In this interview Baron Corbin talks about what he learned outside of WWE: “To sum it up in one word, humility. In WWE, sometimes we can take it for granted that we’re in front of 10,000 people, 50,000 people, 80,000 people. The entrances, your travel is taken care of, your schedule is handed to you. Everything is kind of spoon-fed to you. When you come out and you have to start booking your own stuff, you’re in control of getting to the shows, you have to set a price, you have to do all of these things. Then you get there and there’s no security for these shows. I’m going, ‘Where do I park?’ And they’re like, ‘I don’t know, bro. That’s on you. Maybe down the street somewhere.’ You’re looking at these rings. They’re different sizes, 16 feet. They may not be the greatest rings. I was really selective on the shows I was doing, but even then, it’s just a different world. You’ve got to bring your own tape sometimes. All of those little things that maybe I never realized and took for granted. It made me appreciate everything I had so much more. When I was in that arena this weekend, I’m just looking at the size of it and going, ‘How could I have ever taken these moments for granted?’ Maybe that’s why I lost a step at the end of my run there the first time, that kind of arrogance of, ‘This is normal.'”
Via a video shared to the WWE channel on YouTube, Rey Mysterio announced there would be a tournament to determine who faces Roman Reigns when Raw emanates from Arena Mexico. That show takes place September 14th.
There were several dark matches at NXT this week. (PWI)
- Viktor Zanov defeated Lince Dorado via Sleeper Hold; then Zanov attacked Dorado after the match until Shido Ash came to Lince’s rescue
- Lacey Simon defeated Gianna Capri via the Texas Cloverleaf
- Kale Dixon defeated Westin Blake via roll-up with the latter’s feet on the ropes amid distraction from Alix Brooks
Hangman Page and Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) beat The Demand for the AEW Trios Titles at Grand Slam Mexico last night. In addition Kyle Fletcher retained his International Title in a rematch with Speedball Mike Bailey, Andrade El Idolo earned the No. 1 spot in the gauntlet at All In: London before being attacked by MJF, and Will Ospreay beat Mark Davis in a street fight.
SmackDown last week did a 0.31 18-49 and 1.379 million viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Olympic gold medalist and former WWE wrestler Gable Steveson’s next opponent at UFC 331 will be Sean Sharaf. Steveson is 4-0 and his opponent is 4-2.
Here’s the card for today’s WWE house show in Fairfax, Virginia. (WWE)
- WWE Undisputed Championship Triple Threat Match: CM Punk (c) vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther
- World Tag Team Championships Match: The Vision (c) vs. The Usos
- WWE US Championship Fatal 4-Way Match: Baron Corbin (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Ricky Saints vs. Trick Williams
- Oba Femi to appear
