Here are some wrestling news items for you:
- Raw from June 20 opened with Bianca Belair announcing that Rhea Ripley is unable to compete against her for the Raw Women's title at Money in the Bank, so a Fatal Five-Way to determine the new #1 contender was held. Asuka, Liv Morgan, Becky Lynch, Carmella and Alexa Bliss competed. Carmella gave Morgan a superkick to win the title shot. In a men's Money in the Bank qualifying match, Omos pinned Riddle. Bobby Lashley sprayed Theory with baby oil to get back at the previous week's attack. Jey Uso then faced Angelo Dawkins. The Street Profits member got the duke. Elias performed in concert for the first time in a long while, and was seen with Ezekiel. Kevin Owens came out, and Elias smashed him with his guitar. Bobby Lashley faced Chad Gable, Otis and Theory in a gauntlet match where if Lashley won, "The All Mighty" would get a US title shot. Lashley rolled up Theory to win. AJ Styles appeared on Miz TV. After MIz insulted "The Phenomenal One", Styles punched him. That set up a Styles and Ciampa match. Styles won, and then gave Miz a Styles Clash. The main event was Becky and Asuka. "The Empress of Tomorrow" delivered a roundhouse kick to Lynch and go on to the women's MITB match. Raw drew 1.986 million viewers, up from 1.695 million the week before.

- NXT from last week opened with Solo Sikoa taking on Grayson Walker. Waller hit a return rolling cutter for the pin. Katana Chance and Kayden Carter then went head to head against Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon. The former quickly won with a 450 splash/neckbreaker combo. Roderick Strong and Damon Kemp then took on Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro. Strong won with a running knee. Roxanne Perez and Cora Jade challenged Toxic Attraction for the NXT Women's titles. Cameron Grimes defeated Edris Enofe with a uranage and Cave-In. Von Wagner beat Brooks Jensen with a firemen's carry slam. Alba Fyre beat Lash Legend by DQ when Fyre hit Legend with a baseball bat. In the main event, Carmelo Hayes faced Tony D'Angelo for the North American title. Melo won when he hit D'Angelo with brass knuckles. In the ratings, NXT drew 673,000 viewers, up from last week's 621K.
- Speaking of Women's tag team titles, the WWE belts are still vacant after Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out of the company several weeks ago. No plans have been announced to fulfill the vacancy.
Cincy43235@yahoo.com - RATV's pro wrestling ambassador
------
"I loves the hot sauce." - David Letterman