Matt Hardy On AEW Pushing Vince McMahon To Embrace Forbidden Door Concept, AEW Forcing WWE To Change Its Ways

UPDATE 3: A new report has additional details on the situation with Naomi and Sasha Banks walking out on tonight’s WWE Raw taping. Fightful Select reports that the people they spoke with that worked on the match said that the match was to be put together in such a way that Naomi would not have interacted with Sasha Banks and Doudrop would not have come into contact with Nikki ASH during the bout. The working plan was to have Naomi pinning Nikki ASH and not Banks as some have speculated on.

– PWInsider has an update with additional details on the Sasha Banks and Naomi situation that saw them walk out of WWE Raw while the show was going on last night. As noted, Naomi was originally expected to win the previously announced Six-Pack Challenge and go on to face Bianca Belair for the Raw Women’s Championship at Hell in a Cell. According to the new report, the show would’ve ended with both Naomi and Banks celebrating that Naomi would face Belair for the title at the event.

– 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.

Following Monday’s WWE RAW broadcast, a fan caught former Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch taking a swing at Cody Rhodes while selling Asuka’s green mist. It all went down during a dark match involving Rhodes and Seth Rollins. The video posted by @Baby_Face_Grace shows Lynch heading backstage up the entrance passing Rhodes during his entrance. When she is near to him Lynch starts swinging punches and kicks as if she can’t see due to the mist in her eyes. Check out the fan capture footage below:

Fightful Select has released some additional details regarding the Sasha Banks and Naomi situation which took place at Monday’s WWE RAW and saw them walk out of the broadcast early due to frustrations with their creative. The report notes that despite many sources reporting Naomi was scheduled to win...

SHIMMER and ROH alumna Nicole Savoy is hanging up the boots, announcing her retirement from the business on Saturday night. Savoy, who was part of the 2017 May Young Classic in WWE and AEW’s Deadly Draw women’s tag team tournament in 2020, made the announcement following her match alongside Dark Sheik vs. Brittany Wonder and Juice Lee at HOODSLAM Mutagenesis last night (per Fightful).

Hey kids! I’m told that Tony Acero will be off the next two Mondays to attend Nymphomaniacs Anonymous meetings. You’re stuck with me, Steve Cook, for tonight. Not sure who will be here next week, other than it won’t be me since I’ll be working! Let’s try and get through the next three hours without anybody getting hurt.

-So yeah, some crazy drama going down in WWE right now. Let’s see if they use this show to jab at Sasha or Naomi. Let’s get to it!. -Scott Stanford welcomes us to the show and is joined by Matt Camp. Booker T will be joining the show later.

Jonathan Gresham is the PROGRESS World Champion no more, as he was stripped of the title following the events of PROGRESS Chapter 134 on Sunday. PROGRESS issued a press release to 411 announcing that the title has been declared vacant after Lykos Gym attacked Gene Munny during the main event in front of the referee, causing the stipulations of the title match — that Gresham would be stripped of the title on a DQ — to be invoked. You can see the full announcement below:

ICW No Holds Barred held its Volume 25 show on Sunday night in Cambridge, Massachusetts with an American Deathmatch Title match and more. You can see the results from the show below, courtesy of Fightful:. * Tommy Vendetta def. AKIRA. * Hoodfoot def. Satu Jinn. * Justin Kyle def. Danny...

– On a recent episode of the Oh… You Didn’t Know? podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Brian “Road Dogg” James was joined by his brother, former WWE referee Scott Armstrong, who discussed a number of topics. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):. Road Dogg on their...

Commentators: Jimmy Smith, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton. We’re in for a big grudge match with Omos vs. Bobby Lashley inside a cage. This is the third match between the two of them after they split the first two, though I’m not sure if it’s the best idea with the Cell pay per view a few weeks away. Other than that, we will probably get another push towards the Usos vs. RKBro on Friday, which will totally be the big conclusive ending. Let’s get to it.

In an interview with Forbes (via Fightful), AEW CEO Tony Khan spoke about his creative process for AEW events, talking about how he’s able to organize the ideas of several people. He spoke about how AEW shows are a collaborative effort. He said: “I did lean more on people...

We know the first matches for WWE Hell in a Cell following tonight’s episode of Raw. WWE set the following matches on Monday’s show for the PPV, which takes place on June 5th in Chicago, Illinois and airs live on Peacock and WWE Network:. * Hell in a...

– TERMINUS has confirmed another new matchup for the promotion’s next event, Modern Age Grappling. Jonathan Gresham will face Invictus Khash at the event. The card is scheduled for May 22. It will be held at the Underground Fite Factory in Hampton, Georgia. Here’s the current lineup:. *...

WWE Raw viewership for Monday’s episode May 16 averaged 1.736 million viewers, which is up from last week’s total of 1.652 million viewers. This is being reported as the highest viewership for the show since the April 11 episode which pulled in 1.803 million viewers. The show delivered a 0.45 (587,000) rating in the all-important 18 to 49 demographic, which is up from the 0.44 rating from the week before. The news was first reported by Brandon Thurston:

The XFL has its official broadcast partner, signing a multi-year deal with Disney and ESPN. The XFL announced on Tuesday that it had signed a deal with the Walt Disney Company and ESPN that will see the league’s games exclusively broadcast on ABC, ESPN Networks, and FX. The announcement...

WWE has filed new trademarks for an apparent group known as “Bloody Brutes.” Fightful reports that WWE filed two applications with the US Patent & Trademark Office on May 12th for the term, to cover professional wrestling exhibitions and performances. No word on who this is for, though...

– During the most recent episode of WWE After the Bell with Corey Graves, SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos discussed the advice they shared with their young brother, Solo Sikoa, who is currently part of the WWE NXT roster. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):. Jimmy Uso on their...

Ricky Steamboat won’t face Ric Flair in the latter’s in-ring return, noting he declined the match. During a virtual signing with Highspots Superstore, Steamboat confirmed he was approached about the match, which was https://411mania.com/wrestling/more-ric-flair-planned-return-ring-potential-opponents/ target=new>reportedly pitched to be Flair & FTR against Steamboat & the Rock N’ Roll Express, but decided to turn it down. You can see some highlights below, per Fightful: