Bea Priestley is on Justin Roberts' latest podcast.
AEW has released "superkicks" high top sneakers for various talents. Pro Wrestling Tees has been invaluable for the company's merchandise.
Mick Foley discussed The Undertaker's WWE Network series, retirement, and more. Interesting to hear he'd undo his entire Impact run. I think others would concur with that assessment.
The Rock discussed his daughter signing with WWE and more.
Smackdown drew 2.06 million viewers this week, a small improvement from last week.
AEW's Casino Ladder Match has added Frankie Kazarian.
The Godfather is on the latest Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast.
Dark this week will feature:
- Hikaru Shida vs. Dani Jordan
- Sammy Guevara vs. Alan Angels
- QT Marshall vs. Clutch Adams
- Marko Stunt vs. Jason Cade
- Darby Allin vs. Serpentico
- Jimmy Havoc and Kip Sabian vs. Musa and Lee Johnson
- Rey Fenix vs. Shawn Dean
- Luther vs. Jon Cruz
- Private Party vs. Ryan Rembrandt and Mike Reed
The former Revival have been sued by NC independent team The Revolt over the former WWE team's attempts to trademark "Fear The Revolt" for themselves.
- Cash Wheeler and Dax Hardwood counter that they are not attempting to trademark "The Revolt," but rather FTR, which will apparently mean different things at different times.
- The Revolt reached out to their fellow former NC wrestlers privately to settle the dispute. Hardwood and Wheeler informed the duo that FTR is the team name.
- FTR's side is mentioning similar team names from decades past, such as Ultimate Warrior and The Road Warriors, as well as Midnight Express and Rock 'n' Roll Express.
- FTR is also saying they're using "The Revolt" in a general sense to describe their post-WWE careers rather than specifically making that a team name.
- FTR have offered to finance The Revolt's application of that name and to compete with the team on independent shows.
Drew Gulak's WWE contract has expired. The two sides have been in negotiations, but he is currently a free agent and able to appear elsewhere immediately. I've really enjoyed a lot of his work, so I hope he's able to do great things somewhere soon.
WWE Network will add more episodes of Confidential this week.
D-Von Dudley has fully retired from in-ring competition. He was previously willing to consider a one-off angle or something similar. That's not particularly surprising. I wouldn't assume this will affect Bully Ray's in-ring future given how he's been focusing on singles competition.
Bruce Prichard spoke to Newsweek about "The Last Ride" and more. Very good insight there.
DDT's Peter Pan event will take place on June 6 and June 7. The second night will also be on Abema.
Hiromu Takahashi discussed NJPW's future plans and more. I'm interested in seeing how the company handles their future schedule.
Tony Khan discussed Mike Tyson's AEW involvement. It's very cool to see.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
AEW has released "superkicks" high top sneakers for various talents. Pro Wrestling Tees has been invaluable for the company's merchandise.
Mick Foley discussed The Undertaker's WWE Network series, retirement, and more. Interesting to hear he'd undo his entire Impact run. I think others would concur with that assessment.
The Rock discussed his daughter signing with WWE and more.
Smackdown drew 2.06 million viewers this week, a small improvement from last week.
AEW's Casino Ladder Match has added Frankie Kazarian.
The Godfather is on the latest Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast.
Dark this week will feature:
- Hikaru Shida vs. Dani Jordan
- Sammy Guevara vs. Alan Angels
- QT Marshall vs. Clutch Adams
- Marko Stunt vs. Jason Cade
- Darby Allin vs. Serpentico
- Jimmy Havoc and Kip Sabian vs. Musa and Lee Johnson
- Rey Fenix vs. Shawn Dean
- Luther vs. Jon Cruz
- Private Party vs. Ryan Rembrandt and Mike Reed
The former Revival have been sued by NC independent team The Revolt over the former WWE team's attempts to trademark "Fear The Revolt" for themselves.
- Cash Wheeler and Dax Hardwood counter that they are not attempting to trademark "The Revolt," but rather FTR, which will apparently mean different things at different times.
- The Revolt reached out to their fellow former NC wrestlers privately to settle the dispute. Hardwood and Wheeler informed the duo that FTR is the team name.
- FTR's side is mentioning similar team names from decades past, such as Ultimate Warrior and The Road Warriors, as well as Midnight Express and Rock 'n' Roll Express.
- FTR is also saying they're using "The Revolt" in a general sense to describe their post-WWE careers rather than specifically making that a team name.
- FTR have offered to finance The Revolt's application of that name and to compete with the team on independent shows.
Drew Gulak's WWE contract has expired. The two sides have been in negotiations, but he is currently a free agent and able to appear elsewhere immediately. I've really enjoyed a lot of his work, so I hope he's able to do great things somewhere soon.
WWE Network will add more episodes of Confidential this week.
D-Von Dudley has fully retired from in-ring competition. He was previously willing to consider a one-off angle or something similar. That's not particularly surprising. I wouldn't assume this will affect Bully Ray's in-ring future given how he's been focusing on singles competition.
Bruce Prichard spoke to Newsweek about "The Last Ride" and more. Very good insight there.
DDT's Peter Pan event will take place on June 6 and June 7. The second night will also be on Abema.
Hiromu Takahashi discussed NJPW's future plans and more. I'm interested in seeing how the company handles their future schedule.
Tony Khan discussed Mike Tyson's AEW involvement. It's very cool to see.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. I could see it coming to WWE Network sometime down the line, as I'd think it would be more valuable to WWE's archive than to FOX's.
2. A year is a long time in the wrestling business. I expect she'd get a great reaction upon returning. After that it will depend on what she does, whom she works with, etc. Fans were already growing tired of her at the top, so if she came back and continued her dominant streak, it's possible there would be backlash to that. We'll see who emerges in the meantime and what their momentum does when/if Becky returns.
3. Oh yeah for sure. It was a hotbed in its time.
4. I don't see why not, since Scotty works in the company. As long as there's a ceremony each year, there are going to need to be inductees.
5. The point of the pet was to have a mystery angle people would discuss, and to give Rowan motivation to be a vicious monster in the ring. Eventually it ran its course and he was used to elevate Drew McIntyre. It was successful for how it was intended; Rowan wasn't going to be a long-term project.
More wrestling tomorrow.
2. A year is a long time in the wrestling business. I expect she'd get a great reaction upon returning. After that it will depend on what she does, whom she works with, etc. Fans were already growing tired of her at the top, so if she came back and continued her dominant streak, it's possible there would be backlash to that. We'll see who emerges in the meantime and what their momentum does when/if Becky returns.
3. Oh yeah for sure. It was a hotbed in its time.
4. I don't see why not, since Scotty works in the company. As long as there's a ceremony each year, there are going to need to be inductees.
5. The point of the pet was to have a mystery angle people would discuss, and to give Rowan motivation to be a vicious monster in the ring. Eventually it ran its course and he was used to elevate Drew McIntyre. It was successful for how it was intended; Rowan wasn't going to be a long-term project.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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