Bo Dallas Appears Backstage On WWE Raw Following Third Wyatt Sicks VHS Tape Vignette

The Wyatt Sicks continue to terrorize Chad Gable, complete with a third VHS tape delivery to commentary from Nikki Cross/Abby the Witch, after Bo Dallas revealed why the stable was going after the Alpha Academy leader in a video segment with his Uncle Howdy alter ego last week on “WWE Raw.” Last week, Dallas called Gable a “false prophet” who was belittling his family for his own gain. This week, the stable’s front man took things a step farther, appearing on “WWE Raw” for the first time without the Uncle Howdy mask since 2019 in a backstage segment.

As Gable was fighting fellow Money in the Bank ladder match contender Jey Uso following in the first match of the night, some of the lights in the arena went out while Gable had Uso in an ankle lock. Thanks to the distraction, Uso hit a spear and got the victory, then “yeeted” to the crowd and ran back in the ramp in the dark. All the lights in the arena then went out, the jarring piano tune signaling the arrival of the Wyatt Sicks began, and smoke filled the ring with Gable still in it. Cross/Abby then rose from underneath the ring once again, and Gable followed Uso up the ramp in complete darkness while the apparation once again put the box on the commentary desk, to be played later on the show.

When Michael Cole threw to the video from the commentary desk later in the night, Dallas delivered a monologue to the camera about his new family. He said he took in those that “no one wanted,” the discarded and forgotten. He said he gave them a purpose.

“They are so happy you remembered them,” Dallas said, as the video cut from the Firefly Funhouse characters to those who portray them behind the masks. Huskus the Pig was officially revealed to be the former Joe Gacy; Mercy the Buzzard, Dexter Lumis; Rambling Rabbit, Erick Rowan; and Abby the Witch, Nikki Cross.

“For grief is the price we pay for love,” Dallas can be heard saying as the video cut between characters. “So now we must set the captives free, so they need no master.”

The video of Dallas then kept cutting to show him as Uncle Howdy as he delivered the line, “Do you think we are sick?” and the over-modulated voice of Howdy from the tapes of weeks prior responded, “Yes, I do.”

“Then sick is what we’ll be,” Dallas said.

After the video, the broadcast cut to Gable backstage with “Raw” General Manager Adam Pearce. Gable lamented to Pearce that he was being targeted by the Wyatt Sicks, to which Pearce responded, “If they’re coming after you, did you stop and think why that might be?” Gable said he would deal with the Wyatt Sicks himself. Pearce turned to walk into his office, where he found Dallas waiting for him. The last thing viewers saw was Pearce walking into his office and shutting the door.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Rhea Ripley Returns On WWE Raw, Confronts Dominik Mysterio While Liv Morgan Flees

Former Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley returned to “WWE Raw” on Monday following Dominik Mysterio and champion Liv Morgan’s mixed tag team victory over the LWO’s Rey Mysterio and Zelina Vega. Ripley had been out of action due to injury at the hands of Morgan, and was forced to vacate her championship. Prior to Ripley’s departure, Morgan declared her “Revenge Tour,” and after she won the championship from Becky Lynch at Crown Jewel, she set her sights on Ripley’s boyfriend, Dominik. Earlier in the night, Judgment Day’s Damian Priest was seen backstage taking a phone call, and asked whoever was on the line (presumably Ripley) where they were, foreshadowing her return to TV.

Dominik was initially reluctant to team with Morgan, who once again got him into compromising positions through the show, but they managed to pick up the win after Morgan threw a chair in the ring to distract the referee, then helped Dominik knock Rey from the top rope, allowing Dominik to hit the frog splash and get the pin, his first victory over his father. Dominik impulsively hugged Morgan in the ring before pushing the women’s champion away, but Morgan jumped into his arms, knocking them both down with Dominik on top. At long last, Dominik seemed about to give in to Morgan’s seduction efforts — which was when Ripley’s music hit, causing both Dominik and Morgan to go wide-eyed with terror.

Ripley stormed down the ramp while Morgan scurried off through the crowd, leaving Dominik in the ring to face “Mami.” The USA Network feed cut off before the segment could be resolved, but footage from after the cameras went dark show Ripley speaking angrily to Dominik before storming right back out of the ring and up the ramp, while a hapless Dominik attempts to follow her and explain himself. Interestingly, a video posted to WWE’s social media afterward shows Morgan watching the confrontation from behind the curtain before turning away with a smile on her face.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE RAW Preview 7/8/2024

WWE Raw airs live tonight on the USA Network from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

  • Fallout from Money In The Bank
  • Jey Uso vs. Chad Gable
  • Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, IYO SKY) vs. Lyra Valykria, Kayden Carter, Katana Chance
  • The Miz, R-Truth & Braun Strowman vs. The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, JD McDonagh, Carlito)
  • Dominik Mysterio & Liv Morgan vs. Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega

Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque Teases Upcoming Changes In WWE

WWE will be transitioning through various programming changes in the near future, with “WWE Raw” heading to Netflix come January 2025 as well as “WWE Smackdown” moving to the USA Network and “WWE NXT” going to CW in October. However, according to Chief Content Officer and Head of Creative Paul “Triple H” Levesque, “NXT” leaving the USA Network will not be the only change coming to the gold brand later this year. 

Speaking at the Money in the Bank 2024 post press conference, “The Game” went into detail about WWE planning ahead toward making more changes to “NXT” in the fall. He also explained that, over time, the audience will see various differences to “Raw” and “SmackDown” as we inch closer to December. 

“We are just getting started. I really feel like that. We got a whole fall thing coming up with CW for NXT. Which by the way Shawn is just killing it right… Whether that’s talent development, recruitment, NXT in general. I can’t say enough good stuff about it. I’m in awe of what they’re doing down there… When they move to CW, when SmackDown makes the move to USA, when Raw makes the move to Netflix. We’re just getting rolling. We’re lining up all this stuff that’s gonna happen. A lot of the changes you see now, we are slow rolling things out. When we get to the fall, when we get to the winter, there’s gonna be a lot.”

Triple H also expressed how excited he is about John Cena returning to the ring for a full year after announcing his retirement at Money in the Bank. Furthermore, he stated how grateful he is to be running creative with the current talent on the WWE roster.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE NXT Heatwave 7/7/2024 (Results)

Countdown Show

  • Sam Robert & Megan Morant previewed the card for tonight’s show. For the kickoff match, they transitioned to the broadcast team of Booker T. Huffman & Vic Joseph to transition into the opening match.
  • Karmen Petrovic & Arianna Grace def. Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx via Pinfall (O’Connor Roll from Petrovic on Nyx).
  • Axiom was frustrated that Nathan Frazer had arrived at the arena for their NXT Tag Title defense, but Frazer showed up and said he had travel difficulties. He then asked Axiom what was the game plan for tonight.

Main Show

  • Vic Joseph & Booker T. Huffman welcomed the audience to the broadcast before transitioning into the opening match.
  • NXT North American Championship Match: Oba Femi (c) def. Wes Lee via Pinfall (Pop-Up Powerbomb).
    • With the result of this match, Wes Lee cannot challenge for the NXT North American Title while Oba Femi is the champion.
  • NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Kelani Jordan (c) def. Sol Ruca via Pinfall (Split-Leg Moonsault).
  • Gallus (Mark Coffey, Joe Coffey & Wolfgang) called out Tyriek Igwe & Tyson Dupont on a promo from Twitter saying it did not matter how many people they could tackle when they could still get a beating.
  • Ava congratulated Karmen Petrovic & Arianna Grace on their win tonight but said Grace was why they won. Ava then booked Grace to face Petrovic for the 7/9 edition of NXT.
  • NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Super Sonic Duo (Nathan Frazer & Axiom) (c) def. Chase University (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson) (w/ Thea Hail & Riley Osbourne) via Pinfall (Golden Ratio from Axiom on Chase).
  • Wes Lee was interviewed backstage expressing he was extremely frustrated from the loss tonight. He said he would address the situation on Tuesday.
  • There was a vignette of Josh Briggs.
  • There was a video package for Carlee Bright.
  • There was a video package for Dante Chen.
  • NXT Women’s Championship Match: Roxanne Perez (c) def. Lola Vice via Pinfall (Pop Rox).
  • There was a video package of The Family (Tony D’Angelo, Adrianna Rizzo, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo & Luca Crucifino).
  • There was a video vignette, where Shawn Michaels invited Brooks Jensen to sit down with the NXT General Manager on the 7/9 edition of NXT.
  • Lexis King cut a promo celebrating the 4th of July before calling out Tony D’Angelo to a match for the NXT Heritage Cup.
  • In a video promo posted by Tony D’Angelo on his Twitter (X) account, D’Angelo accepted King’s challenge and promised to slap the fake-ass beard from King’s face and go back to gardening his basil.
  • NXT Championship – Fatal Four Way Match: Ethan Page def. Trick Williams (c), Je’Von Evans & Shawn Spears via Pinfall (Lay Down Pin on Evans) to win the title.
    • With this win, Page became the first Canadian wrestler since Bobby Roode in 2017 to win the NXT Championship.
    • After the match, a brief shot of Joe Hendry smiling to the camera was shown to end the broadcast.

Triple H Comments On Damian Priest Kickout Botch At WWE Money In The Bank

While Damian Priest emerged with his WWE World Heavyweight Championship still in hand after WWE Money in the Bank, he also emerged to viral videos highlighting an in-ring mistake of his. The mistake in reference occurred when Seth Rollins laid out Priest with a Falcon Arrow, to which Priest was meant to kick out of. As the referee’s hand inched closer to the three count, though, Priest’s shoulder remained firmly planted on the mat. Nevertheless, the referee ruled that Priest had kicked out of the pinfall attempt. At the Money in the Bank post-show press conference, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque addressed the confusing spot.

“Human beings in a ring, mistakes happen, things happen. It is what it is,” Levesque said. “It’s funny, for me, now looking at that, if that was something I was involved in as a talent, I don’t care how good the rest of it was, that would be all I would think about. To me, it’s a shame that that’s all people will talk about, and that’s all people will hit Damian Priest with, while he had a phenomenal performance tonight. But a bunch of people will attack that, criticize that, comment on that.”

Knowing that the negative aspects of a match can sometimes eclipse the positive, Levesque further wishes he could have powered off Priest’s phone to allow him the proper space and time to reflect on all the shining moments in his WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign. “He has stepped up to a place where when you see him as a performer now, I feel like I’m watching a champion come out. I feel like I’m watching a top tier guy,” Levesque said.

Despite the questions surrounding Priest’s kickout, or lack thereof, Levesque asserts that the referee’s decision stands, and Priest remains the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Looking ahead, Priest now turns his attention to WWE SummerSlam, where he is slated to defend his title against the 2024 King of the Ring, GUNTHER.

Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to WWE

John Cena Announces Retirement Tour (Last Time Is Now), 2025 Will Be Last Year As A Wrestler

16-time WWE Champion John Cena made a surprise appearance at Money in the Bank, confirming rumors from earlier in the day, announcing that his time for retirement was now, sending the Toronto crowd into a frenzy wrought with “no” chants. Carrying a towel that slightly altered his trademark “My Time Is Now” catchphrase to say “The Last Time Is Now,” Cena’s shirt, which read, “John Cena Farewell Tour,” hinted at what he would soon make clear — that this wasn’t an imminent goodbye but seemingly a slow progression that would include plenty of lasts.

After praising Canadian WWE fans for being some of the most dedicated in the world, “The Greatest of All Time” made it clear that he wanted to be there when WWE makes history, debuting “Raw” on Netflix, but also that the 2025 Royal Rumble would be his last. He then stated the same for Elimination Chamber, as well as WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas. While it initially seemed as though Cena would hang up his wrestling sneakers for good after WrestleMania, he clarified at the post-show press conference that his retirement tour will take place from January to December 2025, with approximately 30-40 matches planned. He also said that even after he retires from in-ring competition, he will still be part of WWE “in some capacity for an extended time to come.”

Personifying what remains of his competitive spirit, Cena said, “If you’re a WWE superstar, if you want some, hurry up and come get some,” leaving the fans in Toronto and at home all over the world to wonder about a series of potential dream matches they can hope to see become a reality as Cena’s swan song gets underway.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Money In The Bank 7/6/2024 (Results)

MEN’S MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH:
Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Jey Uso vs. LA Knight vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Chad Gable

Winner: Drew McIntyre

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Sami Zayn (c) def. Bron Breakker

Announcement of the return of the Bad Blood PLE for Saturday, October 5, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

MITB host Trish Stratus introduced John Cena.

John Cena announced his upcoming retirement next year. “Last Time Is Now”

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Damian Priest (c) vs. Seth Rollins
* Stipulation: If Rollins wins, Priest must leave The Judgment Day. If Priest wins, Rollins cannot challenge for this title again while Priest is champion *

It appeared that Rollins had a pin for a 3 count but the ref only counted two, even though it appeared that Priest didn’t get a shoulder up.

Drew McIntyre came down and cashed in MITB briefcase.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Damian Priest (c) vs. Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre

CM Punk attacked McIntyre. Punk grabbed the Title belt and hit McIntyre upside the head. Priest hits South of Heaven chokeslam on McIntyre. Priest pins McIntyre for the win.

Winner and still World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest

WOMEN’S MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH:
Chelsea Green vs. Iyo Sky vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. Zoey Stark

Winner: Tiffany Stratton

The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu) w/ Tonga Loa def. Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton & Kevin Owens

WWE NXT Heatwave 7/7/2024 (Card)

WWE NXT Heatwave PLE – Sunday July 7, 2024 – Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CARD

NXT CHAMPIONSHIP FATAL 4-WAY MATCH:
Trick Williams (c) vs. Ethan Page vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Shawn Spears

NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Nathan Frazer and Axiom (c) vs. Chase University (Andre Chase and Duke Hudson)

NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Lola Vice

NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Oba Femi (c) vs. Wes Lee

SINGLES MATCH FOR THE NXT WOMEN’S NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Kelani Jordan (c) vs. Sol Ruca

[COUNTDOWN TO NXT HEATWAVE PRE-SHOW]
Arianna Grace & Karmen Petrovic vs. Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx

AEW Collision Preview 7/6/2024

AEW Collision live tonight on TNT from Southaven, MS.

  • MJF to open the show and address his attack on Daniel Garcia
  • Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Semifinal Match: Adam Page vs. Jay White
  • Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly & Orange Cassidy vs. The Iron Savages
  • Toni Storm vs. Trish Adora
  • Riho vs. Lady Frost
  • We’ll hear from new TNT Champion Jack Perry
  • We’ll hear from The Patriarchy