Author: John Bass

Tony Khan Teases Update On ROH Television Situation

While speaking during Wednesday’s media call to promote this weekend’s Ring of Honor Final Battle pay-per-view event, ROH owner and AEW President Tony Khan hinted that an update on the promotion’s television deal could be coming soon. Khan acquired Ring of Honor in May of this year. Tony indicated to Brandon Thurston that an announcement regarding ROH’s TV future could come this weekend.

ROH Final Battle 2022 will take place this Saturday, December 10th at 4:00 PM EST from Arlington, TX. It will air live on pay-per-view.

https://twitter.com/BrandonThurston/status/1600559192984768513

Source: EWrestlingNews

AEW Dynamite Preview 12/7/2022

AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS, and emanate from the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas, just outside of Austin.

  • TNT Championship Match: Samoa Joe (c) defends against Darby Allin
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: The Acclaimed (c) defends against FTR
  • Jade Cargill & The Baddies vs. Madison Rayne, Skye Blue & Kiera Hogan
  • Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale
  • Jake Hager & Daniel Garcia vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Jamie Hayter Sit Down Interview w/ Tony Schiavone
  • We Will Hear From Jon Moxley
  • We Hear From AEW World Champion MJF

Ronda Rousey Thinks She Failed Shotzi At Survivor Series

WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey recently took to her latest video game stream, “The Baddest Stream On The Planet,” to offer her thoughts on her Survivor Series match with Shotzi. Rousey said a planned DDT spot she pitched didn’t go as planned, and noted she felt like she let Shotzi down with the match.

Here are the highlights:

DDT spot not going as planned:

Let me explain what happened. I actually pitched that spot because I love that she does that. We couldn’t practice in my ring because the ropes are too loose. We couldn’t practice it when we got to the arena because there are these big cages.

I’ve taken DDTs before, but I’ve never helped anybody over to the floor, so they were like, ‘Okay, you have to have your hand here on her leg, the other hand on her hip, and you’re going to guide her over.’ Everyone was so focused on ‘guide her over, guide her to the floor,’ that it was literally all that was on my mind when it happened.

When she went over it was like, ‘guide her.’ When she was down, I was like, ‘Oh fuck. Ahhh, just go to where you’re supposed to go.’ I fucked it up because I was so concerned with keeping somebody safe and a lot of time, when you see me do something for the first time, it’s the first time I ever did it.

I was really concerned with keeping Shotzi safe and I made it look bad. You know what, sorry. Apparently, I deserve to be fired or burned. It reminds me of Monty Python, ‘BURN HER!’ There weren’t calls to fire anybody when Madcap Moss and Big E were spiked on their heads. ‘BURN HER ANYWAY!’ I’m so sorry that I was so concerned with keeping someone safe that I made the bump look bad.

Feeling like she let Shotzi down:

What really bummed me out was, my favorite thing in the match was turning around a hostile crowd. We’re in Boston, of course they’re hostile because they’re angry at the fact that they live there. Right when we got them turned around with the ‘holy shit’ and the crossbody into the fans, ‘F*ck yeah, we’re turning it around, we got all the awesome shit coming up.’

Then, Shotzi rolls me in the ring, and they’re like, ‘Get out of there. Plan B, get out of there, we’re out of time. We gotta go.’ ‘What?’ She was going up and I had to run up and throw her down and throw her into the armbar and get out of there because that’s what they were telling me on the mics because I guess the match before us went over by six minutes and they were concerned about going over on time.

The match after us was a three-way, so they wouldn’t be able to communicate with each other to make the match shorter and the match after that was WarGames and they couldn’t cut that out. It was the only place they could get that time back. I was bummed though because we worked on that match for two weeks and we were really excited about it. I felt like I really failed Shotzi.

Source: EWrestlingNews

The New Day Confront Pretty Deadly On WWE NXT, Tag Title Match Set For Deadline

It’s a New Day, yes it is.

The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston) made a shocking return to NXT on Tuesday night. The 11-time tag team champions interrupted Pretty Deadly’s reading of their “Christmas Story” to challenge them for the NXT Tag Team Championships. Pretty Deadly said that all they wanted was a team that could match them in the ring, and Woods and Kingston answered the call.

The confrontation escalated into a full-on brawl, as The New Day stood tall after smashing Pretty Deadly with some Christmas presents that were in the ring.

Their match for NXT Deadline this Saturday has now been made official.

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1600323332473249793

WWE NXT Preview 12/6/2022

Tonight’s episode of WWE NXT in Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center on the USA Network: 

Backstage Update On Drew McIntyre’s WWE Status

Drew McIntyre announced on Monday afternoon that he was not medically qualified to compete at this week’s WWE SmackDown, where he was slated to team with Sheamus to challenge Undisputed Tag Team Champions The Usos. 

In his statement, McIntyre promised to return soon because he doesn’t like missing shows. Butch will replace McIntyre in the match.

On today’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that McIntyre is expected to be back for the Christmas tour that starts on December 26. 

Fightful Select also reported that McIntyre is not expected to be out for long as he is dealing with a minor injury. 

Source: EWrestlingNews

https://twitter.com/DMcIntyreWWE/status/1599891462300135426

WWE RAW Preview 12/5/2022

Tonight’s WWE RAW live from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. on USA Network at 8/7C.

WWE’s event page indicates that “Raw” Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, Kevn Owens, and Seth “Freakin” Rollins are scheduled to appear, as well as The Judgment Day’s Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, and Rhea Ripley.

Barry Windham Hospitalized After Suffering A Heart Attack

Barry Windham, the uncle of Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas, is in the hospital. 

The WWE Hall Of Famer suffered a heart attack over the weekend while traveling through the Atlanta airport. 

Barry’s niece Mika Rotunda announced the news when she set up a GoFund Me Campaign for him: 

“With deep sadness I regret to inform that my uncle, WWE Hall of Famer, Barry Windham suffered a massive heart attack Friday evening. While traveling through the Atlanta airport, his darkest fear became a horrific reality as he went into cardiac arrest. He is currently in the ICU and has undergone an emergency procedure to save his life. As a family, we are impatiently waiting to hear that he will be okay. But as of now, the future is uncertain.

As is the future for many in his position. And for those who have formerly devoted their lives to their craft. Barry Windham, has an iconically, decorated resume as an American professional wrestler. He traveled all over the world for decades, entertaining people of all ages with his athleticism and undeniable charisma.

After those countless years of wrestling matches, traveling and entertaining world wide, he experienced a number of taxing injuries and ended up undergoing multiple surgeries. That led to other health complications. Barry hung his boots for the last time in the early 2000’s. Since then he has been limited with work due to his medical history as well as left without health insurance.

To face these times is one of great stress and hardship. As well as one that comes with extensive medical expenses he is taking on. That is overwhelming to say the least.

We are politely asking for any increment of financial assistance to help cover his medical expenses and bills and see him through this time.”

Source: EWrestlingNews

Former MLB Player Todd Frazier Makes The Save For Jerry Lawler At Local Indie Show

Former Major League baseball player Todd Frazier shared a post on Instagram where he helped Jerry “The King” Lawler during the Stand Alone Wrestling event on Saturday night in Toms River, New Jersey.

Frazier came to Lawler’s aid when Lawler faced Rik Ratchet, with Prince Nana and Marc Coralluzo interfering and trying to attack Lawler during the match. You can view some clips from the event that Frazier posted on Instagram below. Frazier wrote,

“What a thrill to live out a childhood dream of mine. The Contest of Champions did not disappoint. All proceeds went to the 200 Club. Wrestling along side Jerry ‘the King’ Lawler was pretty awesome too. I had a feeling I still needed my baseball bat still ????????????????????????”

Source: EWrestlingNews

William Regal Exiting AEW, Heading Back To WWE For A “Backstage Role”

A report from Fightful Select has an update on William Regal leaving AEW. Regal is now “effectively done” with AEW and said to be heading back to WWE. Additionally, Fightful’s report states that he’s currently finalizing a new deal with WWE.

Regal’s deal with AEW is said to be up this month, so that’s why he was written off TV with the recent angle on Dynamite with MJF. There have been multiple rumors regarding the length of Regal’s contract. It was previously rumored that he had a three-year contract, but WWE sources claimed that Regal had an “out” clause in his AEW agreement.

Additionally, the report notes that all AEW sources are operating under the assumption that Regal is leaving. Regal previously joined AEW in March of 2022. One WWE source said it’s not surprising that Regal is returning to WWE as Triple H was reportedly “very unhappy” that he was let go earlier in January. WWE NXT sources had said that Regal was considered a “lifer” for the NXT brand, and Triple H even mentioned this before.

Regal is expected to have a “backstage role” following his return to WWE.

After joining AEW, William Regal became the manager of the Blackpool Combat Club, featuring Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley as the inaugural members of the stable.

Source: EWrestlingNews