Jeff Hardy recently re-signed with WWE. Hardy was arrested twice in 2019. In July, he was arrested for public intoxication in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Then back in October, he was arrested for DUI in Moore County, North Carolina.
Hardy said recently in an interview with BT Sport that he can’t afford to screw up again.
“I can’t screw up again if I do I’m done. Living one day at a time has been huge for me.”
“When I heard what happened to Chadwick Boseman, it touched my soul. I want to be an example, a good person.”
Hardy’s comments can be heard in the below Tweet:
"I can't screw up again if I do I'm done. Living one day at a time has been huge for me."
"When I heard what happened to Chadwick Boseman, it touched my soul. I want to be an example, a good person."
In a previous clip, Hardy spoke about wanting to use No More Words as his entrance music again.
“When we do get in front of a crowd again, that was a part of me re-signing I was like ‘if we get back in front of people again I would like to use No More Words again’ because I know y’all want it.”
“I think the Hardyz Boyz music is just for Matt & Jeff Hardy not for Jeff Hardy,” he continued.
A recent trailer for Season 2 of Disney’s hit Star Wars series “The Mandalorian” has been released. The series returns to Disney Plus on October 30th. The trailer features a cameo from WWE’s Sasha Banks.
Banks is shown wearing a very Jedi-Esque robe in the trailer. Her character’s identity has not yet been announced.
Near the end of the trailer, the Mandalorian appears to be attending some type of galactic combat competition taking place inside a ring. Former MMA fighter Gina Carano also stars in the series.
Renee Young seems excited about Banks’ role in the new season of the series as well:
Filming for season 2 of the Mandalorian began in mid-October last year and wrapped up in early March just before the pandemic shut everything down. The plot focuses on the Mandalorian searching for the Child’s (Baby Yoda) home planet. Mandalorian Season 3 is reportedly already in the works as well.
“The songs of eons past tell of battles between Mandalore the Great and an order of sorcerers called Jedi,” the Armorer tells the Mandalorian in the trailer. Banks appears in the trailer shortly after this line.
“You expect me to search the galaxy and return this creature to a race of enemy sorcerers?” the Mandalorian replies.
WWE Hall of Famer Booker T revealed on his Hall of Fame radio show and Reality of Wrestling YouTube channel that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The 55-year-old noted that he was tested for the virus in June but never got his results back. He then received a call recently from the Center for Disease Control that his test came back positive.
“About an hour ago from the CDC and the CDC told me that yes, I have tested positive for the Coronavirus… back at the end of June,” Booker said. Co-host Brad Gilmore noted that they had talked on the show about him not feeling well and getting tested a few months back.
“I never got my result back. But they called me, rest assured, today, to tell me that back at the end of June when I got tested that I tested positive. I’ve had three tests since then and they all came back negative.”
Booker continued to talk about how he went 3 months without getting his test result back.
“It just goes to show you how bad that we really are with this system that we are working with as far as people are finding out if they have this or they don’t. I’m living proof, thank God that I’m still here,” he continued.
Booker also spoke about symptoms he experienced during this time.
“I know what I went through for a couple of weeks, I had headaches, I had night sweats. I lost my taste and smell for 2 weeks. Thank God, I was smart enough to quarantine from the family.”
“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey was spotted recently training with the daughter of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Ariel Teal Toombs aka Teal Piper. Rousey hasn’t been seen in a wrestling ring since the main event of WrestleMania 35.
Teal Piper made her pro-wrestling debut a year ago as an entrant in the Casino Battle Royale at AEW’s All Out 2019. She was later signed to the Women of Wrestling promotion. She noted on Instagram that she’s 6 months out from having ACL/Meniscus surgery.
“I’m 6 months out from acl /meniscus reconstruction and so happy to be back at it,” Piper wrote.
Ronda Rousey was recently training with Roddy Piper's daughter, Ariel Teal Toombs 👀
“Wrestling has always been a part of me, and while no one can ever replace my dad, I hope to make sure no one ever forgets him,” Piper said in a press release last year after signing with WOW.
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Rousey talked about a possible return to WWE on the After the Bell podcast back in January.
“Probably, whenever the hell I feel like it. If they would just let me show up at live events, probably very soon,” Rousey said.
“I love the camaraderie and the kind of laidback feeling of live show days. Jump in the car afterwards and go to the next town. Never being able to find food and eating beef jerky all night. I miss that.”
Ivar from the Viking Raiders will be undergoing neck surgery tomorrow. The Viking Raiders member was injured last Monday on RAW. WWE put out a statement saying Ivar was expected to make a full recovery shortly after. According to comments made by Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live, however, Ivar is set to undergo neck surgery as a result of the injury.
“Well, as it turns out, it’s serious,” Alvarez said of Ivar’s injury. “Tomorrow, Birmingham, he will be getting neck surgery.”
Alvarez also noted that Dave Meltzer has said Ivar has been dealing with neck issues for some time.
How Ivar’s injury impacts Erik of the Viking Raiders is up in the air.
“Hopefully, they’ll do something with Erik as a single and when Ivar gets better they can put them back together,” Alvarez continued.
There is no known timetable for Ivar’s return at this time.
Ivar thanked fans for their support shortly after the injury occurred.
“From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to every single friend, family and fan who has reached out to me,” he wrote. “My heart is truly touched from all the love and support. Still figuring it all out but I am working hard to recover and be better than ever! Love you all,” he Tweeted.
From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to every single friend, family and fan who has reached out to me. My heart is truly touched from all the love and support. Still figuring it all out but I am working hard to recover and be better than ever! Love you all 💕🤘🍗 pic.twitter.com/pAgw1eqjRm
Jeff Hardy will be staying put in WWE. The 43-year-old former 2x world heavyweight champion and 1x WWE champion announced recently that he has re-signed with the company. The terms and length of the deal are not currently available.
BT Sport posted a clip of Hardy talking about re-signing with the company. He noted that when crowds return so will his using “No More Words” again as his entrance music.
“When we do get in front of a crowd again, that was a part of me re-signing I was like ‘if we get back in front of people again I would like to use No More Words again’ because I know y’all want it.”
“I think the Hardyz Boyz music is just for Matt & Jeff Hardy not for Jeff Hardy,” he continued.
Hardy’s comments can be heard in the Tweet below:
🎶 Time has come and gone for word, A thousand threats I've heard before 🎶
As soon as crowds return, so does @JEFFHARDYBRAND's No More Words 😍
“Years ago, I would be Jeff Hardy and then I’d be this guy Willow and Willow is my go-to wrestling persona. So, man, and that’s another dream of mine that I would like to do before I’m done, to bring Willow into the WWE Universe and see what happens,” Hardy said.
The National Wrestling Alliance returns to PPV tomorrow night. In conjunction with the United Wrestling Network, Prime Time Live will air on FITE TV and on traditional PPV. The full lineup for the show has been announced.
NWA/UWN Prime Time Live – September 15th, 2020 Lineup
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Nick Aldis (c) vs Mike Bennett
West Coast Pro Championship Alexander Hammerstone (c) vs EJ Sparks
Kamille vs Heather Monroe
UWN Television Championship Dan “the Man” Joseph (c) vs Levi Shapiro
Chris Dickinson vs Dicky Mayer
Will Allday vs Jordan Clearwater
The Tribe (Hawaiian Lion and The Navajo Warrior) vs The Wolf Zaddies (Bad Dude Tito and Che Cabrera)
In addition to the above matches, NWA Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa is also expected to be on the show.
“My goal here is simple: to provide the best contests possible with the greatest talent available, carrying on the great legacy of the National Wrestling Alliance as an independent governing body. And in that we hope to feature at least one championship match on every live broadcast,” said NWA Owner, Billy Corgan in a press release announcing the weekly PPV shows.
Chris Jericho’s band Fozzy recently performed at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. In the late 1990s, however, Jericho performed with WCW at the event every year. The Hog Wild/Road Wild shows created a unique backdrop for the promotion’s PPVs.
Arn Anderson recently spent some time on the Arn Show talking about what it was like to perform on them. According to Double-A, the conditions on the shows were difficult.
“It was difficult, to be honest with you. We were all bound in trailers but these were not air-conditioned trailers for the most part. One or two were and you know the brass had those. So, you had outdoor facilities for the restrooms, which was for the guys and the girls.”
“The hotels in the area were sold-out way in advance so you had guys scattered around at different hotels and things of that nature. It was dirt floors backstage so everywhere you went you were tracking mud and dirt.”
Anderson also didn’t sound impressed at how the live audience reacted to the matches.
“It just felt like once you got in the ring and started your match, you weren’t going to get a true wrestling reaction. You got a bunch of bikers and they are going to cheer and boo what they want at an inopportune time if that’s what they want to do.”
The early estimates for AEW’s All Out PPV buy rate are in. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the show is tracking to do around 100,000 to 110,000 buys, similar to February’s Revolution event. It is trending at slightly below May’s Double or Nothing event, however. That show was estimated at around 110,000 to 120,000 buys.
“The early estimates for the show based on streaming orders through B/R Live and FITE TV, which the company gets right away, look like the show will do numbers at the level of the February 29, 2020 Revolution, or 100,000 to 110,000 buys.”
The numbers are doing slightly better than November’s Full Gear PPV which early estimates had trending below 100,000. Last year’s All Out show was trending at around 100,000 buys as well. 2019’s Double or Nothing event was also around 100,000 buys.
The Dynamite following All Out ended up doing big ratings on TNT. The show averaged over 1 million viewers for the first time in 2020.
“Thank you very much to everyone who watched #AEWDynamite last night and made it our biggest overall audience of 2020, over 1 million total viewers, and one of our biggest numbers in the demo this year as well! We’re back on TNT with another huge card next week, please join us!” Tony Khan Tweeted.
He’s not just Kip Sabian’s best man, he’s The Best Man. The wrestler formerly known as Rusev and now known as Miro debuted on AEW Dynamite this week. He released a video on his official YouTube channel talking about his experience with AEW so far.
“I’m definitely excited,” Miro starts the video with. “I’m just excited I have this opportunity, I’m thankful to Tony Khan that we got in contact. He got in contact, everything was fine. He’s such a good dude, he’s such a great owner. He’s very open to talk to in creative and ideas and everything.”
Miro also answered a question on how the “best man” angle came about.
“They needed a best man and they know that, you know Kip and Penelope are going to get married and congratulations to them, and who has more experience in weddings than this freaking guy? Nobody. I’ve got married 4 times, 2 in the real life, 2 in the fake life. Well, one of them I was a guest, in the last one I was a guest. The previous 3, I was the groom,” Miro said.
Rusev also revealed that one of his biggest influences in wrestling was the Sheik, Ed Farhat.
“All my NXT promos were Sheik like. So, I’ve studied Sheik day in and day out,” Rusev said. He mentioned this while discussing a dispute he had with Dave Meltzer over a Tweet Miro sent complimenting Randy Orton.
Mandy Rose has been drafted to the WWE RAW brand. The news was first revealed by The Miz on an episode of Talking Smack and then later reported on WWE.com. Rose herself commented on her move from Smackdown to Monday nights.
In storyline, it appears that the Miz was the one who lobbied for Rose to switch brands. Apparently, this is all part of a ploy between Miz and John Morrison to get back at Otis. On Smackdown recently, Morrison attempted to steal Otis’ Money in the Bank briefcase only to find that Otis keeps the actual contract in a smaller lunch box style MITB briefcase.
“The Miz crashed the set of WWE Talking Smack to break the news of Mandy Rose’s trade to Raw. The move was the latest tactic in The Miz & John Morrison’s ongoing quest to part Otis with his Money in the Bank Contract,” reads a WWE report on Rose being drafted.
Mandy Rose In WWE
30-year old Mandy Rose’s romance with Otis and feud with Sonya Deville have been major angles on Smackdown in recent months. She would go on to defeat Deville in a Loser Leaves WWE match at SummerSlam. Rose hasn’t wrestled since the event. She holds an 8-14-1 record in televised WWE singles matches dating back to her time in NXT.
Jeff Hardy recently mentioned that he would like to bring his Willow character to WWE. He even suggested he would like for Willow to feud with Bray Wyatt’s “Fiend” character. Hardy was speaking with BT Sport when he mentioned possibly bringing Willow into WWE.
“Years ago, I would be Jeff Hardy and then I’d be this guy Willow and Willow is my go-to wrestling persona. So, man, and that’s another dream of mine that I would like to do before I’m done, to bring Willow into the WWE Universe and see what happens,” Hardy said.
“I just have a strange feeling that something crazy cool could happen between Willow and The Fiend.”
We never knew we needed a Willow vs. 'The Fiend' @WWEBrayWyatt feud until @JEFFHARDYBRAND said it to us 🤯🤯🤯
Hardy used the Willow persona in the OMEGA promotion he founded with his brother Matt in the late 90s. The promotion only lasted a couple of years and was folded after the Hardys signed with WWE. Hardy would bring the Willow character back in TNA in early 2014. He would return to his Jeff Hardy character later that same year.
Hardy will face AJ Styles on Smackdown tonight for the Intercontinental title. Hardy defeated Styles for the title on the August 21st edition of Smackdown. This is the 5th time in history Hardy has held the title.
The man behind the legendary voice of TNA’s promo packages, Barry Scott, has passed away. He was 65 years old at the time of his passing. No cause of death is currently available.
Impact Wrestling and TNA stars have been paying tribute to Scott online.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Barry Scott. For years Barry was the iconic voice of TNA Wrestling, lending us gravitas and credibility. He will be dearly missed,” Impact Wrestling Tweeted.
“Very saadened to hear about the passing of Barry Scott, the longtime TNA Voice behind some of the most Iconic Videos in IMPACT History. Here was the last one he voiced, featuring Moose as TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Godspeed. Rest Well and Thanks Barry,” wrote Impact referee Brandon Tolle.
“Sad to learn the passing of Barry Scott the voice of all those @IMPACTWRESTLING (TNA) packages, PPVs voice overs,” wrote Tommy Dreamer.
“RIP Barry Scott… Barry was a great talent but even a better man… Barry’s voiceover work in the early days of TNA was so instrumental for our product… This picture was taken from production work for Slammiversary XV “cold open”…Love ya my friend!” wrote Jeff Jarrett.
“I am heartbroken to hear about Barry’s passing. Not only was he an amazing talent, he was a true gentleman that I adored. You will be missed Barry. Sending love and prayers to your family,” Tweeted Dixie Carter.
Very saadened to hear about the passing of Barry Scott, the longtime TNA Voice behind some of the most Iconic Videos in IMPACT History. Here was the last one he voiced, featuring Moose as TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Godspeed. Rest Well and Thanks Barryhttps://t.co/Q0HuugSG11
WWE has been releasing staff this week who had been furloughed at the start of the pandemic. According to a report from PW Insider, two names recently released include Mike Rotunda (the former IRS/VK Wallstreet) and Sarah Stock.
Rotunda had been with the company as a road agent since 2006. As the pandemic caused a halt to WWE live events, he was furloughed in April. Rotunda is the father of current WWE Superstars Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas. He is a 5x former WWE tag team champion having won the titles 3x with Ted Dibiase (as Money Inc) and twice with his brother-in-law Barry Windham.
Sarah Stock wrestled under the names Dark Angel and Sarita. She wrestled all over the world before signing with TNA in 2009. Stock then was hired by WWE in 2015 as a developmental trainer. Like many others, Stock was furloughed by the company in April.
It was also confirmed recently that longtime WWE employee Gerald Briscoe had also been released by the company. He had been with the company for 36 years working as a talent scout and in other roles. Briscoe had been furloughed in April as well.
Andrew Yang made headlines recently when he noted on Twitter that if he is in a position to cause change after the next election, he plans to take action on WWE’s classification of talent as independent contractors. Yang said that if Joe Biden wins the next election, he’ll either be the Secretary of Labor himself or have close contact with that person.
Chris Van Vliet recently interviewed Yang about his comments.
“You should know Chris, this is not like ‘I’m going to talk about this and forget about it’. This bothers me and I’m not going to rest until something changes,” Yang said about WWE’s independent contractor policy.
During the interview, Yang said that WWE has been trying to play it both ways for years.
“It infuriated me because I know that the WWE has been trying to play it both ways for years where they are saying on one hand you can’t do anything without our say so, we own you, but you are an independent contractor and we have nothing to do with your health, retirement, any of the benefits that you would get that would accrue to an employee.”
Yang is a noted wrestling fan and says he won’t simply drop this issue later.
“You know it’s time that someone calls Vince out for this particularly because if Joe (Biden) and Kamala (Harris) win, I may be in a position to do something about it,” he continued.
Yang would say his favorite wrestlers of all time were Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Rick Rude, Curt Hennig, British Bulldog, and others. the full interview with him can be viewed in the player below:
All Elite Wrestling has officially signed former NXT roster member, Tay Conti to a contract. Conti competed in the recent AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup as Anna Jay’s partner. They defeated Nyla Rose & Ariane Andrew in the 1st round. In the second round, they would lose to the eventual tournament winners Ivelisse and Diamante.
Ever since teaming with the Dark Order’s Anna Jay, Brodie Lee’s faction has been attempting to recruit Conti into their ranks.
Conti was released from her NXT contract back in April. AEW announced Conti’s signing on Twitter today:
The 25-year-old signed with WWE in 2016 and reported to the WWE Performance Center. She was eliminated in the 1st round of the Mae Young Classic the following year. She would make her NXT television debut in October of 2017.
Conti spoke about her release from WWE in a YouTube video she posted shortly after.
“As you guys know, I don’t work for WWE anymore. I was with the company for 2 and a half years or so, a little bit more I guess. Honestly, it was the most crazy and amazing opportunity of my whole life. I will always be grateful because WWE changed my life, and for the better. I came here to US and I had no English, I had no idea what wrestling was before.”
Impact Wrestling presented a big show last night on AXS TV and Twitch. The show featured a match for the Impact Tag Team Championships and a main event of Tommy Dreamer vs Eric Young.
Impact Results 9/8:
TJP defeated Chris Bey
Brian Myers defeated Willie Mack
Impact Tag Team Championships Motor City Machine Guns (c) defeated The Rascalz
New Impact World Champion Eric Young kicked off this week’s episode. He was interrupted by former champion Eddie Edwards’ wife, Alisha Edwards. She told Young that because of his attack last week, Eddie can’t even hold their young child. Alisha vowed that Eddie would be back to take back the title soon, however.
Young then looked to give Alisha a pile driver but Tommy Dreamer made the save. A match was then made between the two of them for later in the night.
Young picked up the victory via a pile driver in the main event. He would continue the attack after the match but Rich Swann returned and limped to the ring area on crutches. He used his crutch to batter the champion and chase him away from the ring area to close the show.
Previously on Impact, Moose has told EC3 he plans on destroying the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. He just doesn’t yet know how he’s going to do it. Moose has been searching for him but ended up in a rather weird predicament on this week’s show.
Moose traveled to visit his old football coach but it appeared that his coach had been corrupted by EC3 already. The coach told Moose to “control his narrative” and that he had been warned before a series of players in EC3 hoodies made weak attempts to attack Moose.
Things Are Heating Up In Impact’s Tag Team Division
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The Motor City Machine Guns gave Wentz and Dez a shot at the tag titles this week. The two teams met at Slammiversary but MCMG said last week they felt the Rascalz deserved a title shot when they know which team they will face ahead of time.
MCMG utilized their innovative tandem offense to score the victory but after the match, things in the tag division got heated. Former champions the North came out and attacked MCMG from behind. The tag champs managed to turn the tables on the North but this only brought out Ace Austin and Madman Fulton. The North and Fulton & Austin then took it to the tag champs. This then brought out the Good Brothers, Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows, for the save.
It looks like there are plenty of teams lining up to challenge the champs in Impact’s tag division.
Sami Callihan Has Plans For Debut of The Whole F’N Talk Show
Rob Van Dam and Katie Forbes announced this week that next week they will debut a new talk show titled The Whole F’N Talk Show. Later in the show, Sami Callihan commented on what he has in store for their debut episode. Callihan said he doesn’t plan on hacking into their talk show, as he did for Katie Forbes’ website reveal before. He does have other plans for the debut episode of their show, however.
Taya Valkyrie Planning John E Bravo’s and Rosemary’s Wedding
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On the final episode of Wrestle House last week, John E Bravo and Rosemary became engaged to be married. This week, Rosemary expressed concern about being a demon and getting married. She said she has to resurrect Father James Mitchell to officiate the wedding. Bravo was put in charge of planning the wedding but Taya Valkyrie quickly took these responsibilities from him.
Taya later told both Kiera Hogan and Tasha Steelz that they will play no part in the wedding which leads to a match between Taya and Steelz on the show.
Taya managed to defeat Steelz without the help of John E Bravo. He spent more time on the phone planning his wedding than he did paying attention to the match. Taya picked up the win with the Road to Valhalla.
TJP Next In Line For X-Division Championship
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TJP took on former X-Division champion Chris Bey in the opener this week. Current X-Division Champion Rohit Raju watched from ringside. TJP picked up the victory by countering a sunset flip attempt into a pinning combination. Josh Matthews suggested on commentary that TJP has now put himself in a position to challenge Rohit Raju fro the belt.
Willie Mack Unable To Get Revenge On Brian Myers
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The most professional wrestler Brian Myers cut a promo this week. He told Willie Mack that they had just gotten off on the wrong foot. Myers said he paved the way for people like Mack and invited him to come out and shake his hand. Mack preferred to have a match instead. Myers said he wasn’t in his gear (and hadn’t tanned) but Mack didn’t care.
Myers picked up a victory after a low blow and DDT but another match between the two has been scheduled for next week.
AEW has released new top-5 rankings ahead of tonight’s edition of Dynamite. Lance Archer is now the newly top-ranked contender for Jon Moxley’s title after winning the Casino Battle Royale at All Out.
AEW Men’s Singles Division
AEW World Champion: Jon Moxley (17-0) TNT Champion: Brodie Lee (6-1)
Lance Archer (13-1) (+1)
Brian Cage (6-1) (+2)
MJF (8-1) (-2)
Cody (18-2) (-1)
Scorpio Sky (7-2)
There was quite a bit of movement this week in the men’s singles division. #1 Lance Archer claims the top spot in the rankings after winning the Casino Battle Royale. #2 Brian Cage jumps up two spots mainly due to #3 MJF and #4 Cody dropping in the rankings.
Tonight on Dynamite, TNT Champion Brodie Lee will look to defend his title against Dustin Rhodes.
AEW Women’s Division
AEW Women’s Champion: Hikaru Shida (17-1)
Nyla Rose (8-2)
Big Swole (8-3)
Abadon (5-1)
Penelope Ford (7-5)
Dr. Britt Baker (4-6)
There was no movement in the women’s division rankings this week. Champion Hikaru Shida was victorious over NWA Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa at All Out. #2 Big Swole also picked up a victory over #5 Britt Baker in her own dental office on the PPV.
As for the rest of the division, #1 Nyla Rose has been in the top spot for awhile but her previous losses to Shida make it hard to give her another shot right away, though it could be coming soon. The terrifying #3 Abadon has been moving up steadily as well.
AEW Tag Team Division
AEW Tag Team Champions: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (7-0)
FTR now top the rankings as the new AEW Tag Team Champions. #1 Kenny Omega and Hangman Page drop to the #1 spot but it is not clear if they will ever team together again given the drama that has occurred.
#5 Santana and Ortiz are back in the rankings after defeating #2 the Best Friends last week on Dynamite.
Jurassic Express fall out of the rankings after losing to #3 the Young Bucks on the PPV. They will face the unranked Lucha Bros on tonight’s show.
Since 2017, The Undisputed Era has been dominating NXT. At one point, the faction held the NXT, North American, and Tag-Team Championships for the yellow brand. Adam Cole recently spoke with SI.com and was asked about the Undisputed Era possibly moving to the main roster.
“I know some people want to see that, but to be part of a brand that is constantly growing, evolving and getting bigger, to be involved in that rise, it’s such an amazing feeling,” Cole said. “I am involved in the growth of a brand I really believe in, and there is so much left for me to do with young talent in NXT.”
Cole would continue to say, however, that he feels his faction would do great on the main roster if they were to make the move.
“With all that said, of course I think that the Undisputed Era would make an incredible impact on Raw or SmackDown.”
He also spent some time during the interview talking about comparisons between him and Finn Balor.
“The thing that impresses me so most about Bálor is the way he is such an all-around performer,” Cole says. “There are so many styles in pro wrestling—a high-flying style, a striking style, a technical-based style, brawling—and he possesses everything that encompasses an exciting pro wrestler, with an entrance and presence, too.”
The G1 Climax tournament this year will begin on September 19th, 2020 in Osaka. New Japan Pro Wrestling has just released the list of participants for the tournament this year. Fortunately, it appears many of the wrestlers who had to miss the New Japan Cup and other events, are now able to perform in the upcoming tournament.
The list of participants is below:
G1 Climax 30 A Block:
Kota Ibushi (2019 G1 Winner)
Jeff Cobb
Kazuchika Okada (2012, 2014 G1 Winner)
Tomohiro Ishii
Will Ospreay
Shingo Takagi
Minoru Suzuki
Taichi
Jay White
Yujiro Takahashi
G1 Climax 30 B Block:
Hiroshi Tanahashi (2007, 2015, 2018 G1 Winner)
Juice Robinson
Hirooki Goto
Toru Yano
Yoshi-Hashi
Tetsuya Naito (2013, 2017 G1 Winner)
Sanada
Zack Sabre Jr.
KENTA
Evil
Starting September 19, thousands around the world will watch as one!
Starting September 19, 20 will battle to Be The One!
Wrestlers entered into last year’s tournament that aren’t included this year include AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Lance Archer, and Bad Luck Fale.
The tournament will conclude with three straight nights at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Sumida, Tokyo from October 16-18.
While the tournament normally takes place during the summer months, it was always meant to be pushed back to the fall this year. The schedule change this year was due to the 2020 Olympic Games that were ultimately postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eve Torres noted on Instagram recently that her family returned home early from vacation due to her husband, Rener Gracie, testing positive for COVID-19. Unfortunately, it seems others in the family area also experiencing symptoms. Torres also says she has now tested positive for the virus as well.
“My husband, Rener, tested positive for COVID last Wednesday in the beginning of our vacation in Utah with my family. We all returned home immediately. I have now tested positive, and my 2 year old, Renson, has had a fever, who we also assume to be positive.”
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“We have a great support system and a great vitamin/ supplement regimen, and we know many of you may have already battled with this virus and all the weight that comes with it. We welcome your positive thoughts for us and my family as we are hoping to be on the other side of this soon.”
Torres was the winner of the 2007 Diva Search competition. She would go on to win the Divas Championship 3x during her run with the company. Upon her retirement in 2013, she assumed an ambassador role with the company. Torres is also an instructor at Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in Torrance, California.
Marty Jannetty made headlines recently when a Facebook post seemed to imply he had killed someone decades ago. He claimed that a person he bought cannabis from at a Bowling Alley had attempted to molest him when he was 13 and the person subsequently “disappeared.”
“That was the very first time I made a man disappear. They never found him. They shoulda looked in the Chattahoochie River,” Jannetty says in the post.
“I can’t say he deserved to die, but he deserved to get his ass beat,” Jannetty later said to Boston Wrestling MWF. “And, when I was beating him in the head with a brick, I was only trying to beat his ass, I wasn’t trying to kill him.”
Now Jannetty is saying he made the whole thing up as part of a wrestling angle. He spoke to TMZ about it.
“It was just the beginning of a damn wrestling storyline … but OH MY GOD, OMG. Didn’t the WORLD buy it??!!” Janetty said to TMZ.
“It got so hot I had to drop it … when my Columbus, Ga. Police Department got involved, I knew I had to drop it.”
The police opened a probe into the case after Jannetty’s Facebook post.
Jannetty is now claiming the angle was supposed to result in a feud with a corrections officer, perhaps similar to the old Nailz vs Big Bossman feud from way back.
“If he wins, he takes me in, in peace. If I win, he leave me alone, in peace … but sadly now, we’ll not get to do that storyline.”
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2 weeks ago on RAW, Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott defeated the Iiconics in a match that carried the stipulation that the losing team must break up. Recently on RAW, Peyton Royce defeated Billie Kay in singles competition. Billie Kay spoke to Chris Van Vliet recently about the breakup of her longtime tag-team.
“I think we eventually do want to do some sort of singles career,” Billie said on the show. “I think that just all comes down to evolving as who we are, as Billie and Peyton and as The IIconics. So when that happens I think that we’ll both have so much fun doing that.”
Peyton defeated Billie Kay on RAW last night. The two longtime friends shared an embrace in the ring after. Both wrestlers debuted new ring music and entrances last night as well.
Billie continued to talk about how she considers both Peyton and her husband, Shawn Spears, as family.
“We used to all travel together, it used to be us three. Same car and everything. He’s like my family too. They are just absolutely perfect for each other. I love them both with all my heart. He’s just an absolute sweetheart, I can’t talk highly enough about him.”
Rey Mysterio suffered a torn tricep at Payback and was removed from his scheduled match against Seth Rollins the following night on RAW. If surgery is required for such an injury the timeline for return can be as long as a year. According to comments made on Wrestling Observer Radio, however, Mysterio only suffered a partial tear and will likely return to action in just 4-6 weeks.
“The last I heard, which would have been I think Wednesday or Thursday, they are looking at 4-6 weeks for Rey. It’s a partial tear,” said Dave Meltzer on the show.
Mysterio’s family closed out WWE RAW last night by beating on Buddy Murphy with kendo sticks. Dominik was taking on Rollins’ former disciple in the main event of the show. Murphy submitted while tied in the ropes and being beaten with kendo sticks. The win was Dominik’s first-ever victory in a singles match.
Dominik Mysterio has now wrestled 5 professional matches:
SummerSlam 2020: lost to Seth Rollins.
RAW 8/24/20: Dominik & Rey Mysterio defeated Seth Rollins and Murphy via DQ.
Payback 2020: Dominik & Rey Mysterio defeated Murphy and Seth Rollins.
Tessa Blanchard’s first match since March has been scheduled for this weekend. Blanchard will be participating in Saturday’s Warrior Wrestling event in Chicago. The promotion has scheduled a series of shows outside at Marian Catholic High School with socially distanced crowds after their event last month went smoothly.
Blanchard is Warrior Wrestling’s Women’s Champion and will defend her title against Kylie Rae on Saturday. Kylie defeated Ray Lyn in a #1 contenders match at the last show. The event will air on FITE TV.
This will be Blanchard’s first official match since leaving Impact Wrestling. Blanchard is a former Impact World and Knockouts champion.
For 2 years, the entire Warrior Women's Division has been building to this match.
