The following is scheduled for tonight’s 6/22 ROH TV.
* 8-Man Tag: The Bullet Club (The Guerrillas of Destiny, Kenny Omega and Matt Jackson) vs. Team ROH (ROH Champion Jay Lethal, Roderick Strong and The Briscoes).
* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Will Ferrara.
* Dalton Castle vs. Gedo.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
The commentary team for WWE’s Cruiserweight Classic has just been announced … and it will feature none other than former WWE World Heavyweight champ Daniel Bryan!
According to WWE.com … Bryan will be doing color commentary alongside Mauro Ranallo. This will be Daniel’s first WWE television appearance since retiring from the ring in February.
Of choosing Bryan to host the tournament WWE said, “Not only does he know what it takes to make it with the WWE Universe watching, but Bryan is a contemporary of several CWC competitors.”
The CWC is a 32-man tournament featuring wrestlers from all over the world and will air every Wednesday for 10 weeks. The whole thing culminates with a live two-hour special on September 14th. In preparation, WWE Network will air a special called CWC: Bracketology on July 6th.
Source: WrestlingINC
It appeared CM Punk’s UFC debut vs. newcomer Mickey Gall was set for UFC 202 in late August but according to MMA journalist Ariel Helwani, the fight will not be taking place during WWE’s SummerSlam weekend.
Helwani tweeted that the fight date is far from a done deal but it’s looking like it will happen at UFC 203 on September 10th in Cleveland. Helwani wrote the following on Punk, who signed with UFC in December 2014:
Source: WrestlingINC
Even though Roman Reigns likely won’t be on WWE TV before WWE Battleground next month, it appears as if he’s still scheduled for the WWE World Heavyweight Title match.
Several users on Twitter posted photos from last night’s SmackDown tapings of graphics being shown promoting the Shield triple threat match for WWE’s next pay-per-view event. The company would have had plenty of time to change the graphic had the plans been altered.
Reigns was suspended for 30 days after violating the WWE’s Wellness Policy.
We have learned in a posting from WWE.COM that WWE has suspended Joe Anoa`i (Roman Reigns) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s talent wellness policy.
It’ll be interesting to see if this will have any affect on the triple threat Championshp match for Battleground.
Source: WrestlingINC
As seen at Sunday’s WWE Money In the Bank pay-per-view, Natalya turned on Becky Lynch after their tag team loss to Dana Brooke and WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte.
PWInsider Elite reports that Original plans had Becky turning heel. No word yet on why plans were changed.
On a related note, there has been a lot of internal speculation that Natalya may leave the company when her current WWE contract expires, due to the situation with husband Tyson Kidd being unable to wrestle. It should be noted that this is just speculation among people in the company and there’s been no solid word on Natalya looking to leave but people do expect her to go.
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Tonight on Impact Wrestling:
Hardy’s Revenge Six-Sides of Steel: Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy
Jade vs Marti Belle
Braxton Sutter in action
Mike Bennett & Maria want answers from Dixie Carter
Source: WrestlingINC
Jeremy Botter of FloCombat reported yesterday that Zuffa has accepted a $4.2 billion bill to sell the UFC to a group consisting of WME-IMG, the Dalian Wanda Group, The Kraft Group and Tencent Holdings. It was noted that while the bid was accepted, the sale hasn’t been completed.
The UFC sent an email to employees denying the report. The email read (h/t to MMA Junkie):
“A report today by FloCombat.com indicating that the company has been sold is false. This follows other false speculation in the press recently.”Such misrepresentation of facts in the media negatively impacts our business, staff members and athletes. We have instructed our attorneys to investigate and take all appropriate legal actions against the parties publishing and contributing to these false stories.
“With International Fight Week and the historic UFC 200 rapidly approaching, we look forward to once again delivering a series of events that our fans won’t soon forget. We appreciate your hard work, diligence and commitment, and thank you for your focus as we continue to take the sport to new heights.”
Source: Cerrito Live
Date: June 18, 2016
By: Kevin Cerrito
Description: On this week’s Wrestling Segment, Cerrito & 5 Starr talk about The King’s arrest & what it means to Memphians. Then, Jerry Lawler calls in for his first interview since getting out of jail (14:43 mark).
You can listen to the Lawler interview on the Cerrito Live podcast at the link below:
Source: WrestlingINC
WWE posted the video above from last night’s episode of The Steve Austin Podcast of Austin asking AJ Styles about TNA. Styles talked about signing with TNA, thinking that it was another indy. He noted that TNA started to grow, and that he eventually left the company after TNA asked him to take a pay cut. You can read WrestlingINC’s Marc Middleton’s full recap of Austin’s podcast with Styles here.
