Hangman, Ospreay, All In, Droese, Raw, Kenny Omega, NXT, WrestleCon, Aleister Black, All Out, NOAH, Batista, Shotzi, Lyra – Monday’s Wrestling News

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Hangman Page defeated Will Ospreay at Double or Nothing 2025 last night to win the Owen Hart Cup and will go on to challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Title at All In 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (AEW)

True to his character (and his promo on Dynamite last week) Will Ospreay is supporting Hangman Page after his win: “Get the belt back cowboy.”

Speaking of All In: Texas here are the two confirmed matches so far. (AEW)

  • AEW World Championship Match: Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page
  • AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Toni Storm vs. Mercedes Mone

The arraignment of disgraced former WWF wrestler Mike Droese a/k/a Duke “The Dumpster” Droese (really living up to that moniker) takes place this Wednesday in Warren County, Tennessee on charges of attempted aggravated exploitation of a minor. (PWI)

Here’s the updated lineup for Raw tonight. (WWE)

  • WWE World Tag Team Championship: The New Day (c) vs. American Made vs. War Raiders
  • Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor
  • Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Dragon Lee vs. Chad Gable vs. Penta
  • Rusev vs. Akira Tozawa

Kenny Omega will put his International Title on the line at Fyter Fest on June 4th, and there will be a small tournament to determine his three opponents in a four-way match. (AEW)

AEW Dynamite 5/28/25: Brody King vs. Josh Alexander.
AEW Collision 5/31/25: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Komander, Hechicero vs. Mascara Dorada.

Here’s the updated lineup for NXT on The CW tomorrow night. (WWE)

  • NXT North American Championship Match: Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page
  • Mike Santana vs. Tavion Heights
  • Tatum Paxley vs. Jaida Parker
  • Jasper Troy’s in-ring debut

And here’s the updated list of guests for WrestleCon on SummerSlam weekend: The Godfather, Matt Cardona, Sting, Will Ospreay, Matt & Jeff Hardy, Abdullah the Butcher, Rikishi, Kazuchika Okada, Tony Atlas, Dan Spivey appearing in costume as Waylon Mercy, Kiera Hogan, Tasha Steelz, Koko B. Ware, Lex Luger and WWE ID talents Brad Baylor, Jackson Drake, Sean Legacy and Ricky Smokes.

Aleister Black says his WWE return felt like coming home: “I’ve been thinking about that a lot and I feel like it happened very organically. I think the first day that I came back, like physically being backstage, you know, walking around and talking to people and being quote-unquote reintroduced to the company and stuff like that. It’s strange, right? Because it’s like a mixed feeling of nostalgia and familiarity whilst there is something unknown, because obviously as much as the setup is the same, internally, its guts have been like rearranged if that makes sense, because it’s no longer the same people in charge, but at the same time, it’s the same people that I connected with the first time around. And I remember being very nervous, but then realizing that everything felt the same in the most positive sense and then I was like, why are you so nervous? You know all these people. And then at that point, it was really strange. It was like all my anxiety just kind of dropped. And I’m like, yeah, this time around, it’s even better, you know what I mean? Because I’ve always had a good relationship with Triple H, and I get along great with Nick Khan, and the locker room is something that I’ve always preached about, how fantastic the boys are in WWE. And it just really felt good, it felt like coming home, and I know that sounds somewhat cliché, but I’ve never experienced that feeling of coming home in that sense, and I think that was the first time I could ever say it felt like coming home and everything made sense again. I was in that system for eight years and it is a completely different system than anything else. Nothing is like WWE, no locker room I’ve ever been in, and it just felt like this is what it’s supposed to be for me, you know? I was really excited to be back, of course, and like I said initially, it’s a little bit anxiety-driven. But then once you walk around and you get a feel of everything, you’ll say to yourself, hey man, you know all these people, you know all this and everybody’s just going around doing what they always do and everything is just right, it works, everything runs so smoothly. Then, we get ready for the show, and here we go, rock and roll, everybody’s heading in the same direction and that’s just a really good feeling.”

The pre-sale code for All Out is INS2AEW and starts May 28th. The show takes place September 20th at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. (AEW)

Pro Wrestling NOAH “Monday Magic” results are below. (FF)

  • Dragon Bane vs. Alpha Wolf (10-Minute Time Limit Draw)
  • Manabu Soya, Saxon Huxley & HAYATA def. Shuji Ishikawa, Eita & Muhammad Yone
  • Archie Cole def. Daiki Odashima
  • Three-Way Match: AMAKUSA def. Alejandro & YO-HEY
  • Mayu Iwatani & Koukei Amarei def. Great Sayuka & Sadie Gibbs
  • Naomichi Marufuji def. Hikaru Sato
  • Kaito Kiyomiya & Titus Alexander def. Minoru Suzuki & Ryan Clancy

Batista (Dave Bautista) talks about his goals as an actor: “I didn’t want to just step away from wrestling and become another action movie star. I wanted to prove I could be an actor. I wanted to be respected by my peers, just like I was in wrestling. Respect has always meant more to me than accolades. As an actor, I love telling stories. That passion has transitioned into producing. I want to be involved in creating stories, not just performing them. I want to make meaningful films, ones that connect with people.”

Shotzi Blackheart fires back at people using the term injury prone: “Injury prone is a term that you wanna be smart marks overuse to sound smart. 100% of the wrestlers you are calling injury prone are not, they are just human.”

Lyra Valkyria will defend her Women’s Intercontinental Title against Becky Lynch at Money in the Bank on June 7th. (WWE)