• Kenny Omega Implies Gail Kim Disrespected Riho To Please WWE, Kim Fires Back
Former WWE Women’s Champion and TNA Hall of Famer Gail Kim has come under fire on X for her comments about AEW star Riho.
Kim was discussing Deathmatch wrestling and referenced Jim Cornette, who is famously against the style. A fan asked her what she thought about Cornette calling Asian women’s wrestlers “schoolgirls” and “$ex dolls.”
After being sent a playlist of Cornette’s rants about Riho, Kim said she personally felt uncomfortable watching Riho wrestle. She pointed to the way camera angles were shot and how Riho was dressed “like a very little girl,” which she felt made the presentation feel inappropriate.
Kim clarified that she wasn’t criticizing Riho’s talent, but rather the way she was filmed and presented at the time. She later stated she wouldn’t be addressing the topic again.
Earlier today, former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, who is a big supporter and friend of Riho, took to X to take a shot at Kim. He said that she made those comments about Riho to please TKO, the parent company of WWE.
“Another day and another ‘legend’ doing the splits on it for the yearly TKO gift basket…”
Kim quickly fired back at Omega, writing:
“If you’re trying to beat around the bush and misinterpret things like the rest of the yahoos, let me clarify that you are wrong.”
She followed up with another tweet for clarification:
“And if you’re not talking about me then I’ll apologize but with all the tribalistic crazies out yesterday misinterpreting things, I was yes, assuming so.”
• 2 More TNA Hall Of Fame 2025 Inductees Announced After Mickie James
After Mickie James, The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky) have been announced for the TNA Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
EXCLUSIVE: TNA President @carlossilva joined @THETOMMYDREAMER's interview with @ActualALove and @VelVelHoller to surprise them with the announcement that The Beautiful People will be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame at #TNABoundForGlory! pic.twitter.com/AOMw06cz9C
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) September 24, 2025
Here’s what The Beautiful People tweeted about their upcoming induction during Bound For Glory weekend:
Angelina Love: “The best surprise ever!!! Thank you so much @carlossilva and @THETOMMYDREAMER for this incredible and amazing moment, @VelVelHoller and I are BEYOND honoured to be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.”
Velvet Sky: “We did it!! We are so excited for this moment!! Thank you
@ThisIsTNA and the fans for this!!! See you all at BFG where it all started for us!”
Angelina is a 6-time TNA Knockouts World Champion and a 1-time Knockouts Tag Team Champion. Velvet held the Knockouts World Championship twice and the Knockouts Tag Team Title on one occasion.
Below is the updated list of TNA Hall of Famers:
2012 – Sting
2013 – Kurt Angle
2014 – Team 3D aka Dudley Boyz
2015 – Jeff Jarrett
2015 – Earl Hebner
2016 – Gail Kim
2018 – Abyss
2020 – Ken Shamrock
2021 – Awesome Kong
2022 – Raven
2023 – Traci Brooks
2023 – Don West & Mike Tenay
2024 – Rhino
2024 – Bob Ryder
2025 – Mickie James
2025 – The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky)
• WWE Discussing A Huge Match For Brock Lesnar At WrestleMania 42
Brock Lesnar missed WrestleMania 40 & 41 due to being mentioned in the Vince McMahon – Janel Grant lawsuit. His last WrestleMania was WrestleMania 39 aka WrestleMania Hollywood in 2023, where he defeated Omos in the opening match of Night 2.
WWE has now confirmed that The Beast will return to the Grandest Stage of them All after 3 years, as he’s featured on the poster for WrestleMania 42.
According to Bodyslam, WWE has been discussing the possibility of a future match between Bron Breakker and Brock Lesnar, with one source suggesting it could potentially happen at WrestleMania 42 in April 2026.
• WWE Wrestler Is Leaving The Company After Last Night’s Attack
On last night’s episode of NXT, Jazmyn Nyx was attacked backstage. NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne said it was about time someone “dropped her anyway.”
According to PWInsider, Jazmyn Nyx has finished up with WWE and is leaving.
Although the company put a new deal on the table with her current contract set to expire, she chose not to accept the offer.
• Zack Ryder Comments On Returning To WWE TV After 5 Years Last Night
Matt Cardona (fka Zack Ryder) returned to WWE TV on last night’s episode of NXT (tap here for complete results). This was his first WWE appearance since his release in 2020.
Here’s what he tweeted about it:
“Last night I invaded NXT with TNA!
TNA and Matt Cardona have a lot in common…
20+ years of highs and lows…
Constantly getting counted out…
But always coming back…
And now we are both BETTER THAN EVER!
I’m Team TNA!”
• Update On Piper Niven’s Career-Threatening Injury
As previously noted, WWE SmackDown’s Piper Niven has been out of action with an injury for some time. The nature of the injury was not known earlier.
Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer recently reported that WWE is concerned the injury could be serious, potentially even career-threatening.
Fightful Select now reports that The Secret Hervice member is dealing with a neck injury. Sources believe she should be able to return to action despite the seriousness of the injury, though she is still waiting for an official diagnosis.
Piper Niven last competed on the August 22 episode of SmackDown in Ireland, where she got a win over WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Charlotte Flair. Chelsea Green has been teaming up with Alba Fyre during Niven’s absence.
