Tonight’s WWE NXT live from Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center on the USA Network:
CJ Perry made a surprise appearance at All Out this weekend, turning up after Miro’s match against Powerhouse Hobbs to help her husband during a post-match attack. She gained a huge ovation from the Chicago crowd which led to question marks about her future with the company, which Tony Khan addressed during the post-show media scrum.
“I think it’s great to have CJ here,” Khan said. “It’s not a long-term guaranteed thing or anything, but at least for tonight it was nice to have her appearing with us and I thought it was a great surprise. It was a great show. Miro and Hobbs was a match that I really believed would be great for All Out.”
Perry hasn’t been seen in a wrestling ring since her time with WWE came to an end back in 2021, but despite the success of her CJPerry.com website, Perry has always made it clear that she was open to a return to wrestling. While Perry’s appearance proved to be beneficial for Miro as she distracted Hobbs long enough for “The Redeemer” to nail his rival with a chair, that doesn’t mean he was happy to see her. Miro walked away from Perry, leaving her inside the ring as he could be heard screaming, “You’re not real.” Perry then reacted to the situation on social media, claiming she’s not the type of woman you renounce.
Source: Wrestling Inc. Credit to AEW for the quotes
ZERO HOUR — OVER BUDGET CHARITY BATTLE ROYAL:
Hangman Adam Page def. Best Friends, Jake Hager, Cool Hand Ange, Daddy Magic, Daniel Garcia, Scorpio Sky, The Mogul Embassy, Dalton Castle, Shawn Spears, Aussie Open, Action Andretti, Darius Martin, Tony Nese, Komander, Serpentico
ZERO HOUR — TRIOS MATCH:
Hikaru Shida, Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue def. Athena, Mercedes Martinez and Diamante
ZERO HOUR — AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass Billy Gunn (c) w/Dennis Rodman def. Jeff Jarrett, Santam Singh and Jay Lethal
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
Better Than You Bay Bay (Adam Cole and MJF) (c) def. The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)
Samoa Joe appeared for his match, shoving AEW World Champion MJF out of the way as Adam Cole calmed him down. MJF then rushed Joe in the ring and promptly got guillotined by Joe as security ran in to broke it up. MJF was furious as Joe mocked him from the top turnbuckle. Better Than You Bay Bay then showed off their titles as they left, but MJF was still fuming.
ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP:
Samoa Joe (c) def. Shane Taylor
AEW TNT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Luchasaurus (c) (with Christian Cage) def. Darby Allin
Post-match Christian set Darby up for the Conchairto whilst Luchasaurus held Wayne in place, but members of the locker room ran out to save Darby and run off the heels.
Miro def. Powerhouse Hobbs
Post-match Hobbs stuck out his hand in respect as a hesitant Miro shook it, but it was all a ruse as Hobbs rushed ‘The Redeemer’ from behind. Then as Hobbs beat down Miro his ‘hot and flexible’ wife CJ Perry ran down with a chair to crack Hobbs in the back, to no avail. Hobbs stared down Perry, but this allowed Miro to rock Hobbs with two chairshots. Miro looked shocked to see CJ, then rolled out of the ring alone shaking his head before heading to the back in anguish whilst shouting “You’re not real”.
AEW TBS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Kris Statlander (c) def. Ruby Soho
STRAP MATCH:
Bryan Danielson def. Ricky Starks
Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) def. Eddie Kingston and Katsuyori Shibata
Konosuke Takeshita def. Kenny Omega
Bullet Club Gold def. FTR & The Young Bucks
AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Jon Moxley def. Orange Cassidy (c) to become new AEW International Champion
Major League Wrestling is in Philadelphia, PA at the 2300 Arena tonight for an event titled Fury Road. A portion of the show will air live on FITE.TV.
You can check out the final MLW Fury Road lineup below:
MLW World Heavyweight Title Match: Willie Mack vs. Alex Kane (c)
Weapons of Mass Destruction Match for the MLW National Openweight Title: MLW World Tag Team Champion Rickey Shane Page vs. Jacob Fatu (c)
Kiss My Foot No Holds Barred Match: Matt Cardona vs. Mance Warner
First-Ever MLW x NJPW Crossover Match: Tony Deppen vs. Kushida
#1 Contenders Match: Maki Itoh vs. B3CCA – Winner earns future shot at MLW World Women’s Featherweight Champion Delmi Exo.
Tracy Williams vs. Ichiban
Saint Laurent hosts “Sessions” segment with mystery guest.
MLW FUSION TV TAPING:
Non-Title Street Fight: MLW World Middleweight Champion & World Tag Team Champion AKIRA vs. Jimmy Lloyd
Tornado Tag Team Match: The Calling (Cannonball, Talon) vs. The Second Gear Crew (1 Called Manders, Matthew Justice)
Little Guido vs. Love, Doug
Kevin Blackwood vs. Alec Price vs. TJ Crawford
Tiara James vs. Zayda Steel
The Mane Event (Midas Black, Jay Lyon) vs. The Bomaye Fight Club (Mr. Thomas, J Boujji)
Snisky (fka Snitsky) vs. TBA
Nolo Kitano vs. TBA
STEEL CAGE MATCH:
Becky Lynch def. Trish Stratus
After the match, Trish slapped Zoey Stark, then Stark laid out Trish with a Z-260
John Cena announced that he will be Special Guest Referee for LA Knight vs. The Miz
LA Knight def. The Miz
UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP:
Rey Mysterio (c) def. Austin Theory
Becky Lynch is interviewed backstage but before she can say much, NXT Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton rolls up.
She acknowledges her mistake in calling Becky a former NXT Women’s Champion and Becky says she should focus on her title defense and maybe she’ll see her soon. Tiffany takes the note cheerfully and walks off.
UNDISPUTED WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP – STEEL CITY STREET FIGHT:
The Judgment Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor) def. Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens (c) to become new Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions
GRAYSON WALLER EFFECT:
With guest Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes announced the newest member of RAW roster – Jey Uso.
After Waller ran his mouth, Uso laid him out with a Superkick
WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
Rhea Ripley (c) def. Raquel Rodriguez
WWE Hall of Famer The Great Muta was shown on camera, sitting at ringside for the main event
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Seth Rollins (c) def. Shinsuke Nakamura
As Payback went off the air, Rollins was in the midst of celebrating his successful title defense over Nakamura, but once the PLE concluded, chaos ensued. In footage posted to WWE’s YouTube channel, Rollins can be seen slowly walking up the entrance ramp alongside WWE official Adam Pearce. Unfortunately for Rollins, his walk was interrupted by a blow to the back of his head, courtesy of ” the “King Of Strong-Style.” When Rollins subsequently fell to the ground, Nakamura continued to onslaught, nailing the World Heavyweight Champion with a series of kicks and stomps until referees positioned themselves as a divide between the two men.
As Rollins started regaining his footing, Nakamura returned, yanked Rollins by his hair, and sent him crashing back first into the LED board set up on the stage.
All Elite Wrestling on Saturday announced that it has fired top star CM Punk with cause after AEW investigated an incident that occurred during its “All In” pay-per-view show last Sunday at Wembley Stadium in London.
Punk and fellow AEW wrestler Jack Perry, the son of late actor Luke Perry, reportedly got into a physical altercation backstage during the pay-per-view event.
AEW’s statement, which was issued on X (formerly Twitter) said Punk’s wrestling and employment contracts have both been terminated.
“Following the investigation, the AEW Discipline Committee met and later convened with outside legal counsel before making a unanimous recommendation to [AEW owner Tony] Khan that CM Punk be terminated with cause,” AEW’s statement read.
Khan, AEW’s CEO, general manager and head of creative, said in an accompanying statement that he wishes he “didn’t have to share this news” but made the decision “in the best interests of the many amazing people who make AEW possible every week.”
AEW is scheduled to have a pay-per-view, “All Out,” on Sunday at United Center in Chicago, the day after its weekly Saturday “Collision” television show in the same building.
Punk, whose real name is Phil Brooks, is a Chicago native and a major star in the city.
“Phil played an important role in AEW and I thank him for his contributions,” Khan said in his statement. “The termination of his AEW contracts with cause is ultimately my decision, and mine alone.”
To open AEW’s “Collision” show Saturday night, Khan appeared in a pretaped interview and said the incident last weekend was “regrettable” and “endangered people backstage.”
“I’ve been going to wrestling shows for over 30 years,” Khan said on the show. “I’ve been producing them on this network for nearly four years. Never, in all that time, have I ever felt until last Sunday that my security, my safety, my life was in danger at a wrestling show. I don’t think anybody should feel that way at work.”
Punk, 44, returned to AEW in June after suffering a torn biceps in a match last September. After the match last year, Punk engaged in a controversial news conference and then reportedly got into a physical altercation with AEW wrestlers Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson and Kenny Omega, who are also company executive vice presidents.
Punk said in June that he apologized to Khan about what he said in the news conference.
The incident in September 2022 came after AEW wrestler Adam “Hangman” Page went off script in a televised interview segment with Punk, bringing up things the two did not agree would be talked about — and things Punk said were not true.
Punk said nothing was done to Page for the indiscretion.
“It poisoned everything for me, and it made it all really, really ugly, and that was what set all of this off, and here we are over a year later and ain’t s— been done about it,” Punk told ESPN in June.
The belief among people in the locker room was that Punk had gotten another wrestler, Colt Cabana, fired from AEW, or at least tried to do so. Punk and Cabana used to be close friends but had an ugly falling-out that included lawsuits. Punk has denied trying to get Cabana fired. Cabana is still employed by AEW.
Punk has been one of the most popular stars in the pro wrestling business over the past two decades. He is a former two-time WWE champion and three-time world heavyweight champion. Punk is also a former two-time AEW champion. He fought twice in the UFC after leaving WWE in 2014.
Source: ESPN
Below is the announcement by Tony Khan that he has fired CM Punk for cause to open AEW Collision on Saturday night.
Tonight’s AEW Collision live from the United Center in Chicago on TNT.
AEW All Out – Sunday September 3 at at 8pm ET/5pm PT Live from the United Center in Chicago.
Zero-Hour at 7pm ET/4pm PT
CARD
Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita (with Don Callis)
AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jon Moxley
AEW TNT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Luchasaurus (c) (with Christian Cage) vs. Darby Allin
AEW TBS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Kris Statlander (c) vs. Ruby Soho
ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
Better Than You Bay Bay (Adam Cole and MJF) (c) vs. The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds and John Silver)
ROH WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP:
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Shane Taylor
Bullet Club Gold (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, Jay White, and Juice Robinson) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
Eddie Kingston and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta)
Miro vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
STRAP MATCH:
Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks
ZERO HOUR — TRIOS MATCH:
Athena, Mercedes Martinez and Diamante vs. Hikaru Shida, Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue
ZERO HOUR — AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass Billy Gunn (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett, Santam Singh and Jay Lethal
ZERO HOUR — OVER BUDGET CHARITY BATTLE ROYAL:
Best Friends, Jake Hager, Cool Hand Ange, Daddy Magic, Daniel Garcia, Scorpio Sky, The Mogul Embassy, Dalton Castle, Shawn Spears, Aussie Open, Action Andretti, Darius Martin, Tony Nese, Komander, Serpentico and Hangman Adam Page
I may not have the results posted until Tuesday.
WWE PLE Payback – Saturday September 2 at 8 ET/5 PT, from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Hosted by John Cena
CARD
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Seth Rollins (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Raquel Rodriguez
STEEL CAGE MATCH:
Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus
UNDISPUTED WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP – STEEL CITY STREET FIGHT:
Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens (c) vs. The Judgment Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor)
UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP:
Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Austin Theory
LA Knight vs. The Miz
GRAYSON WALLER EFFECT:
With guest Cody Rhodes
Tonight’s AEW Rampage on TNT
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