NXT still feeding big 2, HHH hands off UK?, Heat on NXT star, ODB loses business, and more...

NXT not getting wish:

Any hope NXT fans had of keeping their talent, now they have their own show, has been shot down. Raw and SmackDown will still have their pick of NXT's brightest stars, it was confirmed today.

HHH hands off UK?:

NXT UK's champion, Walter, says his dealings with HHH have been minimal since signing for the company this time last year...

"Oh yeah, they did make me feel wanted, I can't deny that. But, my conversations with Triple H have been very little so far, actually. We had a conversation when I started, but in between not much. That was really it, I'm not really a small talk guy. I don't talk to people unless I have something worth talking about or reasoning behind it. I've worked a little more with Shawn Michaels which is very helpful. Obviously, he's a very experienced guy and he's been very successful in his career. Actually, I think people often think with wrestling, the things that make the difference are major changes, but it's the very smallest of details that make a very big difference. Those people – like William Regal – they all have those little tricks in their back pocket. So it's a very good environment to be in."

He also confirmed, even an offer of a main roster spot, would not get him to move to America...

"I would go on the main roster at some point but I wouldn't move to America. Moving to America is not for me. American lifestyle is not for me. No, I couldn't imagine that. When it comes to that, I stay where I am. But, I am able to get on an airplane!"

Briscoe back:

Mark Briscoe has been cleared to return from his recent knee injury.

WWE fundraising:

WWE have launched a social media fundraiser for victims of a recent hurricane in Florida.

Angle adopts:

Kurt Angle and his wife are in Bulgaria to finalise the adoption of a new son from the country.

Heat on Riddle:

Matt Riddle's heat has gone public on social media, after he called out an unnamed NXT star for not giving him a ride to work yesterday. Tommaso Ciampa responded that the locker room would police his outburst themselves, with or without, office approval.

One Destroyed Business:

ODB's food truck burned down yesterday.

Clash Of The Champions:

Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross will put their Women's Tag gold on the line vs Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville at Clash.

Rousey gone from WWE?, Renee traded, Roman talks fake cancer battle, Kacy update, and more...

Rousey removed:

WWE have removed Ronda Rousey from their active roster, and dropped her to the Alum page.

Big  E. applauds WWE inclusion:

"I think that it's incredible, and I think it's also reflective of what you see in media as a whole now, more representation across lines, not just in our industry but elsewhere. And I think the problem is a lot of times people bristle at the mere mention of race or representation or feminism or whatever minority group there is that's trying to have a voice in media, people don't even want to have that discussion. But I think for Kofi to be the first African-born champion I think is such an incredible feat. And also Becky Lynch and Ronda and Charlotte being able to close WrestleMania, to have the women close the biggest show of the year, is also pretty incredible. So I think it's a discussion that we just need to be open to. And I guess I don't really consider myself one for politics but I just think having this discourse and being able to talk about these things and being open to these things I think is big, so I'm glad we're doing a better job with that in our industry and I hope we continue to grow."

Renee traded?:

Renee Young is expected to be moved to SmackDown in time for the shows move to Fox in October.

WWE support campaign:

Paige and the Bella's are joining an awareness campaign to warn young girls about the dangers of over sharing on social media. Paige talked about the effect her leaked sex tape had on her. She said she needed hours of therapy and suffered hair loss, an eating issue and permanent emotional scars.

Roman addresses fake cancer believers:

Roman Reigns has spoken to a UK charity about the belief of some fans, that his cancer battle was an elaborate storyline by WWE. You can read his interview on the online publication of the charities monthly newsletter, here.

Should Kacy stay, or should she go:

Ricochet has addressed his lady love's (Kacy Catanzarro) WWE status. He denied she is injured, but did concede she may not wrestle again...

"I don't know. She's very family-oriented and she wants kids, so she doesn't know if being on the road so much is for her. For me, I'm already too deep—I'm on the road all the time. She loves wrestling and she loves it here, and she's so good at it, so it's a very tough decision for her."

WWE cancel shows:

WWE have axed a live for Kentucky, scheduled for October, and this weekends show in Canada, due to severe weather in the area.

Champ reunited with gold, Major creative shakeup in WWE, Flair vs Lynch, Linda backs HOF'er, and more...

Carmella ill:

Carmella has revealed that she has had to slow down her WWE career in the past month, because she had a health scare over the summer. She did not detail what it was, but says the time away has given her the opportunity to reflect and to enjoy what she has more.

Impact audition:

Scarlett Bordeaux had an in in-ring tryout for WWE, at their PC today.

Champ reunited with his gold:

Chris Jericho was given the AEW title back today, after it had been recovered by police. His first defense of the gold will be vs Cody Rhodes, at the next AEW PPV.

WWE shake up creative:

Ryan Ward has been turfed out of his role as SmackDown's lead writer. Ed Koskey will swap from the red version of the role, with 205's Jonathan Baeckstrom getting the huge promotion to lead the red team's creative output. Chad Barbash has taken his old role with the cruisers.

Some issues leading to this are, the botching of the Roman Reigns / Erick Rowan stories and Michael Hayes finding members of the blue team asleep after Vince demanded they re-write a recent episode from scratch on the day.

Ric Flair addresses lawsuit vs WWE:

And revealed his daughter is furious with him...

"I'm glad that I'm having this opportunity to clear the air. When I first saw this thing go down in August 2018, I thought, 'Cool, 'The Man' - my gimmick - versus my daughter, Charlotte.' Okay, that's the day it started, right after SummerSlam. I thought, cool. I said, 'I'm going to make some money; it's my trademark and they have it to use.' I've been saying it since 1981. So I got my worded statement, I sent WWE's lawyer a text and the lawyer, who just has no respect for me whatsoever which is something I'm not going to deal with much longer, he said, 'You're wrong. It's not even close.' I said, 'It's not even close?' So, boom, I sent him another text, he didn't respond. So I had my lawyer call him and he blew off my lawyer. This is all in 2018 or in January of '19. I told Hunter, 'Hunter, I'm going to file.' I mean, the reason they don't have the trademark, it's my understanding that it's because it's too close to mine... I told Hunter, 'Hey, if push comes to shove, I'm going to file for it.' I mean, I get it, but here's the deal: I love Becky Lynch, and no one has supported the women's division more than me as an outsider. As a matter of fact, I told the guys that I would have texted Becky last night and Sasha, but I'm sure Becky - I don't know what the WWE's spin has been to her. They stole it last night. It's funny, my daughter is so mad at me because I filed, not even understanding that it's not Becky. I have no beef with Becky. But here's the deal: when I almost died two years ago, one person stayed by me the whole time for 31 days in ICU, 12 days while I was dying on a respirator, and I'm going to take care of her and her family, and my family that has taken care of me, no matter what. I don't care what the WWE thinks of me personally; I know they love me, but obviously they have lost respect for me. If I don't win, and even if I won, Becky can have it all day long. I'm glad! But I want the company to pay me for it because I'm going to take care of my family. I am going to be 'The Man', and if I don't get it, you know what my tombstone will say? 'He died trying to be The Man'."

WWE cancel tryouts:

WWE cancelled their PC tryout this week, due to the threat of a hurricane in Florida.

Shawn Spears talks motivation for getting out of WWE:

"I take great pride in being able to work with anybody. Whether it be a brand-new talent, whether it be someone who has been in wrestling for four or five years, or even 15 to 20, I take pride in being able to cover the spectrum when it comes down to match preparation and execution. But that can also pigeonhole you, and I was pigeonholed for quite a long time. On one hand, I was very reliable when WWE needed something done. I was there and I got it done, but at the same time I couldn't break through the glass ceiling that seemed to be placed over my head. Now, that has changed. I have taken my career into my own hands, been given an opportunity to be on a worldwide platform with no restrictions. Now, this is all on me. Now there's no more "Oh, well, maybe you are being held back or it's not him it's creative." I want all that out of the way, I want everything to fall on my shoulders now. Regardless of what happens, when I'm seventy years old, I can look back and say that I did this the way I wanted to, on my terms, and I gave it everything I got."

PC newcomers:

King Cuerno and former Mexican footabller Edgar Lopez have signed for WWE.

Killer Kross vs Impact:

Killer Kross has now hired an attorney to deal with his contract dispute vs Impact.

Linda backs HOF'er:

Linda McMahon has donated over $350,000 to Donald Trump's rer-election campaign.

Kacy not gone yet:

Reports Kacy Catanzarro is leaving NXT due to a back injury earlier in the week, have not yet come to fruition, she is still to hand in her notice, and is still contracted.

Noah star to Impact:

Naomichi Marufuji is coming to Bound For Glory.

WWE on TV:

Byron Saxton has appeared on 'Dr. Phil' to support a friend.

Stolen belt found, KOTR, Impact facing lawsuit, New champs, and more...

AEW stolen belt:

Some sites are reporting that AEW have a second World title belt, others, that they will not have their championship, when they debut on TV.

Whichever story is true, it was made moot, by the police in Tallahassee, who have found the belt. It was left at the side of a road. Chris Jericho has received some heat in relation to the belt going bye-bye. He did not report the belt missing, to police or company, for two hours.

There have been no arrests, as yet, but investigations continue.

King Of The Ring:

Elias and Chad Gable have progressed to the semi final round of this years KOTR.

Clash Of The Champions:

Roman vs Rowan is booked for the next WWE PPV. Lince Dorado has joined the Cruiserweight title match.

Impact to be sued by rostered star:

Impact are bracing themselves for a lawsuit from Killer Kross. The issue goes back to Slammiversary, when the promotion wanted him to blade, he refused, and the company had to frantically source fake blood for his match vs Eddie Edwards. Since then the company have been refusing to book him, and he is growing frustrated. He wants to be compensated for his wasted time.

New champs:

Bo Dallas, Drake Maverick and R-Truth won the 24/7 gold last night.

WWE ad:

WWE are asking fans to submit videos via social media, using the hashtag ''SpeakWWE'' and their favourites will be collated into an ad for the company.

KO explains why he missed SD:

Kevin Owens says he missed his flight to SmackDown this week because he did not want to leave his family alone and in the path of a hurricane. He tried to get a flight, after he knew the danger had passed, but it was too late.

I deserve HOF, KOTR controversy, Heel turn, AEW title stolen, and more...

Shamrock deserves HOF:

Ken Shamrock says he should be in the WWE HOF, because he changed the game...

"You know, there is a lot of speculation, and I have my own thoughts too. But all they are are thoughts and speculation because no one has come out and made a statement... They've been asked, but nobody's [responded]. I'd like to think that someday, I'll get in. Hopefully sooner than later. I think I did enough. If you look at being a Hall of Famer, it is about changing the way people have to do things when you're in the ring. You look at it now - you know, nobody ever tapped out. It was a verbal, 'I give up!' There were a handful of submission holds. Now, it is in every single match, people are doing different kinds of submissions with ankles, arms, and chokes, and different things. In my time there, I changed the landscape of professional wrestling. To me, I should be the first one... If they are going to induct someone that is a cross-over from MMA to pro wrestling, I should be the first one that goes in."

King Of The Ring:

Baron Corbin is in the final 4 of KOTR. The other Raw qualifier wass up in the air after a confused result of Samoa Joe vs Ricochet, before it was decided that both men would advance into a triple threat semi final.

Fug your hugs:

Bayley turned heel on Raw last night.

Clash Of The Champions:

Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks for the red Women's is official.

Sheamus hopes to return:

"If they (WWE) ever let me back in there. The funny thing is, when I was with Cesaro, which was one of the funnest times of my career, tagging with Cesaro and with The Bar, it's funny in tag team wrestling, you go in there 100 miles an hour, 'alright, fella, you get in there! I need to get a breath!' and he'll tag himself in. And, of course, Tony would never run out of breath, it would just be me, so I would have to tag myself back in. But yeah, it'd be interesting to see. I'd love to find out how much better my wind is ring-wise."

SD teaser:

• Ali clashes with Elias in King of the Ring quarterfinal action
• Chad Gable battles Andrade in King of the Ring Quarterfinal showdown
• Will Roman Reigns apologize to Daniel Bryan?
• Will Kofi Kingston be out for payback after Orton's vicious attack?
• What will be the fallout of Bayley's shocking attack on Becky Lynch?

HHH talks Wednesday night wars:

"Yeah, look... to me it's not... I don't know. People can say what they want, how they want. I don't approach it as, 'Well, this is a competitive thing,' or it's anything else to me, it's... we just put on our shows. I'm going to put on our shows when we need to put them on, in the best places we need to put them, in the right timeslots for them, and with the best talent that I can find in the world, and that we have, and we already have them, I'm confident in that. When I look across the board at NXT in general, and at NXT in the UK here, we put on show after show of the highest caliber. Not one match or two matches, the entire shows. For me it's not competitive against anyone or anything, I just want to put on the best show possible for fans of NXT, for the fans here in Cardiff tonight, for the fans around the world, that's all this is. You know, it's funny because a few years ago we were doing this and doing the same kind of thing, and wowing people, and there wasn't competitors out there, and I guess we were just doing it for competitive reasons, to compete with ourselves."

WWE get Batista new gig:

Batista is a playable character on Gears Of War 5, thanks to WWE, who campaigned to get him the spot.

Knockout on the run:

Rhaka Kahn is on this weeks 10 most wanted fugitives list in El Paso, Texas. No word on what her alleged crimes are.

AEW World title belt stolen:

Chris Jericho's World title belt has been stolen in Florida. The incident happened while he was eating at a steak house. The exact details are confused, but it seems Jericho inadvertently collected the wrong luggage from the airport, so sent his limo driver back to pick his correct bags up, but when he got there, there was one less bag than they should have been, the one with the gold.

New ref, Kacy quits, Raw tease, Vince will not take over NXT, and more...

AEW hire female ref:

Aubrey Edwards has been given a full time deal by AEW.

NXT star quits:

Kacy Catanzaro has been forced to end her WWE career. She has reportedly suffered a career diminishing back injury. Her brief career will be best remembered for appearing in the women's Royal Rumble match this year.

Presidential hopeful is All In:

Andrew Yang says he is pulling for AEW to make a lasting impression on wrestling, as he congratulated Chris Jericho on his World title win

Raw tease:

• Can Ricochet repeat history in King of the Ring quarterfinals?
• Cedric faces down Corbin … but there's a problem
• Sasha Banks' warpath continues
• Rey Mysterio returns to Raw two weeks after his son pulled him from the brink of retirement
• Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman continue their strange saga

Co-Pro:

Impact and AAA are teaming up to host a show in New York next month.

No Vince in NXT:

HHH has told Dave Meltzer Vince McMahon has no interest or desire to take over the running of NXT.

NXT UK, AEW, Alum hospitalised, AJ names retirement date, and more...

NXT UK - Cardiff:

Results...

1. (Pre) Rhea Ripley bt Piper Niven.
2. (Pre) Kassius Ohno bt Sid Scala.
3. Noam Dar bt Travis Banks.
4. Cesaro bt Ilja Dragunov.
5. Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster bt Zack Gibson & James Drake and Mark Coffey & Wolfgang to win the NXT UK Tag.
6. Joey Coffey bt Dave Mastiff.
7. Kay Lee Ray bt Toni Storm for the NXT UK Women's.
8. Walter bt Tyler Bate.

AEW All Out:

Results...

1. (Pre) Nyla Rose won a battle royal.
2. (Pre)Private Party bt Angelico & Jack Evans.
3. SoCal Uncensored by Jungle Express.
4. Pac bt Kenny Omega.
5. Jimmy Havoc bt Joey Janela and Darby Allin.
6. Dark Order bt Best Friends.
7. Riho bt Hikaru Shida.
8. Cody bt Shawn Spears.
9. Lucha Brothers bt Young Bucks.
10. Chris Jericho bt Adam Page to become the first AEW Champion.

Notes...

• Emma, now of Impact, entered the pre show battle royal.

Clash Of The Champions:

Shinsuke Nakamura (IC) and New Day vs Revival (Blue Tag) are official for Clash.

Alum in hospital:

Kenta is in hospital. He was taken in for an undisclosed reason, just hours after winning a championship for NJPW in London this weekend.

AEW Women's title:

Riho vs Nyla Rose will determine the first Women's champion for AEW.

AEW vs WWE:

AEW have beaten WWE to the signatures of LAX. They debuted last night at the PPV.

AEW release injured star:

AEW say Kylie Rae has had a release request granted.

AJ retiring:

AJ Styles will retire at the end of his current WWE deal. He told WWE during negotiations of the contract that it would be his last...

"I have no doubt that this is what I was going to do for my career and you couldn't have told me any different. I can tell you that the contract that I signed with WWE is my last. This is it for me. This is where I am going to end my career no matter what happens. I want to be there for my kids."

Online feud:

Vampiro chastised Tessa Blanchard for posting sexy pictures online, Tessa stood up to his attack, strongly...

Vampiro...

"You're my friend. I like your comment. Don't take pictures that show your butt. Your beautiful, very, but show your strength as an athlete, and continue to inspire. I support you huge, change the way we look at women in our Industry! Your other pics, you should be a model!" He later deleted the tweet after Tessa responded.

Tessa Blanchard...

''I see a strong, athletic, badass, empowering woman Main Eventing an @IMPACTWRESTLING PPV. I work very hard to stay in the shape of an elite athlete...I'm not naive, but I would expect for someone, esp. in the business, to notice that I don't & have never relied on my sexuality."

Vampiro has deleted the offending message, and apologised.

Death:

Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella are mourning their dog, Josie, who died suddenly today.