Colt Cabana has opened up on his friendship with CM Punk.

Cabana recently appeared on Busted Open Radio to talk with Bubba Ray Dudley and Dave LaGreca. During the interview, he was asked about the status of his friendship with Punk following their recent lawsuit that was brought against them from WWE doctor Chris Amann.

We’re… we’re what we are, you know? Yes. Of course we are.” Cabana continued by stating, “Me and Punk [are] like you and Taz,” said Cabana (transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc).”We’re friends.”

Following his second pro-MMA loss to Mike Jackson by unanimous decision at the UFC 225 pay-per-view event, there has been some speculation that Punk might make a return to professional wrestling.

Cabana made it clear that he doesn’t think Punk will go back to the WWE but never say never.

“I think he has no desire to ever go to WWE, but, you never know,” said Cabana. “In 10 years, something can be different. His mindset could be different, his pocket book could be different, these are factors that I don’t know. Like, right now, I think he hates wrestling, and everything is kind of… it’s weird, because it’s done everything for him, and it’s also done everything against him. So, I think he has a bad taste for wrestling in his mouth but, you know, in four, five, 10 years, who knows?”

Cabana added that Chris Jericho’s involvement with NJPW this year goes to show that there are other options other than being in the sports entertainment company. Cabana added that he feels sad for Punk because after becoming so successful in the WWE, it ultimately cost him to lose his passion for wrestling.

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

WWE has announced a new segment for tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live on the USA Network.

The sports entertainment company has officially announced that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler would interview WWE Champion AJ Styles about his upcoming title defense against Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing Match at the upcoming WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena.

WWE holds this show in Memphis, TN at the FedEx Forum. Obviously, Lawler is from and currently resides in the city.

The company has already announced several matches for the show.

Those matches include Sin Cara vs. Andrade Almas, United States Champion Jeff Hardy vs. Nakamura in a non-title match, Daniel Bryan taking on Shelton Benjamin and a Women’s Money in the Bank Summit that will feature Money in the Bank participants Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Lana, and Naomi. SmackDown General Manager Paige will host the segment.

What are your thoughts on WWE announcing this match? Sound off in the comment section below.

Daniel Bryan kept a close eye on the latest MMA fight involving CM Punk.

The former WWE Champion fought Mike Jackson in a welterweight bout at the UFC 225 pay-per-view event on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

As seen in the fight, Jackson dominated it and although Punk showed a ton of heart he was winded after the first round. Jackson was able to pick up the unanimous decision win after a dominant performance. 

Bryan made it well known during Brie Bella’s live Instagram video that was recently posted on the social media platform that he’s willing to fight Jackson, who holds a pro-MMA record of 1-1.

Bryan stated in the video, “I could beat him on the ground for sure. If WWE would let me fight in UFC, maybe.”

It should be noted that Bryan has had an interest in MMA and has been training in the sport for years. His history with MMA goes back to the days of training at Xtreme Couture as well as at the MMA Lab in Glendale Arizona with former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson.

Bryan is slated to take on Big Cass in a singles match at the upcoming WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena.

What are your thoughts on Bryan’s? Sound off in the comment section below.

John Cena has his next movie lined up.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the former WWE Champion is slated to star in a new action-thriller with movie legend Jackie Chan. The title of the film is “Project X” and it’s scheduled to be released next year.

It should be noted that Cena is replacing Sylvester Stallone, who was originally supposed to star in the film. The movie is being produced by Chan, along with Joe Tam, Esmond Ren, and Hans Canosa.

Although the official synopsis for the film has yet to be released, it was noted in the report that the movie focuses on a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) who is called in to extract oil workers from a China-run oil refinery in the Middle East after it is attacked. Chan’s character teams up with Cena’s character, a former Marine, to stop the attackers after discovering that their real plan is to steal a fortune in oil.

Cena’s career in acting continues to grow as he also has two significant starring roles in the Transformers spinoff “Bumblebee” as well as “The Janson Directive.”

The release date for Bumblee is slated to be on December 21st while The Janson Directive, which is directed by The Rock, will be available sometime in 2019 or 2020.

What are your thoughts on Cena being featured in this film? Sound off in the comment section below.

Kevin Owens Wants Title

WWE has released this video of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens coming out for the main event at the WWE live event in Monroe, Louisiana over the weekend where they teamed up Jinder Mahal for a loss to Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman and Finn Balor.

Owens was interviewed at the event where he talked about wanting to get back the WWE Universal Title, which is currently held by Brock Lesnar.

"There's no doubt in my mind, and there shouldn't be any doubt in your minds, that at #MITB I'm walking out with that #MITB contract!" – @FightOwensFight #WWEMonroe pic.twitter.com/BfqPSKkJyA

— WWE (@WWE) June 11, 2018

Triple H Is A Hype Man

Triple H took to his official Twitter account to hype this year’s WWE UK Title tournament, which kicked over the weekend with the first round matches at the Download Festival in the UK.

Now, the tournament continues with the quarterfinals on Monday, June 18th and the winner will face WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne on Tuesday, June 19th in London.

As noted, these events will air on WWE’s streaming service, WWE Network, on Monday, June 25th, and Tuesday, June 26th.

After this weekend's @DownloadFest, the 1st round of the #WWEUKCT is complete. We are ONE WEEK away from finding out who will win the tournament & face the @WWEUK Champion.
The #WWEUKCT is live THIS MONDAY from the historic Royal Albert Hall June 18/19th. https://t.co/swTvw0N1Xy pic.twitter.com/ier2mcsTQq

— Triple H (@TripleH) June 11, 2018

What are your thoughts on Owens’ comments? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE fans are always intrigued to see when Finn Balor will bring back his alternative character.

The former WWE Universal Champion made his Demon character popular while on the independent scene but only portrays it when a certain feud or match calls for it.

During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Balor was asked about not portraying the character for his Triple Threat Match for the Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania 34 in April against Seth Rollins and The Miz.

If you recall, Balor instead, wore his “for everyone” shirt,” which saw 20% of the sales from each of those shirts is donated to GLAAD during an entrance that showed support for the LGBTQ community.

“A lot of people maybe thought going into WrestleMania, ‘Well, if Finn’s not gonna be the Demon, it’s gonna suck. I think what we did at WrestleMania is a lot more important than any Demon could have been.”

Balor also noted that he worked on the shirt and idea for about six months. After seeing his Instagram post with a rainbow version of the Balor Club symbol with the text, “BálorClub is for EVERYONE,” Stephanie McMahon contacted him about it.

“I feel like—not that they were excluded, but sometimes they felt like they weren’t included. That’s something I felt a responsibility for, to use the platform that I have for good and to help maybe a small amount of people for the right reasons.”

“It’s crazy because it was kind of a couple months of me talking, then as soon as the right people heard it, it was almost instantaneously, ‘We gotta have this shirt out next week and we gotta talk to GLAAD ASAP and we’re gonna roll with it.'”

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

The early betting odds for the WWE Money in the Bank matches have been released.

The Miz is the early favorite to win the men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match as oddsmakers have placed him at +140 while in the women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match, Natalya is favored at +160.

It should be noted that WWE has yet to reveal which member of The New Day will compete in the upcoming men’s ladder match.

WWE Champion AJ Styles is favored to retain his title against Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing Match.

The Money in the Bank pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets. As a reminder – indicates the favorites while + means the underdog. 

The Odds

WWE Championship – Last Man Standing Match: AJ Styles (c) -120 vs Shinsuke Nakamura -120

WWE Raw Women’s Championship Match: Nia Jax (c) +400 vs Ronda Rousey -600

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Match: Carmella (c) +160 vs Asuka -210

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Seth Rollins (c) -675 vs Elias +425

Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match: The Bludgeon Brothers(c) -750 vs Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson +450

Roman Reigns -1350 vs Jinder Mahal +650

Bobby Lashley -590 vs Sami Zayn +390

Daniel Bryan -150 vs Big Cass +110

Men’s Money in the Bank: The Miz +140 Braun Strowman +300 Samoa Joe +470 Kevin Owens +725 Finn Balor +725 Rusev +725 Bobby Roode +2500

Women’s Money in the Bank: Natalya +160 Alexa Bliss +400 Charlotte Flair +405 Sasha Banks +500 Becky Lynch +900 Lana +1100 Ember Moon +1100 Naomi +3000

What are your thoughts on these early betting odds? Sound off in the comment section below.

There was one WWE Hall of Famer who recently gave some high praise to Drew McIntyre.

Former WWE Champion and General Manager of WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night Raw, Mick Foley was keeping a close eye on the product.

The “Hardcore Legend” decided to take to his official Twitter account to note that he sees the former NXT Champion becoming a champion soon on the red brand. He wrote the following:

“Am I the only one who sees championship gold in @DMcIntyreWWE’s very near future?”

https://twitter.com/RealMickFoley/status/1006338221654138885

As seen on this week’s episode of RAW in Little Rock, AR at the Verizon Arena on the USA Network, Dolph Ziggler and McIntyre beat Fandango and Tyler Breeze in a tag team match.

As of this writing, they do not have a match lined up for the upcoming WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena.

What are your thoughts on Foley’s praise of McIntyre? Sound off in the comment section below.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. CEO Chris Ripley revealed the interesting plans that ROH has for 2019.

The Baltimore Business Journal has reported that Ring of Honor is looking to hold an event at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York City next year. The reason for this plan is due to the successful sell-out of All In.

The article would go onto to credit WWE’s upcoming television deals with NBCUniversal to keep their flagship show, Monday Night RAW, on the USA Network and moving SmackDown Live to FOX for ROH to have a more relevant name value in the industry.

Ripley stated that the plan that the company has to grow the Baltimore-based promotion is to take advantage of a “very passionate fanbase.” He noted that they want to start running bigger venues, which started when they sold out 10,000 seats in less than an hour in Chicago. Thus, the reason they want to run MSG.

“We have been scaling in terms of our production quality,” Ripley said.

Ripley would go onto talk about why they would be open to selling the promotion if a ridiculous offer came about, WWE’s TV deal and more. You can check out the full article here.

What are your thoughts on ROH wanting to run an event at MSG? Sound off in the comment section below.

Ring of Honor has announced a new match for their upcoming Best in the World PPV.

The Baltimore-based promotion recently announced through their official website that Sumie Sakai, Jenny Rose, Tenille Dashwood and Mayu Iwatani would take on Kelly Klein, Kagetsu, Hana Kimura, and Hazuki in an eight-woman tag team match at the upcoming pay-per-view event.

The Best in the World PPV takes place on Friday, June 29, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland at the UMBC Event Center. The event will air on traditional PPV outlets and the FITE TV app. The promotion will be announcing more matches in the coming weeks.

The Card

ROH World Title Match: Dalton Castle © vs. Cody vs. Marty Scurll

ROH Tag Team Title Match: The Briscoes © vs. The Young Bucks

ROH Six-Man Tag Team Title Match: The Kingdom © vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon

Singles Match: Adam Page vs. Punishment Martinez

Singles Match: Bully Ray vs. Flip Gordon

Eight-Woman Tag Team Match: Sumie Sakai, Jenny Rose, Tenille Dashwood & Mayu Iwatani vs. Kelly Klein, Kagetsu, Hana Kimura & Hazuki

What are your thoughts on this upcoming match? Sound off in the comment section below.

Paul Heyman Tweets

Today (Monday, June 11, 2018) marked the milestone of WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar holding onto the title for 435 days, which means that he has broken a WWE record.

That record was Lesnar passing CM Punk to become the longest reigning world champion of the modern era as Punk held onto the WWE Championship for 434 days.

Paul Heyman took to his official Twitter account to comment on the achievement by writing the following:

“Congratulations to @BrockLesnar for day #435 as the reigning defending undisuputed @WWE #UniversalHeavyweightChampion. This is yet another historic accomplishment for my client, the longest consecutive-day tenure as a globally-recognized champion in the modern era!”

Congratulations to @BrockLesnar for day #435 as the reigning defending undisuputed @WWE #UniversalHeavyweightChampion. This is yet another historic accomplishment for my client, the longest consecutive-day tenure as a globally-recognized champion in the modern era! pic.twitter.com/bVAhhBtdKT

— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) June 11, 2018

Baron Corbin’s New Look

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw in Little Rock, AR at the Verizon Arena on the USA Network, Baron Corbin showed off a new look in the opening segment of the show. He decided to shave his head and is now bald.

#ConstableCorbin IS ON THE SCENE, and he's here to ensure that the show runs smoothly… #RAW @BaronCorbinWWE pic.twitter.com/IfY035dMmD

— WWE (@WWE) June 12, 2018

https://twitter.com/JJWilliamsWON/status/1006328924333277184

EXCLUSIVE: It's a "sad day" for the "losers on @Twitter," and a happy day for the new and improved, "Constable" @BaronCorbinWWE! #RAW pic.twitter.com/SZwAgjFIzy

— WWE (@WWE) June 12, 2018

What are your thoughts on Corbin’s new look? Sound off in the comment section below. 

The Miz understands his role in the WWE

The former WWE Champion recently appeared on Bust Open Radio on Sirius XM to speak with Dave LaGreca and WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry about various topics.

During the interview, he was asked if he is a locker room leader. Here is what he had to say (transcript courtesy of Wrestling Inc).

“No. I don’t think I will ever be a locker room leader like The Undertaker or John Cena. That is just not my role. I am not someone that sits in the back watching the monitor and observing everyone. I have to get in the ring to feel exactly how you are. That is how I teach. I teach by example, instead of saying to them what they did wrong. I need to get in the ring with them and be able to feel what the are doing, so that is how I am able to teach.

I am not one of those people that people go to and people ask for my advice. I don’t know, it’s tough for me to give a person advice when I wasn’t in the ring with them. I don’t know what their mindset is. I don’t know why they did what they did and when they did it. I have to hear an audience, and feel an audience to know exactly why I am doing something.”

The Miz then shifted into how his confidence has grown over the years.

“It feels like now that I have been in WWE for over 12 years, I have developed this confidence where whatever situation I am in I know what to do. I don’t think I have had that type of confidence.

I think that it takes a lot of time; a lot of matches and a lot of years to develop that type of confidence where no matter what situation you are in, you know exactly what to do, get the crowd to wherever you want them and be so confident that even if you fail it is still a success.”

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

The Background

The Miz was drafted to the ECW brand in 2007 where he formed a partnership with John Morrison. Together, they won the WWE Tag Team Championship and World Tag Team Championship.

After being drafted to Raw in 2009, he won the United States Championship twice, tag team titles with John Cena, Damien Mizdow, and twice with Big Show, as well as the 2010 Raw Money in the Bank ladder match. He cashed in his briefcase to win the WWE Championship in November 2010 and went on to hold for six months. He is also the third longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE history by combined days, behind only Don Muraco and Pedro Morales.

If you recall, the biggest match of The Miz’s career was when he defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship back at WrestleMania 27 in 2011 in the main event.

WWE has announced two new matches for this week’s episode of SmackDown Live on the USA Network.

The sports entertainment company has officially announced that WWE United States Champion Jeff Hardy would take on Shinsuke Nakamura in a singles match on the show. SmackDown General Manager Paige also announced that Daniel Bryan would take on Shelton Benjamin. 

WWE holds this week’s show in Memphis, TN at the FedEx Forum. The company has already announced that Sin Cara vs. Andrade Almas in a singles match as well as a Women’s Money In The Bank Summit is set for the show.

This segment will feature Money In The Bank participants Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Lana, and Naomi. SmackDown General Manager Paige will host the segment.

What are your thoughts on WWE announcing this match? Sound off in the comment section below.

Twitter Exchange

WWE United States Champion Jeff Hardy and Shinsuke Nakamura recently had an exchange of words on social media. It all started once Nakamura posted a photo of himself with Hardy at a WWE event.

This led to Hardy responding to the tweet by bringing up Nakamura’s next big match, which him challenging WWE Champion AJ Styles for the title in a Last Man Standing Match at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena, which will air on the WWE Network.

I’m gonna write a caption for this later…maybe. pic.twitter.com/PDS27dUWrx

— Shinsuke Nakamura (@ShinsukeN) June 10, 2018

Maybe you should wait a week & caption a pic of @AJStylesOrg being the #LastManStanding at #MITB!..!

— #BrotherNero DELETED (@JEFFHARDYBRAND) June 10, 2018

NXT TakeOver: Chicago II Panel

WWE has officially announced the NXT TakeOver: Chicago II panel, which starts at 7:30 ET/4:30 PT before the event that airs just 30-minutes later on the WWE Network on Saturday, June 16, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena.

Charly Caruso, Sam Roberts, and returning analyst Pat McAfee will be working the show. Here is the updated card for this event:

– NXT Title Match: Aleister Black © vs. Lars Sullivan

– NXT Women’s Title Match: Shayna Baszler © vs. Nikki Cross

– NXT Tag Team Title Match: Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly © vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch

– Street Fight: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano

– Singles Match: Ricochet vs. The Velveteen Dream

What are your thoughts on WWE potentially booking a feud between Hardy and Nakamura down the line? Sound off in the comment section below.

Former WWE United States Champion Bobby Roode had some interesting news to share.

During a recent conversation with Allen Balint of KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas for an interview for Pro Wrestling Sheet to promote this week’s WWE Raw TV event, Roode stated that the sports entertainment company is looking to build a bigger Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. 

“From what I hear, it’s [Performance Center] going to continue to grow.  I heard that they’re looking to build a new facility — a larger facility,” Roode noted.

Roode also gave his take on the future of the WWE regarding its talent that is being created in the current system and NXT brand.

He gave some praise to one NXT star for being a success story from Orlando that was made at the Performance Center and that’s The Velveteen Dream.

“Dream is one guy that I think had a huge upside,” Roode said.  “He has a ton of athletic ability and just gets it. He’s very in tune with his character — which is huge — especially on the main roster.”

What are your thoughts on WWE’s plans for a new Performance Center? Sound off in the comment section below.

UFC President Dana White has confirmed when Brock Lesnar’s contract with the WWE expires.

Earlier this year, White teased that Lesnar could be making a comeback to the UFC. Since then, White has gone on record several times by stating that Lesnar would be making a return to the MMA promotion.

Moving along to Monday, White stated in an interview that Lesnar’s contract with the WWE is slated to expire at the end of this summer. He also claimed that both Lesnar and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones are interested in fighting each other.

“I know that Brock’s WWE deal is up at the end of the summer, I think,” White told TMZ. “I know he wants to fight so I’m sure we’ll end up getting that figured out.”

“That’s [Lesnar vs. Ngannou] a fun fight, absolutely,” White added. “Obviously there’s a lot of options. Jon Jones is very interested in Brock Lesnar and Brock Lesnar is very interested in Jon Jones.”

“I don’t know [when the hearing is], I’ll end up figuring that out in the next month. I don’t know how that’s gonna play out. That’s up to USADA. USADA’s going to decide that. Oh yeah, they both want it, it’s a fun fight.”

The current WWE Universal Champion retained his title against Roman Reigns in the main event of the biggest event of the year for the sports entertainment company, WrestleMania 34, in April.

Shortly after that match, it was revealed that Lesnar had signed a short-term contract with the WWE and then went on to defend his title against Reigns at the Greatest Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in a Steel Cage Match.

Lesnar has competed just once inside of the cage since 2011. He returned to the Octagon for a heavyweight bout against Mark Hunt at UFC 200 in 2016 where Lesnar won a unanimous decision that night which was subsequently overturned when it was revealed he failed two USADA issued drug tests before the bout.

In order for Lesnar to fight again, he must enter into the USADA testing pool, which would force him to be tested for six months before fighting again. The Universal Champion is expected to defend his title under the WWE banner at SummerSlam in August.

What are your thoughts on Lesnar’s future in the WWE? Sound off in the comment section below.

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The opponent for Adam Cole at EVOLVE 107 has been officially announced.

On Monday morning it was revealed Cole would defend the WWE NXT North American Title against WALTER at the upcoming EVOLVE 107 event on June 24, 2018 in Melrose, MA at the Melrose Memorial Hall.

This is the first time the NXT North American Championship will be defended on show held by a United States independent wrestling promotion.

“This is a landmark announcement for EVOLVE,” WWN VP Of Talent Relations & Creative Gabe Sapolsky said in a press release that was sent out. “WWE has been growing this relationship with EVOLVE for a few years. We are ecstatic that the next step is this historic match on June 24th. This is all about giving the fans in the Boston area something special. Our deepest thanks to Mr. Levesque for making this happen.”

EVOLVE 107 Card

NXT North American Championship Match
Adam Cole defends vs. WALTER

First-Time Ever Bonus Main Event
Matt Riddle vs. DJZ

Catch Point Rules
Chris Dickinson with Stokely Hathaway & Dom Garrini vs. Tracy Williams

Grudge Match
Darby Allin vs. Jarek 1:20 with Candy Cartwright

What are your thoughts on Cole defending the title at this event? Sound off in the comment section below.

Netflix has released the official trailer for the second season of “GLOW.”

The series, which made its debut last year, was inspired by the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling promotion that was started in 1986 and stars Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Marc Maron, Sydelle Noel, Britney Young, Britt Baron, Kate Nash, Jackie Tohn, Gayle Rankin, Kia Stevens.

The new season will be available on Netflix on June 29th. Here is the synopsis for the new season as well as the trailer:

“Season 2 follows the women of GLOW as they become local celebrities, confronting the good, the bad, and the ugly realities of their newfound fame. As Ruth and Debbie settle into the day-to-day of making a season of TV together, they confront lingering issues at the heart of their friendship. Sam is still Sam, but now he has a teenage daughter living with him and twenty episodes to churn out. The wrestling is harder, the stakes are higher, and the hair is even bigger.”

What are your thoughts on this trailer? Do you plan on watching the series this season? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE RAW Women’s Champion Nia Jax is preparing for the biggest match thus far in her pro wrestling career.

The sports entertainment company has already announced that Rousey is slated to challenge Jax for the RAW Women’s Title at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena, which will air on the WWE Network.

Jax was interviewed at the WWE For Your Consideration 2018 Emmy nomination campaign.

During the interview, Jax was asked about facing the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion for the strap at this event. She explained the importance of it by stating the following (transcript courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com):

“It puts everything into perspective, I used to watch Ronda Rousey kill it in the UFC and she’s considered the ‘Baddest Woman on the Planet’ and now I get to face her, I challenged her for [the title] at WWE Money in the Bank,” Jax said. “It gives me goosebumps about what’s going to happen and I don’t even know what’s going to happen.”

Although Jax rose to the top of the women’s division on the red brand quickly, she still has several stars she would like to work with both on the main roster and in NXT.

“I’d love to work with Charlotte Flair, she’s the best athlete in our company,” Jax responded. “Some girls down in NXT, we have Bianca Belair and Aliyah. One of the newcomers, Ember Moon, she’s killing it as well. Anybody from the Riott Squad.”

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

One injured WWE superstar is expected to return to in-ring action this week.

According to a report by PWinsider.com, Noam Dar is scheduled to be at this week’s WWE TV events.

The sports entertainment company holds tonight’s RAW TV event Little Rock, AR at the Verizon Arena and Tuesday’s SmackDown Live as well as 205 Live in Memphis, TN at the FedEx Forum.

The cruiserweight star has been out of action following a knee surgery in November 2017 after suffering a meniscus tear during a Fatal Four Way bout on RAW.  

Once his injury was announced, the expected recovery time was five months before he could return to the ring.  He just passed the six-month mark.

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on what the sports entertainment company has planned for Dar on 205 Live on the WWE Network.

What are your thoughts on what WWE should do with Dar once he returns? Sound off in the comment section below.

Daniel Bryan has been an underdog in the eyes of the WWE fans for several years now.

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and SmackDown General Manager recently did an interview with Inside the Ropes. During this discussion, Bryan talked about how he warned WWE officials that being eliminated quickly in the 2015 Royal Rumble would be a mistake. Here is what he had to say (h/t to Wrestling Inc)

“When they told me what was going to happen, I was like, ‘this isn’t gonna work out well for you guys. But, you can do what you want,'” said Bryan. “Like, I don’t run the company, right? If it’s bad — I feel bad for certain people who were negatively affected by that. The year before, 2014, Batista was negatively affected by it.

“So like, I always try to say like, ‘hey, I think this is gonna happen,’ and sometimes I’m right, sometimes I’m wrong. But I think, like in that specific case, like I had said that, like I don’t think this is a good idea, and it doesn’t matter what I think, right? And so, I just go out there, and I do my job, and I play the hand that I’m dealt with.”

Also, Bryan stated that his time teaming with Kane as part of Team “Hell No” was the most important moment of his career. The fan favorite would go onto state that the reason he believes that is due to him being able to gravitate to the fans and allow the “Yes” Movement to grow in popularity.

“I think the vital part of my career, like maybe the most important part of my career, was [teaming with Kane],” said Bryan. “I mean, there are certain bullet points you can see like, okay, I needed this to happen. Like a certain chain of events for me, of all people, to main event WrestleMania 30. I needed a certain series of events to happen in this specific timeline for it to work. It was very, like, luck type thing. And one of the things was getting paired with Kane.”

Bryan is slated to take on Big Cass in a singles match at the upcoming WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena.

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

Sasha Banks was interviewed at the WWE For Your Consideration 2018 Emmy nomination campaign.

While at the event, the former WWE RAW Women’s Champion spoke about various topics including being part of so many first time things in the women’s division under the banner of the sports entertainment company. Here is what she had to say: (transcript courtesy of Wrestlinginc.com):

“That’s such a hard answer, I only dreamed I’d be a part of all these firsts,” Sasha said. “First woman to main event a PPV, that could be up there. Being a part of WrestleMania 32, having my cousin Snoop Dogg walk me down the aisle, that’s pretty cool. … I can’t just pick one because they all helped me grow and helped me understand this dream can be so much bigger.”

Despite being in the WWE for a short period of time (2012), Banks has achieved many things and wrestled a lot of Superstars. However, there are still some talents she wants to work with to have a solid one-on-one match in WWE.

“With NXT we have so many women all over the world that I haven’t got to be in the ring with yet,” Sasha responded. “On Raw and SmackDown, I’ve got to wrestle quite a few … I feel like I haven’t had that great singles match with Naomi yet, because she’s on SmackDown Live. Natalya, I don’t feel like I’ve had a good singles, one-on-one match with her.”

What are your thoughts on Banks’ comments? Sound off in the comment section below.

Stephanie McMahon Preview

The daughter of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, Stephanie, is slated to appear on next Friday’s special edition of Undercover Boss, which is being titled Celebrity Boss, on CBS.

The sports entertainment company has released this preview clip of the episode that features McMahon disguising herself as a WWE photographer. You can check it out here:

This Friday at 8/7c, the "Queen of the Ring" is going undercover as @StephMcMahon disguises herself as a photographer on @undercover_cbs! #CelebrityBoss pic.twitter.com/SKJftrCBcd

— WWE (@WWE) June 9, 2018

Next WWE 24 Episode

The WWE Network will be airing a new episode of WWE 24 following the Money in the Bank pay-per-view post-show on the streaming service at 11 pm EST next Sunday night that features The Hardys, WWE United States Champion Jeff Hardy and RAW Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy. Here is the synopsis for the episode:

“The Hardys were extreme in and outside the ring, and nearly lost it all. Witness The Hardys’ fall from grace, and their ultimate redemption!”

What are your thoughts on McMahon appearing on this show? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE has announced a new match for this Monday’s WWE RAW.

On Saturday morning, after Jinder Mahal sent out a challenge to Roman Reigns for a match on this show, Reigns accepted it and thus, the sports entertainment company officially announced the contest. 

This will be a preview for their singles match at the upcoming WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view event on Sunday, June 17, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena.

WWE holds this week’s show in Little Rock, AR at the Verizon Arena. As noted, WWE has already announced that there will be a face to face segment in the ring between Ronda Rousey and WWE RAW Women’ Champion Nia Jax to promote their title match at MITB.

Also, Alexa Bliss vs. Natalya vs. Sasha Banks vs. Ember Moon, as well as Bobby Roode vs. Finn Balor vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens in Fatal 4-Way Matches, have been confirmed for the flagship show of the WWE.

What are your thoughts on these matches? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE has officially announced the next title defense for Adam Cole.

However, in an interesting twist, it won’t be under the WWE banner. On Friday, the sports entertainment company officially announced that Cole would defend the WWE NXT North American Title at the upcoming EVOLVE 107 event on June 24, 2018 in Melrose, MA at the Melrose Memorial Hall.

As of this writing, his opponent at this event has yet to be officially announced but will be coming this Monday (June 11, 2018). WWE sent out this tweet:

“NXT #NorthAmericanChampion @AdamColePro will be coming to EVOLVE on June 24th in Melrose, MA for a title defense. Opponent will be announced this Monday.”

https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/1005147544215801856

Cole beat EC3, Killian Dain, Ricochet, Lars Sullivan, and Velveteen Dream in a ladder match to become the inaugural champion in April at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans on the WWE Network.

EVOLVE 107 Card

WWN Championship Match
Austin Theory with Priscilla Kelly vs. TBA

First-Time-Ever Match – Non-Title
EVOLVE Champion Matt Riddle vs. DJZ

First-Time-Ever Special Attraction Match
WALTER vs. AR Fox with Ayla & The Skulk

Grudge Match #1
Tracy Williams vs. EVOLVE Tag Team Champion Chris Dickinson with Stokely Hathaway & Dom Garrini

Grudge Match #2
Darby Allin vs. Jarek 1:20 with Candy Cartwright

What are your thoughts on Cole defending the title at this event? Sound off in the comment section below.