Updated WWE Backlash 2018 PPV Card

Here is the updated card for Sunday’s WWE Backlash:

* WWE Championship: AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
* Intercontinental Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. The Miz
* RAW Women’s Championship: Nia Jax (c) vs. Alexa Bliss
* Smackdown Women’s Championship: Carmella (c) vs. Charlotte
* Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe
* Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass

Opinionated View- Oh god this card is going to be painful. AJ and Naamura is always awful and no sheep Nakamura turning heel has not made him better. The guy sucks he will always suck. Rollins and Miz yawn and Christ this brand split is a damn joke you are already doing combined PPV and now you having TWO Raw vs. Smackdown matches. Bliss is always doing her best but this story of "Bullying" is trash. Nia is still awful and it doesn't help there is no focus on the title because they are feeding the division to Ronda.

Carmella vs. Charlotte is a nightmare come to life. Fans don't give a damn about Carmella and still don't react to her. Charlotte can only have a good match with someone that can carry her and she seems to get worse every month. Joe vs. Reigns its a damn Reigns match he's always going to suck.

WWE you have one big chip to play. The return of Daniel Bryan and you are watering it down. I get with Mania timing and build you had to do a tag match and it did fit the story. But you give away his first singles match on Free TV which also gave away his first match in WWE with AJ which would have been a huge buzz creater and again his first match for a title which would have been a huge story. But no you are wasting it by having him feud with Bland Cass. And Bland Cass is doing this lazy stale "I'm great because I'm a big man" shit. 

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WWE Raw Preview

WWE Monday Night RAW is live tonight from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Tonight is the fallout from last Friday’s Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia, as well as the go-home show for this Sunday’s Backlash PPV in Newark. No matches or segments have been advertised for tonight’s show as of this writing.

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Jake Roberts agrees to drop charges against Harry Smith

WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts has reportedly agreed to drop all charges against Harry Smith (Davey Boy Smith/DH Smith) following an incident at WrestleCon during WrestleMania 34 weekend in New Orleans.

According to a report by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online, Roberts dropped the charges after a phone conversation setup by WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart. Both privately apologized to each other over the phone about the incident.

As reported earlier, Smith reportedly threw coffee in the face of Roberts over comments Roberts made about his father (the late British Bulldog) who passed away in May of 2002. Roberts made the negative comments on a podcast with the late “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.

Smith issued the following statement this weekend:

“I’d like to announce publicly and officially that I spoke with Jake Roberts on the phone today and we squashed heat we have for what happened at the WrestleCon event. I apologized and said I would apologize publicly as Jake agreed he would be dropping any charges pressed against me. I’m a man of my word and I’d like to say sorry to any fans that I stressed with this situation also. I wish Jake all the best and glad that we squashed the heat. I actually had spoken to Roddy Piper before he passed away about the podcast Jake and he did. I’m certainly glad we worked things out, as Roddy died [not] long after.”

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Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar Finish Botched

– The finish of the Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar match at Greatest Royal Rumble was botched. The steel cage match ended with Reigns spearing Lesnar through the cage, but his feet clearly hit the floor before Lesnar’s did. While WWE steel cage matches have always ended with the winner being the first whose feet touch the floor, the commentary team found themselves scrambling to come up with an explanation. They ultimately said that the winner was the person who exited the cage first and since Lesnar was first out of the cage, he was declared the winner.

Interestingly, WWE.com’s recap of the match says, “Brock Lesnar retained the title after being Speared through the cage because his body touched the arena floor first.”

Opinionated View- Lesnar and Roman are a botch in general

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4/26 Impact Wrestling Taping Spoilers

* Grado with Katarina Leigh defeated Caleb Konley with Trevor Lee in a match for Xplosion. Cult of Lee heeled on the child ring announcer before the match

* El Hijo del Fantasma defeated Jake Crist with Dave Crist. After the match Dave attacked Fantasma and Fantasma fought OVE off until Sami Callahan ran down with the baseball bat, laying out Fantasma. OVE unstrapped Fantasma's mask to take it off but the lights went off and out came Pentagon Jr. to make the save. Pentagon cleared the ring of OVE and stared down Sami, who ran away to the back. Fantasma and Pentagon celebrated

* Grado with Katarina Leigh vs. Eddie Edwards never begins as Eddie hits Grado with a kendo stick and threatens Katarina to leave the ring. Eddie says he had Sami Callihan beaten, bloodied and finally was going to kill Sami, ending him once and for, but Sami ruined it. Eddie says Sami has everyone fooled and he wants to expose him as a fraud. Eddie calls Tommy Dreamer, telling him to get his fat ass down here. Dreamer comes out to be the voice of reason to the insane Edwards. Edwards asks Tommy if he would change anything he did. Tommy says he's a hypocrite. Eddie asks why Dreamer won't let him end Sami and Tommy tells him to move on. Tommy says Eddie and his wife Alisha haven't talked in a week. Eddie asks Dreamer how he knows that. Dreamer is threatened. Eddie gets knocked down but Eddie comes back and canes Dreamer, then leaves

* The LAX with Eddie Kingston defeated DJZ & Andrew Everett to become the new Impact Tag Team Champions. Ortiz pinned Everett after a Street Sweeper to win. LAX celebrated in the crowd with the titles

* KM comes out with a mic and says he tried to take Fallah Bahh under his wing. He goes on and says he is bigger than Impact and the company needs to change its name to Kmpact Wrestling. This is all about KM. He calls Fallah to the ring. Fallah comes out with a piece of paper and says "bye bye" before leaving. KM reads the paper and it says, "KM you say you friend bah but you still act bully bah. You still need to grow up bah. You don't fight I bah. You standby wrestler bah. Yes or no no no." KM thinks his opponent is Richard Justice but out comes Scott Steiner instead

* Scott Steiner defeated KM with the Steiner Recliner

* Madison Rayne defeated Taya Valkyrie with the Rayne Drop. Rayne took the mic after the match and says it's exciting to come back home to the Impact Zone. She wasn't going to return as an in-ring competitor but moments are meant to be capitalized on. Rayne says she's created career moments for herself with recent wins over Tessa Blanchard and now Taya. She says Impact promised her one more opportunity to make a moment for herself if she defeated Taya, a moment for her and her daughter, everyone who supported her. Rayne announces that she will slay The Undead Bride and become a six-time Knockouts Champion at Slammiversary. Laughter is heard from Knockouts Champion Su Yung but no one is there. Madison leaves to the back

* X Division Champion Matt Sydal retains over Brian Cage by count out. Kongo Kong and Jimmy Jacobs came out during the match to distract Cage. Kongo sent Cage into the steel ring steps and Cage was counted out. Kong and Jacobs celebrated with Sydal after the match, revealing a new stable it appears

* Tessa Blanchard defeated Keira Hogan in a No DQ match. Tessa hit a Full Nelson spun into a Facebuster on an open steel chair to get the pin

* Dezmond Xavier defeated Petey Williams. They shook hands after the match, which was said to be fantastic

* Pentagon Jr. and El Hijo del Fantasma defeated OVE with Sami Callihan. Pentagon hit the Pentagon Driver on Jake Crist to get the pin. After the match, Sami attacked Pentagon with the baseball bat and also hit Fantasma for good measure. Pentagon went to snap Jake's arm but was hit by the bat from Sami. Sami beat Pentagon and threatened to unmask him. Fantasma made a delayed save with a steel chair, chasing OVE up the ramp

* Knockouts Champion Su Yung defeated the returning Diamante with The LAX. Diamante received a huge "welcome back" chant. She also botched a spot from the top rope at one point but continued the match. Su hit the Panic Switch to get the win. Diamante was shaken up but immediately went back to working the match after the botch

* Katarina Leigh defeated Alisha in a match for Xplosion. Katarina sent Grado to the back as soon as the match started but he still came back out. Katarina won with the Uranage backbreaker. Grado's music played and they celebrated together

* Eli Drake defeated Fallah Bahh with a springboard moonsault in a match for Xplosion. Drake took the mic and said this is his house, he runs the place. Eli is in a giving mood and wants to give cheesecake to the fans but they get nothing. Eli tells the truth even when he lies. He puts over Fallah and gives him cheesecake. Fallah eats some until Eli shoves the cake in his face. Fallah hit a belly-to-belly suplex and a Bonsai Drop as he ate cake off his face. Fallah rubbed the cake in Drake's face and went for another Bonsai Drop but Drake retreated

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Braxton Sutter Departs Impact Wrestling

Pepper Parks‏Verified account @BraxtonSutter

My time at @IMPACTWRESTLING is up and I would to extend a HUGE thank you to them. They gave me my first official contract/job as a wrestler at 35yrs old and hired my wife at the same time. I’ll never forget that. It was a great chapter in my life, now onto the next one!!

Opinionated View- I'm disappointed as I fee Sutter/Parks had a lot more he could still do. But I also get talent and the company needs to move around. Guy is leaving with his head held up. Door could easily be open for a return.

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Impact Wrestling Preview

The following is set for tonight’s 4/26 episode of Impact on Pop TV:

* The fallout from the Redemption PPV

* Impact Knockouts Champion Allie vs. Taya Valkyrie

* Redemption Return Match: Impact Tag Team Champions Eli Drake and Scott Steiner vs. LAX

* Brian Cage vs. Trevor Lee

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ITV Studios Entertainment to revive WOS Wrestling project in the UK, Tapings announced for May

ITV.com is reporting that WOS Wrestling (World of Sport Wrestling) will be returning to present a 10-part wrestling series from ITV Studios Entertainment.

Tapings have been announced for May 10, 11 and 12 at Epic Studios in Norwich. Tickets are now available for all three tapings (tickets are free to attend live).

Last March, Anthem and Impact Wrestling announced a partnership with with ITV Studios Entertainment to take part in tapings last May around the time Jeff Jarrett was returning to the company in an executive role. The tapings never took place and plans for the project were put on hold according to an announcement last May.

While it would appear Anthem and Impact Wrestling is not involved this time around, WWE did announce another return to the UK market on June 18 and 19 in London to bring back the United Kingdom Championship Tournament at Royal Albert Hall. WWE first ran a UK tournament last January in Blackpool that ran on the WWE Network.

While it remains to be seen if Jarrett is involved with this version of tapings, he did tweet just two days ago hinting at “finalizing a deal” aimed at UK pro wrestling fans.

Jeff Jarrett

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UK professional wrestling fans...in the process of finalizing a deal...stay tuned!

Tom McLennan, Creative Director, ITV Studios Entertainment, spoke about the new project.

“There is a massive indie wrestling scene in the UK and a strong nostalgia for the wrestling shows of our youth. WOS Wrestling will combine the best of the past with incredible talent available today to make a fun, exciting and thrilling show that the whole family can enjoy.”

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SPOILERS: 4/25 Impact Wrestling TV taping results from Orlando for future airing on Pop TV

The following was taped on Wednesday from Orlando.

* Xplosion: Petey Williams def. Jake Crist

* Fact of Life segment with Eli Drake ripping on Scott Steiner, Austin Aries and MOOSE. MOOSE vs. Drake is announced as a #1 Contenders Match for the future, with the winner facing Austin Aries for the Impact Championship at Slammiversary. MOOSE comes out and rips on Drake, who then lays him out.

* LAX def. The Cult of Lee after Eddie Kingston interferes. Kingston is now the newest member of LAX.

* Taya Valkyrie def. Rebel. Taya cuts a promo after on Madison Rayne, challenging her to a future match.

* Brian Cage def. Dezmond Xavier

* Madison Rayne def. Tessa Blanchard

* The Cult of Lee def. KM and Fallah Bahh. KM shoves down Fallah after and says he will always be a loser.

* Xplosion: Katarina Leigh def. Scarlett Bordeaux

* Brian Cage def. Rhoit Raju. Impact X-Division Champion Matt Sydal comes out after and tries to get Cage to forgo his future X-Division Title shot. Cage lays out Sydal with a F-5.

* Impact Tag Team Champions Z & E (DJZ and Andrew Everett) def. Drago and Aerostar. Aerostar was hurt during the match and had to be helped to the back afterwards.

* MOOSE def. Kongo Kong

* Eli Drake def. Scott Steiner

* Impact X-Division Champion Matt Sydal def. El Hijo Del Fantasma to retain the title.

* Xplosion: Grado def. Rohit Raju

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WWE NXT Preview

WWE NXT airs tonight at 8:00 PM ET on WWE Network. Set for tonight is NXT Champion Aleister Black vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT Title, plus NXT North American Champion Adam Cole defends against Oney Lorcan.

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4/24 Impact Wrestling Taping Spoilers

The following was taped on Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida at Universal Studios.

4/24 Impact on Pop TV taping results:

* Xplosion: Fallah Bahh def. Rohit Raju.

* Austin Aries def. Pentagon Jr. to become the new Impact World Champion. The match initially ended in a double count out and Aries demanded they restart it. When it ended a second time on a double count out, Pentagon demands it get restarted.

* El Hijo Del Fantasma def. Drago, Aerostar and Taiji Ishimori in a four way match.

* DJZ and Andrew Everett def. LAX.

* Taya Valkyrie vs. Kiera Hogan ends in a no contest when Tessa Blanchard shows up and attacks Hogan during the match.

* Kongo Kong def. Grado w/ the returning Katrina Leigh. After the match, Leigh bails and Moose runs out to make the save when Kongo goes to attack Grado.

* Su Young def. Allie in a Last Rites match to become the new Impact Knockouts Champion. Allie was wearing facepaint like Rosemary during the match.

* oVe w/ Sami Callihan vs. Drago and Aerostar gets broken up when Eddie Edwards runs in attacking oVe and Callihan. Edwards chokes out Callihan with a kendo stick. Alisha runs out and tells Edwards to calm down. Edwards then attacks the security.

* Cult of Lee def. LAX.

* DJZ and Andrew Everett def. Eli Drake and Scott Steiner to become the new Impact Tag Team Champions.

* Grado w/ Katrina Leigh def. Rohit Raju.

* Tessa Blanchard def. Kiera Hogan. Madison Rayne joined commentary during the match. After the match, Rayne makes the save when Blanchard attacks Hogan.

* Pentagon Jr. and El Hijo Del Fantasma def. Austin Aries and Impact X Division Champion Matt Sydal. Pentagon was still billed as the Impact World Champion and carried the championship to the ring after taping the title change earlier in the night.

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Updated WWE Backlash Card

Officially added to WWE Backlash in two weeks is Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass.

Also now official is Carmella vs. Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown Women’s Championship.

Here is the updated card for Backlash in two weeks:

Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe

Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass

WWE Intercontinental Championship

Seth Rollins (c) vs. The Miz

RAW Women’s Championship

Nia Jax (c) vs. Alexa Bliss

Smackdown Women’s Championship

Carmella (c) vs. Charlotte Flair

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