Here's your fight size update for Sunday, August 11th, 2024:
- Having just captured the WWE United States Championship from Logan Paul, LA Knight is on top in WWE. WWE has now uploaded a highlight reel of his ten best moments. Check it out in the video above.
- Giulia's last match in Japan will take place on August 19 as she embarks on her new Journey as a WWE Superstar and prepares to say arrivederci to her former home.
August 19 live on Wrestle Universe from Korakuen Hall!
— Marigold Joshi (@Marigold_Joshi) August 11, 2024
----GIULIA LAST MATCH ARRIVEDERCI!
6:30PM JSThttps://t.co/QJJPxerpj5#pw_mg#wrestleUNIVERSE pic.twitter.com/BNNS0zFaRc
- Jey Uso, speaking to Sports Illustrated, commented on becoming a future World Champion:
“We’re here to keep the bloodline and the linage strong,” said Uso. “I’m very proud of it. This is our family’s life. It’s not a story, it’s our reality.”
“I need to deliver when the time is right,” said Uso. “I won’t stop putting in the work until I do.”
- WWE has also uploaded a new video featuring several Superstars, including AJ Styles and Cody Rhodes, celebrating WWE's recent return to Japan. This most recent Japanese tour was the first time WWE returned to the country since the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The WWE Vault YouTube channel has uploaded the match between Rey Mysterio and Psychosis from WCW Bash at the Beach 1996. Along with matches like Kurt Angle and Rey Mysterio's clash at WWE SummerSlam 2002 and Bret Hart versus Owen Hart at WWE WrestleMania X, this is considered to be one of the best opening matches in the history of wrestling pay-per-view:
- ICYMI: Lex Luger Was Hoping To Get Paid $100,000 For WWE SummerSlam 1993, But Only Got Around $50,000
- ICYMI: Will Ospreay Believes Michael Oku Should Wrestle At AEW All In
- Tomohiro Ishii on RJ City's Hey! (EW) is exactly the pick-me-up that you need right now:
- AEW WrestleDream tickets will soon be available for AEW Insiders. The event will take place on October 12 in Tacoma, Washington.
-- JUST ANNOUNCED!#AEWWrestleDream is coming to Tacoma, WA on Saturday, October 12th LIVE from the @TacomaDome!
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 11, 2024
AEW Insiders get first access to purchase VIP experience & presale tickets beginning August 12th
Sign up NOW to become an AEW Insider at https://t.co/UN1cNj1kQq pic.twitter.com/SC9FRDe3Xs
- Thunder Rosa promises more displays of violence in the future after her bloody Texas Bull Rope Match, where she defeated Deonna Purrazzo.
- Deonna Purrazzo, on the other hand, says Rosa was merely a pawn in the game.
- ICYMI: Will Ospreay Returns To RevPro, Saves Amira From Attack By MJF At RevPro Summer Sizzler
Kevin Sullivan loved the Boston Red Sox. Following his passing, the scoreboard at Fenway Park featured a tribute to the pro wrestling legend:
In Memoriam of Kevin Sullivan.
You will be missed.
Love,
Red Sox Nation
- Fans can see more tributes to the life of Kevin Sullivan at this link.
- Donovan Dijak is set for a future match with Gabe Kidd, whom he recently compared to Disco Inferno as part of nWo Wolfpac.
- Check out the latest episode of the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast.
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- Kiley (@KileyWrestling) and Collins (@_queerauntie) discuss their favorite wrestling stories and wrestlers from this summer, including Hikaru Shida, Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher, and more.
