Heel Turn: WWE title picture, Battle for the Brave, Fetty Wap in the ring and more from the week

There is simply a ton of quality and notes coming from the pro wrestling satellite implicit the past week arsenic this writer spent immoderate clip offline.

WWE moved done its archetypal fewer matches of the King and Queen of the Ring Tournaments, portion All Elite Wrestling’s (AEW) Owen Hart Foundation Men’s and Women’s Tournaments rang the doorbell connected immoderate of their archetypal matches.

Meanwhile, Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo held the Battle for the Brave, rapper Fetty Wap made an quality astatine Game Changer Wrestling and a caller champion was crowned connected Major League Wrestling’s (MLW) "MLW Fusion."

So, let’s get into it.

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Sami Zayn inserts himself into rubric picture

Sami Zayn and Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes talk during SmackDown astatine Unipol Arena successful Bologna, Italy, connected June 5, 2026. (Andrew Timms/WWE)

Sami Zayn was inactive peeved with undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes and interrupted a conception betwixt Rhodes and Gunther during "Friday Night SmackDown." Gunther wanted a rematch for the rubric instantly and Rhodes was astir to assistance it to him until Zayn came out.

"You said you were the 1 who was going to bushed Gunther and thatch maine a lesson," Zayn reminded Rhodes. "Well, you bushed Gunther. When bash you privation to thatch maine that lesson?"

That’s erstwhile Gunther snuck up connected Rhodes and attacked him from behind. Rhodes barreled into Zayn, who rolled retired of the ring. Zayn got backmost into the fracas and took retired Gunther arsenic helium was choking Rhodes. Gunther threw Zayn retired of the ringing erstwhile much earlier Rhodes went connected the violative and started his beatdown connected Gunther.

Zayn dragged Gunther retired of the ringing to proceed the fight. Rhodes went for a termination dive done the ropes and deed Zayn accidentally arsenic Gunther pushed Zayn into harm’s way. Zayn wouldn’t judge Rhodes’ assistance to get backmost connected his feet.

It appeared, astatine the precise least, that a rematch for the Undisputed WWE Championship is connected the horizon.

Gunther has a information for the rematch, which SmackDown GM Nick Aldis revealed aboriginal successful the show. However, Gunther’s "legal team" didn’t privation to uncover the information until adjacent week’s show.

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Chad Gable apology tour

Chad Gable makes his entranceway during Worlds Collide astatine The Kia Forum successful Inglewood, Calif., connected June 7, 2025. (Cooper Neill/WWE)

In the aftermath of losing his disguise vs. disguise lucifer to El Grande Americano astatine AAA’s Noche de Los Grandes past weekend, Gable appeared connected "Friday Night SmackDown" successful a suit. He started his nighttime with a gathering with Aldis.

Gable started with AAA satellite cruiserweight champion Rey Fenix. Gable said the 2 had a large lucifer astatine WrestleMania 41 past twelvemonth but helium did it "under mendacious pretenses." He said going done his travel successful Mexico learned that Lucha Libre wasn’t a joke.

Gable said helium was asking for forgiveness and helium got it from Fenix.

Where Gable goes present is everyone’s question. There’s plentifulness of radical Gable needs to apologize to, including the Alpha Academy.

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King and Queen of the Ring Tournaments

"Friday Night SmackDown" featured a King of the Ring Tournament lucifer and a Queen of the Ring Tournament lucifer with immoderate astonishing results.

Raquel Rodriguez, Bayley, Jacy Jayne and Kiana James squared disconnected successful the Queen of the Ring Tournament fatal 4 way. It was Rodriguez who went implicit and pinned James to beforehand successful the tournament. James got frustrated with Giulia successful the match’s aftermath and intelligibly signaled a divided betwixt the duo.

Rodriguez volition look Iyo Sky successful the semifinals.

Dominik Mysterio picked up a astonishing triumph implicit Bron Breakker, Damian Priest and Trick Williams. The AAA mega champion got assistance from chap Judgment Day members JD McDonagh and Liv Morgan. The women’s champion deed a debased stroke connected Priest allowing Mysterio to deed a 619 and a frog splash connected Priest to prime up the win.

Mysterio volition look Oba Femi successful the semifinals.

There are inactive 2 quarterfinal matches near connected some sides of the tournament.

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Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments

Mercedes Moné made her triumphant instrumentality to AEW connected Wednesday’s "Dynamite" arsenic she was the wildcard that replaced Willow Nightingale successful the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament. Moné took connected and defeated Alex Windsor to determination guardant and inch person to a changeable astatine the AEW Women’s World Championship.

Moné besides appeared connected "Collision" connected Saturday pursuing Hazuki’s triumph implicit Persephone. Moné mislaid her CMLL Women’s Championship loop to Persephone a fewer months agone and Moné appeared to beryllium retired for revenge. She attacked Persephone aft Hazuki won the match. Hazuki came backmost into the ringing and chased disconnected Moné. However, erstwhile Moné had her backmost turned, Hazuki dove done the ropes and launched her ain attack.

It was a chaotic extremity to "Collision" for the 2nd consecutive week.

On the men’s side, Will Ospreay continued his teardrop crossed the men’s roster and precocious to the Owen Hart Tournament Finals with a triumph implicit AEW nationalist champion Mark Davis.

Ospreay present has his summons booked to Forbidden Door astatine the extremity of the period and volition conscionable the victor of the Swerve Strickland and Claudio Castagnoli match. The victor of each Owen Hart Tournament volition person a rubric changeable astatine All In successful August.

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MLW rubric change

Shotzi sits connected the apical enactment astatine Major League Wrestling. (MLW)

Shotzi came retired of the gross connected occurrence erstwhile she appeared connected "MLW Fusion" past week. She defeated Priscilla Kelly and challenged Shoko Nakajima for the MLW Featherweight Championship.

Shotzi’s torrid gait connected MLW continued connected Saturday erstwhile she defeated Nakajima to go the caller featherweight champion. It was her archetypal rubric with the institution and the challengers person already lined up.

Lady Frost told pro wrestling fans that she was coming next, signaling that she had Shotzi successful her crosshairs.

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Battle for the Brave a rousing success

Pro wrestling stars Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo were champions astatine TNA. (Provided to Fox News Digital)

Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo, for the astir part, traded successful their cogwheel for a promoter’s chapeau and hosted the Battle for the Brave to payment the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

By each accounts from pro wrestling fans connected societal media, the lawsuit successful Rahway, New Jersey, was precise successful. The paper featured Maclin himself, Matt and Jeff Hardy, The Rascalz, Richard Holliday, Shotzi, Priscilla Kelly, Kris Statlander and plentifulness of others.

Holliday was the victor of the Battle for the Brave 12-man gauntlet match. He received the Battle for the Brave Cup for his win.

Fans appeared to beryllium highly blessed with the lawsuit and expressed it arsenic overmuch connected societal media.

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Fetty Wap’s GCW appearance

Fetty Wap speaks during SiriusXM's Front Row hosted by Swaggy Sie astatine the SiriusXM Studios successful New York City connected March 31, 2026. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

You ne'er cognize who is going to amusement up successful a pro wrestling ringing and what they are going to do.

Fetty Wap showed up astatine Game Changer Wrestling’s (GCW) Tournament of Survival successful Atlantic City, New Jersey. Little did anyone know, helium was going to get progressive successful an angle.

Nick Gage handed Fetty immoderate airy tubes and the New Jersey-born rapper utilized the limb connected Tony Deppen. The assemblage that packed the location astatine the Showboat Resort went wild.

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More notes from a week successful pro wrestling:

• MJF defeated Rush to clasp the AEW World Championship.
• Kevin Knight defeated Mike Bailey to clasp the AEW TNT Championship.
• Lana Kross and Megan Bayne defeated Anna Jay and Tay Melo to clasp the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship.
• Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong def. Drarlistico, Rush and Sammy Guevara to clasp the AEW World Trios Championship.
• Tony D’Angelo defeated Kam Hendrix to clasp the NXT Championship.
• Lexis King defeated Romero Moreno to clasp the NXT Speed Championship.
• Steve Maclin and Myla Grace departed from TNA Wrestling.