In a promo from GCW Homecoming, Killer Kross made it explicitly (and profanely) clear that his departure from WWE is not a work.
Speaking of Homecoming here are night one results. (FF)
- Shotzi Blackheart defeated Matt Cardona to win the Garage Beer Championship. Nick Gage, Jimmy Lloyd, Mance Warner, Tommy Invincible, Killer Kross, and Scarlett all got involved in the match.
- Drew Parker defeated Marcus Mathers
- Dr. Redacted defeated Ultramantis Black in a Deathmatch
- Joey Janela, Masha Slamovich, & Matt Tremont defeated VNDL48 (Atticus Cogar, Otis Cogar, & Christian Napier)
- YDNP (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) defeated Los Desperados (Gringo Loco & Jack Cartwheel) to retain the GCW World Tag Team Championships
- Bear Bronson defeated Bam Sullivan, Mr. Danger, Lil Sicko, Ciclope, & John Wayne Murdoch in a Deathmatch Scramble
- AJ Gray defeated Austin Luke
- EFFY defeated KJ Orso to retain the GCW World Title
- Masashi Takeda defeated SLADE in a Deathmatch
Here are night two results. (FF)
- Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda & Drew Parker def. Dangerously Sick
- KJ Orso issues challenge to Sam Stackhouse for a cage match on their September 20th show.
- Marcus Mathers & YDNP def. Miracle Ones
- Deathmatch: Mance Warner def. Dr. Redacted
- VNDL48 def. Los Desperados
- Deathmatch: Ciclope def. John Wayne Murdoch
- Scramble Match: Joey Janela def. Flyin Ryan, Griffin McCoy, Terry Yaki, Austin Luke, & Grayson Pierce
- Effy called for more challengers and was attacked by Charles Mason and Atticus Cogar until Bobby Beverly made the save.
- GCW Ultraviolent Championship Deathmatch: Matt Tremont def. Bear Bronson
Reality of Wrestling has announced that NXT star Trick Williams will return for a special guest appearance at their Gold Rush show on Saturday, September 13th.
Speaking of NXT here’s the current card for Tuesday. (WWE)
- Blindfold Match: Lexis King vs. Myles Borne
- Fatal Influence vs. Lola Vice, Zaria & Sol Ruca
- Izzi Dame & Tatum Paxley vs. Wren Sinclair and Partner TBA
Also in NXT news the promotion will return to Full Sail University for a special episode called NXT Homecoming on Tuesday, September 16th. NXT Halloween Havoc will take place on Saturday, October 25th in Prescott Valley, Arizona. NXT No Mercy is Sept. 27th in Fort Lauderdale, FL. (WWE)
With the dissolution of the WWE Speed program that aired on “X,” GM Ava Raine announced that the Speed titles will be defended on NXT going forward.
Here are NXT house show results from Sebring, Florida. (WBS)
- Carlee Bright def. Nikkita Lyons
- Brooks Jensen def. Braxton Cole
- Zena Sterling def. Penina Tuilaepa
- Ridge Holland def. Drako Knox
- Wren Sinclair vs Dani Sekelsky. Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley attack Sekelsky post-match and Stevie Turner makes a tag team match as a result.
- Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley def. Wren Sinclair & Kendal Grey
- Chase U def. Anthony Luke, Jax Pressley, & Harley Riggins
- Arianna Grace def. Karmen Petrovic
- Shawn Spears & Niko Vance def. Shiloh Hill & Drake Morreaux
- Joe Hendry def. Stacks Lorenzo
WWE alum Abraham Washington is back home after being hospitalized for a month and a half with an intestinal tear and post-surgery complications. Best wishes to him going forward!
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s son Raja Jackson is being investigated by the LAPD following a brutal beatdown at a KNOKX Pro Wrestling show that was livestreamed on Kick. Jackson was supposed to be working an angle with Syko Stu (Stuart Smith), a 15 year indie wrestling veteran and a real life veteran who suffers from PTSD and got into the wrestling world to alleviate his symptoms. He’ll have new ones now because Jackson went into business for himself — slamming Stu unconscious then administering 27 ground and pound blows like it was a MMA fight. Jackson had to be dragged off Smith by other wrestlers or he might have literally beaten him to death. Smith has been recovering in intensive care at the hospital ever since, and Jackson is now barred from either attending or working at any future KNOKX Pro events. Incidentally this is a promotion that is closely linked with WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi (Solofa Fatu Jr.) who owns it and is a trainer, and famously helped get Rusev ready for his first WWE run (where he and Stu became friends).
MrBeast has offered to pay all of Syko Stu’s medical bills.
Swerve Strickland seems to suggest Raja Jackson should be “gatekept” out of wrestling.
WWE is now distancing themselves from Rikishi, KNOKX Pro and head trainer Black Pearl by unfollowing all of them on social media.
Here’s the updated card for Raw tonight. (WWE)
- Rhea Ripley vs. Roxanne Perez
- Kofi Kingston vs. Penta
- Nikki Bella vows to call out Becky Lynch
- Roman Reigns kicks off the show
AEW has announced they will return to the UK in December. AEW Collision will be held on Saturday, December 13th at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, Wales. AEW Dynamite will be held on Wednesday, December 17 in Manchester, England. (AEW)
Shawn Michaels is proud of his NXT role as VP of Talent Development: “I’m thankful to be in a line of work that I know a lot about and in a role I love. If it helps the men and women here grow personally and professionally, then that’s even more of a positive. There’s not another brand out there that works so hard to create stars in order to lose them. Everybody else builds stars to be able to draw money and ratings for their show. We do it to then send them off somewhere else. That is unlike any other brand, and it is part of the value NXT brings to the wrestling business as a whole.”
Silas Mason beat Thom Latimer to become the new NWA World Heavyweight champion at NWA 77 last night. (NWA)
Samoa Joe is having his first indie match in a decade for IZW in Navajo Warrior’s retirement match.
From NJPW: “After tensions boiled over at G1 Final in Ariake, and with Forbidden Door now in the books, two more championship matches have been added to Destruction in Kobe on September 28! In the wake of his elimination from the G1 Climax, Zack Sabre Jr. vowed that as champion, he needed to right his losses from the summer campaign, starting with Ren Narita. Hearing that message, Narita tried to work over Sabre in a post tag match attack at the G1 Final, acts that had retribution in the main event when Sabre foiled Narita’s attempts to interfere on EVIL’s behalf. Now, after ZSJ successfully defended the world heavyweight gold in a stunning technical dream match with Nigel McGuinness in London, the title will be on the line next in Kobe. After a brutally effective Narita picked apart Sabre’s knee en route to G1 Climax league victory in July, will ZSJ be going from a technical dream match to a technical nightmare? Also official for Destruction in Kobe is Boltin Oleg defending the NEVER Openweight Championship against Don Fale. At the G1 semifinals, Fale and Yujiro Takahashi added post match insult to in match injury when Fale attacked the Big Man From Kazakhstan after the bell. Fale landed an elbow drop and ‘pinned’ Boltin with Yujiro counting to three, immediately staking a claim to the NEVER gold. An incensed Boltin fought back the next night, but now they’ll do battle in a powerhouse rematch from the first round of the New Japan Cup back in spring! With Shingo Takagi versus Gabe Kidd for the global gold and so much more besides also set, Destruction in Kobe will be huge on September 28!”
Konosuke Takeshita will cash in the title shot he earned at G1 Climax at King of Pro Wrestling against either Zack Sabre Jr. (currently the champions) or Ren Narita (who could beat him before then).
