Ric Flair’s life story would make for an entertaining movie. As it turns out, we might get to see this for ourselves. According to comments from the man himself, a Nature Boy biopic is in the works and the creators have had talks with a Hollywood A-lister about portraying him.

On latest episode of the “To Be The Man” podcast, host Conrad Thompson presented Ric with a question sent in by a listener.

Q: Who would you like to play you in a movie?

Flair reveals that feelers have been sent to Bradley Cooper about playing him on the big screen. There is no deal in place, but he’s hopeful that Cooper signs on.

“Well, there’s talks right now that I can’t mention. They are making a movie about my life and I know that they’ve talked to Bradley Cooper.”

“I could see him doing that. I could se him.. that’s the only name that’s come up I don’t.. That’s only rumored. I mean, I’ve heard it officially, but it’s not in place. So ladies and gentlemen, it’s not true that he’s playing Ric Flair. I’ve heard they’ve talked to him, that’s it. Bradley Coooper is not playing me in a movie, yet. I hope he does.”

Flair has been talking about wanting Bradley Cooper to portray him in a movie since 2019.

If Not Bradley Cooper..

If they can’t get Bradley Cooper to portray him, Flair has another box office heavy hitter in mind.

“You know who else I like? Chris Pratt. That TV show Terminal List is unbelievable. Have you seen it? On Prime? Oh, you’ve gotta see Terminal List, it’s phenomenal.”

Conrad told Ric he’s heard actor Sebastian Stan wants to portray him, and Ric said he’s heard the same thing.

Listen to Ric Flair’s To Be The Man podcast with Conrad Thompson and if you use any quotes from this article, please h/t SEScoops for the transcription.

WWE has announced two main roster Superstars are headed to Orlando for tonight’s NXT 2.0 broadcast on the USA Network.

Raw Superstars Nikki A.S.H and Doudrop will be back in NXT to battle Toxic Attraction. This match is being set up after Toxic Attraction cost Nikki and Doudrop the NXT Women’s tag team titles in their match against Katana Chance & Kayden Carter at Worlds Collide.

The Scottish duo didn’t realize they had issues with Toxic Attraction, but they now plan to make Toxic Attraction wish they’d never stuck their noses in their business.

Tonight’s NXT 2.0 broadcast will also feature:

• Ricochet vs. Trick Williams

• JD McDonagh vs. Wes Lee

• Axiom and Nathan Frazer will kick off their Best of Three series

• Meiko Satomura vs. Roxanne Perez

WWE has been teasing that Nikki A.S.H. will be losing the ‘super hero’ gimmick. More on that story below:

More details are coming out regarding the backstage chaos following Sunday’s AEW All Out pay-per-view. As of this writing, we are still less than 48 hours removed from what’s developing into one of the biggest stories of 2022.

A physical altercation occured in CM Punk’s dressing room after his explosive comments at the All Out post-show media scrum. Punk trashed Colt Cabana, Hangman Page and AEW’s Executive Vice Presidents and stated once again, “come find me” if you have a problem with him.

Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks took him up on the offer as soon as Punk wrapped up his rant at the media scrum. Details are still unclear about who escalated things to the point of violence, but punches (and a chair) were thrown, hair was pulled and Kenny Omega got bit.

Update on the All Out Backstage Brawl

Here’s the the on the fallout from the backstage melee that occurred after AEW All Out:

• Tony Khan has suspended several AEW employees who were in the room for the CM Punk – Elite brawl, according to Brian Last’s The Wrestling News podcast.

• Fightful Select reports that several members of the AEW roster expect CM Punk to be released after the way things went down. Several people who would typically side with conspicuously not defending him.

• Whether the first punch was thrown by CM Punk or a member of The Elite, there is a feeling that the EVP’s should be setting an example and may even lose their titles as a disciplinary measure. (via Steve Muehlhausen)

• CM Punk and Kenny Omega had a conversation after things calmed down. However, the talk is not believed to have been productive.

This is a developing story and we’ll provide additional updates as new information becomes available.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque has been promoted once again. WWE issued a press release on Tuesday announcing Levesque will now serve as the company’s Chief Content Officer.

In a press release sent in to SEScoops, we’ve learned the responsibilities Triple H’s new role entails.

WWE also touted a 15% spike in Raw viewership since Triple H took over the creative reigns from Vince McMahon, as well as double-digit gains in social media activity.

Triple H issued the following statement regarding his promotion:

“WWE is one of the most prolific producers of premium content in the world and I look forward to this amazing opportunity,” said Levesque. “Having spent my entire career in this business, I’m confident that we have the right pieces in place to continue to grow our audience and deliver for our fans around the world.”

• Triple H Making Big Changes to WWE

New WWE President & CFO

Additionally, Frank A. Riddick III has been promoted to be WWE’s new President and Chief Financial Officer. Riddick joined WWE as Chief Financial Officer last year, after serving on the company’s Board of Directors for more than 13 years and previously holding the role of interim CFO.

As President & CFO, Riddick will oversee Financial Planning & Analysis, Strategy, Controllership, Investor Relations, Tax, Data Analytics, Technology, Event Travel and Facilities. He will jointly report to WWE Chairwoman & co-CEO Stephanie McMahon and co-CEO Nick Khan.

“I’ve had the great fortune of working closely with the talented people at WWE in a variety of capacities over the past 15 years,” said Riddick. “Along with Steph, Nick and Paul, we look forward to executing our ambitious plans and delivering for our shareholders.”

“We are excited to announce expanded roles for Paul and Frank, which will enhance WWE’s ability to create premium content for our partners around the world and, ultimately, drive our business forward,” said McMahon and Khan.

Visit the WWE Corporate website for more details.

Solo Sikoa is ready to take his rightful place alongside The Bloodline this Friday on WWE SmackDown.

The younger brother of The Usos (and cousin of Roman Reigns) has been making a name for himself in NXT since his arrival in October 2021. After weeks of rumors that he’s headed to the main roster, Sikoa appeared in the main event of Saturday’s Clash at the Castle premium live event.

Sikoa instantly proved his usefulness to Reigns by getting involved when it counted the most. With Drew McIntyre seconds away from dethroning Reigns, Sikoa emerged and pulled the referee out of the ring and interrupted what could have been the deciding pinfall.

Solo Sikoa Joins the Bloodline

Just because Solo Sikoa helped Roman Reigns retain the Undisputed WWE Universal championship, that doesn’t guarantee he will officially join the Bloodline faction.Well, WWE is now advertising exactly that.

WWE has published a teaser video hyping Friday’s SmackDown titled, “The Bloodline’s family grows.” The voiceover on the video states, “This Friday, Acknowledge a Bigger, Badder Bloodline.”

In his first public statement since Clash at the Castle, Sikoa replied to the Smackdown teaser on social media by writing, “[Blood] comes first. Always.”

Rhea Ripley has been on a mean streak since turning on former partner Liv Morgan back in April, but her character has taken a noticeably darker turn since joining Judgment Day.

The former Raw Women’s champion is one of the toughest competitors in WWE. With Finn Balor and Damian Priest at her side, she’s more dangerous than ever. Ripley has been racking up wins and it’s only a matter of time before she’s back in the title picture.

Ripley participated in a media scrum prior to Saturday’s Clash at the Castle event and told Inside the Ropes that she believes it’s important to constantly evolve your on-screen presence. During her time wrestling in the women’s tag team division with Nikki A.S.H. and later Liv Morgan, she “lost herself” along the way and regressed as a performer.

“I sort of lost myself and lost that brutal streak that I had… I was becoming too lovey-dovey and just like, trying to please people again,” she said.

Confident, Chaotic and Brutal

Rhea Ripley realized she was losing her edge, so she looked within herself. She remembered who she really is, which is what got her to the big time (WWE) in the first palce.

The Judgment Day is riding a wave of momentum following Clash at the Castle. After months of feuding with Rey and Dominik Mysterio, Dom did the unthinkable and turned on his father at the event. It remains to be seen if he’ll join the group, but Judgment Day remains at the forefront of WWE storylines, thanks in no small part to Rhea Ripley.

Watch Rhea Ripley’s comments about her decision to join The Judgment Day:

Wrestling fans who have been enjoying the WWE programming on A&E are in for a treat.

Late Sunday evening, the WWE on A&E Twitter account announced that ‘Superstar Sunday’ is returning later this year. Some time “this winter” (no premiere date announced just yet), we’re getting all-new episodes of three popular series:

• Biography: WWE Legends
• WWE Rivals
• WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures.

The promo video embedded below touts, “This winter, WWE on A&E: Superstar Sunday will continue its reign. For more of the legends you love, the rivalries you’ll never forget and the stories you haven’t heard until now. WWE on AE&E Superstar Sunday, this winter only on A&E.”

Biography: WWE Legends (Season 2)

The most recent season of Biography: WWE Legends premiered in July and concluded Sunday night. Subjects of season two included The Undertaker, Goldberg, the Bella Twins, Kurt Angle, Lex Luger, DX, Edge and Rey Mysterio. The series finale broke from the typical ‘biography’ format and focused on WrestleMania 1.

You can stream Biography: WWE Legends at AETV.com.

Sw3rve The Realest, best known to wrestling fans as Swerve Strickland, has dropped a new music video.

Lifeline is the first single off his debut solo album, “Couldn’t be me, I could’ve been you” that is due out in the spring of 2023. The video features Anthiny King, is produced by Swerve and directed and edited by AlltheX Visuals.

Lifeline by Sw3rve The Realist is now available for streaming on Apple Music, Spotify and other major streaming platforms.

Earlier this year, Strickland and Monteasy (known as ‘Swerve City’) dropped a critically acclaimed album, Tears.

Swerve Strickland is one half of the reigning AEW World tag team champions. Along with Keith Lee, they are Swerve in our Glory.

Strickland and Lee successfully defended the gold against the Acclaimed at Sunday’s AEW All Out pay-per-view. At the post-show media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan floated the idea of a rematch at Grand Slam later this month at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York.

The champions initially scoffed at the idea, since the Acclaimed got their shot and the titles and came up short. However, Khan said the Acclaimed impressed him with their performance and is strongly considering ‘running it back’ at Grand Slam.

Wrestling legend Kevin Nash is defending his controversial remark about Will Ospreay’s merchandise sales. Late last month, Twitter account ‘Wrestling Banana’ tweeted an interesting statistic about Ospreay having an incredible string of matches.

Banana pointed out that Ospreay had more “5-star matches” (according to Dave Meltzer’s famous scoring metric) in a one-month period (4) than CM Punk, John Cena and Kurt Angle have achieved throughout their entire careers, combined (3).

Nash replied to the tweet by asking, “How’s his merchandise sales?” Nash’s question set of a huge debate on social media bout about the contrast between ‘having great matches’ and being a box office attraction.

Kevin Nash’s Defense

Nash addressed the situation on the latest episode of his Kliq This podcast with Sean Oliver. “I’m so glad you’re bringing this up,” said Nash. “This is such [BS].”

He says, had Wrestling Banana stopped at the first part of the tweet and simply touted Will Ospreay’s accomplishments, he would not have said a thing. The fact that they used big stars to make a comparison is what prompted him to comment.

Nash says its absurd to criticize the ‘match quality’ of guys like John Cena CM Punk and Kurt Angle, because they are undoubtedly massively successful, no matter what Dave Meltzer thinks.

“You’re talking about three guys that nobody has less than $15 million net worth.”

– Kevin Nash

Having defended his quip about merchandise sales, Nash then took his defense in an entirely different direction. He claims that his reaction was actually directed at Wrestling Banana, not Opsreay.

Nash says Wrestling Banana ‘has the narrative’ – not Will, and claims they’re ‘using’ Will in the situation. He added, “It’s [BS]. I’ve never seen Will work a match in my life.”

Listen to the latest episode of Kliq This: The Kevin Nash podcast with Sean Oliver:

WWE is honoring wrestling legend Bill Goldberg 25 years after he burst onto the national wrestling scene.

Goldberg made his WCW Nitro debut back on September 22, 1997. The former NFL star from Tulsa, Oklahoma wrestled a handful of dark matches prior to his debut. In fact, his last match before debuting on WCW Nitro was a non-televised loss to Chad Fortune at a WCW Saturday Night taping in July of that year.

Goldberg was a virtual unknown when he faced Hugh Morrus that fateful night. He steamrolled the Dungeon of Doom member and instantly made a big impression with WCW fans. This began his historic 173-match winning stream that would make him a household name and catapult him to the highest levels of pro wrestling stardom.

Goldberg was known for a level of intensity that was unrivaled at the time.

After WCW folded in 2001, Goldberg found his way to WWE in 2003. He had memorable feuds with The Rock and Triple H before departing the following year.

• Goldberg Recalls First Year In WWE Being The Most Stressful Of His Life

Goldberg returned to the wrestling world more than a decade later, and has wrestled sporatically for WWE since 2016. His legendary career includes 5 World Championship reigns and a coveted WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.

WWE honoring Goldberg’s “silver anniversary” by paying homage to Da Man all month long. WWE will be celebrating Goldberg’s “greatest moments, toughest battles and biggest Jackhammers” across its social media channels.

The company is encouraging fans to use the hashtag #Goldberg25 to share their favorite memories of Goldberg.

• Goldberg Reveals The Origin Of His Spear

Check out this video featuring every match since Goldberg’s 2016 return:

WWE presents a live edition of Monday Night Raw tonight from Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.

The top item advertised for the show is Bobby Lashley defending the United States championship against The Miz in a steel cage match.

Aside from that, we can gather that the rest of the show will feature fallout from Saturday’s historic Clash at the Castle premium live event.

Roman Reigns is still the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion after a successful title defence against Drew McIntyre. Reigns is not advertised to appear. WWE’s next premium live event, Extreme Rules, is just a month away (Oct. 8), so we may learn about the next challenger to Reigns’ throne.

The biggest fallout from Clash at the Castle, as it relates to the Raw brand, is Dominik Mysterio attacking his father Rey after their match at Clash at the Castle. How will the involved parties react to Dominik’s turn to the dark side?

Top Superstars advertised for Raw include Seth Rollins, Matt Riddle, Bayley, RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair and Austin Theory.

The dark match main event is scheduled to be Rollins vs. Riddle. We’ll update this article later today if and when WWE announces more matches for Raw.

Getting Jackknifed just took on a whole new meaning. WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash recently partnered up with Hyman Cannabis. He’s got his very own strain named Jackknife after his signature powerbomb finishing move. The Jacknife strain is a hybrid of Creamsicle and, Soñando, one of Hyman’s proprietary genetics.

Nash has spoken about being an occasional smoker and uses a THC/CBD topical rub on his body to minimize pain and inflammation. In a press release sent in to SEScoops, Nash says,

Jackknife was released this past weekend in Michigan. It is available in a 3.5G pre-pack (eighth) and 1G Handcraft (glass tip joint).

Jackknife Cannabis Commercial

Nash just wrapped up a two-day signing tour that included stops at 10 Michigan marijuana dispensaries. He also recently filmed a commercial to promote the launch.

As seen below, a modified ‘ice cream truck’ tears through the streets of a residential neighborhood at a high speed. The local residents are curious about the truck and stops what they’re doing to follow it. As the truck stops, the locals browse the Hyman Cannabis offerings depicted on the side of the van.

Smoke billows out of the interior of the truck as Kevin Nash emerges to ask, “Who wants a treat?” Hopefully someone else is driving. Check it out:

Kliq This: The Kevin Nash Podcast with Sean Oliver drops every week at PodcastOne.

For readers who are 21 years of age or older, you can get more information on Hyman Cannabis products (including Jackknife) at Hymanlife.com.

The stage is nearly set for MJF to make a triumphant return to AEW. We last saw the brash Long island loudmouth on the June 1st edition of AEW Dynamite. This was an eventful show. Just days after losing his former enforcer Wardlow at Double or Nothing, MJF cut a “pipe bomb” promo that people will be talking about for years to come. That was also the night CM Punk broke his foot. The injury kept Punk of action for months and changed the course of AEW storylines. After some jarring detours, we’re almost back on track.

MJF hasn’t been heard from since that fateful night. Punk recently returned to action, perhaps too soon. During his absence, Jon Moxley became the Interim AEW World Champion. The belts were unified on the August 24th edition of Dynamite. Moxley steamrolled Punk in a matter of minutes.

Punk gets a shot at redemption tonight at All Out. It’s a chance for him to make things right in front of his hometown crowd and truly begin an AEW World title reign that was knocked off course due to injury three months ago. It’s also a golden opportunity for MJF to storm back into the picture and renew his blood feud with his most detested rival to date.

MJF’s Golden Opportunity

Punk and MJF had a bitter feud earlier this year, which seems like ages ago after all that’s transpired since. Punk was victorious when they clashed at Revolution. Their dog collar match was a bloody affair, as advertised. MJF lost that night, but he never lost sight of humbling and humiliating Punk.

MJF knows Punk on the verge of sweet redemption. Winning the AEW World Championship from Hangman Page was a big deal, but the stakes are much higher this time. Punk will have to muster everything he’s got to defeat Moxley.

If he does so, it will be a euphoric moment for 43 year old. He’s questioned himself, he’s wondered if “his 100%” is enough to be the best anymore. He’ll be on top of the world if he regains the title from Moxley. And if he does – it’s the perfect opportunity for MJF to emerge and shatter Punk’s world.

Tony Khan has said the AEW roster will be as strong as it’s ever been after All Out. You can’t really get there without your hottest young prospect back in the fold. MJF hates CM Punk. He’s hell-bent on becoming AEW Champion.

We’re also just a few weeks away from Grand Slam, the upcoming stadium show that will be held just miles away from where MJF grew up. AEW may have other plans in the works, but you’d be hard pressed to book a better scenario that maximizes the impact of MJF’s return and catapults him to where he belongs.

• MJF-AEW Situation Shows Wrestling is at its Best When the Lines are Blurred

AEW All Out is finally upon us. It’s been a long, bumpy road, but we are finally just hours away from bell time.

All Out takes place Sunday, September 4th at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois outside Chicago. We’ve got 15 matches signed, including 11 on the main card and 4 bouts on the Zero Hour kickoff show.

Here’s the full match card for Sunday’s AEW All Out pay-per-view:

• AEW World Champion Jon Moxley vs. CM Punk

• Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida to crown an Interim Women’s Champion

• Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Jericho

• AEW World Tag Team Champions Swerve In Our Glory vs. The Acclaimed

• AEW World Trios Championship Tournament Finals: The Elite (Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks)vs. The Dark Order and Hangman Adam Page

• AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill vs. Athena

• Wardlow & FTR vs. Jay Lethal & the Motor City Machine Guns

• Jungle Boy vs. Christian Cage

• Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Ricky Starks

• Casino Ladder Match: Winner earns a shot at the AEW World Championship

• House of Black vs. Miro, Darby Allin and Sting

Zero Hour Kickoff Show

One hour before All Out goes live on pay-per-view, AEW presents the All Out “Zero Hour” kickoff show featuring:

• Tomohiro Ishii vs. Eddie Kingston
• All Atlantic Champion PAC vs. Kip Sabian
• FTW Champion Hook vs. “Cool Hand” Angelo Parker
• Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo vs. Ruby Soho & Ortiz

We’ll update this page when the card is finalized.

• Updated Betting Odds for AEW All Out 2022

Tyson Fury made an impact at Saturday’s WWE Clash at the Castle event from Cardiff, Wales. During the main event clash between Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre, Austin Theory’s theme music hit and the crowd erupted. Theory raced to the ring, referee in tow, to capitalize on Reigns being worn down by a grueling match. Before he could officially cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase, Tyson Fury stood up from his ringside seat and connected with a punch that knocked Theory senseless.

Reigns went on to win the match. To the surprise of the rabid crowd, Fury entered the ring and went face-to-face with the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. Fury congratulated Reings on his win and they shook hands. Fury took a microphone, praised Drew McIntyre and led the crowd in singing American Pie to end the show.

Tyson Fury Open to Wrestling for WWE

After Clash at the Castle went off the air, WWE held a press conference for the media to ask questions of talent who appeared on the event. Tyson Fury participated, alongside Drew McIntyre and Triple H. A reporter asked Fury about his future with WWE.

Fury explained that he is a heavyweight boxing champion and won’t be hanging up his gloves anytime soon. However, he “really, really has a passion for WWE” and says there’s a real possibility that he will get back into a WWE ring at some point in the future.

“You know what, at the moment I’m a heavyweight world champion and I’ve got plenty of fights I’ve got to take care of in the next few years. But, I really really have a passion for WWE. As you see, me being at Crown Jewel and a couple of other events as well. Never say never. Lets just say, Triple H is here and I’ll definitely be open to it in the future for sure.”

Watch Tyson Fury’s comments after WWE Clash at the Castle:

It’s big news to hear Tyson Fury is still very interested in working with WWE again, but this has been a long time coming. Fury has spoken about his desire to wrestle for WWE multiple times this year. For more on Tyson Fury’s interest in wrestling for WWE, check out:

The new WWE faction comprised of Bayley, Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai finally have a name, as well as new theme music.

The trio formed at July’s SummerSlam premium live event. Since then, they’ve been making their presence known. Saturday’s Clash at the Castle premium live event was a “coming out” party of sorts for the talented trio.

Bayley, Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai were victorious over the team of Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss and Asuka. Bayley got the win for her team by pinning Belair. Even though it was a 6-woman tag match, Bayley can make a strong case for a Raw Women’s title match after pinning Belair’s shoulders to the mat.

Damage Control

Bayley, Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai are now known as Damage Control. The name has been referenced before, WWE made it ‘official’ at Clash at the Castle with entrance music and graphics.

You can hear the Damage Control entrance theme here:

Fans on social media wasted no time picking up on the fact that Damage Control is the name of a construction company appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The company specializes in repairing the property damage caused by conflicts between superheroes and supervillains.

Shortly after Bayley’s surprise return at WWE SummerSlam, she spoke about the idea behind her new faction. During an appearance on WWE’s After the Bell podcast, she told Corey graves:

WWE has constructed an impressive production setup for today’s Clash at the Castle premium live event. It all goes down at 1pm (Eastern) from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Over 65,000 fans will be on hand to witness a spectacle of epic proportions.

Nobody does big-time events like WWE. The world’s premiere wrestling organization typically goes ‘all out’ with the staging for big stadium shows, including WrestleMania and the Crown Jewel events from Saudi Arabia. Today’s show will be no exception.

Sticking with the castle theme, there is a massive castle covered in LED screens hanging above the ring. The aisle is also covered in stone and fire, which should make for an incredible visual effect.

Let’s take a look inside Principality Stadium for WWE Clash at the Castle, shall we?

Here’s another vantage point from inside the stadium:

Triple H posted this photo of the production setup, which gives us a clear look at the castle hanging above the ring. The Game credits Jason Robinson as the man who “built this whole thing,” so big props to him. It takes a lot of work to make a WWE television production run smoothly, especially one of this magnitude. The lighting, the music, the pyrotechnics; it’s going to be incredible once the opening bell rings.

Finn Balor posted a video on social media giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at what WWE Superstars will see as they make their way from backstage to the ringside area.

As you can see, WWE has spared no expense to present Clash at the Castle as the once-in-a-generation show that it is.

WWE Clash at the Castle is finally upon us. After months of anticipation, it all goes down later today from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Over 65,000 fans will be on hand for WWE’s first UK stadium show in over 30 years. .

Here are the final betting odds for WWE Clash at the Castle, courtesy of Bet Online:

• Roman Reigns is favored (-160) to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Drew McIntyre (+120).

• Liv Morgan is favored (-500) to retain the SmackDown Women’s championship against Shayna Baszler (+300).

• Gunther is a strong favorite (-700) to retain the Intercontinental Championship against Sheamus (+400).

• Seth Rollins is a slight favorite (-250) to defeat Riddle (+170) in their grudge match.

• Bayley, Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky are the favorites (-800) against Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss and Asuka (+450).

• Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and Damian Priest are favorites (-350) to defeat Edge & Rey Mysterio (+225)

Keep it locked to SEScoops this weekend, as we’ll be covering WWE Clash at the Castle from all angles, including results and news coming out of the event.

Vince McMahon had some valuable advice to offer when he retired and handed WWE’s creative reigns over to Triple H earlier this summer.

Triple H spoke with Ariel Helwani for BT Sport this week’s to promote Saturday’s WWE Clash at the Castle premium live event from Cardiff, Wales.

During their discussion, he spoke in-depth about Vince McMahon’s retirement. Even though it’s been a few weeks since Vince left WWE, Triple H said it’s still hard for him to fathom.

Triple H says it must have been painfully difficult for Vince McMahon to walk away from WWE after decades of building his empire.

Vince did give him some advice, but most of the advice was centered around, ‘This is what you’ve been preparing for all of these years, working alongside me. You’ve got this.’

“Just be confident in your decision-making, listen to people, be open to ideas and collaborate with other people.”

– Vince McMahon’s advice to Triple H

Triple H maintains that Vince McMahon is no longer involved in the day-to-day operations of WWE, but he knows what Vince would encourage him to listen to the people around him. Now that he’s running WWE’s creative team and talent relations departments, he has even more respect for what Vince was able to do.

More of Vince’s Advice to Triple H

Vince told Triple H that he has to chart his own course and not worry about, “What would Vince do?” in certain situations. He knows Triple H will do things differently than he would, but that’s part of being a leader.

“It doesn’t mean it’s right or wrong, we use the term in the business ‘chocolate and vanilla.’ I want chocolate, you want vanilla. One of us has to pick a flavor, he would always pick the flavor. Now it’s my turn to pick the flavor,” Triple H stated.

“It’s all good, it’s all ice cream, but it’s my time to pick the flavor and I have to be confident in those decisions and I can’t look back and say, ‘well what would Vince want to have for a flavor?’ Because it just wouldn’t be authentic then.”

H/T: WrestleZone

Triple H spoke with Ariel Helwani for BT Sport on Thursday to promote Saturday’s WWE Clash at the Castle premium live event from Cardiff, Wales.

During their discussion, Helwani asked Triple H about the possibility of four people returning to WWE. Triple H spoke candidly about each performer:

Sasha Banks

“Time will tell,” he said. There was a communication breakdown between Sasha Banks and WWE, for whatever reason. To start that communication back up, it’s not a difficult process, but it’s a process. She is an unbelievably talented young woman. At the end of the day, it comes down to what she wants to do with her life and her career. He called her one of the biggest stars in the business.

Braun Strowman

The Monster Among Men is rumored to be returning to WWE next week. When asked about Strowman’s future, Triple H said, “We’ll see.” He said Strowman is a polarizing person, but you can’t deny his talent. What he brings to the table, in terms of size and personality, does not come along very often.

Bray Wyatt

Triple H said Bray Wyatt is one of the craziest, most creative people he’s ever been around, and he means that in the best way. He said Bray’s mind never stops thinking about creative plans for his character. Without someone to harness him, it gets off track. “He’s a victim of his own mind,” said Triple H. However, he’s loved working with him.

He has no idea where some of Bray Wyatt’s ideas come from. He called him, “Wonderfully crazy.” He said Wyatt has a free-flowing creative mind, as long as you can harness his ideas.

Triple H asked if he could use profanity during the interview, and Helwani said no problem. Triple H said, sometimes you’ll be working with someone that people don’t like. “That guy is an asshole, but he’s my asshole.” He said some people can be difficult to work with, but that’s part of the fun of working with creative, eccentric people.

The Rock

Triple H said The Rock may be the most recognizable person on the planet. He’s the most-in-demand actor in Hollywood and has a slew of other business projects going on. When you’re in that position, you’re very busy.

However, as busy at The Rock is, there’s one thing he can only get in WWE. “I do know this, because i’ve had this conversation with him..” At no time when The Rock is making a movie can he stand in the middle of the ring and feel the energy of 100,000 people. There’s nothing else on the planet that gives you that rush.

The Rock knows the clock is ticking for one last match. He knows The Rock has the burning desire to take advance of this small window of opportunity. The platform is there: WrestleMania. Los Angeles. Roman Reigns. All the pieces are in place, it just comes down to whether or not The Rock can devote the time to making the match happen.

WWE Clash at the Castle takes place Saturday, September 3rd from Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Another AEW star will be out of action for significant time due to injury.

On Thursday, Kyle O’Reilly posted photos on Instagram indicating he’s undergone neck fusion surgery. In this first photo below, he’s in a hospital bed. Another photo he posted was an advertisement for the Ford Fusion car, with the name Ford replaced by the word, “neck.”

At this stage, we can safely say he will be out of action at least until the end of the year.

Kyle O’Reilly Update

Kyle O’Reilly last competed for AEW on the June 8th edition of AEW Dynamite. He won a Casino Battle Royal to earn a shot at Jon Moxley later in the evening. Moxley won that match and went on to compete for the Interim AEW World title at Forbidden Door.

O’Reilly’s last televised appearance took place on the August 3rd edition of Dynamite, when he, Bobby Fish and Adam Cole turned on the Young Bucks.

Back in July, O’Reilly said he’s been dealing with a nagging injury for the past five years. During an interview with This is VANCOLOUR, he said:

“This October, I’ll be wrestling for 17 years now. It’s a lot of bumps, a lot of wear and tear on your body. Fortunately, nothing serious has really happened to me. I’ve been hurt a lot, I’ve been injured, but I’ve always grinded through, made the date, showed up and performed as well as I can in the ring despite whatever I was nursing. Sometimes, the medical staff needs to save us from ourselves.

“As wrestlers, we’ll go until the wheels fall off. ‘My shoulder is hurt? Okay, I won’t do any moves where I land on my shoulder.’ We’re crazy like that. 

SEScoops wishes Kyle O’Reilly a full and speedy recovery.

This Saturday, September 3, 2022, The Wrestling Showcase will hold its inaugural event, emanating from suburban Chicago, Illinois and available world-wide on FITE.

The event will feature some of the most recognizable names in professional wrestling and will be headlined by a one-night, eight-man tournament to crown the first-ever Wrestling Showcase Champion.

It all goes down Saturday, September 3rd at 5pm (Eastern).

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It’s a one-night, eight-man single elimination tournament to crown the inaugural Wrestling Showcase Champion. The first round matches will include:

• Matt Cardona vs. Tatanka
• Jacob Fatu vs. Steve Maclin
• Rich Swann vs. Johnny Showcase
• Josh Alexander vs. Moose

Johnny Showcase (FKA John Morrison) vs. Rich Swann

Steve Maclin vs Jacob Fatu

Matt Cardona vs Tatanka

Also in ActionMajor League Wrestling has also put its women’s featherweight title on the line with Taya Valkerie defending against “The Virtuosa” Deonna Purrazzo and Chelsea Green – both currently tag team partners and co-holders of the Impact Knockouts Tag Team titles in Impact Wrestling. Though here it will be every woman for herself!

Who will be crowned the first-ever Wrestling Showcase champion?

Also in action, MLW Women’s Featherweight Champio Taya Valkerie puts her gold on the line in a triple thread match against “The Virtuosa” Deonna Purrazzo and Chelsea Green.

Plus, in a Future Star Showcase Match, Kal Herro faces “Certified” Luke Kurtis.

AEW producer Ace Steel was hit with a fine due to his use of profanity on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite.

The incident occurred during an in-ring segment that saw Steel convincing CM Punk that he should sign the contract to challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World title this Sunday at All Out.

Punk was questioning himself and his abilities after getting steamrolled by Moxley next week. Steel, a former wrestler who trained CM Punk, forced Punk to look within himself and muster up the courage to face Moxley once again. Even though he got ‘knocked down’ last week, he urged Punk to “f**king get up” and literally slapped some sense into him.

It made for some entertaining television, and Punk did sign that contract, but Steel was disciplined for his unscripted profanity. According to PWInsider, AEW talent was told to be on their best behavior this week, including no swearing on Dynamite or Rampage.

Talent was informed on Thursday that Steel took responsibility for his actions and was commended for doing so. A fine was levied, with the proceeds being donated to charity.

Ace Steel made his debut on the independent scene back in 1991. Over the years, he wrestled for TNA Wrestling, ROH and WWE.

Steel and Punk actually teamed together in TNA as the Hatebreed (2002) in a rare pairing of teacher in student. In an obscure bit of trivia, Ace Steel portrayed Donald Trump for the infamous ‘Trump vs. Rosie O’Donnell’ comedy match on WWE Raw in 2007. He joined AEW as a producer earlier this year.

We have an updated look at the betting odds for Sunday’s AEW All Out pay-per-view. The main event is finally set and we’ve got 13 matches confirmed for the show (including the Zero Hour kickoff show).

Here are the current betting odds (as of Monday) for AEW All Out, courtesy of Bet Online.

• CM Punk is a slight favorite (-130) to defeat Jon Moxley (-110) for the the AEW World Championship.

• Toni Storm is the favorite (-180) to defeat Britt Baker (+325), Jamie Hayter (+300) and Hikaru Shida (+700) to win the Interim AEW Women’s World Championship.

• Bryan Danielson is favored (-400) to get the win over Chris Jericho (+250)

• Swerve in our Glory are strong favorites (-450) to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championships against The Acclaimed (+275).

• Christian Cage (-150) is now favored to defeat Jungle Boy (+110) in their grudge match. This is a reversal from what was expected just days ago.

• Ricky Starks is favored (-240) to get the win over Powerhouse Hobbs (+175)

• Jade Cargill is heavily favored (-1000) to retain the TBS Championship against Athena (+500).

• FTR and Wardlow are strong favorites (-650) to beat Jay Lethal and the Motor City Machine Guns (+375)

• The mystery Joker (+150) is the favorite to win the Casino Ladder Match.

Zero Hour Kickoff Show

• PAC is favored (-600) to retain the All Atlantic Championship over the returning Kip Sabian (+350).

• Hook is the strong favorite (-1500) to retain the FTW championship against Angelo Parker (+600)

• Eddie Kingston is favored (-180) to defeat NJPW star Tomohiro Ishii (+125).

Keep it locked to SEScoops this weekend, as we’ll be covering AEW All Out from all angles, including results and news coming out of the event.

Braun Strowman is on his way back to WWE.

Triple H has wasted no time reshaping the WWE roster since taking over talent relations this summer. He’s brought back several acts who were previously released due to budget cuts, including Karrion Kross, Dakota Kai, Io Sky, Dexter Lumis and more.

There are still some big names on the free agency market and WWE just snagged the ‘biggest’ one of them all. Strowman is the latest former Superstar to be brought back into the fold and fans won’t have to wait long to see him back on WWE television.

The Monster Among Men is scheduled to be at Monday’s WWE Raw from Kansas City, Missouri. The news was first reported by PWInsider.

Braun Strowman’s Road Back to WWE

A former Universal Champion, Braun Strowman is released from WWE in June 2021. His surprise caught many people off guard. The 6-foot-8, 385 pounder from Sherills Ford, North Carolina seemed to be the prototype WWE Superstar. He’s got the size, the look, he can talk and is no slouch in the ring.

Since becoming a free agent, Strowman appeared for Ring of Honor and the upstart Control Your Narrative promotion. He had preliminary talks with AEW, but nothing ever came of it. He told Sports Illustrated last year,

“Yeah, we’ve sat down and discussed stuff like that with my agent and things like that.  We’re just trying to find a fit now, where everything kind of will work together since now, there’s so many things that I’m working on in my personal life.”

“I don’t have as much time to devote to the full-time schedule to wrestle now. So, it’s trying to find somewhere where I’ll be able to land in there to show up, have fun and entertain the people, but still be able to work on my side projects along the way.”

Regarding those side projects, he had something in the works with Ric Flair before deciding on returning to WWE. Earlier this week, Ric Flair revealed on his podcast that he and Strowman were in the early stages of working on a “marketing scheme” together.

“We’re kind of working on a project together, it hasn’t really come to fruition yet,” said Flair. “It’s a promotional scheme that somebody brought to me that, it’s legitimate, but we just haven’t gone to work on it yet. He’ll probably have to make a decision if he wants to do that. It could potentially be very lucrative, or go back to WWE.”

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