EC3, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Eric Young have all joined Impact Wrestling.
Eddie Edwards vs. Trey Miguel vs. Ace Austin vs. Rich Swann vs. Eric Young in an Elimination Match for the vacant Impact World Championship was booked as the main event of Saturday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view event from Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
Edwards defeated Ace Austin to win the title. Post-match, Madman Fulton began to beat down Edwards and Austin joined in. The Good Brothers walked down and made the save. They all stood tall together.
All of these stars were released from WWE in April when the company decided to make mass firing of staff and talent. The wrestlers who were released were under a 90-day non-compete clause until July 15th, which at the time had prevented them from officially signing a deal with any promotion.
Over the last few weeks, it was reported that Anderson and Gallows had agreed to signing with Impact. The promotion made it official earlier on Saturday. They also agreed to a separate deal with another promotion, which will allow them to work for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Before this event, the promotion had been teasing the return of EC3 to Impact as his entrance music was played on an episode of Impact.
Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson will be returning to Impact Wrestling soon. Their deals will allow them to work dates for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
The Good Brothers were let go from WWE in April. They had been with the company since 2016. The release came shortly after Gallows & Anderson participated in the Boneyard Match at WrestleMania. At the time, they were aligned with AJ Styles as part of the OC faction. Styles was shocked and devastated by the situation. He revealed to fans that he felt guilty that he could not ‘protect’ his friends’ jobs.
Gallows and Anderson were instantly among the hottest free agents in the world. Fans questioned if they would return to Impact, New Japan or perhaps even join All Elite Wrestling.
In recent weeks, it has become clear that Impact is their next destination. Impact, company executives and the guys themselves have teased together again. Reports from prominent wrestling journalists have corroborated the news.
Karl Anderson provided the latest Impact tease on Monday night. He posted the following photo of Doc Gallows on Instagram. As seen below, Gallows is looking pretty jacked in a vintage Impact sleeveless t-shirt.
IMPACT Wrestling have reportedly looked to the free agency market to bolster their roster over the coming weeks.
Fightful recently reported that the AXS TV hosted brand are specifically looking at recently released WWE talents. With former NXT Superstar Deonna Purrazzo having already debuted there’s a chance that other released Superstars aren’t far behind.
Gallows and Anderson to IMPACT
Arguably the two biggest names, already somewhat confirmed, are Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. The former Bullet Club and OC stablemates have teased heading to AXS TV over the last few weeks, with a return to New Japan Pro Wrestling also on the horizon for the two. There have been teases for the two on IMPACT recently, with Scott D’more stating that he was on a call to some “Good Brothers.”
As we reported recently, EC3 has sent a stark warning to the AEW roster; seemingly showing his intent to debut for the TNT hosted company in the near future. IMPACT themselves have teased the arrival of EC3 over the past month, and there’s a good chance that Ethan Carter III makes his way back to the brand that elevated him to main event status.
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Eric Young
Another name that is being considered is Eric Young. EY was once viewed as a stalwart an ‘lifer’ at TNA/IMPACT, having been a lower to mid card level comedy act with Team Canada before rising the ranks and winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in 2014; defeating now NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis.
There has not been any confirmation on whether Heath Slater will be heading to IMPACT in the near future. Slater’s former tag team partner Rhyno teased that he had a tag team partner who’s “got kids.” So there’s a more than good chance he’ll be coming into the fold.
There’s not much opportunity of these talents ‘moving the needle’ for IMPACT if they’re brought to AXS TV. However, all five are competent performers who have the benefit of being ‘underutilized’ by WWE over the past few years. This gives IMPACT the opportunity to really highlight the abilities of Gallows, Anderson, EC3, Young and Slater and it not feel like they’re purely taking scraps from WWE’s table.
Who would you like to see IMPACT bring into the company in the coming weeks? Let us know in the comments
The next stage in the careers of Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows appears to be set. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, not only have Anderson & Gallows reached a deal with Impact, but they’ve also reached a deal in principle with NJPW.
Both Anderson and Gallows are still technically under contract with WWE until July 15th. This means neither their deal with NJPW or Impact is official as of yet.
“In fact, they’ve already cut the New Japan deal with Gedo and Nobuyuki Sugabayashi, although it likely doesn’t go into effect until New Japan’s hiring freeze ends,” Dave Meltzer wrote. It’s not clear at this moment when NJPW will lift their hiring freeze.
Anderson and Gallows’ agreement with Impact, while not yet official, has been reported by various outlets already as a “done deal.” Impact is said to have offered the team good money and are willing to work around their NJPW dates.
On the most recent edition of Impact, Scott D’Amore was heard on the phone talking to a couple of “Good Brothers.” There have also been teases in recent weeks of the return of the Aces and Eights stable, of which Gallows was a member.
Anderson spent 8 years with NJPW from 2008 to 2016. He has won the promotion’s tag league tournament on 3 occasions with 3 different partners. In 2009 he won the G1 tag league with Giant Bernard, in 2012 he won the World Tag League with Hirooki Goto and in 2013, he won it with Gallows. Anderson and Gallows are 3x IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions as well.
Impact Wrestling has built up their PPV on July 18th as the start of a new era for the promotion. Their weekly television show is filled with hints that multiple names recently released from WWE in April could be on their way to the promotion. Two of the names the company has teased are Karl Anderson & Luke “Doc” Gallows.
According to a report from Pro Wrestling Sheet, Impact has tabled a strong offer to the tag-team, one that would also allow them to work for New Japan Pro Wrestling as well once that is possible. The hope is that Anderson and Gallows will be at the Slammiversary PPV on July 18th.
Gallows previously performed in Impact Wrestling from 2011 to 2013. After leaving the promotion, he joined Bullet Club in NJPW. While apart of the Impact roster, Gallows was a member of the Aces and Eights faction. Impact has recently been teasing a return of the group. Former member, D’Lo Brown, ominously broke out his old Aces and Eights vest at the end of last week’s episode.
Anderson & Gallows are 2x RAW tag-team champion in WWE. They also won the Tag Team World Cup in Saudi Arabia while in the promotion in 2019. They are 3x IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions in NJPW. Anderson and Gallows also won the World Tag League tournament in 2013 shortly after Gallows debuted.
Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows signed new WWE deals in July of 2019. 9 months later, they were released from the promotion.
According to an update from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Anderson & Gallows are looking to return to NJPW and also looking for a North American promotion to work for. They could be headed to Impact Wrestling but nothing is for sure at this point.
“Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson are looking for what was described as two deals, one of which would be New Japan, which would be the main deal, and the other would be a U.S. deal, and Impact is in play for being the second deal,” wrote Dave Meltzer.
The tag-team’s 90-day no-compete clause with WWE expires in time for them to appear on the Impact Slammiversary PPV. The event is scheduled for July 18th, 2020.
Impact has been heavily-teasing that several recently released WWE stars could appear on the show.
Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows
Anderson & Gallows began teaming together shortly after the Bullet Club angle began in 2013. Gallows debuted for NJPW as Anderson’s tag partner in November of 2013, with the faction having been formed that May. They won the World Tag League tournament that year. They would then go on to win the IWGP Heavyweight tag-team titles 3x before leaving the promotion in 2016.
Anderson & Gallows then appeared in WWE shortly after WrestleMania 32. They would win the RAW tag team championships twice and won the WWE Tag Team World Cup in Saudi Arabia in 2019 as well.
Recently released from WWE, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows appeared on Tama Tonga’s podcast recently and discussed a variety of topics. During the discussion, Gallows stated that there would be no AEW without Bullet Club.
”The f**king Bullet Club revolutionized professional wrestling and if somebody hears this and they’re mad about it, sorry,” Gallows said. “If there’s no Bullet Club there’s no AEW. If there’s no Bullet Club there’s no growth in professional wrestling. If there’s no Bullet Club there really is no reason to have an NXT because why do you turn developmental into indie heaven and hire everybody in the business? There’s no reason to do it.”
The Young Bucks joined Bullet Club in 2013 as the faction’s junior heavyweight tag-team. Kenny Omega would join the following year, originally as the group’s junior heavyweight single’s competitor. Cody, Hangman Page, and Marty Scurll were all involved with the faction during their time in NJPW.
Tama Tonga, Karl Anderson, Bad Luck Fale and Prince Devitt (Finn Balor) are the group’s founding members dating back to May 2013. Doc Gallows would join that November, shortly after the Young Bucks did.
“Professional wrestling advanced because of what the Bullet Club was in Japan,” Gallows continued. He would continue to credit Bullet Club with wrestling resurgence over the last few years.
Gallows would continue to say the success of Bullet Club was also why they were recruited by WWE.
“That’s why they bought us, they f**king wined and dined us, then they fired us.”
The recent WWE releases has opened the doors for other companies to add some star power to their roster and it appears that Impact Wrestling is in the race to sign at least two such talents in Gallows and Anderson.
The now-former WWE stars were talking about their future and other things on the latest episode of their Talkin Shop podcast which is hosted by the duo and Rocky Romero.
What’s interesting to note here is that Impact Vice President Scott D’Amore ended up making an accidental appearance during the broadcast of the episode.
As first noted by The Combat Republic, D’Amore called Gallows while the show was still being recorded and they put him on speakerphone. You can check out their conversation in the clip below:
Impact EVP Scott D’Amore makes an accidental appearance on the Gallows and Anderson podcast “Talkin Shop”. Sure sounds to me like they may be negotiating. pic.twitter.com/6yp6S3If74
Gallows and Anderson signed a three year deal with WWE in 2016 and they had renewed their contracts with the promotion in July earlier last year.
However, the company released the duo alongside numerous other stars such as Kurt Angle and Rusev as part of WWE’s coronavirus budget cuts last month.
There is no news yet on what the former champions are planning for their future but we should get a better idea about their plans after July 15 when their non compete clause with the company expires.
Luke Gallows is attempting to gain the trademark rights to the term “Sex Ferguson.”
He did so under his WrestleMerica promotion on April 22nd with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). WrestleMerica had filed trademarks for Good Brothers, Big LG and Talk’n Shop in the past as well.
The filing for the trademark notes that it is for the following:
“G & S: Hats; Hooded sweatshirts; Pants; Shirts; Sweatshirts” as well as “G & S: Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestling and sports entertainment personality; Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestling and sports entertainment personality; Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, providing podcasts in the field of professional wrestling, sports entertainment, and pop culture; Entertainment services, namely, providing video podcasts in the field of professional wrestling, sports entertainment, and pop culture; Presentation of live show performances; Presentation of live comedy shows; Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; Providing online interviews featuring a professional wrestler, sports entertainer, and podcaster in the field of professional wrestling, sports entertainment, and pop culture for entertainment purposes”
The former WWE star had previously filed for the trademark in July 2017. However, in April of the following year, he allowed it to expire. He previously used the Sex Ferguson gimmick on Colt Cabana’s Wrestling Road Diaries.
Once he went to WWE, he changed it to “Tex Ferguson” as more of a PG version of the character in order to use it for WWE’s Southpaw Regional Wrestling mini-series.
Gallows and Karl Anderson were released from WWE two weeks ago when the company decided to make mass firing of staff and talent.
An update has surfaced online regarding the futures of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
The two stars were released from WWE last week when the company decided to make mass firing of staff and talent. The wrestlers who were released are now under a 90-day non-compete clause, which prevents them from officially signing a deal with any promotions.
Since being let go, Anderson and Gallows have gone back to the gimmicks that they portrayed in NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling) on social media.
It was reported by Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that NJPW has not offered contracts to Gallows and Anderson that would see them make a return to the promotion.
It should be noted that NJPW hasn’t held a show since March due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Meltzer noted that if NJPW wasn’t dealing with the financial impact of the virus, “such a deal would be a given as far as getting an offer to return.”
Thus, it’s possible when NJPW starts running shows again, perhaps a deal will be offered to Anderson and Gallows.
Anderson and Gallows had reportedly turned down lucrative five-year deals due to being unhappy last year.
There was speculation that they would leave the company in the fall once their contracts expired. That changed when WWE offered them more money and they signed new deals.
WWE has announced that several members of its roster have been released. The company noted today in a press release that budget cuts were coming and would include talent releases.
The following talent was let go on Wednesday by WWE:
Drake Maverick
Luke Gallows
Karl Anderson
EC3
Curt Hawkins
Lio Rush
Heath Slater
Eric Young
Kurt Angle
Aiden English
Erik Rowan
Sarah Logan
Mike Chioda
Primo & Epico Colon
Mike Kanellis (Bennett)
Maria Kanellis
Zack Ryder
No Way Jose
Deonna Purrazzo
In addition to on-screen talent, many backstage WWE producers were also released.
Kurt Angle posted the following after news of his release broke:
I wanted 2 say thank you to the WWE for the time I spent there.I made many new friends and had the opportunity to work with so many talented people. To the Superstars, continue to entertain the WWE Universe as well as you possibly can. They’re the best fans in the world. #itstrue
Maverick had just been confirmed for the upcoming NXT Cruiserweight tournament that is scheduled to begin airing on NXT tonight. He sent out the following on Twitter:
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson had just signed new deals with the company last summer.
This is the second time EC3 has been released from the company. He was let go in 2013 after signing with the company in 2008. He made a name for himself in TNA Wrestling and then returned to the company in 2018. EC3 is a 4x 24/7 champion on the main roster.
The people closest to me know this is something I’ve been struggling with wanting for the better part of the last year.
Happy to say I gave this journey my best and MORE excited for the future! ??
This is also the second time that Curt Hawkins has been released from the company. He was let go from his contract in 2013 and then returned to the company in 2016. Hawkins is a 2x WWE tag team champion along with Zack Ryder. Hawkins sent out the following:
Last time I got fired I had a really funny tweet in response to it. Doesn’t really feel appropriate today. I will say this, a lot of very talented ppl lost their jobs today and out of this disaster the PRO WRESTLING community will rise stronger than ever! ??
Dolph Ziggler posted the following in relation to the releases:
awesome wrestlers lost their job today, in the midst of everything going on it may not mean a lot to you & that’s ok. But it means a lot to me. If you can, root for them, checkout their @PWTees page & @BookCameo If u have a fav independent pro having a rough time, send their info
Fit Finlay is someone largely credited with the success of WWE’s women’s divisions. He was let go today and posted the following:
To everyone on Gods green earth. Thank you for the kind words. I’ve been doing this for 46 years(Wrestling)I pray you all get through this and we can share a hug and drink again. Stay healthy. (SD)
O.C. members Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows emerged victorious from yesterday’s Tag Team Turmoil match at Crown Jewel. This victory has earned them the title of “The Best Tag Team In The World.” To them, however, the win just proves what they already knew.
“Brother, we’ve known since our days in Japan when we used to climb to Mount Fuji and talk to the souls of all the pro wrestlers and Superstars around the world,” Anderson said. “They used to tell us that we were the best tag team in the world. We acted like the best tag team in the world, and right here tonight, we showed the world that we were the best tag team in the world.”
His tag team partner, Gallows added, “Over a hundred countries, almost a decade together, all fifty states together. It’s not just hype anymore, we claim the cup as the best tag team in the world, WWE or anywhere else on the map. They don’t make two other brothers quite like us. And like we’ve said for years, it was that same old recipe with a cramp in our hand: a Magic Killer, a 1, 2, 3, and a just too sweet.”
The two beat out competition from Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode, Lucha House Party, Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, Heavy Machinery, The New Day, The B-Team, The Revival and The Viking Raiders to earn themselves the win.
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Several WWE Superstars including Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch, Luke Gallows and Drew McIntyre recently spoke with Forbes‘ Brian Mazique. They were asked to share their thoughts about fan opinions, and how they feel regarding the backlash a lot of WWE programming has been receiving.
Roman Reigns addressed the negative reaction to the main event of WWE’s recent Hell in a Cell pay-per-view between WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins and ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt. The match ended in a referee stoppage.
“I think you should express your opinions, but it doesn’t hurt anybody if you have a shred of respect,” Reigns said. “Have a little respect for the performers who were out there killing themselves for you. I didn’t like the Hell in a Cell finish either, but I wasn’t about to cuss some guys out who got hit in the head over and over. Bray Wyatt put his health on the line to entertain some fans to the best of his ability. I didn’t like it, but I respect Bray’s effort and willingness to go out there and do what you have to do. So, if you can, just a little bit of respect.”
RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch added, “It’s hard being a wrestling fan sometimes. We’re all just going out there doing our best to entertain you guys. We care about you guys. We want you to enjoy yourselves and it hurts when you don’t like it. We feel your pain. We’re all in this together. I’ll do all I can. Just tune into my Twitter. I’ll be entertaining there.”
“If You Love Wrestling, Just Let It Play Out”
O.C. member, Luke Gallows, also spoke about the Hell in a Cell main event. He recommended that fans try to just enjoy the product and that they should trust that Vince McMahon knows what he’s doing.
“There are 52 weeks of episodic television,” Gallows stated. “There was controversy over the pay-per-view (HIAC) the other night. Guys, the story continues on Monday. It continues on Wednesday, Friday, and then on and on. My advice would be to enjoy it. In a movie, there has to be an antagonist. There has to be a negative to turn into a positive. So, in my opinion, if you like what we do, it’ll turn out the way you want it to. We’re in a culture of complainers.”
He continued, “[…] I think you just have to let the story play out. WWE has been in business for how long? The company has been master storytellers. Vince [McMahon] obviously knows what he’s doing. There’s got be a reason for certain things that happen. If you love wrestling, just let it play out.”
Drew McIntyre offered that society seems to be obsessed with living in a negative culture. He pointed to social media as a tool that allows people to wallow in their negativity.
“It’s like every aspect of life, people are very negative,” McIntyre said. “You see them complain on social media. When I was younger, I became complacent and deserved to get fired. Because I forgot I was living a dream. You have to realize, you can’t always be in the lead. If you work hard, you’ll get your opportunity. Look at Chad Gable. He’s getting his opportunity. I don’t remember seeing him on social media every minute saying, ‘I’m not getting the opportunity I deserve, brother.’ He just worked hard until he got it.”
Luke Gallows spent most of his early wrestling career in WWE and it’s the place where he first made his name. So things came to a full circle for him when he returned to the company in 2016 after staying away for almost 6 years.
The Raw Star recently spoke to Macon.com to promote the
upcoming WWE Live Event from Macon, Georgia this Saturday and he discussed his
return to the company.
After leaving WWE, Gallows had successful stints with
companies like Impact Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling and according to
the former Champion, he never thought that he would come back to WWE:
“I basically went everywhere in the world and did
everything you can do outside of there [WWE], I never thought I would come
back.”
Though he did return to the company in 2016 when AJ Styles
signed with the promotion and insisted the officials to sign both of his
partners from the Bullet Club as well.
Talking about his return, Luke said that the opportunity to
come back with two of his best friends in the business and outside of the ring
as well is pretty full circle for him.
While there were reports of the Club being unhappy with their position in WWE before they re-signed, at least one aspect the former NJPW Star seems to be happy about is being with his friends in the company.
He said that to come back to the big stage and getting to hang out with his friends after the shows is a lot of fun and according to the WWE Star, it’s still a thrill.
Apart from this, Luke Gallows also talked about the upcoming WWE Live Event and revealed his opponent for the night. You can check out his full interview at this link.
Last night, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows once again became RAW Tag Team Champions. Alongside their OC stablemate, AJ Styles, they now hold some of RAW’s top gold.
Post-match, The OC addressed their victory in a backstage exclusive.
When asked if they expected championship gold so quickly after their reformation, Karl Anderson took the mic and asserted they did what they set out to do: dominate.
“Just like AJ would say: when the OC got back together, we told the world we were going to dominate,” Anderson declared. “US Champion, Tag Team Champions, we told the world we were going to do this.”
His partner, Luke Gallows added:
“You cannot defeat this trio. AJ Styles, the Phenomenal One, the best wrestler in the entire world, bar none, but what have we been saying for years now? It’s that same old recipe. It’s a Magic Killer, a one, two, three, and a just too sweet.”
Their leader, and the current WWE United States Champion, AJ Styles, then stated that they were the only club in professional wrestling that matters.
“If I’ve told you once, I’ve kind of said this…well, we’re getting close to a thousand times here. We are the official, we are the original, we are the only club that matters. The OC.”
Styles realigned himself with his former Club members a few weeks ago and has been feuding with Ricochet over the US Championship. The two are scheduled to compete for the title on August 11th at WWE’s SummerSlam event.
The Revival has been dethroned by The O.C’s Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson.
During Monday’s episode of RAW in Little Rock, Arkansas, Anderson & Gallows beat The Usos and Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder in a Triple Threat Match to become the new WWE RAW Tag Team Champions.
WWE’s Stats & Info Twitter account noted that only 16 Superstars in WWE history have won Tag Team Titles in both a standard 2-on-2 match and a Triple Threat Match. The newest members of the list are the new Anderson and Gallows.
As a result of this win, it marks the second time that Anderson and Gallows have held the championships. Their first reign started in January 2017 at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event when they beat Sheamus and Cesaro to become champions.
Their reign ended at WrestleMania 33 in a fatal four-way ladder match with the returning Hardy Boyz dethroning them.
During the June 10th episode of RAW, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder beat The Usos and former champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins in a Triple Threat Match to win the RAW Tag Team Championships. This marked their second reign as champions.
With WWE no longer doing automatic rematches, it will be interesting to see who Anderson and Gallows make their first televised title defenses against at the SummerSlam pay-per-view event next month.
An update has surfaced online regarding the futures of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson in WWE.
PWInsider reported on Tuesday that the belief within the company is that the former WWE RAW Tag Team Champions have agreed to terms on new WWE contracts, but those new deals may not have been signed yet.
During Monday’s episode of RAW, Gallows and Anderson reunited The Club with AJ Styles after the former WWE Champion took on United States Champion Ricochet in the main event. The group beat down Ricochet as part of heel turns for all three stars.
This was said to be an indication that they will be staying with the company. Just earlier this year there was speculation that they would leave the company in the fall once their contracts expired. This came after they had reportedly turned down lucrative five-year deals due to being unhappy.
Anderson and Gallows were moved back to WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night RAW, earlier this year as part of the 2019 Superstar Shake-Up after being on SmackDown Live. Up until a few weeks ago, Anderson and Gallows weren’t used in a prominent role on television.
With The Club being back together and them likely signing new contracts, it appears they will be used once again.
Although 46 spots remain, we finally have a couple of participants announced for Friday’s WWE Super ShowDown special.
WWE has been advertising “a 50-Man Battle Royal — the largest in WWE history” since the beginning of their promotional push towards their return to the Saudi Arabian market for WWE Super ShowDown on June 7. When the final week leading up to the event began on Monday, there had yet to be a single entrant announced for the match.
Four Superstars Entered Into WWE’s 50-Man Battle Royal
During a commercial break segment on Monday’s “go-home” show for Friday’s live special, Mojo Rawley declared that he would be entering the 50-Man Battle Royal in Saudi Arabia. WWE followed that up on Tuesday night in similar fashion as Elias revealed during an off-air segment on last night’s SmackDown Live that he too would be entering the match.
Additionally, Karl Anderson took to social media on Tuesday evening to announce that he and Luke Gallows will be making the trip to Jeddah this week to compete in the 50-Man Battle Royal.
A.J. Styles has also been rumored, as he has been included in the advertising for WWE Super ShowDown, but does not have a match yet with only two days remaining until the show. With “The Phenomenal One” recovering from an injury as of late, it would make since for WWE to have him work a match with limited physicality.
With the aforementioned entrants now announced for the 50-Man Battle Royal at WWE Super ShowDown, featured below is an updated look at the latest officially advertised lineup for this Friday’s live special:
WWE SUPER SHOW-DOWN 2019
WWE Universal Championship * Seth Rollins (C) vs. Baron Corbin
WWE Title Match * Kofi Kingston (C) vs. Dolph Ziggler
WWE Intercontinental Title Match * “The Demon” Finn Balor (C) vs. Andrade
First Time Ever * The Undertaker vs. Goldberg
* Triple H vs. Randy Orton
* Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon
* Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley
3-On-1 Handicap Match * Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party
50-Man Battle Royal * Participants Include: Mojo Rawley, Elias, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows (46 other entrants to be determined)
WWE Super ShowDown takes place this Friday, June 7th at King Abdullah Sports City’s King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday. The event will be streamed live via the WWE Network starting at 2pm E.T. / 11am P.T. Make sure to join us here at SEScoops.com this Friday afternoon for WWE Super ShowDown results coverage.
For detailed analysis and insight, as well as predictions for each match on the card from three veteran pro wrestling journalists, check out our exclusive WWE Super ShowDown Predictions.
WWE has released the line-ups for their forthcoming Live Events in Japan, and a few things stood out to the WWE Universe, one of them being the reformation of The Club.
Unfortunately, it appears to be a brief reunion as AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson are slated to team for only one night. They will be facing off against Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, and Bobby Lashley on June 28th.
The Club was initially formed in WWE in a nod to the group that brought them together: New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Bullet Club.
Despite attempting to capitalize on their former Bullet Club association, The Club disbanded shortly after their formation and were never given the opportunity to establish themselves as a credible group.
Live Events
Other matches that caught the WWE Universe’s attention include Shinsuke Nakamura main eventing the 6/28 card, as he competes against WWE Universal Champion, Seth Rollins.
Alexa Bliss is also scheduled to see in-ring action, as she takes on RAW Women’s Champion, Becky Lynch. This is particularly notable given she was recently pulled from Money In The Bank over fears she had suffered a concussion.
WWE Japan Live Events
6/28:
Shinsuke Nakamura vs WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins
Alexa Bliss vs RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
Asuka and Kairi Sane vs WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The IIconics
The Revival vs RAW Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins
AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin and Bobby Lashley
Ricochet vs Samoa Joe vs Cesaro
Braun Strowman vs Robert Roode
6/29:
Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman and AJ Styles vs Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley
Alexa Bliss vs Asuka vs RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
The Revival vs Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs RAW Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins
Ricochet vs Cesaro
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Robert Roode
Appearances by Samoa Joe, Kairi Sane, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The IIconics
As seen Monday night, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson are now part of WWE’s Raw roster. While it was nice to see the Good Brothers back on television, they came up short against fellow Raw newcomers The Usos.
Gallows and Anderson are the latest act to switch brands well after the Superstar Shakeup two weeks ago. According to PWInsider, the decision to move them to Raw was made the night of the Shakeup. There’s no word on why WWE did not announce the change until this week.
Last month, word got out that Gallows and Anderson were offered new WWE contracts worth millions of dollars. They reportedly declined the offers and are still expected to finish up with WWE when their current deals expire in the fall.
Gallows and Anderson’s situation is strikingly similar to that of The Revival. Both teams are very talented, underutilized in WWE and might be on their way out despite big money offers that would provide them longterm financial security.
Both teams could very well decide to stay with WWE. However, even this hesitation to re-sign is indicative of the widespread unhappiness in the WWE locker room.
More WWE stars that were on the SmackDown brand have been moved to the flagship show of the company, Monday Night RAW.
Those stars are Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. They made their return to the red brand during Monday’s episode of RAW in Lexington, KY at the Rupp Arena on the USA Network where they battled The Usos in tag team action.
The move of brands was announced during their entrances on the show. The former WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions went over in this contest.
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The two stars were last used on TV in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35 in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium earlier this month. They were last on the RAW brand in 2018.
Here is a list of roster moves from this year’s Superstar Shakeup:
RAW: AJ Styles, The Miz, Ricochet, Erik and Ivar of The Viking Raiders, Rey Mysterio, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso of The Usos, Naomi, EC3, Lacey Evans, Eric Young, Cedric Alexander, WWE United States Champion Samoa Joe, Cesaro, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
SmackDown Live: Roman Reigns, Elias, WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor, Ember Moon, Bayley, Kairi Sane, Buddy Murphy, Lars Sullivan, Liv Morgan, Chad Gable, Apollo Crews, Mickie James, Otis and Tucker of Heavy Machinery, Andrade, Zelina Vega, Aleister Black, Jinder Mahal, Samir Singh and Sunil Singh of The Singh Brothers, Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas of The B Team
Earlier this month, it was reported that Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows had turned down multi-million dollar contract offers from WWE. The tag-team’s deals with the promotion expire this September.
According to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the team is still undecided on what they’ll do when their contracts are up this fall.
“There are a lot of factors in play but what I can say is that they have not decided what their next move is at this point,” wrote Dave Meltzer. “They could stay. They could go.”
Some WWE talent is waiting to see what the free agency landscape is like closer to when their current deals expire. It appears Anderson and Gallows fall into this category.
“Many have not signed because they are waiting to see the lay of the land when their deals are up,” noted Meltzer. “For Gallows & Anderson, they’ll have a far better idea in September about their next five years than now.”
Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows Comment On AEW
Anderson & Gallows were recently interviewed by journalist Chris Van Vliet. During the interview, Gallows & Anderson each indicated they were happy for their former Bullet Club stablemates who are involved in running AEW.
“We’re happy for our friends, we think those guys will do great,” Gallows said. “They’ve done great around the world. We wish we could have them here with us but we wish them the best in their new endeavor.”
“Happy for our friends,” Anderson added. “Happy for the industry and I hope everybody succeeds.”
We have some new information regarding our report on Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson’s WWE offer.
With the tag team’s WWE contracts set to expire in September this year, the Good Brothers have decided to not take up WWE on their offer. This comes in the wake of a number of Superstars vocally sharing their frustration with their position in the company, with some even requesting their release.
According to PWInsider.com, the duo was offered quite the lucrative deal to stay. However, it appears that the money on the table just wouldn’t satiate their creative frustration. It’s reported that the team were offered a five-year offer and that, if you factor in WWE offering its talent raises, it would mean the offer would have ranged in the multi-millions when accumulated.
WWE has been on an aggressive hiring streak recently, actively trying to lock down talent in the process. This has been done in retaliation to All Elite Wrestling’s intentions and bankroll — factors the WWE are obviously aware of.
The Club
Anderson and Gallows made their initial debut on WWE during an episode of Monday Night RAW in 2016. They were initially paired with their former Bullet Club comrade, AJ Styles, forming The Club. WWE would soon split this group up, however, and the team have struggled to gain consistent traction since.
WWE tag team Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows were recently interviewed by Miami-based reporter Chris Van Vliet. The former Bullet Club members spoke about WWE’s decision to disband their half-hearted incarnation of The Club, the launch of All Elite Wrestling and more.
Val Vliet does a ton of wrestling interviews, give his YouTube channel a follow to see his recent chats with Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler, Sasha Banks, Bayley and more.
There has been a lot of talk about WWE Superstars being dissatisfied and thinking about jumping ship to AEW. In addition to The Revival, Gallows and Anderson are another underutilized tag team that might fare better outside of WWE.
“We’re happy for our friends, we think those guys will do great,” Gallows said in regards to AEW. “They’ve done great around the world. We wish we could have them here with us but we wish them the best in their new endeavor.”
“Happy for our friends,” Anderson added. “Happy for the industry and I hope everybody succeeds.”
Regarding The Club in WWE, the ‘good brothers’ said AJ Styles moving to SmackDown put a halt to what little momentum the sorta-faction had. Plus, they would actually need television time to make it work.
“When AJ Styles got drafted to Smackdown and the story stopped,” Anderson said. “There you go.”
“It came to a screeching halt,” added Gallows.
“When the writers decided it needed to stop,” Anderson added.
“Well we could have continued but you need some screen time, you know what I mean brother?” asked Gallows.
Gallows also performs a few classic wrestling impersonations, including Macho Man Randy Savage.
WWE Superstars, Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows, have each been trademarking several terms as of late. Both wrestlers have their own LLCs. Karl Andrson is the owner of “MG Karl Anderson LLC” and Gallows owns “WrestleMerica LLC”.
MG Karl Anderson LLC Trademarks
Karl Anderson has filed for several trademarks recently. Between January 18th and 24th, Anderson filed for the following trademarks:
Karl Anderson (WWE has filed an opposition to this, previously trademarked term in 2016)
Talk’N’Shop
Hot Asian Wife
Machine Gun
WrestleMerica LLC Trademarks
Andrew William Hankinson, aka Luke Gallows, filed for the following trademarks between January 18th and 24th:
Doc Gallows
Big LG
Good Brothers
Good Brother
Biz Cliz
The following trademarks had been filed previously by WrestleMerica in 2017:
Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Shinsuke Nakamura, and AJ Styles all left New Japan Pro Wrestling in early 2016 and signed 3-year deals with WWE. Those deals are expected to expire after WrestleMania this year.
AJ Styles is not expected to make the jump, however. He has been reported as likely to stay in WWE. As for Shinsuke Nakamura, Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows, less is known, however. We might have to wait until the spring until we know more about which promotion those 3 sign their next contracts with.