NEWS

205 Live
Date: June 11, 2021
Location: Capitol Wrestling Center, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Nigel McGuinness, Vic Joseph
I’m really not sure what to expect around here, but my guess is that the same problems that have been around for years will still be around here. That being said, it would be foolish to expect anything else so all we can ask for is some good action, which has been the case as of late. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Grayson Waller vs. Sunil Singh
They’re both on their own. They start fast by running the ropes until a side kick drops Singh. Back up and Singh seems to have injured his shoulder, which is made even worse as Waller grabs an armbar over the ropes. Waller kicks him in the face and we hit the neck crank, with Waller being nice enough to trap the healthy arm. A missed splash gives Singh an opening but that arm is just hanging there. Singh snaps him throat first across the rope and manages a top rope chop to the head. Another attempt is kicked out o..

Impact Wrestling
Date: June 10, 2021
Location: Skyway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Commentators: Josh Matthews, D’Lo Brown
It’s the go home show for Against All Odds and that means it is time to focus on Moose vs. Kenny Omega for the World Title. Other than that though, we could use some build for the rest of the car. The rest of the card could use some attention of its own and odds are we might get that this week. Let’s get to it.
Opening recap.
Opening sequence.
Scott D’Amore is in the ring and brings in AEW owner Tony Khan. Tony thanks him for the welcome but here is Don Callis to join them with the smug starting fast. Callis knows that Kenny Omega is the greatest investment in Khan’s portfolio but there has been talk of Sami Callihan being involved in the title match with Moose. Callihan is blackballed all over this country but D’Amore brings up the Good Brothers interfering and causing chaos all over the place too.
Callis doesn’t go for it, instead talking about how Callihan..

She’ll have a lot to say. One of the biggest stories of the year so far in WWE has been a series of surprising releases. With so many people leaving the company in a hurry, it can be rather interesting to see how they react to the situations. Some of the wrestlers are going to be happy to move on to another promotion, but there are going to be some people who are not that thrilled. That seems to be the case with someone who has something to say.
Former WWE superstar Lana has released a video on Instagram, promising to release a series of vlogs detailing her time in WWE. The vlogs, which will start next Monday, will discuss her issues with the company, including her release. Lana promised to have quite a bit of say and promises to spill the “hot and delicious” tea. She did not specify how many vlogs she would release.
Lana has a lot to say. Check out the announcements and one of her better moments in WWE:
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That would be uneventful. Pay per view has long since been the main attraction for most major wrestling companies. The regular weekly shows build up to the big events where the important things happen. That means the pressure is on the promotions to really make things work, but usually something big will happen. We are coming up on another pay per view event, but it might be a bit on the uneventful side.
This coming Sunday, June 20, WWE will present its Hell In A Cell pay per view event. According to Cagesideseats.com, there are currently no title changes planned for Hell In A Cell. There is no word on how many title matches will take place on the show, as the Universal Title match between Roman Reigns and Rey Mysterio has been moved to the SmackDown before the pay per view.
There are currently three title matches scheduled for the card, including the following:
SmackDown Women’s Title: Bianca Belair(c) vs. Bayley Raw Women’s Title: Rhea Ripley(c) vs. Charlotte WWE Title: Bobby Lash..

NXT UK
Date: June 17, 2021
Location: BT Studios, London, England
Commentators: Nigel McGuinness, Andy Shepherd
Things might be a bit slower this week as we are coming off a pretty awesome title change last week. Meiko Satomura is the new Women’s Champion, meaning we could be in for something a bit slower this time around. I’m not sure what that is going to mean for the show, but NXT UK is pretty awesome at the moment so they should be fine. Let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of Meiko Satomura finally ending Kay Lee Ray’s record setting Women’s Title reign last week.
Wolfgang vs. Sam Gradwell
Before the match, Gradwell makes Big Bad Wolf jokes but is very clear that his house is made of stone. Wolfgang shoulders him down without much trouble to start and grabs an armbar. Back up and Wolfgang’s big whip sends Gradwell into the corner as this is one sided so far.
Wolfgang heads up but gets knocked down to the floor, meaning it’s time to grab a shoulder. That doesn’t last long thou..

Remember him? While the company has come a long way, All Elite Wrestling has still not been around that very long. The promotion’s first event was just over two years ago with Double Or Nothing in May 2019. There have been some great moments in the company’s history, including some surprise cameos. Now we know why one such legend never made another appearance.
Wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart made a surprise cameo appearance at AEW’s Double Or Nothing 2019 to unveil the AEW World Title belt. Hart was interrupted by Maxwell Jacob Friedman, who was eventually taken out by Jimmy Havoc, Jungle Boy and Hangman Page. To date, this is Hart’s only appearance with AEW and now we know why that is the case.
According to Wrestling Observer Radio, Hart did not make another appearance with the company due to being a bit worried about having some heat with Vince McMahon. Hart was also worried about Natalya being punished for him making such an appearance. The deal with AEW was a las..

You need something new. We are coming up on one of the most important times that WWE has seen in a very long time as fans will be returning to live events for the first time in nearly a year and a half. That is the kind of thing that WWE has been building towards for a good while and it would make sense for the company to push them as hard as possible. They might be doing that in another way.
In an interview with Below The Line, WWE’s Lead Production Designer Jason Robinson mention that WWE is considering new sets for the upcoming shows. This would include news staging and graphics, plus additional augmented reality, meaning 3D elements that wrestlers can walk around. There is no word on any specific ideas or changes that will be taking place. WWE’s first show back on the road will be the July 16 SmackDown in Houston, Texas.
WWE knows how to do sets. Check out their biggest of the year:
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Sooner than later? There have been a lot of wrestlers leaving WWE this year, with only a handful of them leaving by their own request. WWE has released several wrestlers from their contracts and that means that things are going to get a little more interesting for the other promotions. It turns out that we might be seeing those changes a lot sooner than expected.
According to Fightful Select, some released WWE wrestlers have requested that their ninety day no compete clauses be dropped, allowing them to appear for other promotions earlier. The lengths of the requests vary, though WWE has been receptive to granting them. It is not clear how much the WWE wrestlers would still be paid if they get out of their clauses early. There is no word on which wrestlers are attempting to get out of their clauses.
You might see them sooner or later. Check out some of the released wrestlers:
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Let’s do it early. We are less than a week away from WWE’s next pay per view with Hell In A Cell 2021. As the name suggests, the show is built around matches taking place inside the show’s namesake structure. As has been the case with the event over the years, the show will feature multiple matches inside the Cell, but now we might be seeing something a little bit different.
WWE has announced that Rey Mysterio will challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Title in a Hell in a Cell match this week on SmackDown. The match was already scheduled to take place two days later at the pay per view. Mysterio sent out a tweet saying that he could not wait that long, with Reigns responding that he was fine with having the match early. There is no word on what this means for the pay per view card. This will be the third ever Cell match on regular television and the first in over twenty years.
It’s eating me up inside. I can’t wait any longer. I want the Hell In A Cell match tomorrow night. @WWER..

They say that Controversy Creates Cash. WWE has posted a new video to its YouTube channel in which they show the Top 10 controversies from Hell in a Cell matches over the years. This is to help promote the upcoming pay-per-view event of the same name this weekend.
You can see the video in its entirety below:
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The moments are as follows (from 10-1):
Roman Reigns attacks Jimmy Uso, causing Jey to quit Paul Bearer betrays The Undertaker and sides with Kane Edge interferes as a Camera Man and attacks The Undertaker Sami Zayn saves Kevin Owens from Shane McMahon jumping off of the cell on top of him Brock Lesnar kicks down the door to the cell, attacks Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns The Miz and R-Truth get arrested after attacking John Cena and various referees Seth Rollins smashes The Fiend with a sledgehammer and the referee stops the match The Undertaker chokeslams Edge through the ring, sending him to hell Referee Shawn Michaels superkicks ..

He has a fan. With so many different people on any given WWE television show, it can be difficult for one of them to stand out more than the others. You can have so many wrestlers who can’t get any extra attention, but sometimes someone comes along who does something a bit more special. That is the case on Monday Night Raw, and it seems that the boss is a fan.
According to Fightful Select, Vince McMahon is said to be a fan of Reginald, including his presentation, delivery and abilities in the ring. Reginald is also said to have been easy to work with backstage and open to anything presented to him. Reginald made his main roster debut in December 2020 as Carmella’s sommelier before being moved to Monday Night Raw as Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler’s manager. He has also wrestled against women on both shows.
Reginald does have some skills. Check out what he can do:
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Makes sense to me. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been a superstar for a very long time, earning multiple wrestling championships and having many successful box-office films, among others. He can now name another distinction to this long list of accolades.
People magazine has recently named The Rock No. 1 on their list of the “Top 100 reasons to love America.” He expressed his gratitude with the following Tweet:
Appreciate you @people ? for choosing this big, brown, bald, tattooed T-Rex for your cover ?
We shot this in my home state of Hawaii ?? where the positive vibes and mana were ever-present and powerful.
On newsstands this Friday ?
Enjoy the read! ??
Appreciate you @people ? for choosing this big, brown, bald, tattooed T-Rex for your cover ?
We shot this in my home state of Hawaii ?? where the positive vibes and mana were ever present and powerful.
On newsstands this Friday ?
Enjoy the read! ?? https://t.co/bkW60isgtd
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) June 16, 2021
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