Bronson Reed, Adam Copeland, Lady Shani, Nikki Storm, Shotzi, Kota Ibushi, Saints, Maya World, SmackDown, Jericho, Wayne, Mone, Sami Zayn – Thursday’s News for Sept. 17th, 2026 (Updated)

Bronson Reed

In this interview Bronson Reed talks about losing weight during his injury layoff: “I had naturally lost a little bit of weight since I came back from my foot injury (in 2025), but I was still a very big guy. I’m always looking to evolve who Bronson Reed is. I hate that I’ve had these setbacks and roadblocks with injuries, but at the same time, I try to use it as something to change myself. This time, I was thinking to myself, ‘What can I do differently when I return?’ and I thought I’d just change my body. I really got sucked into my nutrition, strength and conditioning. Day-to-day life is easier. I was a very big guy; I’ve lost 45 pounds. I can fit into more clothes now that I couldn’t fit into before, and everyday life is nicer. At the same time, it’s definitely benefiting things like my joints, especially with injuries. There’s definitely a lot of upside to what I did.”

AEW finally did it — they embraced the meme and gave us an Adam Copeland “aw dude” shirt.

Lady Shani had a cut over her eyelid stitched up following her TripleMania 34 injury.

Nikki Storm is challenging Shotzi Blackheart for her HOG Women’s Title at Windy City Warfare.

Kota Ibushi is getting a second surgery on his femur today.

Ricky Saints talks about what he’s not good at: “If you asked the internet, I’m not good at playing guitar. I don’t know, politicking? I don’t know what I’m not good at. you know what, actually, I’m not that good at a lot of jumping off the top rope. I get up there and I’m very unathletic in my head. The way that I think I’m jumping and the reality of it are two different things.”

Maya World had “a procedure” of some kind and is out of action for a while. (FF)

The last SmackDown did 1.22 million viewers and a 0.29 18-49 demo. (Wrestlenomics)

Chris Jericho beat Nick Wayne on Dynamite last night but got a beating afterward.

Speaking of Dynamite, Mercedes Mone was announced as not medically cleared for All Out.

Hangman Page and Brodido earned a title shot on Dynamite at The New Level for All Out.

Sami Zayn has been added to SmackDown tomorrow night. (WWE)

  • Cody Rhodes sit-down interview with Michael Cole
  • Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Competitors TBA
  • Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Competitors TBA
  • Sami Zayn appears

Tiffany Stratton took a scary bump during a livestream but appears to be okay.

Next Wednesday Dynamite and Collision will air back to back. One match has been announced. (AEW)

  • AEW World Trios Championship Match: The New Level & Swerve Strickland vs. The Demand

Here’s the current card for Collision this Saturday. (AEW)

  • AEW National Championship Match: Andrade El Idolo vs. Daniel Garcia
  • Thekla vs. Zayda Steel

And here’s the updated All Out 2026 card. (AEW)

  • AEW World Championship Match: Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Ladder Match: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs. FTR vs. The Young Bucks
  • AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Chicago Street Fight: The Brawling Birds vs. The Divine Dominion
  • AEW World Trios Championship Match: Swerve Strickland & New Level vs. Hangman Page & Brodido
  • AEW International Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tommaso Ciampa
  • AEW Women’s World Championship #1 Contenders Match: Thekla vs. Willow Nightingale
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Match: Darby Allin & Steven Borden vs. Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher

Priscilla Kelly has defeated Gisele Shaw for the MLP Women’s Canadian Title.

The last Collision did 344,000 viewers and a 0.06 18-49 demo. (JIG)

Last week’s Impact did 232,000 viewers and a 0.03. (JIG)

Last week’s NXT did 714,000 viewers and a 0.12. (JIG)

Here’s the card for Impact tonight. (TNA)

  • TNA Knockouts Television Championship: M by Elegance vs. Kiera Hogan
  • Bound For Glory X Division Title Match Qualifier: Rich Swann vs. L.J. Cleary
  • Frankie Kazarian vs. Moose; and if Moose loses, he will have to leave TNA
  • Eddie Edwards & Cedric Alexander vs. Ricky Sosa & Elijah
  • Zoey Serrano vs. Harley Hudson
  • Leon Slater vs. Ryan Nemeth