Author: John Bass

IMPACT Wrestling Victory Road 9/22/2022 (Card)

IMPACT Wrestling presents Victory Road LIVE September 23rd on IMPACT Plus, YouTube for IMPACT Ultimate Insiders and FITE from Skyway Studios in Nashville, TN!

The action begins on Countdown to Victory Road streaming LIVE and FREE September 23rd at 7:30pm ET on IMPACT Plus and YouTube.

CARD

Barbed Wire Massacre:
Sami Callihan vs. Moose vs. Steve Maclin

Pick Your Poison:
Jordynne Grace vs. Max the Impaler w/Father James Mitchell

X-Division Championship Match:
Mike Bailey (c) vs. Delirious

X-Division Triple Threat Revolver Match – Winner Challenges For X-Division Title At Bound For Glory:
Frankie Kazarian vs. Kenny King vs. Laredo Kid vs. Alex Zayne vs. Mia Yim vs. Trey Miguel vs. Black Taurus vs. Yuya Uemura

Heath, Josh Alexander & Rich Swann vs. Honor No More (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Eddie Edwards)

Gisele Shaw vs Mickie Jamesy

The Motor City Machine Guns vs. PCO & Vincent

Countdown To Victory Road

Tasha Steelz w/Savannah Evans vs. Killer Kelly

IMPACT Preview 9/22/2022

Just 24 hours away from Victory Road, don’t miss an all-new IMPACT! this Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders.

  • Aussie Open vs. Motor City Machine Guns
  • Digital Media Championship – Ladder Match: Brian Myers (c) vs. Bhupinder Gujjar
  • One night before Sami Callihan, Moose and Steve Maclin tear each other apart in Barbed Wire Massacre, they will sign the dotted line as part of a Hold Harmless Contract Signing
  • Heath continues his fight against Honor No More when he challenges any member of the renegade group to a Street Fight!
  • Black Taurus vs. Laredo Kid vs. Alex Zayne vs. Trey Miguel vs. Mia Yim
  • Jorydnne Grace vs. Zicky Dice

The action begins Before the IMPACT, streaming this Thursday at 7:30pm ET exclusively on IMPACT Plus, YouTube and Facebook. As Gisele Shaw looks to end Mickie James’ career at Victory Road, she must first face off against Hyan in an exclusive Knockouts contest!

Saraya (Paige) Makes AEW Debut On Dynamite ‘Grand Slam’

Saraya (Paige) is All Elite.

During Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite ‘Grand Slam’, the former WWE Divas Champion made her debut following a Fatal-4 Way Match for the AEW Women’s Championship that featured Toni Storm, Serena Deeb, Athena, and Dr. Britt Baker.

As Britt Baker, Rebel, and Jamie Hayter were attacking Toni Storm and Athena after the match, Saraya came out to the ring and ran everyone off. She then had a staredown with Britt Baker and the rest of the women in the ring.

AEW President Tony Khan took to Twitter following the segment to announce that Saraya is officially All Elite.

Saraya departed WWE back in July after her contract expired and the company decided not to renew it.

According to a report from Fightful, the company reached out to Saraya after she departed WWE back in July. Fightful Select report also suggested that WWE had expressed interest in hiring Saraya. 

Following “Dynamite,” Saraya took to Twitter to discuss the live reaction to her debut and revealed who allowed her to use the theme song she came to the ring to: “F WOW! Absolutely blown away by the pop in the stadium and the reception outside of it. Been a long journey. Couldn’t be happier to be in @AEW thank you to everyone! 🥹🥹 and thank you to my babe @RonnieRadke for letting me use his song Zombified! LFG!! ❤️❤️”

It’s typical for wrestlers who plan to make a surprise debut to stay hidden beforehand. Saraya tweeted a photo of the outfit she wore yesterday, stating: Thanks @Lizzy_Cupcake for capturing me in my prime hiding attire last night 😂”

AEW Dynamite ‘Grand Slam’ Preview 9/21/2022

AEW has announced the lineup for tonight’s AEW Dynamite ‘Grand Slam’ episode live from Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.

Vacant AEW World Championship Match: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson

Interim AEW Women’s World Championship Fatal 4-Way Match: Toni Storm (c) vs. Britt Baker vs. Serena Deeb vs. Athena

AEW World Tag Team Titles Match: Swerve In Our Glory (Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee) (c) vs. The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens)

AEW All-Atlantic Championship Match: PAC (c) vs. Orange Cassidy

Ring of Honor World Championship Match: Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. Chris Jericho

Tony Khan Says Surprises Might Be In Store For Tonight’s Dynamite and Rampage

Tony Khan has continued to hammer home that tonight’s AEW Grand Slam event, featuring a live Dynamite and a Rampage taping, will be a major event. 

During his appearance with Busted Open Radio Wednesday, Khan said he might “have a trick up his sleeve” for tonight’s show, and that surprises might be in store for both Dynamite and Rampage.

He said the event is “the closest thing to a PPV on TV we’re going to get.” Khan also noted that the show is a big value to fans in the area and urged them to come to the show. 

Source: EWrestlingNews

Shawn Michaels Rules Title Match Result From 9/13 WWE NXT ‘Can Not Stand’

During Tuesday night’s episode of “NXT,” Shawn Michaels made an announcement regarding the “NXT” North American Championship.

Michaels brought in both Carmelo Hayes and Solo Sikoa to talk about the way the North American Title match ended during last Tuesday’s episode of “NXT.” As noted, per the results of a fan vote, Hayes was supposed to defend the “NXT” North American Title against Wes Lee. However, Hayes and Trick Williams attacked Lee backstage. Before the show ended, Sikoa made his surprise return to “NXT” and defeated Hayes to become the new champion.

“I brought you both here because of the way the match ended last week,” Michaels said. “Solo, I admire you stepping up to the plate, but you competed in a match that you weren’t sanctioned to be in. You weren’t even a candidate for the fans to vote on. Therefore the results of that match can not stand. We need you to hand over the North American Championship. Sorry.”

Michaels also revealed that Hayes will be competing in a Five-Way Ladder match for the vacant “NXT” North American Title at the upcoming Halloween Havoc event. Before losing the title last week, Hayes had been the North American Champion since June 4, when he defeated Cameron Crimes at “NXT” In Your House.

Sikoa is currently part of the “SmackDown” roster and is the newest member of The Bloodline stable. He made his main roster debut on September 3 at the Clash at the Castle event.

Halloween Havoc is set for Saturday, October 22.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

‘White Rabbit’ Easter Egg During WWE Raw Leads To Tantalizing Clues Online

Recently, “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane has been played at WWE events. Whether it is during commercial breaks during episodes of “Raw” and “SmackDown” or during breaks in the action at non-televised live events, Grace Slick’s voice has been heard ringing out across arenas where WWE is present. The song is accompanied by an ominous red light, which has led to speculation that this is all signaling that “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt is making his return to WWE soon.

Well, Jefferson Airplane and red lights returned to WWE once again during Monday’s “Raw,” as “White Rabbit” was played over the speakers again and it was joined by the signature red lights. WWE also added something special for the fans watching on TV. During a backstage segment involving the youngest Mr. Money in the Bank in WWE history, Austin Theory, a QR code could be seen in the background. Scanning this QR code takes you to a video on WWE.com featuring a white rabbit.

“Feed Your Head” is seen in the animation, joined by the rabbit. “Feed Your Head” is also the ending lyrics in the song “White Rabbit.”

The rabbit then jumps into a hole and into a game of hangman, with a clue for the game reading, “Who killed the world?” The rabbit jumps across the letters until it successfully solves the puzzle by guessing the letters that spell out the answer: “You did.”

There’s more. The first five letters that the rabbit guesses are D, followed by E, then M, and O and N. This, of course, spells out “demon.” D and O were the only successfully guessed letters by the rabbit before it jumped to X, I, U, and Y, to finally reveal the answer to the game.

The font used to write the words, “You did” matches the same font used on one of Wyatt’s old t-shirts.

There’s more to the animation after the puzzle is solved. It apparently teases that something, or someone, is coming to “SmackDown” Friday night. The rabbit flashed around text that switched from “9.23” and “9:23.” The numerals also flashed white and blue, the same colors as the famous “SmackDown” logo.

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Source: Wrestling Inc. and WrestlingNews.co

WWE NXT 2.0 Preview 9/20/2022

Here is the lineup for tonight’s episode of WWE NXT 2.0 in Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center on the USA Network: 

KUSHIDA Off Upcoming NJPW Show Due To Health Concerns

New Japan Pro Wrestling(NJPW) announced that KUSHIDA would no longer participate in an upcoming event in Kumamoto, Japan, tomorrow due to health concerns related to a suspected skin disease. The Japanese star was initially removed from a show last Saturday after coming down with a fever. You can read NJPW’s full announcement below.

KUSHIDA, who was scheduled to wrestle on a non televised live event September 21 in Kumamoto, will miss the event as a precaution due to health concerns.

KUSHIDA was removed from Saturday’s event in Kagoshima after presenting with a fever. After testing negative for COVID-19, he underwent consultation with doctors who diagnosed him with a suspected skin disease.

We apologize to fans who were looking forward to seeing KUSHIDA wrestle, and appreciate your understanding.

The following change has been made to Wednesday’s card.

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Tama Tonga, KUSHIDA & Jado vs Jay White, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo ->

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Tama Tonga & Jado vs Jay White, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Taiji Ishimori

Source: EWrestlingNews

WWE RAW Preview 9/19/2022

Tonight’s WWE RAW live from the SAP Center in San Jose, California – airing on USA Network at 8/7C.