Author: John Bass

Injured WWE Star Charlotte Flair Provides Promising Update On Her Recovery

Charlotte Flair’s ACL, MCL, and meniscus injury wasn’t going to heal overnight, but after a series of optimistic reports from close confidantes and Flair herself, WWE fans have been waiting in cautious anticipation for the return of “The Queen.” Flair recently gave fans some more reason to hope for an imminent return, as she took to Instagram to post an injury update.

The video features Flair in a Biodex testing machine, furiously kicking her injured leg. “The Queen”‘s face is red, and her knuckles are white as she grips the seat’s handles to stabilize herself as she pushes herself to the limit.

Today marked Flair’s first Biodex test, specifically an isokinetic test. Isokinetic tests are considered one of the most objective ways to determine a moving muscle’s endurance, strength, and rate of force development, or how fast Flair can develop force in her surgical leg. According to Flair, she needed to be “in the 40% or less deficit” compared to her non-injured leg. Essentially, her injured leg’s strength needed to be no more than 40% less powerful than her non-injured leg in order to be considered on track for recovery. Flair excitedly shared that the deficit in her quad strength was “20% or less,” and that in some measurements, her injured leg was actually stronger than her non-injured leg. These hopeful statistics imply that her recovery is well ahead of schedule, and is going smoothly.

Flair ended the post by expressing an excitement to resume in-ring activity. Several WWE stars extended their good wishes to Flair, with Carmella posting several applause emojis and Dakota Kai expressing her support with some choice muscle emojis.

As of writing, Flair has been out of action for six months. “The Queen” could resume in-ring action in September 2024, at the absolute earliest. There have been no reported plans regarding Flair’s return from a creative standpoint at this time.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Backstage Report On WWE’s Plans For NXT Debut On The CW

Late last year, WWE announced that their development show, “WWE NXT,” would be making the jump from USA Network to The CW Network. As the date of transfer looms over the heads of WWE’s newest stars, PWInsider Elite has offered more information regarding the nature and magnitude of this broadcast home transfer.

Starting October 1 at 8pm Eastern, fans can expect to tune into an episode of “NXT” filmed not within the walls of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, but “on the road in a major arena.” “NXT’s” debut episode on The CW is expected to be a high-profile event, with one internal source comparing it to the hallowed “NXT” Takeovers of the past in terms of significance to the overall brand. The reported spectacle comes from WWE’s desire to impress The CW as the two companies begin working together.

There are several locations being discussed for the location of “NXT’s” new network debut. As of writing, the most significant argument has been made for a Chicago-based show, as the Windy City is home to one of the Nexstar Media Group’s headquarters — Nexstar Media Group is The CW’s current owner, and the group that verified the “NXT” deal. However, it should be noted that the location for the October 1 episode of “NXT” is still in discussion, and may change in the coming months. There is also no announced special theme or premium live event planned in October for the developmental brand as of writing.

The shift in “NXT”‘s broadcasting home comes from an earlier deal to move “WWE SmackDown” off of Fox and onto USA Network. Despite gaining the rights to WWE’s Friday-based show, USA Network and parent company NBCU failed to outbid Netflix, who is slated to assume the broadcasting rights for “WWE Raw,” and The CW.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

TNA Impact Preview 6/20/2024

TNA Impact tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV and TNA+. 

  • Fallout from Against All Odds
  • The System (Moose Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, and Alisha Edwards) will kick off the show
  • Chicago Street Fight: Frankie Kazarian vs. Ace Steel
  • Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) vs. The Hex (Marti Belle & Allysin Kay)
  • PCO and Steph De Lander go on a date

ROH TV Preview 6/20/2024

ROH will air a new episode of its weekly television show tonight at 7 pm ET on HonorClub. 

You can sign up for the streaming service here. Below is the lineup for the show: 

  • ROH Tag Team Championships: The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) (c) vs. Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
  • ROH World Television Championship – Best Two Out Of Three Falls: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Lee Johnson
  • Aaron Solo vs. Titan
  • Diamante vs. Leyla Hirsch
  • Anthony Henry, Cole Karter & Griff Garrison vs. Serpentico & The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Shawn Dean)
  • Iron Savages (Boulder, Bronson, Jacked Jameson) in action
  • Jacoby Watts vs. Brandon Cutler
  • Lance Archer in action
  • Marina Shafir in action
  • Billie Starkz and Athena to speak

Matt Hardy Hopes To Return to WWE, Says Jeff Hardy Wants To Prove He’s Changed

In an interview with Busted Open Radio (via Fightful), Matt Hardy spoke about he and his brother Jeff winding down their careers and noted that he hopes they end up back in WWE. Here are highlights:

On how he wants their careers to end: “I would like to do TNA and have a hell of a run there, and then I almost feel like now, just the destiny has revealed itself in many ways, I almost feel Jeff and I, we end up returning to WWE, do something small and then go onto the Hall of Fame. That’s a best case scenario.”

On Jeff Hardy wanting to prove himself: “That’s a great question. I think Jeff really wanted to come back to TNA to continue to build equity, and he knows that TNA and WWE are working together. I have friends in the WWE, I have spoken with people in WWE. So I think Jeff just wants to once again just show people how he is a different human being. The way to put equity into that is to go to TNA, have a kickass run, and show people he’s on his best behavior.”

Source: 411Mania

AEW Dynamite Preview 6/19/2024

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite live on TBS from the EagleBank Arena on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

  • MJF vs. RUSH to kick off tonight’s show – commercial-free!
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match: The Young Bucks vs. The Acclaimed
  • AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. TBA

    All-Star Eight-Man Tag Team Match: Orange Cassidy, Dante Martin, Kyle O’Reilly and Mark Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong, Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita and Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa sign the contract for the AEW Women’s World Championship Match at Forbidden Door.
  • AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay have a face to face
  • The Men’s and Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament brackets will be revealed
  • Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Quarterfinals: Nyla Rose vs. Kris Statlander
  • Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Quarterfinals: Claudio Castagnoli vs. PAC

TNA’s Frankie Kazarian & Joe Hendry Appear In Battle Royal On WWE NXT

Say his name and he appears – TNA Wrestling’s Joe Hendry appeared on this week’s episode of WWE NXT.

On this week’s edition of WWE NXT, a 25-man battle royal to determine Trick Williams’ challenger for the NXT Championship at NXT Heatwave took place in the opening match.

Both Joe Hendry and Frankie Kazarian from TNA Wrestling competed in the battle royal. Hendry wound up being quickly eliminated by Kazarian, which the crowd at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL wasn’t happy with.

WWE main roster stars Dragon Lee, Angel, Berto, Apollo Crews, and Tyler Bate all participated in the match.

Kazarian wound up making it to the final four, with Je’Von Evans taking out Shawn Spears to win the match. We’ll now see Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams taking place at WWE NXT Heatwave.

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Nikki Cross & Joe Gacy Announce ‘We’re Here’ After Wyatt Sick6 Debut

On Monday, WWE RAW ended with the return of Uncle Howdy alongside the brand-new Wyatt Sick6.

This group includes the real-life versions of Ramblin’ Rabbit, Huskus The Pig, Mercy The Buzzard, and Abby The Witch, with Nikki Cross playing the role of Abby and Joe Gacy playing Huskus. Eric Rowan and Dexter Lumis are also part of the group.

Cross and Gacy took to social media to share their reactions.

WWE NXT Preview 6/18/2024

Tonight’s WWE NXT on USA Network.

  • NXT Championship #1 Contender’s Battle Royale: 25 Competitors TBA (Cody Rhodes also teased some of the competitors coming from “other locker rooms.”)
  • NXT Women’s North American Championship: Kelani Jordan (c) vs. Michin
  • Roxanne Perez & Lola Vice vs. Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson vs. Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx
  • We’ll hear from NXT North American Champion Oba Femi

Seth Rollins Returns To WWE Raw, Will Challenge Damian Priest At Money In The Bank

While much of the audience in Corpus Christi and those watching along at home were likely anticipating an Uncle Howdy return, since the countdown clock that was propped up recently expired as “WWE Raw” hit the air, a different surprise kicked off the show as “Burn it down!” blared over the speakers. Seth “Freakin'” Rollins returned to WWE television for the first time since playing sacrificial lamb for Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania, quickly reminding the WWE Universe that this was still Monday Night Rollins.

After expressing his happiness to be back, Rollins quickly got down to business, stating his immediate intentions of reacquiring the WWE World Heavyweight Championship he lost to Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania, and eyeballing the Money In the Bank briefcase now hanging from high above the ring as the premium live event takes the “next up” place on WWE’s calendar. But before he could get into any briefcase aspirations, the current World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest hit the ring, showing respect for Rollins before stating that “Raw” is no longer Monday Night Rollins but rather All Rise for El Campeon.

The two men jawed back and forth, with Priest reminding Rollins that he was the first to challenge for his then-newly created World Heavyweight Championship, and admitting that he lost then because Rollins was better. That, however, is not the case now, according to Priest, and ultimately, he told “The Architect” that he didn’t need to worry about ladders or briefcases and instead, challenged him to a championship match at Money In the Bank.

Source: Wrestling Inc.