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WWE

  • WWE uploaded the full Joe Hendry concert segment from NXT last night, which ended with Hendry standing tall after Trick Williams tried to ambush him.
  • Williams also performed a rap aimed at Hendry ahead of their TNA World Championship match at NXT Battleground this Sunday.
  • Stephanie Vaquer and Jordynne Grace were spotlighted in profile pieces last night building up their NXT Women’s Championship match for Battleground.
  • There was an angle on NXT where Oba Femi was laid out by WWE LFG winner Jasper Troy. Myles Borne, who is challenging Femi for the NXT Championship on Sunday, stopped the attack by running off Troy.
  • WWE ID wrestler Sean Legacy cut a promo after defeating Ashante Adonis and Je’Von Evans in a triple threat match on NXT:
    • Eight long years, eight long years in the making. A couple months ago, I became one of the first-ever WWE ID prospects. I am killing it on the indies, I am killing it in Evolve. And two weeks ago, I came up short in the battle royal, but I was final five. But that doesn’t matter. What does matter is today, right now in the triple threat. Je’Von Evans, future NXT Champion. That boy is bouncy. And Ashante, somebody that has been here for a while, somebody that’s kicking the door down and getting his opportunity. But guess what? Guess who got the job done? I did. And now it is my turn to start my legacy. Everybody will remember the name Sean Legacy. I started as a nobody and, man, I just now became a somebody. And that is that Sean Legacy will always be super.
  • Bully Ray interviewed WWE LFG runner-up Zena Sterling on Busted Open Radio After Dark.
  • Apollo Crews noted that he’s doing well in his recovery after undergoing surgery for a torn pec this February:
    • Been crushin the rehab. Feeling good. I never really had any physical pain, but it took a while to get my mental game right after the injury happened. I’m over that hump now. Just waking up taking it day by day and putting in the work.
  • Cultaholic reports that WWE is in talks to sign Shaheen, a wrestler from the United Arab Emirates whose experience includes training at the NJPW LA Dojo.
  • On Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Lyra Valkyria said she didn’t find out she was winning the Women’s Intercontinental title until the day of the tournament final:
    • I never was a part of that conversation. I just find out on Mondays what I’m doing. I found out the day of. I was never a part of the decision or the conversation. I just showed up to work.
  • Valkyria said being told she would become champion was an amazing feeling, but it didn’t fully set in until the next day:
    • Amazing. I couldn’t believe it. I really couldn’t believe it. But things don’t hit me when I think they’re going to. I always say that it never hits me in the moment. It hit me when I was driving home and taking my bags out of the car on the Tuesday. The title is just sitting in my bag, the zip opens, and I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s the Intercontinental Championship. I won that. I brought that home.’ That’s when it hits me.
  • Entertainment Tonight briefly covered the injury Zoey Stark suffered on Raw.
  • WWE’s Spanish-language X/Twitter account posted a Q&A with Lucha Libre AAA star Psycho Clown.
  • Ivy Nile joined Sheamus on this week’s episode of Celtic Warrior Workouts.

Other Wrestling

  • Mercedes Mone told Undisputed that she’s getting to live her dream through her work in AEW and internationally:
    • I wanted to explore Japanese women’s wrestling and UK women’s wrestling for so long. I’m not dreaming about it anymore – I’m doing it.
    • Before, there were so many times when I was getting four-minute matches – or we’d get to the building and something would change. You’d spend weeks planning for it all to change at the last minute. Now, it’s not changing. I get to go out and do it. It’s mine to claim, it’s mine to carry, it’s mine to do. I get to go out and live my dream.
  • Action Wrestling announced that Tom Lawlor will not be able to compete at Dean~! 2 in Glendale, Arizona this Saturday. Instead, Lawlor will accompany Josh Woods for Woods’ match against JD Drake.
  • The Beast Mortos vs. Slim J has been added to the Dean~! 2 card, along with Gringo Loco & Arez vs. Tank & Jaden Newman.
  • The Lightweights Podcast interviewed Harley Cameron.
  • AEW wished Kota Ibushi a happy 43rd birthday.
  • MLW will air its War Chamber 2025 special on YouTube and beIN Sports at 10 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, June 7. The matches for the show have already been taped. It will feature:
    • War Chamber match: Alex Kane, Mr. Thomas, Matthew Justice & Paul London vs. Rogue Horsemen (Bobby Fish, Brock Anderson, CW Anderson & Brett Ryan Gosselin)
    • MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Shoko Nakajima defends against Delmi Exo
    • Satoshi Kojima & Okumura vs. Dark Panther & Blue Panther Jr.
    • Lightning match: Myron Reed vs. Ariel Dominguez
    • Appearances by Matt Riddle & Tom Lawlor, Donovan Dijak, Místico, Contra Unit, and more