Leon Slater beat Cedric Alexander for the X-Division Title at Lockdown last night. As a result his “official X-Division record” won’t be “erased from history.” He became a two time champ in the process… but before the night was over he VACATED said title with “option C” to get a title match with Nic Nemeth at the Bound For Glory PPV. This comes after Nic and Ryan had captured the Tag Team Titles. (TNA)
Speaking of winning a title they had previously lost, Mustafa Ali defeated Jason Hotch and now has the International Title around his waist again. (TNA)
Avery Styles signed a TNA contract at Lockdown. I almost said “following in his father’s footsteps” but AJ Styles was (briefly) in WCW and got known on the indies and in ROH before his long TNA run.
Xia Brookside retained her Knockouts Title against Elayna Black at Lockdown. (TNA)
Kiera Hogan returned to TNA as Allie’s mystery partner due to Rosemary being injured. There’s no current timetable for Rosemary’s return. (PWI)
Via social media Evil Uno set the record straight about AEW Fight Forever. Despite being mentioned by multiple outlets as a developer for the game, he notes that he was only used as a character model and did some promotional work for Fight Forever, and that his own character was cut from the game.
In an unaired match before Lockdown, AAW champion Joe Alonzo beat Home Town Man and “earned” a contract with the promotion. (TNA) He did actually sign a deal with TNA Wrestling though. (FF)
Matt Cardona says he suffered a torn triceps during the Main Event taping on Friday.
The season three finale of WWE LFG is September 6th.
Malakai Black has returned to the ring under his old moniker of Tommy End.
Gail Kim made a cameo at JCW Bloodymania 19 as a guest referee. Speaking of Kim there will be a “status conference” in court in Nashville this Friday over her lawsuit against TNA. (PWI)
NXT house show results from Gainesville, Florida are below. (WBS)
- Harlem Lewis def. Niko Vance
- Skylar Rae & Alix Brooks def. Zena Sterling & an unnamed partner
- Lexis King vs. Milosh Jovic
- Kelani Jordan defeats Vanta the Unknown
- Mason Rook & Shiloh Hill def. Kam Hendrix & Tristan Angels
- Elijah Holyfield & Jasper Troy def. Shido Ash & Viktor Zanov
- Karmen Petrovic def. Thea Hail
- Birth Right’s Stacks Lorenzo & Uriah Connors def. Jax Presley & EK Prosper
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Zaria def. Lizzy Rain and Kali Armstrong
ESPN is raising prices starting September 17th.
- ESPN Select Monthly Subscription: $13.99/Month (was $12.99)
- ESPN Select Annual Subscription: $139.99/Year (was $129.99)
- ESPN Unlimited Monthly Subscription: $31.99/Month (was $29.99)
- ESPN Unlimited Annual Subscription: $319.99/Year (was $299.99)
WWE has sold 8,370 tickets for Raw in Ottawa tonight. Here’s the lineup. (WWE)
- World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contenders Tournament Semifinal Match: Penta vs. LA Parka
- World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contenders Tournament Semifinal Match: Rey Fenix vs. Dragon Lee
- Stephanie Vaquer vs. Roxanne Perez
- Oba Femi & Bron Breakker contract signing for Sunday Night’s Main Event
- LA Knight & Solo Sikoa appear
Here are WWE house show results from Calgary. (WBS)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship: Chad Gable (c) beat Ethan Page
- Danhausen beat The Miz
- WWE United States Championship: Baron Corbin (c) beat Finn Balor and Trick Williams
- Kevin Owens beat Dominik Mysterio
- AAA Cruiserweight Championship: Rey Fenix (c) beat Kit Wilson
- Sol Ruca, IYO SKY, & Nattie beat Judgment Day (Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, & Roxanne Perez)
- WWE World Tag Team Championships: LA Knight & Oba Femi beat The Vision (Austin Theory & Bron Breakker) (c) by disqualification
- Cody Rhodes & CM Punk beat Ricky Saints & Gunther
With so much of the focus on All In: London, AEW is having a hard time selling tickets to the post All In episodes. Only 1,732 tickets have been sold for Dynamite in Allen, Texas. The good news though is that they’ve sold 41,836 tickets for All In.
AEW will hold Grand Slam France on October 6th in Paris.
Paige is understandably unhappy that somebody was waiting for her at the airport security gate with 30 8x10s they wanted signed. “I’m easy going with this stuff but pulling up to my gate is fucking weirdo behavior. Don’t do that.”
Here’s the updated card for Impact this week. (TNA)
- TNA Knockouts Television Championship Tournament Finals: M by Elegance vs. Jada Stone
- Jason Hotch and Trey Miguel vs. Mustafa Ali and Special Agent Zero
