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Wrestling-Online Newsletter #7291
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We'll be back tomorrow. ======================================== ================ //->> NEWS FROM THE WRESTLING-ONLINE NEWSWIRE Web version at RHEA RIPLEY TO KICK OFF RAW TONIGHT- After a few months' absence, former WWE Women's World champion Rhea Ripley will be kicking off tonight's Monday Night Raw. Ripley returned last week, catching Dom Mysterio and Liv Morgan in the act and just inches away from locking lips. As you can imagine, Mami was not happy and will address the situation tonight. Speaking of Judgment Day members, WWE World Heavyweight champion Damian Priest will come face-to-face with his SummerSlam opponent Gunther and Drew McIntyre returns from his one-week suspension. Also tonight, Sami Zayn puts the Intercontinental title on the line against Ilja Dragunov and Bronson Reed takes on Sheamus. STEPHANIE VAQUER MAKES WWE IN-RING DEBUT- Stephanie Vaquer wasted no time after her official signing with WWE and had her first match at the non-televised live event in Mexico City, Mexico. Vaquer took on one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team champions Isla Dawn and as you probably guessed, she won. Following the match, Vaquer addressed the crowd and said that she is now living her dream being in WWE and is honored to be part of the family. Vaquer also wrestled at the Monterrey show yesterday, again versus Isla Dawn. The Chilean star abruptly quit CMLL and NJPW last week to sign with WWE. WWE ANNOUNCES NEXT TWO NXT PREMIUM LIVE EVENTS- WWE has announced the dates and locations of the next two NXT premium live events - No Mercy and Halloween Havoc. No Mercy will take place on Sunday, September 1 live from the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado while Halloween Havoc will take place on Sunday, October 27 from the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Monday Night Raw will also take place the following night from the same location on both occasions, with combo tickets going on sale on Friday, July 26 at 10AM. This is the first time that Halloween Havoc will be a premium live event rather than a television special. The company brought back the popular WCW pay-per-view name in 2020. NATALYA RE-SIGNS WITH WWE- PWInsider.com is reporting that Natalya has signed a new multi-year deal with WWE as she came mighty close to free agency. The 42-year-old is one of the longest-serving WWE Superstars on the roster, having signed with the company in 2007, making this her 17th year. Her leaving WWE would have probably also affected the role of TJ Wilson, her husband, who is one of the highly-regarded producers in WWE, especially when it comes to women matches. Recently, Mercedes Mone said in an interview that there's a husband-and-wife team in WWE who she would really like them to join AEW, referring to Neidhart and Wilson. While she's been working with the company for nearly two decades, Natalya has only won titles on three different occasions, winning the Divas title, Smackdown women's title, and the Women's Tag Team titles with Tamina. WYATT SICKS LEAVE VHS TAPE DURING PAT MCAFEE SHOW- The Wyatt Sicks angle continued on The Pat McAfee show this afternoon when a "You Lied" image flashed on screen like it did last week or so. The image appeared while McAfee and his team were interviewing ESPN baseball analyst Jeff Passan. The lights went out and McAfee's production team said that it wasn't them and their console is frozen. "Do I feel like Chad Gable right now?" Passan said. McAfee then went off stage and retrieved a box which contained a VHS tape, similar to what Nikki Cross delivered to Michael Cole over the past two weeks. "Last time I saw this box, a freak show was staring at me," McAfee said. Later on X, McAfee said that he will be bringing the box tonight to Raw. "Could you please let the Wyatt¡¯s know that I am a massive fan and I believe @MichaelCole would be a much better handler of the box," McAfee wrote. "And also let them know that it has been an ABSOLUTE HONOR to transfer it a couple of times now but, it¡¯s very ok for me not to!" You can see exactly what happened during the show at SLAMMIVERSARY SOLD OUT- This week's TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view is now sold out. To be held at the Verdun Auditorium in Montreal, the Event Brite listing for tickets shows that there are none left for sale. The Verdun Auditorium holds a maximum of 4,000 seats so this will end up being TNA's most-attended event in a very long time. The promotion is experiencing some sort of a resurgence over the past few months, with their stars appearing on NXT and vice versa. WILLOW NIGHTINGALE WINS CMLL WOMEN'S TITLE- Former TBS champion Willow Nightingale has another title to carry after she won the vacant CMLL Women's title at the CMLLxNJPW: Fantastica Mania event on Saturday. Nightingale defeated Viva Van and Lluvia in a triple threat match to win the title. The CMLL Women's title was vacated after the company stripped it off Stephanie Vaquer who quit earlier this week to go to WWE. Nightingale came up short last Wednesday to win the Owen Hart Cup tournament, losing to Mariah May as she went for back-to-back tournament wins. BATTLE OF THE BELTS XI SET FOR JULY 27- Battle of the Belts XI will be taking place on Saturday, July 27, immediately following the conclusion of the live Collision. It will air on TNT from 10PM to 11PM ET. This episode will come from the Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where AEW will soon start a residency for Collision and Ring of Honor. That residency will start this weekend with the July 20 episode and will run for a month, ending with the August 17 Collision. AEW will also have the Ring of Honor pay-per-view Death Before Dishonor from that same arena on July 26, a day before they have the three-hour block with Collision and BotB. FTR RETURN- FTR returned to AEW television during Collision, coming to the aid of Tommy Billington, the nephew of the Dynamite Kid, who was being attacked by the Don Callis family. Last month, Dax Harwood announced that he would be out of action for a while because of a hematoma he had since April, something which he kept secret from AEW doctors not to lose the tag team's spot on television. While originally it was thought that Harwood would be out for a longer time, he was cleared to return to the ring in less than a month. Harwood apologized to his co-workers, the AEW medical team, and Tony Khan for keeping his injury a secret. ======================================== ================ ADVERTISING: (C) Copyright 1996-2024 Wrestling-Online.com ======================================== ================ |
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