Due to the coronavirus pandemic, NJPW’s return to Madison Square Garden has been pushed back to next year.
NJPW announced tonight that Wrestle Dynasty has been postponed to 2021. NJPW wrote that they’ll be announcing ticket information and a new date for the show in the future.
Wrestle Dynasty had been scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on August 22 of this year. The ticket on-sale dates for the show were originally set for April but were then pushed back. Prior to the postponement, the ticket pre-sale was supposed to begin on May 13. Tickets would have went on sale to the general public on May 15.
Here’s NJPW’s full statement announcing the postponement of Wrestle Dynasty:
In response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, and its continued effect on social gatherings all over the world, NJPW has arrived at the decision to postpone Wrestle Dynasty, which was scheduled to take place on August 22 2020, to a date in 2021 to be announced.
We will announce the new ticket information and event date in the future. In the meantime, pre-sale registration will continue; fans can still sign up to our pre-sale list to be informed of the new date for Wrestle Dynasty the moment details are confirmed, and will still be able to get early access to tickets.
If you are already registered, you do not need to register again.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling remains extremely appreciative of all our great fans worldwide. While this postponement is unfortunate, the health and safety of wrestlers, staff, fans and society at large is our utmost priority. NJPW wrestlers and staff are coming together under the NJPW Together project to continue to do what we can to bring content to fans on NJPW World, and we hope to be back in the ring in the near future.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, WWE’s next scheduled event at Madison Square Garden has been postponed for a second time.
The house show was originally supposed to take place on Sunday, March 22. It was first rescheduled to Saturday, June 27 before being postponed again. A new date for the show hasn’t been announced.
“The WWE live event which was originally scheduled for Sunday, March 22 at Madison Square Garden, and previously rescheduled for Saturday, June 27, has been further postponed,” Madison Square Garden announced. “Additional information will be made available in the near future. Original tickets will be honored for the new event date.”
The original March event was going to be part of WWE’s Road to WrestleMania 36 house show tour. It was supposed to feature an appearance by D-Generation X (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, X-Pac & Road Dogg).
Madison Square Garden is scheduled to host NJPW Wrestle Dynasty on Saturday, August 22. The latest update on that show was NJPW announcing on April 3 that the ticket on-sale dates have been delayed to May.
The pre-sale for Wrestle Dynasty tickets had been set to begin at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, April 8. It will now begin at 10 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, May 13. Registration for NJPW’s pre-sale code mailing list will remain open during the delay, and codes will be emailed near the pre-sale date.
Tickets will now go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern on Friday, May 15. The original date for that was April 10.
Wrestle Dynasty is scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, August 22. That’s the same night that NXT TakeOver: Boston is scheduled for and the night before Boston hosts this year’s SummerSlam.
Here are the ticket prices for Wrestle Dynasty: Ringside A: $506, Ringside B: $306, Floor A: $206, Floor B: $156, Stand A: $156, Stand B: $106, Stand C: $86, Balcony A: $66, Balcony B: $46, Balcony C: $26.
A $6 facility fee is included in the ticket prices, but NJPW wrote that Ticketmaster may charge a separate handling fee that’s not included in the list price.
“We built a Kingdom. Join our Dynasty” is the slogan for Wrestle Dynasty. This will be the first time NJPW has been back at Madison Square Garden since they co-promoted G1 Supercard with ROH in April 2019.
A new date has been set for WWE’s next house show at Madison Square Garden.
The show is now currently scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 27. Before being postponed, it was originally set for this coming Sunday (March 22).
“The WWE live event scheduled for this Sunday, March 22 at Madison Square Garden has been postponed and rescheduled for Saturday, June 27,” it was announced. “All original tickets will be honored for that event.”
Sunday’s event was supposed to be part of WWE’s Road to WrestleMania house show tour. It was going to feature an appearance by D-Generation X (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, and Road Dogg).
The house show was also scheduled to feature an NXT Women’s Championship match, with Rhea Ripley defending her title against Bianca Belair. Charlotte Flair will challenge Ripley for the title at WrestleMania 36, which is now a two-night event on Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5.
UFC runs tomorrow night in Brasilia, Brazil, with no fans allowed. It is moving up in time and the entire card will air on ESPN because ESPN has no other live sports to air, starting at 3 p.m. Eastern
Veronica Macedo (135.5) vs, Bea Malecki (136)
Bruno Silva (125.5) vs,. David Dvorak (126)
Myrna Bueno Silva (126) VS. Maryna Moroz (126)
Rani Yahya (136) vs. Enrique Barzola (136)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (171) vs. Alexey Kunchenko (170)
Amanda Ribas (115.5) vs, Randa Markos (116)
Jussier Formiga (126) vs. Brandon Moreno (126)
Francisco Trinaldo (156) vs. John Makdessi (155)
Johnny Walker (206) vs. Nikita Krylov (206)
Renato Moicano (155.5) vs. Damir Hadzovic (155)
Demian Maia (170.5) vs. Gilbert Burns (170.5)
Kevin Lee (158.5) vs,. Charles Oliveira (156)
Lee missed weight by 2.5 pounds. Oliveira agreed to take the fight. Lee forfeits 20 percent of his purse for missing weight.
CMLL at Arena Mexico tonight on the CMLL YouTube page
Audaz & Rey Cometa & Soberano Jr. vs. Hechicero & Luciferno & Rey Bucanero
Titan vs. Polvora
Atlantis Jr. & Flyer vs. Templario & El Hijo del Villano III in the tournament final for the Mexican national tag title
Caristico & Cavernario & Diamante Azul vs. Negro Casas & Felino & Volador Jr,. in an incredible partners match
Are you interested in attending our annual F4W/WON convention? We will hold it during AEW Double or Nothing weekend. For more information, check this post for activities and prices.
A story on the Corona Virus and pro wrestling and MMA shows around the world is the lead story in a double-issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter this week.
We go through:
Where everything stood at press time for large and small promotions all over the world, as well as other sports.
Which companies can survive this period the best and how this threatens the future of many companies and wrestlers, a well as WWE and other name indie talent that likely can’t be coming to the U.S. because of travel bans.
This is one of the biggest stories to have faced the world in our lifetime, and it affects every business, but sports and entertainment businesses, like all, will take an unforeseen shock.
The issue also covers:
Rob Gronkowski and WWE, what is believed to be the extent of the deal, who is Gronkowski, his prior experience in WWE, what he had said about doing pro wrestling in the past and what kind of impact his being in WWE could have.
The series of copycat lawsuits filed by a number of legal firms against WWE, the claims in the cases and a response by Jerry McDevitt to the cases.
The situation with David Starr being pressured out of wXw and Progress, the attempt to unionize wrestlers in the U.K. and companies that have jumped on board.
Full coverage of the Elimination Chamber show with notes on the show, updated plans for WrestleMania, business notes and match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
Update WWE PPV talks, Davey Boy Smith in Hall of Fame, salary of WWE’s top executives, the change in Paul Levesque’s backstage role, how talent contracts have changed, who owns the most WWE stock, XFL ratings and how this week changed the narrative, Cena movie delayed by a year of release due to Corona Virus, Rousey in WWE offices, change that was made in Friday tapings, Canadian ratings, UFC star talks about doing WWE, injury updates, more on a new athlete that just started, plus he most-watched shows on the WWE Network and details of all NXT & WWE arena events over the past week.
An extensive feature on Wayne Bridges, one of the biggest names in European pro wrestling during the 70s and 80s. We look at his sports background before pro wrestling, how he could into pro wrestling, his unique role in some major movies, his Japanese tours and his time in North America, the history of the world heavyweight title as recognized in the U.K., plus his biggest run as world heavyweight champion, appearing on the big Wembley and Royal Albert Hall shows, tragedies in his life and much more. This is a great history piece about an era of pro wrestling that a lot of U.S. fans aren’t aware of.
Complete coverage of UFC 248, including the show, what happens next, the judging, who the media thought won the key fights, and business notes.
Oregon wrestling in the 80s and its top heel, Rip “The Crippler” Oliver, who passed away last week. We look at the atmosphere when he first arrived, his life and career before Oregon, his attempts to leave and why he always ended up back, his records set, biggest feuds, extensive title history, the 1982 tag team tournament at the Omni in Atlanta,Billy Jack Haynes, Roddy Piper, Buddy Rose and the death of the Don Owen territory.
Update the situation with Scott Steiner.
End of an era, as after 41 years, Stu Sacks leaves Pro Wrestling Illustrated and a career in wrestling journalism that goes back 50 years to his childhood.
Regarding the Wednesday numbers, we’ve got full details, demos that each side won, how every segment did and what match ended up as the difference maker.
All the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE
At this point, as far as major sports and sports entertainment events on television, it looks like UFC and pro wrestling are the few things still happening.
WWE has officially moved tonight and Monday’s Raw show to the Performance Center. While they have not announced a move of Wednesday’s show there, Full Sail has closed the building until the end of April and we are told that they are going with the idea that the Performance Center will be the site of NXT every Wednesday with no fans allowed for at least the next month.
The City of Jacksonville has closed down all city facilities, which includes Daily’s Place and sent out a tweet about an hour ago confirming that. As of 6:30 p.m., AEW was still planning to run empty arena shows at Daily’s Place probably for the next month at least, since the 4/1 show in Milwaukee and 4/8 show in St. Louis have been canceled. As of this writing, the shows are still being taped every Wednesday in a closed set. Originally they were going to have media and families allowed but not fans, but AEW confirmed to us earlier today that no media will be allowed to attend.
It would really make sense if they can do a show to tape all day and try and get 2-3 shows in the can as possible because even if they can get the first event in, things can get worse. While a taped show isn’t optimum, at this stage of the game one has to prepare for the worst. Really that goes for WWE as well. It’s probably best to tape a second show on Monday and Wednesday.
The WWE 3/22 Madison Square Garden show has not been canceled by WWE but with New York not allowing gatherings of more than 500 people, the show can’t take place.
Pro wrestling relies so much on crowd response. In the early days of Ultimate Fighter they aired fights with no crowds and even no announcers. It wasn’t like watching a modern show but it did work in the early years of that show and right now options are limited.
There is nothing official on WrestleMania as of this moment. There were stories going around regarding a new date at the stadium in June earlier today. I can’t imagine the show taking place on April 5 although at this moment it is still on and key people have told me today that they believe it will take place in the stadium that day. Those in the company are pretty emphatic there will be a WrestleMania this year.
There has been heavy criticism of UFC for still running. There has been less on WWE since it falls below the radar and really none on AEW.
A number of Mania week independent events are still on. If WWE cancels, it’ll fall apart. While WWE can survive the hit, a lot of companies can’t.
Michael Bochiccio of Highspots did a video Q&A and said the convention has not been canceled due to the liability he would assume by doing so on their own. He said just hotel rooms if he were to cancel would bankrupt WrestleCon and perhaps HighSpots as well. He told Vice that if the convention falls through he would have to sell his house.
Bryan and my show has been canceled for WrestleMania week.
There is nothing new from Japan at all. At this point the 3/31 show at Sumo Hall for New Japan is on and All Japan is to start back 3/23. Obviously that is all subject to change.
Mexico is running events, including the MLW taping tonight in Tijuana. Arena Mexico is running as planned on its regular full schedule at this point, but as we’ve seen in this country, things can change quickly.
We will be taping a show later today with Dr. Alex Patel, a reader and critical care physician heavily involved in COVID-19 planning efforts in Canada. I also spoke at length with one of the leading sports doctors in the country who has been in the trenches of this story for a long time because of its potential impact on the Olympic games.
Regarding AEW & NXT ratings on Wednesday, both were down similarly in the first hour. For reasons I can’t explain, after the NBA news broke, AEW dropped significantly, as one would expect. NXT didn’t drop at all, and I have no explanation for that.
WWE
WWE stock rose to $35.86 per share as the market rebounded,up $3.48 per share on the day. I see a lot more bad days than good days with the market until things get back to normal.
Regarding tonight’s show in Detroit, we were told that while plans were being discussed and established on Wednesday night for the show to be moved, it was not official until the announcement.
Bet Online has these odds on who Rob Gronkowski’s first opponent will be. The leading picks are:
Cesaro +300
Robert Roode +350
Dolph Ziggler +400
Mojo Rawley +500
Sheamus +500
Jinder Mahal +600
Riddick Moss +600
King Corbin +600
Will he win the WWE or Universal title by 12/31 -1750.
Odyssey Cinemas in Northern Ireland announced that would be screening WrestleMania live at all of their theaters, although a lot can obviously change.
Kenny McIntosh’s show with Kevin Owens scheduled for 3/20 in Glasgow has been moved to 6/5.
UFC
Tickets for UFC on 5/2 in Oklahoma City headlined by Jack Hermanson vs. Chris Weidman and Claudia Gadelha vs. Marina Rodriguez went on sale today.
Alexa Grasso vs. Ji Yeon Kim has been announced for 6/27 in Austin, TX.
AEW
The company has put tickets on sale for 5/6 in New Orleans and 5/13 Rio Rancho, NM.
WrestleTalk and Will Ospreay have announced a show for Monday night at 229 The Venue in London at 3 p.m. Eastern time and 7 p.m. local time with Will Ospreay, Rampage Brown, David Starr, Kyle Fletcher, Robbie X , the OJMO, Bea Priestley and Nathan Cruz.
OTT announced they would stream last year’s ScapperMania card for free at 8 p.m. local time tomorrow, which was headlined by an incredible Walter vs. Jordan Devlin match.
Northeast Wrestling announced that they will reschedule their 3/27 show in Waterbury, CT, which was to feature Matt Hardy. No new date was announced.
Savio Vega will be doing seminars before CWE shows on 3/26 in Morden, Manitoba, 3/27 in Winnipeg, 3/28 in Regina, Saskatchewan and 3/29 in Saskatoon. Saskatchewan. All seminars are $100 before 3/19 and $150 after, whle if you attend two you can get both at $125 by 3/29 and $175 after.
Silas Young will be on CWE shows 5/11 to 5/22 in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.
As best we can tell, the AAW show on 3/20 at the Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago is still on. The card has Mance Warner vs. Fred Yehi for the AAW heavyweight title, Kris Statlander vs. The Hyan, Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett & ACH vs. Sami Callihan & Jake Crist & Jessicka Havok, Gringo Loco & Black Taurus vs. Aramis & Arez, Curt Stallion vs. Ace Austin and more. It should be noted that Black Taurus was in Germany last week and in theory he should not be allowed in the U.S.
East Bay Wrestling is running tomorrow night at 7 PM. in Pacheco, CA at 110 Second Av S #08.
Glory has postponed its 3/28 show in Antwerp, Belgium and 5/30 show in Miami, FL. They will announce new dates for both cities. The next show on the schedule is 6/20 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
MCW has moved its 3/14 show in Hollywood, MD to 5/29; its 3/15 show in Joppa, MD to 5/30, its 3/21 show in Culpeper, VA until the fall and the 4/17 show in Essex, MD until the fall.
The Cauliflower Alley Club has said that they have no plans to move their scheduled 4/26 to 4/29 reunion dates in Las Vegas.
ONE will be doing empty arena shows through 5/29, with dates of 4/17, 4/24, 5/1 and 5/8.
Joey Janela was announced for the June World Series Wrestling tour of Australia.
PWA has said its 3/20 show in Sydney will be going on as scheduled. Melbourne Championship Wrestling has announced its 3/21 show in Melbourne will also go on as advertised.
PCW’s show in Melbourne at a stadium doesn’t look good since Australia is recommending no non-essential gatherings of more than 500 people, while the PCW show was expected to draw closer to 2,000.
RevPro in he U.K. say that they will be continuing their regular schedule.
Legacy Fighting announced its 3/20 show in Phoenix has been canceled. The 4/3 show in Colorado and 4/17 show in South Dakota are under review.
New Japan Pro Wrestling is returning to Madison Square Garden this summer.
During the New Beginning in Osaka, NJPW announced that they’ll be holding a show at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday, August 22. The event is called Wrestle Dynasty.
NJPW and ROH co-promoted G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden on the Saturday of WrestleMania weekend last year. The show was headlined by Kazuchika Okada defeating Jay White for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
Wrestle Dynasty is taking place on the same day as NXT TakeOver: Boston. The TD Garden in Boston is hosting SmackDown on August 21, TakeOver on August 22, SummerSlam on August 23, and Raw on August 24.
NJPW’s G1 Climax would normally be held in August, but the tournament was moved back this year due to Tokyo hosting the Summer Olympics. The G1 tournament will begin in September and conclude in October.
NJPW’s video announcing Wrestle Dynasty is available to watch below:
For what is being touted as their first appearance in Madison Square Garden in more than ten years, WWE Hall of Fame faction D-Generation X will return for a March afternoon house show.
Announced via an MSG ticket presale email and on social media, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, X-Pac, and Road Dogg will all be in New York City on Sunday, March 22nd. It’s not expected the foursome will actually wrestle.
Notably absent is Billy Gunn who is part of the AEW roster.
While cards are subject to change, the Raw show is scheduled to be headlined by Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe and Big Show vs. Seth Rollins and the AOP in a six-man tag while Raw women’s champion Becky Lynch will defend against Asuka.
WWE returned to Madison Square Garden for their annual post-Christmas house show Thursday night which included a title change as Andrade defeated Rey Mysterio to become the new United States Champion.
– Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders def. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson and The Street Profits in a triple threat tag match to retain their titles
Andrade got his boots up when Mysterio was going for a frog splash after hitting the 619. He then hit a hammerlock DDT to win the title.
– Randy Orton def. AJ Styles
Orton got the win with an RKO on Styles after he went for the Phenomenal Forearm off the top rope. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson tried to pull Styles out of the ring and leave during the match, but they were blocked by The Viking Raiders.
– Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair and Asuka in a triple threat steel cage match to retain her title
This could only be won by pinfall or submission. Charlotte went for the Figure Eight on Lynch, but Lynch rolled her up to retain.
– Samir Singh won the 24/7 title when The Singh Brothers defeated R-Truth in a handicap match. Sunil then pinned Samir to win the title back, and R-Truth rolled up Sunil to win it back
– Aleister Black def. Buddy Murphy
– Ricochet def. Bobby Lashley (w/ Lana)
Lana cut a promo before the match saying that she got a restraining order so Rusev couldn’t appear, so Lashley ended up facing Ricochet instead. Lana got ejected from ringside after she kept interfering, and Ricochet rolled up Lashley to get the win. Lashley then jumped him afterward.
– Seth Rollins defeated Kevin Owens in a no holds barred match
Rollins won with a curb stomp after AOP interfered. Samoa Joe then came out with a kendo stick to make the save. They laid out Rollins and AOP and stood tall to close the night.
WWE took a step forward this past weekend by resolving their situations with a few wrestlers who wanted out of the company.
In quick succession on Sunday, WWE announced that Luke Harper, Sin Cara, and The Ascension had been released: “WWE has come to terms on the releases of Jonathan Huber (Luke Harper), Sin Cara, and Ryan Parmeter (Konnor) and Eric Thompson (Viktor) of The Ascension. WWE wishes them all the best in their future endeavors.”
Harper’s release saga was nearly eight months long. He went public with his request via a statement he posted online on April 16. He spent the next five months off of television before then returning in a pretty significant angle at Clash of Champions, helping Erick Rowan defeat Roman Reigns in their no disqualification match.
Our biggest issue of the year, the 2019 Hall of Fame issue is out with complete balloting results, breakdowns by category, bios of the new entrants, comparisons with how everyone did last year, as well as who will be on next year’s ballot who will be removed from next year’s ballot, breakdowns on how each new inductee did in different groups and a look back at a lot of stellar careers. We also talk about the future of the Hall of Fame.
Feature on the development of pro wrestling in France at the turn of the previous century and the wrestler generally considered most responsible for establishing pro wrestling in that country.
The two Tokyo Dome shows, as well as New Japan’s last three events of 2019. We look at the good and bad aspects of the lineups and the comparisons with last year. We look at the retirement of Jushin Liger, the signing of Dragon Lee and his change to Ryu Lee and talk about the different titles at stake.
Drug test suspensions of Robert Roode and Primo Colon and why guys can look the way they look with drug testing and how WWE’s testing greatly differs from others, a look at the releases of Luke Harper, The Ascension and Sin Cara, major change for Miz & Mrs., WWE star hints leaving, Canadian ratings, signing of Oney Lorcan, Tribute to the Troops coverage, Lana death threats, Ronda Rousey talks potential return, current plans for holiday shows, celebrity training for a WWE stint, a rundown on the different people at the last tryout camp including a former MMA champion, the boyfriend of a reality show star and a number of high level women athletes including a former WNBA player, an incident at a house show, value of WWE stock, most-watched show on the WWE Network as well as a rundown of all the WWE and NXT arena events over the past week with business notes , results and highlights.
2019 Tokyo Sports awards, including what wrestles historically have had the most MVP trophies and the most match of the year trophies.
TLC PPV including the changes in the show and the ticket demand.
Next Wednesday ratings battle and why it is the most interesting in several weeks.
Dave Bautista’s career, the NWO, and look back at the program that made Bautista’s career and the good and the bad of the NWO.
New Japan tag team tournament, whether the changes in format worked, the business of the final night, standings, match-by-match coverage and star ratings of the last night.
Saturday’s UFC show from D.C. with the business notes on the show and match-by-match coverage.
Look back at the life of Andy Robin, a U.K. star who was one of the greatest performers in the history of pro wrestling in Scotland.
Full coverage of all the WWE and AEW television shows from the past week.
In-depth looks at the ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.
Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week.
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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE
Additional notes by Joseph Currier
WWE
After Kairi Sane’s injury at TLC, Madison Square Garden is now advertising that Becky Lynch will defend her Raw Women’s Championship against Asuka and Charlotte Flair in a triple threat cage match at WWE’s December 26 house show. The match was originally advertised as Asuka & Sane defending the Women’s Tag Team titles against Lynch & Charlotte.
Slated for tonight’s WWE Backstage are Alexa Bliss and William Shatner.
WWE’s YouTube channel uploaded the Prime Target special building up tomorrow’s Shayna Baszler vs. Rhea Ripley NXT Women’s Championship match.
Xavier Woods talked about how he injured his Achilles on The New Day’s new podcast.
NXT’s Deonna Purrazzo appeared on Raw last night, losing a match against Asuka.
Our own Dave Meltzer will be doing a live show January 4th just hours prior to the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 14. It will take place at Toudoukan at 11 a.m. Ticket information here.
Brian Ortega, who had to pull out of this weekend’s UFC event in Busan, is hoping to return sometime in early 2020 and still wants to face The Korean Zombie.
UFC prelims on ESPN 2 this weekend scored 865,000 viewers.
As part of the build to November’s UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden, Nate Diaz, Jorge Masvidal, and Dana White will take part in a press conference Thursday at 7 PM Eastern from The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City.
You can stream the event below:
Diaz and Masvidal will fight in the main event of the MSG show, the first scheduled non-title PPV headliner since Conor McGregor fought Diaz at UFC 202 in August 2016.
The two will fight over the “BMF” belt, a title Dana White is going to have created just for this fight. In a Twitter chat Thursday, White said the belt will be unveiled the week of the show.
Diaz returned from a three-year absence to pick up a convincing unanimous decision win over Anthony Pettis at August’s UFC 241 while Masvidal set a UFC record for the fastest knockout at July’s UFC 239. Diaz called out Masvidal after his victory, helping set things in motion for UFC 244, the 500th event in company history.
SmackDown takes place tonight from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Like last night’s Raw, SmackDown will feature an appearance by a returning legend. The Undertaker will be on tonight’s show, though what he’ll be doing has yet to be revealed.
Randy Orton has attacked WWE Champion Kofi Kingston and The New Day over the past few weeks. In 2009, Kingston put Orton through a table at MSG. Kingston returns to the Garden as the champion and is looking for Orton.
Erick Rowan revealed that he’s the mastermind behind the attacks on Roman Reigns last week. He then attacked Reigns and yelled at Daniel Bryan for trying to control him. Rowan ended up giving Bryan an Iron Claw Slam through the announce table.
Elias was supposed to face Chad Gable in SmackDown’s King of the Ring semifinal match tonight, but WWE announced this afternoon that Elias is out of the match due to an injury. We’ll see how WWE handles the situation. Baron Corbin advanced to the King of the Ring finals by defeating Samoa Joe and Ricochet on Raw.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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SmackDown started with The Undertaker making his way down to the ring to a huge reaction. The fans broke into a loud “Undertaker” chant. He considers this his home, but he doesn’t know how many more times he’ll get to return home.
Taker talked about the titans, legends, and heroes that were born in MSG. He took a bit of their souls with him, but their memories echo in the hallways for all eternity. He said now they usher in an era of a new superstar.
Sami Zayn interrupted and made his way to the ring. The fans booed, but a few sang along with his music. He called Taker a legend and said that Taker sold out MSG for 30 years. For 30 years, MSG has been Taker’s yard. Zayn pushed the idea that he has a lot of respect for Taker.
Zayn believes that Taker shouldn’t be the man to open up SmackDown. He thinks it should have been him.
Zayn noted that the fans in New York want him to take out Taker. The fans booed and chanted, “You Suck.” Zayn asked Taker to turn around and leave the ring to him. He told Taker to pass him the torch. Zayn promised the future of the WWE and MSG is in good hands with him. He gave Taker his word.
Taker gave Zayn his mic and started to walk off. Zayn celebrated, but Taker came back in. Taker grabbed Zayn and gave him the chokeslam.
In the back, Chad Gable entered Shane McMahon’s office. McMahon called him shorty and complimented Gable on his recent performances. McMahon revealed that Elias broke his ankle and Gable assumed he gets a bye in the King of the RIng. McMahon’s looking for a replacement and said it could be someone from Raw or SmackDown.
The Miz defeated Andrade (w/Zelina Vega)
Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura joined in on commentary. Nakamura spoke in Japanese, but Graves understood him.
Andrade had the early advantage, but Miz took over.
He sent Andrade to the floor and went for a dive. Vega jumped on the apron to stop him. She interfered again, and Andrade regained control. He followed up with the double knees in the corner.
Back from the break, Miz was firmly in control and hit a neck breaker for a near fall. He followed up with the It Kicks. He fired back with chops and knees in the corner. Andrade missed a charge in the corner and fell to the floor.
Miz hit a sliding dropkick and slammed Andrade on the announce table. Nakamura and Miz had a brief staredown. Miz then tossed Andrade into Nakamura. Vega grabbed Miz by the leg and Andrade rocked Miz with an elbow.
Andrade went for a moonsault, but Miz rolled out of the way. Andrade landed on his feet and attempted a standing moonsault.
Miz rolled to his feet and hit the skull-crushing finale. They messed up the finish a bit but it still looked cool.
After the match, Nakamura attacked Miz and hit the Kinshasa.
In the back, Shane McMahon approached Matt Hardy and Apollo Crews. He’s looking for Gable and made a bunch of short jokes. McMahon then revealed that he is Elias’ replacement. Gable takes on McMahon later tonight.
Nikki Cross (w/Alexa Bliss) defeated Mandy Rose (w/Sonya Deville)
Before the match, Rose talked about her beauty and called Nikki Cross ugly. She showed a picture comparing them and mocked Cross’s looks.
Cross ran to the ring and attacked Rose. Cross had the early advantage, but Rose gained control. Rose slowed down the pace and applied a chin lock. Cross made a comeback and climbed to the top turnbuckle. Deville jumped on the apron, but Bliss pulled her off.
Cross missed a cross body, and Rose went for a knee. Cross moved and rolled her up for the win.
In the locker room, Ember Moon approached Bayley. She’s not happy that Bayley attacked Becky Lynch with a chair. Moon assumes its Sasha Banks’ influence. Bayley is trying to elevate the division.
Moon pointed out that Charlotte Flair pinned Bayley. Moon told Bayley to save the aggression for the ring.
Heavy Machinery defeated Johnny Silver and Alex Keaton
Otis and Tucker completely dominated the match. Otis hit the Caterpillar, and they followed up with the compacter for the win.
In the back, Kevin Owens approached Shane McMahon in his office. McMahon is considering dropping the fine against Owens. He wants Owens to be the referee for his match against Gable for later. He implied that if Owens cheats in his favor, then he’ll drop the fine.
They recapped the Erick Rowan attacking Roman Reigns angle. Rowan made his way down to the ring. He talked about how nobody controls him, and the people need to look into his eyes. He’s a mastermind and manipulator. The fans chanted “What” at Rowan.
Roman Reigns interrupted and came down to the ring. He rocked Rowan with the Superman Punch, and they brawled around ringside. They brawled into the crowd and Reigns hit another Superman Punch. Security ran out to stop Reigns. Rowan grabbed a fan and power bombed him onto Reigns and security.
Rowan then ran around ringside and knocked down Reigns and security. They fought up the ramp to the stage. There was a brief “Roman” chant. They continued to fight on the stage near the King of the Ring throne. In a crazy spot, Rowan grabbed the jib camera crane and threw it into Reigns and security. Reigns got back to his feet, and the fans broke into a loud “Roman” chant.
SmackDown Woman’s Champion Bayley defeated Ember Moon
Charlotte Flair joined the commentators for the match.
Moon caught Bayley with a dropkick to start the match. They had a quick exchange, and Bayley rolled to the floor. Moon climbed on the barricade, but Bayley pushed her off and rocked her with a knee.
Back from the break, Moon was firmly in control. Moon went for Total Eclipse, but Bayley moved and hit the Bayley-to-Belly for the win.
After the match, Charlotte Flair entered the ring and had a brief staredown with Bayley. Bayley backed off and left the ring.
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston made his way to the ring. The fan broke into a loud “Kofi” chant. He said it’s nice to be back in MSG. He talked about attacking Randy Orton in 2009 in MSG.
The best part was putting Orton through a table. The fans broke into a loud “Kofi” chant. He said he knew that one day he’d return to MSG as a champion. Kingston showed footage from 2009.
Orton interrupted and walked out through the crowd. He called Kingston stupid and said he’s tired of hearing about Kingston’s two accomplishments. He mocked Kingston for his fake Jamaican accent and power of positivity. Kingston went after Orton in the crowd but got attacked with a chair.
Kingston fought back and attacked Orton with a chair. Kingston set up a table, but Orton fought back. The table broke prematurely, but Kingston set up a second table.
Kingston then hit the boom drop off the railing onto Orton on the table.
Chad Gable defeated Shane McMahon in a King of the Ring Semi-Final in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match with Special Referee Kevin Owens
McMahon mocked Gable’s height. Gable hit a German suplex, and Owens made a fast count for the quick pin.
McMahon got on the mic and announced it’s now a 2 out of 3 falls match.
Back from the break, McMahon was firmly in control. Gable fought back and rolled up McMahon. Owens made a slow count.
Owens then made fast count when McMahon had the pin, but Gable kicked out. It’s odd that Owens made a fast count at first but is now slow counting.
Gable fought back and hit a moonsault, but Owens did a slow count again. McMahon brought in a chair to distract Owens. He went for a low blow, but Gable locked on the ankle lock for the win. Gable advances to the finals to take on Baron Corbin at Clash of Champions.
After the match, Owens pointed out that McMahon tapped out and it’s on him. The fans chanted “You Tapped Out” at McMahon.
McMahon then jumped Owens from behind. McMahon grabbed the mic and fired Owens. There was a slight “AEW” chant as the show went off the air.
Date: September 9, 2019 Location: Madison Square Garden in New York
The Big Takeaway —
Baron Corbin beat Samoa Joe and Ricochet to advance to the King of the Ring final this Sunday at Clash of Champions. Cedric Alexander pinned AJ Styles in a 10-man tag match.
Steve Austin was entertaining in his appearance but there were no big surprises or angles on WWE’s return to MSG. Bray Wyatt did not appear in front of the live crowd.
Show Recap —
Universal Championship contract signing moderated by “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
Steve Austin came out to start the show. (They usually starts with the announcers welcoming us to the show, but they made sure to play Austin’s music first.) The crowd erupted for Austin. They’re shooting all sides of the arena and Michael Cole claimed the building is sold out.
Austin immediately dranks some beers. He said he was told it’s been over 20 years since he’s been to the Garden. The crowd loudly yelled “What” during his promo. Austin recalled fighting here at Survivor Series against Bret Hart and got goosebumps when Hart’s music hit.
He also talked about giving Vince McMahon his first stunner in this building, as well as his match against Undertaker (while also mentioning Earl Hebner). Austin asked the crowd if they were ready for the contract signing and they yelled “Hell yeah.”
Austin introduced Braun Strowman. Strowman offered a handshake, which got the crowd buzzing. They chanted for Austin, who ignored the handshake and introduced Seth “freakin’” Rollins. Austin shook both their hands once Rollins entered. Rollins was excited to be in New York. Rollins said he normally doesn’t like the “What” chants but was down with them tonight.
Rollins told Strowman he didn’t have any tricks, he was the best wrestler on the planet and would beat Strowman. The crowd booed when he called himself the best wrestler on the planet. There was a light and brief chant for CM Punk, then a light chant for AJ Styles.
Strowman admired Austin but said he was still a rattlesnake. He told Rollins that he liked being tag champs, but it would be even better being Universal champion. Strowman said he would open a can of whoop-ass and Rollins would get these hands.
The OC interrupted. Styles assured Austin that they don’t want none, then mocked Austin. He wondered if anyone would even want to see Austin stomp a mudhole in someone anymore, and the crowd chanted “Yes.” Styles got annoyed at the “What” chants, then the crowd started rapidly chanting it at him, which was funny.
Austin told him to put some bass in his voice, so Styles told him to shut up. The crowd called Styles an asshole, then Austin called him an asshole. Styles said Austin has turned into an asshole in his old age (none of this was bleeped). Styles then called Austin an old fart, which is even better. The crowd chanted “soccer mom.”
Austin cleared the table because he knew what was about to happen. Rollins and Strowman attacked the OC. Strowman took out Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows, but Styles avoided a stomp from Rollins and tossed him from the ring. The crowd buzzed because Austin was right behind him. Austin gave Styles the finger and then hit him with a stunner. The crowd popped.
This was great. Austin was obviously the highlight but Styles was good too.
They plugged Undertaker on Smackdown tomorrow.
Cedric Alexander defeated U.S Champion AJ Styles via DQ in a non-title match (8:45)
Styles was seated in the corner following the break, then Alexander ran down to start the match and take advantage of Styles just getting a stunner. Alexander was in control early on and hit a flip dive to the outside. However, Styles caught his arm, wrenched it over the rope and they went to break. (Alexander’s shoulder is hurt from last week’s attack.)
After a break, Alexander came back with a Michinoku Driver for a nearfall. Alexander hit a back elbow and enziguri, then Anderson and Gallows attacked him for the DQ. The Viking Raiders ran out for the save. They helped Alexander clear the ring, and gave Anderson the Viking Experience. The crowd chanted “war” to their music.
Backstage, Sasha Banks and Bayley cut a promo on Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair. Bayley said there was no stronger connection than the two of them, and Banks said Lynch and Charlotte could take that to the bank. Lynch and Charlotte were shown getting ready elsewhere, and Lynch stared a hole through Charlotte the entire time.
Bray Wyatt let us know there would be a new episode of the Firefly Fun House tonight.
There was a Connor’s Cure video narrated by Roman Reigns. Reigns then came out on the stage in a Connor’s Cure t-shirt. Reigns said it was about a year ago that he made his leukemia announcement, and through the fans’ love and support, he managed to return. Reigns always said he wanted to use his platform to benefit others. Reigns brought out young cancer survivors from a New York hospital, who were introduced one by one to the applause of the crowd.
Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair defeated SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley & Sasha Banks (17:24)
Lynch and Charlotte entered, then they aired a long video package. As Bayley and Banks entered, they were attacked by Lynch and Charlotte. Lynch gave Banks an Exploder on the outside but was overwhelmed by Bayley and Banks until Charlotte chased them off with a chair.
[Second hour]
The match began after a break. Corey Graves said Banks should be on SportsCenter because she was like the Antonio Brown of WWE. Cole then plugged an ESPN article about these four women.
Lynch beat the crap out of Bayley and was in full control until the heels used nefarious means to cut her off and take over. Lynch quickly came back with an inverted DDT and tagged in Charlotte, who hit Banks with chops and fallaway slam. Charlotte booted Bayley off the apron, then gave Banks a neckbreaker for two.
Banks caught Charlotte in the crossface for a moment, but Charlotte countered into a Figure Eight. Lynch then tried putting Bayley in a Disarmer, but Bayley shoved her into Charlotte which broke up the submission. The crowd chanted “this is awesome” with all four women down. Banks then took out Charlotte with a double knee strike on the outside.
After a break, the heels worked over Charlotte who eventually caught Bayley with a knee strike before making the hot tag to Lynch. Lynch attacked Bayley with strikes and a running forearm, then gave Banks an Exploder. Lynch tried to put Bayley in a Disarmer but Banks gave her a backcracker.
Bayley and Banks tried a double suplex on Charlotte but Lynch saved her with a double dropkick. Lynch gave Bayley a diving leg drop and Charlotte followed with a moonsault (which didn’t look good) but Banks broke up the cover. Lynch had Banks in a Disarmer on the outside, then Bayley gave Lynch a suplex into the barricade. Bayley also suplexed Charlotte.
Bayley went for a flying elbow drop in the ring, but Charlotte got her knees up. Charlotte fought off Banks who tried to interfere, then hit Bayley with Natural Selection for the pinfall win. The bulk of this was good, except for a few clunky spots with Charlotte near the end.
Backstage, Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode approached the OC with a proposition. Ziggler said they could be running the place with their assistance. Ziggler said they could take care of business tonight, then Styles shook his hand.
Rey Mysterio defeated Gran Metalik (6:24)
They went back and forth early on and Metalik had an answer for everything Mysterio did. Mysterio tried a diving splash but Metalik dodged it and hit a superkick. Metalik then hit a flip dive, leaping off the second rope, but landed hard on Mysterio’s head and neck (which was shown in split-screen because they were about to show a replay of something else.)
They paused for a brief moment to check on Mysterio. Mysterio used a headscissors takedown, seated senton, and springboard crossbody, but Metalik came back with a superkick and springboard dropkick. With Mysterio sitting on the top rope, Metalik leaped off the ropes and hit a hurricanrana for two. Mysterio followed with a Code Red for two.
Mysterio then caught Metalik with a 619 and frog splash for the win. Mysterio helped Metalik to his feet and they shook hands. Metalik bowed to Mysterio. This was quite good, but short.
They aired a replay of Strowman putting Sami Zayn in a dumpster last May for some reason. (It was a sponsored clip, which is usually when they show a classic replay.)
Tonight’s main event is a 10-men tag: The Viking Raiders, Rollins, Strowman and Alexander against The OC, Ziggler and Roode. The Street Profits plugged the match and Clash of Champions as loudly as they could. They also had a Reigns/Rowan/Daniel Bryan video package played. (There was no direct reference to the fact that they are no longer NXT tag champs.)
King of the Ring semifinal triple threat match: Baron Corbin defeated Samoa Joe and Ricochet (14:08)
Joe’s entrance got a big reaction. Most of Corbin’s entrance happened during a break. Ricochet was all over both guys early on, hitting multiple dives. And then they went to break two minutes into the match.
A small section of the crowd chanted for Corbin. The majority of the crowd responded with “Corbin sucks.” Corbin caught Ricochet on the outside and drove him into the post. Joe took out Corbin with a suicide dive, then also drove Ricochet into the post. Joe gave Corbin an inverted atomic drop, big boot and senton but Ricochet broke up the cover. Joe then gave Ricochet a power slam for two.
[Third hour]
Corbin turned Ricochet inside out with a clothesline, Joe took out Corbin, then Ricochet superkicked Joe. Ricochet attacked Corbin but Corbin cut him off with a big boot. Ricochet used a rollup for two. Corbin gave him a powerbomb, then flipped him up to his feet and caught him with Deep Six (which was cool) but Joe yanked Corbin out of the ring and put him the Coquina Clutch. Ricochet then wiped out both men with a shooting star press off the apron.
Joe avoided Ricochet’s 630 and put him in the Coquina Clutch, but Ricochet quickly countered into a Codebreaker. Ricochet hit the 630 but Corbin pulled him from the ring and tossed him into the crowd. Corbin then pinned Joe for the win. Corbin advances to the KOTR finals against either Chad Gable or Elias. Good match.
(They’ve developed a new pattern over the past few weeks. Instead of a match starting at the top of the hour, it’ll start maybe one segment before that, then continue through it.)
Natalya defeated Lacey Evans (5:06)
There was a CM Punk chant that was quickly drowned out by boos. Natalya hit a discus clothesline and went for the Sharpshooter but Evans stumbled out of it. Natalya went after Evans on the outside, then Evans caught her with a neckbreaker.
Evans then used the ring apron to choke Natalya, which the referee allowed. Cole thought it was “interesting” that she used the apron. Renee Young called it assault. After a while, Natalya caught Evans in a sharpshooter for the submission win. This wasn’t good. Evans beat Natalya in 5 minutes last week. Natalya beat Evans in 5 minutes this week.
They aired a clip from before the show of Boston Celtic player (and former New York Knick) Enes Kanter beating R-Truth for the 24/7 Title. Truth then rolled him up to win the title back. I’m surprised they didn’t put this on the main show.
Firefly Fun House
The rabbit puppet warned Bray that he saw a stranger with Rollins and Strowman. Bray knew it was talking about Austin. The pig mentioned some of the men Bray attacked, then Abby pointed out that their clock was stuck at 3:16. All the puppets yelled “stranger danger” until Bray shut them up, then smashed the clock to fix it. The clock now reads 11:19. Bray warned Rollins and Strowman that the Fiend never forgets. “See you in hell.”
Lynch and Rollins are on the cover of Muscle & Fitness.
10-man tag match: Universal Champion/Tag Team Champion Seth Rollins, Tag Team Champion Braun Strowman, Cedric Alexander & The Viking Raiders defeated U.S. Champion AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode (19:34)
All of the babyfaces except Rollins entered during a break. The heels all entered on the broadcast. A brawl broke out and they went to break two minutes into the match.
Back from break, the heels were in control and the crowd was doing the wave. Roode worked over Alexander’s arm as the crowd chanted “yowie-wowie.” Rollins tried to get the crowd back in the match but it didn’t really work.
Alexander hit a back elbow and made the hot tag to Rollins who hit Anderson with a slingblade, springboard knee strike and falcon arrow but Roode broke up the cover. Everyone came in and traded moves. Styles gave Ivar a Phenomenal forearm, then Rollins gave him a superkick. Rollins hit dives and Strowman hit running shoulder tackles.
Strowman gave Anderson a powerslam but Roode and Ziggler pushed Rollins into Strowman which broke up the cover. Strowman, an idiot, thought maybe Rollins did this on purpose. They argued as they went to break with 10 minutes left in the show.
Back from break, they aired an ad for Table for Three even though there’s a match still taking place. The heels worked over Rollins until he eventually gave Roode a blockbuster. Rollins gave Ziggler a buckle bomb and tagged in Strowman.
Strowman ran over Styles, but Styles avoided a charge and Strowman went shoulder-first into the post. Erik tagged himself in and got some offense until Styles gave him a Pelé kick. Ivar tagged in and ran over Styles, then took out a pile of men with a dive to the outside. Alexander then gave Styles a lumbar check for the pinfall win.
Instead of Alexander’s music playing, Austin’s music hit and he jogged out. He grabbed some beers and handed them out to the babyfaces. They all drank beer and celebrated as the show ended.
Final Thoughts —
This show was enjoyable until the KOTR match, but it really screeched to a halt after that. The crowd didn’t care about the main event and it felt like they were just waiting for it to end.
Steve Austin will be moderating a contract signing when he appears on Raw at Madison Square Garden next week.
WWE has announced that Austin will be the moderator for Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman’s contract signing on next Monday’s Raw. Rollins is defending his Universal Championship against Strowman at Clash of Champions on September 15.
The contract signing was originally announced for tonight’s Raw, but the segment led to Rollins and Strowman being interrupted by AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson. Rollins & Strowman defeated Gallows & Anderson but were laid out by Styles, Gallows, Anderson, Dolph Ziggler, and Robert Roode in a post-match angle.
Rollins & Strowman are also defending their Raw Tag Team titles against Ziggler & Roode at Clash of Champions.
Austin sent out a tweet setting up next Monday’s contract signing: “I got an idea. Next week on #Raw, let’s complete this Championship Contract Signing, only this time it’ll be moderated by good ol’ #StoneCold @steveaustinBSR. And that’s the bottom line cause I said so. #WWEMSG”
After the contract signing was officially confirmed for next week, Strowman confronted Rollins backstage and was paranoid about how Austin praised Rollins after SummerSlam. Strowman said that Austin will get these hands if he tries to get in Strowman’s face.
Next week’s Raw and SmackDown are both taking place at Madison Square Garden. They’re the go-home shows for Clash of Champions.
AAA is officially heading to Madison Square Garden.
At a Thursday press conference, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide announced a show for NYC on Sunday, September 15: the first time they have been back since July 1994 when they ran the adjoining theater.
Tickets will go on sale May 4th on Ticketmaster with expected streaming options to be announced at a later date. No matches were announced, but it was said there will be a lot of surprises.
Both the event date and on-sale date have intended Mexican significance. The show is the day before Mexican Independence Day while the on-sale date is Cinco de Mayo, a nod to the Hispanic community in New York which they hope to draw from.
MSG officials were talking about the event selling out thanks in part to fly-ins.
After years as a WWE stronghold, the AAA show will be the second high profile, non-WWE pro wrestling event held at MSG this year, following this Saturday’s joint ROH/NJPW show.
Peter Luuko of Oak View Group is responsible for bringing AAA to MSG which is the start of the promotion coming to major arenas around the country. A Los Angeles date at The Forum will be announced in a few weeks.
At this point, there is no AEW involvement.
At the press event, AAA managing director Dorian Roldan said, “This is one of the important moments in the history of the company since its founding in 1992” and that it’s the start of “their new strategy.” This Venues Now feature speaks to the Arena Alliance partnership and possible cities AAA could also try to go to.
Part of that strategy is to focus on the U.S., Latin America, and Colombia markets through 2020.
The press event featured Roldan, Hugo Savinovich, Konnan, Daga, Puma King, Aerostar, Fenix, Drago, Taya, Tessa Blanchard, Blue Demon Jr., and Pentagon Jr. with several of them speaking during the event. Ed Nordholm and Scott D’Amore of Anthem/Impact Wrestling were also in attendance.
The original alternate is back, and the countdown is on to next Saturday’s New Japan-ROH G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden.
Topics this week include, but aren’t limited to, our plans for the weekend (with an unsurprising difference in activities), our predictions for each match on the card, Raw is a long show, are Miyahara and his matches as good as they seem?, Davey Boy Smith in New Japan, and so much more.
It’s two hours of electricity and destrucity — it’s the Adam and Mike BIG AUDIO NIGHTMARE, proudly here at F4WOnline.com.
