WWE reportedly decided to book Quavo to perform his new single at Sunday Night’s Main Event to “enhance the overall experience” for fans in attendance. (FF) You know what would actually enhance the overall experience? Affordable tickets, affordable concessions, and more in-ring action.
It appears AEW has decided to hold next year’s edition of All In in North America. (FF)
Jim Ross says it’s “in the cards” for him to be at All Out even though he has a couple of broken toes.
Speaking of AEW, they signed a new deal with TOD by beIN for distribution in the Middle East and Northern Africa: “With the addition of AEW, TOD by beIN further strengthens its diverse portfolio of premium sports and entertainment, bringing subscribers even more world-class content on the device of their choice, wherever and whenever they want to watch. AEW programming will be available on TOD by beIN across MENA, with weekly episodes and major live events joining the platform’s growing catalogue of premium sports and entertainment content.”
WWE is apparently feeling “handcuffed” by the restrictions Netflix is placing on them and the forced censorship of certain angles and segments. (FF) They signed the deal to make Raw an exclusive feature of Netflix though. TKO — you made the bed you’re now forced to lie in, so “cry me a river.”
The last Collision did a 0.06 18-49 and 343,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Like the former New Day, Luke Menzies says he was offered a greater than 50% pay cut by TKO.
Adam Copeland and Steve Maclin will face off at MLP Northern Rising.
The last SmackDown did a 0.23 18-49 and 1.120 million viewers. (WO)
CJ Perry a/k/a Lana is writing a novel called Bulletproof Angel.
Reigning ROH Women’s Champion Athena says she has more she wants to do: “I feel like I’ve given the world to Ring of Honor. I’ve given years of my career being the ‘forever’ ROH champion. I’ve given so much to be the longest reigning champion in the modern day era, the most violent champion of the era. But when it comes to me, I want to do more with AEW. So this means more. I want to be AEW women’s champion. I want to be AEW TBS champion. I want to be an AEW tag champion to show the world that everything that I’ve done, holding a whole company on my back, climbing to the top of the mountain with it, was all worth it.”
John Cena thought his “funhouse match” with Bray Wyatt would be his last match: “Honestly, no kidding. I thought the Firefly Fun House was going to be the last match of my career. I really did think that the Firefly Fun House match was going to be the tail end, and that was kind of a meta journey for me through facing all of my demons and then letting go.”
There were a few dark matches at NXT this week. (PWI)
- Non-Title Match: Niko Vance def. Harlem Lewis via a running back elbow to the head.
- Reina Volcan def. Andi Summers with a Rack Bomb.
- EK Prosper def. Viktor Zanov by way of a springboard Rough Ryder.
