– Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt vs. American Alpha has been announced for next Tuesday’s SmackDown. The winners will go to TLC on 12/4 to face SmackDown Tag Team Champions Rhyno & Heath Slater. The match was confirmed on Talking Smack, which you can see above with American Alpha’s reaction.
– Also on tonight’s Talking Smack, SmackDown GM Daniel Bryan announced Kalisto vs. Baron Corbin in a Chairs Match for TLC. Below is video from that segment:
It was announced today in Glasgow that Brian Kendrick will defend the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Kalisto at the 11/20 Survivor Series PPV from Toronto. If Kalisto wins, the entire cruiserweight division comes to Tuesday nights. With the recent announcement that WWE’s new 205 Live Cruiserweight show will air Tuesday nights after SmackDown, it seems Kendrick may be in trouble next weekend. With that match set, here’s the updated card:
– Goldberg vs. Lesnar
– Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team RAW (Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman) vs. Team SmackDown (AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Baron Corbin, Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt)
– Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team RAW (Charlotte, Nia Jax, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Alicia Fox) vs. Team SmackDown (Becky Lynch, Nikki Bella, Naomi, Carmella, Alexa Bliss)
– Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team RAW (The New Day, Enzo & Cass, The Shining Stars, The Club, Cesaro & Sheamus) vs. Team SmackDown (Rhyno & Heath Slater, The Hype Bros, American Alpha, The Usos, 1 team TBD)
– SmackDown’s Dolph Ziggler defends the WWE Intercontinental Championship against RAW’s Sami Zayn
– RAW’s Brian Kendrick defends the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against SmackDown’s Kalisto. If Kalisto wins, the cruiserweight division comes to SmackDown
Posted November 8th, 2016 in News, WWE. Tagged: Kalisto.
SmackDown Live Superstar Kalisto is back in action after being away for the ring for over two months.
The former Lucha Dragon wrestled at this weekend’s live events from Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa, defeating Tyler Breeze at both shows. He suffered a back injury in August and was recently cleared to compete again.
As noted earlier, SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch also returned to the ring this weekend (Photos).
Here are some photos of Kalisto wrestling against Tyler Breeze on Sunday night:
– WWE posted the following clip featuring Maria Menounos along with WWE Superstars Summer Rae, Renee Young, Natalya, Lana, Alexa Bliss, Alicia Fox and Naomi appearing at the Tapout workout in New York City over Summerslam weekend:
– Mojo Rawley is scheduled for an upcoming David Alan Clothing fashion show to benefit the American Cancer Society. Rawley noted on social media that he’ll be wearing a Zubaz suit and says big things are on the horizon after speaking with Dan Stock, owner and founder of Zubaz. Below are tweets from Rawley regarding this opportunity:
– Kalist is still out of action after being helped to the back after the 8/2 SmackDown Triple Threat against Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin. PWInsider reports the luchador is suffering from a back injury.
– As seen below, The Rock appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America today to promote Disney’s “Moana” movie. He also did a Polynesian tribal dance from a beach in Hawaii, where he’s filming Jumanji:
– Former WCW star Psicosis still wrestles in Mexico but is taking time off to have knee surgery. The 45 year old is planning on retiring in 2017.
– To correct an earlier report, The Kalisto vs. Baron Corbin match was not nixed from WWE SummerSlam due to timing issues. It turns out that Kalisto is suffering from an unknown injury. His last match came on 8/2, the IC Title #1 contenders Triple Threat with Corbin and winner Apollo Crews. Kalisto was helped to the back after that match.
– Cedric Rougeau will be working a WWE Performance Center tryout soon. The 6-foot-7 and 315 lbs. wrestler is the son of former WWE star Jacques Rougeau Jr., seen below:
– Kalisto defeated Viktor in the dark match before tonight’s WWE SmackDown in Buffalo.
– Fandango took to Twitter today to respond to Randy Orton’s shots during The Highlight Reel with Fandango’s WrestleMania 29 opponent Chris Jericho on Sunday at Battleground. He posted this video:
Dean Ambrose spoke with Tom Phillips backstage at Money in the Bank last night after capturing his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Ambrose says the title is for those who stuck with him but the ones that tried to write him off can kiss his ass.
In recent weeks we’ve covered the situation of whether the Money in the Bank ladder match would feature 6 or 7 participants, since WWE initially advertised 7 before settling on 6 and never officially addressed it. As it turns out, the following graphic aired on WWE’s “This Week In WWE” show, so Kalisto was in fact intended to be the 7th man.
This Week in WWE mistakenly showed the original graphics for tonight's MITB with Kalisto as the 7th man pic.twitter.com/o4lBkF2IGB
Thursday’s WWE Smackown will see a rematch from Extreme Rules as new WWE US Champion Rusev defends against Kalisto.
Another title match will take place this Thursday as The Miz defends the WWE IC Title against Cesaro, who pinned Miz in a MITB Qualifier on Raw tonight.
Join us here Tuesday night for our live coverage of this week’s SmackDown tapings.
– John Cena’s first match back from injury takes place on the May 30th edition of Raw in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
According to the official website of the Resch Center, Cena will team up with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose to take on the team of AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. This will likely be a dark match.
– According to this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there is talk within WWE of finding a woman to team with Kalisto to face Rusev and Lana in mixed tag team matches. Lana has been wrestling more frequently at live events in case the idea transpires.
Lana made her NXT in-ring debut at last Friday’s show in Lakeland, Florida. Teaming with Mandy Rose, the blonde bombshells lost to Carmella and Daria Berenato.
WWE announced on Tuesday night that United States Champion Kalisto will not appear at tonight’s SmackDown tapings due to an injury sustained at the hands of Rusev last night on RAW.
“WWE medical staff confirmed that Kalisto suffered a strained intercostal muscle and erectus spinae muscle, attributed to Rusev’s Accolade submission maneuver.”
WWE.com notes that Kalisto is “still planning” to defend his US title this Sunday again Rusev.
This seems like a storyline to put heat on Rusev heading into Extreme Rules, but we will post an update if there is anything more to the story.
– Kalisto and Sasha Banks, who is known to be a big Eddie Guerrero fan, visited the Eddie mural in his hometown Las Cruces, NM earlier today before the WWE live event there. Sasha posted this image:
Last night on RAW, it appeared that Kalisto was injured early in the Lucha Dragons’ match against the Dudley Boyz. Kalisto was tended to by WWE medical personnel and did not wrestle for the remainder of the match.
While it was an effective sell job by the WWE United States Champion, Kalisto was not injured. It was a planned spot and simply part of the match storyline. The Dudley Boyz defeated the Dragons and advanced in the tag team tournament to crown new #1 contenders.
Kalisto is heading overseas for the European tour and will not miss any ring time.
– The Undertaker is now being advertised for the March 28th episode of WWE RAW, the final show before WrestleMania. He’s also scheduled to appear next week (3/14).
– Kalisto’s WWE United States Championship will be defended at WrestleMania. He’ll be working triple threat matches against Alberto Del Rio and Ryback at upcoming live events, but Del Rio has been ruled out as his Mania opponent. With the recent push Ryback has been getting and Kalisto’s role as the consummate underdog, we could see The Big Guy getting the title shot on April 3rd.
– Becky Lynch will be rocking some special ring gear for the Divas Championship triple threat match at WrestleMania.
Designers Julie Youngberg and Mikai Mosley are collaborating on the costume, which will include “some cool mechanical things.”
I am so excited to be working with @AnJewelsBrand to help make an some awesome WRESTLEMANIA gear for @BeckyLynchWWE
— TheRealMikalMosley (@Themikalmosley) March 6, 2016
To make matters worse, the official WWE website has spoiled the fact that the U.S. title change will take place on this Thursday’s show on the USA Network by using it as a way to promote this week’s show.
WWE.com reported the following rare spoiler-based article after Tuesday night’s SmackDown television taping:
“Just one night after losing the United States Championship to Kalisto in a dramatic loss on Raw, Alberto Del Rio regained the coveted title from the masked luchador during Tuesday night’s SmackDown taping. The two Superstars, whose rivalry is rapidly evolving into one of WWE’s fiercest, battled to another climactic finish on Thursday’s hottest show — now on USA Network — but this time the underdog fell to The Essence of Excellence. The contest was not without it’s controversy, however, as The League of Nations factored into the outcome.
Tune in to SmackDown this Thursday night at 8/7 C on USA Network to see how the United States Championship changed hands.”
With SmackDown moving to the USA Network last week, WWE appears to be attempting to give fans more of a reason to tune in each Thursday evening.
On Monday’s RAW, WWE announced three matches as opposed to the usual one match or Superstar that they would air as a weekly commercial in the third hour of RAW for SmackDown, all of which either have a stipulation, a title on the line or a WWE title-holder involved.
The following matches were announced on Monday’s RAW for this week’s edition of SmackDown on the USA Network, which will be taped on Tuesday evening in Lafayette, Louisiana:
* The Dudley Boyz vs. The Wyatt Family (Tables Match)
* Dean Ambrose & Neville vs. Kevin Owens & Sheamus
* Kalisto (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio (WWE United States Title)
Make sure to visit SEScoops.com on Tuesday evening for a complete report from the WWE SmackDown television tapings in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Monday’s edition of WWE RAW was a newsworthy show for a number of reasons, including some new WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view announcements, however it was an unexpected title change that will likely be considered the biggest surprise of the evening.
After defeating WWE United States Champion Alberto Del Rio on last week’s SmackDown in a match set up by John Cena, one-half of The Lucha Dragons tag-team — Kalisto — earned himself a shot at Del Rio’s U.S. title in a rematch set for this week’s RAW.
On Monday’s show in New Orleans, Louisiana, Kalisto managed to score the 1-2-3 on the now former United States Champion Del Rio to win his first singles title in WWE.
For our complete WWE RAW report for this week, click here.
Apparently there were some issues during the Alberto Del Rio vs. Kalisto WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament match on RAW.
According to the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, on the Spanish feed that was mic’d differently, Del Rio was audibly very unhappy in Spanish, which luckily nobody in WWE is aware of.
While there aren’t many specifics regarding what Del Rio was upset with during the match, it is said that whatever was bothering him was something to do with Kalisto, who understood exactly what he was saying while upset.
We hope to have more details on this story in the coming days. Stay tuned to SEScoops.com for updates.
– WWE Superstar David Otunga noted on social media that he will begin filming the independent movie “What Happened Last Night?” this week. In the film, Otunga plays a bartender named Tiny.
– Stephanie McMahon, Sin Cara, Kalisto, Ryback, Sasha Banks, Tamina Snuka and Naomi visited children at The Children’s Hospital Of Pittsburgh at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ahead of tonight’s WWE RAW at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh this evening. Below are some photos:
– John Cena checked in on Twitter today with the following tweet. Cena is scheduled to remain off of WWE television for at least two more weeks, after the TLC pay-per-view.
I never mind analyzation, but it's tough to process complaining. Identify the issue, work towards a resolve. #nevergiveup
Kris Zellner of The Lucha Report notes that new WWE talent Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza (La Sombra) spoke with Miedo Tiempo this past week about signing with WWE.
According to Zellner, La Sombra spoke with the likes of Alberto Del Rio, Kalisto, Oscar Vasquez (Magno) and the original Sin Cara about what they went through in going from Mexico to WWE, all of whom told him that NXT was the best route for him to succeed in the company, not joining the main roster immediately.
La Sombra also said he’s working hard in the ring, but also working hard at learning the English language better. It was noted that Sombra can speak the English language well, but is looking to improve and become an all-around better performer.
Sombra also said he misses his friends, Rush and La Mascara, and hopes that they can one day join him in WWE to reunite Los Ingobernables.
WWE confirmed on Monday’s Survivor Series “go-home” edition of RAW that at this Sunday’s pay-per-view in Atlanta, Georgia, both the semi-finals and the finals of the WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament will take place.
On Monday’s RAW, the quarterfinals of the tournament took place with four men advancing to the semi-finals of the tournament, leaving the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion to be determined among the four at this Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
With those tournament matches now in the books, below is an updated look at the WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament brackets, as well as the regular lineup heading into Sunday’s show.
WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament Semi-Finals
– Kevin Owens vs. Dean Ambrose
– Roman Reigns vs. Alberto Del Rio
WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament Finals
– Owens/Ambrose winner vs. Reigns/Del Rio winner
WWE Divas Championship
– Charlotte (c) vs. Paige
– The Undertaker & Kane vs. Two members of The Wyatt Family
Make sure to join us here at SEScoops.com this Sunday evening for the absolute best WWE Survivor Series live results coverage on the web!
– WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin appeared on Monday’s RAW in a backstage segment with The Miz. The promotional segment for the new WWE 2K16 video game may have been taped at Hell In A Cell on Sunday, as Austin was backstage at the show. WWE posted the above video of the segment.
The following matches were taped in San Diego, California on Monday night for this week’s WWE Superstars.
Kalisto from The Lucha Dragons def. Viktor from The Ascension.
Kalisto recently spoke with WWE.com about Lucha Libre, and revealed that Dusty Rhodes helped him decide on his WWE character. Here are some highlights:
On lucha libre:
“I was amused by the luchadors and the art they wore on their faces. Lucha libre is translated as ‘free fighting,’ but it’s really a different way of presenting wrestling. It’s an aerial art, but it’s also about having a unique presence.”
On Dusty Rhodes helping him find his character:
“I did that in the indies, but I didn’t know what it meant. I just did it to have fun. I told Dusty my whole story, about how I grew up as a fighter, and we talked about how lucha means to fight for your dreams. He said, ‘You’re full of life, and lucha excites you. You are lucha.’”