In the lawsuit against Cody Rhodes, WWE and Fanatics over the “American Nightmare” name being used in an unapproved way, the judge has responded to a joint motion from all parties back on May 31st requesting an extension in the case. In short the defendants must respond by September 26th, a hearing is set for October 10th, and a conference for scheduling is set for October 31st. The plaintiff in the case is Wesley Eisold, frontman for the band called American Nightmare, and his argument is that he permitted Rhodes to use the name as long as his merchandise carried “indica” denoting that he is a wrestler. He alleges that WWE broke that agreement by selling merchandise that simply says “American Nightmare” without any reference to either Rhodes or pro wrestling.
It appears that The Rock is in love with his ‘Final Boss’ character according to WWE Unreal: “The Final Boss. The greatest heel professional wrestling has seen. Insurmountable antagonist. There is nothing the Final Boss can’t do. There’s nothing the Final Boss can’t say. Becoming this new version has been the most gratifying decision that I’ve ever made.”
Also on WWE Unreal Chelsea Green talked about her character leading up to her winning the women’s US Title: “I would say my character is a Karen. I think my role is to provide entertainment and that is in the form of comedic relief and selling for the girls. Selling is the art of taking someone’s move. It’s the way that you take that move and you make it look brutal. For someone to win, somebody else has to lose. Guess what? I’ll be the loser if that means being booked every day. You want me to pour salsa and cake on my head? Say less. We’re getting paid a lot of money to look like assholes. I’m ok with that. As much as I talk about ‘winning doesn’t matter’, obviously, of course, as a wrestler, we have goals. We set timelines for ourselves and of course, one of the goals is always to be a WWE champion. Obviously as a female in wrestling, I have thought about what it would look to be in a WrestleMania or win a championship. So I have the perfect outfit set aside that I have been dreaming about wearing.”
GCW results from Japan can be found below. (FF)
- GCW World Tag Team Championship Match: YDNP def. EFFY & Dark Sheik
- Drew Parker def. Shotzi Blackheart
- Jeffrey John def. Kikutaro
- MAO def. Atticus Cogar
- Kazusada Higuchi def. 1 Called Manders
- GCW Ultraviolent Championship Match: Matt Tremont def. Super Crazy
Last week’s Raw did 2.7 million viewers, the same as the week before. (Netflix)
AEW wanted to file their motions in the lawsuit against them and Jon Moxley (Jonathan Good) under seal but their request has been denied. Chris Dispensa is suing them over an incident from the May 10th, 2023 episode of Dynamite where Moxley shoved Dispensa to the ground in an allegedly unscripted moment, causing injuries to a contracted crew member who is not a pro wrestler.
Rhaka Khan (Trenesha Biggers) has been arraigned following her not guilty plea on all charges of trespassing at her former apartment and has been assigned a public defender to handle her case. (PWI)
Becky Lynch says Bianca Belair winning the title back from her was awesome: “I remember the eruption when Bianca won and she won in such a cool way. Not the slickest victory of all time, but maybe like one OF the slickest victories, you know, she back flipped out of the Rock Bottom into the K-O-D. That was pretty special too. It was the exact outcome you wanted. You wanted to root for Bianca, you wanted to hate me, you wanted to feel like she was robbed and had something to come back from. And she did. And we had a wonderful story for a full year. I think if you’re still looking back at (SummerSlam 2021) as unfavorable, you kind of missed the story of it, you know?”
The plaintiffs in the “ring boys” lawsuit have filed their opposition over attempts by TKO, WWE, Vince and Linda McMahon to have the suit dismissed.
To make a long story short Pete Dunne is working as a producer in AAA.
The last Collision did 327,000 viewers, down from 348,000 viewers. The 18-49 demo rose week over week though from 0.07 to 0.08. (Wrestlenomics)
To make another long story short Blue Panther will be at MLW Fightland on 9/13.
Jake Something’s TNA contract runs through the summer of 2026. (FF)
Here’s the early lineup for NXT next week. (WWE)
- NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Sol Ruca vs. Tatum Paxley
- NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Hank & Tank vs. Chase U
- Myles Borne vs. Lexis King
- Blake Monroe vs. Kelani Jordan
Here’s the current lineup for Impact on Thursday. (TNA)
- TNA Knockouts World Championship Match: Jacy Jane vs. Masha Slamovich
- TNA X-Division Championship Match: Leon Slater vs. Cedric Alexander vs. Jason Hotch
- Moose, Eddie Edwards & JDC) vs. Trick Williams, AJ Francis & KC Navarro
- The Rascalz vs. The Nemeths
- Dani Luna & Indi Hartwell vs. Jody Threat & Arianna Grace
- Sami Callihan makes major announcement about his career
- Mike Santana addresses his TNA Slammiversary loss
Vince McMahon was involved in a fender bender on July 24th a few hours before the world learned of Hulk Hogan’s passing. No one was seriously hurt.
