With rumors swirling that Rey Mysterio is on his way back to WWE, the legendary wrestler is reportedly injured.
According to a report by Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com, Mysterio is believed to have torn his left biceps during a tag team match on Friday night in Waterbury, Connecticut for Northeast Wrestling.
Meltzer doesn’t know the injury’s extent other than Mysterio believes he tore the muscle during the match, where he teamed with Flip Gordon against Joey Mercury and Caleb Konley. According to those who saw Mysterio backstage after the bout, there was heavy swelling in his left arm.
As the match was going, Mysterio notified Mercury about the injury. Mercury was ready to call an audible on the finish, but Mysterio immediately set up a double 619 on his opponents before pinning Konley with a splash off the top rope.
NJPW announced the full card for their 46th Anniversary Show on March 6, which will air live on NJPW World at 5am ET / 2am PT. The main event will be IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada taking on IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay in a non-title match. Below is the full card:
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA, and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yuji Nagata, Toa Henare, Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino, and Tetsuhiro Yagi
* Katsuya Kitamura vs. Manabu Nakanishi
* Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano vs. Juice Robinson and David Finlay
* Roppongi 3k (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Desperado (IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship)
* EVIL and SANADA (c) vs. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI (Non-Title Match)
* Tetsuya Naito vs. Taichi
* Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Togi Makabe (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)
* IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay (Non-Title Match)
Matt Hardy’s Vanguard1 drone resume Twitter activity on Elimination Chamber Sunday and tweeted out video from outside of the arena with Matt, Bayley, Charly Caruso, Finn Balor, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, as seen below. You can also see Hardy’s message to Vanguard1 below, his latest tease on reuniting with Senor Benjamin and the others from the original “Broken Hardy” storyline in TNA:
HIJACKED BROADCAST INTERCEPT REPORT: VIDEO PROCUREMENT COMPLETE
EXCELLENT work PROCURING this video feed on the 7th Day, @Vanguard1AAR.. I believe the time has come to REUNITE the Platoon, my SENTIENT AMIGO. Be ready. https://t.co/mbnuA03YvP
While not officially advertised, WWE is teasing Ronda Rousey for Monday’s RAW in Milwaukee. They posted the following teaser for Rousey and Monday’s show:
How will Ronda Rousey repay Triple H and Stephanie McMahon?After Ronda Rousey forced Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon to apologize for slapping her at WWE Elimination Chamber, Triple H laid out Raw General Manager Kurt Angle with a cheap shot that left The Olympic Hero laid out on the mat.
Following the altercation, Rousey took to social media to remind Stephanie and The Game that “This is far from over,” hinting that retribution for their actions was forthcoming.
Whatever Rousey does next, you won’t want to miss it.
Tammy Sytch, also known as former WWE star Sunny, is once again behind bars, with cops saying she is a “fugitive from justice.”
According to a report tonight by TMZ, jail records show that Sytch is currently locked up in New Jersey on contempt of court and fugitive from justice charges.
TMZ is trying to get more details on what exactly led to her arrest.
Sytch, who turned 45 years old in December, has been arrested several times over the years. In 2012, she was arrested five times in a four-week span, for disorderly conduct, third-degree burglary, and three counts of violating a protective order. She was arrested a sixth time in January 2013, also for violating a protective order. She served 114 days in jail and was released in May 2013.
In January 2016, Sytch pleaded guilty to driving while under suspension. On August 18, 2016, a judge sentenced her to 90 days in jail but counted her 97 days in rehab as jail credit. On September 23, 2016, 18 days into her probation, Sytch was arrested for violating her parole. The arrest was due to three DUI arrests in 2015. Sytch remained in jail on these charges through her arraignment in January 2017. She was fined $1,496.45 for the remaining charges and released on February 3, 2017.
Sytch has been active on the independent wrestling scene in recent months with autograph signings and appearances at shows. She appeared for MCW Pro Wrestling last Saturday in Hollywood, Maryland, managing fellow WWE Hall of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan to a win over MCW regular Joe Keys.
Rey Mysterio did not appear at tonight’s 5 Star Wrestling event at the SSE Arena in Belfast, United Kingdom. He was replaced by Alberto El Patron. The reason given to the audience for Rey’s absence was that he had “an urgent family emergency in San Diego.”
Rey’s upcoming dates include an upcoming CRASH Lucha Libre event on March 17th in Tijuana, as well as the March 25th NJPW event in Long Beach, California, where he will be facing the legendary Jushin “Thunder” Liger. Mysterio was also scheduled to appear at the upcoming CRASH event during WrestleMania weekend on Friday, April 6th, as seen here. Updated advertising for the event released today no longer has Mysterio on the poster or on the card, as seen below:
WWE posted this new video of “Road Dogg” Brian James discussing Jeff Jarrett, who will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania 34 weekend.
Road Dogg says he couldn’t be happier for Jeff as they somewhat came up together as second generation southern Superstars.
“I really had a good time with Jeff growing up,” James said. “He taught me a lot, not just about sports entertainment but being a business man and I think we forget that’s what sports entertainers are. So he taught me a lot about that. Really happy for Jeff Jarrett.”
The WWE reporter did not name TNA but asked James about working with Jarrett outside of WWE and behind-the-scenes.
“Well again and it goes back to what he taught me about being a business man. He was the first guy that I was around in this industry that treated it like a business, and treated himself like the commodity, and how to make money in that business of yourself,” James said. “He’s always been a consummate businessman, a great worker as well as far as in-ring action goes. Again, couldn’t be happy for Jeff Jarrett.”
James was also asked about Jarrett’s influence on today’s WWE Superstars and he said all you have to do is look at SmackDown to see Jeff’s influence. He pointed to how half of the guys Jarrett “brought up & brought in” have titles on SmackDown – WWE Champion AJ Styles and WWE United States Champion Bobby Roode. James also named Samoa Joe and said Jarrett has had a huge influence no the entertainers of today but will also probably influence some going forward.
James then talked about the “Be My Baby Tonight” single that was used as Jarrett’s theme song back in 1996, and how his 14 year old daughter knew all the words when she recently played the song in the car. Road Dogg noted how Jarrett’s induction has brought a tidal wave of comments on the song.
“A lot of people make fun of me for that song or whatever. I really enjoyed recording that song. I consider myself to be a little bit of a singer in the shower so it was cool to actually be in a studio and get to record that song,” James said. “The whole storyline with me and Jeff was interesting and cool at the time. It got cut short due to personal reasons but man, it’s been so cool to feel it all come back. Hopefully it’ll be a great weekend for the Hall of Fame.”
WWE Hall of Famer Lita has a new TV show coming out soon. She posted the following to Instagram today and asked fans to help her with the name:
NAME MY SHOW!!!Awhile back, I asked you guys what Amy Dumas the TV show would look like. I have to admit you all were pretty dead on. Dogs, vegan food, roadside stops, punk rock, oh and Duh- Aliens Well, the wait is almost over for you to see this thing. But what’s it called? Name my show. I send you something cool for your contribution. I also must warn you, I’ve got @beckylynchwwe on the pun game, so you’ll have some stiff competition. Think UFOs and kitsch. Basically, think me. What choo got? #namemyshow
Since December 9th, 2017, “The National Treasure” Nick Aldis has been the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion and the man who carries the famous Ten Pounds of Gold. On February 11th, 2018, Nick began the Aldis Crusade with Ten Pounds of Gold. A unique crusade that sees the reigning and defending NWA Worlds Champion facing over twenty plus opponents on four continents in sixty plus days. This past week in the United Kingdom, Nick Aldis faced seven challengers in nine days defeating each with the King’s Lynn Cloverleaf.
In this episode of Ten Pounds of Gold, we follow the champion as he returns to his hometown of King’s Lynn and the village of Docking where he grew up. From the shores of Exmouth, Nick Aldis explains why he decided to bring the Ten Pounds of Gold back to these venues in the United Kingdom. The story of Nick Aldis is often told from one perspective and now you’ll hear it from the champion himself.
Ten Pounds of Gold is a documentary series from Lightning One and documents the ongoing legacy and history of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. This famous championship’s lineage stretches back to 1948 with names like Lou Thesz, Jack Brisco, Dory Funk Jr, Harley Race, Terry Funk, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, The Great Muta, AJ Styles, Jeff Jarrett, Adam Pearce, Colt Cabana, Tim Storm and more.
