Tonight’s 205 Live takes place from the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota
- What will be Brian Kendrick’s next lesson for Akira Tozawa?
- Neville to deliver his State of 205 Live address.
Month: February 2017
SmackDown Live Preview 2/28/17
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live takes place from the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota
- AJ Styles to battle Luke Harper for the right to face Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania
- What will happen when John Cena comes to “Miz TV” tonight?
- Becky Lynch to battle Mickie James in a Two of Three Falls Match
- Will Apollo Crews get retribution on Dolph Ziggler in Chairs Match?
Chris Jericho’s Post-WrestleMania Schedule
Chris Jericho is scheduled for TV and WWE live events throughout the month of April after WrestleMania 33, including the WWE Payback pay-per-view on Sunday, April 30th. He is scheduled to tour with Fozzy in May and will perform at the Download festival in the U.K. on June 11th, but is expected to return to WWE after that.
Source: WrestlingINC
Reby Hardy Hints That Hardy’s Will Be In Orlando During WrestleMania 33
Reby Hardy the wife of Matt Hardy posted on Instagram a picture hinting that The Hardy’s will be in Orlando on April 2nd for a tailgate party. WrestleMania 33 takes place in Orlando on April 2nd.
Reby Hardy Rips Into TNA Impact Wrestling On Social Media
As noted, The Hardys will not be staying with TNA after their contracts expire this week. Matt’s wife Reby took to Twitter and ripped into TNA Impact Wrestling, even hinting that she would take the TNA Tag Team title belts “hostage” and make them into gold earrings.
You can check out her Tweets below, but please note that they contain a lot of strong language:
UNREAL WITH THE LITTLE b—h s–t. U N R E A L .
— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) February 27, 2017
Why try to do things the right way when you get bs & drama in return ? Matt is a nice guy. I’LL keep the s–ts “hostage”. f–k outta here.
— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) February 27, 2017
2, but I’m claiming @ShaneHelmsCom on my taxes this year https://t.co/9Q1kzc8KWP
— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) February 27, 2017
If mfers don’t start coming correct, I’m bout to melt some gold & have me some new gold hoops. Sigue y vas a ver. pic.twitter.com/Esjuh6tqYw
— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) February 27, 2017
I’ve said it many times:
TNA was the perfect situation for our family & how grateful I was for professionalism/open communication/respect…— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) February 27, 2017
…Now think about what kinda negative changes & straight f–kery would have to go down for us to leave ??
— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) February 27, 2017
I hear company folks are pressed & wanna try & paint me in a negative light after today. Should I help em out & clarify a few things ?
— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) February 28, 2017
SURPRISE ! Yes, I am a HUGE b—h if you disrespect me or my family ?? Are you surprised ? Oh, no ? Okay, can we move on now ? ????
— Reby Hardy (@RebyHardy) February 28, 2017
Source: WrestlingINC
More On Anthem Sports & Entertainment Phasing Out TNA Name From Impact Wrestling
As we reported last month, Anthem Sports & Entertainment have been phasing out the initials “TNA” and just going with Impact Wrestling. According to Mike Johnson of PWInsider, the company reportedly has a strategy to discontinue the name. He noted that while he hasn’t heard anything officially, the GFW initials replacing “TNA” would “make a lot of sense.”
As noted, the “TNA” initials had been removed from their social media accounts and from their website, with the exception of links to ShopTNA.com and Total Access TNA Wrestling. While the TNA logo still appears on their title belts, they are simply referred to as the “World Heavyweight Championship”, “X Division Championship” and “World Tag Team Championship” on their website.
Source: WrestlingINC
Confusion Over Who Owns The Broken Matt Hardy Name And Character
If Broken Matt wants to continue using that name after leaving Impact Wrestling, he may have a fight on his hands — because right now there’s confusion over who owns the gimmick.
Sources close to Matt says his current deal gives Impact the ability to profit off of anything already filmed having to do with ANY gimmick he used throughout the course of his contract … but, once that’s over, he retains ownership of his name and characters.
However, our Impact Wrestling sources tell us that’s not the case at all. They claim the current deal specifically states that their company owns all IP creations.
As we previously reported, Matt and Jeff do not plan to re-sign with the company because they felt dissed during contract negotiations.
As for a possible non-compete clause, The Hardy Boyz don’t have one (sources told Pro Wrestling Sheet). Which means they could potentially show up in another company as soon as next week.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Broken Matt And Jeff Hardy NOT Re-Signing With Impact Wrestling, Brothers Felt Dissed During Negotiations
Broken Matt and Jeff Hardy will NOT be signing new deals with Impact Wrestling … and it’s because they felt disrespected during contract talks.
Sources with direct knowledge say the Hardy Boyz agreed to terms on a new deal back in December, but needed a few minor changes, and were simply waiting for the finalized offer.
The deal was supposed to be for 1-year in length. Weeks and weeks passed, with Matt constantly checking in, but they were consistently given the run around.
Eventually Matt and Jeff’s lawyer told Impact Wrestling officials that they wanted a creative control clause in their new deals … which was shot down immediately. One source says their lawyer told Ed Nordholm there was interest from other companies and he responded by saying, “Well, tell them to go to WWE then.”
This set Jeff Hardy off, who at that point said he was no longer interested in re-signing. Matt continued talks, but when they sent a new contract last week it was now a 2-year deal and terms had been snuck in which stated they’d receive 10% of all his profits outside of Impact.
Matt’s lawyer said he’d be a fool to sign, so he informed the company he wasn’t interested in doing so — but would still come to the tapings to write off his characters. However, he was told he was crazy to think they’d want him on TV without a contact.
Impact officials are currently trying to get their tag titles back.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Brock Lesnar Makes Appearance After Raw, Hits Big Show With An F-5 (VIDEO)
Big Show may have beat The Shining Stars tonight, but he wasn’t as lucky after Raw ended … because Brock Lesnar made an appearance and hit him with an F-5.
Lesnar surprised the crowd in Green Bay, Wisconsin at the Resch Center with Paul Heyman in tow, and Show answered their challenge shortly after.
The two then brawled for a short period of time and Brock eventually hit the F-5.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Seth Rollins Discusses Status For WrestleMania 33 On RAW (VIDEO)
Injured WWE Superstar Seth Rollins says he’ll be at WrestleMania 33 … but whether he’ll wrestle in a match still seems to be up in the air.
Rollins was interviewed by Corey Graves on Raw and said he didn’t think he’d be cleared in time for WM33. Triple H interrupted shortly after add to insult to injury.
The segment ended with Seth telling Hunter, “A month ago, I told your wife I had nothing left to lose. Well that couldn’t be any truer than it is right now. I will be at WrestleMania! And if it’s the last thing I ever do, then I swear to you, it will be the last thing you ever do.”
Despite the guarantee he’d be there, the interview appeared to leave things open ended just in case. As we previously reported, Rollins has been out of action since January 30th.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
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