Tonight’s AEW Rampage “Holiday Bash” on TNT at 10/9C
* $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Royale
* Jade Cargill (C) vs. Vertvixen (TBS Women’s Title Eliminator)
* The Acclaimed vs. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett
* We’ll hear from Eddie Kingston & Ortiz
* We’ll hear from Wardlow
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX at 8/7C.
Karl Anderson will defend the NEVER Openweight Championship against Tama Tonga in two weeks at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17. This will be the first time that a WWE-contracted talent wrestles on the show.
Tonga took to Twitter to invite Styles to the Tokyo Dome show so that The OC Leader can watch The Good Bad Guy “smash” the WWE Superstar at the venue. He wrote,
“AJ can come too. He can watch me smash his boy. ( still got love for you #PhenomenalOne ) #Wrestlekingdom17 – January 4, 2023 #AndNew #NeverOpenWeightChampion.”
Earlier this year, Anderson defeated Tonga to win the NEVER Openweight Title at NJPW Dominion. It will be interesting to see if Anderson can retain the title in his second outing with Tonga come January 4th.
Source: ewrestlingnews
The action continues on the road to Hard To Kill. Don’t miss an all-new IMPACT! this Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders.
The action begins Before the IMPACT, streaming this Thursday at 7:15pm ET exclusively on IMPACT Plus, YouTube and Facebook. A new side of Taylor Wilde will be unleashed as the “Wilde Witch” locks up with IMPACT newcomer KiLynn King!
MLW FUSION returns tonight at 8pm ET streaming worldwide on Pro Wrestling TV and Saturday 8pm ET nationwide on cable television on beIN SPORTS.
This week’s card:
The final stage of the 2022 Super Series closes out with an interpromotional title bout between Mexico’s Lady Flammer and World Women’s Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie as two of the best luchadoras clash for MLW’s top women’s title.
Will the toxic femme fatale bring gold back to Mexico, or can Taya Valkyrie put the exclamation point on the Super Series with a monumental win for MLW? Tune in and find out.
MLW brings the tables for Mance Warner and Mads Krugger in what promises to be a bloody bout. Tis the season for extreme violence and ol Mancer and the masked mercenary look to settle the score when each combatant looks to toss the other through the table. Who will crash and who will go on to fight another day in MLW? Watch Fusion to find out!
Alex Kane challenges Georgia’s best to take a one way trip to Suplex Island as The Bomaye Fight Club presents The Peach State Prize Fight! Who will rise up and accept?
The age of titans reaches a critical stage and the World Heavyweight Champion Alex Hammerstone is in the house. What’s on the horizon for Hammerstone and EJ Nduka? Who will be left standing?
Santa Saint Laurent has a questionable holiday venture?
The Samoan SWAT Team throw down the eggnog and get lucha lit for the holidays with Microman and Lince Dorado.
AEW Dynamite “Holiday Bash” special will air live tonight on TBS and emanate from the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas.
AEW personality Jeff Jarrett has said that Vince Russo is dealing with “serious mental health issues.”
In 1999, both Jarrett and Russo left the WWF for WCW, where Double-J became a multi-time World Champion.
Russo, who was responsible for some of the WWF’s biggest moments during the Attitude Era, has been lambasted for decades due to his booking during his WCW tenure.
Speaking on the latest episode of his “My World” podcast, Jarrett spoke about Russo and his alleged issues. He said,
“Candidly, he’s got serious, serious, and I’m speaking from experience, he’s got serious mental health issues. There’s no doubt in my mind, and I’ve said it for years.”
Source: ewrestlingnews
Tonight’s episode of WWE NXT in Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center on the USA Network at 8/7C.
Mandy Rose may longer be collecting a paycheck from WWE, following her recent release, but given the income she’s generating from her FanTime account — which was at the heart of her WWE exit – the former “NXT” Women’s Champion has no reason to worry about covering her bills.
According to TMZ Sports, Rose has taken in $500,000 in just the seven days since being given her walking papers solely from the content she posts on FanTime, a subscription-based platform similar to OnlyFans. Rose’s agent, Malki Kawa, predicted the 32-year-old wrestler could become a millionaire by Christmas. WWE officials seemed to find her FanTime material became progressively more suggestive over time. However, reports suggest that Rose was not presented with an option to tone down or remove some of what was seen as problematic with WWE choosing to just cut ties entirely instead.
Rose has not budged in her support for her FanTime content, using the platform to thank her fans for their backing after being fired by WWE. “I am overwhelmed with all the love and support from you guys,” she wrote. “And don’t worry the page is still up!”
Rose participated in bodybuilding and fitness competitions before joining WWE in 2015 following the 6th season of “Tough Enough,” where she placed second. In shifting back to “NXT” after several years on the main roster, she captured the “NXT” Women’s Championship within months of her return and held the title for 413 days. She would drop the belt on December 13 to Roxanne Perez –- her termination from the company followed the next day.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
NJPW will hold its Wrestle Kingdom 17 event on January 4. It is New Japan Pro Wrestling’s biggest event of the year.
While appearing on The Sessions podcast, Rocky Romero promised that there would be surprises at the show.
As previously reported, Mercedes Varnado, better known to WWE fans as Sasha Banks, will make an appearance during Wrestle Kingdom 17.
“I’ve heard a lot of rumors, but I can’t confirm nor deny at this moment. Fingers crossed, you never know what could happen. There will definitely be surprises at the Tokyo Dome.”
Sources: ewrestlingnews and Fightful
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