Cody Rhodes and Jade Cargill have both been added to SmackDown tonight. (WWE)
- Fallout from new addition to Solo Sikoa’s family
- King of the Ring Cody Rhodes assumes his SmackDown throne
- Queen of the Ring Jade Cargill returns to SmackDown
- Tiffany Stratton to choose WWE Evolution challenger
Speaking of whom Cody Rhodes has been cast as Guile in the new Street Fighter movie.
Karl Anderson says the Good Brothers are headed to New Japan again: “Our first thing out the gate, we went straight to New Japan Pro Wrestling. We have a couple of future dates with New Japan signed up. Don’t want to give that all away yet. We’re going to be with Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling at all their future shows. We just got a deal with 4th Rope Wrestling, we’re going to start showing up on their shows. We go to Paris, France next week.”
Speaking of New Japan, Fred Rosser was backstage at Dynamite this week. (FF)
Kenny Omega talks about his tribute to Masahiro Takanashi on Dynamite: “Not many know my beginning days of what started my 11 year journey in Japan. Masa Takanashi was my first roommate in the DDT Pro dormitory in 2008 and soon introduced me to future AEW athletes, Emi Sakura and Riho. A little later, Hikaru Shida as well. Whether I was full time in DDT or even NJPW, I could always count on Takanashi to help me train at a dojo somewhere. His work to help develop the indies and Joshi scene was never for any selfish reason. He just simply loves to help wherever he can and be involved in the sport of professional wrestling. I can truly say he is one of the greatest and safest professional wrestlers I’ve had a chance to work with over the years and it’s a shame that I can’t directly introduce his work to fans on an international level. But rest assured, his influence is shown in every performance of mine, no matter what promotion I represent. Takanashi now is in a dire struggle after a terrible accident in a match. He isn’t the type to seek attention, money, or gratitude, but I’m personally making a choice now to share why he has and will continue to be so special and important to me and the scene as a whole. Thanks to all who’ve read this.”
Bryan Danielson talks about responses to his dietary choices: “People come into things, especially nowadays, with a certain perspective that they are unwilling to change. People will say that to me about my vegetarianism. ‘Don’t you think plants have feelings too?’ I like that. I like these sorts of things because I like these sorts of conversations, because then you can say something like, ‘I think a carrot does probably feel things. What’s the difference between a pig and a carrot? I can’t hear a carrot scream.'”
Natalya wants Wendy Choo to get an opportunity at WWE Evolution: “Wendy Choo, I would love to see Wendy Choo at Evolution and I would love to see Wendy Choo getting a huge opportunity in WWE because the times that I’ve been at the Performance Center, Wendy Choo has been a leader backstage. She’s talented, she’s got a great attitude and I think Wendy Choo is also ready to get her opportunity. I would love to see Wendy Choo at Evolution.”
Here’s the lineup for this weekend’s syndicated episode of WOW. (WOW)
- Kara Kai vs. Katarina Jinx
- Eco-freaks (Scout Parker and Sprout Greens) vs. Chainsaw and Daisy Lane
- WOW World Tag Team Championship Hardcore Match: Holly Swag and Penelope Pink vs. Miami’s Sweet Heat
AEW is trying to get the lawsuit against them and Jon Moxley for a contracted worker suffering (alleged) injuries when he shoved them on Dynamite to federal court.
CMLL is holding their next Torneo Cibernetico on August 29th a/k/a the International Grand Prix.
Athena would like to compete and win at All In Texas in front of her dad: “I would like for my dad to see his daughter win another title. My dad has cancer now, like we are on borrowed time – you never know if it’s gonna get worse or it’s gonna be better. It’s becoming more difficult for him to travel and the last pay-per-view that he saw me wrestle was when I was going for the AEW women’s world championship at ‘World’s End’ and he had a blast. For me and my career, it’s something that I’ve been wanting, just to assure myself that I am valuable. Sometimes you just need that physical thing to feel like you’re still valuable, that you’re still that person. I just want to do things that I haven’t done and that I haven’t yet earned. And this one will be one. I worked ROH in like 2015. I did two, three shows, and then I never got an opportunity to work with them again until now. So, I mean, it is really interesting that I go now with the ‘Forever Champion’ Athena who’s like, super freaking talented, and she’s been holding the fort there. But I think it’s time for a change.”
Congratulations to Danhausen and his wife on the birth of their son!
John Cena confirms his last match will be in mid-December.
Here’s an early lineup for Impact next week. (TNA)
- TNA International Championship Match: Steve Maclin vs. Mance Warner vs. Jake Something
- The Elegance Brand vs. Myla Grace & Harley Hudson
- First Class & The Nemeths vs. The Hardys, Zachary Wentz & Myron Reed
- Masha Slamovich & Lei Ying Lee vs. Fatal Influence
And here’s the updated card for Slammiversary. (TNA)
- TNA World Championship Match: Trick Williams vs. Joe Hendry vs. Mike Santana
- TNA X-Division Championship Match: Moose vs. Leon Slater
- TNA World Tag Team Championship Ladder Match: The Nemeths vs. The Hardys vs. The Rascalz vs. Fir$t Class
- TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship Match: The Elegance Brand vs. The IInspiration
- TNA Knockouts & NXT Women’s Championship Match: Masha Slamovich vs. Jordynne Grace OR Jacy Jayne
- Tessa Blanchard vs. Indi Hartwell
- Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafa Ali
AJ Styles has reportedly signed a one year extension with WWE. (FF)
Last night’s Honor Club results are below. (FF)
- Wheeler Yuta def. Alex Zayne
- A vignette aired hyping Athena vs. Thunder Rosa at ROH Supercard of Honor.
- The Infantry cut a promo wishing people a happy Fourth of July
- SAP def. Midnight Heat
- The Frat House had a pledge party with the Dark Order interrupting. They had a game where the loser had to pick up the tab and the Frat House won.
- Pure Rules Match: Serena Deeb def. B3CCA. Trish Adora appeared on the ramp after, taking notes.
- ROH Tag Team Championship #1 Contender’s Match: The Infantry def. Top Flight
Here’s the updated lineup for Supercard of Honor. (ROH)
- ROH World Championship Match: Bandido vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- ROH World Tag Team Championship Match: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara vs. The Infantry
- ROH Women’s World Championship Match: Athena vs. Thunder Rosa
- ROH Pure Championship Match: Lee Moriarty vs. Blue Panther
This week’s Dynamite did a 0.16 and 584K viewers, up from 0.15 but down from 613K. (Wrestlenomics)
