Author: John Bass

AEW Collision & Rampage Preview 4/27/2024, Tony Khan On NFL Network During NFL Draft

AEW presents another double-header of Collision and Rampage live tonight on TNT. There will be two hours of Collision followed by an hour of Rampage at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.

AEW announced that there will be a medical update on the condition of company president and CEO Tony Khan later tonight on Collision. Tony Khan was attacked by The Elite earlier this week on AEW Dynamite. He’s since appeared at the NFL Draft, selling the attack by The Elite and wearing a neck brace.

AEW Collision:

  • AEW World Heavyweight Champion Swerve Strickland to open the show with a promo
  • AEW Unified Trios Champions Jay White, Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn (c) vs Darius Martin, Dante Martin & Action Andretti
  • Toni Storm vs. Anna Jay
  • Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zach Gibson) to debut against The Acclaimed
  •  Update on Tony Khan’s medical condition

AEW Rampage:

  • Parking Lot Fight: Trent Beretta vs. Chuck Taylor
  • Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo

2024 WWE Draft Night 1 Results, CM Punk Addressed The Fans After SmackDown

Current champions will remain on their brands (with the exception of Women’s Tag Team Champions Asuka and Kairi Sane)

Paul Heyman announced that Reigns has voluntarily withdrawn his name from the eligible pool of talent from the WWE Draft because he will not be returning in the immediate future.

Round 1:

  1. SmackDown – Bianca Belair
  2. RAW – Jey Uso
  3. SmackDown – Carmelo Hayes from NXT
  4. RAW – Seth Rollins

Round 2:

  1. SmackDown – Randy Orton
  2. RAW – Bron Breakker
  3. SmackDown – Nia Jax
  4. RAW – Liv Morgan 

Round 3:

  1. SmackDown – LA Knight
  2. RAW – Ricochet
  3. SmackDown – The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Paul Heyman)
  4. RAW – Sheamus

Round 4:

  1. SmackDown – AJ Styles 
  2. RAW – Alpha Academy (Chad Gable, Otis, Akira Tozawa, and Maxxine Dupri)
  3. SmackDown – Andrade
  4. RAW – Kiana James from NXT

Some additional WWE Draft picks took place on the “SmackDown LowDown” after Smackdown went off the air.

Round 5:

SmackDown:

  • The OC (Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Michin)
  • Ashante “Thee” Adonis and Cedric Alexander
  • Baron Corbin

RAW:

  • Ivar
  • Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre
  • Zoey Stark
  • Shayna Baszler

Following this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown, CM Punk came out to address the fans at the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, OH.

During his post-show promo, Punk revealed that while his triceps injury isn’t healed just yet, he said he’d be back “soon” to compete with all “the big tough badasses backstage.” He also went on to say that Pete Rose belongs in the MLB Hall of Fame.

Chad Gable and Alpha Academy interrupted the promo, with Gable calling Pete Rose a cheater/fraud.

You can check out some highlights from the post-show promo below:

CM Punk on his thank you to the fans and his injury update: “Big things going on here in the WWE. The Draft was today. The Draft continues Monday. I felt compelled to come out here and speak to my friends in Cincinnati. I have missed you. And take a moment to look around at this place. Y’all packed this house. We couldn’t do this without each and every single one of you, so on behalf of everybody backstage, in front of and behind the camera, we humbly thank you very, very much. I want to give a little update. My tricep is not 100% yet, but I am on track, and I promise, soon, I will be back, and I will be competing with all of the big, tough badasses backstage.”

On Pete Rose belonging in the Baseball Hall of Fame: “For me, it’s fun watching a lot of the young superstars mixing with the Hall of Famers out here to announce draft picks, but ladies and gentlemen, I am in Cincinnati. If we’re gonna talk about the Hall of Fame in Cincinnati, we’re gonna talk about Pete Rose! I’m going to use my platform to stump this. It’s not really a hot take. Pete Rose belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame!”

https://twitter.com/BWAMatt/status/1784044018667598180

WWE SmackDown – WWE Draft Preview 4/26/2024

WWE SmackDown airs live tonight on FOX from the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • 2024 WWE Draft begins.
  • Contract signing between Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles contract signing for their Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match at Backlash on May 4.

Valhalla & The Viking Raiders’ Erik Expecting A Baby

Congratulations are in order for Valhalla and The Viking Raiders’ Erik.

In a joint statement via Instagram, Valhalla (Sarah Rowe) and Erik announced that they are expecting their second child together. Valhalla is pregnant with their second son, with the child set to enter the world in November.

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Dax Harwood Suffered A Concussion At AEW Dynasty 2024

A Vacant AEW Tag Team Title Tournament Finals Ladder Match with The Young Bucks vs. FTR that saw Jack Perry help The Bucks go over took place at the Dynasty pay-per-view event. 

AEW will be without Harwood for a while as Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Harwood also suffered a concussion during the match.

Source: eWn

NFL Draft Announcers Shout Out AEW As Tony Khan Wears Neck Brace In Jaguars War Room

Tony Khan was given a shout out by NFL presenters during the NFL Draft after the AEW CEO was spotted wearing a neck brace. Khan, the owner of NFL side Jacksonville Jaguars, was seen in the NFL Draft room selling the injury he suffered on this week’s “AEW Dynamite” after he was attacked by Jack Perry and The Young Bucks. 

The NFL analysts mentioned Khan, who was seated with his father Shad Khan, and the father-son duo was seen smiling as the cameras trained on them. The NFL Network’s Rich Eisen gave non-wrestling fans an update on why Tony Khan was wearing a neck brace, and even sent his best wishes to the AEW founder.

“Tony Khan becomes the first-ever NFL executive in a draft room, shaking off the effects of a piledriver he received on national television in a wrestling ring the night before. Such is life when you mix AEW and the NFL. Tony Khan, hang in there, buddy,” said Eisen.

https://twitter.com/WrestlingNewsCo/status/1783693616977707202

WWE commentator and former NFL player Pat McAfee also mentioned Khan on “The Pat McAfee Show,” with McAfee even going as far as to claim that Khan has a broken neck from the Meltzer Driver, which was recently renamed the TK Driver by The Young Bucks, in honor of Tony Khan. Khan was also advised on the show to not move his neck around if he has a neck brace on, to better sell the effects of the injury. 

https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1783692640942207373

The end of this week’s “Dynamite” saw Jack Perry and Khan seemingly hug things out, before the former turned on his boss. The promotion’s EVPs, The Young Bucks, who had sided with Perry, also attacked Khan before several members from the locker room came to the aid of Khan. Khan’s father, Shad, also made his first television appearance on AEW when he came to check in on his son.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Update On WWE Star Dominik Mysterio’s Injury Status

WWE star Dominik Mysterio has been the subject of much discussion as of late, after he appeared on the April 22 “WWE Raw” wearing a sling, implying that he had sustained an injury. Fightful Select recently reported that Mysterio’s injury was serious enough to take him off the company’s recent European tour, where he was replaced by Ricochet, but there was no word on how injured Mysterio was at the time. However, there has now been an update.

According to Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Mysterio suffered an elbow injury during his match with Andrade on the April 15 “Raw,” in what was described to Meltzer as a freak accident. While Mysterio did appear on TV the following week, it is believed that he will have to undergo ‘Tommy John’ surgery, a procedure which is typically used on baseball players.

Meltzer noted that baseball players who have the surgery are usually out of action for around nine months, but given that Mysterio isn’t going to be throwing fastballs anytime soon, his recovery time could be a little shorter. However, Meltzer was unable to confirm an official timeframe on how long Mysterio will be on the shelf, or when he will be going under the knife. Despite the injury, WWE are reportedly planning on keeping Mysterio on TV as a character to accompany The Judgment Day while not working any matches, something that has become common in WWE over the past few months with stars like Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre both remaining on TV despite having serious injuries.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Powerhouse Hobbs Reportedly Suffered Legit Injury During AEW Dynamite

Wednesday’s episode of “AEW Dynamite” at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida featured Powerhouse Hobbs challenging Jon Moxley for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. According to Bryan Alvarez on “Wrestling Observer Live,” Hobbs suffered a legitimate injury during his match against Moxley.

“That was not a worked knee injury,” Alvarez said. “[Hobbs] went for a high cross or something and smashed into the turnbuckles and injured his knee. He could barely walk, and he hopped his way back into the ring, hopped into like two spots, and got choked out.”

After about 10 minutes, the title bout came to an end via referee decision, leading to a post-match angle between Moxley and Konosuke Takeshita. It seems the feud between The Don Callis Family and Blackpool Combat Club will continue, but likely without any further involvement from Hobbs.

The match was initially set to go longer, with “Dynamite” reportedly scheduled for an overrun to take it past the normal 10 p.m. ending. However, due to the injury to Hobbs’ knee, the match ended early, allowing plenty of time for the angle involving Khan, the Young Bucks, and Jack Perry.

As of now, the severity of Hobbs’ injury is unclear. While he has been relatively active in recent months, Hobbs hasn’t picked up a significant victory since defeating Sammy Guevara on an episode of “AEW Collision” in late February.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

TNA Impact Preview 4/25/2024

TNA iMPACT! tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV, and at 8:30pm ET on YouTube for Insiders. 

  • Fallout from Rebellion
  • Eddie Edwards vs. Nic Nemeth
  • Ash by Elegance vs. Xia Brookside
  • 2-on-1 Match: Sami Callihan vs. The Good Hands
  • Josh Alexander to appear
  • Mustafa Ali is on the hunt for his next challenger. Join Ali This Thursday in the Ballot Box Battle to determine the #1 contender for the X Division title! 
  • Mike Santana vs. Myron Reed

ROH TV Preview 4/25/2024

ROH will air a new episode of its weekly television show tonight at 7 pm ET on HonorClub. 

You can sign up for the streaming service here. Below is the lineup for the show: 

  • ROH Tag Team Champions Matt Taven & Mike Bennett vs. The Outrunners
  • Top Flight & Action Andretti vs. Dark Order
  • Anna Jay vs. Allysin Kay
  • Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony vs. Manders & Beefcake
  • Yuka Sakazaki vs. Leila Grey
  • Kommander vs. Isiah Kassidy