In January 2025, TNA and WWE announced a multi-year partnership, but the relationship has mostly been between TNA and NXT. Until last week, NXT performer Arianna Grace was TNA Knockouts Champion, and there’s been crossover between the two brands in the Birthright storyline. However, the partnership on TV has been scaled back as of late. Matt Hardy believes that will change now that WWE WrestleMania season has passed.

“Everything was focused on WrestleMania,” Hardy said on “The Ariel Helwani Show.” “WrestleMania has come and gone and they kind of cleaned house a little bit. They called people up from NXT and they kind of reset. I would imagine the TNA-WWE-slash-NXT will probably heat back up.”

Hardy noted that he and Jeff signed contracts to be in the WWE video games. They’re also talking to them about more merchandising opportunities. At the end of their careers, they’ll be a WWE legacy act. “I like being at TNA where we can contribute and work with younger talent, new talent and stay relevant and still be involved and crossing over and still having merchandise and doing stuff with WWE. I do love WWE.” Hardy says they have two homes and compares WWE to being their childhood home.

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Between its main roster and developmental system, more than two dozen names have departed from WWE in recent weeks, including former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Kairi Sane, the entire Wyatt Sicks stable, and former NXT UK Women’s Champion Alba Fyre. No matter who they are, though, fellow former WWE star David Otunga has some tough love that he wants them to hear.

In a new video posted to his YouTube channel, Otunga laid out his advice for those affected by the latest wave of WWE talent cuts. Firstly, Otunga encouraged them to look ahead, rather than to the rearview mirror.

“You probably have a ton of questions swirling around in your head,” Otunga said. “You’re probably wondering why it happened. Was it budget cuts? Was it your fault? Was it their fault? Here’s the hard truth. It doesn’t actually matter. The why is irrelevant because it’s backward-looking. From this moment on, you only need to move forward. Now, moving forward, you really only have two goals that you need to worry about. One, how to become a superstar that they want back so badly they’ll break the bank to get you. Two, how to make so much money on your own that you never need to go back again.”

With a forward-looking approach, Otunga suggested that the now ex-WWE stars each undergo a resource assessment, beginning with a personal evaluation of how many more years their body can reasonably withstand in-ring bumps. Beyond that, he implores them to determine whether that amount of years is physically worth it to them.

Finally, talents should grab a piece of paper and divide it into two columns: resume boosters and unused values. According to Otunga, it’s that unused valued — things talents do incredibly well but never got to fully utilize in WWE — that will set one apart from their peers.

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The final curtain call is drawing near, as New Japan Pro-Wrestling veteran Hiroyoshi Tenzan has announced his last professional wrestling match will be on Saturday, August 15, during the G1 Climax 36 semifinals at Sumo Hall.

BREAKING

Hiroyoshi Tenzan announces retirement August 15 in Ryogoku

Full report to follow#njpw pic.twitter.com/H39HusXvC4

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) May 11, 2026

At a special press conference, the former four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion expressed his gratitude on all the opportunities he’s received throughout his 36-year tenure: “I don’t know whether it’s been a long 35 years or if it’s gone by in a flash, but I know that I’ve had so much support from so many people, and I’m so very thankful. I came into this business not knowing right from left, but to come as far as I did, and to have lived as a pro-wrestler is something that I’m truly grateful for. If there’s anything that I can do after I retire to help NJPW in any way then I would appreciate the chance.”

When asked by the media as to what led to this career-altering decision, the former three-time G1 Climax winner stated that after obtaining surgery for lower back damage last year, his post-surgery side effects left him feeling numbness and tingling in his legs. He recovered to the best of his abilities, but did not feel he could meet the minimum standard on what it took to get back in the ring on a full term basis.

While known for participating in many well received tag team matches, Tenzan would like his last match to be in singles competition. He even joked that he wants NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi to come out of retirement for the night, so they can give the crowd something to talk about. Tanahashi’s farewell match occurred this past January at Wrestle Kingdom 20. “The Ace” mentioned at this press event that Tenzan will remain an active member of NJPW, by helping out with things behind the scenes post-retirement.

Tenzan’s well fought career began in the dojos in 1991. In 1997, he had an integral hand in initiating nWo Japan in 1997. Outside of his G1 Climax and World Heavyweight Championship wins, he also held the IWGP Tag Team Championship 12 times in his decorated career.

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Among the biggest stories coming out of WWE Backlash this weekend was John Cena’s appearance to announce the first ever John Cena Classic, a competition between main roster and “NXT” talent. Unfortunately for Cena and WWE, much of the discussion was related to how confusing the announcement was. While Cena indicated that the Classic would be some sort of tournament, he also indicated that wrestlers would be able to move on even in losses, thanks to fans having the power to vote on each match.

On Sunday night, Dave Meltzer attempted to provide some clarity to the Cena Classic in F4WON’s “Daily Update” post, saying that the competition was a work in progress that WWE wanted to announce quickly, despite not being sure how the concept would play out. As such, it left open the door to wins and losses not mattering in this tournament, something that left Meltzer’s co-host Bryan Alvarez aghast during “Wrestling Observer Radio” hours earlier. Meltzer wasn’t that surprised though, as that is a concept WWE has tried to implement before.

“This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this one,” Meltzer said. “There’ve been people talking about this kind of a thing for, god, fifteen years. It’s just no one ever actually went with it, you know?”

Meltzer couldn’t offer an explanation as to why WWE finally decided to implement this idea into the Cena Classic. He remained firm, however, that this was an idea that was ultimately inevitable given WWE’s mindset that wins and losses weren’t that significant.

“They’ve been going in that direction for years anyway,” Meltzer said. “But this is…yeah. This is the ultimate [example] that the finish means nothing.”

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This upcoming summer, AEW All In will return to Wembley Stadium in London, England for the third time in the last four years on Sunday, August 30th, and the company has just announced the location for its weekly shows in the lead up to the event.

On Monday morning, it was revealed that both “AEW Dynamite” and “AEW Collision” will be taking place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on the Wednesday before All In, with tickets going on-sale this upcoming Friday.

“GLASGOW, SCOTLAND! #AEWDynamite & #AEWCollision are coming to @OVOHydro LIVE on Wednesday, 26th of August, the final stop before #AEWAllIn: London! Pre-sale tickets will be available TOMORROW at 10am BST; general tickets on sale Friday, 15th of May at 10am BST!”

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND!#AEWDynamite & #AEWCollision are coming to @OVOHydro LIVE on Wednesday, 26th of August, the final stop before #AEWAllIn: London!

Pre-sale tickets will be available TOMORROW at 10am BST; general tickets on sale Friday, 15th of May at 10am BST! pic.twitter.com/PKPcv6ImsH

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 11, 2026

Last year, AEW made its debut in Glasgow when episodes of “Dynamite” and Collision” aired from the OVO Hydro ahead of AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door 2025 in August. Eight months ago, the fans in attendance at both shows were treated to the excellent AEW World Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament Final Match between Brodido and FTR, as well as the clash between Konosuke Takeshita and Tomohiro Ishii.

This past March, just over 21,000 tickets were sold for All In 2026 when seats first became available, which was lower than the opening day sales for the event when AEW came to Wembley Stadium in 2023 and in 2024. At the end of April, sales for All In had improved to 23,000, but the promotion would need to sell an additional 30,000 tickets to surpass its 2024 total of 53,922.