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Zelina Vega talks about her WWE theme music. Earlier this year, Zelina Vega would debut a new theme made by Def Rebel, which like many other themes made by the aritsts, has been met with criticism by fans. While speaking to DS Shin on the latest episode of Ring The Belle, Zelina Vega noted that she does indeed love here new theme, despite what fans might think. "You guys. I love my song. I know that you guys are like, oh my God, she's just saying that. Oh my God. No, for real. I really do. And here's why. I said to the person who does the music, I said, listen, I want Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, and XG complete in a circle." Elsewhere in the same interview, Zelina debunked the idea that she and Mercedes Mone have beef. You can read more about that here. Should you use any portion of the quotes above, transcription credit should go to Fightful with an H/T linking back to this article.

Maven says he would be proud to work for somebody like Tony Khan. Maven "sneaking into" AEW Collision was the subject of one of his recent YouTube videos. During that video, he met with Tony Khan and spoke about how much he respected him after seeing him work for a night. During a recent appearance on Cafe de Rene with Rene Dupree, the inaugural winner of WWE Tough Enough revealed that, of course, his appearance was prearranged and that he had gotten in touch with an old WWE employee through Colt Cabana. When discussing meeting Tony Khan, Maven said he was impressed by how Tony greeted every single wrestler that worked that evening and asked if they were okay. He would also say that he understood why names like MJF or Jon Moxley would choose to work for AEW over WWE due to the environment. "What wasn't planned was if I was going to be able to talk to Tony at the end of the night. They were filming Ring of Honor in the beginning, then Collision live, and then Ring of Honor at the end. After Collision ended, before they filmed the second half of Ring of Honor, this contact told me Tony wants to meet with you. I was waiting for about 30 minutes. I'm not kidding, Rene, every match that ended, every wrestler that came out of the ring, Tony got up from his Vince McMahon gorilla position, took his headphones off, and checked on every wrestler, and he was sincere about it. What a hell of a guy. That's a guy I would work for. That's a guy I would go to the mat for. When guys like MJF don't leave, I see why. When Jon Moxley would rather work for him than WWE? I see why. Great environment." Also, during the video, Josh Mathews confirmed his status with AEW. Learn more here. If you use any of the quotes above, please credit the original source with a H/T and link back to Fightful for the transcription.

Naomi and Cargill continue to take jabs at one another. As the news of R-Truth's pending exit from WWE began to spread on social media, a multitude of wrestlers and personalities weighed in to show respect to Truth. Among those was Naomi. Joining in on one of Naomi's posts was Jade Cargill. She noted that hates the Truth news more than she hates Naomi. Naomi replied with the following: I hate we lost him and still have you — Trinity (@TheTrinity_Fatu) June 1, 2025 Naomi got a win over Nia Jax and Cargill in a Money in the Bank qualifying match on Friday Night SmackDown. Fightful Select has additional details about Truth's pending exit from WWE and the internal reaction to it.

On Sunday, R-Truth announced he had been released by WWE. Fightful Select reported that Truth's contract was not being renewed by WWE. Truth had two runs in WWE, with the second beginning in 2008. During his second run, Truth found success alongside The Miz as Awesome Truth. The two main evented WWE Suvivor Series 2011 against The Rock & John Cena, and won the WWE World Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 40. Miz wrote on social media, "Forming Awesome Truth with you was one of the best runs of my career. No one made me laugh harder. Your energy, heart, and smile lit up every room…and every arena. You’re not one of a kind, you’re one in a lifetime. Love you, Truth. Keep shining." Forming Awesome Truth with you was one of the best runs of my career. No one made me laugh harder. Your energy, heart, and smile lit up every room…and every arena. You’re not one of a kind, you’re one in a lifetime. Love you, Truth. Keep shining. pic.twitter.com/RU6UaDXGSx — The Miz (@mikethemiz) June 1, 2025 Fightful Select has more reactions to Truth's departure. Fans can find public reactions from talent here.

Mysterio's passion for the sport is still strong. Going into WWE WrestleMania 41, it was advertised that Rey Mysterio would be taking on El Grande Americano, the alias of Chad Gable. Due to a torn groin injury that Mysterio suffered on the SmackDown before WrestleMania, Rey Fenix replaced him in the bout against El Grande. Mysterio was interviewed by Jim Varsallone to promote his receiving of the Legend Impact Award at the National Hispanic Media Coalition's Impact Awards Gala. Along the way, he shared that in addition to the torn groin injury, he suffered a busted eardrum. “No, not easy (to stay on top in the wrestling industry). Obviously, with the amount of injuries that I’ve had over the years. I’m actually recovering from one that I just had right before WrestleMania. A torn groin and a busted eardrum. I still love doing what I do. I definitely believe that I picked up my second wind when my son started to wrestle and he broke in for the first time. Although he’s been around since he was seven years old when we had the storyline with Eddie Guerrero and the custody of Dominik (Mysterio). But overall, the passion that I have for the sport. I wanna consider myself a peacemaker. I don’t have any problems, at least I don’t think I do, with any of my colleagues, with my fans around the world. I like to connect and some way, that keeps me pushing forward and loving what I’ve been doing for the past three, four years, or should I say from the age of four when I started training. So, the connection is definitely still there, I enjoy doing it. I enjoy watching my son… It’s a diversity of fans and to be able to travel around the world and connect with all these fans, at times, has been just amazing. The love and support that they show is like no other." Coming up for WWE is their joint show with AAA, Worlds Collide. Mysterio is featured on the promotional material. He stated that he'll be a part of Worlds Collide but did not specify in what way. If the quote in this article is used, please credit Jim Varsallone with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.

Create-A-Pro Wrestling held its CAP The Chosen Ones event on May 31st from All Sportz Melville in Melville, NY. Full results are below. CAP The Chosen Ones Results (5/31) - Aaron Rourke defeats Dan Barry - CAP Women's Championship #1 Contendership: Nat Castle defeats B3CCA and Paris Van Dale and Rebecca J. Scott - CAP Tag Team Championships: The Shooter Boys (Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio) defeat The System (Brian Myers & Eddie Edwards) (c) to win the titles - Dante Drago & Heath defeat Jake Lang & Sidney Bakabella - CAP Women's Championship: Gabby Forza (c) defeats Alisha Edwards - CPA, Jeff Jarrett & Nick Robles defeat The Adrenaline Express (Eric James & VSK) & TJ Crawford - King of CAP Battle Royal: Leo Sparrow defeats Adam Kirkland and Bryce Donovan and Evil Kip and Iutik Sucio and Jack Tomlinson and Jey Mesias and JGeorge and Joe Shoes and Justin Finn and Just Joe and Liam Davis and Mark Sterling and Nathan Blake and Pat Fitzpatrick and Phil Cardigan and Quinton Griffin and Robbie Cassale and Sebastian Amor and Skyler Mac and Steven Azure and Steven Somerset and TK Wylde and Tommy Invincible and Tremenda Mafifencia and Wally Allen - CAP Championship: Bobby Orlando (c) defeats Rich Swann - Sabu's Rules: Bear Bronson defeats SLADE and Vargas Oh no, I’m upside-down again. Thanks for having me, @CreateAPro and thanks to everyone who came out and said hi at table. See you all again soon. pic.twitter.com/fyMKU55hwZ — Capt. Joe Shoes (@TheJoeShoes) June 1, 2025 These were honestly the most insane spots from the Sabu’s Rules Match from #TheChosenOnes last night that match was just pure chaos & I just wanna say that @bearbronsonBC @Vargasdestroyer @SLADEISALIVE killed it out there great job guys---- pic.twitter.com/Ms628TB2QI — Lambo (@Lamborghinikid2) June 1, 2025 As always, @CreateAPro put on a great show!@bearbronsonBC is gonna be one to watch. Every company should book him! pic.twitter.com/S5bSgG30Sg — Rob Jacobs (@RobJacobs347) June 1, 2025 Sabu’s Rules Match Vargas vs. Slade vs. Bronson@CreateAPro @bearbronsonBC #TheChosenOnes pic.twitter.com/THGzrYx0US — FG (@gascaf88) June 1, 2025 You gotta love a #FargoStrut!#CAPTheChosenOnes pic.twitter.com/fESr3dKV8L — Andy Robles (@ajrobles51) June 1, 2025 You can find results from around the wrestling world at Fightful's results section. Subscribe to Fightful Select for The Weekender podcast with Stephen Jensen for reviews of top independent wrestling shows.

A film role for Cardona. Taking to his social media pages, Matt Cardona promoted the trailer for the 'Down The Long River' action film that he is starring in. Here is the synopsis: Down the Long River, an independent feature Western coming soon! In the aftermath of the Civil War, a former Army surgeon, a notorious gang, and a duplicitous Pinkerton agent cross paths in a tiny river town. When revenge and a fortune in gold are at stake, the town is caught in the crossfire. Check out the trailer to my action debut, Down The Long River, here!https://t.co/0HuXs1k1nF pic.twitter.com/Zk0o1aNa9B — Matt Cardona (@TheMattCardona) June 1, 2025 Portunus Films is the production company behind 'Down the Long River.'

Hornswoggle shares his favorite WrestleMania moment. During the late 2000s and early 2010s, there were several WrestleMania events where Hornswoggle would partake in the show, including WrestleMania 23 and 24, where he would feature as part of the Money In The Bank ladder match and a bout between Finlay and JBL. While speaking on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, Hornswoggle was asked what his favorite WrestleMania moment was, with him naming WrestleMania 23 and 24 as his favorite moments at the event. "I always go back between 23, the bump from Ken, and 24. 24, that match was because of me. And that's not an ego thing, it was written because of me, because of my role. It's crazy. Having an entrance at WrestleMania and that was my first day back with WrestleMania. Insane. Love it." Elsewhere in the same interview, Swoggle spoke about competing in WeeLC. You can read more about that here.

A new member is going to be added to the stable. The final of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament took place on 6/1. Also on that show, there was a singles bout between EVIL and Gedo. EVIL quickly bested Gedo once the match officially began. Post-match, HOUSE OF TORTURE made their way to the ring to gang up on Gedo. Members of BULLET CLUB War Dogs entered the mix but they were outnumbered. During EVIL's backstage comments, he brought up that David Finlay was not one of the individuals who came to Gedo's aid. EVIL then mentioned that HOUSE OF TORTURE will be revealing a new member. On June 15th at NJPW Dominion, EVIL and Finlay are meeting in a Dog Collar Chain Deathmatch.

The wrestling world loves R-Truth, and that's what's up. R-Truth announced on June 1, 2025, that WWE had released him. Fightful Select later confirmed that WWE would not be renewing his contract and that Truth, whose real name is Ron Killings, would be leaving the promotion upon the expiration of his contract. In the time since the announcement, R-Truth has received an outpouring of love from the professional wrestling community. Whether it's from people who currently work for WWE or people he's worked with in the past, plenty within the wrestling community are chiming in to share their love for the winningest WWE 24/7 Champion of all time. Fans can read comments from the likes of Kevin Owens, Rhea Ripley, Road Dogg, and more. Brian G. James (@BrianRDJames) on X I am heartbroken. It’s the nature of the beast; the part of business that no one likes but the bean counters. I love Ron the Truth Killings and I don’t care who knows it. WHAT A RUN! Thank you @BrianRDJames I love you too my dawg---- — Ron Killings (@RonKillings) June 1, 2025 I’ve said many times that there are a few people in this industry for whom I have unlimited respect, love and admiration for. @RonKillings is at the very top of that list. An incredible, timeless performer with an unmatched ability to entertain and bring a smile to anyone he… — Kevin (@FightOwensFight) June 1, 2025 I love R-Truth so much! Nobody’s presence on TV made me smile, or laugh more than his. — Shotzi (@ShotziWWE) June 1, 2025 Thank you for everything you’ve done for the business, the doors you opened and being a real OG to the whole locker room. Taught me a lot about the game and how to navigate this business. Ron Killings is timeless! ------ https://t.co/SIrS3UzDQu pic.twitter.com/FQU2yWT0kx — Carmelo Hayes (@Carmelo_WWE) June 1, 2025 When the contract is up, let @RonKillings give the universe a proper goodbye. @WWE — O’Shea Jackson Jr (@OsheaJacksonJr) June 1, 2025 In all seriousness, this is literally so heartbreaking… Thank you Truth -- — RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) June 1, 2025 Noooooooo we never got do our tik toks -- https://t.co/XVpOlEGZSk — Trinity (@TheTrinity_Fatu) June 1, 2025 You’re the best! Hope we can run it back bro — DONOVAN DIJAK (@DijakFYE) June 1, 2025 You're an amazing talent and an even better person. Go enjoy your life unc! — Ricochet (@KingRicochet) June 1, 2025 Mind blowing! A true company guy and amazing person! Thank you for everything in and out of the ring my friend. https://t.co/92iR0Xifnt — Tom (@TomPestock) June 1, 2025 one of my favorite and most supportive people i’ve ever gotten to work with. gonna miss you so much Truthy -- https://t.co/o4Wp6ZTGHo — Cathy Kelley (@catherinekelley) June 1, 2025 The number of times I’ve been on a card with Ron and he was one of the most over performers on the card - even if it was during a time when he wasn’t being featured on TV - I can’t even count. One of the funniest and best out there ! https://t.co/FUYuBRwrWq — Matthew Rehwoldt (@DramaKingMatt) June 1, 2025 This is truly the end of an era. Working with @RonKillings was always a real treat. One of the most entertaining to ever do it. The skit we did with @TheMikeRallis at the @OriginalFunko HQ was one of the most fun moments of my career. https://t.co/SKstTK9xEI https://t.co/h9qymgyy1E — Dean “Mojo” Muhtadi (@MojoMuhtadi) June 1, 2025 All time great!!!!! https://t.co/9zyg2vNkF6 — PRYME Alexander (@CedricAlexander) June 1, 2025 R-Truth is the man — Trevor Lee (@TrevorLeePro) June 1, 2025 No one made me laugh backstage more than Ron. I’ve known this man for 13 years. He treated me like a brother from the very first day. Never saw him in a bad mood. A man who spread kindness and joy every chance he could. https://t.co/YBO8gaGEfN — Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) June 1, 2025 I’m going to take that as a huge compliment, although it’s untrue. R Truth is beloved, Ricochet is hated. You need both. — Samantha (The Bomb) (@SamanthaTheBomb) June 1, 2025 I wanna wrestle this legend!!! https://t.co/a8pjbO18uJ — Oro (@OroMensah_wwe) June 1, 2025 I love @RonKillings It’s guaranteed joy when he’s a part of a segment.. He’s also my dad’s favorite WWE Superstar of all time. The McAfees are bummed aht but we all know R Truth will continue to bless the world with his BIG ass brain ---- THANK YOU TRUTH pic.twitter.com/ZswYMvQIzi — Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) June 1, 2025 I’m so honored to have met you my guy. I would always cherish our time together — Sidney Akeem (@sidneyakeem) June 1, 2025 Truth last wrestled on the May 30 episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, losing to JC Mateo. Fightful will continue to report any updates as more information becomes available