Sami Zayn targets Cody Rhodes as Gunther demands WWE title rematch

There has been a ton of news and notes coming from the world of professional wrestling over the past week as this reporter has spent time offline.

WWE had its first matches from the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments, while the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Owen Hart Foundation men’s and women’s tournaments rang the bell in some of their first matches.

Meanwhile, Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo hosted the Battle for the Brave, rapper Fetty Wap made an appearance on Game Changer Wrestling, and a new champion was crowned on Major League Wrestling’s (MLW) “MLW Fusion.”

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Sami Zayn inserts himself into the title photo

Sami Zayn was still angry with undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and interrupted a segment between Rhodes and Gunther on “Friday Night SmackDown.” Gunther immediately wanted a title rematch and Rhodes was about to give it to him until Zayn came out.

“You said you were the one who was going to beat Gunther and teach me a lesson,” Zayn reminded Rhodes. “Well, you beat Gunther. When will you teach me this lesson?”

That’s when Gunther sneaked up on Rhodes and attacked him from behind. Rhodes rushed Zayn, who rolled out of the ring. Zayn returned to the brawl and eliminated Gunther as he choked out Rhodes. Gunther threw Zayn out of the ring one more time before Rhodes went on the offensive and started beating down Gunther.

Zayn dragged Gunther out of the ring to continue the fight. Rhodes did a suicide dive through the ropes and hit Zayn accidentally as Gunther pushed Zayn into danger. Zayn wouldn’t accept Rhodes’ help to get back on his feet.

It appears, at the very least, that a rematch for the undisputed WWE Title is on the horizon.

Gunther has one condition for the rematch, which SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis revealed later in the show. However, Gunther’s “legal team” would not reveal the status until next week’s show.

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Chad Gable Apology Visit

After losing his mask vs. mask match to El Grande Americano at AAA’s Noche de Los Grandes last weekend, Gable appeared on “Friday Night SmackDown” in costume. He started his evening with a meeting with Aldis.

Gable started with AAA cruiserweight world champion Rey Fenix. Gable said the two had a great match at WrestleMania 41 last year, but he did it “under false pretenses.” He said that during his trip to Mexico, he learned that Lucha Libre was no joke.

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

Where Gable goes now is everyone’s question. There are a lot of people Gable needs to apologize to, including Alpha Academy.

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King and Queen of the Ring Tournaments

“Friday Night SmackDown” featured a King of the Ring tournament match and a Queen of the Ring tournament match with surprising results.

Raquel Rodriguez, Bayley, Jacy Jayne and Kiana James faced off in the fatal four-way Queen of the Ring tournament. It was Rodriguez who came through and pinned James to advance in the tournament. James was frustrated with Giulia following the match and clearly signaled a rift between the duo.

Rodriguez will face Iyo Sky in the semifinals.

Dominik Mysterio scored a surprising victory against Bron Breakker, Damian Priest and Trick Williams. The AAA mega champion received help from fellow Judgment Day members JD McDonagh and Liv Morgan. The women’s champion landed a low blow on Priest, allowing Mysterio to hit a 619 and a frog splash on Priest to get the victory.

Mysterio will face Oba Femi in the semi-finals.

There are still two quarterfinal matches remaining on both sides of the tournament.

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Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments

Mercedes Moné made her triumphant return to AEW on Wednesday on “Dynamite” as she was the wildcard who replaced Willow Nightingale in the Owen Hart Foundation women’s tournament. Moné faced and defeated Alex Windsor to advance and move closer to a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship.

Moné also appeared on “Collision” on Saturday following Hazuki’s victory over Persephone. Moné lost her CMLL Women’s Championship belt to Persephone a few months ago and Moné seemed to want revenge. She attacked Persephone after Hazuki won the match. Hazuki returned to the ring and chased Moné away. However, with Moné’s back turned, Hazuki dove through the ropes and launched an attack of his own.

It was a wild ending to “Collision” for the second week in a row.

On the men’s side, Will Ospreay continued to tear up the men’s roster and advanced to the finals of the Owen Hart Tournament with a victory over AEW National Champion Mark Davis.

Ospreay has now booked his ticket to Forbidden Door at the end of the month and will meet the winner of the match Swerve Strickland and Claudio Castagnoli. The winner of each Owen Hart tournament will receive a title shot at All In in August.

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MLW title change

Shotzi came out on fire when she appeared on “MLW Fusion” last week. She defeated Priscilla Kelly and challenged Shoko Nakajima for the MLW Featherweight Championship.

Shotzi’s torrid pace in MLW continued on Saturday when she defeated Nakajima to become the new featherweight champion. It was his first title with the company and the challengers have already lined up.

Lady Frost told pro wrestling fans that she would come next, signaling that she had Shotzi in her sights.

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Battle for the Brave, a resounding success

Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo, mostly, traded their gear for promoter hats and hosted the Battle for the Brave to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

According to all the pro wrestling fans on social media, the event in Rahway, New Jersey was a great success. The card featured Maclin himself, Matt and Jeff Hardy, The Rascalz, Richard Holliday, Shotzi, Priscilla Kelly, Kris Statlander and many more.

Holliday won the 12-man Battle for the Brave match. He received the Battle for the Brave Cup for his victory.

Fans seemed extremely happy with the event and expressed it on social media.

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Fetty Wap appearance at GCW

You never know who’s going to show up in a professional wrestling ring and what they’re going to do.

Fetty Wap showed up at the Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) survival tournament in Atlantic City, New Jersey. No one suspected he was going to get involved in an affair.

Nick Gage handed Fetty light tubes and the New Jersey-born rapper used the gun on Tony Deppen. The crowd that filled the house at the Showboat Resort went wild.

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More notes from a week of professional wrestling:

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