Discovery has announced Darby Allin will appear on Caught! Sharks Strike Back on July 24th during Shark Week, and apparently he has “an epic close encounter” in the process.
A public service announcement from Bronson Reed: “I do not sign (autographs) at airports.” Consider that a reminder not to bother wrestlers at the airport for a photo, a signature or any other reason. Air travel is tiring and stressful as it is, these are athletes who already endure a lot of physical pain for our entertainment, and they deserve your kindness and respect not to mention a break from having to “be on” 24 hours of the day.
AAA star La Hiedra has been indicating to her colleagues that if she works independent dates she now has to get them cleared by WWE, implying she’s made a lateral move from a AAA to a WWE contract. (FF) Since WWE owns AAA and has since WrestleMania I’m sure we will only see more of this roster jumping over time. In fact Mr. Iguana allegedly already did the same thing after his viral performance at Worlds Collide.
Coincidentally Sam Adonis talks his hopes to cross over from AAA to WWE, and in case you forgot, his older brother is Corey Graves: “I have a lot of hope for it. I know my best days are ahead of me, and I’ve had a wonderful career these past 17 years, and I have a lot more to do. I’ve had success in every country I have wrestled in, and I think my time in the United States could be the prime of my career.”
Hollyhood Haley J won her Power Slap debut in two strikes.
CMLL Lunes Clasico results are below. (FF)
- Shockercito, Angelito & Último Dragoncito defeated Little Olympian, Steel Face & Little Violence.
- The Brave Ones (Hera & Olympia) defeated Lady Metal & Astoreth.
- Metal Ray defeated Troglodyte.
- Felinos (Felino & Felino Jr.) defeated The Ortiz (Human Bullet Jr. & King Buccaneer).
- Templar defeated Zandokan Jr.
- Sorcerer & Chavez Brothers (Golden Angel & Red Mist) defeated Laguna Warriors (Last Warrior, Stuka Jr. & Great Warrior).
The June 23rd episode of Raw did 2.6 million viewers. (Netflix)
WWE is planning to hold THREE premium live events in Saudi Arabia in 2026. (FF)
Here’s an early card for NXT next week. (WWE)
- NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Hank & Tank vs. Shean Spears & Niko Vance
- Gauntlet Match: Ricky Saints vs. The Vanity Project
- Joe Hendry & Mike Santana vs. High Ryze
- Tavion Heights vs. Charlie Dempsey (and if Heights wins he can leave No Quarter Catch Crew)
And here’s the current card for NXT Great American Bash on July 12th. (WWE)
- NXT Championship Match: Oba Femi vs. Yoshiki Inamura
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Sol Ruca vs. Izzi Dame
- Blake Monroe & Jordynne Grace vs. Fallon Henley & Jacy Jayne
- Trick Williams, Joe Hendry, and Mike Santana contract signing for TNA World Title match at Slammiversary
This is the updated card for Dynamite tonight. (AEW)
- AEW TBS Championship: Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
- Winner Gets #2 Spot in Casino Gauntlet at All In: Texas: MJF vs. Anthony Bowens vs. AR Fox vs. Brody King
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi
- Will Ospreay & Swerve Strickland vs. The Beast Mortos & Dralistico
- Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly and Bandido vs. The Young Bucks & Konosuke Takeshita
- Cast of Dynamite to appear
Chad Gable has had his surgery and vows to be back quickly.
Ian Riccaboni says he’s signed a new deal with AEW/ROH.
Syuri is having one last match July 6th against Ranna Yagami before her injury hiatus.
Ortiz had complications after his torn pec surgery: “I couldn’t do anything, and I actually never told this story before so, maybe three weeks after my surgery, ‘I think I can do legs.’ Like, let me do some leg presses or something like that. I’ll take it easy in the gym, and I don’t know if it was that or if it was something else, but then, I had a hematoma. So it was like a tennis ball that was under my arm. I’ll show you a picture later. It’s pretty gnarly. So, that happened like two or three weeks after the surgery and then I had to go in for a second surgery. So I was just, like, depressed. I went mostly my whole life with ever avoiding the hospital. Unreal that I made it 16-plus years without a serious injury and never had to stop wrestling. So when I had to get two surgeries within less than a month span, and then I was just like I can’t do anything for a couple of months.”
Alba Fyre advanced to a title shot against Sol Ruca on the latest WWE Speed.
New reports now suggest Britt Baker is actively trying to get out of her AEW contract.
