Wednesday, September 30, 2026

0:00Music Our KDN Vanguard presents The Wrestling News and your daily wrestling newscast for Wednesday, September 30th, 2026. Good morning, I'm Mike Semper-Vivi. We begin today with NXT broadcast live last night on the CW from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. In the main event, Grayson Waller successfully defended the NXT Champion in Chip against EK Prosper. EK Prosper and Chilpuff Chic, EK Prosper and Deach showed who was the future. But on this night, Grayson Waller was just able to slither away. There's no one breathing on this roster.

1:00You can beat me. You try EK. I'm impressed. But it's just not enough. Well for NXT, we will all continue to feel the Grayson Waller of bats. The originally advertised title defense against Mason Rook did not occur with Robert Stone announcing that Rook was not medically clear to compete and would be out for the foreseeable future. Women's North American champions Arya retained against Theahale. In first round matches for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, Fraxie and Beat Dark State, and the team of Minivikingo and Chastar Boy Hall beat Berth Wright. Zillafatu attacked Berth Wright after the match. During an in-ring promo segment from NXT Women's Champion Kalani Jordan, Robert Stone announced a battle royal featuring wrestlers for Men NXT, Ross Macdown Triple A, evolve in TNA, with the winner facing Jordan and Halloween having. Jordan was then attacked by Reyna Volkin who announced her entrance into the battle royal.

2:03So hey, you wanted someone to step up next week. Let's hate! Hey! What a- Oh baby! Reyna McCarran! Oh yeah, the play's skate has just been made. Right after that master of a 20 woman battle royal next week with six brands, the best of the best. This walking natural disaster. This is the horse of nature. I'm in the battle royal. Just stuck in stake her claim. She doesn't care who you are. All she wants is that championship and booker after what we just heard. She could be the number one contender after that battle royal next week here on NXT. In ratings news, the September 21st episode of Monday Night Roger, 2.5 million global views on Netflix down 600,000 from the previous week, according to official numbers released yesterday.

3:05Global hours viewed were 4.8 million also down from the previous week, 6 million. In legal news NXT's Keanu Carver real name Kevin Robertson has had an order of protection filed against him by ex-girlfriend Ariana Grace real name Bianca Corelli according to court documents filed in Sanford, Florida. The order alleges stalking behavior and domestic violence as well as repeated unwanted attempts to make contact following the alleged breakup of their relationship. Robertson has been ordered to remain at least 500 feet away from Corelli and is prohibited from contacting her according to the petition, which was reportedly filed on September 14th. The case is scheduled for a follow-up review the morning of October 20th before Judge Brianna buying them at the Criminal Justice Center in Sanford. Joe Henning, known to wrestling fans as Curtis Axle, has reached a plea agreement to settle his DWI case according to court records reported on by Fightful. The plea agreement was reportedly filed on August 24th with Henning colliding guilty to misdemeanor charges of DWI in disorderly conduct,

4:11charges of refusing to submit to chemical testing and interfering with a peace officer were dismissed. Henning was given a 90-day sentence with 87 of the days being stayed and three credited for time served. He will reportedly be under supervised probation for the next year. And before we leave you today, we'd like to remind you that however you consume your content, you can find the Wrestling News 24 hours a day and seven days a week across social media. On Twitter, follow us at Wrestling News AV. Our Facebook page is also Wrestling News AV. The Wrestling News can also be found on the Arcadian Vanguard YouTube page, and for those who utilize Amazon Echo devices, just tell Alexa to play the Wrestling News podcast and remember to make sure you add podcasts at the end. Once again, for daily updates breaking news and more, follow the Wrestling News across social media. And that's the news for today. If anything happens, we will be here to tell you about it.

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