In this interview Seth Rollins talks about faking his injury to cash in MITB at SummerSlam: “I thought the idea was brilliant when I first heard it. Obviously, the execution was going to be important, and the details were going to need to be ironed out. I felt the crux of the idea was brilliant. I was the guy to be able to pull that off. I was very excited at the prospect of it. My level of commitment to our industry is second to none. I was the guy for the job. I’m a professional, so I feel like I can do anything. All you need in our industry is a little shred of doubt, just a tiny bit of mystery and you get the magic. I thought as soon as Saturday Night’s Main Event went off the air, you saw everybody asking questions, ‘Oh, we’re in. It’s over.’ I don’t think it was too difficult.”
Shotzi Blackheart will make her NWA debut at Samhain 3 on Oct. 17th at Center Stage in Atlanta.
Tony Khan talks about moving All Out to Toronto: “I think that, to be fair, it’s worked well, to try some different things, and still maintain our tradition of running great events in these same markets that have done very well, we’re very loyal to, key AEW city, that it performs very well. But, we have routed things differently than ever before and are trying some different venues and have built some – I hope – some new traditions that will go very well.”
Additionally Tony talks about AEW’s family friendly prices: “Well, absolutely, AEW’s ticket pricing is designed to be very family-friendly and it has been that way since the very beginning. Everybody’s been involved in AEW from the start will tell you that we always wanted to maintain affordable ticket prices for the fans, and particularly to bring families and young fans to the show, and make it accessible for fans of all backgrounds, of all ages, and I think it’s really exciting for us that we’re getting some good feedback about that.”
From MLW: “LONG BEACH, CA – Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Chamber of Horrors with Mads Krule Krugger defending the MLW World Heavyweight Championship against 5 participants at MLW Slaughterhouse on Saturday, October 4 at Thunder Studios Arena in Long Beach, CA and presented live on YouTube and on cable on beIN SPORTS.”
During his All Out media conference call, Tony Khan said that FTR vs. Cope & Christian will be the opening match for the pay per view. (AEW)
John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar will be the opening match for Wrestlepalooza. Here’s the card. (WWE)
- Opening match: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
- The Usos vs. Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker
- CM Punk and AJ Lee vs. Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre
- Women’s World Championship Match: Iyo Sky vs. Stephanie Vaquer
Here’s the lineup for the next syndicated episode of WOW. (WOW)
- WOW revisits Holly Swag’s betrayal of her mother to join the Fab Four
- WOW World Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way Match
Priscilla Kelly is replacing Jada Stone at Wrestle Princess VI.
New Japan Battle Line Hokkaido results are below. (FF)
- Masatora Yasuda def. Zane Jay
- Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask def. Tatsuya Matsumoto & Katsuya Murashima
- Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale) def. Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino & Oleg Boltin
- David Finlay & Gabe Kidd def. Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi
- Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice def. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuya Uemura, Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Desperado def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano, Master Wato & YOH
- Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. def. DOUKI, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita
Kiera Hogan is reportedly no longer with AEW. (FF) She’s no longer on the roster on AEW’s website and hasn’t worked a match since back in April.
The “September to Remember” episode of AEW Dynamite on Wednesday did 0.13 and 600,000 viewers, up from 0.12 and 584K the week before. (PI)
Bad Bunny will be hosting Saturday Night Live on October 8th.
