Speaking to the Lightweights Podcast, Harley Cameron praised Tony Khan: “Tony is literally the most kind, approachable, wonderful boss. He is someone who makes you feel comfortable with communicating with him. He’s always so enthusiastic. He’s always there watching the matches. Genuinely, he’s always there watching. Afterwards, he always communicates with us all and thanks us all. He’s a really great guy. If I ever felt like I needed to talk to him, he definitely allows us to know he’s the kind of guy you can talk to. He’s a really great guy. He’s awesome. I think how cool it is to have such a cool boss.”
In this interview Natalya talks about facing Kenzie Paige at NWA’s Crockett Cup: “What we did for NWA was even better than what I did at Bloodsport. For me, I’m fighting for my life. It really makes me want to wake up in the morning. When I was working out, I was reliving that match. It just lights my fire in a different way. I wanted to remind people that what I did at Bloodsport was a masterclass, and what I did at NWA was even better than that. To have the entire arena on their feet and see pictures. I don’t know where you can watch the match, but everybody is on their feet. They had just done 18 matches prior because they were filming a large TV taping. We were the 18th match and people were on their feet because I want to engage them in a different way.”
AEW All Out 2025 will be at Scotiabank Arena on September 20th, tickets on sale June 2nd.
Tonight’s Dark Side of the Ring is about Daffney: “With her piercing scream, Shannon Spruill became a cult star as Daffney in the squared circle. Outside the ring, Daffney fought a much more punishing battle with bipolar disorder.”
I don’t know why they waited this long to do it, but WWE finally got around to filing a trademark on “Secret Hervice” yesterday. (FF)
Here’s the advertised lineup for NXT tonight. (WWE)
- Kelani Jordan vs. Zaria
- Triple Threat Match: Sean Legacy vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Ashante Thee Adonis
- OTM vs. Kale Dixon & Uriah Conners
- Shawn Spears vs. Josh Briggs
- Joe Hendry live in concert
- A rap performance by Trick Williams
Here’s an early lineup for next week’s Raw. (WWE)
- WWE World Tag Team Championship Match: New Day vs. American Made vs. War Raiders
- Money In The Bank Qualifying Matches: Competitors TBA
- Rusev vs. Akira Tozawa
Trick Williams has been added to this week’s Impact on AXS TV. (TNA)
- Joe Hendry & Elijah vs. Moose & Brian Myers (Trick Williams on commentary)
- Ace Austin vs. Mustafa Ali
- Santana & Sami Callihan vs. First Class
- Eddie Edwards in action
- Santino Marella and Robert Stone in-ring debate
The full episode of Collision that got cut off early is now available on MAX. (PWI) Despite ending early the show did 398,000 and a 0.08, up from 382K but down from 0.09. (Wrestlenomics)
WWE has cancelled the NXT taping set for May 27th in Tampa.
Mike D Vecchio is vacating his wXw European Title. Rumor has him going to WWE as well as Aigle Blanc. (FF)
Zoey Stark was supposed to take the pinfall in her MITB triple threat qualifying match with Rhea Ripley and Kairi Sane last night, so the other two wrestlers had to improvise the rest of the match when she got injured. (WO)
Tom Hannifan explains how he got his job in TNA: “Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo are two very close friends of mine. Steve Maclin and I have known each other since the NXT days and he was already in IMPACT as Deonna was at the time and I think it was like December of that year and they were like, ‘Hey, I think they’re gonna make a change. It sounds like they’re moving on from Striker and they might need a new play-by-play guy. Do you want us to introduce you?’ So, thankfully, they opened the door. I had a great conversation with Josh Mathews who I worked with once upon a time. He did my audition in WWE. So just full circle and then I speak to Scott D’Amore shortly thereafter and it just clicked and it just clicked very quickly.”
Spitfire say they’ll break up if they don’t win the Knockouts Tag Titles at Under Siege.
