Month: January 2020

WWE Worlds Collide NXT vs. NXT UK 1/25/20

January 25, 2020 at 7:00 PM ET (Preshow at 6:30 PM ET) – Toyota Center , Houston, Texas

NXT Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Toni Storm

NXT Cruiserweight Championship: Angel Garza (c) vs. Isaiah Scott vs. Jordan Devlin vs. Travis Banks

Imperium (NXT UK Champion WALTER, Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel, Alexander Wolfe) vs. The Undisputed Era (NXT Champion Adam Cole, NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong, NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish)

Finn Balor vs. Ilja Dragunov

Moustache Mountain vs. DIY

(Pre-Show) NXT UK Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray vs. Mia Yim

NWA Hard Times 1/24/20

January 24, 2020 – GPB Studios, Atlanta, Georgia – Available on FITE

NWA World Women’s Championship: Allysin Kay (c) vs. Thunder Rosa

NWA National Championship: Aron Stevens (c) vs. Scott Steiner

NWA World Tag Team Championship: Rock ‘N Roll Express (c) vs. The Wildcards vs. Eli Drake and James Storm

TV Championship Tournament Match: Ricky Starks vs. Matt Cross

TV Championship Tournament Match: Zicky Dice vs. Dan Maff

TV Championship Tournament Match: The Question Mark vs.  Trevor Murdoch

TV Championship Tournament Match: Tim Storm vs. Ken Anderson

TV Championship Tournament Semi-Final #1

TV Championship Tournament Semi-Final #2

NWA TV Championship Tournament Finals: TBD vs. TBD

Nick Aldis vs Flip Gordon

WWE SmackDown Preview 1/24/20

Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown will take place from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas with the final hype for Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

WWE has not announced an official preview for SmackDown as of this writing.

* WWE has announced that tonight’s main event will see Roman Reigns and The Usos take on King Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode.

* There will be a Royal Rumble Strap Match contract signing between Daniel Bryan and WWE Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt.

AEW Holds Their First-Ever Intergender Tag Team Match

Earlier this week, AEW announced their first-ever mixed tag team match with AEW Women’s Champion Riho and new AEW World Tag Team Champion Kenny Omega vs. Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford, to take place on AEW World Champion Chris Jericho’s cruise. It was noted that the match was somewhat of a tryout for the company as Omega wants to have more mixed tag team action in AEW, perhaps an entire division worth.

The match was held on Jericho’s “Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea” last night as the main event, which saw Omega and Riho get the win.

WWE only does male vs. male and female vs. female action in their mixed tag team matches, but this match was different as there was a good amount of intergender wrestling. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Live that there was a lot of spots with Omega vs. Ford and Riho vs. Sabian in the match.

Omega reportedly hit his Dragon Suplex on Ford at one point and word is that he didn’t hold back at all. Omega then cut a post-match promo in the ring and said the company wasn’t sure if this would be the first and last mixed tag team match in AEW as they weren’t sure how fans would react, but apparently the match was received well by the fans on the ship.

There’s no word yet on if AEW will be moving forward with the intergender division.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Star Rich Swann Undergoes Ankle Surgery

Impact Wrestling star Rich Swann underwent surgery yesterday to repair a recent ankle injury.

Impact tweeted on Thursday saying, “Wishing [Rich Swann] all the best as he goes into surgery today. Get well soon!” His wife Su Yung also wrote, “If anyone wants to leave a message for my husband Rich Swann, please do as he goes into surgery. Prayers are welcome.”

Swann suffered the injury before Impact’s Hard To Kill pay-per-view earlier this month at  Impact Bash at the Brewery 2 and it forced his partner to wrestle their scheduled match at Hard To Kill alone.

The exact injury Rich suffered has not been made public at this time.

Bray Wyatt Reaches Out To Mother Of Autistic WWE Fan After Bullying Incident At School

WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt reached out to a mother on Twitter after her son was bullied at school for being autistic.

The woman tagged WWE and Wyatt in a tweet, noting that her son was attacked by another student at school. The bully broke her son’s WWE PopSocket and cut his Wyatt t-shirt with a pair of scissors.

“@WWE @WWEBrayWyatt my boy was attacked by another student at school. His wwe popsocket was broken and his bray wyatt shirt was ripped by the kid cutting him with scissors. He’s tougher than a bully #autism #autismfamily #wwefan,” the mother wrote, attaching a photo of her son in a hospital room.

The Fiend wrote back and arranged to send the boy a gift, adding that he’s got his back.

“Dm me size and where to send it. Tell him I got his six,” Wyatt wrote.

This isn’t the first time that Wyatt has used social media to do a good deed for a fan. You can see their full exchange below:

Source: Wrestling Inc.

New Feature Movie On The Von Erich Family Being Developed

Filmmaker Sean Durkin is currently working on a feature film about WWE Hall of Famers The Von Erich Family, according to Deadline.

Durkin is working with producers Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell, under their House Productions banner, on the movie about the legendary family of pro wrestlers. BBC Films boss Rose Garnett is co-financing development of the project, along with House.

“I’m very excited about this one,” Durkin told Deadline about the Von Erichs movie. “It’s another family portrait, about a wrestling family who revolutionized the sport and then suffered tragedy.”

“Sean is an extraordinary filmmaker and we’re excited to be working with him,” added Tessa Ross.

It looks like the movie will look at the legendary Von Erichs that have passed, their last surviving brother, Kevin Von Erich, and his sons who currently wrestle for Major League Wrestling – MLW Tag Team Champions Ross & Marshall Von Erich.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Jerry “The King” Lawler Wins Title In “Career Vs. Title” Match At Arkansas Indie Event

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler is a champion once again at the age of 70.

The Championship Wrestling of Arkansas indie promotion sent word that the WWE RAW announcer defeated Matt Riviera in a “Title vs. Career” match this past weekend at their No Surrender event to become the new CWA Arkansas Heavyweight Champion.

You can see video from the match below. The bout was the main event of last Saturday’s show at the Maumelle Event Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The CWA No Surrender event will be available for streaming soon on CWAWrestlingNetwork.com. Legendary Memphis Wrestling announcer Dave Brown, who recently appeared on AEW TV, helped do commentary for the event.

Lawler tweeted on the match and wrote, “My career is save for another match! New Arkansas Heavyweight Champion!”

You can see Lawler’s full tweet below, along with a few photos from the event:

https://twitter.com/JerryLawler/status/1219766701992050693

https://twitter.com/JerryLawler/status/1219772790276009985

https://twitter.com/ralowes/status/1219012098413539333

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Dynamite Preview 1/22/20

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air from Chris Jericho’s cruise (Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea: Part Deux) as it heads from Miami, Florida to the Bahamas. The show was taped yesterday.

* SCU (c) vs. Kenny Omega and Hangman Page (AEW World Tag Team Championship)

* PAC vs. Jon Moxley (Number One Contender Match for the AEW World Championship)

* Jurassic Express vs. AEW World Champion Chris Jericho, Santana, and Ortiz

* Britt Baker vs. Priscilla Kelly

* Joey Janela vs. MJF (with Wardlow)

WWE NXT Preview 1/22/20

Tonight’s WWE NXT episode on the USA Network will air live from the NXT Arena at Full Sail University with the final hype for Saturday’s Worlds Collide event.

  • Keith Lee to challenge NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong
  • Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne clash with Imperium in Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Semifinal action
  • Undisputed ERA and Grizzled Young Veterans meet in Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Semifinals
  • How will tensions rise ahead of Worlds Collide?