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WWE:
WWE uploaded footage that took place following NXT Spring Breakin’ last night showing Bron Breakker being taken out by a steel chair by one of Joe Gacy’s “followers”. Two of them then placed Breakker on a stretcher and took him away to the back.
This week’s episode of The Bump, featuring Ezekiel, Liv Morgan, and Madcap Moss.
The Usos and Charlotte Flair will be guests on a WrestleMania Backlash edition of The Bump this Sunday.
WWE Evil, which aired after NXT last night and focused on the Stephanie McMahon character, averaged 362,000 viewers, up from last week’s 263,000 which focused on Hulk Hogan. Next week will feature the final scheduled episode of the series, which will focus on The Miz.
Matches taped for NXT Level Up this week include Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley vs. Sarray and Erica Yan, Sloane Jacobs vs. Thea Hail, and Channing Lorenzo and Troy Donovan vs. Dante Chen and Javier Bernal.
Matches added to WWE’s YouTube page today include John Cena vs. Sami Zayn from the May 4, 2015 edition of Raw, Carmella vs. Charlotte Flair from WWE Backlash 2018, and AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, also from Backlash 2018.
Last night’s episode of Young Rock scored 2,138,000 viewers, with a 0.15 in adults 18-34.
Stephanie McMahon was named in Variety’s New York Women’s Impact Report.
AEW/ROH:
Tony Khan on Twitter confirmed that the ROH sale is closed and today is his first day as Ring of Honor owner.
Brandon Thurston reported that a lawsuit has been filed against AEW for allegedly violating the American Disabilities Act. The plaintiff, Luigi Abreu, claims that aewshop.com isn’t accessible for visually-impaired people.
Former ROH COO Joe Koff recently wrote on Linkedin about his departure from Ring of Honor and the recent airing of the last episode of ROH TV on Sinclair Broadcasting stations: "As I look back on this amazing journey, there are so many people who joined this journey with me, our staff, our brilliant athletes that you will always know as Ring of Honor, our partners in production and distribution, our vendors and most importantly, you, our fans. I want to thank you personally for your continuous support, belief in me and our product, what we could do, what we would do, what we did! It was the journey of a lifetime and I thank you for sharing it with me.”
Colt Cabana guest starred on last night’s episode of Young Rock, playing The Brooklyn Brawler. The episode was based on The Rock’s tryout match with the WWE in 1996.
When confronted on Instagram about a leaked US Supreme Court opinion indicating that the court is set to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade opinion regarding abortion access, CM Punk replied on Instagram Stories (h/t WrestlingInc): “ A little bit, yeah. For my wife, my sisters, for mothers and women who are helplessly watching their rights over their own bodies stripped away by elite, rich, white, terrorist religious fascists. Being human means I cry when injustices masquerade as religious right. HER BODY, HER CHOICE.”
Khan noted on Twitter that Ravens head coach John Harbaugh would be in attendance at Dynamite tonight.
Max Caster has filed for the trademark “The Ace of America”.
This week’s Ethan Page vlog.
Other Wrestling:
Yuma Aoyagi is the winner of this year’s AJPW Champion Carnival tournament, defeating Jake Lee in the finals. As a result, he will face current Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara in a future title match.
DEFY Wild Ones, which was headlined by Jon Moxley vs. Tom Lawlor, is now up for free on Defy’s on demand channel.
Deadline reported that State Street Pictures is developing a film based on the comic book ‘Assassin and Son’, which was written by Shad Gaspard and Marc Copani (Muhammad Hassan)
