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17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jelly Roll Chokeslams Logan Paul Through a Desk After Wrestler Trash-Talks Him
NEED TO KNOW After Logan Paul interrupted Jelly Roll's interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the country singer brought him down with a chokeslam Jelly and Paul previously faced off at WWE's SmackDown! In August, Jelly will appear at SummerSlam for a tag team match with Randy OrtonDon't mess with Jelly Roll! On Wednesday, July 16, the country star took over Jimmy Kimmel Live! as guest host and interviewed WWE legend Randy Orton, who's set to be his tag team partner at SummerSlam next month. At the wrestling event, the pair will face off against Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre. "Don't worry about those guys, Jelly. We got them," Orton, 45, said to the "Need a Favor" singer, 40, who said he is "worried about them." "We got each other's back man. We're in this together," Orton said. Moments later, McIntyre — who insisted he came in peace — crashed the interview to trash talk Jelly. "Nobody flew here to see you act like a prick. Wrong time, wrong place. Why don't you back the f--- up?" Orton said to McIntyre as he gave him a shove, which led to a full-blown fight. "I don't know what to do... I guess we're gonna go to commercial break," Jelly said after the wrestlers fought their way off the stage. Then, Paul appeared onstage and started trash-talking Jelly. "You people are so stupid. Someone has to stop him. What are you dummy? You're a late-night talk show host? You a wrestler? You a country star? I told you this Mr. Dummy Roll. Stay in your lane, stupid, because I'll tell you what you are. You, my friend, are a greasy, red neck, prison rat," he said, before giving Jelly a slap across the face. He continued, "Congrats, it's Logan Paul's show now. A real superstar. So ladies and gentlemen, you want to see a real star? I'm here. Why don't you leave?" After recovering from the slap, Jelly grabbed him by the neck and chokeslammed him on the desk, causing it to shatter. As the crowd cheered, Paul laid unconscious on the ground. On July 11, Jelly made an appearance at SmackDown! in Nashville and had a face-off with Paul. At the time, he got the crowd roaring when he came to Orton's defense and sent Paul tumbling across the ring. Meanwhile, as host for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jelly delivered a hilarious monologue to kick off the night — and revealed to the crowd that he had a plan in case his jokes didn't land. "I need y'all to be patient with me tonight," said Jelly. "This is my first time doing something like this, and I'm going to try my best. I am. But if I really suck bad, y'all just remember — my name is Post Malone." Read the original article on People
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
WWE SmackDown results, highlights (July 4): Drew McIntyre is back, Andrade and Rey Fenix shine
"WWE SmackDown" finished off the company's week in Pittsburgh with some Fourth of July fireworks. This show was all about tag-team action, as it exclusively featured multi-person matches. It feels like quite some time since that occurred, but considering the outcomes, it worked out. 👀 Return of the Night Drew McIntyre is back. But in somewhat of a lackluster fashion. Advertisement Cody Rhodes opened "WWE SmackDown" properly, only getting out a handful of lines before Randy Orton emerged to build this hesitation narrative further, alluding to their match at WWE Night of Champions and Rhodes vs. John Cena at WrestleMania 41. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we're getting a double-turn at WWE SummerSlam. Orton, golden on the mic as always, demanded Rhodes kick Cena's ass in their rematch — and that was the magic sentence to bring out McIntyre. He then called them betas to his alpha status, attempting to drive a wedge between the two — and ultimately eating an RKO for his troubles. Advertisement McIntyre still feels so incredibly lost and directionless, because despite any history he has with either man, this felt random as hell. He said he wants Rhodes to win back the title just so he can take it from him, which is essentially the only tease made other than antagonizing Orton just for fun. Now, they'll wrestle at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event next weekend. 😱 Swerve of the Night This "WWE SmackDown" ended in the most stunning fashion imaginable with Solo Sikoa and JC Mateo vs. Jacob Fatu and Jimmy Uso as the main event. You're not going to believe it, but this match went on without interference, and Fatu pinned Sikoa clean to get him and Uso the win. Advertisement Is Triple H listening?! I seriously can't believe it, but it's incredibly welcome, despite the interesting choice to keep Mateo protected rather than Sikoa. I suppose the fallback for that is Sikoa being the leader of this "Bloodline 3.0," which he doesn't want to refer to as a Bloodline continuation. It was a good match, but overshadowed by what came later. The loss was essentially voided in the immediate aftermath because, of course, there was still the attack from Sikoa's crew, who launched Fatu through the announce table and stood tall to close the show. 😤 Coexistence of the Night WWE is doing the thing. "Can they coexist?" Everyone telegraphed this with Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, and there are both positives and negatives to it. Let's start with the good. Advertisement Flair's absence from a singles title scene for an extended period isn't going to hurt. In fact, it's quickly helping her regain points with the fans by pairing her with someone who's been consistently over, as Bliss is. Additionally, Flair is becoming a meta version of herself. People can get behind that type of approach rather than someone delusional or in denial, so this is the right path to take. On the other hand, this entire angle between two wrestlers who are polar opposites, single stars, and not a real team, once again fully buries the "real" women's tag teams, just like the Bayley and Lyra Valkyria story. At the same time, there's not even a division at this point; there barely was one before WrestleMania 41, anyway. So, does it really matter? As for the match itself, the start was clunky beyond all belief, and there was a triple dive spot that had me gritting my teeth for everyone. The second half picked up the pace though, as everyone got on the same page, including the new frenemies Bliss and Flair, who won their tag-team triple-threat match against Michin and B-Fab, as well as The Secret Hervice. They pinned the latter with a moonsault/Twisted Bliss combo, advancing to the Fatal 4-Way tag-team title match at WWE Evolution. "WWE SmackDown" really has become the tag-team show, and while there was good and bad, one, in particular, delivered with flying colors. Advertisement 👑 Uncrowned Gem of the Night 👑 OK, so Triple H decided to just go and give significant time to the Fraxiom vs. Andrade and Rey Fenix match, and it was one of the best "WWE SmackDown" matches of the year. Uncrowned Gems don't get much easier to decide than this one. First and foremost, I will say I don't love this new team of Andrade and Fenix being the first team to beat Fraxiom, but the match was so damn sensational that I can give it a pass. It was one of those pairings where you knew a treat was on the way, but this overdelivered. There are too many great moments to highlight, but if I had to pick one, it was the near-finish on Andrade that crescendoed into his team's win. Seriously, if you missed it, just go watch and thank me later. Advertisement 👍 FRIDAY NIGHT FIRE(WORKS) 👍 Two-hour "WWE SmackDowns," how we missed you. This runtime is so, so, so much more digestible. 👎 DOWN & OUT 👎 1. The Wyatt Sicks beat Johnny Gargano, Chris Sabin, Montez Ford and Berto in an eight-man tag match. That was "WWE SmackDown" general manager Nick Aldis' solution to everything that's transpired in the tag-team division. Like last week though, WWE keeps booking the Wyatts into an overpowered corner. It was a fine match, but consider this — they beat a member of all four major tag-teams (aside from Fraxiom). They have to win the titles, or this is Fiend-levels of absurd all over again. It arguably already is. Advertisement On a side note, all the Wyatts do is laugh throughout their matches. What a gimmick. 2. Like Iyo Sky, Women's WWE Champion Tiffany Stratton got to pick her Evolution opponent at her leisure, and she went with WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. In kayfabe, this makes her look atrocious, as she is picking an inactive legend as her next title defense. It's the equivalent of Dan Henderson's UFC middleweight title shot against Michael Bisping. Because of this, Stratton immediately became a heel again, presumably (and hopefully) just for this match. (Although she has been somewhat of a hybrid-type wrestler since becoming champion.) Everyone loves Stratus, as they should. However Stratton's title reign has rapidly declined overall since that Bayley title defense, and it's incredibly sad to see. 👑 Another weekly WWE show without a DQ finish. I'm genuinely stunned. I give this show a Crown score of: 7.5/10. 👑
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
WWE SmackDown results, highlights (July 4): Drew McIntyre is back, Andrade and Rey Fenix shine
"WWE SmackDown" finished off the company's week in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with some Fourth of July fireworks. This show was all about tag team action, as it exclusively featured multi-person matches. It feels like quite some time since that occurred, but considering the outcomes, it worked out. 👀Return of the Night Drew McIntyre is back. But in somewhat of a lackluster fashion. Advertisement Cody Rhodes opened "WWE SmackDown" properly, only getting out a handful of lines before Randy Orton emerged to build this hesitation narrative further, alluding to their match at WWE Night of Champions and Rhodes vs. John Cena at WrestleMania 41. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we're getting a double-turn at WWE SummerSlam. Orton, golden on the mic as always, demanded Rhodes kicks Cena's ass in their rematch — and that was the magic sentence to bring out McIntyre. He then called them betas to his alpha status, attempting to drive a wedge between the two, eating an RKO for his troubles. Advertisement McIntyre still feels so incredibly lost and directionless because, despite any history he has with either, this felt random as hell. He said he wants Rhodes to win back the title just so he can take it from him, which is essentially the only tease made other than antagonizing Orton just for fun. Now, they'll wrestle at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event next weekend. 😱Swerve of the Night This "WWE SmackDown" ended in the most stunning fashion imaginable with Solo Sikoa and JC Mateo vs. Jacob Fatu and Jimmy Uso as the main event. You're not going to believe it, but this match went without interference, and Fatu pinned Sikoa clean to get him and Uso the win. Advertisement Is Triple H listening?! I seriously can't believe it, but it's incredibly welcome, despite the interesting choice to keep Mateo protected rather than Sikoa. I suppose the fallback for that is him being the leader of this "Bloodline 3.0," which he doesn't want to refer to as a Bloodline continuation. It was a good match, but overshadowed by what came later on. The loss was essentially voided in the immediate aftermath because, of course, there was still the attack from Sikoa's crew, who launched Fatu through the announce table and stood tall to close the show. 😤Coexistence of the Night WWE is doing the thing. Can they coexist? Everyone telegraphed this with Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, and there are both positives and negatives to it. Let's start with the good. Advertisement Flair's absence from a singles title scene for an extended period isn't going to hurt. In fact, it's quickly helping her regain morale with the fans by pairing her with someone who's been consistently over, like Bliss. Additionally, Flair is becoming a meta version of herself. People can get behind that type of approach rather than someone delusional or in denial, so this is the right path to take. On the other hand, this entire angle between two wrestlers who are polar opposites, single stars, and not a real team, once again fully buries the "real" women's tag teams, just like the Bayley and Lyra Valkyria story. At the same time, there's not even a division at this point; there barely was one before WrestleMania 41, anyway. So, does it really matter? As for the match itself, the start was clunky beyond all belief, and there was a triple dive spot that had me gritting my teeth for everyone. The second half picked up the pace as everyone got on the same page, including the new frenemies Bliss and Flair, who won their tag team triple threat match against Michin and B-Fab, and The Secret Hervice. They pinned the latter with a moonsault-Twitsed Bliss combo, advancing to the Fatal 4-Way tag team title match at WWE Evolution. "WWE SmackDown" really has become the tag team show, and while there was good and bad, one, in particular, delivered with flying colors. Advertisement 👑 Uncrowned Gem of the Night 👑 OK, so Triple H decided to just go and give significant time to the Fraxiom vs. Andrade and Rey Fenix match, and it was one of the best "WWE SmackDown" matches of the year. Uncrowned Gems don't get much easier to decide than this one. First and foremost, I will say I don't love this new team of Andrade and Fenix being the first team to beat Fraxiom, but the match was so damn sensational that I can give it a pass. It was one of those pairings where you knew a treat was on the way, but this over-delivered. There are too many great moments to highlight, but if I had to pick one, it was the near finish on Andrade that crescendoed into his team's win. Seriously, if you missed it, just go watch and thank me later. Advertisement 👍FRIDAY NIGHT FIRE(WORKS)👍 Two-hour "WWE SmackDowns," how we missed you. This runtime is so, so, so much more digestible. 👎DOWN & OUT👎 1. The Wyatt Sicks beat Johnny Gargano, Chris Sabin, Montez Ford and Berto in an 8-Man tag match. That was "WWE SmackDown" general manager Nick Aldis' solution to everything that's transpired in the tag team division. Like last week though, WWE keeps booking the Wyatts into an overpowered corner. It was a fine match but consider this. They beat a member of all four major tag teams (aside from Fraxiom). They have to win the titles, or this is Fiend-levels of absurd all over again. It arguably already is. Advertisement On a side note, all the Wyatts do is laugh throughout their matches. What a gimmick. 2. Like Iyo Sky, Women's WWE Champion Tiffany Stratton got to pick her Evolution opponent at her leisure, and she went with WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. In kayfabe, this makes her look atrocious, as she is picking an inactive legend as her next title defense. It's the equivalent of Dan Henderson's UFC middleweight title shot against Michael Bisping. Because of this, Stratton immediately became a heel again, presumably (and hopefully) just for this match. (Although she has been somewhat of a hybrid-type wrestler since becoming champion.) Everyone loves Stratus, as they should. However, overall, Stratton's title reign has rapidly declined since that Bayley title defense, and it's incredibly sad to have seen. 👑Another weekly WWE show without a DQ finish. I'm genuinely stunned. I give this show a Crown score of: 7.5/10.👑
Gizmodo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Marvel Tokon' Puts Marvel Back in Its Best Gaming Home
Before the likes of Insomniac Games and Square Enix got their hands on Marvel, the publisher's superheroes inhabited many a genre. But they were most at home in the fighting space—X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, and of course its many, many crossovers with Capcom, which famously include the vs. Capcom series, are fondly remembered and define Marvel's video game presence. Since 2017's Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, and with the growing popularity of cinematic action-adventure titles, no one knew if Marvel would ever return to the fighting space. Then came PlayStation's recent State of Play stream, which concluded with the reveal of a wholly new title: Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, courtesy of Arc System Works, the Japanese studio best known for BlazBlue and several Dragon Ball fighting titles. The 2026-bound game has caught attention online thanks to its art style and the pedigree of its developer. Oh, and it's a 4v4 tag team fighter, the very same thing which defined Marvel vs. Capcom. (Save for that series being 3v3.) A behind-the-scenes video for Marvel Tōkon shows this wasn't just a happy accident. Marvel Games' Michael Francisco explicitly stated PlayStation came to them with a desire to 'bring Marvel back to the forefront of the tag-team fighting genre,' a tacit admission that Infinite came and went faster than expected. The game reportedly missed its sales targets after less than a year of release, and launched to decent, but not glowing, reviews. A particular critque was aimed at its roster; previous entries got to have big, then-out there choices like Nova, MODOK, and Silver Samurai. Infinte was not so lucky, and coming out at the height of the MCU, it primarily featured characters Marvel had the rights to, which famously meant the loss of a bunch of series staples, including no Doctor Doom or X-Men of any kind. Since then, things have worked in Marvel's favor (read: Disney bought all of Fox) that it's been less restrictive about who's in their big video games. Blade, the Fantastic Four, and various X-Men are all over Marvel Rivals and Midnight Suns when they wouldn't have been just a decade earlier. That freedom will be a big help for Tōkon; rosters are a huge draw of fighting games, and Arc System Works showed it's got the juice right away with its opening lineup including Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan), Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes), Storm, and Doctor Doom. There's likely some intentional cross-mixing here with NetEase's future Rivals additions—sooner or later, Kamala and Robbie will be in the game, I'm certain—but it also doesn't hurt that several characters will use this game to make their debut in the genre. Fighting games are big and flashy as hell, and one way to get people interested would be showing how someone like Miles Morales or the Vision translates to a genre we've never seen them inhabit before. Also working in Tōkon's favor is how it'll run unopposed in the licensed fighting game space for a while, at least when it comes to its direct competitor. After Injustice 2 in 2017, NetherRealm has kept its focus on Mortal Kombat, likely in part because it didn't know if it'd even get to to keep making Injustice. Now that it's closed the book on Mortal Kombat 1, a third Injustice is probably around the corner eventually. But making games takes time, and the studio's next project is likely a year or two away from a reveal, much less release. Until then, Arc System Works will keep on showing off its roster, gameplay mechanics, and art design to an audience more than eager to play with a shiny new Marvel thing. With the existence of Marvel Tōkon, a popular joke floating around is how put out Capcom might feel about all this. The Resident Evil publisher has had plenty of hits in recent years that it might be willing to let Marvel vs. Capcom hang on the shelf indefinitely, but it might also renew the developer's desire to get the franchise back on track. A collection of remastered games from 2024 might've helped get the ball rolling on a potential revival, and last year, Capcom producer Shuhei Mastumoto underlined that both companies would be keen to bring MvC back. Having a classic fighting series stand alongside a fresh new one would definitely be a boon to Marvel and their respective developers. We won't know until we know, but regardless of how things shake out, lovers of the fighting game space will be more than satiated.
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
AJ Francis & KC Navarro Recreate ‘Finger Poke Of Doom' Spot On TNA iMPACT
AJ Francis and KC Navarro kicked off a four-way tag team match on TNA iMPACT with a funny throwback to one of the most infamous moments in wrestling history. TNA iMPACT this week started with Francis and Navarro going up against the Aztec Warriors, The System, and The Rascalz in a four-way match. The winner would become the No. 1 Contender for the TNA tag team titles, but things started off wild. Francis and Navarro began arguing to start the match, and Navarro faked out a punch to Francis. However, Francis then lightly poked Navarro's chest, causing him to drop. Advertisement Francis immediately tried to cover and pin his partner, leading to a chaotic brawl breaking out. Eventually, The Rascalz would go on to win, but the moment to start quickly went viral online. For those unaware, the 'Fingerpoke of Doom' is an infamous moment that occurred in 1999 during a broadcast of WCW Monday Nitro, between Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash. During the incident, Hogan poked Nash lightly in a match and Nash immediately fell, letting Hogan win. The match also marked the reunion of both the Wolfpac and nWo, and became famous for Nash over-selling the moment and the negative effects it had on WCW as a whole. READ MORE: Mike Santana Warns Trick Williams Ahead of TNA World Title Clash on WWE NXT The post AJ Francis & KC Navarro Recreate 'Finger Poke Of Doom' Spot On TNA iMPACT appeared first on Wrestlezone.
