Various: Sami Zayn “AEW” Promo Update, More on RAW’s Fatal 4-Way Match, Indies

More on Sami Zayn Mentioning AEW on This Week’s WWE RAW

As noted before, Sami Zayn mentioned AEW during his Q&A fan segment on this week’s episode of RAW. Following the show, there were conflicting reports on if this line was ad-libbed by Zayn or was an actual scripted response.

The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported that the AEW line was in fact scripted and the reason for the confusion was that WWE “lied to their own employees to make it out like Sami went against the script, not realizing anyone with a brain knows about the 15 second delay. Not to mention the people who did know would eventually tell those who don’t.”

More on WWE RAW’s Fatal Four-Way #1 Contender’s Match for Universal Championship

WWE held a Fatal Four-Way match during this week’s episode of RAW to determine the number one contender for the Universal Championship match at next month’s Super ShowDown event. One particular aspect of this match was that it was announced as being elimination style but ended after just a single pinfall.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that WWE’s original plans were for this match to be held under elimination rules as initially advertised. Those plans were changed due to WWE officials going back and forth throughout Monday on the match’s type before finally deciding on one fall due to some officials wanting to protect certain talent involved in the match and felt having three eliminations done would have been counter-productive.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Jonathan Gresham’s contract with Ring of Honor reportedly expired late last month and he is currently a free agent, according to Fightful.

Impact Wrestling announced three new matches for the card of their A Night You Can’t Mist event on June 8th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Joey Ryan vs. Billy Gunn
– Impact Knockouts Championship – Jordynne Grace vs. Taya Valkyrie (c)
– House of Hardcore Twitch Television Championship Triple Threat – Rich Swann vs. Teddy Hart vs. Willie Mack (c)

NJPW announced a new match for their G1 Climax 2019 Night 1 event on July 6th in Dallas, Texas:
– Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jeff Cobb

Major League Wrestling announced a new match for the card of their Fury Road event on June 1st in Waukesha, Wisconsin:
– Low Ki vs. Ricky Martinez