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 BY: RYAN  Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS pulled in 902,000 viewers, up from last week’s show, which did 832,000. They drew a 0.33 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, up from last week’s 0.30. This was the go-home show for Sunday’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door II pay-per-view event. Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  Fuego Del Sol is no longer under contract with AEW. Del Sol made regular appearances on AEW Dark and AEW Dark: Elevation during the COVID-19 pandemic. He went on a 34-match losing streak, which was broken on July 6, 2021, in a tag team match when he and Marko Stunt defeated Ryzin and Baron Black. In August 2021, Del Sol made his Rampage debut in an AEW TNT Championship match, losing to Miro.  Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  This week’s episode of WWE NXT drew 773,000 viewers on the USA Network, which is up from a week ago that did 581,000.  It did a 0.23 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which is up from last week’s 0.16 rating. It ranked #2 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night. This was the highest key demo rating since April 20, 2021. Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details.  

 BY: RYAN  While speaking with the Daily Mail, LA Knight opened up on the decision to make him the Maximum Male Model’s talent agent, Max Dupri, and repackaged him after portraying the Knight gimmick in NXT. Knight noted that it was due to internal concern about his age that led to him being repackaged when called up to the main roster in 2022.  “Oh, boy! Hahaha. I’m killing it in NXT. It’s crazy, like, just the reactions, the way I had turned from big time heel in the summertime to big time babyface by the winter. It’s not piped in and it’s not prefabbed reactions. It was organic, real stuff happening. I come up for a dark match, I get the attention of the right people; “hey, who is this guy?” but then the age thing comes up – [whispers] “oh no, he’s 40, danger’. But I’m not the average 40-year-old. I haven’t gone through the ringer. I haven’t had a bunch of surgeries or injuries, knock on that wood. I’ve lived a good, youthful life in a certain sense and I’ve taken care of myself in

 BY: RYAN  AEW has announced the full lineup for this Friday’s edition of Rampage on TNT, which will feature top stars in action like The Acclaimed, Jungle Boy Jack Perry, an Owen Hart Memorial tournament match, AEW World Champion MJF and more. Check out the card below. We’ll hear from AEW World Champion MJF -We’ll hear from Adam Cole -Skye Blue vs. Anna Jay Owen Hart Memorial Tournament Qualifier -Jungle Boy Jack Perry vs. DOUKI -The Acclaimed in action -Rocky Romero, Best Friends & Satoshi Kojima vs. Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Kyle Fletcher & Swerve Strickland. Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  In recent weeks, KENTA has teased his interest in facing CM Punk, as the former AEW World Champion made his return to the company following a lengthy absence. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reports that, as of this past weekend, a match between KENTA and Punk is no longer planned for the June 25 pay-per-view.  " KENTA expressed to NJPW and AEW that he isn’t facing CM Punk at the Forbidden Door KENTA vs CM Punk had been planned, but as of this weekend, it wasn’t happening. Punk was open to the match and there were other options being evaluated for him as of Saturday. " Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  AEW Collision on TNT in the 8pm-10pm ET timeslot pulled in 816,000 viewers. They drew a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Dynamite ranked #3 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night. Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics reported the news.  Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

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 BY: RYAN  WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins shares his thoughts on fans singing his theme song. Speaking to Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post, Rollins was asked about crowd singing during promos and if he may need to step in to control things. "No. (Laughs) Why would I want to stop it? They’re doing my thing for me. Why would I want to stop them? What good is that? That’s silly. They “What” people when they’re bored with them. They’re singing my song to my opponent to aggravate him, to piss him off. They know that it annoys him so they keep doing it. That’s as good as it gets. If he was a heel out there standing by himself and they were booing him out of the building a la Dominik Mysterio and he couldn’t get a word in, everyone would be thinking that’s the greatest thing ever," he said. "The fact that there is a babyface who has something like that to utilize to antagonize the bad guy, it doesn’t get any better than that. Why would I ever want to stop the

 BY: RYAN  WWE invades the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio for tonight’s episode of Monday Night RAW. Here is what’s on tap for tonight’s show: Logan Paul returns – Seth Rollins defends the World Heavyweight Championship in an open challenge – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bronson Reed – Money in the Bank qualifying match: Trish Stratus vs. Raquel Rodriguez – Non-title match: Women’s World Heavyweight Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Natalya – Matt Riddle vs. Ludwig Kaiser – Adding more matches to the Money in the Bank card. Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  WWE held a SuperShow live event on June 18 from the Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, West Virginia. WWE SuperShow Results From Charleston, WV (6/18) Becky Lynch, Shotzi & Michin def. IYO SKY, Chelsea Green & Zoey Stark Bobby Lashley def. Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) WWE United States Championship: Austin Theory (c) def. Sheamus WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship: Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens (c) def. Alpha Academy (Otis & Chad Gable) (with Maxine Dupri) and The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar) (with Valhalla ) and The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) Cody Rhodes def. Finn Balor WWE Intercontinental Championship: Gunther (c) (with Ludwig Kaiser) def. Shinsuke Nakamura and Matt Riddle Father's Day Street Fight: Rey Mysterio d Dominick Mysterio WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins (c) def. Damian Priest Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  WWE live event results from tonight’s show at the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, OH: * Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn retained over Finn Balor and Dominik Mysterio.  * WWE United States Champion Austin Theory retained over Sheamus.  * Bobby Lashley defeated Karrion Kross. Kross’ entrance with Scarlett is cool live.  * Becky Lynch, Mia Yim, Zelina Vega and Shotzi defeated Bayley, IYO SKY, Chelsea Green and Zoey Stark. Green tapped out to Lynch for the finish * WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins retained over Damian Priest.  * Alpha Academy defeated The Viking Raiders. Otis was over throughout the match and the Caterpillar got a pop * WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER retained over Shinsuke Nakamura and Matt Riddle in a Triple Threat.  * Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns retained over 2023 WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio. Reigns was over huge, had Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman with him. There was a referee bump and Solo i

 BY: RYAN  In the main event of tonight's AEW Collision premier episode, the team of C.M. Punk and FTR defeated the Ring of Honor World Television Champion Samoa Joe and Bullet Club members Juice Robinson and "Switchblade" Jay White. When we return from the break, we see Juice Robinson and Dax Harwood are now the legal two competitors in the ring, and it is Robinson who is very much in a comfortable offensive lead over one-half of the AEW World Tag-Team Champions. Things start to shift back into the favor of the team of Samoa Joe and Bullet Club Gold after "The Samoan Submission Machine" tags in and helps take over on offense. We head to another mid-match commercial break soon after this. As we settle back in from our final break of the evening, we see Jay White still easily handling Cash Wheeler in the center of the ring. He tags in Robinson, who picks up where he left off, taking it to Wheeler as the fans try and rally behind the FTR and CMFTR member. CM Punk

 BY: RYAN  Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale picked up a victory over Ruby Soho and the AEW Women's World Champion Toni Storm on tonight's debut episode of AEW Collision. Skye Blue takes the hot tag and hits the ring with a ton of energy, handling Soho and Toni Storm by herself as the crowd roars with approval. Storm ends up slowing Skye's momentum down. She grounds her and traps her in the Texas Cloverleaf submission. Skye screams in pain and things look finished, but she hangs in there and after several moments, slowly crawls to the ropes, where the ref forces Storm to break the hold. Skye Blue makes it to her side of the ring and tags in Willow. She hits the ring to a big pop off the hot tag, and pulls the ole' Jerry "The King" Lawler fired up comeback spot, as she pulls the straps down on her wrestling singlet. The Outcasts double team her and take her out of the picture. They then focus their two-on-one attack on Blue. As they go to finish her off, however

 BY: RYAN  Tonight's debut episode of AEW Collision featured the return of a former AEW TNT Champion, as "The Redeemer" Miro picked up a very impressive victory over Tony Nese, finishing Nese off with his Camel Clutch submission hold. Winner: Miro  The bell sounds and we're officially off-and-running with one-on-one action between Miro and Tony Nese. Straight out of the gate Miro bum-rushes and rag-dolls "The Premier Athlete" all over the place. Just as Miro is about to finish off Nese, we see "Smart" Mark Sterling hop on the ring apron and provide a distraction. This allows Nese to try a sneak attack from behind. Unfortunately for him even that extra assist from the outside isn't enough to stop Miro, as "The Redeemer" brushes his offensive attempts off and gets back to Donkey Kong'ing him all over the ring. Miro fires up and plays to the crowd, which is going completely and totally bonkers this entire time, mind you.He slaps his

  BY: RYAN  Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo: Winner Andrade El Idolo. After a quick backstage segment, we head to a commercial break. When we return, the lights in the United Center go out. The House of Black theme hits and out comes Buddy Matthews accompanied by Julia Hart. Matthews settles inside the squared circle for our second match of the evening and his theme music dies down. Now the theme for his opponent hits and the crowd goes completely bonkers as out comes the returning Andrade El Idolo. The fans break out in an insanely loud "WELCOME BACK! WELCOME BACK!" chant for Andrade El Idolo as he finally settles into the ring across from Buddy Matthews. He takes his elaborate ring coat off and is ready for action. Now the bell sounds and we're officially off-and-running with our second match of the evening. These two immediately get after it, and the crowd lets them hear it as the fans come unglued inside the United Center. After some good in-ring action to kick th

 BY: RYAN  Several ROH matches were taped tonight at the United Center in Chicago to air on future ROH TV episodes. Below are spoilers: *Gringo Loco defeated Willie Mack * Trish Adora defeated Allysin Kay * Kyle Fletcher defeated Silas Young ROH will tape more matches after Collision and we will keep you updated. Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  On August 27, AEW will take over Wembley Stadium when they present All In.  Speaking in a recent interview with Wrestlenomics, AEW President Tony Khan revealed that some of the things planned for AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door II will lead directly into All In 2023. " I have a lot of really great ideas for it, and I like to see how things flow, and if Forbidden Door goes as planned, I think it will then lead us into what could be one of our all-time historic special moments for AEW All In. I think we’re gonna have a great Forbidden Door and I’m very focused on that, and if we get through that and that goes as I expect, then we are gonna be in an amazing position for AEW All In, and hopefully the brand interest will be incredibly high worldwide, and will focus itself into a very great event in London. But I’m very focused on coming there to Toronto first and putting on a great one for you at Forbidden Door and building off that.” When asked about the differences between the

 BY: RYAN  Tonight’s AEW Collision premiere will air live on TNT from the United Center in Chicago, IL at 8pm ET. AEW has announced the following card for tonight: * Miro returns to action  * Andrade El Idolo returns to action vs. AEW World Trios Champion Buddy Matthews * We will hear from The Acclaimed * AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm and Ruby Soho vs. NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale and Skye Blue * AEW TNT Champion Wardlow defends against Luchasaurus * CM Punk and AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR vs. ROH World Television Champion Samoa Joe, Juice Robinson, and Jay White Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  The theme song for AEW Collision has been revealed. AEW CEO Tony Khan confirmed that “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” by Sir Elton John is the opening theme for Collision, which will premiere on Saturday, June 17. Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  WWE released Rose on December 14, 2022, reportedly due to the explicit content on her FanTime page. The day before, Rose dropped the NXT Women’s Championship to Roxanne Perez. She had held the title for 413 days. During an appearance on The Ethan, Lou & Large Dave Show on I95 Rock, Rose discussed her current situation and stated that she is taking a break from wrestling. " I'm on a little bit of a different path now, I'm in a little transitional phase. I'm no longer with the WWE right now. Not to say that I won't wrestle in the future, I'm not really sure, but I'm taking a break right now and I'm focusing on my skincare line, my other brands, DaMandyz Donutz, helping out at my dad's deli, I have some plans in the works that I want to help out with them and do some things. My dad is pretty old school, so I want to revamp a little bit. I have some ideas. I'm really busy on my exclusive fan site, FanTime, I get to really engage with

 BY: RYAN  AEW will debut its new Collision television show tomorrow night on TNT. The show will feature the AEW return of CM Punk inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. A tweet from AEW President Tony Khan has revealed the commentary team for the show, and will feature Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness, with Jim Ross joining for "expert analysis". "#AEWCollision debuts TOMORROW NIGHT on @TNTdrama at 8pm ET/7pm CT at the @UnitedCenter in Chicago! We’re going to have a great announce team on Saturday Nights with your new weekly commentary team @realkevinkelly + @McGuinnessNigel, joined by expert analysis from legend @JRsBBQ!" Nigel McGuinness joined AEW back in April making his commentary debut at ROH’s Supercard of Honor pay-per-view.  Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  CM Punk will officially return to the ring on the premiere episode of AEW Collision when he teams with FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) to face Samoa Joe & Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson). Speaking on Busted Open Radio, AEW President Tony Khan was asked if there was ever any doubt about Punk's return. " For me, I always wanted to get CM Punk back in the ring and I'm really excited that it's finally happening tomorrow night. I always wanted to make that happen and I'm glad it's happening. " Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  During a tell-all interview with ESPN.com, CM Punk assessed where he currently stands with The Elite following the 2022 AEW All Out PPV. ” We are trying to move past what happened that night specifically. I don’t think what happened was a big deal… This has happened in the last 10 months in hockey, in basketball, in baseball, in just about every sport. And it’s covered and it’s gone the next day. I think because I have injured my tricep and I’ve been out for so long, I think it has been exacerbated. I think it’s been exacerbated by people spreading lies about the whole thing. And when, in reality, my attitude is, well, s— happens.” “Now we all got to roll in the f—ing mud, and that never should have happened and has never been course-corrected. So, I understand people want to say that, ‘Oh, man, Punk is a dick.’ Well yeah, because I’m defending myself and I will always defend myself. I’m open to have a full-blown f—ing sit-down powwow discussion with everybody about it. But

 BY: RYAN  Speaking with Marc Raimondi of ESPN, Punk discussed the media scrum and the aftermath. He stated that he had regrets about what happened in the scrum, he apologized to Tony Khan, and he handled it the wrong way. Punk also noted that his relationship with Khan is now great. " The first thing I said to Tony when I sat down with him and spoke to him after it was, 'Man, I'm really sorry I put you in that position. I apologize for the scrum. But when you've watched that scrum, you're looking at a very, very frustrated guy who had told people. That's not the first time he heard all that. It's not the first time lawyers were told all that. And I was just looking for something to be done and nothing got done. So, if you want something done right, you got to do it yourself. And I just didn't approach it in the right manner, but tension was high. I was very, very pissed. I pretty much knew that I had just injured myself again. I was hurt, and I was dis

 BY: RYAN  WWE invades the Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY, for tonight’s episode of SmackDown, which will air on FOX. Here is what’s on tap for the show: – Roman Reigns returns – AJ Styles & Michin vs. Karrion Kross & Scarlett – Gauntlet match to determine number one contenders to the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships: LWO vs. Brawling Brutes vs. Pretty Deadly vs. Street Profits vs. Gallows & Anderson – The Grayson Waller Effect with guest Charlotte Flair – Zelina Vega vs. IYO SKY Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. We will have live coverage later tonight. 

 BY: RYAN  WWE confirmed today that WWE Payback will take place Saturday, September 2, from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. WWE issued the following: Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS pulled in 832,000 viewers, down from last week’s show, which did 903,000. They drew a 0.30 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, down from last week’s 0.33. AEW Dynamite ranked #3 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night. Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics reported the numbers. Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details. 

 BY: RYAN  With rumors of Drew McIntyre’s contract with WWE coming up soon and his future still being unclear, many are wondering what the WWE status is of the former WWE Champion. During a recent interview with Cultaholic Wrestling, Ridge Holland predicted McIntyre will remain with WWE when all the contract negotiations are said-and-done. “He’s fine, Drew’s fine,” Holland said when asked about McIntyre. “Yeah, he is probably in the gym as we speak, lifting two cows. He is fine; Drew is good.” Ridge Holland then went on to talk about the WWE contract status of “The Scottish Warrior.” “I don’t know for sure, I don’t know anything,” he admitted. “But I think whether it is a month from now, two months from now, or three months from now, you will see Drew McIntyre back in WWE.” Stay tuned to Pro Wrestlenews for more Wrestling news and Details.