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WWE News – 6/12 – 6/18
- Updated: June 16, 2021
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
- MATCH 1
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