Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa with fallout from last week’s Superstar Shakeup roster changes.
* Shaken and stirred – Superstar Shakeup fallout
* Will a new Superstar emerge as Seth Rollins’ next challenger?
* What creepy force is infiltrating WWE?
* Lacey Evans calls for The Man
* Does The Miz have unfinished business with Shane McMahon?
Four new All Elite Wrestling signings have been revealed in the latest episode of the “Being The Elite” series, seen at this link. Plus, Who is The Librarian?
AEW has signed the following talents:
* Private Party – tag team from New York City from House of Glory
* Leva Bates – the former Blue Pants of WWE NXT
Regarding Bates and Avalon, the storyline is that The Young Bucks believe Avalon is The Librarian character that has played out on Twitter while Cody Rhodes is going with Bates as The Librarian.
You can see tweets on Bates and Avalon below:
https://twitter.com/CodyRhodes/status/1120367022242705410
https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/1120367298676609024
Source: Wrestling Inc.
NWA announced earlier today the Women’s Championship has been vacated by Jazz and a new champion will be decided at this weekend’s Crockett Cup event in Concord, North Carolina. Allysin Kay (fka Impact Wrestling’s Sienna) was originally scheduled to face Jazz, but will now go against an opponent to be named later this week for the vacant title.
Jazz won the championship back in September of 2016, holding it for 946 days, which is the third longest behind Debbie Combs and The Fabulous Moolah.
Below is the updated card this Saturday’s Crockett Cup.
* Nick Aldis (c) vs. Marty Scurll (NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship)
* Willie Mack (c) vs. Colt Cabana (NWA National Championship)
* Allysin Kay vs. Santana Garrett (For the vacant NWA Women’s Championship)
* The Briscoes vs. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Crockett Cup First Round)
* Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) vs. Satoshi Kojima and Yugi Nagata (Crockett Cup First Round)
* Flip Gordon and Bandido vs. Guerrero Maya Jr. and Stuka Jr. (Crockett Cup First Round)
* The War Kings (Crimson and Jax Dane) vs. Winner of the Wild Card Tag Team Battle Royal (Crockett Cup First Round)
* Wild Card Tag Team Battle Royal (Winner is the 8th entrant into the Crockett Cup)
The event will stream live on FITE for $19.99, ROH HonorClub, and traditional PPV.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
UPDATE:
Jazz revealed on Twitter that she had to vacate the NWA World Women’s Championship due to medical and personal issues.
WWE has reportedly cancelled the upcoming WWE Backlash pay-per-view on June 16th in San Diego, CA, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.
WWE is planning an event in Saudi Arabia on June 7th. According to The Observer, WWE felt that the two shows would be too close together so they will just run the event in Saudi Arabia. WWE had house shows scheduled in California that weekend, which will likely be cancelled.
The Undertaker is expected to wrestle Elias at the event in Saudi Arabia. Taker is also scheduled to appear for a signing appearance that Sunday, June 9th at the Niagara Falls Comic Con in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Impact Wrestling has brought back a former face of the company. Mahabali Shera rejoined the company after being recently released by WWE, according to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Shera was a member of the Impact Wrestling roster from 2015 to 2017. He was utilized well in their attempt to gain an audience in India but did not win any titles with the company. His last appearance with the company was an Xplosion match against Trevor Lee in November of 2017. His biggest push was during the World Heavyweight Title Series back in 2015, although Shera didn’t win.
While in WWE, Shera competed under the name Amanpreet Singh in NXT. He was only used during live events.
The former Ring Ka King World Heavyweight Champion is expected to appear during Impact’s upcoming Rebellion PPV TV tour.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Ring of Honor star and Founder of MKE Wrestling Silas Young commented about the MKE Wrestling event The Last Knight in West Allis, Wisconsin on Friday night, where a masked individual did a run-in during the show.
Young wrote, “Last night we held @MKE_Wrestling at the Knights of Columbus building in West Allis the place was packed with 350 people. This place has had 25+ years of wrestling and is the place a lot of guys started. Guys like @ColtCabana as well as a Punk who showed up in a mask last night.”
It’s being speculated that the masked man was CM Punk himself, who hit a GTS on one of the wrestlers in the ring. Earlier in the day, Punk was also seen wearing the same hoodie, which you can see in the photo below.
Wrestling Inc. has confirmed that it was in fact CM Punk under a mask who appeared at MKE Wrestling’s “The Last Knight” event this past Friday night.
A masked man appeared at the end of the show to help Ace Steele defeat Daryck St Holmes. The masked man, sporting a hoodie that Punk had worn earlier in the day at a BJJ tournament, entered the ring while the referee was down and hit Daryck St Holmes with Punk’s GTS finisher. The masked man then darted out the door and was not seen again.
The last time CM Punk was in a wrestling ring was during the Royal Rumble match at the 2014 Royal Rumble.
Below is Young’s tweet and MKE Wrestling’s clip of the match.
https://twitter.com/lastrealmanROH/status/1119619372128059393
https://twitter.com/MKE_Wrestling/status/1119611860234457088
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwfjnM6FSBG/?utm_source=ig_embed
You can see the side by side comparisons of the masked man, and CM Punk, earlier in the day in the embedded tweet below:
https://twitter.com/JonAlba/status/1119802113880666112
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Saturday it was announced that Dustin Rhodes will be battling his brother Cody Rhodes at AEW’s Double Or Nothing and today Rhodes or Goldust, just shared his official WWE farewell statement on Instagram.
In the statement, he explained further that he asked for his release from WWE and that it was granted. He was going to take this time to explore some of those other opportunities that took a backseat.
Rhodes also went on that he would appreciate the fans continued support as he turns this page of his life.
He wrote that WWE has given him and his family such incredible years and experiences and has nothing but respect and warmth for everyone at WWE. Rhodes said that he loved WWE and every single of his co-workers and thanked them for loving and taking care of him for so long.
Rhodes ended the statement with: “Remember and never forget the name of… Goldust.”
Below is his full statement:
Dustin Rhodes also posted on Twitter a video of him packing away his gear for his WWE character of Goldust. Dustin writes: “Goodbye. #ThankYouGoldust #KeepSteppin”
https://twitter.com/dustinrhodes/status/1120054829341134849
It was announced on Saturday that it will be brother vs. brother at AEW’s Double Or Nothing. In the video below it was revealed that Cody Rhodes’s opponent for Double Or Nothing was going to be Dustin Rhodes. There was plenty of first reactions to this match that will be taking place on May 25 at the MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Dustin Rhodes’s reaction was: “One Last Ride Or Is It?” Chief Brand Officer of AEW and Cody Rhodes’s wife, Brandi Rhodes simply tweeted: “Finish It.”
After the announcement, All Elite Wrestling tweeted about a shirt for Dustin Rhodes and that it was available for a limited time from Pro Wrestling Tees.
You can read the reactions below:
Tonight on a bonus episode of “The Road To Double Or Nothing,” Cody Rhodes’s opponent for AEW’s Double Or Nothing was announced. In the video below, it was announced that it will be his brother Dustin Rhodes.
Double Or Nothing will be taking place on May 25 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Below is the updated card for Double Or Nothing:
* “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Pac
* Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho
* Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes
* Dr. Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose vs. Kylie Rae
* SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky) vs. Cima, TBA, and TBA
* So far the Over the Budget Battle Royale includes Sonny Kiss, Kip Sabian, Brandon Cutler, Ace Romero, Glacier, Brian Pillman Jr., Sunny Daze, MJF, and Joey Janela
* The Young Bucks (c) vs. Lucha Bros. (AAA World Tag Team Title Match)
It looks like WWE SmackDown Superstar Alexander Wolfe is going to make his new home on the WWE NXT UK brand. Wolfe was backstage for tonight’s NXT UK TV tapings in Glasgow, Scotland, but did not debut. It’s believed that he will debut for the brand at Saturday’s tapings.
As noted, the end of SAnitY came this week when leader Eric Young was sent to RAW in the 2019 WWE Superstar Shakeup. It was rumored that Wolfe could be headed to the NXT brand, but now we know it will be the UK version. There’s no word yet on what WWE has planned for Killian Dain. Both Dain and Wolfe are still listed as members of the blue brand by the WWE website as of this writing.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
