Six matches have been announced for tonight’s Dynamite live on TBS including two Owen Hart Foundation qualifying tournament bouts.
The Owen Hart Cup will see qualifiers of Jeff Hardy vs Bobby Fish and Rey Fenix vs Dante Martin, with the winners of both matches advancing to the tournament.
Other matches on the show tonight will see The Blackpool Combat Club vs The Butcher, The Blade and Angelico, Chris Jericho vs Santana in a grudge match, Wardlow faces MJF’s mystery opponent, and the ROH Women’s title unification match with Deonna Purrazzo vs Mercedes Martinez.
AEW President Tony Khan today wrote that it’s his first official day as Ring of Honor owner as the deal has just closed.
Khan announced his intent to take over Ring of Honor from Sinclair Broadcast Group on March 2 during a live Dynamite on TBS. A few months earlier, ROH paused operations and released everyone from under contract as it evaluated its future, with the plan to restart business with the Supercard of Honor during WrestleMania weekend.
But Khan went in for the kill and purchased Ring of Honor in full, including rights and the most important asset of the company – the video library.
Khan eventually went ahead with the already-announced Supercard of Honor, with the show being a huge success and ushering a new era for the popular indie promotion. Since then, several ROH title matches have taken place on Dynamite and Rampage.
The sale of Ring of Honor was done directly to Tony Khan and not to All Elite Wrestling. Khan intends to run the promotion with weekly television although there are no deals in place yet. Lately, Khan has said that he’s had conversations with WarnerMedia to see how they can help with ROH.
Bron Breakker might have won last night’s title match against Joe Gacy at NXT Spring Breakin’ but the champ didn’t have the last laugh.
After the show went off the air, two druids entered the ring and attacked Breakker, hitting him with a steel chair across the back and then dropping a big DDT on the chair. Both druids had red face coverings.
One of the druids then took out a stretcher from under the ring which had barbed wire along the sides and the NXT champion was placed on it and stretched out of the arena as Gacy looked on and directed traffic.
Monday Night Raw drew just 1,581,000 viewers this week, down 33,000 viewers from last week’s show and the lowest since February 8.
The first hour started with 1,624,000 viewers, then increased to 1,648,000 viewers, before the third hour dropped the whole average with just 1,472,000 viewers. Apart from the NBA Playoffs, there’s now also the NHL Playoffs airing head-to-head with weekly wrestling shows but the NBA did big numbers with nearly 4 million viewers with each game.
Raw was #4, #5, and #6 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demo with 0.39, 0.39, and 0.35 ratings for an average of 0.38, down 0.08 from last week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
CM Punk appeared on an episode of Mayans MC on FX last night and the AEW star seems to be sticking around for more appearances according to series creator Elgin James. Punk played the role of a military veteran.
Speaking to Gamespot.com, James said that they built the role specifically for the former WWE champion and there will be more of Punk on Mayans MC in the future.
James noted how he knew Punk from running in the same “straight edge” circles and met a few years ago and vowed to work with him in some way.
“We kind of crafted this for him actually,” he said. “We knew we wanted to get into the storyline with Rocco and to do right by the veterans. And then we kind of were like, ‘well, what are the right ingredients to tell this story? And then this is a perfect opportunity to finally work with Phil. He’s the man.”
WWE will present NXT Spring Breakin’ tonight on USA Network, a two-hour themed episode headlined by an NXT title match.
The main event of tonight’s broadcast will be Bron Breakker defending his NXT title against Joe Gacy, who for the past month has been messing with Breakker’s father Rick Steiner.
The NXT title is not the only one on the line as Cameron Grimes defends the NXT North American title against Solo Sikoa and former champion Carmelo Hayes in a triple threat match as well. Other matches on the card include The Viking Raiders vs The Creed Brothers, Natalya and Lash Legend vs Cora Jade and Nikkita Lyons, plus Grayson Waller vs Nathan Frazer.
A new AEW show is coming to TBS and a survey was sent out to WarnerMedia-owned Ringleaders subscribers with several names in contention for the show.
The show is described as “ushering in a new behind-the-scenes wrestling series like no other” where every episode tracks the core cast on the road at AEW events as they try to hold onto the titles they have or win back the ones they’ve lost.
“They all hope to walk away champions, but there aren’t enough belts for everybody,” the preview states. “Heroes will rise, villains will fall, champions will be crowned… and with more access, more star talent, and more drama than ever before, we’ll see it all through the eyes of the biggest names in the company.”
The survey asked subscribers what they think of the potential names including AEW: Friends and Enemies; Fight To The Finish; To The Mat; To The Top; Road To The Belt; Breakout; Grit And Glory; All Access; The Climb; On The Ropes; and Uprise.
Rampage last Friday did 464,000 viewers in its usual 10PM time slot, down 54,000 viewers from the prior week. The show went up against one NBA Playoff game on ESPN. Rampage did 0.14 in the 18-49 demo, down 0.05 from the prior week, and placed #25 on the chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
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Stu Grayson of The Dark Order is no longer listed on the AEW roster page and is believed to have departed the promotion after his contract expired and wasn’t renewed.
The 33-year-old has been part of AEW since 2019, making his debut with Evil Uno at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view.
He has mostly wrestled during Dark over the past few months and his last match was on the April 27 episode of the YouTube show. The last time he was on television was on the March 30 episode of Rampage where he teamed up with Evil Uno and Fuego Del Sol in a losing effort against House of Black.
Friday Night Smackdown pulled in 1,953,000 viewers last week, just 1,000 viewers up from the previous show. Smackdown faced both the NFL Draft and the NBA Playoffs as competition and it was hammered in the 18-49 demo, doing just a 0.38, down 0.09 from last week and the lowest ever since moving to FOX. The show was #3 in the demo for the night. In the overnight ratings, Smackdown did 1,891,000 viewers in the first hour and 1,826,000 viewers in the second. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Wrestling through his Select service is reporting that Roderick Strong has requested his release several times over the past few months but his requests have been denied on every occasion.
Strong, who is the last remaining member of The Undisputed Era in NXT, has reportedly been unhappy with several issues. The bad news for Strong is that he re-signed with WWE sometime last year before the Diamond Mine faction started on NXT.
The former NXT Cruiserweight champion has been part of NXT since 2016 and the 38-year-old has not made it to the main roster yet. He was part of the very successful Undisputed Era from 2018 to 2021 and then was unveiled as the leader of The Diamond Mine.
His former Undisputed Era members are now all part of All Elite Wrestling. Adam Cole’s contract expired in August of last year and left, Bobby Fish was cut, and Kyle O’Reilly left after his contract expired as well.
VICE TV issued a statement last night following the reported news that came over the weekend that they had canceled the Dark Side of the Ring series.
“We’ve heard some rumors flying around about Season 4 of Dark Side of the Ring,” the statement read. “We are as committed as ever to both the series and the broader Dark Side franchise. Evan and Jason are hard at work making more content that we know our fans of the series will love. Stay tuned.”
Dave Meltzer of the Observer originally reported that the series was canned due to the fallout from the Plane Ride From Hell episode.
The Dark Side of the Ring series was omitted from VICE TV’s press release announcing the 2022/2023 programming which was issued last week.
The producers of the show are also working with Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions on a new wrestling-related series for VICE.
Wrestling-Online.com reached out to VICE for further clarification on the statement and some questions concerning season four but no reply has been given at time of publication.
Arena: Greensboro Coliseum at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex City: Greensboro, NC
Raw opens with The Bloodline. Paul Heyman gets the microphone first and welcomes everyone to Monday Night Raw.
Roman Reigns asks for North Carolina to acknowledge him and out of no where RK-Bro hit both Usos with RKOs. Drew McIntyre then comes to the ring and Roman Reigns is on his own. RK-Bro then leave the ring and Reigns and McIntyre start fighting, Usos back in to attack McIntyre but RK-Bro come back in to even the numbers.
The Street Profits are shown (from earlier) and Ezekiel walked up to introduce himself, but Montez Ford says I know you, you are Ezekiel. Ezekiel is handed a red cup from off screen they toast and drink.
The Alpha Academy interrupts and blames Ezekiel for tricking the lie detector test as Kevin Owens shows up as well and calls Ezekiel a fraud and called the Street Profits idiots.
The Street Profits says they are going to beat the three of them later and as they went for the we want the smoke. Owens grabs the cup out of Ezekiel’s hand and throws the contents of the cup onto Ezekiel.
The Street Profits & Ezekiel VS. Alpha Academy & Kevin Owens
Gable goes for the rollup on Ezekiel but Ezekiel elbows out of it and runs off the ropes only to get tripped by Kevin Owens and Gable grabs Ezekiel and rolls him up for the three count.
Winners: Alpha Academy & Kevin Owens
A.J. Styles is interviewed in the back about his match with Damian Priest tonight and if he beats Priest tonight, he is barred from ringside at Backlash. If he doesn’t it’s going to be an uphill battle.
They show Sonya Deville package from last week.
Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville are shown in the back. Adam tells her upper management is looking into her conduct. Upper management wants to see her in action again and without any executive powers.
Veer Mahaan VS. Bert Hanson
Hanson is interviewed in the ring by Byron Saxton and Hanson says Veer scares the living daylights out of him, but he has wanted to work on Monday Night Raw in front of his hometown crowd all his life and he is making his dream come true.
Veer destroys Hanson in short time. Cervical Clutch for the win.
Winner by submission: Veer Mahaan
After the match Veer kicks Hanson out of the ring and then throws him back in and locks him back in the Cervical Clutch with the middle ring rope.
A.J. Styles VS. Damian Priest
Prior to the match, Edge talks about people not liking him anymore and says it is only because they don’t like themselves and they can’t look in the mirror without getting sick or should. As he continues his rant, Styles’ music hits.
Match starts, Styles goes right after Priest and Priest retaliates. Styles goes for the phenomenal forearm but is caught by Priest for a chokeslam but only gets a 2 count. Styles goes for the calf crusher, but Edge is on the ring apron and distracts Styles, Priest goes after Styles who ducks and pushes Priest stomach first into the ropes then the rollup for the 3 count
Winner: A.J. Styles
After the match, Edge attacks Styles immediately. Edge throws Styles to Priest for a final Reckoning then lays a chair under the arm of Styles. Finn Balor’s music hits and he comes in for the save. Edge and Priest run out of the ring, as Styles looks at Balor and just smiles then they stare at each other Styles offers the too sweet and Balor accepts.
MVP and Omos in the back, Cedric Alexander comes in and says he wants to realign with MVP not with Shelton Benjamin just by himself and he wants to prove himself in a match with Bobby Lashley tonight.
The Miz comes out for MizTV.
Special guest is Mustafa Ali. Miz asks if he can call him Must and Ali tries to answer but the microphone does not work. Miz tells Ali not to go to Twitter and complain. Ali then grabs his microphone, Ali says when the Miz feels unheard he whines to WWE officials, when he feels unheard, he goes to the universe because they are the only ones that matter. Theory interrupts.
Theory says Ali gets a championship contenders match tonight and it’s going to be against Theory and the Miz in a handicap match.
The Miz & Theory VS. Mustafa Ali
The Miz sends Ali into the ropes, Ali runs past Miz, Theory pulls the ropes open and Ali falls to the floor, Theory tags in and beats on Ali, Miz back in. Ali hits the neck breaker on the Miz, Theory breaks up the count, Ali thrown outside and gets back in to get his with a Skull crushing finale.
Winners: The Miz & Theory
After the match, Ciampa attacks Ali.
They show footage from earlier today, Dana Brooke and Reggie arguing, they run into R-Truth, and she demanded an apology for trying to pin her last week. Tamina and Tozawa come in and start arguing, Nikki A.S.H. runs in and attacks Dana and pins her with a referee counting the 3 count.
New 24/7 Champion: Nikki A.S.H.
Nikki A.S.H. VS. Dana Brooke for the 24/7 Championship
Dana hit Nikki with a neck breaker for the win.
Winner and New 24/7 Champion: Dana Brooke
After the match, Tozawa attempted to pin Dana but got pulled off by R-Truth, R-Truth then attempted to pin Dana, Tamina interrupts and Dana runs out, Reggie rolls up Dana outside the ring but Dana kicks out. Dana then slaps Reggie and runs over to the announce desk and yells at Reggie and says she wants a divorce.
They show Becky Lynch and Asuka’s returns from last week. Lynch is then interviewed in the back. Lynch says this is her comeback story and it starts with ending Asuka.
Seth Rollins is out next for Seth “Freakin” Rollins appreciation night. Crowd starting chanting Cody. Seth says he tried to steal his spotlight, but Seth is his own spotlight. Seth says you forgotten how good I am, but I love to remind you, I had a highlight reel put together and as he went to go to his highlights, Cody Rhodes music hits.
Seth asks why you are sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong. Cody says congratulations, but what is this all about? Cody says he could say Seth is one of the best wrestlers in the last 20 years and it would be true. Cody says he could call Seth delusional, and it would also be true.
Seth says Dusty was delusional and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree and Dusty wanted to be WWE Champion, but he just wasn’t good enough and as long as he is there Cody isn’t good enough either. A fight started and Cody hit the Cody cutter and Rollins runs from the ring.
Bobby Lashley VS. Cedric Alexander
Omos and MVP come out to the stage. Lashley threw Alexander out of the ring and picked him up and rammed his head into the corner post then after throwing Alexander back in the ring, Lashley hit a spear on Alexander then put Alexander in the hurt lock.
Winner by Submission: Bobby Lashley
Sarah Schreiber interviews Liv Morgan backstage and asks why she ambushed Rhea Ripley last week, Liv started out by saying she just did the same thing Ripley did to her. She thinks Ripley is disappointed in herself, but she will not take anymore beatings from her and if she doesn’t believe her just watch her.
Reggie is shown talking to R-Truth and Truth asks Reggie if he signed a prenup and Reggie says no, and Truth says if he doesn’t know what a prenup is he needs his services as a divorce attorney and hands Reggie a card. Truth begins to rattle off titles and walks away.
Nikki A.S.H. is sitting in the back looking down and Doudrop walks in and asks if she is done playing around and ready to take things more seriously and Nikki says yes and Doudrop puts her hand on Nikki’s shoulder.
Becky Lynch, Sonya Deville & Rhea Ripley VS. Asuka, Liv Morgan & Bianca Belair
Ripley and Deville superplex Belair to the mat, Deville for the pin but Morgan breaks up the count, Asuka gets tagged in, Asuka kicks Deville, pin attempt but only 2.
Morgan tags in, Asuka runs and knocks Deville down off the apron right onto a double knee from Morgan. Back in the ring, Deville multiple pin attempts on Morgan but only 2 counts, Deville then tries to pin Morgan with her feet on the ropes, but Deville begins to argue with the ref and Morgan hits oblivion and gets the win on Deville.
Tickets for Impact’s 20th anniversary show Slammiversary are now on sale. The show will take place on Sunday, June 19, at the Nashville Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee.
It was on June 19, 2002 when Impact, then Total Nonstop Action Wrestling operating under the NWA banner, made their debut.
Tickets are priced $250 for Titanium, $100 for first row, $60 for Golden Circle and $25 for General Admission. Tickets can be purchased now at eventbrite.com.
Former Impact Wrestling star Jake Something and former NXT star Leon Ruff were both at the AEW Dark tapings yesterday at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
Something recently announced that he was departing Impact Wrestling and his last match was at the Sacrifice themed Impact show.
Ruff was a former NXT North American champion and was cut from the roster during the August wave of releases.
Being on Dark does not mean that the two signed deals with the company and the YouTube-only show gives several unsigned talent a platform to perform.
Tomorrow’s episode of Young Rock on NBC will be a special one for wrestling fans as it will show Rocky Maivia meeting several WWE Superstars backstage in 1996 before his first match.
“I had never wrestled an actual real match in my life, so on this night in front of 15,000 rabid and wild pro wrestling fans – I was thrown headfirst into the fire to see if I could take the heat and survive,” The Rock wrote in a post on Facebook. “This night changed my life forever. Of course, I would eventually drop the name “Rocky Maivia” (which I hated) and become known only as THE ROCK.”
Stills released ahead of the episode show the backstage encounter with “Ringmaster” Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Mankind, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Michael Hayes…and even Mantaur!
WWE wrapped up a successful four-day European tour, visiting England, France, and Germany with performances in Newcastle, London, Paris, and Leipzig.
A mix of Raw and Smackdown Superstars took part in this trip and saw individuals like Roman Reigns, Ronda Rousey, RK-Bro, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, Charlotte Flair and others entertain the crowds. This was the first European tour of 2022.
The tour ended last night in Leipzig with Sami Zayn getting the short-end of the stick as Ricochet, Riddle, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sasha Banks, and Naomi all hit their finishing moves on Zayn to send the crowd home happy.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer is reporting that Dark Side of the Ring was not renewed for season four by VICE after several controversies stemming from the Plane Ride From Hell episode.
The series was the most popular show in the history of VICE but that did not save it from getting canned. Apparently, those interviewed for the Plane Ride From Hell episode had different versions and with WWE doing tons of overseas tour at the time plus going back 20 years, it led to several mistakes and confusion in production.
One of the biggest mistakes was that Vince and Linda McMahon were on that particular flight but in reality, the two were not, and those interviewed were confusing different trips. Jim Ross later stated that he would not be participating in future DSOTR episodes. Ross was on that flight and was said to be the man in charge.
The episode also was not great for Ric Flair who ended up getting the majority of the flack for his antics on the plane.
Meanwhile, the Observer also states that Seven Bucks Productions, the company led by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is teaming up with the producers of Dark Side of the Ring to produce a new series for VICE, covering the territorial days of professional wrestling.
