Joe Hendry Teases “A Lot Longer” Stay In WWE NXT; August 7th Live Wrestling News Round-Up

Cody Rhodes has named the European country where he wants to see WWE host a Premium Live Event next!

Speaking on Gabby AF, Rhodes proclaimed that he wants to see WWE bring a Premium Live Event to Italy as he was blown away by the response of the crowd at a recent live event. He even put their reactions on par with those at WWE Backlash France and Clash At The Castle Scotland.

“I really hope that Italy gets a WWE….we did a show in Italy, a live event. They were, if people saw Scotland, Scotland was outrageous. If people saw France, France was outrageous. I wish people got to see what Italy was like.

I didn’t know what we were walking into. I didn’t even know if we were on TV in Italy. They would be a great place for a PLE. I make no decisions and can’t get anything done, but that was a really cool experience.”

h/t to Fightful

A new report has provided details on WWE‘s plans for NXT as a touring brand.

Yesterday, WWE announced that the first two episodes of WWE NXT following its move to The CW will take place outside of the WWE Performance Center – namely in Chicago, Illinois and St Louis, Missouri. The shows will also see special appearances from CM Punk and Randy Orton respectively.

Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer reports that the change will not be permanent and the black and gold will instead hold arena shows outside of the Performance Center when “it makes sense to do so.”

Additionally, the company has no plans at this time for any events beyond the October 1st and October 8th NXTs to take place outside the Performance Center. However, per a source in the company, this could change depending on demand for tickets and other factors.

This week’s AEW Dynamite will emanate from LJVM Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The next AEW pay-per-view is AEW All In in two weeks!

Matches and segments announced for the show include:

• Mariah May vs Viva Van
• Bryan Keith vs Katsuyori Shibata
• MJF vs Kyle Fletcher
• Bryan Danielson vs Jeff Jarrett – Anything Goes Match with Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat as Special Guest Referee

What are you most excited to see on tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite? Let us know your thoughts here!

WWE NXT The Great American Bash 2024 Week Two emanated from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando Florida. The next NXT special is NXT No Mercy in three weeks!

The full results from NXT were as follows:

• Pete Dunne defeated Trick Williams
• Kelani Jordan (c) defeated Tatum Paxley to retain the NXT Women’s North American Championship
• Ethan Page (c) defeated Oro Mensah to retain the NXT Championship
• Joe Hendry defeated Joe Coffey
• Wren Sinclair defeated Kendal Grey
• Axiom & Nathan Frazer defeated MSK to retain the NXT Tag Team Championship

What was your favourite moment of last night’s show? Let us know your thoughts here!

WWE will be undergoing yet another announce team shake-up later this year, it has been reported!

Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer reports that the recent announcement that Michael Cole will be moved to SmackDown while the recently-signed Joe Tessitore will be taking his place on Raw is, in fact, a temporary move.

The two men’s positions will reportedly be swapped around again in preparation for WWE Raw’s move to Netflix. As such, Cole will move back to the red brand in January while Tessitore will make his debut on SmackDown.

It’s still unclear at the time of writing if Corey Graves, Wade Barrett and Pat McAfee will also be switching brands with Cole and Tessitore respectively, although reports of Tessitore’s WWE signing stated that he would lead a three-man announce team with Graves and Barrett.

Kota Ibushi is set to compete in his first official match since suffering a major ankle injury back in January.

While Ibushi competed in a 5-minute exhibition match in GLEAT last month, the AEW star hasn’t wrestled an official match since defeating Naomichi Marufuji at Pro Wrestling NOAH The New Year 2024 earlier this year. There, he suffered a major ankle injury which required surgery.

Six months on from that injury, Ibushi is officially set to return to the ring in DDT Pro-Wrestling – his first match in the promotion in over seven years. At the promotion’s Korakuen Hall event on August 25th, he’ll team up with Akito and Danshoku Dieno to take on Tetsuya Endo,  Yuya Koroku and Yuki Iino.

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Kota Ibushi returns to the DDT for the first time in 7 years! Ibushi faces Endo, who was tasked to carry DDT in a trios match!

Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dieno & Akito vs Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku#ddtpro #AEW… pic.twitter.com/g8jhgUcnxA

— DDT Pro-Wrestling (English) (@ddtproENG) August 7, 2024

TNA’s Joe Hendry has teased that he might be sticking around on WWE NXT for “a lot longer!”

During week two of WWE NXT The Great American Bash 2024 last night, Hendry competed in his first WWE singles match when he took on Joe Coffey of Gallus. At the end of a fairly even match, Hendry emerged victorious after pinning Coffey with The Standing Ovation.

Afterwards, Hendry was interviewed by Sarah Schreiber who began talking as if his time on the black and gold brand was over. However, Hendry made it clear that he’ll be sticking around for the foreseeable future and that he would be on the show next week.

"I like it here and I might just stay for a lot longer!"@joehendry doesn't care if anyone in the locker room has a problem with it, he's sticking around in #WWENXT! #NXTGAB pic.twitter.com/pPot7V67AR

— WWE (@WWE) August 7, 2024

Welcome back to the ITRWrestling live blog! I’ll be with you from 12pm to 6pm BST (7am – 1pm ET) covering all the biggest stories from WWE, AEW, NJPW, IMPACT, and more.

Today’s top stories are:

• Joe Hendry Teases “A Lot Longer” Stay In WWE NXT
• Kota Ibushi Set For First Match Since Major Ankle Injury
• WWE To Undergo Yet Another Announce Team Shake-Up