SPOILERS: 11/28 NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University to air on the WWE Network

WWE taped the following NXT tapings on Wednesday from Full Sail University.

11/28 NXT TV tapings:
* Dark Match: Luke Menzies def. Mansoor.

* Matt Riddle def. Punishment Martinez (in his NXT TV debut). After the match, Kassius Ohno showed up on the ramp and knocked out Riddle.

* The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler) def. Humberto Carrillo and Raul Mendoza.

* NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler def. Dakota Kai.

* NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa walked out to cut a promo about his title reign when he was interrupted by Aleister Black. Black wanted to invoke his rematch for a shot at the title at TakeOver: Phoenix. Johnny Gargano interrupts saying he isn’t finished with Black. Ciampa suggests a steel cage match. Black tries to hit Black Mass on Gargano, but Gargano gets away and Black connects on Ciampa.

* EC3 def. Bobby Fish.

* Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch def. The Mighty.

* Mia Yim def. Reina Gonzalez.

* Ricochet def. Tyler Breeze to retain the NXT North American Championship

* Io Shirai and Dakota Kai def. Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke.

* Dominik Dijakovic def. Aaron Mackey.

* Heavy Machinery def. an unknown tag team.

* Matt Riddle def. Kassius Ohno.

* Jaxson Ryker def. Mitch Taverna.

* Bianca Belair def. Lacey Evans, Mia Yim and Io Shirai to become No. 1 Contender for the NXT Women’s Championship. She will challenge Baszler at TakeOver: Phoenix.

* The Undisputed Era (Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly) def. Heavy Machinery to retain the NXT Tag Team Championships.

* Johnny Gargano def. Aleister Black in a steel cage match. NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa slammed the cage door in the face of Black towards the end. When Ciampa entered the ring, he had a stare down with Gargano and Black was down. As Black got up, both Ciampa and Gargano connected with knees. Gargano scores the pinfall.

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 to stream live worldwide on FITE TV on January 4, 2019

According to a new report from Mike Johnson at PWInsider, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 will stream live worldwide on FITE TV live from the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2019. 

Johnson indicated the deal between New Japan and FITE was completed this week, and that an official announcement could be made as soon as this Thursday.   

The report also stated the plan is for the show to air live beginning at 3:00AM ET in its entirety in Japanese or English, priced at $34.99 and will be made available anywhere in the world through the various FITE TV platforms, including Roku and mobile devices.  In addition, the show will be available for Video On Demand replays.

We had also previously reported that AXS TV will broadcast two-hours of Wrestle Kingdom 13 on its network via tape delay on January 4. 

NJPW has already announced the following matches for Wrestle Kingdom 13:

*IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega vs. G1 Climax 28 tournament winner Hiroshi Tanahashi.

*IWGP Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho vs. Tetsuya Naito.

*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA vs. Taiji Ishimori.

*Revolution Pro British Heavyweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

*Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White.

*IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado vs. Roppongi 3K vs. BUSHI & Shingo.

Opinionated View- Well I am happy as it gives more fans the chance to see teh show. But I would say if you can just buy New Japan World. Its basically the same price as WWE Network or UFC Fightpass. Plus you also get the fall out show New Year's Dash. But I also it might not be on every platform.

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Alexa Bliss is Training at The WWE Performance Center

Alexa Bliss has been out of in ring action for a while, and has missed the WWE Evolution PPV. There were reports that Bliss was dealing with multiple concussions, but Bliss has repeatedly denied she was retiring. The speculation picked up more momentum when Bliss was put in charge of the Raw Women’s division on Monday.

She posted the following today from the WWE Performance Center, in the ring with one of WWE’s trainers, as she looks to be beginning the process to get cleared.

Alexa's Twitter Post

Opinionated View- Fingers are crossed. I would hate to see her career end and just from the prospective of her life you because she is a young woman. You hope she can be healthy.

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Report: First market for the XFL’s return in 2020 believed to be in St. Louis

KSDK in Missouri is reporting that St. Louis will become an official market for the return of Vince McMahon’s XFL football league in 2020.

According to the report, the St. Louis XFL team (which hasn’t revealed an official name) will play 10 games in the inaugural 2020 season. The Dome at America’s Center is scheduled to host five of the football games in St. Louis.

The report also stated that the XFL is believed to be revealing teams for all markets some time in the next week. News about the league has been relatively quiet since the initial announcement about its return this past January.

A report back in June stated McMahon was investing a reported $500 million into the relaunch as part of his new Alpha Entertainment venture.

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WWE NXT Preview

WWE NXT closes out the night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00 CT featuring a series of matches including Lars Sullivan vs. Keith Lee, Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan vs. The Mighty, EC3 vs. Marcel Barthel and Mia Yim vs. Vanessa Borne.

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WWE 205 Live Preview

205 Live returns at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/6:00 CT featuring WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy and Tony Nese vs. Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali in a tag team main event, Hideo Itami in action and Noam Dar vs. Mike Kanellis.

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WWE NXT UK Preview

Kicking things off on Wednesday is two new episodes of NXT UK beginning at 3:00 p.m. Eastern/2:00 CT featuring Pete Dunne defending the WWE United Kingdom Championship against Jordan Devlin, Millie McKenzie and Xia Brookside vs. Charlie Morgan and Killer Kelly and the finals of the NXT UK Women’s Championship tournament.

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SPOILERS: WWE 205 Live TV taping results for November 28 from Minneapolis

* Noam Dar def. Mike Kanellis. The Lucha House Party distracted Kanellis.

* Hideo Itami def. a local wrestler. Ariya Daivari showed up after the match, attacked Itami’s opponent and then shook hands with Itami.

* Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali def. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy and Tony Nese in a tag team main event match.

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WWE Smackdown Preview

WWE Smackdown Live takes place tonight from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Advertised for tonight’s show is the television returns of AJ Styles and Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch. Styles will be addressing comments by WWE Champion Daniel Bryan last week, while Lynch will likely be commenting on being pulled from Survivor Series two weeks ago after taking a punch from Nia Jax.

Also scheduled for the show is Jeff Hardy celebrating 20 years with WWE.

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Report: European talent WALTER signs deal with WWE to be part of NXT UK brand

PWInsider is reporting that European wrestler WALTER has come to terms on a deal with WWE that will see him become part of the emerging NXT UK brand.

It was reported back in March by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE had interest in signing WALTER to a deal with the company. WALTER, who is from Austria, currently holds the World Title for PROGRESS Wrestling and OTT Wrestling.

Back in September, WALTER told The Mirror he didn’t want to live in the United States.

“I don’t know if I mentioned this but being a part of the Raw or SmackDown roster is nothing I am interested in. I don’t want to live in the US. I really like NXT though, I think it’s a great product, filled with the best talent in the world and is focused on competition in the ring, which is something I enjoy. I don’t want to say it will never happen because in wrestling things change so quick.”

During the latest set of NXT UK tapings in Liverpool over the weekend, WWE approached talent with new deals that restricts them from working for other promotions that the company isn’t currently affiliated with. PROGRESS and OTT are WWE affiliates.

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WWE Raw Preview

WWE RAW is live tonight from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Scheduled for tonight’s show is WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins issuing an open challenge after the events of last week with Dean Ambrose.

Also advertised for the show is The Authors of Pain defending the RAW Tag Team Championships against Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, Bobby Lashley vs. Elias and Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin and the latest between Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax

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All Elite Wrestling

All Elite Wrestling

WWE Rumored to be Extending Contracts on Superstars and Signing Other Free Agents to Keep Them Away from All Elite Wrestling, Young Bucks and Cody Rhodes Reportedly Offered ‘Main Event Money’ to Go to WWE

– As previously reported, there have been a number of rumors this week regarding a new wrestling promotion, dubbed All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The promotion would prospectively involve The Young Bucks and Cody Rhodes, Chris Jericho, Jim Ross and Tony Khan (son of Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan), with WWE superstars reportedly interested in signing on if the promotion actually gets off the ground. During a recent edition of The Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer addressed the topic.

During the show, Meltzer addressed how WWE is definitely taking notice of AEW and that it is on Vince McMahon’s radar. He stated the following (transcript via Ringside News):

“If you look at that [WWE] roster there’s a lot of guys WWE’s gonna really try to double down and try and make sure that they extend people’s contracts. You know I expect a lot of change from the WWE from three days ago. You know?”

“It’s on [Vince McMahon’s] radar, don’t kid yourself. Once the MSG show happened and [WWE] blocked it and [ROH] got it and it got unblocked, everything’s been on his radar. That’s why ACH and these guys that they’ve known about for ten years all of a sudden they’re signed now that weren’t being signed before.”


“I’m sure they had a hint of some of this. I don’t know what they knew and didn’t know but I’m sure that they had enough of a — I mean look, they’ve been courting Cody and The Young Bucks hard, hard, hard and those guys haven’t committed and said ‘We’re coming’ and they’ve gotta be sitting there going, ‘Why won’t they come?!’”

It was also indicated on the show that WWE was offering Rhodes and The Young Bucks “main event money” to go to the organization. How the new All Elite Wrestling venture pans out still remains to be seen.

Opinionated View- Well this is Dave talking so a large amount of it likely came out of his ass. That call me crazy this time feel different. We always hear about these so called big companies that will start with money and talent and they never seem to pan out. But than you look at Elite and what they have already done getting into Hot Topic, The Funco Deal, ALL IN. This is Vince's worst nightmare Superstars that prove they can do it without his machine. 

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First ever NXT UK TakeOver event to take place in Blackpool, England this January

WWE posted to their Twitter that during today’s NXT UK tapings in Liverpool, Great Britain the first ever NXT UK TakeOver event will take place in Blackpool, England on January 12, 2019.

Tickets for the event will go on sale this Monday at 10:00am GMT.

You can check out WWE’s Twitter post below making the announcement.

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Opinionated View- Great more over hyped shows where anyone with talent gets buried when they go to the main roster. 

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Update on Braun Strowman, Scheduled for surgery this Monday in Birmingham

WWE star Braun Strowman is currently scheduled to undergo surgery this Monday in Birmingham, Alabama according to a report by PWInsider.

As reported earlier, WWE confirmed Strowman would be requiring surgery on his elbow. While the company is pushing the storyline on RAW that Strowman’s “attack” caused the injury, it was reported later that Strowman is suffering from bone spurs in his elbow.

As of now, the hope internally within WWE is that Strowman will have enough time to recover from surgery to wrestle at the TLC PPV on December 16. However, until the surgery is actually performed, a return date hasn’t been confirmed just yet.

Should the match with Corbin go forth, it carries an interesting stipulation. If Strowman wins, he earns a shot at the Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble.  If Corbin wins, he gets to be the permanent General Manager of RAW.

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WWE Not Planning To End Brand Split Before FOX Deal Begins

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via Wrestling Inc) reports that while there are rumors that WWE will go back to having just one brand when Smackdown moves to FOX next year, this is actually not going to happen. There had been rumors that WWE needed all of their top stars on Smackdown due to the importance of network primetime numbers.

However, FOX reportedly doesn’t want to cross-promote the same wrestlers that are seen on NBCUniversal’s RAW on the USA Network. That makes it more likely that the rosters will stay separate. It’s also believed that RAW and Smackdown will have different production teams, with more live events for the WWE Network. It’s believed that Smackdown will have the live TV show on Friday, followed by whatever Saturday live events they have airing on the WWE Network. RAW, meanwhile, will work Sundays for live events or PPV events, followed by RAW on Monday.

Smackdown premieres on FOX on October 4, 2019. We reported last month that FOX wants the show to have less comedy and more of a sports-oriented feel. They plan to include it as part of their sports block of programming, which runs from Thursday to Sunday. Vince McMahon, however, seems to prefer the comedy approach with parts of his shows. FOX also wants to do cross-promoting with the other shows they have, including FOX Sports stars and personalities appearing on different shows to promote the block (including Smackdown). They want to give them something with a more athletic presentation to promote.

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RUMOR: Two WWE Superstars Have Reportedly Agreed To Join All Elite Wrestling

While the rumors of the All Elite Wrestling promotion have yet to be confirmed, we reported yesterday that several trademarks have been filed for the company. AEW is reportedly set to involve Young Bucks and Cody Rhodes, Chris Jericho, Jim Ross and Tony Khan (son of Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan), with WWE superstars reportedly interested in signing on if the promotion actually gets off the ground.


WrestleTalk reports that it goes a little beyond “interest”, however, claiming that two main roster stars have been “informally approached” about signing with the company and have “provisionally” agreed to sign once their WWE contracts expire. It’s believed both wrestlers will leave WWE at April at the latest.

The deal is said to hinge on the promotion getting a “financially worthwhile” TV or streaming deal, so it should be considered “50/50” at this point.

Opinionated View- Well this like a good way to get sued if WWE wants to claim they are interfering with contracted talented. Get ready for a lot of reports like this until something come out officially 

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Impact Tag Team Champions LAX Debuting For EVOLVE on 12/15 and 12/16

EVOLVE Wrestling announced on their Twitter Thursday that current Impact Wrestling Tag Team Champions LAX (Latin American Xchange) will debut at the promotion’s New York events on December 15 in Queens and Deer Park on December 16.

Tickets are currently on sale for both of these upcoming events with a special Black Friday savings of 10% off through Monday at midnight eastern.

You can check out the Twitter post below from EVOLVE with all the details:

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WWE Hall of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan Hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit

64 year-old WWE Hall of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan is currently hospitalized in the the intensive care unit at a hospital in South Carolina.  A family member posted to Duggan’s Instagram Thursday that he was “in good spirits.”  Duggan did provide an update soon after indicating he felt fine and hopes to be discharged by Saturday.

As of this report there are no further details as to the reason for Duggan being admitted to the hospital.

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Update on Trademarks Filed for All Elite Wrestling, WWE Superstars Rumored to Have Interest in New Promotion

– As previously reported, an applicant by the title of All Elite Wrestling filed for a “good and services” trademark on a number of phrases that included “All Elite Wrestling,” “AEW,” “AEW Double Or Nothing,” and “AEW All Out.” The Wrestling Observer Radio (via WrestlingInc.com) had more details on what could be happening with this new wrestling promotion.



Speaking about the potential new wrestling promotion, Dave Meltzer stated that The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) were essential to making sure this promotion starts. Basically, if the Bucks are not part of the deal, then it will cease to exist. Also, The Young Bucks are still under contract with ROH until the end of 2018, so they aren’t free yet to negotiate a new deal. Additionally, if they decide to sign with WWE or re-up with ROH after the first of January 2019, then the whole deal would be “scrapped.”

It was noted that Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes and Brandi Rhodes are currently free agents and not under contract with anyone, so they are open to conduct negotiations with a potential new wrestling organization. The applicant All Elite Wrestling attempted to file for two trademarks for AEW: a standard character mark for the letters “AEW” and also a mark for an AEW logo, which is said to be similar to military stenciling.


Also, it was reported by WrestlingInc. that the trademark files for AEW Double or Nothing and AEW All Out were accompanied by logos. The other trademarks that were filed were merely standard character marks for the wording only. The application filing for AEW Double or Nothing reportedly featured a logo of a poker chip with the words “AEW Double or Nothing” written on it. It’s rumored that Double or Nothing could be the title of the follow-up pay-per-view to All In.

Additionally, the AEW All Out logo reportedly looks similar to the logo for the “All In” event with a line striking through “IN” and the word “OUT” written over it. This implies the the same parties responsible for All In are also involved with All Elite Wrestling

Another aspect of this is Killing The Business, Inc. This company trademarked the Being The Elite YouTube show for the stable of of The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, Hangman Page, Marty Scurll, and Kenny Omega. Killing The Business, Inc. reportedly has not yet gained the trademark of “The Elite” ahead of the formation of All Elite Wrestling, LLC.


Meltzer also indicated that he knows Superstars in WWE that are said to be very interested in the potential AEW promotion. While pointed out that it doesn’t mean any of the WWE names he has spoken with will leave, but they are open to the idea of exploring the option if AEW gets off the ground, making a potential new destination for wrestling talent.


Opinionated View- Again it's all speculation until something is actually announced. This weekend full video on my thoughts on this. 

Adidas Challenging Logo and Trademark for Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment

– PWInsider reports that clothing and sneaker company Adidas is challenging Vince McMahon’s trademark for Alpha Entertainment, the new entity he’s using to relaunch the XFL that was announced last year. According to the report, a number of Adidas’ subsidiary companies have requested time from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to oppose Alpha Entertainment trademarking its logo.

Adidas is reportedly arguing that Alpha’s logo is infringing on the one for Adidas. Currently, Adidas will have until March 6, 2019 to file an opposite or request another question.

It was previously reported in April 2018 that all six of the XFL trademarks that Alpha Entertainment applied to register for were given an initial refusal by USPTO. That refusal was due to the likelihood of confusing from similar XFL trademarks being held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

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WWE Planning Big Push For Lars Sullivan on Main Roster

WWE has plans to give Lars Sullivan a major push once he hits the main roster, according to a new report. The WON reports that Sullivan, who was announced as coming soon to the main roster during Survivor Series, will get a big push once he makes his debut.

At this time, according to the outlet, there is no specific plan for his first program. Sullivan will next be seen on next week’s NXT in a match against Keith Lee. That match was taped last week in San Jose and could be Sullivan’s last appearance for the brand.

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Update on Brock Lesnar’s Possible WrestleMania 35 Opponent

– The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via WrestlingInc.com) has a new update on the current booking plan for Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 35 in April 2019. Per the report, the alleged current plan is for WWE Universal champion Brock Lesnar to face Seth Rollins at the event.



Lesnar is currently slated to next appear at Royal Rumble 2019, where he will reportedly face Braun Strowman. As previously reported, Braun Strowman is out of action to get elbow surgery, but he’s expected to be back and ready to go by January.



The feud would reportedly play off of Roman Reigns, who is currently off TV to battle his reoccurrence of leukemia, in some fashion. Obviously, the Observer has been off in the past regarding WrestleMania matchups, so this news should be taken with a grain of salt. Additionally, it was also reported that WWE has major plans for Drew McIntyre in 2019 as well.

WrestleMania 35 is currently scheduled for April 7, 2019 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The event will be broadcast live on the WWE Network.

Opinionated View- Rollins is great but how much can he possibly get out of lazy Lesnar.

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Are the Elite Starting There Own Promotion

A thread over on Reddit recently revealed that a series of new trademarks have been filed in the state of Florida (specifically Jacksonville) for what could be start of a new wrestling promotion featuring high profile non-contracted WWE talent.

The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online reports that trademarks were filed by All Elite Wrestling, LLC on November 5 by the same addresses as the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars. This is relevant as Tony Khan has been rumored in recent weeks as backing a new wrestling venture. The Khan family are the owners of the Jaguars.

A variety of names were trademarked (image above) including:

All Elite Wrestling
AEW All Out
All Out
AEW
Double or Nothing
Tuesday Night Dynamite
AEW Double Or Nothing

The “goods and services” section of the trademarks noted these items would be used for merchandise, live streaming PPV content and more.

The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho and Jim Ross were all heavily rumored to be part of this venture, more so the Bucks, Rhodes and Omega with their current ROH and New Japan Pro Wrestling deals set to expire shortly.

Jericho and Ross have denied any involvement when asked about the rumors not long ago, while The Elite has expressed publicly that they would be sticking together when current contracts with Ring of Honor and New Japan finish up shortly.

Opiniotnead View- If I had a dollar for every time I heard about some new wrestling company that was supposed to have big money behind it with big name talent being involved, I would have enough money to start own new wrestling company with big name talent involved. Until we for sure see something concrete it all just fun speculation. 

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Updated WWE TLC Card

WWE also confirmed another championship match for the event on Monday featuring Ronda Rousey defending the RAW Women’s Championship against Nia Jax.

Here is the updated card for TLC as of Tuesday night.

WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles

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

TLC Match
If Strowman wins, he gets a shot at the Universal Title
If Corbin wins, he becomes the permanent GM of RAW
Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Seth Rollins (c) vs. Dean Ambrose

Opinionated View- Yikes. Heel Bryan is fun but he's going to have to deal with AJ. Ronda pulled off a miracle and had only good Nia Jax match earlier this year but it will take a miracle to get another one. Why are you putting the 2 big guys in a TLC? Ambrose vs. Rollins is so far the only match that look great.

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SPOILERS: WWE 205 Live TV taping results for November 21 from Los Angeles

* Tony Nese def. Noam Dar.

* WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy cut a promo about defeating Mustafa Ali at Survivor Series this past Sunday.

* Akira Tozawa and The Brian Kendrick def. Fidel Bravo and Richie Slade.

* Gran Metalik def. TJP. After the match, Mike Kanellis attacks Metalik and Kalisto.

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Report: Braun Strowman suffering from bone spurs in elbow, TLC status is in doubt

We reported yesterday that WWE was pushing a storyline coming out of RAW that Braun Strowman had “sustained serious injuries” following an attack by Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin last night.

It turns out the storyline was a cover for a legitimate injury in Strowman’s elbow at the moment. The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online reports that Strowman has bone spurs in his elbow and is scheduled to undergo surgery as a result.

The same report indicated that while the injury isn’t considered to be serious to the extent of Strowman missing months at time a time, his status for the TLC PPV in four weeks, where he is scheduled to wrestle Baron Corbin, is touch and go.

As reported earlier, the stipulation for Strowman vs. Corbin at TLC is that if Strowman wins, Corbin loses all authority as Acting General Manager of RAW and Strowman would go on to face Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble in January for the Universal Championship. If Corbin wins, he gets to be the permanent General Manager of RAW going forward.

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WWE Smackdown Preview

WWE Smackdown Live takes place tonight from Los Angeles, California.

Advertised for tonight’s show is WWE Champion Daniel Bryan explaining his actions on Smackdown last week after he defeated AJ Styles and then attacked him.

Also advertised is a first ever Thanksgiving Feast Fight featuring Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Bar and Big Show vs. The New Day.

WWE is also hinting at the fallout from Survivor Series that saw Smackdown get swept 6-0 on Sunday night against RAW. More fallout from Survivor Series is also expected on the show including Charlotte Flair’s attack on RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey.

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WWE Raw Preview

WWE RAW is live tonight from Los Angeles, California for the third night in a row.

While no matches have been officially announced, tonight will feature the fallout from last night’s Survivor Series PPV that saw RAW go 6-0 against Smackdown Live.

WWE.com noted that Braun Strowman, as per the orders of Stephanie McMahon, will be granted at shot at the Universal Championship, along with a match against RAW Acting GM Baron Corbin. It was not made clear if Strowman vs. Corbin will happen tonight.

Also being promoted for the show is the first match for the TLC PPV on December 16 being confirmed, with Seth Rollins defending the Intercontinental Championship against Dean Ambrose. This is the only match that has been announced so far for TLC.

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Impact Wrestling Reportedly in Talks With Several Networks

 During the PWTorch Livecast (via Wrestlezone.com), Mike Mcmahon and Andrew Soucek discussed the future of Impact Wrestling and how Impact is potentially looking to secure a new TV deal with another network. According to a source at Anthem Sports, Impact Wrestling is looking to get a spot back on primetime, but Pop TV was not looking to grant it to the promotion. Additionally, the source also claimed that Impact Wrestling is currently in talks with other networks, including TruTV, WGN, and SyFy.

The report states that if Impact is unable to make the move to another network, the promotion will stay in its current late night time slot on Pop TV. The current Impact deal with Pop TV is set to expire at the end of this year (2018). Impact is currently expected to stay on Pop TV throughout the first part of next year.


Also, Pop TV is reportedly looking into airing Aro Lucha. Some promos for Aro Lucha aired during Impact recently.


Opinionated View- Well screw Pop if they want to replace Impact with some crappy Lucha show. I would love to see WGN. Tru I feel will be like Des America not really into it long term. SYFY just wouldn't fit.

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Cody Rhodes to undergo surgery for torn meniscus following NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13

Cody Rhodes revealed on Friday the MRI results for his knee is one vertical and one horizontal tear on the medial meniscus, which put him out of in-ring action for at least six weeks.

Earlier this month we reported that Cody had stated on his Twitter that during the ROH Global Wars show in Buffalo while he was teasing tossing a shirt into the crowd he “heard a loud pop” in his knee.

We also previously reported that Cody stated following a doctor visit that his MCL/PCL/ACL appeared to be “structurally sound” but his knee appeared to be damaged and would require a scope.

Rhodes is planning on having the surgery following a match he still plans to wrestle at New Japan’s Wrestle Kingdom 13 event at the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2019 that has yet to be announced.

Rhodes will be rehabbing his knee leading up to his match at Ring of Honor’s Final battle on December 14 in New York where he is still scheduled to face Jay Lethal for the the ROH World Championship.

Rhodes also said he will be at all of his advertised bookings, including an Australian tour later this month for World Series Wrestling for meet and greets only, and that he won’t be wrestling.

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Joey Ryan provides update on torn pectoral muscle, Will require surgery

Joey Ryan took to his Twitter on Friday to provide an update on his left torn pectoral muscle, and that surgery will be required to repair the damage.

We reported earlier this month Ryan had pulled himself from bookings with Pro Wrestling After Dark and Southside Wrestling after he revealed the injury during recent Major League Wrestling television tapings in Chicago.

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SPOILERS: 11/15 NXT TV taping results from San Jose to air on the WWE Network

* Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan def. The Mighty.

* EC3 def. Marcel Barthel.

* Mia Yim def. Vanessa Borne.

* Lars Sullivan def. Keith Lee.

* The War Raiders def. NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era via DQ.

* Velveteen Dream def. Johnny Gargano.

* Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir def. Kairi Sane and Dakota Kai.

* NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa def. Aleister Black.

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Brock Lesnar and Nia Jax Reportedly Have Heat Backstage

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest The Wrestling Observer (via Wrestling Inc) that both Brock Lesnar and Nia Jax have heat on them backstage in the WWE.

Nia’s is due to the injuries received by Becky Lynch after this past Monday’s RAW. Nia punched her right in the face full force and she suffered a broken nose and a concussion. This ruined the Survivor Series match between Lynch and Ronda Rousey, with Charlotte Flair taking her place. This isn’t the first time Jax has caused an injury, which led to the feeling that she’s unsafe in the ring.

However, more wrestlers have been reportedly complaining about Lesnar than Jax. They pointed to the German suplexes he gave Sunil Singh on RAW, although Singh wasn’t injured. Wrestlers are reportedly upset that Lesnar is “bulletproof”. It’s believed the heat on Lesnar is from the wrestlers while the heat on Jax is from the officials and agents.

Opinionated View- For once I full buy this. Remember we heard reports Nia having issues with Alexa after there feud and well how can anyone like lazy fucking Brock.

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WWE NXT Preview

WWE NXT closes out the night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00 CT featuring NXT Tag Team Champion Kyle O’Reilly facing a member of the team of WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne, NXT North American Champion Ricochet and The War Raiders in a WarGames Advantage match. Plus, Mia Yim vs. Bianca Belair and Lacey Evans in action.

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WWE 205 Live Preview

205 Live returns at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/6:00 CT featuring Cedric Alexander vs. Lio Rush in the main event, The Brian Kendrick and Akira Tozawa vs. Drew Gulak and Jack Gallagher and The Lucha House Party in action.

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WWE NXT UK Preview

Kicking things off on Wednesday is two new episodes of NXT UK starting at 3:00 p.m. Eastern/2:00 CT featuring Tyler Bate vs. Ashton Smith, Trent Seven vs. Zack Gibson and the start of the NXT UK Women’s Championship tournament.

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SPOILERS: 11/13 Impact Wrestling TV taping results from Las Vegas to air on Pop TV

The following was taped on Tuesday at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas.

11/12 Impact Wrestling TV taping results:
* Xplosion: Su Yung def. Alisha Edwards.

* Tommy Dreamer def. Eli Drake via count out.

* Eli Drake def. Tommy Dreamer in No DQ Rules match after the match was restarted.

* Taya Valkyrie def. Ray Cray. After the match, Impact Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard runs out and attacks both Taya and the referee. Blanchard chokes out the referee. Gail Kim shows up and tosses Blanchard across the ring.

* The Rascals, Rich Swann and Willie Mack def. oVe, Matt Sydal and Ethan Page.

* Eli Drake cuts a promo about beating up legends recently and being informed he has a Monster’s Ball match at Homecoming. Tommy Dreamer runs out with a chair and they brawl. The lights go out and when they turn back on, Raven is inside the ring.

* Allie w/ Su Yung def. Kiera Hogan. Allie and Yung attack Hogan after the match. Jordynne Grace runs out to make the save.

* Killer Kross def. Trevor Lee.

* Josh Mathews interviews Impact Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard and Taya Valkyrie. Gail Kim is announced as the special guest referee for the championship match at Homecoming.

* KM and Fallah Bahh def. Desi Hit Squad.

* Katarina def. Lisa Lacey.

* The Lucha Bros def. Impact World Champion Johnny Impact and Impact X Division Champion Brian Cage.

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WWE 205 Spoilers

 Drew Gulak and Jack Gallagher def. The Brian Kendrick and Akira Tozawa.

* The Lucha House Party def. a local tag team.

* Cedric Alexander def. Lio Rush.

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Becky Lynch Reportedly To Miss Survivor Series

According to Fightful, Becky Lynch reportedly suffered a broken nose and concussion during the show-closing brawl on last night’s WWE Raw. Due to the injuries, Lynch has been pulled from this Sunday’s Survivor Series event, and her match with Ronda Rousey canceled.

Lynch was checked by doctors after the end of Raw and she did not immediately travel with Team Smackdown to Tuesday’s event in St. Louis. She suffered the injury following being hit by Nia Jax during the big brawl. WWE hasn’t officially announced the change at this time.


OV- Well there goes the one match I was looking forward to

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Update on Becky Lynch getting busted open during RAW and how it likely happened

As reported on last night, Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch was busted open during the final segment of RAW and remained bloody until the close of the show.

The segment, which featured members of the Smackdown women’s roster “invading” RAW, also saw Ronda Rousey get involved and later attacked by Lynch with a steel chair.

It wasn’t apparent at the time how Lynch got busted open as the camera movement was all over the place during the brawl. It now appears an elbow from Nia Jax was the culprit, as Lynch was spotted falling down and immediately grabbing her face.

Opinionated View- The fact it was Jax least shocking news of the year given how sloppy she is. 

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WWE Smackedown Preview

WWE Smackdown Live takes place tonight from St. Louis, Missouri.

Nothing has been officially advertised match-wise for the show tonight. WWE is teasing a potential response from the RAW women’s division after the Smackdown invasion.

Also being hyped is Survivor Series this Sunday and if the Men’s Team Smackdown can all remain on the same page, along with who will join The Usos and The New Day this Sunday in the Tag Team Elimination match with three more teams to be determined.

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SPOILERS: 11/12 Impact Wrestling TV taping results from Las Vegas to air on Pop TV

The following was taped on Monday at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas.

11/12 Impact Wrestling TV taping results:
* Impact World Champion Johnny Impact and Taya Valkyrie def. Moose and Impact Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard. Taya forced Blanchard to submit. Moose attacks Impact. Blanchard attacks Taya. Killer Kross runs out and stops Taya from getting hit with a chair. Brian Cage runs out and attacks Moose and Kross.

* Jack Crist of oVe def. Willie Mack in an Ultimate X qualifying match.

* Allie def. Heather Monroe.

* Ethan Page def. Matt Sydal in an Ultimate X qualifying match.

* Jordynne Grace def. Ruby Raze.

* Rich Swann def. Dave Crist of oVe in an Ultimate X qualifying match.

* Luis Migel of The Rascals def. Trevor Lee in an Ultimate X qualifying match.

* Fenix def. Santana.

* Impact X Division Champion Brian Cage vs. Moose went to a no contest. Eddie Edwards attacked Moose.

* Fallah Bahh def. Disco Inferno in a 10 Person Eli Drake Gravy Train Turkey Trot match. Also in the match: Roheet Roju, Katarina, Jake Crist, Eli Drake, Kiki Aru, Desmond Xavier, Alisha Edwards and Kia. Disco is forced to put on the turkey suit. Scarlett Bordeaux convinces Disco to put it on, but then calls him an idiot and leaves.

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SPOILERS: 11/11 Impact Wrestling TV taping results from Las Vegas to air on Pop TV

The following was taped on Sunday at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas.

11/11 Impact Wrestling TV taping results:
* Xplosion: Pillars of Destiny def. The One Percent.

* LAX w/ Konnan def. KM and Fallah Bahh.

* Impact Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard def. Ray Lyn. After the match, Blanchard calls out Taya Valkyrie. This setups another title match.

* Impact World Champion Johnny Impact def. Matt Sydal w/ Ethan Page. After the match, Killer Kross offers to help out Impact and he doesn’t trust him.

* Eli Drake cut a promo insulting hardcore wrestling. Tommy Dreamer walks out to defend the hardcore style. Drake bails when Dreamer tries to fight him.

* Su Yung def. Heather Monroe.

* Lucha Bros def. Rich Swann and Willie Mack.

* Jordynne Grace def. Katarina.

* The Rascalz def. Chris Bey and Mike Sydal.

* Desi Hit Squad def. Damian Drake and Manny Lemons.

* Brian Cage def. Sami Callihan w/ oVe to retain the Impact X Division Championship. After the match, Cage hints he will “cash in” his title at the Homecoming special.

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WWE Raw Preview

WWE RAW is live tonight from Kansas City, Missouri.

Already advertised for tonight’s show is the TV returns of Stephanie McMahon and new WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. Stephanie will be addressing the controversy involving Shane McMahon winning the WWE World Cup at Crown Jewel, while Lesnar will be making his first appearance since Crown Jewel as Universal Champion.

Also scheduled for the show is Alexa Bliss revealing the Team RAW Women’s Survivor Series team before this week’s Pay Per View event in Los Angeles. Plus, we will also find out the remaining members of the Team RAW Men’s Survivor Series team as well.

Opinionated View- Stephanie and Brock sounds like a good night to watch anything else

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Alexa Bliss Reportedly Dealing with Multiple Concussions

– Alexa Bliss’ reason for not yet being cleared to compete is becoming more evident, as she is reportedly dealing with multiple concussions. Wrestling Observer Radio reports that Bliss is being kept out of the ring due to the situation, with officials being cautious in clearing her until they know she’s safe to return to the ring.

At this point, it is unclear when Bliss will be able to get back into action. A report from last week suggested WWE was considering an authority figure-like position for Bliss while she heals up.

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Joey Ryan pulls himself from weekend bookings due to a torn pectoral muscle

Joey Ryan has pulled out of scheduled weekend bookings with Pro Wrestling After Dark and Southside Wrestling due to a potential torn pectoral muscle.

Ryan made an appearance at the MLW tapings on Thursday night in Chicago, coming to the ring in a sling and working a match tagging with Hornswoggle against the Dirty Blondes.

After the match, Ryan removed the sling and revealed his left arm as being black and purple, noting a potential torn pectoral muscle.

Ryan posted the following on Twitter, noting Triple H’s recent pectoral injury.

Joey Ryan
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@JoeyRyanOnline
 Had a blast teaming with @wwehornswoggle tonight in Chicago but it’s true; I tore my pec (heard it’s going around) last night in Austin. Unfortunately, I need to pull off @pro_after & @SouthsideWE for the rest of the weekend so I can see my doctor & figure out the severity of it.

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Impact Reportedly Seeking New TV Partner For 2019

– Impact Wrestling is reportedly looking for a new TV partner for next year. PWInsider reports that the company, who has been airing its weekly show on Pop TV, is looking for a potential new network to air on.


Impact’s contract with Pop reportedly ends on December 31st, which could leave the promotion without a contract in the new year. The possible move comes after Pop moved Impact to a later timeslot, moving it from 8 PM ET to 10 PM ET. Impact officials were not said to be informed of the timeslot change until the week before the change.


Opinionated View- Hopefully it will lead to a time slot where I can watch the show live again. I would love it if they could back on Spike or onto some channel TNT or TBS

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Impact announces first match for TV tapings in Las Vegas, Including a return in 2019

Impact Wrestling announced Thursday the first match for the company’s upcoming Las Vegas television tapings November 11-13 at Sam’s Town Live Casino will be X-Division Champion Brian Cage vs. Sami Callihan.

In addition to announcing the first match, Impact also issued a press release to promote the three days of TV tapings in Las Vegas, which also includes the company returning to Sam’s Town Live Casino in Las Vegas February 2019 for three shows.

You can read the full press release below:

IMPACT Wrestling Returns to Las Vegas for Tapings of Weekly TV Show, Nov. 11-13

TORONTO | LAS VEGAS — IMPACT Wrestling returns to The Fight Capital – Las Vegas, Nevada – for the first time in five years, with three consecutive nights of action-packed professional wrestling at Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, Nov. 11-13.

The IMPACT roster is led by World Champion Johnny Impact, who also has been capturing headlines this fall as one of the most popular contestants on the current season of Survivor, airing Wednesday nights on CBS TV. Impact is married to Taya Valkyrie, who is the No. 1 contender to the IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Championship, now held by third-generation wrestler Tessa Blanchard, who is following in the wrestling boots of her dad (Tully Blanchard), her stepfather (Magnum TA) and her grandfather (Joe Blanchard).

IMPACT Wrestling also features Kevin “Killer” Kross, a Las Vegas resident who works as a private executive protection bodyguard for world-renowned celebrities and musicians.

Another noteworthy name on the IMPACT roster is Moose, who played 62 games in the NFL from 2006-2012 after a career at Syracuse University.

The shows in Las Vegas will be taped to air on the company’s flagship weekly TV show IMPACT!, which airs every Thursday night (10 p.m. ET) on Pop TV across the U.S. The live events will kick off nightly at 6p.m. PT.

Johnny Impact has been wrestling professionally since 2002 and is a crossover star, appearing on various TV shows and adding numerous film credits to his resume, including Boone: The Bounty Hunter, which he created, co-wrote and served as executive producer. Impact’s latest film project is the horror-thriller film Strange Nature, which premiered on Sept. 22.

The three November IMPACT Wrestling shows in Las Vegas will be followed by three more shows in Las Vegas, also held at Sam’s Town, on Feb. 15-17, 2019.

About IMPACT Wrestling
IMPACT Wrestling is one of the world’s largest wrestling entertainment properties, creating more than 200 hours of original content annually across television and other digital platforms. IMPACT Wrestling specializes in creating premium content, events, products, merchandise and music, as well as the management and promotion of professional wrestlers. The roster features such greats as Johnny Impact, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Brian Cage, Pentagon Jr., Fenix, Matt Sydal, Rich Swann, the high-flying X-Division, plus the lovely and lethal Knockouts, including Tessa Blanchard, Su Yung, Allie, Rosemary and Taya Valkyrie. Its highly successful flagship, IMPACT!, broadcasts in more than 120 countries around the world, including Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Pop TV in over 80 million homes in the United States, Fight Network and GameTV in Canada, Sony ESPN in India, 5Spike and Fight Network in the United Kingdom, SuperSport in Africa and ranFIGHTING in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, among others. IMPACT Wrestling also streams a 24-hour channel on Twitch.tv and is a top 10 sports video producer on YouTube with over 1.8 million subscribers, 36 million monthly views and 1.5 billion all-time views. IMPACT Wrestling launched the exclusive Global Wrestling Network (GWN) app in October 2017, showcasing over 3,000 hours of library and current programming, as well as content from leading independent professional wrestling organizations around the world.

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Update: WWE RAW overrun will be ending starting this Monday on USA Network

To follow up on our earlier report today, Wrestleview.com has confirmed with WWE that the overrun for RAW will be ending starting this Monday night (November 12).

This ends a long running practice by the company, which generally saw the show run five to 15 minutes over in the final hour leading into other programming on the USA Network.

Starting this Monday, the show will have a firm ending at 11:00 p.m. Eastern/10:00 CT. This move was reportedly made after RAW drew its second lowest hour in the shows history this year. The first hour has traditionally drawn the strongest audience for the show on cable in recent years, a dramatic shift from the Monday Night War era.

Opinionated View- Again why don't end the third hour! That would be better than ending an extra 15 mins. 

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UFC Could Cause Lesnar To Miss Royal Rumble and WrestleMania

The Wrestling Observer (via Wrestling Inc) reports that UFC wants Brock Lesnar to fight at their March 2 show in Las Vegas against Daniel Cormier.

This could cause schedule conflicts with WWE, as it is in the middle of two major shows for the company. Lesnar’s current contract allows him to make appearances in the UFC. The first is the Royal Rumble in January, which would be in the middle of Lesnar’s training camp for Cormier. It’s also possible that if WWE wants him in a match, he might refuse as he wouldn’t want to get injured before the UFC bout. Lesnar is not currently scheduled for December’s TLC PPV. Meanwhile, it would be five weeks before Wrestlemania 35, where he is expected to have a match. So likewise, if he’s hurt fighting Cormier, it could affect his match there.

Meanwhile, there is reportedly a big angle planned that will include WWE stars other than Braun Strowman. It’s unknown who will be involved, but WWE is planning a big push for Drew McIntyre in 2019, while Seth Rollins recently mentioned Lesnar in a promo as possible groundwork for a match.

Finally, the match between Lesnar and Strowman was actually not designed for Strowman to get buried. WWE’s line of thought was that Lesnar took advantage of Baron Corbin’s attack to quickly hit several F5s to win. Even then, Strowman kicked out of multiple finishers from the Beast. WWE is said to be planning another match between the two before Wrestlemania, with the Crown Jewel match serving as a way to get fans behind Strowman finally getting his hands on Lesnar.

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Update on Brock Lesnar and when he agreed to terms on his new deal with WWE

Newly crowned Universal Champion Brock Lesnar agreed to terms on a new deal with WWE shortly before the Crown Jewel PPV in Saudi Arabia, as noted in a report by Dave Meltzer over on MMAFighting.com yesterday.

A new report by Meltzer in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter indicates the short-term deal Lesnar signed back in April following WrestleMania was set to expire at Crown Jewel, explaining Lesnar’s booking for the event.

Roman Reigns, who was forced to vacate the Universal Championship a few weeks ago after revealing a renewed battle with leukemia, was scheduled to win the previously booked triple threat against Lesnar and Braun Strowman in Saudi Arabia. At that point, it was assumed Lesnar would go on to focus on his UFC comeback in 2019.

Those plans changed with the Reigns announcement and, per the report, Vince McMahon made plans around October 18 to secure Lesnar to a new deal. This means McMahon was among a very small circle of people made aware of Reigns’ leukemia diagnosis. A decision was then made for Lesnar to win back the championship and beat Strowman.

While the actual terms of the deal remain secretive, it is believed to be another short-term deal that could take him through WrestleMania next year in New York/New Jersey. How many dates Lesnar agreed to on this deal isn’t known. Lesnar is booked in a Champion vs. Champion match against WWE Champion AJ Styles at Survivor Series in two weeks.

Unless plans change, Lesnar is not scheduled for the TLC PPV in December and it isn’t known if he will be booked for the Royal Rumble. As reported on yesterday, the new deal with WWE allows him to work for the UFC. Lesnar has been tested six times by USADA and UFC President Dana White indicated that he remains the planned opponent for Daniel Cormier in a UFC Heavyweight Championship fight, in what will be Cormier’s final contracted fight with the UFC before retiring. That fight is planned for March 2. Cormier addressed the potential fight with Lesnar last Saturday at UFC 230.

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Report: WWE will be ending overrun for Monday Night RAW on the USA Network

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com is reporting that WWE will be ending its overrun for RAW on Monday night beginning with the show this week on November 12.

In a practice that dates back to the 1990s during the Monday Night War era, RAW would normally run anywhere from five to 15 minutes over in the final hour of the show.

That appears to be ending starting with this Monday night as the show will have a “hard out” at 11:00 p.m. Eastern/10:00 CT. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports this move was made after RAW drew its second lowest hour in the shows history this year.

Historically, the overrun had a pattern of being the most watch segment. That has changed drastically over the years for RAW on cable, especially during the era of the show moving to three hours and with the first hour typically now drawing the strongest audience.

Opinionated View- What they really need to do is get rid of the third hour

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Brock Lesnar Scheduled For WrestleMania 35 Under New Deal

According to MMA Fighting, Brock Lesnar is reportedly scheduled for WrestleMania 35 under his new deal. The new deal is said to be for multiple events but the length/full details aren’t known at this time. His WWE deal reportedly allows him to fight for the UFC but there’s no word yet on when he may fight.

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WWE Reportedly Has Major Plans For Drew McIntyre in 2019,

According to WrestleVotes, the WWE has been incredibly high on Drew McIntyre for several months now, and has major plans for him in 2019…

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Opinionated View- They should have been high him from the second he came back. Instead they wasted time in NXT and making him Ziggler's muscle. Guy should have come right back to main event level matches

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WWE NXT Preview

Velveteen Dream vs. Lars Sullivan, Heavy Machinery vs. The Forgotten Sons, Dakota Kai vs. Taynara Conti and Johnny Gargano plans to explain his attack on Aleister Black.


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WWE 205 Live Preview

205 Live returns at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/6:00 CT featuring WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy vs. Mark Andrews in a non-title match, Lio Rush in action and a tag team match featuring The Lucha House Party vs. TJP and Mike Kanellis.

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WWE NXT UK Preview

Two new episodes of NXT UK starting at 4:00 p.m. Eastern/3:00 CT featuring Pete Dunne defending the WWE United Kingdom Championship against Danny Burch, Wolfgang and The Coffey Brothers vs. Mark Andrews, Flash Morgan and Ashton Smith. Plus, Trent Seven confronts Zack Gibson

Opinionated View- So since they are airing two episodes at a time are they just trying to burn through the series? Also call me old fashioned but Andrews is wrestling on 205 Live as well and it not supposed to be the same venue. I just don't like stuff like that. If you are going to act like what is happening is happening at the moment don't air the same guy in a match some where else later on.

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Updated WWE Survivor Series Card

Here is the updated card for Survivor Series as of Tuesday:

Champion vs. Champion
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles

Champion vs. Champion
WWE United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins

Champion vs. Champion
RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch

Champions vs. Champions
RAW Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) vs. Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro)

Men’s 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team RAW (Baron Corbin as Captain featuring Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre and two more remaining spots) vs. Team Smackdown Live (Daniel Bryan, The Miz, Shane McMahon, Rey Mysterio and Samoa Joe)

Women’s 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team RAW (Alexa Bliss as Captain featuring TBD) vs. Team Smackdown Live ( Asuka, Carmella, Naomi, Sonya Deville and one remaining member to be named)

5-on-5 Tag Team Traditional Survivor Series Elimination
The Usos and The New Day vs. TBD

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Jose Lothario, best known for his role as Shawn Michaels’ trainer, passes away at 83

WWE has confirmed the passing of Jose Lothario, who at one point was one of the biggest stars in the history of pro wrestling in Texas. Lothario was 83 years old.

Lothario is best known to WWF/WWE fans as the trainer of Shawn Michaels and was featured on programming back around the time of WrestleMania 12 when Michaels was preparing for his Iron Man Match against Bret Hart for the WWE Championship.

F4WOnline reports that Lothario was a regular challenger to former World Champions such as Dory Funk Jr., Harley Race, Jack Brisco and Terry Funk in Texas, along with a long-standing feud with Gino Hernandez in the Houston area.

Lothario worked closely with Michaels when he opened a wrestling school in San Antonio, which is where Daniel Bryan and Brian Kendrick were trained early in their careers.

WWE issued the following statement:

Lothario became an effective mentor only after establishing his well-traveled reputation as a gritty grappler. As an NWA mainstay, he helped usher in popular Mexican wrestling styles to the sports-entertainment scene in the United States. His fans knew him best as “Super Sock,” a nickname recognizing the punches Lothario used to dole out during his past experiences in boxing.

Lothario even briefly displayed his considerable talents before the WWE Universe, most notably by humbling Jim Cornette in a match at In Your House 10: Mind Games.

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SPOILERS: WWE 205 Live tapings on November 6 from Manchester, England

* Kalisto and Lince Dorado def. TJP and Mike Kanellis. TJP tried to remove Dorado’s mask, only to reveal a second mask underneath.

* Lio Rush promo insulting Cedric Alexander.

* Lio Rush def. a local wrestler.

* WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy def. Mark Andrews in a non-title match

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SPOILERS: 11/6 WWE Smackdown Live taping results from Manchester to air tonight

The following was taped earlier today in Manchester, England to air tonight.

11/6 WWE Smackdown Live taping results:
* The taping opens with Smackdown Live GM Paige introducing Shane McMahon, the winner of the WWE World Cup Tournament at Crown Jewel. The crowd in Manchester was quite negative to Shane, including Paige referring to him as the “best in the world.” A loud “CM PUNK” chant broke out at one point. Paige and McMahon announce that Daniel Bryan will be the captain of Team Smackdown at Survivor Series. The Miz comes out and demands to be co-captain and gets his wish.

* Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Bar vs. new RAW Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain is confirmed for Survivor Series.

* Daniel Bryan and The Miz reveal Shane McMahon will be on Team Smackdown.

* The Usos def. The New Day. After the match, The Usos invite New Day to be part of a Tag Team Elimination match at Survivor Series taking on two teams from RAW. New Day accepts and will join The Usos in the elimination tag match.

* Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch cuts a promo responding to RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey. She says Rousey is a hand-picked star who’s never been tested. Lynch demands a fight. NXT star Nikki Cross makes her debut, joined by Sanity.

* Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch def. Nikki Cross.

* Rey Mysterio def. Andrade “Cien” Almas to earn a spot on Team Smackdown. After the match, Randy Orton attacks Mysterio with an RKO.

* Charlotte Flair, Carmella, Naomi, Sonya Deville and Asuka will be part of Team Smackdown at Survivor Series. Mandy Rose isn’t happy she wasn’t picked for the team.

* Samoa Joe def. Jeff Hardy to earn a spot on Team Smackdown.

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Note To Edits Made On Raw

Wrestling Inc reports that last night’s WWE Raw opening segment was edited. The opening video with Crown Jewel footage was heavily booed. WWE also edited the boos for TV and also edited the opening segment boos for Acting Raw General Manager Baron Corbin. Their correspondent also says that Brock Lesnar and mentions of his name were heavily booed, and that the “you sold out!” chants for Dean Ambrose and the “burn it down!” chants for were amplified on TV as opposed to live.

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Braun Strowman Reportedly Dealing With Injury Issues

According to Dave Meltzer on this morning’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Braun Strowman is dealing with very bad knee issues right now, noting that Strowman’s knees “are shot.” Meltzer & Bryan Alvarez noted that on last night’s WWE Raw that it was noticeable when Strowman had to chase Baron Corbin.

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Impact Wrestling Running WrestleMania Weekend

– Impact Wrestling announced today it will hold a live event on April 4th at Club Amazura in Jamaica, Queens. The event, titled “Culture Clash,” that will stream on Impact’s Twitch channel and will be promoted in conjunction with House of Glory Wrestling, which regularly runs the venue.

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CMLL star Rush to make Ring of Honor debut at December 15 TV tapings in Philadelphia

During Ring of Honor’s Survival of the Fittest 2018 live stream this past Sunday night Play by Play commentator Ian Riccaboni announced that CMLL star Rush will make his ROH debut at the post Final Battle television tapings which will take place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on December 15.  

Ring of Honor still has yet to announce who Rush’s opponent will be at the TV tapings.

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Triple H to undergo surgery on Tuesday morning

Paul “Triple H” Levesque revealed on Twitter that he will be undergoing surgery on Tuesday morning, including a nasty photo of the result of his injury at Crown Jewel.

As confirmed by WWE, Triple H suffered a torn pectoral muscle during the main event of Crown Jewel last Friday live on the WWE Network from Saudi Arabia.

The injury, which took place when Triple H was whipped into the corner and took a bump over the ropes early in the match, did not prevent him from finishing the match.

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Updated Survivor Series Card

Following the RAW taping in Manchester on Monday, the men’s and women’s teams for the Traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination matches have started to take shape.

Revealed for Team RAW on the men’s side is Baron Corbin as the RAW Team Captain, who named Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman as the first three members.

The only thing announced for Team RAW on the women’s side is that Alexa Bliss will act as the RAW Team Captain, as chosen by Baron Corbin. This means Bliss will again remain out of action after missing the Evolution PPV two weeks ago as well.

Over the weekend, WWE confirmed another Champion vs. Champion match for Survivor Series in two weeks as WWE United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura will take on WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins.

Here is the updated card for Survivor Series as of Monday.

Champion vs. Champion
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Champion AJ Styles

Champion vs. Champion
WWE United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins

Champion vs. Champion
RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch

Men’s 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team RAW (Baron Corbin as Captain featuring Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre and two more remaining spots) vs. Team Smackdown Live (TBD)

Women’s 5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team RAW (Alexa Bliss as Captain featuring TBD) vs. Team Smackdown Live (TBD)

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SPOILERS: 11/5 WWE RAW taping results from Manchester, England to air tonight

The following was taped today in Manchester, England to air tonight.

11/5 WWE RAW taping results:
* Acting RAW General Manager Baron Corbin opened the show with the ring surrounded by security. After highlights from Crown Jewel were shown, he announces he will wrestle Kurt Angle to determine the captain of Team RAW at Survivor Series. Braun Strowman then runs out and gets through security. Corbin is able to escape.

* Alexa Bliss is announced as the captain of the RAW Women’s team at Survivor Series. However, it was made clear she would not be wrestling.

* Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre are confirmed for Team RAW at Survivor Series.

* The Riott Squad vs. Sasha Banks, Bayley and Natalya ended in a no contest.

* Apollo Crews def. Jinder Mahal.

* The Authors of Pain def. Seth Rollins in a handicap match to become the new RAW Tag Team Champions. Corbin forced Rollins to defend both tag team championships. Rollins walked out with both tag titles and after his loss, Dean Ambrose showed up and attacked Rollins, hitting him with Dirty Deeds.

* Elias def. Dolph Ziggler.

* RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey warned Becky Lynch that she is the “baddest bitch on the planet” and would be taking her down at Survivor Series.

* Nia Jax def. Ember Moon. After the match, Tamina Snuka comes out and faces off with Nia. Tamina then attacks Moon. Jax joins Tamina, appearing to turn heel.

* Baron Corbin is leaving the arena to get away from Strowman. Corbin books Drew McIntyre in his place against Kurt Angle for later tonight.

* Bobby Lashley def. Finn Balor. Lio Rush interfered. After the match, Drew McIntyre runs out and attacks Balor hitting him with the Claymore.

* Stephanie McMahon and new WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar are both scheduled to appear on RAW next Monday night.

* Drew McIntyre def. Kurt Angle to become the Captain for Team RAW at Survivor Series. McIntyre forced Angle to tap to the Ankle Lock. After the match, McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler attacked Angle until Braun Strowman ran out to make the save.

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WWE Raw Preview

Scheduled for the show is the fallout from Friday’s Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia, including Brock Lesnar becoming the new WWE Universal Champion. Lesnar is not advertised to make an appearance at the taping.

WWE is also advertising a rematch from the Evolution PPV featuring Sasha Banks, Bayley and Natalya vs. The Riott Squad in a six woman tag team match.

RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey will also be responding to Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch before their Champion vs. Champion match at Survivor Series.

WWE is teasing the latest between Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose as they remain RAW Tag Team Champions, along with tensions between Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka.

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Anthem Sports Seeks Dismissal of Jeff Jarrett's Lawsuit

Impact Wrestling, is in the midst of a lawsuit from Jeff Jarrett and Global Force Entertainment. PWInsider published a new lengthy report with the latest on the lawsuit today, including the response by Anthem Sports to the lawsuit.


Previously, Jarrett and GFE filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthem and Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC. The suit was filed on August 10 in the United States District Court of Tennessee. Jarrett and Global Force want a jury trial and an injunction that would prevent Anthem from copying, distributing, selling, offering for sale and displaying the GFW Amped content. Amped was the TV show that was previously filmed GFW in its earliest days.

Additionally, the injunction would prevent Anthem from using Global Force Wrestling and GFW names, the logo and anything that is similar to it, including “but not limited to, Global Wrestling Network, GWN, and the GWN logo.” On November 1, Anthem Sports filed a motion to the court to have the lawsuit dismissed.


Anthem responded to the lawsuit stating that Jarrett’s legal team failed “to state an adequate claim of copyright infringement” over the Global Force Wrestling Amped shows that Impact aired as pay-per-view shows. Additionally, Anthem also claims no official copyrights were filed on the material before the lawsuit was filed. The report indicates that is why Jarrett and his team tried to have a court order filed that would see Impact Wrestling hand over the Amped master tapes. That way they could file the copyrights on the 16 hours of GFW Amped content in question.

Another part of the lawsuit is that Jarrett is alleging that Anthem “violated Jeff Jarrett’s exclusive property rights to his own name, photograph, and other likeness.” To that, Anthem Sports responded, “Jeff Jarrett has previously authorized the use of his name and likeness as a trademark and Defendants own that trademark.” That means that Anthem is legally stating that after the company acquired TNA/Impact from Dixie Carter’s Impact Ventures, LLC, that included Jarrett’s likeness. The company’s legal response also reportedly had a statement from Jarrett giving consent to TNA Entertainment, LLC back in 2006.

The legal response by Anthem Sports contests that they can’t be sued in the state of Tennessee since Anthem is based in Canada out of Toronto. Anthem Sports wants to be dismissed as a defendant in the case, noting that Anthem Sports and Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions are two separate companies, and Anthem Sports is cited as a “holding company” that does not have “any day-to-day operations of any kind.”



Magistrate Judge Joe Brown reportedly ordered all discovery for the lawsuit be completed by July 1, 2019. If the lawsuit is not dismissed, it could go further into next year before it’s settled or tried in a court of law.

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