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  • Bella Twins Reveal Original Ring Names They Pitched To WWE

    Bella Twins Reveal Original Ring Names They Pitched To WWE

    Nikki and Brie Bella, collectively known as The Bella Twins, appeared on Kevin Hart’s “Cold As Balls” YouTube show.

    On the show, The Bella Twins talked about a lot of different topics. They revealed that they started out as athletes playing soccer before getting into wrestling. They also said that before the Bellas, they came up with names that they pitched to WWE management which are pretty out there.

    Nikki would’ve been “Nicole Fo Show” Brie would’ve been “Briezy Fo Sheezy”. Hart gave his opinion and said that he could see why WWE didn’t go with those names.

    “We thought it would be really cool, like a tag team. Actually, our first names that we came up with were Nicole Fo Sho and Breizy Fo Sheezy. They didn’t buy it,” said Brie.

    Bella Twins also talked about their past experience with cattiness backstage with women in WWE. The women would compete with each other for TV time. They revealed that there would be as many as 20 women competing for one spot and few minutes of ring time.

    “Some are like your really good friends, and then some aren’t. And then your dealing with TV time and for so long, women got only a few minutes, so I’d get really catty backstage,” said Nikki.

    “One spot, there’d be like almost 20 girls going for that one spot. So there’d definitely be arguments, or girls getting jealous of each other, and you’d see the cat claws come out,” Brie added.

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  • NJPW Bringing Lion’s Break Project 3 To WrestleCon 2020

    NJPW Bringing Lion’s Break Project 3 To WrestleCon 2020

    New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that they are bringing the Lion’s Break Project to WrestleCon 2020, which will be held over WrestleMania weekend. WrestleCon has issued a statement and said that Lion’s Break will replace Europe v The World show.

    Names confirmed for Lion’s Break Project 3 are Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ren Narita, Karl Fredericks, Clark Connors and Alex Coughlin. The event will take place on Thursday, April 2, in Tampa, Florida. The company has said that more information on appearing wrestlers and match cards will be announced at a later date.

    Kenny Omega On His Issues With NJPW, Wanting To Return To Japan

    Lion’s Break is NJPW’s developmental branch which has been holding shows since November of 2018 under the banner of Lion’s Break Project. Several big name NJPW stars appear on the show, but it is mainly a chance for the young lions training at the LA Dojo to show their abilities.

    Lion’s Break Project 1 and 2 was held in Anaheim, California at the Anaheim Convention Center and featured upcoming NJPW stars. At Lion’s Break Project 2, Barrett Brown, Misterioso and the Riegel Twins made their NJPW debuts.

    The Lion’s Break Project was announced back in July 2018 soon after NJPW opened their LA Dojo. Lion’s Break is similar to the company’s Lion’s Gate Project in Japan.

  • David Benoit To Pay Homage To His Father In Wrestling

    David Benoit To Pay Homage To His Father In Wrestling

    David Benoit, son of Chris Benoit, says that he has plans to get into the world of professional wrestling. The 27-year-old is the eldest son of the former WWE star who committed suicide after taking the lives of his young son Daniel, and second wife Nancy.

    David, who is Chris Benoit’s child from his first marriage, talked to Chris Van Vliet in a recent interview. The interview covered a number of different topics, including David’s plans to get into wrestling.

    David praised All Elite Wrestling for their work and said that he loves the storytelling by the company. Benoit said that he has a year of training left and he would like to sign with AEW or NJPW when he graduates. He said that he has attended AEW events and that has instilled a desire in him to return to wrestling.

    “When I came here for Double or Nothing when I was sitting out in that crowd, man. I just got lost in the moment again, like I was way back in 2000 when my dad was wrestling still,” Benoit said.

    He has said that he wants to wrestle for AEW before too, and stated that he’s been “messing around in the ring right now with a couple of guys from AEW.”

    David wants to have a technical wrestling style and said that he has had wrestling gear made identical to his dad’s. He even wants to use the “Chris Benoit” ring name when he starts wrestling.

    “I don’t own his name yet,” said Benoit. “I have his middle name I can legally use it if I want to and they can’t come after me. Yeah, I think it would be cool. I’ve got the tights with the claw.”

    He added that he would use Chris’ wrestling entrance music and is even in talks with the band Our Lady Peace who performed the song “Whatever”.

    David also thinks that his father Chris Benoit should be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame for his achievements. He said that he believes his father will be inducted someday.

  • NWA Hard Times: Nick Aldis Vs. Flip Gordon Signed For Event

    NWA Hard Times: Nick Aldis Vs. Flip Gordon Signed For Event

    The National Wrestling Alliance has announced that a “huge” inter-promotional match will take place on the company’s upcoming pay-per-view event, NWA Hard Times.

    According to the announcement, NWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis will face Ring of Honor’s Flip Gordon in a singles match.

    The match will take place at the GPB Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, January 24 during the upcoming pay-per-view.

    Nick Aldis has made appearances at ROH events this past weekend, with him attacking Marty Scurll at ROH Center Stage. Aldis also appeared at Honor Reigns Supreme, where he was run off by Villain Enterprises’ Brody King and Flip Gordon.

    Marty Scurll has signed a new deal with ROH and has joined the booking team of the company. His new contract allows him the freedom to work with other promotions like the NWA.

    The NWA Hard Times sold out in three hours when the tickets went live on December 20, 2019. The company also announced that the VIP tickets sold out in just three minutes. The quick sell out comes after their previous event, NWA Into The Fire also sold out in the three hours time frame.

    Hard Times will also feature a tournament to crown a new NWA World Television Champion. The announcement was made during the Into The Fire pay-per-view, along with the announcement of Hard Times.

    NWA Hard Times will take place on January 24, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia at the GPB Studios.

  • The Usos On Taking A Break From WWE

    The Usos On Taking A Break From WWE

    The Usos were guests on this week’s WWE Backstage where they talked about a number of topics including their favorite moments in WWE to what they were up to over the past few months that they haven’t been on WWE.

    For those who are unaware, Jimmy Uso got arrested for DUI in July, and the duo was off WWE programming since then, until their return to SmackDown on the January 3 episode.

    “You all know how it is being on the road, it’s hectic. You almost get tunnel vision on the road,” Jimmy Uso opened up. “It becomes your baby, it becomes what do I need to do? How can I fix that crack? How can I get over with this? How can I talk this way? How can I look this way?”

    “And you put so much energy into this, right? And I think that’s what we were doing. We didn’t slow down. You almost got to get away from it.”

    “Detox,” Booker T added, to which Jimmy agreed. Booker also talked about understanding what one has and how quickly one can lose it.

    “Like you said it could be gone in a quick moment,” Jey said. “When you in those moments, when you’re at your lowest, the only way you can come up; you see all the opportunities in front of you when you’re at your lowest. And that’s where we were headed to.”

    The Usos stated that they had to “dip off” and get grounded by getting back with their family and their roots.

    The Usos made their surprise return to Friday Night SmackDown on January 3, where they saved Roman Reigns from King Corbin and Dolph Ziggler’s attack.

    During an interview backstage after the match, the duo said that they missed the WWE Universe and they had to come back. We got things right and got back on track, they said.

  • Luke Harper & AEW’s Inner Circle Member Attend Hockey Game Together

    Luke Harper & AEW’s Inner Circle Member Attend Hockey Game Together

    Former WWE Superstar Luke Harper is seen in a recently posted Instagram photo by All Elite Wrestling star and member of Chris Jericho-led Inner Circle, Sammy Guevara.

    Both the wrestlers attended a Corpus Christi Icerays game against Shreveport Mudbugs. They were even given special jerseys by the team. You can check out the photo posted by Sam Guevara below:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Ktus-Jgje/?utm_source=ig_embed

    Harper and Guevara attended an event before the match organized by indie fed GCWA. The event, dubbed “Pro Wrestling Night” featured matches outside the American Bank Center prior to the hockey game. Harper and Guevara were both part of the ceremonial puck drop as well as a meet and greet.

    AEW Executive VP Cody Rhodes is a fan of Harper and thinks he would make a great fit in AEW. In an interview, Rhodes was asked about Luke Harper, and this is what he said:
    “He would be great as part of AEW. He’s a name that when you hear they’ve asked for their release, you definitely think about that and the next steps, for sure. I think he’s going to flourish with what he does next, he’s very special.”

    Luke Harper was released on December 8, 2019, as he requested to be let go. He previously asked for a release back in April last year but he was denied. According to reports, Harper along with other names who were released during the time, are under a 90 days non compete clause and they can’t make TV appearances during this time. This means Luke Harper will only be able to join a major promotion after March 8, 2020.

    Harper seems to be already preparing for a return as he recently applied to trademark his former wrestling ring name of Brodie Lee on November 26, 2019. The last time the 39-year-old used Brodie Lee as his ring name was in a match against BJ Whitmer on a Dragon Gate USA show in November 2011.

  • Kevin Owens Asks WWE To Explain “Fist Fight” Match Rules To Him

    Kevin Owens Asks WWE To Explain “Fist Fight” Match Rules To Him

    As previously reported, this past week on WWE Raw, we saw Kevin Owens – who has been feuding with Seth Rollins for a while now – being joined by WWE Legend the Big Show.

    Big Show was revealed to be the surprise partner of Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe for their six-man tag team match against Seth Rollins and The Authors of Pain on Raw in Oklahoma City.

    WWE then announced that Kevin Owens, along with Big Show and Samoa Joe would go against Rollins and The Authors of Pain in a “Fist Fight” match on next week’s WWE Raw.

    The “Fist Fight” match is unheard of in WWE, and fans were confused on what the stipulations and rules are behind this type of match. Not only fans, but it seems like even one of the participants in the said match, Kevin Owens himself is not sure what the whole Fist Fight thing is all about.

    He posted a tweet asking WWE to let him know the rules of the match. Owens also added that he tried speaking to Vince McMahon regarding the match but he was put on hold for over five hours.

    WWE Now made a video on the “first-ever Fist Fight in WWE history”, but they never explained any rules behind it. Ryan Pappolla just talks about the intrigue behind the match and never really touches on what to expect from the fight.

    WWE announced the match on their website after Raw, and it reads:

    “We’ve already seen what happens when Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe & Big Show battle Seth Rollins & AOP in a match: utter and complete chaos. So might as well make it official for next week. As revealed at the end of Raw, the two trios will go head-to-head in what’s being billed not as a bout but as the first-ever “fistfight” in WWE history. The circumstances are fitting since these are some of the Superstars most likely to take the figurative gloves off in a match anyway. Might as well make it official.”

  • WWE Royal Rumble 2020: Seven New Competitors Announced

    WWE Royal Rumble 2020: Seven New Competitors Announced

    During the January 10 episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Elias came out with a guitar as usual and sang a song for the crowd. In his song, Elias talked about the upcoming WWE Royal Rumble PPV event.

    As seen in the video above, Elias called out Brock Lesnar over his announcement to take on the entire roster in the Men’s Royal Rumble match. He announced his participation in the Men’s WWE Royal Rumble Match and claimed that he will win the match and take the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar.

    Along with Elias, there were six other names announced on SmackDown. These are King Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, Otis, and Tucker for the Men’s Royal Rumble match. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross were announced for the Women’s Royal Rumble match.

    Here’s the updated list of all the announced competitors for the Men and Women’s WWE Royal Rumble matches:

    Announced competitors in the Men’s Royal Rumble match

    • Roman Reigns
    • Brock Lesnar
    • AJ Styles
    • Erick Rowan
    • Randy Orton
    • Rey Mysterio
    • Ricochet
    • Drew McIntyre
    • Elias
    • King Corbin
    • Dolph Ziggler
    • Otis
    • Tucker

    13 entrants out of 30 have been announced as of this writing.

    Announced competitors in the Women’s Royal Rumble match

    • Charlotte Flair
    • Alexa Bliss
    • Nikki Cross

    3 entrants out of 30 have been announced as of this writing.

    Here’s the rest of the WWE Royal Rumble card so far with three singles matches:

    Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship
     “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Daniel Bryan

    Singles match for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship
    Becky Lynch (c) vs. Asuka

    Roman Reigns vs. Corbin

    The 2020 WWE Royal Rumble PPV event will take place on January 26 at the Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.

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  • Tyler Breeze Makes His Debut On 205 Live

    Tyler Breeze Makes His Debut On 205 Live

    The January 10 episode of 205 Live which emanated from Evansville, Indiana saw WWE NXT Superstar Tyler Breeze make his debut for the purple brand. He went against Tony Nese in a singles match in a winning effort in the main event of the night.

    His partner Fandango of Breezango was not with him, as he is injured and underwent a Tommy John surgery on his elbow in December.

    This was the official debut on the cruiserweight brand for Breeze. He has made an appearance on 205 Live before, back in September of 2017. It wasn’t for an in-ring match though, Breeze was only part of a segment.

    But now with his official debut made for 205 Live, the question remains: will Tyler Breeze work both NXT and 205 Live together? WWE has made no announcements regarding this and Breeze is listed as an NXT Superstar on the roster page on WWE’s website.

    In his first match on 205 Live, Breeze started off in a lockup with Nese, before getting knocked to the mat. Breeze also applied a Boston Crab in the match, before taking the fight outside.

    After a bit of a back and forth and both men trying to pin each other, Breeze picked up the win with a rollup pin after getting Nese with a crossbody.

    Below is a video and highlights from Tyler Breeze’s match on 205 Live:

    https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1215840847461265408
    https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1215842606816681984
  • John Morrison Says He Had His Best Night In 8 Years On SmackDown

    John Morrison Says He Had His Best Night In 8 Years On SmackDown

    In the opening segment of the January 10 edition of SmackDown, John Morrison made his appearance on his former tag team partner The Miz’s MizTV segment. He insulted the audience for booing The Miz, establishing himself as a heel.

    The two found themselves in a confrontation with SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day. John Morrison helped The Miz win his match against Kofi Kingston in a rematch from last week’s episode. Morrison took out Big E at ringside which was enough to help Miz win.

    A singles match between Morrison and Big E was later announced, which will take place on next week’s SmackDown in Greensboro.

    After the match, in a backstage interview, Kayla Braxton talked to Miz and Morrison and mentioned how Morrison’s return was advantageous to him.

    “I mean, honestly like – I just cannot believe he’s back,” Miz said of Morrison’s return.

    They then joked around and compared their abs after which Kayla asked Morrison how he felt to be out there in front of the WWE Universe after eight years. Morrison said that it was his best night in those eight years.

    “Eight years… I mean this has gotta be the best night in eight years that they have ever had. No just kidding. Honestly, that I have ever had. I am joking around a lot but really it touches your heart to be out there under the light. To be out there with The Miz, with Mike. To be out there with everybody. It’s cliche to say it feels like home but it feels like home,” Morrison said describing his return to the company.

    “You know it’s funny like, coming back from like, God it was what? 2007, 2008, 2009?” Miz reminisced about his past with John Morrison. “Those years were some of the best years of our lives, like we grew up in this business together, elevating one another to get better, to be better, and now we’re back again. So all I can say to everyone out there in WWE is: be jealous!”

  • Bayley Says Her Heel Turn Was Much-Needed

    Bayley Says Her Heel Turn Was Much-Needed

    WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley recently did an interview with The Detroit News and discussed her recent change in character where she would ditch her happy and cheerful persona and turn heel for the first time in her career.

    One of the most memorable moments from this was Bayley cutting off her signature ponytail, which she revealed was actually done backstage with the help of a “very trusted stylist” that day at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

    Related: Bayley Discusses Her Real Frustration With WWE

    “It felt great,” Bayley said of the cut. “I knew what I wanted to do and I knew what I needed to do. But the actual snip of the ponytail, I was a little in shock. My hair was the longest I’ve ever had it, and I’ve had that freakin’ ponytail for seven years. The last time my hair was this short, I was 10 years old.”

    Bayley said that playing the babyface character for so long was tiring and she didn’t even know what she was fighting for anymore. She described the heel turn as a “much-needed” change, not only for her character but also for herself personally.

    “Character-wise and personally, mostly personally, it was much needed,” she said. “I really go off my emotions or what I’m passionate about at the time, and there came a point where I was like, ‘I don’t even know what I’m fighting for anymore.’ That’s when it hit me, and I was like, something needs to change. And that was it.”

    Bayley said that she’s hoping this new change in her career goes well. If it doesn’t do well for her then she believes that she would be able to make it work somehow.

    “I’m just taking this leap and hoping this next chapter goes well,” Bayley said. “But I believe in myself and I trust that I won’t let myself fall too far. If this doesn’t work out as great as I’d hoped it would, I’ll find a way to make it work.”

    Bayley who is the current WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion, has held the title for more combined days than any other champion. Bayley, who has now spent 217 days as champ, has overtaken Becky Lynch’s combined reign which was at 216 days.

  • Kofi Kingston Speaks On Getting Removed From WWE Title Scene

    Kofi Kingston Speaks On Getting Removed From WWE Title Scene

    While 2019 was probably the best year Kofi had for his career – with reaching the top of the WWE to becoming WWE Champion at WrestleMania – the ending was not as great as fans expected it to be.

    During SmackDown’s first episode on Fox, Kingston lost his WWE Championship in just a few seconds to Brock Lesnar in a squash match.

    Kingston spoke to Yahoo! Sports recently and touched on this topic, and stated that he appreciates the passion and support for him from fans. Kofi believes that sometimes, you just have to make the best of what you’re given and be happy with it.

    “I appreciate the passion [from the fans], I do. There are people who have careers that span years and they never have this kind of following, so I’m really fortunate to have that.

    “It’s their right to be angry if they want to be angry, but it’s my job to keep moving forward. There’s a whole lot of stuff we don’t have control over, but we work with what we’re given, try to get a little bit more and claw your way back. It might not be a direct, linear path.”

    Even though there’s a lot of things that Kofi didn’t have control over and maybe things didn’t go as he or his fans expected, he’s still thankful that he worked hard and achieved his dreams.

    “It’s been an amazing year. You never know what kind of career you’re going to have, you just kind of keep aspiring to be at the top of the mountain.

    “You work as hard as you can, knowing there’s not a lot of stuff you have control over, but sometimes the cards fall just right and fate pushes you into this position,” Kofi said.

    While Kofi reached a career milestone in 2019, there’s still a lot he could achieve with the coming new year and decade. It will be interesting to see how Kofi’s career pans out from this point onward.

  • NXT: Shotzi Blackheart Makes Her WWE TV Debut

    NXT: Shotzi Blackheart Makes Her WWE TV Debut

    Shotzi Blackheart made her official WWE NXT TV debut on December 25’s taped Christmas episode of the show.

    Blackheart has previously made an appearance on the yellow brand but it was on a non-televised live event show which took place on December 5 where she lost to Chelsea Green in a singles match.

    The former SHINE Nova Champion had a match against Bianca Belair, in which she lost.

    Blackheart was officially signed to the company back in November, before which she was offered a contract by NXT General Manager William Regal during EVOLVE 137 back in October.

    In 2015, Shotzi Blackheart appeared as a contestant on the latest season of WWE Tough Enough, where she used her real name, Ashley Urbanski. She was unable to make it to the final 14 due to a medical issue. She also had a WWE tryout back in 2016.

    The 26-year-old California native has worked with Hoodslam, All Pro Wrestling, and with women’s wrestling promotions like SHIMMER, Shine Wrestling, and RISE Wrestling.

    Blackheart made her debut in IMPACT Wrestling after working with a number of UK wrestling promotions. She also competed in IMPACT’s All Glory event back in October.

  • Rhea Ripley Defends Shayna Baszler Against Fan Criticism

    Rhea Ripley Defends Shayna Baszler Against Fan Criticism

    Shayna Baszler, who is known for having a very dominant persona as a heel on the NXT women’s roster, often receives fan criticism, with many citing that her gimmick has gotten boring and repetitive.

    Baszler doesn’t just have a fierce persona, she is also a brute in the ring. She is a two-time in NXT Women’s Champion and has held the title for 416 days, second only to Asuka’s as the longest-reigning champion. Last week on WWE NXT, Rhea Ripley was able to defeat Baszler and win the title for herself.

    Ripley talked about her huge win against Baszler in a recent interview with Newsweek and touched on the criticism that the Queen of Spades receives from fans. “I read a lot of things on Twitter, and I see a lot of things about Shayna and about me. I absolutely hate it when they rag on her and say she’s boring.”

    4 Takeaways From WWE NXT (12/25)

    Rhea defended Baszler, saying that her character is not supposed to be exciting and that her job is to make the fans hate her, not like her.

    “She’s a heel, she’s not supposed to be exciting. She’s not supposed to make you like her. She’s not supposed to do any of that stuff. She’s doing her job right. And I hate when people disrespect that fact. So to go out there and put on a match like that with Shayna and prove to everyone how wrong [they are about] not only me but her as well, it’s a feeling that can’t be matched. I just love proving people wrong.”

    Rhea must know how hard it must be playing a heel character as she herself was one when she performed in NXT UK. She was also the first women’s champion of the brand. Hopefully, critical fans see this and understand that Baszler has a role to play and a job to do.

  • The Street Profits Discuss How They Became A Tag Team

    The Street Profits Discuss How They Became A Tag Team

    Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, who are collectively known as The Street Profits, talked about how they came together and formed a tag team while appearing on the December 12 episode of Corey Graves’ After The Bell podcast.

    Ford and Angelo were doing their own thing on NXT until they were paired together and would go on to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.

    On the podcast, Ford & Dawkins recalled how they were both paired together when they both arrived at the WWE Performance Center for a promo class wearing Mocassin shoes.

    “When we got to the PC – at my second tryout where they hired me at – they later put me through acting classes, which Angelo Dawkins was in that acting class. So, I got brought upstairs with I think there was six of us that they thought about hiring and I remember that day I thought that promos were going to be in the evening; normally I show up with a suit everywhere. I had worn my ring gear to what pretty much was the promo class and I was upset because I didn’t have a suit on and eventually they took us upstairs to the acting class and I had on gym shorts and gym clothes and some Moccasins,” stated Ford.

    Related: The Street Profits Sign Contract Extension With WWE

    “I had worn my ring gear to what pretty much was the promo class and I was upset because I didn’t have a suit on and eventually they took us upstairs to the acting class and I had on gym shorts and gym clothes and some Moccasins,” Ford said. “So, I remember sitting up there and they were going like, ‘Hey Dawkins, that is a perfect fit for the both of you, he is wearing Moccasins too.’ And Dawkins was like, ‘Yeah, I see that.’”

    Ford then recalled how after an event where Angelo Dawkins had a match against No Way Jose and Ford had one against Steve Cutler, the producers came up to them and told them that they want to pair the two together and make a tag team. Ford thinks that he was fortunate enough to be paired with someone who he actually knew from before.

    The Street Profits started appearing on Raw in backstage segments from July and it was revealed in the WWE Draft that they were drafted to the Raw brand. They’ve also made appearances for Evolve and even won the Evolve Tag Team Championship from The Doom Patrol at Evolve 114.

    Quotes used in this article are transcribed by WrestlingInc

  • Big Match Announced For AEW Dynamite Homecoming Episode

    Big Match Announced For AEW Dynamite Homecoming Episode

    All Elite Wrestling has announced a huge match for the upcoming AEW Dynamite Homecoming episode.

    The company has revealed in the announcement that Kenny Omega and PAC will face off in a six-man tag team match on the first 2020 show for the company.

    Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) will be teaming up against the team of PAC and The Lucha Bros (Fenix & Pentagon Jr.) on the Wednesday’s episode of the show which will take place on New Year’s Day.

    You can check out the announcement from AEW’s Twitter below:

    Dynamite will emanate from the Daily’s Place amphitheatre in Jacksonville, Florida. Other matches set for the night include Cody Rhodes vs. Darby Allin, and an AEW Women’s Championship title match involving Kris Statlander and champion Riho. Segments featuring Jon Moxley responding to Chris Jericho’s invitation to join the Inner Circle, as well as MJF revealing the stipulations for his upcoming match against Cody Rhodes.

    After getting defeated by Omega on Dynamite last month, PAC has demanded a rematch to one-up his rival. They both have won against each other once in singles competition.

    Meanwhile, The Young Bucks and Lucha Bros have been in the ring with each other multiple times, and have also had an Escalera De La Muerte match for the AAA Tag Team Championship at All Out.

    Omega & The Young Bucks vs. PAC & The Lucha Bros was set for Fyter Fest initially, but PAC was later pulled from the event and Laredo Kid filled in as his replacement. Here is the list of upcoming AEW events:

    Here is the list of the upcoming AEW events:

    • January 1 – Jacksonville, FL
    • January 8 – Southaven, MS
    • January 15 – Miami, FL
    • January 20 to 24 – Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Rager Cruise
    • January 29 – Cleveland, OH
    • February 5 – Huntsville, AL
    • February 12 – Austin, TX
    • February 19 – Atlanta, GA
    • February 26 – Kansas City, MO
    • February 29 – AEW Revolution – Chicago, IL
    • March 25 – Newark, NJ

    Make sure to tune into SEScoops for full coverage of AEW Dynamite.

  • What To Expect From NXT’s New Year Episode

    What To Expect From NXT’s New Year Episode

    WWE has announced that next Wednesday’s special episode of WWE NXT on New Year’s Day will have three hosts: Cathy Kelley, Sam Roberts and Pat McAfee. They will be the hosts for the NXT Year-End Awards. The Awards will be taking place on next week’s broadcast of the weekly wrestling show. There will be no live wrestling show for this episode of New Year’s Day.

    The show will reveal winners of the NXT Year-End Awards. Fans were asked to cast their votes on the official website and Twitter for the nominees if the awards. Just like last year, this year also has a total of nine categories. The categories and winners of the 2018 NXT Year-End Awards are as follows:

    • Male Competitor for the Year: Tommaso Ciampa
    • Female Competitor of the Year: Kairi Sane
    • Overall Competitor of the Year: Kairi Sane
    • Tag Team of the Year: The Undisputed Era (Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong)
    • Rivalry of the Year: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
    • Breakout Star of the Year: Ricochet
    • TakeOver of the Year: NXT TakeOver: New Orleans
    • Future Star of NXT: Io Shirai
    • Match of the Year: Andrade (c) vs. Johnny Gargano for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia

    Apart from the awards, WWE will also air replays of the biggest NXT TakeOver matches from this year, which includes the first-ever women’s WarGames match.

    The episode will also see the announcement of the names of the NXT 2020 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic participant tag teams.

    The special New Year’s episode will air from 9 pm to 10 pm Eastern Time, January 1, 2020, on the USA Network.

    Below is the announcement that WWE made on its Twitter account:

    NXT will resume its live episode format from January 8, 2020.

    Also Read: 4 Takeaways From WWE NXT (12/25)

  • ROH: Villain Enterprises To Defend Six-Man Titles Against Faccion Ingobernable

    ROH: Villain Enterprises To Defend Six-Man Titles Against Faccion Ingobernable

    Ring of Honor has announced that the current ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions, the Villain Enterprises, will defend their titles against La Faccion Ingobernable on January 12.

    Marty Scurll, Brody King, and ROH World Champion PCO of the Villain Enterprises will look to defend their gold against RUSH, Dragon Lee, and Kenny Lee at the upcoming ROH event in Concord, North Carolina.

    ROH announcer Ian Riccaboni made the announcement of the match on his Twitter:

    “Hey @ringofhonor fans: I promised I would have the announcement of the Concord Main Event for Sunday January 12.

    It is @rushtoroblanco, @dragonlee95, and @KennyKingPb2 vs. @MartyScurll, @Brodyxking, and @PCOisNotHuman for the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Titles.

    Merry Christmas!”

    https://twitter.com/IanRiccaboni/status/1209973572585820161

    Villain Enterprises won the ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship since winning it on March 16 of this year. They have held the titles for over 284 days now. They most recently successfully defended their titles last month in November against Cheeseburger, Colt Cabana & Jeff Cobb.

    The formation of La Faccion Ingobernable happened at the Ring of Honor’s Final Battle Fallout event on December 15. The faction is the American branch of La Facción Ingobernable, which first formed as Los Ingobernables AAA at the AAA Guerra De Titanes event on December 14. It consisted of RUSH, Killer Kross, LA Park and Konnan.

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  • Baron Corbin Talks About Origin Of His “End Of Days” Move

    Baron Corbin Talks About Origin Of His “End Of Days” Move

    Baron Corbin, who is also known as “King Corbin” now, talked about the inception of his finishing move the “End Of Days” and also shared an interesting story about a Hall of Famer jokingly threatening to steal his move.

    Speaking to Sportskeeda, Corbin revealed that he had a talk with The Undertaker himself about keeping his finisher special sacred just like Taker did with the Tombstone.

    “I 100% do and you know I had a conversation with Taker about that. He really made the Tombstone something very special. Nobody kicked out of it for a long time and he held it very sacred. So that was something I took to heart and something I wanted to do with it. Because yeah nobody’s ever kicked out of End of Days. When it lands it’s over and people know that.”

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    Another interesting thing about the move is that it was developed by an incident. In Corbin’s words, the move came into being when he was just playing around in NXT.

    “At NXT we have like a crash pad ring where you can go in and just try stuff in. I was just messing around with somebody and they jumped and I caught him and kind of hit it… just playing around. As soon as we landed I was like, ‘Oh man… that was something cool.’ When it happened, you immediately knew.”

    Corbin also shared that he was excited after coming up with the move and decided to show it to WWE Hall of Famer Billy Gunn. Gunn liked the move so much and joked that he will use the move against The Shield in his six-man tag team match at WrestleMania XXX.

  • Charlotte Flair On Having A Disconnect With Becky Lynch As Tag Partner

    Charlotte Flair On Having A Disconnect With Becky Lynch As Tag Partner

    Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch have some tension between them which has become apparent recently since they started tagging together.

    On WWE After The Bell, Corey Graves had commented that Charlotte has been “going through the motions” in her current program with Becky Lynch on Raw. While he was criticized for his comments by fans, Charlotte defended him and appeared on this week’s podcast to address the comments.

    Charlotte talked about the disconnect between her and her partner Lynch. She said that it would be unrealistic to expect from her to only be featured in main event stories on WWE.

    Charlotte revealed that she was fine with this and she works as needed for the progress of a storyline.

    Regarding her friendship with Becky Lynch, The Queen told the podcast that her character is an evil queen and she does not need friends. Charlotte is someone who thinks she’s above everyone else, and that’s where the disconnect between the two is.

    Corey Graves had suggested that women are not receiving as much attention as they used to in the company. To this, Charlotte Flair defended the company against these allegations and said that the creative team is doing a great job of writing storylines for female wrestlers, which enable the performers to attract and engage fans with the audiences.

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  • John Cena On Why He Follows So Many People’s Accounts On Twitter

    John Cena On Why He Follows So Many People’s Accounts On Twitter

    John Cena recently spoke to Sports Illustrated and talked about his Twitter presence. He discussed the use of social media and particularly Twitter and why he started following so many random people’s accounts on the website.

    Cena is a bit interesting when it comes to social media usage. His Instagram account is particularly weird, where he posts random images usually. He would sometimes also post cryptic images hinting to something he’s going to do in the future, and none of his posts have a caption.

    On Twitter, Cena posts inspirational messages and advice. He is also often asked if his tweets are directed at a particular person because of this. Cena has also started following seemingly random accounts on Twitter, and he explains why he chose to do it.

    “I know that social media is most times a difficult, argumentative, and negative place, Twitter especially, because of the ability to hide behind the text,” said Cena. “So what can I do? Send out good stuff, be honest with everybody, and then follow people that relate to the good stuff.

    “If I follow someone who is a ‘negative’ person on Twitter—their profile reads sarcastic, skeptic—and they like my tweets? They’re not who they say they are, or they have a chance to change. If the experiment fails, so be it, but it’s just me trying to use my presence to tip the balance.”

    So there you have it. Cena believes in authenticity and he follows others because he knows that there is a notion that people get happy when Cena follows them. He tries to follow people who relate to his messages and spread positivity with his huge reach.

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  • Seth Rollins On Who He Wants To Get Inducted By In WWE Hall Of Fame: “Maybe Triple H”

    Seth Rollins On Who He Wants To Get Inducted By In WWE Hall Of Fame: “Maybe Triple H”

    As reported before, Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch were guests at the Gorilla Position Live event in London, where they answered several fan questions.

    A question was posed to Seth Rollins, regarding his future WWE Hall of Fame induction. Rollins was asked who he would like to get inducted by into the HOF. He thought for a few seconds and said “Maybe Triple H.”

    Seth Rollins and Triple H has had quite a bit of history between them. Back in 2014, Rollins betrayed his brethren of the Shield and turned on Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose. He then joined Triple H and became the corporate star.

    Rollins was on top of the company because of his alliance with Triple H, until Triple H turned on Rollins and helped Kevin Owens win the Universal Championship. Triple H labelled Rollins as an abject failure despite of all the chances he was given. This culminated into a match at WrestleMania 33, which Rollins won.

    On Gorilla Position, the duo were asked many other questions. They were asked who their current crush was, to which Becky Lynch replied named Jeff Hardy. Host James Delow mocked Rollins by saying “Seth said Finn Balor”, and The Architect jokingly agreed to it. He also said that Jeff Hardy is his crush too.

    Meanwhile Rollins was also asked who he thinks will induct Lynch into the Hall of Fame. Becky named Finn Balor, and Rollins replied to her answer in a jovial vein by replying that he thought it was Charlotte Flair who would induct her.

  • AEW Reportedly Signs The Beaver Boys

    AEW Reportedly Signs The Beaver Boys

    All Elite Wrestling has reportedly added another tag team to their roster. John Silver and Alex Reynolds, who are known collectively as The Beaver Boys, have been signed to the promotion. This comes from a report by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

    The Beaver Boys have worked two matches as enhancement talent, where they lost to Proud N’ Powerful, and Best Friends on AEW Dynamite.

    Alex Reynolds was featured in a vignette on AEW Dynamite, where he was approached by The Dark Order. He was offered to join if he wanted to stop losing, with Evil Uno making an appearance in the vignette.

    https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1204940240638660609

    This was after Reynolds lost in a squash match to Jon Moxley in under 14 seconds.

    The Beaver Boys have been a mainstay in the indies and worked for promotions like Beyond Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), New York Wrestling Connection (NYCW), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where they have captured the tag team championships.

    They have even made an appearance in the WWE where they wrestled a match with Heavy Machinery, albeit with a different ring name. John Silver used the name Johhny Silver, and Alex Reynolds wrestled under Alex Keaton.

    It will be interesting to see what The Beaver Boys do in AEW and what plans the company has for them going forward.

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  • Seth Rollins Reveals Vince McMahon Asked Him A “Personal Question” About Becky Lynch

    Seth Rollins Reveals Vince McMahon Asked Him A “Personal Question” About Becky Lynch

    Former Universal Champion Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch appeared as guests on Gorilla Position Live in London. They both answered a bunch of questions from fans and Rollins shared an amusing interaction that he had with Vince McMahon regarding Becky Lynch, which almost led him to think that he might have to fight his boss.

    Rollins revealed that McMahon was interested in knowing if his girlfriend Lynch had gotten a tan after vacationing in Hawaii together.

    “So my story with Vince is a recent one, there are so many to pick from, but actually it involves her. So, we took like our first vacation ever. Actually it’s where I proposed to her. We spent two weeks in Hawaii, which, ah, amazing. We hadn’t taken a Monday off in, ever, right? So we took a Monday off for a vacation, and when we came back, I was sitting with Vince. We were talking about something and we were done, and I was about to leave, and he goes, ‘Can I ask you a personal question? Did Becky get a tan?’ I was like, ‘Yeah she’ll tell you, she identifies as a tan person now.’ She got a great tan in Hawaii, but yeah just the way he phrased it, I was like, ‘Oh no, how is this going to go. Am I gonna fight Vince McMahon right now?’”

    While Rollins didn’t state what the boss’ intentions were behind the question, but the fact that no confrontation happened between the two suggests that McMahon didn’t mean any harm by the comment.

    You can watch Seth tell the story in the video below:

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  • NXT Reportedly Set To Be Involved At WrestleMania 36

    NXT Reportedly Set To Be Involved At WrestleMania 36

    NXT has now been established as a separate third brand of its own, rather than a training ground for new wrestlers. The black and gold brand was present at Survivor Series when it beat both the two main brands – Raw and SmackDown. While the three brands are now back to their own business, it looks like NXT will have another opportunity to be involved with the main roster – that is on WrestleMania 36.

    According to the Twitter account WrestleVotes, which has broken multiple stories in the past, NXT is set to be involved in WrestleMania 36 on the main card in April next year.

    The TakeOver event before WrestleMania 36 will still take place, as Triple H unveiled the logo and teased the coming of NXT TakeOver: Tampa. You can check out his tweet below:

    WWE is also reportedly making plans for the 2020 Royal Rumble matches, and NXT wrestlers will be participating in the battle royale matches for both the men’s and women’s division, according to a report by Wrestling Observer Live.

    While there will be no Takeover event accompanying Royal Rumble this year, WWE has announced a Worlds Collide event which will see stars from NXT and NXT UK competing against each other the night before the PPV. As for the Royal Rumble, WWE is considering adding 10 NXT stars into the battle royale matches.

    It would be interesting to see how WWE handles the brand from here on, and if we’ll get to see the third brand incorporated more in the major PPV events.