By JEFF KNAPP
Congratulations are in order for Muhammad Ali and his family on his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, albeit a few decades to late, but great to see, nonetheless.
Speaking of the WWE Hall of Fame, it was also announced this week that Thunderbolt Patterson will also be inducted into the hall of fame. To read more about him, please click on the link: Thunderbolt Patterson – Wikipedia
After TNA’s Sacrifice PPV this past Friday, which I got a few picks wrong, was a solid show and a few members of the roster walked away as new champions. With that said, congratulations to Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers of “The System” in becoming the new TNA Tag Team Champions. Speaking of new tag team champions, the Knockouts division have new tag team champions with Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna). TNA also had some championship stay put, and although a great showing from Eric Young, Xia Brookside and Tasha Steelz, both Moose and Jordynne Grace retained their World Championships.
Last week we saw the debut of Okada to AEW and now this past Wednesday at AEW’s Big Business in Boston we saw the debut of Mercedes Mone FKA Sasha Banks. The crowd seemed pretty happy to see the multi time world champion.
TNA Wrestling has announced a partnership with the Albany (NY) Firebirds of the Arena Football League. Moose and AJ Francis will be the Honorary Captains for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League for the team’s home game on Thursday, May 2, against the Nashville Kats. This happens the day before TNA has a PPV followed by TV tapings May 3-4, at the Washington Avenue Armory
It was announced that on Saturday April 20 at Rebellion that Nic Nemeth will challenge Moose for the TNA World Championship.
ROH has announced 2 matches for their upcoming Supercard of Honor PPV on April 5th in Philly. The 2 matches announced are:
ROH World Championship Match: Eddie Kingston vs. Mark Briscoe
ROH Women’s Championship Match: Athena vs. Hikaru Shida
Rollcall of current Champions across the wrestling world
WWE
WWE Universal Championship – Roman Reigns
World Heavyweight Champion – Seth Rollins
WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions – Judgement Day
WWE Women’s Champion – Iyo Sky
Women’s World Champion – Rhea Ripley
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions – The Kabuki Warriors
WWE US Champion – Logan Paul
WWE Intercontinental Champion – Gunther
NXT
NXT Championship- Ilja Dragunov
NXT Women’s Champion – Lyra Valkyria
North American Champion – Oba Femi
Tag Team Champions – The Wolf Dogs (Bron Breakker and Baron Corbin)
Heritage Cup – Charlie Dempsey
AEW
AEW World Champion – Samoa Joe
TNT Champion – Christian
Women’s Champion – Toni Storm
TBS Champion – Julia Hart
Tag Team Champions – VACANT (Tournament to crown the new champs will start soon)
Trios Champions – The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn
AEW International Champion – Roderick Strong
AEW Continental Champion – Eddie Kingston
TNA Wrestling
World Champion – Moose
X Division – Mustafa Ali
Tag Team Champions – The System (Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers)
Digital Media Champion – Crazzy Steve
Knockouts Champion – Jordynne Grace
Knockouts Tag Champions – Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat)
ROH
ROH World Champion – Eddie Kingston
ROH TV Champion – Kyle Fletcher
ROH Pure Champion – Wheeler Yuta
ROH Tag Champions – The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
ROH Women’s Champion – Athena
ROH Six Man Tag Champions – Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Austin & Colton Gunn)
NJPW
IWGP World Champion – Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Global Heavyweight – Nick Nemeth
IWGP Junior Heavyweight – Sho
Strong Openweight Champion – Eddie Kingston
IWGP Television Champion – Matt Riddle
IWGP Tag Team Champions – Bullet Club (Kenta & Chase Owens)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions – Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors)
Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions – Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo)
NEVER Openweight Champion – Evil
NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Champions – Vacant
KOPW 2023 – Great O Khan
IWGP Women’s Champion – Maya Iwatani (Shared with Stardom)
Strong Women’s Champion – Stephanie Vaquer (Shared with Stardom)
NWA
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion – EC3
NWA World TV Champion – Max The Impaler (unified men’s and women’s)
NWA World Jr Heavyweight Champion – Colby Corino
NWA National Champion – “Thrillbilly Silas Mason
NWA World Tag Team Champions – Blunt Force Trauma – (Carnage & Damage)
NWA US Tag Team Champions – The Immortals (Kratos & Odinson)
NWA World Women’s Champion – Kenzie Paige
NWA World Women’s TV Champion – Max The Impaler
NWA World Women’s Tag Team Champions – The King Bees (Charity King & Danni Bee)
AAA – Triple A Worldwide
AAA Mega Champion – El Hijo Del Vikingo
AAA Latin American Champion – Octagon Jr
AAA World Cruiserweight Champion – Komander
AAA World Tag Team Champions – Nueva Generacion Dinamita (Sanson & Forastero)
AAA World Trios Champions – Los Vipers (Abismo Negro Jr, Psicosis & Toxin)
AAA Reina de Reinas Champion – Flammer
CMLL – Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
CMLL World Heavyweight Champion – Gran Guerrero
CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion – Niebla Roja
CMLL World Middleweight Champion – Templario
CMLL World Welterweight Champion – Titan
CMLL World Lightweight Champion – Stigma
CMLL World Tag Team Champions – Los Nuevos Ingobernables (Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja)
CMLL World Trios Champions – Los Bárbaros (Dragon Rojo Jr., Bárbaro Cavernario & El Terrible)
CMLL World Women’s Champion – Stephanie Vaquer
CMLL World Women’s Tag Team Champions – Stephanie Vaquer and Zeuxis
Stardom
World of Stardom Champion (main title) – Maika
Wonder of Stardom Champion (secondary title ie IC tite) – Saori Anou
Goddess of Stardom Champions (tag) – AphroditE – (Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita)
Artist of Stardom Champions (trios) – Abarenbo GE (Syuri, Mirai and Ami Sohrei)
High Speed Champion (lightweight or x type of title) Mei Seira
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