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.