In this interview Daria Rae (f/k/a Sonya Deville) talks about returning and joining TNA: “When you perform in front of live audiences, like I did, and anyone who’s experienced that, you know that there’s nothing really that can replicate that. I had had conversations with Carlos from TNA as soon as I left WWE, and that wasn’t the time for me, and I didn’t know if it would ever be to be honest. And then it just felt right. So I shot him a text, and it happened to be the day before they announced the AMC TV deal. So he’s like, ‘Did you know?’ And I was like, ‘No, I had no idea, but that’s great news’. And so we went back and forth and made it happen, and it ended up being, I think, perfect timing.”
Bishop Dyer f/k/a Baron Corbin talks about his AEW dark match: “They were part of that great reaction, and so I made them feel good and step their energy up, and then having the opportunity to get in the ring with Billy and Austin, dude, they’re so good. Like, let’s be real. Billy Gunn, at 62 years old, and looks unbelievable. I’m like, man, I need to go on some serious diet and workout all day long to hopefully look like that, but hard transition when you used to be 330 pounds. When we were putting the match together, Billy and I are like, ‘Well, let’s have a face-to-face. Let’s face off in the middle of your comeback,’ and he’s like, ‘They should react.’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know if they’re gonna react. I don’t know if they’re not gonna care,’ whatever it is. But when I slid in, and went face-to-face with Billy and like, again, Cena’s taught me everything I know about listening to the crowd, and Roman as well. You watch them at the same time too, because you can see the reactions, and we slide face-to-face, and I just see, out of my peripherals, the audience standing up, and you get that, ‘Ohhh!’ Billy and I both just smiled ear to ear at each other because we’re like, oh yeah. That’s it, that’s why we’re here. I know Tony (Khan) told me afterwards, he was like, ‘The match was so fun. I enjoyed it,’ and obviously, he’s working his ass off back there. I’m not gonna bother him with anything other than, ‘Thank you for allowing me to do that with Billy and Austin,’ so that was the extent of our conversation.”
Here are last night’s ROH on Honor Club results. (FF)
- Adam Priest & Tommy Billington def. Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese of The Premier Athletes. The Swirl & The Premier Athletes attacked Billington & Priest following the match
- Satnam Singh def. Josiah Jean & Dante Leon
- CRU def. Alec Price & Jordan Oliver
- Dalton Castle & The Outrunners def. Auzzy, Hitt & Gino Medina
- ROH Men’s Pure Championship Proving Ground Match: Lee Moriarty def. Daddy magic. Shane Taylor & The Infantry attacked Daddy Magic after the bout with SkyFlight making the save
- Billie Starkz & Diamante def. London Dyor & Rachael Ellering
- Big Bill & Bryan Keith def. KM & Will Allday
- Ace Austin def. Johnny TV
Here’s the updated non-spoiler card for Collision on Saturday. (AEW)
- CMLL World Heavyweight Championship Match: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Roderick Strong
- AEW TBS Championship Match: Willow Nightingale vs. Julia Hart
- Hangman Page vs. Katsuyori Shibata
- Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Billy Gunn & Austin Gunn
- Andrade vs. Magnus
- Kris Statlander vs. Isla Dawn
- Mark Davis & Jake Doyle vs. Jake Doyle & Mark Davis
TNA brought back Trey Miguel after his AEW release on Impact last night. (TNA)
AJ Styles has “accepted an invitation” to be on SmackDown tonight.
Mike Santana on what last week’s Impact on AMC debut meant to him: “Thursday was a pivotal moment, not just for myself, but for the company as a whole. We haven’t been on a major network in over ten years, and the fact that we got to that point, and just the excitement behind it – not just from the fans, but everyone across the board. The locker room, the higher-ups, everybody, it was a good time live. That energy, man… it’s hard to explain. It was palpable. It felt like a soda bottle ready to burst.”
Via social media Kenny Omega revealed he did motion capture for Street Fighter 6.
Congratulations to Mick Foley on losing 100 pounds!
