www.f4wonline.com/news/daily-updates/daily-update-riddle-nakamura-lacey-evans-okadaDaily Update: Riddle & Nakamura, Lacey Evans, Okada
Raw notes, Kazuchika Okada and his wife are expecting their first child, more.
JOSEPH CURRIER
WWE:
WWE has removed the Women’s Breakout Tournament finals from the preview for tonight’s NXT.
Riddle & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated The Usos by disqualification on Raw last night when Jimmy Uso attacked Riddle with his own scooter. As a stipulation of the match, Riddle & Nakamura will get a shot at The Usos’ Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles. WWE hasn’t announced when that match will be taking place.
Despite it being advertised that she would make her in-ring return on the show, Lacey Evans didn’t appear on Raw last night. Evans claimed on Twitter that she was “still recovering” from flexing too much while being the honorary grand marshal of NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.
WWE posted video of Cody Rhodes working out at the Nightmare Factory ahead of his Hell in a Cell match against Seth Rollins this Sunday.
Nikki Bella has been announced as a competitor for Nickelodeon’s Slime Cup golf competition, which airs on Saturday, June 25. The hour-long special “will feature four teams as they compete on a ‘Nick-ified’ golf course to reach an unpredictable final round taking place inside the iconic Rose Bowl stadium.”
Apollo Crews vs. Akira Tozawa and T-Bar vs. R-Truth are the matches for this week’s episode of Main Event.
In an extra clip from this Friday’s Broken Skull Sessions, Jeff Jarrett named his five favorite guitar shots from his career.
WWE’s YouTube channel uploaded Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship from Hell in a Cell 2016, Mickie James vs. Katie Lea Burchill for the Women’s Championship from Night of Champions 2008, and World’s Greatest Tag Team vs. Los Guerreros from the September 18, 2003 episode of SmackDown.
OTHER WRESTLING:
Kazuchika Okada and his wife Suzuko Mimori have announced that Mimori is pregnant with the couple’s first child. Mimori is due to give birth in August.
On his My World podcast with Jeff Jarrett, Conrad Thompson confirmed that there will be an undercard for “Ric Flair’s Last Match” on Sunday, July 31. The matches for the show have yet to be revealed, but Thompson said he thinks the undercard will be pretty special.
Doug Dellinger will be the head of security for “Ric Flair’s Last Match.”
Lee Moriarty shared the heartbreaking news yesterday that his one-year-old nephew was killed in a drive-by shooting: “My nephew was 1 years old and his life was taken in a drive-by yesterday. I don’t share things from my personal life often but he deserves to be acknowledged for the great person he was growing to become. Miss you Im muting this and I’d prefer no messages. Thank you.”
Adam Cole, Danhausen, Nyla Rose, and Evil Uno will appear on G4’s Attack of the Show this Thursday. WWE’s Xavier Woods confirmed that he won’t be on the episode: “Don’t do anything crazy when I’m gone this week... @g4tv”
The latest episode of Sammy Guevara’s vlog chronicled Double or Nothing weekend.
Matt Jackson spoke to Sports Illustrated about The Young Bucks’ match against The Hardys from Double or Nothing: “We definitely wanted to present something fresh to the audience. Many of our fans have seen our other matches, and we wanted to respect that. Our biggest goal was to show the people that the Hardys are still great and have a ton of gas left in the tank, all these years later. And we didn’t want to have to lean on the greatest hits. Every great artist creates new art and reinvents themselves. The Hardys clearly stood their ground. The highlight of the match was seeing and hearing the Hardys having another big career moment.”
Maki Itoh tweeted about returning to Japan following her trip to the United States: “I'm going back to Japan. My experience in the US was invaluable! I was prepared to die when I lost my phone and credit cards [laughs] But I made a lot of friends. I met a lot of fans that I couldn't see. It was really fun. Thank you f*ck you all.”
Deonna Purrazzo tweeted about Wrestling Entertainment Series postponing their debut show that was scheduled for this Saturday: “This entire process has been frustrating, to say the least. I WILL NOT be making it for the ‘postponed’ July date. I hope to return to the UK under better circumstances soon”
JONAH also tweeted about the show being postponed: “Well! I'm free this weekend now! Hit me up jonahbookinginfo@gmail.com”
Mini Abismo Negro is set for MLW Battle Riot IV.
