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Among the topics covered:

  • Full coverage of Double or Nothing including length of the show and why, the main event finish and who knew, the long-term booking, how things can be adjusted time wise, PPV early estimates, going head-to-head with WWE and the current WWE strategy and is it working or will it backfire, and what was unique in business regarding interest levels for this show, and match by match coverage.
  • What did readers think of Double or Nothing and Battleground.
  • John Laurinaitis joins with Janel Grant in the lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE. We look at the strategy, why the timing doesn’t make sense on the surface and what it shows about the belief of where the case is going, as well as Laurinaitis credibility as a witness, his past, and an amazing timeline look where the dots have never been connected before.
  • Saturday Night’s Main Event, the long-term of John Cena as champion, Cena’s last match, what match did the highest number, injury notes, Jesse Ventura and more.
  • WWE spoils a world title change in Mexico, the WWE strategy in Mexico, Alberto shoots a major angle, Worlds Collide matches and how business looks and more.
  • Salman Hashimikov, the unlikely IWGP champion, and the story of one of the best heavyweight amateur wrestlers in the world who had a short pro wrestling career, but a lot of major main event matches with legends.
  • Full coverage of NXT Battleground
  • The sad plight of BJ Penn
  • Best of the Super Juniors
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the shows of the past week, with demos, segments, how the shows are holding up, Netflix numbers and more
  • More on AEW talent at Arena Mexico
  • The Copa Juniors Cibernetico in Arena Mexico
  • MLW title matches at Arena Mexico
  • Nanae Takahashi retires
  • Lawsuit against Billy Jack Haynes by family of his murdered wife
  • The sad story of Shannon Spruill/Daffney
  • Unique independent matches
  • A crazy angle gets two police officers legitimately suspended
  • The Jim Ross Award
  • Why things changed at AEW PPV as far as distribution
  • Why Josh Alexander signed with AEW
  • Keith Lee update
  • Ticket sales for upcoming AEW, WWE and TNA shows
  • Another lawsuit filed against TKO
  • Cain Velasquez talks Dana White’s help
  • More on future WrestleManias
  • Update on UFC & WWE rights negotiations that will happen later this year
  • WWE main roster call-ups expected and where
  • Comparing the Raw ratings from January to last week while taking sleight of hand manipulations out
  • WWE stars in TV shows

Thursday Update

WWE

  • After someone made an account on X/Twitter threatening Roxanne Perez, Adam Pearce thanked fans for alerting him to the situation and said it has been reported. The account – named “Isroxd3adyet” – no longer exists.
  • Pearce wrote: “It has been reported. If you know what I’m talking about, then you know what I’m talking about. Thank you to everyone that made me aware.”
  • Perez spoke to USA Today about gaining enough confidence to feel like she belongs on the same roster as wrestlers she grew up idolizing:
    • To have the name prodigy on my back, it was definitely kind of hard mentally because it was like, well, am I ‘The Prodigy’ when I’m surrounded by all of these people? I really had to kind of find that confidence in me and realize, no, yeah, I am. Just because I’m surrounded by these people that I’ve watched growing up doesn’t mean that I can’t be on the same level as them. 
    • I really had to start training myself to be like, ‘you belong here.’ And now I feel like everybody knows that I do belong here.
  • In an interview with Fox News Digital, The Miz reacted to R-Truth’s WWE departure: “Obviously, I was in a tag team with R-Truth, so it’s always sad to see something like that happen. But I think Truth will bounce on his feet. He’s a hell of a talented superstar.”
  • Brandi Rhodes told BET.com that, while she’d be open to her and Cody Rhodes’ daughter Liberty becoming a wrestler, there’s no pressure for her to do so: “Every time I post her, someone’s like, ‘Next generation!’ And I’m like—maybe not. If she wants to wrestle, sure. But just because her parents did it doesn’t mean she has to.”
  • Seth Rollins appeared on Up & Adams to promote Saturday’s Money in the Bank PLE. During the conversation, Rollins commented on how he’s feeling at this point in his career: “I feel great, but I certainly feel closer to the end than the beginning. Like, I’m not doing 25 more years of this. I don’t know what that looks like on the backend, but I feel good right now.”
  • Trick Williams was a guest on the Battleground Podcast.
  • Chelsea Green interviewed actress Ana de Armas about her new movie “Ballerina.”
  • For a WWE Playback video, Green and Tiffany Stratton rewatched the 2024 women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
  • Jey Uso took part in a “10 Essentials” video for GQ Sports.
  • Logan Paul uploaded a new episode of his vlog.
  • Magician Criss Angel was a guest on the What’s Your Story? podcast with Stephanie McMahon.

Other Wrestling

  • Dragon Bane, who is one-half of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, thanked fans for their concern after he was injured at a show for Dragon Gate in Tokyo today. The six-man tag match he was taking part in ended by referee stoppage following the injury.
  • Dragon Bane tweeted: “Thanks to everyone who asked how I am, thank God I’m fine, I had a severe concussion, we’ll be back in a few weeks”
  • QT Marshall was the guest on this week’s episode of AEW Unrestricted.
  • Chris Jericho interviewed Marc Copani (the former Muhammad Hassan) on a new edition of Talk is Jericho.
  • Brock Anderson will face Anthony Greene at MLW Summer of the Beasts in Queens, New York on Thursday, June 26.