Top Star Pulled from WWE Japan Tour
As noted, Roman Reigns has been pulled from the upcoming WWE Japan tour in July, and Reigns will be replaced by Dean Ambrose in WWE Title matches against Seth Rollins.
WWE has also pulled Bray Wyatt from the Japan tour, and he was originally scheduled to face Shinsuke Nakamura on 7/1, and face Chris Jericho, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins in a Fatal Four Way match on 7/2. WWE has not yet announced a replacement for Wyatt.
Roderick Strong’s Final ROH Show Tonight
As noted, Roderick Strong is leaving Ring of Honor and his final show with the company is tonight. Tonight ROH is in Concord, North Carolina for TV tapings. Strong has been with the company for 13 years.
Tonight we say Goodbye to “Mr ROH” @roderickstrong https://t.co/29yYXB0pnD pic.twitter.com/Fu7H4ZOcrq
— ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) June 25, 2016
Is Cody Rhodes Bothered by Clash of Champions Return?
With news coming out this week that the old WCW classic event Clash of the Champions will be replacing WWE Night of Champions in September, Cody Rhodes Tweeted the following:
I’m not in the slightest bit perturbed…
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) June 25, 2016
…a new audience gets to feel clash. I hope all of Dream’s originals eventually return. Havoc, Bash, Cade’ and of course the war games
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) June 25, 2016