August 31, 2019 at 2:00 PM ET (Preshow at 1:30 PM ET) Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales
WWE UK Championship: (C) Walter vs. Tyler Bate
NXT UK Women’s Championship: (C) Toni Storm vs. Kay Lee Ray
NXT UK Tag Team Championship: (C) Zack Gibson & James Drake vs. Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster vs. Mark Coffey & Wolfgang
Dave Mastiff vs. Joe Coffey
Noam Dar vs. Travis Banks
August 31, 2019 at 12:30 PM ET Copper Box Arena, London, England
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
British Heavyweight Championship: (C) Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship: (C) Tomohiro Ishii vs. KENTA
IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) Guerrillas of Destiny vs. Winners of RPW’s Road to Royal Quest tournament
SANADA & Tetsuya Naito vs. Jay White & Chase Owens
Juice Robinson & Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Hikuleo
Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Roppongi 3K
Robbie Eagles & Will Ospreay vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori
Tonight on Impact on Pursuit and Twitch.
* Falls Count Anywhere Match: Michael Elgin vs. Rhino
* Ken Shamrock responds to Moose
* Trey vs. TJP vs. Taurus vs. Golden Magic
* Taya Valkyrie’s last title defense before BREAKING THE RECORD
Rich Bocchini and Tony Schiavone welcome you to title town as MLW presents FATU vs. LAWLOR II.
The road to the War Chamber heats up as “Filthy” Tom Lawlor challenges the reigning World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu in a high stakes title fight. Has Lawlor found a way to decode the Samoan Smashing Machine? Will either man enter the War Chamber worse for wear?
In what promises to be a high-octane trios encounter, Gringo Loco captains the team of Air Wolf and Zenshi versus Injustice’s Myron Reed, Jordan Oliver and Kotto Brazil. See all six take to the air in sky combat.
But that’s not all!
The Crippler of Canton, OH is coming…
A look at the National Openweight Champion Alex Hammerstone in Japan.
Plus: Low Ki is in the house.
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s G1 Climax tournament typically runs from early/mid July until early/mid August, but next year there will be a temporary change to that schedule.
Due to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (July 24-August 9), the G1 Climax will be moving to the fall, according to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Since most of the more prominent arenas in the arena will be booked up, NJPW decided it would be best to hold the tournament later in the year so they can still utilize those venues for their biggest tournament of the year.
This year’s winner was Kota Ibushi, defeating Jay White in the finals on August 12 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Ibushi is currently scheduled to face the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 14, but will have to defend the rights to that title shot along the way.
Next year’s Wrestle Kingdom will be a two-day event on January 4 and 5 at the Tokyo Dome.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE has denied that they have had recent talks with Enzo Amore and Big Cass about a return to the WWE NXT brand.
We noted yesterday, that Enzo and Cass had talks about returning to be top stars of NXT. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter originally reported that WWE had been in talks with Enzo and Cass about a possible return to work as top stars for the WWE NXT brand, but there was no word on if they had accepted the offer.
WWE told the media that the story is incorrect. WWE says that there is no basis for the story, and that they have had zero discussions with Enzo and Cass, according to PWInsider.
Big Cass (CaZXL) took to Twitter with what appears to be a simple response to the reports that WWE dismissed on a possible return to the company for he and Enzo Amore (nZo).
Cass took to Twitter after WWE denied the story and wrote, “Idiots [laughing emoji]”
I guess we will just have to wait and see if there is any truth to Enzo and Cass returning to WWE NXT.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Ring of Honor announced that Mark Briscoe will be out of tonight’s CMLL’s Grand Prix tournament because of a knee injury. The injury happened during an ROH live event last weekend.
Delirious will be replacing Briscoe on Team Resto del Mundo. The other team members include ROH World Champion Matt Taven, Jay Briscoe, Kenny King, Big Daddy, Luke Hawx, Mecha Wolf 450, and Oraculo.
During CMLL’s Grand Prix press conference, Jay Briscoe commented about his brother’s injury, “It sucks that he’s hurt. We do double-team moves like no other tag team in this world, so that was definitely going to be a blow to the Mexican team, but it ain’t going to matter. We still gonna win.”
Mark Briscoe is scheduled to undergo an MRI exam.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
All Elite Wrestling has announced Dustin Rhodes signed a multi-year agreement as a performer and behind the scenes employee.
According to AEW … Rhodes and Tony Khan came to an agreement after Fight for the Fallen that will see the 50-year-old wrestler continue his in-ring career, as well as work as a promo coach and match producer to help mentor younger wrestlers.
“Dustin Rhodes has had an incredible wrestling career that has spanned decades. His amazing journey brought him to AEW, and he’s rejuvenated his career here,” Khan stated in the press release.
“In addition to all of the wisdom he’s shared with us as we’ve launched All Elite Wrestling, he’s come here and worked so hard for us. His comeback match against his brother Cody at Double or Nothing was one of the most acclaimed bouts in recent years, and it marked a new chapter for all of us.”
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Dustin had also posted a video on social media making the announcement of his signing and he thanked all the fans who he said without this wouldn’t be possible.
https://twitter.com/dustinrhodes/status/1167454430826041344
AEW presents All Out this Saturday evening on the B/R Live platform and at 8pm ET. It will also be available on traditional pay-per-view.
WWE officials have been discussing a new Draft concept to build permanent RAW and SmackDown rosters, according to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
It was previously reported that there would be no major changes to the rosters ahead of the SmackDown Fox premiere on October 4, just some minor changes. This new directive was made by Vince McMahon.
Meltzer noted that plans are being kept quiet as USA Network and Fox representatives will be the first ones to know when the new concept is decided on.
There’s no concrete word yet on WWE NXT Superstars being used on RAW to build their names ahead of the NXT USA premiere on September 18, but there have been arguments for and against this idea. Some feel that this will give the NXT talents the exposure they need to help build the USA Network launch, but the other argument is that any kind of “cross-pollination” on RAW would establish the NXT stars as secondary level talents, which they would want to avoid right now.
Bringing the NXT Superstars to RAW ahead of the big premiere could also lead to more interference from the vision that NXT higher-ups have. It was described to the Observer that Triple H’s dream of creating a legitimate third brand of his own just came true, but now he’s faced with the task of “playing defense” to keep Vince and Kevin Dunn’s influence away from NXT.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
On the heels of his new multi-year contract with AEW, Tony Schiavone spoke with Wrestlingepicenter.com about what the future holds in his new position. Tony is still in awe that AEW is going to be premiering on TNT, as he remembers how tumultuous things were when WCW was falling apart while under Turner Broadcasting.
“I had a very bad feeling about the Turner people when I left. The good news is, the Turner people that I didn’t have a good feeling towards are no longer around. I’m talking about the people that ran WCW, basically. I never thought I would do it again,” Schiavone admitted. “I never thought wrestling would be back on TNT again because they were very against wrestling. I guess under Brad Siegel and James Kelner – I don’t know the history. They didn’t want wrestling on their networks anymore.
“When I walked away from Panama City that night (the final WCW Nitro), I thought I was done with the wrestling business. I’m like that, James. I like to move on with my life… I’m not good at staying in touch with people; that is my fault. Thank goodness for guys like Arn Anderson and Jim Ross… Guys that are my friends in the business.”
Schiavone revealed that he will be acting as a producer for AEW going forward. He noted that his focus will mostly be on the videos seen throughout the show, and specifically pointed out that he has no intentions of being a part of the broadcast team the company has already established.
“Okay, well, I do know I’m a producer,” Tony stated. “I’m going to be working on a lot of the videos you see in the shows. I’m going to be working behind the scenes when the live shows are going, the TNT shows. I’ve met with Tony Khan, I’ve met with, obviously, Cody. We do some production here in Atlanta… Cody and I actually live pretty close to each other so when I talked to Tony Khan, the idea was that I would do control centers and on-camera stuff, but I would not be on the broadcast team because his broadcast team was in place.”
Schiavone praised the AEW broadcast team for the talent and experience they bring to their craft. He is definitely going to be involved in the production of each AEW on TV episode, however, the more specific details are still being determined by Tony Khan and the other AEW Executive VPs.
“I’m not looking to shoe-horn anyone out of the broadcast team – I’m not!” Tony emphasized. “Excalibur is a great guy. I know that Alex Marvez, gosh, is a very talented guy. But, I know that Jim Ross has always wanted me with him. I know that – He’s pushed for that. So, I told Tony, ‘I really want to work for you, but I don’t want to be the guy who is seen as trying to shoe-horn his way into the broadcast team.’ I don’t know what has happened since Tony and I have talked last, I just know I’m going to be part of the show in some capacity. I didn’t expect that and I don’t expect right now to be a part of the broadcast team. There’s not been any official announcement that has been made about that but I’m just going to have my hand in the broadcasts in some way.”
