Making her first appearance since losing the NXT Women’s title at WrestleMania, Rhea Ripley made her presence felt on NXT last night as she came after Charlotte Flair following her match against Io Shirai.
Flair got disqualified for using a kendo stick on Shirai and Ripley came for the save after Flair continued her attack. Shirai did not appreciate Ripley’s assist though and shouted at her as she tried to walk to the back. Ripley repeatedly told her to “shut up.”
In a backstage segment later, the two came to blows and had to be separated by NXT officials which suggests that Shirai and Ripley will be the way forward for now, possibly in a three way with Flair.
There were rumors last month that Ripley had to go back to Australia after her work visa expired but Ripley quickly shot down the rumor with a post on Instagram.
Your gym mat needs a thorough cleaning, ideally after every use. Aside from being sweaty, it can also be stinky and dirty and you don’t really want to work out with a filthy gym mat.
If you are a gym owner, it is important that aside from your gym mats, even your gym floors are kept spic and span. Your gym floors can be made of tile, laminate, rubber or wood and the cleaning process of your gym floor depends on the material it is made of. But regardless of the material that your gym floor is made of, cleaning it can be a tedious task, which is best handled by the experts. The commercial cleaning services Reno NV residents recommend services rendered by professional and experienced staff, using eco-friendly products. The use of eco-friendly cleaning products is a must because of the stringent environmental policies in Nevada.
You can also use these eco-friendly products in cleaning your gym mats and the steps laid out below will make it effortless for you to do so.
Machine Wash
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Your gym mat will most likely have instructions for washing, but check if it has information for machine washing. If it does, try to load your gym mat evenly into the washer and select a delicate machine wash using warm water. Instead of powerful detergents, a gentle detergent such as those made for babies is a better alternative.
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Upon the cycle’s completion, carefully pull the mat out and roll it up with a dry towel. Step on the rolled mat to take off the excess water before hanging the mat up to dry. While drying, you can spray an environmentally safe mold spray to the mat.
Hand Wash
Outdoor Washing
If you prefer to wash your gym mat manually, you can do so outdoors. All you need for this process is a hose and some eco-friendly detergent.
Roll the gym mat out on a clean concrete floor and sponge it clean on both sides.
Rinse the mat using the hose.
Roll up the gym mat with a towel and step on it to remove excess water.
Hang it up to dry.
Indoor Washing
If outdoor cleaning is not possible, you can still clean your gym mat by hand indoors. Be sure to wash in the area with proper drainage as washing indoors can be messy.
Fill up your tub with warm water, just enough to soak your gym mat.
Sponge both sides of the mat clean.
Drain your tub and rinse your gym mat completely.
Shake your mat or roll it up and step on it to remove the excess water
Hang it up for drying.
Ensure that you have clean gym mats every time you work out. You can clean it via machine wash or you can also hand wash it indoors or outdoors. There are also effective ways of cleaning a rubber, a tiled floor, a laminate, or a wooden gym floor to ensure that germs are kept at bay.
A few matches were announced for the Double or Nothing pay-per-view which takes place on May 23.
The AEW World title will be on the line as Jon Moxley will defend the gold against the leader of The Dark Order and former fellow WWE Superstar Brodie Lee.
The returning MJF will also be wrestling on the PPV and taking on Jungle Boy while a casino ladder match will take place although no details have been given yet. More on the ladder match will be revealed on next week’s episode of Dynamite.
The final of the TNT Championship tournament was the first match announced for Double or Nothing with Cody vs Lance Archer with the winner becoming the inaugural TNT champion.
Just like Dynamite, NXT is preparing a big episode on USA Network tonight to counter the live programming over at TNT although tonight’s NXT has already been recorded.
There will be two big title matches with Io Shirai taking on Charlotte Flair for the NXT Women’s title and in the main event, Velveteen Dream gets his shot against Adam Cole of The Undisputed Era for the NXT title.
Another match set is Dominik Dijakovic taking on Johnny Gargano, the in-ring debut of Karrion Kross and Scarlett, and Finn Balor “seeks justice” against the mystery individual who attacked him backstage a couple of weeks ago.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) in Florida posted on Facebook that they are back safely to work at Daily’s Place to set up everything for All Elite Wrestling’s return to live TV tonight in Jacksonville.
“A COVID-19 Rapid Test was given to every stagehand, road crew, venue staff and talent before entering the venue,” the post said. “Portable wash stations, hand sanitizer stations, mandatory masks covering, social distancing (especially at breaks) at all times. We didn’t ask to be the first but we are and we are working to keep it SAFE!”
AEW is back in Jacksonville after last month Florida Governor Ron DeSantis deemed wrestling as an essential business. The IATSE is the labor union representing technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theater, motion picture and television production, and trade shows.
The Revolt, the tag team formerly known as The Revival, were guests on Chris Jericho’s podcast Talk Is Jericho to talk about their WWE run and how it all came to an end.
The duo admitted that they asked for their release a couple of times because they did not like the direction of tag team wrestling in WWE and lamented the fact that two dudes thrown together in the last minute had better chances of winning a match against a proper tag team. They also brought up Braun Strowman winning the Raw Tag Team titles with a kid at WrestleMania a few years back.
Wheeler and Hardwood also described how tough it was to get a meeting with Vince McMahon to air their frustrations directly to him but finally the opportunity came as they were called to his office.
A few weeks ago, photos of new costumes designed for the relaunch of The Revival were leaked online…and they were ridiculous. They described how McMahon wanted to turned them into a comedy act and handed over those illustrations of their new gimmick.
Both of them told McMahon that whatever they have in front of them “are not good” and “these are bad.” However, both agreed to do it until their contract expired and they would be out of the door the moment that happens.
“We’ll do whatever you want. We’ll give it 100%, we’ll go all in, we’ll have fun with it. It’ll be fun, and we’ll do exactly what you have right here, but when our contracts expire…we’re gone,” Cash recounted telling Vince and everyone in the room.
A few days later, the two were taken off from live events and never brought back on television.
Cash also added that the $750,000 figure that it was mentioned on the Internet was not accurate and WWE offered them much more than that to stay there. His tag team partner Dax said that it was hard to turn down the money but they needed a different direction and felt the need to create something special.
The two also revealed that when they were released from their deals, Bret Hart sent them a text message to tell them he was proud of them for standing up for themselves and for what they believed in.
The Revolt are expected to join All Elite Wrestling as soon as their 90-day no-compete clause is over. “FTR” already appeared on Being The Elite to tease a match against The Young Bucks.
All Elite Wrestling returns with a new, live broadcast tonight for Dynamite as the show returns to Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.
It will be a loaded show tonight with AEW World Champion Jon Moxley vs Frankie Kazarian, Lance Archer vs QT Marshall, Joey Janela vs Cody, and a main event of Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara vs Kenny Omega and Matt Hardy who will be having his first match for AEW.
AEW had footage filmed up until Double or Nothing but with wrestling deemed as an essential business in Florida, the company took advantage of it and will be returning to full roster as the Wednesday night war intensifies.
Impact Wrestling will hold a tournament to determine the number one contender for the Impact World title currently held by Tessa Blanchard.
The tournament will start on next week’s episode of Impact on AXS TV. Blanchard is missing from these tapings as she did not travel to Nashville last month for several weeks of tapings and that was the reason she was not part of the Rebellion special.
First round matches of the tournament will include Rohit Raju vs Trey Miguel, Sami Callihan vs Michael Elgin, Hernandez vs Mad Man Fulton, and Rhino vs Ken Shamrock.
Moose was originally announced for the tournament but he claims that the original TNA title has more value than the Impact World title so he took himself out of the tournament and was replaced by Rohit Raju.
The May 4 episode of Monday Night Raw is officially the least-watched Raw in history, sinking to new lows that the company has never seen in the show’s nearly three-decade history.
Raw pulled in just an average of 1,686,000 viewers, down 130,000 viewers compared to last week’s show. Hour one drew 1,807,000 viewers, but then dropped to 1,691,000 viewers in the second hour before crashing to 1,560,000 viewers for the third and final hour.
Raw was #3, #4, and #6 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #24 in overall viewership for the night on cable. News programs continue to destroy everything on television when it comes to viewership. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
FS1 continues the WWE marathon leading up to a new episode of WWE Backstage tonight with a total of five hours of action.
At 7PM, Ric Flair’s Best WWE Matches will air followed by Edge’s Best WrestleMania Matches at 8PM. At 9PM it’s Brock Lesnar’s Most Dominant Matches and at 10PM it’s Roman Reigns’ Best WrestleMania Matches. A new episode of WWE Backstage airs at 11PM.
Meanwhile last week, the Best of John Cena special at 7PM pulled in 124,000 viewers, the Triple H episode at 8PM did 220,000 viewers, the Undertaker’s episode at 9PM did 270,000 viewers, and Shawn Michaels at 10PM did 217,000 viewers. There was no rating for Backstage as the show failed to crack the 18-49 top 150 chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
WWE’s tour of Australia and New Zealand which was postponed from August will now be taking place in late July of 2021.
TEG Dainty, which are the promoters of WWE in the area, announced that the Melbourne event will now take place on July 29 at the Rod Laver Arena, the show in Sydney at the Qudos Bank Arena will happen on July 30, and the Auckland, New Zealand show at the Spark Arena takes place on July 31.
Those who purchased tickets already for the postponed shows can keep their tickets as they will still be honored next year. If you cannot attend the new dates, you must contact ticket operator Ticketek before May 31, 2020 for a refund.
As a bonus to keep your tickets and attend next year, WWE will holding a meet and greet for 20 ticket holders who will be picked at random.
With ratings hurting and free falling every week, WWE is calling three heavyweights for next week’s broadcast in a bid to regain some eyeballs.
Raw Women’s champion Becky Lynch will be on the show and her first order of business will be to confront the winner of the women’s Money In The Bank ladder match. Usually, the winner of the match can go after their respective brand’s title so either WWE messed up this time by giving away the fact that a Raw woman will win or else the rules will be changing this year with the winner eligible to go after any of the two titles.
Also on the show will be Randy Orton and Edge. The two have not been seen on WWE television ever since WrestleMania 36 and their last man standing match which Edge won. The Rated-R Superstar is contracted to only a limited amount of appearances and matches in his new WWE deal.
With networks pushing for content amid the coronavirus pandemic, FOX is once again tapping into the WWE library for a special just 24 hours before Money In The Bank on pay-per-view.
On Saturday, May 9 starting at 8PM ET, FOX will air WWE’s Greatest Ladder Matches, hosted by Michael Cole and Corey Graves. The two-hour broadcast will feature matches including The Rock, Triple H, John Cena, The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Edge, Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch, and many others.
FS1 is already airing a four-hour WWE block every Tuesday night leading up to new episodes of Backstage and have occasionally in the past put other WWE content on their main network.
AEW Dynamite Spanish commentator and Dark co-host Dasha Kuret has been announced as one of the competitors of the second season of Titan Games.
Titan Games, hosted by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is a show which features people from across America competing in endurance-based mental and physical challenges for the title of Titan.
“The cat’s out of the bag!!! I’ll be competing in @nbctitangames season 2,” the former WWE interviewer who used the name Dasha Fuentes wrote on a social media post. “You most definitely don’t want to miss the season premiere May 25th @8PM EST! This season features some pretty incredible humans that I’ve had the opportunity to not only compete, but bond with! They truly have reignited my passion for health and fitness! I’ve seriously got to level up bc they are complete beasts!”
The show airs on NBC and will have its second season premiere on May 25.
The WWE Shop website is now selling face masks featuring logos of your favorite WWE Superstars with 100% of the net proceeds going to Americares.
The washable and reusable masks feature the logos of Triple H, The Fiend, Ric Flair, Edge, Macho Man, nWo, Seth Rollins, Ali, Ultimate Warrior, The New Day, Heavy Machinery, Bainca Belair, John Cena, Kane, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, NXT, the Raw Women’s title and the WWE Championship.
WWE lists the masks as comfortable, breathable and compatible with the CDC’s guidance for non-medical face coverings. The specs include breathable polyester outer, a black breathable polyester inner, and a cotton layer inner guard which follows the CDC recommendations, and comfort-fit ear loops with adjustable straps to fit any adult face shape. The masks are imported and customized in the USA by Rock ‘Em. WWE will donate the 100% of the net proceeds until October 31, 2020.
Former WWE champion AJ Styles returned to Monday Night Raw last night and won the last chance gauntlet match to qualify for the Money In The Bank ladder match this Sunday.
Styles was last seen on WWE television on night one of WrestleMania where he was buried alive by The Undertaker in the boneyard match. After winning the gauntlet, Styles said that there’s no Undertaker to steal his spotlight this time around and vowed to do everything necessary to win the Money In The Bank ladder match.
The gauntlet match featured Bobby Lashley, Titus O’Neil, Akira Tozawa, Shelton Benjamin, Humberto Carrillo, Angel Garza, Austin Theory, and AJ Styles. Lashley defeated O’Neil, Tozawa, and Benjamin and then got DQed against Carrillo who went on to beat Garza and Theory before Styles beat him in the end.
The men’s Money In The Bank ladder match now features Aleister Black, Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan, King Corbin, Otis, and AJ Styles.
On Wednesday May 6, WWE Chief Brand Office Stephanie McMahon will be participating in a virtual talk titled Women In The Business Of Sports hosted by The Female Quotient.
The talk will start at Noon and will last 30 minutes. Other speakers will include Heidi Browning, the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the NHL, along with
Jill Gregory, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of NASCAR, and Shelley Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient.
“I’m so excited to be partnering with my friend @ShelleyZalis to launch a new @femalequotient weekly digital series, Women in the Business of Sports, starting this Wednesday at 12pm EST! I hope you’ll join us and tune in,” McMahon wrote.
Three matches have been announced for tonight’s Monday Night Raw, one of which has no competitors revealed for now.
With Apollo Crews out of the Money In The Bank ladder match, WWE will hold a last chance gauntlet match tonight but who is in and how many will be in it remains to be seen. There are three Superstars who had a chance for the Raw side to qualify for MITB but there will obviously be more than three Superstars in this one for a proper gauntlet match.
Also set for tonight are WWE champion taking on Murphy just six days before he defends his title against Seth Rollins and a non-title match between Raw Tag Team champions The Street Profits and Viking Raiders.
And if the rumors are true, the Phenomenal AJ Styles will also be part of Raw somehow tonight as he returns for the first time on WWE television in a month.
WWE, with the participation of John Cena, Triple H, and Charlotte Flair, is part of The Real Heroes Project, a collaborative initiative between 14 professional sports leagues to recognize and celebrate healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Athletes representing the ATP, MLB, MLS, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, NHL, NWSL, USGA, WNBA, WTA and WWE are dedicating their jerseys and uniforms to a special healthcare hero who is helping their community on the forefront of this global crisis.
With the help of creative agency 72andSunny, creative production company Hecho Studios, and media publication Adweek, the multi-league public service announcement will debut this Wednesday, May 6 across league and team platforms.
Starting today, each participating athlete will share a personal thank you message to their healthcare hero on social media utilizing #TheRealHeroes. Throughout the PSA and personal tributes, athletes will cover their name on their jerseys or uniforms and replace it with the name of their healthcare hero.
Join the world of sports this Wednesday on National Nurses Day, as we honor the frontline healthcare heroes who inspire us. Create your own “jersey” in their honor and tag your post with #TheRealHeroes to help cheer your hero on! pic.twitter.com/7Nr7qpwV19
The Bella Twins biography titled Incomparable and published by Simon and Schuster will be released in all bookstores online and nationwide tomorrow.
The hardcover book, with a RRP of $26.99, contains 256 pages. Amazon already has it for $16.19 and the book is currently the #1 best seller in wrestler biography books.
In its preview for the book, the publishers wrote, “A raw, honest, and revealing co-memoir by Brie and Nikki Bella: twin sisters, WWE Hall of Fame inductees, and stars of the hit E! shows Total Bellas and Total Divas. As twins, the Bellas have always competed. Legend has it that Nikki drop-kicked Brie in the womb so that she could make her grand entrance first. But the rest of the world often treated them as identical and even interchangeable, so they decided to do something about it. After they made it into WWE, the Bellas accomplished so much together: bringing in young girls and women while building the Bella Army, helping the transition of female performers from Divas to Superstars, starring in Total Divas and Total Bellas, and founding companies like Birdiebee, Nicole + Brizee Beauty, and Bonita Bonita Wine. Though their early journey began with loss, abuse, and plenty of rough times, these challenges “shined the diamond.” They resolved to be survivors and the heroes of their own stories, and to take control and responsibility for their lives. Eventually, they would come to show girls everywhere that they can do anything. The Bellas may be identical twins—but as individuals, they have proven themselves Incomparable.”
The cover of the book has Brie in a white suit on a black background and her sister Nikki in a black suit on a white background.
