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Friday, Week 1 May 2022 WWE Smackdown Carlito beat Gable Steveson by DQ Carmella & Lacey Evans beat Liv Morgan & Xia Li Rhea Ripley beat Aliyah by DQ Omos beat R-Truth Shinsuke Nakamura beat Angel Garza 6-Men Tag: Johnny Gargano, Happy Corbin & Seth Rollins beat Tommaso Ciampa & The Viking Raiders Sami Zayn & Ricochet beat Elias & Bray Wyatt **** AEW Rampage The Butcher and The Blade beat The Varsity Blonds Serena Deeb beat Tay Conti Kayla Rossi beat AQA by DQ Riho beat Jamie Hayter Hikaru Shida beat Abadon by DQ 6-Men Tag: Matt Sydal & SCU beat Sammy Guevara & The Acclaimed TNT Championship: Keith Lee beat Adam Cole by countout; Keith Lee retains CM Punk & Bryan Danielson beat Jay Lethal & Christian Cage ***** NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2022 Day #14 Chris Adonis beat Kazuaki Mihara Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Chase Owens) beat Gabriel Kidd & Volador Jr Austin Aries beat Dick Togo Captain New Japan beat Jeff Cobb 6-Men Tag: Chris Hero, Samoa Joe & Michael Elgin beat Nick Aldis, OKUMURA & Aaron Henare YOSHI-HASHI beat Taichi Roppongi 3K beat Birds of Prey The World Class Tag Team beat FinJuice 6-Men Tag: Akira Nogami & The Guerrillas of Destiny beat Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Bad Luck Fale) beat Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata 6-Men Tag: CHAOS (Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma **** NJPW Strong Kal Jack beat Danny LimeLight Douglas James beat Jorel Nelson Royce Isaacs beat Barrett Brown 6-Men Tag: Brody King, Juicy Finau & Karl Fredericks beat Misterioso, Anaya & Adrian Quest JONAH beat Logan Riegel Rey Horus & Rocky Romero beat Fred Rosser & PJ Black **** Miscellaneous News -Gerald Brisco is now officially divorced -Masashi Takeda dislocated his shoulder during a 6-men tag match on last night's ZERO1 card and will be sidelined for a few weeks -Announcing their retirement: Sakura Hirota, Masamune, Daisuke Ikeda, Masayoshi Motegi, Monsta Mack, Junji Tanaka, Oficialito AK-47, Anthony Darko, Claudia del Solis, Handsome JF, JD Hogg, The Boogeyman, Mike Santos, Randy Royal & Voodoo -NWA will not renew Elijah Burke's contract when it expires -Pentagon Jr defeated Blue Demon Jr on AAA Worldwide to become the new AAA Latin American Champion -MLW has offered El Hijo de LA Park a contract extension -AAA officially re-signed Averno -Tyrus defeated Luke Hawx to win the vacant NWA National Heavyweight Championship during the NWA USA tapings last night. The match will air next week -Dickie Divers has fully recovered from his injury -Lady Dragon changing her style from Luchador to Regular Wrestler; Kristian Thorn changing his style from Regular Wrestler to Technician

Thursday, Week 1 May 2022 WWE NXT UK Oliver Carter beat Sam Gradwell Rampage Brown & Michael May beat Levi Muir & Jordan Devlin by DQ Dani Luna beat Xia Brookside Nina Samuels & Isla Dawn beat Stevie Turner & Aleah James 6-Men Tag: Iestyn Rees & Pretty Deadly beat Charlie Dempsey, Josh Terry & Saxon Hurley Noam Dar & Jack Starz beat Symbiosis (Eddie Dennis & Primate) **** Impact Wrestling Honor No More (Kenny King & Vincent) beat Willie Mack & Trey Miguel Mickie James beat Deonna Purrazzo Ladder Match: Tasha Steelz beat Masha Slamovich 6-Men Tag: Heath, Lawrence D & Matt Rehwoldt beat Big Kon, Steve Maclin & Madman Fulton Kaleb with a K beat Crazzy Steve Rosemary beat Su Yung Mike Bennett beat Josh Alexander Rhino beat Chris Sabin Sami Callihan & Rich Swann beat Matt Cardona & Brian Myers **** Miscellaneous News -Announcing their retirement: Terry Funk, Jimmy Golden, El Satanico, Gerald Brisco, Rafa El Maya, Ricky Knight, Kaoru Maeda, Marty Jannetty, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Jaque Mate, Ace Steel, Bill Irwin, El Felino, Naomichi Marufuji, Beth Phoenix, Jason The Terrible (Canadian), GENTARO, Genba Hirayanagi, Don Fujii, Momoe Nakanishi, Cheerleader Melissa, Headbanger Mosh, Hide Kuboda, Ricky Fuji, Tsubasa Kuragaki, The Winger, Big Kon, Lexie Fyfe, Keith Myatt, Taya Valkyrie, Brody Steele, Glen Dunbar, Shantelle Taylor, Rey Paloma, Rudeza Infernal, Mr Tempest II, Jeff Jones, Wakashoyo, Angel (New York), Braveheart, Fugo Fugo Yumeji, Hellcat, Jessica James, Juken, Lady Lory, Miss Mina, Rob Cook, Skarlett, Spyder, Super Pinochio, Syuou Fujiwara & Johnny Tiger -British legend Mal Sanders passed away at age 64 -AEW offered Santana a contract extension -Thunderkitty won a lot of fans on social media for promoting body positivity recently -Andy Brown changing his style from Regular Wrestler to Technician; Ace Angel changing his style from High Flyer to Regular Wrestler -WWE officially re-signed Sho Funaki -ICW signed Kid Fite -Stardom offered Hazuki a contract extension -Indy wrestler Megan Mason got engaged recently

The first one about Kevin Dunn has been denied by PWInsider earlier in the afternoon. But I think this investigation for breach of fiduciary duties could actually be more damning than the Vince allegations, depending on how many directors and officers get caught.

With that said, that means that WWE have next-to-no options to put against Roman. That pretty much leaves only Drew McIntyre and they might have to do it before Clash at the Castle.

Well, lo and behold: https://www.bodyslam.net/2022/06/16/kevin-dunn-may-be-guilty-of-insider-trading/

The issue is that STARDOM has a show on the same day of Forbidden Door, which is probably why they have Thunder Rosa defending the title against Toni Storm instead. I did see though that AEW is working to have Thunder Rosa go defend her title at a Tokyo Joshi Pro event in the future.

Can someone vulgarize this in simple words for non-financial specialists?

That'd be quite the booking swerve, bro.

The only realistic thing that I *could* see happen for Vince is that the Board of Directors votes to remove him but even there, do they have enough voting power to do that? (I think Vince has like 45% of that on the Board) And who takes over the creative process? Bruce, another main Vince guy? And hypothetically, if this is a power play by Nick Khan that goes awry, this could also be the end of Nick Khan in WWE. At the very least, it's gonna be morbidly fascinating to watch unfold. EDIT: Based on Brandon Thurston's tweet on the matter, Vince has 80% of controlling power in votes, despite only owning a third of the company.

Also, that Senton by Cora Jade on Gigi Dolin was NASTY. I think it hurt Gigi on that one.

Last week, they taped tonight's and next week's episode. So they're back live on June 28th, that gives them enough time to explain out how Two Dimes is written off.

Wednesday, Week 1 May 2022 AEW Dark Joey Janela fought Lee Moriarty to a time limit draw Thunder Rosa beat Leva Bates Trios Match: Tony Nese & The Initiative beat Daniel Garcia & Bear Country Tay Conti beat Abadon Ten beat QT Marshall TH2 beat The Varsity Blonds AEW Dynamite The Butcher and The Blade beat The Varsity Blonds Dr. Britt Baker, DMD beat Thunder Rosa Ladder Match: Riho beat Dani Jordyn Jurassic Express beat TH2 Kenny Omega beat Capt. Shawn Dean Hangman Page beat Jora Johl Trios Ladder Match: Lio Rush & Dark Order's Evil Uno & Stu Grayson beat Shawn Spears & Men of the Year Dustin Rhodes beat Tony Nese The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho & Jake Hager) beat The Young Bucks **** NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2022 Day #13 Ryuya Takekura beat Hayato Tamura Suzuki-gun (El Desperado & Taichi) beat Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Chase Owens) Chris Hero beat Chris Adonis YOSHI-HASHI beat Austin Aries Michael Elgin beat Axel Tischer FinJuice beat Master Wato & Yuya Uemura Captain New Japan beat Jeff Cobb 6-Men Tag: Ricky Marvin & Flying Tiger beat Volador Jr & Roppongi 3K 6-Men Tag: Hideki Suzuki, Nick Aldis & Samoa Joe beat Akira Raijin, OKUMURA & Aaron Henare Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI & EVIL) beat Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr) 6-Men Tag: Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA) beat Kota Ibushi & The Guerrillas of Destiny Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Bad Luck Fale) beat Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata **** Miscellaneous News -WWE has offered Sho Funaki a contract extension -Announcing their retirement: Alfonso Morales, Rycklon Stephens & Nobutaka Araya -Kenbai will be leaving Michinoku Pro at the end of the month. The split is said to be amicable and the door is open for him to return in the future -AAA officially re-signed Keyra

Just replace the Hardys with FTR, FFS. FTR are the damn #1 contenders last I checked, why aren't they included in this?

On NJPW Strong, I believe.

I would assume that based on last week, they might do a 10-men tag with FTR/Roppongi Vice/Chuck vs United Empire. Andrade also says he can't work Forbidden Door because of the NJPW/CMLL working relationship

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Okada's wife pregnant? Maybe he decided to skip this one and spend time with her?

If they would absolutely stick to Excalibur & Taz as the regular duo for Rampage at commentary, it would be the best thing. It just works. No need for Ricky Starks or Chris Jericho at the table for them. Just use those guys in the ring, period. Excalibur & Taz just gel well together.

Tuesday, Week 1 May 2022 WWE NXT Grizzled Young Veterans beat Dante Chen & Carmelo Hayes Brooks Jensen beat Brutus Creed by DQ Andre Chase beat Cruz del Toro Sarray beat Ava Raine Indi Hartwell beat Persia Pirotta Steel Cage Match: Odyssey Jones & Trick Williams beat Xyon Quinn & Josh Briggs 6-Men Tag: Von Wagner, Mr. Stone & Bron Breakker beat Ikemen Jiro, Tony D'Angelo & Bodhi Hayward by countout MSK beat Cameron Grimes & Joe Gacy NXT Women's Tag Team Championship: Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne beat Io Shirai & Candice LeRae to retain NXT North American Championship: Pete Dunne beat KUSHIDA to retain NXT LVL UP Sanga & Joe Gacy beat Dante Chen & Ru Feng Brutus Creed beat Javier Bernal by DQ Persia Pirotta beat Nikkita Lyons Legado de Fantasma beat Carmelo Hayes & Draco Anthony 6-Men Tag: Solo Sikoa & Grizzled Young Veterans beat Chase U & Tony D'Angelo Brooks Jensen beat Julius Creed Gigi Dolin beat Indi Hartwell **** NWA Power Airing tonight Jax Dane & JR Kratos beat Bestia 666 & Anthony Mayweather Matt Taven beat Slice Boogie 6-Men Tag: Elijah Burke & Hawx Aerie beat Mecha Wolf, Odinson & Sal Rinauro Jay Bradley & Wrecking Ball Legursky beat Jeremiah Plunkett & Jordan Clearwater Marti Belle & Paola Blaze beat Jennacide & Allysin Kay NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship: Kylie Rae & Taryn Terrell beat Melina & Natalia Markova to retain Airing Tuesday, Week 2 May 2022 Mims fought Wrecking Ball Legursky to a time limit draw Kylie Rae beat Jennacide 6-Men Tag: Elijah Burke & Hawx Aerie beat El Rudo, Odinson & Sal Rinauro by DQ Tyrus & Trevor Murdoch beat Jeremiah Plunkett & Jordan Clearwater Tim Storm beat Jax Dane Mickie James beat Allysin Kay **** Miscellaneous News -AAA has offered Averno, La Bestia del Ring & Keyra contract extensions; will not renew Tito Santana (Mexican) & Hades (Mexican)' contracts -Jordynne Grace & Jonathan Gresham have officially divorced -NWA officially re-signed PJ Hawx

Monday, Week 1 May 2022 WWE RAW Main Event The Velveteen Dream & Commander Azeez beat Mansoor & Drew Gulak Otis beat Rick Boogs Dominick Mysterio beat Chad Gable 6-Men Tag: Shelton Benjamin & The Dirty Dawgs beat Riddle & The Street Profits by DQ Big E beat Apollo Crews Braun Strowman beat Tyler Breeze Randy Orton beat Veer Mahan Cody Rhodes beat Rey Mysterio RAW Women's Championship: Sasha Banks beat Becky Lynch & Doudrop to win the title Bobby Lashley & AJ Styles beat The Miz & Kevin Owens **** NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2022 Day #12 Ryuya Takekura beat Hayato Tamura Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Chase Owens) beat Gabriel Kidd & Volador Jr Taichi beat Master Wato Ricky Marvin beat Shota Umino 6-Men Tag: OKUMURA, Nick Aldis & Samoa Joe beat Aaron Henare, Axel Tischer & Vik Captain New Japan & Hideki Suzuki beat Michael Elgin & Chris Adonis YOSHI-HASHI beat Austin Aries The World Class Tag Team beat FinJuice 6-Men Tag: Akira Nogami & Birds of Prey beat Tiger Mask IV & The Guerrillas of Destiny Suzuki-gun (MInoru Suzuki & Bad Luck Fale) beat Satoshi Kojima & Jon Moxley 6-Men Tag: CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma **** Miscellaneous News -Announcing their retirement: Kuniaki Kobayashi, Danny Davis, Sabu, Naoki Sano, MEN'S Teioh, Chikayo Nagashima, The Great Khali, Ikuto Hidaka, Mark Jindrak, Sumie Sakai, The Bodyguard, Yuki Miyazaki, Sassy Stephie, Anthony Kingdom James, La Hija de Zarzy, Yuiga, Annie Social, Acero Dorado Jr, Kiyoshi Shinozaki, Peter Wiechers & Kacee Carlisle -Shuji Ishikawa suffered a broken scapula in a horrible accident in the main event of last night's Big Japan event and will be sidelined for 6 months -Sasha Banks won a Triple Threat Match on RAW last night, defeating Becky Lynch & Doudrop to win the RAW Women's Championship; on the same show, Veer Mahan suffered an undisclosed shoulder injury in his match vs Randy Orton but will wrestle through the pain -Jungle Kyona won a lot of fans over a recent post on social media promoting body positivity -NJPW signed Toru Sugiura -NWA officially extended Melina's contract -AEW officially re-signed Joey Janela

I think Wardlow's rationale here is that he wants to go straight away for Punk for his first AEW World title and not the interim one.

I wouldn't be actually shocked if Malakai Black ended up the inaugural All-Atlantic Champion, based on those brackets. To me, that's gonna be between him and Miro.

It's not like New Japan doesn't have about the same amounts of belts than AEW has and they have half their roster.

According to SRS' streaming on The List & Ya Boy, it's not been confirmed yet but Bryan Danielson is dealing with "a rough concussion".

I always remembered that quote from Paul Heyman when he was talking about when someone was about to leave ECW to jump ship to WWF or WCW or someone got injured, he always had someone ready to fill that spot. I think in a way, as the big ECW fan that he was, Tony Khan has kept that in mind and took this to heart so he applied this to his management philosophy. Yes, the AEW roster is bloated but at the very least, they have many options to fill positions when injuries happen. That's almost a godsend here.