Sunday, June 15th

Happy Father’s Day to everyone celebrating today.

Some bad and good news from The Godfather:

 

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Priscilla Kelly (Gigi Dolin) had her first match since being released from WWE at Wrestling Revolver’s show last night. Unfortunately, it ended early. She was wrestling her real-life partner: Zachary Wentz.

Private Party are apparently on their way to the WWE when their contracts expire.

Word is that Trish Stratus is returning next week to the WWE just in time for Evolution 2.

The first 16 entrants in the G1 Climax tournament this year are:

Block A: Hirooki Goto, Boltin Oleg, Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji, David Finlay, EVIL, SANADA, Hiroshi Tanahashi and two winners of qualifying matches.

Block B: El Phantasmo, Shota Umino, Shingo Takagi, Zack Sabre Jr, Great-O-Khan, Gabe Kidd, Ren Narita, Konosuke Takeshita and two winners of qualifying matches.

Congrats to Will Ospreay and Alex Windsor who are now engaged.

Here are your NJPW Dominion results:

Katsuya Murashima and Shoma Kato beat Daiki Nagai and Masatora Yasuda.

House Of Torture (Ren Narita, SANADA and Yujiro Takahashi) and Bad Luck Fale beat Bullet Club War Dogs (Chase Owens, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney and Taiji Ishimori). Fale is have not only left Bullet Club but has changed his name to Don Fale. His pal Chase Owens has also joined House of Torture.

TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr.) beat El Phantasmo and Shota Umino.

Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yuya Uemura.

House Of Torture (SHO and Douki) beat Master Wato and YOH (c) – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match.

Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii beat United Empire (Callum Newman and Great-O-Khan) (c) – IWGP Tag Team Championship match.

Oleg Boltin beat Konosuke Takeshita (c) – NEVER Openweight Championship match.

Evil beat David Finlay – Dog Collar Death match.

Gabe Kidd defeated Yota Tsuji (c) – IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match.

Hirooki Goto (c) beat Shingo Takagi – IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match.

Saturday, June 14th

Before Smackdown aired last night Hikuleo made his WWE debut defeating Pretty Deadly’s Kit Wilson in a dark match.

In case you missed it, John Cena will be facing Ron Killings on next week’s Smackdown.

NXT held a house show in Lakeland, Florida, last night. Here are the results:

Dante Chen beat Draco Knox
Izzi Dame beat Zaria
Chase U beat No Quarter Catch Crew and High Ryze
Drake Morreaux and Shiloh Hill beat Anthony Luke and Harlem Lewis
Thea Hail beat Jaida Parker
Je’Von Evans beat Lince Dorado
Tatum Paxley, Zena Sterling, Karmen Petrovic and Tyra Mae Steele beat Lainey Reid, Bayley Humphrey, Kali Armstrong and ?
Noam Dar beat Channing (Stacks) Lorenzo
Lash Legend beat Kelani Jordan
NXT Tag Team Champions Hank Walker and Tank Ledger beat Trick Williams and Lexis King

Brett Ryan Gosselin has left MLW.

The latest episode has dropped:

Word is the WWE is returning to Arena Monterrey in Mexico on July 27th. Tickets going on sale June 19th.

Friday, June 13th

Trish Stratus will be starring in the new film Karate Ghost. Stratus will be “Susan Fanshawe, an overenthusiastic pageant-queen-turned-karate-mom whose obsession with martial arts puts her daughter’s dreams in a chokehold. Think a pom-pom-wielding Miss America, with a black belt.” The film is currently shooting in Toronto and will be released next year.

If you are planning on attending TNA Slammiversary and don’t have tickets yet there is deal on for Father’s Day if you use the code: “Dad”.

AEW Dynamite:

This week: 597,000 overnight viewers and 0.17 in the key demos.

Last week: 655,000 overnight viewers and 0.18 in the key demos.

Congrats to RVD. He and his partner Katie Forbes are having a baby.

Word is that with Jacob Fatu being kicked out of or ditching The Bloodline, whichever way you look at the situation, Solo Sikoa will be introducing a new member on Smackdown tonight. It could be the debut of the younger brother of both Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa: Hikuleo.

Jade Cargill will make her big screen debut in the action movie True Threat.

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

What’s New to Stream This Weekend June 13th to 15th

Omos has signed a new multi year deal with WWE.

Tiffany Stratton should stick to wrestling. 🙂

Here is what you will see on Smackdown tonight:

WWE Champion John Cena appears

Money in the Bank winner Naomi appears

U.S. Champion Jacob Fatu speaks

Cody Rhodes vs. Damian Priest vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Andrade  – King of the Ring Tournament

Randy Orton vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. LA Knight vs. Aleister Black – King of the Ring Tournament

Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Chelsea Green vs. Candice LeRae – Queen of the Ring Tournament

Congrats to Brock Lesnar and Nicole McClain’s daughter:

Word is WWE has big time interest in Mike Santana and Joe Hendry.

Thursday, June 12th

Cash Wheeler’s arrest record for allegedly pointing a gun at another driver in an apparent road rage incident has been expunged. All charges were dropped against him in May of last year.

Middle Kingdom Wrestling celebrated their 10th Anniversary event in Beijing recently. Here is coverage from NBC.

Goldberg has a message:

In his new column, Scott D’Amore talks about what led to Naomi leaving TNA: She was a huge boost to the entire locker room, not just the Knockouts division. Everyone knew she’d probably return to WWE eventually, and we were cool with that. The goal was always to showcase her as a featured star and help her continue growing. She delivered at every major milestone — from Slammiversary to Bound for Glory, then into the TNA rebrand at Hard to Kill in January 2024. She signed to go back to WWE, and told me in December 2023. She had every right to say, “Hey, I need to drop the belt quickly and I can’t lose twice to Jordynne Grace during Hard to Kill weekend.” I actually offered her an out — to drop the title and then not do the rematch on television just days later. But she insisted on doing the right thing, passing the torch to Jordynne and giving the TNA Knockouts Title full respect. When she sat me down and told me she was going back to WWE, she did it in person and was gracious enough to tell me what her time in TNA had meant to her. That gave me the chance to tell her exactly what she had done for TNA in return. Some tears were shed, so yeah, if I am thrilled that Trinity won Money In The Bank and will be in a WWE title program, don’t blame me.”

Don’t be surprised if you see Brie Bella also return at WWE Evolution.

Word is to go with his heel persona Seth Rollins will be getting a new theme song.

Mercedes Mone will face CMLL’s Women’s Champion Zeuxis at AEW Grand Slam Mexico.

Wednesday, June 11th

NXT Ratings:

This week: 725,000 overnight viewers and 0.15 in the key demos.

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

El Hijo del Vikingo and Alberto El Patron’s match for the AAA Mega Championship this weekend at Triplemania Regia will be held in a steel cage.

Tonight at 8:00 PM, TNA will rebroadcast their entire Against All Odds PPV from last weekend.

In case you missed it, Mariah May’s new name is Blake Monroe. The “Blake” part is a tribute to her niece. Monroe will sign her NXT contract on next week’s show.

Nattie Neidhart spoke to the Toronto Sun about her big award coming up.

Word is that the mystery entrant in the King of the Ring tournament could be…the returning Ilja Dragunov.

GM Ava announced on NXT last night that NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne will be defending her NXT Women’s Championship at Evolution. To determine who she will be facing there will be a number of Evolution Eliminator matches

Word is that Danhausen, who has wrestled just 24 matches with AEW since signing with them in 2022, will be a free agent soon.

Tuesday, June 10th

The card for Triplemania Regia has been finalized. It will be:

El Hijo del Vikingo (c) versus Alberto El Patron – AAA Mega Championship Match
Moose (c) versus Joe Hendry, El Mesias and Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. – TNA X-Division Championship Match
Forastero & Sanson (c) versus Angel & Berto, Psycho Clown & Pagano and Nic & Ryan Nemeth – AAA Tag Team Championship Match
La Parka, Laredo Kid & Octagon Jr. vs. Abismo Negro Jr., Taurus & Histeria
Lady Flammer (c) versus Dalys, Lady Shani – AAA Reina de Reinas Championship Match
Mr. Iguana, El Fiscal and Nino Hamburguesa versus SB Kento, Takuma & Nobu San

Raw ratings

This week: 2,700,000 views and 5,000,000 hours viewed.

Last week: 2,600,000 views and 4,800,000 hours viewed.

DEADLINE recently did an article about the National Wrestling Alliance, and their announcement of moving to The Roku Channel streaming service.  Now, we have a date and their debut with be on July 29th.

You can read about the details here.

After losing the WWE World Championship to Gunther last night on Raw Jey Uso had this to say:

Also, in case you missed Raw, Asuka is returning next week.

Some MLW news: “Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced that Salina de la Renta has been appointed as the league’s new Vice President of Wrestler Relations, effective immediately.”

 

Word is that NWA Power will start streaming on Roku every Tuesday at 8 PM ET.

Smackdown ratings:

This week: 1,424,000 overnight viewers and 0.42 in the key demos.

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

In case you missed it, here are the King and Queen of the Ring brackets: