Here's your Fight Size wrestling Update for the morning of July 15th, 2019.
- Dominic DeAngelo of WrestleZone shared on Twitter that WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross stated that he turned down an offer from WWE to appear at RAW Reunion on July 22nd. Ross also shared that AEW President Tony Khan gave him the green light to make the appearance.
.@JRsBBQ reveals that Vince recently pitched to him to do a reunion show in July. Tony Khan was all for it, but JR still turned it down. #GrillingJR @WRESTLEZONEcom pic.twitter.com/USip6X2IKM
— Dominic DeAngelo of WrestleZone.com (@DominicDeAngelo) July 13, 2019
- WWE is holding a women's self defense class in California on July 23rd.
- Kevin Owens posted a photo on Twitter of talents who were missing out on TV time because of Shane McMahon and included in that collage was former 4-time Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman. Kidman ended up trending on Twitter and was shocked about the attention he was receiving.
So @WWE Extreme Rules 2019 is tomorrow night and to everyone’s absolute shock, Shane McMahon is on the show.
— Kevin (@FightOwensFight) July 13, 2019
Here’s SOME of the people not on the show... pic.twitter.com/2nGerlqiVJ
Someone fill me in on why I’m trending?! I’m afraid to look just in case I died or got fired!!
— Billy Kidman (@WWEKidman) July 13, 2019
- Following today's WWE RAW, a new episode of the WWE Network series Table For 3 will air featuring Shane Helms and The Hardy Boyz.
- WWE Champion Kofi Kingston was interviewed by the 'HindustanTimes' prior to Extreme Rules.
- 'The Hobbs & Shaw' premiere at Dolby Theatre was halted due to electrical issues according to 'Variety'.
- Paul Heyman passed the torch to EVOLVE booker Gabe Sapolsky:
The torch is officially passed ...#ECWArena … should be called #EVOLVEarena #EVOLVE131 … please support #EVOLVE132 @WWNEVOLVE #Philadelphia @WWE #ExtremeRules @BookItGabe https://t.co/BK1CMAclTl
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) July 14, 2019
- Sportskeeda interviewed British wrestling announcer Lucy Openshaw.
- Dustin Rhodes spoke highly of Sonny Kiss during the post-Fight For The Fallen media scrum.
