Kevin Knight, Mercedes Mone, MJF, Strickland, Heritage Cup, Aria Bennett, Lisbon, Ryan Nemeth, CM Punk, Liv Morgan, NJPW, Bronson Reed, NXT – Thursday’s Wrestling News for June 4th, 2026

Kevin Knight

Last night on Dynamite, Kevin Knight joined the Don Callis Family and retained his TNT Title in a match with former friend Speedball Mike Bailey thanks to Callis’ help.

Mercedes Mone returned as the “wild card” in the Women’s Owen Hart Tournament and advanced to the next round by defeating Alex Windsor.

MJF retained the AEW World Title in a war against RUSH on Dynamite.

In this interview Swerve Strickland talks about collaborating with Raekwon the Chef from the Wu-Tang Clan: “Raekwon showed up, and I was hearing back in AEW that we were supposed to do a collab with him years ago, but it fell through. I was like, ‘I’m gonna go ask him about that.’ That Friday, I stayed in New York and we were in the studio. Rest in peace Profit, who did the production on it. I’m glad we debuted it at Full Gear in November. He passed away in January. He at least got to see it in the arena. We had the beat and I was like, ‘I have a idea.’ I went in the booth and rapped in front of Raekwon. He was like, ‘I wasn’t expecting all that. You do this. You do this for real.’ He was expecting wrestling rap. I’m an artist. He gave me that stamp.”

WWE has removed the NXT Heritage Cup from the list of championships on its website. (WWE)

According to her Instagram profile Aria Bennett has left WWE. Real name Ajiea Lee Hargrave, she is a former NCAA All-American and signed with the company in 2024, but hadn’t wrestled anywhere since an EVOLVE show airing April 23rd, 2025 and had surgery for a torn ACL later that year. Best of luck to her in her future travels!

Here are WWE house show results from Lisbon, Portugal. (WBS)

  • Charlotte Flair, Rhea Ripley & Tiffany Stratton beat Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Lainey Reid, & Fallon Henley)
  • WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Penta (c) was victorious over Dominik Mysterio, retaining the title
  • LA Knight beat Austin Theory
  • Damian Priest beat Solo Sikoa
  • Street Fight: Seth Rollins beat Bron Breakker
  • Je’Von Evans beat Ethan Page
  • Danhausen beat The Miz
  • WWE United States Championship Triple Threat Match: Trick Williams (c) beat Carmelo Hayes and Sami Zayn to retain his title
  • WWE Undisputed Championship Match: Cody Rhodes (c) defeated Gunther to retain the title

Ryan Nemeth is calling CM Punk a hypocrite, alleging he’s “straight edge” in name only because he uses performance enhancing drugs.

The trial for Liv Morgan’s stalker Shawn Chan is set to begin June 15th. (PWI)

Best of the Super Juniors night 12 results are below. (NJPW)

  • BOSJ 33 Block B: SHO (12) defeated Jakob Austin Young (6)
  • BOSJ 33 Block B: Taiji Ishimori (12) defeated KUSHIDA (6)
  • BOSJ 33 Block B: El Desperado (12) defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru (6)
  • BOSJ 33 Block B: YOH (12) defeated Daisuke Sasaki (6)
  • BOSJ 33 Block B: Robbie Eagles (12) defeated Hyo (6)
  • BOSJ 33 Block A: Kosei Fujita (12) defeated Daiki Nagai (0)
  • BOSJ 33 Block A: Valiente Jr. (6) defeated Robbie X (10)
  • BOSJ 33 Block A: Ryusuke Taguchi (8) defeated Jun Kasai (10)
  • BOSJ 33 Block A: Francesco Akira (12) defeated Titan (10)
  • BOSJ 33 Block A: Master Wato (12) defeated Nick Wayne

Bronson Reed’s car was hit by a distracted driver but thankfully he’s okay.

Dark match results from NXT this week are below. (PWI)

  • Harlem Lewis def. Kai Kavari
  • Karmen Petrovic def. Jessica The Unknown (aka Jessica Bogdanov)
  • Dorian Van Dux and EK Prosper def. Stacks Lorenzo and Uriah Connors