Speaking to Adam’s Apple, John Cena says aspects of his “Classic” are still being worked out: “Oh my God, I’m super excited. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time and, again, we’re still working things out, and I like that. I like that it’s a work in progress, but this is absolutely from me. I can’t tell you how excited I am about it. I am fully invested in this. So, I can’t wait to see what it is. I can’t wait till we announce the date and location. And I think that’s obviously step one, and we’ll go from there.”
In this interview Mike “The Miz” Mizanin talks about reaching veteran status: “When I was coming up, I learned from the best. The best of the best; the John Cenas, the Randy Ortons. I got taught by Triple H and Shawn Michaels. Now, Cena’s retired, Shawn Michaels retired, Triple H doesn’t wrestle anymore, so I want to basically show the newer wrestlers what I learned from them.”
Tony Khan comments on AEW’s relationship with Jazwares: “I do think it’s possible there could be a change, and that could potentially be a positive change for AEW and the fans.”
Ronda Rousey says she pitched a singles match with Becky Lynch for WrestleMania: “I literally printed out a whole presentation for them, for me and Becky, the singles match. How we would do it, how we would plan it out and rehearse these things and have them woven throughout the show. To do something really exceptional and new. And then Vince and them were like ‘Oh yeah, this is a great idea, this is great.’ Then I went and had my baby, I came back, and they were like ‘Well, we talked about that a year ago.'”
Nyla Rose is competing at Marigold Shine Forever on May 23rd.
Stephanie Vaquer is expected to make her return to TV next week. (PWI)
In this interview Raquel Rodriguez talks about what she’s learned in WWE: “I think I’ve learned that I’m much stronger than I believe. I can handle a lot more than I think I can. When you’re out there in this crazy business, you’re on your own, young, growing up through this business for 10 years. It’s the longest job I’ve ever held, by the way. You really grow as a human, as a person, and you learn what’s important in life. For me, at least, my priorities have definitely changed a lot. I’ve focused more on my health this year; I’ve focused more on my family and my connections and my relationships that matter to me the most. That’s what really gets me through the long travel days and the long nights on the road when I miss my animals and I miss my family. But I’ve learned that I can do it and that I can stay strong. As long as I have my beliefs and my faith, there’s really nothing that can get under my skin these days.”
Double or Nothing on May 24th in Queens is very close to being sold out. (WO)
Buddy Matthews says he won’t be medically cleared to wrestle until October.
Here’s the current lineup for Impact next Thursday. (TNA)
- TNA World Championship Match: Mike Santana vs. Steve Maclin
- TNA International Championship Open Challenge: Mustafa Ali vs. TBA
Cedric Alexander beat Leon Slater for the X-Division Title last night. (TNA)
Here’s the updated Supercard of Honor lineup for tonight. (ROH)
- ROH World Championship Match: Bandido vs. Blake Christian
- ROH Women’s World Championship Survival Of The Fittest Match: Athena vs. Billie Starkz vs. Maya World vs. Zayda Steel vs. Trish Adora vs. Yuka Sakazaki
- ROH Women’s Pure Championship Match: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Diamante
- ROH World Television Championship Match: AR Fox vs. Lio Rush
- ROH Women’s World Television Championship Match: Red Velvet vs. Viva Van
- ROH Pure Championship Match: Lee Moriarty vs. Ace Austin
- ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship Match: Shane Taylor Promotions vs. The Rascalz
- AEW National Championship Match: Mark Davis vs. Xelhua
- Pure Rules Match: Josh Woods vs. Nigel McGuinness
Speaking of ROH here are last night’s Honor Club results. (WO)
- Athena, Billie Starkz, & Marina Shafir def. Lacey Lane, Maya World, & Yuka Sakazaki
- Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta def. Tommy Billington & Adam Priest
- Satnam Singh def. James Tapia & CD Bennett
- Pure Rules Match: Josh Woods def. Angelico
- ROH World Six-Man Championship Match: Shane Taylor Promotions def. Eddie Kingston, Ortiz & Mance Warner
- Blake Christian def. Evil Uno
- ROH Women’s Pure Championship Proving Ground Match: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Kaci Lennox
- Dalton Castle & The Outrunners def. Baby Keef, Xander Maddox, & Charlie Malachite
- Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Zayda Steel def. Hyan
- ROH World Television Championship Match: AR Fox def. Nick Wayne
- The Premier Athletes def. Jacey Love, Ricky Martinez, & Ernest R. Alexander
- ROH World Championship Proving Ground Match: Bandido def. Action Andretti
This week’s NXT did a 0.05 18-49 demo and 498,000 viewers. (PI)
The first hour of Backlash on ESPN did a 0.33 and 998,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
