AEW News: Dynamite Preview for Orange Cassidy vs. Adam Cole Light Out Match, BJ Whitmer Turns 44, Hikaru Shida Sings

The 2022 WWE Royal Rumble will be long remembered for the backstage incident between Shane McMahon and his father Vince McMahon. At the time it was planned for Shane to have a big role in the lead-up to WrestleMania 38, however, those plans were nixed when he was “quietly released” following behind-the-scenes problems.

During his recent Talk Is Jericho podcast, AEW star Chris Jericho reflected on his 2008 feud with WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels, and why one match they had at the Judgment Day pay-per-view was the starting point of WWE cutting down on “showing color” on their programming. Check out what he had to say below (per Fightful):

Brutus Beefcake loves the idea of competition in wrestling, though he’s not up for an appearance in AEW. The WWE Hall of Famer spoke with Wrestling Inc promoting his appearance for Boca Raton Championship Wrestling this weekend, and you can see some highlights below:. On competition being good for...

A video has been making the rounds of four four Nigerian fans impersonating The Bloodline’s entrance, and Paul Heyman took to social media to comment. As you can see below, actor/comedian Chukwudike Akuwudike’s brother shared a video to TikTok of the four siblings doing the Smackdown stable’s entrance. Heyman made note of the video and shared it on Twitter, writing:

– In a post on Twitter, Paige replied to a tweet from WWE asking who should be Ronda Rousey’s next opponent. She hinted at possibly becoming Rousey’s manager. – During a live event in Florence, SC, Liv Morgan joined Finn Balor and AJ Styles for a ‘2 Sweet’ pose.

During the latest episode of the DDP Snake Pit podcast, WWE Hall Of Famers Diamond Dallas Page and Jake Roberts paid tribute to fellow Hall of Famer Ricky Steamboat. We reported previously what Roberts thinks of Streamboat, and now here is what DDP thinks of the former NWA World Heavyweight Champion (per Wrestling Inc.):

NJPW on AXS saw a major boost in the ratings this week, jumping to the best number since late February. According to Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston, Thursday night’s episode brought in a 0.02 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 74,000 viewers. The demo rating is the first time that the show did above a 0.01 in eleven weeks, with the last 0.02 demo rating coming at the February 24th episode. In addition, the total audience was the best number since the March 24th episode brought in 84,000 viewers.

– As noted on last Friday’s edition of WWE SmackDown, Raquel Rodriguez answered an open challenge from SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey, who beat Rodriguez in their one-on-one match. Rousey later took to her Instagram this weekend, praising WWE’s robust women’s division, and she thanked Rodriguez for the challenge.

During a recent episode of AEW Dynamite, Wardlow was led to the ring in handcuffs with security on either side of him. Wardlow himself, among others, compared the shot to a still from the movie Man of Steel, where Superman voluntarily wears handcuffs to a meeting even though he could easily escape them. In an interview with Josh Martinez (via Fightful, “Mr. Mayhem” said that the shot wasn’t planned.

Gzim Selmani & Sunny Dhinsa, formerly the Authors of Pain in WWE, have announced the launch of their own promotion, Wrestling Entertainment Series. It will debut on June 4 with a live event at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England, and will stream on FITE. Nottingham, UK: Gzim Selmani &...

PWInsider reports that the Aces & Eights’ team of Wes Brisco and Garett Bischoff returned at tonight’s Impact Wrestling TV taping in Florida. They were led to the ring by D’Lo Brown for a tag match with Honor No More’s Vincent and Kenny King. Honor No More previously attacked Brown months ago after the Hard to Kill PPV.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that WWE Wrestlemania Backlash this past Sunday had an attendance of 8,000 fans with 7,200 paid. The event happened at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI. It was announced as a sellout, and basically was, with only 200 seats not sold or comped. It...

Megacon has issued a press release detailing what items The Undertaker will not sign when he makes an appearance for them. He will appear for a signing in Orlando on May 21 through Fitterman Sports. Items he won’t sign include 1991 trading cards and WWE/WWF event tickets. No reason was given.

Fightful Select reports that Ariya Daivari and Joe Hennig both had tryouts as producers with the WWE at this week’s TV tapings. Hennig was not listed among the producers at this week’s RAW but was part of the Smackdown tapings. Daivari worked RAW on his own after a month of working with veteran producers, which is usually the case for producer tryouts. He produced the Main Event match between Akira Tozawa and Apollo Crews on his own. He was later working with a veteran again for Smackdown.

NJPW hosted Capital Collision on May 14 from the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC. Check out the full results below (per Fightful):. * Team Filthy (Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, & Danny Limelight) defeated Fred Rosser, Tanga Loa, David Finlay, Yuya Uemura, & The DKC.

WWE hosted Saturday Night’s Main Event on Saturday from the Florence Center in Florence, South Carolina. Check out the full results below (per Wrestling Bodyslam):. * AJ Styles & Finn Balor defeated Damian Priest & Theory (w/ Rhea Ripley) * Veer Mahaan defeated Drew Gulak. * Raw Women’s Championship:...

AppleTV+ has released a trailer for the upcoming new season of Carpool Karaoke: The Series, which includes several stars from AEW. The footage features MJF, Ruby Soho and Powerhouse Hobbs singing Dean Martin’s “Aint That A Kick in the Head.” Meanwhile, Christian Cage, Bryan Danielson, CM Punk and Britt Baker are also featured. Season five premieres on May 27.

AEW star Wardlow was recently interviewed on the Superstar Crossover podcast, during which he talked about one of his idols, Jeff Hardy and using his finishing move the Swanton Bomb. Check out what he had to say below: (per Wrestling Inc.):. “So the only one so — oh, so Jeff...

The first MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion was crowned at Kings Of Colosseum on Friday night, and the result is online. Fightful reports that Taya Valkyrie defeated Holidead to claim the inaugural title at Friday night’s show, which was an MLW: Fusion taping. In addition to her newly-won title,...

AEW star Eddie Kingston was recently interviewed by Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, during which he revealed the most unusual weapons he has encountered. He reflected on something that happened when he was a kid. Check out what he had to say below:. “Man. I just remember as a kid,...