Via social media (which just seems to be the way things get done these days) WWE confirmed that Oba Femi has vacated his NXT championship.
Adam Copeland (Edge) is writing a second memoir about his career due out later this year. (WO)
For the second time Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected a bid from Paramount to buy them out in favor of the deal they would prefer to take to be acquired by Netflix. “The Board unanimously determined that Paramount’s latest offer remains inferior to our merger agreement with Netflix across multiple key areas. Paramount’s offer continues to provide insufficient value, including terms such as an extraordinary amount of debt financing that create risks to close and lack of protections for our shareholders if a transaction is not completed. Our binding agreement with Netflix will offer superior value at greater levels of certainty, without the significant risks and costs Paramount’s offer would impose on our shareholders.”
CM Punk says he was surprised to be called for Zootopia 2: “I find myself in these situations all the time where I’m just looking around like ‘Me?’ When I got the call for Zootopia 2, I was like, ‘Huh? What? Disney specifically wants me? Okay.’ And there’s a bit of imposter syndrome because I wanna be like, ‘Okay, who said no? Who are the first 13 people that said no to this?’ But, sometimes you just gotta realize, like, no, no, you’re good at what you do, and people wanna work with you.”
To the surprise of no one Matt Cardona has had to withdraw from his independent bookings following his return to WWE.
Here’s the lineup for Honor Club today. (ROH)
- The Swirl (Lee Johnson & Blake Christian) vs. Adam Priest & ‘Dynamite Kid’ Tommy Billington
- Billie Starkz & Diamante (with Athena) in action
- Aaron Solo vs. Ace Austin
- Rachael Ellering, Demo Diamond & Delynn Cavens vs. Premier Athletes (Story Denali, Ari Daivari & Tony Nese) with Mark Sterling
- CRU (Lio Rush & Action Andretti) in action
- Kiran Grey vs. Sammy Guevara
- MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) (with Taya Valkyrie & Johnny TV) vs. The Von Erichs (Marshall Von Erich & Ross Von Erich)
- The Frat House (Griff Garrison, Cole Karter & Preston Vance) (with Jacked Jameson) vs. Dalton Castle, Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum
Alex Abrahantes has confirmed his departure from AEW: “I want to leave everyone with this message: When I was younger, I made a vow that someday I’d make it and share this same exact message with you: that if you work hard, believe in yourself, and don’t take the criticisms of others and don’t let what other people believe or think about you hold you down and kill your dreams, I can tell you from experience, reaching your dream is 100% worth it. There’s gonna be ups, there’s gonna be downs, but as long as you believe in yourself, as long as you work hard, as long as you’re a good person, and as long as you never give up, you’re going to see those dreams through, and trust me, it’s totally worth it. As for me, I’m not giving up on myself, and I’m certainly not going to give up on you. So, this is a ‘See you later!'”
Here are some NXT dark match results from Tuesday. (PWI)
- Elijah Holyfield def. Nathaniel Cranton
- Chantel Monroe def. Zena Sterling
The last Collision did a 0.03 18-49 and 241,000 viewers. (PI)
Speaking of Collision here’s Saturday’s current card. (AEW)
- TNT Championship Match: Mark Briscoe vs. Hechicero
- El Clon vs. Komander
- Kris Statlander & Babes of Wrath vs. TBA
The last SmackDown did a 0.28 and 1.175 million viewers. (PI)
Andrade El Idolo returned (for real this time) on Dynamite last night. Jake Something also debuted as Jake Doyle. (AEW)
Here’s the card for Dynamite next week. (AEW)
- AEW World Championship Match: MJF vs. Bandido
- Kris Statlander & Babes of Wrath vs. Triangle of Madness
- Darby Allin vs. PAC
- Kenny Omega returns
Mustafa Ali has signed a new deal with TNA Wrestling.
Logan Paul says he’s now “full time” with WWE.
Here’s the card for Impact tonight. (TNA)
- TNA International Championship Match: Stacks vs. Steve Maclin
- The System vs. Cedric Alexander, Leon Slater & The Hardys
- Dani Luna vs. Harley Hudson
- Order 4’s TNA Genesis Address
- Mike Santana & Frankie Kazarian sign their World Title match contract
- The Hardys kick off the show
