In an interview with Metro, CM Punk said there’s one question he’s tired of: “Rey Mysterio’s a guy that inspires me, because I feel like nobody’s asking him, ‘Oh, hey, when you’re gonna retire?’ And I get it every other question, ‘Hey, when are you gonna retire?’ It’s like, well, slow down! Like I look at a guy like Rey and he’s timeless, and he inspires me to put my boots on and keep going.”
Zaria turned on Sol Ruca to cost her a shot at the Women’s Title held by Jacy Jayne on last night’s episode of NXT.
Also on Tuesday’s episode of NXT, Swipe Right (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) defeated DarkState (represented by Osiris Griffin and Saquon Shugars) for the brand’s Tag Team Titles. Tony D’Angelo lent them a hand by chokeslamming Shugars on the ring apron. In other news from the show Elio LeFleur beat Jasper Troy and Eli Knight and for the Speed Title, and Myles Borne beat Ethan Page for the North American Title.
Last week’s SmackDown did a 0.26 18-49 and 1.042 million viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Collision on Saturday did a 0.08 and 470,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Raw last week dropped from 2.9 to 2.7 million viewers.
Dustin Rhodes has no interest in returning to WWE: “Nope! I never got a raise there. What, you want me sitting the bench doing nothing? That ain’t me anymore. I have done the best work of my career with AEW. I love the character Goldust, but he ran its course. I did what I was told and it got me nowhere. No thanks.”
Rocky Romero says he just re-upped with New Japan: “I just re-signed with New Japan. I’m still working at CMLL. I took a little break. Going back and forth was killing me a little bit. I took a little break, but I should be back in the next couple of months.”
The upcoming ROH studio show at WJCT in Jacksonville on March 1st is “an experiment” because Tony Khan and AEW would like to stop taping Ring of Honor matches on Wednesdays at Dynamite. (WO)
Mauro Ranallo will be the lead broadcast announcer for MLP x ROH Global wars.
