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Cody Rhodes Says Intergender Matches Offend Him
While appearing on The Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast, Cody Rhodes explained why intergender matches offend him. Here are the remarks he made about guy on girl action:
“Joey Ryan, the wrestling that Joey does is offensive to me. I have, however, wrestled him twice and loved the matches and loved the challenge. Intergender wrestling offends me; however, if someone was to offer, I don’t know if I’d say ‘no’ because that’s the challenge. We can’t be stuck in one mindset. Just the concept of a man touching a woman. I don’t know. I’m very conservative. I don’t know. I’m from the south, so like you can’t put your hands on women; however, a lot of women in those matches, want those fights.”
You can check out the full interview here.
Vince Russo’s The Brand Recap – GLOW Analysis, Hardys vs. Sheamus & Cesaro Just Won’t End, RAW Needs More Joe & Lesnar, More!
Russo opens today’s show speaking about Netflix’s GLOW. He says that he watched the first few episodes and he was absolutely hooked. He thinks the show is very well written and acted, and it’s no surprise to him that the show is seeing success. He always said that a well written wrestling drama/comedy would draw better than an actual wrestling show.
He informs that back in 2000, he was hired by FOX to write a wrestling show and he penned a show called ‘Rope Opera’. It was more of a drama but FOX wanted a comedy, therefore they passed on his show.
Russo says that his disagreements with many wrestling journalists are simply that, disagreements. He does not hate any of them, and when he picks apart their silly opinions it’s just entertainment for him. However, he does not like being labeled a racist or a homophobe which a couple of them have done, and that made things personal for him.
He says that he is neither a racist or a homophobe, and if anyone has been discriminated his whole life it’s been him. He’s an Italian from New York, and people just think he acts a certain way due to his upbringing. He says that people continue to make up silly things about him and everyone believes the nonsense.
Rumored Card for WWE Battleground
The following card is being rumored for the upcoming SmackDown-brand WWE Battleground event:
Punjabi Prison Match for the WWE Championship
Jinder Mahal (C) vs. Randy Orton
Tag Team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships
The New Day (C) vs. The Usos
WWE the United States Championship
Kevin Owens (C) vs. AJ Styles
SmackDown Women’s Championship
Lana vs. Naomi
Rusev vs. John Cena
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin
Sami Zayn vs. Mike Kanellis
WWE Battleground takes place on July 23rd from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. As always, we will be providing live play-by-play coverage of the event.
WWE 205 Live Results – July 4 2017
Welcome to the fastest hour on television, 205 Live!
Tonight’s show takes place on the patriotic 4th of July and we’re less than a week away from Great Balls of Fire. The Cruiserweight Champion, Neville, puts his title on the line against the formidable Akira Tozawa on the GBF kick-off show. Last night on Raw Neville obliterated Mustafa Ali and sent a clear message to Tozawa: no-one is on the Neville level. WWE.Com is teasing that Neville will look to send another message on tonight’s show, perhaps against Tozawa himself.
The only other preview for tonight’s show pertains to Alicia Fox, Noam Dar, and Cedric Alexander. Yes, I know, the feud that will not die. WWE’s writers seem to have little to no interest in 205 Live, hence why feuds last for a very long time and revolve around some small issue that never gets resolved. Thankfully the in-ring action is usually pretty great and that makes it worth watching, that being said this feud needs to come to an end and Alexander can move on to something much more worth his time.
Get talking on the Ringside Talk app and the Ringside News app, both of which you can grab for free! Enjoy the show!
GFW Spoiler Notes: Former WWE Talent Appearing?, Hardy Boyz/Impact Update, More
The following are backstage notes from tonight’s GFW Impact tapings in Orlando, FL. courtesy of PWInsider:
There has been some pressure from America’s Top Team about Bobby Lashley concentrating full-time on MMA pursuit and pulling back on pro wrestling commitments.
The Hardy Boyz settlement has been a hot topic. While it was noted previously that they were close to an agreement with Anthem, that is not the case. It’s believed to be the complete opposite.
There are plans for the “Swole Brothers” to get in the ring tonight at the taping.
Naomichi Marufuji, Taiji Ishimora and Hijo del Fantasma are all scheduled for singles matches at tonight’s tapings.
Former WWE talent may be brought in.
Check back here later tonight for complete spoiler results.
New Match Announced for WWE Battleground
WWE announced on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live that John Cena will face Rusev in a “Flag Match” at the upcoming WWE Battleground event. Here is the updated card:
WWE Title: Punjabi Prison match
Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal
SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The New Day vs. The Usos
Flag match
Rusev vs. John Cena
Battleground takes place on July 23rd from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Another Match Set for WWE Battleground
AJ Styles won the Independence Day Battle Royal on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live to earn a shot at Kevin Owen’s United States Championship title at the upcoming WWE Battleground event. Here is the updated card:
WWE Title: Punjabi Prison match
Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal
WWE United States Championship
AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens
SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The New Day vs. The Usos
Flag match
Rusev vs. John Cena
Battleground takes place on July 23rd from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
The Ross Report Recap w/ Steve Austin & Mike Johnson – Thoughts on Kenny Omega, Samoa Joe vs. Brock Lesnar, Was Paige Backstage at…
Ross welcomes ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin to the show.
Austin informs that he’s about to start filming the fifth season of Broken Skull Challenge, which will begin airing on CMT hopefully by September. Ross says that he really enjoys that show and he believes more television (including professional wrestling) should adapt the ‘simpler is better’ model.
Austin says that he really enjoyed this past weekend’s NJPW show which aired live from the United States. He was particularly impressed by the main event match between Okada and Cody Rhodes. He says that he’s so proud of Rhodes, who has gone out on his own and earned everything that has come to him recently. He says that Dusty would be so proud of Cody if he was still alive today.
Ross asks Austin what he thinks about Kenny Omega. Austin says that Omega is a lightning bolt that transfers energy wherever he goes. He has garnered praise for his two recent matches against Okada, but he has been delivering terrific matches for a long period of time now. Ross says that Omega’s match with Iishi which will air this upcoming weekend on AXSTV is an all-time classic as well, and he urges Austin and all of his listeners to check that out.