The US Government has intervened for Liv Morgan due to her stalker trying to get released on bail pending trial. The motion they filed opposes his request in strong terms. “Chan is a danger to the community, a serious risk of flight, and there are no conditions of release that will reasonably assure Chan’s appearance at further proceedings of this case. The United States requests that Chan remain detained pending trial.”
JCW has announced a Luna Vachon Invitational for Oct. 26th: “The Luna will host champions and standouts from across the wrestling world, including competitors featured in GCW, AEW, ROH, DEFY, TNA, NWA, Deadlock Pro Wrestling, Revolution Pro, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Sendai Girls, and other leading independent promotions. Announced participants include Billie Starkz, Mara Sadè, Lena Kross, Emersyn Jayne, Kenzie Paige, Kylie Alexa, Nicole Matthews and Jada Stone, with more to be named. Wrestlers will compete in a series of high-stakes, multi-participant bouts showcasing the diversity, athleticism, and intensity reflective of modern independent wrestling. The card is also set to feature the 50th title defense of JCW World Champion Masha Slamovich against #1 contender Charles Mason, if she still is champion.”
AAA correspondent Quetzalli Bulnes says she’s been released by the company: “Now I was also fired from AAA, and honestly I don’t know what to do. I don’t know whether to continue wrestling or get away from it. A part of me regrets having accepted WWE’s proposal 7 years ago, because I had everything to succeed in horror cinema: I had won an award in Los Angeles and I left everything for wrestling.”
Matt Riddle is pissed and defensive about being accused of ripping off a charity event: “You know, I could explain everything in great detail. I’m not lying. But I really don’t give a fuck anymore. Most of you motherfuckers are dumb fucking cunt. Just like when you believed that #MeToo bullshit, all the other fucking garbage. You guys are all fucking dumb. And it’s fucking insane, it’s fucking insane. You fucking believe these fucking creeps? Whatever, dog. At the end of the day, I’m going to keep getting booked. I’m probably going to start fighting again, I’m probably going to do a lot of other shit. fucking crushing it on OnlyFans, because I’ve got a big fucking you know what. And I’m nice as fuck, dude. Everybody, you don’t like me, unfollow. Go fuck yourselves, alright? I don’t give a fuck because at the end of the day, the cream fucking rises to the top. And I’m really, really tired of trying to be nice everybody. Because I hate to break it to you, most of you guys are fucking morons. Peace!”
In other news Grado drove five hours to replace Riddle at the event he no-showed.
From MLW: “Major League Wrestling today announced Satoshi Kojima vs. Mr. Thomas in a Lightning Match as part of the 7PM TV taping at MLW FIGHTLAND on Saturday, September 13 at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, TX. The match will air at a later date as part of MLW’s televised programming.”
Dustin Rhodes has an update two weeks after double knee replacement: “Today marks two weeks since surgery. Don’t really know how I was doing it these last five years. Knees were destroyed. Dressing off finally. I look forward to a slow and methodical rehab. Slow and steady. Thank y’all for all of your support and prayers. God has it under control.”
ACTION Wrestling has announced Lee Moriarty will defend his ROH Pure Title against Josh Woods at ACTION Dean~!! 3 on September 6th.
TKO Group (parent company of WWE & UFC) announced a 100% increase in the quarterly dividend, and that Class A shareholders will receive $0.76 per share on the issuance date of September 15th.
The last episode of AEW Collision did 195,000 viewers with a 0.04 18-49 demo. That’s down from the prior episode’s 281,000 viewers and 0.07. (Wrestlenomics)
Speedball Mike Bailey says now is a great time to follow pro wrestling: “Well, now is the best time in history to be a pro wrestling fan. I mean, pro wrestling this is my controversial thing, but pro wrestling now is better than pro wrestling’s ever been. In terms of just how the sport has grown, and what’s really making it happen is promotions working together, and the fact that there’s a global network of wrestling promotions cooperating, and I mean, like, if you look at, for example, the relationship between AEW and New Japan and CMLL that’s going right now, not only is it good for pro wrestling, but it’s… culturally, it’s great.”
On September 2nd, AEW filed a trademark for “The Swirl,” the team name for Lee Johnson and Blake Christian. (FF)
Speaking of AEW pay per views will now be available through HBO Max for $39.99 each.
The WWE Shop account accidentally confirmed AJ Lee’s return. Oops!
William Ricks is suing WWE and Columbus Sports Arena for injuries he allegedly suffered at the April 22nd Raw last year.
ROH is airing a special Honor Club free on YouTube this Friday.
Speaking on Poddin’ Ain’t Easy, Godfather talks about attending Vince McMahon’s birthday party: “I’m not going to mention everybody who was there but, of course, Taker was there and Kane was there and Bradshaw was there. We had a good time. Cena was there. A lot of entertainers were there. Jelly Roll performed. I’m like, ‘Vince, thank you for inviting me.’ He goes, ‘Charles, I just want you to know there’s nobody here that’s not my true friend.’ And we talked for a second and then we walked in, but he had on, like, a Dr. Evil suit. I didn’t want to say it to him but, first of all, he looked better than when I’ve seen pictures of him lately, he looks a lot better than that. He’s walking a lot better than that. He introduced me to his girlfriend or whatever she was. But I thought, Dr. Evil, you’re Dr. Evil.” (WO)
Here’s the updated card for All Out on September 20th. (AEW)
- AEW TBS Championship Match: Mercedes Moné vs. Riho
- Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. FTR
- The Hurt Syndicate vs. Ricochet & Gates of Agony
