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Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory 10/14/18

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Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory pay-per-view from the Melrose Ballroom, New York City, New York – Sunday, October 14 – 8PM ET/5PM PT

Impact World Championship: (C) Austin Aries vs. Johnny Impact

Concrete Jungle Death Match: LAX (Satana, Ortiz & Konnan) vs. The OGz (Hernandez, Homicide & King)

Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Tessa Blanchard vs. Taya Valkyrie

oVe Rules Match: oVe (Dave Crist, Jake Crist & Sami Callihan) vs. Pentagon Jr., Fenix & Brian Cage

Eddie Edwards vs. Moose

Matt Sydal & Ethan Page vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack

Eli Drake Open Challenge

Allie enters Su Yung’s Undead Realm

 

On Saturday night October 13, at 8PM ET, Father Jim Mitchell will induct Abyss into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame. It can be seen live on Twitch – twitch.tv/ImpactWrestling

Will Chris Jericho’s Cruise Be Streamed?

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Fite.tv announced they will be streaming ROH “Sea of Honor” tournament matches and the Alpha Club (Chris Jericho and The Young Bucks) vs. Bullet Club (Cody Rhodes, Marty Scurll, and Kenny Omega) on November 3 at 8pm ET for $24.99. Chris Jericho’s cruise will be sailing from Miami, Florida to Naussau, Bahamas on October 27-31. In the video below, Jericho said he’s been constantly asked if fans will be able to watch matches from his cruise and confirmed they will be able to so through Fite.

Source: WrestlingINC

New Time Slot Revealed For Impact Wrestling On Pop TV

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Impact Wrestling will begin airing at 10pm ET on Pop TV later this month, according to PWInsider. The next episode will air at 8pm ET with a 10pm replay but the following week will see the time slot change on October 25. This will be a permanent time slot change, moving the company out of primetime viewing. Pop officials reportedly informed Impact of the change earlier this week.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Signs Former ROH TV Champion Punishment Martinez?

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Former Ring of Honor TV Champion Punishment Martinez has officially signed with WWE and reported to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, according to PWInsider. No word yet on when he will make his WWE NXT debut. Martinez recently dropped the ROH TV Title after turning down a new deal. Martinez let his ROH contract expire in August so he could sign with WWE.

Source: WrestlingINC

NJPW Locker Room Reportedly Suffering From Low Morale Following Management Changes

The current state of New Japan Pro Wrestling has been a hot topic of discussion amongst pro wrestling as of late. On the last episode of Wrestling Observer Radio this morning, Dave Meltzer touched on the current backstage morale in NJPW.

According to Meltzer, “There is a lot of unrest, everyone is unhappy.” Apparently much of the unrest comes from the fact that NJPW is under new management. Toy magnate Harold Meij was brought on as the new NJPW President this summer.

The new management, while excellent businessmen, do not appear to be wrestling people. Before Meij came in to power the feeling backstage was reportedly that NJPW was doing great. Their business was up, the roster was, “very prideful of their work,” and they were making in-roads into the US market.

Meltzer went on to note that it’s not just Meij, or new GM Michael Craven, that have rubbed the roster the wrong way. It’s many members of the new management. He went so far as to say that, “A lot of people that you wouldn’t even think about leaving are thinking about it. People who I knew who were considering absolutely staying are questioning that commitment.”

It should be interested to see how things play out for NJPW over the next few months. Some top talents have contracts coming up and the new Firing Squad extension of Bullet Club has begun heavily recruiting.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE ‘Monitoring’ Saudi Government’s Reported Involvement In Death Of Journalist

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WWE says they’re “monitoring the situation” involving the death of a journalist reportedly at the order of Saudi Arabia’s royal court.

A rep for WWE released a statement to the media saying, “We are currently monitoring the situation.”

For those unaware, the New York Times reported this week that officials believe Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Turkey last week by a team who dismembered his body with a bonesaw.

Companies with ties to the Saudi government have since come under heavy scrutiny. On Wednesday, the New York Times pulled out as a media sponsor from an investor event later this month in Riyadh. Richard Branson also suspended business talks with the Saudi Arabian government in regards to a reported $1 billion investment in Virgin’s space companies.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Impact Wrestling Preview 10/11/18

Tonight on the final IMPACT before this Sunday’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view:

* Johnny Impact, Eddie Edwards & Fallah Bahh vs. Austin Aries, Moose & Killer Kross

* LAX & The OGz have one last summit before Bound For Glory

* Tessa Blanchard vs. Keyra

* Petey Williams vs. Trevor Lee vs. Jack Evans vs. Puma King

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Backstage News On Why WWE Turned Bobby Lashley Heel, Vince McMahon Feeds Lines To Lio Rush

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Regarding the angle on Monday’s WWE RAW with Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush, the idea for them was a heel turn.

WWE officials had just decided on the heel turn earlier that day, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. There was a long discussion over whether Lashley would be better off as a heel or a babyface right now, especially with the roster losing another top heel in Kevin Owens, who is out of action with a knee injury. Owens is expected to be out of action for around 4 months if he needs just a minor operation but it could be 8 months if the surgery is major.

The decision was made at RAW to turn Lashley, with the idea that if he’s better off as a heel and if the roster needs heels, they should do the turn right away. The turn made even more sense as they needed Lashley to injure Owens to write him off TV anyway.

It’s interesting to note that Rush was plugged-in to the back with an ear piece on Monday night. Vince McMahon was in Rush’s ear and was personally feeding him lines to deliver during the match.

Source: WrestlingINC

Kevin Owens Update: How Long Will He Be Out?

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Kevin Owens is expected to be out of action for four to eight months with his upcoming knee surgery, according to Dave Meltzer in The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

WWE shot an angle on Monday’s RAW with Bobby Lashley turning heel and injuring both of Owens’ knees to write him off of TV. While there was a report from POST Wrestling that the hope is that the knee surgery will be a minor procedure, Meltzer noted that the full damage won’t be known until his knee is opened up. While it’s hopeful that Owens will just need his knee to be cleaned out, it is possible that he will need major surgery.

Owens has been working with the bad knee for a while. Since debuting in 2014, Owens has not had to take any substantial time off due to injuries.

If Owens needs major surgery, he is expected to be out for eight months, while the timetable is four months if the procedure is minor.

Source: WrestlingINC

Mike And Maria Kanellis Debut On WWE 205 Live (Video)

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Mike Kanellis and Maria Kanellis made a surprise appearance on last night’s WWE 205 Live episode. Mike attacked Lince Dorado during Lince’s match with Lio Rush, which began after Rush issued an Open Challenge.