WWE News – 6/12 – 6/18

I have compiled these New Stories for 6/12 – 6/18.

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General News Stories

• LA Knight won the vacant Million Dollar Championship in a ladder match at NXT TakeOver In Your House
• WWE announced Great American Bash as a themed episode of NXT on July 6
• Shawn Daivari is back with WWE as a producer.
• Salina de la Renta has been spotted at the PC – Fightful Reports that WWE has interest in her for quite some time.
• PW Insider Reports that the current belief is that WWE will run Saudi Arabia once before the end of the year.
• John Cena spoke to Chris Van Vliet and confirmed that it is not a matter of whether he’ll return to WWE but a matter of when he’ll return to WWE
• Piper Niven, one of the primary members of the NXT UK women’s division, was called up to Monday Night Raw on 6/14. She is evidently going through a character change as the commentary team acted like they didn’t know her.
• Samoa Joe returned to NXT after being released from WWE’s main roster on April 15th. The nature of Joe’s deal is unknown, but it is believed to be a non-wrestling contract. Having said that, his entire involvement on NXT was of a physical nature. It certainly appeared that NXT was setting up angles for matches. Joe got physical with Adam Cole and had stare downs with Karrion Kross and Pete Dunne.
• Blake Christian made his WWE debut on the 6/15 episode of NXT under the name Tre Baxter. He lost to Kushida. Christian appeared for Ring of Honor, New Japan, and Impact in the last year.
• Fightful reports that several wrestlers released from their WWE contracts have asked for the 90 day non-compete to be waived. Apparently WWE has been more receptive than ever when it comes to approving those requests.
• The Roman Reigns v. Rey Mysterio match originally planned for this Sunday’s Hell in a Cell was moved to Smackdown.
• PW Insider reported that there has been a lot of talk in WWE that the decision to release Aleister Black was premature.
• WWE continued to count down the top their Top 50 Greatest Tag Team List. Here are numbers 20 down to 11
  • 20. The Undisputed Era
  • 19. Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas (The Soul Patrol)
  • 18. Prof. Toru Tanaka and Mr. Fuji
  • 17. The Steiner Brothers
  • 16. The Rock N’ Sock Connection
  • 15. The Wild Samoans
  • 14. The Rockers (Second Appearance)
  • 13. The Mega Powers
  • 12. The Valiant Brothers
  • 11. Demolition
• The Best WWE Moment is an Espy category that you can vote on. Here’s the list of categories that you can vote on tournament style:
  • MATCH 1
    • Dominik Mysterio makes in-ring debut at SummerSlam, with dad Rey Mysterio in his corner
    • Roman Reigns returns to SmackDown and aligns with Paul Heyman
  • MATCH 2
    • Pat McAfee confronts and punts Adam Cole
    • Goldberg returns to challenge Drew McIntyre for WWE Championship
  • MATCH 3
    • Keith Lee breaks Adam Cole’s record 403-day reign as NXT Champion at The Great American Bash
    • Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair become the first Black women to battle in a WrestleMania main event
  • MATCH 4
    • Edge wins the 2021 Men’s Royal Rumble and becomes the third person ever to win from the No. 1 spot
    • Kevin Owens stuns Logan Paul at WrestleMania
  • MATCH 5
    • Sasha Banks wins the Smackdown Women’s Championship at Hell in a Cell
    • Randy Orton sets The Fiend on fire at TLC
  • MATCH 6
    • Undertaker celebrates his 30th anniversary and gives his final farewell
    • Bobby Lashley wins WWE Championship for the first time
  • MATCH 7
    • Bayley turns on Sasha Banks
    • Bad Bunny teams with Damian Priest at WrestleMania and unveils a “Bunny Destroyer”
  • MATCH 8
    • Bianca Belair wins the Women’s Royal Rumble, sets record for longest time spent in the match
    • The Miz cashes in MITB at Elimination Chamber, becomes the first two-time Grand Slam champ

Upcoming Matches

• Smackdown on 6/18
  • Go Home Show for Hell in a Cell.
  • Kevin Owens & Big E vs. Apollo Crews & Commander Azeez
  • Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin – Crown on the line.
  • Angelo Dawkins vs. Otis
  • Rey Mysterio v. Roman Reigns – Hell in a Cell Match for Universal Championship
• 205 Live on 6/18
  • Waller v. Asher Hale
  • Ikeman Jiro v. Tony Nese
• Hell in a Cell PPV on 6/20
  • Bianca Belair (c) v. Bayley – Smackdown Championship
  • Charlotte Flair v. Rhear Ripley (c.) – Raw Championship
  • Drew McIntyre v. Bobby Lashley (c) – Hell in a Cell Match for WWE Championship
  • Alexa Bliss v. Shayna Baszler
• Monday Night Raw on 6/21
  • Nothing Announced. Fall Out from Hell in a Cell.
• NXT on 6/22
  • Encore presentation of Franky Monet’s Global Premier
  • Kyle O’Reilly v. Kushida
  • Adam Cole in singles competition
  • Diamond Mine Opens
• NXT UK on 6/24
  • Ilja Dragunov v. Rampage Brown v. Joe Coffey
  • Teoman v. Oliver Carter
• NXT Great American Bash on 7/6
  • Adam Cole v. Kyle O’Reilly

Results

• Smackdown on 6/11
  • Kevin Owens/Big E. defeats Apollo/Sami Zayn – 12:50
  • Liv Morgan defeats Carmella – 03:02
  • Montez Ford defeats Chad Gable by DQ – 09:54
  • Shinsuke Nakamura defeats Baron Corbin – 01:52
  • Rey Mysterio challenged Roman Reigns to a match at Hell in a Cell.
• 205 Live on 6/11
  • Grayson Waller (Waller is FKA Matty Wahlberg) defeats Sunil Singh – 03:27
  • Tony Nese and Ariya Davari defeat Asher Hale and Ari Sterling – 15:05
• NXT TakeOver In Your House on 6/13
  • MSK and Bronson Reed defeat Legado del Fantasma – 13:35
  • Xia Li defeats Mercedes Martinez – 07:33
  • LA Knight defeats Cameron Grimes – Million Dollar Championship Ladder Match – 19:22
  • Raquel Gonzalez defeats Ember Moon – NXT Championship Match – 12:36
  • Karrion Kross (c) defeats Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Pete Dunne – NXT Championship
  • William Regal says that there has been so much bedlam. He thinks it’s time for a change.
• Monday Night Raw on 6/14
  • Nikki Cross defeats Charlotte Flair – 05:00 – Count Out.
  • John Morrison defeats Jeff Hardy – 02:46
  • Jeff Hardy defeats Cedric Alexander – If Jeff Loses, He Retires – 02:51
  • Piper Niven defeats Naomi – 01:05 – Eva Marie was introduced and Piper Niven took the match. Commentary didn’t seem to know who Piper was . . .
  • RK-Bro defeats New Day – 21:51
  • Rhea Ripley defeats Asuka – 11:03
  • Alexa Bliss defeats Nia Jax – 03:58 – DQ
  • Jaxson Ryker defeats Elias – 02:29 – Count OUt
  • Drew McIntyre defeats AJ Styles – 13:37 – DQ
  • Shayna Baszler v. Alexa Bliss is offical for Hell in a Cell
  • Viking Raiders and Drew McIntyre defeat AJ Styles, Omos, Bobby Lashley – 13:38
• NXT on 6/15
  • Samoa Joe has been named William Regal’s Helper. He’s going to make sure Mr. Regal gets the respect he deserves. Joe gets into stare downs and issues
  • Breezango defeats Imperium – 10:26
  • Kushida defeats Tre Baxter (Blake Christian) – 10:24
  • Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez defeat Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter – 08:21
  • Ted Dibiase presented LA Knight with the Million Dollar Championship. Knight punched Dibiase in the mouth. Grimes came to Dibiase’s aid.
  • Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez defeat Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter – 08:21
  • Candice and Indi attack Io Shirai. Zoey Stark makes the save.
  • Ciampa and Thatcher defeat GYV – 17:09
• Main Event on 6/16
  • Mace and T-Bar defeat Lucha House Party – 05:19
  • Ricochet defeats Drew Gulak – 08:00
• NXT UK on 6/17
  • Wolfgang defeats Sam Gradwell – 06:15
  • Kenny Williams defeats Danny Jones – 04:12
  • Nathan Frazer defeats Rohan Raja – 06:51
  • Flash Morgan Webster and Dani Luna defeat Joseph Conners and Jinny – 08:09