In this interview Rhea Ripley talks about having been the cover of WWE 2K24: “Oh man, it’s insane. It’s like how hard you’ve worked throughout the year has been noticed and appreciated, and it’s taken to that higher height where now everyone’s going to see your face whenever they go into a Target or a gaming store. You’re going to be everywhere.”
The Rock’s daughter Simone Johnson a/k/a Ava Raine has announced that she’s leaving WWE and that this week’s episode of NXT was her last appearance. Shayna Baszler has volunteered to replace her.
Good news regarding Braun Strowman – he’s been discharged from the hospital. Best wishes to him for a full recovery from surgery!
The last Dynamite did 653,000 viewers and a 0.09 18-49 demo. (PI)
Linda McMahon’s visit to McKinley Elementary School was cancelled after a number of parents said they would pull their children out of school to protest her role as Secretary of Education. Jill Alward: “A lot of the students here need the special education services that the Secretary of Education tried to stop. Hearing she was coming here and (was) going to be celebrated was quite unfortunate.”
Dark match results from SmackDown – Trick Williams beat Matt Cardona, and Motor City Machine Guns beat Los Americanos. (PWI)
Killer Kross is the new MLW Heavyweight Champion. (MLW)
Here are NXT house show results from Nashville. (WBS)
- Tavion Heights and Shiloh Hill defeat Lexis King and Charlie Dempsey
- Jaida Parker defeats Karmen Petrovic
- Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) beat Thea Hail and Sirena Linton
- Ricky Saints defeats Tony D’Angelo via DQ
- NXT Men’s North American Championship Title Match: Ethan Page (c) defeats Elio LeFleur to retain the title
- Santos Escobar beat El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Title Match: Champion Izzi Dame (c) defeats Tatum Paxley and Zaria to retain her title
- Main Event: Hank & Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger) and The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) defeated The Dark State (Osiris Griffin, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, and Dion Lennox)
Here’s the card for Collision tonight. (AEW)
- AEW Women’s Tag Team Championships Match: Babes of Wrath vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue
- AEW TNT Championship Match: Mark Briscoe vs. Tommaso Ciampa
- AEW International Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Adam Priest
- Clark Connors vs. Darby Allin
- Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz vs. CRU
