WWE NXT will debut at its new time of 8pm EST on the WWE Network next Wednesday night. NXT General Manager William Regal has announced the following matches for the new night:
* Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn for the NXT Title
* Baron Corbin vs. Bull Dempsey
* Finn Balor vs. Tyson Kidd
There were a lot of production issues with last night’s TNA Impact Wrestling episode, especially with missed shots in the ring. No word on who directed last night’s show but it was not David Sahadi, who had been directing TNA’s shows.
Some of the stalling and issues we noted earlier were due to TNA using the Manhattan Center’s production equipment. There were several technical issues with the equipment. TNA would have been facing major problems if the show didn’t air on a tape delay.
The opening backstage brawl on last night’s Impact Wrestling was actually filmed on Tuesday evening. The wrestlers kicked off the Impact show by “brawling into the arena.”
As SmackDown prepares to move to Thursday nights next week on Syfy, WWE Universe members will be seeing some new faces behind both the Raw and SmackDown announce desks.
Starting Monday on Raw, Michael Cole and JBL will be joined each week by WWE Hall of Famer Booker T, while the new SmackDown announce team will consist of Cole, newcomer Byron Saxton and incomparable WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler. Cole, JBL and Lawler will continue to provide commentary during WWE pay-per-view events.
Earlier we posted about the report from PWI about TNA Impact Wrestling looking to be more realistic and showing backstage footage as well as wrestlers out of character, to reflect Destination America’s programming style. Raj Giri from wrestlinginc.com believes that the backstage footage could actually be used more to enhance the Saturday morning weekly recap show.
Dixie Carter is featured on the latest edition of his podcast “The Ross Report”. She discusses the move to Destination America and it’s debut tonight. You can listen to the entire podcast below.
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Kota Ibusha
AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) (c) vs. Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Ryusuke Taguchi (c) vs. Kenny Omega
NEVER Openweight Championship
Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Togi Makabe
Match Can Only End By KO Or Submission
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Minoru Suzuki
8-Man Tag
Suzukigun (Shelton X Benjamin, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr, & Takashi Iizuka) vs. Mikey Nicholls, Naomichi Marufuji, Shane Haste & Toru Yano)
Six-Man Tag
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Jeff Jarrett & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojimo & Tomoaki Honma
Four-Way Tag Team Match
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
ReDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) (c) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) vs. Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) vs. The Young Bucks
Pre-Show Match
15-Man New Japan Rumble
Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask, Yuji Nagata as confirmed participants
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It was announced yesterday on Impact wrestling’s official website that Josh Mathews who formally worked as a backstage announcer and commentator for WWE will be joining Taz as a member of Impact’s announce team. Josh had this to say about the opportunity
“I’m elated to join TNA and be the new voice of IMPACT WRESTLING alongside my friend and three-time World Champion Taz,” said Mathews. “I’d like to thank Dixie Carter and John Gaburick for this incredible opportunity. Mike Tenay is a legend in this business and I am humbled to build on the body of work he has established over the past 12 years on IMPACT. To have my voice attached to the amazing athletes who do what they do better than anyone in the world is a dream come true.”
Impact wrestling will debut on January 7th on Destination America at 9-11ET and then continue to air regularly on Friday’s starting January 17th
On behalf of everyone at Vasquezsports we would like to send our congrats to Josh Mathews. Welcome to the impact wrestling family.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Source: http://www.impactwrestling.com/news/item/6259-JOSH-MATHEWS-TO-JOIN-IMPACT-WRESTLING-ANNOUNCE-TEAM
It is being reported by Al Haft of Florida Pro wrestling that Santana Garrett formally known as Brittany in TNA was spotted backstage at yesterday’s NXT REvalution event. There is no official news of Garrett joining the WWE but it is being said that you can expect a more motivated Garrett in the ring. Garrett’s contract in TNA had recently expired and was chosen not to be renewed and the last we had heard was that Garrett was headed back to her roots in shimmer pro wrestling
So what does the future hold for Santana Garrett? Only time will tell but one thing is forsure wherever she goes she’ll make noise with her undeniable talent.
Source: (http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/1212/587647/former-tna-knockout-brittany-to-wwe-nxt/)
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
This is my first opinion piece regarding the WWE in what seems like for forever but today in the middle of the day in California I have a great reason to be writing one. That’s because yesterday I stayed up till almost 4am watching a replay of NXT’s REvolution. I might also add that this was the FIRST time I actually watched an NXT show all the way through and let me tell you, I’m so happy I choose last night to do so.
NXT has something for everyone. If you’re into the brawling style of wrestling then Kevin Owens would be your go to wrestler. If you lean more towards powerhouses you have Baron Corbin, if you’re into high flyers you have the Lucha Dragons, if you like technical wrestlers you have Charlotte and if you like wrestlers that are a mix of a little bit of everything then keep an eye out for guys like Hedio Itami or Finn Balor.
All of the people I just listed wrestled in last nights NXT event and so if you haven’t watched it you should go do that ASAP. I was more entertained in the 2 hours that NXT put on yesterday then I have been with the 3 hours raw puts on every week in a VERY VERY VERY long time. From the very first match between Kevin Owens and CJ Parker all the way to the main event between Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn there was NEVER and I mean NEVER a dull moment.
At one point in the NXT women’s title match between Charlotte and Sasha Banks fans were chanting “holy sh**” and “this is wrestling” when is the last time or if ever have we heard that in a divas match on the main roster?
Lets talk about the main Event shall we? The championship match between Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn is all that is RIGHT in the world of professional wrestling. A good ol fashion wrestling match that went back and forth and kept everyone on the edge of their seats. Whether you’re a fan of Zayn or Neville both men delivered and made sure every fan would walk away happy.
The end of the match also proves that NXT is head and shoulders above the rest… SPOILER ALERT……… After Sami Zayn picked up the victory and became the new NXT world champion he was overcome with emotion as the rest of the NXT locker room came to congratulate him. The moment was so emotional that there are reports from people in attendance that audience members were crying and hugging one another. Now tell me have we EVER seen that happen on a raw or Smackdown??? NO WE HAVEN’T and there sure as hell haven’t been any reports of moments like that either.
Here is another example of why everyone should be watching NXT. As Zayn was still celebrating, his real life good friend Kevin Owens comes back to embrace him with another hug but THEN rips him off the apron sending the back of Zayn’s head into the apron.
Ladies and gents that’s how you make a moment. That’s how a heel is born and that’s how you set up a great feud. Now what we have here are two real life friends, two ROH alumni feuding for a world title! That exact moment and everything else that happened last night is proof that professional wrestling is alive and well.
It also proves that Triple H truly does know what’s best for business and the sooner Vince McMahon steps down and HHH takes over it’ll be better for EVERYONE
But for now I advise that you dive deep into the world of NXT and enjoy every single second of this amazing ride. It’s gonna be a GOOD ONE
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
If you’re not a fan of WMMA or MMA in general Friday December 12th 2014 is the perfect day to become one because that is the night HISTORY will be made. The 1st ever UFC Women’s strawweight champion will be crowned as Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas go head to head after what was an amazing seasons of fights. These two ladies have earned the spot and I couldn’t be any happier for the both of them. In fact all the ladies deserve a tip of the hat.
If you didn’t see the semi final fights last night I would advise you check them out! They were epic and they made me proud to be a fan of WMMA.
The TUF20 final will take place at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas. (Below is the full card with start times)
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1) 6pmPST/9pmEST
Carla Esparza vs. Rose Namajunas – for inaugural strawweight title
Charles Oliveira vs. Jeremy Stephens
Daron Cruickshank vs. K.J. Noons
Yancy Medeiros vs. Joe Proctor
Randa Markos vs. Jessica Penne
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1) 4pmPST/7pmEST
Felice Herrig vs. Lisa Ellis
Heather Jo Clark vs. Bec Rawlings
Joanne Calderwood vs. Seo Hee Ham
Angela Magana vs. Tecia Torres
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass)3pmPST/6pmEST
Alex Chambers vs. Aisling Daly
Angela Hill vs. Emily Kagan
These are some pretty amazing fights on what sure promises to be an historic night, so tune in you won’t want to miss it
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
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