Impact Wrestling Preview

The following is set for tonight’s 3/26 episode of Impact Wrestling on Pop TV:

* Title vs. Title: Impact Champion Austin Aries vs. Impact Grand Champion Matt Sydal w/Josh Mathews

* Lashley vs. Brian Cage

* The debut of Su Yung

* Eddie Edwards goes after Sami Callihan and oVe in Ohio

* Petey Williams vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. Suicide vs. Rohit Raju

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Updated card for NXT TakeOver: New Orleans in two weeks, North American Title introduced

Here is how the updated card looks as of this week.

NXT Championship Match
Andrade “Cien” Almas vs. Aleister Black

NXT Women’s Championship Match
Ember Moon (c) vs. Shayna Baszler

Unsanctioned Match
Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa

Six Man Ladder Match
Crown the first ever NXT North American Champion
EC3 vs. Adam Cole vs. Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream vs. Lars Sullivan vs. Killian Dain

NXT Tag Team Championships Match
Undisputed Era (c’s) vs. Winners of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

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WWE NXT Preview

WWE NXT returns to the WWE Network tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern (7:00 CT).

Scheduled for tonight’s show is a teased confrontation between NXT Champion Andrade “Cien” Almas and Aleister Black before TakeOver, William Regal has a big announcement, Las Sullivan will be in action two Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic semifinals matches featuring The Authors of Pain vs. The Street Profits and Sanity vs. WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne and Roderick Strong.

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Update on Charlotte Flair injury

Smackdown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair underwent oral surgery last Wednesday due to an infection according to a new report by PWInsider.com.

This is the reason she missed WWE live events this past weekend and was pulled from both Smackdown Live and Mixed Match Challenge last night.

Charlotte remains scheduled to defend the Smackdown Women’s Championship against Asuka in two weeks at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans.

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Updated WrestleMania 34 Card

Here is the updated card for WrestleMania as of Wednesday morning.

WWE Universal Championship Match
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns

WWE Championship Match
AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey vs. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon

Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

WWE Intercontinental Championship – Triple Threat Match
The Miz (c) vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor

WWE United States Championship – Fatal Four Way Match
Randy Orton (c) vs. Bobby Roode vs. Jinder Mahal vs. Rusev

RAW Tag Team Championships
The Bar (c’s) vs. Braun Strowman and partner of his choosing

Smackdown Tag Team Championships – Triple Threat Match
The Usos (c’s) vs. The New Day vs. The Bludgeon Brothers

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
Confirmed Names So Far: Baron Corbin, Mojo Rawley, Tye Dillinger, Dash Wilder, Scott Dawson, “Woken” Matt Hardy, Fandango, Tyler Breeze and Dolph Ziggler

First Ever Women’s Battle Royal
Confirmed Names So Far: Sasha Banks, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, Becky Lynch, Naomi, Bayley and Lana

Smackdown Women’s Championship Match
Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Asuka

RAW Women’s Championship Match
Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Nia Jax

Finals of the WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament
Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafa Ali

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WWE 205 Live Preview

205 Live, beginning at 10:30 p.m. Eastern (9:30 CT) on the WWE Network, will feature Kalisto vs. Akira Tozawa vs. TJP vs. Buddy Murphy in a fatal four way match.

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Mixed Match Challenge Preview

WWE Mixed Match Challenge is back on Facebook Watch tonight immediately following Smackdown Live. This week will feature Bobby Roode and Smackdown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Finn Balor and Sasha Banks in the semifinals

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WWE Smackdown Preview

Scheduled for tonight’s Smackdown Live is the fallout from last week where Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were “fired” and attacked the newly medically cleared Daniel Bryan. Also advertised is Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Shelton Benjamin, WWE United States Champion Randy Orton and Bobby Roode vs. Jinder Mahal and Sunil Singh, The New Day vs. The Bludgeon Brothers and Smackdown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya.

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Shane McMahon hospitalized with diverticulitis, Likely to miss WrestleMania as a result

WWE.com reported on Monday evening that Shane McMahon remains hospitalized for “acute diverticulitis and an umbilical hernia.”

The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online noted that this was legitimate and not part of the current storyline on Smackdown Live where Shane announced a leave of absence and was then attacked by both Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.

The article notes that McMahon traveled to the Caribbean with his family and developed a “massive infection” where he was hospitalized for several days in Antigua. McMahon was then flown back to New York where he remains hospitalized undergoing treatment.

This leaves McMahon’s status for WrestleMania 34 in two weeks very much in doubt. The likely scenario was that WWE was attempting to setup a tag team match with McMahon teaming with the newly cleared Daniel Bryan against Owens and Zayn after Bryan “fired” them last week on Smackdown Live. It would appear those plans are now off.

Opinionated View- I would never wish anyone to get sick and I hope Shane recovers quickly. But I'm also not sad we are being spared another crappy Shane match.

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Possible Spoiler on Tonight’s WWE Raw

According to Pwinsider.com, Jeff Hardy is in Cleveland, Ohio for tonight’s Monday Night Raw taping. Hardy has been out of action since undergoing surgery for a torn labrum and a torn rotator cuff in September 2017. Jeff has been completing physical therapy and was working out at the WWE Performance Center as of late. Matt and Jeff are scheduled to face Cesaro and Sheamus at the April 27th Greatest Royal Rumble event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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WWE Raw Preview

WWE RAW is live tonight from Cleveland, Ohio.

The only thing announced for tonight is John Cena vs. Kane.

More hype for WrestleMania 34 in two weeks is expected, with more names likely to be announced for the Andre the Giant and Women’s battle royal matches.

It’s also possible we will be getting a confirmation on the expected match between John Cena and The Undertaker, which WWE has been hinting at for weeks.

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Knockouts Title Match Added to Impact vs. Lucha Underground Show

Here is the updated card for the April 6th Impact vs. Lucha Underground event. The show will air live and for free on Impact’s Twitch channel…

* LU’s Aerostar & King Cuerno & Drago vs. Impact’s DJZ & Andrew Everett & Dezmond Xavier
* Knockouts Title Match: Champion Allie vs. Taya Valkyrie
* Impact Tag Team Title Match: Champions LAX (Santana and Ortiz) vs. Lucha Underground’s The Mack (Willie Mack) and Killshot (Shane Strickland)
* I Quit Match: Impact’s Eddie Edwards vs. LU’s Jeremiah Crane (Sami Callihan)
* Austin Aries & Rey Fenix vs. Penta 0M

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Impact Wrestling returning to UK for live event in September at Wrestling MediaCon

Anthem and Impact Wrestling issued the following press release today announcing that the company would be returning to the UK for the first time in more than two years to present a live event in Manchester as part of Wrestling MediaCon 2018 this September.

You can check out the full press release below.

IMPACT Wrestling Returns to U.K. on Sept. 9 for Live Event at MediaCon 2018

TORONTO | LONDON – IMPACT Wrestling announced today a return to the U.K. as part of Britain’s biggest wrestling convention – Wrestling MediaCon 2018 – on Sunday, Sept. 9 at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester.

The show marks IMPACT Wrestling’s first live event in the U.K. in more than two years, coming as part of a huge convention with some of the biggest names in professional wrestling and media coming together for a weekend of non-stop wrestling action and interactive fun.

“IMPACT Wrestling has always maintained a strong dedicated fan base in the U.K.,” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling. “We are excited to be working closely with Trident Vision Media founder Alex Shane to bring an action-packed show to Manchester and we look forward to a phenomenal weekend of activities featuring IMPACT Wrestling’s biggest stars and some of the most passionate professional wrestling fans in the world.”

A subsidiary of Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions LLC, IMPACT Wrestling’s return to the U.K. will feature top stars such as IMPACT World Champion Austin Aries, Alberto El Patron, Johnny Impact, Eli Drake, Moose, Sami Callihan, Eddie Edwards and Matt Sydal. Matchups will be revealed in the coming months and all participants are subject to change.

Wrestling MediaCon 2018 will feature a full weekend of live wrestling shows, meet and greets with the stars, panel interviews and fan Q&As, signings, merchandise including hundreds of rare items, and much more. A host of special attractions will include the first-ever Wrestling Media Hall of Fame awards and a Screening Arena where fans can relax and watch hours of televised wrestling footage on the big screen. Everything takes place in three arenas over two days under one roof.

Tickets for IMPACT Wrestling’s live event on Sept. 9 will go on sale next month and can be purchased as standalone tickets or along with a Wrestling MediaCon ticket. Wrestling MediaCon attendees must purchase a separate ticket for the IMPACT show unless they are a Platinum VIP ticket holder.

Tickets for Wrestling MediaCon 2018 are available at www.wrestlingmediacon.com. Prices start at £22.50 for a standard one-day ticket. Two-day tickets, gold packages and Platinum VIP packages are also available.

For more information, visit www.impactwrestling.com.

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Report: Rey Mysterio in Alabama this week as part of ongoing negotiations with WWE

Rey Mysterio was in Birmingham, Alabama undergoing testing with doctors as part of his negotiations with WWE according to a report by PWInsider.com.

This report by Mike Johnson would seem to indicate that negotiations between WWE and Mysterio are getting even more serious since his last appearance in the Royal Rumble.

Mysterio suffered a grade one, partially torn left bicep while making an appearance for Northeast Wrestling in Connecticut earlier this month. The injury is believed to have forced Mysterio to pull out of a planned match against Jushin “Thunder” Liger at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Strong Style Evolved live special that airs this Sunday night on AXS TV.

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WWE admits to discussions with Hulk Hogan about a possible role with the company

Hulk Hogan has reportedly been in discussions with WWE in recent weeks according to a new report by Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com on Thursday.

WWE issued a statement on Thursday admitting they have had discussions with the WWE Hall of Famer, in what is believed to be some of the first dialogue between both parties since Hogan was released by the company back in July of 2015.

While WWE admitted to the conversations, they reiterated he hasn’t signed a new deal.

“We have had discussions with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan) about how he can help others learn from his mistakes, however, he is not under any contract with WWE.”

WWE has worked hard to separate itself from Hogan after tapes were leaked of Hogan making racially charged comments back in the summer of 2015. In the years to follow, Hogan would remain in the spotlight winning a lawsuit against the website Gawker and being awarded a reported $140 million in damages.

The media had continued to press the possibility of a Hogan return to WWE, although the company was quick remain committed to their decision to part ways with Hogan as recent as this past January in an interview with the Associated Press. Mark Henry told TMZ Sports that Hogan would be welcomed back if he apologized to African American talent.

Whether or not the new discussions would lead to Hogan returning to WWE television in an on-air role or some kind of ambassador role remains to be see

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Rey Mysterio off NJPW Strong Style Evolved due to bicep injury, full card for live special

On Wednesday night, New Japan announced the full card for this Sunday’s NJPW Strong Style Evolved live special airing on AXS TV at 8:00 PM ET from Long Beach, California.

Rey Mysterio, who was scheduled to face Jushin “Thunder” Liger on the show, is now off the show because of the partially torn bicep he sustained a few weeks back during a match for Northeast Wrestling in Connecticut.

IWGP Jr. Champion Will Ospreay will now be taking Mysterio’s place to face Liger.

Here is the full card for Sunday’s live special:

* Main Event: The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. The Young Bucks

* IWGP US Championship: “Switchblade” Jay White vs. Hangman Page

* IWGP Jr. Champion Will Ospreay vs. Jushin Liger

* IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii vs. IWGP Intercontinental Champion Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.

* Hiroshi Tanahashi, KUSHIDA, Dragon Lee and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI)

* Cody Rhodes and Marty Scurll vs. The Guerrillas of Destiny

* The Killer Elite Squad vs. Toru Yano and Chuckie T.

* NEVER Champion Hirooki Goto and Gedo vs. Juice Robinson and David Finlay Jr.

* ROH 6-Man Tag Team Champions SoCal Uncensored vs. Roppongi 3K and Rocky Romero

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