NXT UK, streaming today at 3 ET/8 GMT on WWE Network
“Bomber” joins The Hunt against Gallus
After multiple attacks at the hand of Gallus brought them together, the monstrous combination of Dave Mastiff, Primate & Wild Boar are roaring back to go head-to-head with Wolfgang & The Coffey Brothers today on NXT UK. Plus, what will be the aftermath of Imperium’s vicious assault on Moustache Mountain last week?
AEW’s All Out, has been speculated as the night that former muti-time WWE Champion CM Punk will return to professional wrestling and debut with AEW. All Out takes place at the Sears Centre Arena in Chicago, the city where Punk is from.
“We’ll be honest, of course we would love [Punk] to come to our company,” Nick Jackson told Chris Van Vliet. “At this time, I just don’t think he wants to. Matt talks to him all the time about it but the timing is not right, I guess.”
“When he wants to come back to wrestling, it’ll be his decision,” Matt explained. “Professional wrestling is the most demanding thing in the world. You can’t just find yourself back in it one day and be like, ‘Okay, I guess I’m doing this again.’ You really have to want to do it and that’s up to him.”
With or without Punk in AEW, the company has been a hot topic of conversation in the pro wrestling industry. The Bucks took some time to note the improvements that AEW has brought to performers and the overall competitive nature of the sport.
“We’ve changed the whole pay scale for everyone in wrestling, which is awesome,” Nick said. “A lot of our friends are getting paid and they’re finally making money for the first time in their careers. It feels good, it feels awesome.”
“The pressure has been put on everybody in the professional wrestling business,” Matt added. “… Everybody is trying harder now. It’s very competitive again. We need competition again; the industry needs it to survive.”
At Double Or Nothing this past May, “Hangman” Adam Page and PAC were supposed to have a one-on-one bout that was ultimately cancelled due to creative differences. The Bucks mentioned that they still have every intention of bringing on PAC as a part of their future AEW productions.
“He’s coming. I mean, eventually,” Matt stated.
“It’s a work in progress. It’s obvious that Matt and I are big fans of his,” Nick said. “We met him like 10 years ago over in Japan, so we’ll always have ties with him and we wanna work things out with him. I think it’s just a matter of trying to fit his schedule with ours and hopefully, things will work out.”
“It’s a priority for us and I think we’re gonna make this thing work,” Matt added.
You can watch the full interview in the video below.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE will be returning to Madison Square Garden in New York City for TV tapings on Monday, September 9 and Tuesday, September 10.
The back-to-back RAW and SmackDown TV events will be the first WWE MSG TV tapings since a RAW taping on November 16, 2009. WWE last ran MSG for their annual post-Christmas show this past December.
SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley announces the MSG TV tapings in the video below, and encourages fans to register for the pre-sale. The Ticketmaster pre-sale will be announced soon and we will have the passcode when it’s available.
WWE will run MSG just just a few days before AAA’s debut at the arena on Sunday, September 15, and a week before New Japan Pro Wrestling runs a show at the nearby Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday, September 28.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Former WWE star Enzo Amore apparently got into a fight with Joey Janela at a Blink 182 concert in New Jersey on Tuesday … and they took to Twitter afterward to continue beefing.
It all went down at the PNC Bank Arts Center after last night’s show.
Enzo first tweeted about the incident and wrote:
“I’m glad you introduced yourself cause I couldn’t pick you out of a line up. You don’t want no smoke.”
“Where was that energy at? We aint friends [Joey Janela]. Dont introduce urself to me f*ckboy I thought u were a fan hahaha the second I realized it was u I slapped ya bitchass hands down & walked @ u w/ MY HANDS UP YA F*CKIN RAN BACKWARDS & told my homey to film it”
“Clout chasing in public to ultimately look like a p*ssy, must feel terrible,” he added. “Ya not a good human, people are out to enjoy there night and you cause a scene and run while I’m engaging with friends & fans, ya mother should be proud.”
Janela gave more context with his telling of what happened. “Not a work,” he tweeted. “So I saw the dude and walked up and said “Hi I’m Joey Janela” at the blink 182 show and we proceeded to have (I’m not lennox lewis) to have the sh*ttiest fist fight of the year, I’m not a p*ssy but we had fun!”
This never would’ve happened if Tom DeLonge was still in Blink 182.
Enzo released some footage of the incident, but no punches are thrown in the clip.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvV24KBR_g/?utm_source=ig_embed
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, featuring the final hype for Sunday’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
* Kevin Owens and Dolph Ziggler’s shortly tenured partnership implodes
* Finn Bálor and Shinsuke Nakamura battle on the blue brand
* Aleister Black’s opponent for WWE Extreme Rules to be revealed
* SmackDown Tag Team Championship Summit to take place
Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire.
* Anything Goes Match: Oney Lorcan vs Ariya Daivari
* Gentleman Jack Gallagher will be in action
* Humberto Carrillo will be featured in an exclusive sit-down interview
RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch just became the first WWE Superstar to appear on the cover of ESPN The Magazine.
As seen below, Lynch and actress Alison Brie of Netflix’s GLOW series are gracing the cover of the “Blockbuster Issue” from ESPN The Magazine. The issue hits newsstands this Friday.
Below is WWE’s announcement on the cover, along with the cover photo:
Becky Lynch and Alison Brie to be featured on cover of ESPN The Magazine’s “Blockbuster” issueBecky Lynch has taken over the sports-entertainment scene in the last year, and this Friday, you can find the Raw Women’s Champion with actress Alison Brie on the cover of ESPN The Magazine’s “Blockbuster” issue.
The new issue focuses on the intersection between Hollywood and sports. Lynch and Brie, who is the star of Netflix’s hit comedy show “GLOW” on the 1980s Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling promotion, got together for an interview about the obstacles they face in their respective industries, the toughness of women, and much more.
The Man is the first WWE Superstar to ever appear on the cover of ESPN The Magazine. Get your hands on the issue when it hits newsstands this Friday.
https://twitter.com/espnW/status/1148603606385463296
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Johnny Impact (John Hennigan) has finished up with Impact Wrestling.
Johnny lost to X Division Champion Rich Swann at Sunday night’s Impact Slammiversary XVII pay-per-view and that was the end of his current run, according to PWInsider.
Johnny’s contract with Impact Wrestling reportedly expired several weeks ago, and the two sides agreed that he would work through Slammiversary to finish the storyline with Swann.
While the 39 year old is currently a free agent, he is still in talks with Impact Wrestling about continuing their working relationship. He is still free to negotiate with or sign with any other promotion.
Impact had been with the company since 2017. He is married to current Impact Knockouts Champion Taya Valkyrie, who is believed to be signed through the end of this year.
There’s no word yet on if WWE or AEW would be interested in signing Johnny, who made his name with WWE.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
At Sunday night’s Slammiversary XVII PPV, Impact World Tag Team Champions The North (Ethan Page and Josh Alexander) were able to retain the titles against The Rascalz and LAX. Near the end of the bout, Santana went down with an injury, which was planned out in advance of the match.
Sunday night was also Santana and Ortiz’s final match with the promotion, according to F4WOnline’s Daily Update.
Both WWE and AEW have interest in signing Santana and Ortiz. For WWE, they are looking to pick up as much talent as possible, while AEW is focused on continuing to build up its tag team division.
Santana and Ortiz joined LAX back in March of 2017 and are four-time Impact World Tag Team Champions. They are the longest reigning tag champs (261 days) and longest reigning combined tag champs (662 days).
Source: Wrestling Inc.
As noted last week, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson had reportedly agreed to terms with WWE on a new five-year deal, but it wasn’t clear if they had officially signed.
On Saturday morning’s Wrestler Observer Radio it was updated they have “absolutely signed” with WWE and Dave Meltzer reported WWE is making bigger offers than people think, Gallows and Anderson being one of them. They had previous turned down deals worth $500,000, so WWE obviously upped the ante to keep the tag team around.
Melter also noted WWE isn’t looking to lose anybody right now, and it’s unlikely anyone will be fired, aside from disciplinary reasons.
Last week, WWE put The Club back together as we saw AJ Styles turn heel at the end of Monday’s RAW by attacking WWE US Champion Ricochet.
Styles is expected to have another match against Ricochet at WWE Extreme Rules and in WWE’s RAW preview for tonight – WWE is wondering if The Club is “taking over the red brand,” possibly teasing new opponents for the stable.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
