Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.
* Will ending The Lucha House Party make for a better 205 Live? Kalisto, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado vs. Drew Gulak, Jack Gallagher and Brian Kendrick.
* Does Hideo Itami deserve a title opportunity?
Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley spoke with The Business Journal of Baltimore and revealed that Ring of Honor is set to make their debut at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City in 2019.
No word yet on when the ROH – MSG debut might happen but this comes as the arena has been reaching out to pro wrestling promotions as WWE has not been running the venue consistently, choosing the Barclays Center in Brooklyn instead. MSG has always been seen as a “home arena” for WWE but there was some heat from the venue over WWE not running any of their WrestleMania 35 events there. It’s very possible that ROH could run MSG head-to-head with one of the WWE shows during WrestleMania 35 Week next year.
Mexico’s AAA promotion will debut at The Garden in September, making them the first wrestling promotion in decades to run MSG outside of WWE. It will be interesting to see how these smaller promotions fill The Garden as the arena has a seating capacity of 20,789. The largest crowd ROH has ever done was around 6,000 for a show during WrestleMania 34 Week in New Orleans.
Source: WrestlingINC
It may sound crazy, but Rosa Mendes says she’s planning to “dominate” the independent wrestling scene in an effort to impress WWE officials and one day return for a Hall of Fame worthy run.
Mendes co-hosted this week’s episode of Women’s Pro Wrestling Weekly and said:
I feel like this is my business plan; I want to conquer the independents. I want to dominate in the independents and be super over and have incredible 30-40 minute matches in the independents and show people that I am a great worker and a great performer. As soon as I can say that about myself then I am going to talk to them [WWE]. They may talk to me before then, but I really want to establish myself in the independents before I even step foot in a WWE door again.”
As you may recall, Rosa retired from wrestling in February 2017. The 38-year-old mother made her return, however, at an independent wrestling event last month in Maryland.
The former Total Divas star was asked by WPW about the idea of being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame one day, an odd question considering her run, and Mendes replied:
This is the thing, right now, Rosa Mendes would never be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I feel because of who I was and because of my character and being a Manager. I know some Managers have, but if you look back, my best time as a Manager was with Primo & Epico, and I did a lot in those matches. They got the tag team titles but I just feel like I don’t think it would happen, and I don’t think I would deserve it. I feel like once I go back I want to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I want to make history and I want people to respect my work in the ring.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
WWE United States champ Jeff Hardy plead guilty on Monday to driving while impaired earlier this year and his license was promptly suspended for 120-days.
According to WBTV … Hardy was also fined $300 for court costs and, in addition to turning over his license, the wrestler will need to complete an assessment/treatment class.
As we previously reported, the arrest took place in March after Jeff ran off the roadway around 8pm and struck a guardrail. The crash caused his car to spin out into the middle of the road. Jeff submitted to a breath test before his arrest and blew a .25 — more than three times the legal limit.
At the time, a rep for WWE said, “Jeff Hardy is responsible for his own personal actions. We are investigating the matter and awaiting information from local law enforcement officials.” When he returned from injury not long after, Hardy won the United States Championship.
In case you missed it, the trailer for WWE 24 on The Hardys was shown tonight during Raw.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
After years of fans begging Baron Corbin to chop off his not-so-healthy looking locks, the new Constable unveiled a fresh cut last night on Raw.
Raw kicked off with Superstars sitting atop ladders to hype Sunday night’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view and Kurt Angle interrupted to tell the participants he wants his brand to win.
Corbin eventually made his way into the segment and The Lone Wolf’s bald head made it’s big debut.
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Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
James Ellsworth is set to return to WWE soon, according to PWInsider. Ellsworth could be returning at Sunday’s Money In the Bank pay-per-view as he is scheduled to be backstage. There have been several recent creative pitches for his return.
Ellsworth was released from the company in November 2017 after first debuting as an enhancement talent in 2016 during Braun Strowman’s climb to the top. He was last involved in a storyline with current SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella. Ellsworth has worked indies since being released.
Source: WrestlingINC
Tonight’s Money In the Bank go-home edition of WWE RAW takes place from the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
* Strowman, Bálor, Roode and Owens collide
* Will Natalya and Alexa Bliss be able to compete in a Fatal 4-Way Match?
* Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax meet face-to-face before their title clash
* Roman Reigns accepts Jinder Mahal’s challenge for a match this Monday on Raw
* How will Raw’s new “Constable” settle into his new role?
Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair appeared together at the “Legends Of The Ring” event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL last night. WSVN-TV Entertainment Reporter Chris Van Vliet interviewed Hogan and Flair at the event, which you can watch in the video above. They sent us these highlights from Hogan:
Returning to WWE:
“Things are moving in that direction quite quickly. It’s all about execution and timing and the right place and the right time but things are good.”
Why he never faced Ric Flair at WrestleMania:
“We don’t know. We were on fire. We did some house shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, three or four shows in a row we set all kinds of records all over and we were pushing real hard towards that WrestleMania time and for me I have a personal opinion, the chemistry was so powerful between Ric and I, I hate to say anything bad about any of the other wrestlers, I hate to say anything bad about the company but with Ric and I heading into WrestleMania it kind of took over everything. If we would have wrestled at WrestleMania, we would have taken so much of the focus because there would have been the rematch and the cage match, the title would have dropped and hopefully I would have won it back and back and forth. I think that Vince knew that this was such a powerful turbulence between the two of us he could conquer and divide and make it work even better and pretty much that’s what he did. He sent me off in one direction and him in another and we drew money in both directions.”
Source: WrestlingINC
During UFC 225 PPV in Chicago, it was announced that former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on July 5 airing live on UFC Fight Pass.
The announcement took place after CM Punk’s second loss to Mike Jackson at UFC 225.
You can check out the video announcement below courtesy of UFC.
Ex-WWE star CM Punk went the distance during his second UFC fight, but failed to pick up a win.
Punk was defeated by Mike Jackson via unanimous decision following the third round at UFC 225 in Chicago. He was not interviewed in the octagon after losing.
Announcer Joe Regan commended the former WWE champ’s heart, but was pretty harsh for most of the fight on commentary — once criticizing Punk for not being able to do basic white belt maneuvers.
During the post-fight press conference, Dana White seemed less than pleased with the performance of Mike Jackson and said he regretted not putting these two competitors on the fight pass card.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
