BY JEFF KNAPP
Tama Tonga made his debut this past Friday on Smackdown and aligned with Solo Sikoa and took out Jimmy Uso.
Ex-WWE owner has put up all his remaining shares of TKO, so they will be available for purchase. Good chance the money from the sales will go to legal fees.
Big E. gave us an update on his neck injury, and he tweeted the following to his fans “Hey, all, Two year neck scans are in. Things are unchanged. My C1 has healed fibrously but has not formed new bone. I’m not medically cleared and truthfully, I may never be cleared, but I am blessed to be free of pain, immensely happy and otherwise healthy. Life is good.”
On Monday, former STARDOM executive Ogawa held a press conference to announce the launch of Dream Star Fighting Marigold, or Marigold. Good luck to him and his new promotion.
Speaking of Merigold, Tokyo Sports caught up with Ogawa and he spoke about his interest in working with WWE going forward. “[WWE] has been very good to me,” he said. “I think they’re buying into what I’ve been doing to raise IYO [SKY], Kairi [Sane], and Giulia. Relationship with WWE? I think there will be some kind of announcement from the other side in the future.”
He continued, “I’d like to invite players from the other side (WWE)…I’d like to be able to do something like that.” Later in the interview, Ogawa even teased Marigold possibly becoming a feeder-system for WWE “Maybe it will become a (WWE) ranch…”
By the end of Raw this past Monday we saw the return of Sheamus, who has been out of action for a while dealing with an injury. Speaking of injuries, and this one really hurts but Rhea “Bloody” Ripley got hit with an injury and not only has to vacate the Women’s Championship but will be out of action for many months according to reports.
After finally splitting up the tag titles, Triple H announced that the titles that will be defended on Raw and held by Awesome Truth will now be known as the World Tag Team Titles. Their first title defense will be against DIY.
Although Giulia appeared at NXT’s Stand and Deliver over Wrestlemania weekend as the newest signee of the WWE, it appears that her debut will not come until possibly July at NXT Heatwave. Until then she is expected to work a few matches in Ogawa’s new Marigold promotion.
This past Wednesday, Nick Khan & Triple H spoke at the annual World Congress of Sports convention and mentioned the talks they had about having the 5 big PLE (WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, Survivor Series and Money In The Bank) all being held here in the United States and Canada but looking to have the other PLE emanating from other international locations. In my opinion, that would be a lot of fun to watch. That could be about 7 different locations. You figure Saudi Arabia would hold 1 and the other 6 could be Australia, The UK, France, Germany, Italy, and possibly Tokyo, Mexico City or even Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Congratulations go to Carlos Cabrera for finding a new home with AEW’s Spanish announce Team. Carlos was with the WWE from 1993 until 2022.
TNA Rebellion PPV Card for Saturday 4/20/2024
Pre-show
Leon Slater and ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) vs. The Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz, and Myron Reed) Six-man tag team match
Spitfire (Dani Luna and Jody Threat) (c) (with Lars Frederiksen) vs. Decay (Havok and Rosemary) – Tag team match for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
Crazzy Steve (c) vs. Laredo Kid Singles match for the TNA Digital Media Championship
Main Card
- Frankie Kazarian vs. Eric Young – Full Metal Mayhem match
- Joe Hendry vs. Rich Swann (with A. J. Francis)
- Mustafa Ali (c) vs. Jake Something – TNA X Division Championship
- The System (Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers) (c) (with Alisha Edwards) vs. Speedball Mountain (Mike Bailey and Trent Seven) – Tag team match for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
- Jordynne Grace (c) vs. Steph De Lander – TNA Knockouts World Championship
- Josh Alexander vs. Hammerstone – Last Man Standing match
- Moose (c) vs. Nic Nemeth – TNA World Championship
AEW Dynasty PPV Card Sunday 4/21/2024
Pre Show
AEW Trios Championships and ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championships — The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) and Billy Gunn (c) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)
Main Card
- Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston and Mark Briscoe vs. House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King and Buddy Matthews)
- FTW Championship — Hook (c) vs. Chris Jericho
- AEW International Championship — Roderick Strong (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly
- TBS Championship — Julia Hart (c) vs. Willow Nightingale (House Rules match)
- AEW Continental Championship — Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. PAC
- AEW Tag Team Championships — Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (Ladder match)
- AEW Women’s World Championship — “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Thunder Rosa
- Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Danielson
- AEW World Championship — Samoa Joe (c) vs. Swerve Strickland
Rollcall of current Champions across the wrestling world
WWE
Undisputed WWE Champion – Cody Rhodes
World Heavyweight Champion – Damian Priest
World Tag Team Champions – The Miz & R-Truth
Smackdown Tag Team Champions – Grayson Waller & Austin Theory
WWE Women’s Champion – Bayley
Women’s World Champion – Vacant
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions – The Kabuki Warriors
WWE US Champion – Logan Paul
WWE Intercontinental Champion – Sami Zayn
NXT
NXT Championship- Ilja Dragunov
NXT Women’s Champion – Roxanne Perez
North American Champion – Oba Femi
Tag Team Champions – Nathan Frazer & Axiom
Heritage Cup – Charlie Dempsey
AEW
AEW World Champion – Samoa Joe
TNT Champion – Adam Copeland
AEW Women’s Champion – Toni Storm
TBS Champion – Julia Hart
AEW World Tag Team Champions – VACANT
AEW Trios Champions – The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn
AEW International Champion – Roderick Strong
AEW Continental Champion – Kazuchika Okada
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 – Mark Briscoe
ROH TV Champion – Kyle Fletcher
ROH Pure Champion – Wheeler Yuta
ROH Tag Champions – The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
ROH Six Man Tag Champions – Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Austin & Colton Gunn)
ROH Women’s Champion – Athena
ROH Women’s TV Champion – Billie Starkz
NJPW
IWGP World Champion – Jon Moxley
IWGP Global Heavyweight – Nick Nemeth
IWGP Junior Heavyweight – Sho
Strong Openweight Champion – Eddie Kingston
IWGP Television Champion – Zack Sabre Jr.
IWGP Tag Team Champions – Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & Yoshi Hashi
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions – Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors)
Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions – TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls)
NEVER Openweight Champion – Shingo Takagi
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 – Joe Alonzo
NWA National Champion – VACANT
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 – VACANT
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 – Averno
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) – Crazy Star (Suzu Suzuki & Mei Seira)
Artist of Stardom Champions (trios) – Empress Nexus Venus (Maika, Mina Shirakawa & Xena)
High Speed Champion (lightweight or x type of title) Saki Kashima
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