A ‘historic’ announcement is scheduled to be made by Stephanie McMahon this coming Monday night on RAW.

On Friday morning (July 20, 2018), the company announced the news by sending out the following statement on their social media accounts to hype her appearance on the flagship show of the company:

BREAKING: Commissioner @StephMcMahon will appear LIVE this Monday on #RAW to deliver a historic announcement!

— WWE (@WWE) July 20, 2018

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on what that announcement will be but it should be noted that it could have something to do with the reported plans of WWE holding an all women’s event later this year. This show is apparently being planned due to the lack of female stars at the Greatest Royal Rumble event in April and that it could be a Network Special similar to the show at Saudi Arabia. This is pure speculation at this time.

McMahon has not been seen on RAW since the night after WrestleMania 34 in April where she was attacked by Ronda Rousey following their mixed tag team match at the biggest event of the year for the WWE.

WWE holds this week’s RAW in Buffalo, NY at the KeyBank Center on the USA Network that will feature Bobby Lashley and Roman Reigns square off in a #1 contender’s match with the winner challenging Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event.

Stephanie McMahon has shed some lights on her relationship with her father, Vince McMahon, and the advice he has given her throughout the course of her life. 

While on the red carpet for the Sports Humanitarian Awards, McMahon spoke with Denise Salcedo about various topics including the best advice she ever received from her father, which she revealed to be about taking calculated risks, which he did to help build the company.

“The best advice my father’s given me as a businessperson is to — there’s so many great pieces of advice. I’d say now take calculated risks,” Stephanie replied.

McMahon continued by stating that she takes pride in representing the WWE while they continue their mission to entertain on a global level and all of their endeavors outside of the WWE.

“WWE’s mission is to put smiles on faces the world over. Whether we do it by our entertainment content or we do it by giving back.” She praised WWE’s partnership with the V-Foundation, Special Olympics, Boys And Girls Clubs of America, Susan G Komen, and more.

McMahon added that those are just a few to name and that she could go deep in on each one of those. She brought up about it being a privilege to be able to give back in as many ways as they can.

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

What are your thoughts on McMahon’s comments? Sound off in the comment section.

At one point in time, WWE had some plans to add some additional members to The New Day, according to Big E.

The former WWE Tag Team Champion was recently interviewed by The State Journal-Register and in this interview, he was asked about any potential interest in pursuing a singles run.

This is when he dropped some interesting info as he revealed that they originally had plans to add members to the New Day when they first formed.

“The thing is when we first decided to do this (New Day) thing, we honestly saw ourselves as a faction. We had ideas of adding people along of way. But honestly I’m very glad we ended up as a trio because I can’t imagine it as anything else. … But we want to be equipped to do anything, whether it’s tags or singles. We definitely think that is a possibility and something we’re very open to, and we do believe strongly the three of us have the ability to carry that out well.”

Big E continued by stating that a lot of people are very quick to preach about breaking up the group and that it was said by fans almost two years ago that they should separate but they feel that they as a group could continue for a very long time. He noted that they could move on from their current gimmick but stay as a trio.

“We feel like as a trio we have legs to continue for a very long time. And that could mean we move on from the happy, clappy, gospel-inspired music … but stay a trio. Or we move on to singles. There’s so many incarnations of this group that have yet to really be forged and fleshed out”

What are your thoughts on Big E’s comments? Should WWE add more members to the group or keep it the same? Sound off in the comment section.

Roman Reigns has given his take on the latest super fight that is trying to be made by the UFC.

In the main event of the UFC 226 pay-per-view event, Daniel Cormier was able to score a KO win over Stipe Miocic to win the UFC heavyweight title and after the fight, Cormier invited WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar Lesnar inside the Octagon with Lesnar accepting the invitation and shoving Cormier in the process. Lesnar then cut a promo on the heavyweight division and Cormier.

The former WWE Champion recently spoke to Helen Yee Sports where he discussed being a big fan of Cormier and how he would fare in the WWE if he did decide to make the transition from MMA to pro wrestling.

“He’s really into what we do and he always seems like a super nice guy. But with our schedule and the amount of events that we run I wasn’t able to see it. I did hear about it obviously about Brock coming in and making a spectacle, but that’s the showman in him.”

“I don’t see why not,” Reigns replied. “You know he has all the instincts. He’s a natural fighter. I think he’d be able to learn very fast. It really just depends on where he is in his career physically and his health and his age.”

Reigns continued by stating that Cormier is a great talker and would be very comfortable on the microphone which is something that he would have an advantage in the WWE. He also believes that there would be a lot of people helping him to kinda get on the fast track and get on the main roster with the WWE.

Reigns was asked what he thought about Lesnar fighting Cormier, which led to the RAW star stating that Cormier has a good shot at beating Lesnar and that WWE is always looking to create a buzz and with what Lesnar is doing, it’s a good crossover between WWE and UFC.

”We’d love to have him in WWE a lot more. We’d love for him to show up a lot more, but you know it’s Brock Lesnar. He’s The Beast, he’s gonna do what he does. If he shows up I’m ready for him.”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

The card for the upcoming WWE NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV has taken shape after the latest set of TV tapings.

WWE was in Winter Park, FL at Full Sail University on Wednesday night (July 19, 2018) for the NXT TV tapings where several matches were revealed at those tapings that will take place at this event.

As noted, there was a shocking title change that saw Tommaso Ciampa beat Aleister Black to win the NXT Title, which was later set up by NXT General Manager William Regal as he announced that Ciampa would defend his newly won title against Black and Johnny Gargano in a triple threat match that is expected to serve as the main event of this show.

As seen in the past, these special events typically feature several title matches and this show is no different as NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler defends her title against 2017 Mae Young Classic Winner Kairi Sane.

The NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 event takes place on Saturday, August 18, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center and will air on the WWE Network.

The Card

NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Aleister Black in triple threat match

NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane

NXT Tag Team Champions Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly vs. Tyler Bate and Trent Seven

NXT North American Champion Adam Cole vs. Ricochet

Singles Match: EC3 vs. The Velveteen Dream

What are your thoughts on these matches and the card? Is this what you expected to be booked? Sound off in the comment section.

Roman Reigns has opened up about his recent feud with Bobby Lashley on WWE television.

The former WWE Champion recently spoke to Helen Yee Sports where he discussed Lashley’s run in WWE since his return earlier this year. In this interview, he noted that the feud with Lashley is new and caught us up to speed on their current storyline, which is the fact that Lashley beat him at Sunday’s (July 15, 2018) WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena and that they will square off in a #1 contender’s match on next week’s episode of RAW to find out who will challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at SummerSlam.

“We both had triple threat matches in order to earn an opportunity to be the #1 contender to take on Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. So we’re gonna meet next week and go at it again. This time I have a better feel for him and hopefully, it’ll be a better result for me.”

Also in this interview, Reigns was asked how he thinks Lashley’s WWE return has worked out for him thus far which he noted that he thinks it was a little rocky from the get-go but that Lashley is really settled in and getting comfortable. 

“You could tell that it seems like he’s starting to feel at home again. When you leave WWE and you move around a little bit you can kinda get out of the shake of things. It seems like he’s really getting comfortable. He had a great showing on Sunday, next Monday’s not gonna be the same.”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

Booker T is the latest star to give his take on WWE’s decision to reinstate Hulk Hogan into the WWE Hall of Fame after the news was broken over the weekend before the WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event where Hogan held a meeting with the WWE superstars.

The former WCW World Heavyweight Champion was the latest guest on XPac 1 2 360 with Sean Waltman where he talked about various topics including Hogan where he stated that when people say stuff behind closed doors, sometimes they say stuff they would never say in public and that if someone is taping a conversation they’re obviously looking to get something out of it and you have to look at it like that.

“You don’t know if someone was drinking or not. There are so many variables that go into that one little episode. And I just don’t think that in the wrestling business coincide with each other. Do we got to set this thing down, reprimand, suspend him? Of course. But for him to be banned from professional wrestling for that one incident? I mean c’mon. That I don’t agree with. Let’s put in the past and move forward.”

The WWE Hall of Famer also gave his take on Bobby Lashley possibly facing Brock Lesnar in the near future. Booker T noted that Lesnar has a lot on his plate right now as he is preparing for his UFC return, being tested by USADA and gearing up for his next match in the WWE at the upcoming SummerSlam event.

He believes that it will be a good thing for Lashley to get in there and mix it up with Lesnar but it might be a rough night for him as well. He brought up the fact that fans have been wanting to see them wrestle each other for years.

“Both of them have the amateur background… Bobby is definitely ready to step into the fire… as well as we wonder what Bobby’s still got left in the tank after ten years of being away from the company. We’re fired up, we’ll find out very soon.”

H/T to WrestleZone for the transcribed quotes.

Christian has given some insight into the decision that was made about the name of his finisher when he was an active pro wrestler.

If you recall, during his first stint with the WWE, his finisher was called The Impaler while he was with The Brood but later changed it to The Unprettier which stuck for a while. Once he decided to go to TNA in 2005 where he had a successful run, his finisher name stayed the same until he decided to return to the WWE three years later and placed on the ECW brand and the name of the move was once again changed to The Killswitch.

During a recent episode of E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness, the former World Heavyweight Champion explained why the name of the finisher was changed.

“The name The Unprettier kinda came as a joke between myself and The Hardys and Adam we would joke around. I don’t even remember how we came up with it but I jokingly called it The Unprettier because I hate how it makes you feel so damn unpretty.”

He continued by stating that they would jokingly talk about it behind-the-scenes and one announcer (could’ve been Michael Cole) heard it and then said it on the air during his match where it would later stick.

“But I never thought the name matched how dangerous the move was. So when I came back from TNA to WWE I kinda wanted to repackage a few different things, the name of my finish being one of them. I had a conversation earlier that first day back with Vince and I told him my feelings on it and what I wanted to name it and he went, ‘no that’s great. Do it.’ So that’s how it got changed.”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair has made his first public comments about his recent surgery.

If you recall, just last week, the pro wrestling legend underwent the knife for an ileostomy procedure. At first, it was reported that he was scheduled to get surgery to remove a colonoscopy bag but that was not the case. Flair wrote the following on his official Twitter account:

“Thank You To All The Staff At Gwinnett Medical Center For The Excellent Care During My Stay! I Was So Lucky To Be In The Hands Of An Amazing Surgeon, Dr. James Elsey. Truly Grateful For Everything! The Naitch Is Back Up And Runnin’! @GwinnettMedical.”

Thank You To All The Staff At Gwinnett Medical Center For The Excellent Care During My Stay! I Was So Lucky To Be In The Hands Of An Amazing Surgeon, Dr. James Elsey. Truly Grateful For Everything! The Naitch Is Back Up And Runnin’! @GwinnettMedical pic.twitter.com/nPnzaDgRpQ

— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) July 18, 2018

His fiancé, Wendy Barlow, went on record by telling Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet that the procedure had to be done after his health scare last summer and reverse the stoma that way he’ll no longer be forced to drain the bag.

The reason for the confusion at the time about the surgery was the differences between the two procedures as an ileostomy is defined as an opening in the belly (abdominal wall) that is made during surgery and that the lowest part of the small intestine is brought through this opening to form a stoma while surgery to remove a colonoscopy bag applies to the large intestine and not the small intestine.

Flair was last seen on WWE television when he appeared on a November 2017 edition of SmackDown Live to congratulate Charlotte Flair after she won the SmackDown Women’s Title from Natalya in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Four new names have been confirmed as competitors for the second installment of the upcoming Mae Young Classic.

On Wednesday morning (July 18, 2018), the WWE announced that Tegan Nox, Deonna Purrazzo, Jessie Elaban and Reina Gonzalez would be competing in the tournament.

With the latest names being revealed, they join Kaitlyn, Io Shirai, Rhea Ripley, Kacy Catanzaro, Nicole Matthews and Jinny as confirmed competitors for the tournament. The company is expected to announce more participants in the coming weeks.

WWE is slated to tape the tournament on August 8th and August 9th from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida and will air later this summer on the WWE Network.

It should be noted that WWE has yet to reveal when the first-round matches will air on the WWE Network or when the finals will take place but by looking back on history, last year’s tournament finals went down on September 12th from the SmackDown TV event in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Thomas and Mack Center that saw Kairi Sane beat Shayna Baszler in the finals to win the tournament.

What are your thoughts on the latest names being announced for the second year of this tournament? Sound off in the comment section.

Major League Wrestling returns to New York City on Thursday night with MLW Battle Riot live from the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, NY. Cameras will be rolling for a 2-hour special that will air on beIN SPORTS next Friday night, July 27th.

The headline match will be the first-ever Battle Riot match, a 40-man anything goes battle royal that will begin with two participants in the ring and another new participant every 60 seconds. Eliminations can take place via pinfall, submission or a wrestler being thrown outside the ring to the floor at ringside. The winner of MLW Battle Riot will earn an opportunity to challenge for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship any time they choose. 

There have been some late additions to the card, which you can see below.

If you’re in the NYC area, a limited number of tickets have been made available after MLW finalized the production setup. We’ll be there – visit MLWTickets.com so you can too.

As a reminder, you can watch MLW’s weekly television show FUSION on Youtube, if you don’t have the beIN SPORTS cable channel. New episodes of MLW FUSION are uploaded to MLW’s YouTube channel every Saturday night at 6:05pm ET.

MLW Battle Riot: Final Card

• Battle Riot: 40-Man Anything Goes Battle Royal
• MLW Champion Low Ki vs. John Hennigan
• MLW Tag Team Champions Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix vs. Drago & Aerostar
• Joey Ryan vs. MJF to crown the first-ever MLW Middleweight Champion
  
• Shane Strickland vs. Sami Callihan
• The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr. w/Brian Pillman II) vs. Rich Swann & ACH
• Jimmy Havoc vs. Brody King
• PCO vs. Homicide
• Kotto Brazil vs. Myron Reed
• Jake Hager vs. Simon Gotch (w/Col. Robert Parker)

WWE has officially announced a match and segment for next week’s episode of SmackDown Live.

The segment will see SmackDown General Manager Paige reveal who AJ Styles will defend the WWE Title against at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event that is slated to go down on Sunday, August 19, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center and will air on the WWE Network.

As seen on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live from Wilkes Barre, PA, Styles defeated Andrade Almas in a non-title match. Also on this show, Samoa Joe beat Tye Dillinger in a singles match and after the match, Joe posted a cryptic message on his official Twitter account that has fans talking about this tweet potentially leading to Joe challenging Styles for the WWE Title at SummerSlam.

How many more must pay before you give me what I want? You keep denying, I keep collecting.

— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) July 18, 2018

As of this writing, that match has yet to be confirmed but Joe vs. Styles is being advertised for upcoming live events.

The match that has been announced for this show is WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella vs. Becky Lynch in a non-title match with the stipulation that if Lynch wins then she gets a title shot at SummerSlam.

Who do you think Styles will defend the WWE Title against at SummerSlam? 

WWE Monday Night RAW color commentator Jonathan Coachman claims to have some inside information on the famous shove that Brock Lesnar gave to Daniel Cormier.

As seen in the main event of the UFC 226 pay-per-view event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cormier was able to score a KO win over Stipe Miocic to win the UFC heavyweight title. Then, things got out of hand. Cormier invited Lesnar inside the Octagon with Lesnar accepting the invitation and shoving Cormier in the process. Lesnar then cut a promo on the heavyweight division and Cormier.

According to Coachman, once Lesnar got into the Octagon, the WWE Universal Champion was upset because Cormier made it so WWE and that it wasn’t talked about between Lesnar and Cormier before the fight. The only thing that Cormier and Miocic knew before the fight was that the winner was supposed to call out Lesnar for a future fight. The shove was real as Lesnar didn’t want it to go down like that.

“He was like, ‘[Lesnar] was so pissed because Cormier made it so WWE.’ Brock was so mad that he did it that way. That shove was real, it wasn’t planned, it wasn’t talked about. Him [Lesnar] coming in [the cage] was, but the shove that everyone says was so WWE — Brock didn’t want it that way. Brock wanted it just on that fine line.’

Typically, after a UFC main event fight, both the winner and loser are interviewed. However, at this event, Miocic was not interviewed about the fight or the chance to reply to Lesnar’s insults after his loss. Coachman made it clear that it was planned out that way that whoever won would call Lesnar into the Octagon.

“It was planned out that way that whoever won would call Brock in. Normally on a normal fight of that magnitude, you interview the winner and then the loser will stay and get interviewed. So I was hoping that Joe Rogan would say, ‘oh Brock you just said that about Stipe.’ It wasn’t planned that way, so Stipe was long gone.”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

Drew McIntyre has given some insight into his time with the WWE and resurgence in the company.

The former NXT Champion recently appeared on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia to talk about various topics including his reaction to his release by the WWE in 2014 where he noted that he was shocked at first as he was doing the 3MB gimmick with Jinder Mahal and Heath Slater where they were on literally every show so it was very unexpected.

He would continue by stating that although he saw the news on social media, it never crossed his mind that a missed call from WWE might have been to tell him the news but rather assumed to tell him to be on the road a week earlier.

“When I got it I was like, “Oh, okay. I’ll be seeing you very soon.” And I sat and I thought about it. My girlfriend at the time who is now my wife and I had just moved into the apartment that I got the call 3 days prior. It was our first place together, so I was thinking, “How am I going to tell her? How am I going to tell my Dad?” He’s always been my number one fan.”

He continued by stating that he worried about the next step and then eventually told himself that this is the opportunity he’s been waiting for and that it had been years since he was in a serious role.

He noted that it was the right time to be away from the company for a while and to have learned so much. He believed in himself and that he could really do something and the wrestling scene outside of WWE was really picking up. This is when he got excited.

McIntyre also touched on his decision to go back to NXT when he returned to the company instead of going back to the main roster right away.

“That was what I wanted. I told my wife in the beginning when NXT really started catching fire,”You know what babe, ideal when I go back there first, if I do my thing here and I get a reputation in the independent scene, then I believe I can get an angle to NXT because it’s such a passionate fan base. I think that would be the place for me to go to really show what I can do. And then when the time is right, because the transition is so much smoother from NXT to RAW and Smackdown, because it moves so fast. RAW and Smackdown, there’s so many hours of unique TV every single week all year round.”

McIntyre added that is the way he saw it and even told Chris Jericho about it during a podcast appearance as he gave credit to Jericho for helping him early in his career and Jericho telling him when he was released that he’d be back in WWE.

McIntyre also talked about how he discovered his love for wrestling and more. You can listen to the full interview here.

What are your thoughts on McIntyre’s comments? Sound off in the comment section.

WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett has given his take on intergender matches in pro wrestling.

In an interview with SportsKeeda to promote his upcoming ‘Ain’t He Great’ UK tour which kicks off in London on July 23rd, the former WWE Intercontinental Champion spoke about intergender matches, which he thinks should be special and booked on a case-by-case basis as he pointed out the example of his program with Chyna in the WWE in 1999.

“I think this is a very very specific case to case basis because I don’t think it’s fair if it was the world’s best female basketball player against Lebron James, that’s really not competitive. At the time of me and Chyna, Chyna was built so strong that the timing was right. [If you had] Intergender matches on a consistent basis I believe the specialty of that would diminish, but on occasion, I think it’s a good opportunity.”

Jarrett also talked about former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey making the transition from being a pro-MMA fighter to the land of pro wrestling.

He gave her high praise for being a unique and once in a lifetime talent as she is the first female in the UFC Hall of Fame, which he believes should make people stop right there and realize what a special talent she is and they just don’t come around that often.

What are your thoughts on Jarrett’s comments? Sound off in the comment section.

Roman Reigns Update

Roman Reigns had a scare on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Buffalo, NY at the KeyBank Center on the USA Network after having a collision with Drew McIntyre during their Triple Threat with Finn Balor. Some fans were concerned about the former WWE Champion after he was busted open as a result of the incident. Fear not because Pwinsider.com notes that Reigns was said to be OK.

Now, Reigns is slated to square off with Bobby Lashley in a #1 contender’s match on next Monday’s show with the winner challenging Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 19, 2018

Ember Moon Tweets

Former NXT Women’s Champion Ember Moon suffered her first loss on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW as a member of the main roster on the red brand after taking a pinfall from Sarah Logan. After the match, Moon wrote the following about the loss on Twitter:

“.@WWE A wise man once said “streaks were made to be broken” Tonight the #RiottSquad numbers game won but the #ProphecyOfFire will be reignited and a phoenix will rise from the ashes! #MythRises  #SHEnom #SHEwolf #SilenceTheRiott #EclipseTheCompetition.”

.@WWE A wise man once said "streaks were made to be broken"

Tonight the #RiottSquad numbers game won but the #ProphecyOfFire will be reignited and a phoenix will rise from the ashes!#MythRises #SHEnom #SHEwolf #SilenceTheRiott #EclipseTheCompetition pic.twitter.com/J7gRY4QL24

— Athena is ROH and All Elite! (@AthenaPalmer_FG) July 17, 2018

What are your thoughts on this upcoming match between Reigns and Lashley? Sound off in the comment section.

Rey Mysterio recently discussed various topics while at the annual Florida Supercon in Fort Lauderdale, FL with The Roman Show.

The former WWE star is expected to make his return to the company later this year once the two sides can agree upon a deal. Until then, he is working for other promotions including NJPW on different occasions.

In this interview, Mysterio gave his take on ROH and New Japan Pro Wrestling holding an event at Madison Square Garden next year during WrestleMania 35 weekend where he stated that you have to think of the great talent that those two companies have as it’s unbelieve and a great roster. He added that he wishes him the best of luck with this upcoming show.

Mysterio also briefly commented on possibly working with Daniel Bryan in the WWE when he returns to the company.

“Anything can happen. I did two Royal Rumbles for WWE this year. If you happen to see me on a Raw or Smackdown and you want to see a certain match, then you already know. But if not, I am still going to be doing what I am doing out here in the wrestling independent scene.”

Mysterio noted that just next month, he is working another show for NJPW then working the ‘All In event come September, Chris Jericho’s cruise in October. Thus, there’s a lot of good things coming his way.

What are your thoughts on Mysterio’s comments? 

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

Ronda Rousey’s Message

Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey has her next big match under the WWE banner set as she is slated to challenge RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss for the title at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Buffalo, NY at the KeyBank Center on the USA Network, Rousey attacked Bliss and Mickie James despite the fact that she’s supposed to be suspended from WWE events.

With this feud going on for over a month now, Rousey has her sights set on winning WWE gold once she steps foot inside of the ring next month. She wrote the following on her official Instagram account about the fact that Bliss needs to be aware of the countdown to SummerSlam is on:

“#August19th your day of reckoning has been set, see you at #SummerSlam @alexa_bliss_wwe_ #rawwomenschampionship.”

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Bobby Lashley’s Reaction

Bobby Lashley continues to rack up big wins in the WWE as he beat Roman Reigns at Sunday’s (July 15, 2018) WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event then scored a win his triple threat match against Seth Rollins and Elias on this week’s episode of RAW that earned him the right to take on Roman Reigns next Monday night on RAW to determine who will face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.

After the match, Lashley took to his Twitter account to react to the big win by writing the following:

You have to bring your A game every Monday night! https://t.co/9nJLd5wx8T

— Bobby Lashley (@fightbobby) July 17, 2018

What are your thoughts on WWE booking Rousey against Bliss at SummerSlam? Sound off in the comment section.

WWE has confirmed that Brock Lesnar will make his next title defense at SummerSlam.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Buffalo, NY at the KeyBank Center on the USA Network, RAW General Manager Kurt Angle announced in the opening segment that there would be two triple threat matches taking place on the show with the winners facing off in a match on next week’s show.

The first match saw Roman Reigns beat Finn Balor and Drew McIntyre while the second match saw Bobby Lashley beat Seth Rollins and Elias.

As a result, Lashley and Reigns will square off in a #1 contender’s match on next Monday’s show with the winner challenging Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 19, 2018 in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center that will air on the WWE Network.

WWE holds next week’s show in Cincinnati, OH at the US Bank Arena. As of this writing, only one other match has been announced for next week’s show, which is Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel defending the Raw Tag Team Titles against Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy.

What are your thoughts on WWE’s handling of who will challenge Lesnar for the Universal Title at their next pay-per-view event? Also, who do you see winning next week’s #1 contender’s match? Sound off in the comment section.

WWE has officially announced that Ronda Rousey will be competing at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Buffalo, NY at the KeyBank Center on the USA Network, the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion attacked RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss and Mickie James in the ring.

This led to RAW General Manager Kurt Angle later revealing that as a result of this attack, Rousey’s suspension has been extended by one week but that she would take on Bliss for the RAW Women’s Title at SummerSlam.

Rousey was supposed to be off WWE television as she serves a 30-day suspension but despite being suspended, she has worked all of the events that she is advertised for and even made an appearance at Sunday’s (July 15, 2018) WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena on the WWE Network where she got involved in the RAW Women’s Title match between Bliss and Nia Jax.

SummerSlam takes place on Sunday, August 19th from Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center. The dual-brand event will air live on the WWE Network and select pay-per-view providers.

What are your thoughts on this upcoming match?

Charlotte Flair is gearing up for her in-ring return after being on the sidelines.

The former WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion made a recent appearance on the Conversations with Maria Menounos show, which is a SiriusXM radio series, where she revealed when she would be cleared to return to in-ring action as that will be on July 31st.

Ironically, that date is a Tuesday night where SmackDown Live airs live on the USA Network. She noted that she misses the ring and the fans as well as that it’s hard to watch the shows while she’s on the sidelines even for such a short period of time.

If you recall, Flair underwent surgery to repair a ruptured implant about a month ago. In this video below, she discussed how she learned she had the issue including delaying it as she wanted to get through WrestleMania and do a photo shoot for ESPN that was published recently.

What are your thoughts on Flair returning to in-ring action? How do you want to see the WWE book Flair once she returns to television on the blue brand? What feud should WWE book her in next? Sound off in the comment section.

WWE has announced the first match for next week’s episode of Monday Night RAW on the USA Network.

During this week’s episode of RAW in Buffalo, NY at the KeyBank Center, RAW Tag Team Champions The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) beat The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) in a non-title match.

After the match, Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt appeared on the big screen to cut a promo where they announced that they would be challenging the champions for the straps on next Monday’s RAW.

This isn't OVAH!!! @MATTHARDYBRAND & @WWEBrayWyatt want a #RAW #TagTeamTitles rematch NEXT WEEK! @TheBoDallas @RealCurtisAxel pic.twitter.com/qVtAAPWx7h

— WWE (@WWE) July 17, 2018

This comes hot off the heels of Dallas and Axel beating Hardy and Wyatt to win the RAW Tag Team Titles at Sunday’s (July 15, 2018) WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena on the WWE Network.

WWE holds next week’s show in Cincinnati, OH at the US Bank Arena. As of this writing, only one other match has been announced for next week’s show, which is a #1 contender’s match that will determine who will challenge Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event.

What are your thoughts on this rematch being booked? Should they wait to make this match happen at SummerSlam? Sound off in the comment section.

Ring of Honor returns this weekend with a new event in the Tennessee region.

The Baltimore-based promotion has released the lineup for their upcoming “Honor For All” event that is slated to go down this Friday night in Nashville, TN at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium that will air their streaming service, Honor Club.

Some of the big matches that are being advertised for this show include The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks vs. The Addiction in a three-way match, Punishment Martinez defending the ROH TV Title against Scorpio Sky, and Jay Lethal defending the ROH World Title against Silas Young.

The Card

Non-Title Match: The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks vs. The Addiction

ROH TV Title Match: Champion Punishment Martinez vs. Scorpio Sky

ROH Title Match: Champion Jay Lethal vs. Silas Young

Proving Ground Match: WOH Champion Sumie Sakai vs. Karen Q

Bully Ray vs. Chuckie T

Cody vs. TK O’Ryan

Marty Scurll vs. Matt Taven

Kenny King vs. Shane Taylor vs. Chris Sabin vs. Jonathan Gresham

NWA Title Match: Champion Nick Aldis vs. Flip Gordon

As a reminder, ROH will hold a TV taping the following night (July 21st) in Atlanta, GA at the Center Stage so make sure to be on the lookout for spoilers posted on the site following that taping.

What are your thoughts on this card? Is it something that you plan on watching? Sound off in the comment section.

WWE is now advertising Universal Champion Brock Lesnar for an upcoming episode of their flagship show, Monday Night RAW.

The Barclays Center’s official Twitter account has announced that Lesnar is set to appear on August 20th episode of RAW, which is the night after the SummerSlam pay-per-view event in the same venue in Brooklyn, New York. This could end up being an interesting date as it might just be his last appearance on WWE television for awhile.

JUST ANNOUNCED: @WWE Universal Champion @BrockLesnar will appear LIVE in Brooklyn for Monday Night RAW on 8/20! pic.twitter.com/ySJN29RFan

— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) July 16, 2018

Lesnar is still under contract with the WWE until the end of August and it’s been reported that he’ll be working the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 19, 2018 that will air on the WWE Network. As of this writing, WWE has yet to announce his opponent at this event.

Lesnar is headed back to the UFC and has started the process to get back in the USADA drug-testing pool. With Lesnar back in the pool, he will still have to serve a little more than six months left of his previous suspension. Thus, he is not able to fight inside of the Octagon until early January, which is around the time that this fight is rumored to take place.

Once he is eligible to fight again, he’s slated to challenge Daniel Cormier for the UFC Heavyweight Title.

What are your thoughts on the appearance of Lesnar on this show and his future with the WWE?

WWE is bringing back War Games for an upcoming NXT TakeOver special.

On Monday afternoon (July 16, 2018), the company announced that the NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2 event is slated to go down on Saturday, November 17, 2018 from Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center. It was also revealed that tickets will be available starting this Friday, July 20, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT, at nxttickets.com.

WWE decided to bring the match back for NXT TakeOver event that took place on November 18, 2017 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and aired on the WWE Network.

Sanity vs. Undisputed Era vs. Authors Of Pain & Roderick Strong served as the main event in the gimmick match at the event. Other matches that were featured on the card included Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas for the NXT Title, Kairi Sane vs. Peyton Royce vs. Ember Moon vs. Nikki Cross in a Fatal 4-Way NXT Women’s Title Match, Aleister Black vs. The Velveteen Dream and Lars Sullivan vs. Kassius Ohno. In the 2017 version for WarGames, the cages were roofless.

For those who may not know, the gimmick match was originally used in the NWA and later held annually in WCW.

What are your thoughts on WWE bringing back the theme? Sound off in the comment section.