AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts will air live tonight on TBS from the TD Garden Arena in Boston, MA.
Vickie Guerrero’s contract with All Elite Wrestling has expired and she’s now a free agent.
Back in February, it was reported that Guerrero’s contract would be expiring this month after the two sides agreed not to renew the deal. As of this week, Vickie is now free to sign wherever she’d like.
Guerrero hasn’t been backstage at any AEW TV tapings since February. She made headlines back in April after her daughter Sherilyn accused Kris Benson (Vickie’s husband) of sexually assaulting her on a cruise.
Source: eWn
The Golden Elite (Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Young Bucks & Hangman Page) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli), Konosuke Takeshita and PAC in a Blood & Guts match will take place tonight on AEW Dynamite.
During the ROH Death Before Dishonor media call, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about a possible women’s Blood and Guts match.
“It would have been an interesting idea, it could have been a great match,” Tony Khan said about the idea of a women’s Blood & Guts during the Blood & Guts and ROH Death Before Dishonor media call. “I definitely think Jamie Hayter’s injury, is probably a five-on-five there given some of the depth issues, and especially given Willow Nightingale just got back and putting her in that kind of match after she had a major head injury in Japan, probably wouldn’t be very smart. We’ve had some other major injuries there, and when there was some fan momentum for that idea, I think the Outcasts vs. Jamie, Britt, and some others, was really running red hot and Jamie Hayter was a part of that. Some of the momentum for that, when Jamie Hayter was running hot as champion, was there, and I’m not sure at this moment, given some of the injuries we had, that was feasible. Also, with so many of the women competing this week in the Owen Hart Cup tournament, it is a very hard-hitting match and there is a lot of attrition for it. Santana still hasn’t been back from last year. The women’s division is pretty beat up, they’ve been beating the hell out of each other. Probably was not a feasible idea for them this year.”
It was only a year ago when Saraya, then retired following a neck injury, found herself at a crossroads as a free agent after her WWE contract expired. Now, Saraya not only finds herself wrestling again, but a prominent member of AEW’s women’s division – part of The Outcasts with Ruby Soho and AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm.
But in an interview with “Inside The Ropes,” Saraya revealed that she could’ve gone down a different path if WWE would had taken a look at her neck to see if she had healed enough. But that was never something the promotion seriously considered.
“At WWE, I asked to see my neck a few times, and the medical said that the book was closed on that, and they weren’t gonna keep checking on it, which was really disappointing,” Saraya said. “So if I wanted to check on my neck, it would have to come out of my own pocket. Her name was Stacy — that was her who said that, by the way. So it wasn’t anything to do with like Hunter or anything, it was just that medical department, which I thought was a little unfair, but it’s okay.”
Ultimately, things worked out well for Saraya following a phone call from AEW owner Tony Khan, who offered her a job and the freedom to do whatever she wanted, including pursuing an in-ring comeback. Still, Saraya admitted she’s taken this comeback slow, in order to preserve herself as a competitor long-term.
“I was like ‘I’m smarter this time,'” Saraya said. “I have to be smarter. I’m starting my thirties here and I just want to work smarter, not harder, you know what I mean?”
Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to “Inside the Ropes”
This weekend, Impact Wrestling held its annual Slammiversary pay-per-view, as well as an additional set of tapings last night. According to a new report from PWInsider Elite, as of Sunday, two wrestlers have finished up their current schedules with Impact: Nick Aldis and Zicky Dice.
ldis reportedly faced returning Impact star Eric Young at last night’s taping. On Saturday night, the former NWA star unsuccessfully challenged Alex Shelley for the Impact World Championship, and it seems Aldis is done working with the promotion for the time being.
After a stint with the company earlier in his career and a handful of guest appearances over the years, Aldis made a major return to Impact Wrestling in April. Aldis became the top contender for the Impact World Championship last month at the company’s Against All Odds pay-per-view. His title match, and the TV taping that followed, seem to mark the end of his return to Impact.
Last year, Aldis had a very public falling out with NWA owner and Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan. Unless the two are able to work something out, it makes NWA an unlikely destination for Aldis. The former NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion could opt to return to the independent scene, or may be looking for a spot in another significant promotion such as WWE, AEW, or NJPW.
Zicky Dice has been with the company since 2021, and has faced off in singles matches against Bully Ray, Jordynne Grace, and Ace Austin. Before joining Impact, Dice wrestled for MLW, NWA, and various independent promotions.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
At his past Saturday at Impact Wrestling Slammiversary, Eric Young made his Impact Wrestling return as Scott D’Amore’s partner for a tag team match against Bully Ray and Deaner. The babyfaces went over.
This comes after he left the company in November 2022 when he was “killed off” when Deaner stabbed him on-screen on the December 1, 2022 episode of the weekly Impact TV show.
Young reportedly signed with WWE, but never made his return. He asked for the release in April.
As seen below, Young took to Twitter to comment on his return by writing the following:
Source: eWn
Following his victory over Matt Cross at Next Generation Wrestling’s Wrestle Wars event, newly-crowned NGW Champion Tyler Breeze will soon reunite with his former tag team partner Fandango, who is now known as Dirty Dango. As revealed on NGW’s Twitter, Breeze will team up with Fandango at the promotion’s Nightmare in The Old City event, which is slated to take place on October 8 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The former “WWE NXT” Tag Team Champions, once known as Breezango, will now be introduced as Dirty Breeze.
NGW Nightmare in The Old City will mark the pair’s first tag team appearance since June 15, 2021, when they defeated Imperium’s Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel (Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser) on “WWE NXT.” Ten days later, WWE released both Breeze and Fandango. Upon their exit from WWE, Fandango returned to the independent circuit and later appeared in the National Wrestling Alliance, where he formed The Dirty Sexy Boys with JTG. After a stint in NWA, Fandango arrived at Impact Wrestling, where he is currently signed to.
Despite his release from WWE in 2021, Breeze reportedly remained under the company’s payroll. While it’s unclear if Breeze has any specific wrestling-related provisions in this deal, he is seemingly prohibited from appearing on AEW programming. In the meantime, though, Breeze continues to serve as a co-trainer at the Flatbacks wrestling school alongside AEW star Shawn Spears. He is also a regular guest on Xavier Woods’ UpUpDownDown YouTube channel.
After a two-year wrestling hiatus, Breeze finally made his return to the ring on July 8, where he won the aforementioned NGW Championship.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s AEW Battle of the Belts VII Live at 10/9c following Collision on TNT from the Calgary Stampede Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Tonight’s AEW Collision Live at 8/7c on TNT from the Calgary Stampede Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The Impact Wrestling Slammiversary pay-per-view event will take place tonight at the St. Clair College Sportsplex in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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Bully Ray and Deaner vs. Scott D’Amore and a partner TBA (Special Enforcer: NHL Legend Darren McCarty)
Impact World Title Match
Nick Aldis vs. Alex Shelley (c)
Impact Knockouts World Title Match
Trinity vs. Deonna Purrazzo (c)
Impact X-Division Title Match
Lio Rush vs. Chris Sabin (c)
Fatal 4 Way for the Impact World Tag Team Titles
Subculture (Mark Andrews, Flash Morgan Webster) vs. Moose and Brian Myers vs. Rich Swann and Sami Callihan vs. ABC (Ace Austin, Chris Bey) (c)
Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Titles Match
Masha Slamovich and Killer Kelly vs. The Coven (KiLynn King, Taylor Wilde) (c)
Eddie Edwards with Alisha Edwards vs. Frankie Kazarian with Traci Brooks
Countdown To Slammiversary Pre-show: Impact Digital Media Title Match
Kenny King vs. Joe Hendry (c)
Countdown To Slammiversary Pre-show
Jody Threat and The Death Dollz (Jessicka, Courtney Rush) vs. The SHAWntourage (Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans, Jai Vidal)
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