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Friday, April 19th, 2024

During a talk show appearance Becky Lynch revealed that Seth Rollins has undergone knee surgery.

There will be a Battle Royal on Raw to decide the new WWE Women’s World Champion.

Here are the results of the WWE’s house show in London at the o2 tonight:

Jey Uso beat Drew McIntyre.

Natalya defeated Shayna Basler.

Ricochet beat JD McDonagh.

Damian Priest (c) beat Xavier Woods – World Heavyweight Championship Match

Tegan Nox beat Piper Niven and Zoey Stark.

Sami Zayn (c) defeated Finn Balor, Chad Gable, Gunther in a Four-Way, Intercontinental Championship Match.

Cody Rhodes (c) beat Shinsuke Nakamura – Undisputed WWE Championship Match

Here is what you will see on Smackdown tonight:

  • What’s next for The Bloodline?
  • Bayley defends the WWE Women’s Title against Naomi
  • LA Knight and AJ Styles compete for a chance at Cody Rhodes at Backlash
  • Fatal 4-Way Match to determine No.1 Contender’s to SmackDown Tag Team Titles

Word is that Gunther will be returning to Raw on Monday.

WWE superstars Bianca Belair, Austin Theory and Grayson Waller visited with patients and their families at the UPMC Children’s Hospital before Smackdown in Pittsburgh tonight.  You can check out the news and photos here.

News Channel 8 in Florida is reporting that the Royal Rumble brought $47 million to the city of St. Petersburg.

If you missed the Iron Claw in theatres HBO Max has this message for you:

“A24’s THE IRON CLAW, written and directed by Sean Durkin, will make its streaming debut on Max on FRIDAY, MAY 10. The film will be available on HBO and will make its linear debut on SATURDAY, MAY 18 (8 p.m. ET).”

Don’t be surprised if The Creed Brothers turn heel and join up with Chad Gable.

Want to know what’s new to stream this weekend? Slam’s John Powell has your streaming schedule here:

What’s New To Stream This Weekend April 19th to 21st

 

NJPW has announced that Kushida will replace YoH in the Best of the Super Juniors 31 tournament.

TNA is teasing a surprise for the Rebellion show:

AEW Rampage is not airing tonight. It will air live tomorrow 10 PM. You will see:

Rob Van Dam vs. Isiah Kassidy vs. Komander vs. Lee Johnson.

Yuka Sakazaki vs. Emi Sakura.

Thursday, April 18th, 2024

AEW Ratings:

This week: 762,000 viewers, 0.26 in the key demos.

Last week: 819,000 viewers and 0.30 in the key demos.

Forbes has released their list of Most Valuable Combat Sports Promotions.

They are:

  1. UFC at $11.3 billion
  2. WWE at $6.8 billion
  3. AEW at $2 billion
  4. ONE Championship at $1.3 billion
  5. Matchroom Boxing at $850 million
  6. PFL at $690 million
  7. Top Rank Boxing at $630 million
  8. Premier Boxing Championship at $600 million
  9. Golden Boy Promotions at $450 million
  10. Combate Global at $120 million

Matt Hardy had this to say about POSSIBLY participating in the “Wyatt angle” WWE might be ready to pull the trigger on:

Speaking at the World Congress of Sports convention, WWE President Nick Khan said this: ““We sat down together a few years ago and decided, so the big five premium live events … should be in the United States or Canada.”

Some news from AEW:

Here is your Survivor update from Slam’s John Powell:

Survivor Stock Ticker: Episode Seven

Here are the results of the WWE show in Birmingham, U.K. :

Sami Zayn (c) beat Gunther, Chad Gable and Finn Bálor – Fatal 4-Way, Intercontinental Championship Match.

Tegan Nox and Natalya beat. Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark

Jey Uso beat Drew McIntyre

Damian Priest (c)  beat Kofi Kingston – WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match.

Ricochet beat JD McDonagh.

Becky Lynch beat Piper Niven.

Cody Rhodes (c) beat Shinsuke Nakamura – Undisputed WWE Championship Match

Ruby Soho and Angelo Parker are expecting their first child and made the announcement on a taped Rampage segment.

Josh Barnett will battle  IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley at Bloodsport Bushido on June 22.

NJPW has this announcement to make today:

“During a match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at Sakura Genesis, YOH sustained an injury that necessitated the match being stopped. YOH went on to have a full medical assessment, and it has been determined that YOH sustained a dislocated left shoulder as well as damage to the shoulder labrum.

As a result of  his injury, YOH will not compete in Best of the Super Jr. 31, beginning May 11 in Chiba. We apologise to fans who were looking forward to seeing YOH wrestle, and appreciate your understanding. A replacement for YOH in the tournament will be announced at a later date.

NJPW joins fans in wishing YOH a full and fast recovery. ”

Tonight’s Rebellion press conference will stream live on TNA’s Facebook page.

Announcer David Penzer, ahem, announced the release of the first part his new autobiography, Sitting Ringside, Volume 1, written with Guy Evans (Nitro, and Eric Bischoff’s Grateful). The foreword was written by Kevin Sullivan. It’s available on Amazon and at DavidPenzerBook.com.

Joe Dombrowski has released a new DVD/stream titled Harley Race: World’s Champion which features the Greatest Wrestler on God’s Green Earth defending the 10 Pounds of Gold against Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk, Jack Brisco, Jerry Lawler, Dory Funk Jr., Dick The Bruiser, Rick Martel, Angelo Poffo, Terry Taylor, Rick McGraw and Mike Stallings and more. The DVD is at www.Joe-Dombrowski.com and the digital version is at www.ProWrestlingLibrary.com

Happy birthday to women’s wrestling great Debbie Combs.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024

Some important news from Triller TV for our American readers:

NXT ratings:

This week: 625,000 viewers and 0.17 in the key demos.

Last week:  647,000 viewers and 0.19 in the key demos.

Raw Ratings:

This Week: 1.807 million viewers and a 0.61 rating in the key demos.

Last Week:  2.361 million viewers and a 0.83 in the key demos.

Tony Khan was on the Chris Russell Show and said this about airing the All In footage: “I think it made a lot of sense. First of all, the Young Bucks-FTR ladder match is coming up at AEW Dynasty for the World Tag Team Championships. This is the fourth chapter in FTR-Young Bucks. I believe they are the two greatest tag teams in wrestling, the two best on the planet. The last time they wrestled, Young Bucks-FTR 3, was at Wembley Stadium, AEW All In. A lot happened that day. Those guys at one point, they were the third match on the pay-per-view, and at one point, it looked like we were going to have to call them up and they were going to have to wrestle the first match. They ended up going on in the spot they were in, but the Young Bucks said the whole day, everything that happened, it affected their mental preparation, they weren’t able to pray before the match, they were very stressed out. They slipped on the banana peel, lost the match, and they blame FTR and what happened at Wembley Stadium. In hindsight, that’s why they refused to shake FTR’s hands. We’ve seen the Young Bucks change a lot. We saw them get really dark during the retirement run of Sting. They’ve only gotten darker and more twisted. That’s why they felt like they should play the tape. It was fascinating to see after the tape played, the reaction Jack Perry got at New Japan. He got the reaction of a superstar. That is not altogether unexpected and it’s something very interesting, perhaps a side effect of this, Jack Perry already a big star in wrestling, really the way the crowd connected with him in Chicago, that was interesting. It leaves a lot of intriguing going into AEW Dynamite and AEW Dynasty.”

Charles Barkley was on The Pat McAfee Show and had this to say about how Raw ended this week:  “I was going to fly up there and whoop Gable’s ass. That man whooped Zayn’s ass in front of his wife and parents. I didn’t like that at all. You can’t kick a man’s ass in front of his wife and parents. I didn’t like the ending.”

It looks like Drew Gulak’s time in NXT could be over due to the allegations Ronda Rousey made about him. On last night’s show The Family confronted No Quarter Catch Crew about the money they owed them for “taking care” of one of their own members.

Speaking of NXT here is the line-up for the first night of  Spring Breakin’:

WWE NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov vs. Trick Williams.  If Williams loses, he must leave NXT

WWE NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Tatum Paxley.

Sol Ruca vs. Blair Davenport in a Beach Brawl.

No Quarter Catch Crew vs. The D’Angelo Family.

Contract: NXT Underground match – Lola Vice vs. Natalya.

TNA made this announcement today: “TNA Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, today announced a partnership with AYOZAT TV bringing its wrestling content back to Britain’s hugely popular Sky platform (channel 186). Classic TNA Premium Live Events will air every Wednesday and Saturday night from 9pm on the channel. TNA’s Greatest Matches and TNA in 60 will also be broadcast on AYOZAT TV, every Monday at 11pm and Friday at 9pm – giving millions of fans across the UK access to TNA’s full history of blockbuster stories, marquee matchups and larger-than-life and world-renowned stars.”

Matt Cardona has torn pectoral muscle and will be out of action for some time.

Here is what you will see on AEW Dynamite tonight:

AEW Champion Samoa Joe and Dynasty challenger Swerve Strickland to appear.

AEW TNT Champion Adam Copeland & Willow Nightingale vs. House of Black.

Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Jay White vs. Anthony Bowens

The Young Bucks and Kazuchika Okada vs. Penta & PAC & Daniel Garcia.

Deonna Purrazzo vs. Mariah May.

New IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley to appear.

Chris Jericho to meet with Taz & Hook.

Mercedes Mone to appear.

If you are Survivor fans Slam’s John Powell has your midseason report card here:



 

 

SlamWrestling.net contributor Steve Johnson announced that his biography on the legendary Jim Londos will be published by McFarland, and features a foreword by John Layfield Bradshaw.

OVW’s Cash Flo just posted a photo of himself on the set of Paramount’s Tulsa King show with Sylvester Stallone. “When #opportunity knocks… you open the door,” wrote Cash Flo, who we profiled in October 2022. “Thank you @officialslystallone @garretthedlund @tulsaking and all the hard working cast and crew for knocking on my door. #wrestlersnetflix #cashflo #tulsaking #ovw”