Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Keybank Center in Buffalo, New York with the red brand fallout from Extreme Rules.
* Will Brock Lesnar be stripped of the Universal Championship on Raw?
* Is Braun Strowman finally finished with Kevin Owens?
* What chaos will ensue when The B-Team return to the red brand as Raw Tag Team Champions?
* Are the days numbered for The Goddess of WWE?
* Does The Architect have plans for Dolph Ziggler?
Last night’s WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view saw Team Hell No lose to SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers in a match that Kane barely worked. Earlier in the night WWE did a backstage segment where Harper and Rowan attacked Kane and Daniel Bryan backstage. Bryan later started the match by himself and worked it until Kane came out limping with a foot brace on.
Kane was attacked in the backstage segment to cover up a legitimate injury to his left foot, according to PWInsider. The WWE veteran was seen wearing a walking boot earlier in the day backstage at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
There’s no word yet on when Kane may be back in action or when he suffered the foot injury but WWE announced a storyline injury update after Extreme Rules went off the air and said he suffered a broken ankle in the match. You can see their announcement below:
Kane suffers broken ankleAt WWE Extreme Rules, Kane suffered an injury at the hands of The Bludgeon Brothers. Despite returning to action to help his Team Hell No tag team partner Daniel Bryan, X-rays taken on The Devil’s Favorite Demon later revealed that he has suffered a broken ankle.
Source: WrestlingINC
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Former WCW champ David Arquette made his return to the ring on Sunday in Southern California, but the actor was unable to pick-up a win against RJ City.
It all went down at a CWFH TV taping in Port Hueneme after RJ kicked things off by insulting the actor’s friends and family. “King” David Arquette then walked to the ring and the match began.
If you thought David was going to phone it in, you were wrong.
Arquette was on fire in the opening moments and hit his opponent with a vintage Diamond Cutter. He also locked in a Sharpshooter-esque submission and an outside dive from the top rope.
The match ended, however, when David jumped from the top rope and got hit with a knee to the face.
The full match will soon be available on Fite.
Watch the video below to see the highlights.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Geoffrey the Giraffe from Toys-R-Us entered a 30-man rumble to determine the new FSCW #1 contender at Supercon in Florida on Friday
The match featured heroes and villains from across the spectrum, but the most surprising entry was free agent Geoffrey … who entered the rumble to hit a clothesline and chokeslam on two wrestlers.
Unfortunately for the ex-spokesman, former WWE star Gangrel was still in the match and picked up a phone to order a package. The package was then delivered ringside in an Amazon box and Gangrel yelled “Amazon Prime, bitch” before using it to eliminate Geoffrey from the match.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
WWE announced after a three-year suspension Hulk Hogan has been reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame. Below is WWE’s full announcement:
“After a three-year suspension, Hulk Hogan has been reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame. This second chance follows Hogan’s numerous public apologies and volunteering to work with young people, where he is helping them learn from his mistake. These efforts led to a recent induction into the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Alumni Hall of Fame.”
According to PWInsider, Hogan was backstage at WWE Extreme Rules and made a formal apology to the WWE locker room for his comments in 2015. Sources who were present for the meeting noted Hogan apologized for embarrassing himself and the company, and told the wrestlers to be careful what the say as they could be recorded withing knowing it. He received a big reaction afterwards with a number of wrestlers shaking his hand and hugging him. Hogan was said to be very emotional during this meeting.
Hulk Hogan then made his first statement on Twitter, looking to acknowledge that same meeting.
https://twitter.com/HulkHogan/status/1018589061852917766
Before the meeting with the WWE locker room, Hogan met with a number of WWE officials and “the feeling backstage is he’s back on board with the company.” However, another report from PWInsider does note that he has not signed any kind of contract with WWE, despite showing up backstage.
The report also said he might be at this week’s TV tapings, but that’s not set in stone as of right now. Hogan hasn’t appeared for WWE since being fired by the company in 2015 shortly before a tape containing him making racist remarks was made public.
Update: Bryan Alvarez of F4Wonline.com noted on Twitter that Hogan’s meeting with the roster was filmed for an upcoming WWE Network special. Hogan reportedly said his goodbyes during Extreme Rules and was headed back home to Florida.
Regarding Hogan’s WWE future, Hogan will not be on this week’s TV shows and there’s no word yet on when he might be back. There was some speculation on Hogan being backstage for RAW and SmackDown but PWInsider reports that Hogan is not booked for this week’s episodes. It was also noted that Hogan has not signed a new contract of any kind, as of Sunday. The feeling at Extreme Rules was that Hogan is back with the company and Charly Caruso noted on the Extreme Rules Kickoff pre-show how everyone was excited for Hogan to be back with the WWE family.
Source: WrestlingINC
Update: According to a rep from WWE, Hogan’s meeting with the roster was not filmed by a camera crew. This was confirmed by WWE according to Pro Wrestling Sheet.
Mark Henry, who was present at the meeting, talked about it on Busted Open this week. “He [Hogan] made an announcement, he apologized, he’s done a lot of stuff with the Boys and Girls Club. But I didn’t want to lose track of the fact that there’s more work to be done,” Henry stated.
Mark also told TMZ Sports there’s currently a divide amongst the black wrestlers over the backstage apology, describing at as a 50-50 split … with some saying “to hell with him.”
(Kickoff) Tables Match: The New Day vs. SAnitY – Winners: SAnitY
RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) “Woken” Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt vs. The B-Team – Winners and new RAW Tag Team Champions: The B-Team
Charly Caruso backstage with RAW General Manager Kurt Angle, who has an announcement on WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. Angle says he recently opened up talks with Paul Heyman and Lesnar about the next title defense. Heyman stopped those talks and Lesnar isn’t interested in fighting anyone. Angle goes on about how Lesnar shows up at UFC without defending his title in WWE, saying Lesnar doesn’t care about WWE. Angle says he’s tired of it and the fans are tired of it. Angle says Heyman and Lesnar must come to RAW and agree on terms for the next match or Lesnar will be stripped.
Finn Balor vs. “Constable” Baron Corbin – Winner: Finn Balor
The Bludgeon Brothers attacked Team Hell No backstage.
SmackDown Women’s Championship (James Ellsworth in shark cage above the ring): (C) Carmella vs. Asuka – Winner: Carmella
United States Championship: (C) Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
– Nakamura hit Hardy with a low-blow before the bell and as soon as the bell rang, Nakamura hit Hardy with the Kinshasa for the quick win.
Winner and new United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
After the match, Randy Orton came out and grabbed Hardy by the legs and nailed a low-blow stomp.
Steel Cage Match: Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens
– Strowman shoved Owens off the top of cage through the announce table, so Owens gets the win.
Winner: Kevin Owens
Owens was taken out on a stretcher
SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Team Hell No –
Daniel Bryan had to start the match all by himself, Kane later came out wearing a walking boot on his injured foot from the backstage attack earlier in the night.
Winners: The Bludgeon Brothers
Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley – Winner: Bobby Lashley
RAW Women’s Championship – Extreme Rules Match (Ronda Rousey will be sitting at ringside): (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax – Winner: Alexa Bliss
WWE Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Rusev – Winner: AJ Styles
Intercontinental Championship – 30-Minute Iron Man Match: (C) Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins – Draw 4-4
Kurt Angle came out and announced sudden death overtime
McIntyre appeared out of nowhere distracting Rollins at the ropes. Ziggler took advantage and immediately hit the Zig-Zag for the pin.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler
WWE Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Rusev
Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley
RAW Women’s Championship – Extreme Rules Match (Ronda Rousey will be sitting at ringside): (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax
Steel Cage Match: Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens
SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Team Hell No
Intercontinental Championship – 30-Minute Iron Man Match: (C) Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins
United States Championship: (C) Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
SmackDown Women’s Championship (James Ellsworth in shark cage above the ring): (C) Carmella vs. Asuka
RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) “Woken” Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt vs. The B-Team
Finn Balor vs. “Constable” Baron Corbin
(Kickoff) Tables Match: The New Day vs. SAnitY
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Below is the G1 Climax Press Conference from earlier today featuring all 20 entrants in this year’s tournament.
– The G1 Climax gets started tomorrow at 5:30am ET on NJPW World, every show will be live and feature English commentary. The tournament runs from July 14 until August 12 with the winner receiving an opportunity to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 13. For details on all the participants, blocks, and key matches click here. Tomorrow’s A Block match-ups are:
* Togi Makabe vs. YOSHI-HASHI
* Hangman Page vs. Bad Luck Fale
* Michael Elgin vs. EVIL
* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki
* Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White
Among all the talk of Rey Mysterio potentially headed to WWE, it looks like he’ll be returning to NJPW for a match at the G1 Climax final show on August 12 against an unnamed opponent. Mysterio made his debut with the promotion in June at Dominion where Marty Scurll, Hangman Page, and Cody defeated Rey Mysterio, Jushin Thunder Liger, and Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Source: WrestlingINC
Brock Lesnar has been confirmed for next month’s SummerSlam pay-per-view, according to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer. His opponent for the show has not been confirmed.
It will be Lesnar’s first match since defending his WWE Universal Championship against Roman Reigns at The Greatest Royal Rumble event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia this past April. It will reportedly be the final match of Lesnar’s current WWE contract and he is expected to face UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier next year. Lesnar set up the future fight by shoving Cormier after his UFC Heavyweight Championship victory at UFC 226 this past Saturday. He had put himself back in the USADA drug-testing pool last Tuesday, making him eligible to fight again for the UFC after January 8, 2019.
WWE SummerSlam will take place on Sunday, August 19 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Source: WrestlingINC
