Following the announcement CM Punk would be at NXT in Petersburg, VA on Saturday, 222 additional tickets were sold. WWE has released this updated schedule of his tour dates. (WWE)
- August 14: Friday Night SmackDown in Boston, MA
- August 15: NXT Live in Petersburg, Virginia
- August 20: WWE Summer Tour in London, Ontario
- August 21: Friday Night SmackDown in Toronto, Ontario
- August 22: WWE Summer Tour in Edmonton, Alberta
- August 23: WWE Summer Tour in Calgary, Alberta
- August 24: WWE RAW & SmackDown in Ottawa, Ontario
- August 28: WWE RAW & SmackDown in Cleveland, Ohio
- August 29: WWE Summer Tour in Savannah, Georgia
- August 30: WWE Summer Tour in North Charleston, South Carolina
- September 6: Sunday Night’s Main Event in Atlanta, Georgia
- September 9: WWE Summer Tour in Guadalajara, Mexico
- September 10: WWE Summer Tour in Monterrey, Mexico
- September 11: Friday Night SmackDown in Mexico City
- September 18: Friday Night SmackDown in Corpus Christi, Texas
- September 25: Friday Night SmackDown in Indianapolis, Indiana
- September 26: WWE x AAA Worlds Collide in Chicago, Illinois
- October 2: Friday Night SmackDown in Denver, Colorado
- October 9: Friday Night SmackDown in Lafayette, Louisiana
- October 16: Friday Night SmackDown in Sacramento, California
- October 23: Friday Night SmackDown in Ontario, California
- October 30: Friday Night SmackDown in Charleston, West Virginia
Let’s see if Laredo Kid being at HOG Wrestling on September 4th has a similar effect.
Malakai Black will be part of the PROGRESS Odyssey Tour in September.
Good news — Jim Ross’ brain surgery was a success and he’s expected home by Friday.
There were three dark matches at NXT this week. (PWI)
- Cappuccino Jones & Jasper Troy defeated Harley Riggins & Jax Presley, with Jones pinning Jax after nailing a Froggy Brew Elbow Drop
- Reina Volcan defeated Zoe Sager, thanks to a Sit Out Torture Rack Powerbomb
- Aaron Rourke defeated Brooks Jensen following a Molly Go Round
Speaking of NXT here’s the early lineup for next week. (WWE)
- AAA World Cruiserweight Championship #1 Contenders Match: EK Prosper vs. La Parka vs. Tristan Angels vs. Romeo Moreno
- WWE Men’s Speed Championship Match: Lexis King vs. Lucien Price
- Myles Borne vs. Jackson Drake; and if Drake wins, Vanity Project gets NXT North American Title and NXT Tag Team Title matches at NXT Heatwave
- Wren Sinclair & Kendal Grey vs. Kelani Jordan & Kali Armstrong
- Thea Hail vs. Nattie
Night 16 of G1 Climax 36 results can be found below. (NJPW)
- Unbound Co. (Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai) defeated Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano
- Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tatsuya Matsumoto & Aaron Wolf
- Unbound Co. (Gedo & OSKAR) defeated Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura
- United Empire (Jakob Austin Young & HENARE) defeated Zane Jay & Callum Newman
- Block A: SANADA defeated Shingo Takagi
- Block A: Hirooki Goto defeated Yuto-Ice
- Block A: Yota Tsuji defeated Jake Lee
- Block A: Great-O-Khan defeated Oleg Boltin
- Block A: Ryohei Oiwa defeated Konosuke Takeshita
Here are Night 17 results. (NJPW)
- Tatsuya Matsumoto & Hirooki Goto defeated Masatora Yasuda & Oleg Boltin
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO, SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Taisei Nakahara, Toru Yano & Konosuke Takeshita
- Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori, Yuto-Ice & Shingo Takagi) defeated United Empire (Zane Jay, Jakob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan)
- T.M.D.K. (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) defeated Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji)
- Block B Match: Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Aaron Wolf
- Block B Match: Gabe Kidd defeated Ren Narita
- Block B Match: Yuya Uemura defeated OSKAR
- Block B Match: Callum Newman defeated HENARE
Here’s the updated card for NXT Heatwave on August 30th. (WWE)
- NXT Championship Match: Tony D’Angelo vs. TBD
- NXT Women’s Championship Match: Kendal Grey vs. Kelani Jordan
- NXT Women’s North American & WWE Women’s Speed Championship Unification Match: ZARIA vs. Wren Sinclair
The last SmackDown did a 0.35 18-49 and 1.470 million viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Collision was taped last night but here’s a non-spoiler preview. (AEW)
- AEW World Trios Championship Match: Adam Page & Brodido vs. The Lethal Twist
- AEW Continental Cup First Round Match: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Nigel McGuinness
- AEW Continental Cup First Round Match: Roderick Strong vs. Kyle O’Reilly
- AEW Continental Cup First Round Match: Brian Cage vs. Hechicero
- Divine Dominion vs. TBA
- Mercedes Mone vs. Zayda Steel
If you want AEW Collision spoilers you can read them HERE. Also last week’s Collision did a 0.05 18-49 and 418,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Here’s the card for Impact on AMC tonight. (TNA)
- TNA World Championship Match: Nic Nemeth vs. Jeff Hardy
- TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament Semifinal Match: Indi Hartwell vs. M by Elegance
- Mustafa Ali, Agent Zero, & John Skyler vs. Rich Swann, BDE & TBA
- Ricky Sosa vs. Brian Myers
- Eddie Edwards vs. KC Navarro
- We hear from Moose
Also last week’s Impact did a 0.03 18-49 and 232,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
MJF won a Casino Gauntlet qualifier for All In: London on Dynamite.
Johnny Gargano says his father has cancer. Best wishes to him and to their entire family.
John Cena talks about Coyote vs. ACME finally getting released: “It’s a testament to the audience who kept this in the conversation for four years. I think that’s fantastic, and I can’t wait to hear the positive and the negative that’s going to come out of it. I always love good critique of my work.”
Kyle Fletcher will face Amazing Red for HOG on September 4th.
Last week’s NXT did a 0.07 18-49 and 647,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Here are last night’s dark match results from AEW Dynamite. (PWI)
- Steven Borden picked up a win over Tome Filip
- Skye Blue defeated B3CCA
- The Premier Athletes were victorious over Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto
The updated All In: London card is below. (AEW)
- AEW World Championship Match: Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay
- AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Mone
- AEW World Tag Team Championship Match:s Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. The Young Bucks
- AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Match: Divine Dominion vs. The Brawling Birds
- AEW TNT Championship Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kevin Knight vs. Darby Allin
- AEW International Championship Match: Kyle Fletcher vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada
- Casino Gauntlet Match: Andrade El Idolo (#1) vs. MJF (#2) vs. More TBA
- AEW Continental Cup Finals: Competitors TBA
