www.f4wonline.com/news/daily-updates/daily-update-wwe-raw-aew-rampage-fox-upfrontsDaily Update: WWE Raw, AEW Rampage, Fox upfronts
Dave Meltzer talks Raw, Rampage, and Fox's upfronts.
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Zachary Green (Zachary Wentz/Nash Carter) released a statement earlier today regarding the photo of him with the Hitler mustache. He said the photo was taken in 2015 and said he was very naive about the subject, and that somebody (not his wife) and gotten the photo and tried to blackmail him with it, and he was married at the time and sent the photo to his wife so she knew the situation he was dealing with. He said she kept the photo and released it the day he filed for a divorce. He was fired for the photo, although she had publicly claimed abuse in the relationship after the marriage had fallen apart, and he had denied it. He encouraged people to rad up on the holocaust and said how much he learned in studying about it and how horrible it was.
FOX had its advertising up fronts today. The first thing WWE did in its presentation to advertisers to say they are No. 1 in 18-34 on Friday nights. Well, they are on network television, but have not been No. 1 of late against the NBA. AEW Dynamite will have a significant display on Wednesday at the WarnerMedia up fronts. We'll have more about this on the show tonight.
The Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix opens with PPV shows on 7/30 and 7/31 at Ota Ward Gym in Tokyo, and will end on 10/1. There will be 26 women in the tournament. 22 have been named, Mayu Iwatani, Koguma,Hazuki, Hanan, AZM, Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani, Saki Kashima,Starlight Kid, Momo Watanabe, Giulia, Maika, Himeka, Natsupoi, Thekla, Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka, Syuri, Mirai, Risa Sera and Suzu Suzuki There will be one surprise addition and the other three will be the top three finishers in a tournament that starts shortly with the undercard wrestlers.
NXT tomorrow has Tony D'Angelo vs. Santos Escobar, Roxanne Perez vs. Kiana James and Lash Legend vs. Tatum Paxley in the Breakout tournament, plus Viking Raiders vs. Creed Brothers and Xyon Quinn vs. Wes Lee.
A new documentary on Bruno Sammartino is being released here.
itunes.apple.com/us/movie/bruno-sammartino/id1619801214?ls=1&fbclid=IwAR0Z2b4NHxo7mm3AmpNszeBYubVM3-D-aFnmuiDOzPxX9GtpvDE-uDitrwwjewA new batch of tickets were released for Forbidden Door in Chicago and they went immediately. They are about 230 shy of what they had for the C.M. Punk debut, which would be the second biggest crowd in company history. After production moves in they will likely beat that mark. Gate ways, they are going to be around $400,000 ahead.
An interview on Spin.com with Chris Jericho where he talks about Judas as his entrance music as well as why he still uses it as a heel.
Video from Saturday night of FTR being managed by Mick Foley against Griff Garrison & Marcus Cool from PWF in York, SC.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6BluP4ugEIResults from the show before 625 fans: Jimmy Valiant & Sweet Dreams & Deon Johnson b AJ Frost & Tony Benge & Chris Anderson, Stuart Snodgrass b Chrisifix to become first champion, Don Furio b Chase Emery, George South & Golden Gladiator #2 b Jerry Lawler & Big Nasty, Dean Boyd & Zach Snyder (the head football coach and principal at the school) b AJ Frost & Tony Benge & JP Lehman, John Skyler b Jake Jacobs, Joey Ford & Brady Collins b Myric Moore & Derrick Driver to keep tag titles, Mike Maughan b Suicide to keep PWF title, FTR b Griff Garrison & Marcus Cool
I have not seem this match, but Will Ospreay vs. Titus Alexander from West Coast Pro on Friday night has been raved to me by a number of people. I'd also recommend the NJPW Capital Collision as one of the better PPV shows of the year in the U.S.
The AAA YouTube channel is now available in the U.S. (thanks to Rene Ochoa)
www.youtube.com/user/luchalibreaaatv/videosBoca Raton Championship Wrestling from yesterday in Boca Raton before a sellout 200 fans: Steve Maclin b Josh Woods, Jack Talos b Cezar Bononi, Cha Cha Charlie b Noah Kekoa, Ear & Nova b Gangrel & Bull James-DQ, Jessie Elaban won three-way over MJ Jenkins and Santana Garrett, Lakey won a ladder match over Jack Talos, Ariel Levy, Alan Martinez, TC Read and Kerry Morton to win the CRCW title. Next show is November. This group works with CCW and Gangrel.
Superkicked on Friday at The Great Hall in Toronto.
Pro Wrestling Phoenix on Wednesday in Omaha, NE at the Waiting Room Lounge.
XICW from last night in Detroit: Kyler Coleman b Solo, Billy Ray Daniels b Forever Young, Sheepy b Soultaker, Dread King Logan & Zach Tomas b Iron Eagle Roadhouse, Rhino b charlie Haas to win Midwest title, Jamey Coxxx b Mark Ross, TJ Meyer b Dre Jacobs in an I Quit match, LJ Lawrence b Sam Beale, DBA & Malcolm Monroe III & Caden Monroe b Aaron Orton & Jack Price & Adam Wick (thanks to Leonard Brand)
The Motor City Machine Guns, Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley, will be appearing on 7/8 for West Coast Pro at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco, a new location.
Monster Factory Pro Wrestling on 6/30 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. Names announced are Homicide, Josh Woods, Beer City Bruiser, Headbangers, Steve Maclin and D-Lo Brown.
