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Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks Set To Host ‘Bullet Club Is Fine’ Marathon July 7 On AXS TV

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AXS TV announced on Wednesday that they will be airing a “Bullet Club is Fine” marathon that will be hosted by Cody and the Young Bucks.  The eight-hour marathon will air July 7 beginning at 12:00pm ET as a lead-in to the “G1 Special” which will air live on AXS TV later that night from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA beginning at 8:00pm ET.

The preview video courtesy of AXS TV can be seen above and the official announcement from AXS TV which includes the marathon schedule is below:

JOIN NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING STARS THE YOUNG BUCKS AND CODY AS THEY ASSURE VIEWERS ‘THE BULLET CLUB IS FINE’ WITH AN EIGHT-HOUR MARATHON OF BULLET CLUB ACTION ON SATURDAY, JULY 7 AT 12pE/9aP ON AXS TV

‘The Bullet Club Is Fine Marathon’ Leads Into AXS TV’s LIVE Broadcast of NJPW’s ‘G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO’ on July 7 at 8pE/5pP

Cody Faces IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks Defend the IWGP Tag Team Title in a Rematch Against EVIL andANADA

Los Angeles (June 13, 2018) – New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) superstars and leaders of the Bullet Club—The Young Bucks (brothers Matt & Nick Jackson) and Cody are teaming up to host an eight-hour marathon celebrating some of The Bullet Club’s greatest matches this year on Saturday, July 7 at 12pE/9aP. “The Bullet Club is Fine Marathon” will feature eight of the group’s best matches from this year leading into AXS TV’s live broadcast of NJPW’s biggest U.S. event ever – the G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO at 8pE/5pP from the Cow Palace in Daly City, California.

The rivalry between Cody and fellow Bullet Club member and newly crowned IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega comes to a head at the G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO as the two face off in the main event. Other matches announced so far include IWGP Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks in a rematch against former title holders EVIL & SANADA, IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. Juice Robinson, and a special tag team match pitting Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI.

“The Bullet Club is Fine Marathon” is as follows (subject to change):

12pE – Kenny Omega vs. Jay White (New Beginning in Sapporo)

1pE – The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) vs. Cody & Marty Scurll (Honor Rising 2018)

2pE – The Golden Lovers vs. The Young Bucks (Strong Style Evolved)

3pE – The Golden Lovers vs. Cody & Hangman Page (Sakura Genesis)

4pE – Cody vs. Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page (Wrestling Dontaku)

5pE – The Young Bucks vs. SANADA & EVIL (Dominion)

6pE (two hours) – Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada (Dominion)

8pE – G1 SPECIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO LIVE on AXS TV

Source: WrestleView

Rusev Pressing Charges Against Memphis Sheraton Over Theft From Room

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Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed Rusev filed a police report this week after $500, his wallet and a camera were allegedly taken from the hotel room in Memphis where he was staying.

Rusev tweeted on Monday, “Thank you [Sheraton Hotel] Memphis for “cleaning” the room and stealing my wife camera and my money from my wallet.”

The following day, Paige tweeted about the same hotel with similar accusations.

“If you’re in the Memphis area don’t EVER stay at the [Sheraton Memphis] it’s literally the worst,” the SmackDown Live GM wrote. “Things stolen, bad customer service and room service takes two hours just for a salad and WE are the inconvenience. Ugh. The worst.”

We reached out to the hotel due to the allegations made and a hotel operator told us “no comment” before a manager would get on the phone.

Rusev subsequently replied Pro Wrestling Sheet’s Ryan Satin’s tweet saying he filed a police report and plans to press charges. “Dig in. I’m prosecuting. Especially after the head of security said it’s my fault for living [leaving] my stuff in the room.” He also claims there was a “do not disturb” sign on the door.

According to the Memphis PD, Rusev told officers he and Lana left their room around 12:30 pm. When he returned around 1:10 pm, however, the money was missing from his wallet. Plus, Lana’s camera was gone. “The head of Security Kennen Brooks spoke with the victim and advised,” reads the statement from police. “No other Suspect information is available at this time. This is an ongoing investigation.”

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

NXT Preview 6/13/18

Lucha Underground Returns With Season 4 Premiere Airing Tonight On El Rey Network

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Lucha Underground returns tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern (7:00 CT) on the El Rey Network with their Season 4 premiere episode.

Preview synopsis for the premiere episode reads as the following:

“The Lucha Underground’s Temple moves to a new location and Pentagon Dark mut defend his Lucha Underground Championship for the first time. Dario Cueto’s fate is revealed.”

El Rey has also issued the following videos to hype up the Season 4 premiere. 22 episodes were shot for Season 4 back in March in Boyle Heights, California.

Impact Wrestling Hires New Backstage Interviewer

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Impact Wrestling announced the hiring of Alicia Atout this week as their new backstage interviewer, officially replacing McKenzie Mitchell.

Mitchell was quietly released earlier this week after two years with Impact.

Atout commented on her hiring, while Mitchell commented on her departure via Twitter.

With Impact becoming more centered in Canada under the ownership of Anthem and more PPVs and TV tapings taking place in Canada, the hiring of Atout continues down that path as she is from Canada.

Prior to her hiring, Atout has done backstage interviewing for the Canadian independent promotion SMASH Wrestling and also hosts interviews with several performers in the wrestling and music fields on her website entitled AMBY.

Source: WrestleView

SmackDown Live Preview 6/12/18

Tonight’s Money In the Bank go-home edition of WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.

* Paige to host Women’s Money in the Bank Summit

* Daniel Bryan and Shelton Benjamin go one-on-one tonight on SmackDown LIVE

* Jeff Hardy to battle Shinsuke Nakamura after war of words on Twitter

WWE 205 Live Preview 6/12/18

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?

ROH Reportedly Set To Make Madison Square Garden Debut

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

Rosa Mendes Wants To “Dominate” Indie Wrestling, Then Return To WWE For HOF-Worthy Run

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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

Jeff Hardy Pleads Guilty To DWI, License Suspended For 120-Days

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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