All Elite Wrestling commentator Jim Ross recently shared his thoughts on people who were critical of his commentary. He recently introduced AEW wrestler Jungle Boy as “Jungle Boy Jack Perry,” which elicited a negative reaction from some fans. Now Jungle Boy himself has weighed in on the introduction.
Speaking with Collider, Jungle Boy admitted that just hearing Jim Ross say his name is a positive experience. He added that if that’s what Ross wants to call him, then “that’s cool with me.”
“Things are a bit different now than when I first kinda started it. […] I feel like I got here, at least, kind of on my own merits. For me, honestly, to even hear Jim Ross say my name is cool. That’s the voice of wrestling to me. ‘Cause when I grew up watching wrestling, he was the guy,” he explained.
Jungle Boy added, “If that had happened at an earlier age and it were someone else, I probably would have said ‘Can you not do that?’ But I’m not gonna say that to Jim. If that’s what it sounds like to him, that’s cool with me.”
Jungle Boy recently teamed with Jurassic Express partner Marko Stunt on AEW: Dynamite. The duo lost to the Lucha Bros. This loss saw them eliminated from the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament.
Ken Anderson recently featured on the second episode of National Wrestling Alliance’s show, Powerrr. He tagged with Colt Cabana, defeating the team of Sal Rinauro and Jordan Kingsley.
In an interview with Fanbuzz, Mr. Anderson opened up about how he ended up appearing on NWA Powerrr, and whether fans can expect to see more of him in the future.
“I have remained friends with Nick Aldis, Billy Corgan and Dave Lagana throughout the years,” Anderson explained. “It was Nick who originally reached out and told me that he was going to throw my name into the ring not only as a talent, but to assist with production. Lagana gave me my very first big break in the business at WWE and Billy was creative on one of my favorite feuds I’ve ever participated in at TNA.”
He promised that he will be back on Powerrr, adding that he will be appearing on their pay-per-view in December.
“Yes, you will be seeing more of me. Currently scheduled to appear on the NWA PPV in December and the following two days of tapings. Dec 14,15 and 16. I had fun tagging with him and think you’ll see more of ‘Cabanderson.’”
NWA’s Into The Fire pay-per-view takes place on December 14th. It will take place in Atlanta, Georgia.
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has taken great pride in establishing itself as an all-inclusive wrestling promotion. This mind-set extends to its backstage mentality, where they promote a collaborative atmosphere.
Speaking with TVInsider, Matt and Nick Jackson addressed cultivating this collaborative atmosphere, highlighting how open-minded they are to ideas in order to make AEW has good as it can be.
“If we’re working with a particular talent, we go to them with, ‘What do you think is best?’” Matt Jackson said. “Jon Moxley has a great mind and something the five of us have seen, he may see differently. He might have a different idea because he knows his character better and those nuances. Same with Pac. What a great mind he has and useful tools he has. Hangman Page, too. It’s not just us.”
He continued, “Chris Jericho, who is a genius, he’ll come up with an idea completely than what we had. Something we’ll call in a production meeting the night before, and he’ll go, ‘No, I think we should do it this way.’ And we listen. That’s what is fun about all this. That’s why it has come across so well the first few episodes because we are open-minded, and our ears are open. We’re willing to adjust and go with the flow.”
Alongside this collaborative workspace, their talent is also trusted to deliver on their promos without scripts. AEW World Champion Chris Jericho has previously explained how “There are no writers because that is what wrestling is.”
The 2018’s Evolution PPV was a highly praised show and there were reports of WWE considering another similar event for next year after in concluded. However so far there has been no news of the same.
The current Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch recently had an interview with DualShockers while promoting the WWE 2K20 video game and during the interview, she was asked if she thinks we will see another all women’s PPV anytime soon.
Replying to the question, The Man explained that she doesn’t want to have the show because it’s politically correct and instead she would like to have an event only featuring the female competitors when there are enough interesting storylines for it:
“I don’t want to see anything forced— like we feel like
we have to give an all women’s PPV because it is “politically correct”. Let it
(happen) because all the storylines are so goddamn interesting!”
Becky Lynch was part of the first all women’s WWE PPV where she successfully defended her SmackDown Women’s Championship against ‘The Queen’ Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match.
Apart from this, the current champion also talked about being featured on WWE 2K20, holding the Up Up Down Down championship and more. You can check out her full interview in the video below:
WWE Superstar Natalya recently spoke with Channel Guide Magazine discussing the latest season of E’s Total Divas. During their interview, Natalya spoke candidly about Ronda Rousey, as well as what she does to support other female Superstars.
When asked if Rousey will ever return to WWE, Natalya stated, “I think eventually Ronda will. I’m a big believer on never say never. In wrestling it’s like Hotel California. You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave.
She explained that once you get the wrestling bug, it’s there for life. With WWE also providing a family feeling, Natalya is confident she will eventually return. And when she does, Natalya wants a matchup.
“I think she’ll come back, and when she comes back, I want to wrestle her. I pray Ronda comes back because I think her, and I would have an incredible match and hopefully it would be on a huge stage. We never got to have that rivalry and feud with my dad passing away when he did. It happened abruptly, and I had high hopes of feuding with Ronda. Then I was dealing with something out of everyone’s control. It would be really cool to see her come back. I think she will. Fingers crossed.”
“She Really Pushed Me To My Limit”
Natalya has recently been helping Lacey Evans improve with her in-ring work. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by WWE personnel, with Natalya receiving praise for her work. Reflecting on her recent Last Woman Standing with Evans, she credited Paul Heyman’s faith in her to deliver.
“It was supposed to be a one-off with the fun little match we had. Paul was so motivating and inspiring when he told us, ‘I think we can make this an incredible story.’ That’s why I love working with Paul because he has such a good pulse on the industry,” she said.
“All these incredible matches and moments kept happening for me and Lacey. We got a chance to show what we can do. I walk into work to find out about the Last Woman Standing match. Lacey, she really pushed me to my limit. I almost fell off the stage trying to powerbomb her. I did it. When I beat her in that match, I felt like it was one of my favorite matches that I’ve had in years. I feel like I literally slayed the dragon. I felt like a UFC fighter scaling the cage and getting excited like Conor McGregor.”
New Day member Xavier Woods has confirmed he suffered an injury during a recent Australian WWE Live Event. Reports came out after Woods crumpled to the mat during a tag team matchup against The Revival. His partner, Big E, would eventually turn the match into a 2-on-1 handicap match.
Taking to Twitter, Woods stated:
“Mans is injured. I’ll keep yall updated but as of right now I’m gonna stream a lot. Gonna hit cons a lot. Gonna post sponsored tweets a lot. Gonna eat pizza a lot. So many things to do! 1st cosplay coming next Saturday, I’m already laughing about it”
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Fans in attendance were concerned that Woods had injured his ankle. Reports soon followed, speculating that it was sadly a more serious Achilles Tendon injury. Woods previously uploaded a GIF to Twitter explaining how an Achilles injury can occur. At the time of writing, there is no indication as to how long Woods may be out of action for.
The New Day is scheduled to compete in the nine-team World Cup Turmoil matchup at WWE Crown Jewel at the end of the month. With this injury, the stable will now be represented by Big E and former WWE Champion Kofi Kingston.
WWE Crown Jewel takes place on October 31st from the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
WWE 2K20 hasn’t been well received by fans worldwide. The game, released yesterday, was trending on Twitter with the hashtag “#FixWWE2K20.” However, fans who had shelled out for the $130 Collector’s Edition had all the more reason to take issue with 2K.
That specific edition was meant to come with a limited edition Legend Autographed Plaque. This plaque would have been signed by either Edge, Kurt Angle, or Rey Mysterio. Numerous fans, however, took to Twitter to share that, although they received the plaques, they were unsigned.
WWE Hall of Famer Edge caught wind of this online, responding to a fan complaint and promising to make it right:
“Lame. Seems like it happened to a few other people too. Someone dropped the ball. I’m filming a movie for the next month but when I get home I’ll get a p.o box. Everyone who didn’t get one signed, I’ll follow you on here, give you the address and you can send it to me to sign.”
Lame. Seems like it happened to a few other people too. Someone dropped the ball. I’m filming a movie for the next month but when I get home I’ll get a p.o box. Everyone who didn’t get one signed, I’ll follow you on here, give you the address and you can send it to me to sign?? https://t.co/GgLELXEDTo
2K Support’s official Twitter account has jumped on board Edge’s response, writing:
“Hey, everyone! If you bought the #WWE2K20 Collector’s Edition and you’re missing a Legend Autograph, we’ll take care of you! Please go to and fill out a support ticket so we can get started on helping you out”
Hey, everyone! If you bought the #WWE2K20 Collector's Edition and you're missing a Legend Autograph, we'll take care of you! Please go to https://t.co/E9ETwypbuw and fill out a support ticket so we can get started on helping you out
Eric Bischoff’s firing as SmackDown’s Executive Director continues to be a topic of conversation in the wrestling world. He was replaced by Bruce Prichard. Now, during an episode of his podcast, The Hall of Fame, Booker T has shared his thoughts on the situation.
Booker T remarked on how “far removed from the game” Bischoff has been over the years. He pointed to Bischoff’s tenure in TNA, noting how “That run didn’t end up too well.”
“I must tell you, man, I must tell you that job, it definitely takes a certain type of individual,” Booker T explained. “It takes a guy that literally sleeps with one eye open and one closed. It takes a guy that literally when he wakes up in the morning before he even makes his cup of coffee, he gets his notepad first and then starts making the coffee. It takes that type of focus. It takes that type of individual drive to push yourself to say, this is what I’m thinking about, and this is what I’m thinking about all the time. And the person that was presented the job was Bruce Prichard.”
“He Knows Exactly The Stress That It Brings”
Booker T explained how Prichard is the type of person who would work through anything, no matter what. Booker T also commented on how Prichard is “driven towards this business” and that wrestling is his life.
“He’s a guy also, that spent pretty much his adult life in this business, and most of it in the WWE. So he knows exactly what that job entails. He knows exactly the stress that it brings too. The thing is it can bring a lot of stress if you’re not that type of guy, for Bruce, I think his heart will probably get better.”
Bischoff recently opened up about his WWE firing. He stressed that he has no ill will towards the company or his friend Bruce Prichard.
Former WWE Star Kelly Kelly recently appeared on Lilian
Garcia’s Chasing Glory podcast where she talked about things such as watching
WWE in her childhood and more.
Kelly did a lot of things before coming to WWE and the former Diva’s Champion had tried her hands in things such as gymnastics, broadcast journalism and more.
Revealing how she started in wrestling, the former WWE star
recalled how she was discovered by John Laurinaitis through a bikini shoot in a
catalog she had done as a model:
“John Laurinaitis was friends with the guy who was running the catalog, he (Laurinaitis) said I need some beautiful models, but we want them to be athletic as well. So, he (the owner of the catalog) said I’ll send you some of the pictures of the girls that I manage.
He sent over pictures of me and Alicia Fox and we both got hired. They [WWE] liked us and we moved to Louisville.”
Kelly Kelly was signed by WWE in May 2006 when she was only 19
years old and she made her main roster debut on the first episode of WWE’s
version of ECW in June the same year.
Apart from this, Kelly also talked about retiring at a young age of 25, the downsides of being a reality TV star and her relationship with her dad.
In a recent interview with TVInsider.com, All Elite Wrestling’s Matt and Nick Jackson discussed their recent loss to Private Party. This loss saw The Young Bucks eliminated from the tag team tournament currently underway to crown the inaugural AEW Tag Team Champions.
Nick Jackson explained that they wanted to face Private Party, knowing that it would be a huge moment for the young team:
“For them to deliver such a great performance four or five years into their professional wrestling career, it was mind-blowing. Isiah is 22-years-old for crying out loud. If I was 22 years old and was in his same spot. If I was about to perform in front of a TNT audience, I would be nervous. You couldn’t read that on both of them. I told Matt afterward that they are obviously ready to become stars.”
His brother, Matt Jackson, added that “It really felt like they belonged. We can talk and plan for months like we did. We set the whole thing up, but sometimes things don’t really happen the same…But sometimes things click.
He continued, “Story was told almost perfectly. I watched the match back, and usually I can’t stand watching my matches back because I’m a bit of a perfectionist. However, for me, with the time given, the story we were able to tell, that is almost as perfect as a match you can have. They played their roles flawlessly. I feel that night they were made. I’m really happy for them.”
Private Party is scheduled to compete against the Lucha Bros in the next round of the AEW Tag Team Tournament tonight on AEW: Dynamite.
WWE has attempted to generate more interest for their upcoming matchup between Braun Strowman and Tyson Fury. A confrontation took place between the two heavyweights as Fury trained at the WWE Performance Center in preparation for his Crown Jewel match.
In a video uploaded to WWE’s YouTube channel, Fury practices a few collar and elbow lock-ups before running the ropes to deliver a shoulder tackle. However, during his training session ‘The Gypsy King’ would be blindsided by Strowman, who delivered a shoulder tackle of his own. The attack left Fury limping as he attempted to get up as he declined medical assistance.
WWE has since teased the following, “Will Fury be fully healed for WWE Crown Jewel or will the attack tip the scales in the direction of the mighty Strowman?”
The two are set to face off at the end of the month on October 31st at WWE Crown Jewel. The event takes place in the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This matchup will be Fury’s WWE debut.
WWE Crown Jewel
Team Hogan (Roman Reigns, Rusev, Ricochet, Shorty G, and Ali) (with Hulk Hogan) vs. Team Flair (Randy Orton, King Corbin, Bobby Lashley, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Drew McIntyre) (with Ric Flair)
Braun Strowman vs. Tyson Fury
WWE Championship Match: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Cain Velasquez
Tag Team Turmoil For The WWE World Cup: The New Day vs. The Viking Raiders vs. Heavy Machinery vs. Lucha House Party vs. Zach Ryder and Curt Hawkins vs. The Revival vs. The O.C. vs. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode vs. The B-Team
WWE Universal Championship Match: Seth Rollins (c) vs. ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt
The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is back for the third installment of their new studio wrestling show, NWA Powerrr. Last week’s sophomore show was another grand success across NWA’s digital channels, as was the premiere at the beginning of this month.
This week’s show is titled “Twilight of Tim Storm” and features another jam-packed show full of great in-ring action and story line advancements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d8vGx0fYmY
NWA Powerrr Episode 3 Results
Tonight marks episode three of NWA Powerrr, which is appropriately titled “Twilight of Tim Storm” after the 54 year old school teacher that captured the hearts of wrestling fans, aired on the National Wrestling Alliance’s official YouTube channel on Tuesday, October 22nd at 6:05pm EST.
Storm makes his return to address his future in wrestling entertainment after his loss to Nick Aldis for Ten Pounds of Gold in episode one of NWA Powerrr.
Show Opener
Powerrr’s debut episode is played, showing footage of Tim Storm’s loss to Nick Aldis at NWA Powerrr’s debut episode, followed by the Powerrr intro and the commentators Cornette and Galli welcoming fans to the third episode of NWA Powerrr.
Eddie Kingston breaks in exclaiming he and his partner Homicide deserve another NWA Tag Team Title shot after the Dawsons ruined last week’s main event at NWA Powerrr’s episode two. Kingston adds he wants revenge on the Dawsons, “Right now. We’ll do it in the parking lot. I don’t care.”
First Match
Crystal Rose vs. Marti Belle
Both Belle and Rose are in the ring already to begin the first match up of the night. Rose escapes an early waistlock by Belle, only to receive a follow-up arm drag. Rose is temporarily trapped in the corner, getting out only to get hit with an Irish Whip. Rose gains momentum and begins kneeing Belle in the head, followed by boots to the back. Belle turns things around with a couple big moves, playing off the fans excitement. Belle ends the match with her finisher for the win.
Winner: Marti Belle
Interview Desk
The Dawsons are seen at the interview desk backstage where they speak on last week’s main event at NWA Powerrr. They announce they are willing to challenge any two competitors backstage, but not Homicide and Eddie Kingston. The crowd boos as the Dawsons walk off.
Joe Galli welcomes a pirate themed Aron Stevens who is in the full get up. The crowd begins to chant “Captain Morgan” as Stevens explains his costume. Stevens says his newest film project is titled “Tropical Pirates” followed by a trailer showing only Stevens and then clips of a boat in the ocean, ending with a “Summer 2020” expected release date.
Second Match
Caleb Konley vs. Dan Parker
Konley gets Parker in a headlock following a shoving match between both contenders to start the match. Konley makes his way back to his feet and begins attacking Parker with strikes. Konley gets a nearfall on Parker. Parker turns the match around momentarily with several powerhouse moves, only to be the victim of Back Suplex followed by a Moonsault by Konley for the three count.
Winner: Caleb Konley
Third Match
Pre-Match Interview
Tim Storm makes his way out for a pre-match interview. Storm compliments Nick Aldis, calling him a “true champions champion.” Storm admits he is still uncertain as to what his future in wrestling will be. A fan shouts “I love you Storm!” to which storm simply replies, “I know, but so does Mama Storm.”
Eli Drake interrupts the interview and directs his statement at Storm, “You keep talking about Mama Storm… She’s probably worried about you getting hurt, but she’s probably more worried about you giving up.” Drake goes on to ask Storm if he would team up with him against the Dawsons tonight, adding someday even the Tag Team Championship titles. Storm promises to think on it.
Eli Drake & Tim Storm vs. The Dawsons
All four men make their way to the ring as the referee sounds the bell to begin this match up. Eli Drake and Dave Dawson quickly tie up to begin the match. Dave gets a few powerful shots on Drake as he is cornered in the ring. Drake retaliates with several running lariats and a failed Suplex. Zayn is in next, quickly going for a Suplex of his own on Drake. Storm enters the ring against Zayn. Back and forth between Zayn and Drake, then Zayn and Storm with several quick tag ins to wear Zayn down. Storm attempts to throw Drake into Dave, missing and slamming into the ringpost instead. The Dawsons take advantage of the situation and with a Splash then Slam combo for the three count.
All Elite Wrestling returned with episode three of their AEW DARK weekly digital series on Tuesday evening, as they presented their latest episode taped from The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during last week’s AEW Dynamite show.
Featured on this week’s show is a big eight-man tag-team main event pitting The Young Bucks, Cody and Dustin Rhodes against the foursome of CIMA, T-HAWK and Private Party, as well as Nyla Rose vs. Leva Bates and Joey Janela vs. Brandon Cutler.
AEW DARK RESULTS FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA. (10/22)
Opener
The show opener airs and then Tony Schiavone introduces us from the studio as we shoot inside The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA. and head to the ring for our first of three matches scheduled for this week’s show.
The event also includes the promotional debut of former WWE and IMPACT Wrestling announcer Taz, who is welcomed during match number one, which kicks off this week’s show.
Joey Janela vs. Brandon Cutler
After coming up short in the “Lights Out” main event against Kenny Omega on last week’s episode of AEW DARK from the Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts, Joey Janela returns this week against Brandon Cutler in one-on-one action to kick off this week’s show from the Liacourus Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As the guys make their ring entrances, The Exaclibur introduces to the commentary desk the former voice of WWE SmackDown and IMPACT Wrestling, the former ECW World Champion – “The Human Suplex Machine” Taz. Taz thanks him for the welcome and the announce team gets down to business for this week’s show.
The match was given some time to develop, and after some back-and-forth exchanges we get to the finish of the match. Janela ends up getting Cutler up on the ropes and executes a superplex for the pin fall victory.
Winner: Joey Janela
Undesirable To Undeniable with Cody Rhodes & QT Marshall
Q-T Marshall (Michael Cuellari) is a guy Cody met at ROH who did a lot of work backstage and seemed super friendly. He helped with ALL IN and became part of the official AEW roster. Cody talks about watching a movie made on him about his attempt to get a job in WWE. Cody then talks about QT Marshall doing a little bit of everything, including wrestling at the upcoming event in Pittsburgh, PA.
Leva Bates (with Peter Avalon) vs. Nyla Rose
Leva Bates and Peter Avalon are out for the second match of this week’s show, as the two cut their usual heel promo as they make their way down to the ring. Bates will be in action, with Avalon in her corner.
Out next is Bates’ opponent — former AEW World Women’s Championship contender Nyla Rose.
This one doesn’t run as long as the Janela-Cutler opener, but it actually turned out pretty well. There was a lot of gimmick stuff from Bates and Avalon throughout.
When all was said-and-done, it was Rose who picked up the “W” after picking up the 1-2-3 following a sit-out power bomb.
Winner: Nyla Rose
Control Center: Tony Schiavone Plugs AEW Dynamite
Tony Schiavone returns from the AEW Control Center to run down some of the matches for AEW Dynamite this Wednesday night in Pittsburgh, PA. He announces hometown girl Dr. Britt Baker will go one-on-one against Jamie Hader, and that the final four of the AEW Tag-Team Title Tournament will take place. Some video packages air to promote things heading into this week’s AEW on TNT program.
Alex Marvez Interviews SoCal Uncensored
After the video package, Alex Marvez is with SCU — Scorpio Sky and Frankie Kazarian. He asks about the status of Christopher Daniels after AEW Dynamite. They say they don’t know before switching gears to talk about their match against The Dark Order and how they also have their sights set on Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix following their attack of Daniels.
AEW Full Gear PPV Promotion
Some video packages and promotional efforts are given to build up the upcoming AEW FULL GEAR pay-per-view. The show features Chris Jericho vs. Cody for the AEW World’s Heavyweight Championship in the main event.
AEW Full Gear will go down from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, November 9th. The show will be available via pay-per-view as well as on AEW’s digital streaming partner, Bleacher Report (B/R) Live.
A Bloody Bastard PAC Interview
We see a pre-taped video interview with PAC who is covered in blood. He dismisses the interviewer and addresses the man responsible for his crimson mask, Jon Moxley. He promotes their upcoming showdown.
Eight-Man Tag-Team Main Event Cody, Dustin Rhodes & The Young Bucks vs. CIMA, THawk & Private Party
We head back inside The Liacourus Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for this week’s AEW DARK main event. This will be an eight-man tag-team contest.
On one side of the ring we’ve got Cody and Dustin Rhodes joining forces with The Young Bucks — Nick and Matt Jackson. The other side of the ring features CIMA and T-Hawk from Strong Hearts, as well as the team of Private Party — Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen.
The announcers build-up Private Party’s big win over The Young Bucks on AEW Dynamite a couple of weeks ago. Both teams are selling the fact that they had a big battle recently. This match is now officially underway.
This match is actually given a ton of time to develop and featured some incredibly exciting high-spots and fast-paced action, with The Young Bucks and Private Party shining once again throughout much of the contest.
After some time things finally near the finish, which sees a big Curtain Call set up the pin fall victory for the baby face foursome. Cody, Dustin and The Young Bucks get the big win here to close out episode three of AEW DARK.
CM Punk continues to talk about a potential wrestling return while doing promotional work for his latest film, Girl on the Third Floor.
He did so while making an appearance on Barstool Sports’ My Mom’s Basement podcast where he discussed being open to the idea compared to when he first left WWE that got ugly.
“Absolutely,” Punk responded before stating that he’s always been asked that question for the last five years but no matter what he says, it gets warped into clickbait.
He noted that he’s gone through many iterations of people saying that he hates wrestling but that was never the case.
“I think I’ve always been open to it. My attitude has always been that I don’t see it happening. I think I’ve talked about it more recently, but my attitude hasn’t changed. People always ask what would it take to go back, and I say it would take a big bag. So people use their imaginations.”
The offer made by AEW was brought which Punk has previously stated and did so again that he didn’t like the way it was done. He didn’t see it as a formal offer.
Punk keeps that in mind but also brought up how there is not a lot of AEW content out there for him to watch. He added that he likes what The Young Bucks are doing as he sees it as “very punk rock.”
“I’m that white whale in pro wrestling,” he joked. “I don’t know if that freaks people out on how to approach me, it is what it is. I’m open to the idea, I haven’t been approached properly. I’m not courting anyone to show up with a dozen roses at my front door.”
While AEW may not be an option for Punk at this time, the possibility of him returning to WWE is there should he wish to do so.
A return to in-ring action may never happen but with him doing a tryout for the WWE Backstage show on FS1, never say never regarding him having an on-air personality role with the company.
Monday’s edition of WWE RAW from averaged 2.341 million viewers, which is up from 2.279 million viewers the previous week.
Here is the hourly viewership breakdown, courtesy of ShowbuzzDaily:
Hour 1: 2.477 million – Last Week: 2.521
Hour 2: 2.373 million – Last Week: 2.318
Hour 3: 2.175 million – Last Week: 1.997
The episode was expected to increase slightly in viewership from last week. In the 18-49 demos, the first hour did 0.74 while the second hour had 0.78 and 0.72 in the final hour.
The biggest competition that WWE RAW faced came in the way of an NFL regular-season game between the New England Patriots and the New York jets that aired on ESPN did 10.839 million viewers.
For comparison, the same episode last year drew 2.609 million viewers for hour one, 2.622 in the second hour, and 2.413 in the third hour.
Some of the matches that took place include Drew McIntyre vs. Ricochet, Andrade vs. Sin Cara, Universal Champion Seth Rollins vs. Humberto Carrillo in a non-title match, and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. The OC (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) (w/AJ Styles) in the headliner.
The show also featured an appearance by WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair to hype Team Hogan vs. Team Flair at Crown Jewel.
WWE will attempt to maintain its viewership for RAW next week. In case you missed the show, you can check out the five takeaways here.
Watch: Top 10 Moments from Monday’s RAW (10.21.19)
Backstage news on Drew McIntyre following his return to WWE television has surfaced.
McIntyre was revealed as the final member of Team Flair on Monday’s episode of RAW by the WWE Hall of Famer in the opening segment of the show before he wrestled his first match back after being sidelined.
He beat Ricochet in a singles match. Ricochet will be on Team Hogan.
During the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, it was noted that this match was all about getting McIntyre over and not to push the Team Hogan vs. Team Flair match at WWE Crown Jewel.
As of this writing, there’s no word yet on exactly where WWE creative is going with both stars or if they have plans for the feud to continue after Crown Jewel.
What was noted is the fact that officials are high on both McIntyre and Ricochet and have plans to give them strong pushes.
Prior to going down with an injury that resulted in him getting surgery to fix, WWE officials have wanted to push McIntyre in a big way. That’s one of the reasons he underwent surgery that caused him to be out of action as they want him to be on television heading into WrestleMania season.
WWE is trying to get McIntyre over for a top spot on RAW at this time. Thus, the reason that he went over Ricochet. It was added that WWE is saving Ricochet’s run at the top for later down the line as Ricochet is more of a long-term project.
Big Show recently did an interview with TMZ Sports where he gave a preview of the upcoming match between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez and WWE Champion Brock Lesnar at WWE Crown Jewel.
Show talked about Lesnar being on the warpath over the last few years and how Lesnar is more faster, seasoned, and confident than Velasquez.
The former WWE Champion was asked if he can see Velasquez take the belt from Lesnar, which Big Show corrected him by saying its a championship or title after staying “No, I don’t think so.”
This led to Show talking about fans complaining that Velquez is already getting a WWE Title shot in his in-ring debut.
“You’re never going to make everyone happy. Some people say you’re rushing too much, or you’re taking too long. Everybody’s going to have an opinion. My advice is to sit back, watch the show, and enjoy it, quit trying to direct it.”
Triple H continues to make the media rounds with boxing Lineal Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury to promote WWE Crown Jewel.
Triple H and Fury recently appeared on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show where they spoke about a wide range of topics.
At the end of the interview, Helwani asked Triple H about CM Punk’s possible return to WWE as a performer or on-air personality. This is where “The Game” implied that any past issues between the two sides have been put to rest.
“That’s a ‘could be’. Vince will say it all the time, ‘We’re open for business’. The past is passed, today is today and you never say never in WWE.”
Punk possibly working on the WWE Backstage show for FS1 that premieres next month has been a hot topic over the last several weeks. The reason for that is due to Punk having a tryout by filming some test material.
Renee Young will host the show with WWE Hall of Famer Booker T being part of the panel. As of this writing, WWE nor FOX has confirmed whether Punk has the gig.
The weekly hour-long studio show is set to premiere on Tuesday, November 5th. Fury will take on Braun Strowman in a singles match at the Crown Jewel PPV later this month.
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has uploaded exclusive comments from Kenny Omega after he won the AAA Mega Championship. He defeated former-champion Fenix to claim the gold at AAA’s recent Heroes Immortales XIII event.
The AEW star reaffirmed his belief he is still the best in the world as he shared his thoughts on rival, Jon Moxley. He juxtaposed his ability to win the championship in another promotion to Moxley’s failure in New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s G1 Climax.
“I’m Still The Best In The World”
“I told everybody, and I told everybody that believed in me. Saying what? Oh yeah, I’m still the best in the world. I’m still the only one making records that will never, ever be broken,” he said. “Try and try as you may. I don’t care what the critics say. I don’t care what the popular, in-crowd says. I don’t care what the casual person says. But facts are facts, and the numbers don’t lie. Kenny Omega is, and always has, up until this point, been the best in the world.”
He continued, “And don’t think that I’ve forgotten about you, Moxley. The entire time, I’ve been thinking to myself, ‘what would you do in that situation?’ When you left your comfort zone, when you went to the G1. How did it feel to try and be like me? How did it feel for you to be like everyone else? You know what I’m talking about. There’s foreigners everywhere, they’re desperately trying to be like me, and you are one of them.”
“I didn’t feel that today. I didn’t feel like I was trying to be someone else. This felt like the Kenny Omega of old. This felt like the guy that does whatever he wants, and the things that he does are things no one else can do. And that no one else will ever do again.”
Omega recently teased bringing the Mega Championship back to AEW, suggesting he may even defend the title on their shows. During his promo, Omega added that he thinks his rivalry with Fenix is far from over.
Xavier Woods suffered an Achilles injury during a WWE live event from Australia over the weekend. WWE officially addressed the injury, highlighting that the Superstar had been pulled from the rest of the tour.
Woods suffered the injury during a tag team match against The Revival. At one point during the match, the New Day member simply crumpled to the canvas. It didn’t take long for the referee to assess the situation and throw up an ‘X,’ alerting backstage the injury was serious. At the time, fans in attendance shared that it appeared to be an ankle injury. Sadly, it seems to be more serious.
An Achilles injury can take a long time to heal and rehabilitate. Riddick Moss, who suffered a tear earlier this year, was expected to be out for up to 8 months. He was able to return to in-ring action in 5. The average recovery time is approximately 6 months, post-surgery and rehab.
Taking to Twitter, Woods uploaded a GIF of a foot explaining the common causes of injury to the Achilles tendon. It explained that it can occur from “repetitive or sudden increase of stress on the tendon.” He accompanied it with an apology that read, “Sorry #WweSydney”
On Tuesday, he followed up with this tweet:
Mans is injured. I’ll keep yall updated but as of right now I’m gonna stream a lot. Gonna hit cons a lot. Gonna post sponsored tweets a lot. Gonna eat pizza a lot. So many things to do! 1st cosplay coming next Saturday, I’m already laughing about ithttps://t.co/lTgxrMscbc
AEW Dark returns tonight (Tuesday) for Week 3 of the popular YouTube series.
The show will be hosted by Tony Schiavone. It will feature matches that were taped last Wednesday at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, PA before and after the live episode of AEW’s weekly television show, Dynamite, on TNT.
Matches scheduled for AEW Dark Week 3 include:
Joey Janela vs. Brandon Cutler
“The Librarian” Leva Bates (with Peter Avalon) vs. Nyla Rose
Cody, Dustin Rhodes & The Young Bucks vs. Private Party, CIMA & T-Hawk
Plus, ECW legend Taz will be on commentary and we’ll get the second part of Cody Rhodes’ “Undesirable to Undeniable” interview with AEW referee Aubrey Edwards.
Dark is AEW’s secondary program, but the promotion has not been shy about featuring marquee matches on it. The first two weeks of AEW Dark have seen strong viewership, with both delivering around 900,000 views.
Because AEW Dark airs on Tuesday nights, it gives the promotion as a chance to hype up the next episode of Dynamite to air the following night.
This Wednesday, All Elite Wrestling is set to travel to Pittsburgh, PA at the Petersen Events Center for an all-new episode of Dynamite.
The promotion has already announced several big matches including Jon Moxley vs. PAC in a singles match that will likely serve as the headliner.
All Elite Wrestling’s Chief Brand Officer Brandi Rhodes has revealed she will no longer be accompanying her husband, Cody, to the ring.
Rhodes shared the information via her Twitter account. She explained that she will be taking a break from being ringside during Cody’s matches and noted that her “inability to focus has been noticeable.”
She added that she doesn’t want to distract Cody from the biggest night of his career as he approaches his AEW World Championship opportunity against current champion, Chris Jericho.
“I have decided to take a break from accompanying my husband to ringside. My inability to focus has been noticeable. I will not allow my…distraction to affect the biggest night of his career. At some point you have to stop dreaming and start doing. I have to wake up.”
I have decided to take a break from accompanying my husband to ringside. My inability to focus has been noticeable. I will not allow my…distraction to affect the biggest night of his career. At some point you have to stop dreaming and start doing. I have to wake up. pic.twitter.com/pxAGDtgKNo
During an episode of his podcast, Grilling JR, All Elite Wrestling commentator Jim Ross shared a critique he has with the burgeoning promotion. As he talked about why he signed with AEW, he admitted there are still “too many flips and flops” for his taste.
“Somebody said, ‘Well, why are you at AEW?'” he asked. “Because they pay me a lot of money, and I like the people I work for, and I love wrestling and love helping these young kids.”
He continued, “Are they doing too many flips and flops for my taste? Yeah they are to be honest with you, they sure are. But they’re weaning themselves off that a little bit because that type of wrestling is not new and fresh anymore. How many times have you seen a 450 [splash]? A 620 [splash]… Now it’s not new anymore. It’s not new!”
Ross added that AEW needed to develop something new to grab people’s attention. He suggested using ring psychology in an effort to connect the action and narrative with the fans, “grabbing them by the emotional balls and pulling them right along in the story.”
JR recently criticized online “bookers” for their consistently negative outlook. This came after he saw negative feedback to his calling Jungle Boy’ Jungly Boy Jack Perry.’
WWE recently confirmed that the former SmackDown Tag Team Champion Xavier Woods suffered an injury during Sunday’s Live Event from Sydney but it appears that he is not the only star who got hurt during the night.
The main event of the Sydney show was a tag team steel cage
match between the teams of Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan and Luke Harper
& Erick Rowan and fans in attendance noted that Roman appeared to have
suffered some damage during the match.
Fans noted that the former World Champion took a bump between the cage wall and the ropes during the bout. While he did finish the match, Reigns appeared to be hurting on his way back to the ramp.
The Big Dog also signaled a medic and a WWE Official about
his injury and the two spoke to him as the former Shield member made his way to
the backstage area.
Xavier Woods also suffered an injury while competing in a
tag team match at the show and WWE has since confirmed that he suffered an
Achilles injury and due to it he will not be able to complete the current tour
of Australia.
However, so far WWE has not acknowledged Reigns’ injury officially and there have been no other updates on the matter either so it’s hard to say if it’s serious. We’ll keep you posted on his status.
Before their upcoming encounter at the Crown Jewel PPV, Seth Rollins and ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt met each other in a singles match at this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw.
The match which took place after the show went off air saw the Universal Champion defending his title against the former leader of the Wyatt Family inside a steel cage and WWE used the same red lighting as Hell In A Cell for this bout.
The closing moments of this fight saw Bray trying to execute a Sister Abigail on his opponent but the former Shield member countered the move with a kick.
He then delivered a Stomp to the former WWE Champion and
crawled out of the cage door to win the fight. While Seth retained the
Universal title with this move, the show didn’t end there.
Wyatt got back to his feet quickly after the match was over
and stared at the Universal Champion as the former Authority Member made his
way to the ring.
The arena then went black and the red lights came back.
After the blackout, fans found Bray at the ringside with the Mandible Claw
applied to the current champion.
The lights went out once again after this and Wyatt’s laughter echoed through the arena. The show then ended with The Fiend being spotted on the stage with a spotlight focused on him.
Seth Rollins vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt in a steel cage match for the Universal Championship after #Raw goes off the air. Wyatt’s entrance pic.twitter.com/MsLhnToXal
Seth Rollins vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt for the Universal Championship in a Steel Cage match after #Raw goes off the air highlights part 2 pic.twitter.com/f2dAgWJARX
Seth Rollins vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt for the Universal Championship in a Steel Cage match after #Raw goes off the air highlights part 3 pic.twitter.com/dSrv1c0Qpp
These two stars will now face each other in a Falls Count Anywhere match at the upcoming Crown Jewel PPV on October 31 and the company has announced that the match between these two can’t be stopped for any reason.