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Among the topics covered:

  • AEW heads to Arena Mexico, reaction of talent, background and key facts about Arena Mexico and wrestling history, the rise, fall and comeback of Mistico, the quadruple crown of wrestlers and even announcers and full coverage of the Tuesday and Wednesday night shows as well as this past Friday’s show.
  • Where New Japan stands today with its reset at Dominion, full coverage of the show, plus news ands thoughts regarding the G-1 Climax tournament
  • WWE preparing many major shows over the next few weeks
  • Coverage of TripleMania Regia
  • Vince McMahon, Linda McMahon and TKO make arguments to get out of the ringboys lawsuit and what statements made by McMahon and Gorilla Monsoon more than 30 years don’t look good regarding this case
  • A look at U.K. women’s wrestling pioneer and Scottish Hall of Famer Rusty Blair.
  • The most detailed look at the ratings of all the major shows
  • CMLL’s biggest show of the year announced
  • Konnan praises Corey Graves
  • A new television milestone reached this past month and an explanation of what it means
  • The U.S. team going to the world championships in Croatia
  • Hogan & Bischoff RAF promotion announces debut show and a very bad sign regarding their actual interest
  • Notes on two of the best attended indie shows of the year on the same night
  • El Hijo del Santo’s last match in Mexico as scheduled today
  • AEW women stars working in Europe
  • Advanced ticket sales for WWE, AEW and TNA shows
  • Tony Khan does interview, gets criticized regarding how he presented the info
  • More on Dana White and Nick Khan’s boxing project with Turki Alalshikh
  • What is the value of the UFC PPV shows?
  • Aaron Pico vs. Moovsar Evloev and what that says about UFC’s intentions
  • Reports on Vince McMahon getting back involved and what is and isn’t viable
  • Realities of AEW TV rating year-to-year
  • Gunther vs. Goldberg notes
  • Goldberg talks about why he’s coming back
  • Michelle McCool talks saving Undertaker’s life twice
  • Liv Morgan’s injury and changes that have to be made
  • Interesting note on WWE’s house shows in Mexico
  • WWE & AEW rivalry goes long past wrestling shows
  • Yet another WWE tournament

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Thursday Update

WWE

  • The WWE roster has arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of SmackDown and Night of Champions taking place in Riyadh this weekend.
  • Paul “Triple H” Levesque shared a photo after landing in Saudi Arabia: “Touched down in Riyadh. #SmackDown tomorrow…#WWENOC Saturday…Are you ready?”
  • WrestleVotes reports that, after having been away since the fallout of WrestleMania 41, Roman Reigns is expected to be back on WWE TV soon:
    • It seems that time of year again—Roman Reigns’ return is on the horizon. Sources indicate his name has popped up internally in recent weeks, typically signaling the wheels are in motion for a return heading into the biggest party of the summer.
  • Goldberg looked ahead to his retirement match against Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event, saying he doesn’t care how he feels after as long as things go well:
    • I don’t give a f*ck how I feel walking out of there, I’ll be perfectly honest with you. This is all or nothing. At 58, and with the injuries that I’ve had, there’s no question that I’m compromised a little bit, but like I said the other night, I don’t give a flying f*ck if I walk in there with a football helmet on and two knee braces and my arm in a sling. It doesn’t mean anything other than the fact that, you know, I’m a little hobbled, and yeah, I won’t be 100 percent. But I’m bringing it, man. That’s the only way I know how to go. So when the clock ticks and it’s time to get in that ring, doesn’t matter whether I’m ready or not, because I better be ready.
    • It’s all relative. You always want to have more time. You know, my problem has been that it’s tough to gain a lot of weight and be that monstrous guy when you’re compromised, when your shoulder is messed up, when you’re 58. I mean, it’s just different. So instead of walking in there at 280 [pounds], I’ll be at 260. Hopefully that’ll be enough and I’ll look like I’m 280, I don’t know.
  • Goldberg’s son Gage – who is a member of the University of Colorado football roster – told Sportskeeda WrestleBinge that he views pro wrestling as a backup plan for him if a career in football doesn’t work out.
    • It’s there, it’s a backup plan, for sure. Football’s the priority, 100 percent. But it’s a backup plan. Football is my main plan, WWE is the backup plan, 100 percent.
  • Dave Bautista, who has wanted to star in a romantic comedy for a long time, will finally get the chance in a film called “The Romantic.” Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to the movie, which is described as:
    • The film tells the story of bestselling romance author Francine London, who has a secret: she’s actually a six-foot-four mountain of a man named Ed Schwenke. When Ed’s identity comes under scrutiny, he hires a wildcard of a woman to pose as Francine at a romance fiction convention, while evading a cynical female journalist, who hates romance even more than she hates liars.
  • The Undertaker & Michelle McCool interviewed Bron Breakker on a new episode of Six Feet Under.
  • Logan Paul uploaded a new vlog.

Other Wrestling

  • In an interview with MuscleManMalcolm, Deonna Purrazzo discussed wanting to participate in the women’s Casino Gauntlet match at All In:
    • I would love to. Like I said, I just want to be involved – regardless of what the stipulation is, regardless of what the venue is or the pay-per-view is or the TV is. I mean, I was not a part of All In last year. And that was really upsetting to me. I want to be a part of All In this year. I think that I deserve to be a part of All In this year. And if we’re going to kick off the biggest show of AEW’s calendar year but then also kind of like the start of our new cycle, being in the mix of that is huge. So if I want to become a factor in this women’s division in the next cycle, then I need to be a part of this match.
    • On top of – you know, it’s for a World Championship opportunity. And if I want to wrestle Mercedes Mone or if I want to have a rematch with Toni Storm, which I’ve never had yet, I need to be in that match and then I need to win that match. So it’s huge implications for the rest of what our new calendar year will look like.
  • Purrazzo vs. B3CCA has been announced for Richard Holliday’s Narcissistic Behavior event in Hamden, Connecticut on August 3.
  • ROH will relive the legendary Briscoes vs. FTR trilogy on its YouTube channel starting at 9 a.m. Eastern this Sunday.
  • Josh Alexander was the guest on AEW Unrestricted this week.
  • In an interview with Sports Illustrated, KUSHIDA had praise for Kosei Fujita, the winner of NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2025:
    • In my opinion, Best of Super Juniors symbol is Jushin Thunder Liger, you know. But he was retired. Right now, another New Japan junior stars, El Desperado and Hiromu Takahashi. And this year’s winner is called Kosei Fujita. He has super potential.
    • His technique is very unique. He got the technique from Zack Sabre Jr. His mentor is Zack Sabre Jr. So right now, maybe I think he’s not too much famous. But every hardcore wrestling fan maybe soon get to hear his name. Oh, he’s good, he’s awesome.
  • Elayna Black & Priscilla Kelly will team up against The Cogar Brothers (Atticus Cogar & Otis Cogar) at GCW Bash at the Ballpark in Coney Island, New York on July 19.
  • Ninja Mack and Priscilla Kelly are the first two entrants announced for Pro Wrestling Revolver’s Jerry Lynn Invitational tournament that’s happening in Dayton, Ohio on August 9.
  • Jonathan Gresham is set to compete at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIV in Rutherford, New Jersey on August 2