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(STINGER: AEW)

AEW Dynamite is in Milwaukee tonight...with CM Punk set to make his first appearance on that show.

A couple new matches just added to tonight’s card. Punk’s All Out opponent Darby Allin tags with Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston...to take on The Wingmen.

And Austin Gunn is back...as the Gunn Club faces The Factory.

The Lucha Brothers go up against the Varsity Blonds tonight...with the winner advancing to the finals in the Tag Team Eliminator Tournament on Friday night’s Rampage.

Also tonight..Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Hardy...Jamie Hayter vs. Red Velvet...and Malakai Black vs. Brock Anderson.

The first entrant announced for the Women’s Casino Battle Royale at All Out is...Nyla Rose.

On last night’s AEW Dark…

Dante Martin beat Alan “5” Angels…and Orange Cassidy, Chuckie T, Wheeler YUTA beat Matt Hardy & TH2. Cassidy pinned Angelico.

(STINGER: WWE)

On last night’s NXT...The NEW NXT Champion Samoa Joe asked who will step up to challenge him. Pete Dunne, LA Knight and Kyle O’Reilly all answered. That led to a big brawl...where Ridge Holland attacked O’Reilly and Tommaso Ciampa attacked Dunne.

Earlier, Holland pinned Timothy Thatcher with a powerslam. A post-match melee saw the return of Danny Burch...as he helped Holland, Dunne and Oney Lorcan lay waste to Thatcher and Ciampa.

As for O’Reilly...his troubles did not end with Holland. O’Reilly later got into a backstage brawl with Duke Hudson.

Carmelo Hayes used a crucifix pin to beat Odyssey Jones and win the NXT Breakout Tournament. Hayes now gets a shot at the title of his choice.

Legado Del Fantasma has a new member. Elektra Lopez helped the group defeat Hit Row in last night’s main event.

Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro beat Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne. The losers were later approached backstage by Mandy Rose.

Kay Lee Ray pinned Valentina Feroz with a Gory Bomb.

Franky Monet challenged NXT Women’s Champion Raquel Gonzalez to a title match.

Ted DiBiase formally presented Cameron Grimes with the Million Dollar Championship, but WAIT A SECOND - it was a replica! And DiBiase sped away in his limo with the real thing.

Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis announced their wedding date is set for the September 14th episode of NXT.

WWE’s pay per view in Atlanta on New Year’s Day will be called “WWE Day 1”.

(STINGER: ROH)

Ring Of Honor’s Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham is recovering from a fractured cheekbone and eye socket. ROH said he suffered the injury during last Saturday’s Glory By Honor show.

ROH also revealed that Rush suffered a knee injury on that same show...but the exact nature of the injury is not known.

And ROH says Flip Gordon was “experiencing memory loss” after the show.

(STINGER: New Japan)

New Japan confirmed that Will Ospreay, Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer will be part of its shows in Philadelphia on October 16 & 17.

Back in Japan, New Japan is running another show at Korakuen Hall on Wednesday.

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(STINGER: WWE)

Tonight’s NXT will have the first fallout from TakeOver 36…

PLUS, the finals of the NXT Breakout Tournament: Carmelo Hayes vs. Odyssey Jones...Timothy Thatcher vs. Ridge Holland...and Hit Row vs. Legado Del Fantasma.

Last night’s Raw put a number of storylines into motion...leading to three pretty big matches being announced for next week.

The Miz ambushed John Morrison, putting an end to their partnership. Those two men will meet in a match on next week’s Raw.

The breakup went down after Xavier Woods beat Miz. Morrison tried to spray Woods with a drip-stick...but got Miz instead.

Doudrop formally cut ties with Eva Marie - although she’s keeping the name for some reason. Eva attacked Doudrop backstage to seal the split. Those two are also set for a match on next week’s Raw.

Last night’s show opened with the NEW United States Champion Damian Priest confronting WWE Champion Bobby Lashley. That eventually led to Priest & Drew McIntyre taking on Lashley & Sheamus. Lashley walked out on his partner...and Sheamus was pinned after a Claymore from McIntyre.

So, Lashley will face Sheamus in a non-title match on next week’s Raw.

The celebration for the NEW Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair was interrupted by Alexa Bliss...but she only wanted to say “Hi”.

As for the former champ, Nikki A.S.H. tagged with Rhea Ripley and beat Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler. Ripley pinned Baszler with the Riptide.

Riddle pinned AJ Styles with Bro Derek to win last night’s main event.

Also, Karrion Kross - with some snazzy new entrance gear - beat Ricochet.

Some details are emerging about the frustrating problems for the live fans in attendance at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for SummerSlam.

At one point during the show, the stadium’s cashless payment system went down, leaving fans unable to buy ANY concessions.

This was part of a nationwide outage to the credit card processor TSYS. PetCo Park, the home of the San Diego Padres, was also affected.

(STINGER: AEW)

An indoor mask mandate will be in effect for all three shows AEW is running at the Now Arena outside Chicago...culminating in the All Out pay per view.

The order covering all of Cook County, Illinois went into effect on Monday...in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases.

Dissension in Dark Order!

Colt Cabana, Alan “5” Angels & Evil Uno lost to Death Triangle in the main event of last night’s AEW Dark: Elevation.

A reversal late in the match led to Uno delivering a forearm strike to Angels...and Angels later took the pin. After the match, Uno was clearly upset at Angels. Cabana and the rest of Dark Order had to step in to cool off the situation.

No rest for Angels. He’s back in action TONIGHT on Dark...against Dante Martin.

Also on tonight’s Dark…Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor & Wheeler Yuta vs. Matt Hardy & TH2.

Cassidy, Taylor & Yuta beat TH2 & The Blade on last night’s Elevation. Cassidy pinned The Blade.

(STINGER: New Japan)

New Japan is running four straight days at Korakuen Hall starting Tuesday.

IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi and BUSHI are NOT on any of the cards after they tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Neither are six other wrestlers pulled from shows last week due to their contact with Takagi and BUSHI: Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo, and Dick Togo.

This week’s shows will feature the debuts of two NEW Young Lions. Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa. They’ll face one another on all four shows this week.

(STINGER: ROH)

Two women are now in the semifinals of Ring Of Honor’s women’s title tournament. On this past weekend’s ROH TV, Rok-C beat Quinn McKay...and Miranda Alize beat Nicole Savoy.

The main event saw DEMONIC Flamita beat Rey Horus in a No Disqualification Match.

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(STINGER: WWE)

Samoa Joe is the NEW NXT Champion. He dethroned Karrion Kross in the main event of TakeOver 36 last night, pinning Kross with the Muscle Buster.

That wasn’t the only title change.

WALTER’s 870-day reign as the NXT UK Champion is over. WALTER tapped out to Ilja Dragunov’s sleeper hold last night.

Plus, Cameron Grimes pinned LA Knight with the Cave In to win the Million Dollar Championship.

Raquel Gonzalez held onto her NXT Women’s Championship by beating Dakota Kai. After the match, former NXT UK Women’s Champ Kay Lee Ray arrived in NXT to stare at Gonzalez.

Also last night, Kyle O’Reilly beat Adam Cole in their Three Stages Of Hell Match. O’Reilly won the final fall inside a steel cage. He caught Cole in a heel hook and forced him to tap out...despite O’Reilly being handcuffed to the ropes.

PWInsider is reporting that was Cole’s last appearance in NXT.

WWE President Nick Khan confirmed that a “complete revamp” of NXT is coming. In an interview with Ariel Helwani for BT Sport, Nick Khan added that Triple H will lead that effort.

Nick Khan also talked about a change in how WWE recruits and develops new talent.

(Nick Khan Young Talent)

That’s Nick Khan talking with Ariel Helwani for BT Sport.

Logan Paul is being promoted for tonight’s Raw...as a guest on John Morrison’s “Moist TV” talk show segment.

We’ll see the first fallout from SummerSlam on tonight’s Raw...including what’s next for the Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair...and the former champion Nikki A.S.H.

The other new champs on Raw coming out of SummerSlam: Damian Priest, who took the United States Title from Sheamus...and Team R-K-Bro, who took the Raw Tag Titles from AJ Styles & Omos.

SummerSlam saw the end of Bianca Belair’s reign as SmackDown Women’s Champion. She was pinned by Becky Lynch in less than 30 seconds. Lynch made her surprise return after it was announced that Sasha Banks was unable to compete.

(Belair After SummerSlam)

That’s Belair speaking with Denise Salcedo after SummerSlam.

The other big return Saturday night - Brock Lesnar. He made a surprise appearance right after the main event, where Roman Reigns pinned John Cena to retain the Universal Championship. Lesnar and Reigns had a brief in-ring staredown before Reigns walked away.

Other results from SummerSlam...in case you missed them…

WWE Champ Bobby Lashley beat Goldberg via referee stoppage and then got into a brief tussle with Goldberg’s son Gage after the match.

The Usos beat Rey & Dominik Mysterio to retain the SmackDown Tag Titles.

Edge beat Seth Rollins...

Drew McIntyre beat Jinder Mahal...

Alexa Bliss beat Eva Marie...

Big E beat Baron Corbin on the kickoff show. And more importantly, got back his Money In The Bank briefcase.

WWE announced Saturday that Allegiant Stadium will host next year’s Money In The Bank pay per view over the Fourth Of July weekend.

Crown Jewel will return to Saudi Arabia in October.

(STINGER: AEW)

Tonight’s AEW Dark: Elevation has Death Triangle vs. Dark Order’s Evil Uno, Alan "5" Angels, & Colt Cabana.

Plus, Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor, & Wheeler Yuta (w/ Kris Statlander) vs. The Blade & TH2

And...Dante Martin vs. Anthony Bowens.

Will Ospreay returned to in-ring action over the weekend in England. He beat Doug Williams on Saturday to retain his version of the RevPro Undisputed - though at the same time very much disputed - British Heavyweight Championship.

Also on that show, Ricky Knight Jr. beat Shota Umino to hold onto HIS version of that same title.

At DDT Pro’s “Wrestle Peter Pan” show over the weekend...Konosuke Takeshita beat Jun Akiyama to win the KO-D Openweight Title.

Plus, Daisuke Sasaki defeated Yuki Ueno to win the DDT Universal Title.

(STINGER: ROH)

Vincent is now in line for a future shot at the Ring Of Honor World Championship. He took Matt Taven’s title shot...by beating him in a bloody, violent cage match on the Glory By Honor show in Philadelphia Saturday night.

It appears that title shot will not come until AFTER the Death Before Dishonor pay per view on September 12th. ROH World Champion Bandido is set to defend the title on that night in a 4-Way...against Brody King...EC3...and DEMONIC Flamita.

Major League Wrestling has rescheduled its War Chamber show in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It’s being pushed back from September 11th...to March 31, 2022...due to concerns about a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Texas.

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(STINGER: AEW)

CM Punk is back.

He returned to major professional wrestling on last night’s AEW Rampage...to a thunderous ovation from more than 14,000 fans at Chicago’s United Center.

It’s been more than seven years since Punk abruptly left WWE.

(Punk AEW Debut)

That clip from last night’s Rampage.

So, what comes next?

Punk agreed to a match at All Out against Darby Allin...and AEW announced Punk will appear on next Wednesday’s Dynamite.

There was some wrestling on last night’s show.

Jurassic Express beat Private Party to advance to the finals of the Tag Team Eliminator Tournament. They’ll face the winner of Wednesday night’s match between the Lucha Brothers and the Varsity Blonds on next Friday’s Rampage. The winner of the tournament gets the next tag title shot against the Young Bucks inside a Steel Cage at All Out.

Also last night, Jon Moxley submitted Daniel Garcia...and Jade Cargill made quick work of Kiera Hogan.

(STINGER: WWE)

More than 40,000 fans are expected at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas this evening for SummerSlam.

John Cena challenges Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship in the main event. On last night’s SmackDown, Reigns raised the stakes...and said he’ll leave WWE if he loses to Cena.

Also tonight…

Bobby Lashley defends the WWE Championship against Goldberg.

Sasha Banks challenges Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women’s Title. Belair was back on SmackDown last night...where she beat Zelina Vega and Carmella in separate non-title matches. Banks did NOT appear on the show.

Nikkie A.S.H. puts the Raw Women’s Title on the line in a 3-Way against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley.

Sheamus defends the United States Championship against Damian Priest.

Team R-K-Bro challenges AJ Styles & Omos for the Raw Tag Titles.

The Usos defend the SmackDown Tag Titles against Rey & Dominik Mysterio. Jey Uso pinned Rey on last night’s SmackDown...after Rey took a moment to scold Dominik for trying to cheat on his behalf.

Plus, Edge vs. Seth Rollins...Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal...and Alexa Bliss vs. Eva Marie.

Getting back to last night’s SmackDown…

Big E briefly retrieved his Money In The Bank briefcase from Baron Corbin. However, Corbin was able to resteal it...and get away.

Natalya was back on SmackDown last night. She and the other half of the WWE Women’s Tag Champs Tamina lost to Tegan Nox & Shotzi. The win puts Shotzi & Nox in line for a title shot.

Intercontinental Champ KING Nakamura & Rick Boogs beat Apollo Crews & Commander Azeez. Boogs pinned Crews.

Also last night, Otis pinned Montez Ford…

Coming up on Sunday, it’s NXT TakeOver 36…

Samoa Joe will wrestle a match for the first time since February of last year...as he challenges Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship.

The NXT UK Championship is on the line as WALTER defends against Ilja Dragunov.

Raquel Gonzalez puts her NXT Women’s Championship on the line against Dakota Kai.

Plus, Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly in a Three Stages Of Hell Match…

And Cameron Grimes vs. LA Knight. Knight’s Million Dollar Championship is on the line, but if Grimes loses...Ted DiBiase must become LA Knight’s new butler.

Also, a pre-show match was just announced on Friday: Ridge Holland vs. Trey Baxter.

(STINGER: ROH)

Ring Of Honor is running its second straight night at Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena.

The main event of tonight’s Glory By Honor card is Matt Taven vs. Vincent inside a Steel Cage. Taven’s future shot at the ROH World Title is on the line.

(STINGER: Impact)

Christian Cage is still the Impact World Champion. He pinned Brian Myers with the Killswitch in the main event of last night’s Impact Plus exclusive Emergence.

Christian’s next title challenger is Ace Austin...and that match will happen at Victory Road - another Impact Plus exclusive coming up on September 18th.

Austin won a 4-Way #1 Contender’s Match last night, rolling up Sami Callihan for the pin.

Josh Alexander beat Jake Something to retain the X-Division Title.

The Good Brothers are still the Impact Tag Champs. They survived a 3-Way against Violent By Design’s Joe Doering & Rhino...and Rich Swann & Willie Mack. Karl Anderson rolled up Rhino for the pin. The rest of VBD was not pleased with Rhino.

Kylie Ray is the latest name announced for the NWA’s Empowerrr pay per view on August 28th.

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(STINGER: AEW)

14,000 fans - the largest crowd to ever gather for an AEW event - will pack Chicago’s United Center tonight. It’s AEW Rampage: The First Dance.

There’s no doubt why all of those fans will be there. They are expecting to see CM Punk return to major professional wrestling for the first time in more than seven and a half years.

AEW has confirmed NOTHING regarding Punk.

BUT Tony Khan tweeted Thursday that a new era in AEW will begin tonight...and that “excitement from the most anticipated announcement in AEW history at Rampage...will build up through All Out”.

There are some matches scheduled for tonight’s show.

The first match in the four-team Tag Team Eliminator Tournament: Jurassic Express vs. Private Party.

Plus, Jade Cargill vs. Kiera Hogan...and Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia.

Garcia got a submission win over Matt Sydal on a special episode of Dark: Elevation that premiered Thursday night.

Also on Thursday, AEW officially announced the signing of the tag team 2.0 - Matt Lee & Jeff Parker.

(STINGER: Impact)

The new Impact World Champion Christian Cage defends the title for the first time TONIGHT at Emergence. It’s an Impact Plus exclusive show...starting at 7PM Eastern.

Christian’s challenger will be Brian Myers.

Christian will NOT defend the TNA Championship. He retired the title on last night’s Impact Wrestling.

The next #1 contender for the Impact World Championship will be decided tonight in a 4-Way: Chris Sabin vs. Sami Callihan vs. Moose vs. Ace Austin.

On last night’s Impact...Sabin & Callihan beat Moose & Austin. Austin took the pin.

Also on tonight’s Emergence show...Josh Alexander defends the X-Division Title against Jake Something.

The Good Brothers put their Impact Tag Titles on the line in a 3-Way against Violent By Design...and Rich Swann & Willie Mack.

VBD’s Joe Doering beat Doc Gallows in last night’s Impact main event. At one point, Gallows drove Doering and himself through the floor of the entrance stage. But that was not the end. Doering rallied and pinned Gallows.

Madison Rayne makes her in-ring return tonight against Taylor Wilde. Rayne announced her retirement back in January.

Also tonight, Matt Cardona vs. Rohit Raju…

Petey Williams vs. Steve Maclin…

Knockouts Champ Deonna Purrazzo & Matthew Rehwoldt (ray-walt) vs. Melina & Trey Miguel…

(STINGER: ROH)

Ring Of Honor is at Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena tonight for the first of two Glory By Honor shows on back-to-back nights. Both shows will steam on Honor Club.

Tonight’s main event has Bandido defending the ROH World Title against Flip Gordon.

Plus, Jonathan Gresham defends the Pure Title against fellow Foundation member Rhett Titus.

(STINGER: WWE)

As of Thursday night, WWE has yet to announce anything for tonight’s SmackDown. It’s the final stop before SummerSlam on Saturday night.

WWE hosted a tryout in Las Vegas on Thursday. Afterward, Triple H told the invited media on hand that more than a dozen people were signed.

WWE President Nick Khan was asked what the chances are that WWE will remain a standalone company in the next year.

(Nick Khan WWE Future)

That’s Nick Khan speaking on “Recode Media with Peter Kafka”.

On Thursday’s NXT UK…

Pretty Deadly had to cheat to do it...but they held onto their NXT UK Tag Titles against Moustache Mountain.

Meiko Satomura submitted Stevie Turner to retain the NXT UK Women’s Championship…

Dani Luna beat Isla Dawn...but Dawn did manage to snatch a piece of Luna’s hair so...little victories.

Also, Saxon Huxley beat Eddie Dennis.

The NWA announced Thursday that Ric Flair will appear on its 73rd Anniversary pay per view on August 29th.

AEW’s Diamante has been added to the talent lineup for the Empowerrr pay per view on August 28th.

(STINGER: New Japan)

Some fresh faces on tonight’s New Japan Strong.

Daniel Garcia makes his New Japan debut...teaming up with Fred Rosser & Fred Yehi against TJP, Clark Connors & Ren Narita.

Also, Matt Morris - better known lately as Matthew Rehwoldt - has his first match in New Japan...against Alex Coghlin.

Tonight’s main event is Brody King & Chris Dickinson vs. The West Coast Wrecking Crew.

Brody King told Wrestling Inc. that he tested positive for COVID-19...and that caused him to miss last weekend’s New Japan Resurgence event.

Minoru Suzuki will be a busy man during his visit to the U.S. this fall. Not only is he working dates for New Japan. He’s also now announced for FOUR GCW shows across September and October.

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(STINGER: AEW)

The Young Bucks will defend their AEW Tag Titles at All Out...inside a steel cage. Their opponents will be determined by a four-team tournament over the next couple weeks.

It begins Friday on Rampage - with Jurassic Express facing Private Party. The winner there will face the winner of a match on next Wednesday’s Dynamite between the Lucha Brothers and the Varsity Blonds.

The Bucks benefited from a lot of outside interference as they beat Jurassic Express last night to retain their tag titles. The Elite laid out Jurassic Express and Christian Cage after the match.

Another match announced for All Out: Paul Wight vs. QT Marshall. It will be Wight’s first match in over a year. His last one was an Unsanctioned Match against Randy Orton on WWE Raw last July.

MJF forced Chris Jericho to tap out to his Salt Of The Earth arm submission to win last night’s main event.

Sting & Darby Allin beat 2.0 in a wild Tornado Tag Match. It started after 2.0 and Daniel Garcia attacked Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston, who were supposedly heading to the ring for a promo. It never happened. In a backstage promo later in the show...Mox called out a bunch of guys, from Kenny Omega...to Christian Cage...to Hangman Page. Before any of them, Mox will have a match against Daniel Garcia on Friday night’s Rampage.

As for Kingston, TNT Champion Miro called him out in a pre-recorded segment, saying “The Redeemer wants to talk.”

Sammy Guevara pinned Shawn Spears in a hard-fought match that spilled out all around ringside.

Thunder Rosa submitted Penelope Ford.

Dan Lambert once again bashed AEW during an in-ring promo. He had former UFC champions Andrei Arlovski and Junior dos Santos alongside him. Lance Archer eventually heard enough and made his way to the ring, but before he could get there...Archer was attacked and laid out by Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky.

(STINGER: Impact)

The new Impact World Champion Christian Cage will be back in the Impact Zone tonight.

Also on the show, Melina will make her Impact in-ring debut.

Plus, Moose & Ace Austin vs. Sami Callihan & Chris Sabin...Doc Gallows vs. Joe Doering...and Matt Cardona vs. Shera.

Kiera Hogan is the latest name added to the Invitational Cup battle royale at the NWA’s Empowerrr pay per view on August 28th.

Also, the fourth and final team in the NWA Women’s Tag Team Title Tournament at Empowerrr is a trio - The Freebabes: Miranda Gordy, Hollywood Haley J and Jazzy Yang.

(STINGER: WWE)

Today’s NXT UK has a pair of title matches…

Pretty Deadly defend their tag titles against Moustache Mountain..

Meiko Satomura puts her women’s championship on the line against Stevie Turner.

Bill Goldberg gave a quick comment on his contract status with WWE...heading into his SummerSlam title match against Bobby Lashley.

(Goldberg Contract Status)

That clip is from Wednesday’s episode of “The Bump”.

(STINGER: New Japan)

Minoru Suzuki is coming to America.

New Japan announced he’ll be part of the Autumn Attack shows in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex coming up on September 25th and 26th. Also announced for those shows: Will Ospreay, Jay White, Lance Archer and the current IWGP Junior Tag Champs Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo.

Back in Japan, a major title match is set for the Wrestle Grand Slam stadium show on September 4th. Hiroshi Tanahashi will defend the IWGP United States Championship against Kota Ibushi. It’ll be Ibushi’s first match since July 2nd. He’s been recovering from a case of aspiration pneumonia.

Aaron Henare told a talk show in New Zealand that he’s recovering from a neck injury. His last match was back on May 4th.

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(STINGER: New Japan)

New Japan confirmed two of its wrestlers - IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi and BUSHI - have tested positive for COVID-19.

Both were pulled from shows starting Sunday, after they were found to have fevers.

New Japan said “their fevers went down” and they’re not getting any worse. Both are isolating and receiving treatment.

Six other New Japan wrestlers were pulled from shows on Monday and Tuesday due to their contact with Takagi and BUSHI: Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo, and Dick Togo. New Japan did not comment on their statuses.

New Japan’s next show in Japan is next Tuesday. A card for that show has yet to be announced. Takagi is scheduled to defend the IWGP Heavyweight Title at the Wrestle Grand Slam show on September 5th.

El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru are the winners of this year’s Super Junior Tag League. They secured victory by beating the Jr. Tag Champs Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo on Tuesday’s show...and they now want a shot at the titles.

(STINGER: AEW)

City leaders in Chicago announced Tuesday that they’re reinstituting a mask mandate, starting Friday. This is in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases...and covers all indoor public spaces, regardless of an individual’s vaccination status. That includes Friday night’s AEW Rampage show at the United Center.

The AEW Tag Titles are on the line on tonight’s Dynamite. The Young Bucks are set to defend against Jurassic Express.

Also, the final “Labour Of Jericho”. Chris Jericho gets his match against MJF, BUT the Judas Effect is banned...and so is “Judas” the song.

Plus, STING wrestling live on TNT for the first time in 20 years. He’s tagging with Darby Allin against 2.0.

Sammy Guevara vs. Shawn Spears…

And Dan Lambert is expected to confront Lance Archer...with Lambert said to be bringing along “two UFC champions”.

On last night’s Dark...Matt Hardy pinned Wheeler Yuta after Hardy took off his boot and used it as a weapon. The ELITE HUNTER Frankie Kazarian outsmarted and submitted Brandon Cutler...and Jurassic Express & the Varsity Blonds beat The Wingmen.

(STINGER: WWE)

On last night’s NXT...

MSK beat Imperium’s Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner to hang on to the NXT Tag Titles. WALTER showed up at ringside during this match, but his attempts to interfere were cut off by his title challenger at TakeOver, Ilja Dragunov. WALTER did get the better of him after the match.

Earlier, Dragunov pinned Roderick Strong with Torpedo Moskau.

Strong’s match for the cruiserweight title promoted for last night’s show did NOT happen. It was announced that the champion Kushida was not medically cleared. So, Strong held an open challenge and Dragunov answered it.

Carmelo Hayes beat Duke Hudson to advance to the finals of the NXT Breakout Tournament. Hayes will face Odyssey Jones and that match will happen on NEXT Tuesday’s NXT.

InDex - Indi Hartwell & Dexter Lumis beat Jessi Kamea & Robert Stone...after Hartwell choked out Kamea. After the match, Hartwell asked Lumis to marry her. She had an engagement ring and everything. He nodded yes. Love wins again!

Cameron Grimes pinned Josh Briggs with the Cave In.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Wednesday, August 18.

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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Tuesday, August 17, 2021.

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(STINGER: WWE)

Just days before TakeOver 36 on Sunday...NXT is rolling out a pair of title matches on tonight’s show.

Kushida defends his cruiserweight championship against Roderick Strong.

Plus, MSK put the NXT Tag Titles on the line against Imperium’s Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner.

Also tonight, the second semifinal match in the NXT Breakout Tournament: Duke Hudson vs. Carmelo Hayes.

RKBro is BACK! And they’ll challenge AJ Styles & Omos for the Raw Tag Titles at SummerSlam.

Riddle rescued Orton from a beating at the hands of Omos. Orton declared he respects Riddle and the two shook hands.

Earlier, Styles pinned Riddle with the Styles Clash.

Also added to SummerSlam, Alexa Bliss vs. Eva Marie.

Drew McIntyre beat Veer & Shanky in a 2-on-1 match, pinning Shanky with a Claymore. That means Veer & Shanky will be banned from ringside for McIntyre’s match against Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam.

Rhea Ripley pinned Raw Women’s Champion Nikki ASH with the Riptide in a non-title match. After the match, Nikki went after Charlotte Flair, who was sitting in on commentary.

That led to a tag team main event, where Charlotte & Nia Jax beat Nikki & Rhea. Charlotte pinned Rhea.

Damian Priest pinned The Miz with a Brogue Kick - right in front of United States Champion Sheamus, who was on commentary at the time. John Morrison walked out on Miz during the match. Earlier, he learned Miz had been medically cleared for WEEKS before he finally got out his wheelchair last Monday.

Mansoor got an outside assist from Mustafa Ali and pinned Mace.

NXT Champion Karrion Kross quickly submitted Jeff Hardy with the Kross Jacket in a non-title match.

Survivor Series is set for Sunday, November 21st at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

(STINGER: AEW)

Tonight’s AEW Dark has a big 8-Man Tag - Jurassic Express and the Varsity Blonds teaming up against The Wingmen.

Also tonight, the ELITE HUNTER Frankie Kazarian vs. Brandon Cutler...Matt Hardy vs. Wheeler Yuta.

Some notable names will make their AEW debuts. Lee Moriarty goes up against Dante Martin...and Masha Slamovich faces Penelope Ford.

Plus, Kiera Hogan gets another look against Kris Statlander. Hogan made her AEW debut on last night’s Elevation...with a loss to Hikaru Shida.

Also on last night’s show...Diamante pinned Julia Hart after she misdirected the referee, pulled a chain out of a corner pad and then hit Julia with it. Diamante continued to beatdown after the match until Big Swole ran in for the rescue.

Joey Janela used a handful of tights to roll up and pin Alan “5” Angels...and the Lucha Brothers beat The Hybrid2.

New names announced for the NWA’s Empowerrr pay per view on August 28th.

The AEW tandem of Red Velvet & KiLynn King will be in the NWA Women’s Tag Team Title tournament.

Plus, Thunder Kitty will be in the Invitational Cup battle royale.

(STINGER: ROH)

On this past weekend’s Ring Of Honor TV...Max The Impaler beat Hollidead in a first-round match in the women’s title tournament.

Also, Flip Gordon pinned Homicide to win a 10-Man “All-Stars vs. Champions” Tag Team main event.

(STINGER: New Japan)

COVID-19 concerns are leading to more changes for New Japan.

This all started over the weekend, when IWGP World Heavyweight Champ Shingo Takagi and BUSHI were found to have fevers.

The results of PCR tests still aren’t back. So, Shingo and BUSHI are off of Tuesday’s show...along with Testsuya Naito, SANADA, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo and Gedo.

The winner of New Japan’s Super Junior Tag League will be decided on Tuesday’s show.

First, Junior Heavyweight Champ Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask face Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. Eagles & Tiger Mask are still alive in the tournament but they need to win and get some help.

The main event has the Junior Tag Champs Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. If the Bullet Club tandem wins they take the tournament. If Despy & Kanemaru win, we could have a three-way tiebreaker to sort out.

Getting back to Togo & Gedo, their absence from Monday’s show means they’ll miss their final Super Junior Tag League match. Their opponents, Roppongi 3K, dissolved as a team. So, New Japan is declaring the match a double forfeit - with neither team receiving any points.

The breakup of Roppongi 3K was a violent one. SHO hung YOH out to dry during their match Monday against Despy & Kanemaru. YOH eventually succumbed to the numbers. After the match, SHO made his intentions clear and attacked YOH.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Tuesday, August 17. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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