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Previous tweet - "So fun story… 6 months ago I asked to get my adrenal glands checked and blood work done to check hormone levels because of symptoms I had been having. Insurance would not approve the tests. Fast forward today, I had a CT with contrast to check a mass that was found accidentally during another test, that is either on my kidney or adrenal gland. Moral of the story… listen to your body."

["So here is the update. Yes it is a mass on my adrenal gland. Next step is meeting with an endocrinologist surgeon. It’s inconclusive at this point, if it is cancer. In other news, I ate French fries and a concrete mixer and I feel a little better."[(https://x.com/MariaLKanellis/status/1810401494027456752)

Unfortunate news out AEW with several injury updates this week.

An ROH regular is sidelined with an injury, as Cole Karter announced he'd undergone surgery on a broken arm. AEW sources noted that Karter would likely be out of action for a number of months, until the later part of the year or early 2025.

Karter had been performing on ROH TV for the last year, teaming with Griff Garrison. Most recently, they and Anthony Henry defeated Serpentico and The Infantry. Karter last appeared on AEW TV in March 2023 on AEW Dark. The last time he appeared on AEW cable TV was a December 2022 squash match.

Riho also sustained an injury during her AEW Collision match on Saturday. She was poised for a feud with Serena Deeb, but now there's no word on how long she could be sidelined. Riho hadn't appeared for AEW in four months ahead of the start of the feud.

Yuka Sakazaki, who was also planned for a Serena Deeb feud, has also been sidelined with an injury. She's been out of action since April.

Tonight, WWE brings us NXT Heatwave live from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario! Tonight’s card includes:

WWE NXT Women's North American Title Match
Kelani Jordan (c) vs. Sol Ruca

WWE NXT Tag Team Title Match
Axiom & Nathan Frazer (c) vs. Chase U (Andre Chase & Duke Hudson) (w/Ridge Holland, Riley Osborne & Thea Hail)

WWE NXT North American Title Match
Oba Femi (c) vs. Wes Lee

WWE NXT Women's Title Match
Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Lola Vice

WWE NXT Title Fatal Four Way Match
Trick Williams (c) vs. Shawn Spears vs. Ethan Page vs. Je'Von Evans

And more!

Show starts LIVE at 7pm ET | 4pm PT, please check your local listings for more information.

At today's Stardom show, President Okada made the announcement that HANAKO will be doing on mini-excursion during the 5STAR season (as she herself isn't in it).

I wouldn't be surprised if we see her on ROH/AEW once or twice. Mina has not been announced for the 5STAR either (though a couple names are TBA so she could still), and a couple people mentioned Waka Tsukiyama may not be in it either. All 3 are in the same faction, so if Mina makes her way stateside for some shows I'd expect she may bring some friends with her.

If you hadn't watched last night..

Edit: A correction - He said this will be his final WrestleMania as an active performer, but he will be working 30-40 days throughout the entire year of 2025, starting at the First RAW on netflix and ending in December.

2019

"So, you have some Championships for me?"

"Yes sir, I do! I was thinking that since we're a small unproven wrestling company, we could name one of our main championships the TNT championship!"

"Thats the name of the network!"

"It sure is, sir! And we're going to focus it around one of our founding wrestlers, whom we KNOW will never leave this promotion!"

"Great! Whats his name?"

"Cody."

"Cody.....cody........I don't see him on my list here....what's his last name?"

"Heeeyshutup. We're also thinking about a TBS Championship for the women, but that wouldn't make sense, as we have no shows on TBS."

"Well, not unless we bump your year round show for NHL hockey which is only on for 8 months a year."

"Well, if that does happen, we have the perfect idea for a long term champion. She's a tall woman named Jade Cargill. A long term project that we're going to invest heavily into with an undefeated streak. Like Goldberg!"

"Well with a push like that, I can't imagine her ever leaving AEW."

"Me Too."

"So is that it? Is that all the championships?"

"Well, there is another one, but I don't think you'd like it...."

"What is it?"

"It's called the FTW Championship. It was first introduced in the 90s, and surprisingly, no other company ever had any copyrights over it, so we're free to bring it back!"

"Oh, bringing back things from the 90s is TIGHT!"

"I thought you might think so, aaaanyways, I think that just about----"

"Haaaang on. This FTW Championship, won't it be hard to get past censors?"

"Actually it'll be super easy barely an inconvenience!"

"Oh really??"

"Yeah, I figure we just never mention the full name on air, and eventually we find a troll wrestler to call it For The Win world championship. Since those innitials have been memed anyways."

"What if we called it For The World championship instead?"

"Yeah, but we'd need a terrible person to pull something like that off....."

A serious accident occurred with Minoru Suzuki during Tenryu Project's main event today, and the match was canceled by the referee.

He was taken to an emergency hospital.

He was found to have no bleeding in his head or anywhere else, and was diagnosed with a concussion.

Suzuki himself (kayfabe): I'll report it for now. I did a CT scan and other tests, but there were no particular problems. I was kicked out of the hospital with a "If you're feeling fine, go home!" feeling. I remember everything. I even remember how I fell at the end. So there's no need to worry. For now, I'll just say one thing... "If I see you again, I'll beat you all up!"

(From the TJPW - Nao Kakuta Produces CROSS show this morning)

Referee Entrance

'Guys come on, forget who I am??'

Ribbing transcends cultures

...Fine...

🤣

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Tonight, WWE brings us Money In The Bank live from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario! Tonight’s card includes:

Six Man Tag Team Match
Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens & Randy Orton vs. The Bloodline (Jacob Fatu, Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) [Which members will wrestle in the match is TBA]

WWE Intercontinental Title Match
Sami Zayn (c) vs. Bron Breakker

Money In The Bank Ladder Match
Naomi vs. IYO SKY vs. Zoey Stark vs. Chelsea Green vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Tiffany Stratton

Money In The Bank Ladder Match
Drew McIntyre vs. LA Knight vs. Andrade vs. Jey Uso vs. Chad Gable vs. Carmelo Hayes

WWE World Heavyweight Title Match
Damian Priest (c) vs. Seth Rollins

And more!

Show starts LIVE at 7pm ET | 4pm PT, please check your local listings for more information.

Tonight, AEW Collision comes to us from Southaven, Mississippi! The card includes:

Six Man Tag Team Match
Kyle O'Reilly, Mark Briscoe & Orange Cassidy vs. Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson) & Jacked Jameson

Non Title Match
Toni Storm (w/Luther & Mariah May) vs. Trish Adora

Owen Hart Foundation 2024 Men's Tournament Semi Final Match
Adam Page vs. Jay White

And more!

Show starts at 8pm EST | 5pm PST, please check your local listings for more information.

Tonight, AEW Rampage comes to us from Chicago, Illinois! Your card will be:

Singles Match
Rush vs. Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes)

Tag Team Match
Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher)

Singles Match
Kyle O'Reilly vs. GPA

Owen Hart Foundation 2024 Women's Tournament Semi Final Match
Hikaru Shida vs. Mariah May (w/Luther & Toni Storm)

And more!

Show starts at 10pm EST | 7pm PST, please check your local listings for more information.