Next came a bit of a surprise. The Hardys music hit but the Bucks came out in full Hardy mode, along with Gangrel, to face Taylor Rust and John Cruz. Usually, I can’t stand how over-the-top the heel Bucks are, but Nick Jackson’s Hardy Dance was just excellent.
Pulling off all the Hardys greatest hits: whisper in the wind, the Matt leg drop from the top (before Jackson thought better of it and hit an elbow), they were rewarded with ‘You still got it’ chants from the crowd, who were enjoying this. A brief flurry from Rust and Cruz led to dual superkicks, a Twist of Fate and the best Swanton ‘Jeff Hardy’ has performed since the clock struck midnight in December 2009.
After the inevitable victory, Gangrel was the recipient of a BTE Trigger, or about to be as the Hardys music struck again, this time Matt & Jeff joining us, about to strike with stereo Twists of Fate until Brandon Cutler interfered. For which he was treated to an Impaler DDT, a Twist of Fate and a Swanton as the Bucks fled.
WINNER: The Young Bucks
Darby Allin, blaming Kyle O’Reilly for Sting’s injury, challenged O’Reilly for Sunday. Otherwise, he’d interfere in all of the Elite’s matches.
Max Caster vs Dante Martin
Backstory: Caster kicked Dante in the nuts on Dark.
Pre-match, Caster called the Gunn Club the ‘Ass Boys’ and Bowens led the crowd in ‘I say ‘ass’, you say ‘boys’’ chants. The Ass Boys didn’t like that very much. The Acclaimed were very over with the crowd.
Amidst the fun and games, Dante struck with a plancha, but was walloped by Billy and sent inside to a waiting Caster, for which Aubrey sent all of the non-combatants packing.
Aiming to slow the high-flyer by targeting the legs, Castor had Dante on the mat as the ads arrived.
A belly to back and a missed diving footstomp from Caster welcomed us back, before a couple of near falls as Dante struck and moved, avoiding the larger Max. A HIGH cross body got another close count against a reeling Caster, before quickly following-up with a Nose Dive for the win.
Barely any of this was televised. Good for what it was.
WINNER: Dante Martin
A Cole/Joe promo package aired, Cole said he’d be a franchise player for years to come, starting with victory on Sunday. Joe said Cole’s ‘time is near’.
Presentation time. After Sammy Guevara smashed the previous one, a suited and booted Scorpio Sky would receive his brand-new, custom-made TNT title belt. Which looks very nice, same design with some purple added in kind-of Lakers colors.
Cut to a video of Sammy, Tay and Frankie breaking in to American Top Team headquarters. After preventing Frankie from doing it, Sammy smashed the trophy case with a bat, before stealing a bunch of titles. Everyone here was booed. This continues to baffle.
Sky challenged the three to a six-person on Sunday including Paige Vanzant. If they win, neither Frankie or Sammy can challenge for the title again. A crowd that’d been hot all night were lukewarm here, including chants of ‘shut the F up’ and ‘WHAT?’
Unlike Punk and Page, there is no ‘who’s the heel?’ intrigue, they’re all heels. Even the announcement of the match was booed when they ran through the PPV, while every other match was cheered.
Sunday’s shaping up to be a loooong card after the matches added tonight. Both of which could easily be saved for next week’s TV, though I appreciate that Paige’s debut means something and Darby is a big star for the company.
KRIS STATLANDER vs RUBY SOHO, OH Semi Final
Backstory: On Dynamite, Red Velvet pointed out Statlander’s injuries to Soho, the winner will meet Britt Baker in the final
Honestly, this felt like the first real wrestling since the opener. Ruby cut a sincere babyface promo, saying she’d lost momentum and needed the win. An aggressive Statlander seemed to be the heel here but was favored by the crowd.
Leveraging her strength, the larger Statlander took Ruby down before running on the spot in homage to Danielson, controlling with a headlock and running through Soho with a shoulder charge and shaking off a takedown from the smaller girl.
Twice early Ruby pulled her punches because the two are/were friends. After an armdrag by Soho, a second was blocked, before Ruby fought dirty with a kick to the knee, angering Statlander who crashed through her opponent with a clothesline. So far, Statlander not only looked better but was definitely the crowd favorite.
We returned with much of the same, Statlander crushing Ruby in the corner, hauling her to the top but Ruby fought out with weak-looking elbows and a top-rope hurracanrana but was then planted with a powerbomb for a very near fall. Missing a charge into the corner, Statlander damaged her shoulder, leading to her dropping Ruby from a gorilla press, allowing Soho to hit No Future but Stat fell to the outside.
Returning to the ring, Soho attacked the shoulder. Blocking a charge in the corner, Statlander whipped Ruby up face-first into the buckle with a reverse wheelbarrow and followed up with a fisherman’s falcon arrow for an incredibly close fall. Heavy booing by the crowd when Ruby kicked out.
A vicious short clothesline followed, but Statlander failed to lock in a hold because of her shoulder, allowing Ruby to roll-up Stat for the extremely unpopular win.
Everything here said the wrong woman won. When Britt came out afterwards, she was cheered; Soho booed when she picked up the mic to respond. Ruby pointed to what she’d just done to her friend, imagine what she’d do to Britt. Soho’s promo work was better than her wrestling.
Arena: Simmons Bank Arena
City: North Little Rock, AR
Smackdown opens with a recap of the tag team title unification match last week.
The Usos come out first. They start out by thanking the Tribal Chief. Then they talk about yesterday being their 12-year anniversary in the WWE. They then thank the Universe for being there with them because they love coming out and entertaining the crowd. The crowd starts chanting for The Usos. Jimmy then says they realized after the 12 years they didn’t need anyone but each other and the crowd then begins to boo!
Shinsuke Nakamura comes out and challenges The Usos for the tag team championship with his partner. Usos asked him where his partner was because Rick Boogs is busted up. Shinsuke says here he is, and Riddle comes out.
They begin to fight and the Usos roll out of the ring and Riddle and Nakamura standing in the ring.
We then see a highlight of the Ronda Rousey open challenge last week.
As Raquel Rodriguez comes to the ring, they show Shotzi giving a pep talk to the ladies in the back and asking why they keep getting passed up for Raquel Rodriguez.
Raquel Rodriguez VS. Ronda Rousey
While Rodriquez had Rousey up in a back breaker, Shayna Baszler and Natalya attack Rodriguez.
Rousey then got up and began fighting off Baszler and Natalya, knocking both ladies out of the ring and as we go to break Ronda and Raquel were standing tall in the ring.
Back from break we now have a tag team match
Ronda Rousey & Raquel Rodriguez VS. Natalya & Shayna Baszler
Baszler and Rousey stare down after Rodriguez kicked Baszler into Rousey until Natalya pulls Rousey out of the ring and as Baszler was watching what was going on out on the floor, Rodriguez grabbed her and gave her the one-armed powerbomb for the win.
Winners: Raquel Rodriguez & Ronda Rousey
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods need to find a tag team partner to face the team of Sheamus, Butch and Ridge Holland tonight.
They advertise Madcap Moss returning next week.
Los Lotharios VS. Jinder Mahal & Shanky
Shanky was dancing making fun of Angel. In the ring Mahal distracted by the action outside, Humberto jumped off the second rope and kicked Mahal in the head and pinned Mahal.
Winners: Los Lotharios
After the match, Mahal yelled at Shanky and Shanky put his hand to his face and began dancing again.
In the back Max Dupri walks into meet with Adam Pearce and Pearce says his papers are signed and Dupri is officially on Smackdown.
Kevin Owens comes out to host the KO Show. They announce it will be a member of the Bloodline that Owens will be interviewing.
Owens introduces his guest Sami Zayn. Sami gives Owens a big hug. Zayn says Ezekiel and Elias are clearly the same person and he doesn’t see how anyone couldn’t see it. Owens falls into his arms again. Owens wants Zayn to come to Raw and call out all the liars on Raw.
Zayn says he can’t now is not a good time as the Bloodline needs him and called Owens Uce.
Zayn begins to argue with Owens, and they call each other morons, Owens then calls out the Bloodline and they don’t come out and Owens and says the Bloodline doesn’t care anything about him. Owens then says just forget all this stuff and come to Raw with me and Zayn pushes Owens and says he has a locker room to lead. Owens gets back in the ring and stuns the guys starting to take down the set.
Drew Gulak & Ricochet VS. Gunther & Ludvig Kaiser
Ricochet gets thrown out of the ring hard by Kaiser, but Gulak had tagged in prior to Ricochet getting thrown out. Kaiser then with a kick to the chest of Gulak for the pin.
Winners: Gunther & Ludwig Kaiser
In the back, Sami is with the Usos and asked for the truth what they think of him. He said they are blood but said he could be like an honorary Uce and the Usos say sure. And Sami leaves the locker room with joy.
Sheamus, Butch & Ridge Holland VS. Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods & Drew McIntyre
After a Claymore to Ridge Holland, Xavier Woods goes to the top rope and drops the elbow for the win.
Charlotte Flair and Andrade El Idolo got married yesterday in a ceremony held in Durango, Mexico.
The couple, who began dating in February 2019, got engaged a year later and Flair announced during an interview at WrestleMania weekend that they have a wedding date and would be tying the knot in Mexico.
Charlotte lost the Smackdown Women’s title to Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania Backlash and was written out of television with WWE claiming that Rousey broke Flair’s arm during her match.
Several colleagues of the two were present for the occasion. A photo posted shows the couple taking a photo with an unmasked Rey Mysterio and his wife and an earlier photo showed Finn Balor as well as Nia Jax. The father of the bride, Ric Flair, was also in attendance decked in a pink suit.
AEW President Tony Khan couldn’t resist not taking a dig at WWE for moving Money In The Bank from Allegiant Stadium to MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Writing on Twitter, Khan said that yesterday was one of his favorite days which included a dinner with his dad and UFC President Dana White where he got to break the news to White about MITB moving MGM.
“Genius move trying to take on Dana and the UFC in Vegas during International Fight Week,” Khan said in a second tweet.
WWE announced during SummerSlam that Money In The Bank would be taking place at the Allegiant Stadium during the Independence Day weekend, a busy weekend for the UFC with a major show and International Fight Week.
The move did backfire, and while WWE sold around 17,000 tickets without a card announced, having that show in a stadium was not going to be viable.
But perhaps what Khan fails to realize is that Dana White and Vince McMahon are actually friends, and White often lauds McMahon as one of the greatest promoters in the history of the business.
Genius move trying to take on Dana and the UFC in Vegas during International Fight Week.
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Jeff Jarrett, who departed WWE in January after serving as a producer and as part of the creative team, has returned in an executive position with the company according to PWInsider.com.
PWInsider describes it as a “high-level executive position” and he will be working on the WWE live events business, with the site saying that a source described it as the former WCW champion “taking over live events.”
Jarrett, who is also the subject of the next Steve Austin Broken Skull Sessions episode on the WWE Network, will start in his new role next week.
The 54-year-old has been in this business for three-and-a-half decades and has accumulated vast experiences over the years, including creating and running TNA Wrestling.
Tickets for Ric Flair’s Last Match and The Roast of Ric Flair went on sale today at Starrcast.com.
3rd, 4th, and 5th row seats, which were selling for $250, $200, and $150 respectively, are already sold out. General Admission floor and bleacher seats are $59 each while Standing Room only tickets are priced $39.
A ticket for the Roast of Ric Flair is $125 while a table for 10 goes for $1,500.
Platinum and Gold bracelets are also available which includes seating for the Roast and all panels during Starrcast, but not the Flair match event. These are $249 and $179 respectively.
Starrcast takes place between July 29 and 31 in Nashville at The Fairgrounds during SummerSlam weekend. More information can be found at Starrcast.com.
When most people think of bingo, there’s one country that tends to come to mind: the UK. The UK was the cradle of the popularity of the now global game, and today has had a huge revival in popularity here. But exactly how big is the UK bingo market? It’s a more complicated question than you might think, involving a number of factors. Today, we’re going to take a deep look at the state of the bingo market in the UK—from the physical bingo halls to the online games and apps, one thing is clear: bingo is more popular than ever!
Let’s look into this.
Bingo halls
Today, bingo halls are not as popular as they once were. That is clear to see—and there are many reasons for it. But that isn’t to say that they are completely dying out. They are still very much present. The number has gone up and down a great deal over the past decade or so. The most recent peak in terms of numbers of premises was in 2014, at 710—that has since fallen to around 600.
In 1980, there were around 1600 bingo halls in the UK. So, you can see the number has plainly gone down, but they are far from dead. The very fact that their numbers fluctuate as they do suggests that the future of the bingo hall is far from certain. Modern versions of the game, too, have sought to attract younger players, such as Dabbers bingo.
Tens of thousands of players a year enjoy regularly playing in physical bingo halls, and they still bring in around £10 million per year in profit, in total. So, while the revenue is not as high as it once was, the industry clearly still has a lot of innovations to bring to the table to keep the bingo halls open.
The real driving force of the popularity of bingo today is, without doubt, the online version of the game.
Online bingo
On an average year, the total bingo economy generates around £1 billion in revenue. There are an estimated 350 different online bingo sites available to UK residents, which are played by around 3.5 million people regularly.
The numbers, then, do not lie. Clearly, online bingo is where the future of the game is. The estimated number of smartphone users is predicted to reach around 65 million by 2025. This has been the main reason for the success of online bingo.
Now, people can play bingo anywhere, anytime, using their mobile device—and it’s easier than ever. Apps are far more intuitive and user friendly, which has driven a huge boom in their use for virtually everything.
But web-based bingo is still enormously popular, too. The fact is that, now, people have countless options for being able to play bingo. If you prefer your old computer, you can find countless sites to play bingo. But if you like to play on the go, you can use your device to access any number of popular bingo apps.
People enjoy bingo in its own right, and while there is always the chance of winning some money, it’s mostly the game and the thrill that attract people. This is another reason why online bingo will doubtless grow alongside the traditional, physical bingo hall.
In the gambling economy
So, at the end of the day, where does that leave bingo as a percentage of the whole gambling market in the UK? Well, as you might imagine, the total gambling market in the UK is huge—worth around £14.2 billion pounds a year. The vast majority of that is accounted for by sports betting companies and the offers they give customers.
Bingo, though, remains the fourth most popular ways to bet in the UK. It represented a 3% share in the total online gambling market in 2018, while bingo halls were actually slightly higher that year, at 4.7%.
In terms of taxation, bingo taxes bring around £30 million into the economy every year. Plainly, bingo represents a significant chunk of an already enormous market. Whether that’s online, or in bingo halls, the total amount that the game brings in remains very high. It’s hard to predict where it will go in the future, but it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
So, as you can see, bingo in the UK is huge. Though the bingo halls will perhaps never return to the glory days of the past, they are far from being left behind by the online sphere. Bingo halls are still popular and attended by many people, from all different demographics—young to old. But the real boom has, indeed, been in online bingo. It is huge, and gaining new players every day. Keep an eye on it if you want to stay ahead of the betting market!
Ticketmaster has began processing refunds today for those who purchased a ticket for Money In The Bank at the Allegiant Stadium.
WWE announced yesterday that the July show is being moved to the MGM Grand Garden Arena instead and while no official reason was given, the show only sold around 17,000 tickets, which would not be a good look for a stadium show, even if half the stadium was going to be utilized.
Rather than dealing with migrating tickets of those who already bought them, WWE decided to refund everyone and offer an opportunity to buy MITB tickets at the MGM during a pre-sale on June 1.
17,000 tickets sold without a card even announced is usually a great thing…if this was in a regular arena and not a 70,000-seater stadium. The MGM Grand Garden Arena will host up to 14,000 in a wrestling setup.
For those who purchased tickets and are awaiting a refund, please note that funds will take a few days before they show up on your account.
The Double or Nothing go-home episode of Dynamite did a total of 929,000 viewers, up 7,000 viewers from the previous week. The show faced stiff competition from the NBA Playoffs and also NHL Playoffs on ESPN and TNT. In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite did a 0.35, up 0.02 from last week and placed #6 in the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Leyla Hirsch tweeted yesterday that she had a torn ACL last month and underwent successful surgery to repair the injury.
“On April 6th, during AEW Dark Elevation, I suffered an injury. After landing on my feet from a moonsault, I tore my ACL,” Hirsch wrote. “Today I was finally able to get my surgery.”
She thanked everyone for their support and promised that she would come back as a more improved, leaner, and meaner legit athlete.
The match in question, against Christina Marie, never made it on air as the match was stopped after Hirsch landed on her feet from the moonsault.
A torn ACL usually requires up to nine months of rehab so it will be a while before we see her back on AEW television.
One half of one of the greatest tag teams ever, D-Von Dudley, is switching jobs within WWE, moving away from his role as a producer and transitioning to a coaching role at the WWE Performance Center working with NXT.
It was Dudley himself who announced the news during an episode of his Table Talk podcast and mentioned that he will be returning to WWE starting on June 15.
The WWE Hall of Famer has been off work for a few months after he underwent spinal fusion surgery earlier this year. The 49-year-old has been working for WWE as a producer since 2016.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Wrestling is reporting that Killer Kross was planned to be an opponent for Wardlow on a recent episode of Dynamite as part of the angle with MJF but talks broke down and instead AEW went after Impact’s W. Morrissey.
The report from Fightful Select states that talks between the former NXT champion and AEW broke down after he was presented with the creative. Kross felt, according to the report, that his presentation and AEW debut would not do him any good, comparing it to his WWE main roster loss to Jeff Hardy rather than how he was presented as a monster during his NXT run.
Fightful also adds that Scarlett was not part of the package for his match against Wardlow.
W. Morrissey was brought in instead to wrestle Wardlow and Wardlow walked out with the victory. The deal was one-and-done for Morrissey as he is under contract with Impact Wrestling.
WWE has officially moved the Money In The Bank premium live event from the Allegiant Stadium to the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The show, set for July 2, had over 16,000 tickets sold at its original location but things did not move as expected and ticket sales slowed down to a screeching halt. Having less than 20,000 fans in a stadium which holds upwards of 70,000 was not going to look good even though WWE was only going to use a portion of the stadium.
Fans who already purchased tickets to Money In The Bank at Allegiant Stadium will be getting refunded automatically and will have the ability to purchase tickets again on Wednesday, June 1, when tickets go on pre-sale on AXS.COM. The pre-sale code is WWEVIP and pre-sale starts at 10AM PST.
The MGM Grand Garden Arena was a popular location for WCW events and AEW hosted its first Double or Nothing pay-per-view in 2019 there as well. Some of the most popular combat sports events took place in the same location until the T-Mobile Arena opened across the road.
WWE cannot run the T-Mobile Arena on that day as there’s a UFC event on the same date. The WWE event is set to end before the UFC main card starts, allowing those interested to attend both shows.
