Paul Heyman is very high on Charlotte Flair.

Flair has taken the WWE by storm since being called up to the main roster in 2015 during the Women’s Revolution storyline. She has won championships both in NXT and on the main roster.

At first, she was portrayed as her real-life personality then she started to come out of her father’s spotlight and become her own person, who has transformed into not only one of the best wrestlers in the sports entertainment company but a top star in the women’s division.

Heyman wrote the following on his official Twitter account about the former WWE RAW and SmackDown Women’s Champion:

“I deserve no credit for believing in @MsCharlotteWWE since day one. How could one NOT believe in her? She has everything a @WrestleMania main eventer requires. The right look, talent, instincts, work ethic, workrate, charisma, extraordinary timing in the ring.

@MsCharlotteWWE’s every performance is propeled by her mission in life, which transcends mere ambition, pursuit of fame/ fortune, or even desire to achieve one’s own greatness. Once you even begin to grasp what motivates her, there’s no conclusion other than to believe in her!”

I deserve no credit for believing in @MsCharlotteWWE since day one. How could one NOT believe in her? She has everything a @WrestleMania main eventer requires. The right look, talent, instincts, work ethic, workrate, charisma, extraordinary timing in the ring. (1)

— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) June 1, 2018

(2) @MsCharlotteWWE's every performance is propeled by her mission in life, which transcends mere ambition, pursuit of fame/ fortune, or even desire to achieve one's own greatness. Once you even begin to grasp what motivates her,there's no conclusion other than to believe in her!

— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) June 1, 2018

Flair is slated to take on Sasha Banks, Ember Moon, Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Lana, and Naomi in the women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match at the upcoming MITB PPV event.

What are your thoughts on Heyman’s praise for Flair? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE has announced a new match that will take place at NXT TakeOver: Chicago II.

On Thursday, May 31st, 2018, the sports entertainment company officially announced that a singles match between Ricochet and The Velveteen Dream would go down at this upcoming event. Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan for the NXT Title will headline this show.

The NXT TakeOver: Chicago II event takes place on Saturday, June 16, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois at the Allstate Arena and will air on the WWE Network. Here is the updated card:

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

– Street Fight: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano

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

– Singles Match: Ricochet vs.The Velveteen Dream

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

Former NXT Champion Drew McIntyre the guest of WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross on the latest edition of The Jim Ross Report podcast.

During the discussion, McIntyre gave some advice to the WWE roster and commented on whether or not he believes there are any leaders left in the locker room.

McIntyre’s Advice To The WWE Locker Room

As someone who had a run with WWE, was released, improved himself on the independent scene and ultimately returned in a better position, McIntyre had some advice for the WWE roster – especially talent who are frustrated with their roles.

“Don’t blame creative. Don’t sit there with a boo-boo face, you figure out the story and you tell the story cause there’s a lot of people waiting in NXT to take your spot if you’re not willing to step up on Raw. There are the guys, but there is certainly room for more growth. The things I’m saying, there’s a lot of truth to what I’m saying and that’s probably why people are feeling them, probably why they are saying ‘when Drew talks I can kinda feel it’ cause it’s real, because I do believe what I’m saying. I did get released, it was the best thing to happen to me because I finally got reunited with that fire, that passion. I had to sink or swim.

I understand that Raw is the best show in the world, the best product in the world. We have five hours of Raw and Smackdown every week and as good as a lot of it is, there is a lot of filler in there and there is a lot guys just sitting around. They don’t have the passion it is as simple as that. I can say it because I was that guy. I’m disappointed in myself, I wasn’t working my ass off to get to the top, I wasn’t preparing myself in the gym, I wasn’t pitching stories, I wasn’t trying to be a better performer.”

“I think people forget that are in WWE and they become complacent. It just makes me sick because you’ve seen the independent scene right now, you know how much talent is there is out there. I was the NXT Champion I know how much talent is there. They’ve got the fire in their eyes their ready to take their spots and I’m there to make sure that Monday Night Raw is all killer. We don’t any need filler anymore. It all trickles down from the top. Like the whole industry, Monday Night Raw needs to be killer from top to bottom and right now, there’s room for improvement and I’m there to be the wake-up call that it needs.”

What are your thoughts on his encouraging comments? 

(H/T to WrestleZone for the transcribed quotes)

McIntyre’s Path Since Leaving WWE In 2014

Following his first run with WWE that ended with his departure in 2014, McIntyre went back to the indy scene as well as competed in Impact Wrestling where he proved to people that he was someone to keep an eye on and reformed his career.

He re-signed with the sports entertainment company in April 2017 and joined developmental brand NXT. He went on to win the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III by defeating Bobby Roode. This marks the first time that a Superstar won the NXT Title in his TakeOver in-ring debut. He suffered a torn bicep back in November 2017 at an NXT TakeOver event where he lost the title to Andre Almas.

After rehabbing, he came back better than ever and was called up to the main roster earlier this year and was placed on the flagship show of the sports entertainment company, Monday Night RAW. He’s been paired with Dolph Ziggler in recent weeks.

John Cena has addressed his loss to The Undertaker at WrestleMania 34.

As seen at WrestleMania 34 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on the WWE Network back in April, The Undertaker did, in fact, accept Cena’s challenge to a match after weeks of speculation that it may not happen as The Deadman was last seen on TV at this point back in January.

Before the match started, the referee ran down to the ring and told Cena something which made him upset. Cena got out of the ring, the lights went off and Elias walked out instead of The Undertaker. Elias walked down to the ring while cutting a promo. Cena ended up hitting an AA to Elias.

Then a spotlight hit the ring with Taker’s hat and jacket with a lightning bolt hitting it. Lights got out then back on with the hat and jacket gone. The gong hit and Taker’s music played. Taker came out as his deadman gimmick instead of the rumored biker gimmick. Taker won the match in very quick fashion.

Cena recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated where he talked about the match as well as gave some praise to The Miz, who beat Cena for the WWE Title at WrestleMania 27.

“I did not do well in this match. My ‘WrestleMania Moment’ was to spend the time in the crowd and not do well in a very short performance, but I loved it because it got the job done. The focus was not me, the focus was someone else. Often times, we look at things so selfishly, asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’ Well, what was in it for me was the chance to reintroduce a WWE icon. I had to stretch the suspension of disbelief to its breaking point to do it, but it was awesome. Every single week, the crowd would chant at the top of its lungs and no one thought I would be sitting in the crowd at WrestleMania, but I was able to do that. I was able to go out and be handily defeated in three minutes and bring back an icon.

“That is a message to any performer who is complaining about their spot or that, creatively, they have nothing going for them. I’ve been first, I’ve been in the middle, I’ve been last. I just want to go out there and do something. There are a few performers who share my ideology, with The Miz being one of them. That’s why he is skyrocketing into a new bracket as we speak, and I can’t wait to see what he does next week. But there is also a lot of disdain and complacency. You should be happy with any sort of role, even if it is getting your tail kicked in.”

Cena continued by commenting on the build to his WrestleMania 34 match against Taker by stating, “I loved it, I truly did, and I loved it for so many reasons. Our job is to entertain the audience, so that’s number one. The story was amazingly unbelievable to the public, with a healthy, marquee superstar admitting, ‘Hey, WrestleMania spots are earned. I’ve been on a losing streak, I’ve exhausted every option, so I shouldn’t go to WrestleMania, especially with the flux of new talent.’ But the fans, thinking they know that John Cena is a WWE staple and that I didn’t have another project that same day, thought there was no way I wouldn’t have had a match. Even if people did or didn’t attach themselves to the story, I liked the fact that people still remained interested.”

The sports entertainment company is not advertising Cena for any upcoming events. He was last seen when he beat Triple H in the opening match on the main card of the Greatest Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in April.

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

WWE has revealed the brackets for the upcoming UK Tournament.

On Wednesday, May 30, 2018, the sports entertainment company posted a video of Cathy Kelley showing the match placements in this tournament as well as announcing that there would be a Bracketology Special airing on the WWE Network at 8pm EST on Thursday, June 8th to hype the tournament.

WWE NXT’s live events as part of the 2018 Download Music Festival in Great Britain on 6/8 through 6/10 will host the opening rounds of the tournament.

The sports entertainment company will then present two live WWE UK Championship broadcast on the WWE Network. 6/18 will feature the tournament finals to determine who will challenge face UK Champion Pete Dunne for the strap on 6/19 on the WWE Network live from Royal Albert Hall.

The rest of this event will feature WWE UK competitors facing WWE NXT stars. You can check out the brackets here:

First Round Matches (Left Side)

– Zack Gibson vs. Amir Jordan

– Drew Gulak vs. Jack Gallagher

– Flash Morgan Webster vs. James Drake

– Tyson T-Bone vs. Jordan Devlin

First Round Matches (Right Side)

– Tucker vs. Joe Coffey

– Dave Mastiff vs. Kenny Williams

– Ligero vs. Travis Banks

– Ashton Smith vs. Joseph Conners

The wait is OVER because we're revealing ENTIRE @WWEUKCT Tournament bracket!

Want to see the #WWEUKCT action LIVE? Tickets are available HERE: https://t.co/KMmwokGtLO pic.twitter.com/CBuPCm7eYO

— WWE (@WWE) May 30, 2018

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

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

Braun Strowman is the early favorite to win the men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match as oddsmakers have placed him at +350 while in the women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match, Ember Moon is favored at +300.

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.

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. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured. Here are the betting odds:

Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match
Braun Strowman: +350
The Miz: +500
Rusev: +500
Samoa Joe: +700
Finn Balor: +700
Kevin Owens: +950
Bobby Roode: +1500
Big E: +1000
Kofi Kingston: +1250
Xavier Woods: +1500

Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match
Ember Moon: +300
Alexa Bliss: +450
Charlotte Flair: +450
Becky Lynch: +750
Natalya: +750
Naomi: +1500
Lana: +1750
Sasha Banks: +2750

WWE Title Last Man Standing Match
Shinsuke Nakamura: +130
AJ Styles: -150

WWE Raw Women’s Title Match
Nia Jax: +150
Ronda Rousey: -170

WWE SmackDown Women’s Title Match
Carmella: +130
Asuka: -150

Singles Match
Roman Reigns: -350
Jinder Mahal: +300

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title Match
The Bludgeon Brothers: -750
Karl Anderson/Doc Gallows: +600

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

PWG has announced the full card for their next event, which is titled Threemendous V.

The show will be headlined by The Rascalz defending the PWG Tag Team Titles against The Young Bucks. Another big match on this card is ROH World Champion Dalton Castle taking on David Starr

The event is slated to take place on Friday, July 13 at the Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Tickets for Threemendous V go on sale Thursday, June 14th at 8PM PDT. Here is the full card:

– PWG Tag Team Title Match: The Young Bucks face The Rascalz ©

– Non-Title Match: Brody King faces WALTER

– Singles Match: Matthew Riddle faces Marty Scurll

– Singles Match: Dalton Castle faces David Starr

– Singles Match: REY FENIX faces Trevor Lee

– Singles Match: Rey Horus faces PENTA EL ZERO M

– Singles Match: Jeff Cobb faces Joey Janela

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

As seen on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Raleigh, NC at the PNC Arena on the USA Network, Samoa Joe beat Daniel Bryan and Big Cass in a triple threat men’s qualifying Money in the Bank match.

As a result of this win, Joe has been added to the men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match at the upcoming MITB event. He joins Braun Strowman, Finn Balor, The Miz, Rusev, Kevin Owens, and Bobby Roode in the 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. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured. Here is the updated card:

– Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode vs. Samoa Joe

– Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Lana vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks

– WWE Title Last Man Standing Match: AJ Styles © vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

– WWE Raw Women’s Title Match: Nia Jax © vs. Ronda Rousey

– WWE SmackDown Women’s Title Match: Carmella © vs. Asuka

– Singles Match: Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal

– WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: Luke Harper & Erick Rowan © vs. Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows

– Singles Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn

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

Those matches are a Mixed Tag Team Match that will see Jimmy Uso team up with his wife Naomi to take on Aiden English and Lana as well as a singles match between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair.

WWE holds next week’s show in Corpus Christi, TX at the American Bank Center. As of this writing, no other matches for SmackDown has been announced.

NEXT WEEK on #SDLive:
Husband & wife and #WWEMMC pair @NaomiWWE & Jimmy @WWEUsos square off with @LanaWWE & @WWEDramaKing in a #MixedTagTeam Match AND
Best friends will battle when @MsCharlotteWWE faces @BeckyLynchWWE! pic.twitter.com/AT3jA1KI88

— WWE (@WWE) May 30, 2018

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

A new title match has been announced for ROH Best in the World PPV.

On Tuesday evening, Ring of Honor announced through their social media platforms that The Briscoes (Jay and Mark Briscoe) would defend the World Tag Team Titles against The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) 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. Here is the updated card:

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

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

JUST ANNOUNCED: #ROH World Tag Team Championship Match at #ROHBITW!#TheBriscoes vs #YoungBucks

Fri June 29 – LIVE on PPV and for #HonorClub VIP
@UMBCEventCenter in #ROHBaltimore
Tickets: https://t.co/l7s3rREu4X
Info: https://t.co/SWsgbxjhjT pic.twitter.com/n58Mrvr2P5

— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) May 30, 2018

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

– Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax are doing their best to get fans invested in their match.

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.

Following their staredown on this week’s episode of RAW, Rousey and Jax took to their Instagram accounts to hype the upcoming match.

Watch the tape, study the technique. None of it will matter at #MITB. This ring is mine and I’m keeping it that way. #NotLikeMost pic.twitter.com/d8ZrqqZGRc

— Lina Fanene (@LinaFanene) May 29, 2018

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– On Tuesday, May 29, 2018), Triple H took to his official Twitter account to announce several upcoming NXT live events.

The black-and-yellow brand will do a four-day tour starting in California at the Viejas Arena in San Diego on Thursday, July 26. The other events take place in Riverside, California at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on Friday, July 27, the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 28, and finishing up at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix on Sunday, July 29.

NXT Champion Aleister Black, NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, Undisputed ERA, Ricochet, Kairi Sane, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, EC3, Velveteen Dream, Bianca Belair are all advertised for the show.

Tickets for the events go on sale at NXTtickets.com starting this Friday, June 1.

.@WWENXT returns to the west coast at the end of July weeks before #NXTTakeOver: Brooklyn…#NXTSanDiego 7/26#NXTRiverside 7/27#NXTLasVegas 7/28#NXTPhoenix 7/29

Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am PT at https://t.co/pcQU3cSnfR. #WeAreNXT pic.twitter.com/NbIUg8tF4L

— Triple H (@TripleH) May 29, 2018

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

Seth Rollins has given his take on The Undertaker.

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion recently took part in a quick Q&A with Give Me Sport where he talked about a wide range of topics. One of those topics was about The Deadman.

Over the past few years, he has gone from being a full-time talent to a part-timer. After years of speculation of when Taker would retire from pro wrestling, it once appeared that he had his farewell at WrestleMania 33 in the main event against Roman Reigns last year in Orlando, Florida.

After the match, Taker put his gloves and hat in the middle of the ring before leaving. It turns out that Taker decided to wrestle again as he took on John Cena at WrestleMania 34 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on the WWE Network.

Then the future WWE Hall of Famer beat Rusev in a Casket Match at the Greatest Royal Rumble event back in April in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the King Abdullah International Stadium.

In this Q&A, Rollins was asked if Taker should retire from pro wrestling, which he responded by saying “Yes.”

Rollins was also asked about his favorite WrestleMania match of all-time which he responded by stating the Submission Match between Steve Austin and Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 in 1997.

https://twitter.com/GMS_WWE/status/1000831769048952832

Do you agree with Rollins? Should Taker retire? Sound off in the comment section below.

One former WWE NXT star has reflected on Finn Balor dealing with Enzo Amore.

That star is former NXT Tag Team Champion Simon Gotch, who is now known as Simon Grimm. He talked about a wide range of topics during a recent appearance on Robbie E’s Why It Ended podcast.

During this interview, he brought up how although Amore was fine with his promos and never got any heat as a result of them, it was a bit of a different story when it came to the rest of the superstars.

Gotch stated that Amore tried to give the former Universal Champion some advice about women.

“I noticed he would try to buddy up with people when he thought he could get something from them, and that didn’t sit well with people,” said Grimm. “When Fergal, Finn Balor, got there, [Enzo] immediately was just d–k riding him to high heaven. Right away. ‘Oh, bro. you wanna get chicks, you know what you gotta do? You gotta get an apartment downtown, bro. Cuz then you can walk to all the bars and walk right home.'”

Gotch would go onto say that Balor laughed at Amore because he was funny at first but then “lost his patience with him eventually.”

Gotch noted that Amore wanting to get close to Balor was due to the fact that he knew he would be a star in the sports entertainment company.

The former WWE star added that at the end of the day, Balor did not need Amore’s help due to the fact that he has “nine million abs” and could get any girl he wanted.

Balor most notably worked with Amore in NXT during the quarterfinals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic that saw Balor and Samoa Joe take on Amore and Big Cass.

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes.

There is a lot of speculation about the WWE possibly reuniting American Alpha.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Richmond, VA at the Richmond Coliseum on the USA Network, Drew McIntyre beat Chad Gable in a singles match. After the match, the former NXT Champion and Dolph Ziggler beat him down.

Thus, with Gable back on the RAW brand, there is speculation that once Jason Jordan returns to television then the sports entertainment company could pair them back up.

He’s been out of action since early 2018 due to a neck issue and was last seen on TV when Kurt Angle sent him home until he was healthy enough to compete.

As of this writing, there’s no official word yet on what the sports entertainment company has planned for Jordan on television whether that be with his storyline involving Seth Rollins or the “father and son” storyline with Angle.

Bryan Alvarez mentioned on Wrestling Observer Radio how it looks like WWE is building toward an American Alpha reunion against McIntyre and Ziggler. Here is what longtime pro wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer had to say (transcript courtesy of RingSideNews):

“Jordan’s cleared so they’re just trying to figure out what to do so I suppose you could do that.”

“I will say this as bad as the tag team division is they could use Gable and Jordan as a team and also without it Gable’s career is going nowhere and he’s pretty damn talented.”

What are your thoughts on a possible American Alpha reunion? Sound off in the comment section below.

Rusev recently opened up about his life both in and outside of the WWE.

When speaking about Rusev, you have to bring up his wife due to her being such a big part of his life and career.

Lana signed with WWE in June of 2013 and was sent to their developmental branch NXT. Rusev, on the other hand, signed with WWE in September of 2010 and was assigned to WWE’s Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) developmental territory in Tampa, Florida, where he adopted the ring name Alexander Rusev.

She debuted on the October 23, 2013 episode of NXT by scouting Alexander Rusev. The following month, WWE put her as Rusev’s manager on television.

They had a short run while in the developmental brand before being called up to the main roster and have been paired with each other on/off again several times since then.

Rusev was interviewed by TV+ while in Bulgaria last week and during the interview, he was asked about how he met Lana.

“I got to meet her since day one when I started in WWE. After that, Dusty Rhodes, god rest his soul, who was at working as a creative director at that time, put us together because of her speaking perfect russian. She used to live in Latvia for 12 years and she is very beautiful. That’s how we got to start working, training and spending a lot of time together. Things just happened naturally.”

Rusev’s next big match is at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event where he is slated to compete in the Money in the Bank Ladder match. If he ends up winning this match then he that would allow him to cash it in for a WWE Title match.

Also in this interview, he was asked if there is another promotion he would join if he decided to every depart the WWE.

“I love the place I’m in right now and I don’t consider anything else .. except a Bulgarian movie career [laughs].”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcribed quotes

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

The final competitor has been revealed for this upcoming match.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Richmond, VA at the Richmond Coliseum on the USA Network, Sasha Banks beat Sarah Logan, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Mickie James, Bayley, and Dana Brooke in a Last Chance Qualifying Gauntlet Match.

As a result of this win, she has been added to the women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match at the upcoming MITB PPV event. She joins Ember Moon, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Becky Lynch, Natalya, Lana, and Naomi as those who have already earned the right to compete in the ladder 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. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured. Here is the updated card:

– Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode

– Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Lana vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks

– WWE Title Last Man Standing Match: AJ Styles © vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

– WWE Raw Women’s Title Match: Nia Jax © vs. Ronda Rousey

– WWE SmackDown Women’s Title Match: Carmella © vs. Asuka

– Singles Match: Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal

– WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: Luke Harper & Erick Rowan © vs. Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows

– Singles Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn

Several matches have been announced for next Monday’s WWE RAW.

WWE has announced four big matches for next week’s episode of RAW on the USA Network. The matches that were confirmed by the sports entertainment company include Braun Strowman versus Bobby Roode, Finn Balor versus Kevin Owens, and Nia Jax versus Natalya

The fourth and final match is the B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) competing in a Battle Royal with the winning team facing Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the RAW Tag Team Titles.

WWE holds next week’s show in Houston, TX at the Toyota Center. As of this writing, no other matches for RAW have been announced.

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

Ring of Honor will hold their New York City Excellence event on Saturday night New York, NY at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

This will be an important TV taping as fans of the Baltimore-based promotion will get an idea of storyline direction and matches that will take place at their next pay-per-view event, which is Best in the World that 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 has announced several matches for this TV taping. You can see the updated card here:

ROH World Title Match Dalton Castle © vs. Ultimo Guerrero

Six-Man Tag Team Match: Adam Page & The Young Bucks vs. Punishment Martinez & The Briscoes

Singles Match: Cody vs. Titan

No DQ Match: Cheeseburger vs. Bully Ray

Singles Match: Jay Lethal vs. Chuckie T

Singles Match: Kenny King vs. Jonathan Gresham

Singles Match: Kelly Klein vs. Jenny Rose

Singles Match: Sumie Sakai & Stella Grey vs. Gabby Ortiz & Riley Shepard

For those who are planning to attend this event, you can buy tickets here.

What are your thoughts on this card? Do you plan on attending the show? Sound off in the comment section below.

WWE has announced a new match for the Money in the Bank PPV.

As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in Richmond, VA at the Richmond Coliseum on the USA Network, Bobby Lashley challenged Sami Zayn to a singles match at the upcoming event, which Zayn accepted.

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. Both Raw and SmackDown brands will be featured. Here is the updated card:

– Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode

– Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Lana vs. Naomi

– WWE Title Last Man Standing Match: AJ Styles © vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

– WWE Raw Women’s Title Match: Nia Jax © vs. Ronda Rousey

– WWE SmackDown Women’s Title Match: Carmella © vs. Asuka

– Singles Match: Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal

– WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: Luke Harper & Erick Rowan © vs. Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows

– Singles Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn

It's ON… @fightbobby and @SamiZayn want to settle things in the ring at @WWE #MITB! #RAW pic.twitter.com/ck16zJrBWl

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 29, 2018

What are your thoughts on this match? Do you plan on attending the show? Sound off in the comment section below.

Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore promotion is returning to this weekend with a new event.

The promotion will hold their 44th event this Friday night (June 1, 2018) at the Lennox Agricultural Memorial Community Centre in Napanee, Ontario. You can check out the updated card for this event here:

– HOH TV Champion Willie Mack vs. Alex Reynolds vs. MJF.

– Tommy Dreamer vs. Braxton Sutter: Hardcore Brawl.

– Billy Gunn issues an open challenge.

– Bull James & RJ City vs. The Squad World Order.

– Chinlock Champion Jessie Mack vs. Angelina Love.

– Total Devastation (CJ Felony and Catalyst Nic Williams) vs. Freak Nation (Sideshow Jack and Madman Taylor).

For those interested in attending the show, you can get tickets here.

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A new match has been revealed for WWE SmackDown Live.

On Monday (May 28, 2018), WWE announced that Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tye Dillinger in a singles match will take place this Tuesday night on SmackDown Live in Raleigh, NC at the PNC Arena.

Just last week, the sports entertainment company announced two other matches for this show as well. Those matches include The New Day vs. Sheamus, The Miz, and Cesaro in a six-man tag team match.

Also, Samoa Joe vs. Daniel Bryan Money in the Bank qualifying match. The winner of this match will go on to compete in the men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match at the upcoming Money in the Bank pay-per-view event.

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

John Cena has given some praise to one WWE NXT star.

The former WWE champion recently took part in a Q&A session at MegaCon in Orlando where he talked about various topics. During this appearance, a fan asked Cena if he would rather face NXT stars Adam Cole, Velveteen Dream or Ricochet in a match.

Cena revealed that he would rather face Velveteen Dream and explained why while giving the exciting wrestling prospect some high praise. Here is what he had to say (transcript courtesy of IWNerd):

“I would rather face Velveteen Dream. You know how in the Star Wars movies the old Jedis can look at the rookie Jedis and be like, ‘I think that’s the one.’ I kinda have a weird, odd midichlorian feeling about Velveteen Dream. I think there’s something special there.”

Would @JohnCena rather face @AdamColePro, @VelveteenWWE, or @KingRicochet? He chooses Velveteen Dream! #NXT #MegaConOrlando pic.twitter.com/oE4ni5eJTZ

— JohnCenaCrews™ (@JohnCenaCrews) May 27, 2018

As of this writing, the sports entertainment company is not advertising Cena for any upcoming events. He was last seen when he beat Triple H in the opening match on the main card of the Greatest Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in April.

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Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore has shown off the new venture of his life.

This venture has taken him away from pro wrestling and into the rap world. On Monday, May 28, 2018, Amore released a music video entitled “Phoenix” through World Star Hip Hop. The song has references to the rape allegations made against him.

The sports entertainment company was not aware of the rape allegations against Amore until January of this year once the media reached out to them for comments once the allegations went viral on Twitter.

At the time, it was reported that officials approached him backstage and asked about it. Amore denied the allegations were true but he did acknowledge that he knew about the investigation that Phoenix Police launched back in October after meeting the accuser at a local hospital.

This is when the sports entertainment company decided to suspend him. The feeling is that the company was upset with Amore due to him knowingly putting them in a bad position, which forced them to respond to media inquiries over rape allegations on what was one of the biggest TV days in company history.

In terms of his suspension and later firing, the reason that they cut ties with him is not due to an internal belief that Enzo is guilty, but over the fact that Enzo failed to notify officials that he was being investigated.

This was described as a situation where it was “the last straw” for Enzo after several incidents that brought him heat over the past year. After the rape allegations came out, there were just too many problems with Enzo over the past year and the decision was made to release him.

It should be noted that the investigation against him has been closed and no charges were ever filed against him.

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Ring of Honor has decided to make a change to their Best in the World PPV main event.

If you recall, the Baltimore-based promotion originally announced that Dalton Castle would defend the World Title against Cody Rhodes at the Best in the World PPV.

However, that has all changed as over the weekend the promotion revealed that Castle will now defend it against Rhodes and Marty Scurll in a Triple Threat Match at the show, which 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.

As of this writing, no other matches have been announced for this upcoming event. Ring of Honor will be doing so in the coming weeks. 

https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1000845666363600898

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Another weekend, another main roster WWE star making a surprise appearance at an NXT event.

WWE held an NXT live event on last weekend in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At the show, The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) made a surprise appearance.

Tyler Breeze also made a surprise appearance at NXT live event last weekend. This is starting to become a trend within the WWE.

WWE held an NXT live event on Saturday night in Orlando, FL at the Englewood Neighborhood Center. At the show, Tye Dillinger ended up answering the open challenge from Marcel Barthel. Dillinger would go on to win the match.

It’s a prefect 10 at #NXTorlando @WWEDillinger #nxt #SDLive #prefect10 pic.twitter.com/CulUEdnRq3

— Queen Libby ??? (@lahill122) May 27, 2018

Here are the results from the show:

Singles Match

Kassius Ohno defeats Lio Rush (w/Babatunde Aiyegbusi)

Singles Match

Kairi Sane defeats Reina Gonzalez

Singles Match

EC3 defeats Fabian Aichner

Tag Team Match

Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan defeat Brennan Williams & Christopher Dijak

Singles Match

Ricochet defeats The Velveteen Dream

Six Man Tag Team Match

Chad Lail, Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake defeat Mars Wang & Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)

Singles Match

Tye Dillinger defeats Marcel Barthel

Tag Team Match

Kacy Catanzaro & Nikki Cross defeat Aliyah & Bianca Belair

WWE NXT North American Title Match

Adam Cole (c) defeats Otis Dozovic

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