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AEW Dynamite Results (1/25/23): Jay Briscoe Tribute, Darby Allin vs. Buddy Matthews

Quick Results

  • Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara def. Ricky Starks & Action Andretti
  • TNT Championship: Darby Allin (with Sting) def. Buddy Matthews (with Julia Hart)
  • JungleHOOK (“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry & HOOK) def. Ethan Page & Matt Hardy 
  • Bryan Danielson def. Brian Cage
  • Ruby Soho def. Toni Storm
  • Jay Briscoe Tribute Match: Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal

Clips & Recap

Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara vs. Ricky Starks & Action Andretti

Action Andretti started to get heated up and hit a dive on both Jericho and Guevara on opposite ends of the ring. Sammy and Action were paired up for most of the match, leaving Ricky and Chris to face off. Ricky was able to hit a spear on Jericho, but Sammy broke it up. Chris tried to sneak a roll up and Ricky kicks out. Andretti was getting some steam against Sammy before Chris interfered. Ricky hit Chris with a Rocheambeau on the outside. Garcia interfered and hit Andretti with the bat for Sammy to hit the GTS to get the win.

Winner: Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara by pinfall.

  • AEW featured a Jay Briscoe tribute video displaying the highlights of his career throughout the years

TNT Championship: Darby Allin (with Sting) vs. Buddy Matthews (with Julia Hart)

Buddy Matthews came prepared in the mind game department because his face paint almost exactly matched Darby’s. Buddy pulled the apron out from under Darby, and it looked like Darby injured his leg. The lights go black and Malakai Black and Brody King appear. Ortiz comes out with a kendo stick to help Sting fend them off. Darby hit a Scorpion Death Drop in the ropes. Buddy kicked out, but Darby stayed on him. He hit a Coffin Drop on Buddy while he hung on the ropes for the win.

Winner: Darby Allin by pinfall.

  • After the match, Tony Schiavone interviewed Darby in the ring. Before Darby could even speak, Samoa Joe appeared on the screen and said he’s coming to take back his title.
  • Adam Cole appeared in a vignette where he said he didn’t know he was returning but the video ended with him staring at a Revolution poster.

Ethan Page & Matt Hardy vs. JungleHOOK (“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry & HOOK)

Ethan Page let his ego get the best of him. JungleHOOK worked really well together and had great tag teamwork. HOOK was able to grab Matt Hardy’s legs to prevent him from breaking up the Snare Trap that Jungle Boy had locked in.

Winner: JungleHOOK (“Jungle Boy” Jack Perry & HOOK) by submission.

  • Family Therapy with The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens), Billy Gunn, and The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn) ended with The Gunns saying they want the AEW Tag Team Championships
  • Hangman Page talked with Renee Paquette and said he wanted another match with Jon Moxley but Wheeler Yuta challenges him to a match on Rampage for this Friday

Bryan Danielson vs. Brian Cage

Danielson struggled to get offense in at the beginning due to Brian Cage simply throwing him around. Cage hit Bryan with many German suplexes. He worked fast and constantly relied on his strength. Bryan was able to transition some of his power moves into submission moves and deliver some moves of his own. Cage tried to go for a powerbomb symphony, but after the first one, Bryan was able to roll through for the pin.

Winner: Bryan Danielson by pinfall.

  • After the match, Brian Cage attempted to break Danielson’s arm to get the money offered by MJF. MJF came out to the ring and had Cage twist Bryan’s arm in the chair and sent him into the ring post. MJF got in the ring to beat down a defenseless Danielson.
  • Takeshita came out to save Bryan Danielson and got the one up on Brian Cage.
  • Toni Storm cut a promo calling the original AEW women “homegrown idiots” and said that Ruby should join her side.
  • Ruby cut a promo and said that the AEW women gave her great opportunities and that Toni Storm’s journey ends with her.

Toni Storm vs. Ruby Soho

Ruby used strikes, while Toni used suplex combinations. Toni Storm faked a nose injury to lure in Ruby Soho. She then took advantage with a suplex and a rolling DDT. When Toni was looking for Storm Zero, Britt Baker made her entrance. This helped Ruby hit Destination Unkown for the win.

Winner: Ruby Soho by pinfall.

  • MJF cut a promo saying Takeshita is very talented. He tried to warn him to stay out of his business or there will be consequences. MJF then announced that Timothy Thatcher will face Danielson next week on Dynamite.
  • Jamie Hayter called Emi Sakura a legend. She showed her respect, but promised to hit her hard.
  • Ian and Caprice joined Excalibur on commentary for the Jay Briscoe tribute match.
  • Jay Lethal came out wearing a Jay Briscoe shirt.
  • Mark Briscoe came our in great spirits and holding both ROH Tag Team Championship titles.

Jay Briscoe Tribute Match: Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal

Mark and Jay traded chops in the corner with neither backing down. They matched each other’s speed and combinations. Mark had to break out the Red Neck Kung Fu and the Iconoclasm. After a close call, Mark was able to roll out the ring. Mark hit a Blockbuster on the outside and on to the floor. He dropped a Froggy Bow from the top rope on to the Time Keeper’s table. Mark hit the Jay Driller for the three count.

  • The AEW locker room came out after the match to show their support.

AEW Rampage (1/27/23): 

  • Wheeler Yuta vs Hangman Adam Page
  • Powerhouse Hobbs in action
  • AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Match: Jamie Hayter vs Emi Sakura

AEW Dynamite (2/1/23):

  • Hangman Adam Page vs Jon Moxley
  • Timothy Thatcher vs Bryan Danielson
  • The Acclaimed in Tag Team Action
  • No Holds Barred Match for the TNT Championship: Darby Allin (c) vs Samoa Joe

Posted January 25th, 2023 in Results. Tagged: , , , , .

AEW Dynamite Results (1/18/23): Darby Allin vs. KUSHIDA, Danielson vs Bandido, More

Quick Results

  • AEW All-Atlantic Championship: Orange Cassidy (c) def. Jay Lethal
  • Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) def. Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) 
  • Ricky Starks def. Jake Hager
  • Bryan Danielson def. Bandido
  • Toni Storm def. Willow Nightingale
  • TNT Championship Match: Darby Allin (c) def. KUSHIDA

Clips & Recap

AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jay Lethal

Jeff Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh were barred from ringside, but at the beginning of the match they entered through the crowd to sit front row. The members of The Best Friends and Danhausen joined them in the audience. Lethal hit Cassidy with a Lethal Injection but the champion managed to roll out of the ring. After the Best Friends had enough of Jarret & Co, they poured popcorn on Sonjay Dutt. Jarrett tried to interfere in the match by handing his guitar to Lethal, but Danhausen intercepted it. This distraction leads to Lethal getting back in the ring and getting hit with the Orange Punch for the pin.

Winner: Orange Cassidy by pinfall.

  • Jay Lethal wore a Briscoe armband during the match to honor Jay Briscoe.
  • Dutt wants to fight Orange Cassidy after the match Lethal and Jarrett hold him back
  • We get a video package for KUSHIDA vs. Darby Allin for the TNT Championship.

Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin)

Top Flight hit Matt Jackson with a combination nosedive powerbomb, but Nick broke the pin up at 2. The Young Bucks hit Darius Martin with The Briscoes’ Doomsday Device, but Dante breaks it up. Darius dodged the BTE Trigger by The Young Bucks. He then rolled up Matt to get the shocking win.

Winner: Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) by pinfall.

  • The Young Bucks also wore an armband during the match to honor Jay Briscoe.
  • The Gunns come out to cut a promo during the time slot where The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn were advertised. The Acclaimed come out and Austin Gunn has production cut the music. Max Caster tells production to mute Austin’s mic and restart their music. He then proceeds to do his freestyle.
  • Billy Gunn separated The Gunns and The Acclaimed after things got physical. He shamed both teams and then announced that they will all be attending family therapy next week.
  • Hangman says to Renee that he wants to mend some fences but won’t get too specific. He also seemed to have something he wanted to say to Jon Moxley after checking on his health, but he once again held his tongue.

Ricky Starks vs. Jake Hager

Chris Jericho joined the commentary team for this match. Starks walked the ropes in Hager’s hat for a fun spot. After avoiding a lot of distraction and interference from the JAS, Ricky hit Hager with a Spear. In a relatively short match, Ricky Starks gets the win over Hager. 

Winner: Ricky Starks by pinfall.

  • Starks rushed through the crowd to avoid the Jericho Appreciation Society.
  • Jericho challenges Action Andretti and Ricky Starks to a tag team match with Sammy.
  • Daniel Garcia will be facing Action Andretti on Rampage. If he wins, he will replace Sammy Guevara next week on Dynamite.

Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido

They start off with a handshake. Bandido was able to hold Danielson up in a stalling suplex for at least 30 seconds. He fought hard to get out of the Lebell Lock by getting his foot on the rope. Bandido hit Danielson with a 21-plex, but he kicked out at 2. After a great exchange, Danielson landed a Busaiku Knee for the win.

Winner: Bryan Danielson by pinfall. 

  • Bryan and Bandido both wore armbands to honor Jay.

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  • MJF appeared on the screen to cut a promo after Danielson got the win.
  • Saraya cut a promo with Hikaru Shida and Toni Storm. Toni decided to stand with Saraya against the homegrown women’s wrestlers. Saraya is very upset with Shida for throwing her kendo stick in the ring last week.
  • It was announced that Brian Cage will be Bryan Danielson’s opponent next week. MJF then offered Cage an undisclosed amount of money to break Danielson’s arm. He then slapped Cage to motivate MJF to feel hate.

Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale

Saraya joined Toni Storm at ringside. Willow and Toni shook hands. Shida disregarded what Saraya told her and came to the ringside area. Willow hits the Cannonball, but Toni kicks out. Saraya gets involved and distracts Willow and Toni gets the roll up for the win.

Winner: Toni Storm by pinfall.

  • After the match, Toni and Saraya get in the ring and beat down Willow turning heel in the process. Shida gets in the ring and Ruby Soho runs down to help out Willow.
  • Ethan and Stokely say they’re getting payback on Rampage for Jack Perry tapping out Lee Moriarty. 
  • Konosuke Takeshita says that he will be watching Bryan Danielson’s back because he doesn’t trust MJF. He then called MJF an a**hole.

TNT Championship Match: Darby Allin (c) vs. KUSHIDA

KUSHIDA is joined by two members of the New Japan Dojo; DKC and Kevin Knight. Darby Allin is joined by Sting. The Coffin Drop was countered early on. Throughout the match, KUSHIDA attempts to pick Allin limb from limb. KUSHIDA locked in the Hoverboard lock and the members of the NJPW Dojo tried to get Sting to throw in the towel. Darby maneuvered KUSHIDA into a very technical pin to get the three.

Winner: Darby Allin by pinfall.

AEW Rampage (1/20/23): 

  • Daniel Garcia vs Action Andretti
  • Eddie Kingston promo
  • Brian Cage vs Willie Mack
  • Jade Cargill & Leila Grey in tag team action
  • Ethan Page vs Jack Perry

AEW Dynamite (1/25/23):

  • Brian Cage vs Bryan Danielson

Posted January 18th, 2023 in Results. Tagged: , , , , , .

WWE Shakeup & AEW Returns Set the Stage for a Big Season of Wrestling Ahead

Finally, it seems like WWE and AEW are both about to start running shows to their fullest ability, putting both their creative talents and wrestler’s in-ring talents to the test.

As WWE enters a new era full of call-ups and returns, and some of AEW’s biggest stars are nearing a return, it seems like we could be entering an exciting boom period for wrestling. Now is the best time for lapsed fans to jump back in because there are so many surprises and great moments just around the corner. 

Let’s take a look at what’s currently shaking up the landscape across both WWE and AEW.

Hit Row (B-Fab, Top Dolla & Ashante Thee Adonis)

The SmackDown tag team division has received a major boost with the addition of Hit Row. Even without Swerve, B-Fab, Top Dolla, and Ashante Thee Adonis stand to be an enthralling act on the blue brand. WWE as a whole could use more tag teams, and on the independent scene, ‘The HitMakerz’ were able to showcase their worth.

A group like Hit Row is truly meant for the main stage with all of the glitz and glamour of the WWE working to raise their star power. Top Dolla, B-Fab, and Ashante finally get to show the fans who they truly can be in WWE and how they can reach their full potential without fans feeling like people are playing second fiddle to Swerve.

Hit Row has always proven that they make for entertaining TV and the WWE tag team division currently needs that. The return of Hit Row allows for so many fresh tag team feuds that could come with amazing segments, promos, and possibly even rap battles.

  • Hit Row vs The Street Profits
  • Hit Row vs The New Day
  • Hit Row vs The Usos
  • Hit Row vs RK-Bro
  • Hit Row vs The Alpha Academy

Karrion Kross & Scarlett

The return of Karrion Kross and Scarlett on last week’s Smackdown has sent ripples throughout the locker room and the heart of Roman Reigns. Killer Kross’ return brings a new heel and intrigue over to Smackdown. Kross will now be the biggest heel on all of WWE programming right behind Reigns and the Bloodline as a whole.

This return also allows for new heel stars to be built in the division. Instead of mainly focusing on Reigns and the Bloodline, Kross can bring a breath of fresh air when it comes to heel stars. Triple H being the new Head of Creative has clearly marked the beginning of a new era in WWE. With Kross being back this marks that new era, and also shows Triple H’s commitment to black and gold NXT.

Triple H isn’t afraid to make things right with talent released under past management. He’s willing to bring back talent, give them a spot to shine, and fix what went wrong the first time. Killer Kross finally has the chance to redeem himself, and to make the WWE Universe fall and pray.  

Dakota Kai & IYO SKY

The additions of Dakota Kai and IYO SKY to the main roster have pumped life into the division. On one night, at SummerSlam, WWE was able to make a statement about the effort and care they are going to put into the women’s division in this new era. The faction CONTROL that features Dakota, SKY, and Bayley has proven that WWE’s women’s division is heading in the right direction.

As one may see, WWE can currently capitalize on AEW’s weakest point, which is its women’s division. The increase in quality under Triple H is fantastic to see. Finally, the women’s tag team scene has been made interesting again through the storytelling device of factions.

The women’s division appears to be in great hands as there are so many fresh matchups available over on Raw. 

  • Asuka vs IYO SKY
  • Alexa Bliss vs Dakota Kai
  • Bayley vs Alexa Bliss
  • Bianca Belair vs Dakota Kai
  • Alexa Bliss vs IYO SKY

Dexter Lumis

Dexter Lumis made a mysterious return on the most recent episode of Monday Night Raw. At the end of the main event between AJ Styles and The Miz, Lumis was seen wearing a hoodie staring down at AJ while be escorted out of the arena by police.

Lumis’ return brought WWE great views and headlines. With his return getting nearly two million views on YouTube, Lumis clearly is a needle mover for WWE. This fun addition to the roster allows creative to come up with new ideas for his spooky and mysterious lore. Lumis is a character that has that spooky factor, but can also be used for unique spots, such as crashing Raw. Lumis is a very easy horror movie-like character to write and fill in plot holes that comes with great merch-selling potential.

During his time away from WWE, Lumis performed in the NWA under the name Samuel Shaw. He maintained his gimmick and still limited the number of words he said. The only challenge that WWE creative may face is the fact that he doesn’t speak much, if at all. Obviously, that can be worked around, like we saw in NXT, but it will still pose a good and healthy challenge for creative.

Some ways creative can work around Lumis is by utilizing his relationships with Indi Hartwell, Johnny Gargano, Theory, and Candice LeRae if necessary. Lumis seems to have the fans’ attention with his spooky return, but the rest will be up to WWE to keep capitalizing on him.

Top Free Agents (Reported Draft Coming Soon)

Many outlets have begun to report that there are still many returns coming. With top free agents like Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, and Bray Wyatt not signed to contracts, many believe that they may end up in WWE.

Fans have been speculating for weeks that the Gargano family will pop up on either Raw or SmackDown. As much of this is just speculation, Johnny Gargano has recent added gasoline to the fire by saying that he and Candice are going show up somewhere eventually and then encouraged fans to keep watching.

One of the most interesting names in the free agent pool has been Bray Wyatt. As his release came as a shock to many, Bray Wyatt has remained in the conversation when it comes to possible returns. Bray was always a top merch-seller in WWE, but he has not capitalized on his success much outside of the company. In his time away, Wyatt has only participated in one wrestling event, which was WrestleCon during this year’s WrestleMania weekend.

With it being reported that the draft could be happening shortly after Clash At The Castle, we may see some free agents and possibly NXT stars pop up on the main roster sooner than we think.

Adam Cole

Adam Cole is finally back on screen. While injured, Cole was able to orchestrate one of the biggest face turns in AEW history. Even though Cole is not yet cleared to wrestle, outlets are making it seem like we are nearing his return.

Since his debut, Cole has been positioned as one of the biggest names in AEW. Cole would’ve benefitted immensely from the injuries of Kenny Omega, Bryan Danielson, and CM Punk if he didn’t get injured himself. It’s more than likely that Cole would’ve been the number one heel in the company.

However, with his return date possibly getting closer and closer, the timing of the breakup of The Undisputed Elite is incredibly interesting. The Trios tournament is set to begin this week, and we still don’t know who The Young Bucks are planning to team with. However, we do know, that by default, they will end up having problems with Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, and Bobby Fish.

CM Punk

CM Punk’s big return to Dynamite this week has brought life back to the top of the AEW card. Punk being an obvious fan favorite and coming back from his injury has created a buzz around AEW with his return hitting two million views on Youtube.

With Punk’s return, we can look forward to great promo segments coming up in the next few weeks, and of course his face-off with Jon Moxley. This match between Punk and Moxley would be one of the biggest matches in AEW, if not the biggest. This match is also going to be the main event at All Out and will be sure to bring fans through the doors. We can expect a blood bath at All Out once Punk and Moxley step foot into the ring. This will most likely become a lifelong blood feud between the two.

Another wrestler to keep in mind is Eddie Kingston. With Kingston being Moxley’s right-hand man and having a feud with Punk from last year, we can expect Kingston to have a hand in this feud. Punk’s return to AEW has been one of the biggest returns in the history of AEW, making way for the biggest main event in all of AEW history and some other major match ups along the way. 

  • FTR vs BCC
  • CM Punk vs Bryan Danielson
  • CM Punk vs Wheeler Yuta
  • CM Punk vs Claudio Castagnoli
  • Eddie Kingston vs Dax Harwood

Bryan Danielson

The return of Bryan Danielson has already proven to be a major boost to the AEW men’s division. He has already put over Daniel Garcia in his return match, but Danielson has always been committed to investing in the new generation so this is no surprise.

Younger talent being able to work and train with Danielson is one of the best gifts that AEW could give to up-and-coming talent. Danielson not only has an eye for talent and potential, but he is still functioning at the highest level and is being labeled as the best wrestler in the world by many.

His debut almost a year ago at All Out changed the landscape of professional wrestling. His return could not have come at a better time as he is approaching one year in AEW. Moving forward, Danielson may not hold the top title in AEW, but he sure will continue a career-defining run of matches.

  • Bryan Danielson vs CM Punk
  • Bryan Danielson vs Dax Harwood
  • Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley vs FTR
  • Bryan Danielson vs Chris Jericho
  • Bryan Danielson vs Sammy Guevara

Kenny Omega

Kenny Omega has been the longest-awaited return in AEW history. Omega has not stepped foot into the ring since he lost the belt to Hangman Page at Full Gear 2021. Many outlets have reported Omega is nearing his return date. However, we have yet to see his return to the ring.

With Tony Khan announcing the Trios Titles Tournament, this strongly hints at Omega’s return. The trios battling for the belts in the tournament are Death Triangle, Will Ospreay & Aussie Open, Los Ingobernables, House of Black, The Dark Order, Trustbusters, Best Friends, and lastly the Young Bucks, who have failed to find a replacement for Omega. The Young Bucks turned to Hangman Page and offered him a spot in their trio, only to be rejected.

Omega’s return would also bring the feud between himself and Adam Cole back to the center once he makes his return and Cole is cleared to wrestle. Omega also has a long history with the Elite and Undisputed Elite, which would be the first storyline once Omega makes his big return. Omega would make a splash in the AEW World Trios Championship Tournament alongside the Young Bucks. However, we continue to watch the Young Bucks scramble to find their third member.  

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Posted August 15th, 2022 in Features.

Konosuke Takeshita Not Interested In WWE, Plans To Return To AEW

It was recently reported by Dave Meltzer that WWE may be looking to sign Konosuke Takeshita. However, it seems like Takeshita has his sights set elsewhere.

Takeshita First Excursion

Takeshita just finished up his excursion in America this month. He headed to the UK for some bouts in PROGRESS Wrestling before he returns to Japan to compete for DDT Pro Wrestling. 

Takeshita competed against top AEW names such as Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston, and Hangman Page on AEW TV and traveled around the independent scene, wrestling for various promotions.

Konosuke is already looking to return to All Elite Wrestling and he is hoping to be back in the United States in October. 

Takeshita To Return To AEW

When speaking with Cultaholic, Konosuke revealed that he is looking to return to All Elite Wrestling.

“To be honest, now I’m not interested in WWE. My next goal is more fights in AEW I hope. So I have to go to back to Japan in August and September. Maybe, not decided yet, I hope I go back to America in October. Then if I stay in the US I can come to the UK more times. From Japan to the UK is so far but US to UK is maybe seven hours. It’s possible,” Takeshita said.

Takeshita competed at PROGRESS Wrestling over the weekend and is set to wrestle at DDT Wrestle Peter Pan on August 20.

Posted August 15th, 2022 in AEW, News. Tagged: .

Taya Valkyrie Pitched A Darker Look & Feel Before Her WWE NXT Departure

Taya Valkyrie of IMPACT Wrestling recently spoke with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston about ideas she pitched to WWE that never ended up happening.

Taya’s WWE Tenure

On February 14, 2021, it was reported that Taya signed a contract with WWE. On February 24, Valkyrie officially began working at the WWE Performance Center. 

At NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver 2021, a vignette aired promoting Taya’s arrival to the brand with her new ring name revealed to be Franky Monet. On the May 25 episode of NXT, she made her in-ring debut by defeating Cora Jade. She would eventually join the Robert Stone Brand. On the September 28 episode of NXT 2.0, Raquel Gonzalez would defeat Franky Monet to retain the title. 

On November 4, Franky Monet was released from her WWE contract as part of the seventh round of layoffs, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that involved administrative staff, plant, and wrestlers.

Pitching Ideas In NXT

When speaking with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston, Taya explained the process of pitching ideas backstage at NXT.

The current MLW World Women’s Featherweight Championship said:

“I feel like every kind of creative meeting, everyone like listens to you and stuff. If it comes to fruition is a whole other thing. But that’s just kind of the general. No one was ever like, ‘Oh my god, that idea’s stupid, or anything like that.’ It was never like that. It was always quite positive. But I mean, there’s just so many moving parts and so many people that it could be the creative team thinks, ‘Oh, that’s a really cool idea. But let’s put a twist on it.’ Or, you know, the top doesn’t like it at all, and then it never ends up even being spoken of again, you know. It just- it’s there’s so many moving parts in WWE. So it’s very, sometimes it’s very difficult to get your idea to even you know, get a proper look at.”

Taya’s WWE Pitch That Wasn’t Carried Out

Taya then went on to share one of the ideas that she pitched at the end of her WWE tenure.

The AAA Reinas de Reinas champion said, “Well, towards the end, I was really wanting Taya, ugh, Taya- Frankie to be more serious. And I was really pushing to like, kind of have her be a little bit darker even staying as a heel. But I was, you know, pitching different colors for outfits and different vibes and kind of like kind of someone who loses themselves in the, you know, wanting to be champion or loses themselves as they’re trying to, you know, reach a level of perfection, kind of like the ballerina in Black Swan the movie. So, I was trying to kind of bring this kind of crazy, unhinged version of her through but unfortunately, that didn’t end up happening, but it is what it.”

Taya Explains The Origin Of The Franky Monet Name

Taya clarified that she was the one who picked the heavily criticized name Franky Monet. 

The current MLW World Women’s Featherweight Championship and AAA Reinas de Reinas champion said, “Ah, contrary to popular belief, it was actually me that picked that name. And everybody seems to have a massive problem with it. And I’m just like, but I liked it.”

She continued by talking about the process of picking a name in WWE. She explained the lengthy process that she went through to end up with the name Franky Monet. 

“Nobody- we- like it’s a long process. They give you lists of ideas, and they want to talk to you about your ideas and stuff. So, there’s a lot of names thrown around. But ultimately, that was the one that won. I like to sound different, be different. I never want to be put in a box or told to you know, don’t want to be called, you know, something that you would expect. So, I definitely went there and yeah, Franky was born.”

Taya’s Upcoming Events

Taya Valkyrie is currently performing in IMPACT Wrestling, AAA, Major League Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, and many others.

On the IMPACT Emergence Countdown show, Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary put their titles on the line against VXT (Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green) in a losing effort. 

Taya Valkyrie is set to compete against Kamille at NWA 74 on August 27 for the Women’s World Championship.

AAA also recently announced that Taya Valkyrie vs. Thunder Rosa will be taking place at Triplemania XXX Chapter 3 in Mexico City on October 15.

Watch Steve’s interview with Taya Valkyrie here:

Posted August 15th, 2022 in NXT. Tagged: .

GCW Homecoming Nights 1 + 2 & JCW After Hours Results (8/13-8/14)

This past weekend featured three GCW events. GCW presented Nights 1 and 2 of Homecoming 2022 from The Showboat in Atlantic City, New Jersey on August 13 and 14. Jersey Championship Wrestling also held its After Hours 2 event on August 13 from Carousel Room At Showboat Hotel Atlantic City in Atlantic City, NJ. 

GCW Homecoming Night 1 can be streamed here on FITE TV for $13.99. GCW Homecoming Night 2 can be streamed here on FITE TV for $13.99. Both of the GCW Homecoming pay-per-views can be purchased in the GCW: Homecoming 2022 Combo on FITE TV for $19.99. JCW After Hours is available to watch for free on YouTube.

Full results and highlights can be seen below:

GCW Homecoming 2022 Part 1 Results (8/13)

  • Nick Wayne def. Starboy Charlie
  • Jordan Oliver def. Ninja Mack
  • Gringo Loco def. Grim Reefer, Jimmy Lloyd, Axton Ray, Joe Lando, Marcus Mathers
  • Blake Christian def. Tony Deppen
  • GCW Tag Team Championship: The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) def. Los Macizos (Ciclope & Miedo Extremo) (c)
  • GCW Extreme Championship: Cole Radrick (c) def. Charli Evans
  • John Wayne Murdoch def. Matt Tremont
  • GCW Ultraviolent Championship: Rina Yamashita def. Alex Colon (c)
  • GCW World Championship: Jon Moxley (c) def. EFFY (w/ Allie Katch)

JCW After Hours 2 Results (8/13)

  • Axton Ray def. Dyln McKay
  • Billie Starkz def. Maki Itoh
  • The Kirks (Brandon Kirk & Kasey Kirk) def. Big Vin & Sawyer Wreck
  • Team Reefer (Grim Reefer, Janai Kai, Marcus Mathers & Yoya) def. 2 Hot Team (Azrieal, Charlie Tiger, Ellis Taylor & Steve Scott)
  • Everett Connors def. Cezar Bononi
  • Charles Mason def. Charli Evans
  • Hardcore Match: Matthew Justice def. SLADE

GCW Homecoming 2022 Part 2 Results (8/14)

  • Cole Radrick (c) defeated Jimmy Lloyd, Gringo Loco, Alec Price, Masha Slamovich, Starboy Charlie, and Axton Ray
  • Maki Itoh def. Dark Sheik
  • Ninja Mack def. Kevin Blackwood
  • Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner, Matthew Justice, and 1 Called Manders ) def. Jordan Oliver, Blake Christian, and Nick Wayne
  • Mike Bailey def. Starboy Charlie
  • BUSSY (Allie Katch and EFFY) vs. Charli Evans & Everett Connors
  • Death Match for the GCW Ultraviolent Championship: Rina Yamashita (c) defeated Sawyer Wreck
  • Death Match: John Wayne Murdoch and Alex Colon defeated Los Macizos
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Posted August 15th, 2022 in Results.

IMPACT Wrestling Second City Slamm Spoilers (Taped On 8/13)

On August 13, IMPACT Wrestling hosted its latest set of TV tapings titled Second City Slamm from Cicero Stadium in Chicago, IL. The matches and segments will air in upcoming weeks as episodes of IMPACT TV. 

These tapings follow IMPACT’s Emergence event that also took place atCicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois on August 12, 2022.

Full spoilers are listed below.

IMPACT Wrestling Second City Slamm Spoilers (8/13)

Before The IMPACT

  • Giselle Shaw def. Rosemary
  • Ace Austin & Hikuleo def. Zicky Dice & Johnny Swinger

IMPACT Wrestling TV

  • “Speedball” Mike Bailey def. Chris Bey
  • Heath def. Kenny King
  • Honor No More attack Heath. PCO doubts Eddie Edwards as Heath escapes.
  • Killer Kelly def. Savannah Evans 
  • IMPACT Title #1 Contendership: Eddie Edwards def. Steve Maclin, Moose, Rich Swann, Bandido, and Sami Callihan
  • Knockouts Tag Team Championships: VXT (Chelsea Green & Deonna Purrazzo) (c) def. Mia Yim & Jordynne Grace
  • Karl Anderson def. Mike Bennett
  • Jessicka Havok def. Alisha
  • Bhupinder Gujja def. unnamed talent
  • Curt Hawkins confronted Gujja and offered him a title match. The referee refuses to start the match until he’s bullied into it. Gujja pins Hawkins and leaves with the IMPACT Digital Media Championship, but no title change was announced.
  • Josh Alexander def. Vincent
  • Heath attacks Edwards as he confronts Alexander.
  • Black Taurus def. Trey Miguel, Laredo Kid, Rey Horus
  • Time Machine (KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) def. Violent By Design

Posted August 15th, 2022 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

NWA 74 – Night 1 & 2: Match Card, Date & Time, How to Watch

The two-night NWA 74th Anniversary Show (also simply called NWA 74) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).

This year marks the 74th installment of the NWA’s anniversary show. The show was first produced and presented by the company in 1948.

NWA 74 takes place after their Alwayz Ready pay-per-view.

NWA 74 – Night 1 Match Card

  • Pre-Show Match: Country Gentlemen vs. Gold Rushhh
  • Tables Match: Bully Ray vs. Mike Knox
  • NWA Women’s World Championship: Kamille (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie
  • NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Homicide (c) vs. Kerry Morton
  • Burke Invitational (Winner Receives NWA Women’s Championship Match On Night 2): Tootie Lynn, KiLynn King, Samantha Starr, Missa Kate, Madi, Angelina Love, Jennacide, Natalia Markova
  • NWA World Tag Team Championships: Commonwealth Connection (Harry Smith & Doug Williams) (c) vs. La Rebellion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf)
  • Matt Cardona vs. Handpicked Opponent
  • EC3 vs. Mims
  • Luke Hawx vs. VSK

NWA 74 – Night 2 Match Card

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship: Trevor Murdoch (c) vs. Tyrus

NWA Women’s World Championship: Kamille (c) vs. Burke Invitational winner

NWA United States Tag Team Championships 10-Team Battle Royale: Gold Rushhh (Jordan Clearwater and Marshe’ Rockett) vs. Miserably Faithful (Sal The Pal and Gaagz The Gymp) vs. The Now (Hale Collins and Vik Dalishus) vs. The Ill Begotten (Alex Taylor & Rush Freeman) vs. The Fixers (Wrecking Ball Legursky and Jay Bradley) vs. The Country Gentlemen (AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews) vs. Hawx Aerie (Luke Hawx & PJ Hawx) vs. Team Ambition (Mike Outlaw & Camaro Jackson)

NWA Women’s Tag Team Championships – Street Fight: Pretty Empowered (Ella Envy & Kenzie Paige) (c) vs. The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle)

MLW National Openweight Championshp: Davey Richards (c) vs. Thrillbilly Silas

Mercurio vs. Magic Jake Dumas

Thom Latimer vs. Judais

Colby Corino vs. Caprice Coleman

??When is NWA 74?

NWA 74 takes place Saturday and Sunday, August 27th & 28th from St. Louis, Missouri at the Chase’s Khorassan Ballroom. The main card of this live event starts at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT.

How to Watch

NWA 74 streams live on FITE TV internationally. The Night 1 & 2 Bundle is available for purchase for $39.99. Night 1 & Night 2 can also be purchased individually at $24.99.

Posted August 15th, 2022 in NWA.

Kayla Sparks Comments On Being The First Person To Be On SmackDown & Rampage In The Same Night (Exclusive)

Kayla Sparks recently spoke with SEScoops Correspondent Steve Fall about her work with AEW and WWE, and also reflected on appearing on SmackDown and Rampage in the same night.

Double Duty?

On February 23, 2022, AEW taped the February 25 episode of Rampage. That night of tapings featured two Kayla Sparks matches; one on Dark: Elevation and the other on Rampage. 

Kayla competed against Serena Deeb in The Professor’s Five Minute Rookie Challenge Match. Kayla would go on to lose this match at the tapings, however, that Friday she would also pop up on SmackDown.

On the February 25, 2022 episode of SmackDown, Sparks was featured on the Los Lotharios kiss came. Later that night, the episode of Rampage that Sparks appeared on aired. This made Sparks the first person to ever appear on SmackDown and Rampage on the same night.

How It Came Together

Kayla reflected on this experience when speaking with SEScoops Correspondent Steve Fall:

“See, that means a lot to me. Thank you. I mean, I’m still blown away. I’m still it’s so mind blowing that that even happened. Like I just, you know, ever since I came back to wrestling, my goal is like WWE, and you know, AEW, has been great to me too. So any opportunity that, you know, comes my way. I’m just always hustling and grinding and just, you know, take what I can. And so that actually was a that was all luck, I guess, or the universe if you believe in all that like the signs and stuff, which I’m like, I’m silly, I believe in all that stuff. 

Filming Both Shows

But like it was, where was I? I was in Bridgeport, Connecticut for AEW Rampage that night. I actually had to two matches, I was on AEW Dark: Elevation with Nyla Rose, Diamante. And that was like a trios match, and that was earlier, and then later on. I you know, you saw on there I wrestled Serena Deb, who I was really excited to wrestle her because she’s, she actually was in like, the women’s revolution. Like I have so much like respect for her. And I, I mentioned that, like, you know, it’s just awesome to see her still in the ring and killing it. But yeah, that was crazy to be on Rampage. 

So they filmed it that Wednesday. And then Friday, I knew I was going to WWE. I was invited there for extra work, not knowing what you know what to expect. And they said, ‘Hey, we want you to be in the crowd for that Los Lotharios kiss cam.’ And I was like, ‘Okay.’ And then in my mind, I knew I’m like, ‘Oh boy, this is gonna be crazy.’ Because Friday, you know, Smackdown airs live at 8pm on FOX, and then Rampage was going to air at 10. And I knew my heart was racing, because I remember leaving the arena that night. Like all giddy and excited. 

Only a few people knew like to check, my wrestling dad knew. And he was really excited. So I remember rushing to the hotel after Smackdown to get there in time so I could watch the live or the Rampage match. And I remember my phone just blowing up, which is still surreal that that happened.”

Possible Fears With Working Both Shows

Kayla continued by talking about her fears regarding working both shows for two competing companies. 

She said, “Yeah, I mean, everyone, both WWE and AEW have been so, you know, so awesome with me, and nobody I was actually scared of that. Like, ‘Oh my god, what are they gonna think.’ Like, you know, like, I’m just trying out like, whatever opportunity comes up. 

You know, they totally respect that and it shows like that, you know, I have so much like love for wrestling that you know, it’s just it’s cool to see. You know, all my peers and stuff with WWE and AEW have been amazing. So I’m just happy I could make you know, have that moment happen.”

Continuing The Relationships

Since then, Kayla has continued to do extra work for WWE, along with doing some promotional work for them on her social media pages. 

She reflected on being able to work for WWE and said it was like being a kid in the candy store because of her love of wrestling since a young age.

“I’m like, I’m just so excited to like be a part of WWE and every time they invited me back I was just like you said like a kid like kid in the candy store. Like that’s how I always am because I like I said I grew up watching wrestling. It’s been like my passion my dream. You know, I had wrestler posters on my wall. 

I went, you know, to all the shows when they used to come to Albany, my hometown for the MVP arena, which I’m hoping that you know, I can’t believe I don’t know if you noticed, but MVP arena, WWE and AEW are both going to be there. Coming up soon, next month in September AEW’s coming there. And then WWE’s coming there in November. But that would be that’d be a full circle moment, if they invited me back to go to either one would be cool. 

But yeah, As you mentioned Serena to and I actually I’m really looking forward to next month when AEW comes to the MVP Arena in my hometown. They haven’t announced it yet but I’m going to have a match with Serena Deeb for the Immortal Championship Wrestling Woman’s Title that I have so I can’t wait for that,” Sparks said.

Watch Steve’s interview with Kayla Sparks here:

Posted August 13th, 2022 in WWE. Tagged: , .

Taya Valkyrie Threats To Send People To The Undead Realm (Exclusive)

Taya Valkyrie of IMPACT Wrestling recently spoke with SEScoops Correspondant Steve Fall about her current feud with VXT (Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green) before IMPACT Emergence.

On the IMPACT Emergence Countdown show, Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary put their titles on the line against VXT (Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green) in a losing effort. 

On the July 7 episode of Impact, Mia Yim defeated Deonna Purrazzo to become the number one contender for the Impact Knockouts World Championship. This led to Yim earning a title match against champion Jordynne Grace at Emergence. 

However, Purrazzo and Chelsea Green, collectively known as VXT, defeated Grace and Yim two weeks later. This earned them a match for the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against champions Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie at the event.

Taya Isn’t Afraid of Deonna & Chelsea

Before the event, the current AAA Reinas de Reinas Champion had the following to say about her competitors:

“We are four absolute killers in the ring. And we all know each other extremely well, for years. And I just know that we’re going to let it all out there like Rosemary and I are Knockouts Tag Champions. We will defend these championships with our lives send people the undead realm. I don’t care like we are going to defend these championships and still retain the knockouts World Tag Team Champions championships on Emergence. 

I don’t care what Deonna and Chelsea say or if they’re you know, VXT or V(e)XT whatever, you know. We have been doing and grinding as friends, as foes as you know as tag partners for a while and I hope they they bring their 110% on that day.”

Watch Steve’s interview with Taya Valkyrie here:

Posted August 13th, 2022 in News, TNA. Tagged: , , .

IMPACT Emergence (8/12) Results: Josh Alexander Retains, Honor No More Stands Tall

The 2022 edition of IMPACT Wrestling’s Emergence event took place on Friday, August 12, 2022 at Cicero Stadium in Chicago, Illinois.

The event aired live on FITE TV, YouTube for Impact Insiders, and Impact Plus. The event is available for replay on FITE TV here for $9.99.

This event was the 3rd installment of the Against All Odds live event. This event follows IMPACT’s Against All Odds event. 

IMPACT Emergence 2022 (8/12)

  • IMPACT Digital Media Championship: Brian Myers (c) def. Bhupinder Gujjar
  • IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championship: Chelsea Green & Deonna Purrazzo def. Taya Valkyrie (c) & Rosemary (c)
  • IMPACT X-Division Championship: ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey (c) def. Jack Evans
  • Steve Maclin vs. Sami Callihan ends in a no contest but both men keep fighting
  • Violent By Design (Deaner & Eric Young) def. Kushida & Chris Sabin
  • AAA Attraction Match: Bandido def. Rey Horus
  • No DQ: Sami Callihan def. Steve Maclin after the match was later restarted by Scott D’Amore.
  • 10-Man Tag: Honor No More (Eddie Edwards, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Kenny King and PCO) def. Bullet Club (The Good Brothers, Ace Austin, Chris Bey and Hikuleo)
  • IMPACT Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace (c) def. Mia Yim
  • IMPACT World Championship: Josh Alexander (c) def. Alex Shelley

Posted August 13th, 2022 in Results. Tagged: , .

Vincent Reveals Jay Lethal Was Set To Join The Righteous (Exclusive)

Vincent recently spoke with SEScoops Correspondent Steve Fall about the plans that The Righteous had before Ring Of Honor went on hiatus. 

At Impact Hard To Kill, Vincent made his Impact Wrestling debut after a 10-man Hardcore War tag team match attacking Rich Swann, Eddie Edwards, Heath, and Rhino alongside former Kingdom stablemate Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Maria Kanellis, and PCO.

However, before this, Vincent was a member of the Ring of Honor roster. At the time of his debut, Vincent was one-third of the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions after he, Bateman, and Dutch won the titles from Shane Taylor Promotions at ROH Final Battle last year. This was Vincent’s fourth time holding the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships.

Jay Lethal Was Supposed To Join The Righteous?

Vincent revealed The Righteous’ plans before the ROH hiatus when speaking with SEScoops Correspondent Steve Fall, after being asked if he wanted to bring The Righteous stable to Impact.

“I mean, I did to be honest, but I’m being completely honest with you. Like, I like loved The Righteous, like, you know, thing that we’re doing. Myself, Bateman and Dutch, I wish that could have continued longer because it was going to be pretty awesome. Like we were going to do a whole thing with Jay Lethal where Jay Lethal joins the group and this this whole, like, kind of wild thing moving forward. And we just started getting into it. 

And I don’t know if you even watch the tail end of the Ring of Honor, but like, we had just started to get into that, like final battle, the last final battle was supposed to be myself versus Jay Lethal, which starts the story. But obviously, we got the news before that. So everything kind of changed. There’s no point doing it at that point. 

I mean, like, at the end of the day, like it would be cool to to have went in there as The Righteous and into Impact because I do think that like that specific vision hasn’t even, you know, scratched the surface of what it could be. So, I think it would be very interesting there. But, you know, I, the end of the day is like, you know that I went there and they allowed me to so I’m very grateful. So it’s not that you know what I mean? It all worked out regardless, at the end of the day, you know what I mean? So it’s still cool. 

Yeah, well, locker rooms really great. You know, locker rooms great there, you know, everybody was very, you know, kind of like welcoming. Nobody was not welcoming. There was kind of cool.”

Watch Steve’s interview with Vincent:

Posted August 11th, 2022 in News, TNA. Tagged: .

Rob Van Dam On Working With AEW: “Never Say Never”

Rob Van Dam recently spoke with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston about the possibility of working with AEW and his current relationship with WWE.

Back in 2019, Van Dam made a one-night return to WWE for the special Raw Reunion episode of Raw on July 22, 2019. RVD was inducted into the 2021 WWE Hall of Fame class. He later made an appearance at the 2022 Hall of Fame ceremony.

Since then, the former WWE Champion has been wrestling in Pro Wrestling NOAH and competed at NOAH Destination 2022. Van Dam & Masato Tanaka defeated NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy in a hardcore tag team match. He also competed at the CyberFight Festival 2022 when he made his Pro Wrestling NOAH debut. He teamed with the Stinger duo of Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa to defeat Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada and Yo-Hey.

“Never Say Never”

When speaking with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston, the former ECW World Champion spoke about his current view of the landscape of pro wrestling and any connections he might have to the major companies in the business.

The former WWE Champion:

“Oh, it’d be awesome. Yeah. You know what, I kind of feel like, if they wanted me there, that I would be there. They would make it so that I would want to be there. And so I mean, I’m on the front without having any, just being on the fence and not feeling you know, hungry. Or either way, just, whatever happens, happens, like RVD is, you know, I kind of feel like, like that. I mean, 

I don’t know, what they want to do, what their plan is, what their agenda is, for all their talent now. You know, seems like they want more normal looking people that normal people look at, that normal-looking people could relate to maybe, I really don’t even know, it’s whatever. 

WWE Legends Deal

Van Dam continued, “But you know, I am, I’m around. And I do have a legends deal with WWE, which is merchandise related. But I’m not somebody that they call a lot to pop up at a meet and greet or anything, you know, and for whatever reason, maybe they think I don’t want to do it, and they don’t want to bother me, whatever. 

For that matter, just like my documentary said, I mean, that was the takeaway from the icons, WWE icons documentary for me to take away was that WWE doesn’t think that I want it or that or that I want it bad enough, because of my laid back attitude. And, and because they think that I would maybe change in ways they wanted me to if I did want it. 

So, I don’t know, I think they kind of got it right, you know, so maybe they just, I don’t know. But to answer your question, though, you know, honestly, how I feel about it. I say, you know, never say never, because I am still wrestling a lot more this year than I thought I would last year I only wrestled like twice the whole year.”

Watch Steve’s interview with Rob Van Dam here:

Posted August 11th, 2022 in AEW, News. Tagged: .

AEW Dark: Elevation Spoilers: Airing August 15, 2022 (Women’s Division Return)

This week’s AEW Dynamite was titled Quake By The Lake and aired live from the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Before that show, AEW taped their weekly Dark: Elevation episode, which will air Monday night.

AEW Dark: Elevation Spoilers For 8/15 (Taped On 8/10)

  • Daddy Magic Matt Menard was on commentary.
  • Tony Nese & Josh Woods (w/ Smart Mark Sterling) def. Travis Titan & Arik Cannon
  • Dark Order (John Silver, Evil Uno, 10 & Alex Reynolds) def. Adam Grace, Riley Jackson, Drew System, TJ Cooper
  • Serena Deeb def. Sierra
  • Konosuke Takeshita def. Ryan Nemeth
  • Julia Hart def. Free Range Kara
  • Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) def. Jah-C & JDX
  • Penelope Ford def. Heather Reckless
  • The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) def. JT Energy & Justin Fowler
  • Hikaru Shida, Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm def. Nyla Rose & Emi Sakura & Marina Shafir (w/ Vickie Guerrero & Baliyan Akki)

Posted August 11th, 2022 in Results. Tagged: .

WWE Offered 14 Athletes A Contract At WWE SummerSlam Tryouts

WWE has named the 14 athletes that were signed by the company at the WWE SummerSlam tryouts.

ESPN first reported that 14 athletes were signed by the company during the tryouts, which were open to current and recently graduated college athletes.

WWE’s Newest Recruits

The following athletes were offered a contract:

  • Kennedy Cummins 
    • University of Minnesota Cheerleader
  • Gabrielle Dunn 
    • Trains in karate
    • Won Women’s Adult Forms Overall Grand Champion at the US Capitol Classics.
  • Rickssen Opont 
    • Track & Field athlete
  • Alivia Ash 
    • Track & Field athlete from Louisville and Rutgers
  • Harleigh White 
    • Track & Field athlete from Clemson
  • Chukwusom Enekwechi 
    • Track and Field athlete from East Michigan
  • Jade Gentile 
    • Soccer player from WVU
  • Anna Keefer 
    • Track & Field athlete from North Carolina
  • Breanna Ruggiero 
    • Former Cheerleader at Sacramento State Cheer
  • Beau Morris 
    • Offensive lineman from SMU
  • Franki Strefling 
    • Volleyball player from Eastern Michigan University
  • Hayden Pittman 
    • Tight End from UAB
  • Lea Mitchell 
    • Gymnast from Michigan State
  • Kevin Ventura-Cortes 
    • Tight End from Concordia St Paul

The athletes will train at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL.

SEScoops will update fans on their statuses as more is known.

Posted August 11th, 2022 in WWE, News.

AEW Rampage Spoilers: Airing August 12, 2022

This week’s AEW Dynamite was titled Quake By The Lake and aired live from the Target Center in Minneapolis.

After that show, AEW taped their weekly Rampage, which will air this Friday night.

AEW Rampage Spoilers For 8/12 (Taped On 8/10)

  • Bryan Danielson’s interview with Tony Schiavone opens the show. Daniel Garcia interrupts and tells Danielson that Bryan is his hero. He cites Danielson’s history of injury, saying, “he retires, he returns, he retires, he returns.” Danielson says he’s tired of hearing about the Sports Entertainment bullshit. 
    • Danielson asks Garcia if he wants to be the best professional wrestler in the world? Danielson says he’ll leave that to Garcia and leaves the ring.
  • AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship: JAS (Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti) (c) def. Top Flight (Dante Martin and Skye Blue)
    • After the bell, Sammy tells them to cut his music off and says he accepts Eddie Kingston’s challenge for a match at All Out.
  • Parker Boudreaux def. Sonny Kiss
  • Gunn Club def. BeardHausen (Danhausen/Erik Redbeard)
    • After the match, Stokely gives Gunn Club his card after Billy cuts a promo on them telling them to shape up
  • Schiavone brings out FTW Champion HOOK for his promo.
    • Reality TV star Zack Clayton comes out and challenges HOOK to a match next week.
  • Orange Cassidy def. Ariya Davari
    • After the match, Boudreaux cleared the ring and Sonny Kiss came out and acted like he was going to help Cassidy, but he attacked him instead, turning heel in the process.

Posted August 11th, 2022 in Results. Tagged: .

Bobby Lashley Has Another WWE Title Run In Him, Is Trying to Elevate The US Title

Bobby Lashley has now revealed that he believes he has another WWE Championship run in him, and that he’s attempting to elevate the United States Championship with his star power.

Lashley’s Recent WWE Run

On the March 1 episode of Raw, Lashley defeated The Miz in a lumberjack match to win the WWE Championship for the first time. Lashley would go on to successfully defend the WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 37, and at WrestleMania Backlash in a triple threat match also including Braun Strowman, and at Hell in a Cell in a Last Chance Hell in a Cell match. At SummerSlam, Lashley retained the WWE Championship due to referee stoppage after Goldberg could no longer continue.

On the September 13 episode of Raw, after successfully defending the title against Randy Orton, Lashley lost the WWE Championship to Big E who cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase, ending his reign at 196 days. On September 27 on Raw, Lashley faced Big E for the WWE Championship but the match ended in disqualification after Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander helped Lashley fight off The New Day, seemingly reuniting The Hurt Business. A rematch then took place in a steel cage, where Big E defeated Lashley.

Since then, on the March 28 episode of Raw, Lashley made his return from injury and started a feud with Omos. This set up a match between the two at WrestleMania 38, with Lashley turning face for the first time since October 2018. Following Hell in a Cell, Lashley began a feud with United States Champion Theory, culminating at Money in the Bank, where Lashley defeated Theory to win his third United States Championship. At SummerSlam, Lashley retained the title against Theory in a rematch.

Lashley Has Another World Title Run In His Future?

The current United States Champion spoke with Rick Ucchino of the Bleav in Pro Wrestling Podcast about his current US Title reign and the possibility of another WWE World Title run.

??“I’m the champion of the United States. I think that’s a huge honor. Everything that I win and everything that I do is just, it’s a dream come true. I’m living the dream man. I’m able to come back and wrestle right now, at my age, and I’m still able to do it. I still feel great. I’m still winning titles. I’m still able to advance with the business and everything is just going great for me right now. 

This title is something that is very important to me, because it gives me an opportunity to kind of help raise the roster and help elevate some of the other guys that are on the roster. Do I have another World title run in my future? 100 percent, but right now there’s a lot of things going on,” Lashley said.

How He’s Adjusted Since Returning To WWE

The night after WrestleMania 34 on Raw, Lashley made his return to WWE after a ten-year absence, becoming a member of the Raw brand once again. During his return, he confronted Elias and attacked him with a chair. The first month of Lashley’s return saw him in a number of tag-team matches, teaming with the likes of Braun Strowman, Bobby Roode, Finn Bálor, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns, all being in victorious efforts against the likes of Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Jinder Mahal, The Miz, Curtis Axel, and Bo Dallas.

“It’s amazing. And I think the reason why is people really started to understand. When I first came in, it was like reintroducing me to whole new crowd, a new fan base. And over time I think people have really seen me go through some hard times. They’ve seen me stick in there and just kind of persevere. And I think that people are behind me right now, because they know what I’m capable of doing,” he said.

Lashley’s Advice For Future Wrestlers

Lashley has been in the wrestling business for 16 years, and he is now being to pass down some of his knowledge. Lashley spoke about his experiences speaking and working with hopeful future WWE Superstars. 

The former WWE Champion said: 

“I’m talking to some people that want to get into wrestling business. They already know what their nickname is. They already know what their signature move is. I was like, you don’t even know how to run the ropes. 

You haven’t even taken one bump, but you know what your signature move is gonna be. You know what your entrance is gonna be, you already have all this stuff. I’m like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Let’s take a step back and just learn.”

Bobby Touts Hard Work & Paitence

The US Champion reflected on his early years and what it was like for him when he began to pursue professional wrestling. Lashley touts his hard work and attention to basics as a big part of his success.

Bobby said, “When it came to the point of actually thinking about what to do for an entrance and all this other stuff, that that was like way down the road. I wasn’t even thinking about that. I was just thinking about grassroots. I’m the type of person that tries to take it from day one and try to learn. 

I mean, when I started boxing, I wasn’t throwing 18 punches. I was throwing a jab, I worked two hours on just a jab and that’s how I deal with everything. That’s how you develop a good foundation, is to really take your time to learn the basics before you get up to the big step.”

Posted August 11th, 2022 in WWE, News. Tagged: .

Rob Van Dam Reflects On Wrestling In Japan, “It’s So Much Better”

Rob Van Dam recently spoke with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston about his recent return to Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH.

On June 12, 2022, it was announced that Rob Van Dam would make his in-ring debut in CyberFight’s Pro Wrestling Noah at the CyberFight Festival 2022. He teamed with the Stinger duo of Hayata and Yoshinari Ogawa to defeat Kaito Kiyomiya, Daisuke Harada and Yo-Hey.

On July 16, the former WWE Champion made his return to Pro Wrestling NOAH and competed at NOAH Destination 2022. Van Dam & Masato Tanaka defeated NOSAWA Rongai & Super Crazy in a hardcore tag team match.

“The Wrestling Is So Much Better”

When speaking with Steve Fall of NBC Sports Boston, the former ECW World Champion spoke about wrestling in Japan and what it was like to work with Pro Wrestling NOAH.

“Well, so it looks like it’s very likely that it will keep happening. I’ve already gone back. So I wrestled there June 12. And then I came back on July the 16th. Just a couple of weeks ago, and we’re talking about maybe returning in January. So yeah, it’s it’s pretty cool. 

I love wrestling in Japan. I started wrestling there in 93′. Somebody, a fan there that every wrestler knows this fan, Masa, he’s, we all know this guy. He had the whole breakdown for me. 

This was the 22nd time that I had been to Japan. And he had the breakdown of how many times I’ve been to that building, the Nippon Budokan, and how many times I was there with All Japan, and then FMW, and then New Japan, and IWGP, and WWE, and all these different companies. So, it’s pretty cool. And I have a lot of history there. 

Man, the wrestling is so much better. Like, I was watching the other matches, and I was like really proud to be part of that. It’s so different.”

“It Was Actually Like Wrestling”

Van Dam went on to speak about how he believes pro wrestling is better in Japan. He even elaborated on how impressed he was with another match on the card.

“It was actually like wrestling you know. A lot of people complain now that the the newer generation kind of got away from wrestling and now it’s just about stunts, and, you know, flying or whatever and diving on to 80 people catching you. You know, like, the more people that catch you the better. It seems like the biggest spot I don’t know. 

But man, Muto, the fabulous Muto, he’s retiring. He’s got five matches left. And this match a few nights ago, a couple weeks ago. That was one of his last five. And I watched him wrestle. I don’t want to brutalize the kid’s name that he wrestled and you wouldn’t probably know him unless you follow. You know, the, the product NOAH. I don’t know. 

But anyway, man, these guys put on a clinic, like it was so good. And it was like, the story that they told man. I just hadn’t seen anything like that in years. It wasn’t, they barely even like, hit the ropes and saw there was like Muta going for his trademark leg drag. And he would go to do it in the kid would stop and then get him in the move and then they would work their way up for that, work the way up, bam, bam, bam, he goes for it again. This time you know he’s gonna get it boom, you get stopped right back into and they just worked that leg lock and that leg drag and they made so much sense out of it and it was built so that every little thing meant so much and you know, I was humbled. 

Actually, I’d already wrestled and I felt, you know, like, not like not worthy. Like, like the fans were over appreciative of my match. I had a hardcore match that night. And it was a tag team match, you know, when your tag team instead of a singles match, if you compare that to a normal job, a lot of times if your singles match, that’s like being the, the waiter, the cashier, the busboy and the cook at the same time, and when you when your tag partner not so.”

Watch Steve’s interview with Rob Van Dam here:

Posted August 10th, 2022 in News. Tagged: , , .

List Of Upcoming WWE, AEW, ROH, & IMPACT Events

SEScoops will keep a running list of upcoming WWE, AEW, ROH, IMPACT Wrestling, and NWA events. This list will include live events that have been announced and scheduled. We plan to update this with new events accordingly.

August 2022

NWA 74 – Night One

  • August 27, 2022 at 8PM EST
  • Chase’s Khorassan Ballroom in St. Louis, Missouri
  • FITE TV

NWA 74 – Night Two

  • August 28, 2022 at 8PM EST
  • Chase’s Khorassan Ballroom in St. Louis, Missouri
  • FITE TV

September 2022

WWE Clash At The Castle 2022

  • September 3, 2022 at 3PM EST
  • Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales
  • Peacock (US)/WWE Network (Internationally)

AEW All Out 2022

  • September 4, 2022 at 8PM EST
  • NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
  • PPV / B/R Live (US) /Fite TV (Internationally)

IMPACT Victory Road 2022

  • September 23, 2022 at 8PM EST
  • Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
  • IMPACT+

October 2022

WWE Extreme Rules 2022

  • October 8, 2022 at 8PM EST
  • Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Peacock (US)/WWE Network (Internationally)

IMPACT Wrestling Bound For Glory 2022

  • October 8, 2022 at 8PM EST
  • FITE/Pay-Per-View

November 2022

WWE Survivor Series 2022

  • November 26, 2022 at 8PM EST
  • TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Peacock (US)/WWE Network (Internationally)

April 2022

WWE WrestleMania 39 – Night One

  • April 2, 2023 at 8PM EST
  • SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California
  • Peacock (US)/WWE Network (Internationally)

WWE WrestleMania 39 – Night Two

  • April 3, 2023 at 8PM EST
  • SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California
  • Peacock (US)/WWE Network (Internationally)

Posted August 9th, 2022 in News.

Full List Of Pro Wrestling Free Agents

SEScoops will keep a running list of active free agents with national exposure, primarily from the likes of WWE, AEW, IMPACT, ROH, and others. This list will include people who previously were signed to contracts. We plan to update this with new list members accordingly.

Male Free Agents

  • 2 Cold Scorpio (aka Flash Funk)
  • Acey Romero
  • Adam Scherr (aka Braun Strowman)
  • Aiden English (aka Matt Rehwoldt) 
    • Working IMPACT dates as wrestler & commentator
  • Aiden O’Shea (aka Jay Bradley)
  • Afa Jr. (aka Manu)
  • Alan Angels
  • Alberto Del Rio (aka Alberto El Patron)
  • Alexander Wolfe
  • Alex Zayne (aka Ari Sterling)
    • Working NJPW dates
  • Andrew Everett
  • Anthony Greene (aka August Grey)
  • Arturo Ruas
  • Bandido
  • Big DAMO
  • Biff Busick/ Oney Lorcan
  • Blake Christian
  • Brad Attitude
  • Bray Wyatt (The Fiend)
  • Brian Kendrick
  • Bull Dempsey
  • Carlito
  • Charlie Haas
  • Chris Masters
  • Chris Michaels
  • Colby Corino
    • Working NWA dates
  • Colin Delaney
  • Crimson (of The War Kings)
  • Curt Stallion
  • Dirty Dango
  • Daga
  • Dalton Castle
  • Danny Burch
  • Desmond Troy (aka Denzel DeJournette)
  • “The Pope” Elijah Burke (aka D’Angelo Dinero)
  • EC3 (aka Derrick Bateman)
  • Eric Watts
  • NZO (aka Real1 or Enzo Amore)
  • Epico Colon (of the Colons)
  • Eric Watts
  • Erick Redbeard
  • Flash Flanagan
  • Flip Gordon
  • Gangrel
  • Garett Bischoff (of Aces And Eights)
  • Harland
  • Harry Smith
  • Hideki Suzuki
  • Homicide
  • Hornswoggle
  • Jack Evans
  • Jake Crist
  • James Ellsworth
  • James Storm
  • Jason Kincaid
  • Jax Dane (of The War Kings)
  • Jaxson Ryker
  • Jessie Godderz
  • Joey Janela
  • Johnny Gargano
  • John Morrison
  • JONAH
    • Working NJPW dates
  • Jordan Oliver
  • Josh Barnett
  • JTG
    • Working NWA dates
  • Kal Jak (aka Cal Bishop)
  • Kaleb Konley
  • Kalisto/ Samuray Del Sol
  • Killian Dain
  • Kizarny (aka Sinn Bohdi)
  • Kona Reeves
  • Kongo Kong
  • Konnor (of The Ascension)
  • Leon Ruff
  • Lince Dorado
  • Lio Rush
  • Little Guido/Nunzio
  • Lodi
  • LSG
  • Marko Stunt
  • Mance Warner
  • Marty The Moth
  • Marty Scurll
  • Matt Cardona (aka Zack Ryder) 
    • Working IMPACT & NWA dates
  • Matt Cross (aka Son Of Havoc)
  • Michael Tarver
  • Mike Knox (of Aces And Eights)
  • Mojo Rawley (aka Dean Muhtadi)
  • Nick Miller
  • No Way Jose
  • Percy Watson
  • PJ Black
  • Primo Colon (of the Colons)
  • Rhett Titus
  • Rockstar Spud/ Drake Maverick
  • Rodney Mack
  • Royce Isaacs
  • Samir Singh (Of The Blondes of Bollywood)
  • Scotty 2 Hotty
  • Sin Cara (aka Hunico)
  • Shaheem Ali
  • Shane Douglas
  • Shane Taylor
  • Shannon Moore
  • Silas Young
  • Stu Grayson
  • Suge D
  • Sunil Singh (Of The Blondes of Bollywood)
  • Sylvester Lefort
  • Tate Twins (The Boys)
  • Trevor Murdoch
  • Troy Donovan
  • Tucker
  • Tyler Rust
  • Viktor (of The Ascension)
  • Vinnie Massaro
  • Wesley Blake
  • Wes Brisco (of Aces And Eights)
  • Willie Mack
  • World Famous CB (aka Cheeseburger)
  • Zachary Green (aka Nash Carter)

Female Free Agents

  • Alicia Fox
  • Allysin Kay (aka Sienna)
    • Working NWA dates
    • Worked ROH Death Before Dishonor
  • Amy Rose
  • Angelina Love
  • Cameron
  • Candice LeRae
  • Chelsea Green (aka Laurel Van Ness)
    • Working IMPACT & NWA dates
  • Eva Marie
  • Ivelisse
  • Jazz
  • Jillian Hall
  • Jenny Rose
  • Jessi Kamea
  • Katie Burchill (aka Winter)
  • Katie Forbes
  • Katrina Cortez
  • Kavita Devi
  • Kelly Kelly
  • CJ Perry (aka Lana) 
  • Mandy Leon
  • Marti Belle
    • Working NWA dates
  • Melanie Cruise
  • Mickie James
    • Working IMPACT & NWA dates
  • Neveah
  • Lina Fanene (aka Nia Jax)
  • ODB
  • Steph De Lander (aka Persia Pirotta)
  • Santana Garrett
  • Session Moth Martina
  • Shanna
  • Skyler Story
  • Summer Rae
  • Sumie Sakai
  • Taya Valkyrie (aka Franky Monet)
    • Working IMPACT, MLW & AAA dates
  • Nixon Newell (aka Tegan Nox)
  • Trish Adora
  • Vanessa Borne
  • Veda Scott

Semi-Active Free Agents

  • Akam (of AOP)
  • Air Paris
  • Austin Aries
  • The Barbarian
  • Barry Horowitz
  • The Blue Meanie
  • Booker T
  • Buff Bagwell
  • Bully Ray (aka Bubba Ray Dudley)
  • Cain Velasquez
  • Chavo Guerrero
  • Curtis Hughes/Mr. Hughes
  • CW Anderson
  • Danny Doring
  • Henry O. Godwinn
  • John E. Bravo
  • Johnny Devine
  • Justin Credible (aka Aldo Montoya)
  • KM
  • Maven
  • Michael Elgin
  • Mordecai/Kevin Thorn
  • Mosh (of The Headbangers) (aka Chaz, Beaver Cleavage)
  • Mustafa Saed
  • Rezar (of AOP)
  • Ricky Morton (of Rock N’ Roll Express)
  • Robert Gibson (of Rock N’ Roll Express)
  • Rob Van Dam
  • Ruckus
  • Sam Houston
  • Sarah Logan
  • The Sandman (aka Hak)
  • Scott Steiner
  • Shark Boy
  • Sick Boy
  • Thrasher (of The Headbangers)
  • Tyler Breeze (of Breezango)
  • Warlord

Inactive Free Agents

  • Gary Wolfe (aka Pitbull #1)
  • Glacier
  • Haku/Meng
  • Hardcore Holly
  • Jessamyn Duke
  • Lars Sullivan
  • Maria Manic
  • NWO Sting (aka Cobra, Jeff Farmer)
  • Shaul Guerrero
  • Velveteen Dream

Posted August 9th, 2022 in News.

Eric Bischoff: “Stephanie McMahon Would Kill Tony Khan” in a Fight

Eric Bischoff spoke with SEScoops correspondent Steve Fall this week for NBC Sports Boston. Bischoff was there to promote his second autobiography Grateful, which is due out November 11 (Pre-order here).

Speaking about Eric Bischoff calling out Vince McMahon to fight him on Monday Nitro, Steve said it would have been one of the craziest things in the history of wrestling. That would be like Stephanie McMahon and Tony Khan fighting today.

Stephanie McMahon vs. Tony Khan?

“Stephanie McMahon would kill Tony Khan,” said Bischoff. “Have you stood next to Tony Khan? She’s stronger, bigger. Listen, I’ve been slapped by Stephanie McMahon on television, which was supposed to be what they call a ‘working’ slap. She don’t know how to work, at least not a slap. I mean, that girl could hurt you. She would kill Tony Khan. Kill him. Yeah, set that up. Somebody book that. That would be fun.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Bischoff took another dig at Tony Khan and his penchant for offering big-money contracts to talent. “Tony Khan now has the ATM Eric title – that man is spending more money than Ted Turner would have ever allowed me to spend.”

You can watch the full interview here:

Posted August 3rd, 2022 in WWE, News. Tagged: , , .

Valentina Rossi Details Extreme WOW Contract Terms & Why She Turned Them Down

Valentina Rossi recently spoke to Steve Fall of SEScoops about her time in Women of Wrestling and why she decided to part ways with the company.

Valentina Rossi has been a constant mainstay talent on AEW Dark and AEW Dark: Elevation where she’s faced wrestlers like Nyla Rose, Marina Shafir, Abandon, and others.

However, before her time working as an enhancement talent in AEW, Rossi attended castings to join Women of Wrestling. At WOW, Rossi worked with the company to learn to wrestle and create her character.

Rossi detailed what the WOW castings were like for her:

“So they just, the casting was just like, ‘Do you have any athletic background? Tell us about yourself. Show us your personality.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I’m from Jersey.’ And they’re like, ‘Oh my god Jersey, like you’ve got so much personality.’ And I was like… So, they off the bat, they kind of just like got the whole Jersey girl thing. 

And then once I was like in it, they’re like we got to start developing a character and like the Italian thing was always like my first go to just because like it is me. It’s very easy for me to like play up. So, I was like, ‘Oh my god like this is perfect.’ 

And it’s it’s actually been fun because I’ve kind of just like dived deeper into like my culture like I’ve just like learned so much more about it since then. And like my mom’s always been big on like teaching me how to like cook and that kind of stuff. But um yeah, they were just like, ‘When we look at you would just see like Sopranos.”

WOW Requires Exclusivity

Under Women of Wrestling, Rossi performed under the name of Adriana Gambino because the company wanted to own her name. 

Rossi said, “And they’re also very, like strict about like, the name thing because like, I’m Adriana Gambino there. And like I came up with the name, but they own it. So it’s like, it’s fine. I’ll just use a different name.”

Rossi decided to move away from working with WOW because of the terms of the contract that she was not comfortable with. One of the terms was in regards to the exclusivity of her activity in wrestling. Rossi says that if she would’ve signed to WOW, she would not have been able to appear on AEW Dark and in NXT.

“Um, so I wasn’t at this last taping because they did tape this month. I did the taping before. Yes. So they, they’re kind of exclusive. You can’t do other TV tapings if you’re with WOW.”

Rossi says Women of Wrestling wanted to lock her into a restrictive 5-year contract, which just didn’t work for her.

“So, I would have had to like given up NXT and Dark, which I wasn’t ready to do yet. So yeah, I didn’t go back this past week and I was actually at Dark during the WOW tapings,” Rossi said.

Rossi’s Hesitancy To Sign To WOW

Rossi went into further detail on her hesitancy to sign a contract with WOW.

“I think they want just like people who are only gonna wrestle for WOW because they did have like this, because they’ve been around for like 20 years. And a lot of people don’t know that because they’re like, they’re just starting to, you know, really get well known, and they pretty much did go on like a hiatus for a little bit. That’s probably just like, the only reason why I was like, I just really can’t sign this contract because what if you guys go on hiatus again and I’m under contract for however many years. 

But I know that they like- something similar happened with IMPACT. So, I know that they were like using girls from IMPACT for awhile when they were both in AXS. And then as of recently, they don’t use people from IMPACT anymore. I think it was just like contract stuff. They want people who were like, homegrown so that they can say like, we train them there are people you know.”

Watch Valentina Rossi’s interview with Steve Fall for SEScoops:

Posted August 2nd, 2022 in News.

Cody Rhodes Appears Via Video At Ric Flair’s Last Match PPV

A WWE Superstar made a video appearance during the pre-show of Ric Flair’s Last Match.

During the pre-show of the Ric Flair’s Last Match pay-per-view, many wrestling legends sent thriller well wishes to the WWE Hall of Famer. The pre-show featured people like Trish Stratus, Sting, Jim Ross, Nick Aldis, Kurt Angle, Dixie Carter, and Cody Rhodes.

These legends sent their support to Ric Flair who is competing in his final match during Starrcast V. 

We have live results for the Ric Flair’s Last Match pay-per-view that you can view here.

Current Card For Ric Flair’s Last Match

  • Impact World Championship Match: Josh Alexander (c) vs Jacob Fatu
  • Impact Knockouts World Championship Three-Way Match: Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo vs. Rachael Ellering
  • Ren Narita vs. Yuya Uemura
  • Killer Kross (w/ Scarlett Bordeaux) vs Harry Smith
  • The Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) vs Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
  • Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Kerry Morton and Ricky Morton) vs. The Four Horsemen (Brian Pillman Jr. and Brock Anderson)
  • Four-Corners Match: Alan Angels vs. Jonathan Gresham vs. Konosuke Takeshita vs. Nick Wayne
  • Bunkhouse Battle Royale: Adam Priest vs. Big Damo vs. Brian Myers vs. Bully Ray vs. Crimson vs. Crowbar vs. Gringo Loco vs. James Storm vs. Kal Herro vs. Komander vs. Rickey Shane Page vs. Sinn Bodhi vs. Wolfie D vs. TBA
  • Four-way Match: Rey Fenix vs Taurus vs Laredo Kid vs Bandido
  • The Von Erich (Marshall & Ross) vs The Briscoes
  • Ric Flair’s Retirement Match: Ric Flair and Andrade El Idolo vs. Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett

Posted July 31st, 2022 in WWE, News. Tagged: , , .

Ric Flair Wins Last Match in Nashville

On July 30, Starrcast and Jim Crockett Promotions presented the Ric Flair’s Last Match pay-per-view at the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

Here are the quick results:

  1. Ren Narita def. Yuya Uemura
  2. Bunkhouse Battle Royale: Mance Warner def. Adam Priest, Big Damo, Bully Ray, Crimson, Crowbar, Gringo Loco, James Storm, Kal Herro, Komander, Rickey Shane Page, Sinn Bodhi, Wolfie D vs. TBA
    • GCW wrestlers invaded the match at the direction of Nick Gage: Mance Warner, Effy, Blake Christian, Jordan Oliver, Joey Janela, Matthew Justice & Manders
  3. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) def. The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards)
  4. Killer Kross (w/ Scarlett Bordeaux) def. Davey Boy Smith Jr
  5. PROGRESS World Championship #1 Contenders Match: Jonathan Gresham def. Alan Angels, Konosuke Takeshita & Nick Wayne
  6. The Four Horsemen (Brian Pillman Jr & Brock Anderson w/ Arn Anderson) def. Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Kerry Morton & Ricky Morton w/ Robert Gibson)
  7. Four-Way Match: Rey Fenix def. Black Taurus, Laredo Kid & Bandido
  8. Impact World Championship Match: Josh Alexander (c) vs Jacob Fatu ended due to the interference of Brian Myers, Matt Cardona & Diamond Dallas Page
  9. The Briscoes def. The Von Erich (Marshall & Ross)
  10. Impact Knockouts World Championship Three-Way Match: Jordynne Grace (c) def. Deonna Purrazzo & Rachael Ellering
  11. Ric Flair’s Retirement Match: Ric Flair & Andrade El Idolo def. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett
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Other Starrcast Shows

In the same vein, this year’s Starrcast event featured three other live wrestling shows. Black Label Pro, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and Game Changer Wrestling all hosted events through Starrcast this weekend.

Starrcast will also featured the following live podcasts:

Posted July 31st, 2022 in Results. Tagged: , , , , .

Has Bayley Revealed The Name Of Her New Stable?

It appears that the stable of Bayley, IYO SKY (Io Shirai), and Dakota Kai has a name.

SummerSlam Shakes Up The Women’s Division

Last night, at SummerSlam, Becky Lynch challenged for Bianca Belair’s Raw Women’s Title in the opening match. Belair picked up the win after 15 minutes of back and forth action.

Following Bianca’s win, Lynch hugged Belair, before the duo were confronted by Bayley, Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky (Io Shirai).

Last night after SummerSlam, WWE posted a post-show interview with Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY after their surprise return. However, the trio did not say much about their actions last night. 

Bayley’s Stable Name Revealed?

This afternoon, Bayley tweeted out a photo of the group with the caption “CONTROL.” The tweet was retweeted by the official WWE account. The name is not confirmed but we might not have to wait too long to find out more because the trio is scheduled to appear this Monday night on Raw so we should know more in just over 24 hours. 

Bayley followed up that tweet by quoting Janet Jackson.

Here is the Janet Jackson quote she included in a follow-up tweet:

"This is a story about control

My control

Control of what I say

Control of what I dp

And this time, I'm gonna do it my way 

I hope you enjoy this as much as I do

Are we ready?

I am

'Cause it's all about control 

And I've got lots of it” - 

@JanetJackson

@WWE"

As noted earlier, it looks like Bayley’s faction will feud with Lynch, Belair and possibly one other woman but a possible injury may force WWE to change their plans.

What do you think the faction should be name? Let SEScoops know here!

Posted July 31st, 2022 in WWE, News. Tagged: , , , .

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