July 7, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET, Gilley’s Dallas, Dallas, Texas – Available on FITE, Traditional PPV
Impact World Championship: (C) Brian Cage vs. Michael Elgin
X-Division Championship: (C) Rich Swann vs. Johnny Impact
Impact Knockouts Championship – Monster’s Ball Match: (C) Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary vs. Su Yung vs. Havok
Impact World Tag Team Championship: (C) LAX vs. The Rascalz
First Blood Match: Killer Kross vs. Eddie Edwards
Moose vs. RVD
Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard
Tonight on the final Impact before Slammiversary:
* TJP vs. Ace Austin
* Which Rascalz are going to Slammiversary? We will find out when Dez, Wentz and Trey all battle to determine who will advance to Slammiversary to challenge for the World Tag Team Titles. The Rascalz decided to take it to the ring to make this difficult decision. The Rascal that is pinned will be the one who is out.
* Madison Rayne vs. Kiera Hogan
* Johnny Impact & John E Bravo vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack
WWE Hall of Famer Booker T announced on Twitter earlier this week that he was backing out of the Starrcast III convention in Chicago next month. The convention is running in conjunction with AEW’s All Out pay-per-view in the Chicago area.
Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com reported that Booker pulled out of All Out after agreeing to come, which if this wasn’t a typo, could indicate Booker was planning on attending the AEW pay-per-view. Meltzer added that Booker said, when pulling out of the event, that he found out the WWE vs. AEW war was very real, and he didn’t want to be in the middle of it. Meltzer also said he was told to expect “another major counter by WWE” soon.
Booker still makes appearances on WWE pay-per-view panels, and is likely signed to a Legends deal. It’s interesting that WWE may have influenced his decision to back out of Starrcast as they apparently do not have issues with him working with Impact Wrestling. Booker’s Reality of Wrestling promotion is teaming with Impact this Saturday, July 6, for a joint show in Texas City, TX, at the World Gym Arena that ROW owns.
You can see Booker’s tweet on the Starrcast booking below:
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE officials have been very aware that they have lost touch with a key demographic – teenagers, according to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio.
There’s reportedly been concern that the company will completely lose their teenage viewers when AEW TV starts on TNT in the fall.
WWE’s recent attempts at an edgier product will work with keeping teenage fans and making new ones in that demographic. There was a feeling that they had to take this new edgier direction to help with the demo, and for other obvious reasons.
Regarding Superstars that could connect with teenagers, Meltzer noted that there aren’t many younger top talents on the main roster, but we could see some called up soon.
The new push for WWE United States Champion Ricochet is likely being done, at least in part, to help with the teenage demographic. New RAW Executive Director Paul Heyman is said to be very high on Ricochet. Meltzer noted that Ricochet is a talent that can likely appeal to teenagers and that is a new goal for the company – to make sure teenagers don’t go to AEW before their weekly TV show starts later this year.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
AEW’s Fight for the Fallen event is now available for pre-ordering on FITE.TV for fans outside of the United States. The price tag is $12.99 or £8.99 in the UK. The event will stream free on BR Live for fans in Canada and the United States.
Fight for the Fallen takes place on July 13 from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL. Matches announced so far include: Allie vs. Brandi Rhodes, Cima vs. Kenny Omega, Adam Page vs. Kip Sabian, The Young Bucks vs. Cody Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes. Chris Jericho will also appear.
AEW released this recap video for last Saturday’s Fyter Fest event from Daytona Beach, FL.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
It’s very possible that a member of WWE’s large social media team was reprimanded during this week’s WWE RAW episode after All Elite Wrestling was accidentally mentioned by the official WWE Instagram account.
The AEW mention came when the WWE Instagram account posted a backstage photo of WWE NXT Tag Team Champions The Street Profits, who made their first main roster appearances during backstage segments on RAW.
The original caption on the photo read, “The #NXT Tag Team Champions AEW here on #Raw!”
They meant to say, “…are here on #Raw!”, but for some reason AEW was on the mind of the social media employee who made the post, or they fell victim to auto-correct.
WWE’s Executive Vice President of Digital & Social Content Jayar Donlan spoke with Sports Business Daily in May 2018 and revealed that he then had a staff of 90 employees who worked WWE’s social media department. There’s no word on if that number included interns or how big the team is today.
The error received several thousand likes and comments on Instagram before it was fixed. The corrected photo, seen below, has many comments from fans about the botch, with most people joking about someone getting fired.
You can see a screenshot of the AEW botch below:
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Impact Wrestling is reportedly in talks with AXS TV to move networks.
According to Voices of Wrestling, Impact has had conversations with the Mark Cuban-backed network about making the switch. So far, the reports have not been verified.
The move is reportedly likely to take place after the Slammiversary pay-per-view in July, but there have apparently been hold ups during negotiations so nothing is official.
Impact currently airs on Pursuit Channel and Twitch.
For those unaware, AXS TV is also the home of NJPW programming and WOW – Women of Wrestling. Both of these shows are moving to Saturday nights this summer.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
(SCU vs. Private Party vs. Best Friends
Winner advances to All Out for a shot at a first round bye in AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
Winners: Best Friends
Allie vs. Leva Bates – Winner: Allie
Hardcore Match: Michael Nakazawa vs. Jebailey – Winner: Michael Nakazawa
Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA – Winner: CIMA
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho vs. Nyla Rose – Winner: Riho
Post-match, Rose attacks Riho from behind, crowd booing. She looks for a beast bomb, Sakazaki with the save, double dropkicks sends Rose out to the floor. Sakazaki tries to help Riho up and gets shoved away.
Hangman Adam Page vs. MJF vs. Jungle Boy vs. Jimmy Havoc – Winner: Hangman Adam Page
Cody w/Brandi Rhodes vs. Darby Allin – Match ends in a 20-minute time limit draw
They consider giving them more time, but Shawn Spears comes into the ring and smashes Cody right in the head with the chair. Brandi gets in the ring and asks him what he’s doing. The referee gets between Brandi and Spears. Spears stares at Brandi and makes his way out through the crowd. Cody has a gash on the back of his head now, sizable pool of blood on the mat. MJF is in the ring, not happy as he watches Spears leave. Scorpio and Kazarian out to check on Cody. Commentary does a good job putting over how sickening that was for Spears to hit Cody with that chairshot. That match and post-match was wild.
Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros & Laredo Kid – Winners: Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks
Post-match, Omega and Young Bucks celebrate. Omega tells the other team to jump in the ring, they jaw a bit, but Pentagon, Fenix, and Laredo Kid celebrate a bit in the ring. Omega shakes hands with everyone ringside and makes his way to the back.
Non-Sanctioned Match: Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela – Winner: Jon Moxley
Post-match, Kenny Omega rushes Moxley and beats the hell out of him. This is revenge for Moxley attacking Omega at the end of Double or Nothing after his loss to Chris Jericho. Suplex on the floor. Puts the table over Moxley, and hits a big double stomp on him. Moxley tries to fight back, Omega gets on him and continues to swing away. He sends Moxley’s face-first into the drum kit out near the stage. Omega hits Moxley with some drum sticks, then grabs the electric guitar and cracks Moxley’s over the back with it before backing away. Referees help Moxley up the ramp, he ends up shoving them away. Omega runs out with a garbage can and cracks Moxley a bunch of times. Omega then hits dirty deeds on the trash can and stands tall as the show ends.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Fyter Fest, from AEW and CEO Gaming, will take place tomorrow 6/29/19 from Daytona Beach, Florida. It will air live for free on Bleacher Report Live at 8pm ET. The Buy In pre-show at 7pm ET.
Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros & Laredo Kid
Non-Sanctioned Match: Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela
Cody vs. Darby Allin
Adam Page vs. MJF vs. Jungle Boy vs. Jimmy Havoc
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Riho vs. Nyla Rose
Christopher Daniels vs. CIMA
(Pre-Show) Hardcore Match: Michael Nakazawa vs. Jebailey
(Pre-Show) SCU vs. Private Party vs. Best Friends
Winner advances to All Out for a shot at a first round bye in AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
Tonight on Impact:
* Medical update on Impact World Champion Brian Cage
* Fallah Bahh vs. Sami Callihan
* The North vs. The Deaners
* LAX & Laredo Kid vs. The Rascalz
* Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary vs. Su Yung & Havok w/ James Mitchell
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