Author: John Bass

WWE Extreme Rules 10/8/2022 (Results), Bray Wyatt Returns

  • Six-Man Tag Team Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook Match: The Brawling Brutes defeated Imperium by pinfall.
  • SmackDown Women’s Championship Extreme Rules Match: Ronda Rousey defeated Liv Morgan (c) by submission to win the title.
  • Strap Match: Karrion Kross defeated Drew McIntyre by pinfall.
  • Raw Women’s Championship Ladder Match: Bianca Belair (c) defeated Bayley
  • I Quit Match: Finn Balor defeated Edge
  • Fight Pit Match: Matt Riddle defeated Seth Rollins by submission.

The lights went out and Michael Cole was asking if they’re still on the air. All the fireflies light up their phones as “He’s got the whole world in his hands” starts playing. A few people in the crowd are given a spotlight, dressed up as Huskus the Pig Boy, Mercy the Buzzard, Rambling Rabbit, and Abbey the Witch are shown. The Fiend is shown, too. All the Firefly Fun House puppets are shown covered in cobwebs and such. A masked person pops up on the screen and mumbles something. Finally, Bray Wyatt appeared in a new mask with a lantern in his hands. Before the show ended, Wyatt took the mask off, blew out the lantern, and said, “I’m here.” A new logo pops up on the screen resembling the Silence of the Lambs iconography.

Following the pay-per-view event, Wyatt continued his return, and hyped up the live audience in Philadelphia, PA.

After walking up to fans on both sides of the entrance stage, the former Universal Champion made his way backstage.

Details On Jon Moxley’s New AEW Contract

It was recently announced that three-time and current AEW World Champion Jon Moxley would remain All Elite for quite a while, as the news broke yesterday that Moxley has signed a five-year extension with AEW. It also was revealed that Moxley would not only be used as a wrestler, but also as “a coach and mentor.” Now more details on Moxley’s new deal have surfaced. 

According to Fightful, several sources told them that Moxley was actually working without a contract for some time. While unclear exactly how long it was, it was noted that throughout the summer Moxley’s contract was “quite a situation” and that AEW owner Tony Khan would do whatever it took to keep Moxley in the company for the rest of his career. What’s interesting is that Moxley won both the AEW World Championship and Interim World Championship during the summer without being under contract.

Fightful also revealed that Moxley is exclusive to AEW and its international partners, including NJPW, where Moxley is a former United States Heavyweight Champion. It is uncertain if Moxley will be able to continue working for companies such as GCW and REVOLVER, as AEW didn’t comment on the matter. GCW officials said today that they didn’t know about the press release regarding Moxley’s contract until it was made public. Moxley is still slated to put his GCW World Championship on the line against Nick Gage in a Title vs, Career Match later tonight.

Regarding the backstage role as a coach and mentor, Fightful said that Moxley-led talent meetings backstage are very well-received. One of these meetings notably happened after the All Out pay-per-view last month despite other events that transpired. The decision to move Moxley into the role stemmed from the weight his words carry, according to Fightful.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

New White Rabbit QR Code – ‘Let Me In’ Message Featured, Plus A Teaser Video Airs On WWE SmackDown

Another QR code aired on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown, with this one strongly hinting at the return of “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt.

During the opening segment of the show, Triple H cut a brief promo to welcome everyone to the season premiere of SmackDown. There was a QR code on his microphone, which leads to a video that you can view below.

In the video, the same pig cartoon from previous videos is featured, this time with “Let Me In” playing repeatedly. Of course, “Let Me In” is the catchphrase Bray Wyatt often used during his time in WWE as “The Fiend.”

The Wyatt teases didn’t end with just a QR code on this week’s show held in Worcester, Massachusetts. For the first time ever, a white rabbit teaser video actually played on television, as a white rabbit was shown running through a forest until a giant portal in the ground opened up, causing him to fall into the rabbit hole. This was followed by a few riddles and the text “Tomorrow Night” and “10.8.22” flashing through the screen, confirming earlier reports that the big white rabbit unveil will take place this Saturday at the Extreme Rules event in Philadelphia. The video ended with the text “Feed Your Head.”

That’s not all. According to fans at the DCU Center, a person in a white rabbit costume was seen randomly walking around the arena during Friday’s show. Plus the person in the white rabbit costume was seen sitting behind the announce table.

If Wyatt does indeed show up Saturday, it remains to be seen he returns as “The Fiend” or introduces the wrestling world to a brand new character.

Sources: EWrestlingNews and Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory 10/7/2022 (Results), Dirty Dango (Fandango), Bully Ray Returns, Raven HOF, Tommy Dreamer

Pre-show: [Digital Media Championship Open Challenge] Brian Myers (c) vs. Dirty Dango (fka Fandango) — Winner: Brian Myers retains with the Roster Cut

Raven is to be inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame. He is a former NWA World Champion and King of the Mountain during TNA’s early years. He is the 11th inductee after Sting, Kurt Angle, Team 3D, Jeff Jarrett, Earl Hebner, Gail Kim, Abyss, Ken Shamrock, and Awesome Kong. Impact Wrestling pays tribute to Raven with words from Tommy Dreamer, Sign Guy Dudley, Lance Storm, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Father James Mitchell, Mickie James, Scott D’Amore, and more.

Tommy Dreamer is on hand to induct Raven in front of the audience. He can’t believe this is happening. Everyone voted Dreamer to induct Raven into the Hall of Fame. Even when he can’t wrestle, he is still doing the job for Raven. In the 90s, he was grunge, he was counter culture. He was an anti-hero and everything about what that generation was about. Dreamer says that Raven is a legit genius, but he did something others didn’t do. He believed in the underdog and went out every week and sacrificed his blood for Stevie Richards, Blue Meanie, Nova, Beulah McGillicutty, Dudley Boys, CM Punk, Mickie James, and the many others he believed in.

As we get older, we get more reflective. When Tommy comes out, he feels younger. But as you get older, they work for moments and the fans give those moments. What he would do to get one more moment with Raven. He gets emotional saying that they didn’t truly appreciate those moments. Please shower the greatness of Raven, and it is his honor to induct the latest into the Hall of Fame. Raven! He thanks Impact for the honor.

People think he can be a dick. He has some disorders that make it hard to be liked, but are great qualities for a professional wrestler. Raven was lucky enough to be one of the last guys to go through the territory system and become a major star, but he wouldn’t have made it without a few key people. He was blessed to pick the brain of a true booking wizard. Raven asked him for a cage match, but got asked what he was going to do before that. He learned how to do things serially, instead of doing things for the sake of it.

Raven says he’s getting nervous. He’d like some boos to feel comfortable and the fans reciprocate. Paul Heyman was a big influence on his career. Creatively, he let him do almost anything he wanted. He even let him crucify Sandman. The stuff he did there, like his feuds with Dreamer and Sandman, he would stack them against any other feud in the business. He went to WCW, and that was a good move except that his ego got in the way and quit the company prematurely. Unfortunately, his WWE run was a disappointment. He started getting counselling after that for his disorders because he has been massively insecure. After WWE let him go, he didn’t feel right leaving his career on TV like that. TNA came calling, and he got another half a dozen years out of it and was mostly happy.

There are so many people he wants to thank, but there isn’t enough time. However, he will single out Tommy. He thanks him for inducting him and being the babyface to his heel. A 28-year feud finally ends tonight. They hug it out and shake hands. DDT! Raven drops him on his head and the crowd boos out of respect. He thanks for the fans. Quote the Raven nevermore.

[X Division Championship] ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey vs. Frankie Kazarian — Winner: Kazarian becomes the new champion via submission

[Mickie Retires If She Loses] Mickie James vs. Mia Yim — Winner: Mickie James

[Knockouts Tag Team Championship] ‘VXT’ Deonna Purrazzo & Chelsea Green (c) vs. ‘Deathdolls’ Taya Valkyrie & Jessicka (w/ Rosemary) — Winners: Deathdolls become new champions

[World Tag Team Championship] The Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett (c) (w/ Maria Kanellis) vs. ‘Motor City Machine Guns’ Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin — Winners: The Kingdom retain

[Call Your Shot Gauntlet] Participants: Eric Young, Joe Hendry, Steve Maclin, Rich Swann, PCO, Savannah Evans, Johnny Swinger, Tasha Steelz, Killer Kelly, Moose, Sami Callihan, Taylor Wilde, Gisele Shaw, Bully Ray, Tommy Dreamer, Rhino, Bhupinder Gujjar, Heath, Bobby Fish, Matt Cardona. The final two: Bully Ray vs. Steve Maclin — Winner: Bully Ray

[Knockouts World Championship] Jordynne Grace (c) vs. ‘Undefeated’ Masha Slamovich — Winner: Jordynne Grace retains with a Super Grace Driver

[Impact World Championship] Josh Alexander (c) vs. Eddie Edwards — Winner: Josh Alexander retains with the C4 Spike

Honor No More attack Alexander after the match. Heath & Rich Swann fail to make the save. They get a table to make an emphatic statement. Here comes Bully Ray! He isn’t making the save. He’s cashing in the Call Your Shot Trophy on Josh Alexander.

No… wait, they team up to take out Honor No More. Afterward, Bully hands him his World Championship, but lets him know that he could be his next challenger. There’s a lot of respect there. Thanks for joining our live coverage. We come back after it looked like the end of the show. Josh Alexander & Bully Ray double powerbomb Mike Bennett through a table! 

Source: EWrestlingNews

WWE Extreme Rules 10/8/2022 (Card)

WWE Extreme Rules, Saturday Oct. 8 from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 8 ET/ 5 PT, steaming live on Peacock in the United States and WWE Network everywhere else.

  • Extreme Rules match for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship: Liv Morgan (c) vs. Ronda Rousey
  • Fight Pit match: Matt Riddle vs. Seth Rollins (Daniel Cormier will serve as the special guest referee)
  • Strap match: Drew McIntyre vs. Karrion Kross (with Scarlett)
  • Ladder match for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship: Bianca Belair (c) vs. Bayley
  • “I Quit” match: Edge vs. Finn Bálor
  • Six-man tag team Good Old Fashioned Donnybrook match: The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch) vs. Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci)

White Rabbit reveal – expected to be Bray Wyatt

AEW Rampage & Battle Of The Belts Preview 10/7/2022

Tonight’s AEW Rampage and Battle of the Belts live specials takes from the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington DC.

Battle of the Belts will air live on TNT, immediately following the special live episode of Rampage.

AEW Rampage (10:00 pm ET):

-Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Rush & Private Party

-AEW Trios Championship Match: Death Triangle (c) vs. Dark Order

-Tony Nese & Josh Woods vs. Varsity Blondes

-Tay Melo & Anna Jay AS vs. Skye Blue & Madison Rayne

AEW Battle of the Belts IV (11:00 pm ET):

-AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match: PAC (c) vs. Trent Beretta

-ROH Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (c) vs. The Gates of Agony

-AEW TBS Championship Match: Jade Cargill (c) vs. Willow Nightingale

Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory 10/7/2022 (Card)

The 2022 Impact Bound For Glory pay-per-view will take place on Friday, October 7 at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, New York.

CARD

Impact World Title Match
Eddie Edwards vs. Josh Alexander (c)

Impact Knockouts World Title Match
Masha Slamovich vs. Jordynne Grace (c)

Impact X Division Title Match
Frankie Kazarian vs. Mike Bailey (c)

Impact World Tag Team Titles Match
The Motor City Machine Guns vs. The OGK (c) w/Maria Kanellis

Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Titles Match
Taya Valkyrie and Jessicka w/Rosemary vs. Chelsea Green and Deonna Purrazzo (c)

Career Threatening Match
Mickie James vs. Mia Yim
James will retire from in-ring competition if she loses.

Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match
PCO, Rich Swann, Heath, Gisele Shaw, Bhupinder Gujjar, Steve Maclin, Moose, Bobby Fish, Savannah Evans, Joe Hendry, Eric Young, Sami Callihan, Killer Kelly, Tasha Steelz, More TBA
Winner to receive title shot of their choosing.

Countdown To Bound For Glory Pre-show: Open Challenge for the Impact Digital Media Title
TBD vs. Brian Myers (c)

Raven will be inducted into the Impact Hall of Fame

WWE SmackDown Preview 10/7/2022

Tonight’s season premiere of WWE SmackDown live from DCU Center in Worcester, MA at 8/7C on FOX. Final show before Saturday night’s Extreme Rules premium live event

Zelina Vega is slated to make her WWE television return on tonight’s episode of SmackDown as she was spotted at the Boston Airport

Saraya Medically Cleared To Compete By AEW’s Dr. Michael Sampson

Saraya, formerly known as Paige in WWE, has reportedly been given the go-ahead to wrestle again.

The former WWE Divas Champion was forced to retire in 2017 as WWE’s doctors didn’t clear her to perform in the ring as an active wrestler because of spinal stenosis. 

She would remain with WWE for many years following the injury before WWE decided not to renew her deal a few months ago, making her a free agent. 

At AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam 2022, Saraya debuted with AEW. She got physical in a wrestling ring for the first time in five years this past Wednesday night with Britt Baker. Before the confrontation, Baker claimed that Saraya wouldn’t be wrestling in the company as she hadn’t been cleared for in-ring action. 

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that AEW’s Dr. Michael Sampson has cleared Saraya.

Source: EWrestlingNews

Sam Adonis, Brother Of Corey Graves Signs With MLW

Sam Adonis, the brother of WWE Raw commentator Corey Graves has become the newest member of the MLW roster.

Fightful Select was the first to report that Adonis had signed, adding that “new and familiar faces” are also expected to be appearing for the company.

Adonis, five years younger than Graves, has previously worked for CMLL and competed in WWE’s previous developmental program FCW, as well as TNA Wrestling.

In interviews, Adonis has said he chose his name to set him apart from his brother, as he doesn’t want Graves’ success to be a factor in his own career.

Source: EWrestlingNews