John Cena, NXT, SmackDown, Collision, Tryouts, Strasbourg, WWE Lawsuit, Impact, Raw, Mexico, Great American Bash, Rebel – Wednesday’s Pro Wrestling News for June 3rd, 2026

John Cena

The John Cena Classic will reportedly not happen “until the end of the year.” (PWI)

Here’s an early lineup for NXT on June 9th. (WWE)

  • NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Tatum Paxley vs. against Zaria
  • NXT Women’s Championship #1 Contenders Match: Kendal Grey vs. Kelani Jordan
  • NXT Championship #1 Contenders Match: Mason Rook vs. Naraku
  • Mr. NXT Pageant featuring Tristan Angels and Shiloh Hill

SmackDown last Friday did a 0.23 18-49 demo and 1.096 million viewers. (PI)

Collision on Saturday did a 0.05 18-49 and 360,000 viewers. (PI)

WWE is planning another round of tryouts for SummerSlam weekend in Minneapolis in August, followed by an addition round set for the continent of South America in September. (WO)

WWE house show results from Strasbourg, France are below. (WrestleTalk)

  • Charlotte Flair, Rhea Ripley & Tiffany Stratton def. Fatal Influence
  • LA Knight def. Austin Theory
  • Penta def. Dominik Mysterio
  • Danhausen def. The Miz
  • Street Fight: Seth Rollins def. Bron Breakker
  • Je’Von Evans def. Ethan Page
  • Damian Priest def. Solo Sikoa
  • WWE United States Championship Match: Trick Williams def. Carmelo Hayes and Sami Zayn
  • Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes def. Gunther

The plaintiffs in the WWE shareholders lawsuit have an idea just how much they were defrauded by the “sham” investigation of Vince McMahon and subsequent sale of WWE to Endeavor for the merger with UFC to become TKO — between $466 million and $957 million.

Here’s the updated lineup for Impact on AMC this Thursday. (TNA)

  • Wicked Garden Match: The Hardys vs. The Righteous
  • Santino Marella & Indi Hartwell vs. Stacks & Arianna Grace
  • BDE vs. Eddie Edwards
  • AJ Francis live performance
  • We hear from Eric Young

Raw on May 25th did 2.5 million viewers globally. (Netflix)

AEW has announced Grand Slam Mexico will be Wednesday, August 5th.

NXT’s Great American Bash will air on The CW on June 28th.

Rebel (Tanea Brooks) has joined the non-profit I AM ALS as an ambassador.