SAN JUAN STREET FIGHT: Bad Bunny def. Damian Priest
Dominik Mysterio and Finn Balor got involved helping Priest. Bad Bunny got help from Rey Mysterio and the LWO along with legends Carlito Colon and Savio Vega
The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa , Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso) (with Paul Heyman) def. Matt Riddle, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn
WWE SmackDown will air live tonight on FOX and emanate from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tonight’s SmackDown is the final show before Saturday’s Backlash.
FOX Entertainment and Eureka Productions sent out a press release today to announce a new unscripted reality series, which is titled Stars on Mars.
In the presser, it was announced that WWE Superstar Ronda Rousey will be featured on the show alongside Lance Armstrong, Natasha Leggero, Marshawn Lynch, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Adam Rippon, Tom Schwartz, Richard Sherman, Tinashe, Porsha Williams Guobadia, Tallulah Willis and Ariel Winter.
You can check out the official announcement below:
FOX LAUNCHES 12 CELEBRITIES TO THE RED PLANET ON THE NEW UNSCRIPTED SERIES “STARS ON MARS,” DEBUTING MONDAY, JUNE 5 ON FOX
The 12 Stars Are Lance Armstrong, Natasha Leggero, Marshawn Lynch, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Adam Rippon, Ronda Rousey, Tom Schwartz, Richard Sherman, Tinashe, Porsha Williams Guobadia, Tallulah Willis and Ariel Winter
FOX announces the 12 fearless celebrities who will pack their bags and prepare for launch to the red planet as crew members on Stars on Mars, an out-of-this-world new unscripted series, premiering Monday, June 5 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. This summer, professional athletes, reality world megastars, triumphant entrepreneurs, renowned television and film actors, uproarious comedians and trailblazing entertainers will colonize, compete and conquer “Mars” until there is one victorious space invader, who will claim the title of “the brightest star in the galaxy.” Celebrities will ditch their jerseys, business suits and red carpet gowns for the ultimate attire – an astronaut suit. Once on “Mars,” this group of stars will receive interstellar assignments from legendary actor and Star Trek icon William Shatner, who serves as Mission Control. Colonizing Mars could be our future… let’s send them first!
Meet the 12 crewmates joining Stars on Mars:
· Former Professional Road-Racing Cyclist and Investor Lance Armstrong · Comedian, Actress and Writer Natasha Leggero · Former Super Bowl Champion, Community Advocate and Entrepreneur Marshawn Lynch · Widely known Comedic Actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse · Olympic Figure Skater and TV Personality Adam Rippon · Professional Wrestler and UFC champion, Olympic Medalist and Actress Ronda Rousey · Television Personality and Restaurateur Tom Schwartz · Sports Analyst and Professional Football Player Richard Sherman · Multi-Platinum-Certified POP & R&B Disruptor, Singer, Songwriter and Dancer Tinashe · Television Personality, Actress and Author Porsha Williams Guobadia · Entrepreneur and Artist Tallulah Willis · SAG Award-Winning Actress and Producer Ariel Winter
This summer, adventurous celebrities prepare for take-off to the red planet, where they will live, eat, sleep, strategize and bond with each other in the same space station. During their stay, they will be faced with authentic conditions that simulate life on Mars, and they must use their brains and brawn – or maybe just their stellar social skills – to outlast the competition and claim the title of “brightest star in the galaxy.” The celebrities will compete in missions and will vote to eliminate one of their crewmates each week, sending them back to Earth. Cue the intergalactic alliances and rivalries. Stars on Mars will send these famous rookie space travelers where no one has gone before and reveal who has what it takes to survive life on “Mars.”
Stars on Mars is produced by Eureka Productions, a Fremantle company. Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening and Eden Gaha serve as executive producers, along with Charles Wachter, serving as executive producer and showrunner.
Stars on Mars is an original format created by Chris Culvenor of Eureka Productions. Fremantle has international distribution rights to the Stars on Mars format.
While taking questions during WWE’s first quarter 2023 earnings call today, Triple H wanted everyone to know that WWE is focused on character development at a time when the company is about to be acquired by The Endeavor Group. Here are the highlights:
What they’re doing to boost ratings:
“That really comes down to us just having assembled the right team. Across the board, we have world class superstars and that continues to grow every day through our developmental system, through NIL, through international and domestic recruit, so the pipeline coming in is very strong. You just saw that in the recent draft and the amount of talent we had to draft and coming up from NXT, and through that pipeline. The writing team is world class and Kevin Dunn’s production team, there’s nothing like it in the world.”
Focus on character development:
“As far as what we’re focused on, we’re focused on character development. I think you see that across storylines where our fans are super engaged in the talent. Let’s take Sami Zayn and the Bloodline over the last, couple of years really, but especially in the last six to eight months, where that story and the character development has reached a whole new level. It has our fans invested and excited in the content like they haven’t been in a long time. For us, extending the planning of the event horizon. Looking out year over year, where we want to be next year and then back tracking from there, so that we’re always ahead of the curve and always thinking ahead. That allows us to have better planning and then it’s just trying new things and getting outside of a box of what we do and seeing what works and what doesn’t. I don’t consider something not working a failure, I consider it learning. Really excited about the future and where we can take all of this.”
The WWE NXT Women’s Championship has been vacated.
During Tuesday night’s episode of NXT, Indi Hartwell came out during the main event segment to announce that there will be a tournament to crown a new champion now that she’s been called up to the RAW brand.
During her promo segment, Hartwell spoke about the importance of the NXT Women’s Championship, and went on to reveal that a tournament will begin next week. The finals will take place at NXT Battleground, which takes place on May 28 in Lowell, MA.
Hartwell’s title reign comes to an end at just 31 days. She is currently sidelined after suffering a high ankle sprain on last week’s episode of WWE NXT. Hartwell was also drafted to Raw during the first night of the 2023 WWE Draft this past Friday on SmackDown.
The 2023 WWE Draft is in the books following Monday’s episode of RAW.
Triple H came out to open RAW and announced that Brock Lesnar was exempt from the Draft and will be able to appear on all WWE brands. The storyline given is that Lesnar renegotiated his status as a free agent and was excluded from the draft.
You can check out the complete results from the 2023 WWE Draft below:
RAW: * SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley * WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER * NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell * Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn * WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez * Cody Rhodes * Becky Lynch * Matt Riddle * Drew McIntyre * The Miz * Shinsuke Nakamura * Seth “Freakin” Rollins * Imperium (Luwdig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci) * The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio) * Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston * Trish Stratus * Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler * Braun Strowman and Ricochet * Bronson Reed * Alpha Academy * Katana Chance & Kayden Carter * Dana Brooke * Nikki Cross * Johnny Gargano * Los Lotharios * Akira Tozawa * Piper Niven * Xia Li * Tegan Nox * Emma * Riddick Moss * Indus Sher * Odyssey Jones * The Viking Raiders (Erik, Ivar, and Valhalla) * Candice LeRae * Dexter Lumis * The Maximum Male Models (ma.cé, mån.sôör, and Maxxine Dupri) * Natalya * Apollo Crews * Chelsea Green * Sonya Deville * Zoey Stark * JD McDonagh
SmackDown: * Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns & Paul Heyman * RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair * WWE United States Champion Austin Theory * Solo Sikoa * The Street Profits * Edge * Bobby Lashley * The OC (AJ Styles, Michin, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson) * Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, IYO SKY) * Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn * Charlotte Flair * The Usos * The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Zelina Vega, Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde) * Asuka * The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch, Ridge Holland) * Karrion Kross and Scarlett * LA Knight * Shotzi * Pretty Deadly * Rick Boogs * Cameron Grimes * Tamina * Hit Row (Top Dolla, B-Fab, Ashante Thee Adonis) * Lacey Evans * Grayson Waller
Free Agents: * Brock Lesnar * Omos & MVP * Baron Corbin * Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin * Elias * Mustafa Ali * Dolph Ziggler * Von Wagner * Xyon Quinn
WWE NXT returns on the USA Network at 8/7c this evening from the Capitol Wrestling Center inside the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The road to WWE Battleground.
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