Roman Reigns is wrapping filming for his role in the new Street Fighter movie today. (PWI)
Via TikTok Jazmyn Nyx revealed she’s no longer with NXT. “There’s been things circulating and I want to just set the record straight that I am not re-signing with WWE. This was a personal decision I had to make for myself and for my future. Personally, the contract that they were offering me for the next three years just wasn’t going to cut it for me financially, and that’s okay. I kind of just wanted to give a backstory of everything. I was playing professional soccer in Iceland, and then I got recruited, obviously, to WWE, which I left everything out there to come here for this opportunity, which I’m very, very grateful for. I was kind of held back a little bit in the beginning. I had four knee surgeries, so I had to recover and rebuild my knees in order to step in the ring. And as some of you know, I broke my nose, that’s why I was wearing the mask. I had other injuries, concussions, that kind of held me out of TV for a little bit. I will say that there’s been a lot of opportunities that I’ve had to turn down and pass up. But now I can kind of kind of explore these opportunities more and take them more seriously.” Officially her contract with NXT was up in October (FF) but based on this I don’t think they’ll have anything else for her.
The AEW Saturday Tailgate will return before WrestleDream on October 18th in St. Louis.
Here’s the lineup for Honor Club tonight. (ROH)
- ROH World Championship Proving Ground Match: Bandido vs. Dralistico
- Interim ROH Women’s World Television Championship: Mina Shirakawa (c) vs. Lacey Lane
- ROH World Tag Team Championship: RUSH & Sammy Guevara (c) vs. The Von Erichs
- ROH Women’s Pure Championship Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Olympia vs. Billie Starkz
- Pure Rules: Viva Van vs. Deonna Purrazzo
- Premiere Athletes in action
Much like Bret Hart, MVP says he has no respect for Triple H: “I have zero respect for him, personally or professionally. I’ll just say this: if I say something about you, I will say it to you. If you come and ask me about what I said, I’m not gonna say, ‘I didn’t say it.’ I’m not gonna deny I said it. I’m gonna say, ‘Yes, I said that. Now what? Would you like to talk further? Where do we go from here?”
All mentions of Masha Slamovich challenging for the Knockouts Title at Victory Road against Ash by Elegance have been scrubbed from TNA’s website and promotion for the PPV. (PWI)
Masha Slamovich has issued a statement: “Up until the beginning of this year, I was in a toxic and mutually destructive relationship. We hurt each other deeply, and in private moments, failed to treat each other with the consideration and respect we both deserve. I take responsibility for my actions and I am sorry, embarrassed, and ashamed of the role I played in our relationship and the way things turned out. In the time since, I have sought help to reflect on this time and deal with conflict in more mature, healthier, and sustainable ways. I apologize to those that I let down, including my former partner. I hope he is able to heal. This will be my only statement on the matter. – Masha”
Undertaker says he never used his respect backstage to get advantageous booking: “I’m pretty sure if you asked 99.5% of the men I’ve been in a dressing room with, they’d tell you that no matter the clout people think I have, I never used it for that kind of stuff. It’s absurd that people on the internet throw around phrases like ‘reliable sources’ and everyone believes it. I’m not going to go into details or give anyone the satisfaction of explaining myself. A lot of people online assume things and say, ‘Well, that’s what she’d do if she had that kind of juice.’ That’s the problem – you all are the problem. Anyone who doesn’t believe me can line up in a field – I’ll bend over and they can line up and kiss my ass.”
Here are New Japan Battle Line Hokkaido results. (FF)
- Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda def. Tatsuya Matsumoto & Katsuya Murashima
- Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Master Wato
- Togi Makabe, Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma def. Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shoma Kato
- Boltin Oleg, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura def. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Don Fale, EVIL & Dick Togo)
- Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku def. War Dogs (OSKAR, Yuto-Ice & Gedo)
- War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, David Finlay & Taiji Ishimori) def. Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi. Takahashi then agreed to defend the Junior Heavyweight Title against Ishimori
- HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, SANADA & Yujiro Takahashi) def. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag team Championships: HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI & SHO) (c) def. Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles)
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) def. YOH. DOUKI confronted Desperado after the match.
ESPN’s Burke Magnus says they spent two years trying to get WWE: “When I was over in programming, I got the old WrestleManias during the pandemic to put on ESPN. I took a couple of runs at the Raw and SmackDown packages, and the WWE Network, previously. I’ve had a great appreciation of this content for a long time. This goes all the way back to when I was a kid in New Jersey. I loved it. I’m not too familiar with the storylines today, but I have a full appreciation for what they’ve built over there in terms of a great form of entertainment, and clearly, the results speak for themselves in terms of how many fans they pack in arenas and stadiums. It’s remarkable.”
Malik Blade returned to NXT on Tuesday night for a dark match. (BSN) He’d been out since tearing an ACL back on September 15th last year.
Former CMLL, WWE and AEW star Andrade is making his House of Glory debut on Nov. 15th.
The Death Riders attempted to bring Kris Statlander into the fold after she retained the Women’s Title over Mina Shirakawa on Dynamite, but she flipped off Jon Moxley to make her feelings clear. (AEW) For more details on last night’s show including Tony Khan’s big announcement read Ian’s Dynamite Recap.
Kevin Nash recently had a successful procedure to bring his heart back into the correct rhythm. (FF) Best wishes to him!
WWE EVOLVE is having a special event on October 15th called Succession.
Blue Panther will defend his MLW Openweight Title in a triple threat on October 4th.
Andreas Hale defends giving Wrestlepalooza a C grade on ESPN’s website: “Look, I gave it a C, and it deserved a C. Monday morning my mentions were on fire. We know how wrestling fans can be, how the tribalism works. I didn’t expect that kind of reaction based on an average grade. I didn’t give it an F – what are we doing here? Can we not be honest about the show? The most surprising part? A lot of people were shocked that ESPN would grade a show on their own network as average, bad, or say we ‘shit on it.’ Some even called for my job. Others said I was tweeting about AEW earlier in the day and called me a shill. I’ve loved pro wrestling since I was three. I watch everything – All Out, NXT, TNA. People who know me know that. But those who don’t assume I’m on one side or Tony Khan’s side. That surprised me, that people were shocked someone from ESPN gave it an average grade. So the show’s over, people have watched it, and my rating means nothing now. They got their views, it changes nothing. The bigger issue is that if we can’t be honest about how a show really is, then my journalistic credibility is at risk. My grades mean something. I also grade UFC fights and boxing. If I gave everything an A, what would it mean? People have to stop thinking a C is horrible. It’s not. I’ll never watch Wrestlepalooza again, I don’t care to, but it wasn’t the worst thing ever. For something that promised ‘epic’ moments, it just fell short.”
NXT went from 737,000 to 707K this week. The 18-49 held steady at 0.17. (PWT)
Jazmyn Nyx says she has no plans to join OnlyFans. She also said in reply to a fan that she was making less than $80,000 a year.
WWE filed a trademark for “Invasion” on September 24th. On the same day AEW filed trademarks for “Bacon Brawl” and “AEW Bacon Brawl.” (FF)
Here’s the lineup for Impact tonight. (TNA)
- Frankie Kazarian & Jake Something vs. Steve Maclin & Mr. Anderson
- Cedric Alexander & Leon Slater vs. The Rascalz
- Jody Threat vs. Victoria Crawford
- Bound For Glory Call Your Shot Gauntlet Battle Royal Qualifier
- Team 3D and The Hardys: The Final Negotiation
- Mike Santana’s Road to Glory
Here’s the card for Collision on Saturday. (AEW)
- TNT Championship Match: Kyle Fletcher vs. Komander
- HOOK & Eddie Kingston vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
- Anthony Bowens & Max Caster vs. Swirl
And here’s an early card for Dynamite next Wednesday. (AEW)
- TNT Championship Title vs. Streak Match: Kyle Fletcher vs. Hologram
- Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia, & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Hangman Page, Samoa Joe, and Powerhouse Hobbs
- Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir vs. Kris Statlander & Darby Allin
- Jurassic Express returns
