After Dynamite went off the air last night Kenny Omega had some words for the live crowd: “There was a worry, there was a real worry that I wouldn’t make it to All In, there was a real worry that I wouldn’t make it back this year, there was a real worry that I would never make it back into a wrestling ring ever again, but come on guys, gals and everything in between, you know I wouldn’t miss this party for the world. After all, this is Dynamite 300. Everybody out here tonight, thank you for coming out here and partying with us tonight. Thank you for celebrating episode 1, episode 2, all the way to episode 300. Heck, even if this is your very first show, thank you from the very bottom of my heart. For 27 years in this business of professional wrestling, I’ve battled injuries, I’ve battled sickness, I’ve battled rivals like Kazuchika Okada. Heck, I’ve even battled my own family, Uncle Don Callis. But trust me when I say there was one battle that could have never have fought alone, and it was the battle of providing a real professional wrestling alternative.”
In our continuing weird obsession with needing to know everything a famous person thinks, we now know what John Cena’s favorite movies are: “My opinion can be swayed, but at this moment in time, this is what I’m going with. The Shawshank Redemption. The Matrix. Saving Private Ryan. Star Wars episodes four, five, and six. As a WWE performer, I love the definition of good and evil and outside challenges and the absolute totality of the hero’s journey. Those are the films I can’t get out of my head.”
Has Max Caster won a single open challenge yet? He’s having another for the 100th episode of Collision on Saturday night. (AEW)
- Thunder Rosa, Queen Aminata, Anna Jay, and Tay Melo vs. Athena, Megan Bayne, Julia Hart, and Thekla
- Winner Gets Shot at TNT title at All In: Daniel Garcia vs. Kyle Fletcher
- Shelton Benjamin vs. Kevin Knight
- Mark Briscoe, Mistico, and Hologram vs. Hechicero, Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero
- FTR vs. The Outrunners
- Max Caster’s open challenge
- Story time with Adam Cole
- Willow Nightingale in action
Mercedes Mone is happy to see WWE Evolution return: “I think it’s about time. They waited way too long to have an all-women’s pay-per-view. But I love and I will always support and be a huge advocate for women’s wrestling, so I am excited for that and for the women that get to perform on that.”
Here’s the Honor Club card for tonight. (ROH)
- Winner Gets Shot at ROH World Tag Team Titles: The Infantry vs. Top Flight
- Wheeler Yuta vs. Alex Zayne
- B3CCA vs. Serena Deeb
- Spanish Announce Project vs. TBD
And here’s the lineup for Impact on AXS TV and TNA+. (TNA)
- Chain Match for TNA Knockouts World Championship: Masha Slamovich (c) vs. Killer Kelly
- Matt Cardona vs. Eddie Edwards
- Trey Miguel vs. Nic Nemeth
- The IInspiration vs. Victoria Crawford & Tessa Blanchard
- Jake Something vs. Mance Warner
- Tasha Steelz addresses Mustafa Ali & Cedric Alexander
- The King’s Speech with Frankie Kazarian
Scarlett Bordeaux’s WWE contract reportedly expires next month. (FF)
Here’s the updated card for All In Texas. (AEW)
- AEW Men’s Championship Texas Death Match: Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page
- AEW Women’s Championship Match: Toni Storm vs. Mercedes Mone
- AEW International Championship and Continental Championship Match: Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada
- AEW Tag Team Championship Match: The Hurt Syndicate vs. Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight
- Men’s Casino Gauntlet Match: Mark Briscoe vs. MJF vs. More TBA
- Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match: Kris Statlander vs. More TBA
- Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay vs. The Young Bucks (if The Young Bucks lose, they lose their EVP titles; if Strickland & Ospreay, they can’t challenge for the World Title for a year)
The former Sin Cara, Cinta de Oro, has opened a wrestling school in El Paso.
Here are the brackets for this year’s Opera Cup. (MLW)
Bracket A
- Místico vs. Ikuro Kwon
- Último Guerrero vs. Esfinge
- Austin Aries vs. KUSHIDA
- Paul London vs. Okumura
Bracket B
- Volador Jr. vs. Titán
- Zandokan Jr. vs. Blue Panther Jr.
- Satoshi Kojima vs. Bobby Fish
- Bishop Dyer vs. Anthony Greene
CMLL Martes de Arena Mexico results are below. (FF)
- Eléctrico & Astral def. Nitro & Prince Drago
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Kira & Tabata def. Candela & Valkyria (2-1)
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Los Felinos def. Los Ortiz (2-0)
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Volcano, Brillante Jr. & Dulce Gardenia def. Bestias del Diablo (2-1)
- Match Relámpago: Neón def. Difunto
- Two Of Three Falls Match: Místico, Star Jr. & Flip Gordon def. Infernales (2-1)
NXT this week did 0.15 and 627K viewers, down from 0.16 and 729K last week. (PI)
Erick Stevens will have his first match in three years on July 12th.
Sources at AEW “vehemently deny” that Britt Baker is trying to leave the company. (FF)
