The Triple Threader - Jun. 3, 2024
Welcome to the Triple Threader, covering three select stories from the world of professional wrestling.
Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay shake on their upcoming title bout. (AEW)
No Slowdown for Swerve
All Elite Wrestling World Champion Swerve Strickland has proven to be a fighting champion with challengers around wherever he goes. This coming Wednesday on Dynamite, he is scheduled to take on Roderick Strong for the gold, before facing his Forbidden Door challenger Will Ospreay on June 30. Ospreay, who is the reigning AEW International Champion, is a former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and no stranger to Forbidden Door, having wrestled on the AEW & NJPW-held event in 2022 and 2023; both times when he walked in with the IWGP United States Title.
Women’s Champ Liv Morgan planting a big kiss on Dirty Dom. (WWE)
What’s on the Dirt(y) Sheets?
Minutes after defeating Becky Lynch in a steel cage to retain the Women’s World Championship on Raw, the prevailing Liv Morgan dropped a kiss on Dominik Mysterio, former champ Rhea Ripley’s running mate who inadvertently helped Morgan score the win. Liv Morgan first won the crown from Becky Lynch at the King & Queen of the Ring premium live event. Meanwhile on SmackDown, WWE Champion Cody Rhodes was lured into AJ Styles’ false retirement speech before getting dropped with a Styles Clash on the floor by the Phenomenal One.
Graphic for Roxanne Perez vs. Jordynne Grace at NXT Battleground. (WWE)
Prodigy vs. Juggernaut
WrestleMania season may have passed on, but that doesn’t mean NXT Battleground isn’t set to stand and deliver an amazing show in Vegas. One of the matches on tap for the event is Roxanne Perez defending her NXT Women’s Championship against TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace. This isn’t Grace’s first time on WWE programming, as she competed in this year’s women’s Royal Rumble match, but it will be her first time challenging for a championship in WWE, and potentially become the first woman to simultaneously hold two crowns of two different promotions. Here’s the full card for Battleground:
NXT Women’s Championship: Roxanne Perez (c) vs. TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace
NXT Women's North American Title Six-Pack Ladder Match: Sol Ruca vs. Lash Legend vs. Fallon Henley vs. Jaida Parker vs. Michin vs. Kelani Jordan
NXT North American Championship: Oba Femi (c) vs. Wes Lee vs. Joe Coffey
Shayna Baszler vs. Lola Vice in NXT Underground
NXT Tag Team Championship: Nathan Frazer & Axiom (c) vs. The O.C.