Tessa Blanchard has been back on the TNA Knockouts roster for 18 months at the time of writing, and in that time she has challenged for singles and tag team gold. She has also attempted to rebuild her reputation as fans, and even some wrestlers, have not forgotten about her previous allegations of racism and bullying towards other female wrestlers. However, she might be in hot water again, only this time it’s to do with the wrestling war between WWE, AEW, and their respective partners in Mexico, CMLL and AAA.

According to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, TNA officials aren’t happy with the fact that Blanchard has been wrestling for CMLL, with Meltzer claiming that TNA doesn’t want any of its wrestlers working for that promotion. Blanchard has been making appearances for CMLL since October 2025, which was already a surprise to some as she had been working there for over a year before deciding to re-sign with TNA in December 2024.

However, over WWE WrestleMania 42 weekend, Blanchard wrestled Persephone for the CMLL World Women’s Championship at a CMLL event. This has naturally caused a stir in TNA as Persephone is signed to a dual AEW-CMLL contract, and given TNA’s working relationship with WWE, who also own CMLL’s biggest rivals in AAA, TNA officials, and even those in positions of power above the TNA officials, don’t want one of their wrestlers working with an AEW wrestler.

Blanchard and Persephone have crossed paths multiple times in Arena Mexico this year, albeit in tag team action, but their singles match happening over WrestleMania weekend is what angered people. Meltzer rounded off by saying that TNA shouldn’t really care about this situation because the real wars are between WWE and AEW, as well CMLL and AAA. However, the fact that there is pressure on Blanchard to stop working for CMLL led to Meltzer saying that it “just confirms what everyone already knows about TNA.”

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has provided additional details ahead of the WWE shareholder lawsuit trial on Monday, June 8. To summarize, the shareholders in this lawsuit are suing former WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon over the sale, alleging that he engineered a plan with now-TKO (WWE’s parent company) CEO Ari Emanuel and Endeavor, to stay on board, though there were sexual misconduct allegations made against him. 

According to the veteran reporter, the plaintiffs in this case are asking for $466 million to $957 million, plus interest accrued since the merger closed nearly three years ago, in damages. These  figures come from a 200-plus page report from their expert witness, James L. Canessa. On the other side of the court, the defendants are arguing that no damages to shareholders have come from the nature of the sale.

As reported previously, the trial will include testimony from  McMahon, WWE President Nick Khan, Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, George Barrios, Michelle Wilson, Emanuel, President and Chief Operating Officer of TKO Mark Shapiro, and others not listed at this time. It’s worth noting that McMahon, Khan, Levesque, Barrios, and Wilson are listed as defendants in the case. But Emanuel and Shapiro are not.

This will not be a jury trial. Judge Travis Laster will make the ultimate verdict of this case after the conclusion of this trial, which could take months. If the judge were to award any monetary damages, that would be split between those who held WWE stock at the time of the sale. The trial will be held for four days, beginning on Monday at the Delaware Court of Chancery. It will conclude on Friday, though everyone will have Thursday off.

Given his stature in WCW at the time, Kevin Nash hardly ever worked with the promotion’s numerous lucha libre stars, with the exception of Konnan and Rey Mysterio. But despite that, Nash interacted the luchadors enough that he developed good relationships with some of them, including La Parka. During the latest edition of “Kliq This,” Nash received a question about Parka, asking if the “Chairman of WCW” was considered a top guy. Though he had to qualify it, Nash thought so, and went on to praise Parka and other WCW luchadors as people.

“He was definitely, as far as the Latin crew, he was one of the top guys,” Nash said. “He was a good f*****g dude. I mean…everybody got along with him. But all those guys were sweethearts. There wasn’t one of them that was a d**k.”

While he never received a significant push during his several year stint with WCW, La Parka still managed to develop a cult following thanks to his distinct look and charisma, and is remembered for playing air guitar with a steel chair before his matches. He would later be forced to drop the La Parka name due to legal issues with AAA, whose founder Antonio Pena created the La Parka character in the early 90s, and has since gone by the name LA Park, working for promotions such as CMLL and MLW, and even returning to AAA on occasion.

After taking the name back from the original Parka, AAA gifted the name to another luchador; the second La Parka would later go on to become a big star for AAA himself before passing away in January 2020 as the result of injuries he suffered during a match in October 2019. After several years, AAA repacked luchador Brazo de Oro Jr. as the third La Parka; he has continued to work with AAA since the promotion was bought by WWE in early 2025.

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2026 has been a stop/start year for “The Juggernaut” Jordynne Grace in WWE. She was officially drafted to “WWE SmackDown” at the start of the year, and even challenged Jade Cargill for the WWE Women’s Championship in February. However, she suffered an ankle injury against Zelina Vega in March that kept her on the sidelines for five weeks, and has only wrestled on “SmackDown” once since her return.

While she has appeared on “WWE Main Event” as recently as June 4, her prolonged absence from “SmackDown” has caused some concern for a number of fans. This led to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select being asked where Grace has been and why she hasn’t been factored in to many storylines. According to Sapp, Grace has been backstage at some recent episodes of “SmackDown,” but outside of being used in a dark match against Blake Monroe on May 15, she hasn’t been used consistently since her injury. Whether her injury is the reason remains to be seen. Sapp did note that Grace is currently in Europe right now with WWE, and as previously mentioned she did appear on the June 4 episode of “Main Event,” but other than that, she is simply waiting until the company has something for her.

Grace is yet to win any gold in WWE since officially signing with the company last January, despite having a very impressive year in “WWE NXT” where she was in the title picture for the majority of 2025. She challenged for the WWE NXT Women’s Championship and WWE NXT Women’s North American Championship on TV and at Premium Live Events, but was unsuccessful in dethroning the likes of Jacy Jayne, Stephanie Vaquer, and Blake Monroe. On top of that, Grace challenged for the TNA Knockouts World Championship on two occasions thanks to the company’s working relationship with TNA.

Former WWE Divas Champion Layla enjoyed a lengthy run with the promotion, from 2006 to 2015. For some of that time, Layla was with Michelle McCool, and the two were known together as LayCool. Eventually, Layla would retire McCool from in-ring competition, only to follow suit a few years later, ending her WWE run.

According to Layla in an interview with “Sportshadow Wrestling,” her retirement wasn’t something she ever planned, but her body could no longer take the toll. “I was like 38 at that time. … I had been there nine years, I’ve done everything you could possibly do at that time, and it was just time to go; both for WWE and for myself,” she stated, further adding that she began to realize how she was aging on television and being on the road was rough.

“Would I have liked to have gone out better? Would I have liked to have been able to have made a bigger deal about my career retirement? Probably,” she admitted, recalling that she went to the gym one day and simply felt like she was done and just went home after talking to WWE about it. Layla explained that Vince McMahon had personally given her a three-year contract in 2015, but just a few months into the deal, she asked to leave.

“It wasn’t dramatic, it wasn’t anything!” she claimed. “As big as that moment was for me and that decision to just let it go, it also felt like I could just breathe! … That was it. I literally walked away from wrestling in every capacity once I retired.”

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