Sami Zayn targets Cody Rhodes as Gunther demands WWE title rematch

There has been a lot of news and notes coming from the world of professional wrestling over the last week, as this journalist has spent some time offline.

WWE advanced in its first matches of the King and Queen of the Ring Tournaments, while the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Owen Hart Foundation Men’s and Women’s Tournaments rang the bell in some of its first matches.

Meanwhile, Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo held the Battle for the Brave, rapper Fetty Wap made an appearance on Game Changer Wrestling, and a new champion was crowned on Major League Wrestling (MLW)’s “MLW Fusion.”

So, let’s get into it.

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Sami Zayn is inserted into the main image

Sami Zayn was still angry at WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes and interrupted a segment between Rhodes and Gunther during “Friday Night SmackDown.” Gunther wanted a title rematch right away and Rhodes was about to grant it to him until Zayn came out.

“You said you were the one who was going to beat Gunther and teach me a lesson,” Zayn reminded Rhodes. “Well, you beat Gunther. When do you want to teach me that lesson?”

That’s when Gunther sneaked up on Rhodes and attacked him from behind. Rhodes attacked Zayn, who rolled out of the ring. Zayn returned to the match and eliminated Gunther while he was choking Rhodes. Gunther tossed Zayn out of the ring once more before Rhodes went on the offensive and began punching Gunther.

Zayn dragged Gunther out of the ring to continue the match. Rhodes did a suicide dive through the ropes and accidentally hit Zayn while Gunther shoved Zayn into danger. Zayn wouldn’t accept Rhodes’ help to recover.

It seemed, at the very least, that a rematch for the WWE Undisputed Championship is on the horizon.

Gunther has one condition for the rematch, which SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis revealed later in the show. However, Gunther’s “legal team” did not want to reveal the condition until next week’s show.

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Chad Gable Apology Tour

After losing his mask vs. mask match to El Grande Americano at AAA’s Noche de Los Grandes last weekend, Gable appeared on “Friday Night SmackDown” in a suit. He started his night with a meeting with Aldis.

Gable started out with AAA Cruiserweight World Champion Rey Fénix. Gable said the two had a great match at WrestleMania 41 last year, but he did it “under false pretenses.” He said that during his trip in Mexico he learned that Lucha Libre was no joke.

Gable said he was asking for forgiveness and got it from Fenix.

Where Gable goes next is everyone’s question. There are many people Gable needs to apologize to, including Alpha Academy.

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King and Queen of the Ring Tournaments

“Friday Night SmackDown” featured a King of the Ring Tournament match and a Queen of the Ring Tournament match with some surprising results.

Raquel Rodríguez, Bayley, Jacy Jayne and Kiana James faced each other in the fatal four-way Queen of the Ring tournament. It was Rodriguez who stepped up and pinned James to advance in the tournament. James became frustrated with Giulia after the match and clearly pointed out a divide between the duo.

Rodríguez will face Iyo Sky in the semifinals.

Dominik Mysterio scored a surprising victory over Bron Breakker, Damian Priest and Trick Williams. The AAA Mega Champion received help from fellow Judgment Day members JD McDonagh and Liv Morgan. The Women’s Champion hit a low blow on Priest, allowing Mysterio to hit a 619 and a frog splash on Priest for the win.

Mysterio will face Oba Femi in the semifinals.

There are still two quarterfinal matches left on both sides of the tournament.

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Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments

Mercedes Moné made her triumphant return to AEW on Wednesday on “Dynamite” as she was the wild card replacing Willow Nightingale in the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament. Moné faced and defeated Alex Windsor to advance and get a little closer to a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship.

Moné also appeared on “Collision” on Saturday following Hazuki’s victory over Persephone. Moné lost her CMLL Women’s Championship belt to Perséfone a few months ago and Moné seemed to be looking for revenge. She attacked Persephone after Hazuki won the match. Hazuki returned to the ring and chased Moné away. However, when Moné’s back was turned, Hazuki dove through the ropes and launched an attack of her own.

It was a wild ending to “Collision” for the second week in a row.

On the men’s side, Will Ospreay continued his progress on the men’s roster and advanced to the Owen Hart Tournament Finals with a victory over AEW National Champion Mark Davis.

Ospreay now has his ticket booked into Forbidden Door at the end of the month and will face the winner of the match Swerve Strickland and Claudio Castagnoli. The winner of each Owen Hart Tournament will receive a title shot at All In in August.

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MLW title change

Shotzi came out swinging when she appeared on “MLW Fusion” last week. Defeated Priscilla Kelly and challenged Shoko Nakajima for the MLW Featherweight Championship.

Shotzi’s torrid pace in MLW continued on Saturday when she defeated Nakajima to become the new featherweight champion. It was his first title with the company and the challengers had already lined up.

Lady Frost told pro wrestling fans that she would be next, indicating that she had Shotzi in her sights.

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Battle for the Brave is a resounding success

Steve Maclin and Deonna Purrazzo, for the most part, traded in their gear for a promoter’s hat and hosted the Battle for the Brave to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

By all accounts from pro wrestling fans on social media, the event in Rahway, New Jersey, was a huge success. The card featured Maclin himself, Matt and Jeff Hardy, The Rascalz, Richard Holliday, Shotzi, Priscilla Kelly, Kris Statlander and many others.

Holliday was the winner of the Battle for the Brave 12-man gauntlet match. He received the Battle for the Brave Cup for his victory.

Fans seemed to be extremely happy with the event and expressed this on social media.

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Fetty Wap’s appearance in GCW

You never know who will show up in a professional wrestling ring and what they are going to do.

Fetty Wap appeared at the Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) Survival Tournament in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Nobody knew he was going to be involved in an angle.

Nick Gage handed Fetty some light tubes and the New Jersey-born rapper used the gun on Tony Deppen. The sellout crowd at the Showboat Resort went wild.

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More notes from a week in professional wrestling:

• MJF defeated Rush to retain the AEW World Championship.
• Kevin Knight defeated Mike Bailey to retain the AEW TNT Championship.
• Lana Kross and Megan Bayne defeated Anna Jay and Tay Melo to retain the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship.
• Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong defeated. Drarlistico, Rush and Sammy Guevara to retain the AEW World Trios Championship.
• Tony D’Angelo defeated Kam Hendrix to retain the NXT Championship.
• Lexis King defeated Romero Moreno to retain the NXT Speed ​​Championship.
• Steve Maclin and Myla Grace left TNA Wrestling.