Impact Wrestling has announced that this year\’s Slammiversary will take place Saturday, July 17th from Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The event will air live on pay-per-view.
This will be the 17th installment of Impact\’s annual anniversary event. The event trailer, seen below, features flashes of former Impact stars such as Samoa Joe, Mickie James, Chelsea Green, Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, and The Great Muta.
The show\’s tagline reads, \”Our world changes again.\”
Impact will begin promoting Slammiversary next week, after this weekend\’s Under Siege special event on Impact Plus.
Here is the lineup for Impact Under Siege:
Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers vs. Eddie Edwards & FinJuice
#1 Contender’s Match: Chris Bey vs. Matt Cardona vs. Chris Sabin vs. Sami Callihan vs. Moose vs. Trey Miguel. The winner of this match earns the right to challenge Kenny Omega for the Impact World Championship.
Knockouts Tag Team Champions Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering vs. Fire N’ Flava.
AEW tag team The Acclaimed are gearing up to drop a mixtape this Friday, May 14th.
\”Critically Acclaimed\” Volume 1 will be available this Friday on all major streaming platforms. The mixtape will feature the raps of Max Caster and is hosted by Anthony Bowens.
Critically Acclaimed Vol. 1 will begin streaming Friday, May 14th on major streaming platforms.
Watch Bowens and Caster announce The Acclaim\’s first mixtape:
“Critically Acclaimed” Vol. 1 drops this Friday on all music streaming services! It includes all of @PlatinumMax’s hits hosted by your’s truly! ????
Bayley has not forgotten her not-so-friendly interaction with Bella Twins at WWE WrestleMania 37.
During a segment that saw Bayley talking trash to the newly-minted Hall of Famers, Bayley got physical and attempted to strike Nikki. The Bellas fired back by roughing up Bayley and leaving her for dead as they celebrated on the stage.
You can see the segment in the video embedded below:
Bayley addressed this situation on Tuesday\’s episode of WWE\’s The Bump digital series. The former Women\’s Champion wants revenge and promised the Bellas that they\’ll be seeing her sooner than later.
“You know how many videos that I had to see after WrestleMania of people adding music to that roll? You know how embarrassing that was? You hear those fans booing in the crowd? That’s right, that’s because it was ridiculous.\”
Bayley Calls Out the Bellas
She continued by officially calling them out directly for embarrassing her on WWE\’s grandest stage.
“So, Bella Twins, this won’t be the last time that we see each other because you embarrassed me and on one of the hardest weekends of my life. You embarrassed me and put a little salt in the wound. So, I’m not going to forget that, Bella Twins, yeah, I’m calling both of you out.”
You can see Bayley\’s message to the Bella Twins in the tweet embedded below:
It\’s Wednesday and you know what that means. All Elite Wrestling returns with an all-new episode of AEW Dynamite from Jacksonville, FL.
History will be made tonight when Japanese wrestling legend Yuji Nagata challenges AEW star Jon Moxley for the IWGP United States Championship. It will be the first time a championship sanctioned by New Japan Pro Wrestling will be defended in AEW.
We\’ll also get a #1 Contender\’s match to determine Kenny Omega\’s next challenger, Cody Rhodes has an announcement related to Double or Nothing and much more.
AEW Dynamite Matches for May 12th
The following matches are scheduled for AEW Dynamite:
Darby Allin defends the TNT Championship against Miro
Jon Moxley defends the IWGP US Championship against Yuji Nagata
The Young Bucks defend the AEW World Tag Team Championships against SCU. Kazarian and Daniels have vowed to dissolve their team if they lose.
Orange Cassidy vs. PAC in a #1 Contender\’s match. The winner will challenge AEW World Champion Kenny Omega at Double or Nothing later this month.
AEW star Ricky Starks recently fractured his neck. The best dressed member of Team Taz will miss around three months of action, but will most likely not require surgery. The news was first reported by Voices of Wrestling.
The injury occurred on the April 21st episode of AEW Dynamite. During a match against Hangman Page, Starks took a german suplex and hit his head on the mat during the landing. He worked the rest of the match, which is quite a feat in hindsight.
The video below does not include the spot that caused the injury, but it\’s amazing to see how Starks continued to work with a broken [freakin\’] neck.
Ricky Starks wrote the following about the outpouring of support for his recovery:
The 2-time Women\’s Tag Team Champion competes against Naomi on this week\’s edition of Main Event.
She was drafted the the Raw brand back in October 2020. She last appeared on WWE television on February 1st, when she lost a singles match to Alexa Bliss.
WWE Main Event airs Thursdays on the Hulu streaming service.
Nikki Cross: Underutilized
Nikki Cross remains a fan favorite, despite WWE\’s reluctance to feature her prominently. Back in January, she cut an impassioned promo expressing her anger and annoyance that she has \”no momentum\” in WWE.
\”It may not be now, it may not even be in the near future, but one day, you’re all going to realize what exactly it is about me that got me to this point. So let me finish with this. I’m gonna be around in this industry for a very long time and I’m gonna go down as one of the best. And I am so done and I am so finished with not realizing that myself!”
WWE 2K22 is the next WWE video game currently in development by Visual Concepts, a 2K Studio. We got a first look at the title during WrestleMania 37 weekend. You can see that 30-second teaser video here:
2K sent in word that the developers of WWE 2K22 will be providing an \”unprecedented behind-the-scenes look\” at the game\’s production.
WWE 2K20 was plagued by technical issues and universally panned by critics and gamers.WWE 2K21 was scrapped entirely so the franchise could be reimagined from the ground up.
2K and Visual Concepts will chronicle the development of WWE 2K22 with a \”social media content series providing ongoing access to work-in-progress production and development.\”
“AEW DYNAMITE” IS BACK ON THE ROAD WITH LIVE, TICKETED EVENTS IN MIAMI, AUSTIN, DALLAS
— Rescheduled Dates Announced for St. Louis and New Orleans Shows —
May 10, 2021 – After safely hosting 27 live, ticketed events throughout the past nine months at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Fla., AEW is bringing the excitement of its flagship show AEW DYNAMITE to Miami, Austin and Dallas this summer. AEW will become the first major wrestling promotion to safely return to a traveling schedule since March 2020.
The dates for the live shows in Miami, Austin and Dallas are:
Wednesday, July 7: James L. Knight Center in Miami.
Wednesday, July 14: H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas (greater Austin area)
Wednesday, July 21: Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas (greater Dallas area)
General tickets for the three shows will go on sale this Friday, May 14, at 11 a.m. ET / 10 a.m. CT via AEWTIX.com. At the same time, tickets for the Miami and Austin shows will be available via Ticketmaster.com, while tickets for the Dallas show can be purchased at CurtisCulwellCenter.com. Tickets start at $30 (not including service charges or fees).
Each event will be held in compliance with state COVID safety guidelines, and seating capacities will adhere to state and local mandates.
“We’re so appreciative of our fans in Jacksonville who have been with us these past nine months, ” said Tony Khan, CEO, GM and Head of Creative of AEW. “Their support and incredible energy have lifted us week after week, and viewers have fed off their enthusiasm and support. Daily’s Place will always be our home.
“Looking ahead, we’re thrilled to welcome our fans back to become part of the action in Miami, Austin and Dallas. We’ve missed touring cities, meeting the fans and hearing their roar during our live shows. Please be assured, we are working closely with the venues to comply with state and local regulations in each city. Miami, Austin and Dallas are the first of many as we gear up the trucks to travel around the country again! ”
In the near future, AEW will be announcing additional live events for the late summer.
The company also announced two rescheduled dates for St. Louis and New Orleans:
• The show at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis on June 23 has been rescheduled for Friday, November 5, 2021. The live event will be an AEW TNT television taping.
• The show at the UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans has been rescheduled for Wednesday, January, 12, 2022, as an AEW DYNAMITE event.
Fans who have already purchased tickets to either show will have their original tickets valid for admission to the respective rescheduled show, or they can receive a refund via the point of purchase.
As AEW continues to deliver the best matches and most entertaining moments in professional wrestling today, be sure to tune into AEW DYNAMITE every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on TNT.
Darby Allin is in for the fight of his life this Wednesday on AEW Dynamite. The reigning TNT Champion will face his toughest challenge to date when he defends against Miro.
Last week on Dynamite, Miro declared his intention to take Darby Allin\’s title. He delivered a sobering warning by billing the match as, \”The man who doesn\’t mind dying meets the man who doesn\’t mind killing him.\”
Later in the show Darby Allin was thrown down a flight of steps by Ethan Page. Allin said his shoulder is in bad shape, but he is not going to let that phase him.
Miro replied by warning Allin that denial will get him hurt. He took another dig at Sting, calling him Darby Allin\’s emo face-paint Daddy.
Denial will get you hurt bad. Ask emo face-paint Daddy @Sting if you can win. If he wants to protect you he’ll tell you it’s over too. https://t.co/rDrA2FaiZr
Darby Allin replied to Miro’s comments with some trash talk of his own. He knows exactly who he is, but is Miro in touch with his own self? The Bulgarian brute came into AEW with great fanfare, but was soon relegated to playing video games and serving as Kip Sabian\’s sidekick.
\”Do you know who you are Miro?\” he questioned. \”You show up the hottest free agent just to talk about video games and be some best man. You’ve gotta be the most underwhelming Thing I’ve seen.\”
He finished by warning Miro, \”You ain\’t taking shit away from me.\”
You say Darby’s this & Darby’s that I know exactly who I am.
Do you know who you are Miro? You show up the hottest free agent just to talk about video games and be some best man. You’ve gotta be the most underwhelming Thing I’ve seen.
IWGP United States Champion was in action on Friday\’s edition of NJPW Strong. He and Chris Dickinson teamed up to defeat the team of Yuji Nagata and Ren Narita.
Moxley picked up the pinfall victory by hitting a paradigm shift on Narita. Post-match, Nagata attacked Moxley. The two will battle in a historic singles match next Wednesday on AEW Dynamite. It will be the first time in history that a championship sanctioned by NJPW is defended on AEW programming.
Here are full results from Friday\’s NJPW Strong:
Barrett Brown and Adrian Quest defeated The DKC and Kevin Knight
The West Coast Wrecking Crew (Royce Issacs and Jorel Nelson) defeated Misterioso and Jordan Clearwater
IWGP US Champion Jon Moxley and Chris Dickinson defeated Yuji Nagata and Ren Narita
WWE has announced a new match for the upcoming WrestleMania Backlash pay-per-view. Rey and Dominik Mysterio look to make history when they challenge SmackDown Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode.
WWE has seen several championship teams comprised of brothers. Teams who have accomplished this unique feat include the Steiner Brothers, The Hardy Boyz, Cody Rhodes and Goldust and The Usos.
We\’ve also had several \’fictional\’ brother parings win tag team gold, including the Dudley Boyz and the Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane).
However, should they capture the gold, Rey and Dominik Mysterio would be the first father-son tag team to wear WWE tag team championships.
WrestleMania Backlash Matches
With the addition of this match, here is the updated lineup for WrestleMania Backlash:
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vs Drew McIntyre vs Braun Strowman
SmackDown Women\’s Champion Bianca Belair vs Bayley
Raw Women\’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs Asuka vs Charlotte Flair
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler & Bobby Roode vs. Rey & Dominik Mysterio
WrestleMania Backlash airs on Sunday, May 16th on Peacock and the WWE Network.
Cody Rhodes has some news to share regarding the upcoming AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view. The American Nightmare is set to make some sort of announcement next week on AEW Dynamite.
The main event of AEW Double or Nothing will also be determined next Wednesday. Top-ranked competitors PAC and Orange Cassidy will clash in a #1 contender\’s match. The winner will challenge Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship.
Tickets for Wednesday\’s Dynamite are on sale now at AEWTIX.com.
AEW Double Or Nothing
AEW Double or Nothing
Double or Nothing has special significance for All Elite Wrestling. The 2019 installment was the first wrestling show presented by AEW.
Tony Khan recently revealed that Double or Nothing will feature a full-capacity crowd for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Over 5,000 fans will be in attendance.
AEW Double or Nothing takes place Saturday, May 30th from Daily\’s Place Amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida. Here is an early match listing:
AEW World Champion Kenny Omega vs. PAC or Orange Cassidy
AEW Women\’s Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Dr. Britt Baker
Jinder Mahal returned to action on this week\’s edition of WWE Main Event on Hulu. The match was taped prior to Monday\’s Raw.
The former WWE Superstar was not alone. He was accompanied by former NXT tag team Indus Sher. That team has undergone a change and now comprised of Rinku Singh and the 7-footer, Dilser Shanky. They are now going by the names Veer and Shanky.
Mahal picked up a victory over Jeff Hardy, a sign that WWE is looking to jumpstart his character with some momentum. Meanwhile, Jeff Hardy is losing to Jinder Mahal on Main Event.
Jinder Mahal has been out of action since May 2020, while Indus Sheer\’s last match for NXT took place just a few weeks after that.
You can check out some highlights from Jinder Mahal\’s return here:
Impact Under Siege is the next special event from Impact Wrestling. The show takes place next Saturday, May 15th. It will be presented live on the Impact Plus streaming service.
Following this week\’s AXS TV broadcast, here\’s the updated match listing for Impact Under Siege:
Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers vs. Eddie Edwards & FinJuice
#1 Contender’s Match: Chris Bey vs. Matt Cardona vs. Chris Sabin vs. Sami Callihan vs. Moose vs. Trey Miguel. The winner of this match earns the right to challenge Kenny Omega for the Impact World Championship.
Knockouts Tag Team Champions Jordynne Grace & Rachael Ellering vs. Fire N’ Flava.
W. Morrisey vs. Willie Mack
Brian Myers vs. Black Taurus
Impact published a video of the 6 competitors in the #1 contender\’s match talking about their desire to be the person who dethrones Kenny Omega:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVbVQ2TSm6Y
Impact Under Siege Go-Home Preview
Matches confirmed for next week\’s \”go home\” edition of Impact on AXS TV include:
Knockouts Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Rosemary vs. Havok
#1 Contender’s X-Division Scramble Mach: Petey Williams vs. Acey Romero vs. Ace Austin vs. TJP vs. Rohit Raju vs. El Phantasmo
TV viewership numbers are in for Wednesday\’s AEW Blood and Guts special.
The May 5th edition of AEW Dynamite averaged 1.090 million viewers and did a 0.42 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic. For the first time ever, AEW Dynamite was the most-watched show on cable for the day. The numbers come courtesy of ShowbuzzDaily.
Looking at the demographic breakdown, Dynamite drew a 0.58 rating in the males 18-49 demographic, more than doubling the next-closest competitor in that demo.
By comparison, last week\’s AEW Dynamite did 889,000 Viewers and a 0.33 demo rating. Monday\’s Raw did 1.872 million viewers with a 0.53 rating. Dynamite actually topped the third hour of Monday\’s Raw in the Men 18-49 demographic (Raw: 0.55).
AEW looks to keep the momentum next week, with the following matches already confirmed for the 5/12 Dynamite:
Miro challenges Darby Allin for the TNT Championship
PAC vs. Orange Cassidy in a #1 contender\’s match. The winner challenges AEW World Champion Kenny Omega at Double or Nothing later this month.
AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks vs. SCU.
Check out our full results and takeaways from AEW Blood and Guts:
Impact Wrestling is back tonight with an all-new episode of Impact on AXS TV. With less than two weeks until Impact Under Siege, the company is hyping the following items for the broadcast:
Doc Gallows (w/ Karl Anderson) vs. Juice Robinson (w/ David Finlay)
Knockouts Champion Rachel Ellering vs. Kiera Hogan
Taylor Wilde vs. Susan
The debut of New Japan Pro Wrestling star El Phantasmo.
El Phantasmo
We will also see three qualifying matches for the 6-Way #1 Contender\’s Match taking place at Under Siege.
James Storm vs. Moose
Rhin vs. Chris Sabin
Trey Miguel vs. Rohit Raju
As of this writing, Chris Bey, Sami Callihan and Matt Cardona have qualified. Following Impact, we will know all six competitors. The winner of the 6-Way #1 Contender\’s Match will earn the right to challenge Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship.
Check back Friday morning for our Impact on AXS TV Results and Takeaways.
Dario Cueto made his return to pro wrestling on Wednesday\’s MLW Fusion season finale. The former boss of Lucha Underground was revealed to be the mysterious El Jefe figure behind Azteca Underground. He was not referenced by name.
Cueto, portrayed by actor Luis Fernandez-Gil, served as the owner, promoter and on-screen authority figure of Lucha Underground during its 4-season run.
El Jefe appeared in a video package that aired at the conclusion of the broadcast. He chastised a kidnapped Selina De La Renta for her recent actions. He declared, \”Im building a new temple.\”
Following the blockbuster debut of Dario Cueto, MLW heads to the \’off season\’ on a major cliffhanger. Fusion is now going on hiatus until the summer. MLW returns in July in front of a packed house at Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena.
MLW recently announced a partnership with the VICE TV cable network. They\’re airing recap shows Saturdays at 12 noon (Eastern).
You can watch this week\’s MLW Fusion below, including the arrival of Dario Cueto as El Jefe de Azteca Underground:
Sammy Guevara goes to war tonight on AEW Dynamite. He\’ll compete in the most violent match of his career when the Inner Circle battles The Pinnacle in the first-ever Blood and Guts match.
Guevara spoke with Steven Muehlhausen for DAZN this week to hype the event. He discussed a wide range of topics, including where he\’s at in his career and the controversy surrounding his nixed appearance for Impact Wrestling.
Room to Grow
Sammy Guevara is part of a young crop of wrestlers in AEW for whom the sky is the limit. When asked about people saying he\’s got the \”it\” factor, the 27-year-old says he\’s ready to show people what he\’s capable of.
\”I definitely think everybody has room to grow,\” he began. \”Anyone who says like, \’I\’m the man right now\’, they\’re lying, or they\’re just full of themselves. I definitely think I\’m \’it.\’ I definitely think I am \’it factor\’. If you want ratings, I can give it to you all. It\’ll all come in time. I feel like a lot of us young people, as performers, it\’s just that waiting game is the hard part. But you got to be patient. I look forward to showing everybody.\”
Impact Controversy
Sammy Guevara was expected to appear at Impact Wrestling earlier this year as part of the partnership with AEW, but it wasn\’t meant to be. It was reported that Guevara showed up to Impact ready to perform, but decided against it after hearing what they had booked for him. Guevara sets the record straight and claims the \”dirt sheets\” blew things way out of proportion.
\”Basically, some stuff was presented to me, I didn\’t feel like it worked for me and for what Sammy Guevara is, so I declined that. This Then they declined to want to use me or whatnot.. Then all of a sudden, it wound up on the dirt sheets, and it blew up. I wish you could have stayed close to the vest. I felt like it wasn\’t necessary for any of this to become public knowledge because it was done behind doors. So why are we opening the doors for everyone to see? But it is what it is. You can\’t change what we can\’t change. I wish Impact nothing but the best.\”
Visit DAZN to check out their full interview with Sammy Guevara.
Tommasso Ciampa is showing off his insanely ripped body in a new Instagram post.
The former NXT Champion underwent a 13-week transformation that has yielded jaw-dropping results. It\’s not like he was out of shape, by any means. In fact, most of us will never look as good as his \’before\’ photo. However, that didn\’t stop him from undergoing what he admits is an \”insane\” training regimen.
Ciampa says he prepped, weighed and cooked six meals for himself each day, every day. There were no cheat meals. As for exercise, he did five weight training sessions and eleven cardio sessions per week.
He thanks his wife for supporting his journey, his trainer AJ and his training partnres, the \’Dump Boys\’
So, what motivated him? According to Ciampa, \”Celebrating being two years removed from career ending neck surgery, wanting to push myself beyond my limits without using \’being a dad\’ as an excuse, turning thirty-six years old, and taking control of the things that I can control… this was as much a mental health journey as it was a physical health journey.\”
There\’s no doubt it was a difficult process, but he says the best part is that he enjoyed every second of it.
Check out Tommasso Ciampa\’s before and after photos here:
WWE Superstar Bill Goldberg recently filed several new trademark applications. The United States Patent and Trademark Office database shows that William Goldberg filed applications on April 30th for logos displayed below:
The \’Goods and Services\’ usage description for both logos are for a wide variety of merchandise, including mouse pads, video cassettes, fridge magnets, luggage, temporary tattoos and more. Michael E. Dockins is listed as the Attorney of Record.
Expect to see these logos on WWE-licensed Goldberg merchandise in the months ahead.
The 54-year-old legend is signed with WWE through the end of 2022 and is contracted to wrestle twice per year.
All Elite Wrestling has launched a new global online shop for official AEW merchandise.
ShopAEW.com has been expanded to include Global.Shop.AEW. Effective immediately, fans from 224 countries can order and save up to 60 percent on shipping costs and reduce delivery time by up to 50 percent.
The online shop will offer more than 400 t-shirts for purchase, with additional items available soon. The apparel will ship directly from AEW’s global distribution warehouses in Toronto, Canada; Tijuana, Mexico; Barcelona, Spain; Riga, Latvia; Amakusa, Japan; and Victoria and Brisbane, Australia.
“We now have a world-class online shop to go with our world-class roster, and we’re thrilled to be able to share the hottest AEW merchandise with our fans around the globe,” said Dana Massie, Chief Marketing and Merchandising Officer of AEW.
For more information and to get started shopping, visit Global.ShopAEW.com
QT Marshall spoke with SEScoops this week to promote Wednesday\’s special Blood and Guts edition of AEW Dynamite on TNT.
The leader of The Factory faces his former friend, Cody Rhodes, at Blood and Guts. During our discussion, QT explained why he turned on Cody, athletes like Anthony Ogogo crossing over to the world of professional wrestling, how The Factory is different than other factions and more.
Topics discussed include:
His role as AEW\’s Director of Creative coordination
AEW gearing up for the post-pandemic era
His Nightmare Factory training facility
What he looks for in trainees
Athletes and celebrities crossing over to pro wrestling
Why he turned on Cody Rhodes
How The Factory stands apart from AEW\’s other factions
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