Daily Update: WWE Raw, Tony Khan, Matt Riddle
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WWE sets gate record at Clash at the Castle, as well as a look at other metrics Running down the news of the show The Drew McIntyre angle A look at the next two PPVs What the other metrics tell us about the interest level for Clash
Update on Forbidden Door, All In and the Owen Hart tournament Kevin Kelly talks suing AEW The G1 Climax tournament Key news notes on the tournament Review of TripleMania in Tijuana A look at this week’s episode of Who Killed WCW The most detailed look at the ratings this past week for all the shows, quarters, competition and placings CMLL Anniversary show note Mistico anniversary week notes Former WWE star now agent for AAA Update on Giulia, Marigold and WWE Notes on the death of one of Argentina’s top stars from the heyday Shocker rehab notes More on the shooting involving Shannon Ritch Life of James Castle TNA PPV rundown AEW’s new Triller deal Details on the Shane McMahon story going around Attendance advances for all the upcoming WWE & AEW shows
Update on McGregor vs. Chandler Thoughts on Jake Paul’s next fight New Wyatt Sicks news Injury updates Timeline of Hulk Hogan coming to WWF from AWA
Saturday Update
WWE
With the Edmonton Oilers defeating the Florida Panthers last night, Raw will go head-to-head with game seven of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Monday.
Karrion Kross commented on Jacob Fatu’s WWE debut: “I’ve been fighting Jacob Fatu for over 10 years all over the continent from east to west…Trust me when I say this: #Smackdown is in DEEP sh*t. Good luck.”
Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman and his family were shown in the front row at last night’s SmackDown in Chicago.
In a series of Instagram comments, MVP said that Triple H “said no” to bringing The Hurt Business back.
WWE filed trademarks for “WWE independent Development” and “WWE ID” on June 21.
NXT’s Arianna Grace reacted to her father Santino Marella wrestling at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport Bushido in Japan, where he lost to Kazushi Sakuraba: “Let’s goooooo dad!!! trained hard, fought hard, warrior spirit! Love you and proud of you.”
There was another apparent Wyatt Sicks interruption on The Pat McAfee Show yesterday. At the end of the broadcast, the show cut off abruptly and the words “You Lied” appeared on the screen. Earlier, McAfee had said the Wyatt Sicks weren’t behind Thursday’s interruption.
Bret Hart met up with Snoop Dogg at Snoop Dogg’s concert in Calgary last night.
Chelsea Green, Carmelo Hayes, and LA Knight appeared on The SmackDown LowDown.
AEW/Other Wrestling
Tony Khan spoke to Bleacher Report about how much he enjoys working with CMLL:
I really enjoy working with CMLL and I expect we’re going to have a really long, fruitful, positive business relationship. Salvador [Lutteroth III] and the team at CMLL have been great to work with. I’ve dreamed of working with them for years.
I’m a really big fan of CMLL. When Salvador and a lot of the lucha libre wrestlers come in, I start talking to them about how, when I was in college, I would watch CMLL every week and I was a big fan of Mistico and so many other great wrestlers like Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy, they were a great trio, and Blue Panther of course.
To be able to work with them now and with Mistico, who is an inspiration and one of the greatest stars in wrestling, it’s really cool. The people at CMLL have been great to work with.
Khan also discussed AEW’s partnerships with Stardom and NJPW:
The folks at Stardom have come in and been a great partnership. I think it’s the kind of partnership I’ve wanted to have with them for a long time. And with the changes in management, we’ve been able to do that.
Under president [Hiroshi] Tanahashi at New Japan Pro-Wrestling, that relationship has only gotten stronger and better. And I believe this could be the best Forbidden Door yet, which is really saying something.
Kyle Fletcher is defending his ROH TV title against Atlantis Jr. at CMLL’s Arena Mexico show next Friday.
While appearing on Fox 5 in New York, MJF expressed how much he believes in AEW:
Look, it was a very easy decision [to stay with AEW] for me – mainly because Tony Khan is paying me an exorbitant amount of money. But outside of that, I also believe in AEW, I believe that it’s where the best wrestle. I believe that we have some of the most top-tier elite talent you get to see in the world today.
Jim Ross wishes CM Punk was still in AEW and thinks it’s unfortunate that things didn’t work out:
I get text messages from him on a somewhat frequent basis because he’s just checking on me to see how I’m feeling. He likes me and he respects me, and it’s reciprocal … I miss CM Punk. I thought he contributed greatly to the AEW roster when he was with us. To be perfectly candid, I wish he still was. How do you not want a talent the level of CM Punk not still with your company? It, personality-wise, just did not work out, and that’s unfortunate.
Ian Riccaboni was the guest on AEW Unrestricted this week.
In an interview with Tokyo Sports, Josh Barnett named Katsuyori Shibata, Goldberg, Shayna Baszler, and Boltin Oleg as people he’d like to see compete at future Bloodsport Japan events.
After Jacob Fatu made his WWE debut last night, Alex Hammerstone tweeted: “It’s pretty incredible to see people still mentioning the series of matches Jacob and myself had after his big debut tonight. But guys… yeah what we did was special…. But what Jacob does every time he steps in the ring is special. The world about to learn”
Matt Riddle is in Mexico City for Lucha Libre AAA’s TV taping today. Last weekend, Riddle missed his indie bookings after announcing that he suffered a concussion when his Uber got in an accident on the way to the airport.
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