EP 283: Week in Wrestling News

NEWS

• Samoa Joe wins the ROH TV Title from Minoru Suzuki
    + Main Event of the April 13th Dynamite
    + First TV Title reign for Joe; who is the record holder for longest ROH World Title reign at 685 days
    + Feuding with Jay Lethal; who ironically is the record holder for longest ROH TV Title reign at 567 days
    + All ROH Champions are either signed with AEW, or rumored to sign.
• Top Heels and Faces listed internally within WWE
    + Male Faces [RAW]
       + Bobby Lashley
       + Cody Rhodes
       + A.J. Styles
    + Male Heels [RAW]
       + Seth Rollins
       + Kevin Owens
       + Damien Priest
    + Top Male Baby [SD]
       + Drew McIntyre
    + Top Male Heel [SD]
       + Roman Reigns
    + Female Faces [RAW]
       + Bianca Belair (RAW Champion)
       + Alexa Bliss
       + Rhea Ripley
    + Female Heels [RAW]
       + Becky Lynch
       + Carmella
       + Queen Zelina
• AEW News & Notes
    + Tony Khan changed Dynamite’s format for April 13th episode
       + featured more of a focus on in-ring action with minimal time allocated for interviews
    + Matches for Live Rampage on Friday
       + OHF Women’s Tournament Qualifier: Ruby Soho v. Robyn Renegade
       + Trios Match: Gunn Club v. Blackpool Combat Club
       + Texas Death Match for AEW World Title: Hangman Adam Page v. Adam Cole
    + Matches for Saturday’s Battle of the Belts II
       + TNT Title Match: Scorpio Sky v. Sammy Guevara
       + ROH World Title Match: Jonathan Gresham v. Dalton Castle
       + AEW Women’s Title Match: Thunder Rosa v. Nyla Rose
    + Matches for next Wednesday’s Dynamite
       + Coffin Match: Darby Allin v. Andrade el Idolo
       + OHF Men’s Tournament Qualifier: Jungle Boy v. Kyle O’Reilly
       + OHF Women’s Tournament Qualifier: Dr Britt Baker DMD v. Danielle Kamela
       + Wardlow v. The Butcher
       + Hook v. Tony Nese (Hook’s Dynamite Debut)
    + Tony Khan Announcement!
• Possible New Ring Name for Claudio Castagnoli
    + changed his Instagram handle to @claudiocsro. His Twitter handle is still @WWECesaro, but that’s likely because he’s waiting for the transfer process to go through so that he can keep his profile verification.
    + He filed to trademark the “CSRO” name back in March for multiple uses, including pro wrestling/sports entertainment, coffee, and pro wrestling.