WWE will present a new episode of NXT TV tonight on the USA Network at 8:00 PM EST.
NXT North American Championship: Oba Femi (c) vs. TBA
NXT Tag Team Championship: Nathan Frazer & Axiom (c) vs. Chase U (Andre Chase & Ridge Holland)
NXT Heritage Cup Match: Tony D’Angelo (c) vs. Charlie Dempsey
Lexis King vs. Eddy Thorpe
Tay Melo took a hiatus due to a back injury and then went on maternity leave after having her first child with her husband, Sammy Guevara, last November.
In a recent social media post, Melo shared that she is getting back into training for her return to the ring. Meanwhile, Guevara made his return to television on the ROH brand, where he has embraced a babyface character and aligned with Dustin Rhodes.
Pwinsider is reporting that there is talk at AEW’s tapings in Arlington, Texas, that Melo’s return is imminent. Some individuals within the company believe that she could return as early as this Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite.
AEW’s plans for Melo upon her return remain unknown at this time.
Source: eWn
Dakota Kai is unfortunately no stranger to knee surgery in her career, and it appears she’s headed for another one, as per “WWE Raw” commentary. Kai, who was attacked last week by Shayna Baszler, Sonya Deville, and Zoey Stark — a group now known as The Pure Fusion Collective — needs surgery for a torn meniscus in her right knee and is expected to be out of action for 8-10 weeks.
It’s unclear when the injury actually took place, but Kai hasn’t wrestled a match since July 27 at the WWE SuperShow live event in Tokyo, Japan, where she and IYO SKY defeated former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. She was slated to take on Deville on last week’s “Raw,” having laid down the challenge the week prior, but was seemingly written out of that match by the backstage attack and replaced by her Damage CTRL ally SKY, who emerged victorious. On Monday’s episode, Kai was nowhere to be found while SKY and Io Shirai competed against Baszler and Stark in a No. 1 Contenders’ match for The Unholy Union’s women’s tag titles, a match that ended in a no contest when the champions attacked both sides.
Kai suffered a torn ACL in the same knee last year and only returned to action in February. Damage CTRL has been plagued by knee problems in 2024, with Asuka still recovering from her own injury with no timeline for her return having been announced.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s edition of WWE Raw from the Moody Center ATX in Austin, Texas, returns to USA Network after two weeks on SyFy due to coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
A big change is reportedly in store for The Judgment Day faction in WWE.
And it could begin tonight on WWE Raw in Austin, Texas.
Ahead of tonight’s three-hour WWE Raw on USA Network, sources are reporting that “plans are in motion to rebrand the ‘new’ Judgment Day.”
The report from Wrestle Votes claims that the group’s “essence will stay the same, but a name change is likely.”
Additionally, the report states that the leading candidate for a new name for the group is the “Street Trash” insult that GUNTHER used for Damian Priest heading into their WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WWE SummerSlam 2024.
Roman Reigns may be debuting a new theme song in the near future.
Fightful Select is reporting that a new full theme song has been produced for the WWE Superstar.
The report notes that the music is ready to go whenever WWE wants to use it. The song is said to be “expansive and lengthy to say the least.”
As of this writing, there is no word on whether the song will be used for Reigns moving forward. But it is there if needed.
Speaking of Roman Reigns, he made his return on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown.
During the main event of this week’s show, Solo Sikoa came to the ring to proclaim that he was the new Tribal Chief and if Reigns had a problem with it, he could come down and attempt to take the title from him.
Reigns eventually came out and took out Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa. As Solo and Reigns began to brawl, the latter was about to take out Solo with a Superman Punch, but Loa pulled him out of the ring.
It’s worth noting that Jacob Fatu was not present for the segment. Fatu is currently dealing with an injury. It isn’t known how long he’ll be out of action.
Source: eWn
AEW continues it’s All In Summer Series live on TNT tonight from the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas.
Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT.
WWE SmackDown air live tonight on FOX, from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ricky Starks last appeared on the March 30th episode of AEW Collision, during which he suffered an injury scare, which changed the planned outcome of the match.
Since that show, Starks has publicly stated that he is not injured and expressed uncertainty regarding AEW’s decision not to involve him in programming. Meanwhile, AEW President Tony Khan publicly expressed his desire to bring Starks back to television.
There were plans to reintroduce Starks to television as a babyface and initiate a storyline involving a betrayal by Big Bill, leading to a feud between the two. However, the planned babyface turn did not materialize due to Starks’ decision not to pursue this direction.
Pwinsider reported earlier this week that there is “certainly interest” in several AEW stars, including Starks, whose deals are close to expiring or who have been absent from TV for some time.
According to the latest update by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Starks is expected to sign with WWE when his AEW contract expires.
The length of Starks’ AEW deal is unknown.
Source: eWn
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