Following the announcement CM Punk would be at NXT in Petersburg, VA on Saturday, 222 additional tickets were sold.
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’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
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
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.”
