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Insight into Legend's journey. Joining Bully Ray to record a new episode of Busted Open After Dark was Lash Legend. They dove into the NXT talent's journey to WWE and her aspirations. While reflecting on the road that led her to where she is, Legend shared that before her WWE tryout, she had a contract offer on the table to play basketball overseas. The former WNBA player opted to focus on her opportunity with WWE, caught the wrestling bug and decided that she wanted to pursue wrestling whether WWE hired her or not. “So before the (WWE) tryout, I was like, you know what? I got an opportunity to try out. So I had to decide. I said, am I gonna tryout or am I gonna go overseas? I was literally just about to sign a contract to go play overseas and I was like, well, I can’t go over there and risk anything. I just wanna make sure I’m good. I’m gonna train for this tryout. So I trained for it, and the first day I’m like, oh my goodness. I started to fall in love with it… Before they even told me they wanted to hire me or not because they told me three days later, I was like, ‘I think I wanna do this regardless. No matter what they tell me, I think I wanna pursue this' and then I got a call, less than a week, maybe three, four days and they were like, ‘We’d love to hire you.’ I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ I guess we’re doing this. Bye-bye basketball. Love you but, gotta go to my calling.” Next up on the docket for Legend is an Evolution Eliminator match on 6/17. The winner of the eliminator tournament will challenge Jacy Jayne for the NXT Women's Championship at Evolution. If the quote in this article is used, please credit Busted Open After Dark with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.

The report notes that Brie is coming out of retirement. There's a report on the TMZ website which notes that Brie Bella is in talks for an in-ring return. The site learned Brie is in conversations about a comeback for WWE's all-women's PLE Evolution on July 13th. Brie's sister Nikki Bella returned to WWE television on the June 9th Monday Night Raw. She interacted with several talents on-screen, including Natalya, Maxxine Dupri, and WWE Women's World Champion IYO SKY. Nikki had an in-ring segment and listed off names on the current talent roster that is making the company's women's division what it is. WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Liv Morgan showed up and was upset that Nikki did not mention her name. The two traded verbal barbs as Nikki spoke about Morgan's relationship with Dominik Mysterio. Morgan responded by saying at least she has a man, referencing Nikki's divorce from Artem Chigvintsev. Both Nikki and Chigvintsev were granted restraining orders against one another in the fall of 2024. Nikki spoke publicly about the relationship in December. The segment with Morgan and Bella concluded with Morgan delivering an 'Oblivion' to Bella. TMZ wrote an in-storyline note in their write-up which notes that they were told Brie is 'pissed' about Morgan referencing Nikki's split from Artem. Brie has not wrestled since the 2022 women's Royal Rumble match. Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez are the reigning Women's Tag Team Champions. Nikki Bella is scheduled for the 6/16 Raw.

Blackheart said everything worked out perfectly. In December 2023, Shotzi Blackheart and her husband got married in Las Vegas, Nevada. On their wedding day, Blackheart competed at a WWE house show in her wedding dress with her husband in attendance. She teamed up with Bianca Belair to defeat Bayley and IYO SKY. While speaking to Ariel Helwani, Blackheart shared that it was her idea to have a match on her wedding day. “So, I actually pitched that to Road Dogg (wrestling after my wedding)... Yeah, I got married at the Little White Wedding Chapel and then rushed on over and wrestled Bayley. With the wedding dress (she laughed). I ripped off the wig and everything but yeah, it was a good time. We planned it maybe like a few weeks before. I got booked on that live event and I told my husband, I was like, ‘What if we just stopped planning the wedding and we just eloped?’ Not super deep (into wedding plans). We had talks about what we wanted to do. We wanted to do this big Halloween wedding and I was just like, ‘You know what? Screw all this stressful stuff. Let’s just get married and just be us’ and it was the best idea ever. I’m so happy that we did that. It was just no stress. We just did it. Got a really awesome room at The Cosmopolitan and just had some fun that night with everyone that was on the show. Yeah, so all the wrestlers came out and partied with us at a karaoke bar and it was the greatest time ever.” Fast forward to present day and Blackheart is no longer with the company. Her contract was not renewed. She shared her thoughts about that and those comments can be found at this link. If the quotes in this article are used, please credit The Ariel Helwani Show with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.

A new multi-person is official. In collaboration with CMLL, All Elite Wrestling is presenting Grand Slam Mexico from Arena México. A fourth match announcement was made for the show. It'll be a 12-man tag team bout that'll feature ROH World Champion Bandido, Templario, Atlantis Jr., Brody King, Daniel Garcia, and TNT Champion Adam Cole versus Hechicero, Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita, Josh Alexander, and FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler). That bout joins the following announced matches for Grand Slam Mexico on June 18th: * MJF vs. Místico * CMLL World Women's Championship: Zeuxis (c) vs. Mercedes Moné * Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Matt Jackson & Nicholas Jackson vs. Will Ospreay, Swerve Strickland, Samoa Joe, Katsuyori & Powerhouse Hobbs * Bandido, Templario, Atlantis Jr., Brody King, Daniel Garcia & Adam Cole vs. Hechicero, Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita, Josh Alexander, Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler

A new addition to the Grand Slam card. Starting AEW's four-hour Summer Blockbuster special was a singles match between Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay. The match ended in a time-limit draw and afterward, Strickland asked Ospreay for sudden death. Before they could run it back, The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir) showed up. The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) entered the picture and took aim at Strickland. They handcuffed him to the ropes and repeatedly superkicked him. Ospreay ended up stepping in front of Strickland to take The Bucks' double superkick with thumbtacks lodged in the bottom of their shoes. Making the save were the AEW World Trios Champions The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata). A 10-man tag between the two sides has been made official for Grand Slam Mexico on June 18th. Here is the updated lineup for that show: * MJF vs. Místico * CMLL World Women's Championship: Zeuxis (c) vs. Mercedes Moné * Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Matt Jackson & Nicholas Jackson vs. Will Ospreay, Swerve Strickland, Samoa Joe, Katsuyori & Powerhouse Hobbs

Moné looking to add another title to her collection. While Mercedes Moné was ringside watching 'Timeless' Toni Storm wrestle Julia Hart at AEW Summer Blockbuster, she sent out a tweet noting that she wants to challenge for the CMLL World Women's Championship at AEW Grand Slam Mexico on June 18th. Later in the program, Moné was backstage for an interview with Renee Paquette. Her challenge for the CMLL Title was brought up and showing up during the segment was the reigning champion Zeuxis. She accepted Moné's challenge and then struck her in the face. Below is the updated lineup for the Arena México show: * MJF vs. Místico * CMLL World Women's Championship: Zeuxis (c) vs. Mercedes Moné

Blake Monroe (formerly Mariah May in AEW) helped glamourize NXT on Tuesday with a new vignette that was Sabrina Carpenter coded. Now, Blake Monroe wants to take inspiration from Sydney Sweeney. Could Blake Monroe's Bathwater Soap be coming soon? it’s crazy because i asked @WWEShop just yesterday!!! ---- https://t.co/mrosBfzv8Q — Blake Monroe (@BlakeMonroeWWE) June 12, 2025 Fans can browse the WWE Shop through Fightful's affiliate link by clicking here.

The WorkHorsemen are back in the mix. As the second half of AEW's four-hour Summer Blockbuster was airing, a backstage interview with Big Bill and Bryan Keith took place. After picking up a win over Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) in a Street Fight in May, the duo were looking for another team to face. Stepping into the frame were The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & J.D. Drake). Both Drake and Henry had been sidelined with injuries but were cleared to return to in-ring action in late May. The last time Drake and Henry teamed was on a May 2024 edition of AEW Collision.

MJF is bringing back the Red, White, and Blue. MJF will take on Mistico at AEW Grand Slam Mexico at Arena Mexico on June 18th. With the match being in Mexico, MJF will be going full Patriot as he represents America. MJF had the MJF Flag and Red, White, and Blue streamers present for AEW Summer Blockbuster as the Hurt Syndicate (MJF, Shelton Benjamin, MVP, and Bobby Lashley) attacked Mistico. MJF also referred to Mistico as "Sloppy Sin Cara," referencing his time in WWE. Kevin Knight, "Speedball" Mike Bailey, and Mascara Dorada saved Mistico. .@caristicomx got his hands on MJF ahead of #AEWGrandSlamMexico, but had to deal with the wrath of the Hurt Syndicate#AEWSummerBlockbuster is LIVE on TBS and max pic.twitter.com/GGZXGa8ann — AEW on TV (@AEWonTV) June 12, 2025 Here is the current lineup for AEW Grand Slam Mexico: AEW Grand Slam Mexico (6/18) MJF vs. Mistico Fans can find Fightful's coverage of AEW Summer Blockbuster 2 by clicking here. Check out the post-show podcast for a full review here.

Nothing was settled between Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay at AEW Summer Blockbuster 2. In the opening contest on the night, Swerve and Ospreay battled to a 30-minute time-limit draw. Near the end of the bout, Swerve hit a Vertebreaker and followed up with a House Call, but knocked Ospreay to the apron. As Swerve was setting up for a double stomp from the top rope, the time limit expired. Swerve called for sudden death, but the music of The Death Riders hit, prompting Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and Marina Shafir to come to the ring. Swerve was jumped by The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson). As the Bucks handcuffed Swerve to the ropes and were looking to superkick him with thumbtacked shoes, Ospreay jumped in the way to take the kick. WAIT A MINUTE! @WillOspreay just took the shot for @SwerveConfident from the @YoungBucks! Watch #AEWSummerBlockbuster LIVE on TBS & MAX pic.twitter.com/XswhAl8X5e — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 12, 2025 The bout came together after Ospreay tried, and failed, to get Swerve and Hangman Page on the same page against Jon Moxley and the Death Riders going into AEW All In. Swerve previously defeated Ospreay at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 to retain the AEW World Title. Fans can find Fightful's coverage of AEW Summer Blockbuster 2 by clicking here. Check out the post-show podcast for a full review here.