NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly defended their titles against The Creed Brothers at Saturday’s WWE NXT In Your House event.
The match, held in Orlando, Florida at the Performance Center on Peacock, the challengers controlled the action early and even had them in double submissions. The champions eventually got in control and beat down Julius for a few minutes. Brutus got the hot tag and just started throwing Elton around. The finish saw Brutus hit a powerslam then Julius with a shooting star press.
Pretty Deadly made their NXT 2.0 debut by attacking The Creed Brothers in March as they were revealed as the mystery team that had previously attacked The Creed Brothers at NXT Roadblock.
Pretty Deadly won the NXT Tag Team titles in a gauntlet match on April 12 after the titles had been declared vacant due to Nash Carter of MSK being released by WWE.
WWE holds the fallout episode from this show of NXT on Tuesday. It will be interesting to see if WWE continues this feud or goes in a different direction. Either way, they put on one heck of a match that delivered.
NXT North American Champion Cameron Grimes defended the title against Carmelo Hayes at Saturday’s (June 4, 2022) WWE NXT In Your House event in Orlando, Florida at the Performance Center on Peacock.
The match saw them go back and forth early. Grimes botched a move and Hayes hit a major league codebreaker for 2, which Grimes sold very well. Grimes with a posionronna that sent Hayes to the floor and Grimes followed it up with an outside dive. The finish saw Grimes miss a dive in the corner and Hayes hit the leg drop off the top rope.
The bout was announced on the May 10th edition of NXT during a n in-ring promo segment with Grimes and Solo Sikoa as Sikoa declared himself the top contender, which Grimes agreed with. However, he would only give him the shot if he could get by Hayes. Hayes and Trick Williams then attacked Grimes, but Sikoa made the save.
They worked a tag team bout against Hayes and Williams on the May 17th edition of NXT.
Grimes retained the North American title in a triple threat match against Hayes and Sikoa at Spring Breakin\’ after winning the title on WrestleMania weekend at NXT Stand & Deliver by beating Hayes, Sikoa, Grayson Waller, and Santos Escobar in a five-way ladder match.
Io Shirai was the top star in the WWE NXT women’s division prior to the last months of the black and gold brand, but she was put into a tag team after the brand was revamped and went to NXT 2.0.
Io hasn’t been seen on WWE television for a while and there’s a good reason for that as the former NXT Women’s Champion is injured.
Fightful Select reports Shirai is out of action with an injury. It’s unclear exactly what the injury is, but she hasn’t wrestled in over two months so it’s serious enough that fans might be waiting even longer to see her return to in-ring action.
One source said that they hope that Shirai is healed up by the summer. With Io being one of the best wrestlers in the whole company and WWE continuing to move forward with younger stars with no wrestling background, WWE could really use a veteran with her skills around.
Shirai hasn’t worked a match since NXT Stand and Deliver where NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose defeated Cora Jade, Shirai, and Kay Lee Ray in a fatal 4-way bout.
Arn Anderson now has the trademark rights to “The Four Horsemen” term after applying for it last September under his real name of Marty Lunde with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Anderson announced the news today on Twitter by writing the following:
“Great news for Horsemen fans! I now own the 4 Horsemen trademark and for those fans that missed out on original 4 Horsemen merchandise, it will soon be available on BoxOfGimmicks.com.”
Anderson had been dealing with some issues while trying to get the rights to the trademark due to Notre Dame University as there was a group of players known as the Four Horsemen on Coach Knute Rockne’s 1924 team. Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden were part of the football faction.
Anderson, Ric Flair, Ole Anderson, and Tully Blanchard were the original members of the group alongside manager JJ Dillion. They became a top faction in Jim Crockett Promotions and later WCW.
Flair, Anderson, Blanchard, Lex Luger, Dillon, and Barry Windham are set to reunite at Starrcast V on July 30th.
Flair, Arn, Tully, Windham, and Dillon as the Four Horsemen were inducted into the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame.
AEW stars Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti are now engaged to be married as the former TNT Champion popped the big question to his girlfriend in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and she said yes.
TMZ broke the news on Friday afternoon. They’ve been dating since December. Conti was wearing a pink, rose-gold colored dress while Sammy had a green suit.
After saying yes, Tay showed off the ring that her soon-to-be husband gave her and she had a big smile on her face as they celebrate the special moment.
Sammy Guevara & Tay Conti\’s Relationship
Sammy Guevara proposes to Tay Conti (Photo: TMZ)
Sammy was previously engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Pam, last August before they split up.
Since going public with their relationship, they’ve been paired together on AEW television. As of late, Sammy has been in a feud with Men of the Year as Scorpio Sky beat Sammy to win the TNT Title.
At this past Sunday’s AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event, Men Of The Year (Ethan Page & Sky) & Paige VanZant defeated Frankie Kazarian, Guevara & Conti in a six-person tag team match, which marked the in-ring debut of the former UFC star.
Curtis Axel is officially back in WWE after being seen on Monday’s episode of Raw.
Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Axel is working as a producer for the company. He had been doing the job on a tryout basis but is now back full-time.
On Raw, he joined Shawn Daivari and Shane Helms in helping separate a brawl between Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins to further build their third match at this Sunday’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event.
He first returned to WWE in April as a producer as he worked with Tyson Kidd to put together a women’s match for an episode of SmackDown. Former WWE star Ariya Daivari also had a tryout match for a producing spot on this same show, but it’s unclear whether he was hired.
Axel was released by WWE in April 2020 alongside other talent, but at the time, his release was said to be separate from the others that were let go due to WWE cutting back on expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to his release, Axel was used sparingly as he worked three matches over the previous five months with his last bout on February 28th where he lost to Daniel Bryan on SmackDown.
All Elite Wrestling has removed MJF from its wrestler roster page following his promo segment on Wednesday’s Dynamite.
His merchandise page has also been pulled from AEW Shop.
On Dynamite, MJF cut a promo where he talked about how he has been the one to carry the company on his back, but is tired of watching AEW President Tony Khan be a mark who brings in former WWE stars and pays them more than him.
MJF demanded that Khan fire him before the audio to his microphone was cut. This appears to be a worked shoot storyline where they mix in reality and storyline with the idea of making fans guess what is real and scripted.
Brian Pillman did the same thing in 1996 when he was in a similar situation as he worked everyone into thinking that he was fired by WCW and even got his release from the promotion with Eric Bischoff in on it, but ended up doing it so he could get a big money deal from WWE.
Another work shoot situation happened in 2011 when CM Punk dropped his pipebomb promo and won the WWE Title on what was the final night on his WWE deal while pretending he was leaving when he actually signed a new contract.
MJF\’s contract with AEW expires on January 1, 2024.
ROH is expected to return to pay-per-view in July, according to a new report by Fightful.
The report stated AEW talent has been told that ROH Death Before Dishonor is being planned for the weekend of July 23, 2022 with the expectation that it will take place in Lowell, Massachusetts. A venue is not known for the event.
ROH owner Tony Khan spoke to ESPN regarding the future of the promotion in April after holding the SuperCard of Honor event:
\”I\’ve been having more conversations with WarnerMedia about what we can do together to grow Ring of Honor,\” Khan said. \”I think it would make sense for Ring of Honor to continue as a weekly series and major events, like we just had with Supercard.\”
Jonathan Gresham told Fightful recently that ROH would be starting back up soon. As noted, company also filed to trademark two potential new logos last month.
The first Death Before Dishonor took place on July 19, 2003 that featured Samoa Joe defending the ROH World Championship against Paul London in the main event. The promotion has held the show every year except for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ric Flair is once again teaming up with WWE as well as FOX Sports\’ Tom Rinaldi for a new documentary that is promising to give fans their most unprecedented look yet at legendary pro wrestling.
The documentary will be two hours that will feature \”never before revealed history about him. No further details on when it is set to release or on what platform were revealed.
Woooo! @RicFlairNatrBoy, Tom Rinaldi and @WWE enter partnership on an unprecedented 2 hour documentary featuring never-before-revealed history about the one and only Nature Boy! pic.twitter.com/0IZZf4J7CY
This will be Flair’s first project with WWE since he was granted his release back on August 3, 2021. ESPN previously did a “30 for 30” documentary about his life and career.
Flair was heavily criticized after Vice TV’s Dark Side of the Ring episode covering “The Plane Ride From Hell” aired last year because of the allegations made against him.
The episode featured an interview from Heidi Doyle, former a flight attendant, who alleged that he exposed himself to her while wearing a robe and forced her to touch his penis. At the time, CarShield decided to pause their commercials featuring Flair, but they continued their relationship with the WWE Hall Of Famer. Flair denied the allegations at the time.
Flair is coming out of retirement for what is touted as his final match on July 31 at the Starrcast event in Nashville, TN that will air on FITE.TV. Flair is expected to team with AEW\’s FTR against The Rock N’ Roll Express and a mystery partner.
The situation between MJF and AEW President Tony Khan has been a hot topic for months that escalated this past weekend for Double Or Nothing after MJF missed the fan fest on Saturday.
As scheduled, MJF showed up to Double or Nothing where he lost in a quick match to Wardlow. He later told Fightful\’s Sean Ross Sapp that he had a lot to think about after the match as his AEW deal runs through January 1, 2024 and is expected to have a bidding war for his services between AEW and WWE.
Khan spoke to Andreas Hale on The Corner podcast on Friday night where he was asked about MJF\’s situation. However, he won’t comment on MJF’s contract details.
\”I can\’t…he\’s been a big part of the company from day one, but I can\’t really speculate on what he\’s been saying about stuff that is unrelated to his match with Wardlow. It\’s not related to what we\’re talking about on television.”
MJF has stated that he will go where the money goes and will listen to an offer from WWE when he’s free and clear to do so. Khan was asked if he was surprised by MJF\’s comments regarding his contract.
\”No, I\’m not surprised, for a variety of reasons. Coming out of this weekend, as of now and everything he\’s done in AEW, he\’s been a huge part of the success of the company and he\’s signed here for a long time. It\’s 2022, and 2024 is a long way away.\”
MJF was spotted at LAX on Tuesday and is reportedly having a meeting with Khan this week. It’s likely that meeting is happening at Wednesday’s Dynamite.
The May 31, 2022 episode of WWE NXT aired live on the USA Network from Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center.
WWE NXT Results
Pretty Deadly defeated Diamond Mine
Cora Jade defeated Elektra Lopez
Wes Lee defeated Xyon Quinn
Solo Sikoa defeated Duke Hudson
Grayson Waller defeated Josh Briggs
Ivy Nile defeated Kiana James
Cameron Grimes defeated Nathan Frazer
Here are the takeaways from this week’s show:
Thea Hail’s Announcement
Thea Hail stated in a pre-tape last week that she would be graduating from high school and had been accepted to many colleges. She said she would announce what college she’s going to on this show.
This week, footage aired of Hail graduating High School. Thea went to a press conference seat with a bunch of College caps in front of her. She teased going to Notre Dame, but said she’s going to attend Andre Chase University…
WWE did the final build on this show for the upcoming match between Joe Gacy and NXT Champion Bron Breakker at this Saturday’s In Your House special.
Gacy did a pre-taped promo about how Bron used to watch his father wrestle all over the world and would wrestle with his brothers at home. He saw his father’s strength and power. He took his talents to the football field and went to the redzone. Gacy said Bron knew his aggression needed to be in the squared circle and rose up the NXT rankings. He said he learned everything about Bron from his time with Rick Steiner. Gacy said Bron’s family handles things with violence and wants Bron to bring all of his anger so he can become NXT Champion.
Gacy was interviewed backstage and said he wouldn’t lose the title to Gacy. There was the sound of Gacy laughing and bron freaked out, but before he tossed a TV, he calmly put it down. Bron said being predictable wasn’t a weakness and he plans to rip Gacy apart.
Cora Jade vs. Elektra Lopez in a singles match took place.
This match was set up last week when Jade appeared in the crowd during Lopez’s match against Alba Fyre and after Fyre won, Lopez smacked the popcorn out of Jade’s hand.
The match saw Jade make a late comeback before going over with her finisher.
Cameron Grimes vs. Nathan Frazer in a singles match took place.
This bout came before Grimes defends the North American Title against Carmelo Hayes at In Your House.
The bout was saved for the main event. It was a fun match that had elements of the old NXT. Grimes went over with his finisher. Post-match, Hayes attacked Grimes, but Grimes got the better of him.
WWE booked a Championship Summit featuring Women’s Tag Team Champions Gigi Dolin and Jacey Jayne & NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose and Wendy Choo, Kayden Carter & Katana Chance.
Rose will defend her title against Choo while Dolin and Jayne will defend their titles against Chance and Carter at Saturday’s In Your House special.
Last week Chance and Carter attacked Dolin and Jayne backstage as they were walking with Rose to the ring. They also brawled around ringside during a match between Rose and Indi Hartwell. After Rose defended the NXT Women’s title against Hartwell, Choo attacked her and dumped a bag full of balls on Rose before holding up her title.
They signed the contracts for the matches. Toxic Attraction bragged about how they’ve been champions for a reason and the challengers are over their heads.Rose cut a promo about she’s better than Wendy, who launched a spit ball on her. They brawled and Wendy put her through a table.
Windham Rotunda, aka Bray Wyatt, sent out some interesting tweets that have seemingly hinted that he’s ready to step back into the squared circle again after being away for a while. He said the horrible suffering he was dealing with has disappeared and now it burns.
“Everything good that’s ever happened to me, first came a period horrible suffering. I never ask why, I just wait for the rough part to end. I was chosen for whatever reason. And I’ve got shit to do. It doesn’t hurt anymore, it burns. I’m ready now.”
There was also a red circle at the end of the tweet, which some fans thought was another indication that he’s come full circle and implied a WWE return, but there have not been any reports to confirm that at all. He sent out another tweet that reads the following:
“I’m tired of watching. Tired of hearing irrelevant clowns speculate how I’ll be perceived. Tired of hearing about my greed, my desire questioned. Wherever and whenever I decide to return, I’ll remind everyone why they know my name. Again. And again. Believe in me. #IFoundIt.”
In a follow-up tweet, Wyatt noted, “Patience. It’s almost time.”
It’s been previously reported that after Rotunda was let go by WWE, AEW and Impact Wrestling were interested in signing him. However, his asking price is said to be very high. It looks like we may find out soon what his next move is.
Everything good that’s ever happened to me, first came a period horrible suffering. I never ask why, I just wait for the rough part to end. I was chosen for whatever reason. And I’ve got shit to do. It doesn’t hurt anymore, it burns.
I’m tired of watching. Tired of hearing irrelevant clowns speculate how I’ll be perceived. Tired of hearing about my greed, my desire questioned. Wherever and whenever I decide to return, I’ll remind everyone why they know my name. Again. And again. Believe in me.#IFoundIt
Jake Atlas (Kenny Sanchez) has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery (domestic assault).
The police report obtained by PWinsider.com notes it happened on May 23 after police responded to the domestic violence call at 12:57 AM.
Atlas was out drinking and called his partner to come pick him up, which led to him wanting his partner to drink with him and then go with him back to a female friend\’s house to take part in sexual activities. His partner said in the report, \”he [the partner] showed the female half more attention than Atlas, which upset Atlas. This started a huge verbal argument between him and Atlas.\”
Atlas allegedly became physically aggressive and charged his partner. A witness stepped in to prevent an attack. Although Atlas\’ partner left, he followed and attempted to attack. Atlas scratched his victim and tore his tank top before the witness separated them.
The witness agreed to let Atlas in to get his dog but didn\’t leave. His partner then called the police, feeling Atlas would not leave or calm down. Atlas signed a no-contact order agreeing to have no communication and to stay 500 feet away from the victim on the same day he was arrested. He was released from jail and is set to appear before Orange County, Florida court on June 28 where he will be officially arraigned.
Atlas is currently recovering from a torn ACL that he suffered during an AEW Rampage taping in January and underwent surgery in February.
Miro and Lana (CJ Perry) have a fun new project in the works that they teased on Instagram today.
Lana shared a video of her husband acting out a fight scene for a new web series that will be made available on her website, CJPerry.com where they pretend that he punched her. She wrote the following details in the caption of the video and noted that they do not support domestic violence of any kind:
“Jedi Girlfriend” sketches coming to CJPERRY.COM ! Subscribe !!!! BTS rehearsal! Want to see @tobemiro as a Jedi Bounty hunter ????? ?? ps. We do not support domestic violence of any kind! This is just SKETCH COMEDY! Pure Cotten candy entertainment!
Thank you to everyone that was involved! @montygeer @freddyjohnjames @editorialonmars @jeffkarr526 @ahmedlovesbread @ben.hanning @universalcrush @dash_aarniokoski.”
After departing from WWE, he ended up signing with AEW in 2020 and later won the TNT Title before losing it to Sammy Guevara. He hasn’t been active in the ring since losing to Bryan Danielson in an AEW Title Eliminator tournament match at Full Gear in November as he had been sidelined with a hamstring injury. He is medically cleared, but waiting for creative from AEW. He signed a four-year contract extension this past March.
Perry has continued to model and launched her website where she earns great money following her WWE departure in 2021.
Former TNA Wrestling commentator Don West is battling cancer for a second time after originally announcing last June that he had been diagnosed with brain lymphoma and he would begin treatment.
Things looked better last September when he announced the cancer was in remission after doing 8 weeks of chemotherapy and 13 treatments of radiation. Unfortunately, in December, it was announced his cancer had returned and he was battling it with chemotherapy.
PWInsider recently reported treatment had not worked as well as expected and now the brain tumor is “twice the size it has been”. West had been exploring stem cell treatment but due to the tumor size doctors are not progressing with those plans.
Impact Wrestling’s Scott D’Amore mentioned this past weekend that he will match 100% of all donations made to West’s GoFundMe Campaign through this Friday. He wrote the following:
“Folks, ?@IMPACTWRESTLING? OG ?@DonWestDeals? is one of the best humans to ever walk this planet. Let’s rally around DW! Any donations made by midnight EST Friday will be matched dollar for dollar. It’s currently at $34,776 so keep me honest.”
We wish him all of the best in fighting this.
Folks, ?@IMPACTWRESTLING? OG ?@DonWestDeals? is one of the best humans to ever walk this planet. Let’s rally around DW!
Any donations made by midnight EST Friday will be matched dollar for dollar. It’s currently at $34,776 so keep me honest https://t.co/w8qyJH5Du1
The highly anticipated match between CM Punk and Adam Page for the AEW World Heavyweight Title took place in the main event of this year’s Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The match saw Punk gain the advantage early before they went back and forth. Page with a moonsault off the top rope to the floor. Page with the deadeye and the referee stopped the count before Punk kicked out. Page caught him with the GTS for 2. Punk went for the GTS and there was a referee bump. Page thought about hitting Punk with the belt, but didn’t and Punk connects with the GTS for the win.
All Elite Wrestling announced the bout on the April 27th edition of Dynamite after Punk served as guest commentator for a Dax Harwood vs. Cash Wheeler match.
Punk said that he will not guarantee a win against Page, but that every match since he joined AEW has been warming up to this. He promised to \”fight until the wheels come off.\” Two weeks prior, they had a brief face-to-face staredown.
The match marked Punk\’s first World Title bout since July 2013 when he challenged for the WWE World Heavyweight Title match against Alberto Del Rio at a house show in Atlanta, a match that Punk won by disqualification.
Page became the AEW World Title when he defeated Kenny Omega at Full Gear in November 2021.
Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus) had the deck stacked against them when they defended the AEW Tag Team Titles against Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs in a triple threat match at this year’s Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The match was wild. There was a scary spot where Starks fell off the apron and landed on his neck. Strickland hit an outside dive then Lee. Lee and Strickland hit a powerbomb/foot stomp combo on Jungle Boy. Jurassic Express hit their finisher for the win.
That bout was set up on the May 18th edition of Dynamite when Lee and Strickland defeated The WorkHorsemen, which earned them a spot in the top five tag team rankings.
Post-match, Starks, and Hobbs confronted Strickland and Lee before Christian Cage, Luchasaurus, and Jungle Boy appeared where Cage issued the pay-per-view challenge to both teams.
Jurassic Express won the Tag Team Titles on the January 5th edition of Dynamite by beating The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix). Heading into this show, they held the titles for over 140 days.
Time will tell whether AEW continues this feud or goes into a different direction heading into Wednesday’s Dynamite.
During Saturday’s AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event, Andrade El Idolo did a segment with his lawyer where he cut a promo about how he hates the name AFO and he’s not here to lose. He called the group losers. He has a new business partner and that is RUSH.
The segment was taped in advance as Andrade is on his honeymoon after getting married to Charlotte Flair this past Friday.
RUSH is best known for his time in MLW, NJPW, CMLL and Ring of Honor. He made his in-ring debut in 2007 before changing his name in 2009 while working for CMLL. He is a former CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion, CMLL World Tag Team Champion, CMLL World Trios Champion and Mexican National Trios Champion. He’s also a former two-time ROH World Heavyweight Champion.
He had been working for AAA as of late where he joined Killer Kross, L.A. Park and Konnan in a new group called La Facción Ingobernable. RUSH’s time in ROH wrapped up in January as he was among the names to be let go by ROH before the promotion was sold to AEW President Tony Khan.
Thunder Rosa made her latest title defense as the AEW Women’s Champion against Serena Deeb at the Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
They went back and forth early. They traded submissions. The crowd was dead for this match. Rosa with her finisher for the win.
The challenge was issued on the May 4th edition of Dynamite following a confrontation between the champion and the new challenger. Rosa called out the number one contender, which was Deeb, on this show. Deeb stated that in order for the AEW women’s division to be the best in the world, the best wrestler in the world needed to be champion, and she considered herself on another level. Deeb stated that she would be taking the title from Rosa at Double or Nothing, she would be taking the title.
Deeb became the top ranked AEW women’s wrestler after defeating Hikaru Shida in a street fight.
Time will tell whether AEW continues this feud or goes into a different direction heading into Wednesday’s Dynamite.
What are your thoughts on Thunder Rosa retaining the AEW Women’s Title? Was this the right call by AEW officials? Sound off in the comment section.
Ruby Soho vs. Britt Baker battled it out in the finals of the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament at the AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The match saw Baker dominate the majority of it. Baker with the stomp for 2. Ruby eventually fought her way back. Ruby with a head kick then went for the sharpshooter, but Baker got to the bottom rope. The finish saw Baker reverse a roll up with one of her own. Post-match, Martha Hart came out for a speech.
There were several qualifying matches to earn your way into the bracket including Toni Storm defeat The Bunny, Jamie Hayter beat Skye Blue, Hikaru Shida over Julia Hart, Red Velvet beat Willow Nightingale, Ruby Soho defeat Robyn Renegade, Dr. Britt Baker DMD defeated Danielle Kamela, and Riho over Yuka Sakzaki.
The opening round matches featured Toni Storm defeating Jamie Hayter on May 11, Ruby Soho defeating Riho on May 13, Dr. Britt Baker DMD beating Maki Itoh on May 18, and Kris Statlander defeating Red Velvet on May 20.
The semi-final matches saw Britt Baker defeated Toni Storm on May 25 and Ruby Soho vs Kris Statlander on May 27
What are your thoughts on Baker winning the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament? Was this the right call by AEW officials? Sound off in the comment section.
Adam Cole vs. Samoa Joe battled it out in the finals of the Men’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament at the AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The match was back and fourth. Bobby Fish interfered late in the match and that allowed Cole to hit several kicks and the boom knee to the back of the head for the win.
There were several qualifying matches to earn your way into the bracket including Joe over Max Caster, Kyle O’Reilly defeated Jungle Boy, Adam Cole beat Tomohiro Ishii, Dax Harwood defeated Cash Wheeler, Darby Allin over Swerve Strickland, Jeff Hardy beat Bobby Fish, and Rey Fenix defeated Dante Martin.
The opening round matches featured Jeff Hardy defeating Darby Allin on May 11, Adam Cole defeating Dax Harwood on May 11, Kyle O’Reilly over Rey Fenix on May 18, and Samoa Joe defeating Johnny Elite on May 18.
Joe defeated Kyle O’Reilly in the second semifinal match to advance, submitting O’Reilly with a rear naked choke while Cole beat Hardy in his semi-final match to reach the finals.
What are your thoughts on Cole winning the Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament? Was this the right call by AEW officials? Sound off in the comment section.
Athena, formerly known as Ember Moon, and Stokely Hathaway, formerly known as Malcolm Bivens, are now All Elite.
The former WWE stars made their debut when AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill beat Anna Jay at the AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event. Stokely came out towards the end of the match and aligned with Jade. Following the match, Kris Statlander hit the ring to confront Jade. Athena was in as well to confront Jade.
AEW President Tony Khan made them signing official as he posted that they’re All Elite, a confirmation they’ve signed full-time deals with the promotion.
Athena was among the names to be let go by WWE on November 4th. Her last match under the WWE banner was a loss to WWE NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose on the October 5th edition of NXT.
While with WWE, she was a one-time Women’s and one-time Tag Team Champion in NXT.
Hathaway came from EVOLVE before going to WWE where he was used as a manager, most notably for the Diamond Mine Faction. He was released one month ago.
The highly anticipated match between MJF and Wardlow did take place as scheduled at the AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view event despite the speculation regarding MJF’s status for the show.
The match had the stipulation that if Wardlow won then he\’ll be free from the contract that he signed with MJF, but if MJF won then Wardlow can never sign with AEW. MJF was heavily booed by the fans, who chanted “he showed up.” MJF did a hurricanrana and MJF sold his leg like an injury. MJF tried to use the diamond ring, but was caught. Wardlow hit over 5 powerbombs in a row for the win. MJF was stretched from ringside.
Over the last 24 hours, MJF\’s status has been the main point of conversation after he no-showed Saturday’s Fan Fest meet and greet. AEW has yet to comment publicly on the situation. Then he booked a flight out of Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night to Newark, NJ, but didn’t get on the plane and stayed in Las Vegas.
Earlier this month, it was reported by Fightful that MJF is leaning towards leaving AEW when his contract expires in 2024. MJF signed a five-year deal with AEW in 2019.
AEW President Tony Khan spoke about MJF\’s contract situation being mentioned on screen during a media call ahead of Double or Nothing and stated that he thinks it’s great that MJF has been able to address some real-life grievances and air his actual status.
Congratulations to Charlotte Flair and Andrade El Idolo on their wedding as the ceremony took place today.
They had plenty of friends there to watch the ceremony including several wrestlers such as Apollo Crews, Finn Balor, Rey Mysterio, and Lina Fanene (Nia Jax).
The belief is that they started seeing each other in 2018 and went public with their relationship in 2019. Although there were rumors that they broke up earlier this year, their love is stronger than it’s ever been.
— Lucha Libre Online (@luchalibreonlin) May 28, 2022
Charlotte took time off from WWE after WrestleMania Backlash where she dropped the SmackDown Women’s Title to Ronda Rousey in an I Quit Match. WWE noted that Flair has a fractured radius as a way to write her off television.
There is no word yet on when she will return to WWE television although she is advertised for a SmackDown TV event in July so it appears she will be back in time for SummerSlam.
The May 24, 2022 episode of WWE NXT aired live on the USA Network from Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center.
WWE NXT Results
Channing \’Stacks\’ Lorenzo & Troy \’Two Dimes\’ Donovan def. Malik Blade & Edris Enofe.
Tiffany Stratton def. Fallon Henley to advance to the finals of the breakout tournament.
Sanga def. Wes Lee.
Alba Fyre def. Elektra Lopez.
Roxanne Perez def. Lash Legend to advance to the finals of the breakout tournament.
Duke Hudson def. Bron Breakker via DQ
Bron Breakker vs. Duke Hudson
NXT Champion Bron Breakker vs. Duke Hudson was the top match on the card.
It was set up last week when Breakker walked through a backstage interview with Hudson and McKenzie Mitchell. The champ ignored Hudson, who then interrupted a Breakker interview in the parking lot later and challenged him to a match for next week.
The match was pretty one-sided, but Bron lost his cool once Joe Gacy came out and Bron hit Hudson with a chair several times. This played into their In your House stipulation as if Bron gets DQ’d then he will lose the title.
NXT Women’s Champion Mandy Rose vs. Indi Hartwell was featured on this show.
It was set up last week on NXT as Hartwell cut a promo discussing her newfound independence as her association with Persia Pirotta and Dexter Lumis. This storyline ended when Pirotta and Lumis ended when both were released last month.
The match was in the middle of the show. Rose went over after kicking Indie, who was distracted due to an outside brawl with Toxic Attraction going on.
Post-match, Wendy Choo attacked Rose from behind and then dumped various basketballs on her. Choo stood over her with the Women’s Title.
Lash Legend vs. Roxanne Perez and Lash Legend vs. Roxanne Perez took place in the semifinals.
Perez and Stratton went over in their matches. McKenzie Mitchell announced that Nikkita Lyons is injured and couldn’t compete in the NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament Semifinals. It was said that Nikkita suffered a freak injury in training. Stratton replaced her.
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