Via social media Will Ospreay reacted to winning the Owen Hart Cup: “This moment felt (like) a weight lifted. Knowing this Wednesday a much heavier weight will be on my shoulders that I’ll need to carry for two months to Wembley Stadium. It’s coming home.”
Here are the brackets for the Knockouts TV Title Tournament. (TNA)
- Vicky Venuto vs. Indi Hartwell
- Harley Hudson vs. Thea Hail
- Elayna Black vs. Wendy Choo
- Rosemary vs. M by Elegance
- Alisha Edwards vs. Jada Stone
- Gabby Forza vs. Jody Threat
- Mara Sade vs. Tasha Steelz
- Heather by Elegance vs. Allie
On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer opined that Tony Khan is much happier that Paramount acquired WBD than if Netflix did. “He is a lot happier that the WBD deal went the way it was. I think that there absolutely was concern for a bunch of reasons about whether Netflix got it. Netflix was going to keep HBO Max different, so it wasn’t like they’d have to go on Netflix on the same streaming service as WWE, but it would still be a company that has business with WWE and not necessarily a wrestling fan heading the company, and then also you got the because the TV stations would be separate.” (WO)
Keanu Carver laid out Vikingo on NXT with a pipe to the knee before his AAA Latin American Title defense against EK Prosper, causing that match to be scrubbed. Whether this is because they never intended to have the match at all or because Vikingo had an injury, your guess is as good as mine.
Speaking of NXT, Great American Bash did a 0.07 18-49 and 394,000 viewers. (PI)
Collision last Saturday did a 0.04 and 334,000 viewers. (PI)
Last Friday’s SmackDown did a 0.22 and 1.209 million viewers. (PI)
Tony Khan has announced the AEW Redemption PPV has an earlier start time of 7 PM ET.
A pre-trial hearing for the man charged with murdering Kevin Nikel (Ivan Warsaw a/k/a Knuckles Madsen) is set for July 15th. The defendant Michael Hogue is charged with first degree murder and illegal possession of a forearm by certain persons — presumably previous offenders. (PWI)
Speaking of hearings, 2 Cold Scorpio’s one on assault charges is set for July 23rd, with a trial scheduled to begun on August 3rd unless things change before then. (PWI)
Mike Santana is not scheduled for this week’s Impact tapings and appears to have finished all of his commitments to TNA. (PWI)
Last week’s Raw did 2.3 million views and finished 4th in English TV shows on Netflix.
Call him Big Bill, Big Cass or whatever you want — he’s reportedly given notice to AEW. (FF)
Nikki Blackheart debuted on NXT and wrecked Tatum Paxley.
Here’s an early lineup for NXT next week. (WWE)
- NXT Women’s Championship Match: Kendal Grey vs. Nattie
- NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Match: OTM vs. Sean Legacy & Dorian Van Dux vs. BirthRight vs. DarkState
- Women’s North American Championship #1 Contenders Match: Lizzy Rain vs. Layla Diggs vs. Thea Hail vs. Izzi Dame
Yota Tsuji invited Tony Khan to G1 in Chicago and offered to play a round of golf with him.
