• Triple H Reacts To CM Punk Apologizing To Saudi Arabia Fans
During the Night of Champions kickoff show before Friday’s SmackDown, CM Punk apologized for his controversial 2020 tweet about Saudi Arabia blood money after talking to a fan in the front row. Here’s what Punk said: “This guy wants me to apologize for a mean tweet I wrote six years ago. Hey, listen… legitimately had nothing to do with Saudi Arabia. I woke up and I was crabby and I wrote a mean tweet to The Miz and I apologize to The Miz. And Sir, what’s what’s your name? Mohammed? Mohammed, I really apologize to you and I love Saudi Arabia. I am not perfect by any means. Sometimes as human beings, we screw up. The beautiful thing is, everything is a lesson learned. And now here I am, and you have invited me into your country and I am grateful to be here. Thank you very much.”
During the Night of Champions post show, Triple H said the following about Punk apologizing to Saudi fans:
“If you’d have told me 10 years ago that CM Punk would be here in Saudi for the WWE, I would have thought you’re out of your mind. But people grow, people change, people evolve, and they learn, and they learn a lot in life. Not only was I privileged to watch them this week as they prepared for this fight, I was privileged to watch two men grow as people, especially CM Punk. I was privileged to watch him grow as a human being, to step out here and apologize to the people of Saudi Arabia, to just cherish where he is at in life and his career and the things he gets to do and the opportunities that he has. I was incredibly proud of him.”
• Hikuleo’s New WWE Name Revealed
WWE Night of Champions 2025 took place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was the 11th event under the Night of Champions banner. At this PLE, Tonga Loa returned and Hikuleo made his official WWE main roster debut to help Solo Sikoa defeat Jacob Fatu to win his first title on the main roster: the United States Championship.
Below are the videos:
It's TANGA LOA! 😲 pic.twitter.com/QLxFtZz6XJ
— WWE (@WWE) June 28, 2025
Hikuleo shows up at Night of Championspic.twitter.com/oA9HgbSW2X
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) June 28, 2025
During the Night of Champions post show, it was revealed that Hikuleo’s new WWE name will be Tala Tonga.
• Blake Monroe Made Her WWE In-Ring Debut Last Night
At last night’s NXT Live Event at the Havert L. Fenn Center in Fort Pierce, Florida, Blake Monroe (fka Mariah May in AEW) made her WWE in-ring debut. Below are the results:
– Myles Borne def. Draco Knox
– Fallon Henley def. Summer Sorrell
– Jasper Troy def. Jax Pressley
– Arianna Grace def. Chantel Monroe
– Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura def. OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price)
– Blake Monroe def. Lainey Reid
– Kali Armstrong (c) def. Kendal Grey to retain the WWE Evolve Women’s Championship
– Brooks Jensen def. Luca Crusifino
– Jacy Jayne (c) def. Thea Hail to retain the NXT Women’s Championship
– Ricky Saints, Je’Von Evans, and NXT Tag Team Champion Hank Walker & Tank Ledger def. NXT North American Champion Ethan Page and High Ryze (Wes Lee, Tyson DuPont & Tyriek Igwe)
