Author: John Bass

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.

https://twitter.com/JeffreyBJones/status/1046273663438397440

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.

ROH Death Before Dishonor 9/28/18

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Death Before Dishonor will be live from the Orleans Arena 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT via traditional PPV, Fite.tv, and ROH HonorClub.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs. Kenny King

WWE Reportedly Planning Huge Shawn Michaels Singles Match

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There are rumors of WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels working at least one more match besides the expected tag team match with Triple H against Kane and The Undertaker at WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on November 2.

There is talk of doing a huge singles match with Shawn at the Survivor Series pay-per-view in mid-November, according to the @WrestleVotes Twitter account, which has broken several scoops in the last year or so. Word is that Shawn vs. Taker in a singles match is being planned for the big event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on November 18. Taker was announced this week for an autograph signing the night before Survivor Series outside of Los Angeles. The report adds that some in the company want the match to take place at the 2019 Royal Rumble pay-per-view from Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

Shawn has been retired since losing to Taker at WrestleMania 26 in 2010, also in Phoenix. The planned match with Taker at Survivor Series or Royal Rumble would be Shawn’s first singles match since 2010. As we’ve noted, Shawn will be in Triple H’s corner for the match against Taker at WWE Super Show-Down in Australia on October 6. Kane will be in Taker’s corner and word is that this will lead to The Brothers of Destruction vs. Michaels and Triple H at Crown Jewel.

Source: WrestlingINC

Mia Yim To Make NXT Live Event Debut This Saturday

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Mae Young Classic competitor Mia Yim will be making her first NXT Live event appearance this weekend now that she’s reportedly been signed to WWE.

NXT’s Twitter account announced:

https://twitter.com/WWENXT/status/1045372627978788866

Yim’s signing was reported by multiple outlets after she appeared in a video at the Performance Center, making her the first unsigned competitor from this year’s tournament to have been offered a contract at this point.

Tickets for the event in Fort Pierce are still AVAILABLE HERE.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Impact Wrestling Preview 9/27/18

* Johnny Impact & Eddie Edwards vs. Moose & Killer Kross

* Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Tessa Blanchard vs. Faby Apache

* Scarlett Bordeaux to make an announcement

* Brian Cage vs. Jake Crist

* Su Yung & Undead Maid of Honor vs. Allie & Kiera Hogan

* Desi Hit Squad vs. Impact Tag Team Champions LAX

Neville Has Reportedly Gone “Off The Grid” And Is Not Responding To Promoters

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While Neville is reportedly free to wrestle anywhere since receiving his WWE release in August, Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Neville has not been responding to promoters as best as they can tell, and has esentially gone “off the grid.”

PWInsider had reported that Neville was spotted in Pittsburgh around the time of his release in August. WWE sends their talent to Pittsburgh for medical testing, so the timing for that is interesting to say the least.

Neville was reportedly previously in talks with some promotions, however said that he wasn’t ready to start yet due to legal issues. Will Ospreay had recently called out the former WWE Cruiserweight Champion on Twitter.

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.

Source: WrestlingINC