In this interview Paul Heyman talks about WWE becoming mainstream: “Before COVID, it was a boutique industry, it was niche, it was a guilty pleasure, and then it became a multibillion-dollar guilty pleasure and a multibillion-dollar boutique industry, and now, with the distribution on Netflix, it’s no longer boutique, now it’s certified Main Street. What’s the difference between a Travis Scott concert and a Frank Sinatra concert. There are certain things that don’t change, right? You’re still performing in front of screaming fans. You’re still performing in front of a rabid live performance-affirming audience. You’re still performing in front of people who paid to see you do what you do better than anybody else on the face of the planet. In that regard, it’s still the same; however, we now have to offer more. We now have to take those performances from the couch and bring that soap opera to play out. Sometimes it’s all physical, so it’s very Shakespeare. And sometimes it’s all words.”
Results for CMLL Martes de Arena Mexico are below. (FF)
- Match Relámpago: Inquisidor def. Leono
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Hunter, Disturbio & Grako def. Eléctrico, Oro Jr. & Retro (2-1)
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Los Dulces AtrapaSueños def. La Ola Negra (2-1)
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Las Bestias Del Ring def. Blue Panther Jr., Brillante Jr. & Capitán Suicida (2-1)
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Rugido def. Magia Blanca (2-1)
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Místico, Titán & Flip Gordon def. Los Depredadores via DQ (2-1)
This week’s WWE NXT did a 0.15 18-49 and 732,000 viewers, the same demo as last week but up from 698,000 viewers. (PI)
Here’s the lineup for ROH on Honor Club tonight. (ROH)
- Mistico, Atlantis & Esfinge vs. Gran Guerrero, Euforia & Rocky Romero
- Lee Johnson vs. Katsuyori Shibata
- Aaron Solo vs. Dark Panther
- The Frat House & Premiere Athletes vs. Top Flight & Gates Of Agony
- Lady Frost vs. Leila Gray
- Black Christian vs. TBA
- Spanish Announce Table vs. TBA
And here’s the lineup for Impact on AXS TV. (TNA)
- TNA World Championship: Joe Hendry (c) vs. TBD
- Team Advantage at TNA Sacrifice: Eddie Edwards vs. Leon Slater
- Laredo Kid vs. Wes Lee
- Xia Brookside vs. Rosemary
- Tessa Blanchard & Cora Jade vs. Masha Slamovich & Lei Ying Lee
- JDC vs. Cody Deaner
- Mike Santana and Mustafa Ali have a summit
There’s also an early card for next week’s Dynamite. (AEW)
- AEW World Championship Street Fight: Jon Moxley vs. Cope
- AEW International Championship Eliminator Tournament Finals: Mike Bailey vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Two More TBD
- TBS Championship Match: Mercedes Mone vs. Billie Starkz
Konami (the wrestler, not the game company) has been added to Bloodsport XIII.
- Miyu Yamashita vs. TBA
- David Modzmanashvili vs. TBA
- Tom Lawlor vs. TBA
- Timothy Thatcher vs. TBA
- Simon Gotch vs. TBA
- Shinya Aoki vs. TBA
- Jonathan Gresham vs. TBA
- Natalya vs. TBA
- Royce Isaacs vs. TBA
- Maika vs. TBA
- Leyla Hirsch vs. TBA
- Konami vs. TBA
