John Cena has been announced for the August 1st SmackDown at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. His updated list of dates is below. (WWE)
- June 20: SmackDown – Grand Rapids, MI
- June 28: Night of Champions – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- July 18: SmackDown – San Antonio, TX
- August 1: WWE SmackDown – Newark, NJ
- August 2/3: SummerSlam – East Rutherford, NJ
- August 8: SmackDown – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- August 15: SmackDown – Dublin, Ireland
- August 29: SmackDown – Lyon, France
- August 31: Clash in Paris – Paris, France
- October 11: Crown Jewel Perth – Perth, Australia
Via social media the former Kayla Braxton says she’s looking for work again: “On the mic and back on the market. Not new to this – but newly available. If you’re looking for someone with range, timing, and a rent payment looming… let’s make something great (and billable).”
Former WWE Chief of Staff Elyse Dudzinski talks about when she was let go in a conversation with Nick Khan: “I was going through a pretty rough time and you were somebody who was checking in on me, very often, just to see life after WWE. ‘How are you doing? What do you need?’ And you’re in the middle of WWE, WrestleMania, sale, everything going on and you were still making this effort just to check in, which meant a lot to me, and then, I kind of hit a point where I was applying for jobs. I couldn’t get an Administrative Assistant (job) and I’m like, ‘But I was just a Chief of Staff. What do I do here?’ And you took the time to meet with me and following that meeting, you, again, made sure I was taken care of and I just feel that that speaks to your loyalty.”
In this interview Erick Rowan talks about trying to carry on Bray Wyatt’s legacy: “I don’t think it’s like this enormous pressure. Yes, we’re keeping the spirit alive. I’m trying to keep John’s spirit alive. These are things that are near to my heart but sometimes it gets emotional. You can’t stop it like you’re surrounded by it. That song that Windham used to come out to, the code orange song. Yeah it’s tough. Seeing the fireflies, it’s tough. But seeing all this stuff and being in there and seeing the fireflies and knowing that this is like being in places that…and you’re looking around and they’re not with you. I mean, that’s a tough pill to swallow. But then you slowly start to open your eyes and look around and you got Nikki Cross, you got Dexter, you got Gacy, and then you got Taylor, Bo and you open your eyes and you’re like okay, this is a family too. They’ve become a family to me, and it makes it easier, if that makes any sense. Because I know I have people there that, the people that are no longer here would, would probably smile that were all rocking together, you know? Initially for them, but hopefully to prove something to within ourselves of what that message is, and that’s these people have been thrown away in the eyes of the fans in a story sense.”
NWA has announced the Wrestling Central Channel is now live on Roku Channel 208.
KC Navarro is out of action with a dislocated left knee. Best wishes on a full recovery!
The latest ROH on Honor Club results are below. (PWI)
- Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty def. Sal Mistretta & Anthony Gangone
- Pure Rules Match: Deonna Purrazzo def. Marti Belle
- The Frat House had a backstage segment where they took shots at The Dark Order, particularly John Silver and said that if the Order wanted a trios match they’d get one.
- Lance Archer def. Aaron Solo
- Miyu Yamashita def. Brooke Havok
- Mark Sterling was backstage with the Premiere Athletes and told them that he got their last match thrown out by the state of Michigan and expunged, along with several other 2025 matches which means they’re undefeated in 2025. Tony Nese said there’s no one buying the Athletes Suck shirt and they said they’re going to take their momentum to the ROH World Tag Team Championships.
- Top Flight & The Kingdom def. The Infantry & Grizzled Young Veterans
