It appears R-Truth underwent surgery yesterday as he is suffering from some sort of arm injury. No word yet on Truth’s last match but it looked like it happened at the October 14th WWE live event in Regina, Saskatchewan, losing to Elias. He posted the following on Instagram yesterday, mentioning the surgery:
Source: WrestlingINC
* Moose vs. Lashley
* Johnny Impact & Garza Jr. vs. Eli Drake and Chris Adonis
* Eddie Edwards defends his GHC title against Naomichi Marufuji in Japan
* Trevor Lee works down in the Crash promotion
A possible WWE debut for Ricochet has been rumored for some time, most recently earlier this month. Ricochet recently gave an emotional interview after NJPW King of Pro Wrestling, which was said to feel like a goodbye. His Lucha Underground contract is expected to expire on or around January 16 and he’s previously hinted that he wants to go to WWE.
Now The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via Sportskeeda) reports that Ricochet could be in the WWE in time to join the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which would be his debut. With the Lucha Underground contact set to expire around mid-January, a Rumble debut is possible. Even more evidence points to the fact that the independent star allegedly told promoters he won’t take any dates after the end of that month. If that happened, the former Prince Puma would get a debut spot similar to that of AJ Styles, who is now a big player in WWE.
Source: 411Mania
It was reported last week that Taryn Terrell was pulled from the Knockouts title match at Bound for Glory and that she was done with the company. According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the concussion story from TV (which took her out of the match) is a cover. The real story is that Terrell cannot get into Canada, and with the company shifting TV tapings for now into Canada, as well as Bound for Glory, it made it impossible to use her going forward. This is similar to Jim Cornette’s departure from the company. The split was said to be amicable on both sides.
Source: 411Mania
WWE officials are still planning on doing the Horsewomen vs. Horsewomen match with Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
The match is now being planned for WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans. One reason the match has been pushed back until then is because there’s a RAW vs. SmackDown theme at Survivor Series, where the match was once rumored to take place. Another reason they’re waiting until 2018 to do the match is the feeling that the extra time will help them get Rousey, Duke and Shafir ready for the ring.
Baszler continues to train at the WWE Performance Center under her WWE NXT deal and Rousey was at the Performance Center this past week. No word yet on the rumored Rousey vs. Flair singles match happening in the future but it was once rumored for WrestleMania.
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We’ve noted how Paige has been training for her return to action for WWE and there’s now speculation on a new theme song for the former Women’s Champion. Jorge Hernandez, manager for singer Shayla, posted a preview for a remixed version of Paige’s theme song and thanked WWE for the opportunity. It’s also possible that the song could be used in the WWE Studios’ movie based on Paige and her wrestling family that comes out in the near future. Shayla appears to be a relatively new singer.
Source: WrestlingINC
You can hear the song below:
A woman has come forward saying ex-What Culture personality Adam Blampied manipulated her into sending nude photos and now he’s taking a leave of absence from Cultaholics.
Blampied posted his statement on Twitter shortly before the woman spoke out and said he’d be taking a “short” leave to deal with some personal issues.
Adding, “I wanted to make this situation public for reasons that will become clear. I want to publicly apologize for actions in my private life over the past few years: I have falsely claimed to several woman via social media that I was in an open relationship with my girlfriend as a means to repeatedly message them and encourage them to send me images of themselves.”
Adam claims he didn’t make threats or offer perks in exchange, but he did exploit his public position by manipulating women in this manner.
Not long after his statement was posted, a woman on Twitter published a lengthy telling of her experience with Blampied (along with photo proof) and it details how he drunkenly asked her for topless photos after admitting he had a girlfriend who wouldn’t approve.
She continued, “Knowing that I was 19, drunk, sexually inexperienced and had moral objections to sending him nudes, he continued to try to persuade me. In the end, I relented. I don’t feel good about my actions. I wish I had had the self-control to not do it, but I’d never really had that kind of attention from a man before, especially not someone like Blampied. He was charming, he was the face of a YouTube channel and I’d been a fan of him for awhile.”
The woman admits the whole situation messed with her mental health and she has since learned he’s done the same thing to other women as well, which contributed to her making this public.
As Pro Wrestling Sheet previously reported, Adam is the Head of Creative at Cultaholics — the new venture from the core group of personalities who recently left What Culture. During his time away, Blampied says he’ll be focusing on getting profesional help and coming to terms with the choices he’s made.
Read the statements below:
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
All of us here at Wrestling News Blog (Trevor, John & Vanessa), would like to let Jeff Jarrett know that we are praying for him as he deals with his problems. We believe God can see him through this.
As we previously reported Jeff has checked into a rehab facility, after news that He was fired from his position at Impact Wrestling this week while on a leave of absence. The next day a promoter in Canada accused him of passing out in the locker room over the weekend due to drinking, then insisting on wrestling a match.
* Huge Battle Royal to determine final NXT Women’s Title Fatal 4-Way participant for NXT TakeOver: WarGames (Billie Kay, Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Taynara Conti, Lacey Evans, Sarah Logan, Dakota Kai, Bianca Belair, Sage Beckett, Zeda, Mercedes Martinez, Abbey Laith, Vanessa Borne, Santana Garrett, Aliyah and Reina González) Who will join Sane, Royce and Moon at TakeOver in Houston on Saturday, Nov. 18?
* Roderick Strong vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas
WWE officials were developing an idea for a potential reality TV series that would feature Maryse and WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz. The Total Bellas-style show would also feature Dolph Ziggler, who is good friends with Miz and Maryse in real life. PWInsider reports that the working title for the series is “The It Couple” and that singer Ryan Cabrera would also be part of the cast as he has been friends with Miz for several years.
Source: WrestlingINC
