In this interview Willow Nightingale talks about winning the Women’s World Title at AEW Redemption: “I think initially when it happened, I didn’t entirely process it, especially like I always feel hung over the day after I wrestle just because it’s so, like, one, I’m getting a little bit older, but two, like you really are just putting everything out there. You’re giving your all and sometimes on show day I do my best to stay hydrated, but sometimes it just takes it all out of you. It dehydrates you a little bit. So, I’m like trying to deal with physically recovering from a match like that because, Thekla, she’s tiny, but she’s tough. She gave me hell. She made it really hard for me to get this championship. And my parents were there and then you immediately get thrown into the press conference into the scrum with Tony Khan, which is exciting. I love all that. I love all the hustle and bustle. I wouldn’t be in this crazy wrestling business if I didn’t love the hustle and bustle.”
BG “Road Dogg” James seems to be having a moment right now. He claims he was rejected by AEW for his “political/core beliefs,” then he went after David Bixenspan and called him a “social warrior.” I suppose that indicates the “beliefs” he was talking about.
AEW is launching a new interview show today called Spill the Tea with Rachel Bonnetta.
Official attendance numbers from Las Vegas Stadium Authority for WrestleMania 42 are in: 47,093 night one and 50,033 night two for a combined 97,126. That’s down from a combined 118,641 for WrestleMania 41 in Vegas.
Pat McAfee says he’s not coming back to WWE. Please keep that promise.
Jon Moxley and Nigel McGuinness advanced in the Continental Cup on Dynamite.
Lucha Underground is uploading three episodes a week to YouTube – Mon., Wed. and Fri.
The last SmackDown did a 0.30 18-49 and 1.247 million viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Here’s the updated card for NXT next Tuesday. (WWE)
- AAA World Cruiserweight Championship Match: Rey Fenix (c) vs. EK Prosper
- Weaponized Steel Cage Match: Saquon Shugars vs. Dion Lennox
- BirthRight (Lexis King, Uriah Connors, Stacks Lorenzo, & Charlie Dempsey) vs. Sean Legacy, Noam Dar, Romeo Morena, and Dorian Van Dux
- Kali Armstrong vs. ZARIA – and Armstrong will be added to the title unification match at Heatwave if she wins
WWE has filed a “Viktor Zanov” trademark for developmental wrestler Aaron Fara. (FF)
Josh Alexander returned from surgery on the latest Maple Leaf Pro TV episode.
Last week’s Collision did 409,000 viewers and a 0.06 18-49 demo. (Wrestlenomics)
Speaking of Collision here’s the card for Saturday. (AEW)
- AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Willow Nightingale vs. Maya World
- AEW Continental Challenge Cup Quarterfinal Match: Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- AEW Continental Challenge Cup Quarterfinal Match: Orange Cassidy vs. Kyle O’Reilly
TNA Impact last week did 203,000 and a 0.04. (Wrestlenomics)
Speaking of Impact here’s tonight’s card. (TNA)
- TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament Semifinal Match: Jada Stone vs. Heather by Elegance
- Lethal Lockdown Advantage Match: Fabian Aichner vs. Brian Myers
- Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Moose & Elijah vs. Nic Nemeth, Ryan Nemeth, Frankie Kazarian & AJ Francis
- Harley Hudson vs. Alisha Edwards
- Rich Swann vs. Mr. Elegance
- We hear from Mustafa Ali
NXT last week did 588,000 and a 0.09. (Wrestlenomics)
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. Tommaso Ciampa vs. More TBA
- AEW Trios Championship Match: Hangman Page & Brodido vs. TBA
- AEW Continental Cup Finals: Competitors TBA
