Impact Wrestling will hold this year’s Against All Odds event from Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, GA on July 1, 2022.

WrestleTix noted on Patreon the show has sold tickets and there are 472 left. The seating capacity is set up for 328. Here is the updated card: 

Impact World Title Match

Joe Doering vs. Josh Alexander (c)

Impact Knockouts World Title Match

Tasha Steelz vs. Jordynne Grace (c)

Raven’s Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match

Moose vs. Sami Callihan

Honor No More (Eddie Edwards, Kenny King, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Vincent) vs. James Storm, The Briscoes, and Impact World Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers

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TNA Hall of Famer Bully Ray was a recent guest on 83 Weeks with Eric Bischoff to discuss a wide variety of subjects. 

During it, he looked back on dropping the TNA World Championship to Chris Sabin at Destination X back in 2013. Ray had an issue with it, but Bischoff calmed him down. 

Then-X Division Champion, Sabin had cashed in on “Option C” to challenge Bully at the pay-per-view.

“Eric [Bischoff] had to talk me off the ledge on that one. It was done for all the wrong reasons. I like Chris Sabin, I always have liked Chris Sabin. Me and D-Von against The Motor City Machine Guns we had great chemistry with them. Nobody has ever kicked out of the 3D except Chris Sabin. That to me was a big deal, me and D-Von protected our finish for so long that nobody had ever kicked out of it. He did. It was part of me and D-Von’s story.

“So all the props in the world to Chris Sabin, double thumbs up, yadda yadda yadda. That belt was never supposed to come off of me, it was supposed to stay on me for one year and I was supposed to drop it to AJ Styles at Bound For Glory the following year. But Chris Sabin had gotten injured and I don’t know how deep Eric wants to go into this. Sabin got injured and I don’t believe TNA wanted to pay for his surgery.

“I went to Eric and I was like ‘this is wrong, this is not right, they’re not gonna pop for him winning, they’re gonna pop for me losing, we’re putting him in a bad spot, he’s not gonna come out better on the other end of this’ and Eric agreed. I did not wanna see Chris Sabin fall on his face at this time because of this situation. Eric told me ‘nothing I can do about it, just go out there and lay down.’ Ok, no problem. It was way above my pay grade and anybody that tells you a different story is a f*cking liar.” 

[H/T: TJRWrestling]

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Jim Cornette gave his thoughts on various topics during his Jim Cornette Experience.

Cornette spoke about AEW President Tony Khan. Although Cornette is highly critical of the promotion, he did give Khan a lot of praise for the way he handled Jeff Hardy’s DUI arrest as he told Hardy he could stay in AEW if he went to rehab and Hardy did. The AEW star is currently suspended. 

“Well that’s probably the most professionally he’s handled anything yet. So good for Tony [Khan] and good for Jeff [Hardy] for being open for it at this point. It’s probably how he got asked also, I can see Tony Khan asking somebody to do something more nicely than John Laurinaitis.”

h/t Sportskeeda

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Lio Rush signed with WWE in 2017 where he worked in NXT before going to the main roster in 2018 then back to NXT in 2019 before being let go in 2020. Rush had a few different short runs in AEW in 2021 and 2022. 

While speaking with WrestleTalk, Rush was asked about the differences between the locker rooms in WWE and NXT. 

“I don’t think the locker rooms were all that different when it comes to the personalities. We’re all wrestlers, performers and entertainers at the end of the day. So I feel like nothing really stood out all that much other than the physical locker room we were in.

“I would say they were pretty similar, maybe NXT was a little more riled up because they were hungry and wanting to get to the main roster. On the main roster, it was a little bit more relaxed as if these people were at home and we were coming in to sit on the couch or open the refrigerator. There wasn’t really that much of a difference though.”

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Jim Ross recently talked about his health on his Grilling JR podcast. 

Ross shared some good news and not so good news. Here is what he had to say: 

“I had skin cancer. I got a lesion on my ankle the size of an orange. It’s ugly and grotesque. I got a text today from my oncologist. The good news is I don’t have skin cancer any longer, but the wound has not healed and it’s terribly painful. I’m going back to see my doctor. He’s got me on some strong antibiotics. I’m taking three of them a day which is strong for me. He’s going to turn me over to a wound specialist, which I’ve never even heard of. So I’m going to a wound specialist to see if I can get some relief from this bad thing and expedite the healing process.”

He continued, “Walking, standing on my feet for extended lengths of times is very challenging. Something that simplistic. I have to be careful and be smart not to bump into this wound. I have to keep this thing covered up and padded up so I don’t inadvertently bump into something on that wound, which is the kiss of death. My sheets wake me up. My sheets, lying on this wound when I don’t have it covered, is not good.”

H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription

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Former WWE star Fred Rosser has won gold for the first time in New Japan Pro Wrestling as he beat Tom Lawlor on Saturday’s episode of NJPW Strong to become the second Strong Openweight Champion.

The stipulation was that if he had lost the match, he would have had to leave the promotion.

This is the first major singles championship for Rosser. He previously found a WWE Tag Team Champion along with Titus O’Neil as The Prime Time Players.

Fred Rosser is refusing to give in in our main event, but may be left with no choice!

Watch NOW: https://t.co/ldAvP7PF1h#njpwSTRONG pic.twitter.com/RjwgMjWLWQ

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) June 26, 2022

#AndNEW!

CONGRATULATIONS to the second ever STRONG Openweight Champion, @realfredrosser!

A match for the ages on #njpwSTRONG! pic.twitter.com/MIBIElH9tu

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) June 26, 2022

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Toni Storm did an interview with TalkSport to discuss a wide range of topics.

During it, the AEW star spoke about wanting to appear for Stardom again. She worked for the promotion from 2016-2018 before signing with WWE. 

“The good thing about AEW is you are able to go outside and do more things that aren’t AEW. So I think there is potential for me to go and revisit Stardom and make an appearance there. I’m not sure how much I would be able to get out there because I’m full-time with AEW, but there is potential that could happen. Hopefully it does because I’d like to go and see all my friends back there. Stardom was a place I didn’t realize I had grown really close to. I had quite the life in Japan and I don’t want that to be gone forever. I want to revisit that. That would be really cool if that was an option.”

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WWE will hold Raw from Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, TX this Monday night. 

WrestleTix noted on Patreon the show has sold 6,943 tickets and there are 687 left. Here is the updated card for the show:

Kevin Owens vs. Ezekiel, Elias, or Elrod

John Cena returns

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During an interview with Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast, Kurt Angle discussed what his working relationship is like with Vince McMahon. 

They’ve been through a lot as Angle had been a top star then he left the promotion and returned for the final years of his career. 

“I have a great relationship with Vince. I did when I started. It got a little shady after I left. I was pretty bitter about what transpired with my injuries and the painkiller problem. It was just a lot going on at that particular time,” Angle said.

“I stopped contact with Vince when I went to TNA. But when WWE called me back from my retirement, we left off where we started. Basically, we became close again. He was always a father figure to me, and he still was when I returned to WWE.”

Quotes via WrestlingNews.co

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William Regal recently talked about a wide range of topics on his Gentleman Villain podcast. 

During it, he talked about the importance of making pins look believable in wrestling matches: 

“I’m a pin freak. I like to make my pins look good. I believe pins are the foundation of what we do. We are portraying trained professional fighters with instinct. You know you can beat somebody with a pin,” he began.

Regal went on to say, “One thing I will say, and people can laugh and I don’t care because I think I’ve earned my right to say this, that more people should take notice of the pins. Nobody pulls them up over this stuff.”

“Jim Ross sometimes calls out people on the pins and I will too. If you look back on a lot of my commentary in the early NXT stuff, if I don’t see a correct pin, I’m going to say why. Jim on AEW now will say why. Talent shouldn’t get offended at that. They think he’s burying them. They should look at that and say, ‘Maybe I should tighten my pins a little bit.’ He can’t kill his credibility as an announcer, and I wouldn’t as an announcer, by calling something a great pin when there is nothing covering either shoulder when you’re trying to pin somebody.”

“In a movie, I know a stuntman misses by about six inches when he hits somebody. But if you saw that in the fight scene in the movie, you wouldn’t watch it. You, not doing proper pins on people, that’s basically treating your audience with disrespect in my opinion. So I’m going to leave that and let the people create all kinds of fuss about that and I’m burying people. I’m not.”

H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription

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Road Dogg talked about  Sasha Banks & Naomi walking out on WWE during the latest edition of the “Oh…You Didn’t Know” podcast.

Banks and Naomi walked out of a Monday Night Raw last month. Last week Wrestling Inc.’s Raj Giri reported that Banks had been released by WWE although that news has yet to be confirmed. The latest word was Banks’ lawyer was working on the terms of her release. 

“I thought it was a work and the reason I thought it was a work was because they were talking about it so much on TV. Well, then I find out it’s not a work and they’re suspending them and they’re talking horrible about them on TV and I just thought that’s why it was a work because they were talking about them on TV like that. I think they did the same thing when Stone Cold left,” Road Dogg said.

“I don’t think it’s beneficial for anybody. (They could have said), ‘There were business differences and we are sorry to announce we have to take the titles from them and we’ll be holding a tournament.’ To me, that’s how you leave it and you don’t air dirty laundry because some of that dirty got on there because of you.”

“Naomi is the greatest thing in the world to work with and she would do anything you ask her. She always had ideas and suggestions. When she was on SmackDown, she was the SmackDown Women’s Champion when I was writing the show, that’s for dang sure. A joy to work with and an entertaining young lady. Sasha, same thing. Entertaining young lady, great wrestler, great professional wrestler, but had some stuff in the past where she bucked up against the system a little bit.”

“Now look, I know people, especially young people, go, ‘The system is rigged against them.’ Well, no, not really. The system sets it all up for success and they will never put you in a situation to bury you. You may feel buried, and that’s because you have an ego and your feelings get hurt. But that’s not what’s happening. It’s creative, professional wrestling decisions. It’s not to be taken seriously and live by,” he continued.

“I know people get on me about that, because I say that a lot. Like, it’s just pro wrestling, like it is in real life, I know. I love it. It’s been my life since I was born, and will probably be my life until I die. I have a passion for it that is unmatched. But if you have your priorities straight, it’s just pro wrestling, man. I’m making money. I’m on top of the world. We’re the tag champs. Look, the tag champs have kind of been doomed since they brought them in on every show because there’s just not enough strong talent to have a great tag division without doing a bunch of bastard tags.”

“Could they have been on TV winning every week? Yeah. But then you got seven weeks of TV and nothing at the end because you beat everybody that was worthy of having a match with you. It’s not easy writing an episodic television show, and for everybody out there sitting there who thinks it is, you’re wrong, and I’m okay by telling you that. It’s just not that easy.”

“My point is, if you’re making good money, and of course this comes from a 53 year old sober man of 11 years who lived it and learned it. I walked off and I threw my title in the production meeting and went home, my tag title. I’ve actually done what she did under different circumstances.”

“My wife was in the hospital with one lung and I had a newborn baby and a five year old son that was at home. I needed to get home. They said, ‘Well, can you do this match and we will fly you home in the morning?’ Well, they were just trying to keep everything copacetic, but I was in panic mode so I wouldn’t have it. I freaked out, cussed everybody out, threw my title, and acted like a big baby. But then they took care of everything. We did it the next week. Everything worked out fine. I was the one that acted like a big baby. But in retrospect now, I see that. At the time I thought, ‘You selfish, no good, sons of bee stings. You’re going to ask me to stay here?’ They were just trying to keep the show intact.”

Quotes via WrestlingNews.co

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Shotzi Blackheart made an appearance on Battleground Podcast to discuss a wide range of topics. 

During it, Shotzi talked about how much of her real true self is in the character she plays on TV:

“NXT Shotzi, or good guy Shotzi, the goofy, chaotic, daredevil, positive Shotzi is definitely me most of the time. But you might have noticed, my character has had a change of heart recently and she isn’t as positive, which is kind of oddly mirroring my life lately because I’ve been going through one of the most emotionally difficult times of my life (the loss of her dad and stepdad). I’ve kind of been channeling that anger and frustration I have at the world right now through wrestling and releasing it that way,” she said.

“It’s hard right now because it’s still fresh. I’m still trying to figure out this new me without my dad in my life. I was so close to them. I was never really close to my mom. My stepdad was like my mother figure, and my biological dad was obviously my father figure,” Shotzi continued.

“It’s weird. I try to do it in their honor. I really try to look at the bright side of things or try to find the light in the darkness. I’ve just been doing it for them and pushing through for them.”

H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription

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WWE’s streaming service, WWE Network, and Peacock have added a new compilation. 

It’s titled, The Best Of WWE: Money Matches and Moments. It has various matches from ECW.  This special is hosted by WWE The Bump’s Matt Camp and runs for three hours. Here is the synopsis: 

They say everyone’s got a price, and this collection of matches and moments centered around the almighty dollar proves it. Featured matches include “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase facing Virgil for the Million Dollar Title, and Andre The Giant taking on Big John Studd in a $15,000 Bodyslam Challenge at the first WrestleMania.

Here is the match and segment listing:

• Roddy Piper vs. Jack Brisco – Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 7/10/1982
• Take The Damn Money – Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 7/30/1983
• Harley Race vs. Ric Flair – Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling 9/10/1983
• Andre the Giant vs. Big John Studd – Wrestlemania I
• Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard – World Wide Wrestling 6/14/1987
• Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard – Great American Bash 7/18/1987
• Pressing Matters – NWA Pro Wrestling 2/13/1988
• A Million Dollar Presentation – Wrestling Challenge 3/4/1989
• Ted Dibiase vs. Virgil – SummerSlam 1991
• Razor Ramon vs. 1-2-3 Kid – RAW 6/21/1993
• Highway Robbery – RAW 1/25/1999
• Mankind vs. The Rock – Halftime Heat 1999
• Million Dollar Moves – NXT 4/27/2021
• Cameron Grimes vs. LA Knight – NXT TakeOver 36

Cha-ching!

Stream the all-new #BestofWWE Money Matches and Moments TODAY exclusively on @peacockTV in the U.S. and @WWENetwork everywhere else! pic.twitter.com/3GzttQ7naS

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) June 24, 2022

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Eric Bischoff shared his opinion on the Vince McMahon scandal during the latest episode of his 83 Weeks Podcast. 

McMahon is temporarily stepping down as CEO and Chairman of the company but will continue his role in creative while Stephanie McMahon is filling in as the interim CEO. This comes at a time when the company’s Board of Directors is investigating a hush-money settlement that Vince was part of with a former employee and other misconduct. 

“I was dumbfounded. Shocked. I can’t imagine anybody felt any differently. Even though it appears to be very temporaneous and not a permanent situation, at least that’s not the way it’s presented or the way I read it, but nonetheless, it’s a big damn deal and it did shock me,” Bischoff said.

“I feel bad for a lot of people. I still have a lot of friends in WWE that I do care about a lot. Regardless of how this ends up, it’s going to adversely affect a lot of people. How do you feel anything other than bad for people that you know and have affection for that are having to go through this? I feel bad for Bruce (Prichard). I sent Bruce a text Friday night during the show going, ‘Brother, one hell of a ride.’ To be sitting in that seat, to be there in the eye of that fu**ing hurricane, man I feel for a lot of people.”

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NJPW Strong Results 6/25/22
2300 Arena
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You can follow me on Twitter @JoshLopezMedia

Commentators: (Ian Riccaboni & Matthew Rehwoldt)

Transcription by Josh Lopez

First Match: David Finlay vs. Danny Limelight 

Limelight is playing mind games with Finlay. Finlay runs after Limelight. Limelight stomps on Finlay’s back. Limelight with clubbing blows to Finlay’s back. Finlay attacks the midsection of Limelight. Finlay with forearm shivers. Finlay with a knife edge chop. Limelight reverses out of the irish whip from Finlay. Finlay ducks a clothesline from Limelight. Finlay with The O’Connor Roll for a two count. Limelight drops down on the canvas. Limelight leapfrogs over Finlay. Finlay sends Limelight into the ropes. Finlay dropkicks Limelight. Finlay with a Snap Vertical Suplex for a one count. Finlay works on his joint manipulation game. Finlay stomps on the left elbow of Limelight. Finlay with two uppercuts. Finlay sends Limelight to the corner. Limelight side steps Finlay into the turnbuckle pad. Limelight blocks a boot from Finlay.

Limelight wraps the left leg of Finlay around the middle rope. Limelight dropkicks the left knee of Finlay. Limelight with a Fisherman’s Suplex for a one count. Finlay drives his elbow into the midsection of Limelight. Finlay with forearm shivers. Limelight kicks Finlay in the gut. Limelight kicks the left hamstring of Finlay. Limelight with two forearm smashes. Finlay goes for The Uranage BackBreaker, but Limelight lands back on his feet. Limelight delivers the chop block. Limelight slams the left knee of Finlay on the canvas. Limelight with The Slingshot Senton for a one count. Limelight toys around with Finlay.

Finlay with a knife edge chop. Limelight with a Spinning Back Kick. Limelight starts dancing. Finlay with a Back Body Drop. Finlay scores two forearm knockdowns. Limelight reverses out of the irish whip from Finlay. Finlay with a Corkscrew Uppercut. Finlay with a Running Uppercut. Finlay goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Limelight lands back on his feet. Limelight ducks a clothesline from Finlay. Finlay hits The Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count. Finlay goes for a Vertical Suplex, but Limelight counters with a high knee strike. Limelight applies The Heel Hook. Finlay with a back bridge cover for a one count. Limelight with clubbing hamstring kicks. Finlay responds with a Uranage BackBreaker. Finlay with an Inside Out Lariat. Finlay connects with The Trash Panda to pickup the victory. After the match, Finlay asks Limelight to shake his hand. Limelight spits at Finlay. Finlay nails Limelight with The Shillelagh.

Winner: David Finlay via Pinfall 

Second Match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Tony Deppen 

Deppen score an ankle pick. Chain grappling exchange. Suzuki applies The Cross-Arm-Breaker. Deppen with a quick cover for a two count. Deppen is trying to keep Suzuki grounded. Suzuki applies a standing leg lock. Deppen grabs the bottom rope which forces the break. Suzuki applies the single leg crab. Deppen shoves Suzuki. Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Hamstring Kick Exchange. Deppen with a forearm smash. Deppen with two uppercuts. Deppen follows that with Muay Thai Knee Strikes. Deppen with The Pump Kick. Suzuki ducks a clothesline from Deppen. Suzuki applies The Rope Assisted Arm-Bar. Suzuki pulls Deppen out of the ring. Suzuki whips Deppen into the steel barricade. Deppen tells Suzuki to bring it. Suzuki with two overhand chops. Suzuki slams Deppen’s head on the ring apron. Following a snap mare takeover, Suzuki blasts Deppen with The PK. Suzuki kicks Deppen in the back. Suzuki applies a rear chin lock. Suzuki transitions into a hammerlock.

Suzuki works on his joint manipulation game. Suzuki applies The Kimura Lock. Suzuki stomps on the left elbow of Deppen. Suzuki goes for The Gotch Style PileDriver, but Deppen counters with a forearm smash. Deppen with Muay Thai Knee Strikes. Deppen with three uppercuts. Suzuki fights out of the fireman’s carry position. Deppen side steps Suzuki into the red turnbuckle pad. Deppen with a back elbow smash. Deppen with a flying forearm smash. Deppen sweeps out the legs of Suzuki. Deppen hits The Shotgun Meteora for a two count. Suzuki reverses out of the irish whip from Deppen. Suzuki with The Helluva Kick. Following a snap mare takeover, Suzuki with another PK for a two count. Suzuki toys around with Deppen. Forearm Exchange. Deppen with a Pump Knee Strike. Deppen with The Spicolli Driver for a two count. Deppen sneezes at Suzuki. Deppen with a Sliding Forearm for a one count. Suzuki is pissed. Deppen slaps Suzuki in the chest. Suzuki ducks a clothesline from Deppen. Suzuki applies The Sleeper Hold. Suzuki rocks Deppen with a forearm smash. Suzuki connects with The Delayed Gotch Style PileDriver to pickup the victory.

Winner: Minoru Suzuki via Pinfall 

– There was a cleaning/disinfecting intermission during this broadcast.

Third Match: “Filthy” Tom Lawlor (c) vs. Fred Rosser For The NJPW Strong Openweight Championship. If Fred Rosser Loses, He’ll Leave NJPW Strong

Tiger Hattori joins the commentary team for this match. Forearm Exchange. Lawlor fights out of the fireman’s carry position. Lawlor applies The Sleeper Hold. Rosser transitions into The Chicken Wing. Second Forearm Exchange. Lawlor shoves Rosser. Lawlor with a drop toe hold. Lawlor applies a side headlock. Rosser with two forearm smashes. Lawlor answers with a Guillotine Choke. Rosser with three double handed chops. Rosser sends Lawlor to the corner. Lawlor kicks Rosser in the face. Rosser with another double handed chop. Lawlor drops Rosser with a Spin Kick. Lawlor with a Flying Crossbody Block to the outside. Lawlor poses for the crowd. Lawlor stomps on Rosser’s face. Lawlor whips Rosser into the steel barricade. Rosser with a Belly to Back Suplex on the ring apron. Lawlor gets back in the count of eight. Rosser with two clotheslines. Rosser dumps Lawlor out of the ring. Rosser with a Running Lariat on the floor. Rosser transitions into a ground and pound attack. Rosser drives Lawlor shoulder first into the steel ring post. Rosser applies The Chicken Wing around the ring post.

Rosser rakes the back of Lawlor. Lawlor denies The Belly to Back Suplex. Lawlor with an Apron Enzuigiri. Rosser denies The PowerBomb. Lawlor applies The Ankle Lock. Lawlor goes for a PowerBomb, but Rosser counters with a Leg Drop. Rosser with a Flying Leg Drop off the apron. Rosser rolls Lawlor back into the ring. Rosser with boxing elbows. Rosser unloads two knife edge chops. Rosser with two corner clotheslines. Rosser repeatedly stomps on Lawlor’s chest. Rosser with clubbing hip smashes. Rosser with a Running Hip Attack for a two count. Rosser goes into the lateral press for a two count. Rosser with another hip smash. Short-Arm Reversal by Lawlor. Lawlor with a Judo Throw. Lawlor whips Rosser out of the ring. Lawlor jumps on Rosser’s back. Lawlor drags Rosser towards the backstage area. The referee is losing control of the match. Lawlor is trying to get a count-out victory. Rosser is busted open. Team Filthy is blocking Rosser from his path. Rocky Romero, David Finlay and Alex Coughlin evens the odds for Rosser. Rosser gets back in the ring at the count of nineteen.

Rosser is receiving medical attention in the corner. Rosser still wants to fight. Lawlor with a Flying Knee Strike. Following a snap mare takeover, Lawlor repeatedly kicks Rosser in the back. Rosser blocks The PK. Rosser drops Lawlor with The Dragon Screw Leg Whip. Rosser is raining down forearms. Rosser applies an arm-bar. Lawlor denies The Figure Four Leg Lock. Lawlor blocks a boot from Rosser. Rosser repeatedly kicks Lawlor in the face. Rosser grabs another arm-bar. Lawlor reaches the ropes to create separation. Third Forearm Exchange. Lawlor with clubbing hamstring kicks. Lawlor with a forearm smash. Lariat Exchange. Lawlor applies the cravate. Lawlor with Muay Thai Knee Strikes. Lawlor applies The Guillotine Choke. Fourth Forearm Exchange. Rosser with a Running Death Valley Driver for a two count. Lawlor with Two Exploder Suplex’s. Rosser refuses to stay down. Lawlor with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Lawlor with a Pumphandle Exploder Suplex for a two count. Rosser clotheslines Lawlor in mid-air. Rosser with a forearm smash. Rosser hits The Gut Check.

Rosser goes for a Running Knee Strike, but Lawlor brings him down to the mat. Rosser escapes the submission predicament. Rosser with a Running Boot for a two count. HeadButt Exchange. Rosser with another Belly to Back Suplex on the apron. Lawlor applies The Rear Naked Choke. Rosser nails Lawlor with The Tombstone PileDriver on the floor. Rosser rolls Lawlor back into the ring. Rosser with a Short-Arm Lariat. Rosser with The Emerald Flowsion for a two count. Double Forearm. Lawlor goes back to The Sleper Rear Naked Choke. Lawlor transitions into a front face lock. Lawlor  with The TTD for a two count. Lawlor applies a straight jacket hold. Lawlor drives his knee into Rosser’s back. Lawlor with a Leg Capture Suplex for a two count. Lawlor connects with The Straight Jacket Kamigoye for a two count. Lawlor kisses Rosser’s open wound. Lawlor applies The Rear Naked Choke. Rosser climbs up to the middle turnbuckle. Rosser refuses to quit. Rosser drives Lawlor back first into the canvas. Rear Naked Choke Exchange. Rosser applies The Chicken Wing. Rosser hammers down on the back of Lawlor’s neck. Rosser makes Lawlor tap out to The Chicken Wing STF.

Winner: New NJPW Strong Openweight Champion, Fred Rosser via Submission 

Checkout Episode 315 of The Hoots Podcast 

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The AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door pay-per-view event will take place this Sunday from Chicago, IL. 

The Road To Countdown show is now online, which hypes some top matches on the card.

Interim AEW World Championship Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jon Moxley

IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hangman Page vs. Adam Cole

Vacant AEW All-Atlantic Championship Four Way Match: Pac vs. Miro vs. Malakai Black vs. Clark Connors

Six-Man Tag Team Match: Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki vs. Eddie Kingston, Wheeler Yuta & Shota Umino 

IWGP U.S. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. Orange Cassidy

AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa vs. Toni Storm 

ROH World and IWGP Tag Team Championships Winner Takes All Three-Way Match: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (ROH) vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan) (IWGP) vs. Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent)

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. TBA

The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and El Phantasmo (w/ Hikuleo) vs. Dudes with Attitudes (Darby Allin, Sting) and Shingo Takagi

Buy-In: Max Caster & Gunn Club (Billy Gunn, Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) vs. LA Dojo (Yuya Uemura, Alex Coughlin, Kevin Knight & The DKC)

Buy-In: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto vs. Aaron Solo and QT Marshall

Buy-In: Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and El Desperado

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Bully Ray shared his opinion on Aces & Eights during the latest episode of his 83 Weeks Podcast. 

It was a biker wrestling faction at a time when FX’s “Sons Of Anarchy” was popular: 

“I was never a fan of Sons of Anarchy. I never really watched it. I heard about it because it was so popular. The boys would be talking about it and it was out there in mainstream media. I was never into the whole biker thing. It’s not my thing. I know Eric was and a lot of the guys liked to ride,” Bully Ray said.

“I’ll never forget where I was standing when Eric approached me backstage at TNA when we used to record at Universal. Me and Eric had been establishing more of a relationship since he had taken over creative. I was doing the Bully thing, but I was doing my version of Bully, and not what was about to be presented to me. Eric said to me, ‘Did you ever see yourself as the leader of a motorcycle group?’ In my head, I’m like, ‘This is the worst fu**ing idea that’s ever been told to me.’”

Bully continued, “I’m not into the motorcycle thing. Just thoughts of like The Undertaker’s motorcycle gang group or any other motorcycle gang group that had ever been in pro wrestling comes to mind and I was like, no this is not what I want to do. This is not my vision of Bully Ray. But if the booker is coming up to you with a plan, you know he’s pulling you aside for a reason. I think my exact line is, ‘If you think that’s the best utilization of the character Bully Ray, I’m on board.’”

H/T to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription

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Toni Storm did an interview with TalkSport to discuss her time in WWE and the differences between WWE and AEW. Here are the highlights: 

NXT being different to the main roster in WWE:

“It’s a totally different thing. Even NXT in America I felt was a vastly different thing to what it was in the UK. I felt like it was different. It’s all different people running it. A whole different group. So your day will be totally different. I had a great time in NXT, but obviously it was time to move on from that. I felt an overwhelming pressure to move to the United States and find success in wrestling, so there I was. All great experiences.”

AEW failing to get Japanese women on the Forbidden Door card:

“I’m sure the ideal plan would have been to have a girl come over from Stardom but I do believe they have a pay-per-view on that day and also, like VISAs and stuff I would imagine with COVID – I don’t know. The best they’ve got is Toni Storm [laughs] don’t worry, I was in Stardom. Leave it with me!”

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WrestleTix put together a list of the attendance figures for the WWE and AEW television shows from this week.

This week Raw topped the list while Dynamite was the least attended show. Here’s the list:

WWE Raw – Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, NE – 5,915 sold

AEW Dynamite – Milwaukee, WI at the UWM Panther Arena – 4,336 sold

WWE SmackDown – Moody Center in Austin, Texas –  5,596 sold

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According to TV Series Finale, last night’s episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX drew an average of 2.12 million viewers, a drop from the previous week’s overnight number of 2.274 million. They scored a rating of 0.5 in the 18-49 demographic, which was a strong #2 on the evening.

The blue-brand went up against Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Colorado Avalanche and the Tampa Bay Lightning, which dominated in the ratings and key demographics. The show saw Gunther successfully defend the I.C. title against Ricochet as WWE edges closer to their Money In The Bank pay-per-view.

Full ratings will be out on Monday.

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