Heel Turn: Pro wrestling fans hit with cold dose of reality about top stars and more

Pro wrestling fans were reminded past week astir however adjacent their favourite superstars are to the extremity than the beginning.

It archetypal happened connected "Monday Night Raw." Seth Rollins came retired successful the past conception to situation Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship astatine SummerSlam. The imaginable of Reigns and Rollins going head-to-head again whitethorn person seemed a spot tiresome connected the surface, but Rollins explained to Reigns that it could beryllium 1 of the past times, if not the past time, they ever bash conflict successful the ringing again.

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Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins talk successful the ringing during Monday Night RAW astatine Boardwalk Hall Arena successful Atlantic City, New Jersey, connected June 29, 2026. (Craig Melvin / WWE via Getty Images)

"This whitethorn beryllium your past accidental to adjacent that loop. You and me, we came into this institution together. We came done that crowd. We knocked down the door. The kicked the aged procreation to the curb. We made this spot our own. We created the top procreation successful the past of this industry. You and me. We did that together," Rollins said. "My man, we are overmuch person to the extremity than we are to the beginning. And conscionable similar it was erstwhile we came in, young, hungry, acceptable to instrumentality implicit determination is simply a caller procreation of young men and women coming successful and acceptable to bash the aforesaid happening to us.

"So, I accidental again, this whitethorn beryllium our past accidental to bash this dance, brother. What bash you privation your bequest to be? When you are retired, you volition spell down arsenic 1 of the top of each time. No uncertainty astir it. Probably No. 1. You are a sure-fire Hall of Famer. Hell, they should conscionable springiness you your ain Hall of Fame show. You’d beryllium the lone 1 and I mightiness adjacent beryllium determination to induct you. But if you don’t judge this challenge, you volition ne'er beryllium capable to flight the shade of Seth Rollins."

Rollins and Reigns are each successful their 40s and have, astatine points, shown they could execute for longer than radical expect. But Rollins has experienced respective injuries since the build-up to WrestleMania 40. He knows amended than anyone astir however overmuch longer it takes to retrieve from the injuries.

On All Elite Wrestling’s "Dynamite," the hint of pro wrestling stars travel into the twilight of their careers was a small much subtle.

Kenny Omega enters the ringing during New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Dynasty astatine Tokyo Dome connected January 05, 2025 successful Tokyo, Japan. (Etsuo Hara / Getty Images)

Omega agreed to the stipulation to spell up against MJF for the AEW World Championship connected adjacent week’s "Dynamite." If helium loses to MJF, helium volition nary longer we allowed to situation for the title.

"There’s been nary greater passion, nary greater pleasance than stepping done these ropes and giving you radical everything that I have," Omega said. "Whether it beryllium erstwhile I was a 14-year-old lad oregon a 42-year-old breached down man, you inactive get the aforesaid 100% Kenny Omega each azygous time. I’ve won titles. I’ve breached records, records that whitethorn ne'er beryllium breached again. I person a vocation I could astir apt bent my chapeau connected and beryllium arrogant of, look backmost upon fondly, but you see, there’s this selfish portion astir maine that knows it conscionable isn’t enough.

"There’s this portion of maine that thinks there’s inactive a small spot near successful the tank. There’s a portion of maine that thinks if I tin believe, if Will (Ospreay) tin believe, if the Young Bucks tin believe, if you radical tin judge conscionable 1 much time, past I cognize I could beryllium a champion that each and each 1 of you tin beryllium arrogant of and I could basal connected the top signifier that AEW has ever stepped ft connected successful Wembley Stadium and I tin correspond All Elite Wrestling wherever the champion wrestle, wherever I tin look Will Ospreay, the victor of the Owen Hart Cup."

The moments are a reminder to fans that the generational talents that person built nonrecreational wrestling for the past 2 decades are dilatory breaking down. It’s a reminder to bask successful the glory of the greats portion they are inactive around.

Reigns vs. Rollins volition beryllium astatine SummerSlam portion Omega takes connected MJF this Wednesday.

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Cody Rhodes gets different rubric shot

Sami Zayn pulled disconnected a shocking triumph astatine WWE Night of Champions to adjacent retired June and it near a fewer radical connected the WWE roster trying to ascent implicit each different to get a accidental astatine the Undisputed WWE Championship.

Jey Uso mislaid to Oba Femi and decided to waltz implicit to SmackDown to effort to get a changeable astatine Zayn’s title. Cody Rhodes, however, was pinned by Zayn to suffer the title Uso and Rhodes would beryllium forced to conflict it retired to gain the No. 1 contender spot.

Rhodes deed aggregate Cross Rhodes maneuvers connected Uso earlier pinning him for the win.

Zayn and Rhodes volition conscionable for the Undisputed WWE Championship connected "Monday Night Raw" successful Chicago.

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New TBS champion crowned

Willow Nightingale going down with an wounded near 2 large holes successful AEW. She was forced retired of the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament and needed to driblet the TBS Championship.

AEW announced a Survival of the Fittest lucifer to crown the caller TBS champion. Hikaru Shida, Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander, Maika, Persephone and Queen Aminata each qualified for the match, which took spot Wednesday nighttime connected "Dynamite."

Persephone looked beardown has she eliminated 2 opponents but she ran into Statlander, who rolled her up and pinned her. Persephone got her revenge connected Statlander erstwhile she deed her with the TBS rubric belt. Shida enactment Statlander into a submission clasp and the referee called the lucifer arsenic Statlander was knocked out.

It’s Shida’s archetypal reign arsenic champion.

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Kendal Grey’s archetypal promo

NXT Women's Champion Kendal Grey speaks during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center connected June 30, 2026 successful Orlando, Florida. (Conor Kvatek / WWE via Getty Images)

Kendal Grey defeated Lola Vice for the WWE NXT Women’s Championship astatine The Great American Bash. On Tuesday, she chopped her archetypal promo arsenic champion.

Grey came disconnected arsenic relatable, acknowledging that she’s not the champion connected the microphone but vowed to wrestle similar the champion she is.

"I cognize I mightiness not look similar your mean champion. I mean, past week, I sat crossed the array from Lola Vice with her decorator dresses, her heels, being each glammed up. And I thought to myself successful that moment, ‘That’s what a champion looks like.’ But that’s not me. That’s not my style. I mean I can’t adjacent beryllium successful the constitution seat for 5 minutes without going crazy. And to beryllium honorable with you guys, I hitch disconnected fractional the constitution they enactment connected maine earlier I travel retired present each time.

"So, yeah, I’m astir apt not going to beryllium comfy dressing up similar a ‘Barbie.’ And I’ll astir apt beryllium tense arsenic hellhole each clip I speech to you guys and I can’t warrant that each clip I speech I’m going to dependable similar a champion but erstwhile the doorbell rings, I’m damn definite gonna wrestle similar a champion. I’m acceptable to instrumentality this part to different level – a level that nary 1 has seen before. And if this rubric puts a people connected my back, good. I invited that target. I thrive nether pressure. I thrive successful the contention and erstwhile you measurement successful the ringing with Kendal Grey, it’s my match, it’s my tempo, it’s my gait and each the different girls successful the locker country close present sooner oregon aboriginal are gonna find retired that they conscionable can’t support up with Kendal.

Grey surely has a people connected her back.

Kali Armstrong wanted to beryllium Grey’s archetypal hostile and GM Rob Stone told her that "actions talk louder than words. Armstrong took it to bosom erstwhile she attacked Grey aboriginal successful the night. Still, it didn’t look to beryllium capable to get that rubric changeable close away.

Grey volition ahve her archetypal rubric defence accidental this week against Nattie Neidhart.

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Pro wrestling quality and notes from the week:

Trevor Lee gets the assemblage riled up during a Major League Wrestling show. (Major League Wrestling)

• MJF defended the AEW World Championship against Mark Briscoe.
• Kevin Knight defended the AEW TNT Championship against Lio Rush.
• Trevor Lee captures the MLW Southern Crown Championship successful a bunkhouse stampede lucifer implicit Andrew Everett, Diego Hill, Festus, Ikuro Kwon, Jesus Rodriguez, Josh Bishop, Matthew Justice, Paul Walter Hauser and The Beastman.
• Mascara Dorada and Mistico won the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship against Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos.
• Rey Fenix defeated El Hijo del Vikingo to clasp the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship.
• Fabian Aichner became the No. 1 contender for the TNA X Division Championship.
• Japanese women’s wrestling promotion, Stardom, reorganized and volition present autumn nether Bushiroad’s Live Entertainment Unit.
• Nikki Blackheart made her debut connected NXT. She attacked Tatum Paxley aft her lucifer against Kelani Jordan to adjacent retired the show.