EP 283: Week in Wrestling News

NEWS Samoa Joe wins the ROH TV Title from Minoru Suzuki   + Main Event of the April 13th Dynamite   + First TV Title reign for Joe; who is the record holder for longest ROH World Title reign at 685 days   + Feuding with Jay Lethal; who ironically is the record holder for longest ROH TV Title reign at 567 days   + All ROH Champions are either signed with AEW, or rumored to sign. Top Heels and Faces listed internally within WWE   + Male Faces [RAW]      + Bobby Lashley      + Cody Rhodes      + A.J. Styles   + Male Heels [RAW]      + Seth Rollins      + Kevin Owens      + Damien Priest   + Top Male Baby [SD]      + Drew McIntyre   + Top Male Heel [SD]      + Roman Reigns   + Female Faces [RAW]      + Bianca Belair (RAW Champion)      + Alexa Bliss      + Rhea Ripley   + Female Heels [RAW]      + Becky Lynch      + Carmella      + Queen Zelina AEW News & Notes   + Tony Khan changed Dynamite’s format for April 13th episode      + featured more of a focus on in-ring action with minimal time allocated for interviews   + Matches for Live Rampage on Friday      + OHF Women’s Tournament Qualifier: Ruby Soho v. Robyn Renegade      + Trios Match: Gunn Club v. Blackpool Combat Club      + Texas Death Match for AEW World Title: Hangman Adam Page v. Adam Cole   + Matches for Saturday’s Battle of the Belts II      + TNT Title Match: Scorpio Sky v. Sammy Guevara      + ROH World Title Match: Jonathan Gresham v. Dalton Castle      + AEW Women’s Title Match: Thunder Rosa v. Nyla Rose   + Matches for next Wednesday’s Dynamite      + Coffin Match: Darby Allin v. Andrade el Idolo      + OHF Men’s Tournament Qualifier: Jungle Boy v. Kyle O’Reilly      + OHF Women’s Tournament Qualifier: Dr Britt Baker DMD v. Danielle Kamela      + Wardlow v. The Butcher      + Hook v. Tony Nese (Hook’s Dynamite Debut)   + Tony Khan Announcement! Possible New Ring Name for Claudio Castagnoli   + changed his Instagram handle to @claudiocsro. His Twitter handle is still @WWECesaro, but that’s likely because he’s waiting for the transfer process to go through so that he can keep his profile verification.   + He filed to trademark the “CSRO” name back in March for multiple uses, including pro wrestling/sports entertainment, coffee, and pro wrestling.