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Zack Ryder Suffers Knee Injury During WWE Main Event Match

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Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Zack Ryder revealed on Twitter that he suffered a knee injury on Monday night during his match against Mike Kanellis, which was taped for Main Event. He noted that he will not be at Friday’s Greatest Royal Rumble event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as he will be getting an MRI in Orlando.

https://twitter.com/ZackRyder/status/988773180549550086

Ryder tore his ACL in December 2016, which kept him out of action for six months. He was moved to RAW last week as part of the Superstar Shake-up.

Source: WrestlingINC

Enzo Amore Posts Cryptic Message On Social Media

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Eric Arndt, a.k.a. Enzo Amore, who was released by WWE in January after being accused of rape, removed all his postings from his Instagram account last week. As seen below, on Monday, Arndt posted a new image that has his Jordans hanging from a phone line with the message, “I T ‘ S * B E E N * R E A L”

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh7nB2Fgukl/

Arndt has been relatively quiet since being accused of rape in January by Philomena Sheahan. His only public statement regarding the accusations was on January 23rd via his attorney:

Over the last two days, Philomena Sheahan has made multiple public accusations against Eric Arndt (also known as Enzo Amore with the WWE), including allegations of sexual misconduct concerning an October 2017 incident in Phoenix. Mr. Arndt fully and unequivocally denies those accusations. He is cooperating with the authorities in this matter and looks forward to having it resolved in a timely manner. Neither Mr. Arndt nor his counsel will be making any further public comments on this matter.

A former friend of Sheahan’s, Sam Cook, shared a group text exchange from the night of the alleged rape incident where she confirmed having sex with Arndt, but seemed to suggest that it was consensual. Sheahan responded by stating that those texts where “completely out of context.” She has since deleted her Twitter account.

Source: WrestlingINC

Impact Wrestling Announces Return of Former Knockouts Champion Katarina Waters

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Impact Wrestling has confirmed the return of a former Knockouts Champion. Impact posted to Twitter on Monday, announcing that Katarina Waters, who worked as Winter in TNA and Katie Lea Burchill in WWE, is returning to the company.

Waters held the Knockouts Championship for two short runs in 2011 and had a 2010 to 2011 run with the Knockouts Tag Team Championships alongside Angelina Love.

WWE Honors Bruno Sammartino With 10-Bell Salute And Special Video

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Last night WWE RAW opened with Vince McMahon and the RAW roster out on the stage to honor Bruno Sammartino,  who passed away last Wednesday at the age of 82, with a 10-bell salute and a special video package.

RAW Preview 4/23/18

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis with the final build for Friday’s Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia.

Booker T will be filling in for Jonathan Coachman on commentary tonight. Coach will be back next week.

* The Conqueror cometh

* Superstar Shake-up aftermath

* Will Stephanie McMahon continue to overrule Kurt Angle’s decisions?

* Could we soon have “Woken” Raw Tag Team Champions?

How Long Is The WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Scheduled To Run?

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The WWE Greatest Royal Rumble will take place on Friday, April 27 in Saudi Arabia and will air on the WWE Network beginning at 11am ET with a one-hour Kickoff. The Greatest Royal Rumble main card will begin at 12pm ET and is scheduled to run for five hours. In total, this is one hour shorter than WrestleMania 34’s main card and Kickoff.

 It will feature a 50-Man Royal Rumble and WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar facing Roman Reigns in a steel cage.

Below is the current card for the show:

Steel Cage Match for the WWE Universal Title
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns

Ladder Match for the WWE Intercontinental Title
Seth Rollins (c) vs. Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz

Match for the Vacant RAW Tag Team Titles
Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy vs. The Bar

SmackDown Tag Team Title Match
The Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. The Usos

WWE Cruiserweight Title Match
Cedric Alexander (c) vs. TBA

WWE Title Match
AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

WWE United States Title Match
Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Jinder Mahal

50-Man Royal Rumble Match
Daniel Bryan, Braun Strowman, Big Show, Kurt Angle, Elias, Baron Corbin, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, Bray Wyatt, Kane, Apollo, Titus O’Neil, Shelton Benjamin, Chad Gable, Sin Cara, Goldust, Mojo Rawley, Dolph Ziggler, Chris Jericho, TBA

Casket Match
The Undertaker vs. Rusev

John Cena vs. Triple H

Source: WrestlingINC

Impact Wrestling ‘Redemption’ Results 4/22/18

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Aerostar vs. Drago – Winner: Aerostar

Impact World Tag Team Championship: (C) LAX vs. Eli Drake & Scott Steiner – Winners and new Impact World Tag Team Champions: Eli Drake & Scott Steiner

Ishimori vs. Dezmond Xavier vs. El Hijo del Fantasma vs. Brian Cage vs. DJZ vs. Trevor Lee – Winner: Brian Cage

Tessa Blanchard has signed with Impact and joined the announce table for the next match

Taya Valkyrie vs. Kiera Hogan – Winner: Taya Valkyrie

Impact X-Division Championship: (C) Matt Sydal vs. Petey Williams – Winner: Matt Sydal

House of Hardcore Rules: Tommy Dreamer, Eddie Edwards & Moose vs. oVe – Winners: oVe

Post-match, Edwards attacks Callihan and digs away at his forehead with the barbed wire bat, busting him open. Edwards then grabs the duct tape and tapes Callihan to the top rope. Callihan spits at Edwards, and gets kicked between the legs. He wipes Callihan’s blood on his face and swings away with a kendo stick. First in the legs, right over the head, the shoulder, and then the ref! Dreamer comes in and tells him to back off, Edwards shoves him down, and hammers Callihan right over the head! He smacks down Jake and Dave. Out comes Alisha Edwards to stop him and Edwards whacks her too! Dreamer and Edwards check on her as a medical team comes down to check on her. Referees finally free Callihan who is a bloody mess. (transcript via WrestlingINC)

Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Allie vs. Su Yung – Winner: Allie

Post-match, Yung is not happy. Sutter gets on the mic and says he knows how to fix this. He gets on one knee and proposes to her (much like Laurel and Allie). Yung rubs his face and spits red mist in his face and then gives him the mandible claw (she had a weird glove on for most of the match). (transcript via WrestlingINC)

Impact World Championship: (C) Austin Aries vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Fenix – Winner and new Impact World Champion: Pentagon Jr. 

Post-match, Pentagon celebrates with the title. Aries is still out on the floor. Fenix walks up to his brother and finally gives him a hug. Pentagon celebrates some more. (transcript via WrestlingINC)

Impact Wrestling Unveils All New Title Belts (Photos)

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Before last night’s Redemption pay -per-view, Impact Wrestling revealed all new title belts.

Impact first teased fans via Twitter this afternoon by writing, “So we’ve heard you’d like to see some new title belts.” The company then tweeted photos throughout the day of their new Tag Team, X-Division, Knockouts and World championships.

Impact Wrestling Redemption 4/22/18

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Impact World Championship: (C) Austin Aries vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Fenix

Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Allie vs. Su Yung

Impact X-Division Championship: (C) Matt Sydal vs. Petey Williams

Impact World Tag Team Championship: (C) LAX vs. Eli Drake & Scott Steiner

House of Hardcore Rules: Tommy Dreamer, Eddie Edwards & Moose vs. oVe

Ishimori vs. Dezmond Xavier vs. El Hijo del Fantasma vs. Brian Cage vs. DJZ vs. Trevor Lee

Aerostar vs. Drago

Booker T Returning To WWE RAW Commentary?, Jonathan Coachman Responds To Criticism

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It looks like WWE Hall of Famer Booker T could be returning to WWE commentary on Monday’s RAW from St. Louis.

As seen in the video below, Booker spoke with co-host Brad Gilmore on Houston radio this week and made the announcement when asked about a possible return.

Booker has been off regular RAW commentary since Jonathan Coachman was brought back in late January. There’s no official word yet on if Booker will be taking his old spot filled by Coachman.

On a related note, Coach recently took to Twitter and responded to some of the criticism he’s received since returning to WWE, noting that he’s hiring an assistant to help him research topics. You can see the exchange below:

https://twitter.com/BillyWescott/status/986991120541470720

Source: WrestlingINC