AEW and Ring of Honor owner Tony Khan pushed back on X against a fan criticizing the current state of ROH.
The fan shared a screenshot from a July ROH television episode and called the promotion a “disaster these days,” expressing a desire for ROH to return to its roots by running more traditional live shows.
Khan replied:
“‘These days’? It’s October. This tv was in July. Since then, there was an excellent ROH Death Before Dishonor ppv in August. It was widely praised. There was free ROH TV on YouTube last night with tremendous action. You handpicked a tv from months ago and called it ‘these days.’”
Death Before Dishonor took place on August 21, 2026, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia and featured multiple title matches, including successful defenses by ROH World Champion Bandido and ROH Women’s World Champion Athena. Reviews of the event were largely positive.
ROH continues to air weekly television (available free on YouTube in addition to HonorClub) while operating primarily as a developmental and complementary brand under the AEW umbrella.

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WWE is looking to bring a definitive, high-stakes conclusion to the long-running rivalry between Bayley and Lyra Valkyria, with creative pitches on the table for them to clash in a stipulation match that is rarely seen in the women’s division.
According to WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select, backstage sources noted that company officials want their final chapter to feel special, using an uncommon match format to cap off months of storytelling rather than wrapping things up with standard rules.
In an update, Self Made Pro is reporting that WWE officials are discussing a Hair vs. Hair match between Bayley and Lyra to end their feud.
On last night&#8217;s RAW, Bayley told Lyra that their story isn&#8217;t over until she says it&#8217;s over.

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WWE officials have reportedly planned to put the Women&#8217;s Money In The Bank 2026 briefcase in Roxanne Perez&#8217;s hands for quite some time.
Self Made Pro reported that high-level creative talks about Perez walking away with the career-changing contract began months before she ever qualified for the match.
Even with stiff competition lined up in Tiffany Stratton, Sol Ruca, Lola Vice, Lash Legend, and Jacy Jayne, Perez remains the backstage frontrunner to climb the rungs and grab the guaranteed championship title shot.

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During an interview on Busted Open Radio, John Cena talked about CM Punk and Cody Rhodes putting a lot of pressure on themselves as performers:
&#8220;Where people get caught up is like, I love Punk. His obsession with main eventing WrestleMania, I think, is a weakness. And I think if you talk to him now, he evolves as a human being. Every time I see him, he evolves as a man. That&#8217;s only my personal preference. I think he&#8217;s carrying a weight he doesn&#8217;t need. That&#8217;s all. I think he&#8217;s carrying a weight he doesn&#8217;t need.
As far as Cody (Rhodes) wanting to be [QB1], but you’re carrying a weight you don&#8217;t need. Just do great work and the people will show up.&#8221;

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Karl Fredericks, previously known to fans as Eddy Thorpe in NXT, has explained why he felt out of place during his run with WWE, pointing directly to the political culture among company leadership.
Speaking to the Augusta Free Press, Fredericks expressed deep anger over being employed by an organization whose top executives openly backed Donald Trump, pointing to Linda McMahon joining the cabinet as Education Secretary, Triple H serving on a presidential fitness council, and brass appearing alongside figures like RFK Jr.
As a Native American, Fredericks found the working dynamic especially unbearable as immigration enforcement tightened across the country, voicing fury over immigration agents detaining and harassing Indigenous people on their own ancestral land while WWE’s creative team, which he noted was led by white men, treated his heritage as little more than a neat gimmick.
Hearing executives like Paul Levesque publicly brush off Trump’s divisive rhetoric as simply someone who knows how to generate heat pushed him over the edge, leading him to conclude that the company&#8217;s dismissive attitude toward real-world struggles made it impossible for him to truly thrive there.
Here&#8217;s what Fredericks said:
&#8220;I got the f***ing President lying on my f***ing people. The same colonial bullsh*t and lies that we&#8217;re f***ing cannibals. ICE, at the time, was just getting going with this bullsh*t while I&#8217;m under contract with WWE.
White men are writing for me. I got f***ing immigration detaining, harassing, abusing my people. The fact that they&#8217;re doing it to anybody already has me hot, right? But then it&#8217;s the f***ing Natives, you know? My people. What the f*** do you mean immigration&#8217;s detaining my people?
I got to deal with Paul Levesque going on TV and talking about Trump while this is happening: &#8216;Well, you know, here&#8217;s a guy that can generate heat.&#8217; What a stupid f***ing thing to say. But, again, on my end, they just think my culture&#8217;s &#8216;cool.&#8217; That&#8217;s who these people are. It&#8217;s all just stuff to them. It&#8217;s not f***ing real. It was not the environment for me to happily thrive.&#8221;

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Damian Priest&#8217;s shocking betrayal of R-Truth was not part of WWE&#8217;s original playbook, but rather a necessary audible triggered by Rhea Ripley&#8217;s ongoing injury layoff.
According to WrestleVotes Live on Fightful Select, WWE&#8217;s original vision was to keep pushing Priest and Ripley side-by-side as the popular &#8220;Terror Twins&#8221; act, but her sudden sidelining left writers scrambling for something meaningful to keep him busy while awaiting her return timeline.
Teaming Priest up with Truth and giving them a run with the WWE Tag Team Championship served as a fun temporary bridge, but officials quickly realized that keeping him in comedy-tinged tag action was actually holding him back and shrinking his star power rather than elevating him.
Because dragging the pairing out any longer risked doing genuine damage to his main-event status, the company pulled the trigger on a heel turn to hit the reset button and play into Priest&#8217;s more natural bad-guy instincts, leaving the door cracked for a potential reunion with Ripley as fan favorites whenever she is finally cleared to make her comeback.

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Rhea Ripley has more than 20 tattoos on her body, and now you can add one more to the list.
Mami got a new Tiger tattoo on her neck:
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Rhea is currently out of action with an injury. Her last televised match took place on May 31.

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