Some news from good ol’ J.R. himself Jim Ross: “Made it home from the hospital but feeling rugged. Need to kick out. I’m trying.” We’re cheering for you Jim!
Speaking to Ariel Helwani, Elayna Black f/k/a Cora Jade says she could see her release coming: “Obviously, the initial shock of it all, even though I feel like I knew it was coming. I’m just really weird with my intuition. I always have been and I’ve always had this gut feeling. I want to say, November, I had a feeling that I was going to be gone. It’s always up and down. When it’s good, it’s good. Maybe two weeks before the cuts, it was Vegas, I was like, ‘I’m going to make it good because I’m not coming back here.’ I just had that gut feeling. Obviously, you don’t want it to be right, ‘Don’t manifest it,’ but I always had that gut feeling. That day, I was going to hang out with (Blair Davenport) and she called and said, ‘Josh (Riley Osborne) just got fired,’ her husband. ‘Okay, I’ll keep my ringer on.’ Sure as hell, two minutes later, I got the call. ‘Okay.’ It is what it is.”
During the same interview Black also revealed she had an ectopic pregnancy in 2023. “Had the emergency surgery, they ended up having to remove my left fallopian tube because it was that bad. I was bummed about missing Stand & Deliver. ‘I can’t miss Stand & Deliver.’ Nothing has ever happened to me like that before. I never realized the effects of it. After I came back those few months, I was the most mentally depressed I have ever been in my entire life. I remember calling one of the WWE doctors and being like, ‘I need to go somewhere. I’m not okay. This is not okay.’ I don’t know what it was because nothing was really wrong, but I learned later, you deal with post-partum depression, and it’s so intense. I was 23 years old and the craziest thing I had ever experienced. I went back to work and I was not there mentally. Nothing to do with work. I literally didn’t realize the toll that takes on you as a person. I had always wanted to get my boobs done. I’m not going to sit here and say I didn’t, but I needed to go away and take time off or I don’t know what was going to happen to me. Mentally, I needed to take that time off. I did that in my time off. That’s what I chose to do. I took that time, I was out for a month and half, and I got my boobs done and that was three months. I took that time to get myself mentally right. I felt good. I was ready to go. I was so excited. I felt good mentally, physically, and emotionally. It was probably the best I ever felt. Then, I came back, I had just went through a really bad break up, it was my birthday, and I tore my knee. It was back to back to back. I was so excited and ‘boom, boom, boom.'”
Sgt. Slaughter is doing a panel at the Garden State Comic Fest on June 29th: “Join Sarge as he discusses how he was asked to join the GI Joe team and what it is like to be the only character that is truly a real individual. Sarge will also share other stories from his legendary career in the WWE.”
Apparently there’s a promotion called Kill or Be Killed and they held a show in Indianapolis on Sunday night. Here are the results. (FF)
- Brett Ison def. Anakin Murphy
- Kasey Owens def. Tyler Lydol
- PhaNesse def. Jackie Thad
- Gary Jay def. Lutha X
- Hoodfoot def. Jamesen Shook
- KOBK def. The Natturday Saints
RCW in Spain has announced their GascoMania card for June 13th.
- RCW Men’s World Championship Match: 1 Called Manders vs. Zozaya
- RCW Men’s Tag Team Championship Match: Based Lovers vs. Ley y Orden
- RCW Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: The Experience vs. Nightshade & Chantal Jordan
- Two of Three Falls Match: The Visionary vs. Kassius
- Amale vs. Sara Leon
Takumi Iroha is the new GCW Women’s Champion, winning it by beating Kouki Amarei at NOAH Magic Monday.
Sakura Hirota is stepping away from the ring to pursue a political career. Best wishes to her!
WrestleCon has updated their guest list for SummerSlam weekend in New Jersey: Great Muta, Honky Tonk Man, Victoria, Deonna Purrazzo, Mina Shirakawa, Saraya, The Godfather, Matt Cardona, Sting, Will Ospreay, Matt & Jeff Hardy, Abdullah the Butcher, Rikishi, Kazuchika Okada, Tony Atlas, Dan Spivey appearing in costume as Waylon Mercy, Kiera Hogan, Kevin Kelly, Evil Uno, Tasha Steelz, Koko B. Ware, and Lex Luger.
A brief “WE WANT TRUTH” chant made the air on Raw before being turned down.
Here’s the updated card for Impact this Thursday on AXS TV. (TNA)
- Monsters Ball: Xia Brookside vs. Rosemary
- X-Division Championship Match: Moose vs. Eric Young
- Matt Hardy, Leon Slater & Mike Santana vs. Ryan Nemeth, Nic Nemeth & Frankie Kazarian
- Harley Hudson & Myla Grace vs. Heather & M By Elegance
- We’ll hear from Elijah
- Joe Hendry returns
Jeff Cannonball is being inducted into the GCW Deathmatch Hall of Fame.
I’m very sad to report tonight that Jordan Breen has passed away. MMA fans and reporters alike will know him from his long tenure with Sherdog, working his way from columnist to podcaster to FightFinder architect among many other roles. He could also be found online everywhere from ESPN to Bloody Elbow, and you could catch him in the booth on commentary for promotions like Tachi Palace and Strikeforce. I feel lucky to have crossed his path during my days as a sports reporter and I send my condolences to all of his friends, family and fans around the world.
Joaquin Wilde says he got knocked out taping a match with Lexis King for WWE Speed last night, but thankfully it sounds like he’ll be okay.
