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IMPACT Preview 5/26/22

The biggest event of the summer, Slammiversary, continues to draw near on an all-new IMPACT! Tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders.

The following line-up is announced for tonight:

  • Impact World Champion Josh Alexander & Impact World Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. Violent By Design (Eric Young, Joe Doering & Deaner)
  • Ultimate X Qualifying Match: Trey Miguel vs. Alex Shelley
  • Frankie Kazarian vs. Chris Sabin
  • Jordynne Grace vs. Chelsea Green
  • Masha Slamovich vs. Havok
  • Raj Singh & Shera vs. Bhupinder Gujjar & W. Morrissey
  • Black Taurus vs. Laredo Kid – Before the IMPACT, streaming tonight at 7:30pm ET exclusively on IMPACT Plus, YouTube and Facebook.

AEW Dynamite Preview 5/25/22

AEW is celebrating the company’s third anniversary and kicking off “Double or Nothing” week in Las Vegas tonight. A live episode of “Dynamite” will be broadcast from the Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay.

The following line-up is announced for tonight:

  • ROH World Tag Team Championship Match: Roppongi Vice vs. FTR (c)
  • Steel Cage Match: Shawn Spears vs. Wardlow with MJF as the special referee – (Wardlow must compete in the match to secure a one-on-one match against MJF at “Double or Nothing”.)
  • Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Semifinal: Dr. Britt Baker vs. Toni Storm
  • Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Semifinal: ROH World TV Champion Samoa Joe vs. Kyle O’Reilly
  • AEW Tag Team Champion Jungle Boy vs. FTW Champion Ricky Starks vs. Swerve Strickland
  • AEW Champion Hangman Page and CM Punk face-to-face
  • We hear from AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa

Chris Jericho Shares Video Of His Niece Getting Bullied At School

AEW star Chris Jericho took to Twitter Sunday night to share a video clip of his niece getting bullied by kids at Mulrennan Middle School in Valrico, FL.

Jericho informed that his niece had “been incessantly bullied for months” and that the school had taken no action despite repeated pleas from his family. The video he shared was from a few days ago.

Hey @HillsboroughSch- My niece has been incessantly bullied at #MulrennanMiddleSchool for months. Despite my families pleas, nobody did anything to help…and this was the result a few days ago. If u won’t take action, I’d love to discuss this on @abcactionnews & @wfla ANYTIME!

Jericho tagged the school district, Hillsborough County Public Schools, in his post, urging them to act quickly. The wrestler threated to go to the media otherwise.

Several TV reporters responded to Jericho’s post, asking for more information so they can run the story on their stations.

Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Daniel Garcia, Angelo Parker, & Matt Menard of The Jericho Appreciation Society will wrestle Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson), Eddie Kingston, Santana & Ortiz in an Anarchy in the Arena Match at next Sunday’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view in Las Vegas, Nevada.

https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/status/1528576205867425793

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Rampage Preview 5/20/22

Tonight’s episode of “AEW Rampage” once again has a special early start time. It’ll begin at 7 PM ET on TNT.

The following line-up is announced for tonight:

  • Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Quarterfinal: Kris Statlander vs. Red Velvet
  • Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley vs. Dante Martin & Matt Sydal
  • House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) vs. Fuego Del Sol, Evil Uno & 10
  • Shawn Spears vs. “A Giant”
  • Scorpio Sky demands the return of the TNT Championship
  • Danhausen & Hook will appear

IMPACT Wrestling Preview 5/19/22

The road to Slammiversary continues on an all-new IMPACT! Tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders!

The Briscoes will defend their Impact World Tag Team Titles against Violent By Design. It’s a rematch from Under Siege, where The Briscoes won the titles.

All five women scheduled to participate in the first-ever Queen of the Mountain Match at Slammiversary will be involved in a 6-women tag team match.

The following line-up is announced for tonight:

  • IMPACT World Tag Team Championship Match: Violent By Design vs. The Briscoes (c)
  • Ultimate X Qualifying Match: Laredo Kid vs. Mike Bailey
  • IMPACT Knockouts Champion Tasha Steelz, Deonna Purrazzo & Savannah Evans vs. Jordynne Grace, Mia Yim & Taya Valkyrie
  • Matt Taven & Mike Bennett vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson)

“Chaos” Backstage At AEW As Multiple Stars Reportedly Disgruntled

MJF isn’t the only one unhappy at AEW, according to a certain source.

It’s rumored that there’s been a lot of discontent behind the scenes at AEW in recent times.

We’ve already seen Cody and Brandi Rhodes walk away from the promotion, which has also failed to agree new terms with lots of the talent they signed in 2019. There’s also lots of talk of MJF being unhappy and the star has teased that he could move to WWE when his contract is up.

According to the Voices of Wrestling podcast, MJF isn’t the only disgruntled wrestler on the brand. The source has cited a source from AEW’s locker room that claims the atmosphere backstage is “chaotic” as wrestlers are displeased over things like not knowing angles or finishes until shows are ready to kick off.

“A source from the AEW locker says that MJF is hardly the only talent feeling some level of discontent, describing the backstage atmosphere as ‘chaotic’ with a lack of structure, with common complaints ranging from not knowing angles or finishes until close to showtime, and things like redundant finishes and angles to set up matches being very frustrating,” Voice of Wrestling reported (H/T WrestleTalk.com).

AEW has had a great start as a promotion but not so much when it comes to 2022. Losing Rhodes came as a huge blow and, with one of the biggest names on the roster openly unhappy, Tony Khan may have a few issues to iron out.

Source: TheSportster

John Morrison Makes AEW Debut As Johnny Elite

Under the ring name Johnny Elite, former WWE Superstar John Morrison made his AEW debut on the May 18 edition of AEW Dynamite on TBS, during which he lost to Samoa Joe in the first round of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament after being revealed as The Joker.

AEW Dynamite “Wild Card Wednesday” kicked off with the first of two Joker’s in the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament. Johnny Elite (John Morrison) was the Joker in the men’s tournament facing, Samoa Joe. Johnny was greeted with a massive pop from the audience. Samoa Joe couldn’t care less. The two veterans started the match off with a series of strikes before diving into some more of their flashy moves.

A solid opener then ensued between the two veterans, who had, remarkably, never gone one-on-one before. They were evenly matched for the majority of the contest. Johnny got a lot of his stuff in, but it wasn’t enough to put the big man away. Joe got the win after nailing Johnny with a brutal Muscle Buster for the 1-2-3, advancing to the second round of the inaugural Owen Hart Foundation Tournament in the process.

After the match, Jay Lethal, Sanjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh attacked the Ring Of Honor Television Champion, hitting his shoulder with a lead pipe. Dutt got a few stomps in on Johnny during the attack.

https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1527077285089759232

Prior to Morrison’s AEW debut, speculation regarding the identity of the Joke was rampant, with many fans expecting to see the likes of Cesaro and Johnny Gargano. Those two are yet to set foot in an AEW ring, but few will be disappointed with Morrison, who is a very good professional wrestler.

Whether Morrison has signed with AEW remains to be seen, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted.

As you might recall, John Morrison was released by WWE on Thursday, November 18 along with several of his now-former colleagues. According to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis informed the eight talents that they were being released due to budget cuts (although as we reported, WWE generated $256 Million in revenue the previous quarter).

Source: TheSportster and AEW Twitter

AEW Dynamite “Wild Card Wednesday” Preview 5/18/22

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite broadcasts live from the Fertitta Center in Houston, Texas. AEW is promoting the show as “Wild Card Wednesday”.

AEW has announced the following line-up for tonight:

  • Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Semifinal: Adam Cole vs. Jeff Hardy
  • Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Quarterfinal: Ring of Honor World Television Champion Samoa Joe vs. “The Joker”
  • Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Quarterfinal: Kyle O’Reilly vs. Rey Fenix
  • Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Quarterfinal: Dr. Britt Baker vs. “The Joker”
  • AEW Champion Hangman Page vs. Konosuke Takeshita (CM Punk will be a special guest commentator)
  • Wardlow must take 10 lashes from MJF (It’s one of the requirements laid out for Wardlow to get a one-on-one match against MJF at Double or Nothing)
  • A face-to-face confrontation between Chris Jericho and William Regal

AEW Rampage Preview 5/13/22

For the second week in a row, this week’s Rampage will air in the early timeslot of 5:30pm ET due to the NHL Playoffs airing at 6:30pm.

AEW Rampage will continue to air in different timeslots this month due to coverage of the NHL Playoffs and the NBA Playoffs on TNT.

The May 20 episode will air at 7pm ET due to the NBA Playoffs airing at 8pm.

You can see the card for AEW Rampage below:

Jade Cargill & The Baddies appear

Death Triangle (PAC, Penta Oscura, & Rey Fenix) vs. AFO (Butcher, Blade, and Marq Quen)

Shawn Spears vs. Bear Boulder

TNT Championship Match
Scorpio Sky (c) vs. Frankie Kazarian

Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Quarterfinal Match
Ruby Soho vs. Riho

Queen Of The Mountain Match Announced For Impact Slammiversary

The first-ever Queen of the Mountain match has been announced for Impact Wrestling’s upcoming Slammiversary pay-per-view.

During last night’s episode of IMPACT on AXS TV, Gail Kim announced that Tasha Steelz will be defending the Knockouts Championship against Mia Yim, Chelsea Green, Jordynne Grace, and Deonna Purrazzo in a Queen of the Mountain match.

Impact is celebrating its 20th anniversary with Slammiversary on Sunday, June 19 from the Nashville Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee.

Below is the updated Slammiversary line-up and video of Gail Kim’s announcement:

Impact World Title Match

Eric Young vs. Josh Alexander (c)

Ultimate X for the Impact X Division Title

Kenny King vs. Laredo Kid or Mike Bailey vs. three challengers TBD vs. Ace Austin (c)

Queen of the Mountain for the Impact Knockouts Title 

Tasha Steelz (c) vs. Mia Yim, Chelsea Green, Jordynne Grace, and Deonna Purrazzo