Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida is now advertising John Cena for Backlash on May 9th. Cena had already indicated he would be there on social media. He’s also teasing that he’ll give fans some “history breaking news.” Respectfully John I’m not holding my breath, particularly if you’re going to shill Club WWE some more.
PROGRESS Chapter 194 results can be found below. (CMN)
- Super Strong Style 16 Men’s Tournament 2026 Quarterfinal Match: Jay Joshua def. Simon Miller
- Super Strong Style 16 Women’s Tournament 2026 Quarterfinal Match: Rhio def. Stephanie Maze
- Super Strong Style 16 Men’s Tournament 2026 Quarterfinal Match: Charles Crowley def. Elijah Blum
- Super Strong Style 16 Women’s Tournament 2026 Quarterfinal Match: Shotzi Blackheart def. LA Taylor
- Super Strong Style 16 Men’s Tournament 2026 Quarterfinal Match: Spike Trivet def. Peter Tihanyi
- Super Strong Style 16 Women’s Tournament 2026 Quarterfinal Match: Gisele Shaw def. Skye Smitson
- Super Strong Style 16 Men’s Tournament 2026 Quarterfinal Match: Charlie Sterling def. Lio Rush
- Super Strong Style 16 Women’s Tournament 2026 Quarterfinal Match: Kanji def. Hollie Barlow
- PROGRESS World Championship No DQ Match: Cara Noir def. Man Like DeReiss
If you saw a story going around on social media saying that AEW’s deal with WBD was not being renewed or outright cancelled and that Tony Khan “was told months ago,” that story has now been publicly refuted by both AEW and WBD. From John McCullen: “Both AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery have refuted multiple industry sources’ claims that Warner Bros. Discovery informed Tony Khan and AEW in the summer of 2025 that the plan was for WBD to be sold and others would be making decisions on further programming. The idea by sources outside AEW that WBD CEO David Zaslav personally informed Khan that a sale was coming was vehemently denied, with the explanation that no showrunners were informed, including Khan.”
Eddie Kingston is making his return to RevPro on June 7th.
Director Bryan Storkel talks about Brooke Hogan not being in the new Hulk Hogan docuseries: “I think if she wanted to be part of it, she could’ve. I don’t know the details of what went wrong between them, but it was sad for me to realize that she wasn’t going to be part of helping to tell her dad’s story. She’s said now that she wasn’t interested, and that’s fine. I respect her for that. I never want to push anyone too hard to be part of something they don’t want to be in. That’s their choice.”
NXT results from Venice, Florida are below. (WBS)
- Tavion Heights defeats Kam Hendrix
- Lizzy Rain defeats Meghan Walker
- Noam Dar defeats Victor Zonov
- Arianna Grace defeats Karmen Petrovic
- BirthRight (Lexis King, Uriah Connors, Channing Lorenzo) beat EK Prosper, Tate Wilder, & Sean Legacy
- NXT Men’s North American Championship Match: Myles Borne (c) defeated Tristan Angels to retain his title
- Brooks Jensen beat Kai Kavari
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Tatum Paxley (c) defeats Layla Diggs
- Shiloh Hill, Hank Walker, & Tank Ledger beat The Vanity Project (Jackson Drake, Ricky Smokes, & Brad Baylor)
Braun Strowman (Adam Scherr) donated $40,000 to help a Wisconsin school replace their playground.
Rebel (Tanea Brooks) thanks everyone for their support following her ALS announcement: “Thank you to my AEW family and Tony Khan and thank you to the fans for the signs. They truly lift my spirits.”
Wrestling Dontaku night one results are below. (NJPW)
- Master Wato, YOH & Toru Yano def. Taisei Nakahara, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask IV
Knock Out Brothers def. Masatora Yasuda & Tomoaki Honma - Místico, El Desperado, Taichi & Yuya Uemura def. Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa
- Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay def. Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto
- Shota Umino & Konosuke Takeshita def. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
- Daiki Nagai, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi def. Zane Jay, Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee & Callum Newman
- Aaron Wolf def. Don Fale
- NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Ren Narita def. Oleg Boltin
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match: Andrade El Idolo def. Yota Tsuji
Here are night two results. (NJPW)
- Masatora Yasuda beat Taisei Nakahara
- NJPW World Television Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) beat Chase Owens
- Unbound Company (Daiki Nagai & Gedo) def. Tatsuya Matsumoto & Ryusuke Taguchi
- Knock Out Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) beat Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino
- Hontai (Master Wato, YOH, Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & Aaron Wolf) beat HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Don Fale & Ren Narita)
- Taichi & Yuya Uemura beat T.M.D.K. (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa)
- Unbound Company (Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Drilla Moloney & Yota Tsuji) beat United Empire (Zane Jay, Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira & Jake Lee)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Místico & El Desperado beat T.M.D.K. (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) (c)
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay) beat Oleg Boltin, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto (c)
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Callum Newman (c) beat Shingo Takagi
Bayley made an unannounced appearance during Saturday night’s AAA tapings.
Speaking of AAA, La Catalina makes her official debut at AAA on FOX next week.
Here’s the updated card for Raw tonight. (WWE)
- Open Challenge: Oba Femi vs. TBA
- Je’Von Evans & Penta vs. Rusev & Ethan Page
- Finn Balor vs. JD McDonagh
- Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu sign the contract for a World Heavyweight Title match at WWE Backlash
- Sol Ruca signs with Raw
- Asuka and IYO SKY face to face
Carmella is currently recovering from eyelid surgery. Best wishes to her!
Rikishi is taking a leave of absence from the controversial KnokX Pro Wrestling.
WWE has announced three Canadian dates for August.
- Thursday, Aug. 20: London, Ontario, Canada Life Place – WWE Summer Tour
- Friday, Aug. 21: Toronto, Scotiabank Arena – Friday Night SmackDown
- Monday, Aug: 24: Ottawa, Canadian Tire Centre – Monday Night Raw
EVOLVE Succession III will reportedly take place June 24th. (BSN)
