Bad Blood Card
- World Heavyweight Championship: Chris Benoit vs. Kane
- Hell In A Cell: Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
- Intercontinental Championship: Randy Orton vs. Shelton Benjamin
- World Tag Team Championship: La Resistance vs. Chris Benoit/Edge
- Women's Championship: Victoria vs. Lita vs. Trish Stratus vs. Gail Kim
- Tyson Tomko vs. Chris Jericho
- Eugene vs. Jonathan Coachman
My quick predictions: Chris Benoit, Shawn Michaels, Shelton Benjamin, La Resistance, Gail Kim, Tyson Tomko, and Eugene. The Smackdown crew is in St. Louis, MO tomorrow afternoon, while the RAW crew will be in Columbus, OH for Bad Blood.
TSN interviewed Big Show about his ceremonial first pitch, his character's evolution, and the Bradshaw incident. WWE hired UPW trainer Ken Yasuda to act as Kenzo Suzuki's bodyguard. SLAM has another article on the Bradshaw/Germany incident recapping the events of the past week. ESPN's Sportscenter and Minneapolis-St. Paul's WCCO covered Brock Lesnar's NFL workout with the Minnesota Vikings yesterday, with Lesnar saying he was excited but acknowledging he's still got a lot to learn, and the Vikings coach Mike Tice saying there's not an open roster spot but that might change.
NWA TNA have reportedly come to terms with Petey Williams and Scott D'Amore, hired NWA Florida's Ron Niemi to work backstage, and they're working on signing Shawn "Hotstuff" Hernandez. NWA TNA management is also reportedly very happy with Jimmy Hart in part because of his help getting them the Universal Studios deal. Raven, Johnny Swinger, Kid Kash and referee Rudy Charles all suffered varying injurees at this week's TNA shows.
Shane Douglas says his new backstage position with NWA TNA does not mean he's retired from wrestling. Ken Shamrock appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote his upcoming UFC fight, and during the conversation he called WWE by its old name WWF. Mark Cuban's channel HDNet will air television show pilot "Rumbles", with BG James acting as host, on June 19 PWInsider's online store is the exclusive distributor of "Cpl." Mike Kirchner's new autobiography "Corporal Punishment" which even comes autographed.
Sid Vicious was expected to wrestle as a mystery tag team partner for Pierre Carl Ouellet at tonight's Internet Wrestling Syndicate show in Montreal, QB. Kevin Nash is being advertised for a June 26 Down South Championship Wrestling show in Tupelo, MS with John Saxon vs. The Family of Pain. Yuji Nagata and Kendo Kashin defeated Satoshi Kojima and Kaz Hayashi to become the new All Japan Tag Champions at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. Jushin Liger was forced to withdraw from the Best of the Super Junior's tournament due to a possibly worked neck injury that'll keep him out of the ring for three weeks.
Trent Acid and Low Ki defeated Sonjay Dutt and Teddy Hart at this afternoon's Jersey All Pro Wrestling show in Trenton, NJ. PWInsider has live ongoing coverage of tonight's Pro Wrestling Iron TV taping in Lathrop, CA. Ring of Honor was in Dayton, OH tonight with Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk and the Ultimate Endurance tag match. H2Wrestling updated their June 26 Boston, MA debut show card which features Teddy Hart vs. Jack Evans for the Opera Cup, Taiji Ishimori vs. Minnamino, and Kaz Miyamoto vs. Chris Hero. 3PW will be at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA on June 19 with Joey Matthews vs. Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
