Tonight on Impact – Pursuit Channel and Twitch.
* Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Taya Valkyrie vs. Havok
* (Rhyno) Rhino in action
* Impact World Tag Team Championship: (C) The North vs. Ortiz & Daga w/Konnan
* Madison Rayne vs. Alexia Nicole
* Impact X-Division Championship: (C) Jake Crist vs. Aiden Prince
One of the first steps in the XFL’s relaunch was to find players who would fit well with the league. This past June, the XFL hosted Summer Showcase tryouts for former NFL, CFL, AAF and college stars. Now, the process is almost complete.
XFL Commissioner and CEO Oliver Luck announced that invitations will be sent out this week for players to be a part of the league’s first draft pool.
“We’re very excited to start this week sending out Commissioner’s Invitations to hundreds of players that we’ve identified out of thousands that we’ve looked at over the past couple of months,” Luck stated in the above video. “These young men, very talented football players, are helping us build our player draft board. This is the first step in the process of building the rosters that we will see February of 2020 when we launch.”
The XFL Player Draft will be taking place in October, with each of the eight teams being allowed to draft 70 players. Those players who accept an invitation must sign a HIPAA release form while also consenting to and clearing a background check. Following the draft, every player must pass a medical examination and drug test.
“Extending invitations to our draft process marks the next step on an extraordinary football journey,” said Luck in a press release. “Many of the outstanding athletes who receive a Commissioner’s Invitation will be among the first to take the field in our new league, proudly representing their fans and their communities. I am delighted to offer them this exciting opportunity.”
Throughout the tryouts, players like Hakeem Nicks, Aaron Ripkowski and Christine Michael were among those to showcase their skills. Players signed will be a part of a one-year deal.
The relaunched XFL season is expected to start in February of 2020, the weekend after the Super Bowl.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Teal Piper, the daughter of wrestling legend Roddy Piper, will be a participant in AEW’s Casino Battle Royale match during the All Out pre-show.
The announcement was made on the latest episode of “Road to All Out.” Brandi Rhodes reveals the match will include all female participants this year, with the winner getting a shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship.
As we previously reported, the first women’s champ will be crowned on AEW’s TNT debut.
In the video, Teal talks about what it was like growing up as the daughter of Roddy Piper. While she doesn’t say how long she’s been training, Piper says she feels like making the leap to the wrestling business will help her feel closer to her father in the afterlife.
Former Lucha Underground star Ivelisse and ex-WWE wrestler Jazz were also revealed as competitors in the match set to take place on August 31.
Watch episode 4 of “Road to All Out” below.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Below is the updated card:
AEW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (VACANT)
Chris Jericho vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley
LADDER MATCH (AAA TAG TEAM TITLES)
Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) vs. The Young Bucks
Cody vs. Shawn Spears (with Tully Blanchard)
Best Friends vs. The Dark Order
Winner receives first round bye in AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament.
Darby Allin vs. Joey Janela vs. Jimmy Havoc
Casino Battle Royal (The Buy In)
Jazz, Ivelisse, Teal Piper, TBA
Winner gets a shot at AEW Women’s Championship
Below are the rest of the highlights from the episode.
* Alex Marvez in the AEW Control Center to talk about AAA TripleMania XXVII where Cody teamed up with Psycho Clown and Cain Velasquez in a winning effort against Texano Jr., Killer Kross, and Taurus. Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks also teamed up against Pentagon Jr. Fenix, and Laredo Kid.
* Nyla Rose talked about she always knew who she was and initially had to put on a mask to hide who she really was. Over time, Rose realized that wasn’t healthy for her and she decided to be who she wanted to be. Rose says the one place she thought would shun her (the wrestling business) was the first place to completely embrace her. Rose said it was incredibly humbling when people from AEW came to her and said they wanted her to work for them. Rose continues that she’s put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into the business and it feels surreal that she can be where she’s at, and be herself.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Billy Corgan has announced the NWA will soon begin producing their own series, with the first taping scheduled for the end of Summer.
NWA posted a video on Wednesday in which Corgan says he’s grateful to the wrestling promotions his company has partnered with in the past — like Ring of Honor — but now it’s time to “bring the NWA back into the spotlight and run on its own oxygen.”
Billy says the first NWA TV tapings will take place in Atlanta this September and October. The specific location of the tapings were not announced in the video.
Corgan did, however, stress the importance in his eyes of taping in front of a studio audience. “The thing that sticks out in my mind about studio wrestling, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, was anything could really happen,” Billy explained. “You had people getting up very early in the morning, Saturday morning kids television, and it had a real feeling of chaos and anarchy. And I think that really sold to me — as a fan — that there was an element of danger and there was an element of anything could happen. I really want to bring that back to professional wrestling.”
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus says her final wrestling match will take place this weekend when she goes one-on-one with Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam.
Stratus made the announcement on Wednesday via Twitter, writing:
https://twitter.com/trishstratuscom/status/1159204901085466624
The 43-year-old has only wrestled sporadically since 2006. At WrestleMania 27 she teamed with Snooki and John Morrison in a match against Dolph Ziggler and LayCool. She was also part of the first Women’s Royal Rumble last year and wrestled in a match the following night on Raw.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
On Tuesday, AEW filed a trademark for “AEW Revolution” for a wide range or purposes, including live streaming of pay-per-view events on the internet, merchandise and “entertainment services, namely, an ongoing television show about professional wrestling”.
It should be noted that AEW used the same description for all of their other filings including “AEW”, “Tuesday Night Dynamite”, “Double Or Nothing, “AEW All Out”, “Change The Universe” and “Wednesday Night Dynamite”.
It was officially announced in late July that the AEW will be airing on Wednesday nights on TNT starting on Wednesday, October 2nd. The name of the show has yet to be officially announced, although it is expected to be revealed imminently. While it has been expected that the show will be called “Wednesday Night Dynamite”, it was recently reported in The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that other names for the show were being test marketed.
Below is the full description:
Downloadable ring tones, graphics and music via a global computer network and wireless devices; video and computer game tapes, video and computer game discs, video and computer game cassettes, video and computer game cartridges, video and computer game cd-roms; downloadable video and computer game software; cinematographic and television films featuring sports, entertainment and subjects of general human interest; pre-recorded phonograph recor…Posters; photographs, collector albums for photographs; trading cards, namely, collectible trading cards and sports trading cards; labels, namely, printed labels of paper not of textile; folders; brochures about sports entertainment; packaging, namely, paper bags for packaging, paper pouches for packaging, cardboard boxes for packaging, cardboard containers for packaging; plastic bags for general use; paper tableware, namely, paper place mats,…
Backpacks; luggage, barrel bags, beach bags, duffel bags, gym bags, athletic bags, all-purpose sport bags, book bags, school bags, tote bags, travel bags, carry-on bags, cosmetic bags sold empty, garment bags for travel, fanny packs; wallets; credit card cases; change purses; soft luggage identification tags
Beverage ware, namely, cups, drinking glasses, mugs; non-electric portable coolers; lunch boxes; commemorative plates; decorative plates; plastic coasters; thermal insulated containers for food and beverages; cookie jars; dinnerware, namely, plates, cups, saucers, bowls; toothbrushes; serving trays for snacks; sports bottles sold empty; non-metal piggy banks; plates of paper or cardboards
Clothing, namely, tank tops, t-shirts, shirts, sport shirts, dress shirts, polo shirts, undershirts, sweatshirts, sweaters, pullovers, blouses, jackets, raincoats, overcoats, topcoats, trousers, pants, jean pants, jogging suits, exercise pants, exercise suits, sweatpants, shorts, underwear, boxer shorts, socks, clothing ties in the nature of ties as clothing, pajamas, belts, gloves, Halloween and masquerade costumes, wrist bands, bandanas; foo…
Toy action figures and accessories therefor; cases for action figures; toy vehicles; board games; playing cards; toy spinning tops; stand-alone video output game machines featuring wrestling; arcade games related to wrestling; pinball games related to wrestling; hand-held units for playing electronic game; tabletop action skill games related to wrestling; jigsaw puzzles; kites; toy wrestling rings; dolls; bobble-head dolls; puppets; stuffed to…
Retail store services, on-line retail store services, mail order services featuring a wide variety of sports entertainment merchandise, all related to professional wrestling; advertising via electronic media and specifically the internet; entertainment services, namely, the production in the nature of promotional sponsorship of exhibitions and performances of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media, namely, tele…
Live streaming of video pay-per-view events on the internet; communication services, namely, transmitting streamed sound and audio-visual recordings via the internet; streaming of audio material on the internet; streaming of video material on the internet; transmission of information in the audio-visual field; mobile media services in the nature of electronic transmission of entertainment media content; podcasting services; webcasting services…
Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing television show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production in the nature of organization of exhibitions and performances of professional wrestling events rendered live and through broadcast media, namely, television and radio, and via the internet or commercial online service; providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; sports entertainment…
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE NXT streaming tonight at 8pm ET on WWE Network.
WWE NXT UK streaming today at 3 ET/8 GMT on WWE Network.
“Bomber” Dave Mastiff is on a collision course with Gallus’ Joe Coffey
After several weeks of rising tension inside and outside the ring, a collision course of massive proportions is about to take place when “Bomber” Dave Mastiff goes one-on-one with Gallus’ “Iron King” Joe Coffey. The animosity between the two titans has reached epic levels, and the potential damage is therefore immeasurable. Who will survive as the “Bomber” steps into Gallus’ kingdom?
Plus, Piper Niven pairs up with Xia Brookside against the nefarious Jinny and her very lucrative investment, the brutal Jazzy Gabert.
WWE Superstar Ruby Riott underwent successful surgery to repair a bilateral injury on her left shoulder today.
Riott revealed the surgery on Twitter and wrote , “Round 2…Fight!”
https://twitter.com/RubyRiottWWE/status/1158879980895518726
We noted back on May 23 that Riott underwent surgery to repair the same injury on her right shoulder. It was confirmed then that she would need to undergo the same operation on her left shoulder at a later date, and that was today.
There’s no word yet on when Riott will be back in action. Riott last wrestled on the April 22 WWE Main Event tapings before RAW, losing to Dana Brooke. She hasn’t been used much since The Riott Squad was split up in the 2019 Superstar Shakeup.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE Superstar Bobby Lashley recently underwent elbow surgery, according to Pro Wrestling Sheet.
There’s no word yet on what led to the injury, but the 43 year old Lashley needed to have bone spurs removed from the elbow.
Fightful first reported Lashley was dealing with an undisclosed injury and that his projected return date was in early November.
Lashley last wrestled on the July 15 RAW, participating in a Battle Royal that Seth Rollins won. He lost the Last Man Standing match to Braun Strowman the night before at Extreme Rules.
