NEWS

Impact Wrestling
Date: June 2, 2022
Location: Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Florida
Commentator: Tom Hannifan
We’re closing in on Slammiversary and in this case that means even more Eric Young. I’m not sure what that is going to mean, but the good thing is that things haven’t been too terrible so far. Young is set to challenge Josh Alexander for the World Title at Slammiversary but the show needs some more buildup first. Let’s get to it.
The opening recap looks at last week’s main event, with Violent By Design beating Josh Alexander and the Briscoes.
We get a new opening sequence, complete with a THIS IS TNA voiceover, albeit set to the current roster.
Mia Yim vs. Savannah Evans Deonna Purrazzo is on commentary and Tasha Steelz is here with Evans. The entrances let commentary explain the still rather complicated Queen Of The Mountain rules. Yim fires off knees to start and sends Evans down early. Evans is right back with a DDT for two as Purrazzo talks about how she never neede..

Add it to the calendar. There are all kinds of special shows running throughout the WWE calendar, as the company has long since gone with a series of shows that have history behind them. This can make for some nice moments, as a show can continue in the path that has been set over its previous years. That will be the case again next month as WWE is bringing back a classic.
Over the weekend at NXT In Your House, an announcement was made that the Great American Bash would be returning on Tuesday July 5 as a special episode of the NXT TV show. This will be the third straight year that the Great American Bash has taken place in NXT in July. The Great American Bash was originally a series of NWA events, then a regular WCW and WWE pay per view before becoming an occasional WWE TV special.
Mark your calendars! #NXTIYH #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/nLJDWkoeXR
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) June 5, 2022
Opinion: This is the kind of show that makes sense for NXT to run, as the Great American Bash certainly h..

You might want to listen. Sometimes in wrestling, you will see a performance that you cannot get out of your head. There is something so impressive about it that it sticks with you over the years and becomes one of those classic moments. That might have been the case this weekend, and despite the match being the main event of the show, there was something else to end the night.
The main event of this weekend’s Hell In A Cell pay per view saw Cody Rhodes defeat Rollins. Rhodes wrestled the match with a torn pectoral muscle and had a large bruise all over his arm and chest. According to PWInsider.com following the show, a crying Rhodes said he would announce more about his injury tomorrow on Monday Night Raw and apologized for wrestling hurt. He made it clear that wrestling was his decision and he would win the WWE Title. Rhodes thanked the fans for coming to the show to end the night.
Opinion: That is quite the apology as I don’t think anyone was looking for one. Rhodes wrestled a hec..

That explains a bit. Every so often you see a wrestling performance that defies all logic and abilities, as you might not know how someone is able to do what they pull off in the ring. That was the case this weekend as a wrestler worked through one of the most gruesome injuries that you will likely remember for a very long time. Now we know a bit more about how it happened.
At Hell In A Cell, Cody Rhodes defeated Seth Rollins in the show’s main event, which was held inside the show’s title structure. Rhodes wrestled the match despite having torn his pectoral muscle earlier in the week. According to Wrestlingnews.co, Rhodes was allowed to wrestle the match because he could not cause any more damage. However, some spots, including a moonsault, were removed from the match.
The reasoning for why Cody was cleared to wrestle is because he can’t do more damage to his completely torn pec. There were some high risk spots (moonsault) that were scrapped from the match. #HIAC
— Wrestling News (..

Maybe that’s how they get rid of him? There are a lot of different ways to get a wrestler off of television from time to time. Sometimes it might be due to an injury but it can also be a way to get them a breather for one reason or another. You never know when you might be seeing them again and that seems to be the case again with a SmackDown star who seems to be taking time off.
This weekend at Hell In A Cell, Madcap Moss defeated Happy Corbin in a No Holds Barred match. Moss won the match by Pillmanizing Corbin’s neck with the steel steps. As a result, Corbin was taken out of the ring on a stretcher, suggesting that he could be missing some time. This comes less than a month after Corbin did the same to Moss, putting him on the shelf for three weeks.
Opinion: Corbin taking some time away might be the right idea, as it will make Moss look that much stronger. Moss has become a bigger deal over the last few months and taking out Corbin makes him seem like a force. I could go for havin..

Danielson too. There are all kinds of injuries in wrestling and there are instances where it seems like they keep happening over and over. That seems to be the case again as there have been injuries to top stars in both WWE and AEW. Unfortunately it seems that you never know when they are going to end, and now it seems that another star is banged up as well.
According to Fightful Select, AEW’s Bryan Danielson has been injured and was forced to pull out of a scheduled meet and greet in Massachusetts. According to F4WOnline.com, Danielson’s injury is not said to be serious and he will be out of action for about a week or two. There is no word on the nature of his injury, but it is believed to have taken place during the Anarchy In The Arena match at Double Or Nothing.
Opinion: This comes after a long, long list of other injuries but at least Danielson’s injuries do not seem to be that serious. It is a shame that he was hurt, but at least it could be a heck of a lot worse. You had to ex..

Hell In A Cell 2022
Date: June 5, 2022
Location: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Commentators: Jimmy Smith, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton, Pat McAfee, Michael Cole
It’s time for one of the big gimmick shows and I think you know what is headlining. However, things have changed a bit at the last minute, as Cody Rhodes has suffered a torn pectoral muscle, meaning his match against Seth Rollins will be more than a bit different. The match is still on and inside the Cell, but I’m not sure how much Rhodes can do. Let’s get to it.
The opening video looks at some of the history of the Cell before moving on to talk about almost every match on the card.
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Yes, again. There are a lot of injuries in the wrestling world and some of them can be rather serious. At the same time, there are instances where you see one injury take place after another and it can shake things up quite a bit. That can be a problem when there is not a ton of talent to go around in the first place and unfortunately that seems to be the case again.
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, Monday Night Raw’s Cody Rhodes has suffered a possible torn pectoral muscle. Rhodes did not wrestle as planned in Champagne, Illinois on Saturday but did make an appearance at the end of the show. He is still expected to face Seth Rollins at Hell In A Cell Sunday night. Should he have the likely surgery to repair the injury, the recovery time is expected to put him on the shelf for seven to eight months.
Opinion: My goodness this is getting to be a lot for WWE, as I have no idea who in the world they could bring in to fill Rhodes’ spot. He has been presented as one of the bigger nam..

This is one of WWE’s signature gimmick shows, but it also seems to be one where WWE is not that interested in promoting the thing. We have seven matches set for the show and three of them were added in the last six days. That doesn’t exactly give me a lot of confidence going into the show but maybe the work alone can pull it out. This certainly wouldn’t be the first time so let’s get to it.
Ezekiel vs. Kevin Owens This has been something of a comedy feud as Owens continues to fall more than a bit short of that time a few months ago when he headlined WrestleMania with Steve Austin. Instead, he is now in the middle of the modern version of Bobby Heenan trying to unmask Giant Machine, which isn’t exactly the most compelling story. It is a story however, though I’m not sure how much longer it can last.
I’ll take Ezekiel here, as there is little reason to have Owens win if the feud isn’t continuing. If WWE wants Ezekiel to mean something, he has to win his first big match, which would be ..

I remember you. There are a lot of ways to bring a wrestler back to television after an absence. You might have them show up as a surprise or you might see their return hyped up in advance. Sometimes you, you see the announcement that a new wrestler is coming, only to find out that it is someone you have seen before. That is going to be the case again in the near future.
Over the last few weeks, NXT has been running vignettes advertising the debut of a new star named Giovanni Vinci. According to Fightful Select, Vince will be a repackaged Fabian Aichner, who has not been seen since the Imperium stable broke up in April. While Vince’s face has not been seen in the vignettes, he can be seen wearing the same watch as Aichner. There is no word on when Vinci will be debuting.
Opinion: I don’t know if this is the biggest surprise as the Italian part was a pretty big hint. It is nice to see Aichner getting to come back, as he has done quite well with the chances that he has had before. Now ..

That could be worse. There are very few things in wrestling that can slow momentum down like an injury. You never want to see someone go down hurt but unfortunately there is not much that can be done to present it from happening. That was the case with one of the biggest names in wrestling earlier this week, but things might not be as bad as they originally seemed.
Earlier this week, former AEW World Champion CM Punk announced that he had broken some bones and would need surgery to repair the injury. As a result, Punk will be out of action, though he did not specify how long. According to Wrestling Observer Radio, Punk is expected to be out of action for less than six months. While no specific recovery time was listed, it was described as “not a long time”.
Opinion: That is certainly good to hear as Punk being out of action for any length of time is a bad thing, but not being out of action for all that long is an improvement. I’m not sure who is going to be waiting on Punk when he ge..

That explains things. NXT has undergone several changes in the last few months, as the show has been relaunched as NXT 2.0. There are very few things that are still around from the old days, but you can still see some of the wrestlers who were around before. Unfortunately that has not been the case with everyone, and now we might know where one of them has been.
According to Fightful Select, NXT star Io Shirai is currently out of action with an injury. There are not many details known about the situation, including the nature of her injury or how long she will be out of action. Shirai last wrestled at NXT Stand & Deliver in Dallas, Texas in April and has not been seen on television since. The hope is that Shirai will return at some point this summer, but that is not guaranteed.
Opinion: That does explain a bit as there is no other reason to keep someone as talented as Shirai off of television for two months. Shirai is still one of the best performers in all of NXT and could easily ha..