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Another Major Spoiler for Tonight’s Slammiversary Event
As previously noted, TV Guide spoiled the main event for tonight’s Slammiversary event when it revealed that Alberto El Patron will be celebrating his victory on the upcoming Impact Wrestling episode.
In addition to that spoiler, they also suggest that El Patron will be the new leader of LAX.
Smith Hart Passes Away
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Cody Rhodes Says He Has No More Dates with Impact left
While appearing on The Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast, Cody Rhodes revealed that he currently doesn’t have any dates left to appear for Impact Wrestling. He made the following remarks:
“When it comes to Impact, I usually stick to myself as far as I just try to bring what I do everywhere just to the Impact scene. It is hard to get on board with set, ‘this time, this reboot is better than the last reboot’. When I met Dixie Carter, I loved Dixie Carter! When I met Billy [Corgan], I loved Billy! When I met Jeff [Jarrett], I love Jeff. But only so many times can you hear, ‘now we’re marching on everybody. So I’m just like, ‘hey, it’s a fun show, it’s on Pop TV, and I just try to be a part of that.’ I currently have no more dates with TNA/Impact Wrestling. Currently, I have no more dates left.”
You can listen to the full interview here.
GFW Slammiversary Results – July 2nd, 2017
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Slammiversary Spoilers: Paige & Others Backstage, New Title Belts, More
Here are a couple of spoilers for tonight’s GFW Slammiversary event, courtesy of PWInsider:
The company has ordered all new championship title belts for after they hold the unification matches tonight.
Gail Kim, who is expected to return to storylines, is backstage for the show.
Eddie Kingston and “Mr. 450” John Jesús Yurnet are backstage.
Paige is also backstage to support Alberto El Patron.
Check back here at 8PM ET for our live coverage of Slammiversary.
Famous Rapper to Appear at SmackDown Live Next Week
As reported earlier, next week’s SmackDown Live episode will see the Team of New Day going up against The Usos in a rap battle. However, it seems like WWE has decided to bring in a professional rapper in that angle.
Longtime hardcore wrestling fan and successful rapper, Wale took to Twitter to ask his fans to check him out next week on SmackDown Live. Here’s what he said:
CM Punk Allegedly Consumed Alcohol
Bruce Prichard made the following remarks on his latest podcast installment about the time CM Punk consumed alcohol despite lving a “straight edge” lifestyle:
“I looked at him and said, ‘so you don’t drink, you don’t do drugs, you don’t do anything?’ [CM Punk] says ‘no, but I’m not a prude either.’ I said: ‘okay, explain that.’ So he explained that he really didn’t want to judge others that did choose that lifestyle and this is what got him over with me automatically. He was in Kansas City or St. Louis or somewhere and it was Harley Race’s birthday and he was in a camp; Harley’s camp and they were out at a restaurant bar type thing and they wanted to do. Everybody got shots for Harley’s birthday. Now Punk doesn’t drink, don’t do drugs, but he took a shot out of respect for Harley Race.”
“And he goes, ‘you know, Harley asked me to do it, one shot’s not gonna kill me. I’m not gonna go get hammered, I took a shot out of respect for Harley Race and for whatever reason I just thought that was cool. That just kinda showed the love and passion he had for the business and respect for the old-timers. He didn’t have to and it would have been fine.”
Click here for the full podcast.
Speculation on Nakamura vs. AJ Styles at SummerSlam
After their teased angle during the Money in the Bank ladder match a couple weeks back, it’s being speculated that Nakamura will face AJ Styles at this year’s SummerSlam event. Bryan Alvarez discussed the possibilities of this match taking place when a listener called in asking about it going down.
Alvarez said, “I think that is the match. I would say with some degree of confidence that you’re gonna see Styles and Nakamura against each other at SummerSlam. That was the whole idea behind the tease they did at the Money In The Bank show.”
Other matches rumored for the event include Cena vs. Jinder Mahal and Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns. We will keep you updated if we hear of any other matches that are expected to be added to the card.
Rumored Ring of Honor Talents that May Be Headed to WWE
The following names are now free agents after their contracts with Ring of Honor have expired and could be on their way to WWE in the near future:
Kyle O’Reilly
Adam Cole
Hanson Rowe
Raymond Rowe
The belief is that any of these guys could end up in WWE, presumably the NXT brand. We will keep you updated if we hear anything regarding their status.
Chris Jericho Says Recent WWE Run Was A “Last Hurrah”
WWE.com spoke with Chris Jericho about his 50th trip to Japan and mentioned that it feels like a “second home” for him whenever he comes back. Jericho said he’s been going to Japan since the age of 19.
What was most notable about the interview was when Jericho started talking about what’s next for him. Jericho indicated that this trip to Japan was his “last hurrah” for his run with the WWE for the time being. He said he wanted to go out on a high note and is now ready to work on more on his music.
You can check out Jericho’s comments below: