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It isn’t looking good. There are certain moments in wrestling that go far beyond what you see on television and in the ring. These are often a lot more serious and unfortunately a lot more negative, including situations involving things like substance abuse. There are wrestlers who have far bigger issues like this than others, and now WWE is going to have to deal with one of them.
Earlier this week, Jimmy Uso was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. This is not Uso’s first issue with alcohol, as he has now faced similar issues three times in as many years. The latest issue comes as Uso is in the middle of the biggest singles storyline of his career and possibly the biggest of any kind for him whatsoever. It was quite the extreme situation, and now we know more about what happened.
Wrestlinginc.com has released new details from Uso’s arrest report. Uso was clocked going 50mph in a 35mph zone and ran a red light as a police car chased him. The police officer then smell..

Main Event
Date: July 1, 2021
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Kevin Patrick, Byron Saxton
This show was turned upside down last week as it was all about NXT, which is not something you see happen around here. I’m curious to see what they have this week, but it would not surprise me to see quite the downgrade this time around. Then again, the surprises have been coming a lot faster around here and it might be the case again. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Veer vs. Drew Gulak Shanky and Jinder Mahal are here with Veer. Gulak gets powered into the corner to start and seems a bit worried here. An armbar doesn’t get very far on Veer, who shrugs off a kick to the leg and punches him down. The sidewalk slam does it again but Veer misses a running boot in the corner. The nerve hold doesn’t last long so Veer goes with a neck crank instead. Back up and Gulak starts kicking at the leg, setting up a leglock to keep Veer down. That’s broken up as well so Ve..

The boss is in. WWE has grown into the biggest and most powerful wrestling promotion in history, reaching a level that was almost impossible to fathom. They currently have seven hours of new television a week in prime time, including two hours of SmackDown on FOX. However, the television audience has been taking one hit after another, and it might be time to do something about it.
According to the Mat Men Pro Wrestling Podcast, Stephanie McMahon has been meeting with television executives to attempt to find a way to deal with WWE’s declining television audiences. The meetings are designed to help find some new concepts to reverse the trend, though it is not clear what could be proposed. There is no word on which network McMahon was meeting with or what might happen if the numbers do not increase.
WWE has had some concepts before. Check out a few of their ideas:
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Odd pairings are fun. Every now and then, you see some wrestlers come together for a match that surprises you in a good way. What can make it even more interesting is when it takes place between wrestlers on vastly different levels of star power. It can make for some very nice moments and now we know something new about a pairing that only got together a few times.
In a new interview with Wrestlinginc.com, former WWE star Rodney Mack spoke about his relationship with Goldberg when they were in the company together. At the time, Mack was on an undefeated streak, which was broken by Goldberg on the June 23, 2003 Monday Night Raw. According to Mack, Goldberg did not want to end Mack’s streak and stuck up for him with management, but Mack was in no position to argue the decision. Mack also said he wished they could have worked a program together, as they could have drawn money.
The two only met once. Check out their match plus a bit more of each of them:
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Ring of Honor
Date: June 30, 2021
Location: UMBC Event Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Commentators: Ian Riccaboni, Caprice Coleman
We are rapidly approaching Best In The World and a lot of the card has either already been made or is pretty obvious. That is not a bad thing either, but we also have to set up the rest of the Survival of the Fittest tournament. In other words, you can feel things getting interesting around here again and that is a very nice thing. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Quinn McKay welcomes us to the show and runs down the card, which will be headlined by the Survival of the Fittest finals.
Here’s how all six of the finalists qualified.
But first, this.
Matt Taven vs. Dutch Dutch has Vita Von Starr and Bateman with him. Taven goes straight at the monster to start and gets shoved down without much effort. Some heavy forearms to the chest have Taven in trouble but Dutch’s powerslam is broken up. A dropkick has no effect on Dutch, who runs Taven over to send us..

Not so fast? Like any other business, you can get some bad news in wrestling from time to time. People are going to have to deal with negative situations and some of them are a lot more serious than others. Some of the worst involve health issues and that was the case with one of the biggest legends in wrestling history this week. It just might not be as bad as it seems.
Earlier this week, news began to circulate of Terry Funk being in poor health. Later in the day, Funk’s official Twitter account acknowledged the reports, saying that Funk was indeed staying in an assisted facility for both physical and mental health issues. It seemed that Funk, 77 years old, was in pretty bad shape, but then an update came in that made things seem a lot better.
During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, Tommy Dreamer said that he spoke to Funk on June 30 and that Funk was better than reports suggested. Dreamer said Funk was “sharp as a tack” and spoke for forty minutes the previous week. In another ..

Not everything can be a hit. There are a lot of legends in wrestling and they are going to be treated differently because of the things they have done. Someone at that level has likely been around wrestling for a long time now and it would make sense to listen to what they have to say. Everyone is going to make a mistake now and then though, and a certain legend seems to have missed on one.
During the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer told a story of Terry Funk bringing up the Gobbledy Gooker in 1990. Funk said that Hector Guerrero was going to be a big star as the character, which Funk described as a chicken. The Gooker debuted at Survivor Series 1990 and only lasted a few months before being dropped. He has since made a handful of appearances as a comedy cameo.
Funk might have missed on this one. Check out some of the Gooker’s time in WWE:
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It leaves a spot open. We are on our way to Summerslam with just over six weeks to go before the show. As usual, WWE will be going out of its way to make the show even bigger than usual and the show will have full fans in a huge stadium for the first time in a good while. The stars are going to be out, but it seems that WWE will not be having one of their bigger names.
According to the Mat Men Pro Wrestling podcast, Brock Lesnar is not booked for Summerslam due to unspecified creative differences. WWE still wants Lesnar to appear, but also wants him to have him appear on live events. There is no word on when Lesnar will return. His most recent appearance took place at WrestleMania 36 and his contract has since expired.
Lesnar being back could mean a lot. Check out some of his conquerings:
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Not so fast? We are about six weeks away from Summerslam and that means WWE is going to need to start getting things ready for one of the biggest shows of the year. With so much to be done for the show, it could be a rather fascinating card this time around. WWE has seemed interested in bringing in some special names, but one of the biggest might have a bit of a problem.
According to Variety, John Cena is scheduled to begin filming Argylle in Europe in August. As a result, this could make it impossible for him to appear at Summerslam on August 21. However, there is still a chance that he could make the show, as there is no specific date for the beginning of the production, nor is it known if Cena will begin filming at the start. WWE has not officially announced or even mentioned Cena for Summerslam as of yet.
Cena has done some things at Summerslam before. Check out some of his efforts at the show:
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That’s a miscue. There are a lot of moving parts to WWE and several of them take place behind the scenes. While a lot of the focus is on what you see in front of the camera, there is a bunch of stuff going on elsewhere to keep the promotion working. At some point there are going to be some mistakes though and one of those took place in a pretty big way this week.
The big story on this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite was the debut of Malakai Black, formerly known as Aleister Black. This comes just over a month after Black was released from WWE on June 2, or thirty five days later. WWE’s standard no compete clauses are ninety days for main roster wrestlers, meaning that something was up. It turns out to be something kind of embarrassing.
According to PWInsider.com, Black was under the thirty day no compete clause for NXT wrestlers instead of the ninety day version. This was due to a clerical error when Black moved up to the main roster in 2019, as the length of the no compete clause was..

That’s a big shot. AEW has changed the way the wrestling world works in its still fairly short history, as WWE has major competition for the first time in a very long while. That is the kind of thing that could make things more interesting, as AEW has the resources and platforms to call WWE out on a few things. Such a thing took place this week and it was a rather harsh statement.
This week on AEW Dynamite, Britt Baker was complaining that Rebel was injured during a match on last week’s show. Baker mentioned that Vickie Guerrero was paid in blood money from Tony Khan and suggested that next week’s show could take place in Saudi Arabia. This is in reference to WWE’s relationship with the country, which has been criticized due to various actions taken by Saudi Arabia, as well as its record on human rights.
It was a heck of a statement. Check out what Baker said plus some of her other great moments:
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Welcome back. There are a lot of reasons why a wrestler might miss some time from the ring and some of them are a lot better than others. While you might hear of someone missing time due to an an injury or something negative, there is also the chance that someone might be out for a much better reason. That was the case again this year and now someone is ready to come back.
During this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite, a vignette aired announcing that Jon Moxley would be returning the following week for Fyter Fest Night One. Moxley will defending his IWGP United States Title against Karl Anderson, marking their first televised singles match against each other in any promotion. The match will be Moxley’s first match since May 30 as he has been away from the ring for the birth of his daughter.
Moxley is going to bring it. Check out what is coming back to AEW:
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