In his latest vlog Logan Paul says he broke his ribs at SummerSlam. Not surprising after that splash he gave Jelly Roll through the announce table.
John Cena talks about his work with Make-A-Wish: “I’m so grateful for the time I’ve been able to spend on Make-A-Wish. I’m even more grateful that my fellow superstars, my coworkers, and my colleagues now look at it as an aspirational thing. Because they’re only going to want to meet John Cena for a little bit. The reason I just drop what I’m doing in that environment to do whatever I can is because the experience can truly make a difference. To talk with the family is just like I’m talking right now. You get to kit them up for the night. You get to give them stuff that, like, I came to see this person. Well, here’s all the stuff I have.”
Dynamite on Wednesday did 711,000 viewers and a 0.18, up from 612K and 0.15 last week. (Wrestlenomics)
NXT did 740,000 and a 0.16, up from 675K but the same demo as before. (PI)
Karrion Kross has reportedly been offered a new contract but there’s no word on whether or not he has signed it. (WO)
WOW is holding tryouts Aug. 15th in Tampa. Interested parties can apply HERE. Speaking of WOW here’s the card for this weekend in syndication.
- Nikki Nashville vs. Sylvia Sanchez
- Goldie Collins and Katarina Jinx vs. The Mighty Mights (Sugar and Spice)
- Lumberjack Match: Miami’s Sweet Heat vs. Holly Swag and Penelope Pink
Batista (Dave Bautista) is in talks to play Kurgan in a Highlander remake.
According to WrestleVotes, Roman Reigns will work Clash in Paris. He’s also been added to the August 25th episode of Raw. (WWE) Also for what it’s worth the director of The Pickup thinks Reigns should be doing more movies.
Drew McIntyre talks about Ozzy Osbourne: “Ozzy wasn’t just someone who kept me company on the road for long drives and workouts, he was part of the culture. I was over here in America when The Osbournes started to become popular and people started to become scared of lovable Ozzy. It was cool for me to see someone from Birmingham become such a giant name. He almost became a fictional character with the amount of lore and stories about him. It sucked when he passed because I thought he would live to be a few hundred years old and outlive us all.”
Here’s the updated TripleMania card. (AAA)
- AAA Mega Championship: El Hijo del Vikingo (c) vs. Dominik Mysterio vs. Dragon Lee vs. El Grande Americano
- The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, JD McDonagh, and Raquel Rodriguez) vs. Mr. Iguana, Niño Hamburguesa, and Lola Vice
- AAA World Tag Team Championship – Street Fight: Los Garza (Berto and Angel) (c) vs. Pagano and Psycho Clown
- AAA Latin American Championship: El Mesías (c) vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
- AAA Reina de Reinas Championship: Lady Flammer (c) vs. Faby Apache vs. Natalya
CM Punk (Phil Brooks) has been added to WWE’s UK tour. (WWE)
- Liverpool on August 23
- Newcastle on August 24
- Manchester on August 26
- Leeds on August 27
- Cardiff on August 28
Buddy Matthews is getting surgery on a broken ankle. Best wishes to him!
Here are NJPW G1 Climax 35 night 13 results. (FF)
- Jado & El Phantasmo def. Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI
- TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.) def. BC War Dogs (Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney)
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita) def. Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi
- Don Callis Family (Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita) def. Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino
- NJPW G1 Climax A Block: Callum Newman (8 points) def. Taichi (6 points)
- NJPW G1 Climax A Block: EVIL (10 points) def. Boltin Oleg (8 points)
- NJPW G1 Climax A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi (8 points) def. SANADA (6 points)
- NJPW G1 Climax A Block: Yuya Uemura (8 points) def. Ryohei Oiwa (8 points)
- NJPW G1 Climax A Block: David Finlay (8 points) def. Yota Tsuji (8 points)
There will be King of the Hill promotional tie-ins on SmackDown next week.
Here’s the updated card for the CMLL 92nd Anniversary show. (CMLL)
- CMLL Women’s World Tag Team Championship Match: Chicas Indomables vs. Persephone & Reyna Isis.
- Hair vs. Hair Match: Rey Bucanero vs. El Felino.
- Apuestas Eliminator: Último Guerrero & Averno vs. Dragón Rojo Jr. & Bárbaro Cavernario vs. Esfinge & El Valiente
- Apuestas Match: TBD vs. TBD
ROH on Honor Club results are below. (FF)
- ROH World Championship Eliminator Match: Bandido def. Gringo Loco.
- A video package promoted Místico.
- Jay Lethal & Satnam Singh def. GPA & Hunter Holdcraft
- Blake Christian & Lee Johnson said backstage that they were looking toward the ROH World Tag Team Titles.
- Athena & Billie Starkz def. Missa Kate & Laynie Luck
- Depredadores def. Dark Order
- QT Marshall invited Paul Walter Hauser to the upcoming ROH tapings in Virginia.
- Sky Team def. Lee Johnson & Blake Christian
Colby Corino’s neck surgery went well! Good to know.
Unfortunately Jonathan Gresham is NOT doing so well as he just had two strokes. All the best wishes to him on his health and recovery.
Here’s the card for Emergence next Friday on TNA+. (TNA)
- TNA World Championship Match: Trick Williams vs. Moose
- TNA X Division Championship Match: Leon Slater vs. Cedric Alexander
- TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: The Hardys vs. The Rascalz
- TNA International Championship No DQ & No Countouts Match: Steve Maclin vs. Jake Something
- TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship Match: The Elegance Brand vs. Fallon Henley & Jazmyn Nyx vs. The IInspiration vs. Léi Yǐng Lee & Xia Brookside
- Mike Santana vs. Sami Callihan
- Ryan Nemeth vs. The Hometown Man
Peacock is raising prices on August 22nd from $7.99 a month to $10.99 a month, or $79.99 to $109.99 for annual subscribers. The Premium Plus tier is going from $13.99 to $16.99, or from $139.99 to $169.99 for annual subs.
Rich Swann returned to TNA last night and joined First Class at the same time KC Navarro was kicked out.
Here’s the card for Impact next week. (TNA)
- Leon Slater & The Hardys vs. Cedric Alexander & The Rascalz
- The IInspiration vs. Myla Grace and Harley Hudson
- Matt Cardona vs. John Skyler
- Mike Santana vs. Eric Young
- Frankie Kazarian hosts The King’s Speech with guests Jake Something & Steve Maclin
In his most recent interview from Thursday, Karrion Kross said he was still under contract to WWE: “I’m still under contract. I saw a bunch of stuff online today. What is today? Thursday? I don’t know when you put this up. Today’s Thursday. I saw a bunch of stuff online today. I don’t know where it’s coming from and I don’t care to speak to any of it but, I mean, all I can tell you is the only way you’re gonna get the real story is when you get it from me. That’s all I can tell you. I can’t really speak to any of the legitimacy of anything that is being recently reported. But I’ll tell you right now, everyone’s gonna know exactly what’s going on very soon. So, like, they’re gonna know.”
WWE’s archival content (like past pay per views) is not part of the new ESPN PLE deal. WWE is shopping that around to other partners. (WO)
Here’s what we know about SmackDown tonight. (WWE)
- New WWE Champion Cody Rhodes to appear
- John Cena to comment on Brock Lesnar’s return
Phil “CM Punk” Brooks says Charlotte Flair is misunderstood: “You probably don’t know us the way you think you do. And for somebody like Charlotte, I think who’s, you know, a lot of the times grossly misunderstood, I think this kind of softens her a little bit, and you get to see, you know, Ashley instead of Charlotte.”
