The New Day and The Revival are set to face off for the SmackDown Tag Team titles once again.
Kofi Kingston & Big E will defend their titles against The Revival at this month’s TLC pay-per-view. The match was confirmed for the PPV after The Revival won a fatal four-way number one contender’s elimination match on tonight’s SmackDown.
The number one contender’s match came down to The Revival vs. Mustafa Ali & Shorty G, with The Revival hitting the Shatter Machine on Shorty G to get the win. The elimination match also included The Lucha House Party and Heavy Machinery.
The New Day’s current SmackDown Tag Team title reign began when they won the titles from The Revival on the November 8 episode of SmackDown. The Revival got a rematch the next week, but it was interrupted by NXT’s Undisputed Era.
TLC is taking place at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 15.
Former NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival are returning to Full Sail University on Wednesday night.
WWE has announced that NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) will face The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) in a non-title match on Wednesday’s NXT. It’s the go-home show for TakeOver: WarGames and the last episode of NXT before Survivor Series.
All four members of Undisputed Era interrupted The New Day’s SmackDown Tag Team title defense against The Revival this past Friday. After the show, The Revival cut a promo on O’Reilly & Fish and have been going back and forth with them on Twitter since.
O’Reilly & Fish will face The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Big E) and Raw Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar & Erik) in a non-title triple threat match at Survivor Series on Sunday. The Revival were originally announced for that match before dropping the SmackDown Tag Team titles to Kingston & Big E.
On last night’s Raw, Triple H cut a promo saying that there would be an “open door” for Raw and SmackDown on Wednesday’s NXT. Adam Cole will face Dominik Dijakovic in a ladder match for the WarGames advantage on the episode, and WWE has also announced a triple threat match between Pete Dunne, Damian Priest, and Killian Dain.
The winner of Dunne vs. Priest vs. Dain will challenge for Cole’s NXT Championship at Survivor Series.
WWE has announced two matches and a segment for next week’s post-Crown Jewel episode of SmackDown.
Before their match against Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode on tonight’s show, it was announced that The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Big E) will challenge for The Revival’s SmackDown Tag Team titles next Friday.
Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin has also been confirmed for next week’s SmackDown, and Bray Wyatt will appear on Miz TV the day after challenging for Seth Rollins’ Universal Championship in a falls count anywhere match in Saudi Arabia.
New Day & Heavy Machinery defeated The Revival, Ziggler & Roode on SmackDown last week, with Xavier Woods getting the pin on Scott Dawson. Tonight, Ziggler pinned Kingston with a roll-up in their tag match. The Revival attacked Kingston & Big E after, but Heavy Machinery came out to make the save.
Kingston & Big E, The Revival, Ziggler & Roode, and Heavy Machinery will all be part of the World Cup tag team turmoil match at Crown Jewel.
Reigns, Ali, Shorty G (Chad Gable), Ricochet & Rusev will be on Team Hogan for the five-on-five tag match against Team Flair at Crown Jewel. Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley & Drew McIntyre will be on Team Flair.
Reigns, Ali & Gable defeated Corbin, Nakamura & Cesaro in the main event of tonight’s SmackDown. There was then an angle where Corbin attacked Reigns during an interview on WWE Backstage.
SmackDown will be back on FOX next week after tonight’s episode aired on FS1 due to the World Series.
– SmackDown tag team champions The Revival notched a win against Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins.
– Cesaro stood out like a sore thumb in a loss to Cedric Alexander.
– Byron Saxton (in place of the absent Vic Joseph) led the commentary team alongside Dio Maddin and Mickie James.
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SmackDown Tag Champions The Revival defeated Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins (5:13)
Although Ryder and Hawkins currently find themselves undrafted, The Revival returned to the SmackDown roster on Friday, along with their tag team titles. Yet, they were on Main Event. For tag team titleholders, the company hardly view them as the ‘Top Guys’ they claim on their trunks.
The match was an excellent example of a tag team working smoothly together to cut the ring in half and take out their opponent. But it wasn’t that classic heel team doing slow and methodical as there were lots of tricks and sneaky double-teams here.
The Revival took all of the match until Hawkins got a hot tag in the last minute. It was short-lived and ended in Ryder being sent outside so that Dawson and Wilder could combine to hit Hawkins with the Shatter Machine for the win.
Cedrick Alexander defeated Cesaro (7:15)
Cesaro is great every time he’s on television and he’s an absolute master in the ring. Watching him over the last few weeks on this show cements the fact that he’s being utterly wasted at the moment. Cesaro in New Japan or AEW would make an intriguing prospect.
Working this short of style where high spots are followed by mat work or rest holds doesn’t really suit either of these performers. The headlock and abdominal stretch spots here were met with disinterest at best.
Cesaro took the majority of the match and even resorted to just bullying and shoving Alexander who couldn’t offer anything more by the end of the match. So when Alexander won, it came against the run of play. Alexander hit a rather sloppy Lumbar Check to snatch the win from the jaws of defeat.
It’s results like this on shows like this – and after becoming a ‘free agent’ on Friday – that mean that at the age of 38, Cesaro probably ought to be considering his options.
SmackDown takes place from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia tonight and features the fallout from Clash of Champions.
The New Day will take on Randy Orton and new SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Revival in a six-man tag match. WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defeated Orton on Sunday night to retain his title, but The Revival defeated Xavier Woods and Big E for the tag titles.
Erick Rowan sits down for an exclusive interview tonight. He defeated Roman Reigns at Clash of Champions with help from the returning Luke Harper. WWE is hyping that Rowan promises to answer questions regarding the attacks on Reigns.
Shane McMahon will also address Kevin Owens’ “firing.” McMahon forced Owens to referee his King of the Ring semifinal match against Chad Gable last week. McMahon blamed Owens for losing and fired him after the match.
Baron Corbin defeated Gable in the King of the Ring finals last night on Raw. King Corbin’s coronation takes place tonight.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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They announced Daniel Bryan appears later to address Erick Rowan giving him the Iron Claw through the announce table a few weeks back.
They also announced Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks for later tonight.
The New Day defeated Randy Orton & The Revival
They started with the six-man tag match and not a lengthy promo, which was a nice change.
Big E caught Dash Wilder with a belly-to-belly suplex to start the match. He followed up with the splash on the apron. Wilder attacked Woods’ injured knee to take over briefly. Kofi Kingston got the tag and caught Orton with a dropkick. The New Day fired back and used triple team moves to take back over.
Back from the break, the heels regained control and isolated Woods in their corner. They worked over Woods injured knee. Woods fought back and went for a DDT, but Wilder dumped him on the floor. Orton then gave Woods a back suplex on the announce table.
During the break, Scott Dawson attempted a superplex, but Woods pushed him off and hit a missile dropkick. Kingston got the hot tag and ran wild on the heels. He hit the SOS on Orton, but Dawson broke up the pin.
On the floor, Big E ran over Dawson with a clothesline. Wilder rocked Big E with a tornado DDT off the apron. Kingston then caught Wilder with a dropkick. He attempted a dive, but Orton hit the draping DDT.
Orton and Revival set up for the RKO Machine, but Big E pulled Orton out of the ring. Woods then hit an elbow off the top on Wilder. The finish came when Kingston hit the Trouble In Paradise on Dawson for the win.
The New Day celebrated the win after the match.
Suddenly, Brock Lesnar’s music hit and he made his way down to the ring with Paul Heyman. Kingston then sent Big E and Woods away. Kingston stood alone in the ring as Lesnar and Heyman entered.
Heyman noted Lesnar stands in the way of the longevity of Kingston’s title reign. Heyman said his client authorized him to inform Kingston it’s a bad day for the New Day.
Heyman then challenged Kingston to defend the WWE Championship against Lesnar on Friday, October 4th for SmackDown’s debut on FOX. Kingston promised to be a fighting champion and accepted the challenge. Lesnar attacked Kingston and gave him the F-5. Kingston defending against Lesnar on Friday Night SmackDown’s FOX debut is official.
In the back, Kayla Braxton interviewed Sasha Banks and Bayley. Banks promised to defeat Becky Lynch in Hell in a Cell.
Erick Rowan sat down for a sit-down interview with Michael Cole. Cole asked about Luke Harper, but Rowan doesn’t want to answer questions about him. Cole pointed out that Rowan almost killed Roman Reigns, but Rowan told Cole to lower his voice.
Rowan pointed out that everyone thinks he’s just a goon in the background, but he’s not a follower. Cole asked about Rowan betraying Daniel Bryan. Rowan said Bryan’s not his intellectual equal. He demanded nobody ever disrespect him again.
Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura (w/Sami Zayn) vs. Ali
The match didn’t take place. Zayn came out wearing a neck brace and demanded respect from the audience. Zayn got in Ali’s face and said he’d never be a champion. Ali attacked the heels, but they outnumbered him. Zayn grabbed Ali’s leg, and Nakamura hit the Kinshasa.
Kevin Owens walked down through the audience and took a seat in the crowd. Corey Graves noted Owens doesn’t work here and the cameraman should take the camera off of him.
In the back, Shane McMahon’s served papers. He walked out to address Owens in the crowd.
Shane McMahon made his way down to the ring with security. He demanded security let Owens enter the ring because he has something say.
McMahon sent the guards away and revealed that he just received the largest wrongful termination lawsuit ever. McMahon noted if Owens wins he gets $25 million. He said the case is weak, but Owens disagreed.
Owens pointed out that McMahon is trying to make his life a living hell. He noted he got fined for attacking McMahon’s crooked referee Elias. Last week, McMahon attacked Owens when he was the referee. McMahon fired him for being insubordinate, which strengths his case.
Owens pointed out that he wants to hurt McMahon. He knows it hurts McMahon the most in his wallet and pride. Owens pointed out it’s not just about money. There’s a clause that notes McMahon gets fired if Owens wins the lawsuit.
In the back, Charlotte Flair was getting ready for her upcoming match when her father Ric Flair showed up.
An AOP promo aired disusing the reason’s they haven’t been around. All the tag teams are soft, and they’re the future of the tag team division.
Charlotte Flair defeated Sasha Banks (w/Bayley) By DQ
Atlanta recording artist Offset did the ring introduction for Flair.
Flair had the early advantage and used a suplex. Bayley tried to take the turnbuckle pad off, but Flair caught her. Bayley distracted Flair and Banks shoved her into the ring post to gain control.
Back from the break, Banks was firmly in control, but Flair fought back with a big boot. She rocked Banks with several hard chops and then hit a fallaway slam. Banks fought back and attempted a hurricanrana. Flair countered with a Boston crab, but Banks fought out.
Flair then hit a big boot sending Banks off the apron. Flair followed up with a huge moonsault to the floor wiping out Bayley and Banks. Banks rolled up Flair, but she countered into the figure eight. Bayley jumped in the ring for the disqualification.
Carmella ran out for the save and super kicked Banks. The announcers pointed out that Carmella and Bayley are friends. Bayley tried to talk to Carmella, but Flair rocked Bayley with a big boot.
Baron Corbin’s coronation took place next. He put on the cape and crown and noted he’s the king the fans need. He’s got everything it takes to be king. He’s strong and dominant but also gentle and kind. If he doesn’t get his respect, he’ll rule with an iron fist.
Corbin then brought out the man he beat last night Chad Gable. Corbin made a bunch of short jokes aimed at Gable. Gable couldn’t take the jokes and attacked Corbin. They fell on the throne, and it broke. Gable tore up the cape, and the scepter went flying into the crowd.
Gable then stomped on the crown and destroyed it.
The announcers pushed NXT’s debut on USA Network tomorrow night.
Heavy Machinery defeated The B-Team
Tom Philips and Byron Saxton made a big deal out of Otis’s outfit change. He’s no longer wearing a singlet and switched to more traditional tights.
The heels isolated Tucker in their corner and worked him over. Otis got the hot tag and ran wild on the heels.
He hit a splash in the corner on Bo Dallas and hit the Caterpillar. Heavy Machinery then hit the Compacter for the win.
Daniel Bryan made his way down to the ring. The fans broke into a “Daniel Bryan” chant. He pointed out that the fans chanting his name are the same ones that accused him of attacking Roman Reigns.
He said good or bad he’s never lied to the fans. The fans gave him a mixed reaction. He stands in the ring an exonerated man. Bryan’s not out there to talk about that. Instead, he wants to talk about Rowan.
He said he saw something special in Rowan. He didn’t treat him as his equal but saw him as his equal. He didn’t just treat him as his equal but also as his friend. Rowan interrupted and made his way to the ring.
Rowan pointed out that Bryan never let him talk and was too busy trying to make him into his puppet. Nobody disrespects Rowan. Bryan told him to do something about it because there’s nothing worse than lying to him and destroying their friendship.
Luke Harper attacked Bryan from behind Rowan hit the Iron Claw on Bryan.
Roman Reigns music hit, and he made his way down to the ring. Reigns speared Rowan, but Harper gained the advantage on Reigns. Rowan power bombed Reigns against the ring post.
The heels lifted the ringside pads and attacked security. Rowan kicked down a part of the barricade and hit Reigns with it. Rowan and Harper then slammed Bryan through the announce table.
Following their respective matches at Clash of Champions, The New Day and Randy Orton & The Revival will face off in a six-man tag match on SmackDown.
WWE has announced The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E & Xavier Woods) vs. Orton & The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) for tonight’s episode. It’s taking place at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Kingston retained his WWE Championship against Orton at Clash of Champions, while The Revival defeated Big E & Woods to win the SmackDown Tag Team titles.
The last time the teams faced off in a six-man tag match on television, Orton & The Revival defeated The New Day on the August 13 episode of SmackDown.
After he won the King of the Ring tournament on last night’s Raw, there will be a coronation segment for Baron Corbin on SmackDown tonight. Corbin defeated Chad Gable in the King of the Ring finals.
A sit-down interview with Erick Rowan is also set for tonight’s SmackDown, and Shane McMahon will address last week’s “firing” of Kevin Owens.
Rowan defeated Roman Reigns in a no DQ match at Clash of Champions, with Luke Harper making his return and helping Rowan win.
WWE has officially added two more title matches to the card for Clash of Champions.
It was confirmed today that The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) will defend their SmackDown Tag Team titles against The Revival at Clash of Champions. Shinsuke Nakamura defending his Intercontinental Championship against The Miz has also been confirmed for the pay-per-view.
The matches had been set up by The Revival and Miz issuing challenges to their respective opponents.
The Revival have been aligned with Randy Orton during the build to Clash of Champions. Orton will challenge for Kofi Kingston’s WWE Championship at the PPV.
Earlier this month, it was established that Sami Zayn is now Nakamura’s spokesman on WWE TV. Nakamura has laid out Miz on SmackDown each of the past two weeks.
The Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina is hosting Clash of Champions on September 15. Here’s the updated card for the show:
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against Braun Strowman
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Randy Orton
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley defending against Charlotte Flair
Raw Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins & Braun Strowman defending against Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Big E & Xavier Woods defending against The Revival
Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defending against The Miz
The finals of the King of the Ring tournament
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak defending against Humberto Carrillo
Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows are the new Raw tag team champions.
They won the titles tonight in a triple threat match that included champions The Revival as well as the Usos. The latter team had laid out the Revival when Anderson and Gallows came in, took out Jey then pinned Jimmy Uso with the Magic Killer.
Both the Usos and the Revival have been feuding with one another for the last several months, with the Usos most recently losing a title match back at Extreme Rules. Anderson and Gallows have recently reformed what was once known as The Club with AJ Styles. In the last several weeks, they’ve adopted a new name, the OC.
The Revival had held the titles for 49 days, defeating Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder on the June 10, 2019 edition of Raw. This is the second time Anderson and Gallows have have won the titles, previously winning them at the 2017 Royal Rumble.
WWE has also announced that a “Mosh Pit Mixed Tag Team Match” with R-Truth & Carmella vs. Drake Maverick & Renee Michelle will kick off tonight’s Raw. R-Truth’s 24/7 Championship will be on the line.
There will be a gauntlet match on the show to determine who will challenge for AJ Styles’ United States Championship at SummerSlam. Ricochet, Rey Mysterio, Cesaro, Sami Zayn, and Andrade will be in the gauntlet match.
A triple threat Raw Tag Team title match has also been announced for tonight, with The Revival defending their titles against The Usos and Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson. The Tag Team title match comes after Jimmy Uso’s DUI arrest from last Thursday.
Styles won the US title from Ricochet at Extreme Rules. The finish of the match was Styles hitting a Styles Clash on the middle rope after interference from Gallows and Anderson.
Tonight’s Raw is taking place at the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Alexa Bliss in a non-title match, and a “Samoan Summit” segment with Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe have also been announced for the episode.
The Raw Tag Team titles will be on the line at Sunday’s pay-per-view.
WWE has confirmed that The Revival will defend their Tag Team titles against The Usos at Extreme Rules. The PPV is taking place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Usos & The Miz defeated The Revival & Elias in a two-out-of-three falls match on Raw last night. The Usos lost the first fall after they were distracted by Miz and Elias fighting on the outside. Elias walked out of the match, then Miz and The Usos won the next two falls. Jey Uso pinned Scott Dawson in the last fall.
The Revival have been Raw Tag Team Champions since winning the titles from Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins last month.
Here’s the updated card for Extreme Rules:
The Undertaker & Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre in a no holds barred match
Universal Champion Seth Rollins & Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans in an extreme rules match (winners-take-all stipulation with both titles on the line)
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Samoa Joe
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley defending against Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross in a handicap match
United States Champion Ricochet defending against AJ Styles
Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley in a last man standing match
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan & Rowan defending against Big E & Xavier Woods and Heavy Machinery in a triple threat match
Raw Tag Team Champions The Revival defending against The Usos
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak defending against Tony Nese
Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins will now defend their titles against The Revival and The Usos in a triple threat match on tonight’s Raw. The match was originally announced as Ryder & Hawkins defending against The Revival before The Usos were added.
The Usos defeated The Revival on the Super ShowDown pre-show this past Friday.
Ryder & Hawkins became Raw Tag Team Champions by defeating The Revival on the WrestleMania 35 pre-show. They haven’t had a televised title defense since retaining against The Revival on the Raw after WrestleMania.
Tonight’s Raw is taking place at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. United States Champion Samoa Joe will appear on Miz TV, and WWE has announced a segment where Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre will celebrate Shane’s win against Roman Reigns from Super ShowDown.
Due to Rey Mysterio having a shoulder injury, Mysterio relinquished the United States title back to Joe on last week’s Raw.
A Tag Team title match and a couple of segments have been made official for this Monday’s episode of Raw.
WWE has announced that Raw Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins will defend their titles against The Revival on the episode. A Miz TV segment with Samoa Joe is also set, and Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre will celebrate Shane’s win against Roman Reigns from Super ShowDown.
Ryder & Hawkins became Raw Tag Team Champions by defeating The Revival on the WrestleMania 35 pre-show. They haven’t had a televised title defense since retaining against The Revival on the Raw after WrestleMania.
The Revival lost to The Usos on the Super ShowDown pre-show this past Friday.
Rey Mysterio relinquished the United States title to Samoa Joe last week, with Mysterio giving up the title due to a shoulder injury. Mysterio had won the title from Samoa Joe at Money in the Bank, though Joe’s shoulder was up when he was pinned.
Before Shane pinned Reigns at Super ShowDown, McIntyre hit a Claymore Kick on Reigns while the referee wasn’t looking. Reigns will face McIntyre at Stomping Grounds in Tacoma, Washington on June 23.
This week’s Raw is taking place at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
A pre-show match has been added to the lineup for Friday’s Super ShowDown event.
WWE announced today that The Usos will face The Revival on the Super ShowDown pre-show. The pre-show begins at 1 p.m. Eastern time, with the main card starting at 2 p.m. Eastern.
After Shane McMahon got involved, Drew McIntyre & The Revival defeated Roman Reigns & The Usos on Raw this Monday. McIntyre and The Revival helped Shane lay out Reigns on both Raw and SmackDown this week.
Reigns vs. Shane is set for Super ShowDown.
Super ShowDown is taking place at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The event is the third show in WWE’s 10-year deal with the Saudi General Sports Authority.
Here’s the updated card for Super ShowDown:
Goldberg vs. The Undertaker
Triple H vs. Randy Orton
Universal Champion Seth Rollins defending against Baron Corbin
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston defending against Dolph Ziggler
Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon
Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley
Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor (as his Demon character) defending against Andrade
Lars Sullivan vs. The Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado) in a three-on-one handicap match
WWE announced Saturday afternoon that Roman Reigns and The Usos will team up to face Drew McIntyre and The Revival in a six-man tag match on this Monday’s WWE Raw.
Last week, Shane McMahon defeated Reigns’ cousin Lance Anoa’i, helped by a pre-match beatdown by McIntyre. Reigns came out after the match and hit both McMahon and McIntyre with Superman punches to send them running.
Also on last week’s Raw, The Usos held a Memorial Day party and The Revival were invited, cheating to win in a game of cornhole. The former Raw tag team champions defeated Jimmy and Jey several weeks ago on the show as well.
The match adds to what could be a newsworthy show leading into this Friday’s Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia. Already announced is a Money In The Bank briefcase cash in by Brock Lesnar on WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins, tweeted on Friday by Paul Heyman, as well as an appearance by the Undertaker to build up his Friday match with the returning Goldberg.
We’re looking for reports from tonight’s Raw show in Lexington with the non-Raw results, tonight’s Smackdown show in Huntington, WV, tonight’s Impact tapings in Toronto and Saturday’s NXT show in Milwaukee to [email protected].
We’re also doing a poll for the Impact Rebellion PPV. You can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected].
Smackdown and 205 Live will be taped on Tuesday in Columbus, OH. Becky Lynch vs. Bayley is scheduled.
Raw and SmackDown’s post-WrestleMania rosters were confirmed over the past week as WWE held their third annual Superstar Shake-up.
The most notable names to switch brands were AJ Styles and Roman Reigns. Styles had been the face of SmackDown since the 2016 brand split but is now a member of the Raw roster. Reigns had been on Raw since the 2016 draft but was moved to SmackDown in this year’s Shake-up, which comes in advance of SmackDown debuting on Fox in October.
After week one of the Superstar shakeup, things changed again. The who’s and the why’s is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer. Also look at what the original plan for Kevin Owens was and why it changed, and also seems to indicate bad news for one of the company’s biggest stars.
Read an updated depth chart for Raw and Smackdown with new rosters and positioning. This also points out problem areas, and we also look at the card for Money in the Bank, and notes on a lot of directions.
Read about C.M. Punk doing a run-in on an indie show, why and what happened.
Also look at the change for the Backlash PPV and how that affects the schedule, how the Saudi Arabian government made WWE look bad once again, analysts bullish on WWE and what their predictions were that missed, update on the next Saudi Arabia show, and more on WWE ratings drops.
This issue contains a rundown of New Japan’s Sengoku Lord show and the booking direction of the company.
Also look at UFC’s return to Russia.
This issue has a lengthy feature on the Viceland documentary on the 1997 Survivor Series, filling in a lot of the pieces regarding who was in on it, how the finish was done, and a look at some of history’s biggest double-crosses.
Read a feature on Mighty John Quinn, one of the greatest heels in U.K. wrestling including the build for his two big main events at Wembley Arena including the record crowd with Big Daddy.
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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw and all the rest of the wrestling and MMA news tonight. You can send questions to the show to [email protected].
The story going around about an NXT Money in the Bank match at the next PPV was a fake.
The story from Fightful.com going around that The Revival turned down five-year contracts for $500,000 apiece per year is accurate. Tonight’s TV may give you WWE’s reaction to that.
The stuff on the Impact PPV last night pushing the new Impact+ streaming service is just basically a relaunch of the existing Global Wrestling Network service they’ve had, just with a new name, since they don’t want anything with the Global name.
Due to an injury to Siyar Bahadurzada, Nordine Taleb will now face Kyle Prepolee, debuting as a late replacement on Saturday’s show in Ottawa.
MISCELLANEOUS
IPW on Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand before a sellout 300 fans: Vinny Dunn & Reuben De Jong b JK Moody & Kane Khan, Candy Lee b Harley Wonderland, Jakob Cross b Kingi-DQ, Jamie Tagatese won Rumble. Next show is 5/18. (thanks to Steve Ogilvie)
BCW on Sunday in Sydney, Australia: Ken Shamrock b Matt Diamond & Jude London in a handicap match to keep the tag titles, Mil Muertes b Gatt, Mil Muertes b Lucius Wolfe, Famous B b Vinnie Vain, Drago kept the AAA Latin American title over Aero Star, Bee Boy and Robbie Eagles, Mortar kept women’s title over Vixsin, Catrina, Arya Reign and Steph DeLander, Chavo Guerrero Jr. b Gabriel Wolfe, Mad Dog kept BCW title over Ken Shamrock and PJ Black. Next show is 6/28 in Melbourne and 6/29 in Sydney with Shamrock, John Morrison and Taya Valkyrie. They will be doing a 16 man two-night tournament. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
Melbourne City Wrestling on 5/18 has Gino Gambino & Sebastian Walker vs. Slex & Seb Costello. Costello is a local radio personality who has been feuding with Walker.
ONE has announced it is launching ONE Studios, a TV and film production division. It’s similar to WWE’s idea which never panned out to make mainstream stars out of their athletes by having them star in movies.
Stardom’s Cinderella tournament took place today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Toni Storm came out and apparently there were issues with non-Japanese fans and what was considered inappropriate behavior. Hanan & Saya Iida won three-way over Ruaka & Rina and Leo Onozaki & Hina, AZM b Rebel Kel, Starlight Kid b Natsu Sumire, Hazuki b Bea Priestley (finishes were pins, submission or over the top rope, Priestley, who was actually scheduled to reach the final four in the tournament, accidentally went over the top and was eliminated causing the booking to change during the show), Arisa Hoshiki b Saki Kashima, Hana Kimura b Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu d Tam Nakano 10:00 (both were eliminated), Natsuka Tora b Jungle Kyona, Konami b Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid b Hazuki, Konami b AZM, Natsuko Tora b Hana Kimura, Arisa Hoshiki b Natsuko Tora, Konami b Starlight Kid, Arisa Hoshiki b Konami to win the tournament. Hoshiki then challenged Watanabe for her Wonder of Stardom title. (thanks to Shannon Walsh and wrestlingwithdemons.net)
CWE tonight in Blind River, ONT at the Blind River Community Centre with Psicosis vs. Norman Harass. They also run on 5/2 in Toronto at the Franklin Horner Community Centre with Psicosis and Johnny Devine.
CWE from last night in Sault Ste Marie, ONT: Diego DaVinci b Matt Powers, Roy Gordon b Martn Pain, Psicosis b Vinnie DaVinci, AJ Sanchez & Kevin O’Doyle b Norman Harass & Alex Ace, Danny Duggan b Robin Lekime.
Defy on 5/10 in Seattle at Washington Hall with Pentagon Jr. & Fenix, plus Tom Lawlor vs. Randy Myers. Must be 21 or older to attend.
Thunder Rosa debuted for Tokyo Joshi Pro today in Itabashi, Japan.
Action Wrestling from Saturday night in Sharpsburg, GA: Alan Angels over Matt Sells, Damyan Tangra, Shawn Dean, Mr. Brickster and Kvn Kanyn, O’Shay Edwards b Jaden Newman, AJ Grey b Michael Marshall, Bobby Flaco b AR Fox, Matt Griffin & Dani Jordyn & Cabana Man Dan b Billy Buck & Chris Spectra & Kevin Blue, Fred Yehi b Anthony Henry, AC Mack b James Bandy.
Regarding the note yesterday on Bushwhacker Luke Williams, the situation is actually even stranger than it sounds. Dan Mirade booked Luke for two autograph sessions. Williams was told about the dates but didn’t know one of the dates was for a Walmart. He then got asked on social media about him appearing at a Walmart. So he thought they were false advertising him since he knew he had a booking that day. He then told the local media he was being false advertised. But in fact, he wasn’t being false advertised. So it’s all been settled except for one of the TV news stations still has the story up about him being false advertised and won’t pull it because they had an interview with him saying it. So Luke shot an interview today explaining that he, in fact, will be in Ozark, AR on 5/3 and Fort Smith, AR on 5/4.
Ed in San Antonio presents PODER~! at the FSW arena on Friday 5/24 – Showtime is at noon – Main event: Bryan Alvarez vs. Logan Stunt
Empire dinner on Friday 5/24 at 8:30 p.m. at Texas de Brazil – Price is $82 – All you can eat meat and salad, sodas, tea, and coffee, plus dessert included
Empire suite party on Friday 5/24 for those who were not able to get the Q&A package – Price is $25
