Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas.
* Street Fight: The Young Bucks vs. Proud & Powerful (Santana and Ortiz)
* Cody and QT Marshall vs. The Butcher and The Blade (with The Bunny)
* Big Swole vs. Emi Sakura
* MJF to address Cody’s challenge
Tonight’s WWE NXT episode will air live from the NXT Arena at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.
WWE went on a trademark spree this week. The company has applied for trademarks for the following names on December 6th.
* Fully Loaded
* Living Dangerously
* Heat Wave
* Anarchy Rulz
* World War 3
* Chi-Town Rumble
* Sin
* Souled Out
* New Blood Rising
* Hog Wild
* Capital Combat
* Road Wild
* Greed
* Uncensored
* Spring Stampede
* The Day Of
* Mayhem
* Beach Blast
* Massacre on 34th Street
* Hardcore Heaven
* Eat Sleep Conquer Repeat
This comes after Cody Rhodes filed to trademark “Bash at the Beach”, which AEW will be using for two episodes of AEW Dynamite in January.
WWE applied to trademark “WarGames” and “WWE Crown Jewel” back in November after “Slamboree” and “SuperBrawl” were applied for by Cody Rhodes.
Source: Wrestling Inc. (h/t to PWInsider)
Former WWE star Brodus Clay (Tyrus) is being sued by Britt McHenry for sexual harassment, according to TMZ. Tyrus was McHenry’s former Un-PC co-host. Un-PC is a FOX Nation show.
Britt McHenry is claiming that Tyrus sent her text messages that included threats of a dick pic and comments about her butt and legs. She also claims that he lied and told HR and management that they were both just flirting. He showed investigators photos and texts of her cleavage and nearly bare breast, which McHenry claims the pics and texts were doctored and not really her.
Tyrus was removed from Un-PC but was later given his own show, Nuff Said.
Britt McHenry is also suing FOX News. She claims that after she told about what Tyrus did, FOX News shut her out of company events and refused to allow her to appear as a guest on other FOX News shows.
A rep from FOX News told TMZ, “Ms. McHenry’s lawsuit recycles the same allegations she filed with the New York State Division of Human Rights in October, to which we filed a response on Friday. As we have previously stated, Ms. McHenry’s allegations have been fully investigated and we are confident our actions will be deemed entirely appropriate in litigation. We expect all of her claims to be dismissed.”
Tyrus was released by WWE in 2014.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
The 17th annual WWE Tribute to the Troops reportedly will not air on TV.
As noted, WWE taped matches and segments with top Superstars and Marines on Friday at the Marine Corps Air Station New River and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. This was the first time that the TTTT was taped at a Marine Base.
It was reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that the 2019 Troops Tribute was not taped for TV and there is no TTTT TV special this year. Dave Meltzer did not know yet why the event is not airing.
WWE’s Tribute to the Troops has been held every year since 2003, and has aired on either UPN, NBC or the USA Network. There’s also on word yet on if the event might air on the WWE Network this year. It’s very interesting that WWE and USA would pass on airing the event as it usually draws more than 1 million viewers on a slow holiday week, which won’t have a new episode of WWE NXT this year, plus it brings the kind of PR that WWE goes for.
Below is TTTT video that aired during Friday night’s SmackDown episode. Below are match results from Friday’s event:
* Humberto Carrillo and Kevin Owens defeated Drew McIntyre and Andrade
* WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Asuka and Kairi Sane retained over Sarah Logan and Natalya
* The Street Profits defeated Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins
* The OC (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson) defeated Ricochet and RAW Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders
* Seth Rollins defeated Erick Rowan in a Boot Camp match.
There were also said to be appearances from Braun Strowman and WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry, among others.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Scheduled for tonight’s Impact on AXS TV:
* Tessa Blanchard picks Ken Shamrock to face Sami Callihan
* Sami Callihan picks Madman Fulton to fave Tessa Blanchard
* Old School Rules: Rhino vs. RVD – (Special Referee Tommy Dreamer)
* Tag Team Open (Winners to face the Tag Team champions The North at Hard To Kill): Rich Swann & Willie Mack, oVe, The Rascalz, Reno Scum
WWE has suspended two Superstars for Wellness Policy violations, according to Pro Wrestling Sheet.
Robert Roode and Primo Colon have both been hit with 30-day suspensions after violating the Wellness Policy this week. There’s no word yet on what substance they tested positive for.
Roode wrestled Roman Reigns on a recent SmackDown TV episode and was stretchered out of the arena after a beatdown angle. The Colons have been off WWE TV for many months, but there have been rumors on a return. Primo and Epico have both been working for the WWC promotion in Puerto Rico, owned by Primo’s father.
UPDATE:
WWE has confirmed the suspensions with the following announcement on the WWE Corporate website:
WWE® SUSPENDS EDDIE COLÓN AND ROBERT ROODESTAMFORD, CONN., December 10, 2019 – WWE has suspended Eddie Colón (Primo) and Robert Roode each for 30 days effective immediately, for a first violation of the company’s talent wellness policy.
The following matches were taped for tonight’s AEW Dark episode on YouTube:
* Scorpio Sky vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Peter Avalon
* Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus and Marko Stunt) vs. John Silver and Alex Reynolds
* Kenny Omega vs. Kip Sabian w/ Penelope Ford
Matt Hardy was back on WWE television tonight for only the second time since April. After losing a fairly quick match to Buddy Murphy on RAW on November 25th, Hardy was defeated in another one-sided match by Drew McIntyre on tonight’s RAW.
Hardy’s WWE contract is reportedly up in late February of 2020. PWInsider recently reported that the biggest point of contention in contract negotiations is how will be used creatively going forward. The two sides are reportedly not that far apart on the final aspects of a new deal.
Following his loss to McIntyre, Hardy took to Twitter and noted that his “countdown to Arcadia has begun.”
“Still in my #RAW slump, I’m sorry. MORE ATONEMENT APPARENTLY,” Hardy tweeted earlier, followed by another post where he wrote, “I know the slump & losses won’t last forever, my countdown to Arcadia has begun. I will show up & do my job. We’ll get past this together.
“I’ve received so much love, support & sympathy tonight from the most vocal audience. Without you, there’s no me. THANK YOU ALL.”
You can check out the tweets below:
Hardy also “liked” several tweets disapproving of the way he’s been used lately, which you can see below:
https://twitter.com/HTRWpodcast/status/1204213886012022784
Source: Wrestling Inc.
NJPW of America is kicking off 2020 with a bang by traveling to five U.S. cities in nine days.
New Japan released details on their upcoming “New Beginning USA” tour via Twitter Monday night.
The cities/dates are as follows:
NJPW ran thirteen shows in the States in 2019. When they announced their new American subsidiary, the promotion shared plans to double that record for next year.
See the announcement below.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
