The popular Nikkita Lyons announced on Instagram that she is suffering from a partial MCL tear and sprain.
Lyons was taken out of the NXT Women’s Breakout tournament, a tournament which she was favorite to win, and replaced by Tiffany Stratton. Stratton went on to the final and will now take on former ROH Women’s champion Roxanne Perez.
The good news for Lyons is that surgery is not required as rehab is supposed to do the trick. A grade 1 MCL tear usually can heal within three weeks but a grade 2 or 3 tear requires further treatment.
Impact Wrestling announced that the Against All Odds show airing exclusively on the Impact Plus streaming service will be held live on Friday, July 1 at Center Stage in Atlanta.
This will be the 11th edition of Against All Odds with the show held every year since 2005. Last year, the show was headlined by Kenny Omega vs Moose for the Impact World title with the show taped at Skyway Studios in Nashville and the main event at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville.
Center Stage will also host a television taping the next day where Impact will tape a few weeks worth of shows.
Center Stage in Atlanta was a popular location for wrestling shows back in the day, with WCW Saturday Night taped there for several years. Several other promotions taped shows at the location over the past years, including the NWA and GCW.
NXT this week drew 551,000 viewers, down 50,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. The show had major competition from the NBA Playoffs which did over 6 million viewers and NHL semi finals as well. In the 18-49 demo, the show did a 0.13, down 0.01 from last week and placed #43 in the top 50 cable chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Sting will be missing the Double or Nothing Fan Fest this weekend due to an injury he’s suffering and as a result was not cleared to travel.
The announcement from AEW comes after the former WCW champion was attacked by The Undisputed Elite last week on Dynamite, with Kyle O’Reilly destroying Sting’s leg.
Sting was set to be part of a meet and greet session in Vegas as part of the Double or Nothing festivities but those who purchased a ticket will be getting further instructions how to obtain a refund.
The Fan Fest takes place on Saturday, May 28 at 10AM from the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
He was not scheduled to be in a match on the Double or Nothing broadcast.
Three out of four finalists in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament are set with one more to be decided tomorrow night on Rampage.
Adam Cole, who qualified for the final last week after he beat Jeff Hardy, will now face Samoa Joe in the men’s final. Joe, the current ROH TV champion, beat Kyle O’Reilly in the main event of Dynamite last night.
Meanwhile, in the women’s tournament, former AEW Women’s champion Britt Baker defeated Toni Storm to reach the final. She will meet the winner of the Kris Statlander vs Ruby Soho match set for tomorrow from Vegas.
The two final matches will take place at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view this Sunday.
All AEW talent have arrived in Las Vegas for five days of festivities leading up to the Double or Nothing pay-per-view this Sunday. Tonight’s Dynamite, live from the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay will serve as the penultimate stop before the highly-anticipated PPV.
The card tonight will reveal two more finalists in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament as Toni Storm battles Britt Baker and Samoa Joe takes on Kyle O’Reilly. Adam Cole is already in the final for the men’s tournament while the other finalist in the women’s tournament will be determined on Friday during Rampage.
Meanwhile, other matches on the card tonight feature Shawn Spears vs Wardlow in a steel cage match with MJF as the guest referee, FTR defend their ROH Tag Team titles against Roppongi Vice, and Jungle Boy vs Swerve Strickland vs Ricky Starks.
Plus, AEW World champion Hangman Page will have a face-to-face confrontation with his DoN challenger CM Punk.
With Stephanie McMahon out for an undetermined period of time as Chief Brand Officer, WWE is looking for a Brand and Marketing Director that will take most of the responsibilities which McMahon had.
A new job posting which popped up yesterday on several sites lists that the position will “lead cross-functional promotional plans for events such as WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and SummerSlam, supporting creative execution across linear, social, digital and OTT platforms.” In addition, the position will also contribute to the development of overall WWE brand assets and oversee the execution of WWE brand campaigns on WWE’s social media accounts.
McMahon announced last week that she will be taking a leave of absence from WWE to concentrate on her family. The Levesque/McMahon family went through a rough six months due to the health issues of Triple H, who has since returned to work full time in the office.
Fans turning into a nightmare is unfortunately a much more common issue that is advertised but WWE Superstar Alexa Bliss spilled the beans on an individual who threatened to shoot her and her husband on Instagram yesterday.
In one of her posts, someone with the username jpeak5402 asked her, “Do you have anything to say??” Bliss, in fact, did have something to say.
“I do have something to say – I saw the DM you sent to people saying you were going to shoot me and my husband yourself,” Bliss wrote. “Those screen shots have been turned in.”
Whoever the user was deactivated the Instagram account and that username no longer leads to a profile.
This is not the first time that Bliss had an issue with crazy fans.
Fellow WWE Superstar Sonya Deville also had a horrifying experience as a fan entered her house and tried to kidnap her a few years ago. Deville, who also had Mandy Rose with her, managed to escape after her home security system alerted her of an intruder.
The last two decades proved that online casinos are here to stay. Hence, we need to focus our attention on how more customers can be reached.
To realize this it’s becoming more evident that the best online casino in Ireland needs to capitalize on modern technology. Hence, the reason we want to share some top secrets with you in the coming pages.
When Game Goes Viral
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Good Old Promotion Deals
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Paid Advertising
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Affiliate Marketing
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Payment depends on the level of achievements each marketer records. That is, casinos pay for obvious results instead of investing without assurance of positive executions. Simple tracking, reputation and online presence of affiliate marketers make the channel’s impacts a lot more convincing.
SEO
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Conclusion
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Speaking on the Sports Media with Richard Deitsch podcast, AEW President Tony Khan said that the company will host several top officials from Warner Bros. Discovery next week when AEW makes its debut at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
The Dynamite at The Forum is pretty much sold out with over 14,000 tickets sold so far for what should be a loaded event with the Double or Nothing fallout. This is also the promotion’s debut in the West Coast.
Khan said that it means a lot to him to have their broadcast partners check out the show live and added that Warner Bros. Discovery are throwing them a party afterward.
“A lot of the top executives in the Warner Bros. Discovery family are going to have an event with us, with a lot of the people in AEW, and we’re going to hang out. That means the world to us and getting to know each other better,” he said.
AEW was not properly showcased at the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfronts in New York and only had a banner at the event with Red Velvet on it. Initially there were rumors that the company would have a large presence at the event but it was a complete opposite.
Despite the disappointment from the Upfronts, Khan said that Warner Bros. Discovery has been very supportive of AEW so far.
Monday Night Raw this week drew 1,732,000 viewers, down 5,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast as it faced NHL Playoffs Semi final on TNT and NBA Playoffs on ABC.
The show started strong with 1,846,000 viewers, then dipped slightly to 1,821,000 viewers, before crashing to 1,530,000 for the third hour. The show dropped a whopping 316,000 viewers from hour one to hour three.
In the 18-49 demo, Raw was #2, #4, and #5 with 0.43, 0.42, and 0.38 ratings respectively for an average of 0.41, down 0.04 from last week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Rising NXT star Nikkita Lyons dropped out of the NXT Women’s Breakout tournament after it was announced last night that she was out injured.
“Thank you all for the well wishes! Determined more than ever now. Everything happens for a reason. Much love & positive vibes,” Lyons tweeted after the announcement.
The 22-year-old was replaced by Tiffany Stratton in the semi final match and Stratton advanced to the finale after beating Fallon Henley. In the other semi final match, Roxanne Perez beat Lash Legend to advance and now the final will pit former ROH Women’s champion Perez against Stratton.
The winner of the tournament gets an NXT Women’s title match.
Kurt Angle underwent two knee replacement surgeries today and is now recovering in hospital.
In a video posted on his social media, Angle said that he’s feeling pretty good…mainly because his legs are numb from the epidural!
“So I know I have a long road ahead of me and I’m willing to work very hard to get back where I was before,” Angle continued.
He thanked all the fans for their prayers and support and added that if he won a gold medal with a broken freakin neck he can handle this one too!
The former champion had knee issues for several years and it was very visible during his last WWE run, especially how he stood up and walked.
Thank you all for your prayers and best wishes for my 2 knee replacement surgeries today. So far so good. I realize rehab is going to be a bitch, but I’m ready for it. If I won a gold medal with a broken freakin neck, I can handle this! Lol. It’s true!!!! Thank you all!!!! pic.twitter.com/xwUX6fPC80
Friday Night Smackdown on FOX, headlined by the Raw and Smackdown Tag Team titles unification match, drew 2,031,000 viewers, up 138,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. The show did a 0.45 in the 18-49 demo and was #2 for the night.
In the overnight numbers, the first hour did 1,958,000 viewers and the second did 2,035,000 viewers. The NBA Playoffs continued to dominate with 6.7 million viewers for a broadcast that started with the second hour of Smackdown. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
The wrestling podcast world continues to expand as Mick Foley announced that he will be launching his own podcast titled Foley Is Pod with the Podcast Heat Network.
The first episode will air on June 3 and Foley will be joined by Conrad Thompson.
“I know the way I feel when I hear a good podcast, how it can turn a whole day around and put a smile on my face,” Mick told Sports Illustrated in an interview. “I’m looking forward to telling stories and reminding people of a time they really enjoyed when they were big wrestling fans.”
A live recording of the podcast will also take place at Starrcast V during SummerSlam weekend in Nashville.
Rampage, which aired at 7PM ET last Friday night, did 410,000 viewers, an increase of 70,000 viewers from the previous week. The show has not aired in its regular time slot in a month. In the 18-49 ratings, Rampage pulled in a 0.15, up 0.03 from last week, and was #13 in the top 50 cable chart for the night.
WWE announced that it will be returning to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their second premium live event in the country on November 5.
The show will be Crown Jewel and held in Riyadh. No stadium or arena which is hosting the show was announced.
WWE last held Crown Jewel in October of last year at the Mohammed Abdu Arena on the Boulevard in front of 20,000 fans. That event had Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar for the Universal title and Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair vs Sasha Banks for the Smackdown Women’s title as the top matches. The show is mostly known for the awesome Hell In A Cell match between Edge and Seth Rollins.
WWE traveled to Saudi Arabia in February for the Elimination Chamber show, a show which had a record of 12 women participating.
The scheduled Bianca Belair vs Asuka match for the Raw Women’s title at Hell In A Cell has been switched to a triple threat match after Becky Lynch earned her way back into the program.
Lynch and Asuka once again headlined Monday Night Raw last night with the stipulation being that if Lynch won, she’d be added to the match.
The finish saw Asuka and Lynch brawling outside and Asuka hitting a roundhouse kick which landed on Belair, who was sitting at ringside, after Lynch ducked. Asuka narrowly avoided a count-out but as soon as she went in the ring at the count of nine, Lynch quickly went for the cover and won the match.
None of the two challengers were originally set to be facing Belair at Hell In A Cell as Naomi was supposed to be the one challenging for the title but everything changed after Naomi and Sasha Banks walked out of Raw.
They were eventually suspended and stripped off the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.
Raw opens with highlights from the tag team championship unification match.
Riddle out first and says he is there with a heavy heart and Orton is his bro. Riddle says even though they have been having a great time, Orton has been having a real hard time with his back and could barely walk. Riddle finishes saying he does not know what the future has for RK-Bro or if there is a future for RK-Bro but knows Randy is watching tonight and wanted the crowd to chant RK-Bro which the Universe chants for them.
Riddle & The Street Profits VS. Sami Zayn & The Usos
Ford takes out the Usos with a flying dive over the top rope, Riddle grabs Zayn and pulls him in with the DDT off the rope and as Riddle is going for the RKO, The Usos get back on the apron but then jump down and start walking to the back. With Zayn looking at the Usos, he gets hit with the RKO from Riddle for the pin.
Winners: Riddle & The Street Profits
After the match Riddle and the Street Profits pose like Orton.
Bobby Lashley says he and Omos will be going at it again at Hell in a Cell and invites MVP and Omos out for the Bobby Lashley challenge. Bobby wants a match with MVP and the winner will pick the stipulation for the Omos/Lashley match at Hell in a Cell. MVP accepts then Omos and MVP head to the ring. But Lashley stands tall in the ring and Omos and MVP back off.
Out next is the Judgement Day.
Liv Morgan & AJ Styles VS. Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley
Styles clotheslines Priest out of the ring. Liv goes for a move on Ripley, but Edge holds on to her as Ripley falls down on top of Liv for the pin.
Winner: Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley
After the match AJ goes after Edge but the numbers are too great and AJ and Liv both get beat down after the match.
Out next Jerry “The King” Lawler to host The King’s Court with special guest Veer Mahaan.
Lawler begins by asking Mahaan what is the secret to his success so far in the WWE? Mahaan just stares down Lawler. Lawler then questions why he targeted the Mysterios? Mahaan still didn’t answer. Lawler then began saying Rey told him Veer is so hairy that when he walks his dog people pet him. Lawler then said Dominik once said people have mistaken him for Bigfoot.
Mahaan then grabs the microphone and the King’s wrist and says, “Look Jerry, I am not here to joke around, Rey Mysterio is a legend, but he is too busy worried about his little boy Dominik and that made him weak, and I took both of them out.”
Mahaan then looks at Lawler and sort of smells him then flips his hand and the microphone goes flying and Veer holds up his finger and picks the microphone up and hands it back to Lawler. Mahaan says, “Is that fear I smell on you Jerry?” and Lawler says, “I think it’s just my cheap cologne.”
Mahaan says, “Enough with the jokes and instead of me telling you who I am why don’t I show you?” Lawler stands his ground and the Mysterios music hit and come out for the save and Mahaan met them and shoves Dominik down and throws Rey into the ring. Dominik gets thrown in the ring as well. But the Mysterios kept Mahaan from getting back in the ring.
Alexa Bliss VS. Nikki A.S.H.
Bliss with the Twisted Bliss for the win.
Winner: Alexa Bliss
Kevin Patrick interviews Seth Rollins and Seth says he is tired of hearing about Cody.
Cody Rhodes VS. The Miz
Rhodes puts the Miz in a figure four, but Miz gets to the ropes, the Miz rolls outside, Rhodes climbs to the top rope to jump on the Miz but here comes Seth Rollins who throws Cody off the ropes.
Winner By DQ: Cody Rhodes
After the match, both Rollins and The Miz beat on Cody and possibly injuring Cody’s knee. Seth rips the weight belt out of the kid’s hand that Cody had given out coming to the ring and then whipped Cody with it. Cody gets up limping and carries the weight belt and hands it back to the kid he originally gave it to.
Ezekiel VS. Chad Gable
Otis gets ejected from ringside. Now Kevin Owens gets in the ring and also gets ejected. Ezekiel rolls up Gable after Owens is ejected for the win.
Winner: Ezekiel
Bobby Lashley VS. MVP
Omos gets involved and Lashley begins to fight with him on the outside and ignores the count and gets counted out. MVP gets to decide the stipulation for the match at Hell in a Cell.
Winner by Count out: MVP
Becky Lynch VS. Asuka
If Becky wins, she gets added to the Raw Women’s Championship match at Hell in a Cell.
Bianca Belair is at ringside for the match, when the action spilled out of the ring, Asuka kicked Lynch who landed in Belair’s lap. Asuka goes for a round house kick but Lynch moves and Asuka kicks Belair in the head knocking her out of her chair. As Asuka is checking on Belair, Lynch attacks Asuka and then runs back in the ring, Asuka makes it back in the ring before the 10 count only to be rolled up by Lynch for the pin.
Double or Nothing, the upcoming AEW pay-per-view this weekend, will be screened at select theaters around the country in partnership with Joe Hand Promotions.
“AEW is at the forefront of creating exciting opportunities that united fans together in new non-traditional venues like movie theaters to experience their events,” said Joe Hand, Jr., President, Joe Hand Promotions. “We’re proud to partner with them and help them grow their fan base and their brand in theaters across the U.S.”
Theaters which will be participating in this event include Cinemark, AMC, Regal, Harkins, iPic, Emagine Entertainment, and others. To locate a theater showing the event, fans can check the Joe Hand Promotions at JoeHandPromotions.com.
Double or Nothing airs this Sunday live from the sold out T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
