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Triple H hypes up the WWE crowd. (Image credit: WWE)

WWE

  • WWE posted a video with Paul “Triple H” Levesque sending a message to fans ahead of Clash in Italy:
    • We’re a few days out from Turin, and if I can give one message to the fans: Believe me, this will mean as much to us and the WWE Superstars as it does to each and every one of you. We cannot wait to get there.
    • One of the great things about being a WWE Superstar is that global nature of what we do. The ability to go to countries where maybe they don’t speak the same language, maybe the culture is completely different to ours. It really points out the similarities, as opposed to the differences, between us all.
    • I’ve heard people say before that music is the universal language, but I think maybe WWE is the universal action genre. It connects with everybody. It’s simple to understand. It’s not country vs. country. It’s an escape. It’s larger-than-life superheroes solving their conflict in our ring. There’s a universal language to that.
  • Jade Cargill promoted Clash in Italy during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show.
  • ESPN has a 30-minute video of Cody Rhodes reflecting on some of his career highlights.
  • WrestleVotes reports that, while WWE is being flexible with AAA’s scheduling ahead of this year’s two-night Triplemania, AAA Verano de Escandalo 2026 is planned for late July.
  • In an interview with Huge Pop, Gunther discussed the quick success Oba Femi has found on the WWE main roster:
    • He came in guns blazing, really good for him. Hasn’t been in the ring with me 20 minutes yet, so let’s see. I feel like down the line, that’s going to be something that’s very interesting. I think he’s a super exciting talent, and very much looking forward to seeing what he’s going to do in the next years. I think he’s got the potential to be a big superstar in this company, be one of the pillars down the line.
  • Gunther was the guest on No-Contest Wrestling this week.
  • The Hollywood Reporter published an article on Danhausen “uncursing” the New York Knicks on their run to the NBA Finals.
  • R-Truth appeared on Undertaker’s Six Feet Under podcast.
  • CM Punk was mic’d up in the crowd while attending Tuesday’s Las Vegas Golden Knights NHL playoff game.
  • WWE Vault uploaded Rey Mysterio’s 1992 mask vs. mask match against Mr. Condor from AAA. The video includes a brief introduction from Mysterio.

Other Wrestling

  • Explaining Samoa Joe’s AEW absence over the next few months, season three of Peacock’s “Twisted Metal” – where Joe plays Sweet Tooth – is scheduled to film in Toronto from June 15 through August 26.
  • On Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Brian Myers (Curt Hawkins) recalled meeting MJF for the first time when MJF started training at his wrestling school
    • Yeah, I’ll never forget it. It was very early on, probably the first four months of Create A Pro. It’s kind of funny, because it’s a very similar mentality, he committed to something in college football, but he really had his heart set on wrestling. I think it kind of hit a wall with what he was doing and what his parents wanted him to do and what he wanted to do. I was in a very similar situation, because when you tell people you want to be a wrestler, it’s not really that believable. His dad came in with him, and it almost felt like, ‘Here, he’s your problem now, this is what he wants to do.’ I was like, let’s go. So pretty early on, we did a promo class where he just murdered this kid, and I was like, okay, and there’s something about this guy.
  • Myers called MJF’s in-ring ability “wildly underrated” and said MJF’s work ethic is something younger wrestlers should emulate:
    • He should be studied for young guys too, like just doing everything that you’re supposed to do to make it. Getting in the car, making the drives, making the connections, you know what I mean? Max is a people person. So he gets your number, ‘What’s your number?’ He stays on top of you for opportunities, things that a go-getter does, he did all those things. He checked all those boxes.
  • Mistico is hoping to return from his knee injury at CMLL’s Arena Mexico show on June 5.
  • The Wrestling Classic has an interview with Cedric Alexander.
  • Candice Michelle, who works behind the scenes as a producer in TNA, appeared on TMZ Inside the Ring.
  • WrestleZone spoke with Shotzi Blackheart.

Samoa Joe ‘stepping away’ from AEW for a few months

Posted on by Josh Nason

Former AEW World Champion Samoa Joe is “stepping away” for a few months.

He revealed the news during the third hour of Wednesday’s combo Dynamite & Collision during a backstage segment, flanked by fellow Opps members Hook, Katsuyori Shibata and Anthony Bowens.

The reason? “Opportunity calls…and Hollywood’s ringing,” he said.

He reminded all three men that they know how this works before shaking their hands and departing with Hook immediately moving between Bowens and Shibata to re-establish himself as the group leader as he did before when Joe previously was gone.

The “Hollywood” reference is to Joe heading off to film the third season of the Peacock show Twisted Metal, one of the streaming service’s biggest hits in terms of viewership minutes. Joe plays the role of Sweet Tooth with Will Arnett providing the voice work.

The 47-year-old recently returned from a concussion and overall has wrestled just five times in 2026, the last coming at this past Sunday’s Double or Nothing in an Owen Hart tournament defeat to Will Ospreay.

AEW’s Samoa Joe nabs Sweet Tooth role in Peacock’s ‘Twisted Metal’

Posted on by Josh Nason

Ring of Honor TV Champion and AEW roster member Samoa Joe will play the dual role of Sweet Tooth in Peacock’s upcoming show, Twisted Metal.

Deadline first reported the news Thursday.

Will Arnett will voice the character who “is described as a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses “Lost Vegas” as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.”

There is no date for when production is set to start, nor when the series is expected to launch. 

After losing in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament final last Sunday at Double or Nothing, Joe was jumped and his arm/shoulder re-injured by Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt and Satnam Singh in a backstage segment seen on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

Joe (Joe Seanoa) joins a star-studded cast that includes Arnett, Anthony Mackie (Marvel’s Falcon), Neve Campbell (Scream movies), Thomas Haden Church (Sandman in Spider-Man movies, Wings, Sideways), Stephanie Beatriz (Encanto) and more.

The series is a 30-minute action comedy about John Doe, played by Mackie, who “is offered a chance at a better life — but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland.” Joe’s character is one of several trying to prevent that from happening.

The series is based on Sony Playstation video games of the same name.