Author: John Bass

Report Suggests Charlotte Ruining Friendships In WWE Locker Room Due To Recent Behavior

Reports keep surfacing about Charlotte’s situation in WWE. The latest is that she’s made a number of enemies backstage due to her behavior.

The Charlotte Flair reports that have her in speculated hot water with management and her fellow WWE wrestlers are only growing over the weekend. According to a new report by Wade Keller of PW Torch, Charlotte has been acting so strangely and become so paranoid about her place in the WWE pecking order that she’s lost a number of friends and Becky Lynch is being seen as a bit of a hero backstage for not letting Charlotte get away with her immature behavior.

Keller offered an update on PWTorch VIP regarding the recent situation between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch that stemmed from their segment on WWE SmackDown this past Friday. The reports suggest things have been heated backstage for a lot longer than this past Friday when Flair dropped the title belt on the mat and allegedly refused to do the angle as scripted because she thought it would make her look bad.

Keller contends that trusted sources, who don’t have anything against Charlotte, noted, “From what I’m told from people behind the scenes [is that] none of the women want to work with her.” He adds, that it’s not limited to wrestling. They don’t want to be in the same segment, in the ring, on the mic with her because they can’t trust she won’t just go into business for herself in an attempt to save face. He noted, “I don’t hear anyone defending Charlotte in this” and said that “Charlotte’s acting is gonna cause issues both with colleagues and with management.”

Keller said, “Charlotte has a reputation flat out for being difficult and constantly concerned that she’s not getting the respect that someone of her stature and accomplishment or at least her character stature and her character’s accomplishment.” As such, she’s been doing what she wants in the ring which could explain her run-in with Nia Jax a number of weeks ago and why the Lynch segment on Friday seemed so off. Charlotte has been telling people backstage the belt drop was an accident, but it doesn’t sound like people are buying it because she’s developing a pattern for acting in her own best interests.

The biggest takeaway from Keller’s comments is that Charlotte has really isolated herself from the rest of the locker room and she’s quickly losing friends backstage. She seems to think that she’s untouchable because the women’s roster isn’t as deep and WWE needs her. At the same time, she’s “in her own head and overreacting to things and over scrutinizing things.”

All the while, her former friends and the rest of the division look at her and thinks she’s no better than anyone else there. Keller said, “… this situation needs to be addressed and I know there’s people who used to like Charlotte that don’t even recognize her anymore.”

Source: TheSportster – h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription

Impact Wrestling Reached Out To Former WWE Stars About Bound For Glory

Impact Wrestling made attempts to beef up Saturday night’s Bound for Glory PPV by reaching out to a couple different former WWE stars, according to Fightful Select.

Braun Strowman (Adam Scherr) was expected to debut for Impact soon after meeting with Impact EVP Scott D’Amore. Talent even expected him to show up at the PPV, but he has not signed a contract with the company as of yet.

Bray Wyatt was also asked about coming in, but a deal between the two sides was never said to be close. Wyatt’s 90-day non-compete clause with WWE isn’t quite over yet (October 31) anyways, so a PPV appearance was out of the question.

Lastly, former NXT North American Champion Bronson Reed was actually booked for the show. His appearance was then cancelled for unknown reasons.

The PPV featured some big moments, such as Mickie James winning the Impact Knockouts Championship. Also, Josh Alexander defeating Christian Cage for the Impact World Championship, then promptly losing it after Moose cashed-in his title shot that he won earlier in the night.

Source: Wrestling Inc,

Lance Archer Gives Update After Injury Scare On AEW Dynamite

On Saturday night’s AEW Dynamite, Lance Archer wrestled Eddie Kingston in a Title Eliminator Tournament Match.

During the match, Archer went for a moonsault off the top rope and landed on his head. He was checked on at ringside by the referee and Dr. Sampson, got back in the ring, and Kingston rolled him up for the win.

Archer commented afterwards, thanking AEW for taking care of him and letting the fans know he’ll be back.

“Listen. We choose to do this and take our health n lives in our hands every night,” Archer wrote. “I’ve done that move hundreds of times over my career. Just under rotated. Coulda been MUCH worse. Thank you to ALL at @AEW for taking AMAZING care of me and protecting me. I’ll BE BACK!”

This morning, Archer joked “Ice for the MiniHawk, too!” showing an action figure of himself laying on an ice pack.

On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio it was reported he passed all of his tests backstage. AEW even did a concussion check during the match and wouldn’t have bothered with a finish if it was any worse. Archer apparently wanted to keep wrestling, but was “upset backstage” that they couldn’t give the match a proper ending.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling ‘Bound For Glory’ Results 10/23/21

Awesome Kong is inducted into the Impact Hall of Fame by Gail Kim.

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1452088821210914821

IMPACT DIGITAL MEDIA CHAMPIONSHIP (INTERGENDER SIX-WAY MATCH — PRE-SHOW)
Jordynne Grace defeated John Skyler, Crazzy Steve, Fallah Bahh, Chelsea Green, and Madison Rayne to win the Impact Digital Media Championship

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IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay) defeated Decay (Havok and Rosemary) to win the Impact Knockouts Tag Team Championship

IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP (VACANT)
Trey Miguel defeated Steve Maclin and El Phantasmo to win the Impact X Division Championship

Heath and Rhino defeated Violent By Design

CALL YOUR SHOT GAUNTLET MATCH
Moose wins the match to receive future title shot of his choosing within one year

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1452112395820752898
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IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Good Brothers (c) defeated FinJuice and Bullet Club (Chris Bey and Hikuleo)

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mickie James defeated Deonna Purrazzo (c) to win the Impact Knockouts Championship

IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Josh Alexander defeated Christian Cage (c) to win the Impact World Championship

Post-match, Christian gives Alexander the title and a hug. He heads out of the ring as Alexander celebrates with his wife and son. Moose gets into the ring, cashes in his opportunity.

IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Moose defeated Josh Alexander (c) to win the Impact World Championship

Alexander moves his family out of the way, Moose hits a spear, cover, 1-2-3! That’s it!

NWA By Any Means Necessary 10/24/21

Show – NWA By Any Means Necessary 2021
Date – October 24, 2021(taping)
(Airing on October 27, 2021)
Location – Valor Hall, Oak Grove, KY, US
Time – 6 PM EST(10 PM GMT)

NWA By Any Means Necessary is a PPV in collaboration between National Wrestling Alliance and Tried-N-True(TNT) Pro Wrestling. This is the second event in the Pop-Up event series as co-production of NWA and TNT. The event will be taped on October 24 and will be aired on October 27, 2021.

NWA By Any Means Necessary is Sunday, October 24 at the Valor Hall Event Center in Oak Grove, Kentucky. Available to live stream online on Fite TV website and app.

STEEL CAGE MATCH
Jax Dane vs. Crimson

NWA WORLD WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP
Kamille (c) vs. Kenzie Paige

NWA WOMENS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
The Hex (Marti Belle & Allysin Kay) (c) vs. Kylie Rae & Tootie Lynn

NWA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Chris Adonis(c) vs Aron Stevens

BUNKHOUSE MATCH
James Strom vs Tim Storm

Da Pope vs. Colby Corino

Nick Aldis vs Thom Latimer

Judais (with James Mitchell) vs. Sal Rinauro (with Danny Deals)

Mims vs Cyon

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/23/21

Saturday night’s AEW Dynamite will be at the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida.

Below is the current announced card as of this writing:

* World Title Eliminator Tournament: Lance Archer vs. Eddie Kingston

* World Title Eliminator Tournament: Dustin Rhodes vs. Bryan Danielson

* Malakai Black vs. Cody Rhodes

AEW Rampage Preview 10/22/21

Tonight’s AEW Rampage will be at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida. This event was part of AEW’s tapings from last week.

* AEW World Women’s Championship: Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. (c) vs. Anna Jay

* World Title Eliminator Tournament Commences: Orange Cassidy vs. Powerhouse Hobbs

* PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo II

* TBS Women’s Championship Bracket Announced

Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory 10/23/21

DATE: October 23, 2021 10:00 pm
LOCATION: Sam’s Town Live, Las Vegas, Nevada
AVAILABLE ON:FITE and Traditional PPV

CARD

IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Christian Cage (c) vs. Josh Alexander

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Mickie James

IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP (VACANT)
Trey Miguel vs. Steve Maclin vs. El Phantasmo

IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Good Brothers (c) vs. FinJuice vs. Bullet Club (Chris Bey and Hikuleo)

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Decay (Havok and Rosemary) (c) vs. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay)

CALL YOUR SHOT GAUNTLET MATCH
Rich Swann vs. Brian Myers vs. Moose vs. W. Morrissey (#20) vs. Chris Sabin (#1) vs. 15 TBA Entrants
Winner receives trophy and contract for a title shot of their choosing within one year.

Heath and TBA vs. Violent By Design

IMPACT DIGITAL MEDIA CHAMPIONSHIP (INTERGENDER SIX-WAY MATCH — PRE-SHOW)
John Skyler vs. Crazzy Steve vs. Fallah Bahh vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Chelsea Green vs. Tenille Dashwood

WWE SmackDown Preview 10/22/21

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will take place from the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas with fallout from Thursday’s WWE Crown Jewel event.

WWE is hyping that a new era of SmackDown will begin tonight as changes from the 2021 WWE Draft officially go into effect today. Several new blue brand Superstars will be featured on tonight’s show, including Drew McIntyre, The New Day, Jeff Hardy, Hit Row, Ridge Holland, Shayna Baszler, Sheamus, Xia Li, Shotzi Blackheart, Ricochet, Mansoor, Mustafa Ali, MACE, Jinder Mahal, Shanky, The Viking Raiders, Humberto Carrillo, Angel Garza, Aliyah, Drew Gulak, and RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair. It will be interesting to see if WWE swaps the women’s titles between Flair and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, who is now on RAW.

WWE is also teasing Brock Lesnar for tonight’s SmackDown. WWE noted after Crown Jewel how Lesnar was heard saying he planned to beat WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns senseless as soon as he got to the show tonight.

WWE has not announced any matches for tonight’s SmackDown as of this writing.

WWE Female Referee Makes History At Crown Jewel

WWE referee Jessika Carr made history at yesterday’s WWE Crown Jewel event from Mohammed Abdu Arena on The Boulevard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Carr worked two matches on the Crown Jewel card – the Hell In a Cell opener between Seth Rollins and the winner, WWE Hall of Famer Edge, plus the King of the Ring Tournament finals between Finn Balor and King Xavier Woods.

With the matches, Carr became the first female referee to call a WWE match in the Kingdom.

Carr tweeted on the opportunity and said she was blown away.

“I am so blown away at the opportunity that I was blessed with tonight. Thank you #CrownJewel I’ll absolutely share more of this in the days to come,” Carr wrote.

Carr was covered up in her referee gear, due to local religious laws, as were the female Superstars competing on the show – Doudrop, Queen Zelina Vega, SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, and Bianca Belair. Natalya was also covered up for her in-ring segment with Titus O’Neil as they presented four breast cancer survivors for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Natalya responded to Carr’s tweet and wrote, “I am so proud of you @WWELadyRefJess. You’re truly a history maker!!!!!!!!!!! [zebra emoji] [two hearts emoji]”

Carr wrote back, “Love you Nattie [blue heart emoji]”

After a brief stint on the indies as a wrestler, WWE signed Carr to a deal in 2017, to work as the first female WWE referee since the 1980s. The first full-time female WWE referee in history came to the main roster from WWE NXT in December 2019.

Source: Wrestling Inc.