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Eleven matches announced for AEW Dark

Posted on by Ian Carey

AEW has announced an eleven-match lineup for this week’s edition of Dark, taped in late-August at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Notable matches include Angelico vs. Caleb Konley, Dante Martin vs. Anthony Henry, and Ryan Nemeth vs. Arjun Singh.

The show will also feature the first match for VSK since his renaming to Jeeves Kay and alliance with the Trustbusters.

Anna Jay, Leon Ruffin, Fuego Del Sol, Leila Grey, Nick Comoroto and The Renegade Twins will all be in action as well.

The announced lineup for the show is as follows:

  • The Factory’s Nick Comoroto vs. Shaheem Ali
  • The Renegade Twins (Charlette & Robyn Renegade) vs. Mila Moore & Mylo
  • Ryan Nemeth vs. Arjun Singh
  • The Trustbusters’ Jeeves Kay vs. Gus De La Vega
  • Jora Johl vs. Blake Li
  • Leila Grey vs. Tiara James
  • Leon Ruffin vs. BSHP King
  • Angelico vs. Caleb Konley
  • Jericho Appreciation Society’s Anna Jay A.S vs. Kelly Madan
  • Dante Martin vs. Anthony Henry
  • Fuego Del Sol vs. Jay Malachi

Number one contender’s match set for next week’s WWE NXT

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A number one contender’s bout, four additional matches, plus the debut of Oro Mensah are set for the September 20 episode of WWE NXT. 

Tyler Bate will face JD McDonagh in a match to determine the number one contender to Bron Breakker’s NXT Championship. Bate dropped the NXT UK Championship to Breakker in a unification match at Worlds Collide earlier this month, while McDonagh lost a title bout to Breakker on August’s Heatwave episode of NXT.

The former Oliver Carter will re-debut in NXT next week as Oro Mensah. Carter held the NXT UK Tag Team titles with Ashton Smith before an injury to SMith caused them to vacate the belts. 

Also announced, the best-of-three series between Axiom and Nathan Frazier will continue. Axiom won the first match of the series on the September 6 episode. 

Toxic Attraction’s Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne will take on Diamond Mine’s Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley on next week’s episode in a tag team contest. 

A women’s division match between Cora Jade and Wendy Choo, plus a Von Wagner vs. Sanga singles bout have also been announced for the show. 

Next week’s NXT episode will be taped on Wednesday, September 14. 

The lineup: 

WWE NXT, Tuesday, September 20, 8 p.m. Eastern time on USA Network —

  • Number one contender’s match: Tyler Bate vs. JD McDonagh
  • Best-of-three series: Axiom vs. Nathan Frazier (Axiom leads 1-0)
  • Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne) vs. Diamond Mine (Ivy Nile & Tatum Paxley)
  • Cora Jade vs. Wendy Choo
  • Von Wagner vs. Sanga
  • Oro Mensah debuts

Intercontinental title match set for next week’s WWE SmackDown

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Intercontinental Championship will be on the line on next week’s WWE SmackDown. 

For the first time since June, Gunther will defend the Intercontinental title in a televised match, defending against Shinsuke Nakamura on the August 12 SmackDown episode. 

Nakamura defeated Ludwig Kaiser in a number one contender’s match on this week’s episode to earn the title shot on August 12. 

Gunther’s last televised defense came against Ricochet on the June 24 SmackDown episode. 

Since winning the title from Ricochet on the June 10 SmackDown, Gunther has made the one televised defense against Ricochet, plus 13 defenses on house shows. 

In his 13 house show defenses, Gunther defeated Ricochet in singles matches 11 times, won a triple threat against Nakamura and Ricochet once, and a triple threat against Madcap Moss and Ricochet one time. 

Nakamura has held the IC title on two previous occasions, most recently from August 2021 to February 2022. 

Next week’s SmackDown lineup so far: 

  • WWE Intercontinental Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

AEW Rampage & Dark Elevation spoilers from Duluth, Georgia

Posted on by Skylar Russell

The following are spoilers from Wednesday’s pre-Dynamite Dark: Elevation taping and post-Dynamite Rampage taping in Duluth, Georgia.

AEW Rampage for July 22:

  • Hangman Adam Page & John Silver def. The Butcher & The Blade. Page pinned the Butcher with a buckshot lariat for the win.
  • Claudio Castagnoli cut a promo and thanked AEW fans for making him feel welcome. Castagnoli went on to promote his upcoming ROH World Title Match against Jonathan Gresham. Castagnoli said that Gresham’s foundation is about to crack because he tugged on Superman’s cape.
  • Lee Moriarty def. Dante Martin after pinning him with a handful of tights.
  • Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter def. Skye Blue & Ashley D’Amboise. This was a pretty short match where nothing of substance really happened. Baker submitted D’Amboise to score the victory.
  • Max Caster and Austin Gunn’s rap battle. Gunn touched on Caster being one of Bobby Lashley’s sisters, stealing John Cena’s gimmick, and more. Meanwhile, Caster had lines about Zach Wilson, Pokémon, and more. The guest DJ awarded Caster with the win, which prompted a brawl between The Acclaimed and The Gunn Club. The segment ended with Austin Gunn hitting Caster with a trash can.
  • Jay Lethal def. Christopher Daniels via Lethal Injection. This featured some interference from Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh. After the bout, the trio beat up Daniels at ringside to end the show.

AEW Dark: Elevation for July 25:

  • AFO’s Angelico & Private Party defeated AR Fox*, Adrian Alanis & Liam Grey. This marked Fox’s debut in the promotion. He is a longtime indie veteran having worked for GCW, CZW, EVOLVE, and others.
  • Nyla Rose & Marina Shafir defeated Angelica Risk & Shalonce Royal
  • Toni Storm defeated Emi Sakura
  • Kris Statlander defeated Brittany
  • Hikaru Shida defeated Robyn Renegade
  • Dark Order’s Evil Uno & 10 defeated The Factory’s Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto
  • Baron Black defeated Brandon Cutler
  • Konosuke Takeshita defeated JD Drake

Two matches announced for next week’s NXT UK

Posted on by Ian Carey

Two matches have been announced for NXT UK. 

Kenny Williams will face Tiger Turan on next week’s show. This was set up in a backstage segment on Thursday’s episode. Williams promised to not only defeat Turan but also unmask him and prove he is Amir Jordan. 

NXT UK Women’s Champion Meiko Satomura will team up with Sarray to face the team of Eliza Alexander and Xia Brookside next week as well. Alexander and Brookside confronted Sarray in the gym on Thursday’s show and Satomura came to her defense. 

The match between Williams and Turan was filmed on Wednesday, June 22 from BT Sports Studios in London. Eliza Alexander & Xia Brookside vs. Meiko Satomura & Sarray was filmed the following day from the same venue. 

The full lineup for next Thursday’s edition of WWE NXT UK is as follows: 

  • Kenny Williams vs. Tiger Turan
  • Eliza Alexander & Xia Brookside vs. Meiko Satomura & Sarray

New Tag Team Champions crowned on NXT UK

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After twice unsuccessfully challenging for the titles, Oliver Carter & Ashton Smith are finally the NXT UK Tag Team Champions.

Carter & Smith won the titles by defeating Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) and Die Familie (Teoman & Rohan Raja) in a triple threat match on this week’s NXT UK. Dissension between Bate and Seven led to Moustache Mountain losing the titles.

Seven was going to use one of the NXT UK Tag Team title belts as a weapon, but Bate wanted to win the right way and tried to take the belt from Seven. As they argued, Carter took out Bate with a dive to the outside. Smith then rolled up Seven to get the win.

Bate and Seven continued to argue after the match, with Seven walking off and telling Bate that he’s “done.”

The story leading into this week’s title match has been centered on Bate being unhappy with Seven cheating to win their matches. Both of their previous title defenses against Carter & Smith were successful due to Seven cheating to win.

Moustache Mountain had been NXT UK Tag Team Champions since winning the titles from Pretty Deadly last December.

Four matches announced for next week’s Impact Wrestling

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Four matches have been announced for next week’s Impact Wrestling episode. 

In a tag team match, Honor No More’s Mike Bennett and Matt Taven will team against Heath and Rhino. The teams brawled backstage on this week’s episode after Bennett and Taven were denied a Tag Team title match with The Briscoes at Slammiversary.

In another tag bout, Moose and Steve Maclin will team up to face PCO and W. Morrissey. 

In a Knockouts Division match, Mia Yim will take on Savannah Evans, with Deonna Purrazzo announced as a special guest commentator for the bout. 

Rich Swann will look for revenge against Matthew Rehwoldt for costing him a title shot in the Gauntlet for the Gold next week, as the two will meet in singles competition. 

Here is the announced lineup: 

Impact Wrestling, Thursday, June 2–

  • Mike Bennett & Matt Taven vs. Heath & Rhino
  • Moose & Steve Maclin vs. PCO & W. Morrissey
  • Mia Yim vs. Savannah Evans (w/Deonna Purrazzo on commentary)
  • Rich Swann vs. Matthew Rehwoldt

Four matches announced for next week’s WWE NXT

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Four matches have been announced for the Stand & Deliver go-home episode of WWE NXT 2.0 on Tuesday, March 29.

In a last chance qualifiers match, Roderick Strong, Cameron Grimes, and A-Kid will battle in a triple threat match next week with the winner advancing to the North American Championship ladder match at Stand & Deliver on Saturday, April 2. 

Strong, Grimes, and A-Kid all lost their original qualifying bouts. North American Champion Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, Solo Sikoa, and Santos Escobar have already qualified for the ladder match. 

Also set for next week, LA Knight will team with MSK against Imperium’s Gunther, Marcel Barthel, and Fabian Aichner. The trios bout was set up on this week’s NXT episode, where LA Knight confronted and attacked Gunther while challenging him to a Stand & Deliver match. Barthel and Aichner saved for Gunther, while MSK ran in to save Knight. Barthel and Aichner will defend the NXT Tag Team titles against MSK and The Creed Brothers in a three-way at Stand & Deliver. 

Two additional bouts set for next week are Bodhi Hayward vs. Von Wagner, which was set up with a vignette on this week’s show, plus Legado Del Fantasma’s Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde taking on Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen in a tag bout. 

Here is the announced lineup for next week’s NXT 2.0: 

  • Last chance qualifying match for Stand & Deliver: Roderick Strong vs. Cameron Grimes vs. A-Kid
  • LA Knight & MSK vs. Imperium
  • Bodhi Hayward vs. Von Wagner
  • Legado Del Fantasma vs. Briggs & Jensen

Number one contender’s match set for AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After coming up short at Revolution, Thunder Rosa is getting the chance to earn another shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship.

AEW has announced that a number one contender’s match between Rosa and Leyla Hirsch will take place on Dynamite this Wednesday. The winner will challenge Britt Baker for the AEW Women’s World title on the St. Patrick’s Day Slam edition of Dynamite the following week (Wednesday, March 16).

Baker retained her title against Rosa at Revolution tonight after Jamie Hayter and Rebel interfered throughout the match. Rosa gave Rebel a spear off the apron and took out Hayter, but Baker hit a stomp on Rosa when she came back into the ring and then pinned her.

Hirsch defeated Kris Statlander on the Buy-In show for Revolution.

St. Patrick’s Day Slam is being held in Rosa’s hometown of San Antonio, Texas.

At last year’s St. Patrick’s Day Slam, Rosa defeated Baker in an unsanctioned lights out match. It was the first-ever women’s match to main event an episode of Dynamite.

Sammy Guevara defending his TNT Championship against Scorpio Sky is also set for this Wednesday’s Dynamite. Wardlow will challenge the winner of that match for the TNT Championship at St. Patrick’s Day Slam. Wardlow got the title shot by winning tonight’s Face of the Revolution ladder match.

Number one contender’s match set for next week’s WWE Raw

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Becky Lynch’s challenger for the Royal Rumble will be decided on next week’s episode of Raw.

WWE has announced that a triple threat number one contender’s match between Liv Morgan, Bianca Belair, and Doudrop will take place on Raw next Monday. The winner will get a Raw Women’s Championship shot against Lynch at the Royal Rumble.

At WWE Day 1 last Saturday, Lynch defeated Morgan to retain the Raw Women’s Championship. It appeared that Lynch was supposed to cheat by having her feet on the ropes while pinning Morgan, but the ropes were too far away and Lynch couldn’t get her feet on them.

Morgan and Belair interrupted Lynch on Raw tonight, and they both wanted the next shot at her title. Later in the night, Doudrop went to WWE officials Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville and complained about the same women always getting opportunities. Doudrop demanded to challenge for the Raw Women’s Championship. Pearce and Deville responded by announcing next week’s triple threat number one contender’s match.

The Royal Rumble is taking place at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on Saturday, January 29.

TNT title match added to AEW Battle of the Belts

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Cody Rhodes will defend the TNT title against Sammy Guevara at Battle of the Belts this weekend.

AEW’s Twitter confirmed the match this afternoon. It will be a rematch of their bout from the Christmas episode of Rampage, where Rhodes defeated Guevara to win the championship for a third time.

During the break on last week’s Dynamite, Guevara issued a challenge to Cody using cue cards. Cody most recently defended the title on the episode of Rampage that aired this past Friday, where he defeated Ethan Page to retain the title. 

Also announced for Battle of the Belts is an AEW Women’s Championship match, with Britt Baker defending against Riho. Their feud dates back to November, with Riho winning a Black Friday Deal match where if she defeated Baker, she would get a future title match.

Battle of the Belts will take place this Saturday, January 8, at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.

VIDEO: Being The Elite – ‘Accidental or on Purpose’

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Video —

This week on Being The Elite —

The cold open —

  • Matt and Nick Jackson threatened to hit -1 with a BTE Trigger, but they missed. -1 then stole their shoes. 

The Elite —

  • Footage from Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly’s match on Dynamite was shown, as well as The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler watching the match backstage before they made their run-ins. The Bucks, Cole and Cutler speculated as to whether or not O’Reilly kicked Cole on purpose. 
  • The Bucks think O’Reilly can’t be trusted, while Cole wants to trust him. 
  • In the closing scene, Christopher Daniels returned and announced that he has work to do.

Dark Order —

  • The group returned to their old Daily’s Place lair. Colt Cabana did some magic tricks and turned himself into a miniature pumpkin. 
  • Adam Cole went to his hotel room and was secretly disappointed that Silver and Reynolds were not in this bed. They then cut to Silver and Reynolds in their hotel room, where they were a little sad that Cole wasn’t there for them to squeeze. 

Hollywood Hunk —

  • A commercial for milk aired. 

Rohit Raju becomes free agent as Impact Wrestling run ends

Posted on by Josh Nason

Former Impact Wrestling X-Division Champion Rohit Raju took to Twitter Sunday night to announce he is a free agent as his deal with the company has come to an end.

Raju (Hakim Zane) had been with the company since 2017. While not explicitly stated, it’s assumed his deal expired at the end of 2021.

His role increased and his ring name changed in 2018 as he became a fixture in the X-Division along with forming the Desi Hit Squad faction.

The 41-year-old first won the X-Division title in August 2020 in a three-way with then-champion Chris Bey and TJP at Emergence. He would lose the title nearly four months later to Manik (TJP) at Final Resolution and never regained it.

His last in-ring action on Impact TV was in a December loss to Josh Alexander, followed by a defeat to Josh Mathews at Impact’s Throwback Throwdown 2 event where he wrestled as Quincy Cosmos.

In addition to Impact, Raju has wrestled frequently on the indies through the years and has been a constant in Midwest indie AAW where he recently lost their Heritage title to Ace Austin and Myron Reed in a three-way.

Sasha Banks says she is ‘good’ after WWE house show injury scare

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Sasha Banks says she’s “good” after she was helped to the back following a house show match against Charlotte Flair tonight in Fayetteville, North Carolina. 

Video and photos from the match show Banks landing awkwardly on a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, as her left knee appears to buckle. There then appears to be communication with the referee in the match, followed by a pause in the action as Banks looks to be determining whether or not she can make it back to her feet. After Charlotte’s double moonsault spot, Banks reversed a cradle, but Flair then quickly hit Natural Selection for the finish. The referee then threw up the “x” sign, and Banks was helped to the back by a referee and WWE ringside physician Dr. Chris Amann. 

Banks later tweeted:

“I’m good  

Thank you for the love always.”

Banks has been challenging Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship on house shows, including on five consecutive days during the WWE Holiday Tour last week. In her last televised match, Banks and Toni Storm defeated Flair and Shotzi on the December 17 SmackDown.

Drew McIntyre reportedly suffering from legit neck issues

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Drew McIntyre is reportedly suffering from legitimate neck issues that caused him to be written out during tonight’s Day 1 event.

PWInsider is reporting that McIntyre has been dealing with neck issues that require him to undergo medical testing. The hope is that this will only cause McIntyre to be gone for a short amount of time, but PWInsider’s source said that it’s “up in the air” until McIntyre is checked out. They also reported that McIntyre was wearing a neck brace when he left the pay-per-view tonight.

McIntyre defeated Madcap Moss on tonight’s show. Later, he was being interviewed in a backstage segment when Happy Corbin and Moss jumped him. They placed a chair over his neck as Corbin grabbed a piece of stage equipment nearby and slammed it into the chair, injuring McIntyre’s neck.

In the last week, McIntyre worked the SmackDown brand house shows, working multiple times on a single show.