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Daily Update: Tony Khan, Darby Allin, Roman Reigns - WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results
Khan and Allin speak ahead of tonight's Dynamite, an update on Roman Reigns, and more.
JOSEPH CURRIER
WWE:
After speaking with someone in WWE, Andrew Zarian of the Mat Men Podcast tweeted about Roman Reigns’ schedule: “Spoke to someone over at WWE regarding Roman & his schedule moving forward. It's not expected for Roman to take extended time off. He will be on PLEs & TV. The only change will be with smaller market house show, which is why he showed his gratitude to the fans in Trenton NJ.”
Natalya tweeted about working with producer Fit Finlay for her match against Cora Jade on NXT last night: “Last night’s @wwenxt was a very special show dominated by women. The man who laid down the foundation for the women in @wwe to have what we have today is Fit Finlay. What a privilege it was to work with him last night and be a part of the magic he creates.”
Drew McIntyre said he wants WWE to bring back the European Championship so he can win it and retire it: “I just want it. I don’t like too many titles and there are a lot right now, but I just wanted it when I was a kid. So just bring it back, let me win it and then I’ll retire it. Give old Drew the European title for young Drew."
CNBC published an article on how WWE is looking to boost its sponsorship revenue.
Theory, Drew Gulak, and JBL were guests on WWE’s The Bump this morning.
WWE’s YouTube channel uploaded John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes from the September 7, 2009 episode of Raw, Team Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri in a ladder match for the WWE Tag Team titles from Judgment Day 2003, and Natalya vs. Lacey Evans from the Hell in a Cell 2019 pre-show.
AEW:
In an interview with TSN, Tony Khan confirmed that Bret Hart isn’t being brought into AEW right now: “Not right now. I think Bret himself said that. First of all, we have a great respect for Bret Hart as a company and as individuals. A lot of the wrestlers here and myself respect Bret Hart as a great person and a great wrestler. He would always be somebody we would treasure whenever he’s around. He was involved in the first Double or Nothing [in 2019, when he unveiled the AEW World Championship for the first time]. He said he’s happy at home right now. It’s a great thing he’s got going and we’ve just got so much respect for Bret Hart.”
Khan also spoke about booking AEW and NJPW’s Forbidden Door PPV with Gedo: “We’re planning it together. We’re gonna be two-man keys and turn them together like a submarine. We’re going to agree to a great card of matches. For the two of us, I think it will be fun working with him…we’re putting stuff together and now we’re kinda taking our separate ideas and separate stories and trying to find ways to make everything work with our people getting involved on each other’s shows and our own respective shows and stories and staying faithful to the great things we do in AEW and the great things they do in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.”
Brett Weitz is exiting his role as general manager of TBS, TNT & truTV.
Ahead of their Owen Hart Tournament match on Dynamite tonight, the New York Post asked Darby Allin what his relationship with Jeff Hardy has been like since Hardy signed with AEW:
It’s one that has a lot to do with outside of wrestling. It’s the way I see him live his life outside of the ring, the stunts and the craziness that kind of draws me to him. I don’t get that from a lot of wrestlers. I don’t think I get that from any wrestlers. Nobody excited me outside the ring. To have that feeling with somebody, I’m like damn. So the first time I talked to him, we’re like, ‘Hey, you like to jump off of big s—t. I like to jump off of big s—t. You like dirt bikes. I like dirt bikes.’ It was really like an organic relationship. It was super fun. For us to have that one tag match, me, Sting, Matt and Jeff down in Texas, that was also a lot of fun. It just feels very normal.
People thought this was a dream match and, yes, it’s a dream match for me, but man this came really quick. I was expecting it a little bit down the road to be honest. This came really quick, but now’s better than never. Wednesday, I don’t know what to expect. It’s gonna be an interesting one.
Allin was also asked about potentially incorporating their shared interests into vignettes for a match against Hardy: “It’d be nice. Like I said, this match kind of came very quick on me and I just thought originally it would have been crazy if we had a build to a singles match and like we had a promo battle were we could get crazier outside the ring leading up to the match. But here we are. We’re gonna get crazy this Wednesday.”
Thunder Rosa spoke to TalkSport about who has helped her behind the scenes in AEW: “In my case, definitely Dustin Rhodes. He’s been on my side since day one. Sonjay [Dutt] is another one who is very involved with some of the women there. He guides them in that aspect. BJ [Whitmer] -- I love BJ, shoutout to BJ -- he’s also one of the producers of our matches. For me, Dustin has been pivotal in a lot of things, inside and outside of the ring. I talk to him a lot about promos because of who his father was and also who he was in other companies with how he developed characters. That’s very important.”
AEW announced its updated roster rankings.
Ethan Page uploaded the final episode of his “Fake Name No Gimmicks” vlog series.
Other Wrestling:
Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz officially unveiled the cover for his “There’s Just One Problem…” book about his time with WWE. The book will be released on August 16.
Gangrel vs. Budd Heavy and Brittany Blake vs. Zoey Skye have been added to this Friday’s MLW Kings of Colosseum tapings in Philadelphia.
NBC Sports Boston has an interview with Renee Paquette.
Daily Update: Tony Khan, Darby Allin, Roman Reigns - WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results
Khan and Allin speak ahead of tonight's Dynamite, an update on Roman Reigns, and more.
JOSEPH CURRIER
WWE:
After speaking with someone in WWE, Andrew Zarian of the Mat Men Podcast tweeted about Roman Reigns’ schedule: “Spoke to someone over at WWE regarding Roman & his schedule moving forward. It's not expected for Roman to take extended time off. He will be on PLEs & TV. The only change will be with smaller market house show, which is why he showed his gratitude to the fans in Trenton NJ.”
Natalya tweeted about working with producer Fit Finlay for her match against Cora Jade on NXT last night: “Last night’s @wwenxt was a very special show dominated by women. The man who laid down the foundation for the women in @wwe to have what we have today is Fit Finlay. What a privilege it was to work with him last night and be a part of the magic he creates.”
Drew McIntyre said he wants WWE to bring back the European Championship so he can win it and retire it: “I just want it. I don’t like too many titles and there are a lot right now, but I just wanted it when I was a kid. So just bring it back, let me win it and then I’ll retire it. Give old Drew the European title for young Drew."
CNBC published an article on how WWE is looking to boost its sponsorship revenue.
Theory, Drew Gulak, and JBL were guests on WWE’s The Bump this morning.
WWE’s YouTube channel uploaded John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes from the September 7, 2009 episode of Raw, Team Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri in a ladder match for the WWE Tag Team titles from Judgment Day 2003, and Natalya vs. Lacey Evans from the Hell in a Cell 2019 pre-show.
AEW:
In an interview with TSN, Tony Khan confirmed that Bret Hart isn’t being brought into AEW right now: “Not right now. I think Bret himself said that. First of all, we have a great respect for Bret Hart as a company and as individuals. A lot of the wrestlers here and myself respect Bret Hart as a great person and a great wrestler. He would always be somebody we would treasure whenever he’s around. He was involved in the first Double or Nothing [in 2019, when he unveiled the AEW World Championship for the first time]. He said he’s happy at home right now. It’s a great thing he’s got going and we’ve just got so much respect for Bret Hart.”
Khan also spoke about booking AEW and NJPW’s Forbidden Door PPV with Gedo: “We’re planning it together. We’re gonna be two-man keys and turn them together like a submarine. We’re going to agree to a great card of matches. For the two of us, I think it will be fun working with him…we’re putting stuff together and now we’re kinda taking our separate ideas and separate stories and trying to find ways to make everything work with our people getting involved on each other’s shows and our own respective shows and stories and staying faithful to the great things we do in AEW and the great things they do in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.”
Brett Weitz is exiting his role as general manager of TBS, TNT & truTV.
Ahead of their Owen Hart Tournament match on Dynamite tonight, the New York Post asked Darby Allin what his relationship with Jeff Hardy has been like since Hardy signed with AEW:
It’s one that has a lot to do with outside of wrestling. It’s the way I see him live his life outside of the ring, the stunts and the craziness that kind of draws me to him. I don’t get that from a lot of wrestlers. I don’t think I get that from any wrestlers. Nobody excited me outside the ring. To have that feeling with somebody, I’m like damn. So the first time I talked to him, we’re like, ‘Hey, you like to jump off of big s—t. I like to jump off of big s—t. You like dirt bikes. I like dirt bikes.’ It was really like an organic relationship. It was super fun. For us to have that one tag match, me, Sting, Matt and Jeff down in Texas, that was also a lot of fun. It just feels very normal.
People thought this was a dream match and, yes, it’s a dream match for me, but man this came really quick. I was expecting it a little bit down the road to be honest. This came really quick, but now’s better than never. Wednesday, I don’t know what to expect. It’s gonna be an interesting one.
Allin was also asked about potentially incorporating their shared interests into vignettes for a match against Hardy: “It’d be nice. Like I said, this match kind of came very quick on me and I just thought originally it would have been crazy if we had a build to a singles match and like we had a promo battle were we could get crazier outside the ring leading up to the match. But here we are. We’re gonna get crazy this Wednesday.”
Thunder Rosa spoke to TalkSport about who has helped her behind the scenes in AEW: “In my case, definitely Dustin Rhodes. He’s been on my side since day one. Sonjay [Dutt] is another one who is very involved with some of the women there. He guides them in that aspect. BJ [Whitmer] -- I love BJ, shoutout to BJ -- he’s also one of the producers of our matches. For me, Dustin has been pivotal in a lot of things, inside and outside of the ring. I talk to him a lot about promos because of who his father was and also who he was in other companies with how he developed characters. That’s very important.”
AEW announced its updated roster rankings.
Ethan Page uploaded the final episode of his “Fake Name No Gimmicks” vlog series.
Other Wrestling:
Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz officially unveiled the cover for his “There’s Just One Problem…” book about his time with WWE. The book will be released on August 16.
Gangrel vs. Budd Heavy and Brittany Blake vs. Zoey Skye have been added to this Friday’s MLW Kings of Colosseum tapings in Philadelphia.
NBC Sports Boston has an interview with Renee Paquette.