WWE has confirmed that two World Cup Qualifying matches will take place on Raw Monday night. The World Cup is currently scheduled for Crown Jewel on November 2nd in Saudi Arabia.

Seth Rollins will face Drew McIntyre and Dean Ambrose will take on Dolph Ziggler on Monday in the two qualification matches. So far, John Cena, Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, and Randy Orton have qualified for the tournament. Rey Mysterio will face Shinsuke Nakamura at Smackdown 1000 in another qualifying match.

Tomorrow night’s edition of Raw will take place from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

WWE World Cup At Crown Jewel

Kurt Angle earned his qualification into the tournament in unique fashion. Angle won a battle royal last week organized by Constable Corbin while dressed as the Conquistador. He’d previously be on vacation at the advice of Stephanie McMahon.

Randy Orton qualified for the tournament by defeating Big Show Tuesday on Smackdown. Jeff Hardy qualified for the tournament by defeating Samoa Joe via referee stoppage Tuesday night as well. John Cena was just announced as being in the tournament rather than having to qualify.

As of this writing, the Crown Jewel event is still scheduled to go ahead as planned on November 2nd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4 Superstars from Raw and 4 from Smackdown will take place in the 8-person one-night tournament.

The NXT UK brand spent this weekend filming episodes for their new weekly show on the WWE Network. The brand debuts their first weekly show this Wednesday at 3 PM EST. During the tapings, Triple H and NXT UK General Manager Johnny Saint unveiled the new NXT UK Tag Team Championships.

BREAKING NEWS: @TripleH and @JohnnySaintWWE unveil the #NXTUK Tag Team Titles at the @NXTUK TV taping in #NXTUKPlymouth!

See the very first episode of #NXTUK this Wednesday at 8pm GMT/3pm ET ONLY on @WWENetwork! @WWEUK pic.twitter.com/38wdPohjB3

— WWE (@WWE) October 14, 2018

NXT United Kingdom

Triple H recently spoke to the media in the UK about his goals for the brand.

“My goal long-term would be to make a career choice for people who want to have a career option, for people where they didn’t have to necessarily ever make it to RAW or Smackdown, if you want to look at it from that sense, and be able to have a very viable and lucrative career.”

He also spoke regarding an NXT territory system potentially resembling the old system before wrestling promotions went national.

“Whether you could be a part of the NXT system globally and over the course of a 10-year career, 15-year career go through multiple territories and get the wide range of experience and have a very meaningful career.”

There is growing speculation Chris Jericho could make an appearance at tonight’s Bound For Glory event in New York City. Jericho was asked on Twitter if he might be at the event and he didn’t deny it was possible.

Hmmmm.. https://t.co/7IUB3yPXCP

— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) October 14, 2018

He then responded to another fan who feels this would be a terrific birthday gift for Jericho’s longtime friend and Impact Vice President, Don Callis.

Haha Amazing! https://t.co/KDc9VQt3SL

— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) October 14, 2018

Chris Jericho Bound For Glory?

Jericho’s band Fozzy isn’t on tour at the moment. A Fozzy tour didn’t stop him from appearing at All In last month, however.

Rumors regarding Jericho’s involvement with Impact Wrestling began shortly after Don Callis was named to the promotion’s management team. Callis told me this spring he was interested in bringing both Jericho and Kenny Omega into the promotion.

One possible way for Jericho to appear on tonight’s PPV is if he was to answer Eli Drake’s Open Challenge. On the most recent episode of Impact Wrestling, Drake said he was bringing his Open Challenge to New York. He added the stipulation, however, that the person who answers his Open Challenge at Bound For Glory has to be from New York. Chris Jericho was born in New York in 1970.

Bound For Glory takes place tonight at 8 PM from the Melrose Ballroom in New York City. It will be available for purchase via the FITE app. The Chris Jericho Rock N Rager at Sea sets sail on October 27th as well.

In 2018, David Arquette is a legitimate professional independent wrestler. He’s been competing on episodes of Championship Wrestling From Hollywood and traveling to different territories.

The night after All In, he teamed with RJ City and defeated James Ellsworth and Frank the Clown at WW2 in Chicago. At 47 years of age, he’s actually doing it. TMZ reporters recently caught up with Arquette’s “Ready 2 Rumble” co-star Diamond Dallas Page. The DDPY founder says he gave Arquette some advice before he hit the indy scene.

Diamond Dallas Page On David Arquette

“He came to me, he talked to me about this. He wanted to get at least some respect back so I was like ‘dude, go pay your dues,'” DDP said. “I got him doing my DDP yoga program cause ‘you’re going to need it you’re going to be so beat up!'”

“You want to get respect from our fans?” Page continued. “You gotta put the work in.”

Arquette recently competed in Border City Wrestling for Scott D’Amore’s promotion. The show will debut on the Global Wrestling Network next month.

Page also commented on the decision to make Arquette World Champion in WCW.

“It was stupid to do that (WCW making Arquette World Champ) but the fans reacted in a way where they were friggin furious,” DDP told TMZ. “David [] loves professional wrestling and he gets vilified over the last 20 years, it just never stops because they put the World Title on him. I don’t want to spoil this for anybody but wrestling, sports entertainment, is ‘pre-determined.’ The bottom line is it was a storyline and the fans who were really mad there’s not one of them – if they were given the opportunity – who wouldn’t have done it!”

Arquette donated all of his earnings from his original WCW run to the families of Owen Hart and Brian Pillman.

Cody and the Young Bucks have both announced that their newest T-shirts will be their final ones with a Bullet Club theme to them. This comes amid growing speculation that the members of the Elite will drop Bullet Club from their name, leaving it to the NJPW faction.

The Bucks unveiled a golden version of their classic Bullet Club tee:

https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/1050802893488570369

Cody then announced his final Bullet Club themed shirt as well:

This will be my final Bullet Club affiliated shirt(and it’s my favorite one)! https://t.co/i97frjV0fw pic.twitter.com/y1teCNHtEy

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) October 13, 2018

Is The Elite Leaving Bullet Club?

Members of the Elite are still announced as being from “Bullet Club Elite” during their ring introductions. They are still listed as part of the larger faction. With their contracts coming due at the end of the calendar year, however, it’s possible they want to distance themselves from the group.

Bullet Club’s “Firing Squad” attacked the Elite at the G1 Special in San Fransico this summer. The group became fractured in two. At King of Pro Wrestling last week, “Switchblade” Jay White joined the faction. White had previously rejected a spot in Bullet Club when it was offered by Kenny Omega at New Year’s Dash. Gedo and Jado also joined the new version of Bullet Club, which might not have room in it for the Elite.

New Japan Pro Wrestling will be on tour from now until the Power Struggle event on November 3rd. Live events will focus on the Super Junior Tag Tournament.

Alexa Bliss and Mickie James were in Los Angeles for the American Music Awards recently. The event was held at the Microsoft Theatre on October 9th, 2018.

“I don’t know how you feel about Team In-Your-Dreams owning the red carpet here in LA,” Mickie James said. “But somebody’s gotta do it.”

When the topic of Alexa and Mickie James teaming up to take on Lita and Trish Stratus.

“We’re on the red carpet right now and where are they?” Bliss asked. James and Bliss then each answered they were at home.

Mickie James and Alexa Bliss At the American Music Awards

It was originally announced that Bliss would be taking on Trish Stratus and Lita facing Mickie James. This surprised some as older fans may have been looking forward to a possible Mickie James vs Trish Stratus rematch from their classic WrestleMania 22 tilt. James referenced their Mania moment this week on Raw when she mentioned that both her and Trish know “Nothing good happens in Chicago.” WrestleMania 22 was held in Chicago’s Allstate Arena.

It was later reported that the tag match was always what WWE wanted to go with. They only announced the single’s matches as they couldn’t yet announce Nikki Bella vs Ronda Rousey as the main event.

While they may not have gotten along while they worked together, Nikki Bella says she wanted AJ Lee to be booked for Evolution. WWE is bringing back Trish Stratus and Lita for the event but the rest of the show focusses on currently active WWE Superstars.

Nikki Bella On AJ Lee At WWE Evolution

Nikki made the comments recently in Chicago as part of the ACE Comic Con convention. The twins were taking part in a Q&A session moderated by Lillian Garcia when she made the comments.

“I was actually hoping (AJ Lee) was going to be at Evolution,” Nikki said when AJ’s name was brought up. “She was a huge part of the Women’s division and if she came back, I would totally love to [wrestle her]. We had good chemistry. I really loved when Paige and AJ and Brie and I had a really good story going for a long time. I felt like that really helped with the evolution, [to] where it’s at today. So, it would be so fun.”

Nikki and AJ Lee are the two greatest Divas Champions in WWE history. Aj held the title 3x and held it for a combined 406 days (1st all time). Nikki held the title twice and held it for a combined 307 days (2nd all-time). Her 301-day title reign from 2014-15 was the longest in the title’s lineage.

Just for fun, here is AJ’s infamous pipe-bomb she dropped on the Bellas and other Divas in 2013:

And the Bellas Response:

This Sunday night, Impact Wrestling presents Bound For Glory live on pay-per-view from the Melrose Ballroom in New York City. Let’s take a look at what’s scheduled for the big event.

Impact World Championship
Austin Aries (c) vs Johnny Impact

The main event of Bound For Glory 2018 will feature Johnny Impact taking on Austin Aries for the Impact World Championship. Impact Wrestling is likely hoping Johnny’s exposure in the hit reality show Survivor helps to draw interest in the show’s main event.

Aries has been atop Impact Wrestling for the majority of 2018. He won the title from Eli Drake on January 10th, 2018. Aries would then drop it to Pentagon Jr, however, at the Lucha Underground vs Impact Wrestling show over WrestleMania weekend. He’d win it back at the tapings over the following 2 days, however. Since then, he’s held the belt 172 days and defended it 11x. Johnny Impact might represent the biggest threat to his title reign yet, though.

Knockouts Champion
Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Taya Valkyrie

Tessa Blanchard says she’s cleaned out the entire Knockouts division since debuting with the company this spring. Taya Valkyrie disputes this, saying Blanchard can’t claim to have cleared out the division until she faces her.

Blanchard is 13-2 in Impact Wrestling. Her only losses both came to Madison Rayne, who won by clever pinning combinations each time. She’s defeated Kiera Hogan, Mercedes Martinez, Allie, Rebel, Alisha Edwards, Su Yung, Gisele Shaw, Faby Apache, and Keyra. Blanchard hasn’t defeated, or faced, Taya Valkyrie yet, however.

Sami Callihan & oVe vs Brian Cage & the Lucha Brothers

Brian Cage won’t defend his X-Division Championship at Bound For Glory. Instead, he accepted the offer by the Lucha Brothers to join them in their rivalry with OVE. Callihan and his cronies claim they are the best trio out there but Fenix, Pentagon, and Brian Cage will have something to say about that at Bound For Glory.

Eddie Edwards vs Moose

Moose main event’ed the last PPV against Austin Aries. Now, Moose is aligned with the Impact World Champion and taking on his former friend Eddie Edwards. According to Moose, Aries was the only one who called him while he was in the hospital post-Slammiversary. He then cost Edwards a shot at the Impact World Championship during the Toronto tapings this summer. Edwards will be out for revenge tonight.

Concrete Jungle Deathmatch
LAX & Konnan vs OGZ & King

A ceasefire was ordered in this storyline after King ran over a child with his car. LAX and the OGZ were not permitted to get physical with each other until the PPV in NYC. Konnan brought the ceasefire to a premature end Thursday night, however.

This is likely the blow-off to this feud which has been building for 8 months.

Rich Swann & Willie Mack vs Ethan Page & Matt Sydal

After losing the X-Division title to Brian Cage, Sydal began pitching Swann about being his mentor. Swann isn’t into yoga and spirituality, however, so he rebuffed Sydal’s offer. They would then meet in single’s action in Mexico City. Sydal won after interference from his newest protege, Ethan Page. The team of Page and Sydal challenged Swann to find a partner for Bound For Glory. This week on Impact, Swann announced Willie Mack will be his partner and make his Impact debut on Sunday.

Allie Travels To the Undead Realm

2 weeks ago Su Yung locked Kiera Hogan in a coffin. Allie had promised that she would stop Yung from ever doing that to anyone ever again. This week on Impact, Allie enlisted the help of Father James Mitchell, who promised her safe passage to the Undead Realm at Bound For Glory. Allie looks to be traveling to the land of the dead to rescue Kiera Hogan from Yung this Sunday in what might be a Final Deletion style segment.

Eli Drake Open Challenge (NYC Wrestlers Only)

The last time Eli Drake did an open challenge it was answered by La Parka in Mexico City. Drake opted to leave the match and get counted-out rather than face the legend. Although now Drake is claiming La Parka should have been DQ’ed for that match.

Drake said he’s bringing his open challenge to Bound For Glory but that only wrestlers from New York City are eligible to answer. That surprise will only be revealed at the PPV.

Join us here this Sunday for Bound For Glory Results & Live Coverage. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5TZWLjMJZ4

New Japan Pro Wrestling is increasing the amount of English content on their streaming service, NJPWWorld.com. The promotion recently announced they have recorded English commentary over several classic matches.

NJPW English Commentary On Classic Matches

Here is the lineup of classic NJPW matches now available with English commentary from Kevin Kelly.

• Andre the Giant vs Antonio Inoki (October 7th, 1976)
• Andre the Giant vs Stan Hansen (May 18th, 1979)
• Andre the Giant vs Stan Hansen (June 5th, 1980)
• Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant (May 27th, 1983)
• Cobra vs Davey Boy Smith (May 11th 1983)
• Seiji Sakaguchi & Kengo Kimura vs Dick Murdoch & Ed Leslie (March 16th, 1984)
• Antonio Inoki vs Big Van Vader (February 7th, 1988)
• Black Tiger vs Owen Hart (January 25th, 1990)
• Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono vs the Road Warriors (July 22nd, 1990)
• Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs Dave Finlay (February 5th, 1991)
• The Great Oz (Kevin Nash) vs Hashimoto Shinya (May 17th, 1992)
• Masahiro Chono vs Rick Rude (August 12th, 1992)
• The Road Warriors vs The Steiner Brothers (January 4th, 1993)
• Hulk Hogan & the Great Muta vs The Hellraisers (September 23rd, 1993)
• Antonio Inoki vs Sting (January 4th, 1995)
• Keiji Mutoh vs Ric Flair (August 13th, 1995)
• Jushin Liger & El Samurai vs Koji Kanemoto & Chris Jericho (January 29th, 1997)
• El Samurai & Scotty Riggs vs Marcus Bagwell & Hiro Saito (February 9th, 1997)
• El Samurai vs Chris Jericho (May 25th, 1997)

WWE will premiere the first episode in a new documentary series on Sunday. The company announced the debut episode of WWE Untold will premiere on their YouTube channel at 1 PM.

The first episode will focus on the life and career of Eddie Guerrero.

Eddie Guerrero Documentary

“Eddie Guerrero was one of the most beloved Superstars in WWE history,” A WWE press release reads. “He played a huge role in defining SmackDown as a brand. The newest edition of the documentary series ‘WWE Untold’ explores Guerrero’s effect on the blue brand as it approaches its 1000th episode, and will stream live on WWE’s YouTube channel this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.”

The documentary will come just two days before Smackdown’s 1000th episode is scheduled to air.

“Featuring exclusive interviews with John Cena, Batista, Kurt Angle, JBL, Paul Heyman, Sasha Banks, Aiden English and Vickie Guerrero, this edition of “WWE Untold” will examine how Guerrero emerged as a leader on SmackDown in the early days of the 2002 brand split.”

Guerrero was the Smackdown brand champion in early 2004. He defeated Brock Lesnar at No Way Out and held the belt for 133 days. Guerrero would drop the title to JBL at the Great American Bash that year.

“Before SmackDown’s historic 1000th episode, take an incredible behind-the-scenes look at one of the blue brand’s greatest Superstars in an all-new edition of “WWE Untold,” streaming live on WWE’s YouTube channel this Sunday at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT!”

There is mounting political pressure for WWE to “pause” or cancel their upcoming show in Saudi Arabia. Senators are now calling on WWE to not go through with the event.

According to a report from the Wrestling Observer, backup plans are being developed in case the show does not take place.

Linda McMahon’s role in the Trump administration is playing a role in the pressure the Senators are putting on WWE.

“Private enterprise is private enterprise, different than a governmental entity,” Sen. Bob Menendez said to the media. “but because [Linda McMahon] is part of the president’s cabinet, it falls into the grey area where the administration really should give it some thought and maybe even prevail upon them not doing it.”

Several media outlets have also pulled out of an upcoming Business conference in Saudi Arabia.

Why Is There Political Pressure To Cancel Crown Jewel?

Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is missing and presumed dead. He entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey on October 2nd, 2018 and has never been seen again. US spies are saying they have proof he was assassinated on the order of the Saudi Royal Family, a charge they are denying.

Furthermore, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau angered the Saudi Royal family recently as well. Trudeau called for the KSA to release journalists being held prisoner in the country and scheduled for beheadings. Following Trudeau’s comments, the KSA expelled Canadian diplomats from the country. They also pulled home Saudi Arabian students who had been studying abroad in Canada. As of this writing, no Canadians are scheduled for Crown Jewel.

When Tama Tonga is upset or disagrees with something, he’ll let you know…

Tonga is currently upset with a recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The report stated there is a morale problem backstage in NJPW and backlash against the new management team.

“There are people who in the past had never even considered WWE who are thinking about it,” the WON report reads. “And others who were completely committed to staying who are probably still leaning that way, but are considering the WWE option.”

Tama Tonga disagrees and he’s letting people know about it.

Funny reading that a lot of foreign performers are complaining about the work atmosphere not being “fun” in New Japan. What a load of shit. Plenty of great talents out there that would be grateful to have an opportunity to work in NJPW
Who fed you those lies @davemeltzerWON ?

— Tama Tonga (@Tama_Tonga) October 12, 2018

New President and management helping the company gain sponsorship with international expansion-What a time to be a part of New Japan. Traveling, big money, company growing.yeah bitch, us foreigners that have been here and worked our asses off are very proud of how far we’ve come

— Tama Tonga (@Tama_Tonga) October 12, 2018

So to the foreigner or foreigners complaining to @davemeltzerWON that they are not having “fun” you can GTFO. I’ve never in my career here in New Japan have ever heard of a Japanese wrestler complaining about the work atmosphere not being “fun” in New Japan. GTFOUTTAHERE

— Tama Tonga (@Tama_Tonga) October 12, 2018

Who Is Reporting A Morale Problem In NJPW?

There might be a morale problem in the back now as Tama Tonga goes to look for the person sending information to Dave Meltzer.

We don’t know how many wrestlers made anonymous contact with media in order to state their feelings towards the new management. Meltzer is saying, however, that it is not a member of the Elite. He also said it is NJPW wrestlers who you would never think would go to WWE.

According to the initial report, there are feelings that Harold Meij talks down to the wrestlers. The report also stated that the first round of contract offers was not met with a positive reception either.

Willie Mack will compete this Sunday at Impact Wrestling’s Bound For Glory. The current HOH Twitch TV Champion will team with Rich Swann to take on Matt Sydal and Ethan Page.

Swann announced Mack will be his partner last night on Impact Wrestling’s go home show before the PPV.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaKXHuU87Y

Willie Mack & Rich Swann vs Matt Sydal & Ethan Page

Following Slammiversary and losing his X-Division Championship to Brian Cage, Matt Sydal began approaching Rich Swann about being his mentor. Swann said, however, that he’s not into yoga and Sydal’s style. The two had a single’s match in Mexico City last week which Sydal won after interference from Ethan Page.

Page accepted Sydal’s offer fro mentorship and the two challenged Swann to find a partner and face them at Bound For Glory. Swann only needed a week to announce Willie Mack as his partner.

Mack has not competed in Impact Wrestling before. He was on the Lucha Underground side of the Impact vs Lucha Underground show over WrestleMania weekend, however. Most recently, Mack challenged Cody for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The NWA posted the full match to their YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwkiiSyJoME

In addition to being the current HOH Twitch TV Champion, Mack is also a 2x former Trios Champion on Lucha Underground.

Impact Wrestling presented the Go Home Show before Bound For Glory last night. Below we have the top 9 takeaways from Impact Wrestling 10/11 from Mexico City, Mexico.

Impact Wrestling 10/11

The Ceasefire Is Over

In the final segment before Bound For Glory, King cut a promo on Konnan as both the OGZ and LAX stood watch. He said that Konnan leached off of the Mexican wrestlers he’s mentored over the years and then admitted to having put a hit out on him.

Konnan then said King’s actions were not the actions of a leader and that the bosses were watching. He then said the ceasefire was over and a brawl started between the two sides.

Austin Aries Pinned Johnny Impact

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DttTUk79hxA

• Austin Aries, Moose, & Killer Kross defeated Johnny Impact, Eddie Edwards, & Fallah Bah

With just days before Bound For Glory, the Champion is going in on a high note, having just pinned his upcoming challenger. Aries pinned Johnny after a brainbuster. Callis and Mathews commented on how much damage Johnny’s neck took during the match and how that may impact him heading into Bound for Glory.

Tessa Blanchard Pins Keyra On Route To Bound For Glory And Taya Valkyrie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh-bigGMwK0

• Tessa Blanchard defeated Keyra

Blanchard’s Knockouts Championship reign will face its biggest test yet on Sunday. She was able to get by Keyra this week, finishing off the 22-year-old luchadora with her patented Buzzsaw DDT.

Taya Valkyrie has spent most of her career in Mexico wrestling stars like Faby Apache, who Blanchard defeated earlier in Impact’s trip to Mexico. Blanchard’s been able to wrestle two luchadoras in Mexico who have a similar style to her BFG opponent.

The Undead Realm Is Bound For Glory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xgSZC1Yd68

This Sunday there will be a segment (of sorts) held in the “undead realm”. Allie will travel there with the help of James Mitchell in an attempt to save Kiera Hogan from Su Yung.

Father James Mitchell has re-appeared in Impact Wrestling. We last saw Mitchell as the manager of Abyss in his feud with Kongo Kong. This week he was approached by Allie as she requested safe passage to the underworld. Mitchell said Allie must sell her soul but that her soul won’t belong to him, it will belong to someone down low. He then started to say he would get heat with the office when she interrupted him. Allie and Mitchell made a deal to meet Sunday night and he would bring her into the undead realm. What exactly this means for Allie, Su Yung, and Kiera Hogan

Willie Mack Is Bound For Glory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaKXHuU87Y

Rich Swann announced this week that he’s found a partner for Sunday. Matt Sydal will team against his newest protege, Ethan Page. Swann revealed Willie Mack will be his partner to take on Sydal and Page at Bound For Glory

Eli Drake’s Open Challenge Is Bound For Glory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1qgm0DMIQY

Last week, Eli Drake’s open challenge was answered by LA Parka. Drake seemed to be of the belief that he defeated LA Parka by DQ last week even though that’s not what happened. He then announced he was bringing his Open Challenge to New York City for Bound For Glory. The Open Challenge is only open to people from New York City, however.

Petey Williams Picks Up A Win In 4-Way Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9tOMkkwIdg

• Petey Williams defeated Trevor Lee vs Puma King vs Jack Evans

In a match which consisted entirely of wrestlers who were shown trying to impress Scarlett Bordeaux in the back last week. Williams picked up the win after landing the Canadian Destroyer on Trevor Lee.

Gursinder Singh No Longer Part Of The Desi Hit Squad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHjTXgCaRRQ

• Rohit Raju defeated Gursinder Singh

Rohit Raju was victorious over Singh this week. The inter-Desi Hit Squad match was booked by the Great Gama Singh to determine who the weak link of the team is. Singh will now have to go back to India while it appears Gama will continue to work with Raju.

Joe Hendry and Grado On Losing Streaks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AaLrwziQO0

• Maximo defeated Grado

Last week, Joe Hendry was defeated by Murder Clown. This week, Grado was defeated by Maximo. It hasn’t been a successful trip to Mexico for the best friends. Perhaps Scarlett Bordeaux’s advice to the pair wasn’t so great after all.

Quick Results:

• Petey Williams defeated Trevor Lee vs Puma King vs Jack Evans
• Maximo defeated Grado
• Rohit Raju defeated Gursinder Singh
• Austin Aries, Killer Kross, & Moose defeated Johnny Impact, Eddie Edwards & Fallah Bah
• Tessa Blanchard defeated Keyra

Bound for Glory LIneup
October 14th
Melrose, NY
New York City, NY

1. Impact World Championship
   Austin Aries (c) vs Johnny Impact
2. Knockouts Championship
   Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Taya Valkyrie
3. Eddie Edwards vs Moose
4. Sami Callihan & oVe vs Brian Cage & the Lucha Brothers
5. Concrete Jungle Deathmatch
   LAX & Konnan vs OGZ & King
6. Rich Swann & Willie Mack vs Ethan Page and Matt Sydal
7. Allie Travels To the Undead Realm
8. Eli Drake Open Challenge (NYC Wrestlers Only)

Impact Wrestling presents the final episode before Bound For Glory this Sunday on PPV tonight. The episode will feature the final matches and segments taped from Impact’s trip to Mexico City, Mexico.

Impact Wrestling 10/11 Preview

Eddie Edwards, Johnny Impact, and Fallah Bah vs Moose, Austin Aries, and Killer Kross

6-Man tag-team action this week features Impact’s top heel stable going up against the men they’ve been feuding with. Aries, Kross, and Moose have attempted to injure all 3 of their opponents tonight over television tapings in Canada and Mexico.

Coming up on Sunday Moose goes one-on-one with Edwards and Johny goes one-on-one with Aries. Tonight, however,

LAX and OGZ Summit

The crime family which controls this storyline ordered a ceasefire between the two factions after King ran over a little kid with his car on the streets of Toronto. That ceasefire is up in 3 days at Bound For Glory.

Konnan has been sure that neither Santana or Ortiz attack the OGZ and break the ceasefire but how much longer can they hold out? King has burned Konnan’s mask and continuously disrespected LAX.

Tessa Blanchard vs Keyra

Tessa Blanchard will have the toughest test to her Knockouts Championship on Sunday when she faces Taya Valkyrie. Before she gets to Bound For Glory, however, she’ll have to face the luchadora, Keyra.

The 22-year-old Keyra is tearing it up in Mexico at the moment. Will she have enough to give Blanchard a run for her money is another question, however.

Petey Williams vs Trevor Lee vs Jack Evans vs Puma King

All four of these wrestlers were shown in the back last week attempting to impress Scarlett Bordeaux. The Smokeshow is still holding her Global Talent Search for a full-time client and it is likely all four of the men involved in this match want to obtain her services.

Rohit Raju vs Gursindher Singh

Although not advertised by Impact Wrestling, it was mentioned that last week that these two teammates Will face each other in singles action to determine who the weak link is. The Desi Hit Squad has not been picking up many wins lately and the Great Gama Singh is not pleased.

Who Will Rich Swann Choose As His Partner?

Rich Swann will face Ethan Page and Matt Sydal at Bound For Glory but who will his partner be? We might find out more about this tonight on Impact.

Bound for Glory LIneup
October 14th

1. Impact World Championship
   Austin Aries (c) vs Johnny Impact
2. Knockouts Championship
   Tessa Blanchard (c) vs Taya Valkyrie
3. Eddie Edwards vs Moose
4. Sami Callihan & oVe vs Brian Cage & the Lucha Brothers
5. Concrete Jungle Deathmatch
   LAX & Konnan vs OGZ & King
6. Rich Swann & TBD vs Ethan Page and Matt Sydal

If ever there was a pro wrestling bucket list, Rolex shopping with the Ric Flair has to be up there. The legendary Nature Boy appeared on Peter Rosenberg’s Open Late with Peter Rosenberg show on Complex to promote the release of WWE 2K19. The two went jewelry shopping in New York City so Rosenberg could purchase his first Rolex.

Flair and Rosenberg’s jewelry shopping adventure begins around the 11-minute mark of this video:

Ric Flair on “Open Late With Peter Rosenberg”

Flair advised Rosenberg during the trip to be careful not to spend too much money. Rosenberg is married to MLB Network host Alexa Datt and Flair was quick to explain he didn’t want to purchase any jewelry which would cause his wife to worry. He did stress that if Rosenberg wants to be seen as one of the top celebrities in New York, however, he needs some flashy jewelry.

“You are Peter Rosenberg,” Flair said. “You cannot be one of the top 3 or 4 celebrities in New York City and not have a little bling – You want to walk through the door – You want to push it open – You want the sunlight to hit the diamonds – You want someone to turn around. In my case, it would have been a woman years ago. In your case, just your kids and family.”

One thing Flair was adamant about, however, was that purchasing a used Rolex is simply not acceptable.

Episodes of Complex’s “Open Late With Peter Rosenberg” are released through YouTube and on Complex’s website here.

I went jewelry shopping w @RicFlairNatrBoy …when he realized I was considering a used Rolex — lol — his reaction … https://t.co/5kmasj1sBC

— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) October 11, 2018

At long last WWE’s UK division has an airdate and scheduled timeslot on the WWE Network. The NXT UK brand will air their first weekly episode in just 6 days on October 17th.

The show will air 8 PM BST or 3 PM EST. WWE announced the news this morning through their WWE UK Twitter account:

BREAKING: #NXTUK, a new weekly episodic series featuring the greatest male and female competitors from the UK, will stream on @WWENetwork on Wednesdays beginning 17th October at 8pm BST. pic.twitter.com/L8wVJquMdF

— WWE UK (@WWEUK) October 11, 2018

“BREAKING: #NXTUK, a new weekly episodic series featuring the greatest male and female competitors from the UK, will stream on @WWENetwork on Wednesdays beginning 17th October at 8pm BST.”

NXT UK Division

The NXT UK division will film two nights of tapings this weekend. It has been a long road to get to where the division is now.

Launch of WWE’s UK division came back in 2016, at a press conference from the O2 Arena. Triple H announced a single-elimination tournament to crown the first-ever WWE UK Champion. The tournament was won by Tyler Bate. He would later drop the title to current champion, Pete Dunne, however.

UK wrestling legend, Johnny Saint, was named the General Manager of the band back in June.

“The U.K. has an amazing talent base and incredibly passionate fans that are deserving of their own showcase,” said Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative. “This is the next step in our ongoing strategy to create localized content and further develop our brand globally.”

Chelsea Green looks like she might be WWE bound. The 27-year-old has been spotted at the WWE Performance Center and has reportedly been training there the last week.

“Chelsea Green was training at the Performance Center this past week,” wrote Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. “I think anyone who saw her at All In from WWE would have wanted her in.”

The 27-year-old participated in the well-reviewed fatal 4-way match won by Tessa Blanchard at All In. Madison Rayne and Dr. Britt Baker DMD were the other two in the match.

With many assuming Green has signed with WWE, it should be noted that she briefly worked for the company before.

Chelsea Green WWE

Green actually ended up working for WWE just months into her wrestling career in 2014. WWE needed Rosebuds for a house show in Canada and brought in Green since she was trained by Lance Storm at the Storm Wrestling Academy in Calgary. From there, Green was cast as Daniel Bryan’s scandalous physiotherapist.

“I started in January and by August I was already cutting a promo on Raw,” Green said.

She was on the Edge and Christian podcast earlier this year and mentioned the first promo she ever cut was with Stephanie McMahon on Monday Night Raw.

WWE has had a banner year financially. With the added revenue from the Saudi deal and pending new television contracts, WWE has money to invest.

It has previously been reported that WWE wants to invest in international Performance Centers and territories. According to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Saudi Arabia is a country WWE is hoping to open a Performance Center in.

“While nothing is imminent, there is talk of opening up different Performance Centers in different parts of the world,” wrote Dave Meltzer. “U.K. and Saudi Arabia are high on the list and there are other places considered as well, including Japan.”

WWE International Expansion

Triple H is seen as a driving force behind WWE’s global expansion. Earlier this year, HHH used the term “Global Localization” to describe their plans.

“With ‘RAW’ and ‘Smackdown Live’ calling up all of my NXT superstars, I quickly realized NXT needed a feeder system of its own,” Triple H said at the WWE 2018 Business Partner Summit. “We had to re-imagine once again how and where we were recruiting. Not only in the United States but outside as well.”

Triple H continued to describe what this will mean.

“Organizing tryouts, recruiting talent, establishing performance centers and building on the ground NXT style brands.”

WWE will hold two nights of tapings for the new NXT UK brand later this week.

The new management team for NJPW headed up by Harold Meij has apparently ruffled a few feathers within the promotion. According to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, some NJPW talent are even considering leaving the company.

In particular, there appears to be some backlash toward Meij himself.

“The initial reaction was that the feeling was that he talks down to the wrestlers,” Meltzer wrote. He then continued to say many of the wrestlers are concerned he has no history in the business as well.

Moral amongst some has changed enough that they are considering leaving the company.

“There are people who in the past had never even considered WWE who are thinking about it, and others who were completely committed to staying who are probably still leaning that way, but are considering the WWE option.”

NJPW Concerns

The above report does not indicate how many wrestlers in NJPW feel this way or what their standing in the company is. The report does confirm there are NJPW wrestlers contacting media anonymously to voice their concerns, however.

Ticket sales for Fighting Spirit in Long Beach did not go well, which may have led some wrestlers to be concerned. On the other hand, the company just sold out Madison Square Garden for the G1 Supercard next year. There have been concerns voiced in Japan that the product has become Americanized since Meij took over as well. How many fans feel this way, however, is unclear.

Impact Wrestling World Champion, Austin Aries, says he has never had more fun in his wrestling career than he has had in 2018 with Impact Wrestling. He was not as enthusiastic about the company during his initial two runs with them, however.

Aries wrestled in Impact from 2005 to 2007 and again from 2011 to 2015. According to Aries, his run with the company ended in 2007 after he was suspended for “bad behavior”. He revealed what it was which led to his suspension and subsequent leaving of the company on the latest edition of Talk is Jericho.

Austin Aries on Suspensions from TNA Wrestling

Aries mentioned that he was suspended twice while wrestling in TNA from 05-07. A conflict with Vince Russo then led to him deciding to leave and go back to Ring of Honor.

Jericho asked Aries what he got suspended for and Aries didn’t hesitate to answer that it was “a bad attitude”.

“So basically the story is, we are at the tail-end of this PPV which is obviously leaving a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths,” Aries said. “The next day was a travel day, this happened to be my birthday weekend. We had a travel day Monday, we had television on Tuesday. At this point, the company decided to inform us shortly around the holidays that they are no longer going to provide our hotel rooms or transportation, Merry Christmas.”

Aries continued to say he cashed in some favors and he and the X-Division guys got a nice hotel, some food, and some alcohol for their day off. Vince Russo then came in and told everyone to be by their phones on their day off in case they needed someone to come in and film vignettes. Aries made a point of not being by his phone. He would also say the company got mad when he began asking questions such as why he couldn’t do the vignettes the next day while he was there for 8 hours. These question evidently did not go over well.

Jericho then asked if he got a letter saying he was suspended. Aries then said they opted to call him and leave a voicemail when they knew he was on a flight.

“Like real men do they dropped the voicemail when you are in the air,” Aries said. He decided at that time it was time to leave and go to ROH.

The WWE Network will present 3 previously unaired shows tonight. 205 Live, NXT, and the Mae Young Classic will all air tonight beginning at 7 PM EST.

NXT Preview 10/10

NXT North American Championship
Ricochet (c) vs Adam Cole vs Pete Dunne

The NXT North American Championship is on the line tonight in a triple threat match. Arguably 3 of the top wrestlers on the roster will compete in this match.

This match was scheduled by William Regal after a title vs title match between Dunne and Ricochet was interrupted by the Undisputed Era.

Keith Lee vs Kona Reeves

Kona Reeves only enjoys the finest things in life. Keith Lee tried to introduce himself to Reeves a few weeks back but the Hawaiian Superstar took offense to Lee approaching him. Lee then made fun of Reeves’ win/loss record leading to this match tonight.

Velveteen Dream Responds To Tommaso Ciampa

Velveteen Dream indicated to William Regal a few weeks back that Tommaso Ciampa is likely who attacked Aleister Black. Ciampa took offense to this and cut a promo on Velveteen last week. This week, Dream will respond to Ciampa’s promo from last week.

Does Nikki Cross Know Who Attacked Aleister Black?

Nikki Cross has been claiming she knows who attacked Aleister Black. William Regal doesn’t believe her, however. Cross has been angling for a rematch with Bianca Belair as well. WWE is advertising we will find out just what Cross knows regarding the attack tonight.

205 Live Preview 10/10

Lio Rush Open Challenge

Lio Rush is on fire these days. Not only is he the new hype man for Bobby Lashley, but he is also undefeated on 205 Live. Tonight, he plans on issuing an open challenge to anyone in the back.

Buddy Murphy’s Cruiserweight Championship Reign Begins

Buddy Murphy is the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion and his reign begins tonight on 205 Live. After winning the title from Cedric Alexander in front of his hometown Melbourne fans, what does the champ have in store for tonight?

Becky Lynch survived two title matches with Charlotte Flair this last week. She’ll have to defend her title against Flair yet again at Evolution, however, this time in a Last Woman Standing match.

Lynch recently revealed she’s been working injured lately as well. She revealed on Twitter recently that she has a cracked jaw.

https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1049749796284747776

She is believed to have suffered the injury at Super Show-Down on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia. Last night on Smackdown, Lynch was speared through the stage by Flair following their match being ruled a double count-out.

Becky Lynch in 2018

Becky Lynch has become one of the most talked about Superstars on the WWE roster as of late. While her rivalry with Charlotte Flair hasn’t always gone the way some fans have wanted it to, it’s hard to argue that Lynch is more popular now than she’s ever been.

Unlike many others from her NXT class, Lynch was not a blue-chip prospect when she signed with WWE in 2013. Lynch was already 11 years into her pro-career by that point and had even quit the business once already. Her NXT career didn’t get off to a hot start either. She was given an Irish dancing gimmick which thankfully was abandoned not long after it began. In the following years, however, Lynch would be a key figure in the development of NXT’s women’s division and the subsequent Women’s Revolution/Evolution.

Nikki and Brie Bella attacked Ronda Rousey on Monday night in Chicago. The twins and the Raw Women’s Champion had just defeated the Riott Squad for the second time in a row when the attack occurred.

During the attack, the Raw commentary team speculated as to why the Bellas would attack Rousey. After the show, however, WWE cameras caught up with the pair to ask them why they did what they did.

When asked why they would attack someone who had been standing beside them in recent weeks, Brie offered up the following response:

“Been by our side? You mean taking up our space,” Brie said. “Standing in front of us, taking our shine, is that what you mean?”

“Brie and I are here for evolution but we’re here to remind everyone, even Ronda Rousey, that this is a ‘Bellalution’,” added Nikki.

Nikki and Brie Bella’s “Bellalution”

Both Nikki and Brie are former Divas Champions. Nikki held the title twice and Brie on just one occasion. Nikki’s 301-day title reign with the belt is the longest in the now-retired championship’s history. AJ Lee still holds the record for most combined days spent with the title at 406, split between 3 reigns. Unless the title is brought back, AJ will be the all-time record-holder in that category.

Ronda Rousey posted this on Instagram in regards to the attack:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BouBt-MB31n/?taken-by=rondarousey

5 and 1/2 years after Bullet Club’s formation in New Japan Pro Wrestling, the faction appears to be going back to their roots. At King of Pro Wrestling on Monday, Jay White joined the faction, something he opted not to do when originally offered a spot by Kenny Omega earlier this year.

According to comments White made after King of Pro Wrestling, he doesn’t believe “the Elite” is part of Bullet Club. Rather, White feels the sub-group of Bullet Club which took shape after the departure of AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Doc Gallows is just a “rip off”.

“Inevitable. One word, inevitable,” White said backstage. “I met Bad Luck Fale in London in 2014. Since then it’s been inevitable that I would end up here with these boys. Not the BC Elite, what is that rip-off sh**? Original Bullet Club taking it back to what started it. Get used to these faces, we’re taking over!”

Original Bullet Club member, Bad Luck Fale, yelled out “Full Circle” as White finished his speech.

Upcoming NJPW Schedule

NJPW’s new Bullet Club faction will be on the Road to Power Struggle tour. On November 3rd, White will team with Bad Luck Fale to take on Kazuchika Okada and Beretta from CHAOS.

NJPW Power Struggle
November 3rd, 2018
Osaka, Japan

• The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) (Bullet Club Elite) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi and David Finlay
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship
  Chris Jericho (c) vs EVIL (LIJ)
• NEVER Openweight Championship
  Taichi (Suzuki-Gun) (c) vs Will Ospreay (CHAOS)
• Tetsuya Naito (LIJ) vs Zack Sabre Jr. (Suzuki-Gun)
• Kazuchika Okada and Beretta (CHAOS) vs Bad Luck Fale and Jay White (BCOG)
• Finals of the Super Junior Tag Tournament