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Gene Snitsky talks about his legacy of baby kicking. Gene Snitsky certainly has had an interesting pro wrestling career. During his time in WWE, his character was known for being somewhat of a strange individual, including having a foot fetish shown off at a WrestleMania. However, his most notable moment came on a 2004 episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, where he would punt Lita's "baby" deep into the crowd. While speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Gene was asked about his legacy being related to kicking babies, with the former WWE superstar being unsure how to respond to the idea. "I don't really know how to respond to that. When I got into wrestling, I never in a million years would have thought that whole storyline, just being thrown into it, because I had never done a dark match. Nobody knew I was. I was just there, and then all of a sudden I'm the biggest heel on the show. It's crazy, literally that quick." Since 2004, Snitsky has punted several babies on indepdendent wrestling shows. You can read more about that here.

Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford is official. Dana White announced that Alvarez and Crawford will take place on September 13 in Las Vegas. The event will stream on Netflix. The event will be promoted by Dana under the Zuffa Boxing banner, which is the new boxing venture from TKO. Dana wrote on social media, "Turki wants to make the biggest fights that the fans want to see in boxing and this is right up my alley. Are you kidding me that the first boxing fight I'm going to get to promote is Canelo vs. Crawford? It's literally a once in a lifetime fight. Live on Saturday, September 13, streaming globally on Netflix, two of the GREATEST boxers in the sport will meet in a historic fight from Las Vegas." Once in a lifetime fight --@Canelo vs @TerenceCrawford Live GLOBALLY on @Netflix #CaneloCrawford September 13th pic.twitter.com/Zxcut2QxFx — Zuffa_Boxing (@Zuffa_Boxing) June 10, 2025 Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford FIRST FACE-OFF pic.twitter.com/ESllrSn3w6 — Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) May 4, 2025 Canelo Alvarez is 63-2-2 with 39 KOs in his career, while Crawford is 41-0 with 31 KOs. Crawford last fought in August, defeating Israil Madrimov in a unanimous decision. In February, TKO COO Mark Shapiro provided more insight on Zuffa boxing. Fans can read his comments by clicking here.

Eddie Kingston shows a raw look into his injury recovery. It has been over a year since Eddie Kingston suffered a serious leg injury that required him to undergo surgery for his torn ACL and meniscus in July 2024. Since then, fans have eagerly awaited a possible return from Kingston, with Eddie last month noting that he is not 'there yet'. In a new update on social media, Kingston showed a video of himself rehabbing his knee injury. In the caption, Eddie would highlight that while the recovery process 'sucks' he has to do it. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eddie Moore (@eddiekingston81) Eddie recently noted that he hopes to train with Ortiz and Homicide ahead of his in ring return. You can read more about that here. Fightful will continue to update fans on Kingston's recovery.

Shotzi Blackheart has a major goal outside of wrestling. Shotzi's fandom of horror is no secret, whether she's exploring haunted houses with Scarlett or hosting Halloween Havoc. Speaking to Daria Berenato (Sonya Deville) and Toni on Unwrapped, Shotzi expressed her desire to direct horror movies at some point. "Honestly, after wrestling, when my body just can't take it anymore, I would love to be a horror movie director. That is the dream. Obviously, be in them also, I just want to get my head chopped off a bunch. I would love to direct horror movies someday. That is the dream," she said. Since her WWE departure, Shotzi has returned to the independent scene, showing up at Hoodslam and GCW. Elsewhere during the interview, Shotzi commented on being replaced by Alexa Bliss in the 2025 women's Royal Rumble. You can find her full comments here. If you use any of the quotes above, please credit and link to the original source with a h/t and link back to Fightful for the transcription.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre held the event "Lunes Clásico" on June 9, 2025, from Arena Puebla In Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. Fans can see the results & highlights for the show listed below. CMLL Lunes Clásico (6/9/2025). Novato & Millenium def. Cholo & Apocalipsis. Tapatío & Blue Shark def. Infarto & Prayer. Hijo del Pantera, Rayo Metálico & Arkalis def. Disturbio, Robin & Multy. Gemelos Diablo (Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II) def. Fuerza Tapatía (Star Black & Fugaz). Felino Jr., Stuka Jr. & Cobarde def. Los Viajeros del Espacio (Hombre Bala Jr., Max Star & Futuro). Sky Team (Místico, Máscara Dorada & Neón) def. Guerreros Laguneros (Último Guerrero, Stuka Jr. & Gran Guerrero). Millenium abre las emociones del #LunesClásicoCMLL con un triunfo junto al Novato ante Apocalipsis y El Cholo. Sigue los pormenores de la función en nuestro Twitter Oficial: https://t.co/ppwhKO95Bs pic.twitter.com/HrMOJV7qzn — Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) June 10, 2025 El Tapatío y Blue Shark sellan su victoria ante Infarto y Prayer en el segundo duelo de la noche. Sigue los pormenores de la función de #LunesClásicoCMLL en nuestro Twitter Oficial: https://t.co/ppwhKO95Bs pic.twitter.com/hkReD4KahA — Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) June 10, 2025 Tras un vuelo del Hijo del Pantera, Rayo Metálico supera a Robin para decretar el triunfo técnico en la tercera batalla. Sigue los pormenores de la función de #LunesClásicoCMLL en nuestro Twitter Oficial: https://t.co/ppwhKO9Dr0 pic.twitter.com/IHw5slRg2T — Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) June 10, 2025 ¡Felino Jr., El Cobarde y el Hijo de Stuka Jr. quieren ser Campeones! Tras derrotar a los Nacionales de Tríos, lanzan el desafío. Sigue los pormenores de la función de #LunesClásicoCMLL en nuestro Twitter Oficial: https://t.co/ppwhKO95Bs pic.twitter.com/uRMPksdWFp — Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) June 10, 2025 ¡Venganza consumada! El Sky Team (Místico, Máscara Dorada y Neón) se llevan el triunfo en una revancha ante Los Guerreros Laguneros (Último Guerrero, Stuka Jr. y Gran Guerrero). pic.twitter.com/gJfMfY6A5X — Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) June 10, 2025 For more results from CMLL & across the wrestling world, check out Fightful’s results section.

Sean Legacy points to his biggest influences in wrestling. Sean Legacy is one of several WWE ID talent who has begun to become established on both EVOLVE and NXT television in recent weeks. Legacy is currently also the number one contender for the WWE NXT North American Championship. While speaking on A Bite Size Chat, Sean was asked about his biggest influences in pro wrestling, naming Rey Mysterio and John Cena for different reasons. "So the first person, which is kind of like me, is John Cena. He always preaches the thing. He always wears the shirt saying, never give up. So John Cena is the first one, he really got me really hooked to wrestling. I watched wrestling when I was really little. My dad watched it, and he introduced me to it, and the first wrestler I saw was Rey Mysterio, and I liked him. The only thing I could relate to him, though, was because I didn't understand wrestling, but he was tiny. So I was like, oh, okay, so small people can make it in wrestling. I was like, I like him. I like him. But as I got older and as I started getting it, it went straight into John Cena, cause I like John Cena a lot, but yeah, man, just what John Cena's message is in his promos about never giving up and giving it your all. I like that kind of stuff." Legacy is set for his NXT North American Championship bout on this week's edition of WWE NXT. You can read more about that here. Elsewhere in the same interview, Legacy detailed how the WWE ID system benefits talent. You can read more about that here. If the quote in this article is used, please credit the original source with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.

Before she was got in the ring as a wrestler, Cora Jade (Elayna Black on the independent scene) competed in a muay thai fight. Speaking to Ariel Helwani on The Ariel Helwani Show, Cora recalled her experience while discussing CM Punk competing in the UFC. "I did," Cora said when asked if she watched Punk in the UFC. "I was doing MMA at the time myself. It was right before I started wrestling training because no other place would train me. I was too young. 'I'll just do MMA for now instead.' I did Muay Thai for a little bit. It was at the time he was doing (MMA). I don't say I did it long enough to actually say I did it, but I did it for a little bit and he was doing it." Asked if she tried combat sports because Punk was doing MMA, Cora replied, "I don't remember. I feel like I was going to do something like that in general, but him being in the UFC definitely pushed me to want to do it even more. I remember watching his fight and I took it so personal when he lost. I'm crying. Why am I crying on the couch? I thought it was cool because I also did a Muay Thai bout, and I lost too." Cora noted it was an amateur bout and she lost by TKO. "[Punk and I] talked about it maybe a few months ago. 'Hey, did you know I did a MMA fight too right after you and we both lost?' He's like, 'Hell yeah," she said. Punk lost his first UFC fight by submission to Mickey Gall. Elsewhere during the interview, Cora gave further insight into her friendship with Punk. You can find her full comments here. If you use any of the quotes above, please credit and link to the original source with a h/t and link back to Fightful for the transcription.

Sean Legacy speaks on the benefits of being a WWE ID talent. Sean Legacy is a WWE ID talent, a program that signs talent to ID contracts that leaves them with several benefits from the company, but are not officially signed to WWE and can leave the program if they wish to do so. While speaking to Bite Size Chats in a recent interview, Sean Legacy was asked about what being a WWE ID talent entails, with Legacy listing off the benefits. "WWE ID is new. It's basically them supporting you and helping you branch your name out even more around the entire world on the indies. Whenever I get paid X amount of money, they say, hey, Here you go. We want to help you with your travel. We want to help you with like a hotel or something like that. Because, man, that's the thing with wrestling, especially indie wrestling. The only way to get known is you've got to branch yourself out there. So that's what WWE ID is mainly about. But also, man, we get to go to the Performance Center in Orlando and get to train there and we get to learn their ways. When we learn their ways, we're allowed to bring it back on the indies and show the indie wrestlers that maybe their dream is to be in WWE. Like, hey, they're looking for this. Get away from this. Start doing this. You know, this is the stuff they're looking at." Legacy continued, telling his story of how he was recruited to WWE ID from a Pro Wrestling NOAH tryout. "So just in case if you get an opportunity like I did, how I got picked for the WWE ID was two years ago. I did a Pro Wrestling NOAH tryout. It's a company in Japan. It was in San Jose, California. It was $500 to do this tryout. Not only was it $500 to do this tryout, but I had to pay for my plane ticket to get to San Jose. That was $900 something. Then I had to get a hotel, which was like $300 something. Then I had to buy a rental. I almost spent like two grand on this tryout. There's a wrestler up there named (Naomichi) Marufuji, and he was one of the judges. Well, Gabe Sapolsky, who kind of runs the WWE ID program, but we didn't know back then. But he was there, and he was just scouting out talent. I did a tryout, and I got picked out of 40 people, and then Gabe was like, hey, let me have your email and stuff like that, and just send me some of your matches, and we'll just keep in touch. Well, that's what I did. Then a couple months later, he gave me a call, and I was – I was actually in Germany. Yeah, I was actually in Germany at the time when he called me and told me about everything, about the ID stuff, and I was like, yeah, let's do it. So then it got announced when I was in Germany and, man, it's crazy. I feel like it got announced like a year ago, but it's only been like five or six months." Legacy is currently scheduled to challenge for the NXT North American Championship on this week's edition of WWE NXT. You can read more about that here. If the quote in this article is used, please credit the original source with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.

Viewership information and lineup for the June 10, 2025 episode of WWE NXT. WWE NXT (June 10, 2025) Venue: WWE Performance Center City: Orlando, FL Time: 8pm ET How To Watch: CW Network (US), Netflix (International) Lineup WWE NXT Championship: Oba Femi (c) vs. Jasper Troy WWE NXT North American Championship: Ethan Page (c) vs. Sean Leacy Tony D'Angelo & Luca Crusifino vs. Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe Shawn Spears & Niko Vance in tag team action Fightful will have live coverage of NXT beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday followed by a post-show podcast on our YouTube channel. Fans can watch the show commercial-free on Netflix by using NordVPN.com/Fightful.

The new World Heavyweight Champion is GUNTHER. Headlining the post-Money in the Bank edition of Monday Night Raw was Jey Uso defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against GUNTHER. In what was a 22-minute bout, it was GUNTHER choking Uso out to become a two-time World Heavyweight Champion. After his title win, GUNTHER joined Sam Roberts and Megan Morant on the Raw Recap podcast. He addressed the perception of his match against Jey and some thinking it would be a 'nothing match' or just another WrestleMania rematch. He then mocked those who thought Goldberg would show up or Seth Rollins was going to cash-in his Money in the Bank contract. “Thank you (for congratulating me on becoming WWE World Heavyweight Champion). Of course I am. You said it caught everybody by surprise. I don’t know what’s surprising about that. I guess going in, it got perceived as a little bit, like, of a nothing match, just a ‘Mania rematch and everybody was speculating like, Seth Rollins is gonna do something with his briefcase, Goldberg is gonna show up to finally kick my ass. The reality is when I was World Heavyweight Champion the first time, all those big names, they stayed away from me, and for a very good reason. Because ever since I arrived in this company, I’ve been the most dominant guy around here, and yes, I lost at WrestleMania and yes, I lost to Jey Uso and you know what? Give him credit for that. But this is a marathon, not a sprint and in that case, nobody matches me. Nobody’s got the mental ability, nobody’s got the confidence, nobody’s got the stamina to last that long. It’s only me. I’m competing in my own class.” Jey Uso's title reign clocked out at 52 days. After his loss, he spoke to the live crowd in Phoenix, Arizona and to read his comments, click here. If the quote in this article is used, please credit Raw Recap with Sam Roberts and Megan Morant with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.