Saturday, June 7th

Here is your busy Saturday wrestling schedule:

WWE: NXT Worlds Collide: YouTube @ 3:00 PM ET.

GCW: Tournament of Survival X: Triller @ 5:00 PM ET.

WWE: Money in the Bank: Netflix, WWE Network @ 7:00 PM ET.

MLW War Chamber: beIN SPORTS and MLW’s YouTube channel @ 10:00 PM ET

Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch spoke to ET about balancing their private and public lives:

In case you missed Smackdown last night, WWE announced the the King and Queen of the Ring will return at the Night of Champions in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 28th. The winners of the crowns will compete for championship gold at SummerSlam. Gunther and Nia Jax were crowned king and queen last year.

Also from the in case you missed it file, Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay, the IInspiration, returned at TNA’s Against All Odds last night.

Here’s a great story about the growth of Vancouver Island Pro Wrestling (VIPW).

Alex Windsor, Will Ospreay’s partner, has joined AEW.

Friday, June 6th

Joaquin Wilde, who suffered a concussion earlier this week, was replaced by Noam Dar during this week’s Speed broadcast.

A health update from AEW’s Rebel:

 

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WWE is holding a Supershow at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Saturday, July 19th. SmackDown is already slated for San Antonio on July 18 and Raw  will be held in Houston on July 21. Tickets are going on sale next Friday.

Wrestling legend Ric Flair has told People Magazine that he is entering another cancer battle.

“It’s the second time in three years that I’ve been dealing with skin cancer. I will be undergoing treatment next week,” he told People.

The WWE has unearthed this rariety:

Actress Julia Reilly who played Claire Lynch in TNA passed away in early April.

Remember to check out:

“Major League Wrestling unleashes the most savage battle in the sport: WAR CHAMBER ‘25, airing nationwide at 10pm ET on beIN SPORTS and MLW’s YouTube channel.”

WAR CHAMBER MATCH

Matthew Justice, Paul London and the BOMAYE Fight Club vs. The Rogue Horsemen (BRG, Brock Anderson, CW Anderson & Bobby Fish)

Fought inside a monstrous steel structure reinforced with carbon steel, the War Chamber is sealed shut, topped with barbed wire, and governed by one rule: there are no rules.

There is no disqualification. No escape. No mercy.

Combatants enter at staggered intervals until all eight combatants are locked in and the ultimate battle begins. Steel chains. Barbed wire bats. Steel chairs. Bodies flying off the cage. Blood feuds explode in a fight that redefines violence. Expect carnage, chaos, and careers changed forever.

MLW Women’s World Featherweight Title: Shoko Nakajima (c) vs. Delmi Exo
”Big Kaiju” defends her crown in a high-stakes rematch against the fierce former champ.

The Filthy Bros in the house!
The rowdiest and rudest bros MLW World Heavyweight Champion Matt Riddle and “Filthy” Tom Lawlor got something to say!

International Tag Showdown: CozyMAX vs. Blue Panther Jr. & Dark Panther
Lucha legends collide with tag team excellence in this first-time-ever encounter.

Lightning Match: Myron Reed vs. Ariel Dominguez
The “Young GOAT” returns in MLW’s fast-paced Lightning Match. 10 minutes. No overtime. All gas, no brakes.

Plus:

  • Ikuro Kwon vows to end Mistico’s career?!
  • KENTA talks MLW World Champion Matt Riddle
  • Cesar Duran has made a new hire?

You won’t be seeing The Miz on WWE television for a bit. He is off to the UK to film, host Amazon’s resurrection of American Gladiators.

Here is what you will see on Smackdown tonight:

Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss, & Stephanie Vaquer vs. Naomi, Roxanne Perez, & Giulia
Seth Rollins, Penta, LA Knight, Solo Sikoa, El Grande Americano, and Andrade to appear
Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, Logan Paul, John Cena to appear

Word is that R-Truth could be heading back to TNA.

If you want to know what’s new to stream this weekend, Slam’s John Powell has your calendar here:

What’s New to Stream This Weekend June 6th to 8th

A.J. Francis had this message for those who haven’t picked up a Nintendo Switch 2.

Here is the final line-up for TNA’s Against All Odds show tonight:

TNA Champion (& WWE NXT’s) Trick Williams vs. Elijah.

TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich vs. Lee Ying Li.

TNA Tag Team Champions Nick and Ryan Nemeth vs. The Rascalz.

TNA International Champion Steve Maclin vs. Mance Warner.

Joe Hendry vs. Frankie Kazarian.

Santino Marella vs. NXT’s Robert Stone: Winner to become TNA Director of Authority.

The Hardys & Leon Slater and a mystery partner vs. The System.

Mustafa Ali vs. Jason Hotch

Ash & Heather & M by Elegance vs. Xia Brookside & Myla Grace & Harley Hudson.

Thursday, June 5th

NXT Ratings:

This week: 684,000 overnight viewers and 0.15 in the key demos.

Last week: 650,000 overnight viewers and 0.14 in the key demos.

Bill Goldberg has stated that the date of his retirement match has been locked down but he has injured himself training. On the CarCast podcast he said: “I know the date. No one else knows the date public-wise, and so, at my age you obviously have to do a lot of different things to get yourself prepared for what I’m about to embark upon. It’s uncharted water because not many people my age have done this and I’m not just showing up to show up. I need to show up and be me and I’ve tapped into me a little bit more as of late and my training, with all injuries and with my age, it makes it extremely difficult to get prepared without going overboard…I hurt myself a couple times in the past three months but I pulled back and it’s really tough to have the mentality I do but to have the body that I do now with the mileage on it. To go into the Muay Thai gym and hit the pads and not go crazy and then blow (your) shoulder out and blow your bicep out and pull your hamstring from throwing a high kick. There’s a huge balance and I’ve been in the ring a couple times. I’m gonna get in the ring again today and it’s just tough, man. It is tough. Me doing that right there, that was the first day that I felt really good.”

Word is that because of her injury Zoey Stark may be off WWE television for the rest of the year.

In case you missed the show last night, Jackson Drake has become the first-ever Men’s WWE Evolve Champion.

Endeavor has bought back $250 million of WWE stock from Vince McMahon.

Anthony Bowens will be the Honorary Grand Marshall of the Dallas Pride Parade.

Wednesday, June 4th

Smackdown ratings:

This week: 1,383,000 overnight viewers and 0.34 in the key demos.

Last week: 1,383,000 overnight viewers and 0.33 in the key demos.

AEW Collision:

This week: 504,000 overnight viewers and 0.18 in the key demos.

Last week: 353,000 overnight viewers and 0.9 in the key demos.

Lillian Garcia will be the ring announcer for Worlds Collide this weekend.

For those who always wanted to know:

From our own Bob Kapur: “If you missed out on meeting Jeff Jarrett at this past weekend’s Niagara Falls Comic-Con, we have it on good authority that he will be announced in the coming days as a guest at the Nickel City Comic Con, taking place in Buffalo NY, June 27-29. He’s not listed on the site yet, but look for that announcement soon. Other wrestling guests already announced are: Ric Flair, the Hardy Boys, Trish Stratus, Lita, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, the APA (JBL and Ron “Farooq” Simmons), and Fred “Tugboat/Typhoon/Shockmaster” Ottman. Check out www.nickelcitycon for all the details.”

In case you missed it, Mariah May is in WWE:

Here is what you will see on AEW’s special Fyterfest episode tonight:

AEW International Champion Kenny Omega vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mascara Dorada vs. Brody King.

AEW Champion Jon Moxley vs. Mark Briscoe.

AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa vs. Skye Blue & Julia Hart.

FTR vs. Atlantis Jr. & Templario.

Thekla makes her in-ring debut.

Rush & Dralistico & Beast Mortos vs. Kevin Knight & Speedball Mike Bailey & Komander.

The Hurt Business to appear.

Due to the concussion he received Joaquin Wilde is out of Worlds Collide. Lince Dorado will replace him teaming with Cruz Del Toro and Dragon Lee against Aero Star, Octagon Jr. and Mr. Iguana.

Word is WWE is close to finalizing a deal for WrestleMania to be held in Las Vegas.

Tuesday, June 3rd

More vault goodness from the WWE:

Some news from TNA: “TNA Wrestling is celebrating June’s Pride Month with its first-ever Pride Collection: multiple shirts and more, featuring the company logo emblazed in the rainbow colors and a TNA Pride logo. The shirts are available at tnamerch.com and proceeds from the TNA Pride Collection will be split between NAGAAA and Athlete Ally. Since 2022, TNA Wrestling has had a partnership with the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA), an international sports organization dedicated to providing opportunity and access for the LGBTQ+ community to participate in organized softball competition in safe environments. A TNA Wrestling star was the special guest speaker at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Gay Softball World Series. Athlete Ally is a nonprofit LGBTQ athletic advocacy group that aims to make athletic communities more inclusive, less discriminatory and helps athletes to advocate for LGBTQ equality. Athlete Ally was founded in 2011 by Hudson Taylor, a three-time NCAA All-American wrestler at the University of Maryland. The TNA Pride Collection features two different short-sleeve shirts, a long-sleeve shirt, shorts and a side bag. To purchase, go to: tnamerch.com.

Here is what you will see on NXT tonight:

TNA World Championship Match: Trick Williams (c) vs. Mike Santana
Rounds Match: Charlie Dempsey vs. Myles Borne (If Borne wins, he can leave the No Quarter Catch Crew)
Six-Man Tag Team Match: Chase U (Andre Chase, Kale Dixon, Uriah Connors) vs. DarkState (three of Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin)
Tag Team Match: Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura vs. Brooks Jensen & Niko Vance

According to a new SEC filing, WWE President Nick Khan is aiming to sell 28,557 shares of TKO stock equally $4.5 million.

Jim Ross is home after his cancer surgery:

Joaquin Wilde had this to say after a scary spot during a Speed taping:

Monday, June 2nd

Our own Bob Kapur attended the Niagara Falls Comic Con and this is what he had to report:

Mick Foley and Kurt Angle had huge lines (Foley was there Sat and Sun, Angle on Sunday only). The Steiners (Sat only), Ted DiBiase (Sun only) and Tatanka (both days) had shorter lines.
DiBiase in particular was praised by some attendees for being very personable. He would routinely come out from behind the table to meet with the fans up close. Dr. D. David Schultz was announced to attend on Saturday but wasn’t there. Jeff Jarrett was supposed to be there on Sunday but was unable to, as a result of travel issues.

Well, forgotten maybe overstating things but…

ECW founder Tod Gordon is launching his own podcast, Tod is Pod. It debuts on June 6 on PodcastHeatWrestling.com. Future episodes will be released every Friday.

WWE’s Senior Vice President of Live Events, Brian James (Road Dogg) posted this on X  but later deleted the message. What could it all mean? “I am heartbroken. It’s the nature of the beast; the part of business no one likes but the bean counters. I love Ron the Truth Killings and I don’t care who knows it. WHAT A RUN!”.

Here is the line-up for NJPW Dominion on the 15th.

IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi.

IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji vs. Gabe Kidd.

Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch: David Finlay vs. EVIL.

NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Boltin Oleg.

IWGP Tag Team Champions United Empire’s Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan vs. Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Master Wato & YOH vs. House of Torture’s Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO.

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuya Uemura.

El Phantasmo & Shota Umino vs. TMDK’s Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.

Bullet Club BULLET CLUB War Dogs’ Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens & Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney) vs. The House of Torture’s SANADA & Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi & the newest member of HOT, who will be revealed that night.

Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato vs. Daiki Nagai & Masatora Yasuda.

Elayna Black is saying goodbye to her Cora Jade character:

Here is what you will see on WWE Raw tonight:

Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifier: El Grande Americano vs. CM Punk vs. AJ Styles
Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifier: Liv Morgan vs. Stephanie Vaquer vs. Ivy Nile

Don’t forget during this busy weekend that MLW will present War Chamber, which will stream free on their YouTube channel. Matches will include:

Alex Kane & Matt Justice & Paul London & Mr. Thomas vs. The Rogue Horseman of CW and Brock Anderson & Bobby Fish & Brett Ryan Gosselin.

MLW Featherweight Champion Shoko Nakajima vs. Demi Exo.

Chicago Street Fight: Tom Lawlor & Matt Riddle vs. Mads Krule Krügger & Babathunder.

Blue Panther Jr. & Dark Panther vs. Satoshi Kojima & Okumura.

Ariel Dominguez vs. Myron Reed.

Word is you might see Savio Vega at Worlds Collide this weekend.

Just a reminder that AEW’s Fyterfest will be four hours on Wednesday.

Here is what you will see on Raw tonight:

Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: CM Punk vs. AJ Styles vs. El Grande Americano.

Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan vs. Ivy Nile.