WWE Superstar Sheamus recently spoke with Express.co.uk. During their conversation, the former United States and WWE Champion opened up about his role in Becky Lynch getting hired by WWE. He also addressed her rise to the top as ‘The Man.’
“I actually talked to Becky, I had a conversation before her tryout,” Sheamus recalled. “I think I got her in touch with whoever it was, I got her in touch with the right people. I just made a connection, she did it all herself. Sometimes things can get misconstrued or whatever, like I got her in WWE … That’s not true at all, but I gave her the information and passed it on until she got the opportunity. She did it, she took it.”
“That Was Just Her”
When it comes to Becky Lynch’s rise through the ranks to competing in the first-ever women’s main event at WrestleMania, Sheamus believes the success is well-deserved. He said he always knew she was a phenomenal talent who was very good at making the most of every situation and opportunity.
“When that Becky Lynch revolution started, the whole ‘The Man’ thing, that was just her,” he explained. “They weren’t doing anything with her but on Twitter, on social media, she just vented, she said what she wanted to say and it just started picking up steam.”
He continued, “She’s a really good friend of mine and we’ve always had conversations; she asks me advice, I ask her sometimes. I think it’s phenomenal, I think it’s well-deserved, I think she’s very, very smart [and] a very intelligent person. She knows exactly what she’s doing and she can back it up in the ring, so she deserves everything she gets.”
Sheamus has been missing from in-ring action for some time since sustaining an injury in April. He has vocalised his ambitions of winning the Intercontinental Championship upon his return. If he did, he would become a WWE Grand Slam Champion.
The WWE debut of Kane during the Badd Blood PPV is one of the most iconic moments of not only the Attitude Era but the history of WWE as well.
The latest WWE Untold episode dubbed That’s Gotta Be Kane!
focuses on the Big Red Monster and in the episode of the Network exclusive
series, Kane talks about his career in the company in detail.
The company recently published a sneak peek of the episode on their YouTube channel and in the video; the former World Champion recalled how nervous he was during his first appearance as the brother of Undertaker:
“I was really nervous. Because this was my big break and also this is The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels and I didn’t want to mess it up. That was the first time, when I walked through the curtain, was the first time I had ever heard Kane’s music. “
Glenn Jacobs, the man behind the persona had tested a number of gimmicks in his early years of WWE which include private dentist Isaac Yankem and fake Diesel.
He finally made his debut as Kane during the first-ever Hell In a Cell match between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels at Badd Blood: In Your House PPV in October 1997.
Jacobs cost Undertaker the match after delivering a Tombstone Piledriver to the Phenom and since then, Kane has gone on to have a successful career in WWE. He has won over a dozen championships in the promotion and is considered a legend among wrestling fans.
NXT Star Karen Q underwent surgery to repair fractured
lateral malleolus back in July. The news was broken by her boyfriend and she
has been out of action ever since.
The NXT Star provided some update on her recovery recently.
She revealed that she has reached a post-surgery milestone and allowed to ride
a bike for the first time since her operation:
7 week post surgery MILESTONE. On a bike/peloton for the first time. Cardio here I come! ? Credit to @BisonUnbranded for being the ill creep and taking a video of this! #karenqcomebackpic.twitter.com/jVWRIT8KbR
Karen Q suffered the injury while working at a WWE Live Event from GA Theatre in Atlanta. She had teamed up with Bianca Belair at the show and the duo lost a tag team match to the team of Rhea Ripley and Reina Gonzalez.
Ric Flair Backstage At SmackDown
Ric Flair made a brief appearance at this week’s episode of SmackDown Live. He was seen meeting his daughter Charlotte in a backstage segment and the nature boy gave her a pep talk during the show.
The show also saw rapper Offset making an appearance in the ‘Nature Boy’ robe. He wore it while making his way to the ring and went on to introduce Charlotte for her match against Sasha Banks on the SmackDown episode.
WWE later posted a video of Ric meeting with the rap star backstage at the event and the two talking before Offset came out. You can check out the video below:
After years of being committed to his decision of not
returning to the ring, Shawn Michaels finally came back for one final match at
the Crown Jewel event last year.
During a recent interview with State Of Combat Podcast, the former World Champion talked about a number of things and he also revealed the most important reason he chose to do that match.
The Heart Break Kid said that the most important thing about his return was being out there with his best friend Triple H, and it’s the biggest reason he agreed to the match:
“The most important thing to me was being in there with
Hunter, more than any reason at all, that is why I did it. As silly as it
sounds, I am so fortunate to have the last ride with your best friend in the
sunset, which is what I wanted to do with him.”
According to Michaels, he was pretty certain about this but
he has always been a bit concerned about saying it out loud in fear that it was
the one time he can’t.
Shawn Michaels retired from active competition after he put
his career on the line against the Undertaker at WrestleMania XXVI and lost the
bout.
He returned to the ring for one more match at the Crown Jewel event on November 2018. He teamed up with Triple H to face the Brothers of Destruction at the show and the duo was able to defeat Undertaker and Kane in this bout.
WWE Executive Vice President Triple H recently talked to State Of Combat Podcast in light of NXT’s debut on USA Network, where he discussed a number of things.
The move to USA Network is a big news for all NXT stars as it will give them a bigger stage to showcase their talent and help them reach a much wider audience compared to their previous home at the WWE Network.
Revealing how the talent felt about the news of the show moving to TV, Triple H said that they are thrilled. He explained that they are excited about being on live TV and nervous about it as well:
“The talent are thrilled and in some ways. It’s one of
those things where you’re like, ‘Oh my God, this is so awesome! We are going to
be on cable TV, live every week for two hours.’ And then they go, ‘Oh my God,
we are going to be live on cable TV for two hours!'”
Though H went on to say that the reality begins to sink in with time and the NXT stars are chomping at the bits to show who they are and what they can do.
The Game also explained how NXT will be the third brand of WWE and said that talents from all three brands of the company will be able to go back and forth among the shows.
He detailed his comments saying that talents who have been on Raw and SmackDown for years can come to NXT to revamp their characters. They can work in an environment with a different vibe to reinvent themselves.
Former WWE and current AEW Star Dustin Rhodes recently had
an interview with Bleacher Report where he spoke openly about his role in the
newly established wrestling company.
Dusty Rhodes, the father of Dustin Rhodes is credited by a
lot of current and former NXT Stars as the one who helped them develop their
character and improve their mic skills to a great extent.
Now Dustin will be following the footsteps of his dad as the AEW promo coach and according to him, the wrestlers will not have to memorize anything word for word:
“I’ve been hired as a promo coach, and I want to help
teach them how to talk, you don’t have to take this gigantic paragraph of text
and memorize that s–t word for word, because it’s going to come off bland and
not true to your character.”
Rhodes went on to say that they will work out who the
character of the person is and try to find a happy medium between where the
company wants the stars to go and where the stars want to go themselves.
According to Dustin, the ones he is going to push the most
are the ones who have never done promo and who are nervous about being on TV.
Apart from this, Dustin Rhodes also discussed how they will have time to tell stories on their TV show and they won’t be stuck doing 4 minutes television matches. You can read his full interview at this link.
WWE has announced a huge fatal five-way match for this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw with Universal title implications.
The company has announced that Rey Mysterio, Ricochet, AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Robert Roode will all be going against each other at the upcoming episode of the show.
The winner will then go on to challenge Seth Rollins for his
Universal Championship at the season premiere episode of the show on September
30th.
Though this is not the only match announced for Raw and the company has confirmed a number of more bouts and segments for this Monday’s episode of the Red Branded Show.
The matches include a first time ever match between Sasha
Banks and Nikki Cross and the rematch between Chad Gable and Baron Corbin from
the King Of The Ring finals.
Apart from this, WWE has also announced that a new episode
of Firefly Fun House will debut on Raw and we can only imagine that it will
help further the storyline between Bray Wyatt and Seth Rollins.
Bray Wyatt is currently scheduled to face Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship at the upcoming Hell In A Cell Pay-Per-View from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California on October 6.
WWE has announced there will be a new episode of Bray Wyatt’s FireFly Fun House on RAW Monday night. The show will emanate from San Fransisco’s Chase Center. There are two weeks of RAW left before Wyatt challenges Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship at Hell in a Cell on October 6th.
“Wyatt returns with an all new edition of “Firefly Fun House.” Will Huskus the Pig Boy or Mercy Buzzard calm their friend’s nerves or will “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt have a new warning for The Beastslayer? Look for possible clues on a new edition of “Firefly Fun House,” a WWE press release for the segment reads.
The only other segment announced for the show thus far will be Sasha Banks in single’s action against Nikki Cross.
Bray Wyatt’s Fiend Wrestles At WWE Live Events
Wyatt has wrestled Seth Rollins the last two nights on WWE house shows. On both events in Calgary and Edmonton, Wyatt was disqualified. The following video of the Fiend in action against Seth Rollins from Calgary was uploaded to YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiVCM7NOpuI
The Fiend in WWE 2K20
It was also announced recently that the Fiend will be downloadable content for WWE 2K20.
WWE has announced that Sasha Banks will face Nikki Cross in singles action Monday night on Raw. The show will emanate from the Chase Center in San Francisco California. It’s the only match announced for the show thus far. Banks will have Bayley in her corner and Cross will have her partner, Alexa Bliss, in hers.
“With each of their respective partners in their corner, can Cross pick up the biggest singles win of her career or will The Boss make yet another bold statement en route to her Raw Women’s Championship Match against Becky Lynch inside Hell in a Cell on Oct.6?” a WWE press release for the match reads.
Monday’s match between Cross and Banks will be the first time the two have met in single’s action. They’ve met twice previously in tag-team action, however. Sasha Banks and Bayley defeated the team of Nikki Cross and Alicia Fox in February to qualify for the women’s tag-team title match at Elimination Chamber. Cross and Banks were on opposing sides of another tag team match on RAW earlier this month as well when Banks and Bayley defeated Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss.
WWE presented a live event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada last night. The city has a long history with pro wrestling and WWE dating back to Stu Hart’s Stampede Wrestling promotion. WWE purchased the rights to the territory in the mid-80s, though some Hart family members have attempted to relaunch it over the years.
Natalya was on the card last night and her uncle Bret Hart was in attendance as well. WWE posted the following interview with the Hitman to their social media:
WWE superstar Lacey Evans was also in Alberta for the show. She received a speeding citation while in Calgary and posted her interaction with the police officer to her social media:
Calgary’s Lance Storm was also in attendance for the show. Storm recently announced the pending closing of his Storm Wrestling Academy. He has suggested that he will be going on the road with a promotion in the future as his next role in wrestling.
After requesting and being granted her release from All Elite Wrestling earlier this summer, Kylie Rae returned to wrestling last night. She performed on a Freelance Wrestling show in Chicago as a last-minute replacement for Shotzi Blackheart. It was her first match since June.
Just hours before the event, Freelance Wrestling posted on their Twitter account that Kylie would be Blackheart’s replacement on the card:
Unfortunately @Shotziblack will be unable to join us tonight.
But I think we found a more than suitable replacement.
AEW President Tony Khan confirmed after All Out that Kylie had requested and been granted her release. It is not known at this time what led to her requesting her release from the promotion. She deleted her Twitter account and has not posted to Instagram since July. Her only match as an official member of the AEW roster was at Double or Nothing in the fatal 4-way match won by Britt Baker.
“She is no longer with us,” Khan said at the All Out post-event media scrum. “She asked for her release and we granted it, she called me and asked if she could be released from her contract, it was pretty simple. I said ‘Yeah’ and asked if everything was okay. She said, ‘Yeah,’ and didn’t want to be with the company anymore.”
Bullet Club leader Jay White has claimed the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. White defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Tetsuya Naito during New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Destruction in Kobe main event.
Since debuting for the promotion in 2017, ‘Switchblade’ Jay White has held the IWGP United States Championship, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and now the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. His win over Naito also continues the streak of unsuccessful IWGP Intercontinental Championship defenses at NJPW’s Destruction in Kobe event.
After his victory, White would get on the microphone to gloat about his victory, listing out every member of Bullet Club in the manner that Naito speaks about his LIJ stablemates. He would be interrupted by CHAOS member Hirooki Goto.
Leaving the ring, the ‘Switchblade’ was clear in his opinion, stating that Goto is beneath him and undeserving of a championship opportunity. It’s worth noting that Goto holds a victory over Jay White during the G1 Climax tournament this past summer.
During the post-match interview, Jay White listed some of New Japan’s most notable wrestlers as people he has defeated including Naito, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada. He then listed a few opponents that he feels he will be meeting soon including LIJ’s SANADA and EVIL, as well as Kota Ibushi and the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Okada. He once again stressed that Goto was beneath him and not worth his time.
Right off the bat, Angle was asked about when he realized it was time to retire from in-ring competition and what was going through his mind emotionally.
“I knew I was ready to retire because I felt my body moving slower and I had a lot of joint pain. I was ok until I turned 48. Because I was GM of Raw, I was less active in the past 2 years. That inactivity caught up with me. I started getting arthritis throughout my body. It was quite sad. I was invincible for so many years. It was tough to deal with. But I’m ok with it now.”
Angle lost his farewell match and ended his run as an active in-ring performer to Baron Corbin at the WrestleMania 35 pay-per-view event in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium.
Since then, he has worked as an agent for the company.
Angle was also asked who he would rather have wrestled – Bret Hart or Owen Hart. This is noted that he had the chance to wrestle Owen and loved working with him. While he always hoped to step in the ring with Bret, it never happened.
He ended his answer by praising them by calling both stars incredible wrestlers.
With NXT premiering this past week on USA Network and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) gearing up for their debut on TNT on October 2nd, some might wonder how closely the two promotions are monitoring one another.
In an interview with talkSPORT, Matt and Nick Jackson spoke about NXT’s debut as well as Triple H’s recent comments regarding NXT’s roster.
Nick admitted that he watched some of the premiere because of the people he knows in the promotion, calling it a “fun show.”
“Matt and I, we have a lot of friends there. Candice LeRae, we have a history with so I was happy for her,” Nick said. “She was in the first match in the four-way and she did great, so I was happy for her.”
Regarding the shows going head-to-head, his brother Matt added, “I’m rooting for them, though. I want them to have a good show. Ours is just going to be better.”
The Young Bucks then turned their attention to a previous interview with Triple H. During that interview,’ The Game’ shared that he wouldn’t want to trade anyone on his NXT roster for anyone else in the world. The Jackson brothers found this statement funny because, as Nick puts it “Like, come on…we know you wanted us.”
Matt then said, “A year ago you were trying to get us all [in The Elite]! A year ago you were trying to get every one of us to come and work for you, so, that’s cool. You can say whatever. Don’t act like there was no interest in us and you wouldn’t trade for us because I know for a fact, you would.”
The Young Bucks are scheduled to face off against Private Party in the AEW Tag Team Tournament on October 9th.
Cedric Alexander has been enjoying a rush of momentum since moving to RAW from 205 Live. The Superstar has managed to wrestle matches against some of WWE’s top Superstars. Turns out that some of his recent opponents are wrestlers he admired growing up, including AJ Styles.
Speaking with SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio ahead of his match against AJ at Clash of Champions, Alexander listed the wrestlers that have inspired him.
“AJ Styles was one of them,” Alexander explained. “I loved Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, I was a big fan of any of the big, flashy high flyers. They had that high flying, high intensity, and high impact style.”
He also added Chris Benoit and Mark Henry to the list, but admitted that he usually gravitated towards the cruiserweight style.
Looking to the future beyond WWE and pro wrestling, Alexander reflected on his time training in amateur wrestling. He confessed that he wouldn’t mind becoming a high school wrestling coach once he has retired.
Cedric Alexander recently faced AJ Styles for the WWE United States Championship at WWE’s Clash of Champions pay-per-view. He was unsuccessful in his attempt to claim the gold from Styles that night.
Current WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch recently attended the Global Citizen Festival. She was there as a celebrity guest host. In a recent interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, Lynch spoke about her time at the Festival and about pushing for equality in pro wrestling.
She confessed she was excited to be there, calling the festival a “wonderful cause.” When it comes to making a difference, Lynch explained how WWE is a global entity that tells stories everybody can relate to.
She added “There’s absolutely nothing greater than Global Citizen and trying to end world poverty and try and create equality for everyone on the planet and end gender inequality. It’s incredible.”
When asked about what she is striving for as a wrestler, “The Man” replied that she wanted the women’s locker room to be given equal opportunity to shine.
“Give us the opportunity — give everyone equal opportunity — and let’s see what happens there,” she said. “I’m not asking for a free ride or anything like that. It’s about earning your spot and I think that people don’t need to be held down because of gender, race, where they come from. It’s all about proving your worth as a human and being allowed to be treated as such.”
Becky Lynch is scheduled to defend her RAW Women’s Championship against Sasha Banks at WWE’s pay-per-view Hell in a Cell. The event takes place on October 6th at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.
With Brock Lesnar having his next program booked, WWE is putting him on the road again as he’s been advertised for more dates.
Those two dates include Night One Draft Edition of Friday Night SmackDown in Las Vegas, Nevada at the T-Mobile Center on October 11th as well as the October 25th edition in Kansas City, MO at the Sprint Center.
Lesnar had previously been advertised for three other shows including the episode of SmackDown that will host his next match. Lesnar could be announced for more shows in the coming weeks.
The former WWE Universal Champion will be challenging WWE Champion Kofi Kingston for the title next month. This match is set for the premiere episode of WWE SmackDown Live on the FOX network.
This will be a 20th Anniversary special, takes place on October 4th from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
Here is an updated list of shows that Lesnar is advertised to appear:
Monday Night RAW on September 30th – Phoenix, Arizona
SmackDown Live on October 4th – Los Angeles, California
SmackDown Live on October 11th – Las Vegas, Nevada
SmackDown Live on October 25th – Kansas City, MO
SmackDown Live on November 15th – Philadelphia, PA
Former NXT Champion Johnny Gargano is considered one of the best wrestlers of the current era and he has delivered a number of 5 Star matches in the past few years while being part of the NXT brand.
Gargano said that he watches GIF’s of his bout on Twitter if he feels good about it but he hates watching his matches in full and he will maybe watch it once:
“I hate watching them, I watch them, maybe if I feel good about it, I’ll watch GIF’s on twitter and think, okay, that looked pretty good, but watching a full match, maybe I’ll watch it once. “
Johnny also talked about his interest outside of wrestling. He revealed that he loves Disney’s and Marvel’s stuff and he is a fan of many sports outside of wrestling as well.
The former NXT Champion went on to claim that he has a passion for acting too. He recalled taking acting classes while he was in high school and said that eventually he would like to go into that direction.
The former WCW Star had commented on the matter by posting the video of the altercation. However, the show off had so far been quiet on the whole incident.
Ziggler finally broke his silence recently and commented on the incident via a tweet. The former World Champion said that he is not interested and Goldberg should get a hobby which he can enjoy without getting hurt:
dipshit took a break from ruining wrestling to ruin my night off. I’m not interested. get a hobby or go fishing or something. Maybe you can do that without getting hurt. no other warning or comments on this, from me. Thanks
WWE’s own Cathy Kelley recently got a chance to sit down with Brad Pitt to interview the Hollywood star about his new space sci-fi film dubbed Ad Astra.
During the interview, Kelley asked Pitt about the movie and his interest in space. She revealed that she was interested in it when she was young and her mom had actually applied for a position at NASA.
Cathy also managed to ask Brad about possibly coming to WWE. Replying to the question, the Hollywood star indicated that he would be open to attending a show but when asked about possibly getting in the ring, he declined the possibility:
Sasha Banks’ return to WWE during a Raw episode recently was one of the most surprising moments of WWE programming this year and it left the internet buzzing for days.
After her comeback, WWE aired a new episode of WWE Chronicle focusing on the Boss and in the WWE Network documentary; the former Women’s Champion opened up about her hiatus from the company and talked about it in detail.
While discussing the day she made her return to the WWE
programming, Sasha said that it didn’t feel real and expressed that the day was
very long for her:
“It didn’t feel real, it just felt like the week before
it wasn’t finalized and then the call came a couple of days later, with flights
and it was back to it just like that. It was such a long day, I had to hide on
a bus and sit and wait until the time was right.”
She then recalled how she hadn’t put on her wrestling gear in a long time. The Raw Star was trying to fix a wig on the top of another wig and figuring everything out was crazy.
Sasha Banks also visited the performance center in preparation of her return and during her time at the PC she remembered how Dusty Rhodes supported ‘The Boss’ character.
According to the former champion, people were questioning her and the character but Rhodes said that this is it and they continued working on the gimmick.
NXT UK is a brand which has been growing at a rapid pace. With its growth, people have been wondering what’s the next development for the show and recently there has been some discussion of a possible mid-card title for the program.
During a recent media call, Triple H who is the in charge of
the brand talked about a number of things and he also commented on the talks of
a possible new title for NXT UK.
The Game first said that he doesn’t like the term mid-card title because it sounds terrible and he then went on to claim that he doesn’t see the need of an additional singles title for the show at the moment:
“I don’t see the need for [an additional singles title] at this time. I know that’s been speculated a lot about because, I don’t know, somebody put the idea on the internet, I think, and then everybody just ran with it.”
Though later the WWE VP explained that he doesn’t see the necessity of it at the time but he is also not opposed to it and he said that there could be an opportunity for the same shortly down the line.
Triple H also talked about the NXT UK brand sitting under
the NXT umbrella and explained that we are going to see a lot of stars from the
show on the USA Network.
Reports of WWE Hall Of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
being hospitalized surfaced yesterday which concerned the fans about the
wrestling veteran’s health.
However, his wife Debra has now provided some positive
update on Duggan’s condition and indicated that the former WWE Star is
recovering well.
Debra recently made an Instagram post from Jim’s official
account in which she revealed that the WWE Legend underwent two emergency
surgeries in the last 24 hours.
She explained that he had a severe infection but indicated that he will recover and posted the following photo of the Hall of Famer taken after his second surgery:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2sKiYTps9q/
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan started his wrestling career in 1979 and he signed with WWE in 1987. He was released from his WWE contract in 1993. After spending a year competing for indie promotions, he was signed by WCW.
Jim had a lengthy career in WCW as well and he stayed with
the company until 2001. After WCW’s demise, the former WWE star started
competing in the independent circuit again.
He had another stint with WWE from 2005 to 2009 and was inducted into the Hall Of Fame in the class of 2011. Since then he has been signed to the company under a legends contract.
WWE has decided to put NXT against AEW’s TV show and being the current NXT Champion means that Adam Cole is one of the top prospects of this competition dubbed as ‘Wednesday Night Wars’.
The NXT Champion recently had an interview with Fox Sports, where he talked about a number of things and also commented on going head to head against the upstart promotion on the same night of the week.
Cole said that he doesn’t mean to speak for the people at AEW but he has a feeling that they also want to make their show the best wrestling program on Wednesdays:
“I don’t mean to speak for them, but I have a strong
feeling this is how they feel, because I know at NXT we have a strong focus on
making sure it is the best possible show that we can make it on Wednesday’s and
that’s all we have the energy to focus on. And I’m sure those guys feel the
exact same way.”
Cole went on to say that this is exciting for the wrestling
fans because they will get to compare and watch both the events. The move to
Wednesday night means more eyes to the product.
Apart from this, Adam Cole also talked about the growth of NXT from being a development territory to a third brand of WWE. You can check out his full interview here.
The Rock will be in attendance for the big UFC 244 pay-per-view event for a special reason.
UFC President Dana White confirmed while doing an interview with TMZ Sports that the future WWE Hall of Famer will present the winner of Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz with the “Baddest Mother F*****r” title belt.
This is part of the promotion for this blockbuster fight that will headline the show. The title will cost around $50,000 to make.
“He’s gonna, he’s taking my job. Listen, if The Rock wants to do it, The Rock gets what The Rock wants,” White stated.
It’s been reported that WWE officials are trying to have the former WWE Champion appear on the premiere episode of SmackDown on FOX come October 4th but his status has yet to be confirmed.
The UFC 244 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The promotion will be announcing more bouts for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:
Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz
Kelvin Gastelum vs. Darren Till
Stephen Thompson vs. Vicente Luque
Derrick Lewis vs. Blagoy Ivanov
Corey Anderson vs. Johnny Walker
Julio Arce vs. Hakeem Dawodu
Katlyn Chookagian vs. Jennifer Maia
For more information on UFC 244 and the best MMA coverage around, visit our partners at MMA News.
WWE gave fans in attendance at a house show on Friday night a preview of what is to come between WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt.
The two squared off in the headliner of the house show in Calgary, AB, Canada at the Stampede Corral. This match ended when Wyatt locked the mandible claw on Rollins in the corner past the referee’s five-count. That caused a DQ.
Post-match, Rollins hit several superkicks and stomps to Wyatt. Moments later, Wyatt caught him again with the mandible claw.
The company has already confirmed that Rollins vs. Wyatt for the Universal Title inside of the Hell in a Cell structure will take place at the WWE Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event.
You can see fan footage from the match:
https://youtu.be/tiVCM7NOpuI
WWE Calgary, AB, Canada Results
Cedric Alexander defeats Mojo Rawley
Ricochet defeats Cesaro
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross defeat Dana Brooke & Tamina
The OC (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) defeat The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar) and Lucha House Party (Kalisto & Lince Dorado)
Braun Strowman defeats Robert Roode
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defeats Sasha Banks by DQ
Natalya defeats Lacey Evans
WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins defeats The Fiend by DQ