Various: Triple H on His Recent AEW Remarks, AOP WWE Status Update, Indies

Triple H Comments on His Recent Remarks Against AEW

Triple H held an NXT TakeOver media call earlier today and one of the topics discussed was his remarks against All Elite Wrestling at WWE’s Hall of Fame 2019 ceremony this past April, where he called AEW a “piss ant company.”

“Hall Of Fame, to me, there was a moment — Billy’s [Gunn] there. There’s kinda sorta this moment where if you don’t sort of say there’s an elephant in the room, everybody sorta goes, ‘Well why didn’t they mention the elephant in the room?’ It was nothing more than that and to be honest with DX, if you don’t do that, then we’re sorta kinda not doing what we do and trust me, a lot of that was not necessarily laid out and planned. Things kinda just went along. So, what they are… for me, I don’t really even think about it to be honest. For me, when it comes to this TakeOver, I just wanna put out the best product possible. I’m not focused on anybody else, I’m not thinking about anybody else’s creative or what they said or didn’t say or anything else. To me, I’m focused on this Saturday at TakeOver 25 and the brand and making everybody bigger stars coming out of it, putting on the best show we possibly can for fans and continuing to grow the brand.”

Transcript via Fightful.com.

Authors of Pain WWE Status Update

As noted before, AOP’s Akam has been out of action for WWE since suffering a knee injury in January of this year. As a result, Akam’s tag team partner Rezar has been used very sparingly on WWE television since then.

Post Wrestling’s John Pollock reported that Akam was recently medically cleared for an in-ring return and WWE has been working on plans for the past several weeks for AOP’s return but those plans have been put on hold due to the new Wild Card rule causing there to be less television time being made available for the company’s undercard talent.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Women’s wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling EVE announced that they will be airing a live stream called WWEalternative on June 7th starting at 2PM EST. This stream will be going against WWE’s Super ShowDown event, which will not feature any women’s wrestling due to the ban placed by Saudi officials.

PROGRESS Wrestling announced that Jonathan Gresham and Eddie Kingston will be making appearances for the company at their Chapter 91 event on July 6th in Newcastle, England and their Chapter 92 event on July 7th in Manchester, England.

Northeast Wrestling announced a new match for the card of their June 14th event in Waterbury, Connecticut:
– Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin

ROH announced a new match for the card of their Best In The World 2019 event on June 28th in Baltimore, Maryland:
– ROH World Championship – Jeff Cobb vs. Matt Taven (c)