Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee as the road to SummerSlam continues.
* “The King’s Court” returns as Jerry “The King” Lawler welcomes special guest Trish Stratus
* Finn Bálor is out to teach Dolph Ziggler some respect
* The New Day to go head-to-head with Drew McIntyre & Elias
Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.
* Will Kanellis earn a title opportunity?
* Can The Singh Brothers put on their greatest performance yet?
Cody Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara has been announced for the first-ever AEW on TNT TV episode.
AEW on TNT will premiere live from 8pm – 10pm ET on Wednesday, October 2 from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. Tickets go on sale this Friday via Ticketmaster and AEWTix.com, and will cost $250 (within the first three rows of floor ringside sections, seat location includes an AEW-designed commemorative take-home chair once the event is over), $90, $75, $50, $35, and $20.
It’s believed that the title of the AEW TV show will be revealed soon, along with dates and locations for the other upcoming TV tapings.
https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1156233150525321216
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Entertainment reporter Chris Van Vliet announced today that he is joining All Elite Wrestling to work as a backstage interviewer for the AEW on TNT TV show, which premieres on Wednesday, October 2.
Van Vliet appeared as the “Control Center” segment host in the recent “Road to All Out” series on YouTube. He has been interviewing WWE Superstars for a few years now.
You can see Van Vliet’s full post below:
“I’m honored to announce that I am officially joining @allelitewrestling on October 2 for the first show on TNT!As a lifelong wrestling fan, this is a dream come true to mix my passion for broadcasting and pro wrestling as a backstage interviewer for AEW!
Growing up, I idolized the larger-than-life characters in the ring and I wanted nothing more than to be a professional wrestler.
When I was 20 years old, I enrolled in a wrestling school in Toronto but my wrestling dreams were put on hold as I chose to focus on graduating with an honors degree in Communication Studies and pursuing my other dream of being a TV host. During my senior year, I called every TV station in town and finally earned an internship that led to my first ever on-air job. Every day, I drove 60 miles each way for that job and worked part-time in the fish department of a pet store at the mall to make ends meet. That has since grown into a 15 year broadcasting career and a YouTube channel where I’m still blown away that I get to have conversations with some of the biggest wrestling stars on the planet.
I have loved working as an Entertainment Reporter for @decodrivetv on @wsvn over the last 5 years. My co-hosts @shireensandoval and @lynnmartinez123 are the best in the business—as are the producers, editors, photographers, administrators, studio crew and everyone else at Channel 7. You have all helped me grow so much as both a broadcaster and as a human since I moved to Florida from Ohio in 2014. I am so grateful to have been able to share incredible stories on TV and to also travel the world and report from some of the biggest red carpet events.
If you’re reading this, I’ve got two words for you: THANK YOU! I couldn’t have done ANY of this with you and your support.
And here’s the best part — we are just getting started!!”
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0gpRWvnPnC/?utm_source=ig_embed
Source: Wrestling Inc.
It’s been one year since former WWE star Brian Christopher passed away and now his father Jerry Lawler has taken legal action against the police department where his son was in custody.
According to WMC5 in Memphis, Lawler filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Hardeman County Sheriff in which he’s seeking $3 million in damages.
As we previously reported, Brian Lawler had been arrested prior to his passing and was found hanging in his cell. The official cause of death was ruled a suicide, but Jerry Lawler has continued to raise questions about his son’s death.
In new documents, Lawler explains that he didn’t bail his son out of jail at the time because he was assured by the Sheriff that they’d help with his addiction and personal issues. Instead, however, Jerry claims Brian was placed into solitary confinement after being assaulted by another inmate.
Lawler alleges his son wasn’t assessed for any potential suicide risks afterward — despite suffering from depression, a history of suicide attempts and drug addiction — and instead let him enter a cell with bolts protruding from the walls while wearing tennis shoes that had laces.
The WWE Hall of Famer also believes the supervising officers at the time were negligent in how they dealt with the incident. Lawler claims one officer saw Brian Christopher with a towel over his head and didn’t take action. Instead, he took out the trash first and only took action after finding Brian in the same position when he returned. At that point, he and another officer entered the cell and used children’s scissors to cut the laces.
In addition to the money, “The King” also wants the Hardeman County Sheriff to make changes in order to protect inmates from harm in the future.
Brian was being held in jail after an arrest on charges of DUI, evading arrest, and driving while on a revoked license. Jerry said on Monday that his family wants policies and training in place at the jail, which would protect and provide health cae to those who are in serious medical and mental distress, and those who are an obvious suicide risk.
“It’s just something you have to cope with on a daily basis,” Jerry said. “It never goes away, you think about it every single day. And what makes it worse, like Jeff (Rosenblum) said, is when you feel like it just didn’t have to happen.”
Jerry took to Twitter to remember his son on the one year anniversary of passing, as seen below.
“Today was a very tough day. It’s been exactly one year since my son Brian Christopher died. I want to thank everyone who thought about Brian today. We’ll never forget you, Brian,” Jerry wrote.
https://twitter.com/JerryLawler/status/1156047618553856002
Sources: Pro Wrestling Sheet and Wrestling Inc.
Impact Wrestling announced that Tenille Dashwood has signed with the company. Dashwood will make her Impact debut in Mexico City, Mexico on August 15th and August 16th.
Since being released by WWE in October of 2017, Dashwood has worked on the independent scene. She had signed with ROH in February of 2018, however she revealed this past March that she was no longer under contract with the promotion.
Below is Impact’s announcement of Dashwood’s signing:
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas as the road to SummerSlam continues.
* Rollins seeks retribution against Ziggler
* “Samoan Summit” set for Reigns and Joe
* Becky Lynch set to battle Alexa Bliss
* 24/7 Rules
As noted, the first-ever AEW on TNT TV tapings will take place on Wednesday, October 2 from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. Doors open at 6:30pm ET and showtime is 7:30pm ET, indicating a pre-show dark match. The episode will air live on TNT that night from 8pm – 10pm ET.
AEW announced today that tickets for the first TV tapings will go on sale this Friday, August 2 at 12 noon ET, via Ticketmaster and AEWTix.com.
Ticket prices are as follows, and do not include facility fees or service charges:
* $250 (within the first three rows of floor ringside sections, seat location includes an AEW-designed commemorative take-home chair once the event is over)
* $90
* $75
* $50
* $35
* $20
It’s believed that AEW will be announcing the name of their TNT TV show this week. Stay tuned for more updates.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
AEW Chief Brand Officer Brandi Rhodes revealed that she gets death threats and hate messages sent to her daily on social media.
In a series of tweets, Rhodes explained that social media is just flooded with hate and people wishing others would fail, die, or likely both. She went on to say that people that have a blue check on their social media accounts get preyed on for no reason and how they can’t even defend themselves.
In her last tweet she wrote, “And people feel okay with themselves at the end of the day. You’re sad, bitter and angry at all of the wrong people. People you’ve never met. Never had a conversation with. You hate us and wish we would die. How embarrassing that must be to know how shallow and selfish you are.”
After her tweets, someone replied to her, “I’m sorry but you are the same person who does the same thing?” After that Rhodes asked the user if they could point out where she wished failure and death upon someone on here.
Below is the Twitter thread:
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus has been announced for a segment on SmackDown Live.
SmackDown Live emanates from Memphis next week and Jerry Lawler announced he’ll be interviewing Trish Stratus in his hometown.
https://twitter.com/JerryLawler/status/1155162992423706624
Multiple sources have confirmed that current SummerSlam plans have Trish Stratus wrestling Charlotte Flair, which takes place in Trish’s hometown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 11th.
