Below are some top WWE news stories of the day:
– Edge has been added to the August 18th episode of SmackDown at the ScotiaBank Arena in Toronto.
Last year, when WWE held RAW in Toronto, Edge said he’ll have his final match right here when WWE comes back to Toronto in 2023.
You can listen to Edge’s post-RAW promo from 2022 below:
Edge prévoit dire son dernier au revoir à Toronto l'an prochain ? (2/2)#WWERaw #WWEToronto pic.twitter.com/cnBgcVOFmV
— Audrey Moreau (@audreymoreau99) August 23, 2022
If Edge decides to stick to his plan, then this date might be it for the Rated-R Superstar.
– The July 7th episode of SmackDown will take place at Madison Square Garden.
Seth Rollins defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Judgment Day’s Damian Priest has been announced for this show.
It will likely be the dark main event of the night, after SmackDown goes off the air.
Rollins tweeted the following about it:
“WHC. MSG. Let’s goooooooo.”
WHC. MSG. Let’s goooooooo https://t.co/JjDgeIq7i7
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 7, 2023
Rollins defeated Priest in the main event of this week’s RAW to retain the World Title.
– According to PWInsider, there was a lot of internal praise for Damian Priest after this week’s RAW, where he lost to Seth Rollins in a World Heavyweight Championship match that lasted 21 minutes.
– Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman were featured in NBC’s 2024 Olympics in Paris.
You can watch it below:
The Tribal Chief Roman Reigns & his Wiseman Paul Heyman 2024 Paris Olympics Commercial…(their Part starts at 0:17) ! #wwe #smackdown #olympics (cr: thanks to @cheweebushee1 for finding and uploading) pic.twitter.com/QdsInulyJD
— theromanreignsempire.com / Roman Reigns Fansite (@TheRREmpire_) June 7, 2023
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