Here’s a neck surgery update from Kevin Owens: “Hey guys. So I haven’t been around in a little while and I know a lot of people are wondering what’s going on with my neck and the neck surgery and all that stuff so I figured I’d take today to update you all. So, first, we don’t have a surgery date yet. I have not had surgery yet. Despite reports that are contrary. We’re still gonna try and figure out what the best way to go about it all is, exactly what needs to be done. So we’re kind of figuring that out still. So, there’s a lot of uncertainty but hopefully in the next few weeks, we get clarity and we do the surgery and then we go from there. I don’t know what’s happening with my neck. So, we’ll figure it out.”
Via social media Darby Allin revealed he reached the summit of Mount Everest and flew the AEW flag while there (as he had previously promised to do).
In this interview MVP reveals he offered to pay WWE’s weed fines in advance: “When the wellness policy started at WWE, initially, they only tested for steroids and hard drugs; they didn’t test for cannabis. Then, as I recall, all the pill heads started complaining, ‘These other guys get to smoke weed.’ They added cannabis, but it wasn’t a suspension; it was just a $1000 Fine. At that point, I was on the rocket ship, I was making ridiculous money, especially for me at that time. I said, ‘If they test us once a month and the fine is $ 1,000, that’s $ 12,000 a year.’ I went to John Laurinaitis and said, ‘Can I just give you a $12,000 check for the year? I’m gonna smoke.’ Eventually, they bumped the fine up to $2500. It was me and three other guys, I won’t bring their names up, but we would check to see who is in first place. Finally, after a couple of $2,500 fines, plus the numerous $1,000 fines. I could have bought a new car for these fines for weed. I finally stopped smoking for a while.”
New Japan star El Desperado will be competing for Dragon Gate on June 5th.
John Cena may be working as a heel on TV these days, but off TV he’s still got a sense of humor. Cena autographed the famous “If Cena Wins We Riot” sign from ECW One Night Stand 2006 with “I lost so we’re good.”
Pro Wrestling REVOLVER is holding a Jerry Lynn Invitational in August. And speaking of REVOLVER here are the “Let Us Cook” results. (FF)
- Dante Leon & Tye or Die def. JJ Garrett & Latinos Most Wanted
- Pick Your Poison Match: Joe Alonzo def. Rich Swann
- Pick Your Poison Match: Rhino def. Matthew Palmer
- Wrestling Revolver World Tag Team Championship Match: Alpha Sig def. The Macabre
- Four Corner Mayhem Match: Trey Miguel def. Juni Underwood, Jeffrey John, and Dark Pledge
- Wrestling Revolver Remix Championship Match: Jake Crist def. Crash Jaxon
- No Holds Barred Match: Damian Chambers def. Ace Austin
- Wrestling Revolver World Championship Street Fight: Myron Reed (w/ Killer Kelly) (c) def. BDE
WWE’s latest trademark filing from May 18th is “King of the Luchadores.” (FF)
Here’s the advertised card for Raw tonight. (WWE)
- Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker
- Sheamus vs. Grayson Waller
- AJ Styles & Penta vs. Finn Balor & JD McDonagh
- Money in the Bank qualifying matches
- Logan Paul to appear
Yuka Sakazaki is appearing for Spark Joshi’s “Ignite Texas” card on June 29th.
GCW “Run For It” results are below. (FF)
- GCW Tag Team Championship Match: Alec Price & Jordan Oliver def. High Seas
- Megan Bayne def. Richard Holliday
- Billie Starkz def. Miyu Yamashita
- Jonathan Gresham def. Jimmy Lloyd
- JCW World Championship Match: Masha Slamovich def. Atticus Cogar
- To Infinity and Beyond def. Bang and Matthews
- GCW World Championship Match: EFFY def. 1 Called Manders
- GCW Ultraviolent Championship Match: Matt Tremont def. Mance Warner
And here are GCW “Big Time” results. (CMN)
- GCW Tag Team Championship Match: Alec Price & Jordan Oliver def. Bang And Matthews
- Bobby Flaco def. Alan Angels, Chris Slade and Juni Underwood
- Miyu Yamashita def. Marcus Mathers
- 1 Called Manders def. Jonathan Gresham
- The Cogar Brothers def. Joey Janela & Mr. Danger
- Greg Excellent def. Jimmy Lloyd
- GCW Ultraviolent Championship Match: Matt Tremont fought SLADE to a no contest.
- Ken Dixon def. O’Shay Edwards
- GCW World Championship Match: Effy def. Ruckus
Matt Jackson (Young Bucks) compares New Japan to AEW: “NJPW has always been most known for its strong style, hard hitting wrestling matches. If you’re a talent and you’re backstage, expect to wrestle that night. AEW could be different. You might be needed for a week, only to do a quick pre-taped promo to progress a story or show a character beat. And in AEW, it’s an all you can eat buffet of different styles, and it’s all condensed into a quick two hour television show with multiple commercial breaks. I guess it’s non-TV vs. TV, which in turn makes the two products feel completely different.”
Kyle Fletcher explains why he wears pink: “I think it was a tweet that I saw, and it was like, ‘Not enough male wrestlers wear pink,’ and that was enough in my brain to go, ‘Oh, my God, I love the color pink.’ No guys wear the color pink. Then, I literally just messaged my gear designer, and I was like, ‘What do you think, triple pink?’ He was like, ‘Yes,’ and then we just started working on it, and by the time it was done, I put out a tweet myself after we’d done designing it and I’d ordered it, I was like, ‘I have just designed my favorite gear of all time. Yeah, it won’t be here for a while, but you’ll know when you see it,’ and that was the gear.”
From MLW: “Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced that the MLW Women’s World Featherweight Championship will be defended in Japan for the first time in history as reigning champion ‘Big Kaiju’ Shoko Nakajima puts the title on the line against rising star Kaya Toribami at the upcoming Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) event on June 7 at Kitazawa Town Hall. This landmark championship bout marks the first time an MLW women’s title will be contested in Japan and underscores MLW’s growing global alliance with top organizations such as TJPW.”
NWA Crockett Cup 2025 results are below. (CMN)
- NWA World Television Championship Match: Bryan Idol def. Carson Drake
- No Limits Match: Natalia Markova def. Kylie Paige
- Non-Title Match: Tiffany Nieves & Valentina Rossi defeat The Island Twins
- Chain Match: Wrecking Ball Legursky def. Jay Bradley
- NWA National Heavyweight Championship Match: Mims def. Max The Impaler
- Silas Mason def. Alex Hammerstone
- NWA World Women’s Championship Match: Kenzie Paige def. Nattie Neidhart
- NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship Match: Thom Latimer def. Colby Corino and Rhino
- 2025 Crockett Cup Finals: The Immortals defeat The Colons
Here is the updated card for Double or Nothing. (AEW)
- Anarchy in the Arena Match: Participants TBD
- Men’s Owen Hart Tournament Finals: Hangman Page vs. Will Ospreay
- Women’s Owen Hart Tournament Finals: Jamie Hayter vs. Mercedes Mone
- AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm vs. Mina Shirakawa
- AEW World Tag Team Championship: Hurt Syndicate vs. Sons of Texas
- Stretcher Match: Mark Briscoe vs. Ricochet
- FTR vs. Nigel McGuinness & Daniel Garcia
From WWE: “NEW YORK, NY – May 19, 2025 – The in-ring competition series WWE LFG (Legends & Future Greats) which showcases rising talent vying for a coveted WWE contract under the mentorship of some of the biggest WWE Legends will return to A&E on Sunday, June 22 at 10PM ET/PT. The first champions of WWE LFG were crowned on last night’s season one finale when Tyra Mae Steele (Team Undertaker) and Jasper Troy (Team Booker T) emerged victorious, each earning a WWE contract. Undertaker claimed the highest overall score among the coaches, securing first place and the inaugural WWE LFG title belt. After weeks of rigorous training, fierce matches, and emotional highs and lows, Steele and Troy solidified their place in professional wrestling’s next generation. The intensity ramps up in season two, premiering Sunday, June 22 at 10 PM ET/PT.”
Even though she hasn’t officially been announced for Raw, WWE’s social media team went out of their way to showcase that Kairi Sane is at the venue for tonight’s show.
Collision on May 31st will air at 11:30 PM ET due to the NBA Playoffs. (WO)
