Monday, June 23rd
At Fanatics Fest over the weekend, Logan Paul’s pal and business partner KSI wanted to use Christian Cage’s theme song for his entrance but his request was denied by WWE.
Here is what you will see on Raw tonight:
WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Bayley
King of the Ring Semifinal Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Jey Uso
Queen of the Ring Semifinal Match: Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez
Bron Breakker vs. Penta
Goldberg speaks
Seth Rollins speaks
Agree or disagree, this is an interesting editorial about WWE’s sponsorship extravaganzas: WWE’s late-stage capitalist hellscape is just a sign of the times.
For your viewing pleasure:
NJPW has signed Olympic gold medalist and Judo champion, Aaron Wolf, to a contract.
Jada Stone and Mila Moore have been signed to TNA contracts.
A reminder from MLW:
MLW Summer of Beasts will stream live at 9 PM Eastern for free on their YouTube channel from the sold out The Melrose Ballroom in NYC this Thursday 6/26.
The card is:
MLW Champion Matt Riddle vs. KENTA
MLW National Openweight Champion Ultimo Guerrero vs. Alexander Hammerstone.
MLW Tag Team Champions Los Depredadores, Magnus & Rugido defend against a mystery team.
Yuki “Kamiyu” Kamifuku vs. Wakana Uehara.
Brock Anderson vs. Anthony Greene.
KUSHIDA vs. Diego Hill.
Summer of Beasts has sold out all seating, so the promotion has added very limited standing room only seating at this link.
Sunday, June 22nd
A reminder that season two of WWE LFG premieres tonight.
In case you missed it, Kota Ibushi has returned to AEW.
A Casino Gauntlet match has been added to AEW All In.
Saturday, June 21st
WWE has trademarked “WWE Late Night”. What could it all mean?
Rhonda Rousey hasn’t ruled out a return to wrestling. She told the Untapped podcast that she is on “deep mom mode”, is working out in her garage to “reclaim my body from motherhood”.
Hikuleo wrestled another dark match before Smackdown last night.
Here is what you will see on Collision tonight:
AEW Champion Jon Moxley vs. AR Fox.
Swerve Strickland vs. Shane Taylor.
Thunder Rosa & Tay Conti & Anna Jay & Queen Aminata vs. ROH Women’s Champion Athena & Thekla & Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford.
AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm to appear.
In case you missed it there will be three championship matches on Smackdown next week:
Tiffany Stratton vs. Nia Jax – Last Woman Standing, WWE Women’s Championship Match.
Zelina Vega vs. Giulia – WWE Women’s United States Championship Match.
The Street Profits vs. The Wyatt Sicks – WWE Tag Team Championship Match.
Friday, June 20th
AEW ratings:
This week: 736,000 overnight viewers and 0.21 in the key demos.
Last week: 597,000 overnight viewers and 0.17 in the key demos.
TNA Champion Trick Williams will put the title on the line against Joe Hendry at Slammiversary.
As suspected, Elijah suffered torn triceps during the match on NXT this week.
Cedric Alexander debuted at TNA’s taping tonight.
Due to Liv Morgan’s injury the plan is to have Roxanne Perez team with Raquel Rodriguez as the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions and then have Morgan and Perez feud later on.
NJPW has released this statement about El Phantasmo’s injury: “El Phantasmo, who was scheduled to compete at events Saturday in Yamagata and Sunday in Fukushima, has sustained an injury to his right knee and will not be appearing. We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeign Phantasmo wrestle, and appreciate your understanding.”
Want to know what’s new to stream this weekend? Slam’s John Powell has your schedule here:
Here is what you will see on Smackdown tonight:
John Cena vs. Ron Killings
Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn (King Of The Ring Semifinals)
Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss (Queen Of The Ring Semifinals)
In a press release promoting tickets for the event, WWE has confirmed that Goldberg’s match against Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event on Saturday, July 12th, will indeed be his final match.
Savio Vega has returned to the WWE as a AAA producer.
Word is that Liv Morgan could be out of action for three months or more due to the injury to her shoulder.
RVD and Katie Forbes aren’t just having a baby, they are having twins!
Word is that Hook have been off AEW TV because he is dealing with a concussion.
Check out this story as Jana G. Pruden, feature writer for The Globe and Mail tells the story of Sage Morin and her rebirth into the wrestler The Matriarch.
GCW’s Bangin’ In Little Rock 2025 airs tonight on Triller TV at 9:00 PM tonight. The card is:
Shotzi Blackheart vs. Atticus Cogar
Miyu Yamashita vs. Blake Christian
Billie Starkz vs. Adam Priest
Joey Janela vs. Elayna Black
Jonathan Gresham vs. Gary Jay
YDNP (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) (c) vs. Buck Nasty (Buck Skynyr & Rob Shit) – GCW Tag Team Title Match
Effy (c) vs. Mike Jackson – GCW Title Match
