In this interview Seth Rollins talks about faking his injury to cash in MITB at SummerSlam: “I thought the idea was brilliant when I first heard it. Obviously, the execution was going to be important, and the details were going to need to be ironed out. I felt the crux of the idea was brilliant. I was the guy to be able to pull that off. I was very excited at the prospect of it. My level of commitment to our industry is second to none. I was the guy for the job. I’m a professional, so I feel like I can do anything. All you need in our industry is a little shred of doubt, just a tiny bit of mystery and you get the magic. I thought as soon as Saturday Night’s Main Event went off the air, you saw everybody asking questions, ‘Oh, we’re in. It’s over.’ I don’t think it was too difficult.”
Shotzi Blackheart will make her NWA debut at Samhain 3 on Oct. 17th at Center Stage in Atlanta.
Tony Khan talks about moving All Out to Toronto: “I think that, to be fair, it’s worked well, to try some different things, and still maintain our tradition of running great events in these same markets that have done very well, we’re very loyal to, key AEW city, that it performs very well. But, we have routed things differently than ever before and are trying some different venues and have built some – I hope – some new traditions that will go very well.”
Additionally Tony talks about AEW’s family friendly prices: “Well, absolutely, AEW’s ticket pricing is designed to be very family-friendly and it has been that way since the very beginning. Everybody’s been involved in AEW from the start will tell you that we always wanted to maintain affordable ticket prices for the fans, and particularly to bring families and young fans to the show, and make it accessible for fans of all backgrounds, of all ages, and I think it’s really exciting for us that we’re getting some good feedback about that.”
From MLW: “LONG BEACH, CA – Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Chamber of Horrors with Mads Krule Krugger defending the MLW World Heavyweight Championship against 5 participants at MLW Slaughterhouse on Saturday, October 4 at Thunder Studios Arena in Long Beach, CA and presented live on YouTube and on cable on beIN SPORTS.”
During his All Out media conference call, Tony Khan said that FTR vs. Cope & Christian will be the opening match for the pay per view. (AEW)
John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar will be the opening match for Wrestlepalooza. Here’s the card. (WWE)
- Opening match: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
- The Usos vs. Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker
- CM Punk and AJ Lee vs. Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch
- Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Drew McIntyre
- Women’s World Championship Match: Iyo Sky vs. Stephanie Vaquer
Here’s the lineup for the next syndicated episode of WOW. (WOW)
- WOW revisits Holly Swag’s betrayal of her mother to join the Fab Four
- WOW World Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way Match
Priscilla Kelly is replacing Jada Stone at Wrestle Princess VI.
New Japan Battle Line Hokkaido results are below. (FF)
- Masatora Yasuda def. Zane Jay
- Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask def. Tatsuya Matsumoto & Katsuya Murashima
- Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale) def. Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino & Oleg Boltin
- David Finlay & Gabe Kidd def. Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi
- Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice def. TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii
- Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuya Uemura, Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Desperado def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Toru Yano, Master Wato & YOH
- Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. def. DOUKI, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita
Kiera Hogan is reportedly no longer with AEW. (FF) She’s no longer on the roster on AEW’s website and hasn’t worked a match since back in April.
The “September to Remember” episode of AEW Dynamite on Wednesday did 0.13 and 600,000 viewers, up from 0.12 and 584K the week before. (PI)
Bad Bunny will be hosting Saturday Night Live on October 8th.
From TMZ: “Raja Jackson – the son of UFC legend Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson – was arrested on Thursday for brutally beating down a wrestler at an event late last month. TMZ Sports has learned the 25-year-old was taken into custody early in the morning … and booked on a felony charge. UPDATE 5:09 AM PT – TMZ Sports has learned Raja Jackson was booked on a felony charge of battery with serious bodily injury. He’s already bonded out, a jail official tells us.”
MVP tells Yahoo! Sports how he’d like to retire from wrestling: “I’ve talked to Tony Khan about this, and he’s a great guy to work for, and I enjoy the relationship that I’ve developed with him. I told him that I’m not retired yet, but at some point I would like to have a feud with someone that I can have the good old-fashioned ‘if I lose, I’ll retire’ angle, so I can go out on my back and give some young, deserving and willing talent the opportunity to say, ‘I retired MVP.’ Right now, there are so many talented guys that I respect that I think are awesome, but I don’t have anybody (picked out), because, like I said, I’m not ready to retire yet.”
Here’s the lineup for SmackDown tonight. (WWE)
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Chelsea Green & Alba Fyre
- WWE United States Championship: Sami Zayn (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes
- Cody Rhodes to appear
- Brock Lesnar to appear
Gunther is expected to be back in action for WWE “very soon.” (WO)
Wade Barrett is listed to do commentary for Wrestlepalooza tomorrow night. (WO)
Matt Riddle is still expected to work MLW Slaughterhouse on October 4th. (WO)
Here’s the updated Bound For Glory card for October 12th. (TNA)
- TNA World Championship Match: Trick Williams vs. Mike Santana
- TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: The Hardys vs. Team 3D
- TNA Knockouts Championship Match: Ash By Elegance OR Masha Slamovich vs. Indi Hartwell
- Hardcore War: The System vs. Order 4
And here’s the Victory Road card for TNA+ on Sept. 26th. (TNA)
- TNA Knockouts Championship Match: Ash by Elegance vs. Masha Slamovich with Special Guest Referee: Indi Hartwell
- TNA X Division Championship Match: Leon Slater vs. Myron Reed
- TNA International Championship Match: Steve Maclin vs. Frankie Kazarian
- TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship Match: Heather by Elegance & M by Elegance vs. The IInspiration
- Moose vs. Mustafa Ali
Here are last night’s Honor Club results. (FF)
- Místico def. Mansoor
- Pure Rules Match: Olympia def. Viva Van
- The Beast Mortos def. Alan Angels.
- Jon Cruz cut a backstage promo and said that MJF would beat Mistico at the CMLL 92nd Anniversary show, leading to Mistico losing his mask.
- Katsuyori Shibata def. Matt Mako
- Satnam Singh def. CPA
- A vignette aired for The Frat House.
- Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta def. Aleah James & Man Like DeReiss
- QTV appeared in a vignette discussing Big Boom AJ being attacked.
- Lance Archer & Rocky Romero took out several people in a backstage segment.
- Pure Rules Match: Yuka Sakazaki def. Janai Kai.
- ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match: Shane Taylor, Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo def. AR Fox & The Kingdom
Two matches are set for Honor Club next week. (ROH)
- ROH World Tag Team Championship Match: RUSH & Sammy Guevara vs. The Von Erichs
- Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari & Stori Denali vs. TBA
