A potential settlement/resolution is looming in the lawsuit against Cody Rhodes, Fanatics and WWE over the “American Nightmare” trademark. Wesley Eisold of the band American Nightmare sued all parties back in September of 2024 for violating an agreement they had reached; in short, Eisold would allow use of the phrase “American Nightmare” on merchandise so long as it was paired with Cody’s name or likeness to give it a pro wrestling context. WWE started selling merch that said American Nightmare without using Cody’s name or face, so he sued. Before any settlement though Eisold has to respond to a motion to dismiss by Sept. 12th and they in turn have to respond to his response by the 26th. If no settlement is reached before then there will be a hearing on the motion Oct. 10th and scheduling for trial on the 31st if the motion to dismiss has not been granted. (PWI)
Here’s the current card for NXT Homecoming next week. (WWE)
- NXT North American Championship Match: Ethan Page vs. Tyler Breeze
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair vs. Tatum Paxley & Izzi Dame
- DIY vs. Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes
- Stephanie Vaquer, Tiffany Stratton & Rhea Ripley vs. Fatal Influence
- Grayson Waller Effect with guests Oba Femi & Ricky Saints
Hulk Hogan’s estate received a temporary restraining order against Bubba Clem b/k/a Bubba the Love Sponge which states he can release his “Untold Story” documentary about Hogan’s sex tape, BUT he can’t include any footage OF said sex tape in it.
New Japan Road to Destruction night one results are below. (CMN)
- Tatsuya Matsumoto fought Zane Jay to a time limit draw.
- Shoma Kato def. Masatora Yasuda
- Dick Togo, Don Fale & EVIL def. Katsuya Murashima, Oleg Boltin & Yuya Uemura
- Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice def. Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Tomoaki Honma
- David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori def. Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji
- El Desperado, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino def. Master Wato, Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & YOH
- Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. def. DOUKI, Ren Narita, SANADA, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi
Here are night two results. (CMN)
- Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a time limit draw
- Katsuya Murashima def. Masatora Yasuda
- House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Don Fale & EVIL) def. Oleg Boltin, Shoma Kato & Shota Umino
- BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) def. Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Tomoaki Honma
- Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji def. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori)
- El Desperado, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & Yuya Uemura def. Master Wato, Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & YOH
- TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) def. House Of Torture (DOUKI, Ren Narita, SANADA, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)
Allie talks about returning to wrestling after two years: “This year has been really hard. Sometimes, when you’re in a dark place, it’s hard to step outside of yourself and see that there are still good things in the world and there are good things for you to experience as well. I didn’t realize how much wrestling brought me joy until I hit rock bottom, and wrestling was like a little bit of a light in the storm. I told you guys before that I did like a little TNA one-off. It was my first time in a really, really, really long time that I had been in wrestling in some capacity. So I do this thing. It was like in real time, it was pulling me out of the dark hole I had been sitting in. I didn’t want to rush back into the ring until I knew for sure that this wasn’t just like a fleeting feeling, like this was something that I actually really wanted, because being a wrestler takes a lot of fucking commitment, like I really had to consider it.”
The Sept. 1st Raw did a new low for Netflix — only 2.4 million views. (Netflix)
A pre-sale has begun for Dynamite in Edinburg, Texas on Oct. 2nd with the code INS2AEW. (PWI)
The last Collision rose from 195K to 300K viewers with a 18-49 rise from 0.04 to 0.07. (Wrestlenomics)
Matt Cardona is returning to NWA for Samhain 3.
JDC f/k/a Fandango got married this week. Congratulations!
There were two dark matches before NXT last night. (PWI)
- Shady Elnahas def. Brooks Jensen
- Kali Armstrong def. Nikkita Lyons
Here’s the card for Dynamite tonight. (AEW)
- Philly Street Fight: Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue
- $500K 10-Man Tag: The Opps and Brodido vs. The Death Riders and Young Bucks
- Mercedes Mone & Emi Sakura vs. Riho & Alex Windsor
- Ricochet vs. Shelton Benjamin
- Hangman Page vs. Josh Alexander
- Bryan Danielson joins AEW commentary full time
