Ember Moon appeared on tonight’s WWE Backstage and revealed she’ll be out indefinitely with a torn Achilles. Moon had been out of action since October.
Moon noted that she’s not sure when she’ll be back in the ring as doctors have given her a wide range of return dates.
You can see her full comments in the video below.
https://twitter.com/WWEonFOX/status/1197002537599193089
On last night’s episode of NWA Powerrr, Jim Cornette made some offensive remarks that ended up getting the episode temporarily pulled so NWA could edit the comments out.
During the broadcast Cornette said, “Trevor Murdoch is the only person who can strap a bucket of fried chicken to his back and ride a motor scooter across Ethiopia. Trevor Murdoch can take care of himself!”
Earlier today, NWA announced Jim Cornette has resigned from the company, and NWA will also implement a new procedure to review programming before it airs:
Effective immediately: Jim Cornette has resigned from the National Wrestling Alliance. As an announcer on the November 19th edition of NWA Power, Jim made remarks during a singles match between Nick Aldis and Trevor Murdoch that were both offensive and do not meet the high standards of decency and good faith of the National Wrestling Alliance.To ensure that such an error can never happen again, we’ve established new procedures of review for all NWA programming going forward.
We sincerely regret our failure in this regard.
Cornette commented this morning, “Morning everybody! Heard any good jokes lately? This coming Friday’s Jim Cornette Experience (wherever you find your favorite podcasts) is liable to be a good one if you like hearing stupid people told what they can do with their stupidity.”
NWA Worlds Champion Nick Aldis also gave his thoughts on the situation, calling Cornette’s remarks “in poor taste and unnecessary.”
https://twitter.com/CeeHawk/status/1196936758363119618
Source: Wrestling Inc.
NWA Vice President David Lagana announced on social media that they had to temporarily pull last night’s episode of NWA Powerrr over comments made by Jim Cornette.
Lagana tweeted, “On tonight’s episode of NWA Powerrr airing on November 19th 2019, one of our talents made comments which some viewers found offensive. We deeply regret the error and apologize. We have temporarily taken the program down while we correct this error.”
Jim Cornette’s comment that offended fans was, “Trevor Murdoch is the only person who can strap a bucket of fried chicken to his back and ride a motor scooter across Ethiopia. Trevor Murdoch can take care of himself!”
Below is Lagana’s tweet on the situation:
https://twitter.com/CeeHawk/status/1196936758363119618
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Scheduled for tonight’s Impact on AXS TV 8/7C.
* Elimination Challenge – #1 Contenders Match: Michael Elgin vs. Rich Swann vs. Moose vs. Brian Cage vs. Tessa Blanchard vs. Daga
* Jordynne Grace vs. Impact Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie and John E Bravo
* 4-Way Tag Team Match: The Deaners vs. The Rascalz vs. Desi Hit Squad vs. Reno Scum
NWA Powerrr returns with an action packed episode entitled “The Phoenix Rises”. With The NWA PPV event Into the Fire just under a month away, the stars of the National Wrestling Alliance gear up for the home-stretch. Faces from the past are starting to assemble to be a part of the resurgence of the NWA.
On this week’s program, the Cinderella story of Trevor Murdoch is in the forefront as he faces the Words Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis in a battle for respect. Trevor Murdoch is looking for a full-time contract with he National Wrestling Alliance and The National Treasure Nick Aldis wants to prove his place as the greatest man to ever hold the #TenPoundsOfGold.
The Rock N Roll Express are poised for one more shot at The NWA World Tag Team Championships in the coming weeks of #NWAPowerrr and they speak about their mission to become 9-Time NWA World Tag Team Champions. The reigning champion The Wild Cards aren’t taking this challenge lightly and make it clear in this episode what will happen when that match happens.
The on-going war between former best friends explodes in a huge tag team match as reigning NWA Women’s World Champion Allysin Kay teams with Ashley Vox to take on her former best friend Marti Belle and the incomparable Thunder Rosa.
From out of nowhere a new phenom has taken NWA Powerrr by storm. His name… The Question Mark. He returns to action against Ricky Starks.
All this and more are part of this episode of #NWAPowerrr which has become a tradition on Tuesday Nights like #AEWDark.
If you’re new to the National Wrestling Alliance, please check out http://www.nationalwrestlingalliance.com for more information, email list and deals.
The following matches were taped for tonight’s AEW Dark episode on YouTube:
* The Young Bucks vs. Strong Hearts
* Big Swole and Kris Statlander vs. AEW Women’s World Champion Riho and Britt Baker
* Best Friends (with Orange Cassidy) vs. Private Party
* Dustin Rhodes is the special guest commentator
Billy Corgan and the National Wrestling Alliance are giving stars from all over the world a chance to shine. Earlier today, the NWA announced a new series called The Circle Squared, where athletes will get a chance to showcase their skills and earn a contract with the NWA.
Via a press release, Corgan announced the competition will allow talent to prove their talent on the microphone before showing their in-ring abilities. The opportunity to connect with a live audience will be the ultimate test in order to eventually make it on the NWA roster and NWA Powerrr.
The first episodes of The Circle Squared will be recorded over the weekend of December 14-16 inside GPB Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Those who are considered will be featured on upcoming episodes of NWA Powerrr. The talent selected will be those who follow the unique instructions provided. In order to get an opportunity, a wrestler must submit an email with the following four things:
1) A two-paragraph bio that highlights your special and unique story as a professional wrestler.
2) A photo that best highlights your character/personality
3) A link to your best match uploaded to YouTube with your name and “The Circle Squared” in the subject
4) A link to your best interview uploaded to YouTube with your name and “The Circle Squared” in the subject.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Over the last few weeks, Matt Hardy has posted the first episodes of Free the Delete on his YouTube channel, teasing the return of his “Broken” Matt Hardy gimmick. In the third episode, Hardy is visited by his former allies, like the Skarsgard and Vanguard-1.
“Teleport me back to 2016 when I was the hottest act in the business!” Hardy says to Vanguard-1 to no avail.
Hardy’s last WWE TV appearance was back in June at WWE Super ShowDown. His WWE contract is expected to expire in March.
Back in September, Matt commented on how he’d like to finish up his WWE run with “Broken” Matt Hardy, possibly even use different characters at one time.
“I would love to do something to transition to that on to TV, into another character, and into another character, and then ultimately get back to doing ‘Broken’ Matt Hardy,” Hardy said. “I would like to incorporate V1 at some point because I feel like people bereave the Matt facts and the entrance music. I do to a degree, so that’s something in my game-plan. But there’s also new stuff, I have a couple of other new things in the back of my mind, too, that I would like to utilize.
“I would like to be this crazy, constant stream of change character on television, and almost like you said, when I use that would ‘multifarious’ earlier on, like someone who has all of these identities in his body, within his mind … I would love to do something like that because I feel like as entertainment changes, and especially professional wrestling, you can’t be the same thing for too long. People’s attention’s spans are so short, there has to be a constant, gradual change going on at some point.”
Below are the first three episodes of Free the Delete:
Tensions between WWE and AEW escalated on Monday when Randy Orton went back back and forth on social media with All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan.
Things kicked off earlier today when CM Punk tagged Khan in a tweet promoting his appearance on tomorrow’s episode of WWE Backstage. “It IS weird trying to catch up on 5+ years of rasslin’, I’m doing what I can. There’s bright spots, mostly women from what I can tell. There’s BAD too. I’m gonna talk about it, and no one is safe. Join us,” he wrote.
Tony Khan responded hours later saying, “No one is safe? Sounds like a plane full of wrestlers in Saudi Arabia!” This was obviously in reference to WWE’s recent travel delays after Crown Jewel.
“What’s that whole thing about glass houses and stones,” Orton replied along with a news article on allegations made against Tony’s father Shahid Khan, who funded the promotion.
Tony wrote back: “I thought you only tagged me in your posts when you were grasping for leverage. That article’s over a year old + is about baseless claims made about my dad years ago. That’s the best you can do, nothing. Meanwhile in the time since that was written, you used the N word on twitch.”
And lastly, Randy ended the night firing back with: “Jacksonville Dixie: Why else would I tag you? If I wanted to talk business, I’d call your father.” He also added a kissy-face emoji.
You can see the tweets below:
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts with the final red brand hype for Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view.
