AEW Star Trent Beretta Undergoes ‘Quick Little American Neck Surgery,’ Vows Revenge

2024 was turning into a landmark year for Trent Beretta, as he broke away from his Best Friends, virtually retired Chuck Taylor, and decided to take a new path as part of The Don Callis Family. However, Beretta hasn’t wrestled since his match with Orange Cassidy at Double or Nothing in May due to a nagging injury, but details on what that injury was remained a mystery until very recently. Taking to X, Beretta revealed that he has recently undergone surgery to repair something in his neck. He wrote “quick little American neck surgery. turns out I wrestled so hard that two of the screws from my neck fusion broke. very cool. very tough. screws have been replaced. next I will be doing revenge.”

Beretta missed almost a full year of action in 2021 after having neck fusion surgery, only returning at the very end of that year. He had been dealing with issues with his neck for a number of years before joining AEW, and wasn’t exactly sure what the breaking point was. However, he did reveal that the initial injury came when he was performing motion capture footage for a WWE video game. As for his most recent surgery, nothing has been revealed in terms of a potential return to AEW.

The Don Callis Family hasn’t had the best of years thus far, as Beretta’s injury is the latest in a long line of absences and exits. Powerhouse Hobbs has been sidelined since April after suffering a knee injury in a match against Jon Moxley, Will Ospreay asked to leave the group after his loss to Swerve Strickland at Forbidden Door, and Konosuke Takeshita has also been away from AEW, as he is competing in the G1 Climax tournament in NJPW.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Stone Cold Steve Austin Teases Appearance At Major WWE Event In 2025

WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin thought that his wrestling career was over in 2003 after a series of injuries forced him into an early retirement, but he has made a number of sporadic appearances over the years, including WrestleMania 38 where Austin had his first match in 19 years against Kevin Owens. However, The Texas Rattlesnake has since retreated to his new home in Nevada, where he is very happy to sit back and relax.

During a recent interview with The Athletic to talk about ATV racing, Austin makes it clear he’s more than happy to stay away from the spotlight: “I’ve told those stories so many (expletive) times, dude,” Austin said That part of my life is long gone…I’m good here in Nevada. I will not be anywhere I don’t want to be. I just won’t.” Having said that, Austin did offer a glimmer of hope by clarifying a bit. “I said I won’t leave Nevada. It’s hard to get me out of this state. But…WrestleMania next year is in Vegas. That’s in Nevada.” 

WrestleMania 41 is set to take place over Easter weekend in 2025, and it will be held at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. While Austin appearing might be one thing, him wrestling on the show would be something different entirely, but given how much CM Punk has wanted to face him over the years, and Hell’s recent penchant for freezing over, fans may be in for a surprise next year.

Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to The Athletic

ROH TV Preview 8/1/2024

ROH will air a new episode of its weekly television show tonight at 7 pm ET on HonorClub. 

You can sign up for the streaming service here. Below is the lineup for the show:

  • ROH World Six-Man tag Team Championship: Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erich’s vs. Iron Savages & Jacked Jameson
  • The Beast Mortos vs. AR Fox
  • Top Flight in action

TNA Impact Preview 8/1/2024

TNA Wrestling will present a new episode of TNA Impact tonight on AXS TV, continuing the build to TNA Emergence 2024.

  • TNA World Championship: Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Mustafa Ali
  • Jody Threat vs. Masha Slamovich*
  • Ryan Nemeth vs. Frankie Kazarian
  • The Rascalz vs. Trent Seven, Mike Bailey & KUSHIDA
  • Rosemary vs. TBD
  • We’ll hear from Joe Hendry
  • PCO and Steph de Lander get married

AEW’s Skye Blue Undergoing Surgery For Ankle Injury

AEW and Ring of Honor’s residency at Arlington, Texas’ eSports Stadium has so far been a success, with one notable exception; an injury to Skye Blue. The AEW star was wrestling Hikaru Shida last Saturday when a crossbody to the floor saw Shida land on Blue’s right leg, leading to the match being stopped. Days later, Blue’s boyfriend, AEW’s Kyle Fletcher, posted a photo of Blue back home, sporting a cast on her right foot, while reports confirmed Blue had suffered a broken ankle, though the severity of the break was unknown.

 Alas, it appears the injury was severe enough that Blue will be forced to go under the knife. Taking to X yet again on Tuesday morning, Fletcher posted a photo of Blue sitting on a bench outside a hospital. Fletcher asked fans to “send prayers & cat toys.” For her part, Blue seemed to be in good spirits, making a funny face for the photo while holding an energy drink.

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Neither Fletcher nor Blue have commented on the matter since then, leaving it uncertain whether Blue’s surgery was scheduled for today, or if it will take place at a later date. No timetable has emerged regarding how soon Blue could return to action following surgery, though recovery time from a broken ankle can vary from up to several months to as long as a year.

The injury comes at a poor time for Blue, who had been having arguably the best year of her career following a heel turn that saw her align with House of Black’s Julia Hart, herself out recovering from injury. Blue’s most notable match of the year came back in April, when she challenged Willow Nightingale for the AEW TBS Championship in a wild Manitoba Massacre match.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE NXT ‘The Great American Bash’ 7/30/2024 (Night 1)

WWE NXT “The Great American Bash” 2024 will air as a two-part special episode on Syfy. The event will take place on July 30 and August 6 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL.

  • WWE NXT Women’s Championship Match: Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Thea Hail
  • WWE NXT Heritage Cup Championship Match: Tony D’Angelo (c) vs. Tavion Heights
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships Match: Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn) (c) vs. Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend
  • TNA’s Joe Hendry in concert
  • Ethan Page/Oro Mensah contract signing
  • Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne, and Jazmyn Nyx vs. Karmen Petrovic, Sol Ruca, and Lola Vice

Absent AEW Star Sammy Guevara Returns During ROH Taping

As part of AEW’s temporary residency in Arlington, Texas, this summer, numerous Ring of Honor events have been and will continue to be taped in the city’s Esports Stadium. Yesterday’s taping was notable as it featured the return of a long-absent AEW star — Sammy Guevara. During the show, Guevara came to the aid of Dustin Rhodes as he was attacked by The Dark Order, indicating that the controversial wrestler will be starting out as a babyface.

Guevara has been absent from AEW since February, when the young performer was reportedly suspended after not following proper procedure when Jeff Hardy was concussed during a match. The AEW star made several more appearances after the match with Hardy but disappeared later that month, when reports first emerged about his suspension.

That suspension was said to have ended months ago, but Guevara has not been brought back to television until now. It looks as though the Houston, Texas, native will now factor into ROH before presumably making a return to AEW sometime in the future.

The incident with Hardy earlier this year was not the first time Guevara has been attached to controversy. In the past, Guevara was reported to have had physical confrontations backstage with both Eddie Kingston and Andrade El Idolo. 

Additionally, Guevara was previously suspended from AEW in 2020 over highly offensive comments he made regarding the former Sasha Banks on a podcast in 2016. At the time, Guevara apologized and Banks (now known as Mercedes Mone) acknowledged that the two had spoken privately. However, Guevara has not yet made an appearance in AEW proper since Mone debuted in March and it’s unclear if there are any lingering issues regarding the controversy.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

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WWE RAW Preview 7/29/2024

Tonight’s WWE RAW from the Xcel Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, will air live on SyFy, due to USA Network’s coverage of the Olympics.

  • Seth Rollins will give his instructions for CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre at SummerSlam. Rollins will be the special guest referee for this match.
  • Judgment Day’s Finn Balor vs. Gunther
  • Xavier Woods of The New Day vs. Final Testament’s Karrion Kross
  • Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark vs. Lyra Valkyria, Kayden Carter and Katana Chance
  • Sheamus vs. Bronson Reed
  • The Creed Brothers vs. Akira Tozawa and Otis
  • Will we see an appearance from The Wyatt Sicks

The Hardy Boyz Would Be Interested In The WWE NXT-TNA Wrestling Crossover

The Hardy Boyz, who are now working for TNA Wrestling, were recently asked by Bill Apter of Sportskeeda’s “Wrestle Binge” podcast if they were interested in making an appearance on the WWE NXT brand as part of the ongoing WWE-TNA Wrestling crossover.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

Matt Hardy on the possibility: “In wrestling, never say never and I will say that the NXT Tag Team Titles are not on the list of titles that we’ve won so we are interested in that. I think this crossover between NXT and TNA is great. It’s exciting. It’s unpredictable and I think that’s a positive for the business and the industry.”

Jeff Hardy on the possibility: “I’m a fan of first time evers and us in NXT and just the vision of that is very exciting to me.”

Source: eWn

AEW Collision & Battle of the Belts XI Preview 7/27/2024

AEW will be running three hours live back-to-back tonight on TNT with a new episode of AEW Collision and Battle of the Belts XI. Tonight’s shows are being held at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas as part of the Path to All In Summer Series.

Collision

  • Orange Cassidy vs. Johnny TV
  • The Beast Mortos vs. Hologram
  • MxM Collection vs. FTR
  • Thunder Rosa vs. Maya World
  • Premier Athletes vs. The Conglomeration
  • Lio Rush vs. PAC

Battle of the Belts XI

  • AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Match: Toni Storm (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie
  • CMLL Women’s World Championship Eliminator Match: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Deonna Purrazzo
  • ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match: The Undisputed Kingdom (c) vs. Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs