Heel Turn: Danhausen receives praise for Knicks championship, Thekla takes on Stardom, Slammiversary and more

Monday begins a week of solemnisation for those successful the Tri-State country successful the U.S. For New York Knicks fans, it’s reveling successful the squad snapping a 53-year rubric drought with a Game 5 triumph implicit the San Antonio Spurs. For those who are Knicks fans and pro wrestling fans, it’s praise for Danhausen, whose "uncursing" of the franchise whitethorn person led to that precise championship.

Danhausen was everyplace during the week. He was connected "SportsCenter" and crashing Pat McAfee’s simulcast of the NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden. His look was printed connected T-shirts successful the WWE Shop. And now, his look could beryllium connected a interval oregon a blimp successful mediate of the Canyon of Heroes erstwhile the Knicks observe their title aboriginal this week.

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Danhausen talks to the media earlier Game Three of the 2026 NBA Finals betwixt the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, N.Y., connected June 8, 2026. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE)

Whether you judge it oregon not, Danhausen’s seance for the Knicks and taking Matt Cardona’s ticker arsenic portion of the sacrifice to support the Knicks "uncursed" connected "Friday Night SmackDown" proved to work. Jalen Brunson, a mega WWE instrumentality successful his ain right, scored 45 points successful the clincher connected his mode to becoming the NBA Finals MVP.

The Danhausen praise was palpable connected societal media.

Remember, helium tried to "uncurse" the New York Mets too. However, helium explained to Fox News Digital successful April that it was much of a "layaway situation."

The jubilation that Knicks fans experienced, Mets fans, New York Jets fans and possibly adjacent Brooklyn Nets fans mightiness person to pony up immoderate "human monies" to assistance the sports curse that is formed connected different franchises successful the New York metropolitan area.

Danhausen enters the ringing during a WWE unrecorded lawsuit astatine MEO Arena successful Lisbon, Portugal, connected June 3, 2026. (Andrew Timms/WWE via Getty Images)

For now, Danhausen mightiness beryllium the astir implicit pro wrestler connected the WWE roster oregon immoderate roster crossed the world. Respect the curse and let’s anticipation it doesn’t travel for you.

Thekla’s warfare connected Stardom

Thekla with the title astatine the AEW Double oregon Nothing lawsuit successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 25, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

AEW women’s satellite champion Thekla has acceptable her eyes connected Stardom and re-opened the coiled that formed pursuing her departure from New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

Thekla has admitted that she did get fired from New Japan for attacking manager Taro Okada, who is besides the president of Stardom. She attacked him again during Slam Fest erstwhile Stardom held its showcase successful Las Vegas successful April. Last week connected "Dynamite," she spit connected the Stardom logo up of Forbidden Door and called connected Stardom to nonstop its best.

Ask and you shall receive, Thekla.

In what’s acceptable to beryllium a chaotic Forbidden Door pay-per-view, Thekla volition enactment the AEW Women’s World Championship against Starlight Kid – the person of the Neo Genesis unchangeable and erstwhile wonderment of Stardom champion.

It mightiness beryllium Thekla’s biggest hostile of her rubric reign and if she’s not careful, she could easy suffer that belt. The Triangle of Madness, which includes Julia Hart and Skye Blue, volition person to beryllium connected their toes arsenic AZM, Mei Seira, Miyu Amasaki and Ema Maishima could besides beryllium lurking successful the inheritance to enactment Starlight Kid.

Slammiversary paper builds out

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)’s Slammiversary is inching closer. The lawsuit is 1 of the biggest pay-per-views connected the promotion’s calendar and, aft past week’s "Impact," the paper got a spot clearer.

Each title volition beryllium defended astatine the event. Fans successful Denver astir got to spot Nic Nemeth telephone his changeable and instrumentality an accidental to decision Mike Santana for his TNA World Championship, pursuing his lucifer with Eric Young. Instead, Nemeth took his inexpensive changeable astatine the extremity of the nighttime but already agreed to the lucifer for Slammiversary.

Pro wrestling fans are inactive waiting for bated enactment to spot who volition beryllium successful the Ultimate X lucifer for the X Division Championship. But here’s what we’ll get truthful far.

• Heather by Elegance and M by Elegance (c) vs. Rosemary and Allie for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship.
• Eric Young vs. Ricky Sosa
• Eddie Edwards vs. Moose
• Lei Ying Lee (c) vs. Xia Brookside for the TNA Knockouts World Championship.
• Brian Myers vs. Bear Bronson (c) vs. Matt and Jeff Hardy vs. Vincent and Dutch for the TNA World Tag Team Championship.
• Mike Santana (c) vs. Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Championship.

Slammiversary volition instrumentality spot connected June 28 astatine the Agganis Arena successful Boston.

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TNA getting an ‘Amazing’ return?

TNA dropped a teaser vignette past week and pro wrestling fans person speculated that it could beryllium the instrumentality of Amazing Red.

Amazing Red was a TNA archetypal erstwhile the institution was founded arsenic a territory nether the National Wrestling Alliance. He’s a three-time X Division champion and was a tag squad champion with Jerry Lynn. He’s performed successful respective different promotions since then, portion besides founding House of Glory.

Amazing Red backmost successful TNA and being see successful 1 of the astir innovative matches of this procreation would surely gully eyeballs and adhd to the intrigue of the match, which already includes X Division champion Cedric Alexander and Leon Slater.

Zaria wins singles golden successful NXT

Zaria celebrates her triumph during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected June 9, 2026. (Connor Kvatek/WWE)

A caller epoch began astatine NXT. Zaria defeated Tatum Paxley to go the caller NXT women’s North American champion.

It was a agelong clip coming for Zaria who ended her feud with Sol Ruca conscionable a fewer weeks prior. Zaria has proved to beryllium a ascendant unit astatine NXT and there’s nary one, close now, who tin measurement to her.

Paxley’s reign ends aft 94 days. She is connected the poster for NXT Great American Bash, which is acceptable to instrumentality spot connected June 28.

Who volition basal up to Zaria now? Will Paxley get her rematch? Fans volition person to tune successful connected Tuesday to find out.

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Pro wrestling quality and notes you whitethorn person missed:

Miz speaks with Danhausen during SmackDown astatine BOK Center successful Tulsa, Oklahoma, connected May 1, 2026. (Meg Oliphant/WWE)

• The Miz reappeared connected "SmackDown" aft helium was electrocuted by Danhausen’s enigma device. He was lone speaking successful catchphrases. Kit Wilson tried to marque Danhausen hole The Miz, but helium got electrocuted arsenic well.
• WWE women’s U.S. champion Tiffany Stratton appeared connected a livestream with Blake Monroe. "The Glamour" smashed Stratton’s caput into a cake. It whitethorn soon beryllium clip for Monroe to person a lucifer and her sights look to beryllium acceptable connected Stratton.
• A monolithic lucifer was acceptable for AEW Forbidden Door. Kenny Omega accepted Zack Sabre Jr.’s situation and the 2 planetary phenoms volition bash batter successful San Jose, California, connected June 28.
• Killer Kross defended the Major League Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship against Matt Riddle.
• Matt Justice went to brainsick lengths to effort to bushed Josh Bishop successful a thoroughfare fight. But Justice’s chaotic spot from the balcony went awry and Bishop came retired the winner.

• Lio Rush won the Ring of Honor TV Championship successful a three-way lucifer against AR Fox and Action Andretti.
• Deonna Purrazzo clasp the Ring of Honor Pure Women's Championship with a triumph implicit Olympia.
• Athena retained the Ring of Honor Women's Championship with a triumph implicit Syuri.
• Mark Davis retained the AEW National Championship implicit Ace Austin.
• Konosuke Takeshita retained the AEW International Championship with a triumph implicit Lee Johnson.
• Gabe Kidd made his instrumentality to the ringing aft an injury. He returned astatine New Japan’s Dominion and declared himself for the G1 Climax.

Gabe Kidd enters the ringing during New Japan Pro-Wrestling astatine Edion Arena Osaka successful Osaka, Japan, connected Feb. 11, 2026. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

• Shota Umino defeated Andrade and Drilla Moloney to go the caller IWGP planetary heavyweight champion.
• Yota Tsuji defeated Callum Newman to go the caller IWGP heavyweight champion.
• Great-O-Khan and Henare defeated Yuto-Ice and Oskar (The Knockout Brothers) to triumph the IGWP tag squad champions.
• Aaron Wolf defeated Ren Narita to triumph the IWGP Never Openweight Championship.
• Yoh defeated Douki to triumph the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.
• MyAEW has been adding caller promotions to its streaming work and C4 Wrestling became the latest institution to get added to the mix.
• The National Wrestling Alliance crowned caller women’s tag squad champions connected "Powerrr." Kenzie Paige and Kylie Paige (Pretty Empowered) def. Marti Belle and Allysin Kay (The Hex) and Clara Carter and Hollyhood Haley J.
• The pro wrestling satellite mourned the nonaccomplishment of 23-year-old Jordan Saint.