Half-Hour Wrestling Sitcom In The Works At FX

Between the seven hours of WWE programming, the five hours of AEW programming, and all of the other wrestling companies that have managed to get themselves television deals, there looks to be another TV show on the horizon based on the world of pro wrestling.

According to “Fightful Select,” a pitch was recently sold to the FX network of having a half-hour sitcom based on pro wrestling. The show, which has yet to be given a name, is said to be set in the Los Angeles independent scene, with the direction of the show being a cross between the 2008 drama “The Wrestler” and the 1993 stoner comedy “Dazed and Confused.”

Luke Hawx, who has balanced his life as a wrestler and actor over the last decade working as a consultant for the show “Heelz,” is reportedly set to be a part of the project. Aside from wrestling movies and shows, Hawx has also landed roles in “The Fast and The Furious” and “Logan.” He previously worked for the NWA as recently as 2022 and has wrestled several dark and squash matches in WWE. Many other wrestlers are set to be involved in the project with a strong incentive to use real wrestlers for the show as it will be set in the modern day.

“Fightful” also spoke to Adair Cole, who was involved in adapting the 2011 film “Warrior” into an upcoming series on Paramount+. As a lifelong wrestling fan, Cole is very excited about getting the project off the ground. Cole also revealed that he will be attending GCW’s Hit Em Up event in Los Angeles on June 15, where he will be happy to interact with anyone with questions about the project.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

MLW Battle Riot VI 6/1/2024 (Results)

* MLW World Featherweight Championshipship: Janai Kai (c) def. Delmi Exo

* Paul Walter Hauser cuts a promo during which Ernest Miller and Violent J appeared.

* Teddy Long and Mark Henry appeared and presided over the Ritual Combat match.

* Ritual Combat: Alex Kane def. AJ Francis

* Promo from Tom Lawlor.

* MLW World Heavyweight Championship Match: Satoshi Kojima (c) def. Tom Lawlor

* Cesar Duran revealed that he is Salina de la Renta’s father.

* Battle Riot VI: Matt Riddle def. Mistico, Jimmy Yang, Star Jr, Rugido, Jesus Rodriguez, Okumura, Ikuro Kwon, Akira, Tom Lawlor, Josh Bishop, Bobby Fish, Bad Dude Tito, Adam Priest, Paul Walter Hauser, Slim J, Mads Krugger, Mr. Thomas, Minoru Suzuki, Brett Ryan Gosselin, CW Anderson, Scotty Riggs, Jake Crist, Violent J, Chris Danger, Ernest Miller, 1 Called Manders, Sami Callihan, The Masked Assassin, Alex Kane, Matthew Justice, Andrew Everett, Kim Chee, Timothy Thatcher, Dr. Cornwallus, Suge D, Rickey Shane Page, Shane Mercer, Arachnaman, and Davey Boy Smith Jr.

AEW Collision Preview 6/1/2024

Tonight’s AEW Collision on TNT at 8:00 pm EST. Taped show from Palm Springs, California.

  • AEW International Championship: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly
  • Daniel Garcia & Katsuyori Shibata vs. The Workhorsemen
  • Claudio Castagnoli vs. Johnny TV
  • Roderick Strong vs. Lio Rush
  • Thunder Rosa vs. Reina Dorada
  • Cage of Agony vs. TBA
  • Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew
  • We’ll hear from FTR

Lineup For MLW Battle Riot VI 6/1/2024

Major League Wrestling presents Battle RIOT VI, a free signature special event streaming live on MLW’s YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/@mlw) at 9pm ET this Saturday.

  • 40-wrestler Battle RIOT
  • World Heavyweight Championship: Satoshi Kojima (champion) vs. Tom Lawlor (promoted by Saint Laurent)
  • Ritual Combat: Alex Kane vs. AJ Francis 
  • World Featherweight Championship: Janai Kai (champion) vs. Delmi Exo (with Cesar Duran)

40 combatants ready to riot at the sold out Center Stage in Atlanta as Major League Wrestling presents Battle RIOT VI!

PLUS, Satoshi Kojima puts his World Heavyweight Championship on the line against World Titan Federation Superstar® “Filthy” Tom Lawlor! Still embittered after having his new MLW World Heavyweight Championship hijacked by Saint Laurent’s scheister Superstars® months ago, Kojima is out for revenge. Can the World Heavyweight Champion put an end to Saint Laurent and Lawlor’s dreams of championship grandeur once and for all with his devastating lariato, or will “Filthy” Tom exploit Kojima’s past injuries and snake the gold away? Tune in and find out!

Who is the king? Who is the true revolutionary? Experience Ritual Combat as Alex Kane goes head to head with AJ Francis for the throne of The Bomaye Fight Club! It’s all on the line as Kane and Francis battle it out for the throne.

Delmi Exo finally gets her one on one rematch with current World Featherweight Champion turned recent CONTRA defector Janai Kai! 

Salina de la Renta returns with revenge on her mind, but the devious Cesar Duran dives deep into the empresaria’s past and proves his dangerous mind games are only just beginning. 

Becky Lynch Officially A Free Agent, Expected To Secure Historic Offer

It’s June 1, and for the first time in more than a decade, Becky Lynch is a free agent. Fightful Select reports that Lynch did not sign a new deal with WWE in the hours before her contract’s expiration, and as a result, her services are now available on the open market.

This news doesn’t necessarily mean that Lynch is finished in WWE; indeed, the odds of her returning remain high. Per Fightful’s report, WWE has expressed a desire to keep negotiating with Lynch and ultimately expect to come to a new agreement with her. That said, there’s also an expectation that Lynch will receive multiple big money offers — the largest ever secured by a woman in professional wrestling. Fightful’s sources in WWE described Lynch as “class” in business negotiations and informed the company some time ago that she was planning to take some time off. In fact, her Women’s World Championship win back in April came after she notified WWE of her impending hiatus; Fightful reports that there were no concerns about giving Lynch a championship for the final few weeks of her contract and strapped her for the sake of the story, knowing she would be more than willing to drop the title before her departure, as she did to Liv Morgan at WWE King & Queen of the Ring.

While it’s true that anyone could have signed Lynch in 2013, when she first joined WWE as part of the burgeoning “NXT” brand, Lynch had spent the previous several years away from the wrestling business, meaning that in reality, she hasn’t been an active free agent like she is now since about 2006. She’s a WWE women’s Grand Slam Champion, having held eight singles titles and one tag title, and she won the first-ever women’s WrestleMania main event in 2019.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

New Wyatt 6 QR Code Appears On 5/31 WWE SmackDown

Another new QR code appeared on Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown.

This latest code will take fans to another new website www.wwe.com/recapitulation.

In the website, there are links which contain all the videos and all the hints from the previous QR codes. The bottom of the webpage also has a sad face with x’s for eyes. When you click that specific image, it then directs you to a photo that has several messages on paper with writing that includes “save yourself” and a second message of “will tell you more tomorrow.”

In addition, the website has two new videos – one named “signs” and the other “wonders.” The “signs” video contains footage from a doorbell camera. The “wonders” video features someone taking footage from their cell phone and looks like they are in disbelief of what they are looking at.

X user @WrestlingCovers posted an image of the website and image of the paper with the messages written on them, which you can check out below:

X user @SlavTino posted the videos, which you can check out below:

Source: WrestleView

WWE SmackDown Preview 5/31/2024

WWE SmackDown will air live tonight on FOX from the MVP Arena in Albany, New York.

AEW Rampage Preview 5/31/2024

Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT at a special time 6:30pm ET.

  • TNT Championship qualifying match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Penta El Zero Miedo
  • Women’s World title eliminator: Toni Storm vs. Viva Van
  • Satnam Singh in action
  • Kyle O’Reilly in action

Injury Update On Athena

Athena appeared to have suffered an injury to her lower leg after facing Viva Van in an ROH television match on May 16.

Witnesses noted that she was unable to put weight on her ankle and needed help leaving the ring. Dave Meltzer reported the following in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 

“Athena’s injury, which was to her ankle, isn’t as bad as feared, and is expected back in a few weeks.”

Source: eWn

Matt Hardy Says Jeff Hardy’s AEW Contract Is Up In Mid-June

While speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, Matt Hardy was asked to provide an update on Jeff Hardy’s status with AEW.

Jeff suffered a broken nose in a match on an episode of AEW Rampage in March when he worked a No DQ match against Sammy Guevara, who went over. A knee accidentally hit Hardy in the head while Sammy executed a Shooting Star Press.

“He’s been cleared, he’s just sitting at home, waiting on the call. Unlike me, he’s not someone who really gets out and makes things happen. He just kind of waits on someone to call him. He’s sitting at home, just waiting on that phone call, jumping on the trampoline, up and down with dumbbells. But yeah, he’s got til like mid-June or so, I think, and then his deal’s up, so I guess we’ll see if he ends up re-signing or not re-signing. Who knows?” Matt Hardy said.