April 18, 2022
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.