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WWE Hall of Famer JBL recently opened up about the biggest fine he ever received from the company, and it all traces back to a wild weekend built around football and fighting. During a recent appearance on the “Something To Wrestle With” podcast, JBL explained that he had attended a UFC fight in Las Vegas before heading to a Super Bowl held in Arizona, and things quickly spiraled out of control after that. He shared that fierce winds shut down the Arizona airport, leaving him stranded with no way to reach his scheduled WWE television taping in Lubbock, Texas. With flights grounded, JBL had no choice but to book an expensive commercial trip that ended up costing $15,000 just to get him there on time. Vince McMahon was furious when he found out, assuming JBL had simply partied all weekend instead of missing his flight due to weather. Even after JBL explained the real situation, McMahon only agreed to cover half the cost, so JBL ended up paying $7,500 out of his own pocket due to that one hectic Super Bowl weekend. Shingo Takagi finished NJPW’s G1 Climax 36 tournament feeling angry, and he took his post-match comments as a chance to call out Claudio Castagnoli. On the final night of the tournament, Takagi teamed with Drilla Moloney and picked up a win over the Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta and Gabe Kidd). Even with that victory, Takagi could not shake his frustration, since he finished the tournament with a rough 4-5 win-loss record after an earlier loss to PAC and Castagnoli back in July. Takagi made it clear that this defeat threw off his whole rhythm heading into the tournament, and blamed Castagnoli for derailing his momentum. Since Moloney is already set to battle Gabe Kidd in Kobe over the IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship, Takagi demanded that Castagnoli join his stablemate on that trip so the two rivals can finally settle their score. NJPW will return to Kobe for Destruction on September 27. Kyle Fletcher recently reflected on his journey with longtime tag team partner Mark Davis, praising how their careers have grown apart without any bitterness between them. The pair spent six years together as Aussie Open before both moved on to find singles success inside AEW. Speaking on Highspots’ Virtual Gimmick Table, Fletcher admitted that wrestling can be unpredictable, yet he feels lucky that neither he nor Davis ever needed to turn on the other to reach the next level. He said, “I think with wrestling, it’s always you never know what’s gonna happen. I think what’s really cool is we never did a split. There’s never one of us turned on the other. We’re still in the same faction but we’re just successful in our own ways which I think is really cool.”