It is what we thought it was — Naomi revealed on Raw that she’s pregnant. She VERY reluctantly relinquished the world title at the behest of Adam Pearce asking her to do so. (WWE) All the best wishes to her and Jimmy Uso on their child-to-be!
Via social media Killer Kross reacted to the “we want Kross” chants from SmackDown: “You can’t ignore the crowd in this business. I mean, you can try. It’s not going to be good in the end. You don’t want to make your audience feel like they’re not a part of this. You can’t tell them that they’re a part of this and that they’re the ‘universe’ and they’re so heavily involved in every aspect of it, and then, like on a whim, tell them, you know, certain subsections of them don’t matter. You can’t do that. That pisses people off. It turns people away.”
MJF vs. Mistico at the CMLL 92nd Anniversary Show will be luchas de apuestas with MJF’s CMLL Light Heavyweight Title on the line against Mistico’s mask. There was some talk of it being hair versus mask but that idea got scrapped. (WO)
The updated lineup for NXT tonight can be found below. (WWE)
- Street fight opens the show: Josh Briggs vs. Yoshiki Inamura
- NXT Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Trick Williams vs. Je’Von Evans
- Jasper Troy vs. Ricky Saints
- Fatal Instinct vs. The Elegance Brand
Special Referee: Masha Slamovich - Jordynne Grace & Blake Monroe face-to-face
- Ethan Page & Chelsea Green seek a Peace Treaty with Tavion Heights & Tyra Mae Steele
- Joe Hendry appears
In a podcast interview former WWE developmental wrestler Alexis Lete says she learned wrestling isn’t fake: “It’s a lot more real than you think. Everyone is like, ‘Oh, wrestling is so fake.’ I signed up to be in WWE because I thought it was fake. I didn’t think I was going to get injured. I didn’t think I was actually going to be doing stuff that hurt my body and potentially damage me for the rest of my life. It’s a lot more real than people think it is and your body is so friggin’ sore. I feel like, for the year and a half I was there, my nervous system was constantly in fight or flight mode because of the bumping and constant wear and tear on my body.”
Last week’s SmackDown did a 0.35 18-49 demo and 1.430 million viewers, down from 0.48 and 1.557 million the week before. (PI)
Danhausen’s AEW contract had months added to it due to time off for injury that takes him “well into 2026” with the promotion. (FF)
Sareee and her former rival Takumi Iroha are now teammates as SPARK RUSH and in this interview she talks about their partnership: “The more matches we have, the better (of a) tag team we are becoming. Because we have been long-time rivals, we understand each other and by having more matches, we are improving the bond and knowledge even more. (We want to) keep winning and defending our title. Becoming the best tag team in Joshi and proving it.”
Sting has updated his list of “final ever” convention date appearances.
- August 22 – Fan Expo Canada – Toronto, ON, CA
- August 30 – Wrestleverse Fest – Chattanooga, TN
- September 13 – Horrorhound Weekend – Cincinnati, OH
- September 14 – Arkansas Comic Con – Little Rock, AR
- September 20 – Houston Celebrity Comic Con – Houston, TX
- September 27 – Fanx – Salt Lake City, UT
- October 4 – Scaradise – Tampa, FL
- October 11 – Comic Con Scotland – Edinburgh, Scotland
- October 25 – Winnipeg Comic Con – Winnipeg, CA
- November 1 – Wrestleverse Fest – Baton Rouge, LA
- November 8 – Twin Cities Con – Minneapolis, MN
- November 9 – Rhode Island Comic Con – Providence, RI
- November 15 – Big Event NY – Brentwood, NY
- November 22 – Card & Collectible Convention – Santa Clara, CA
- November 29 – Wrestlecade – Winston-Salem, NC
- December 20 – Wrestleverse Fest – Pittsburgh, PA
Here’s a teaser of Cody Rhodes as Guile in the new Street Fighter movie.
Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yuji Nagata will face each other at Blue Justice XVI on September 7th. (NJPW)
Here’s the early card for next week’s Raw in Birmingham, England which will air at 3 PM ET, 2 Central in the U.S. (WWE)
- Rhea Ripley vs. Roxanne Perez
- Kofi Kingston vs. Penta
Here’s the updated card for Clash In Paris on August 31st. (WWE)
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Seth Rollins vs. LA Knight vs. Jey Uso vs. CM Punk
- Donnybrook Match: Sheamus vs. Rusev
- Logan Paul vs. John Cena
- Roman Reigns vs. Bronson Reed
