Smackdown will remain live when it moves to FOX next year, Still slated for Friday night

TheWrap.com is reporting that when Smackdown moves to FOX next year in October, the show will continuing airing live as it has since 2016.

The show was rebranded as “Smackdown Live” two years ago when it was shifted to the USA Network from the Syfy network and moved to Tuesday night.

When news first broke last week that FOX had come to an agreement to bring Smackdown to the network in 2019, it wasn’t immediately clear at the time if the show would become taped when early reports indicated the show would be moving to a Friday night time slot.

It was also reported earlier today by The Hollywood Reporter that numerous FOX executives held a pitch meeting with WWE executives (including Triple H and Stephanie McMahon) back on May 17 to finalize the deal, which will reportedly include plugs for WWE programming across all FOX platforms during major sports coverage. It was also hinted that a new weekly WWE studio show could be planned for FS1 as well.

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Impact Wrestling Under Pressure Preview

Impact Preview for the May 31, 2018 “Under Pressure” live special airing tonight on Pop TV.

* Impact Championship: Pentagon Jr. (c) vs. Impact Grand Champion Austin Aries

* Impact Knockouts Championship, Last Rites Match: Allie (c) vs. Su Yung

* Eli Drake vs. Scott Steiner

* Tessa Blanchard vs. Madison Rayne

* Brian Cage vs. Dezmond Xavier

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New details emerge about WWE’s meeting with FOX, Possibly weekly WWE studio show on FS1

The Hollywood Reporter is featuring a lengthy article examining the recent meeting between WWE and FOX to finalize a deal between both parties that would bring Smackdown Live to the broadcast network next year for an estimated $1.025 billion.

The article, by Marisa Guthrie, noted that a pitch meeting took place between WWE and FOX executives on May 17 at the 21st Century Fox’s Manhattan headquarters. FOX executives Eric Shanks, Larry Jones, Rupert Murdoch and CEO Lachlan Murdoch were part of the pitch, while WWE’s Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Stephanie McMahon, Michelle Wilson and George Barrios represented WWE at the meeting.

A photo of Ronda Rousey with Triple H on her shoulders from WrestleMania 34 was said to be projected on an “enormous TV screen” when WWE executives entered the room, along with Fox Sports and FS1 logos superimposed on the image. Around two and a half hours later, a deal was in play to bring Smackdown to FOX in what is expected to be a shift back to Friday night. Whether or not the show will remain airing live remains to be seen.

According to the article, FOX was “eager to acquire WWE’s programming” that includes Monday Night RAW and Smackdown Live. While NBC Universal opted to allow the rights to Smackdown go, they remained committed to Monday Night RAW paying an estimated $265 million. Murdoch, described as FOX’s 87-year-old patriarch, reportedly insisted during the pitch meeting that NBC was “embarrassed by your product.”

As reported earlier, the deal would present a big advertisement opportunity for WWE programming “every night of the week” including major NFL and MLB games. While not official, it would appear this may include a weekly studio show on FS1.

“Fox, he said, would fully embrace WWE, with SmackDown promos airing across sports programming every night of the week, along with a weekly studio show on FS1.”

While representatives for both WWE and FOX have still declined to comment, the new deal will see Smackdown begin airing live next October as part of a five-year deal.

WWE NXT Preview

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

Shayna Baslzer defending the NXT Women’s Championship against Dakota Kai is the scheduled main event. Here is how the rest of the card looks for tonight:

* NXT Women’s Championship: Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Dakota Kai

* Kairi Sane vs. Lacey Evans
* EC3 vs. Fabian Aichner
* Kassius Ohno vs. Chad Lail
* The War Raiders in action.

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Updated WWE Money in The Bank Card

The following is the updated card for the Money in the Bank PPV:

* WWE Championship, Last Man Standing Match: AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

* Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. New Day member vs. Kevin Owens vs. The Miz vs. Finn Balor vs. Rusev vs. Bobby Roode vs. Daniel Bryan/Samoa Joe winner

* RAW Women’s Championship: Nia Jax (c) vs. Ronda Rousey

* Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal

* Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Naomi vs. Natalya vs. Lana vs. Ember Moon

* Smackdown Women’s Championship: Carmella (c) vs. Asuka

* Smackdown Tag Team Championships: The Bludgeon Brothers (c’s) vs. Gallows and Anderson

* Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn

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Matches Set For Next Week's Raw

During last night’s WWE RAW, several matches were announced for next week’s RAW in Houston:

– Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor

– Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Roode

– WWE RAW Women’s Champion Nia Jax vs. Natalya

– Tag Team Battle Royal, where the winners get a WWE RAW Tag Team title shot against Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy.

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WWE Smackdown Preivew

WWE Smackdown Live airs tonight from Raleigh, NC.

Samoa Joe will face Daniel Bryan, where the winner is added to the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match.

The New Day will face The Miz & The Bar in a six-man tag team match.

As Paige announced on Twitter, Shinsuke Nakamura will take on Tye Dillinger.

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WWE Raw Preview

Set for tonight’s Memorial Day edition of Monday Night RAW live in Richmond, Virginia at the Richmond Coliseum will be Seth Rollins defending the Intercontinental Championship against Jinder Mahal after Mahal’s vicious attack with a steel chair on Rollins and Roman Reigns last week.

Plus, there will be a Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Gauntlet Match to determine the final woman entrant for the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match.

Opinionated View- Poor Seth are odds are he is jobbing to JInder as WWE is desperate to build any heat for that feud with Roman no one ever wants to see. 

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Update on Dr. Chris Amann vs. CM Punk/Colt Cabana

Jury selection began yesterday in Cook County Court in Illinois for the the civil lawsuit by WWE Dr. Chris Amann against CM Punk and Colt Cabana per PWInsider.com.

The lawsuit, filed in February 2015, claims defamation against Phil “CM Punk” Brooks and Scott “Colt Cabana” Colton over comments made on an episode of the “Art of Wrestling” podcast back in November 2014 when Punk first broke his post-WWE silence.

Amann claims statements made by Brooks and Colton on the podcast were false, defamatory and put him in a false light by improperly insinuating “a lack of integrity … and/or inability or lack of competence to perform his professional duties as a medical doctor.” Punk claimed Amann had falsely diagnosed a lump that “grew to the size of a baseball” and later turned into a staph infection. Punk also claimed Amann failed to treat his concussion symptoms saying that he was only prescribed antibiotics as treatment.

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Impact vs. UK crossover announced for this September

Impact Wrestling issued the following on Thursday announcing an Impact vs. UK crossover event on September 9 in Manchester, england during Wrestling MediaCon 2018.

‘IMPACT Wrestling vs the UK’ crossover show announced – as IMPACT returns to Britain for first time in three years

• IMPACT Wrestling President issues challenge to UK promotions
• Live event will take place on Sunday September 9 in Manchester
• Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Friday) from www.ringsideworld.co.uk

TORONTO | LONDON – IMPACT Wrestling will return to the UK for the first time in almost three years – putting on a special event in Manchester that will see global superstars from the North American wrestling group take on the best of the British independent wrestling scene.

IMPACT – which airs in more than 100 countries worldwide – today issued a blockbuster open challenge to any UK wrestling promotion to face them in an inter-promotional series at the event, which will take place at Wrestling MediaCon 2018 on Sunday September 9.

Tickets for ‘IMPACT Wrestling vs the UK’ live at Wrestling MediaCon 2018 will go on sale at tomorrow (Friday May 25) at 10am UK time from Ringside World at www.ringsideworld.co.uk.

Ed Nordholm, the President of IMPACT Wrestling, laid down the challenge. He said: “Since we last came to the UK almost three years ago, we have seen how much the UK wrestling scene has evolved.

“We are excited to return to the UK to demonstrate that IMPACT Wrestling has the best talent anywhere in the world, so we’re issuing an open challenge to any UK promotion to bring their best wrestlers to face the very best from IMPACT Wrestling on September 9 in Manchester.”

The organisers of Wrestling MediaCon 2018 said they are excited by the prospect of IMPACT Wrestling taking on a UK promotion.

“There are many fantastic UK promotions out there and we are expecting a lot of interest in this challenge from IMPACT Wrestling,” said a Wrestling MediaCon spokesman.

“We are committed to finding the best possible competition for the stars of IMPACT Wrestling in order to showcase the UK wrestling scene in the best possible light.”

Any UK promotions interested in accepting IMPACT Wrestling’s challenge are invited to contact Wrestling MediaCon at info@wrestlingmediacon.com

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Impact Wrestling Preview

Impact returns to Pop TV tonight on May 24, 2018.

Moose vs. Kongo Kong, Matt Sydal defends the Impact X Division Championship against Fantasma, Petey Williams vs. Dezmond Xavier and LAX vs. Cult of Lee in a tag team match is all scheduled for tonight’s episode.

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Current Lucha Underground and Impact Wrestling Star Competing on Survivor

Former WWE and current Lucha Underground, and Impact Wrestling star John Hennigan will be part of season 37 of CBS’ “Survivor” reality series. CBS announced the new season this week, including a “David Vs. Goliath” theme with castaways being divided into two groupds.

Taya Valkyrie, Hennigan’s fiancé, tweeted the following.

https://twitter.com/TheTayaValkyrie/status/999506714343784448

CBS provided a preview of the new season, which you can view above. Hennigan appears around the 1:07 mark talking about his background.

You can check out the full press release below.

Survivor Pits David Vs. Goliath In Season 37

The ultimate game of social strategy returns in the Fall, with an all-new twist.

During the Survivor: Ghost Island finale, host Jeff Probst introduced a sneak peek at Survivor’s next iteration, pitting underdogs versus the favored: In other words, David Vs. Goliath.

For Survivor’s 37th season, brand-new castaways will be sorted into two groups: The Davids, who have scratched and clawed their way through life to prove themselves, overcome adversity, and earned everything they’ve got.

And then there’s the Goliaths, who come from a place of privilege and have capitalized on their advantage to crush the competition, be it in business, education, or the professional wrestling ring.

But social politics can change drastically when you’re stranded on an island in the game of Survivor; as Jeff says in the video above, every Goliath has an Achilles heel, and every David has a secret weapon.

Who will be able to outwit, outplay, and outlast the competition in order to be crowned Sole Survivor?

Stay tuned for more information about Survivor: David Vs. Goliath, coming this Fall on CBS and CBS All Access.

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WWE confirms new start time for Money in the Bank and all PPV events on the WWE Network

WWE.com is now listing a new start time of 7:00 p.m. Eastern (6:00 CT) for the upcoming Money in the Bank PPV in four weeks on June 17.

This confirms a report this week stating the company planned to change up the start time of all PPV events by one hour earlier, with shows possibly running as long as four hours. WWE already started informing domestic and international PPV providers about the change.

A report by The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online indicated that while all events going forward are planned to run four hours, they may not end up going that long. The big four (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series) will also begin at 7:00 p.m. ET, but are expected to run longer than normal PPV events like Money in the Bank.

The change comes following the Backlash PPV a few weeks ago, which was the first dual-branded PPV event featuring talent from both RAW and Smackdown Live. Kickoff Shows are also scheduled to continue and either air for an hour or 30 minutes prior to the PPV. WWE has yet to reveal the official timing schedule for June 17 on the network.

Opinionated View- This is such a stupid idea.

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WWE NXT Preview

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

Scheduled for this week’s show is Ricochet and The Velveteen Dream vs. Lars Sullivan in a 2-on-1 handicap match. Also advertised is Kairi Sane vs. Lacey Evans, TM61 vs. Heavy Machinery and the latest involving Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.

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WWE Smackdown Preview

Set for tonight is WWE US Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Jeff Hardy in a Second Chance Match, Sonya Deville vs. Naomi and Billie Kay vs. Lana in Money in the Bank Qualifying Matches and MizTV with The New Day to find out which member will compete in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match.

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Updated WWE MITB Card

* WWE Championship: AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

* Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode vs. a member of The New Day vs. winner of Samoa Joe vs. Daniel Bryan/Jeff Hardy

* Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya vs. Ember Moon vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch vs. winner of Lana/Billie Kay vs. winner of Sonya Deville/Naomi vs. winner of RAW Gauntlet Match

* RAW Women’s Championship: Nia Jax (c) vs. Ronda Rousey

* Smackdown Women’s Championship: Carmella (c) vs. Asuka

* Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal

Opinioanted View- Awful card. AJ and Nakamura can not have a good match together they never have they never will. Men's MITB has to much crap in it and the guys you want to win clarly lose. Becky and Alexa have there work cut out for them in the women's. Ronda and Nia has total flop written all over it. Carmella and Askua are awful. And the final capper Roman and Jinder who could ealy be 1 and 2 on the worst list.

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WWE increasing PPV length to a four-hour minimum beginning with Money in the Bank PPV

Beginning with the Money in the Bank PPV on June 17 from Chicago, WWE will be increasing the length of all Pay Per View events to a four-hour minimum per multiple wrestling media reports on Monday night.

WWE is said to have informed many of their main domestic and international PPV providers, including InDemand and Sky TV, that the Money in the Bank PPV will be pushed back from its usual 8:00 PM ET start time to a 7:00 PM start time and that most PPV events will begin at 7:00 PM ET going forward.

It is also said that the WWE’s four major PPVs (WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series and the Royal Rumble) will all become five-hour PPV events going forward. This is being done as a way to accommodate both rosters for RAW and Smackdown Live, with all non-major events being co-branded on the WWE Network.

It is unknown whether or not the one to two hour Kickoff Shows would continue, although the InDemand website lists the Money in the Bank Kickoff Show at 6:30 PM ET, but InDemand airs a different in-studio Kickoff Show compared to the live Kickoff Show with matches that WWE airs on their WWE Network broadcast.

WWE has not issued any comment nor confirmation on this reported change.

Opinionated View- Awful idea. First they can't even fill 3 hours with commercials for Raw. And the PPV's biggest issues are they drag on now you are adding another hour.

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Former OVW star Matt Cappotelli discontinuing treatments to battle brain cancer

In a new blog post that was sent out this past weekend, the wife of former OVW star Matt Cappotelli, Lindsay Cappotelli, revealed that her husband would be discontinuing treatments to battle brain cancer.

Cappotelli, who was the co-winner alongside current Impact star Johnny Impact (John Hennigan) of the third season of WWE Tough Enough in 2002, competed in OVW under a WWE developmental deal until 2006, when it was revealed that Cappotelli had brain cancer (a grade II glioma at that time) and was forced to retire from in-ring competition.

Cappotelli underwent successful brain surgery to remove the tumor in 2007, then after two years of radiation and chemotherapy, was in remission. However in 2017, Cappotelli was diagnosed with brain cancer yet again, with it being a grade IV GBM (GlioBlastoma Multiforme), which is the most deadly form of brain cancer that there is.

Cappotelli again underwent brain surgery, but it was found by doctors that a portion of the tumor inside Cappotelli’s brain was inoperable, leading to the treatments Cappotelli has tried to battle the brain cancer up until present-day.

Several wrestlers, past and present, in OVW had been able to raise and donate money to assist Cappotelli and his family over the last year in assistance for his battle.

Opinionated View- At this stage all you can do is pray for Matt and his family. 

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More details on new deal between WWE and FOX including what day Smackdown may air

TheWrap.com is featuring an article about the news that broke earlier this morning that WWE has agreed in principle to a new deal to bring Smackdown Live to FOX next Fall.

According to the article, Smackdown would be shifting back to Friday night. It was not revealed if the show would continue to air live or go back to being taped on Tuesday.

The article also indicated the deal would include Smackdown airing on FOX’s flagship broadcast channel instead of cable outlets such as FS1 or FS2. WWE and FOX have continued to decline comment regarding the story breaking today.

ESPN’s Daren Rovell, who broke the story earlier today, noted on Twitter that WWE’s stock price skyrocketed again after news of the FOX deal. As of 2:45 p.m. ET on Monday, WWE stock was currently up to 58.63 with a near 14% increase today.

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Report: WWE has “agreed in principle” to bring Smackdown Live to FOX in October 2019

ESPN.com is reporting that WWE has an agreement in principle with FOX, described as a “massive” offer, to bring Smackdown Live to the network in October of 2019.

WWE representatives declined to comment on the story, while any representatives for FOX were not immediately reached at the time of the report on Monday morning.

A report last week by the Hollywood Reporter indicated NBC Universal was interested in retaining Monday Night RAW for “triple the rights fee amount”, all the while declining the option to renew Smackdown Live which airs live every Tuesday on the USA Network.

Smackdown Live has been averaging 2.59 million viewers per week in 2018 and has been part of the NBC Universal family on cable since October of 2010, airing first on the SyFy network and then moving to the USA Network in 2016.

Back in February, FOX executives attended a Smackdown Live taping in Los Angeles including on-air personality Colin Cowherd. Not long later, Cowherd hinted on air that WWE programming was “coming to a network near you.”

We will continue to follow this story as it develops.

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WWE Raw Preview

WWE RAW is live tonight from Albany, New York.

Set for tonight in New York is Sami Zayn inviting Bobby Lashley’s sisters to appear on the broadcast to expose Lashley for lying about them.

Plus, more qualifying matches for the Money in the Bank ladder matches and another open challenge by WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins.

Opinionated View- I will ask again WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING WITH LASHLEY? 

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SPOILERS: Angle shot for upcoming Impact on Pop TV episode at House of Hardcore

Impact shot an angle for an upcoming episode of Impact on Pop TV at Saturday’s House of Hardcore event in Philadelphia where during a tag match between oVe against Eddie Edwards and Tommy Dreamer, Edwards turned on Dreamer and after oVe got the win, gouged at Dreamer’s eye with a singapore cane.

Also taped at House of Hardcore on Saturday was MOOSE def. Eli Drake and LAX def. The Squad World Order of Mikey Mondo and Kenny Dykstra aka former WWE team The Spirit Squad.

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Ring of Honor opening new Dojo in Baltimore this June; will include Seminar and Try-Out Cam

Ring of Honor Wrestling announced on their website Friday the company will be opening a new state-of-the-art Dojo officially on June 23rd and June 24th in Baltimore, MD which includes a two-day camp followed by regular training schedules on an invitation-only basis thereafter.  The announcement also states the new ROH Dojo will partner with the best professional wrestling schools from around the United States to assist in identifying athletes who are ready to take the final steps in becoming a star on Ring of Honor television and that all students will train under the full-time training staff which includes ROH Executive Producer Delirious, BJ Whitmer, Jonathan Greshman and among others.

You can check out the full announcement from Ring of Honor below:

NEW ROH DOJO TO OPEN IN BALTIMORE WITH JUNE 23 SEMINAR/TRY-OUT CAMP

Dojo members will train under:

Delirious, Ring of Honor Executive Producer – Delirious has over 19 years of international professional wrestling experience as well as nearly nine years as a producer for Ring of Honor. Delirious will focus on in-ring execution, television presentation, and more.

BJ Whitmer, Ring of Honor Producer, Color Commentator – BJ Whitmer has 19 years of international professional wrestling experience and has served as a color commentator and producer for Ring of Honor for three years. Whitmer re-invented himself on the microphone and will focus on both in-ring action and outside the ring communication.

Joey, International Wrestling Star and Producer – 90% of the stars you see on TV today have received tutelage from Joey. He has worked in every major promotion over the last 22 years and has been a professional coach/producer for the past eight.

Jonathan Gresham, Ring of Honor Wrestler – The man known as “The Octopus” has 13 years of international professional wrestling experience, competing in 13 countries across four continents before turning 30. A master technician, Gresham looks to share the art of grappling, conditioning, and much more.

Will Ferrara, Ring of Honor Wrestler – Will Ferrara has 12 years of international wrestling experience and got his international television break after becoming a student of the ROH Dojo. Ferrara has regularly appeared on ROH television for the last three years and looks to share lessons learned on his own journey to enhance the careers of ROH Dojo trainees.

In addition to the above five full-time trainers, the ROH Dojo will have guest trainers including the legendary Bully Ray, former ROH World Champion Jay Lethal, lead ROH Announcer Ian Riccaboni, and more.

Following the Grand Opening Seminar, the ROH Dojo will hold Try-Out/Seminar Camps every three to four months. Because the Dojo is invitation only for experienced wrestlers, the camps will serve to not only offer feedback, but will also function to identify talent to train in the ROH Dojo and, if applicable, be featured on ROH Television.

Keep it locked on ROHWrestling.com and the ROH App for more details about the Grand Opening of the new ROH Dojo and how you can attend the upcoming Grand Opening Seminar on June 23 and June 24!

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Timetable for Randy Orton’s in-ring return to WWE following surgery per new report

It was reported on Friday by WWE.com that Randy Orton underwent surgery earlier this week to repair a torn meniscus in his knee that he had been dealing with for months.

The timetable for Orton’s in-ring return to WWE action is said to be around two months per a new report by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer.

Orton last wrestled for WWE at the Backlash PPV on May 6 in Newark in a losing effort to WWE US Champion Jeff Hardy.

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Former WWE star Tom Magee suffers severe beating in California this past week

Former WWE star Tom Magee was said to have suffered a severe beating by upwards of six men earlier this past week in front of his residence in Los Angeles, per a new report by the Los Angeles CBS affiliate.

The 59-year old Magee suffered a broken eye socket, a broken jaw and a concussion after getting into an argument with the attackers over a parking space. Neighbors of Magee rushed in to help, sending the attackers fleeing and only then stopping the attack.

Two of the attackers, 20-year old Justin Leo and 20-year old Degrate Bryant, were charged with assault with deadly weapons by the Los Angeles Police Department.

Magee worked for Stampede Wrestling up in Canada, All Japan Pro Wrestling and most notably WWE throughout his pro wrestling career.

Magee wrestled for WWE from 1987 to 1989, infamously working a match with WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart on a live event in 1987 that has since garnered a cult following due to footage of the match never being released and stories that have gone around about Magee’s perceived potential that never came to be.

Magee was taken to a Los Angeles hospital following his attack, but has since been released and is back at his residence recovering from his injuries.

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Potential candidates for WWE Smackdown Live if it becomes open for bidding

As mentioned on Wednesday night, a new report by The Hollywood Reporter revealed that NBC Universal was looking at keeping WWE RAW for triple the rights fee amount, while allowing Smackdown Live to be open for bidding by other networks.

Variety released a new report on Thursday night revealing that the potential candidates for WWE Smackdown Live, should it become open for bidding, would be FOX, Facebook and Amazon.

Coming off the initial Hollywood Reporter article on Wednesday night, WWE stock hit a company all-time high on Thursday morning, peaking at $51.20 per share and closing on Thursday evening at $50.31 per share.

Impact on Pop Preview

The following is set for tonight’s 5/17 Impact Wrestling on Pop TV:

* Eddie Edwards vs. Sami Callihan in a Street Fight

* Impact Grand Champion Austin Aries and Impact X-Division Champion Matt Sydal vs. Impact Champion Pentagon Jr. and Fantasma

* Su Yung holds a funeral for Rosemary

* Impact Tag Team Champions Eli Drake and Scott Steiner vs. DJZ and Andrew Everett

* Madison Rayne returns

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