• TKO Addresses Rumors Of Selling WWE
Rumors that TKO Group Holdings is planning to sell WWE have been shut down. According to the Wrestling Observer, the company has firmly denied any plans to sell the wrestling giant, despite recent speculation suggesting otherwise. Some of those rumors even claimed Vince McMahon might be trying to buy WWE back. However, the Observer noted that those reports have been strongly refuted by sources close to the situation.
They also pointed out that a sale wouldn’t make financial sense right now. TKO has already saved between $100 million and $150 million by cutting jobs and consolidating WWE and UFC operations under one staff, which makes the idea of selling WWE seem highly unlikely at this point.
• Big Angle Got Canceled On This Week’s RAW
On this week’s RAW, Liv Morgan got injured during her match against Kairi Sane. Michael Cole announced that Liv suffered a dislocated shoulder. In an update from Bodyslam, Liv needs surgery and will be out of action for 6 months. This means she’ll miss the rest of 2025. According to the Wrestling Observer, Nikki Bella was backstage on this week’s RAW and was scheduled to interfere in the Liv vs. Kairi match, likely costing Morgan the match. However, this plan got canceled after Liv’s injury.
WrestleVotes previously reported that the entire match-card for Evolution 2 has been affected due to Morgan’s injury:
“The injury has now caused a lot of the Evolution card to basically be scrapped, be ripped up, and start again from scratch because she was pegged for a big-time tag team match that is not going to happen now. That spot is gonna be filled by someone else and there’s a lot of ripple effects.”
The original plan for Evolution was Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defending the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship against The Bella Twins (Nikki Bella & Brie Bella). Liv was also involved in a program with Roxanne Perez and Women’s World Champion IYO SKY.
• MJF Involved In An Altercation With A Fan After AEW Dynamite
On last night’s episode of AEW Dynamite from Arena Mexico, Mistico (fka Sin Cara in WWE) defeated MJF via DQ after MJF hit him with a low blow. After the match, MJF unmasked Mistico and put it on himself.
According to Fightful Select, a fan confronted MJF at the hotel after the show, apparently upset over the angle involving Mistico. AEW sources say MJF wasn’t fazed at all — he laughed off the situation and was reportedly proud of the reaction he generated.
Despite the fan confrontation, AEW officials were said to be very pleased with how the event played out overall.
• Charlotte Flair Reacts To Becky Lynch Saying Ronda Rousey Can’t Wrestle
Charlotte Flair has revealed she wasn’t a fan of her WrestleMania 35 main event match, despite its historic significance. Speaking on the Games with Names podcast, Flair admitted, “I hated our ‘Mania (35) match. [Ronda Rousey] liked it, I hated it… The ending. It’s all about the story. The match… But the story. The story was insane.” Flair, Rousey, and Becky Lynch made history that night as the first women to headline WrestleMania. But Flair believes it only happened because of Rousey’s involvement. “We would have not main evented WrestleMania had it not been for Ronda,” she said. “Hands down. When she wanted to kind of join what we had already started to build but her star power, her credibility, her outside influence, the audience that she brought. Kudos to her… she just added that legitimacy to what we were trying to do that we didn’t have and she caught on.”
Flair also responded to criticism of Rousey’s in-ring ability (likely referencing comments made in Becky Lynch’s recent book), saying, “I know that, you know, someone said in her book that she couldn’t wrestle but at the end of the day, it really didn’t matter. She was Ronda and she didn’t need to. She had such an aura to her and really did figure it out.” Rousey’s role, Flair said, was essential — even if the match itself didn’t live up to her own standards.
• Vince McMahon Tried To Buy BKFC Recently
Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon recently made a move to buy into the world of combat sports once again, this time by trying to acquire a controlling stake in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), according to a report by Justin Barrasso. David Feldman, the founder and president of BKFC, confirmed the meeting and McMahon’s interest. Although the deal didn’t go through, Feldman had high praise for McMahon and his team.
“He’s a great guy, his whole team is great, but the timing wasn’t right for us,” Feldman told Sports Illustrated. “He’s Vince McMahon—if I were him, I’d want creative control, too. He was awesome, very complimentary, and he was very serious to do business.”
The BKFC was launched in April 2018 and is based in Philadelphia. While McMahon was interested in buying in, Feldman was not willing to give up full control of the promotion. In 2024, UFC Legend Conor McGregor became a co-owner of BKFC.
This move appears to be McMahon’s first public attempt at returning to the world of promoting since stepping away from WWE. McMahon is in the process of launching a new entertainment company called 14th & I, with longtime associate Brad Blum at the helm. The venture is being described as an “entertainment hub” and is expected to be formally announced once McMahon’s legal matters are resolved.
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