36-year-old Punishment Martinez has officially ended his relationship with Ring of Honor following this weekend’s television tapings in Las Vegas, PWInsider.com is reporting.

Martinez’ contract with the promotion actually expired at the end of August, and he opted to stay on for an extra month to wrap things up. After defending the ROH World TV Championship successfully at Friday’s Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view, he went out properly by putting over newcomer Jeff Cobb in his final match, dropping the title.

According to PWInsider’s report, Martinez wanted to set out on his own as a free agent after being featured prominently by Ring of Honor for the last few years. There has apparently been interest from WWE for some time now, and it’s expected that the two sides will be in talks shortly now that he is officially able to negotiate.

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Earlier this week we reported that NXT referee Tom Castor suffered a nasty injury while officiating a match between The Velveteen Dream and Tyler Breeze, breaking his leg. Castor posted the following on Instagram this weekend:

“I sincerely want to thank the WWE Universe and all the NXT/WWE Superstars for their kind words and positive vibes. It’s been heartwarming and humbling to say the least. My utmost gratitude to the WWE Medical Staff and ER staff at Nebraska Medicine for your care and support. I’m ready to heal up and rejoin my NXT family doing what we all love to do.”

As noted, Triple H conducted an NXT Takeover media call today, and during the call, The Game was asked if Shawn Michaels might return to the ring following HBK’s recent comments about a possible ring return. The Game somewhat dodged the question, saying “you have to ask Shawn directly”.

Triple H then joked that someone could “TMZ him” at the airport, but they’d likely wind up on the wrong end of a Superkick.

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Also on today’s media call, Triple H revealed that the WWE Performance Center is currently offering its talents help in managing their finances, in addition to advising them on how best to use social media to build their brand, and how to avoid making possible career-ending mistakes on social media platforms.

You can listen to the entire Triple H media call in the video player above.

One of the things a lot of people don’t realize WWE is doing at the P.C. is offering their stars help on managing their finances (GREAT IDEA!), helping them learn how to grow their brand on social media, how to use social media without killing their careers, etc. #NXTTakeover

— ProWrestling.com (@pw_dotcom) June 13, 2018

WWE will be airing WWE 24 on the Hardys this Sunday after Money In The Bank on the WWE Network.

The Hardys will reveal their inspiration to the incredible Final Deletion that took place on Impact Wrestling, talking about how unorthodox it was. Check out the video above to see another preview on the network special.

How did @MATTHARDYBRAND & @JEFFHARDYBRAND come up with the DELIGHTFUL inspiration for the #FinalDeletion?

Learn the method to their madness TOMORROW NIGHT on #WWE24: The Hardys: Woken! @WWENetwork pic.twitter.com/t30rabNtti

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) June 16, 2018

Triple H Asks Kane To Join Evolution

Back in 2003, the big red machine Kane was faced with a decision that Triple H posed, which was the potential to join Evolution. Unfortunately for Triple H, Stone Cold Steve Austin had a different plan for him.

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Pete Dunne spoke to the UK media today to hype the final day of the UK Championship show as he defends his United Kingdom Championship. When speaking to SportBible.com, Dunne revealed how important main eventing the Royal Albert Hall was, and how he plans to tackle defending his title against Zack Gibson.

Working Royal Albert Hall:

“It’s a highlight of my career, one hundred percent, I think they found the perfect location. If you want to launch a UK brand, this is the best place you could possibly find. The crowd were amazing. A couple of moments in the match, it was almost quite emotional for us. The bit where we punched the three of them in the face and left the ring while we were left standing there, the crowd just kept coming, coming and coming and [getting]louder and louder.

“We knew in the moment, and we talked about it afterwards, how special that is. I think you’re only going to get that with a British audience.”

WWE Championship defense:

“I think Zack’s a great talent, he’s done really well today and it’s such a high-pressure situation. I’ve worked with him, and wrestled him many times. Obviously, this is the biggest stage and it’s something I’m used to. I hope he steps up, I hope he brings it and I hope we have another Match of the Year contender.”

As previously reported, WWE announced earlier this afternoon that Shinsuke Nakamura would be unable to compete in his planned title match against Jeff Hardy on tonight’s episode of Smackdown Live.

The original statement only noted that he was “injured” and disclosed no further information, or whether he would require any additional time off beyond this week’s show, leading many to believe the so-called “injury” was actually part of an angle to continue building the program between Hardy and Nakamura.

However, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com has confirmed that the injury to Nakamura is legitimate, and the Smackdown star missed Monday’s live event in Bakersfield, California because he was bitten by a police dog at the Rabobank Arena.

Hopefully the King of Strong-Style will not be out of action for too long, as he is currently advertised for this Friday’s WWE Live event at Ryugoku Sumo Hall in Japan. As for Jerff Hardy, the Charismatic Engima will instead defend his WWE United States Championship in an Open Challenge.

As seen on Impact Wrestling tonight, LAX defeated Z&E to become the new Impact Tag Team Champions, and you can check out highlights of the match above and below:

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LAX starting this match off MUCH more physical than usual. #IMPACTonPop @SantanaLAX @Ortiz5150 pic.twitter.com/FhwAhAMMtn

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 22, 2018

Incredible Fosbury Flop by @_AndrewEverett! #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/JCrmqAfIUh

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 22, 2018

.@IAmDJZ and @_AndrewEverett bounce Santana around like a pinball before smashing him with simultaneous kicks. #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/NazaM1mCXF

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 22, 2018

Awesome tag match to open #IMPACTonPOP… and @SantanaLAX and @Ortiz5150 are bringing the gold back to the familia! pic.twitter.com/FSDbPmg9j8

— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) June 22, 2018

THIS IS THE KIND OF ACTION YOU KICK OFF A PRO WRESTLING SHOW WITH! #IMPACTonPop @_AndrewEverett pic.twitter.com/hslZEHysGg

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 22, 2018

AND NEW IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS – LAX!

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Congrats to @Ortiz5150 and @SantanaLAX on becoming three time champions. #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/RWp9bBl7ns

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) June 22, 2018

Killer Kross Says “I Am the New Beginning”

Also on Impact Wrestling tonight, the Mystery X Attacker, Killer Kross, cut a promo explaining that he came to Impact to turn the business upside down and cause mayhem. He referred to himself as the new beginning in Impact Wrestling, and you can check out more below: