Adam Cole relinquished his TNT Title before the scheduled match with Kyle Fletcher at All In: Texas yesterday because he’s dealing with concussion issues. Tony Khan: “I fully support his decision to take some time. I felt like the right thing to do would be to vacate the championship and give Adam Cole time off, but also give him time to talk to the fans. Last night, when I was at ROH Supercard of Honor, planning for the pay-per-view, we put everything in place for Adam Cole to defend the championship against Kyle Fletcher. Coming out of Collision, Adam Cole came back, we talked, he was definitely planning to be at the pay-per-view, and even yesterday we had talked. Somewhere between late last night and early this morning, we talked, and he just wasn’t feeling well. That is the unpredictable nature of some of these injuries and it’s really important that Adam Cole takes the time to get right because he’s a great figure in AEW.” (FF)
This of course led to a last minute change where Dustin Rhodes went into a four-way and came out the new TNT Champion. Dustin talked afterward about his longevity: “Of course my mind is always telling me that I can do this forever. Once you’re born into this business, it’s all you want to do, you become very passionate about it. My dad taught me really well. He taught me manners, he taught me respect, he taught me to check my ego at the door and just work hard. So many people in the business do a lot of bad things to me and my view and they get pushed through the moon, and it’s not fair for someone who works their ass off each week, but to finally do this now, my work has paid off. I’m very proud of myself, I’m very proud that we always kick ass on PPV, nobody can touch us. Nobody.” (FF)
Here’s the card for Evolution 2 tonight. (WWE)
- Women’s World Championship Match: Iyo Sky vs. Rhea Ripley
- WWE Women’s Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton vs. Trish Stratus
- NXT Women’s Championship Match: Jacy Jayne vs. Jordynne Grace
- WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Match: Becky Lynch vs. Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez vs. Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair vs. Sol Ruca & Zaria vs. The Kabuki Warriors
- Women’s Battle Royale: Nia Jax, Stephanie Vaquer, Nikki Bella, Ivy Nile, Natalya, Maxxine Dupri, Izzi Dame, Tatum Paxley, Kelani Jordan, Lash Legend, Lola Vice, Jaida Parker, Zelina Vega, Giulia, Candice LeRae, B-Fab, Michin, Chelsea Green, Piper Niven, Alba Fyre
- Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
Hiroshi Tanahashi will compete for DDT Pro on August 31st.
Kevin Von Erich is now working as a coach for AEW.
Jelly Roll has been added to SummerSlam. (WWE)
- Undisputed WWE Championship: John Cena (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
- WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton OR Trish Stratus vs. Jade Cargill
- Randy Orton and Jelly Roll vs. Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul
Seth Rollins was legitimately injured last night which led to LA Knight picking up the win at Saturday Night’s Main Event. There’s no word yet on how serious his knee injury is. (PWI)
Kazuchika Okada is the AEW Unified Champion, combining the International and Continental Titles after defeating Kenny Omega at All In. (AEW)
B-Fab and Michin defeated Alba Fyre and Piper Niven in a SNME dark match. (PWI)
NXT Heatwave will be August 24th, the same day as AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. (WWE)
The Young Bucks are no longer “EVPs” after losing to Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland at All In: Texas yesterday. (AEW)
Athena won the Women’s Casino Gauntlet and Syuri made her promotional debut. (AEW)
Here’s the current card for NXT on Tuesday. (WWE)
- Trick Williams, Joe Hendry & Mike Santana vs. Darkstate
- Tony D’Angelo vs. Channing Stacks Lorenzo vs. Luca Crusifino
GCW Boss of All Bosses results are below. (FF)
- Gringo Loco defeated Jack Cartwheel, Bobby Flaco, Cappuccino Jones, Dulce Tormenta, & Gavin Ashe in a Scramble Match
- Joey Janela defeated Man Like DeReiss (who was accompanied by Brodie Lee Jr)
- Shotzi Blackheart defeated Matt Cardona in a Garage Beer Rules Match
- 1 Called Manders & Ricky Morton defeated Kerry Morton & Mance Warner
- KJ Orso defeated Sam Stackhouse in an I Quit Match
- YDNP (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) defeated Ninja Mack & Dante Leon to retain the GCW World Tag Team Titles
- Elayna Black defeated Priscilla Kelly
- Matt Tremont defeated John Wayne Murdoch to retain the GCW Ultraviolent Title
- EFFY defeated Atticus Cogar to retain the GCW World Title
Josh Mathews made his AEW debut during the Zero Hour pre-show. (AEW)
