JUNE 2021
Where It All Begins, Again
Let's hope for a strong start with this entry. Reminder: this thing tends to pretend that the pandemic never happened.
Major Events
NXT TakeOver: Nashville
Saturday, June 12, 2021
- Marina Shafir d. Sarray (DQ)
- NXT Women's Championship - Raquel Gonzalez (c) d. Zoey Stark (DQ)
- Mei Ying d. Simone Johnson
- Katrina Cortez/Carissa Rivera d. Toni Storm/Scarlett
- Io Shirai d. Shotzi Blackheart
- Karrion Kross/Fabian Aichner/Marcel Barthel d. Tyler Breeze/Fandango/Asher Hale
- NXT Cruiserweight Championship - KUSHIDA (c) d. Cameron Grimes
- Bobby Fish/Kyle O'Reilly d. Tony Nese/Timothy Thatcher
- WWE 24/7 Championship - R-Truth (c) d. Pete Dunne
Impact Against All Odds
Friday, June 18, 2021
- Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship - Fire 'n Flava (Kiera Hogan/Tasha Steelz) (c) d. Tenille Dashwood/Alisha Edwards
- Rosemary d. Havok d. ODB d. Susan
- Impact Knockouts Championship - Kimber Lee d. Deonna Purrazzo (c)
- Daivari/Kaleb d. Rich Swann/Fallah Bahh
- James Storm/Chris Sabin/TJP d. Hernandez/Petey Williams/Acey Romero
- Brian Myers d. Rhino
- Matt Cardona d. Tommy Dreamer
- Sami Callihan/Ken Shamrock d. Eddie Edwards/Heath
AEW Fyter Fest
Saturday, June 19, 2021
- Hikaru Shida d. Red Velvet d. Madi Wrenkowski
- Abadon d. Serena Deeb
- Reba/Dani Jordyn d. Yuka Sakazaki/Leva Bates
- The Bunny d. KiLynn King
- Best Friends (Chuck Taylor/Trent?) d. Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus/Jungle Boy) d. Varsity Blonds (Brian Pillman Jr./Griff Garrison)
- Darby Allin/Evil Uno/Stu Grayson d. Kip Sabian/Jack Evans/Angelico
- FTR (Dax Harwood/Cash Wheeler) d. Santana/Ortiz
- AEW TNT Championship - Miro (c) d. Christian Cage
- AEW World Tag Team Championship Ladder Match - The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson) (c) d. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows/Karl Anderson)
WWE Hell in a Cell
Sunday, June 27, 2021
- Sonya Deville d. Liv Morgan
- SmackDown Women's Championship - Bianca Belair (c) d. Liv Morgan
- RAW Women's Championship - Rhea Ripley (c) d. Eva Marie
- Nia Jax d. Lana
- Rey Mysterio/Kofi Kingston/Xavier Woods d. Elias/Dolph Ziggler/Robert Roode
- WWE United States Championship - Sheamus (c) d. Kane (DQ)
- Drew McIntyre/Goldberg d. The Usos (Jimmy Uso/Jey Uso) d. The Miz/John Morrison
- RAW Tag Team Championship - Randy Orton/Shinsuke Nakamura (c) d. AJ Styles/Sami Zayn
- WWE Universal Championship Hell in a Cell Match - Roman Reigns (c) d. Triple H
Title Changes (outside of major events)
2021-06-02 AEW Dynamite -
AEW World Championship: Kenny Omega ->
Jon Moxley (2)
2021-06-04 WWE SmackDown -
WWE 24/7 Championship: Akira Tozawa ->
R-Truth (52)*
2021-06-07 WWE RAW -
RAW Tag Team Championship: AJ Styles/Omos ->
Randy Orton/Shinsuke Nakamura
2021-06-08 WWE NXT -
NXT North American Championship: Bronson Reed ->
Adam Cole (2)
2021-06-14 WWE RAW -
WWE Championship: Bobby Lashley ->
Randy Orton (11)
Signings and Departures
WWE:
In: Carlito
AEW:
None.
Impact:
In: Angel de Guerra, San Andres, Lionel Knight, Shane Sabre
Business Updates
WWE:
They did a draft, as is usual in these saves.
WWE and AEW have opened the door to poaching talent from each other. This can only end well.
Both Nikki Cross and Io Shirai are pregnant! Good for them. Io announced this after NXT TakeOver. Also pregnant is NXT referee Aja Smith.
Turns out Mansoor has an alcohol problem. Who'd have thought it?
Impact:
Impact's agreements with AAA, MLW, and Smash are over.
It's not all bad news, though, as Impact now have broadcasting deals for BTI in the UK and Canada.
Bizarre developments in Impact stables: the Super Elite disbanded as Kenny Omega left the Good Brothers in the dust, and Black Taurus turned on Decay. Naturally, the Good Brothers have now joined together with Rosemary and Crazzy Steve.
Jordynne Grace scored a win over body shaming. No word whether Titus O'Neil was among the trolls.
Backstage Happenings
Mick Foley has divorced his long-time partner.
Where did Samoa Joe go? NJPW!
Jim Cornette became NWA's head booker.... again. NWA went on to sign Lars Sullivan and Velveteen Dream, so that's a shit sandwich and a half.
Retirements and Deaths
No longer active competitor: Keiji Mutoh, Bryan Danielson, Ricky Morton, Joey Matthews, Miyako Matsumoto, Samu, Shaquille O'Neil(????), Jun Akiyama, Yuji Nagata, Atlantis, D'Lo Brown, Tatsumi Fujinami, Scorpio Jr., Koji Kanemoto, Salvatore Sincere, Shiro Koshinaka, Lady Apache, Pirata Morgan, Joe E. Legend, Masao Inoue, David Arquette
Left the business: Lanny Poffo, Raymond Rougeau, Pepe Casas, Messiah, Robert Fuller, Armando Estrada
Deceased: None.
*note: the news item said "this is the umpteenth time". I love that TEW just got sick of counting.