The reason Jerry “The King” Lawler pulled out of his personal appearances this weekend is because Lawler suffered a stroke late last week in Florida. This marks the third stroke we know of including one in 2019 and a major one in 2023 that required extensive rehab for him to get back on his feet figuratively and literally. My best wishes to Lawler for a full recovery.
This week’s Dynamite did a 0.12 18-49 and 584,000 viewers. Last week was 0.11 and 472,000. (Wrestlenomics)
MLW is having talks about a new weekly TV series. Nothing has been set in stone but it’s “on the horizon” in their planning for the future. (FF)
WWE superstar Ivar of the Viking Raiders is returning to Chaotic Wrestling for their 25th anniversary. He hasn’t worked there since 2018.
NWA is returning to Riot Fest in Chicago on September 19th-21st.
Nikki Bella talks about the return of AJ Lee: “It was great, AJ is back. She and I were chatting for a bit backstage and we were both just saying how crazy it is that you’re here when I’m back. I’m like, ‘No, I’m so happy you’re back.’ It was great talking to her. I actually hope we get a moment because when you think about it – everyone’s talking about it on the internet and it is true.”
It appears that WWE will announce WrestleMania 43 for Saudi Arabia in the linked live stream.
Here’s the lineup for this weekend’s syndicated WOW episode. (WOW)
- Magnificent Miranda Mirage vs. Tiki Chamorro
- Holly Swag’s defining moments in WOW
- Main Event Double or Nothing Match
Fandango will be showing Wrestlepalooza in select movie theaters later this month.
Here’s the updated Worlds Collide card streaming tonight on YouTube at 10 PM ET. (WWE)
- AAA Mega Championship Match: Vikingo vs. Dominik Mysterio
- AAA Tag Team Championship Match: Psycho Clown & Pagano vs. New Day
- #AAA Reina de Reinas Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Faby Apache vs. Natalya
- AAA Latin American Championship Match: El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr vs. Dragon Lee vs. JD McDonagh vs. Ethan Page
- 8-Man Lucha Showcase Match: Nino Hamburguesa, Octagon Jr. vs. La Parka vs. Mascarita Sagrada vs. Abismo Negro Jr. vs. Raul Mendoza vs. Lince Dorado vs. Joaquin Wilde
- Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana vs. Finn Balor & Roxanne Perez
- Penta to appear
WWE has apparently exerted some power in their relationship with TNA over how contracted talent for TNA Wrestling work outside dates. In short because WWE doesn’t want TNA to appear to be working with AEW, WWE had requested that TNA talent not work for Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling, due to D’Amore’s relationship with AEW and ability to book AEW talent on his shows. (WO) That’s a huge irony given he used to be the TNA President.
It appears that Saudi Arabia wants The Rock to headline and Steve Austin to come back for one last match at their WrestleMania so they can claim it’s “the most star packed” WrestleMania ever. (WO)
Kyle Fletcher takes exception to some criticism from Stevie Richards: “He spoke a lot about the culture is it AEW, I don’t think he knows anything about the culture at AEW. He said there is nobody there for me to learn from, I think that’s absolutely fucking horseshit, you know what I mean? I’m learning from people every single day that I’m there, there’s so many great minds. There’s Bryan Danielson there almost every week. I’m open to criticism, I just don’t think it was in the best faith. No ill will. I’m open to critique at any and all times. I’m 26 years old, I’m still trying to learn this business, man. I have a lot more room to grow, for sure. I don’t know if I would say in the company. I feel like fans feel like that. It almost turns – I hate stuff like this because it almost turns into like a us vs. them type thing and everyone will steal that – it’s almost like they use that as evidence to fuel whatever their opinion already was, right? If you’re a WWE fan and you hate AEW, obviously you’re going to be like, ‘Yeah, Stevie Richards was right, Kyle Fletcher is ass.’ AEW fans are going to be like, ‘Get out, Kyle Fletcher is the best wrestler in the world, what are you talking about, you don’t know anything.’ That’s what it turns into at the end of the day. So, I just hate that aspect of it. Do I think I need to be protected? No man, I’m in pro wrestling. I’m going out there and you can have whatever opinion you want of me, that’s part of the job. I want you to react however you react. To the people that did protect me, thank you, but I’m okay. I’ve got thick skin, brother.”
Athena is reportedly getting some much deserved time off soon after over 1,000 days as the ROH Women’s World Champion. (FF)
Here’s all that has been announced for SmackDown tonight. (WWE)
- WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Jade Cargill
- Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton
- Brock Lesnar to appear
Here’s the current card for Impact next week. (TNA)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: The Hardys vs. The Nemeth Brothers
- The Elegance Brand vs. Masha Slamovich & The IInspiration
- Mustafa Ali vs. Brian Myers
- Dani Luna vs. Indi Hartwell
- Frankie Kazarian hosts the King’s Speech
Like so many other wrestlers Tetsuya Naito is having a hard time getting a US visa. Frankly our government sucks and it sucks more now than it ever has in my 51 years alive.
Here’s the current card for Victory Road on Sept. 26th. (TNA)
- TNA Knockouts Championship Match: Ash by Elegance vs. Masha Slamovich w/ Special Guest Referee: Indi Hartwell
- TNA X Division Championship Match: Leon Slater vs. Myron Reed
- Moose vs. Mustafa Ali
ROH x ACTION D3AN~!!! 3 results are below. (WO)
- Two Of Three Falls Submission Match: Hechicero, Xelhua, & Dr. Cerebro def. Blue Panther, Virus & El Pantera (2-1)
- Billie Starkz def. Nicole Matthews
- Sammy Guevara, RUSH, The Beast Mortos & Dralistico cut a backstage promo promising to take out anyone who gets in their way.
- Wheeler Yuta def. Matt Mako. Yuta attacked Dean Rasmussen’s son after the bout.
- A vignette aired covering Stori Denali’s joining the Premier Athletes.
- Sammy Guevara, The Beast Mortos & Dralistico def. Cheeseburger, Eli Isom, & Rhett Titus. Guevara cut a promo after the match to say that LFI was coming for all the titles available to them.
- Lee Johnson & Blake Christian called out Bandido in a promo
- Hair vs. Hair Match: Demus El Demonio def. Mad Dog Connelly
- ROH Pure Championship Match: Lee Moriarty def. Josh Woods
- STP came down and Shane Taylor demanded a match against someone from ACTION, leading to AR Fox coming out.
- Shane Taylor def. AR Fox
