Date: 05/02	11:00 PM
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Mon. #2 is HERE. To help out the site subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan or support us on Patreon. With the cheap plugs out of the way here's Tuesday's latest wrestling news.

It looks like John Cena is getting into the alcohol business with a new premixed cocktail brand called Thomas Ashbourne. Here's what Cena says inspired him: "I got a lot of my (wrestling) business education after the (live) events, being able to sit with the people I've watched and admired and we've shared beer and bourbon and a bunch of stories. That actually brought me here."

Once again MJF is teasing the idea he'll go to WWE in 2024: "I don't know if you guys are aware of this, but on January 1st of 2024, I'm going to be a free agent. Who here would want to see me in WWE? So let me explain something to you people - I did not get into this business to make any of you happy. I got into this business to make as much money as humanly possible. And if Vincent Kennedy McMahon is willing to shell out more money than my good friend Tony Khan, then yes, I would go to WWE. That's funny, because at only 26 years old, I'm the biggest minute for minute rating draw in all of AEW. So I was able to do that in, what, half the time he was? When he was what, at 26, what was Chris Jericho doing? That's right, jack shit."

Dexter Lumis is going back to being Samuel Shaw and is booked for Atomic Wrestling on June 24th.

Raw highlights and new WWE related videos are available below.

Here Matt Hardy praises Randy Orton: "Quote me. I think Randy Orton is fucking awesome. I love Randy's work. I always enjoyed working with him and I think, as a person, me knowing him for these 20 years - once again, he's another person I'm so proud of where he is in life with his family and his kids. We have so much in common and in the last couple of years I was there, we became closer than we ever had. Just because we shared those personal family lives together and we were kind of in the same boat. Both of our wives are pretty intense. If you know what I mean. I know you know them both. You've dealt with them both. You've dealt with Kim, you've dealt with Reby. So they're both pretty intense and they're good for us because they keep us both in check. So I have nothing but positive things to say about Randy and I love Randy's storytelling in the ring. I love the way he does his character and Randy was one of my biggest supporters when I left and went to AEW, to do my stuff and get over on my own, being one of the older guys that was never one of Vince's top guys. Randy was one of my biggest supporters and constantly texted me. We stayed in contact. So yeah, man, I think Randy is awesome. People who think Randy doesn't do a lot or works a slower, more plodding pace or whatever, I don't think they get the basic aspects of like traditional pro wrestling. When it comes to traditional pro wrestling and traditional storytelling, there was no one better than Randy."

Black Label Pro "Fancy Wrestling" results are below. (FF)

* Anthony Greene def. Myron Reed
* Shazza McKenzie def. Alice Crowley
* Big Damo def. Crash Jaxon
* Billie Starkz def. Dan The Dad
* Bang Bros (August Matthews & Davey Bang) def. The Miracle Generation (Dustin Waller & Kylon King)
* BLP Midwest Championship: Tom Lawlor (c) def. Davey Richards
* IMPACT X-Division Championship: Ace Austin (c) def. Devon Monroe
* Josh Alexander def. Kody Lane
* BLP Tag Team Championships: Violence Is Forever (Dominic Garrini & Kevin Ku) (c) def. The Mane Event (Jay Lyon & Midas Black)
* BLP Heavyweight Championship: PCO def. Joshua Bishop and Kobe Durst and Levi Everett to win the vacant title.

A new Josef Samael interview is below.

RevPro results from Sheffield, England are below. (FF)

* RevPro Undisputed British Tag Team Title Match: Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo & TK Cooper) (c) defeated Pure Beef (Blake & Will Kroos)
* Yota Tsuji defeated Connor Mills
* Alex Windsor defeated Maya Matthews
* RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Title Match: Michael Oku (c) defeated Shota Umino
* Robbie X defeated Lee Hunter
* Great British Tag League 2022 Qualifying Match: Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos & Kid Lykos II) defeat Dan Magee & Mad Kurt
* No Disqualification Match: Ricky Knight Jr. defeats Dan Moloney

New AEW related videos are available below.

Roderick Strong has allegedly requested his WWE release "multiple times" in the last few months and was denied each time, which is why some people are surprised he wasn't let go last Friday along with all of the other roster cuts to NXT 2.0. (FF)

Edge believes the Toronto Maple Leafs can go all the way in the Stanley Cup Playoffs: "I'm doubling down. I lived through the Ballard years. You live through the Ballard years and you have a team that puts of 115 points and 54 wins, you're going to feel good about it. We're not putting on the paper bags. This is an amazing team. What I will say, Tampa is the last team that I was hoping we would get. If you're looking at this thing, two-time defending Stanley Cup Champions are going to be the favorites until they are eliminated because they have Vasilevskiy. All that being said, I do think the Leafs roster matches up."

Veer Mahaan talks about relaunching his career on Raw this year: "It feels great. It does not feel like it was me alone who joined RAW, but 1.4 billion Indians, plus the fans all around the world have joined with me. I know we have waited for 5-6 months. But, I think the wait was worth it. It was worth it for me. It was worth it for all the fans around the world. We are seeing that energy. I felt the energy transformed, just as soon as I got my entrance, from them to me and I was able to give them back what they have been waiting for so long."

Booker T on his WWE status: "My relationship with the company has never been better. My contract with them isn't up for another several years. I'm still around doing the kickoff shows for all the premium events on Peacock. I sometimes host RAW Talk and Talking Smack and WWE has me involved with several other projects."

New WWE recruits are now informally expected to show improvement "in 90 days" or they'll be cut from the roster, even if they are signed to long term multiple year deals. (WO)

The lineup for AEW Dark at 7 PM ET on YouTube is below. (AEW)

* Shawn Spears vs. Lord Crewe
* John Silver vs. Ryan Nemeth
* Ricky Starks & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Terry Yaki & Jay Lucas
* Angelico vs. Yuya Uemura
* Julia Hart vs. Jacey Love
* Dante Martin vs. Invictus Khash
* Tony Nese vs. Leon Ruffin
* Varsity Blonds vs. The Workhorsemen
* Toni Storm vs. Diamante

The ratings for last Friday are now in! SmackDown did a 0.38 19-49 demo and 1.953 million viewers, down 19.2% and up half a percent from a 0.47 demo and 1.952 the week prior. Rampage did a 0.14 18-49 demo and 464,000, down 26.3% and up 10.4% from a 0.19 and 518,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)

The Wrestling Showcase is bringing in Killer Kross and Deonna Purrazzo for their Chicago debut in September. (PWI)

From Reality of Wrestling.

May 2nd, 2022, Houston, TX - Reality of Wrestling (founded by Booker T and Sharmell Huffman) partner with legendary station, KIAH (CW39 Houston) to bring their independent wrestling television show, Reality of Wrestling, to the Houston market. For years Reality of Wrestling has been the flagship of independent wrestling and continues to dominate the gulf coast as the preeminent promotion and school that is responsible for fostering the next generation of wrestling talent. Reality of Wrestling will begin airing it's one-of-a-kind wrestling show on CW39 starting this Saturday at the highly competitive late-night time slot of 1AM CST and a strong lead-in of Eyewitness News on CW.

Booker T and "Queen" Sharmell released a joint statement about the new show. "We are so excited to be back home on CW39! We love our all of our fans, but the Houston market is special to us both. We are privileged to be able to carry on the legacy of Paul Bosch and wrestling in this city and proud we get to do it on the same station Houston Wrestling aired on for all of those glorious years."

Reality of Wrestling is a top-tier professional wrestling school and promotion that trains and showcases exceptional unsigned performers from around the world. Established in 2005, Reality of Wrestling is owned and operated by 2-time WWE Hall of Fame Inductee, Booker T. Huffman and his wife, actress and professional wrestling personality, Sharmell Huffman. Ranked among the top five wrestling schools and promotions in the country, Reality of Wrestling provides emerging professional wrestlers the opportunity to develop and hone their skills while featuring family-friendly content and quality wrestling programming to diverse audiences around the globe through television, social media and locally held events. For more information, visit realityofwrestling.com.

From VICE TV: "We've heard some rumors flying around about Season 4 of Dark Side of the Ring. We are as committed as ever to both the series and the broader Dark Side franchise. Evan and Jason are hard at work making more content that we know our fans of the series will love. Stay tuned."

The first pre-sale code for Forbidden Door is nrtodr22 and will work starting Thursday at 11 AM ET.

From The Bunny/Allie/Cherry Bomb.

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and I thought it would be a good time to share some things with all of you. I try to be open about my internal struggles, which isn't always easy. There's still a huge stigma surrounding mental health issues.

I think the thing people don't talk about much when struggling with their mental health is how exhausting it is. How you so desperately want to feel "okay" and not locked inside the confines of your own brain. You put the work in every day and yet you still find yourself struggling, fighting against the title wave, whatever that title wave looks like for you. Mine has been the crippling anxiety and the enormous fear that if I'm not anxious I will fall backwards into depression.

I made the decision recently to ask for more help. I realized that even though I was putting in the "work", doing all of the daily things that help, I was still deeply struggling and truly exhausted. I fought the idea of medication for a very long time. Like so many, I was scared of what people would think. I was afraid it wouldn't work. I had many fears surrounding it. But I realize now how much the fear was holding me back.

So, I decided to go on medication. And I'm slowly starting to feel better. The loudness is starting to soften. The crippling anxiety is starting to lessen its grip. And I'm starting to feel like myself. A version of myself I didn't think I would ever find. I want the stigma surrounding mental health issues to GO AWAY. So many people are struggling and it's OKAY for us to talk about it. You don't have to suffer in silence. You're not alone.

The updated Capital Collision card is below. (NJPW)

* Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii
* Brody King vs. Minoru Suzuki
* Kazuchika Okada & Trent Beretta vs. Jay White & Hikuleo

Damien Priest is barred from ringside for AJ Styles vs. Edge at WrestleMania Backlash. The updated card is below. (WWE)

* Drew McIntyre & RK-Bro vs. Roman Reigns & The Usos
* Smackdown Women's Championship I Quit Match: Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey
* Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins
* AJ Styles vs. Edge, with Damien Priest banned from ringside
* Happy Corbin vs. Madcap Moss
* Bobby Lashley vs. Omos

The card for MLW Fusion this week is below.

* MLW Middleweight Championship Match: Myron Reed vs. Mystery Opponent
* MLW Tag Team Championship Match: EJ Nduka & Calvin Tankman vs. Budd Heavy and Red Pickins
* Richard Holliday vs. Davey Richards

Impact has added Steve Maclin vs. Chris Sabin to Under Siege. (IW)

Speaking of Impact here's this Thursday's card. (IW)

* Monster's Ball: JONAH vs. PCO
* X Division Championship Match: Ace Austin (c) vs. Rocky Romero
* Tables Match: Brian Myers vs. W. Morrissey
* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Steve Maclin
* Willie Mack & Rich Swann vs. Chris Bey & Jay White

This week's Main Event results are below. (wInc)

* Commander Azeez defeated T-BAR
* Tommaso Ciampa defeated Apollo Crews

Here's the lineup for New Japan Strong this week -- a two hour edition. (NJPW)

* Jay White vs. Hikuleo
* Fred Rosser vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew
* Rocky Romero, Adrian Quest & Alex Coughlin vs. Danny Limelight, JR Kratos & Black Tiger
* Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin & The DKC vs. JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs & Tom Lawlor
* Blake Christian vs. JONAH
* Barrett Brown & Bateman vs. Chris Bey & Hikuleo