Speaking to Ariel Helwani, Karrion Kross says his WrestleMania interview was misunderstood: “I don’t want to speak on behalf of them, but this is what I will say about it. A lot of everything that you see goes through the creative process. It goes through a team. I was under the impression that I was doing something improvisational and it was okay. But like I said, sometimes the communication is not in lock step with each other. So no one told them that this was a work. No one said I shook everybody’s hands. I gave Megan a hug before I left. So, they’re under the impression, like a week goes by, that I flipped out. So like, one day I waited for Hunter outside a production meeting. Once it was actually brought to my attention that he was not okay with it, and I explained everything to him. No one told him anything. So, as far as I know, at that point, we were good, but everyone was under the impression, a lot of people thought I just lost my mind. I was just trying to do my job. My job that day was to make people believe, like any other day, and yeah.”
Speaking of Karrion (now Killer again) Kross, fans tried to start a “WE WANT KROSS” chant at the Performance Center during NXT, but if you didn’t hear it it was during a commercial break. (PWI)
Thekla loves the reception she’s received in AEW: “The reception has been so amazing. I’m super happy about how many people are actually supporting me and have been since my STARDOM days. So thank you all for being around for that long. It’s really cool. It’s a humbling experience.”
Here’s the updated card for Forbidden Door on Aug. 24th in London. (AEW)
- AEW World Championship Match: Hangman Page vs. MJF
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. TBA
- Lights Out Steel Cage Match: Golden Lovers, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, The Young Bucks & Gabe Kidd
- AEW Unified Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Swerve Strickland
- AEW Women’s Championship Match: Toni Storm vs. Athena
- AEW Tag Team Championship Match: Hurt Syndicate vs. Brodido OR FTR
- AEW TBS Championship Match: Mercedes Mone vs. Alex Windsor vs. STARDOM competitor TBA vs. CMLL competitor TBA
- AEW TNT Championship Match: Kyle Fletcher vs. Hiromu Takahashi
- Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne
Zandokan Jr. talks about facing MJF on CMLL Viernes Espectacular this week: “I have pursued the World Light Heavyweight Championship twice, the first was against Averno in the Arena Coliseo, then it was in the Arena Mexico, that time my father was second, do you know what it’s like to have your father and not take the championship home? I was disappointed that I couldn’t fulfill my promise to my father the way I wanted to, so I have that thorn. I didn’t like what MJF did last Friday of disrespecting Mr. Salvador Lutteroth and Mr. José Luis Feliciano. I was watching the fight, I dared to challenge him, I know that he has a great rivalry with Místico, but if he claims to be the great fighter that he is, well he better face the King of the World. If he beats me or if I beat him and bring back the championship doesn’t matter, this Friday MJF is going to face the King of the World, a fighter who doesn’t come to play and doesn’t leave anyone, because they know that I don’t back down from anyone, be it Místico, Volador Jr., Atlantis, whoever it is.”
NXT this week did a 0.17 18-49 demo and 728,000 viewers, compared to 0.16 & 740,000 last week. (PI)
Aleister Black talks about how things have changed in WWE: “Vince is no longer with us in terms of like heading the company. Triple H, obviously, different atmosphere, different approach, very professional, but in a way that there’s a lot better, in my opinion, engagement with the office. And I’ve always had a good relationship with Hunter. I feel like I’m able to always kind of express how I feel with certain things or like he will listen to me. He’ll always have great ideas for me. And you know, I’ll present them with one thing. I’ve been doing that since NXT. He sees what I’m trying to do, and then will make it work even better. So you know, like, that for me is the biggest difference the first night I came back.”
From MLW: “Major League Wrestling today announced Templario vs. Ikuro Kwon for the vacant MLW World Middleweight Championship at MLW FIGHTLAND, presented on YouTube free from the NYTEX Sports Centre, in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, September 13.”
Tony Nese is reportedly working as a producer for AEW. (FF)
Bret Hart has some things to say about Bill Goldberg: “The real art form is to never injure anybody. Two wrestlers go out there, tell their story, and come back. I think it’s still the case today, the first thing they do when they come back to the dressing room is they hug and shake hands, and look at each other and go, ‘I’m okay. Nothing hurt. I didn’t break my neck or anything. You didn’t knock all my teeth out.’ You’re just so happy that you go out and give this performance. The real art is to not hurt anyone. Unfortunately, Bill Goldberg never got that memo.”
There were two dark matches at NXT on Tuesday. (PWI)
- Shiloh Hill def. Brooks Jensen
- Karmen Petrovic def. Lainey Reid
Here are CMLL Martes de Arena Mexico results. (FF)
- Valkyria & Candela def. Lady Metal & Nexy.
- 2/3 Falls Match: Blue Shark & El Vigía def. Hermanos Calavera (Calavera Jr. I & Calavera Jr. II) (2-1).
- 2/3 Falls Match: Guerrero Maya Jr. & Demonios Orientales (Yutani & Okumura) def. Fuerza Poblana (Stigma, Rayo Metálico & Arkalis) (2-1).
- 2/3 Falls Match: Herederos (Hijo de Stuka Jr., Felino Jr. & El Cobarde) def. Fuerza Tapatía (Star Black, Fugaz & Explosivo) (2-1).
- 2/3 Falls Match: Dragones (Dragón Rojo Jr., Dragón Legendario & Dragón de Fuego) def. Bárbaros (Bárbaro Cavernario, El Terrible & El Elemental) (w/ La Comandante) (2-1).
- 2/3 Falls Match: Templario, Neón & Esfinge def. Valiente & Hermanos Chávez (Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja) (2-1).
Will Ospreay will have a “face-to-face” on Dynamite next week. (AEW)
- Athena & Mercedes Mone vs. Toni Storm & Alex Windsor
- World Tag Team Title Match Tournament Finals: FTR vs. Brody King & Bandido
- Will Ospreay face-to-face with Jon Moxley
Here’s the current card for Collision on Saturday. (AEW)
- Winner faces Zack Sabre Jr. at Forbidden Door: Daniel Garcia vs. Nigel McGuinness vs. Lee Moriarty vs. Hechicero
- $100,000 Four Way Fight: Julia Hart vs. Kris Statlander vs. Anna Jay vs. Penelope Ford
- JetSpeed vs. Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta
