AEW Fyter Fest To Stream Live For Free

All Elite Wrestling Executive Vice President Kenny Omega appeared at the E3 gaming convention on Monday and confirmed that the AEW Fyter Fest event will air live and free online.

Omega noted that the company wants to help introduce new fans to the product. He did not specify where the event will air, but online promotional material for the event includes the B/R Live logo, and the B/R Live website has Fyter Fest listed on their schedule. It was previously confirmed that B/R Live would air the event at 8pm ET that night, but now we know that it will be streaming for free.

Fyter Fest, from AEW and CEO Gaming, will take place on Saturday, June 29 from Daytona Beach, Florida. Tickets will go on sale this Wednesday at 12 noon ET.

The following matches have been announced for AEW Fyter Fest:

Hardcore Match
Jebailey vs. Michael Nakazawa

The Elite (The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega) vs. Rey Fenix, Pentagon Jr. and a mystery partner

Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin

Jon Moxley’s AEW in-ring debut vs. Joey Janela

“Hangman” Adam Page vs. MJF vs Jungle Boy vs. Jimmy Havoc

You can see a clip from Omega’s E3 appearance HERE at this link.

UPDATE: AEW And TNT Confirm Fyter Fest Will Stream For Free

AEW and TNT officially announced today that Fyter Fest will air live, for free, at 8pm ET on Saturday, June 29.

AEW has also released a new video promo for Fyter Fest, which you can see below. The promo hypes up the official AEW in-ring debut of Jon Moxley, who will face Joey Janela.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW To Release Events On DVD Or Blu-ray?, TNT Fuels Speculation On A Possible AEW Video Game

It looks like All Elite Wrestling could be planning to release their pay-per-view events on video.

The official AEW Twitter account issued a poll yesterday to gauge fan interest in a potential AEW Double Or Nothing DVD or Blu-ray release.

The poll asked, “Which format would you like to see #AEW’s #DoubleOrNothing released on… #AEWDoN #AEWDVD #AEWBluRay”

As of this writing, 76% have voted for the Blu-ray release. As of this writing, there have been 27,228 votes since the poll was issued at 9:55am ET today.

On a related note, AEW TV partner TNT fueled speculation on a potential AEW video game this past weekend. Fans often ask AEW stars about a video game when responding to their posts on social media. TNT made a tweet on Friday that asked fans to tag friends who would’ve stayed up all night playing an AEW video game for the Nintendo 64 console.

The tweet, which could have been a way to gauge interest on a potential video game for the new pro wrestling promotion, included an edited cover of a WWE or WCW N64 video game, possibly No Mercy or Revenge, featuring Chris Jericho along with AEW Executive Vice Presidents The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes and Kenny Omega.

You can see both tweets below:

https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1138067177184092160

https://twitter.com/tntdrama/status/1137069575588143104

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Ric Flair Being Sued By Ex-Agent For Defamation Over Claims Made In Video

Ric Flair’s former agent says she’s filed a defamation lawsuit against “The Nature Boy” over claims he made about her in a recent video.

Legacy Talent and Entertainment, LLC and Melinda Zanoni released a statement saying:

Today we have taken the first step and filed a Civil Lawsuit against Richard M. Fliehr a/k/a as Ric Flair and certain unnamed (for now) defendants for defamation per se and look forward to proving the falsity of every wrongful allegation contained in his video that was posted on YouTube on June 3, 2019. Ric Flair having taken down the video is not enough.

We will vigorously use the court system to protect our good names and reputations, and obtain damages due to Ric Flair’s defamatory comments contained in the video. We intend to amend the lawsuit to include all involved parties and hold all involved accountable.

We completely stand behind our client’s well known reputation for truthfulness, professionalism, honor, and integrity.

As we previously reported … Ric claimed Zanoni had embezzled money from him and accused her of sending a threatening phone call to his wife, among other things.

“20 years friendship, 10 years my agent. Not a text, you didn’t drive down to the hospital. You just didn’t give a sh*t. And you assumed I was gonna die, like a lot of people did. And you just grabbed all the money you could run with,” he stated in the footage.

The video was removed from YouTube days later.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

WWE RAW Preview 6/10/19

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the SAP Center in San Jose, California with fallout from WWE Super ShowDown.

* “Brock Party” postponed by Seth Rollins

* Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre to celebrate “The Best in the World’s” triumph over Roman Reigns at Super ShowDown

* Becky Lynch gets “Nasty” before WWE Stomping Grounds

* Miz TV will welcome The Samoan Submission Machine

* Ryder & Hawkins and The Revival to collide in WrestleMania rematch for Raw Tag Team Titles

* Braun Strowman stands tall in Jeddah

* WWE 24/7 Champion R-Truth on the run

NJPW Announces The Return Of The Super-J Cup

For the first time since 2016, the Super-J Cup will be making its return. New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the junior heavyweight tournament will be held in August, with three shows taking place in the United States for the first time. Talent from New Japan, CMLL, Ring of Honor and various other organizations will be involved.

The first round of the Super-J Cup will be held inside the Temple Theater in Tacoma, Washington on Thursday, August 22. On Saturday, August 24 the second round takes place inside the San Francisco State University Student Life Event Center in California. Long Beach will be the last stop of the tour, as the semifinals and finals will take place inside the Walter Pyramid on Sunday, August 25. Tickets for all three shows go on sale Monday, June 24.

The Super-J Cup was created by Jushin Thunder Liger in 1994. Wrestlers from AAA and ECW were involved during its inception and it has become a true platform for talented wrestlers. Winners of the tournament include Chris Benoit (1994), Jushin Thunder Liger (1995, 2000), Naomichi Marufuji (2004, 2009) and Kushida (2016).

Liger is set to be a producer for the 2019 Super-J Cup.

https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1137964355838980096

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Goldberg Sustain A Concussion, Collapses After WWE Super ShowDown Match

On yesterday morning’s Wrestling Observer Radio it was reported Goldberg sustain a concussion in his match against The Undertaker at WWE Super ShowDown. The main event of the show saw Taker pick up the victory, although a number of blown spots occurred after Goldberg’s injury.

https://twitter.com/WrestlingInc/status/1137114144421945347

After the match Goldberg wrote on Twitter, “Knocked myself out and thought I could finish…love my fans…but let u down. Everyone else that found ‘pleasure’…hope ur happy.”

https://twitter.com/Goldberg/status/1137146190456401920

A fan captured Goldberg collapsing to the floor right after the matched finished.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

 

NJPW Dominion Results 6/9/19

Jon Moxley vs. Shota Umino – Winner: Jon Moxley

Post-match, Moxley says he wants in the G1 Climax.

Satoshi Kojima vs. Shingo Takagi – Winner: Shingo Takagi 

Post-match, Takagi says he wants to make waves with heavyweights and wants in the G1 Climax.

Jushin Thunder Liger & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. – Winners: Jushin Thunder Liger & YOSHI-HASHI

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori) – Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi 

NEVER Openweight Championship: (C) Taichi vs. Tomohiro Ishii – Winner and new NEVER Openweight Champion: Tomohiro Ishii

IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) Guerrillas of Destiny vs. EVIL & SANADA – Winners: Guerrillas of Destiny

Katsuyori Shibata appeared and introduced Kenta (fka WWE’s Hideo Itami). Kenta showed up in a Takeover shirt and said he wants to show fans “Kenta’s professional wrestling” and then entered the G1 Climax tournament!

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: (C) Dragon Lee vs. Will Ospreay – Winner and new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: Will Ospreay 

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito – Winner and new IWGP Intercontinental Champion: Tetsuya Naito

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kazuchika Okada vs. Chris Jericho – Winner: Kazuchika Okada

Post-match, Jericho swinged away on Okada. He dumped Red Shoes out of the ring, grabbed a steel chair from under the ring and cracked Okada in the face with it. He then landed Judas Effect, brought Okada out to the apron, put the chair around his neck and tossed him into the ring post to a chorus of boos. Jericho looked to powerbomb Okada through a table on the outside of the ring, but Hiroshi Tanahashi (who was on commentary) leaped over the table to stop Jericho. Jericho got on the mic as people held back Tanahashi. Jericho asked Tanahashi if he saw what he did to his friend, he says Jericho always wins and is the greatest of all-time “even in this bulls— country of Japan,” he called Okada a “b—-” and headed off. Tanahashi checked on Okada who was still down on the floor and helped him to the back.

WWE Super ShowDown Results 6/7/19

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137044120046694400

(Kickoff) The Usos vs. The Revival –

https://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/1137055704211107840

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137056129576423424

Winners: The Usos

WWE Universal Championship: (C) Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin –

https://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/1137060918259380224

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137062036074946560

https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1137062946100527104

Winner: Seth Rollins

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137063068989440000

After the match, Brock Lesnar came down to try to cash in but Paul Heyman tripped on the ropes entering the ring and Rollins hit Lesnar with a low blow and beat down Lesnar with a steel chair.

https://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/1137063501556436993

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137064254874443776

Intercontinental Championship: (C) “The Demon” Finn Balor vs. Andrade –

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137065550083788800

https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1137066470830092289

https://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/1137068330605355008

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137068922178420736

Winner: “The Demon” Finn Balor

Shane McMahon w/Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns –

https://twitter.com/WWENetwork/status/1137073011779985408

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137073819376472064

Drew McIntyre interfered in the match hitting Reigns with a Claymore. Shane gets the pin for the win.

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137074679049383936

Winner: Shane McMahon

3 on 1 Handicap Match: The Lucha House Party vs. Lars Sullivan –

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137076683612098560

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137078434100797440

Dorado and Metalik attacked Lars for the double team and the referee called for the bell.

Winner by DQ: Lars Sullivan

Triple H vs. Randy Orton –

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137080506707668992

https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/1137080594674925572

https://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/1137083445497098241

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1137087364591804416

Winner: Randy Orton

The announcers show video of how Jinder Mahal won the WWE 24/7 Title by pinning R-Truth on the airport tarmac yesterday, and then how Truth won the title back while Mahal was taking a nap on their flight overseas.

Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley –

Winner: Braun Strowman

WWE Championship: (C) Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler –

Winner: Kofi Kingston

Backstage, a upset Dolph Ziggler said he wants a rematch but inside a steel cage

50-Man Battle Royal –

Winner: Mansoor Al-Shehail

The Undertaker vs. Goldberg –

Winner: The Undertaker

Saudi Arabian Government Reportedly Denies WWE Request For Alexa Bliss Vs. Natalya At Super ShowDown

Alexa Bliss vs. Natalya will not be happening at WWE Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia today after all.

WWE had hoped to make history with the first women’s division match in the Kingdom, but the Saudi Arabian government did not give approval, according to an update from F4Wonline.com.

We noted earlier this afternoon how Bliss and Natalya were in Jeddah getting cleared for the potential match. Triple H sent an official request to The General Sports Authority (GSA) of the Saudi government, and was waiting for approval to come back. That approval never came and the match was denied.

Bliss and Natalya did make a few promotional appearances in the Kingdom earlier today, along with some of the male Superstars, but they were covered up in local attire.

There’s also no word on details of the request being turned down, but F4Wonline.com reports that at one point the Saudis indicated to WWE that the match would be able to take place on this card.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

NJPW Dominion 6/9/19

NJPW Dominion takes place on Sunday, June 9 inside Osaka-Jo Hall. Beginning at 3 am ET / 12 am PT. Available on NJPW World

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kazuchika Okada vs. Chris Jericho

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: (C) Dragon Lee vs. Will Ospreay

IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) Guerrillas of Destiny vs. EVIL & SANADA

NEVER Openweight Championship: (C) Taichi vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Bullet Club (Jay White, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori)

Jushin Thunder Liger & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.

Satoshi Kojima vs. Shingo Takagi

Jon Moxley vs. Shota Umino