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Impact VP Don Callis Teases ROH Vs. Impact Wrestling On Chris Jericho’s Cruise

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On the latest episode of the Killing The Town podcast, hosts Paul Lazenby and Impact Wrestling Vice President discussed IMPACT Wrestling accepting Chris Jericho’s invitation on his cruise in October and possibly challenging ROH. You can listen to the podcast here, below are some highlights courtesy of Wrestling Inc. reader Himanshu D:

“So we’re doing the press conference and Austin Aries is there, Moose, Madison Rayne, Gail Kim, and then Scott D’Amore, Ed Nordholm and myself were up on stage as the executive team and interestingly I figured most of the questions if not all would be about Slammiversary but we did get one question about Sami’s comments, and I guess there were more but after the one person asked then the others kinda let it go but they wanted to talk to me afterwards about it because I kinda hung around and talked to about 50 reporters there. The question was ‘What do you make of Sami’s comments?’ and I hadn’t had a lot of time to think about it because I was just real busy with TV but I basically said, ‘I think for once I kinda find myself agreeing with Sami.’

“I’ve never really talked to Chris about it because I haven’t had time the last few months but it’s like, ‘yeah, why isn’t IMPACT Wrestling on there?’. Forget my nearly 30 year friendship with Jericho, you’ve got Ring Of Honor and no one else and we know that sometimes those guys like to do things on their own and I’m sure there’s a reason for that but that’s not IMPACT’s kinda thing so I was like, ‘yeah that is interesting’ and so I kinda said at the press conference that I felt like maybe there was something to Sami’s comments and we may have to investigate that further and then Ed Nordholm, the president of IMPACT Wrestling, basically just piped up and said, ‘Well I think you guys are being too politically correct here. Yeah Sami’s right, we should be there and by the way we’re going.’ So I don’t know what that means other than I guess IMPACT Wrestling in some form or fashion is going on this cruise as Ed’s the boss and he says we’re going so I don’t know what form that’s gonna take. I assume that means Callihan is going which is disturbing. Just what you didn’t want. He worked himself into a shoot to apparently but with Sami, you shot yourself into a shoot.”

What other talent will be going:

“I don’t know what other talent. We haven’t had discussions about it but I see Jericho’s been tweeting about it. Well I’m used to dealing with Chris so I’m sure that’s gonna be fine. We’re not gonna buy our own cabins.”

The possibility of Impact vs. ROH on the cruise:

“I think, to use Sami’s language, ‘If Chris and Ring Of Honor have the intestinal fortitude to step up and say, ‘Yeah we’ll accept that challenge’, I think it’s what’s best for the Jericho Cruise and it’s definitely what’s best for the fans because you can see people love interpromotional, we’ve been doing Lucha Underground, we’ve got IMPACT vs UK coming up, so we’ve already been doing that stuff, breaking those paradigms of professional wrestling, that whole insular mentality of ‘we only work with who we work with’ etc. I think that we’re in a position now with this where there are some really cool stuff for the fans. IMPACT vs Ring Of Honor could be very interesting and I’ll be interested to have some internal discussions about who we might take on that cruise ’cause I don’t know other than Callihan and who knows whether he’s available or allowed to travel internationally.”

“I think that it’s an interesting thing that it’ll be the first time that you’ve really got Ring Of Honor in kind of the same… very enclosed space, I guess you’d say, with IMPACT Wrestling. Who knows exactly what is gonna happen with that. Should be interesting, we’ll see what happens.”

Source: WrestlingINC

British Wrestling Legend Johnny Saint Named WWE’s United Kingdom General Manager

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Former British professional wrestler, Johnny Saint has been named the General Manager of WWE’s United Kingdom brand. He will be in charge of this years’ United Kingdom Championship Tournament at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Saint, whose real name is John Miller, began his professional wrestling career in the 1950s.

“Saint is considered a pioneering force in the U.K. scene, and he is widely hailed as one of the most technically gifted grapplers of all time.”

In 2017, Johnny spent six months at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando working with NXT Superstars.

Source: WrestleView

“Something Else To Wrestle” Episode Allegedly Delayed Due To “Creative Differences”

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Conrad Thompson released a video on Wednesday saying this week’s episode of “Something Else to Wrestle With” on WWE Network has been delayed due to creative differences.

The show’s co-host claims WWE wanted to edit “stuff” in the show they filmed over the weekend — which is about the ECW reboot in 2006 — but he and Bruce Prichard are unhappy with the final product because they don’t want to “change the narrative.”

Thompson explains, “I don’t want to whitewash everything that ECW was. So I’m fighting for it and we’re gonna get the best possible product to you this Friday on the WWE Network.”

Watch the video below.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

WWE NXT Preview 6/6/18

* Kairi Sane and Lacey Evans to settle the score in rubber match

* Roderick Strong and Danny Burch face off prior to tag bout at TakeOver

* Does Nikki Cross have Shayna Baszler shook?

* Tommaso Ciampa will appear live to address his TakeOver: Chicago Street Fight against Johnny Gargano

* Will TM61 continue to show off their new aggressive streak?

WWE RAW Stars Seemingly Vent Their Frustration Over How They’re Being Used

Tyler Breeze and Scott Dawson both seemed to vent their frustration with how they’ve been used on RAW lately. Breeze tweeted, “They say the cream rises to the top……. does anyone have some balloons or a life vest?” He also called a fan “dumb” for saying that comedy characters don’t reach main event status, as seen below:

Scott Dawson also took to Twitter, stating that he wants more of an opportunity so that they can prove what they can do. Breeze replied, “Get in line pal.”

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Tyler Breeze and Fandango won their first match on RAW against Cesaro & Sheamus when they were drafted to the brand in early April. They have wrestled on RAW only three times since that match, having lost each one.

Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder had some success earlier this year, but have lost all of their matches on RAW since defeating Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows on the April 9th episode, before Anderson & Gallows left to SmackDown.

Source: WrestlingINC

Impact Wrestling Stars To Be Part Of Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Cruise In October 2018

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Chris Jericho has announced on his official Instagram account that active members of the Impact Wrestling roster will be apart of his inaugural Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea cruise this October. The cruise is scheduled to run from October 27-31.

Jericho announced the cruise last year and has been gradually announcing who will be part of the event over the past year. There was speculation in recent weeks a deal between Jericho and Impact may be in the works, as Jericho has been posting cryptic social media posts. To book your reservation, you may do so here.

Source: WrestleView

Lio Rush Set To Join Main Roster On 205 Live (VIDEO)

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23-year-old NXT phenom Lio Rush will be making his main roster debut as part of 205 Live.

A promo for Rush was shown during last night’s cruiserweight showcase on WWE Network. Rush has been part of the WWE development system since the middle of 2017.

Most recently, Rush has been working NXT events alongside the much larger Babatunde — who appeared as part of the Greatest Royal Rumble event.

Rush has been used sparingly on NXT TV since tweeting a joke about Emma‘s release in October 2017. While officials may have held him back for a little bit, it’s clear they believe he has a bright future.

Watch the promo hyping Rush’s debut below.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Shawn Michaels Open To Wrestling One More Match

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It’s been eight years since he retired from in-ring competition, but Shawn Michaels now says he’d consider stepping back in the ring for one more match if it’s “done the right way.”

The WWE Hall of Famer spoke to Sky Sports to promote his upcoming appearance in London as part of the United Kingdom Championship Tournament later this month and said, “It would have to be done the right way and just for one match rather than something that ran for longer.”

Adding, “It could be possible but people would have to accept they wouldn’t be getting the Showstopper, Mr. Wrestlemania.”

Michaels said goodbye to the WWE Universe and in-ring action in 2010 after being retired by The Undertaker in the main event of WrestleMania 26.

So … if a dream match were to occur, who would Michaels wants to be in the ring with? Michaels says, “AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan would be good, and then there’s the guys in NXT too. Someone like a Johnny Gargano would be fantastic.”

Nevertheless, HBK noted “one more match” is much more likely to be a tag team situation where “Hunter and I can just do a few crotch chops and have some fun.”

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Shane Helms Announced For ROH Debut

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A hurricane is about to roll through ROH events in Texas and Virginia later this month … because Shane Helms will be making his debut for the company.

According to the announcement, Helms’ is set to wrestle on June 15 in San Antonio for ROH State of the Art. He’ll also step in the ring on June 16 in Dallas and on June 30 for a TV taping in Fairfax, VA.

As you may recall, The Hurricane recently made a surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble.

No word on who Helms is scheduled to face-off against, but with a plethora of options we’d like to hear from you. Sound off in the comments below and tell us who you’d like to see him wrestle in ROH.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Former WWE Star Brian Christopher Arrested In Memphis

The outside-the-ring issues for Brian Christopher Lawler (son of WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler) continued this week. FOX 13 Memphis is reporting that Lawler was arrested in downtown Memphis at the Hampton Inn because he tried to leave without paying the room.

The report states that the manager flagged down the police and they were informed that two people had stayed there without paying.

According to the police affidavit, Lawler and Terry Teague used a company credit card that did not have enough money to pay the $802 cost of the room. Lawler was charged with Theft Of Services of $1000 or less.

Lawler has had a history of legal issues over the years. Some of you may recall that Lawler was involved in a hotel fight in February with former TNA wrestler Chase Stevens. Lawler suffered a fractured skull, broken nose, and broken orbital bone and, according to the police report, Lawler was intoxicated. Stevens was charged with battery.