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WWE Releases New Pride Month T-Shirts, Proceeds To Benefit GLAAD

Posted: 19 Jun 2019 07:00 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/wwe-releases-new-pride-month-t-shirts-proceeds-to-benefit-glaad/


In honor of LGBT+ Pride Month, WWE has released a brand new series of
t-shirts featuring Pride-themed designs for several Superstars.

Theres new merch available for Sonya Deville, Universal Champion Seth
Rollins, Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor, Raw Womens Champion Becky
Lynch, Smackdown Womens Champion Bayley, The New Day, The Undisputed Era,
Naomi and Charlotte Flair.

20% of the full sale price from every order, from now until the end of the year, will be donated to the GLAAD organization.

https://t.co/tMBAX0vvLC pic.twitter.com/9JmwzUMgBj

- Daria Berenato (@SonyaDevilleWWE) June 19, 2019



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SPOILERS: Full Match Card Set For 8/10 NXT Takeover Toronto Special

Posted: 19 Jun 2019 06:30 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/spoilers-full-match-card-set-for-8-10-nxt-takeover-toronto-special/


The following matches have been set up for the next NXT Takeover live
special in Toronto, Ontario, Canada set to take place on Saturday, August
10th as a part of WWE SummerSlam weekend. Check out this link for the next
8 weeks of NXT television taping results. 

NXT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Stipulation to be Named

Adam Cole (c) vs. Johnny Gargano

NXT WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Mia Yim

NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

The Street Profits (c) vs. The Undisputed Era

NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Velveteen Dream (c) vs. Roderick Strong vs. Pete Dunne

NXT BREAKOUT TOURNAMENT FINALS

Cameron Grimes (Trevor Lee) vs. Jordan Myles (ACH)

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SPOILERS: 8 Full Weeks Of WWE NXT Television Taping Results

Posted: 19 Jun 2019 05:40 AM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/spoilers-8-full-weeks-of-wwe-nxt-television-taping-results/


The following are complete results for the next EIGHT weeks of WWE NXT television, going all the way through the next NXT Takeover special in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, August 10th. Thanks to @MrJacobCohen
on Twitter for the results. 

Undisputed Era out to celebrate Adam Coles NXT Championship victory at Takeover! Theyre going to remake NXT in their image and roll footage on the
new intro that literally just features them. Velveteen Dream comes out and
says hed look good as a double champ. Matt Riddle out next to remind
everyone thats beaten both Strong and Cole now. Breeze joins the scuffle because hes tired of the Undisputed Era taking credit for the NXT brand
that he helped build. You can see where this is going Tag match, playa!

Damian Priest def. Raul Mendoza

William Regal announces an 8-man tournament for talent that hasnt been on television yet called out NXT Breakout Tournament. Winner gets a title shot.

Xia Li def. Taynara Conti

Undisputed Era def. The Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle & Tyler Breeze

Angel Garza def. Joaquin Wilde (Tournament Match)

The Street Profits def. The Forgotten Sons via DQ

Keith Lee def. Nykos Rikos

Mia Yim def. Aliyah

Kushida def. Scott Parker

Cameron Grimes def. Isiah Scott (Tournament Match)

Bianca Belair def. Diamante

Roderick Strong def. Tyler Breeze

Jordan Myles def. Boa (Tournament Match)

Damian Priest def. Blanco Loco

Dexter Lumis def. Bronson Reed (Tournament Match)

Shayna Baszler (c) def. Io Shirai to retain the NXT Womens Championship in
a Steel Cage match. Candice LeRae attempted to help Io during the match but
it backfired. Io turned heel after the match and beat her down.

Matt Riddle def. Arturo Ruas

Killian Dain returned to NXT and powerbombed Riddle through the stage

Kushida def. Apollo Crews

Adam Cole came out and said he was going to defend the NXT Championship against someone named Twan Tucker, who is supposedly the trainee of Gargano
and Candice LeRae. A brawl breaks out and Gargano ended up flying off the
stage to take out the champion.

The Street Profits (c) def. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch to retain the NXT
Tag Team Championships

Jordan Myles def. Angel Garza (Tournament Match)

Bianca Belair def. Xia Li

Velveteen Dream came out and demanded that someone step up to the plate
and give him a real challenge. Roderick Strong answers the call, but Dream shoots him down. Pete Dunne came out of nowhere and attacked Strong, then stared down the champ.

Io Shirai vs. Kacy Catanzaro ended in a No Contest when Candice LeRae attacked Io and the two brawled around the arena.

THE ACTION CONTINUES ON THE NEXT PAGE >>>

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Complete List Of WWE 24/7 Champions

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 11:00 PM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/complete-list-of-wwe-24-7-champions/




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Dana White Claims Brock Lesnar Made The Right Decision Not Fighting In UFC

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:55 PM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/dana-white-claims-brock-lesnar-made-the-right-decision-not-fighting-in-ufc/


UFC President, Dana White recently spoke with fans during an Instagram live
Q&A where he discussed Brock Lesnar and his decision to not fight in UFC
again.

I wasnt pissed at all, Brock had a good run here. Its been fun. In this business, you have to be 100 percent invested. Youve got to be in. Its not where his head was. He made the right decision.

H/T to MMA Fighting for the quotes transcriptions.

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New Championship Match Confirmed For WWE Stomping Grounds

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:39 PM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/new-championship-match-confirmed-for-wwe-stomping-grounds/


During tonights WWE SmackDown Live another major championship match was confirmed for Sundays WWE Stomping Grounds PPV for the blue brand.

It was revealed that the Planets Tag Team Champions, Daniel Bryan and Rowan will be officially defending their SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships against Heavy Machinery.

The confirmed match card for the show is as follows:

Cruiserweight Championship Match

Tony Nese (c) vs Akira Tozawa vs Drew Gulak

-Roman Reigns vs Drew McIntyre

SmackDown Live Tag Team Championship Match

Daniel Bryan & Rowan vs Heavy Machinery

-New Day vs Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn

WWE Raw Womens Championship Match

-Becky Lynch (c) vs Lacey Evans

United States Championship Match

-Samoa Joe (c) vs Ricochet

WWE SmackDown Live Womens Championship Match

-Bayley (c) vs Alexa Bliss

Steel Cage WWE Championship Match

-Kofi Kingston (c) vs Dolph Ziggler

WWE Universal Championship Match

-Seth Rollins (c) vs Baron Corbin (Corbin will choose a special guest
referee)

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Watch: Drake Maverick Finally Becomes WWE 24/7 Champion

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 07:15 PM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/watch-drake-maverick-finally-becomes-wwe-24-7-champion/


During tonights WWE SmackDown Live, the 205 Live General Manager Drake
Maverick finally defeated R-Truth to become the new WWE 24/7 Champion.

Maverick has been chasing the 24/7 Championship ever since it was created, posting hilarious videos and content on social media as he looked for Truth around the country.

On SmackDown Live, Maverick dressed as Carmella and caught out the former champion, catching him with a roll-up as he put his feet on a car for an advantage, defeating R-Truth to become the brand new champion.

.@RonKillings just got HOODWINKED by @WWEMaverick! #AndNEW #247Championship #SDLive pic.twitter.com/fARVKJVCCC

- WWE (@WWE) June 19, 2019



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6/17 WWE Raw Viewership Up Slightly While Third Hour Rating Stumbles

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 04:30 PM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/6-17-wwe-raw-viewership-up-slightly-while-third-hour-rating-stumbles/


The June 17th edition of Monday Night Raw was watched by an average of
2.235 million viewers, up just a tick from last weeks total of 2.125
million.

The first two hours of Raw topped Monday night cable ratings drawing an estimated viewership of 2.33 million and 2.3 million, respectively, with a
0.7 rating in adults 18-49. VH1s Love & Hip Hop Atlanta took the third spot from the top, with the final hour of Raw lagging just behind with 2.08 million viewers.

While the modest increase is technically good news, expectations were much higher given this was WWEs first week in a long time without competition
from the NBA and NHL playoffs. For the sake of comparison, the June 18th edition of Monday Night Raw in 2018 was watched by 2.9 million people, down nearly 23% year-over-year.

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WWE SmackDown Results (6/18): Kingston & Rollins Team Up, New 24/7
Champion, A Moment Of Bliss

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 03:30 PM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/wwe-smackdown-results-6182019/

WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE RESULTS

June 18th, 2019

Results by Matthew Wilkinson for ProWrestling.com
Coverage starts at 8/7C, and refresh the page throughout the night for continued coverage! Chat with us live on Twitter @pw_dotcom or
@MC_Wilkinson1.
THE NEW DAY KICKS OFF SMACKDOWN
We are getting things started tonight with WWE Champion, Kofi Kingston who
is flanked, as always, by his New Day brothers, Big E and Xavier Woods!
Xavier says that everyone is well aware that this Sunday we will see Kofi Kingston against Dolph Ziggler, but only if Dolph makes it through him
tonight.
The group then look to make a few jokes but Dolph Ziggler has no interest
at all as he comes out saying that this is typical of the group, trying to distract everyone. Dolph says Kofi doesnt deserve to be WWE Champion and without the group, he would be nothing.
Ziggler says on Sunday, they cant be there for him and he makes it clear he doesnt believe Kofi can get the job done on his own, stating the next time
he goes to Ghana it will be an apology tour. Dolph says he will grind Kofis face and teeth into the steel cage and it will be him kick ass and taking names.
Kofi tells Dolph that this WWE Championship journey began in the
Elimination Chamber, so he is fully aware of what brutalities await him and
he is good with that. He adds that whether he pins Dolph, climbs the cage
or goes out of the door, he will beat him at Stomping Grounds and will
remain the WWE Champion.
However, Kofi says he should be worrying about tonight because Xavier Woods
has been itching to pop Dolph in the mouth.  Ziggler says he hasnt
forgotten what Woods did at Super ShowDown because of him he isnt WWE
Champion, and he says after tonight, Woods will never be able to help him again.
However, Dolph takes it back to Sunday and says that all the jokes come crumbling down when they are locked inside a steel cage.
DOLPH ZIGGLER vs XAVIER WOODS
The number one contender quickly looks to bring Xavier Woods down to the
mat, but the New Day member goes for a series of near falls to foil that
plan. Ziggler then shoves Xavier out of frustration and that lights a fire
in Woods who picks up the pace and ends up planting Ziggler on the second
rope which he follows by a big kick to the back as Ziggler hangs.
Dolph wastes no time in getting in some offence of his own though, with a
cheap shot that proves to be effective. Zigglers momentum doesnt last long though and Woods manages to hit the Honor Roll as he then scales the top
ropes.
But Woods plans dont happen as Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn appear and attack
Kofi and Big E on the outside, distracting Xavier. The WWE official removes them from the ringside area, and Xavier puts a stamp on that by hitting
them with a crossbody from the top turnbuckle to the outside.
As he returns to the ring Dolph catches him and plants Woods with a big
DDT, although Xavier is able to kick out. As we return from commercial
break, Woods catches Dolph with a huge forearm, but Ziggler kicks out just
in time as we learn that everyone has been banned from ringside.
Woods then flies through the ropes with a dropkick to Ziggler, sending him crashing into the desk and Woods then power lifts Dolph above his head and
hits a massive gutbuster in an amazing feat of strength. The match isnt all Woods though as Ziggler rocks him with a big superkick on the ring apron
and he follows it up with a major Zig Zag.
Xavier smartly rolls under the ropes but that doesnt bother Ziggler who
instead ties him up in the ropes and attempts an arm bar. With Woods tied
up and unable to defend himself, Ziggler rocks him with a devastating
Superkick to get the win.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
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Steve Austin Recently Cleared The Air With Jon Moxley After WWE Network
Podcast "Haunted" Him For Years

Posted: 18 Jun 2019 02:24 PM PDT https://www.prowrestling.com/steve-austin-recently-cleared-the-air-with-jon-moxley-after-wwe-network-podcast-haunted-him-for-years/


WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin is finally back on his weekly
podcast series, and you may have heard that his first guest in over six
months is none other than AEW President Tony Khan!

During the compelling interview, where the two ran down last months AEW
Double or Nothing pay-per-view in detail, the former world champion came
clean about the infamous WWE Network podcast he filmed with Jon Moxley
(then known as Dean Ambrose) back in 2016.

Fans may recall that the two had an incredibly awkward interaction during
the filming of the live podcast, with Austin attempting to push his controversial guest for legitimate answers, while the WWE Superstar seemed unsure about what he was allowed to say, given that the interview was being presented on an official WWE platform and he was the reigning world
champion at the time.

Some have even gone so far as to suggest that Moxleys decorated run in WWE
was killed dead in the water due to the interview, with speculation raging online for years now that there has been heat between the two stars.

However, Austin has revealed that he recently had the opportunity to speak
with Moxley on the phone and clear the air between them. Stone Cold even
admits that the podcast has haunted him ever since it took place, and that
its something he thinks about on a near-daily basis.

I did a Stone Cold podcast a couple years ago with Dean Ambrose, and for whatever reason we got off on the wrong track, and it was a rough podcast.
I have been carrying 1,000 pounds on my back ever since that happened. I
felt so bad about that interview. Im there to get people over and make them come off like a million bucks. We got off on the wrong street, kept taking
left turns and we never got back on track. And for all this time I felt
like shit about that interview.

Everybody thought there was heat between myself and Dean Ambrose. I didnt really know what to think because I didnt really know Dean real well. I respected his talented, Id researched the hell out of him, seen all his
indie stuff I think hes an amazing talent.

That one thing is something I think about almost every single day.

We had the best 30-minute conversation, getting back on the same page.
There was never any personal animosity between us. I didnt know how he felt about me. I thought he might hate my guts.

Heres the thing. Ive been on top of the wrestling world. Theres been a
point where I was the hottest thing on two feet in the wrestling industry.
Ive had great matches with some of the greatest wrestlers in the history of
the business. It happens. You can have two supremely talented people who
got out there and just shit the bed. Things dont happen the way you want
them to, and thats what happened to me and Dean.

We got back on the same page. He never hated my guts. He was a Stone Cold
fan back in the day, and Im a huge Jon Moxley fan. So whoever thought that
I was picking on him during that interview, or whatever anybody thought I think hes going to come down to Los Angeles and were going to do the
podcast together.

This has haunted me for so damn long. People think theres this forcefield around me where I dont feel things. I do. And when I dont make someone look
the way that Im supposed to make them look, that haunts me. Im looking
forward to talking to Jon Moxley.

Austin also squashed the rumor that the Stone Cold podcast was cancelled on
the WWE Network because of the interview, confirming that he had simply fulfilled his contractual obligations.

People said the Stone Cold podcast got cancelled because of how bad that interview was. No. I fulfilled my commitment, and thats why the podcast stopped.

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