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  • WWE Officials Don’t See Ilja Dragunov As A Top Superstar

    WWE Officials Don’t See Ilja Dragunov As A Top Superstar

    Ilja Dragunov has been adored by fans for a long time. He is a former NXT Champion, United States Champion, and NXT UK Champion. Many fans think he is a main event star. But, WWE officials don think the same way.

    WWE higher-ups that that Ilja Dragunov as an interchangeable mid card guy talent rather then a big star like fans think. According to the Wrestling Observer the company doesn’t think Ilja as a main event star.

    Dragunov has been lost in a the shuffle recently in WWE. He didn’t compete in WrestleMania and due to the many stars WWE has already it seems like they don’t know what to do with Ilja since the lost the United States Championship to Carmelo Hayes last year.

    Dragunov’s last match he competed in was the 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal which he lost.

  • WWE NXT Live Results – June 5th, 2026

    WWE NXT Live Results – June 5th, 2026

    WWE held their most recent NXT Live event on Friday, June 5th, 2026. The event was held at the Tom Fellows Community Center in Davenport, Florida.

    Below are the results for Friday Night’s WWE NXT Live event:

    • NXT Women’s Championship Match: Lola Vice (c) defeated Nikkita Lyons to retain the NXT Women’s Title.
    • OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) defeated Shido Ash & Viktor Zanov
    • Keanu Carver defeated Shiloh Hill
    • BirthRight (Channing Lorenzo, Lexis King & Uriah Connors) defeated Dorian Van Dux, EK Prosper & Tate Wilder
    • Jaida Parker defeated Arianna Grace
    • WWE NXT Tag Team Championship Match: The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes) (c) defeated Noam Dar & Romeo Moreno to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles.
    • Martinez & Skylar Rae defeated Jessica The Unknown & Zena Sterling
    • Lizzy Rain defeated Zaria via DQ
    • WWE NXT Championship Match: Tony D’Angelo (c) defeated Jackson Drake to retain the NXT Title.

     

    (h/t Cagematch for the results.)

  • WWE SmackDown Results – June 5th, 2026

    WWE SmackDown Results – June 5th, 2026

    On June 5th 2026, WWE aired the 1,398th episode of SmackDown live in Bologna, Italy. It aired live on the USA Network in the United States & Netflix internationally.

    Here are the results:

    – SmackDown kicked off to a very angry Gunther who was tearing down the announce desks. Gunther said he wants justice because his was under the bottom rope when Cody Rhodes pinned him for the WWE Championship at Clash in Italy. Cody Rhodes came out and said that Gunther is right and that they should have a rematch. Sami Zayn interrupts this interaction and says that Gunther and Cody both did him wrong. Gunther told Zayn to shut up because this was WWE Championship business. Zayn said he knows a thing or two about beating Gunther for championships and that he is the biggest threat to Cody. Zayn then questioned Cody on the lesson that Cody was talking about? A brawl then broke out between the 3 of them. Cody accidentally hit Zayn with a dive outside of the because Gunther moved, Cody offered Zayn a handshake but Zayn declined

    – The Miz tried to look at the experiment Danhausen was making but then went into electric shock

    – Backstage, Gunther told Nick Aldis to fix the WWE Championship situation or Aldis will get sued

    – Queen of the Ring Tournament Fatal 4-Way Match: Raquel Rodriguez def. Bayley, Kiana James, and Jacy Jayne

    After the match Giulia turned on Kiana because Kiana thought Giulia costed her the match. Kiana blamed the loss on Giulia. Eventually, Giulia would finally lay Kiana out marking the end of their partnership

    – Backstage Sami Zayn was talking to Johnny Gargano again when Nick Aldis came up and told Sami to stay out of the WWE Championship picture. Chad Gable was than seen entering Aldis’ office

    – Talla Tonga def. Royce Keys

    – Judgment Day celebrated Raquel’s victory earlier in the night and Liv Morgan said that they would meet in the Queen of the Ring finals

    – Backstage, Damian Priest & R-Truth would be confronted by the returning AAA Tag Team Champions The War Raiders

    – Jade Cargill & Michin def. Charlotte Flair & Tiffany Stratton

    – Fatal Influence attacked Brie Bella & Paige backstage

    – Ricky Saints def. Carmelo Hayes

    – Lash Legend (w/ Nia Jax) def. Chelsea Green

    – Another Blake Monroe vignette appeared and Monroe said she’s targeting Tiffany Stratton

    – Nick Aldis told Cody Rhodes that he will defend the WWE Championship in 2 weeks against Gunther. Gunther will pick the stipulation of the match next week

    – King of the Ring Tournament Fatal 4-Way Match: Dominik Mysterio def. Bron Breakker, Damian Priest, & Trick Williams

  • The Rock Declines Invitation to Attend UFC Freedom 250 Event At The White House

    The Rock Declines Invitation to Attend UFC Freedom 250 Event At The White House

    Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock has declined Dana White’s Invitation to attend The UFC White House Event. White revealed the huge guest list for the event in an article for TIME Magazine including Tom Brady, Guy Ritchie, and Jason Statham.

    Vanity Fair discovered that The Rock, Adam Sandler, Jared Leto, and Mario Lopez have all officially declined said invitations to the event. At this time it remains unclear the reason behind Johnson’s choice to decline attending the event.

    Although The Rock will not attend, several WWE stars will host meet and greets at the event such as The Miz, Charlotte Flair, Bron Breakker, Tiffany Stratton, The Usos, and Trick Williams

    We will keep you posted at Bodyslam.net if anything else comes out behind the reasoning for Dwayne’s absence

  • Exclusive: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste On A Potential Return To WWE, NJPW, TNA, And AEW

    Exclusive: GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste On A Potential Return To WWE, NJPW, TNA, And AEW

    Current Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste reflects on the possibility of a potential WWE return.

    Former WWE Superstar Shane Haste, known as Shane Thorne and Slapjack during his time with the company, recently spoke with Bodyslam.net‘s Wombeezy for an exclusive interview. During the discussion, the topic of a potential WWE return was brought up, to which Haste appears to be keeping the door open for a potential return one day, saying “I’d never say never again..”

    Um, so yeah, I’d never say never again to us being there, but, uh, that’s, it’s all up to, you know, in like we, as wrestlers, some wrestlers do get to pick where they get to go and whatnot, but you just see like a lot of things with like fans being like, they should go to AEW, they should go to TNA.

    I’m like, it’s not our choice. Like 90% of the time, it’s not up to us wrestlers to be like, yeah. Hey Tony, give me, yeah, I’ll go here. Give me what I want. You know what I mean? We don’t get that choice. We just got to go where the work is. Um, I’m very fortunate that my work has now led me back to NOAH and to the GHC title.

    So you just never know when things are going to turn around and whatnot, but I would never say never to going back to, uh, New Japan again. I mean, TMDK is there. Um, I’d love to go back and be with the boys. I’d love the boys there to be with us in NOAH as well. Um, yeah, I’d go back to, I’d do TNA. I’d do AEW again for sure. I go back to WWE. I’m open to it. You know what I mean?

    Shane Haste originally signed with WWE back in 2016 along with his tag team partner Mikey Nicholls. The two debuted on the NXT brand as part of the tag team TM-61. They competed in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, making it to the finals in 2016 before an injury sidelined them.

    Haste would then transition into singles competition under the ring name Shane Thorne, before briefly reforming TM-61 until his tag partner Mikey Nicholls, who was going by the ring name Nick Miller, would leave WWE in 2019. This would eventually lead to a main roster call up for Haste early in 2020.

    In August of 2020, Haste would be repacked as the hockey mask wearing Slapjack as part of the Retribution stable, which also  consisted of Mustafa Ali, T-Bar (Dominik Dijakovic), and Mace (Mason Madden). The stable faced blowback from networks as it was viewed as being a “terrorist group,” which would lead to changes creatively before eventually quietly being disbanded.

    Haste would then be kept off WWE programming before officially being released from his contract on November 18th, 2021.

    You can watch the entire interview with GHC Heavyweight Champion Shane Haste below.

    (Please credit Bodyslam.net when using the quotes above as news.)

  • WWE is interested in signing Mike Santana

    WWE is interested in signing Mike Santana

    WWE has their eyes on current TNA World Champion Mike Santana. Santana’s contract reportedly is up this summer and he is expected to hit the open market.

    According to Fightful,  WWE officials are very interested in bringing him in and he has a lot of support backstage. There is also belief that he will go straight to the main roster instead of returning to NXT.

    WWE management seems to be interested in him because of his good reputation backstage, his work ethic, and professionalism.

    We will let you know of any updates on Mike Santana at Bodyslam.net

  • WWE Main Event Results – June 4th, 2026

    WWE Main Event Results – June 4th, 2026

    WWE presented this week’s episode of Main Event on Thursday, June 4th, 2026. The event aired on the WWE YouTube Channel.

    This week’s episode of WWE Main Event featured Lyra Valkyria taking on Ivy Nile, Jordynne Grace faced off against Kiana James, and The LWO take on Los Americanos.

    Results for this week’s episode of WWE Main Event below:

    • Jordynne Grace defeated Kiana James
    • Los Americanos defeated the LWO
    • Lyra Valkyria defeated Ivy Nile
    You can watch the full episode of WWE Main Event below.

  • Logan Paul Opens Up About Tearing His Tricep Last Month

    Logan Paul Opens Up About Tearing His Tricep Last Month

    WWE Superstar Logan Paul has been out of action since tearing his tricep in a WWE Tag Team Championship match against The Street Profits at Saturday Nights Main Event on May 23rd.

    He recently opened up about how he’s been doing since tearing his tricep on the newest episode of Impaulsive

     “It (torn tricep) has put me in a pretty mentally stuck spot that I’m not used to.”

    ”It’s (torn tricep injury) depressing, I don’t know how else to say it and I’m not the depression guy, you guys know I’m pretty gung-ho and happy about life. Everyday’s a little better but I’m struggling”

    “Austin and I had so much momentum and we were about to go on a generational tag team run — everything’s firing and then I’m just thrown this curve ball during the last move of this match and now the next 6 months of my life look different”

    Logan will reportedly be out 6 months with his torn tricep, but has many other projects going on outside of wrestling.

    You can watch the full podcast below:

    (Please credit Ryan Fean and Bodyslam.net for the the transcription.)

  • WWE European Summer Tour Strasbourg 2026 Results – June 2nd, 2026

    WWE European Summer Tour Strasbourg 2026 Results – June 2nd, 2026

    World Wrestling Entertainment stopped into Strasbourg, France at the Zénith de Strasbourg on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 for part of their European Summer Tour. The event was a house show.

    Below are the results for WWE’s European Summer Tour 2026 event from Strasbourg, France:

    • Charlotte Flair defeated Jacy Jayne via DQ
    • Charlotte Flair, Rhea Ripley & Tiffany Stratton defeated Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Lainey Reid)
    • LA Knight defeated Austin Theory
    • WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Penta (c) defeated Dominik Mysterio to retain the WWE IC Title
    • Danhausen defeated The Miz
    • Seth Rollins defeated Bron Breakker
    • Je’Von Evans defeated Ethan Page
    • Damian Priest defeated Solo Sikoa (w/Talla Tonga)
    • WWE United States Championship Triple Threat Match: Trick Williams (c) defeated Carmelo Hayes and Sami Zayn to retain the WWE US Title
    • Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes (c) defeated Gunther to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship

    (h/t Cagematch for the results)

  • JBL Would Rather Have El Grande Americano In AAA Than In WWE

    JBL Would Rather Have El Grande Americano In AAA Than In WWE

    El Grande Americano has become one of the most over performers currently in Mexico.

    AAA commentator and former WWE Superstar JBL states on Busted Open Radio that he would rather have El Grande Americano in AAA full time than go back to the WWE main roster. He also believes that a TV deal for AAA could happen.

    “I want him to stay in Mexico. There’s no doubt about it to me. It’s hard to get over. It’s hard to get over anywhere. If guys can get over anywhere, I don’t care if it’s Tennessee, Japan, Puerto Rico, Mexico, it doesn’t matter. If you can get over, that’s tough to do”

    “He is the biggest star in Mexico right now, and that is amazing. I would ride this AAA wave. I don’t know what they’re coming for next. I don’t have any insight about this so I’m not giving away anything from meetings or anything. But I think they’re gonna get a pretty good TV deal coming up. They got a good TV Fox deal down from Mexico down south, all the way down to South America. I think they’ll get another TV deal”

    “And what would you want to be? You want to be the biggest star on this new deal and be one of the reasons that they brought it to you? I think that’s an opportunity that’s just too good to pass up. I would stay down in Mexico… He can make a fortune down in Mexico. Some from wrestling, a lot from opportunities down there. They have adopted that man and my advice would be to stay where it’s good”


    El Grande Americano recently defeated OG El Grande Americano in a Mask vs. Mask Match at AAA Noche de Los Grandes

    (h/t WrestlePurists for the transcriptions)