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Dave Meltzer looks at Raw, Sunday Google trends, and Nate Diaz.
DAVE MELTZER
WWE:
The only thing announced for Raw tonight thus far is Theory vs. Cody Rhodes for the U.S. title. The show is from Hartford, CT. There were 6,500 tickets out for the show as of this morning.
WrestleMania Backlash was the fourth most searched term on Google yesterday with 200,000 searches. That is the usual number for a "B" PPV show. Some figured with the lack of title matches and a six-man tag on to that there would be less interest than usual. But it was normal level interest. We hope to have PPV numbers in the issue later this week.
There is a rumor that is in fact legit that in the Corbin/Moss video package last night the WWE used crowd footage that was edited like it was done during an angle between the two but it was actually use of a 2012 clip of a reaction of John Cena doing a rap on The Rock.
A story on WrestleMania Backlash helping local businesses near the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
Sasha Banks was announced as a guest during the next season of Kevin Hart's Cold as Balls Internet sports talk show. George Kittle, who has been featured on a lot of TV regarding his fandom for wrestling and his favorite wrestler Pentagon Jr., also on the new season.
AEW:
AEW is loading up Wednesday in the New York market. There is a competition with WWE on Friday night at the Nassau Coliseum and AEW on Wednesday at the UBS Arena. For Dynamite, AEW has C.M. Punk vs. Long Island's John Silver, Ricky Starks vs. Jungle Boy for the FTW title, Tony Nese vs. Danhausen, Owen Hart tournament matches with Adam Cole vs. Dax Harwood, Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy and Toni Storm vs. Jamie Hayter, plus the MJF announcing the stipulations and a contract signing for a match with Wardlow and a Chris Jericho Appreciation Society interview. Announced for Friday, taped Wednesday, is Scorpio Sky vs. Frankie Kazarian for the TNT title and Riho vs. Ruby Soho in the Owen Hart tournament. The ticket numbers for both shows will be relatively close. AEW has topped 7,000 tickets.
TNT in Spain has made a deal with AEW to air the four Battle of the Belts shows this year. The first two will air on 6/17 back-to-back at 10:05 p.m. and then be replayed on 6/19 at 11:30 a.m. They will also air on TNT Now in Spain and the VOD channel.
AEW Dark Elevation tonight on YouTube
Evil Uno & Alex Reynolds & 10 & Alan Angels vs. Ryan Nova & John Fuller & Brandon Scott & Raul Macho
Emi Sakura vs. Abadon
Sonny Kiss vs. Peter Avalon
John Silver vs. Tony Deppen
Keith Lee & Swerve Strickland vs. QT Marshall & Nick Comoroto
Other Wrestling:
NJPW has put up another of its most well regarded junior heavyweight bouts of recent years on its YouTube channel, the Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet match from 2016 in the Best of the super Juniors tournament. This match caused a ton of controversy because of an acrobatic clip from the match.
Amaya's Mexican grill in Monroe, MI is hosting "An Evening with Darren McCarthy: A Different Kind of Comedy show," with Rhino has a guest. McCarty is a legendary former star on the Detroit Red Wings who has wrestled on area indie shows including for Rhino's Insane Wrestling Revolution group (thanks to Paul Meade)
PWP from Saturday night in Omaha: Moonshine Russell b Tim Boston, Branden Juarez b Jack Darling, Moonshine Russell & Jack Darling b Branden Juarez & Tim Boston-DQ, Duke Cornell b Purple, Angus Keyser b Joey Daniels, Angus Keyser b Ryan Romantic, Willy Sweet b Keaton Stoneburner, Willy Sweet won Battle Royal. The next show is 4/18 at the Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha which is the company's 17th anniversary show.
Cage Fighting Fury Championships, the MMA promotion that CM Punk still announces for, announced an MMA show for 5/27 and a grappling event on 5/28 at the 2300 Arena In PhIladelphia. It's confirmed he won't be able to make the dates due to AEW commitments. That is Double or Nothing weekend. Santo Curatolo (6-2) vs. Hugo Paiva (5-0) meet in the main event on the 5/27 show for the Interim flyweight tile. Ben Saunders, a former UFC star, faces Sean Brady in the main event of the grappling show the next day. Other UFC stars appearing in the grappling matches are clay Guida, Alex Caceres as well as Clay's brother Jason Guida.
Boca Raton Championship Wrestling debuts on 5/15 at the Boca Black Box with Steve Maclin (Steve Cutler in WWE), Cezar Bononi, Josh Woods, Noah Kekoa, Jessie Elaban, Bull James, Santana Garrett and Gangrel, plus Brutus Beefcake will be there as commissioner. Former NXT creative head Ryan Katz will be putting together the show.
RevPro from yesterday in London: Rami Adetunji b David Francisco, Kid Lykos & Kid Lykos II b JJ Gale & Callum Newman, Shota Umino b Chuck Mambo, Ricky Knight Jr. b Lee Hunter Robbie X b Joshua James, Alex Windsor & Maya Mathews b Rhia O'Reilly & NightShade, TK Cooper b Yota Tsuji, Will Ospreay & Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis b Michael Oku & Connor Mills & Luke Jacobs.
