Author: John Bass

Cody Rhodes Filed For New Trademarks

Earlier this week, Cody Rhodes filed for the following trademarks: “Prince of Wrestling,” “Battlebowl,” “Bash at the Beach,” and “Bunkhouse Stampede,” according to PWInsider. Bunkhouse Stampede (no holds barred steel cage battle royal) and Battlebowl (wrestlers who would not typically team with one another are randomly selected with the winners going to a final battle royal) were invented by Cody’s father, Dusty Rhodes.

In regards to Bash at the Beach (PPV originating in WCW in the early 90s), Cody tweeted out.

Matt Jackson responded to Cody:

https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/1108450898034851840

Source: Wrestling Inc.

The Four Horsemen To Reunite On WrestleMania Weekend At WrestleCon

A rare reunion of The Four Horsemen has been announced for WrestleCon during WrestleMania35 weekend in New York City. There will be photo-ops with two combinations of the Horsemen: the 1987 version with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard, JJ Dillon, or the 1988 version with Flair, Anderson, Blanchard, Dillon, Barry Windham. The 1988 version is the group that was inducted into the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame class.

Tickets for the photo-ops are going for $150 on the WrestleCon ticket website. Details on the reunion are in the tweet below:

https://twitter.com/L13Promotions/status/1108342489184899072

 

WWE NXT Preview 3/20/19

NXT, tonight at 8 ET on WWE Network.

* What’s going to happen to the NXT Championship?

As first revealed by Cathy Kelley last week, WWE COO Triple H will come to NXT this week to address the matter on the minds of all Superstars and fans: What’s the status of the NXT Title following the neck injury suffered by champion Tommaso Ciampa?

The Game’s return to Full Sail Live couldn’t be better timed, with only three weeks to go until WrestleMania Week and TakeOver: New York

WWE NXT UK Preview 3/20/19

NXT UK, streaming on WWE Network today at 4 ET/8 GMT.

* NXT UK General Manager Johnny Saint and Assistant to the General Manager Sid Scala will open the show with an important announcement,

* Tyler Bate vs. James Drake

* Eddie Dennis returns to battle Ligero

* Kassius Ohno makes his NXT UK debut against Ashton Smith

Kurt Angle’s Brother Arrested After Assaulting Youth Wrestler At A Tournament

While the Kurt Angle Farewell Tour seems to be going well, another member of the Angle Family isn’t generating applause and standing ovations for his actions.

Kurt’s brother Eric is mired in controversy after the video below of him went viral on Tuesday. Eric, who is a junior wrestling coach, can be seen on video picking up a 12-year-old boy by the neck and then throwing him to the ground at a wrestling meet.

https://twitter.com/EricOlanowski/status/1107832257199423489

The six-second clip was posted to Facebook after Saturday’s Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling Championship in the Angles’ hometown of Pittsburgh.

When the video starts, the kid can be seen walking towards Angle while taking off his headgear. Once he reaches Angle, the 51-year-old then puts both hands around the kids neck, lifts him a foot off the ground and then throws him to the ground. Angle can then be seen yelling at the kid as the clip ends.

After the video went viral, Angle was arrested and faces simple assault charges. The charges were filed by the University of Pittsburgh police as the wrestling meet took place on their campus.

Angle went to Facebook and said he was trying to keep the child from messing up and made things worse.

“I should have just walked away and let him get thrown out. Instead, I’m the one who embarrassed myself even more,” Eric Angle told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4.

Pittsburgh Junior Wrestling is cooperating with investigators, Action News 4 reports.

Eric Angle first surfaced in WWE in 2000 to help his brother in a feud against the Undertaker. He then signed with WWE’s developmental territory, OVW, before making his WWE return in 2003 to again help Kurt.

He was released in 2003 and did a short tour of the indies before retiring from in-ring competition. He runs Angle Elite Wrestling School in Pittsburgh.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

 

 

ROH Star Flip Gordon Has Been Cleared To Return To The Ring

ROH wrestler Flip Gordon has officially been cleared to compete after recovering from a knee injury that left him sidelined for over two months.

Gordon took to Twitter to make the announcement and wrote, “UPDATE: I just saw the doctor, I passed all the tests, and I am officially CLEARED to WRESTLE!!!”

As we previously reported, the injury occurred back in January during a match against Tracy Williams at Honor Reigns Supreme that was stopped early.

Check out Flip’s tweet below:

https://twitter.com/TheFlipGordon/status/1108025496409911297

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

SmackDown Live Highlights 3/19/19 (Videos)

Last night on SmackDown Live:

The Miz responded to Shane McMahon, The IIconics defeated WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks & Bayley, Rey Mysterio was with his son Dominic, he announced he will face Samoa Joe at WrestleMania for the US Title, Kevin Owens hosted The Kevin Owens Show with guest Becky Lynch & Charlotte, which ended in a brawl, AJ Styles cut a backstage promo on Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan again calls Kofi Kingston a B+ player. Kofi had seamed to have won the Gauntlet match defeating Sheamus, Cesaro, Rowan, Samoa Joe and Randy Orton to earn WrestleMania Title match against WWE Champion Daniel Bryan only to once again be screwed by Vince McMahon. Vince had one m,ore opponent for Kofii, it was Daniel Bryan, Kofi lost, so Kofi didn’t get his title match at Mania.

MLW CEO Court Bauer Discusses AEW & States That MLW Talent Can Work Anywhere But WWE

MLW CEO Court Bauer was a guest on Wrestling Inc’s WINCLY podcast. During the interview, he addressed a number of topics, including MLW’s relationship with other companies.

On Wrestlers Working Elsewhere: “We signed MJF and Lucha Bros… we’ve had these guys for a while so there’s a mutual coolness there,” Bauer said. “There’s not a problem. We don’t block anyone from working anywhere. We only have one company where they’re prohibited working for which is WWE.”By doing that, if they end up on national TV somewhere – that’s great exposure. Now people are familiar with you elsewhere and also here.”

On AEW Entering The Mix: “I am very interested in the seeing the direction AEW goes. My philosophy is tide rises all ships. As long as your business is running at a high level and clicking with your fan base, you’re gonna do fine and the fans will support it. The fans will go beyond just one product. If AEW does well…if MLW does well, then that’s great for fans and the talent. It’s great for anyone. For every success story in wrestling, that helps validate it to a larger audience. To licensing people. To TV people. To potential investors….You don’t want a landscape where just one or two companies are successful – that doesn’t indicate a healthy industry.”

On AEW/MLW Wrestlers Leaving To Join AEW Full-Time: “We have very healthy and open lines of communication with [AEW] and I don’t anticipate it being an issue…. Whenever you can find a way to work together and take the ego out of the equation, you find that life is easier and business is better. The business problem people have in wrestling is ego…. Just get over it. It’s important to stay humble but also to be strategic and see the bigger picture.”

WWE SmackDown Live Preview 3/19/19

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana as the road to WrestleMania continues.

* Kofi Kingston must win a Gauntlet Match to earn WWE Title Match at WrestleMania

* The Miz to respond to Shane McMahon

* Sasha Banks & Bayley pay a visit to Team Blue

* What’s next for Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair?

WWE 205 Live Preview 3/19/19

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

* WWE Cruiserweight Championship Tournament Final: Tony Nese vs. Cedric Alexander