205 Live returns at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/6:00 CT featuring two matches to determine who will advance to the Fatal 4 Way at the Royal Rumble for the Cruiserweight Championship featuring Lio Rush vs. Kalisto and Drew Gulak vs. Akira Tozawa.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
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. Advertised for both episodes is WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne and Joe Coffey vs. Gallus and Moustache Mountain and a contract signing between Dunne and Coffey for the upcoming NXT TakeOver: Blackpool special.
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New names confirmed for both Royal Rumble Matches, WWE Title Match is now official
A new WWE Championship match and names have been confirmed for both the Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble matches following this week’s Smackdown Live.
Daniel Bryan will defend the WWE Championship against AJ Styles at the Royal Rumble PPV in four weeks after Styles won a No. 1 Contenders match on Tuesday night.
The New Day have been added to the Men’s Royal Rumble match, while Sasha Banks, Bayley, Ember Moon and The Riott Squad are now official for the Women’s Rumble.
Here is the updated card for the Royal Rumble on January 27:
Men’s Royal Rumble Match
Names confirmed:
Names confirmed:
* R-Truth (No. 30)
* Drew McIntyre
* Kofi Kingston
* Big E
* Xavier Woods
* Drew McIntyre
* Kofi Kingston
* Big E
* Xavier Woods
Women’s Royal Rumble Match
Names confirmed:
Names confirmed:
* Carmella (No. 30)
* Natalya
* Bayley
* Sasha Banks
* Ruby Riott
* Liv Morgan
* Sarah Logan
* Natalya
* Bayley
* Sasha Banks
* Ruby Riott
* Liv Morgan
* Sarah Logan
WWE Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Braun Strowman
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Braun Strowman
WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Tony Khan is All Elite Wrestling’s President, Cody and Young Bucks Will Be Executive VPs
Tony Khan’s role in the just-announced All Elite Wrestling has been revealed. The Jacksonville Jaguars co-owner is the new promotion’s president, Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed. Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson and Cody will serve as executive vice presidents in the company. The site notes that keeping the All In creative team together was important to the deal coming together.
Khan has been connected to the reports about the new company for weeks. The Khan family’s net worth is estimated at $6.3 billion.
As noted earlier today, the new promotion is holding a free Double or Nothing rally at TIAA Bank Field, the home of the Jaguars, at 5 PM ET on January 8th. More information about the company and their Double or Nothing event will be released then.
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Khan has been connected to the reports about the new company for weeks. The Khan family’s net worth is estimated at $6.3 billion.
As noted earlier today, the new promotion is holding a free Double or Nothing rally at TIAA Bank Field, the home of the Jaguars, at 5 PM ET on January 8th. More information about the company and their Double or Nothing event will be released then.
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Cody Rhodes Issues Statement on AEW
Cody Rhodes posted the following statement on Twitter on the start of All Elite Wrestling
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WrestleKingdom 13 Has Outsold WrestleKingdom 12
– NJPW posted online twitter that ticket sales for WrestleKingdom 13 have surpassed the number sold (34,995) for WrestleKingdom 12.
Opinionated View- Always a good sign when they can draw well to the dome.
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Opinionated View- Always a good sign when they can draw well to the dome.
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Update on Chris Jericho's Staus With All Elite Wrestling
It’s been a busy day following the announcement of All Elite Wrestling. On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer reported Chris Jericho is not currently signed with All Elite Wrestling, but is obviously someone who is on their radar.
Opinionated View- Oh so Dave was looking for easy clicks again. Jericho would be nice if they could get him but I would worry more about trying to get Kenny in as much as they can. I would worry about trying to get Aldis or Willie Mack for example. Because at best Jericho at this stage will be part time.
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Opinionated View- Oh so Dave was looking for easy clicks again. Jericho would be nice if they could get him but I would worry more about trying to get Kenny in as much as they can. I would worry about trying to get Aldis or Willie Mack for example. Because at best Jericho at this stage will be part time.
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All Elite Wrestling officially announced including follow up to ALL IN event in 2019
Shortly after Midnight Pacific time, the official launch of the new AEW (All Elite Wrestling) promotion was confirmed on a new episode of “Being The Elite.”
The close of the episode featured Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks and Hangman Page confirming the “Double or Nothing” event – the follow up to last year’s very successful ALL IN event in Chicago – and the now official launch of AEW.
A rally was announced for January 8 (a week from today) in Jacksonville touting more information on the Double or Nothing event and the AEW promotion going forward. The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, Brandi Rhodes, Hangman Page, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky were advertised for the rally.
The rally will take place in front of the West Club at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, home to the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars. This is key as Tony Khan is being described as the “head of the company” and will likely be officially introduced at the rally. Tony’s family are the owners of the Jaguars and he was rumored to be involved with AEW for months.
It should be noted the rally takes place the same day WWE will be holding a Smackdown Live taping in Jacksonville, just down the road from TIAA Bank Field. It’s very possible fans arriving for the WWE TV taping will see the rally taking place outside, which is scheduled to begin around 5:00 p.m. Eastern local time.
Khan’s involvement and the possibility of AEW being launched went public as early as this past November when trademarks were discovered and made public on Reddit. At the time, trademarks were filed for: All Elite Wrestling, AEW All Out, All Out, AEW, Double or Nothing, Tuesday Night Dynamite and AEW Double Or Nothing.
According to a report by F4WOnline, talent that will be involved with AEW are being signed to multi-year contracts. The Young Bucks, who have been touting the announcement on Twitter, have yet to officially sign but are expected to in the next 24-48 hours. Cody Rhodes is officially signed to the promotion, with the expectation being that his wife Brandi, Hangman Page, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky are as well.
The promotion has yet to officially agree to terms on any kind of a television deal, but “multiple offers” are said to be currently in discussion according to a report by Dave Meltzer Just a few weeks ago, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Cody, The Bucks and Page all turned down offers from WWE. Back in early December while overseas in the UK, Cody said he had passed on an offer to return to WWE weeks prior.
What the launch of this promotion means in regards to a relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling is unknown. A majority of the talent involved in AEW have already finished up contractual obligations with Ring of Honor and were set to become free agents effective January 1, including any current deals with New Japan. Cody, The Bucks and Page are all currently in Japan for the big Wrestle Kingdom 13 event this Friday.
The wrestling landscape going forward in 2019 will become quite interesting, with Dave Meltzer describing a potential “war” for talent for the first time in a long time since the days of WWE and WCW competing. The expectation is that WWE, ROH and AEW will now be competing for talent, with ROH signing talent to exclusive deals. Impact Wrestling appears to almost be a non-factor with Anthem introducing non-exclusive deals in 2018.
Opinionated View- Stay tuned for you tube video with my full thoughts.
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