John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Night of Champions 2026 featuring Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther vs. Sami Zayn for the Undisputed Championship. Plus, King & Queen of the Ring winners are crowned.

John & Wai discuss their current thoughts on the WWE-Saudi Arabia relationship, as well as the possible creative directions for SummerSlam coming out of this PLE.

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WWE Night of Champions

June 27, 2026

Kingdom Arena

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes © vs. Gunther vs. Sami Zayn
• Queen of the Ring Tournament Final: IYO SKY vs. Liv Morgan
• King of the Ring Tournament Final: Jey Uso vs. Oba Femi
• Steel Cage Match: Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker
• Women’s United States Championship: Tiffany Stratton © vs. Jade Cargill
• Men’s United States Championship: Trick Williams © vs. Ricky Saints

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Wai Ting and Neal Flanagan review the Night of Champions go-home edition of WWE SmackDown from London, England. Featuring Giulia vs. Kiana James, Paige vs. Jacy Jayne and Rey Fenix vs. Nathan Frazer. Plus: Blake Monroe debuts and the MFTs break-up.

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• Joe Doering passes away at 44
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• Nielsen change has caused huge ratings drop
• SANADA marries former J-Pop idol
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John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss four major shows coming up this weekend, WWE’s return to Saudi Arabia, and Tony Khan is asked about his interest in purchasing TNA.

00:00:00 Start

00:02:27 28 Days Later

00:07:44 Major weekend of shows from WWE, AEW, TNA & NXT 

00:11:48 WWE’s latest trip to Saudi Arabia: What do these shows mean now?

00:19:06 Tony Khan’s Forbidden Door media call

00:22:13 Would Tony buy TNA?

00:39:08 Will MyAEW partner indies be a part of a PPV week of events?

00:47:19 Paul Heyman comments on the creative process and his role

00:58:00 TV ratings & attendance trends for WWE & AEW

01:20:16 This week’s lesson on what “off the record” means 

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite with Konosuke Takesita defending the International title against Ricochet, Swerve vs. Garcia, and Ospreay vs ELP.

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• Dustin Poirier posts statement after arrest 
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Braden Herrington and Jack Wannan talk all about WWE NXT from June 23rd, 2026, featuring the go-home show for The Great American Bash.

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• Lola Vice and Kendal Grey have a Contract Signing 
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• Dorian Van Dux & Sean Legacy vs The Culling
• Aaron Rourke vs Tristan Angels (WWE EVOLVE Championship)
• Hank & Tank vs BirthRight
• Keanu Carver vs EK Prosper

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw from London featuring two tag title matches with Paige & Brie Bella defending against Bayley & Lyra Valkyria, and The Vision defending against the Street Profits.

The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free and timestamped.

• Joe Doering entering hospice care
• Accusations made against Tommy Dreamer 
• Jim Ross hospitalized for the past three weeks
• Forbidden Door update 
• Perros del Mal reformed in AAA
• Stardom The Conversion 
• UFC Freedom 250 viewership stats 
• WWE Unreal Season 3 
• NXT, NJPW & AEW Dynamite lineups 

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This month, the Advocates are joined by our "light-skinned cousin," Brandon Thurston from POST Wrestling and Wrestlenomics, to discuss the rating performances and top television/merchandising draws for both WWE and AEW throughout the first half of this year.

Later, we are chock full of predictions for one of the busiest wrestling weekends of the year, with four major shows from the top 3 domestic wrestling companies: WWE Night of Champions and NXT Great American Bash, AEW Forbidden Door, and TNA Slammiversary.

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Wai Ting and Neal Flanagan review WWE SmackDown with Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther for the Undisputed WWE Title featuring Sami Zayn as referee. Plus, the last K/QOTR semifinals.

The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free and timestamped.

• Trey Miguel re-signs with TNA
• Tessa Blanchard comments on TNA departure
• Janel Grant honored by advocacy group
• MyAEW adds Fantastica Mania and more indies
• MyAEW FAST channel added to Tubi in United States
• Ludwig Kaiser files for CCTV footage of incident

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John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss the UFC Freedom 250 event and all the coverage surrounding the show at the White House.

Plus: TNA undergoes a major shakeup, Janel Grant posts about the WSJ reporting from 2022, John Pollock interviews former WWE co-president George Barrios, an update on the Liv Morgan stalker case & more. 

00:00:00 Start

00:03:40 UFC Freedom 250 

00:19:28 Paramount+ viewership figures

00:24:49 TNA announces “workforce reduction”, Tommy Dreamer out 

00:33:17 John Pollock’s interview with George Barrios

01:00:13 Janel Grant’s latest posts about the WSJ reports

01:09:20 Stalker in Liv Morgan case is found not guilty by reason of insanity

01:12:20 More independent groups join MyAEW

01:16:30 U.S. Department of Justice approves Paramount merger with WBD

01:20:06 WrestleMania 33

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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite as MJF & Mark Briscoe reveal their Forbidden Door teams before facing off in a 12-man tag. Plus, Mercedes Moné vs. Hazuki in an Owen Cup women’s semi-final, while men’s finalists Ospreay & Swerve go face-to-face.

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• “The Duke of Dorchester”, Pete Doherty dies 
• Tommy Dreamer announces exit from TNA
• Tessa Blanchard & Sami Callihan leave TNA 
• Arrests made after plot to attack UFC White House event
• Conor McGregor on The Ariel Helwani Show
• Callum Newman comments on shoulder injury
• NXT recap 

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