Kurt Angle has had a storied history with Brock Lesnar. The two stars have challenged each other numerous times in the past and they have had matches in more than one promotion.

The Olympic Gold Medalist talked about the Beast’s early days in the wrestling business during the latest episode of his podcast. He discussed things from Brock’s time in WWE to his controversial NJPW run and more.

Angle discussed Brock Lesnar winning the IWGP world title in his debut match and keeping the belt for over a year. According to him, Lesnar didn’t want to lose the title to just anybody so he told NJPW officials to bring him over:

“He wouldn’t do it with just anybody, so he told New Japan if you bring Kurt Angle over, I’ll do the job for him. They brought me over, he did the job for me and then he wanted to have a rematch so he can make more money.”

Kurt Angle then talked about how Brock Lesnar is a very stern businessman and according to the former Raw general manager, for Brock it’s ‘money first’ and passion second:

“Brock is all about money. He’s a very stern businessman. Everything revolved around money for him. It’s money first, passion second.”

The former TNA star also mentioned how the former universal champion was making a ton of money for his NJPW matches and he was remaining the champion as long as he could.

Brock Lesnar won the IWGP heavyweight championship in his debut match for the promotion in October 2005. Despite his disputes with NJPW, Lesnar kept the title for a while and he dropped it to Angle in June 2007.

• Shinsuke Nakamura Calls Brock Lesnar’s ‘Unprofessional’ For NJPW Run

‘King’ Shinsuke Nakamura has gained some momentum on SmackDown in the past couple of weeks and now Paul Heyman is teasing a very interesting destination for his current journey.

The former champion appeared on the latest episode of Talking Smack where he discussed his new attitude and where he wants to take his newfound fame.

The Universal champion Roman Reigns, who recently defeated Cesaro now seems to be lacking in challengers for his title and so during the interview, Heyman presented an interesting proposition:

“Nakamura, does it [excite you] just to think that one day, we may actually do King Nakamura against ‘The Tribal Chief’ Roman Reigns,”

The king seemed intrigued by this offer as well. When Shinsuke Nakamura asked Paul to give his word about this bout, he said “[I] promise, my king. Your kingdom is in good hands, sir. I shall send your regards to our Tribal Chief.”

Shinsuke Nakamura was defeated by King Corbin in a match during the May 17 episode of SmackDown. However, Nakamura then attacked Corbin from behind and stole his crown.

• Paul Heyman Discusses Potential Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar Match

On this week’s episode of the show, Nakamura introduced a new ally in Rik Bugez, aka Eric Bugenhagen who performed his entrance. Shinsuke then went on to defeat Corbin in a rematch from last week.

Roman Reigns, on the other hand, defeated Cesaro at WrestleMania: Backlash. Now it would be interesting to see if the Paul Heyman teases come to fruition and we see a feud between these two stars in near future.

Rey Fenix hasn’t wrestled on AEW programming in recent while and new reports reveal that the high flying star has been on the shelf due to some injuries.

Dave Meltzer talked about the Mexican star in the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter and revealed that he is out of action with injuries.

Meltzer also mentioned that the injuries will force Fenix to miss the Double Or Nothing PPV on May 30. Though he did not elaborate further on his condition.

The belief is that the AEW star suffered the damage during a recent match in Mexico, although which match it could have been is also unknown.

Rey Fenix alongside Penta El Zero Miedo are the current AAA tag team champions but the brothers have not defended the titles in recent months.

He has not wrestled for All Elite Wrestling this month either. Fenix’s last match for the promotion was a singles bout against Chuck Taylor on the April 29 episode of AEW Dark: Elevation.

While the former Lucha Underground star will be missing the upcoming PPV of the company, both of his Death Triangle teammates will be competing on the show in different matches.

Penta is currently scheduled to wrestle in the Casino Battle Royale while Pac, alongside Orange Cassidy and the AEW champion Kenny Omega will be competing in a triple threat match for the title.

• AEW Double Or Nothing Updated Card: Stadium Stampede, Other Matches Announced

After many rumors and teases from the heavyweight star himself, Moose has finally signed a new contract with Impact Wrestling to stay with the company for the foreseeable future.

The former Impact grand champion was set to become a free agent when his previous contract with the company expired next month.

The Impact star had been teasing fans about his future moves recently and Moose went as far as suggesting that he might be signing with NXT once his current contract expires.

However, Dave Meltzer of F4wonline is now reporting that the former football player has made the decision to stay with his current promotion and already inked a new deal to make it official.

Though the site was not able to reveal the length of his new contract. So it’s unknown for how long we can expect Moose’s current run to continue

The former ROH star has been with Impact Wrestling for 5 years now. He has achieved numerous accolades during his time with the promotion including two reigns with the now defunct Impact Grand championship.

• How Moose Revived The TNA World Heavyweight Championship

Though he has failed to win the Impact world title so far. He will get an opportunity at the title when he faces ‘The Belt Collector’ Kenny Omega at the upcoming Against All Odds event taking place on June 12.

In light of his newly signed contract with the company, it would be interesting to see if Moose if finally able to capture the title at the upcoming show.

It’s not uncommon nowadays for WWE to have not decided on the match order and finalized scripts hours before Raw and SmackDown. Now latest reports reveal that it was the case with WrestleMania: Backlash as well.

According to the reports from Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the original idea for the main event of the night was different. The company had not made a final call on it until 5:30 PM on the day of the show.

Per the report, the original Backlash plan was for the triple threat WWE championship match among Bobby Lashley, Braun Strowman, and Drew McIntyre to close the show.

However, a push was made on the day of the PPV to have Roman Reigns’ match close the event. The idea was that he was the only franchise player on the roster.

• Bray Wyatt Reacts to Wrestlemania Backlash Zombies

The belief was that he should either go first or last. Since the triple threat match for the Raw women’s championship opened Backlash, the decision was made to let the universal championship match close the show.

The call was helped by the feeling that since Reigns and Cesaro were going to put on a long match, it might have left the audience exhausted for the WWE title match that would have followed.

John Cena might be returning to WWE in near future.

After more than a year without fans and being restricted to one location, WWE recently announced their return to touring with a big 25 city tour in July.

In an update to the touring plans, F4wonline is reporting that the company is discussing John Cena’s return for their first show back on the road on July 16.

The Cenation leader has been away from WWE programming since his Firefly Fun House match with Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36 last April.

Though John Cena had expressed interest in a comeback during a recent interview saying that he ‘really, really’ wants to get back to WWE and he wants the audience to return as well.

• John Cena Recalls Bizarre Firefly Funhouse Match From WrestleMania 36

The company’s 25 city tour will begin with the July 16 episode of SmackDown in Houston. It’s expected to be followed by the Money In The Bank PPV from Fort Worth on July 18 and Raw from Dallas on July 19.

There is no word yet on if Cena’s return is going to be a one off thing or if he is gonna make more than one appearances but the possibility of him wrestling for the promotion is thin.

Stay tuned for more updates on the story.

Former Sanity member Alexander Wolfe was one of the reported names in the list of NXT talents which were released from their contracts earlier this week, alongside half a dozen other talents.

The now-former WWE star had his first interview after the news broke out recently. He spoke to German publication Sport1 and opened up about his release.

Wolfe first detailed his situation with WWE and explained that it’s more of an end of his run with the promotion than an abrupt firing like some others:

“Well, I got a call from WWE on Wednesday and was told that my contract was not extended, it wasn’t officially a dismissal because my contract expires on June 15th. From then on I am no longer a wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment.”

Alexander Wolfe then revealed the reason he was given for his release, confirming the previous reports that talents were told it was for budgetary reasons:

“The reason I was given was the pandemic time that savings are still necessary due to the global event restrictions,

Well, that’s better than no reason at all, but ultimately you know WWE makes so much money that no firing is really mandatory. But it is what it is.”

• Details On Velveteen Dream ‘Behavioral Issues’ In NXT

Alexander Wolfe was also asked what was next for him after the end of his time with WWE. He said that he hasn’t decided if he wants to sign with a different promotion or have a run in the independent circuit.

The former Sanity member discussed how you can never be completely carefree in the wrestling business and explained that he has prepared for a career outside of the industry just in case as well.

Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn of The Gunn Club have been impressing people with their performance in AEW. However, due to their heritage, a lot of people wonder why the duo did not start their career in WWE instead.

The two AEW stars recently appeared on Talk Is Jericho podcast where they talked about a number of things and explained why they did not try to get a job with WWE before joining AEW.

Talking about their decision to not join the WWE PC, Austin Gunn revealed the advice they got from their father and WWE Hall Of Famer Billy Gunn about it:

“This came up, and I was like, ‘What do you think about the Performance Center?’ He goes, ‘I don’t want you to lose your love for wrestling that you have right now by going there and then them having you turn into that Performance Center, follow directions. you need to be this

Instead of me being just free spoken and just express myself naturally.’ So it was a discussion that we had, but we tried everything to not go there.”

Colten expanded on his brothers’ comments recalling how their father’s advice to them was to find themselves and develop a character first:

“I think the discussion was, if I remember it correctly, more of like, you can go there, but you need to go do your own thing for two to three years,” recalled The Gunn Club member, “And find out who you are and try to develop a character yourself or feel out the landscape

Before you just go straight to the Performance Center and they tell you what to be, as opposed to you know kind of what you are when you go in there and you have a little more confidence.”

• WWE Blocking Billy Gunn From Using His Last Name In AEW

Chris Jericho then recalled similar advice he gave to Davey Boy Smith Jr. in past. Jericho told him that WWE would still be there in a few years but he would gain a lot of life experience competing for different promotions.

Apart from this, The Gunn Club also talked about Billy Gunn’s Hall Of Fame induction alongside DX, the freedom they get in AEW and more.

Aleister Black has finally returned to WWE TV.

This week’s episode of SmackDown featured another vignette of the former NXT champion which saw him reading from his “Tales From The Dark Father” book. The main event of the show then saw Apollo Crews defending his Intercontinental Championship in a fatal four-way match, before Black made his return.

Crews was defending the title against Big E, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. At a time it felt like E would take out the current champion to win the title back. However, the lights went low in the Thunderdome before the new day member could capitalize on his momentum and fog started filling the entrance ramp.

Black then made his return to WWE programming. He was seen wearing a hooded robe. He removed the hood before entering the ring and stared down Big E. The distraction allowed Crews to crawl close to E and hold his leg, and Aleister Black then took out the former champion with his signature Black Mass kick.

The former NXT champion then went back to the ramp. He stared back at the ring as Apollo Crews pinned the former tag champion to retain his title. The show ended with Black standing tall.

Aleister Black has not been seen on WWE TV since being drafted to SmackDwon in October last year. While they had been teasing his return for a while with promos, a date for his return had not been announced. After tonight’s events it appears that Big E is going to be his first feud after returning from his hiatus.

AEW has announced a number of interesting matches for the upcoming episode of AEW Dark: Elevation and it includes the addition of two NJPW stars in Rocky Romero and Ren Narita.

The company announced that the main event of the upcoming show will see NJPW’s Rocky Romero going one on one against former NXT star JD Drake.

Though this wasn’t all as they also confirmed the debut of NJPW young lion Ren Narita who will be facing Royce Isaacs in his first match for the promotion:

Rocky Romero is a Cuban American professional wrestler who has had a couple of stints with ROH. He has also competed for a number of well-known promotions in Mexico including CMLL and others.

He was originally trained by Antonio Inoki at the NJPW Dojo in Los Angeles. He has been a regular for the promotion ever since his return to the company in 2010.

• NJPW Veteran Satoshi Kojima To Make Impact Debut Next Week

Ren Narita on the other hand has been training under the company’s young lion program since 2017. The 23-year-old has received some praise for his work so far.

Other matches announced for the show include Thunder Rosa vs. Ashley D’Amboise and OT Marshall vs. Robo. AEW Dark Elevation airs on the company’s YouTube channel every Monday at 7pm ET.

Recently released WWE star Chelsea Green is reportedly in talks with Impact Wrestling officials for a return to the company in near future.

Dave Meltzer talked about the future of the female star on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter and he reports that green has been in talks with Impact officials this past week.

Though while they have been in negotiation, Meltzer noted that an agreement has not yet been reached for Green’s return to Impact wrestling.

The former NXT star was signed by WWE after a tryout in August 2018. Before this, She also competed in the sixth season of Tough Enough finishing at fourth place for the females.

After a stint in NXT, Chelsea Green made her SmackDown debut in November last year. However, she broke her wrist in her debut match, causing original plans that saw her winning the bout to be changed.

After months of inactivity, the company finally made the decision to let the former champion go. She was released from her contract in April earlier this year.

Chelsea’s previous run with Impact wrestling started in 2016 which ended in Janaury 2018. She even won the knockouts title one time during her run.

The former WWE star has been released with a standard 90 days non-compete clause which means that she will only be able to join Impact after July 14, once an agreement is reached.

• Chelsea Green Expresses Interest In Posing For Playboy

WWE quietly letting Velveteen Dream go became a talking point among fans yesterday when the news about his release from the company broke online.

Among the people who reacted to the news was longtime WWE artist Rob Schamberger who made some interesting comments about the former NXT star.

Schamberger reacted to the news not long after it came out. He took Twitter to describe Dream as the ‘most unprofessional person’ he has encountered:

“Without saying anything further: He was the single most unprofessional person I’ve encountered in this business. I hope this is the wake up call he needs to start doing the emotional work to become a better person. All told.”

Rob Schamberger has had a long standing relationship with WWE and his work is printed on a variety of merchandise sold by the company. He also holds Canvas 2 Canvas show on YouTube in collaboration with WWE Network.

Velveteen Dream signed with WWE back in October 2015 after competing in the sixth season of Tough Enough. He acquired the Dream Moniker in May 2017 and received praise for his work with the new character.

• Triple H On Allegations Against Velveteen Dream: “We Didn’t Find Anything”

However, he was accused of inappropriate behavior with underage boys and girls in 2020, leading to his removal from WWE programming.

While the officials initially claimed that they didn’t find anything in their investigation against Dream, it was reported yesterday that the NXT star has been released from his contract.

Jim Ross has less than a year left in his current contract with AEW and he has started thinking about his future after his current deal with the company expires.

The former WWE star recently had an interview with DAZN where he discussed a number of things and also opened up about his current run with the promotion.

During the interview, Ross talked about the length of his current contract with All Elite Wrestling and revealed that he signed a three-year deal with the promotion when he first joined the company in 2019:

“The contract I came in here was three years because that’s what he (Khan) wanted. He wants stability. It made Time Warner happy because they’re used to my work in their company for many years and the WWE stuff as well.”

Discussing his plans after his contract expires, Jim Ross said that he would like to continue working for Tony Khan but take things one year at a time:

“I’d like to, in a perfect world, Steven, I would say I’ll do this year, and then let’s evaluate and see where we are health-wise, motivational-wise. Then if I come back, I’d like to come back for a year at a time.”

Jim Ross signed for three year with AEW in April 2019 which means his current deal would expire sometime around the same month next year. We will have to wait and see what decision the company makes about him after that.

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Don Callis is no longer an Impact Wrestling executive and he has been relieved of his backstage duties with the company according to latest reports.

The former NJPW commentator was present for the latest Impact tapings. However, he only stayed around to film his content with Kenny Omega and left after day one of the four day taping schedule.

This made many wonder if Callis is no longer working in a backstage capacity for the promotion and a latest report from PWinsider confirms these speculations.

According to reports, the Impact star had been preparing for his exit for a while and he had slowly been decreasing his responsibilities outside of the Impact creative team in the past year.

Don Callis finally left the creative team in April as well, marking the end of his tenure as an executive for the company. He is now only working as an on-screen personality for the promotion.

• Don Callis Says He’s Working “At A Much Higher Level” Than Paul Heyman

Though this exit was not dramatic and he remains on friendly terms with Impact officials. The former WWF star is expected to continue his on-screen role as the manager for Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers.

Impact wrestling has streamlined their creative team since his exit. The team of Scott D’Amore, Tommy Dreamer, RD Evans and Jimmy Jacobs are overlooking creative process now. There is no plan to replace Don Callis as of now.

Former Raw women’s champion Ronda Rousey is once again teaming with WWE Hall Of Famer Kurt Angle for a new project.

The wrestling veteran teased the new project sharing a photo of the two on social media earlier yesterday. Both the former WWE stars are seen standing in front of a truck marked ‘Rowdy’s dairy home delivery’ with the following caption:

“Wait and see what @rondarousey and your Olympic hero have in store for you. Yes! That’s Ronda’s milk truck behind us. We had a great day filming the show. #itstrue”

There is no word yet on what the project is about. It’s likely that the Browsey Acres farm in California which is owned by the female star and her husband Travis Browne, is involved in it.

• Ronda Rousey Plays it Cool on a WWE Return

Ronda Rousey’s relationship with Kurt Angle goes back to the former UFC star’s debut match in WWE. She teamed up with the Olympic Gold Medallist to face Triple H and Stephanie McMahon at WrestleMania 34.

Though the former champion has been away from WWE since WrestleMania 35. She left the company to start a family and Rousey revealed in April that she was four months pregnant with her first child.

Stay tuned for updates on their project.

Tonight’s episode of Impact Wrestling saw a title change as Rhino and Joe Doering from Violent By Design defeated FinJuice to become the new Impact Wrestling tag team champions.

The main event of this week’s episode of the weekly show saw the team of Juice Robinson & David Finlay successfully defending their title against the duo of Ace Austin and Madman Fulton.

However, after the bout, VBD leader Eric Young announced that they were going to cash in Rhino’s Call Your Shot Trophy, leading to the champions defending their titles the second time in the night.

The ending to this match saw Doering hitting Robinson with a massive lariat while Rhino crushed Finlay with a Gore. Doering then picked up a pin fall victory for his team, making them the new champions.

FinJuice had won the tag team titles in March earlier this year. They had defeated Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson, The Good Brothers at the Sacrifice PPV.

• Eric Bischoff On Who Paid For TNA’s Rebranding As Impact Wrestling

Rhino had won the Call Your Shot Trophy in a 20-wrestler intergender gauntlet match at last year’s Bound For Glory event in October. He had last eliminated Sami Callihan to win the match.

This wasn’t the only big news coming out of the show and the company also announced the arrival of a former IWGP heavyweight champion for next week. You can check out their announcement here.

NJPW veteran and former IWGP heavyweight champion Satoshi Kojima will be coming to Impact Wrestling and making his debut next week as part of the two company’s partnership.

The company revealed the news during the latest episode of Impact Wrestling and they aired a promo hyping up the NJPW star’s arrival during the show.

They announced that Kojima will be making his Impact debut during the May 27 episode of the show and he will challenge an opponent that has yet to be named:

The wrestling veteran has had a couple of stints with NJPW with a combined time of more than two decades with the promotion. His current run started in 2010 when he returned to the company.

Satoshi Kojima has wrestled in United States before. He most notably had a stint with Major League Wrestling in 2002-2003 where he won the MLW world heavyweight championship once.

• Tommy Dreamer Teases More NJPW Stars Will Appear on IMPACT Wrestling

Apart from being a two-time IWGP heavyweight champion, the NJPW star has had seven reigns with the company’s tag team championship with different partners and won several other accolades as well.

Whether his Impact Wrestling appearance will be a one off thing or he will stick around for a longer program is not known yet. It would be interesting to see if Satoshi Kojima gets involved in a feud.

MLW has announced the signing of former TNA and ROH star Davey Richards and confirmed that he will be making his debut for the promotion in July.

The company has been looking to restock its roster following their new TV deal with Vice. Just last week they confirmed Dario Cueto as El Jefe of Aztec Underground.

They announced another big addition to their roster as part of their open draft concept this week and confirmed that Davey Richards who announced his return to pro wrestling in March has signed with the promotion:

The episode featured Alicia Atout interviewing the company’s newest signing. During the interview, the former ROH star revealed that he actually signed with the promotion a while back.

Richards claimed that he was offered contracts by several companies when he announced his return to professional wrestling. He chose MLW as his new home because it stood out as a sports-oriented option.

The heavyweight star has had a successful career and he has competed for many well-known companies as well as the most famous independent promotions.

Davey Richards has won gold everywhere he has been. Apart from being a former ROH champion, he is a former TNA tag team champion and IWGP junior heavyweight tag team champion as well.

MLW will return to Philadelphia for their July 10 event which will be held in front of fans and their newest signing will also be making his debut on the same show.

• Azteca Underground Expected To Be 2nd MLW Series & “Distinctly Different” From Fusion

NJPW has announced that the current IWGP heavyweight champion Will Ospreay will be vacating the championship due to a neck injury.

The company announced the news on their website early Thursday morning. The high flying star suffered the injury during his title defense against Shingo Takagi on the night two of Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka on May 4.

Due to the injury, Ospreay will be returning to UK for his treatment and rehabilitation and he will not be able to participate in upcoming NJPW events.

Since a timetable for his return to action is not known, the company officials have made the decision to vacate the title. An announcement about the future of the championship will come at a later date.

Will Ospreay In NJPW

Will Ospreay has been with NJPW since 2016. He started his career in the company as part of their junior heavyweight division and won the junior heavyweight title for the first time in October 2017.

The English star found his own United Empire stable in 2020. He went on to win the 2021 New Japan Cup, which also earned him the right to challenge Kota Ibushi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Ospreay then defeated Ibushi for the title at Sakura Genesis in April earlier this year to become the new heavyweight champion before being forced to vacate it. We will keep you posted about his health and the future of the title.

• Will Ospreay Comments On Wrestling Dontaku & World Title Run

Kevin Owens will get an opportunity to win his third Intercontinental Championship this Friday but according to the former champion, he will be fine even if he doesn’t win the title.

The former Universal Champion recently appeared on WWE’s The Bump where he talked about things such as his rivalry with Sami Zayn and more.

While discussing the upcoming match, Owens mentioned how he is a bit conflicted about winning the title because he is currently tied to Owen Hart for the number of days they have held the championship:

“As everybody knows, Owen Hart had a very positive influence on my career. What fans have pointed out to me in the past is that me and Owen share a birthday,

But also, we were both Intercontinental Champions twice.” said Kevin Owens, “If you add the total amount of days from our reigns, we both have the exact number of days as Intercontinental Champions.”

The former NXT star said that he almost doesn’t want to break this streak but he will allow it to happen because the current title has a new design compared to the last one which the wrestling legend and he both held.

Kevin Owens alongside Big E and Sami Zayn will challenge the current Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews in a fatal four way match for the title at this Friday’s episode of SmackDown.

• Kevin Owens On Talent Having To “Prove Their Worth” To WWE Brass

Check out Kevin Owens’ appearance on The Bump:

Big E is long overdue for a world title push. Many wonder if the upcoming Money In The Bank PPV could open the doors of a world title opportunity for him and Kofi Kingston recently commented on the possibility.

The former WWE champion recently spoke to Sports Illustrated where he talked about the ladder match and how his partner will do in such a scenario.

Kingston explained that E would be a great fit in a match such as Money In The Bank. He would bring a lot of things on the table which we haven’t seen before:

“E would be a great fit because he would bring a lot of things to the table you hadn’t seen before; there aren’t a lot of people that move like Big E that are built like him in a Money in the Bank match.”

Kofi mentioned how Big E is not only very strong but athletic as well. Discussing how a MITB win can lead to a main event push, Kingston revealed that one of his goals to join New Day was to help his teammates:

“One of my goals when I initially joined New Day, when Woods and E approached me about being in this group, I wanted to do something new—and I wanted to help Woods and E rise,

And do whatever I could do to help them achieve a level of stardom in this industry that they hadn’t before,” said Kofi Kingston, “So yes, E would be amazing in Money in the Bank.”

• Big E Want To Face Roman Reigns At WrestleMania 38

The Money In The Bank usually takes place in May or June but the company has moved the show down this year and announced Hell In A Cell as their next PPV.

It’s believed that Money In The Bank will be held in July with fans in attendance. It will be a great opportunity for WWE to push Big E to the next level with a big win in the presence of fans.

AEW star Austin Gunn has suffered an injury during his match on Dynamite tonight that is gonna keep him out of action for the next couple of months.

The young star faced Anthony Ogogo in a singles match on this week’s episode of the show. It turned out to be a one sided contest in Ogogo’s favor.

The bout saw the English boxer-turned-wrestler hitting his opponent in guts several times, leading to Austin Gunn bleeding from his mouth.

The referee tried to end the match but the injured star stopped him. The match eventually ended after Ogogo hit him with a pop-up punch to the face. The referee then had to call the bout off.

After the show went off air, AEW provided some update on Austin. They made a tweet confirming that the AEW star will be out of action for 8-10 weeks:

The match was only the second televised match for Ogogo after his match with Cole Karter on Dynamite back on April 14. He will now face Cody Rhodes at Double Or Nothing on May 30.

Austin Gunn is the son of wrestling veteran and WWE Hall Of Famer Billy Gunn. He made his wrestling debut in 2017 and was signed by AEW in 2020.

• AEW Dynamite Results (5/19): Two Title Matches, The Pinnacle & Inner Circle

Reports of several NXT talents being released from their contract became a point of discussion among fans earlier today and one of the most notable names being mentioned was Alexander Wolfe.

Though once the reports went viral, the former Sanity member came forward. He made a tweet to clarify his status with the company and revealed that he hasn’t been let go by the officials just yet.

Wolfe took on his Twitter to reveal that his current WWE contract actually expires on June 15 and he can only take bookings after that.

However, at the same time, the NXT star updated his Twitter bio to start accepting independent bookings, indicating that he won’t be staying around for long.

His former Sanity teammates Nikki Cross and Killian Dane also took on their twitters to reflect on their time together, further confirming that his official release is only a matter of time:

Alexander Wolfe signed with WWE back in 2015 and he started teaming with Sawyer Fulton in 2016. The duo joined Nikki Cross and Eric Young to form the Sanity Stable in NXT in late 2016.

After Sanity’s main roster debut on SmackDown and disbanding, the German professional wrestler was sent to the NXT UK brand where he joined the Imperium faction led by the current NXT UK champion Walter.

• Eric Young Reveals Original Plans For Sanity’s Main Roster Debut

Tony Khan’s AEW made a couple of big revelations earlier today including the announcement of a new television show called Rampage and their move to TBS in 2022. The AEW president talked about these big announcements during his appearance on Busted Open Radio and went in length to explain how the new show will fit into their current dynamic.

During the talk, Khan revealed that the warner media officials had shown interest in adding a third hour to Dynamite instead but he insisted on the third-hour being on a separate night:

“I didn’t want to do three hours of Dynamite. They (warnermedia) asked at one point if I wanted to do three hours of Dynamite. It came up about doing a third hour and I said I really believed in doing it on another night.”

Tony Khan also explained how Rampage will be positioned among their current programs. He explained that it will not be a secondary show. He claimed that Rampage would rather be a partner and equivalent of Dynamite:

“I promise you Rampage isn’t going to be a secondary show. Rampage is going to be the partner of Dynamite, the equivalent of Dynamite. We have these two strong franchises in Dynamite and Rampage and they are our weekly core properties. And then we’ll have our peripheral properties (Dark and Elevation).

They’re probably the equivalent of what you’d seen, partially a developmental show, partially a syndicated show.”

Khan said that both Rampage and Dynamite are going to be their core properties in terms of content for the rest of the year and on TBS from next year. AEW Rampage will premiere on TNT on August 13. It will air on 10 pm (Eastern) on Friday, right after the broadcast of WWE’s premier show SmackDown.

Tyson Kidd has been involved in the wrestling business for almost all his life which started with him making his in-ring debut in 1995, at the age of 15.

In a recent interview with WrestlingInc, the retired wrestling star talked about a number of things and opened up about his experiences in the wrestling world.

During the interview, Kidd told an interesting backstage incident with Shawn Michaels, where he had heard HBK say that he was nervous before a match:

“I was a kid, about 15 years old, and I remember seeing Shawn Michaels earlier in the day of WrestleMania 12, Diana Hart was asking if [Shawn] was excited for the match. And I remember him saying he was really nervous.

Tyson Kidd explained that he had made his debut the summer before and he found it interesting that even Michaels got nervous before a bout:

“I’d had my first match the summer before, and I am a 15-year-old kid, and I remember being insanely nervous. I remember sitting there and hearing those words come out of Shawn Michaels’ mouth in 1996 and I was like, ‘Shawn Michaels is nervous? No way!

I thought I was just nervous!’ [Michaels] did say to [Diana] later that he was nervous about entertaining the crowd for that amount of time. So, it was kind of an interesting thing to see Shawn Michaels say that.”

Apart from this Tyson Kidd also discussed how he has been a part of many WrestleManias throughout his life and shared his experience of being there for various editions of the show of shows.

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