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Monday, June 24, 2024 Issue #7271
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2025 ROYAL RUMBLE GOES TO LUCAS OIL STADIUM IN INDIANAPOLIS

- WWE today announced that the 2025 Royal Rumble will take place from the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, February 1. This will be the first time that WWE will be holding an event at the 70,000-seater stadium, home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts team. The announcement is part of a multi-premium live event agreement that WWE has struck with Indiana Sports Corp. Royal Rumble 2025 Priority Passes will soon be available from On Location, giving fans the chance for ringside seats, premium seats, pre-show hospitality with WWE Superstar appearances, ringside photo opportunities, and much more. To place a deposit or sign up for exclusive presale access, please visit . Ahead of the general on-sale date for Royal Rumble 2025, which will be announced at a later date, fans can register now to receive an exclusive presale offer by visiting .

WWE AND INDIANA SPORTS CORP ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

- WWE and Indiana Sports Corp announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will bring WWE’s three largest stadium events – WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble – to Indianapolis. Apart from the already announced 2025 Royal Rumble, Lucas Oil Stadium will also host a future two-night SummerSlam and a two-night WrestleMania in the coming years. Additionally, Raw, SmackDown, NXT and WWE live events will emanate from arenas across Indiana, including Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Evansville throughout the partnership. “We are excited to bring this groundbreaking partnership to Indianapolis and our state,” said Patrick Talty, President of Indiana Sports Corp. “For over four decades, our city’s sports strategy has brought in millions of visitors and priceless hours of international brand-building media coverage. This partnership with WWE continues to push that strategy forward in new and exciting ways. We look forward to welcoming the WWE Universe to our community and state and showing them all that Indy has to offer.” “Indianapolis is a fantastic city for major events and we’re excited to invite the WWE Universe to Lucas Oil Stadium for Royal Rumble in 2025, and a future SummerSlam and WrestleMania,” said Chris Legentil, WWE EVP, Talent Relations & Head of Communications at WWE. “Patrick and the team at Indiana Sports Corp have done a phenomenal job bolstering local economics and tourism, and we’re proud to partner with them to shine a light on the great state of Indiana.” WWE and Indiana Sports Corp will also work with community partners across the state to create a legacy program that will leave an impact well beyond the three Premium Live Events. More details will be announced at a later date.

TRIPLE H TALKS "GAME-CHANGING" NETFLIX DEAL

- Appearing on The Pat McAfee Show, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque talked about the Netflix deal at length. Triple H said that Netflix is a "completely different animal" and they won't have restrictions that they currently have on cable and network television. He mentioned that currently, when the crowd chants "holy shit" or when The Rock decides to say whatever he wants to say, they have to take the audio out and sometimes black out the screen. But come January, they will not have that problem anymore with Raw on Netflix. Triple H also said that they're still working out stuff on how commercials are going to work, how ad breaks will fall, and length of the show, but streaming is the future and mentioned that the NFL and NBA are also dipping their toes to test the waters. "It's why this Netflix deal, for us, is so game-changing and everyone is going to be watching us in January," he continued. "Especially other sports, from the business side, they're going to be watching to see what we do, what we do differently, and how it's received." WWE programming will transition to Netflix for the majority of the world come January of next year and more countries will be added depending on when their current WWE television deal expires.

RAW PREVIEW

- Monday Night Raw is live from Indianapolis tonight, the site of the upcoming 2025 Royal Rumble and future SummerSlam and WrestleMania. Two Money in the Bank qualifying matches will take place on the show, with Shayna Baszler vs Lyra Valkyria vs Kairi Sane and Braun Strowman vs Bronson Reed vs Chad Gable, who was added back to the match after briefly being replaced by Ilja Dragunov due to the Wyatt Sick6 attack from last week. Plus, Kofi Kingston takes on Karrion Kross, Bron Breakker battles Ludwig Kaiser, and Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn defend the WWE Women's Tag Team titles against Kayden Carter and Katana Chance. And while not in the official preview, it's highly likely we will see the next move from the Wyatt Sick6 faction.

CODY RHODES SHARES SPECIAL HUG WITH YOUNG FAN AT LIVE EVENT

- Cody Rhodes made a young girl's night at the non-televised live event in Bloomington this weekend when he noticed her particular sign at ringside. After beating Shinsuke Nakamura in the main event of the show, Rhodes grabbed the mic and pointed out a young girl at ringside who held a sign that read, "Cody I finished my story I got adopted!" The fans popped big and Cody invited her to the ring. With her parents encouraging her to go, a member of the WWE security team lifted her up and placed her on the apron, where she was still unsure if she can actually go in. Security told her to go in and she did, walking straight into a big Cody hug in the middle of the ring as the crowd cheered. Cody then signed a piece of a broken table and handed it over to the girl, who he embraced again before leaving the ring to "Cody, Cody" chants. You can see the video at .

KAYLA BRAXTON DENIES REPORT SHE TALKED WITH AEW

- Kayla Braxton, the WWE backstage correspondent who is in her final week with WWE, has refuted a report by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer that she talked with AEW. On the latest episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer said that there was "definitely" talk between her and AEW, adding that Braxton "could see the handwriting on the wall" when it was clear that Cathy Kelley and Jackie Redmond were the two preferred for WWE television. "So she was number three. So I think by that, she kind of could see maybe it's time to go somewhere else," Meltzer said. But in a post on X, Braxton, real name Kayla Becker, shot down Meltzer's words, saying that if she wanted to keep working in wrestling, she would not have walked away from the largest wrestling company in the world. "Nice try, rumor weeds," she added, posting a GIF which says "Nice try Jan!" Braxton said that the support she has received ever since she announced her time is up in WWE has been overwhelming and she was thankful for everyone. She is wrapping up her WWE duties this coming Friday with Smackdown in Madison Square Garden.

2 COLD SCORPIO ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR STABBING

- Former wrestling star 2 Cold Scorpio was arrested 10 days ago for stabbing a man during a fight at a gas station according to TMZ.COM. Court documents which TMZ got ahold of show that the incident took place at Love's Travel Stop in Kansas City, Missouri at around 3:40AM where Scorpio, real name Charles Scaggs, works as a security guard. The whole mess started because a customer allegedly lit up a cigarette in the store according to Scaggs, something that is being denied by the victim, who said that he put the cigarette out before going inside. Scaggs told the police that he was threatened and after walking out of the store, the victim tried to attack him, at which point he pulled a knife from his pocket and stabbed him in self defense. In their report, police said that the victim was on the floor bleeding from his head, chest, legs, abdomen, and buttocks when they arrived and was taken to a hospital. The former WCW, ECW, and WWF star was arrested and slapped with two felony charges: one count of first-degree assault and one count of armed criminal action. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was bailed out, with the court case expected to be heard next month.

CASSIE LEE AND SHAWN SPEARS WELCOME BABY BOY

- Cassie Lee and her husband, NXT star Shawn Spears, welcomed baby number two a few days ago, a baby boy by the name of Harley Dean. The news was revealed by Lee, formerly known as Peyton Royce, in a post on Instagram, writing, "Harley Dean, you complete us," along with the date of June 21. The couple have another son, Austin Jay, who was born in January 2023. They have been married since August 2019. Spears is set to wrestle Trick Williams tomorrow night on NXT on USA Network.

TV EXEC WHO PULLED PLUG ON WCW DIES AT AGE 77

- While VICE is running a four-part series on Who killed WCW, the man who truly pulled the plug and effectively put the promotion to bed, Jamie Kellner, passed away at age 77 according to Variety. Kellner, who replaced Ted Turner at the helm of Turner Broadcasting, was the person who made the decision to cancel WCW programming from TNT and TBS, and in process, ending Fusient Media's hopes of buying WCW from AOL Time Warner. WWE then came in and picked up the deal for a reported $4 million at the time. The Fusient's deal was only going to work if they still had a time slot on TNT and TBS and would fall without one. Kellner is best known as the only executive to create two broadcast networks who were profitable under his watch - FOX and The WB. He is credited for programs such as The Simpsons, Dawson's Creek, 7th Heaven, Cops, and many other hits who became all-time favorites along the years.

TRIOS MATCH ADDED TO FORBIDDEN DOOR

- Just when you thought Chris Jericho was being left off an AEW pay-per-view, the in-ring veteran found a way to keep his streak going! On Collision last night, Chris Jericho and Big Bill beat Private Party in a tag match and right after the match finished, The Learning Tree team were joined by Bryan Keith in continuing their post-match beatdown of their opponents. Out came Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, and Hook for the save. Joe told Jericho that his learning tree sucks and at Forbidden Door, they will take them on in a trios match. This match is the 10th one on the card, with the show now in double digit figures as far as bouts scheduled to take place. A couple of more, especially for the Zero Hour show, are expected to be added.


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