Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
* Who is Raw’s true monster?
* The Shield battle The Bar and Samoa Joe in three singles matches
* Absolution move in on Asuka
* Bray Wyatt faces “deletion” at the hands of Matt Hardy
Earlier today, the finals in the NJPW World Tag League took place with EVIL and SANADA defeating The Guerrillas of Destiny to win the tournament for the first time in their careers. Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks were also in action defeating YOH, SHO, and Rocky Romero.
After the match, the lights went down and Chris Jericho appeared, giving Omega a Code Breaker in the ring, and eventually busting open the IWGP US Champion. Jericho also gave NJPW Announcer, Don Callis, a Code Breaker in the ring. The two wrestlers will meet at Wrestle Kingdom 12 for the IWGP US Championship.
Below are the full results from today’s event:
* EVIL and SANADA defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny (World Tag League Final)
* Hiromu Takahashi and Tetsuya Naito defeated Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada
* The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega defeated YOH, SHO, and Rocky Romero
* Marty Scurll and Cody defeated KUSHIDA and Kota Ibushi
* Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Togi Makabe, David Finlay, Henare, Hirai Kawato, and Katsuya Kitamura
* Michael Elgin, Jeff Cobb, and War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) defeated Bullet Club (Hangman Page, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens, and Leo Tonga)
* Bad Luck Fale defeated BUSHI
* Best Friends (Beretta and Chuckie T) defeated Death Juice (Juice Robinson and Sami Callihan)
* CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, and YOSHI-HASHI) defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and El Desperado)
Source: WrestlingINC
WWE issued the following statement on Rich Swann’s arrest.
“WWE has zero tolerance for matters involving domestic violence, and per our policy, Rich Swann has been indefinitely suspended following his arrest.”
Yesterday morning at 12:09am in Gainesville, Florida, 205 Live Star Rich Swann was arrested and charged with Kidnapping and False Imprisonment: Adult, a third-degree felony in Florida that is punishable with up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine, if convicted. Swann was also charged with Battery (touching or strike), a first degree misdemeanor that is punishable with up to one year in jail or 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine, if convicted.
The Gainesville Police tweeted out Swann’s mugshot and the police report, due to the numerous national media requests. According to the report, the victim was pro wrestler, Su Yung (Vannarah Riggs). Swann was driving a car and apparently began critiquing Riggs’ performance at a wrestling show, earlier in the night. Swann was said to get angry and Riggs “got scared that the argument was going to escalate” and eventually jumped out of the car. The report continues Swann stopped the car in traffic, yelled for her to return, ended up putting her in a headlock and dragged her back to the vehicle.
Two witnesses filed what they saw in the police report below, which gives full details on what happened.
Due to numerous national media requests…mugshot and arrest report for Rich Swann can be found here: https://t.co/PvQj5B7A7n
Source: WrestlingINC
Hiroshi Tanahashi has been forced out of his remaining dates on NJPW’s World Tag League Tour due to injury, NJPW announced on Thursday. The company revealed in an announcement that Tanahashi suffered a right knee injury that led them to have to remove him from their show in Yamaguchi tonight, as well as the remainder of the tour which ends on December 11th.
The company noted, that details on Tanahashi’s condition are unknown and that he’s undergoing medical tests. When more information becomes available, the company will decided as to future appearances. It added, “New Japan Pro Wrestling apologizes to fans who were looking forward to seeing Tanahashi perform.
Additionally, the company said that due to the absence, “there will be changes made to the remainder of the cards in the World Tag League tour.”
Source: 411Mania
We noted before how Bobby Lashley and Ethan Carter III could be leaving Impact Wrestling when their contracts expire soon. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that former World Heavyweight Champion Eddie Edwards may be joining EC3 and Lashley as his contract expires in February 2018.
Regarding contracts moving forward, word is that the company will only be offering the new per-day contracts instead of significant guaranteed money deals, which Lashley, EC3 and Edwards are currently signed to. There’s a good chance these three veterans may be leaving because of this, just like James Storm. Storm recently left the company as he was signed to a high-paying contract that the company did not want to renew as they are looking to stop losing money.
No word yet on Eddie’s future plans but the belief right now is that WWE and ROH do have interest in signing him. WWE’s interest is for the WWE NXT brand, according to The Observer.
Source: WrestlingINC
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned there have been serious internal discussions within WWE regarding a possible Global Warning pay-per-view event that would take place next year in Australia.
For those who don’t remember, WWE Global Warning Tour 2002 took place in Melbourne and over 50,000 people attended the live event. We’re told officials want to top that in a big way next year.
Sources with direct knowledge say WWE have discussed running Global Warning II in October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which holds 100,000 people. This time, however, they want to broadcast the event on PPV and the WWE Network.
Nothing official has been set quite yet, but The Sheet was told things are headed in the right direction.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Jim Ross and AXS TV have verbally agreed to a contract extension, and the new contract is being finalized. Since Ross isn’t appearing on WWE TV (he was signed for the UK project, which hasn’t launched), WWE didn’t stand in the way of the deal. Aldo, his WWE deal allowed him to continue doing existing work.
Source: 411Mania
* oVe airs their grievances
* Knockouts Tournament Match: Sienna vs. Rosemary vs. Allie
* Caleb Knley vs. Taiji Ishimori
* Impact Grand Championship: (C) EC3 vs. Matt Sydal
* Eli Drake & Chris Adonis vs. Johnny Impact & Petey Williams
According to USA Today, Ronda Rousey is finalizing details that will bring the former UFC Champion into the world of WWE. Although not yet officially announced by WWE, it appears as if Rousey will be making her way to the squared circle in the near future.
Rousey has made appearances at WrestleMania 31 (with The Rock), the Mae Young Classic, and in November, at an NXT live event to meet with fans. Along with the other Four Horsewomen members, Rousey has been training in the ring (at times at the WWE Performance Center), which was shown in a December 1 video that was previewing her personal website.
During the Mae Young Classic, WWE teased a confrontation between the two Four Horsewomen groups, with talk of having a match (Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir) at WrestleMania 34. There was also a rumored match against just Charlotte, but no word yet on if or when that could happen.
Last month, in an interview with Good Morning Britain, Triple H spoke about WWE’s mutual interest with Rousey.
“She is very interested in our business, always has been a huge fan, that’s where the ‘Rowdy Ronda’ came from,” Triple H said. “I think she’s interested in the opportunity, I’m interested in offering her the opportunity, so we have some talking do.”
If Rousey is finished with Mixed Martial Arts, her record will stand at 12-2, losing the final two fights to Holly Holm and current UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion, Amanda Nunes. Her final fight with Nunes was in December of last year.
Source: WrestlingINC
Matt Hardy will apparently have creative license with his “Woken” character, according to a new report by Justin Barrasso at Sports Illustrated. It was noted that Vince McMahon “sees opportunity and the opportunity to cash in on a character that is already established.”
Source: WrestlingINC
