In this interview (which is on YouTube but is geo-blocked in the United States) AJ Styles talks about wrestling John Cena at Crown Jewel and his plans to retire: “I am certainly happy for the opportunity to wrestle John Cena on his retirement tour. I did not think this was going to happen. It honestly just came out of nowhere, but I accept it. I want it, and me and John are going to have one last match, and it’s going to be incredible. I honestly thought I may not be here in the WWE, so getting the opportunity to come back (to Japan) is really awesome. Probably my last time as a performer going back to Japan. I’m really excited to get back. That means I’m going to hang them up. I’m not going to wrestle anymore. Soon I’ll retire, and I don’t think we’ll get back to Japan before I retire. I think that this is probably my last go in Japan as a performer.”
Speaking of Cena his last match will be at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
From MLW: “Major League Wrestling today announced Austin Aries vs. Paul London in an Opera Cup Quarterfinal match at MLW Slaughterhouse ’25 this Saturday, October 4 at Thunder Studios Arena in Long Beach, CA and presented live on YouTube and on cable on beIN SPORTS. Slaughterhouse will feature a blockbuster Opera Cup quarterfinal clash as two decorated pro wrestlers, Paul London and Austin Aries, collide in a match being billed as a battle of honor versus toxicity.”
Results of wXw Grand Prix night four are below. (CMN)
- Dieter Schwartz & KxS def. Stephanie Maze & Violence Is Forever
- King of the Catchers Block A Match: Bobby Gunns [3] def. LaBron Kozone [2]
- King of the Catchers Block A Match: Elijah Blum [4] def. Marius Al-Ani [3]
- King of the Catchers Block B Match: Ahura [6] def. Joseph Fenech Jr. [2]
- Dragon Kid (w/ Dragon Dia) def. Adam Priest
- World Tag Team Tournament Finals: Greedy Souls def. The Grind
- Femme Fatales 2025 Finals: Safire Reed def. Anita Vaughan
- King of the Catchers Finals: Ahura def. Elijah Blum
RevPro Live In Coventry results are below. (CMN)
- Angel Reyes def. Kieron Lacey
- Nino Bryant def. Joe Lando
- Michael Oku & Sha Samuels defeat Sons Of Southampton
- Amira Blair def. Alexxis Falcon
- Luke Jacobs def. Trent Seven
- Connor Mills & Jay Joshua def. BUSHI & Tetsuya Naito
The next hearing in Ted DiBiase Jr.’s federal criminal fraud trial is scheduled for October 1st. (PWI)
On October 12th in Lowell, MA Cappuccino Jones will defend his WWE ID Title against TJ Crawford.
Bad news for Ridge Holland as he’s getting surgery Friday for his injury at the last TNA taping. Best wishes to him!
John Laurinaitis and several assistants to Vince McMahon have been subpoenaed in a lawsuit alleging a sham investigation by the WWE board into Vince that enabled him to artificially manipulate the value of WWE stock before the sale to Endeavor and merger with UFC into the TKO Group.
Chris Jericho on where the phrase “ass clown” came from: “Ass clown came from, there was a movie called Office Space. But I don’t know if I took that from the movie. I’m not saying they took it from me, but I seem to remember saying it just stringing two stupid words together, ass clown. So I didn’t steal it from Office Space. But subconsciously, maybe I heard it and didn’t realize it. But either way, either it was Office Space or Chris Jericho. So we’ll go with a combination of the two.”
The word on the grapevine is that Mustafa Ali, Frankie Kazarian, Moose and Mike Santana will be at the NXT taping tonight representing the “invasion” of TNA into WWE. (PWI)
As if we wanted it, needed it, or asked for more of it, a second season of WWE Unreal is being filmed as we speak. (FF)
We now know who the name PJ Vasa is for — WWE LFG wrestler Penina Tuilaepa.
Edris Enofe has announced his departure from WWE. He hasn’t been seen since NXT on July 18th.
From AEW: “Blood And Guts is coming to Greensboro, NC! On Wed, Nov 12, AEW’s most violent match will take over the First Horizon Coliseum! Early Access Premium Seating starts tomorrow; tickets on sale 10/3.Sign up to be an AEW Insider for presale access and more.”
At a New Japan press conference, Hiroshi Tanahashi confirmed Wrestle Kingdom 20 will be his final match: “I know everyone is waiting for my opponent announcement… please wait just a little longer! I can’t say who it is just yet, but on the rest of this Final Road, like with O-Khan this past weekend, it’s been special to get in touch with those memories and connect something to their future. I said I wanted to wrestle everyone, but we’re running low on time… I want there to be a connection. I want to come full circle in a sense… that’s all I’ll say!”
Pro Wrestling NOAH star Go Shiozaki has let his contract expire without a renewal.
WWE has filed trademarks for Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano. (FF)
Here’s the lineup for NXT tonight. (WWE)
- Lash Legend vs. Jaida Parker
- Ava and Santino Marella choose their teams for Invasion
- Newly crowned NXT Champion Ricky Saints is doing big things in NXT
- The fallout from NXT No Mercy
Here’s the updated card for Viernes Espectacular on Friday. (CMLL)
- ROH World Championship Match: Bandido vs. Hechicero
- CMLL Women’s Grand Prix: Olympia vs. India Sioux vs. La Catalina vs. Lluvia vs. Princesa Sugehit vs. Candela
- Atlantis, Templario, and Atlantis Jr vs. Último Guerrero, Difunto, and Okumura
- La Jarochita, Skadi, and Tabata vs. Zeuxis, Persephone, & Sanely
- Rey Cometa, Fuego, Espíritu Negro vs. Raider, Espanto Jr, and El Gallero
Here’s an early lineup for Raw next week. (WWE)
- CM Punk returns to Raw
- Becky Lynch vs. Maxxine Dupri
- Lyra Valkyria vs. Roxanne Perez
Here’s the updated card for Crown Jewel on October 11th. (WWE)
- Men’s Crown Jewel Championship Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins
- Women’s Crown Jewel Championship Match: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Tiffany Stratton
- John Cena vs. AJ Styles
- Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY vs. The Kabuki Warriors
