Author: John Bass

Neville Makes Surprise Return To Wrestling (Video & Photos)

After roughly a year away from the ring, Neville — now working under his old ring name PAC — returned to wrestling Tuesday at a Dragon Gate show inside of Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall.

Neville, teaming with Eita Kobayashi, picked up the win in a tag match over Shingo Takagi and BxB Hulk with his signature “Red Arrow” finisher.  Takagi is working his final matches with Dragon Gate.

According to multiple reports, the 32-year-old came out with the heel faction R.E.D. and cut a post-match promo on fans saying he’d destroy all their favorite stars.

It was reported in last week’s issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Neville has not been responding to promoters as best as they can tell, and has essentially gone “off the grid.” Neville was reportedly previously in talks with some promotions, however said that he wasn’t ready to start yet due to legal issues.

Neville had been unhappy with WWE creative and tried to get his release when he quit the company back in October of 2017. WWE officials did not grant the release when he quit because they didn’t want to set a precedent where talents under contract could walk out and go to New Japan Pro Wrestling, which is where it was expected Neville would end up. Neville’s contract was then frozen for ten months before his release was granted.

Neville is scheduled to return to Dragon Gate for a match on November 6th.

Sources: Pro Wrestling Sheet and WrestlingINC

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The Undertaker and Kane take out Triple H and Shawn Michaels on RAW (Video)

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Shawn Michaels was on RAW to talk about the Triple H vs. The Undertaker match this Saturday in Australia at WWE Super Show-Down.

Excerpt courtesy of WrestleView‘s Mike Tedesco’s RAW recap:

Michaels has the utmost respect for The Undertaker, but any day of the week and twice on Sunday he’d pick his best friend over anybody on God’s green earth. That upset The Undertaker. Undertaker made this personal. Undertaker has Kane in his corner, so Triple H has his brother in his corner. Michaels warns Kane about crowding the ring. If he does, he’ll be brushed back with some Sweet Chin Music.

Kane’s music hits, and the Mayor of Knoxville County appears behind Michaels in the ring. Michaels turns around, and Kane uppercuts him down.

The bell tolls, and Undertaker appears standing in the ring next to Kane! The crowd is going crazy. Undertaker stands over Michaels and signals for the end. Undertaker lifts him up for a Tombstone Piledriver, but Triple H’s music hits! Triple H comes down and punches away at Undertaker. Kane grabs Triple H, but he punches him back. Triple H goes back to punching Undertaker, but Kane grabs him by the throat. Triple H attacks, so Undertaker grabs him. Undertaker hits a Chokeslam on Triple H while Kane hits one on Shawn Michaels (who has a shaved head!). Undertaker and Kane stand tall in the ring before stopping when Triple H comes to. Undertaker then lays him out with a Tombstone Piledriver! Undertaker and Kane then walk up the ramp and pose.

Source: WrestleView

Jazz To Defend NWA Women’s Championship At 70th Anniversary Event

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Former WWE star Jazz has been the NWA Women’s Champion for 746 days, and now it’s been announced that she’ll defend her belt at the company’s upcoming 70th anniversary event at the Asylum at the Nashville Fairgrounds on Sunday, Oct. 21

NWA made the announcement with a video in which Jazz talks about her real-life career working at a jail and what it means for her to keep the Women’s Championship.

“You’ll see exactly who I am and what I’ve done for this business as a woman,” she continued. “And as a black woman, you damn sure can’t take sh*t from me. Because what I have now is not gonna be taken away from me. This is it. This will be my legacy.”

Also announced for the event was a set of matches to determine the NWA National Champion. The field of competitors includes Colt Cabana, Scorpio Sky, Mike Parrow, Jay Bradley, Sam Shaw, Ricky Starks, Willie Mack and Sammy Guevara.

Stage one consists of two four-way elimination matches, then the winners will face-off for the title.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Watch the full video on Jazz below:

Evolution Reunion Confirmed for SmackDown 1,000

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WWE issued the following :

The band is back together.

At SmackDown 1000 on Tuesday, Oct. 16, Evolution reunites – Triple H, Batista, Randy Orton and Ric Flair will be in Washington, D.C. for the historic event.

Evolution is comprised of some of the most successful Superstars in history – there are 49 world championship reigns between the four members, who ran roughshod through WWE from 2002 to 2005, then rode again for a vicious rivalry with The Shield in 2014.

What does Evolution have in store as they make their first-ever appearance on the blue brand during this groundbreaking night? Find out during SmackDown’s 1000th episode, Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 8/7 C on USA Network!

WWE RAW Preview 10/1/18

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Key Arena in Seattle with the final red brand hype for WWE Super Show-Down.

* The Rowdy One takes on Ruby Riott

* Shawn Michaels heads to final Raw before WWE Super Show-Down

* Bobby Lashley gets his hands on Kevin Owens before WWE Super Show-Down

* The Shield stand united despite Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre’s mind games

Lita Makes Unadvertised Appearance At Indie Show (Video)

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WWE Hall of Famer Lita is currently scheduled to face Mickie James at WWE Evolution next month, but the former WWE Women’s Champion made an unadvertised appearance at MCW’s Tag Wars event in Joppa, Maryland.

PWInsider first reported that Amy “Lita” Dumas was in Hunt Valley, MD for an autograph signing at the Monster Mania horror convention, and the WWE legend made a surprise appearance at the MCW event, during the six-man tag team match involving MCW Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Dante Caballero and The Guns 4 Hire, as they faced the team of Joe Keys, Bishop Khan and Malcolm Moses.

In the video below, referees were incapacitated following a series of referee bumps, Lita came out in a referee shirt, and got into an altercation with Dante Caballero after a near fall. This led to Lita dropping the MCW Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion with the Twist of Fate, resulting in Joe Keys’ team picking up the win.

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Source: WrestlingINC

Former ROH TV Champion Punishment Martinez Reportedly Done With The Company, Heading To WWE

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At the Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view, Punishment Martinez successfully defended the Ring of Honor Television Championship, defeating Chris Sabin in the process. Martinez continued to attack Sabin after the match, until Jeff Cobb made the save. Cobb then laid out Martinez with a swinging suplex, before heading to the back.

During last night’s Death Before Dishonor TV tapings, Punishment Martinez defended the title yet again, this time against Jeff Cobb. Martinez dropped the ROH Television Championship to Cobb, and according to F4WOnline, Martinez has reportedly worked his final match for the promotion.

It is also being reported that the former Ring of Honor Television Champion is heading to the WWE.

Martinez trained at the Monster Factory, and has been competing in Ring of Honor since 2015. The wrestler won the Survival of the Fittest tournament in 2017, and unsuccessfully challenged for the NEVER Openweight Championship last year. Martinez won his first championship in Ring of Honor back in June this year, defeating Silas Young to become the new Ring of Honor Television Champion.

Source: WrestlingINC

Tenille Dashwood Injured, Shoulder Surgery Required

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Tenille Dashwood will be out of action until further notice, as she announced during a Ring of Honor TV taping on Saturday that she’s in need of shoulder surgery.

Dashwood explained during the announcement that she’s been been wrestling on a bad shoulder for six months and now surgery is required. Dashwood also revealed that in addition to an injured shoulder, she has an autoimmune disease and a skin condition.

According to PWInsider, the injury is legitimate and not an angle.

No word at this point on how long Tenille will be out of action.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

ROH Death Before Dishonor 9/28/18 Results

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Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs. Kenny King – Winner: Kenny King 

ROH World Tag Team Championship: (C) The Briscoes vs. The Addiction – Winners: The Briscoes

ROH Women of Honor Championship: (C) Sumie Sakai vs. Tenille Dashwood – Winner: Sumie Sakai 

ROH World Television Championship: (C) Punishment Martinez vs. Chris Sabin – Winner: Punishment Martinez

Tables Match: Flip Gordon & Colt Cabana vs. Bully Ray & Silas Young – Winners: Bully Ray and Silas Young

Bully powerbombed Cabana through a table, Cabana eliminated. Bully crashed through a table and eliminated. Young crushed Gordon with a clothesline who went crashing down to the floor. Young sat a table up in the ring and sent Gordon back in. Reversals near the table, a referee bump. Spear by Gordon, 450 splash on Young through the table, but the referee is still out. Bully got up, knocked down Gordon, put him on the wrecked table and moved Young off it. Referee woke up, sees where Gordon is and called the match.

Bullet Club (Cody, The Young Bucks, Hangman Page & Marty Scurll) vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada, Chuckie T, Beretta, Tomohiro Ishii, & Rocky Romero) – Winners: Bullet Club

ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Lethal vs. Will Ospreay – Winner: Jay Lethal

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 9/30/18

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Fighting Spirit Unleashed will be shown live on NJPW World (about $9 month to sign-up) on Sunday at 8pm ET. It will then air on AXS TV on Friday, October 5 at 8pm ET.

Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi)

IWGP United States Championship: (C) Juice Robinson vs. Cody

IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) The Young Bucks vs. Guerrillas of Destiny

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Tournament Semi-Finals: Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll

Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs. Jay White & Gedo

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Killer Elite Squad

Flip Gordon, Chris Sabin & Jeff Cobb vs. Best Friends & Hirooki Goto

The Addiction vs. Hangman Page & Chase Owens

ACH, Ryusuke Taguchi & Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs. Roppongi 3K

Wrestling News Blog will post the results for Fighting Spirit Unleashed after it airs on AXS TV on Friday, October 5 at 8pm ET.