The stars of All Elite Wrestling returned to Youngstown, Ohio for the June 6 episode of “AEW Collision,” where the company took another step towards the Forbidden Door pay-per-view which takes place on June 28. Divine Dominion retained their AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championships against TayJay, The Conglomeration kept hold of their AEW World Trios Championships by defeating La Faccion Ingobernable, and Hazuki advanced to the semi-finals of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament by defeating Persephone, who was then attacked by Mercedes Mone as the show went off the air.

All of that action seemed to help AEW in this weekend’s TV ratings as Wrestlenomics, with data gathered by The Programming Insider, have confirmed that the June 6 episode of “Collision” averaged a total of 496,000 viewers. This is a big rise from the 360,000 viewers the May 30 episode averaged, and is in line with 498,000 viewers that watched the preempted one hour episode on May 27. The June 6 show was also 29% above the trailing four week average of 384,000 viewers, and is the highest average viewership “Collision” has earned in its regular Saturday night timeslot since the Grand Slam Australia special back in February.

There was also a big jump in the 18-49 demographic as “Collision” posted a 0.08 number, up from last week’s 0.05 number and back in line with the number posted after the preempted May 30 show. It’s also 33% above the trailing four week average of 0.06, and is the highest number posted in the demographic since the Slam Dunk episodes that aired on March 21 and 22 respectively. With all that said, “Collision” only ranked in joint 13th place for the prime time cable rankings for Saturday night, a night that was dominated by game three of the Stanley Cup finals which aired on ABC.

Brian “Road Dogg” James has discussed his WWE exit and what he intends to do in the business in the future. 

The veteran star recently spoke on “Busted Open,” discussing how he felt like he wasn’t contributing enough when part of WWE, but still enjoys wrestling and wants to be involved in it.

“I’m kind of calling my own shots now. I kind of want to do something, somewhere where — I still love wrestling, and I want to do wrestling, and I want to do it for somebody that wants it and needs it. And I feel like the WWE didn’t want it or need it anymore,” he said. “And I was complacent. I felt like I wasn’t earning — I was getting a check, but I felt like I wasn’t earning it, and I wasn’t having any fun either.”

The WWE Hall of Famer revealed that he was in WWE longer than he intended to, due to the fear of being unemployed. James is eager to get back in the business and discussed the kind of role that he is interested in.

“I think there’s a lot of smaller companies out there that would love to have me, and maybe not the same dollar figure, but I could help them and help their talent too. I am good at television wrestling. I’m not Bryan Danielson and I’m not The Rock, but what I can do is put on a great television show with wrestling involved in it and make it pretty,” he stated. “I’m going to help somebody before this year is up. I’m going to help somebody that’s smaller and that not only needs the help, but wants the help, wants to learn.”

He cited OVW as an example of a smaller promotion doing good work that could benefit from having someone like him help it improve. The tag team legend believes it is now time for him to give back to the business, arguing that not everything needs to be about money, particularly at his age.

Last night on “WWE NXT,” Tatum Paxley lost the Women’s North American Title to Zaria in the main event of the show, and now that her near 100-day reign has come to an end, it seems like the 29-year-old could be leaving the developmental brand.

Following Paxley’s loss, a fan in attendance at “NXT” took to social media to share that she was saying farewell to the crowd, indicating that it was her last match for the brand. Shortly afterwards, multiple posts emerged online of Paxley hugging fans at ringside, creating further speculation that she’s headed to WWE’s main roster.

“After the defeat, Tatum Paxley was seen interacting with the fans and starring in a moment that sounded like a farewell. Fans are already raising speculations about a possible move up to the Main Roster. Will the next destination be RAW or SmackDown?”

Após a derrota, Tatum Paxley foi vista interagindo com os fãs e protagonizando um momento que soou como uma despedida.

Os fãs já levantam especulações sobre uma possível subida ao Main Roster. Será que o próximo destino é o RAW ou o SmackDown? #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/3UUAjrYZtc

— Women’s Wrestling Brasil (@AcervoWWBR) June 10, 2026

“You will always be the heart and soul of NXT. You will always be our PAX.”

Tatum

You will always be the heart and soul of NXT

you will always be our PAX @TatumPaxley #ThankYouTatum pic.twitter.com/Jp91j5ICkZ

— Esteban Cardenas (@ECBITW) June 10, 2026

Although Paxley’s potential departure from “NXT” feels sudden, she’s earned the opportunity to be called up after wrestling on the show for over four years and winning two of the most prestigious titles in the brand’s women’s division. Before holding the Women’s North American Title, Paxley enjoyed a short reign as NXT Women’s Champion when she defeated Jacy Jayne for the gold last October. However, with Paxley not having much left to accomplish in “NXT,” a transition to the main roster seems appropriate given how long she’s been assigned to the brand, and having dropped the Women’s North American Title to Zaria last night.

If Paxley gets called-up in the near future, she will be the twelfth star from “NXT” that has officially become a member of the main roster this year. 

The June 5 edition of “WWE SmackDown” has had a slight fall in viewership and a marginal gain in the ratings. 

The show, which was held at the Unipol Arena in Bologna, Italy, drew just over a million viewers, averaging 1,089,000 viewers, slightly down from the previous week’s audience of 1,096,000, according to “Programming Insider.” The blue brand has witnessed a drop in viewership over the last two weeks, and last week’s show in Italy was also lower than the four-week average of 1,204,000, as per “Wrestlenomics.”

While viewership saw a dip, the other important metric, the 18-49 key demographic rating, increased from the previous week. The June 5 show rose from 0.23 to 0.24 and was also No. 1 on cable for the night in the 18-49 category.

It should be noted that the show, which was the final show for the Blue brand on its European tour, was taped. “SmackDown” will return to airing live this week, when the Friday night show returns to the United States for an event at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island. The show will feature two first-round matches for the King of the Ring and the Queen of the Ring, with the winner of the King of the Ring match facing off against Je’Von Evans in the semi-finals, while the winner of the women’s match will go up against Liv Morgan.