Last night in Mexico at AAA Verano de Escandalo, the Lucha Brothers defeated The Young Bucks and won the AAA World Tag Team Titles.
The Young Bucks back in February defeated Pentagon Jr. and Fenix to win the AAA World Tag Team Titles. They also had retained the titles at last month’s AEW Double or Nothing before losing last night.
https://twitter.com/luchalibreaaa/status/1140428413792137216
https://twitter.com/luchalibreaaa/status/1140430529046691841
Source: Wrestling Inc.
At Saturday night’s AAA event, Impact Wrestling star Scarlett Bordeaux was groped by a fan during her match. What happened was while she was getting back up from her feet, a fan at ringside grabbed her from behind. The footage of the incident was shared by Luchablog on Twitter, which you can watch below:
Bordeaux was in a six-woman tag match with Lady Shani and Taya Valkyrie and opponents Chik Tormenta, La Hiedra, and Tessa Blanchard.
After watching the footage because while the matched happened she didn’t notice, Bordeaux commented about the incident. She thanked Lady Shani who was the one that pulled her away from the fan. There was security near.
Bordeaux wrote: “It is NEVER okay to touch a performer without their consent. I didn’t realize what happened until I watched the footage afterwards being so in the moment after a dive with my back turned otherwise I would have reacted much differently. Thnx to @LadyShaniAAA for having my back.”
Source: Wrestling Inc.
All Elite Wrestling has announced that their All Out pay-per-view is already sold out.
The pay-per-view reportedly sold out in just 15 minutes. Fans noted on social media how they were met with messages of long wait times, indicating that some fans were not able to get tickets before the show sold out.
AEW All Out will take place on Saturday, August 31 from the Sears Centre Arena near Chicago, IL. Matches announced include Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho vs. “Hangman” Adam Page to crown the first-ever AEW World Heavyweight Champion.
Below is the announcement on today’s quick sell out:
Source: Wresting Inc.
Scheduled for tonight’s Impact, airing on Pursuit and Twitch 10 ET/9 C.
* Michael Elgin vs. Willie Mack
* Havok is Back: She returned with a bang in a cloud of smoke with Father James Mitchell by her side and Havok is back as a Knockout on IMPACT Wrestling. Every single Knockout on the roster needs to take notice of what is happening now that Havoc has returned.
* Jordynne Grace vs. Madison Rayne
* RVD & Sabu vs. The North
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.
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.
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.
It looks like All Elite Wrestling could be planning to release their pay-per-view events on video.
The official AEW Twitter account issued a poll yesterday to gauge fan interest in a potential AEW Double Or Nothing DVD or Blu-ray release.
The poll asked, “Which format would you like to see #AEW’s #DoubleOrNothing released on… #AEWDoN #AEWDVD #AEWBluRay”
As of this writing, 76% have voted for the Blu-ray release. As of this writing, there have been 27,228 votes since the poll was issued at 9:55am ET today.
On a related note, AEW TV partner TNT fueled speculation on a potential AEW video game this past weekend. Fans often ask AEW stars about a video game when responding to their posts on social media. TNT made a tweet on Friday that asked fans to tag friends who would’ve stayed up all night playing an AEW video game for the Nintendo 64 console.
The tweet, which could have been a way to gauge interest on a potential video game for the new pro wrestling promotion, included an edited cover of a WWE or WCW N64 video game, possibly No Mercy or Revenge, featuring Chris Jericho along with AEW Executive Vice Presidents The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes and Kenny Omega.
You can see both tweets below:
https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1138067177184092160
https://twitter.com/tntdrama/status/1137069575588143104
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Scheduled for tonight’s Impact, airing on Pursuit and Twitch 10 ET/9 C.
* Taya Valkyerie vs. Rosemary w/Su Yung
* Impact Tag Team Championship: (C) LAX vs. The Rascalz
* Fallah Bahh & Scarlett Bordeaux vs. oVe (Jake Crist & Dave Crist
* Sami Callihan & Mad Man Fulton in action
* Kiera Hogan vs. Jordynne Grace
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