RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Bianca Belair (c) defeated Asuka and Becky Lynch
HANDICAP MATCH
Bobby Lashley defeated Omos & MVP
Kevin Owens defeated Ezekiel
The Judgement Day (Edge, Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley) defeated AJ Styles, Finn Balor & Liv Morgan
“NO HOLDS BARRED” MATCH
Happy Corbin defeated Madcap Moss
Corbin is put on a stretcher and wheeled away from ringside.
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Theory (c) defeated Mustafa Ali
HELL IN A CELL MATCH
Cody Rhodes defeated Seth Rollins
Tony D’Angelo, Channing Lorenzo & Troy Donovan defeated Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde)
(*losing faction must join the winners’ faction)
WWE NXT WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin & Jayce Jane) (c) defeated Katana Chance & Kayden Carter
WWE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Carmelo Hayes defeated Cameron Grimes (c) To become New NXT North American Champion
WWE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Mandy Rose (c) defeated Wendy Choo
WWE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed) defeated Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) (c) to become NEW NXT Tag Team Champions
WWE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Bron Breakker (c) defeated Joe Gacy
Just five nights after capturing the AEW World Championship at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view in Las Vegas, CM Punk announced that he has an injury that will require surgery.
Punk appeared live on Friday’s “Rampage” to make the announcement.
“When I got here earlier today, I pulled up to the arena and every bone in my body was screaming at me to turn around and go home and go hug my wife and Larry [my dog],” Punk began. “And when I say every bone in my body, I mean even the broken ones. But my brain told me to stay, and my gut told me that everybody here live deserved an explanation – so here I am.
“Since I stepped foot here in All Elite Wrestling, I told you I would give you my all till the wheels fell off. I got good news and bad news. Which one do you want first?”
Punk continued, “The last thing I ever want to feel is that I’m letting any one of you down. The last thing I ever wanted to do was leave you feeling disappointed. So I hope thus far, I haven’t made you feel that way.
“I have loved every single second I’ve been in this ring, every single time I’ve been in this ring in front of all of you has been a gift I never thought I’d be able to experience again.”
Punk revealed he requires surgery to repair an injury.
“So, here’s the bad news – I’m injured and need surgery. A couple of things are broken. The biggest one is my heart because I love nothing more than to perform for all of you, and I wanted to go on one hell of a run. That’s the bad news.
“The good news is, I can still do all that. I told you I was going to go till the wheels fall off, and the wheels are still there, they haven’t fallen off. It’s just that one of them happens to be broken. I’ve come back from worse, I’ve felt better than I feel today, but I’m also here to tell you that I’ve felt a hell of a lot worse.”
Punk then referred to the situation as just “a bump in the road” before putting over AEW’s talented young roster. He added that he didn’t want to hold up the company and will relinquish the title. In conclusion, Punk promised to come back bigger, faster, stronger, and hungrier than ever before. You can see the entire promo segment below.
AEW later announced that an interim AEW World Champion will be crowned. A battle royal will be held on Wednesday’s “Dynamite” with the winner advancing to face the #1 ranked contender Jon Moxley later that same night. The winner of that match will advance to compete for the interim AEW World Championship at the Forbidden Door pay-per-view on June 26.
Although CM Punk didn’t specify the nature of the injury, he had a noticeable limp during an off-camera segment with MJF earlier this week on “Dynamite.” It’s possible that he suffered the injury during a six-man tag team match where Punk & FTR defeated Max Caster & The Gunn Club. He was also not wearing one of his boots during a backstage photo with FTR.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
DATE: June 5, 2022 8:00 pm
LOCATION: Allstate Arena, Chicago, Illinois, USA
AVAILABLE ON: Peacock (U.S.), WWE Network (International)
CARD
HELL IN A CELL MATCH
Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins
RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Asuka vs. Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair (c)
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Mustafa Ali vs. Theory (c)
The Judgement Day (Edge, Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley) vs. AJ Styles, Finn Balor & Liv Morgan
“NO HOLDS BARRED” MATCH
Happy Corbin vs. Madcap Moss
Bobby Lashley vs. Omos & MVP
Ezekiel vs. Kevin Owens
DATE: June 4, 2022 8:00 pm
LOCATION: WWE Performance Center, Orlando, Florida, USA
AVAILABLE ON: Peacock (U.S.), WWE Network (International)
CARD
WWE NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Joe Gacy vs. Bron Breakker (c)
WWE NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Carmelo Hayes vs. Cameron Grimes (c)
WWE NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Wendy Choo vs. Mandy Rose (c)
WWE NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed) vs. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) (c)
WWE NXT WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Katana Chance & Kayden Carter vs. Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin & Jayce Jane) (c)
Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) vs. Tony D’Angelo, Channing Lorenzo & Troy Donovan
(*losing faction must join the winners’ faction)
“AEW Rampage” is back in its regular timeslot and broadcasting live tonight from the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.
The arena is located just miles away from Rancho Cucamonga, the hometown of The Young Bucks. They’re scheduled to be in action tonight against their longtime rivals the Lucha Brothers.
The following line-up is announced for tonight:
Tonight’s “WWE SmackDown” broadcasts live from the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio. The last stop before Sunday’s premium live event, Hell In A Cell.
As of the time of this posting, there are no matches are announced for tonight’s show:
Madcap Moss is set to return tonight. Moss has not been seen on WWE programming since he was attacked by Happy Corbin on the May 13 episode of “SmackDown”.
WWE is also promoting Shinsuke Nakamura and Riddle for tonight’s “SmackDown”. The makeshift tag team is in line for a tag title shot after a disqualification win over the WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions The Usos on Monday night’s “Raw”. However, it’s unclear when that title match will happen. It reportedly will not be a late addition to Sunday’s “Hell In A Cell” card. Instead, it’s believed the tag title match will be held for next month’s “Money In The Bank” event.
Major League Wrestling FUSION tonight at 8pm ET features a battle between two of Lucha Libre’s finest as Bandido goes one on one with Flamita, streaming worldwide for free on MLW’s YouTube channel and Saturday nationwide on cable and dish on beIN SPORTS.
MLW matchmaker and AZTECA Underground proprietor Cesar Duran showcases two of Mexico’s greatest as rivals Bandido and Flamita main event what promises to be a world class main event.
After blindsiding Hammerstone during his World Heavyweight title bout with Cesar Duran last week, Richard Holliday and Alicia Atout have a business meeting with Duran. Is the Clout Couple looking to cut a deal with El Jefe? Could the conniving minds of The Clout Couple and Cesar finally spell doom for The Mighty Hammerstone and his World Heavyweight Championship?
In a bout months in the making, nZo finally steps into the ring with KC Navarro. After being hospitalized and humiliated in his comeback bout, can KC rise to the occasion and shut up the big mouthed Jersey brawler? It’s a gruge match!
“The Samoan Werewolf” Jacob Fatu is in the house! What happens if he crosses paths with Cesar Duran?
In tag competition, Los Parks go to war with the bloodletting Pagano and Gangrel! Could Cesar Duran’s unquenchable thirst for violence add a new level of carnage to this scheduled bout?
An update on Aramis’ return to active competition after his brutal attack at the hands of “El Intocable” Gino Medina just a few weeks ago.
Get the scoop on the Battle Riot as several more participants are revealed in this week’s control center.
What will happen next on the road to Slammiversary? Find out on an all-new IMPACT! this Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders.
The following line-up is announced for tonight:
The action begins Before the IMPACT, streaming this Thursday at 7:30pm ET exclusively on IMPACT Plus, YouTube and Facebook. Renee Michelle makes her IMPACT Wrestling return as she goes one-on-one with the poised and determined Alisha!
Plus, Gia Miller, Josh Mathews and George Iceman get you ready for all things IMPACT on the road to Slammiversary.
Tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling will be a memorable one, as it will be the last time you see a certain Impact performer in the company.
PWInsider is reporting that W. Morrissey has departed Impact, effective immediately. As such, his match on tonight’s episode of “Impact Wrestling”, in which he’ll team with PCO to take on Moose and Steve Maclin, will be his official swan song for the promotion.
While PWInsider does not give a potential destination for Morrissey, they noted that “one could easily connect the dots to where his next destination is likely to be.” Morrissey recently appeared on an episode of “AEW Dynamite” in a loss to Wardlow, suggesting a potential relationship with that promotion.
After the match with Wardlow, however, it was reported that WWE officials had been highly impressed with Morrissey’s performance, indicating they may be interested in bringing the big man back to the company. Morrissey worked for WWE from 2011 to 2018 as Colin Cassidy and later simply as Big Cass, part of a tag team with former WWE star Enzo Amore. The two were enormously popular in “NXT” and continued teaming on the main roster, though they never won a tag team championship and Morrissey eventually turned on Amore, splitting the team. He was reportedly released “due to personal conduct issues,” which allegedly included public intoxication and an in-ring incident that saw him directly contradict the instructions of Vince McMahon, in 2018
Morrissey joined Impact on a short-term deal in April of 2021 after a hiatus from wrestling, during which he worked to overcome the addiction to alcohol that plagued him throughout his WWE run. Though he won no championships in Impact, the big man’s comeback received numerous accolades from fans and critics alike, culminating in his well-received appearance on “AEW Dynamite.”
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Wrestling News Blog 