It turns out Randy Orton is a big fan of female rappers: “I think it’s a little bit of a lot of things, man. These women can fucking rap. It’s a little risque, and I’m bumping it loud. I have a nice system in my home gym and when I’m working out, I’m playing Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, GloRilla, KenTheMan, every one I name. Baby Tate, Nicki Minaj, Bia.”
Brock Lesnar’s son Duke just got drafted to the WHL Medicine Hat Tigers.
I’m sad to report that long time DEFY Wrestling personality Kevin Diers has passed away. My condolences to all of his family, friends and fans.
AEW Dynamite did a 0.16 and 629,000 viewers this week — the exact same as last week. (Wrestlenomics)
Rhea Ripley says her popularity has increased since the move to Netflix: “It’s started getting a little bit more hectic, when we went over to Netflix, that was a massive influx of fans – they were intrigued and a lot more people had eyes on the product. Also when TikTok started blowing up, I didn’t even have TikTok and somehow, I was trending repetitively and I had people come up to me at the shops and be like ‘oh my god, you’re the girl from TikTok’ and I’d be like, am I? There’s been such a spike in the name Rhea Ripley.”
Here’s the lineup for the next episode of WOW.
- WOW World Tag Team Championships Match: Penelope Pink & Holly Swag (c) vs. Tormenta and Princess Aussie
- Kara Kai vs. Kandi Krush
- Scout Parker vs. Sugar
Joe Hendry enjoys being TNA World Champion: “It’s hugely rewarding. There was a period of time where a lot of colleagues were getting signed and I was kind of wondering if and when things would happen for me. But I was enjoying the process of what I was doing so much and I was so focused on getting the best reactions that I could from the fans, that all the opportunities came as soon as I shifted my focus into just giving the audience the best entertainment that I possibly could.”
From MLW: “Major League Wrestling (MLW) is thrilled to announce its return to Chicago on Saturday, November 15 for MLW Lucha Apocalypto, live from Cicero Stadium. Following the overwhelming success of MLW’s last three sold-out events in Chicago, MLW is bringing another action-packed, lucha spectacular back to one of its hottest markets. As a special thank you to Chicago’s passionate wrestling community for their continued support, tickets for MLW Lucha Apocalypto will start at just $10.”
NXT did 652,000 viewers and a 0.14 this week, down from 674,000 and 0.15. (PI)
Here are CMLL Lunes Clasico results. (FF)
- Centella Roja & Meyer def. Hijo del Perverso & Espíritu Maligno
- Sangre Imperial & Robin def. Arkalis & Tiger Boy
- Match Relámpago: La Catalina def. Alejandra Quintanilla
- Dragón Rojo Jr. & La Fuerza Poblana def. Okumura, Yutani & El Elemental
- Cinco de Mayo Cup: Atlantis Jr., Los Depredadores & Sky Team def. Satoshi Kojima, Donovan Dijak, Ikuro Kwon, Matthew Justice & Paul London
Janel Grant’s amended lawsuit was approved but discovery has not been started yet.
Here’s the updated Under Siege card for May 23rd. (TNA)
- TNA Knockouts Championship Match: Masha Slamovich vs. Victoria Crawford
- TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: The Nemeths vs. Matt Hardy & TBA
- Trick Williams & Frankie Kazarian vs. Joe Hendry & Elijah
- Cody Deaner vs. Eddie Edwards (and Deaner gets a contract extension if he wins)
