A grudge match has been added to the card for SummerSlam.
WWE has announced that Drew McIntyre will face Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam on Saturday, August 21. The pay-per-view is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
McIntyre and Mahal were formerly stablemates in 3MB. They’ve been feuding with each other for several weeks. At last month’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Mahal, Veer, and Shanky attacked McIntyre and dragged him away during the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
“The Modern Day Maharaja has set his sights on his old teammate ever since his return to Raw,” WWE.com wrote. “Mahal and his towering associates Veer & Shanky derailed McIntyre’s attempt to climb the ladder at WWE Money in the Bank. The Scottish Warrior responded by destroying his opponent’s prized motorcycle and turned to his trusted sword when the odds have been stacked against him.”
Here’s the updated card for SummerSlam:
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against John Cena
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Goldberg
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair defends against Sasha Banks
Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. defends against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match
Edge vs. Seth Rollins
SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos defend against Rey & Dominik Mysterio
United States Champion Sheamus defends against Damian Priest
On this episode of Mat Men, a lot is changing in the world of pro wrestling and we have all the latest news and rumors.
Following the recent NXT cuts, the rumors are swirling regarding the changes coming to NXT. We talk about possible call-ups, who is calling the shots, and what the networks think about everything going on.
AEW is only one week away from CM Punk’s speculated debut at Rampage. How would this move this change the company’s path? Is this the beginning of the real war between AEW and WWE?
With Christian Cage being announced as Kenny Omega’s All Out opponent, what is happening with the World title picture?
WWE SummerSlam is a week away and we have a special announcement regarding our coverage including a special guest.
Hear all this, get your mailbag questions answered and more on this week’s episode of Mat Men.
A United States title match is the latest addition to the card for SummerSlam.
Sheamus will defend his United States Championship against Damian Priest at SummerSlam on Saturday, August 21. The match was announced after Sheamus accepted a challenge from Priest on tonight’s episode of Raw.
Priest was set up as the next challenger for the United States Championship when he defeated Sheamus in a non-title match on Raw two weeks ago.
Sheamus and Priest both picked up wins on tonight’s Raw. Sheamus defeated Ricochet in a non-title match, while Priest defeated John Morrison. Priest then challenged Sheamus to face him at SummerSlam. Sheamus accepted and vowed to put Priest in his place.
Sheamus has been United States Champion since winning the title from Riddle at WrestleMania 37 this April.
SummerSlam is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against John Cena
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Goldberg
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair defends against Sasha Banks
Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. defends against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match
Edge vs. Seth Rollins
SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos defend against Rey & Dominik Mysterio
United States Champion Sheamus defends against Damian Priest
A rematch of the WrestleMania 37 night one main event will take place at SummerSlam.
WWE has announced that SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair will defend her title against Sasha Banks at SummerSlam. Belair won the title by defeating Banks at WrestleMania 37 this April.
Banks returned to WWE television last Friday and continued her feud with Belair. Banks had been off TV since the post-WrestleMania episode of SmackDown.
Banks initially saved Belair from an attack by Carmella and Zelina Vega on SmackDown last week. But after Belair & Banks defeated Carmella & Vega in the main event of the episode, Banks turned against Belair and put her in the Banks Statement twice.
During the opening segment of tonight’s SmackDown, Banks addressed why she attacked Belair. Banks said she returned last week to reclaim her spotlight. Banks claimed that Belair would be nothing without her.
Belair then came out and responded to Banks. But Vega also made her way down and reminded Belair that — before Banks returned last week — Belair accepted a challenge from Vega. Belair vs. Vega in a non-title match was announced for later tonight. A title match between Belair and Banks was also announced for SummerSlam.
SummerSlam is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 21. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against John Cena
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Goldberg
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bianca Belair defends against Sasha Banks
Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. defends against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match
Edge vs. Seth Rollins
SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos defend against Rey & Dominik Mysterio
The Mysterios are getting their SmackDown Tag Team title rematch at SummerSlam.
WWE announced today that The Usos will defend their SmackDown Tag Team titles against Rey & Dominik Mysterio at SummerSlam. At Money in the Bank last month, The Usos won the SmackDown Tag Team titles by defeating The Mysterios on the pre-show.
The finish of that title match was Jimmy Uso rolling up Rey Mysterio while Jey Uso used his feet to give his brother extra leverage. On SmackDown two weeks ago, Jey did the same thing to help Jimmy defeat Dominik in a singles match. But The Mysterios then returned the favor last week when Dominik helped Rey defeat Jimmy.
SummerSlam is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 21. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against John Cena
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Goldberg
Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. defends against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match
SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos defend against Rey & Dominik Mysterio
Goldberg is officially the next challenger for Bobby Lashley’s WWE Championship.
Lashley will defend his WWE Championship against Goldberg at SummerSlam on Saturday, August 21. A confrontation between Lashley and Goldberg on Raw tonight led to the match being made official for SummerSlam later in the episode.
After Goldberg headed to the back following the confrontation, Lashley went face-to-face with Goldberg’s son Gage at ringside. Lashley and MVP both taunted Gage. As MVP was telling Gage that Lashley will end Goldberg’s career at SummerSlam, Goldberg came back out and hit a spear on MVP.
Goldberg returned to Raw two weeks ago and kicked off the build to him facing Lashley at SummerSlam. Goldberg also confronted Lashley on that episode, but Lashley dismissed Goldberg’s challenge. Lashley finally accepted the challenge during a backstage interview on Raw tonight. Lashley said he hopes Goldberg brings his son with him to SummerSlam so his son can watch Lashley annihilate Goldberg.
SummerSlam will be the first time Goldberg has wrestled since losing to Drew McIntyre at the Royal Rumble this January.
Lashley has been WWE Champion since winning the title from The Miz this March.
SummerSlam is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Here’s the updated card for the pay-per-view:
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against John Cena
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defends against Goldberg
Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. defends against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match
On tonight’s SmackDown, it was confirmed that Roman Reigns will defend his Universal Championship against John Cena at SummerSlam. The pay-per-view is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 21.
WWE had been teasing that Finn Balor would instead challenge Reigns at SummerSlam, but a contract signing on tonight’s SmackDown ended with Reigns vs. Cena being made official. Baron Corbin took out Balor before Balor could sign the contract. Corbin attempted to sign the contract instead, but Cena ran in and sent Corbin out of the ring. Cena then signed the contract.
Paul Heyman tried to argue that the contract shouldn’t be binding, but Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville told him that it was good enough for them.
On last week’s SmackDown, Reigns declined Cena’s challenge for a Universal Championship match at SummerSlam. Balor then came out to the ring and issued his own challenge to Reigns. Reigns agreed to face Balor.
The build to Reigns vs. Cena began when Cena returned to WWE programming and confronted Reigns at Money in the Bank earlier this month.
Here’s the updated card for SummerSlam:
Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against John Cena
Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. defends against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match
The Raw Women’s Championship will be on the line in a triple threat match at SummerSlam.
During the opening segment of tonight’s Raw, it was announced that Nikki A.S.H. will defend her Raw Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match at SummerSlam. The pay-per-view is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, August 21.
Nikki A.S.H. became Raw Women’s Champion by cashing in her Money in the Bank briefcase on Charlotte last Monday. Nikki A.S.H. had won the briefcase in the previous night’s women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
Charlotte’s reign with the Raw Women’s Championship lasted just one day after winning the title from Ripley at Money in the Bank. They faced off in a rematch on last week’s Raw, but Charlotte intentionally got herself disqualified.
Ripley hit Riptide on Charlotte outside of the ring after last Monday’s title match. Nikki A.S.H. then cashed in her briefcase, hit a top rope crossbody on Charlotte, and pinned her to win the Raw Women’s Championship.
Nikki A.S.H. opened tonight’s Raw before being interrupted by Charlotte. Ripley then made her way out to the ring. The segment led to WWE authority figures Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville announcing the triple threat Raw Women’s Championship match for SummerSlam. It was also announced that Nikki A.S.H. will face Charlotte in a non-title match later tonight.
This is the first match that’s been officially announced for SummerSlam. Roman Reigns vs. John Cena for the Universal Championship, Bobby Lashley vs. Goldberg for the WWE Championship, and Seth Rollins vs. Edge are also expected to take place at the PPV.
WWE has announced a new partnership that will see SummerSlam air live in movie theaters next month.
WWE announced on Thursday that they’ve partnered with Iconic Events Releasing to bring SummerSlam to movie theaters nationwide for the first time. The show is taking place on Saturday, August 21 and will also air live on Peacock and pay-per-view.
“Iconic Events Releasing is proud to be in partnership with WWE to bring their incredible brand to movie theaters coast to coast,” said Iconic CEO Steve Bunnell. “SummerSlam is a marquee event that demands to be seen on the big screen, with big sound, in an auditorium full of excited fans.”
Tickets to see SummerSlam in theaters are on sale now at wweliveintheaters.com and at local box offices where the PPV is being shown.
“Iconic Events Releasing brings live and filmed entertainment of all types to movie theaters as special limited engagement events, so that fans can gather together to watch their favorites on the big screen. Programming includes live pay-per-view sports, music and comedy specials, stand-up comedy events, award-winning television specials, Broadway productions, exciting holiday specials, family events, live events for album releases, rock concerts, and music docs that celebrate diversity,” WWE wrote.
“Iconic’s national theater network represents the country’s preeminent cinemas offering enhanced guest experiences, high-quality food & beverage service, and reserved seating to ensure families can enjoy a night out watching SummerSlam live in their local movie theater.”
Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas will be the host of SummerSlam. Roman Reigns vs. John Cena for the Universal Championship and Bobby Lashley vs. Goldberg for the WWE Championship have been set up for the PPV but haven’t yet been officially announced.
After the first 60:00 singles match on live U.S. TV in 23 years, and the first ever to a national audience, the SummerSlam show for 8/15 in Toronto has finalized its top seven matches.
The Raw brand top matches will be Chris Benoit vs. Randy Orton for the World title, HHH vs. Eugene, Chris Jericho vs. Batista and Kane vs. Matt Hardy. The Smackdown brand matches will be JBL vs. Undertaker for the WWE title, Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero and John Cena vs. Booker T for the U.S. title.
The long-term plan is to build toward HHH vs. Orton as the big match at Wrestlemania. With Orton garnering so much momentum, this seems like an easy build by putting Orton over as champion and causing dissension in the Evolution group. HHH originally wanted that match for last year’s Mania, but recognized it was too early for Orton, who has really come into his own as a major star in the past two months.
WWE and TikTok are launching a contest to find two people who will appear as ring announcers at SummerSlam.
“Beginning today, WWE will launch a search for its next great ring announcer on TikTok, as users can upload their most entertaining videos using the hashtag #WWEAnnouncerContest,” WWE announced. “The best performers will earn a trip to SummerSlam at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 21, where they will serve as a ring announcer at WWE’s biggest event of 2021. The announcer search is presented by Pure Life Purified Water.”
WWE will review each submission in the weeks leading into SummerSlam. The two winners will then be announced on WWE’s TikTok channel on Monday, August 16.
“Our engagement on TikTok to date has been incredible and we couldn’t think of a better platform to help us find the next great ring announcer,” said Steve Braband, WWE Vice President, Digital.
“Today’s announcement follows another innovative TikTok activation, through which WWE aims to discover and recruit its next generation of Superstars via the TikTok Resumes product,” WWE wrote. “The search culminates in a multi-day talent tryout in Las Vegas as part of SummerSlam.”
Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium is hosting SummerSlam on Saturday, August 21. John Cena returned to WWE programming at Money in the Bank last night to confront Universal Champion Roman Reigns and set up a match for SummerSlam. The match has yet to be officially announced.
WWE’s first episode of Raw back in front of fans could have a major star return, according to a report.
Fightful Select reports that as of today, Goldberg is scheduled to return to WWE Raw on Monday’s episode at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
The Fightful report also states that WWE’s current plan is to have Goldberg face Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam on Saturday, August 21 at Allegiant Stadium in Nevada. The report also states that Goldberg’s WWE contract runs through 2022 and calls for two matches per year.
Goldberg’s last WWE appearance came at Royal Rumble 2021 on January 31. He challenged Drew McIntyre for the WWE title on that show in a losing effort.
Goldberg wrestled twice in 2020, defeating The Fiend for the Universal title at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia in February, then dropping the title to Braun Strowman on night one of WrestleMania 36.
Goldberg also wrestled twice in 2019. He lost to The Undertaker at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia in June, then defeated Dolph Ziggler at SummerSlam in Toronto.
On Monday’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said John Cena’s upcoming filming schedule will not affect any plans for a SummerSlam return.
Cena vs. Universal Champion Roman Reigns has been the discussed SummerSlam plan for some time, but the news last week of Cena’s filming commitment to new project “Argylle” raised some questions.
Meltzer said he was told the filming schedule, set to begin in Europe this August, isn’t expected to be a hurdle and whatever is going down at SummerSlam is still a go.
“Argylle,” which is based on a novel that will be published next year, will “follow the globe-trotting adventures of a super-spy named Argylle across the U.S., London and other exotic locations.” Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Cena, Samuel L. Jackson, and pop star Dua Lipa have been announced for the movie.
Cena recently said in interviews that he would definitely be returning to the ring and is excited to do so, though Cena said he didn’t know when his return would be happening. This would be his first action since his cinematic match against “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt at 2020’s WrestleMania.
SummerSlam is set for Saturday, August 21 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Reigns will next defend his Universal title against Edge at Money in the Bank this Sunday.
Updated coverage on SummerSlam and early word on Survivor Series is the lead story on this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We look at the location, the time of the show and why they are limited in time, the new stadium, talk about top matches plus more on Dwayne Johnson and WrestleMania, Survivor Series and a plan for an August Takeover.
Also in this issue:
Dominion, the Shingo Takagi title win, with match-by-match coverage, star ratings, poll results, business notes and booking direction.
Plans for a WWE draft, a WWE TV show on verge of being canceled, Bret Hart documentary, Stephanie McMahon talks WWE business, WWE ticket sales, Miz talks injury, UK & Canada viewing numbers, WWE looks a changes in how it does house hows, WWE autograph new rules, most watched WWE videos of the past week and WWE market value.
The next two WWE major events with lineups, notes about the Takeover crowd, matches announced and not yet announced for Hell in a Cell and more.
Full coverage of this past Saturday’s UFC show.
Cyber Fight show combining NOAH, DDT, Ganbare Pro and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. We look at Keiji Muto’s title loss, why he got the title in the first place, why Marufuji wasn’t the guy who should have won, plus match-by-match coverage with star ratings.
The death of controversial wrestler Angel o Demonio.
More into detail on the ratings than any other source, how many different viewers the shows had which is very different from the television number, breakdown of who watches the shows, how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches.
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.
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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I will be back tonight taking Raw and the latest wrestling news. You can also send questions to the show tonight to [email protected]
Raw tonight has Drew McIntyre vs. A.J. Styles, New Day vs. Randy Orton & Riddle and the debut of Eva Marie vs. Naomi. Rumor has it Eva Marie will have some muscle with her and with a debut against Naomi, that would put her on the heel side as we talked about the last few weeks.
We’ll have all the details in the issue, but the key ratings notes are that on Friday, Smackdown did 1,944,000 viewers and 0.48 in 18-49. AEW did 487,000 viewers and 0.19 in 18-49. AEW did 160,000 viewers on Saturday via DVR of the show.
SummerSlam tickets for 8/21 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas moved extremely well in today’s presale. We don’t know how many tickets were put on sale, but it appeared a large percentage of the planned total 41,000+ seats were put on sale because while there are empty sections not sold, most are. Of those put on sale, there were 1,085 left as of our last report. It’s pretty clear they’ll do a very healthy total. The general public on sale isn’t until Friday.
Saturday’s Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri match for the Wonder of Stardom title is more than worth going out of your way to see. The negative is that if you don’t like hard-hitting matches with women, you won’t like this. But for technical skill, hard-hitting, and drama, this is one of the best matches of the year and in a completely different category than any women’s match in years. The match will be available on Wednesday or Thursday on Stardom World. You can watch it right now on PPV here. It didn’t have the crazy moves and blood of Britt Baker vs.Thunder Rosa but as a technical match it’s very much like a Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin mixed with Shinobu Kandori vs. Akira Hokuto. If you are a fan of women’s wrestling, now that they have English commentary on the shows, you really should subscribe to Stardom world. The storylines are good, emotional, work from top to bottom is very good and the people involved in the training of these women have a magic wand in getting people so good so quickly.
Scott Smoot, who had been Vice President of Live Events Production, who was let go in cuts, is being brought back since they are back to doing live events.
Regarding the return of Samoa Joe, who will be working in NXT it could be as a replacement for William Regal if he’s leaving, working with Regal in some fashion, and God knows they need a new opponent for Karrion Kross right now and Joe would certainly fit that thing and garner some interest there.
Kim Wood and I tell the story of Brian Pillman and Terry Funk’s idea of chaining him to the post during the Super Bowl in Phoenix.
Friday’s Lamar Odom vs. Aaron Carter Celebrity Boxing PPV did roughly the same number of television PPV buys as a good Impact PPV show.
New Japan at Korakuen Hall tomorrow morning at 5:30 a.m.Eastern time
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yuya Uemura
Taichi vs. Yota Tsuji
Sho & Yoh & Toru Yano vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori & Jado
Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi vs. Evil & Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo & Dick Togo
Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi & Sanada & Bushi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato
WWE
An analysis piece saying WWE stock with last week’s rise is now overvalued. It’s probably fairly valued now, it was undervalued the past few months.
WWE is doing cameos based around this weekend’s Hell in a Cell show. The most expensive are Shawn Michaels at $750, Seth Rollins at $600, Rey Mysterio at $500, Kevin Owens at $500, Charlotte Flair at $500 and Drew McIntyre at $450.
UFC
Get ready for the return of the mouth of Colby Covington as he gets groomed for a rematch with Kamaru Usman. With Dana White confirming him for the next title shot, Colby Covington joined Submission Radio and reacted to Leon Edwards’ win over Nate Diaz: “I think that’s hilarious. I think Edwards Scissorhands, he’s out here claiming to be this god and he’s ready for a title shot. Dude, you’re struggling with a lightweight journeyman who has double-digit losses on his record, and this guy is almost finishing you? And you think you need to be in a title shot? That guy needs to go win ten more fights or 20 more fights if he can’t get by Nate Diaz like that. The guy’s a Stockton soy boy. He’s been finished by everybody. The guy has no gas left in the tank. He’s even saying himself he has no motivation left to fight. So, if you’re struggling with a guy like Nate Diaz, there’s no way you belong anywhere close to a world title fight.”
Andre Fili vs. Daniel Pineda is earmarked for the 6/26 show.
AEW
Dark Elevation tonight:
Scorpio Sky vs. Alex Reynolds
QT Marshall & Aaron Solow vs. Deonn Rusman & Joe Keys
Nyla Rose vs. Megan Bayne,
Wardlow vs. Jason Hotch
Shawn Spears vs. Falco
Dustin Rhodes & Lee Johnson vs VSK & Travis Titan
Julia Hart vs. Dani Jordyn
Orange Cassidy vs. Cameron Cole
Penta & Eddie Kingston vs. Arik Cannon & Kevin Blackwood
Angelico vs. Mike Sydal
Private Party vs. Dean Alexander & Carlie Bravo
OTHER NOTES
Vice will be running a documentary on Thursday night on Chyna.
NWA Powerrr tomorrow night has JTG vs. Fred Rosser vs. El Rudo in a tournament match for a National title shot, Aron Stevens vs. PJ Hawx, Melina vs. JennaCide vs. Kenzie Paige plus appearances by Trevor Murdoch, Kamille, Tyrus and Austin Idol.
Impact is building around the idea that Sami Callihan was fired by Don Callis but he’s showing up for Impact on Thursday.
Pro Wrestling Phoenix on Friday night in Omaha: Moonshine Russell b JD Parker, Omar Pachecco b El Bigote, Lars Metzger b Tim Boston, Seto Kobara b Johnny Ruckus, Seta Kobara & Tim Boston b Lars Metzger & Johnny Ruckus in a body bag match, Brandon Nytroe & Aiden Brooks b Paul & Joey Daniels, Jack Darling b Omar Pachecco-DQ, Brett Bishop b Duke Cornell. The next show is 7/3 at the Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha.
Pro Wrestling Havoc from Saturday night in Jackson, MI: Brutus Atwell b Walking Nightmare, Jontae Keith b Dre Jacobs, Capital Vices b Nomads to win tag titles, ZDP b Sledge Gibson, Cassidy Keith b JP Ono, Ace Evans won three-way over Matt Cross and Jake Crist (thanks to Leonard Brand)
Combate Globo has a show this coming Friday night on Univision and Univision Deportes at midnight featuring Jordan Beltran (11-6) vs. Erick Sancehz (906) and Axel Osuna (3-0 vs. Junior Cortez (4-1).
Black Label Pro from yesterday in Australia: Charli Evans b Cherry Stephens, Kingsley & Jack Bonza b Michael Spencer & Kai Drake, Unsocial Jordan won over Ricky South and Carter Deams, Will Kiedes b Jimmy Townsend, Aussie Open b Light Speed Express, Matt Rogers b Lyrebird Luchi-DQ, Shazza McKenzie b Big Fudge, Sam Osborne b Jessica Troy to win PWWA title. Main event said to be really good. The Velocities, who had the killer match with Aussie Open on the previous iPPV show, issued a challenge for a rematch. Their first match is worth searching out if you haven’t seen it.
At a PFL press conference, Tom Lawlor was asked about being in a do or die situation for his next fight and said, “Do you know something I don’t? Am I doing to die? I thought I would just miss the playoffs.”
Dragon Lee will be doing a seminar for Pro Wrestling Revolution in Northern California. For more info write to [email protected]
CWE announced that due to COVID restrictions its 7/2 to 7/4 shows in Winnipeg, Morden, and Gladstone, Manitoba are being moved to 9/3, 9/4, and 9/5.
Pale Pro Wrestling on 6/19 in Arlington, TX at the 360 Elite Arena has Sam Adonis defending his title against Jeff Cobb, Cam Cole vs. Jake Something, Mike Bennett vs. Chandler Hopkins, Fuego del Sol vs Jastin Taylor and Mysterious Q vs. Travis Titan.
Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We look at all the recent news such as the latest on SummerSlam and Survivor Series, Aleister Black and where he will end up, Bill Eadie, Kenny Omega, Triple H’s conference call, Claressa Shields’ fight for the PFL, UFC 263, and the Mayweather/Paul buyrate.
We then look at the Dark Side of the Ring on the Dynamite Kid as well as the current back issue from 2004 with a story that relates to the documentary.
Check out our new Facebook Group for those of you interested in attending any F4W meetups, including the 2022 F4W Convention.
