AEW has announced Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega for the upcoming All Out pay-per-view.
The All Out main event was previously announced as “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Chris Jericho to crown the first-ever AEW World Heavyweight Champion.
All Out takes place on Saturday, August 31 from the Sears Centre Arena near Chicago. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
The first collaboration between WWE Studios and Netflix is scheduled to begin filming this summer, according to PWInsider. The project will shoot in Vancouver, British Columbia from late June through late August.
The movie is titled, The Main Event, and will tell the story of a 10 year old boy who is bullied, but dreams of growing up to become a WWE Superstar. The boy gets to live his dream earlier than expected when he discovers the secret to having super strength in his breakfast cereal, becoming The Spaghetti Kid.
John Cena is referenced in the movie and reportedly has a cameo role late in the film. There are also small roles for Bray Wyatt, The Miz and Sheamus. The movie also features several references to WWE NXT.
WWE Studios has been working with Netflix to develop new, original feature films. The projects will be directed towards family audiences.
There’s no word yet on when WWE will officially announce The Main Event, or their relationship with Netflix.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Shawn Spears aka Tye Dillinger is now an official member of the AEW roster, and the former WWE star was featured in a new hype video on the Road to Fyter Fest.
The latest episode of the web series includes a vignette for Spears which begins with the wrestler saying he asks himself if he made the right choice, in reference to requesting his WWE release.
“I control my life, so now is the time to push forward,” he adds before breaking free from chains. “Fear’s greatest habit is paralyzing potential, so I say to hell with fear.”
Spears’ ends the video answering his initial question: “Did I make the right call? Ya damn right I did.”
As you’ll recall, Shawn was a participant in the Casino Battle Royale at Double or Nothing.
AEW tweeted the announcement:
https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1138861285460725760
Watch the Road to Fyter Fest video that includes the announcement of his signing below.
Spears continues to take indie bookings via SpearsBookings@gmail.com. He will face Impact Wrestling star Moose on Friday, June 14 for the Atomic Revolutionary Wrestling promotion in Cocoa, Florida. He’s also booked to face Markus Burke in Toronto on Saturday, July 6 for the Smash Wrestling promotion. Smash has Spears booked the next night in London, Ontario, in a tag team match with Cody Deaner against Tyson Dux and Derek Wylde. You can keep up with Spears’ other indie bookings via his Twitter, @Perfec10n.
As we’ve noted, Spears and WWE Superstar Tyler Breeze are opening a new wrestling school together in Apopka, Florida next month. Flatbacks Training is now accepting applications at flatbacktraining@gmail.com, and their first eight-week training class will begin on Monday, July 1.
Sources: Pro Wrestling Sheet and Wrestling Inc.
NXT, streaming tonight at 8 ET on WWE Network.
* No calm after the storm of TakeOver: XXV – Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan vs. The Undisputed ERA
* Kushida vs. Drew Gulak
* Io Shirai & Candice LeRae vs. Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir
NXT UK, streaming today at 3 ET/8 GMT on WWE Network.
British Strong Style takes on Imperium today!
Former WWE and TNA performer Tyrus, f.k.a Brodus Clay, was reportedly removed from his Fox Nation show, Un-PC, due to a sexual-harassment complaint filed by co-host Britt McHenry.
The Daily Beast reported that McHenry was sent numerous unsolicited text messages by Tyrus. Tyrus, whose real name is George Murdoch, allegedly sent such texts to McHenry which contained lewd and sexual statements.
Tyrus originally co-hosted Un-PC with Britt McHenry before being moved to his own show called NUFFSAID after ‘a personal dispute’ had occurred between he and McHenry in April. Tyrus was questioned by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Jeremy Barr via Twitter about the incident to which Tyrus responded, ‘No comment and don’t message me again’.
According to two sources who previously were employed by Fox News, Tyrus had a history of making jokes and comments in politically incorrect nature, adding that his sense of humor is considered to be ‘wild’. It was said by others with knowledge of Tyrus’s professional environment that he had a long history of acting outwardly angry towards crew members.
As of now, Tyrus has not made any statement on the incident. Co-host and complaintee McHenry has yet to comment either.
Tyrus was released by the WWE in 2014. Following his release, he began a four year stint with TNA Wrestling before finally transitioning into a political commentator role with Fox News.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Chris Jericho took to Twitter and posted a storyline tweet that said he is pulling out of AEW Fyter Fest due to the decision to stream the event on B/R Live for free.
Jericho wrote, “In protest of @KennyOmegamanX, @CodyRhodes, @NickJacksonYB & @MattJackson13‘s foolish decision to give the #FyterFest live stream away to @AEWrestling fans for free, I am pulling out of the event. I refuse to be associated w such shameless pandering.”
https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/status/1138522656318246912
In an update on the free Fyter Fest stream, B/R Live will air the event on Saturday, June 29 at 8pm ET. The event will be free to B/R Live subscribers who are logged in, but it is free to join the site.
Jericho is scheduled to face “Hangman” Adam Page at AEW’s All Out pay-per-view on Saturday, August 31 near Chicago. That match will crown the first-ever AEW World Heavyweight Champion.
Fyter Fest, from AEW and CEO Gaming, will take place on Saturday, June 29 from Daytona Beach, Florida. Tickets will go on sale this Wednesday at 12 noon ET.
All Elite Wrestling Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes spoke with ComicBook.com about the decision to air the event on B/R Live instead of traditional pay-per-view, noting that this was a huge discussion for the company. Rhodes said he’s thrilled to show the event for free.
“I’m thrilled that we get to do it for free,” Rhodes said. “That was such a huge discussion and I’m so excited. I mean, [you get Jon] Moxley’s first match in AEW for free. It’s great. The people at B/R Live, I couldn’t ask for better partners.”
Rhodes suggested fans get logged in before the event begins, just to make sure they’re good to go.
“You do need a subscription, but it is a free subscription,” Rhodes explained. “It’s not a hook in and you’re charged type of deal. You’ll need to probably, if you’re looking to see Fyter, and it’s streaming for free here in the United States, you should go on the site before the actual event, get yourself signed up so you’ve got all your ducks in a row and you’re ready to go.”
Below is the current Fyter Fest card:
Hardcore Match
Jebailey vs. Michael Nakazawa
The Elite (The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega) vs. Rey Fenix, Pentagon Jr. and a mystery partner
Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin
Jon Moxley’s AEW in-ring debut vs. Joey Janela
“Hangman” Adam Page vs. MJF vs Jungle Boy vs. Jimmy Havoc
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho vs. Nyla Rose
Christopher Daniels vs. Cima
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Ric Flair claims to be feeling good again after a medical emergency, but admits in a new interview that he’s recently undergone four procedures related to his heart.
Flair opened up about his health this week on SiriusXM’s Busted Open and talked in-depth about the multiple procedures.
The first was to look for blockage and Ric says none was found. “The second time they put me to sleep and they tried to shock my heart,” he explained. “What was happening was it was going into afib,” which basically means he had an irregular heartbeat.
The third time Ric went to the hospital for an ablation. According to Google, a cardiac ablation is “a procedure to scar or destroy tissue in your heart that’s allowing incorrect electrical signals to cause an abnormal heart rhythm. Diagnostic catheters are threaded through blood vessels to your heart where they are used to map your heart’s electrical signals.”
“I was great for three days that time, but it didn’t work,” the 70-year-old stated.
Flair then detailed not being able to breathe in the middle of the night weeks later and how it got to the point where he couldn’t walk ten steps. Because of this, he went to the emergency room and learned he had fluid on his heart as a result of anesthesia from the three other surgeries.
“I had what’s called congestive heart failure,” he added.
Doctors also found a blood clot in his leg that broke off and went to his lungs, which is why the surgery was put off for a few days.
Luckily, Ric says he’s feeling much better now and plans to get back to work after he’s rested.
CLICK HERE to listen to the full interview.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Three more talents have received their new WWE NXT ring names.
Garza Jr. is now being called Angel Garza while ACH is now using the name Jordan Myles. Jonah Rock is now being called Bronson Reed.
ACH had been using his real name, Albert Hardie Jr., since debuting at NXT live events back in March. Garza and Rock had been using those same names since also debuting earlier this year at live events.
All three NXT Superstars have updated their social media accounts to show the new ring names. Garza’s new Twitter handle is @AngelGarzaWwe. Reed can now be found on Twitter at @bronsonreedwwe and Myles can still be found at @GoGoACH, but his name has changed.
Myles revealed on Twitter that he picked the new name. He explained the choice on Twitter and wrote the following in response to criticism from a fan: “I wasn’t chasing a dollar. I was chasing a dream. They didn’t pick this name I did. Michael Jordan is my hero. Myles because we have a African American Spider-Man. When you say them together it sounds like a heroic athlete to me. I’m a hold us down, but you gotta trust me”
Below are related tweets from Myles and Reed:
https://twitter.com/GoGoACH/status/1138468439272644613
https://twitter.com/GoGoACH/status/1138258211818102784
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Chad Gable made his WWE 205 Live debut on tonight’s episode from Sacramento, California. He defeated Jack Gallagher by count out in the opening match.
Gable appeared on this week’s 205 Live as the special surprise that had been teased by 205 LiveGeneral Manager Drake Maverick.
There’s no word yet on what WWE has planned for Gable but they haven’t used him much since bringing him to SmackDown from RAW in the 2019 Superstar Shakeup. Gable recently started appearing in backstage SmackDown segments, taking notes on other Superstars and tag teams. He appeared in a backstage segment with Apollo on tonight’s SmackDown.
Below are a few shots from Gallagher vs. Gable, plus Gable on SmackDown with Apollo:
https://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/1138621702403837952
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1138628569070837761
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1138630117901701121
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1138630412249456640
https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1138630734799810561
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1138631709929353216
https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1138631977395867648
Source: Wrestling Inc.
