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Triple H Announces Special WWE NXT Episode From The WWE Performance Center, Tickets Quickly Go

The March 11 WWE NXT episode on the USA Network will air live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

Triple H appeared after this week’s NXT episode at Full Sail University and announced the special Fan Appreciation Night event for March 11.

WWE is unable to run at Full Sail on March 11 because the school will be hosting their annual Hall of Fame Week from March 8-13, with an event being held that Wednesday at the NXT Arena.

Tickets to the Fan Appreciation Night at the Performance Center were given out for free, and are already gone. The pre-sale for the free tickets began tonight after NXT on the USA Network went off the air, but all tickets were gone in less than 10 seconds, according to a correspondent in attendance. The event is already told out, unless they released another set of tickets at 12:15am ET later tonight, but it’s not likely.

This will be the second time NXT has ran at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando as the Halftime Heat 2019 event also took place at the facility. That match saw Ricochet, The Velveteen Dream and Aleister Black defeat NXT Champion Adam Cole, Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Samoa Joe Suspended For Violation Of WWE Wellness Policy

WWE has announced Samoa Joe has been suspended for violating the WWE Wellness Policy.

WWE released a statement through their website which says:

WWE has suspended Nuufolau Seanoa (Samoa Joe) for 30 days effective Monday, February 24, for his first violation of the company’s talent wellness policy.

As we previously reported, Joe has been out of action as of late after suffering a head injury which took place during a commercial shoot this month. He also suffered a concussion on Raw a few weeks ago which forced him to sit on the sidelines.

Joe is the latest wrestler to be suspended for violating the company Wellness Policy after Andrade was suspended last month and Bobby Roode before that.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

AEW Dynamite Preview 2/26/20

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.

* 30-Minute Iron Man Match: Kenny Omega vs. Pac

* AEW Revolution World title Match Weigh In – (C) Chris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley

* The Butcher and The Blade w/The Bunny vs. Best Friends w/Orange Cassidy

* Inner Circle (Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz) vs. Jurassic Express

WWE Super ShowDown 2/27/20

February 27, 2020 – Mohammed Abdu Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Available on WWE Network – 12pm ET

Universal Championship: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Goldberg

WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Ricochet

SmackDown Women’s Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Naomi

RAW Tag Team Championship: Seth Rollins and Murphy (c) vs. The Street Profits

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The New Day (c) vs. John Morrison and The Miz

Steel Cage Match: King Corbin vs. Roman Reigns

Tuwaiq Trophy Gauntlet Match: Andrade vs. AJ Styles vs. R-Truth vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Erick Rowan vs. Rey Mysterio

Impact Wrestling Preview 2/25/20

Tonight on Impact at 8/7c on AXS TV

* Impact X-Division Championship: Ace Austin (c) vs. Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard

* Best of 5 Series – Match 4: Eddie Edwards vs. Michael Elgin ( Elgin lead 2-1)

* RVD vs. Daga

* Gut Check makes it’s longest-awaited return. The fan-favorite competition will feature young talent in a series of matchups and challenges to determine who has what it takes to earn an IMPACT Wrestling contract. Which future stars will emerge this year?

AEW Dark Preview 2/25/20

The following was taped for tonight’s AEW Dark episode on YouTube at 7pm ET:

* Marko Stunt w/ Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus vs. Jimmy Havoc

* Joey Janela vs.  Kip Sabian w/Penelope Ford

* The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Grayson) defeated CIMA and T-Hawk

* Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall w/Brandi Rhodes vs. Peter Avalon and Shawn Spears vs. Leva Bates and Tully Blanchard

* Excalibur and Taz on commentary

The Young Bucks Announce Release Of Memoir Titled “Killing The Business”

All Elite Wrestling EVPs Matt and Nick Jackson aka The Young Bucks have announced the release of a book about their careers set for release later this year.

The book is called “Killing the Business: From Backyards to the Big Leagues,” and this week’s episode of Being the Elite kicks off with a commercial promoting its release.

Here’s additional information on the book from the pre-order website:

The electric and daring independent wrestling tag team tells their inspiring story, revealing how two undersized, ambitious amateur athletes from Southern California became the idols of millions of popular sports fans and coveted among the ranks of AEW’s elite wrestling lineup.

Famous for their highflying moves, Superkicks and viral videos, Matt and Nick Jackson are two of the hottest and most talented competitors in professional wrestling today. Known as the Young Bucks, this pair of ambitious brothers are an inspiration to both fans and aspiring wrestlers worldwide due to their message of resilience and determination. That they are also faithful family men devoted to their loved ones gives them additional appeal.

A warm, heartfelt story of hope, perseverance, and undying ambition told with the brothers’ wit and charm, The Young Bucks begins in Southern California, where two young boys grew up dreaming of success and fame. Matt and Nick look back on the sacrifices they made to achieve their ambitions, from taking odd jobs to pay for their own wrestling ring to hosting backyard events with friends. They share their joy at being recruited into the amateur California circuit and the work it took to finally make it professionally, and speak frankly about what it means to have the support of millions of fans cheering their talents in arenas nationwide. The Young Bucks talk endearingly about their sport, their faith, and their families, sharing personal reflections and behind-the-scenes anecdotes while paying tribute to the wrestling acts and inspirations that came before them. They also elaborate on this historical time in the evolution of wrestling, as the sport and its culture dramatically change day by day.

Alternating between each brother’s perspective from chapter to chapter, this entertaining memoir is a complete portrait of what it means to grow into – and give back to – wrestling, the sport and profession they embody and love.

According to Amazon, the book will be released on September 29, 2020.

CLICK HERE for links to all the places the book is available for pre-order.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Impact Wrestling/OVW ‘Sacrifice’ Results 2/22/20

Below are the results from Impact Wrestling’s Sacrifice event Saturday (2/22) from Louisville, KY that streamed on Impact Plus.

* Rohit Raju defeated Corey Storm

* The North (c) defeated The Rascalz (Impact World Tag Team Championship Match)

* Kiera Hogan defeated Ray Lyn

* Willie Mack defeated Jay Bradley

* Acey Romero and Larry D defeated OvE

* Daga defeated Jake Crist

* Joey Ryan defeated Johnny Swinger

* Jordynne Grace (c) defeated Havok (Knockouts Championship Match)

* Rhino defeated Moose via disqualification

* Moose defeated Rhino (No Disqualification Match)

* Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard defeated X Division Champion Ace Austin (Champion Vs. Champion Match)

WWE RAW Preview 2/24/20

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with the final red brand hype for WWE Super ShowDown.

  • Who will Randy Orton target next?
  • WWE Champion Brock Lesnar to appear live on Raw
  • Will Becky Lynch and Shayna Baszler come to blows in the same building?

Matt Hardy Says “New And Omnipotent” Version Of His Character Is Days Away

Just days after a beatdown from Randy Orton on Raw, Matt Hardy has released a video thanking the WWE star for helping to complete his transformation. (The video was posted on YouTube on February 21.)

The video begins with Matt, as himself, talking about his attempt to confront Orton on Monday going wrong and how he had to go to a medical facility afterward.

“Now I’m home. And I’m speaking. And breathing. And I’m recuperating. But I am alive. I am truly un-killable,” he adds before something in him shifts and Hardy is briefly overtaken by the evil entity known as Abomination from his “Free the Delete”‘ series.

It’s worth noting the effect on Matt’s voice here is similar to what’s been used for AEW’s Exalted One.

As we previously reported, Hardy’s WWE contract expires on March 1.

In the video … Broken Matt resumes control of his vessel from Abomination and talks about how his transformation back would not have been complete without Randy’s violent “assassination” this week.

“We had to witness the burial of the Hardy Boyz version of Matt Hardy,” he explained. “But as I sit here, in my beloved chair of wheels, on the magical Hardy compound, YESSSS, we are now only a matter of days away from the rebirth, the reincarnation, the resurrection, YESSSS, of my essence. YESSSSSS! We are only a few days away from the second coming of the new and OMNIPOTENT version of Matt Hardy.”

Watch the full video below.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet