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Alberto El Patron Backs Out Of TripleMania XXVI Over Payment Issues

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TripleMania XXVIwill no longer feature Alberto El Patron, as the wrestler says he hasn’t received his agreed upon deposit.

Patron tweeted a statement which claims he didn’t get the deposit from AAA and they didn’t comply with the terms of the agreement, therefore he won’t be participating.

Alberto was announced for TripleMania XXVI  back in March.

The event takes place on August 25 and will feature Psycho Clown, El Hijo del Fantasma, LA Parkand Pentagon Jr. in a 4-way mask vs. mask match and WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett defending the AAA Mega Championship in a Fatal 4-Way against Fenix, Brian Cage and Rich Swann.

Read Alberto’s full statement below (if you speak Spanish).

https://twitter.com/Multienfoque1/status/1031951507942457345

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

WWE NXT UK Women’s Champion To Be Crowned This Weekend

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The first-ever WWE NXT UK Women’s Champion will be crowned during the NXT UK TV tapings this weekend in Birmingham, England at the Insomnia Festival. WWE will be taping on Saturday and Sunday.

WWE is advertising Dakota Kai, Xia Brookside, Toni Storm, Killer Kelly, Rhea Ripley, Jinny and Isla Dawn for the show but there’s no word yet on how the champion will be crowned.

The first-ever NXT UK Women’s Champion will then defend her title at the WWE Evolution pay-per-view on October 28 in Long Island, New York.

These will be the second set of NXT UK tapings for the series that is expected to premiere on the WWE Network later this year.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE SmackDown Live Preview 8/21/18

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with more fallout from SummerSlam.

* The New Day and The Bludgeon Brothers meet in No Disqualification title showdown

* Jeff Hardy finally goes one-on-one with Randy Orton

* Becky Lynch to explain her actions at SummerSlam

* AJ Styles to give an exclusive interview

* What’s next for Daniel Bryan and The Miz?

WWE 205 Live Preview 8/21/18

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

* TJP vs. Noam Dar

* Buddy Murphy & Tony Nese vs. The Lucha House Party

Reby Hardy Says “Decision To Be Made” On Woken Matt’s In-Ring Future (VIDEO)

Reby Hardy revealed husband Matt Hardy’s WWE contract is up in March, and he’ll likely need to decide soon whether to keep wrestling or hang it up.

Hardy spoke with the Busted Open crew over the weekend about her husband’s current status. As you may have noticed, Matt tweeted a photo of himself working backstage at SummerSlam, which you can see above.

Reby called his current status a “transitional” period.

“He’s not really sure what he going to be doing,” she said. “His contract is up in March, which I’m not sure many people are aware of, but there’s sort of a decision to be made at this point as to whether or not he should continue his in-ring career or if he should pursue something different.”

Reby made it clear Matt isn’t upset about the pending transition, saying he’d be “totally up for it.”

“[He] would be excited to do [it], I feel like, so he’s kind of giving it a go right now backstage. He’s at Summerslam. He’s not on the card but he’s there, and we’re kind of going to see from here,” she added. “It’s really a transitional time right now.”

Last week, Hardy tweeted a goodbye message to former tag team partner Bray Wyatt. He’s also been pretty sentimental on social media posting pictures from throughout his career.

Watch Reby’s comments on Busted Open below:

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Impact Wrestling Announces First TV Tapings In Mexico

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Impact Wrestling is heading south of the border, as the company announced their first set of television tapings in Mexico will take place next month.

The tapings were announced in a press release:

IMPACT Wrestling today announced television tapings will take place on Thursday, Sept. 13 and Friday, Sept. 14 at Frontón México in Mexico City, Mexico, marking the first time the flagship weekly show IMPACT! will emanate from south of the border.

“We are excited about this historic trip to Mexico as we continue to expand our live event schedule globally,” said IMPACT Wrestling president Ed Nordholm. “We look forward to working closely with our promotional partners at Lucha Libre AAA and our broadcast partner 52MX to bring an unforgettable experience to our passionate fan base in Mexico heading into the final stretch for Bound for Glory this October.”

Wrestlers teased for the event include Austin Aries, Johnny Impact, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix.

 

The Shield Reunites To Stop Braun Strowman From Cashing In MITB, Strowman Warns The Shield

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The Shield reunited at the end of RAW last night to help Roman Reigns fight of a attempt by Braun Strowman to cash in his MITB title shot.

Dean Ambrose and WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins came out in their Shield gear right as Braun Strowman was about to cash in his Money In the Bank contract on WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns following his win over Finn Balor. The Shield destroyed Braun before he could cash in and ended the show by putting him through an announce table with a triple powerbomb.

Strowman posted a warning to The Shield on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BraunStrowman/status/1031745682217074688

WWE RAW Preview: SummerSlam Fallout 8/20/18

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with fallout from SummerSlam.

* Who is coming for Universal Champion Roman Reigns?

* Will Rousey’s title reign begin in a state of Bliss?

* Will Rollins’ victory mean the end for Ziggler & McIntyre?

* Who can stop the B-Team?

* What fallout will occur after The Demon’s reemergence?

Brock Lesnar is scheduled for tonight.

WWE SummerSlam Results 8/19/18

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(Kickoff) Rusev & Lana vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega – Winners: Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega

(Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak – Winner: Cedric Alexander

(Kickoff) RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) The B-Team vs. The Revival – Winners: The Revival

Intercontinental Championship: (C) Dolph Ziggler w/Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins w/Dean Ambrose – Winner and new Intercontinental Champion: Seth Rollins

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The New Day – Winners be DQ: The New Day – The Bludgeon Brothers was disqualified when Rowen hit Xavier Woods with the big sledgehammer

Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens (If Strowman loses, Owens gets the MITB case) – Winner: Braun Strowman

SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Carmella vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair – Winner and new SmackDown Women’s Champion: Charlotte Flair

After the match, Becky & Charlotte hugged and then Becky attacked Charlotte and beat her down, Fans chant “you deserve it” as Becky leaves.

WWE Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe – Winner by DQ: Samoa Joe – Joe stands on top of the German announce table and takes the mic. Joe addresses AJ’s wife and says daddy AJ won’t be home but Joe will and he’ll be her new daddy. AJ stands up and he’s furious. AJ charges and knocks Joe from the announce table through the barrier at the timekeeper’s area. AJ snaps and takes out two staffers. AJ smacks Joe in the back with a steel chair for the disqualification.

After the bell, AJ, who is bleeding now, screams out and continues hitting Joe with chair shots. Fans chant “who’s your daddy?” now. Producers are out too check on Joe, including Adam Pearce and Fit Finlay. AJ’s wife and daughter look on from the crowd but it looks like they may have stepped back a bit. AJ charges with the chair but Finlay grabs it and stops him. Fans chant “one more time” as AJ looks at his wife. She tells him to stop. AJ goes to his wife and daughter, and apologizes. AJ holds his daughter and fans cheer. AJ hands his daughter back and briefly talks to the referee. AJ walks to the back with his wife and daughter. We go to replays. Joe marches up the ramp and he looks like he still wants to fight. (transcript from WrestlingINC)

Elias was out to perform a song and his guitar broke, Elias got made and tossed the guitar.

Backstage The B-Team tells The Miz that they hope Daniel Bryan beats him.

Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz – Winner: The Miz – Maryse sitting at ringside handed Miz something (possibly brass knuckles), Miz hit Bryan with the object to get the win.

Finn Balor (The Demon) vs. Baron Corbin – Winner: Finn Balor (The Demon)

https://twitter.com/FinnBalor/status/1031365619994832898

United States Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jeff Hardy – Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura

After the match, Randy Orton came out and headed to the ring to attack Hardy but then decided against it and left.

Natalya made her entrance for the RAW Women’s Championship match, wearing her father’s (Jim Neidhart) Hart Foundation jacket

RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Ronda Rousey – Winner and new RAW Women’s Champion: Ronda Rousey

After the match. Natalya, Nikki & Brie Bella celebrated in the ring with Ronda. Ronda then jumped into her husband’s arms at ringside, Ronda exited the arena with Natalya. Ronda said this is for Jim Neidhart and Roddy Piper

Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns

Before the bell rings, the music interrupts and out comes Braun Strowman with his Money In the Bank briefcase. Fans pop as Braun enters the ring and calls for a mic. Braun looks out at the fans and they pop again. Braun says everyone knows the history of the briefcase and he refuses to be a coward and cash it in while his opponent has their back turned. Braun says he’s the monster and he does things face to face. Braun wishes good luck to Roman and Beastie Boy because he’s going to be standing… Lesnar steps up and stares Braun down as a “Beastie Boy” chant starts up. Braun says he will be standing here for the entire match and doesn’t give a damn who wins because one of them will “get these hands” before the night is over. Braun drops the mic and exits the ring as Lesnar stares him down. The bell rings and Reigns immediately nails two Superman Punches, and a third. Reigns calls for the Spear and hits it. (transcript from WrestlingINC)

.Lesnar with a F5 to Braun on the floor. Lesnar smiles while Braun and Reigns are both down on the outside.Lesnar tosses Reigns back into the ring. Lesnar grabs Braun’s briefcase but Braun grabs his ankle. Lesnar slams the briefcase into Braun a few times. Lesnar slings the briefcase up the ramp and into the stage, sending the papers flying. Lesnar smacks Braun with steel chair shots on the floor now. Lesnar yells at Braun while Braun is down crawling on the ramp. Lesnar returns to the ring with a steel chair in the air but Reigns nails a Spear out of nowhere for the pin and the title. (transcript from WrestlingINC)

Winner and new Universal Champion: Roman Reigns

Hulk Hogan Says Wrestlers Who Didn’t Accept His Apology Don’t Understand Brotherhood Of Wrestling

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The backstage apology Hulk Hogan gave to the WWE roster was not accepted by everyone, and in a new interview Hulkster says those Superstars don’t understand the brotherhood of wrestling.

Hogan was a guest on the new podcast The Apter Chat with Bill Apter and spoke in-depth about WWE welcoming him back. Hulk says it first began with a text from Triple H checking in on him, as well as subsequent texts every few months making sure he was doing alright.

The former WWF champ says ideas eventually got thrown around for how he could contribute to the company again — Hogan briefly mentions Saudi Arabia without further detail — but ultimately Hulk told Hunter he really wanted to talk with Vince McMahon again.

Vince reached out not long after, according to Hogan, and they caught up like it was old times.

Triple H contacted Hulk again months later and asked if there was anything he’d like to do in wrestling, to which he said yes. Hunter and McMahon then said the first thing they’d like him to do is have a conversation with the black wrestlers about everything that occurred.

“I said no, I’m not gonna do it,” Hogan explained. “If I come back, I want to talk to everybody. Because what I did not only hurt the business, it hurt white, black, every athlete you have. Japanese. Everybody that’s involved and loves this business. What I said hurt this business.”

The 65-year-old went on to detail his conversation with the roster at Extreme Rules, saying he apologized for the terrible words he said 12-years prior. Hogan doesn’t believe, however, that the focus was on wrestlers not getting caught on camera doing bad things — even if it was mentioned.

Hulk explained, “A lot of people accepted my apology. And a lot of people heard what they wanted to hear and a lot of the narrative that came out of the meeting was on point. A lot of the narrative was really different. I was surprised to hear some people interpreted what I said that I was just sorry I got caught on camera, or whatever they interpreted, but I never said that.”

As you may recall, New Day and Titus O’Neil both spoke out after the meeting. O’Neil said the apology lacked remorse and New Day claimed they wouldn’t associate with Hulk until “genuine effort to change is made.”

In the interview, Hogan had something to say about those who didn’t accept his apology.

“I just hope the brotherhood can get back to the way it was,” Hulk remarked. “Outside the ring, you’re supposed to protect your brother. In this case, it’s a situation where 75, 80, 90 percent of the wrestlers are protecting me and they’re giving me another chance to move forward. There’s just a few wrestlers that kinda like don’t understand the bond and the brotherhood of wrestling. If someone makes a mistake, you need to forgive them and move on and try to let them prove themselves.”

Listen to the interview at the link below (WWE return talk begins around 46 minutes into the conversation).

https://app.stitcher.com/splayer/f/221620/55826627

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet