The airport altercation between GFW Global Champion Alberto El Patron and WWE Superstar Paige was recorded via audio by a witness — and it’s clear there was no third party involved.
TMZ released audio of Paige yelling “stay out of my life” and “leave me the f*ck alone” as she argued with El Patron in public on Sunday at Orlando International Airport.
Paige can also be heard saying, “I’m trying to get away from you. All the time.”
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas with the fallout from the Great Balls of Fire pay-per-view.
* Does Reigns deserve a Universal Championship Match?
* It could be the Summer of The Beast
* How will accounts be settled following Alexa Bliss’ Bank robbery?
* Who will step up to challenge the Iron Men?
* Rollins fails to stop the self-appointed “god”
Matt Hardy got busted open last night at WWE Great Balls of Fire during The Hardy Boyz 30-Minute Iron Man match against RAW Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus and required stitches after the match.
Matt cracked his dome at some point near the end of the 30-minute tag team Iron Man match, but it’s unclear exactly when the incident occurred. Regardless, he required nine stitches over his eye.
Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Neville vs. Akira Tozawa w/Titus O’Neil – Winner: Neville
Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt – Winner: Bray Wyatt
Enzo Amore vs. Big Cass – Winner: Big Cass
RAW Tag Team Championship (30-Minute Iron Man Match): (C) Cesaro & Sheamus vs. The Hardy Boyz – Winners 4 falls to 3: Cesaro & Sheamus
RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks – Winner by Count Out: Sasha Banks – Alexa Bliss retains title
Intercontinental Championship: (C) The Miz w/Maryse & Miztourage (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel) vs. Dean Ambrose – Winner: The Miz
Ambulance Match: Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman – Winner: Braun Strowman
After the match, Reigns attacked Strowman, and put him into the back of the ambulance and drove the ambulance to backstage area and backed the ambulance into an 18-wheeler production truck.
Heath Slater vs. Curt Hawkins – Winner: Heath Slater
Firemen rescued Strowman from the ambulance and Strowman walked away refusing medical attention.
WWE Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman vs. Samoa Joe –Winner: Brock Lesnar
AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens to win the United States Championship at WWE live event at Madison Square Garden.
Owens kicked out of a Styles clash prior to the match ending, but AJ quickly hit the Phenomenal Forearm to pick up the win.
As you can hear in the video below, the surprise win popped the crowd big time.
This is Styles’ second title win since joining WWE in 2016.
Congrats to the NEW face (that runs the place) of America!
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Former Impact Wrestling Chairman Dixie Carter will be appearing on the WWE Network next week … as she’ll be featured in the company’s special on Kurt Angle.
WWE.com announced that Kurt Angle: Homecoming will debut following Monday Night Raw and include interviews with “those who know him best” — including Dixie.
While the writeup says Carter “worked with The Olympic Gold Medalist from 2006 to 2016,” there’s no mention of TNA or Impact Wrestling.
For those who don’t recall, Dixie resigned from her role as Impact Wrestling Chairman in January after the company was purchased by Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
WWE announced that they have released Austin Aries. No other details were made available. Below is their full statement:
“WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Austin Aries. WWE wishes Aries the best in all of his future endeavors”
Aries officially signed with WWE in January of 2016 and debuted on NXT on the March 2nd episode. He suffered a large orbital socket injury at the hands of Shinsuke Nakamura during a NXT live event last October which put him out of action for nearly five months. He re-surfaced on the main roster as a commentator for Cruiserweight matches, before making his main roster debut as a Cruiserweight this past March.
Aries went on to challenge Neville for the Cruiserweight Championship at WrestleMania 33 in a pre-show match, which Neville won. Aries’ last WWE match was a losing effort against Neville at WWE Extreme Rules on June 4th, 2017. Aries appeared on 205 Live the following week and said that he had been dealing with knee and neck injuries, and has not appeared on WWE television since.
“I’ve got some stuff going on, but just to be fair you could probably say that for a lot of the locker room,” Aries said on Busted Open Radio last month. “It’s kind of part of what we do, I don’t think anyone is ever 100%. So I got a couple things going on and obviously at this point it might be a good time to take a little break which really could consist of two days to just adjust some of those things, try and get my mind and my body right and then come back and figure out what’s gonna be next and what the direction’s gonna be.”
Source: WrestlingINC
Shortly after WWE announced Aries’ release, Aries posted the following tweets:
WWE RAW exclusive pay-per-view Great Balls of Fire takes place this Sunday night at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas.
CARD:
WWE Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman vs. Samoa Joe
Ambulance Match: Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman
RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks
Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt
RAW Tag Team Championship (30-Minute Iron Man Match): (C) Cesaro & Sheamus vs. The Hardy Boyz
Intercontinental Championship: (C) The Miz w/Maryse & Miztourage (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel) vs. Dean Ambrose
Enzo Amore vs. Big Cass
(Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Neville vs. Akira Tozawa w/Titus O’Neil
Forbes published a story today stating that Bob Dyachenko, from security firm Kromtech, uncovered a WWE database that was unprotected that contained the personal information of over 3 million users. Anyone who had the URL would have been able to search the data, which included birth-dates, ages, email addresses, ethnicity, educational background, earnings and even customers’ children’s age ranges and genders. The data was stored in plain text.
Another WWE database was also leaking on Amazon’s hosting service that contained addresses, telephone numbers and names of European fans. It was noted that this database may have been from an online WWE store as “the network doesn’t require a mobile number.”
WWE was alerted about the leak by Dyachenko on July 4th, and they moved the database so it is no longer accessible.
WWE issued the following statement regarding the report:
“Although no credit card or password information was included, and therefore not at risk, WWE is investigating a vulnerability of a database housed on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which has now been secured. WWE utilizes leading cybersecurity firms Smartronix and Praetorian to manage data infrastructure and cybersecurity and to conduct regular security audits on AWS. We are currently working with Amazon Web Services, Smartronix and Praetorian to ensure the ongoing security of our customer information.”
Source: WrestlingINC
WWE has confirmed 2 more names for the upcoming Mae Young Classic.
20-year-old Australian phenom, Team 3-D Academy alumna added to Mae Young Classic
WWE’s inaugural Mae Young Classic just added two more names to its impressive list of competitors. Australian phenom Rhea Ripley and fierce veteran Sage Beckett have been announced as part of the 32-woman tournament that will stream exclusively on the award-winning WWE Network, beginning Monday, Aug. 28.
Ripley and Beckett join an impressive group of entrants that already includes Kairi Sane, Tessa Blanchard, Abbey Laith, Taynara Conti, Jazzy Gabert, Kavita Devi, Toni Storm, Princesa Sugehit, Lacey Evans, Sarah Logan, Bianca Blair, Piper Niven and Dakota Kai.
Just 20 years old and already sporting a resume full of in-ring accolades, Rhea Ripley is a wrestling prodigy. The hard-hitting Australian was a standout soccer player in her youth, making her uniquely prepared for a career of throwing hard kicks.
In addition to having competed in her home country of Australia and Japan, Ripley is also a two-time Riot City Women’s Wrestling Champion.
Sage Beckett is as tough as they come. The in-ring veteran of 10 years not only trained under ECW Originals Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley at their Team 3-D Academy, but she has taken the hardcore philosophy to heart while revitalizing her squared-circle career.
Beckett found considerable success competing in various promotions like WXW Elite and Shine before deciding to retire in 2012. Still yearning to do battle between the ropes and unleash pain on her opponents, she made her return in 2014, coming back 130 pounds lighter. Behind her new lean and mean appearance, Beckett is making the most of her second squared circle go-around that she hopes will crown her the inaugural Mae Young Classic winner.
