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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Issue #7231
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VINCE MCMAHON'S NAME COMES UP IN STORMY DANIELS' TESTIMONY

- The name of Vince McMahon came up in today's Stormy Daniels testimony against President Donald Trump in the hush-money trial. According to transcript by CNN, Daniels said she "really wanted" to ask Trump about pro wrestling when they initially met. "He was friends with the owner of the company," Daniels said, referring to Vince McMahon. CNN said that Daniels laughed on the stand as she recalled comparing the adult film industry to wrestling like WWE. "It's real but it's not," she said. This was during the time that Trump was feuding with McMahon which led to the match at WrestleMania involving Bobby Lashley and Umaga with Trump in Lashley's corner and McMahon in Umaga's corner and the loser must shave their head. "Donald Trump has always been very famous for his do," Daniels said on the stand but he assured her it was all predetermined. "Trump is slumped in his chair and sitting back facing forward as Daniels testifies," CNN wrote.

MCINTYRE AND ASUKA PULLED OUT FROM KOTR AND KOTQ

- Both Drew McIntyre and Asuka were pulled from the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments due to respective injuries. McIntyre, who was on Raw, was informed by Raw GM Adam Pearce that he was pulled out of the show due to his hyperextended elbow injury. He was set to face Finn Balor, but Jey Uso replaced him. Asuka was also taken out of the tournament and was replaced by fellow Damage CTRL member Dakota Kai. Kai went on to wrestle former NXT Women's champion Lyra Valkyria in the tournament. The Empress of Tomorrow last wrestled at Backlash this past weekend, losing the WWE Women's Tag Team titles with Kairi Sane to Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill.

SIX SUPERSTARS ADVANCE

- Six WWE Superstars advanced in the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments after six matches were held on the broadcast. Those in the men's tournament who advanced are late replacement Jey Uso who defeated Finn Balor, former NXT champion Ilja Dragunov defeated Ricochet, and former IC champion Gunther took down Sheamus in the main event of the show. The last match in the first round, Kofi Kingston vs Rey Mysterio, will be held during a non-televised live event this weekend. In the women's tournament, former WWE Women's champion IYO SKY defeated Natalya, who dedicated the match to Owen Hart. Zoey Stark beat Ivy Nile in her match and then former NXT Women's champion Lyra Valkyria defeated late replacement Dakota Kai. The last match between Shayna Baszler and Zelina Vega will take place this weekend at a non-televised live event. In the men's bracket, Gunther takes on the winner of Kofi/Rey, and Dragunov battles Jey Uso. In the women's bracket, the winner of Baszler/Vega will take on IYO SKY, and Valkyria takes on Zoey Stark.

TWO TITLE MATCHES ADDED TO SAUDI SHOW

- Two title matches were announced for the King and Queen of the Ring premium live event later this month. Liv Morgan will finally get her shot at gold as she takes on Women's World champion Becky Lynch and then Sami Zayn defends his Intercontinental title against Bronson Reed and Chad Gable in a triple threat match. The only two other matches announced for the show are the finals of the two King and Queen of the Ring tournaments. The show takes place on Saturday, May 25 live from the Jeddah Superdome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

SMACKDOWN BRACKET OF KOTR

- The Smackdown bracket of the men's King of the Ring tournament was revealed last night on Raw. Four matches will feature AJ Styles vs Randy Orton, Baron Corbin vs Carmelo Hayes, LA Knight vs Santos Escobar, and Bobby Lashley vs Tama Tonga. The winner of Styles/Orton faces the winner of Corbin/Hayes and the winner of Knight/Escobar then meets the winner of Lashley/Tonga. The women's Queen of the Ring tournament bracket has not been announced yet but will feature Tiffany Stratton vs Blair Davenport, Nia Jax vs Piper Niven, Chelsea Green vs Indi Hartwell, and Naomi vs Candice LeRae.

SUMMERSLAM 2024 PRE-SALE KICKS OFF

- The pre-sale for WWE SummerSlam kicked off this morning on Ticketmaster.com using the code UNIVERSE. Only a smaller portion of the stadium is open in the pre-sale. Ringside seats facing the camera are going for a whopping $8,000 while other ringside seats on the floor are $4,000 each. All prices are without taxes and fees. The cheapest tickets available are $300 at the moment in the 100 Level. The east and south sections of the stadium is completely closed off while the North and West sides are open. It's unclear if WWE will open the east side later but the south side will remained closed off. The massive Cleveland Browns Stadium holds up to 67,000 seats and no way this event will come close to a sellout. WWE is using the same setup from previous SummerSlams, a curved aisle with no set.

SINGLE TIX FOR SMACKDOWN AND CLASH AT THE CASTLE

- Single tickets for Smackdown and Clash at the Castle in Scotland will go on sale tomorrow at Ticketmaster.co.uk at 10AM BST. So far, only combo tickets were made available with the cheapest prices available at a whopping ?500.40 each, the equivalent of $630. The show is far from a sellout despite thousands of people in line to purchase tickets when they originally went on sale, but as usual, WWE priced out a lot of people and they chose not to purchase any tickets. Both Smackdown and Clash at the Castle take place from the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, an arena that holds around 13,000 fans.

WWE DOES NOT RENEW JERRY LAWLER'S BROADCAST DEAL

- PWInsider.com is reporting that WWE has chosen not to renew Jerry "The King" Lawler's deal as a broadcaster and is now solely under a WWE Legends deal. Lawler used to do Kickoff shows for premium live events but that stopped when he suffered a stroke in February 2023. He last appeared for WWE in November of last year when he chose the participants of the NXT Iron Survivor Challenge. Lawler joined WWE in 1992 and has been affiliated with them pretty much ever since, calling thousands of wrestling matches along the way. His last stint as a commentator came between September 2019 and April 2020 when he was part of a three-person broadcast team on Ra with Vic Joseph and Dio Maddin. Lawler was later replaced by Samoa Joe.


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