As noted, over the weekend Sexy Star purposefully injured Rosemary’s shoulder at the end of their Reina de Reinas Championship Match (which also included Lady Shani & Ayako Hamada) at AAA’s TripleMania XXV event. Since then, Rosemary has responded to what happened, commenting that Sexy Star tried to say it was a work, which Rosemary wanted to make very clear that it wasn’t. While a number of wrestling stars have reacted to the incident, Sexy Star has already felt the backlash, getting pulled from a WrestleCade Weekend event.
Yesterday, WrestleCade announced that Rosemary will be making an appearance for that same event.
Rosemary also took to Twitter yesterday to provide an update on her injury, saying it’s a strained tricep/bicep with swelling around the area and that time away from the ring should be minimal. She also thanked those who supported her and when wrestlers do make mistakes in the ring, they should own up to them. You can see her full comments below.
Sexy Star is starting to feel the backlash for reportedly purposely injuring Rosemary’s shoulder at this past Saturday night’s AAA TripleMania XXV event.
WrestleCade announced that they have pulled Sexy Star from their WrestleCade Weekend event in late November. Below is the official statement from WrestleCade:
The WrestleCade Team has read the online reports, watched the video, and saw both deleted & still posted tweets regarding the incident between Sexy Star & Rosemary at this weekends AAA’s TripleMania Event. We now have heard from Rosemary who said it was obvious to her that Sexy Star tried to intentionally injure her after their match ended.There is no place for this in professional wrestling. Therefore we have made the decision NOT to bring Sexy Star to WrestleCade Weekend. We’re sorry for the fans who were looking forward to meeting her but we encourage you to read the reports and we hope you’ll agree with our decision.
Anyone who ordered meet and greet tickets in advance will be receiving refunds ASAP.
As noted, Rosemary was injured at last night’s AAA Triplemania XXV. PWinsider reported that at the end of the match pitting Sexy Star defending the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship against Rosemary, Lady Shani & Ayako Hamada, Sexy Star popped Rosemary’s arm out of place while applying her armbar submission in what appeared to be a shoot.
The injury is said to not be that serious, and Rosemary is not expected to be out of action for too long.
It was noted that Lady Shani and Star were legitimately shooting on each other at one point during the match. The backstage scene was said to be “extremely tense.” Star left the arena, but was brought back by Vampiro and she apologized to Rosemary. Star then quickly left again.
Rosemary issued the statement below addressing the situation. She noted that Star has been telling people that it was a work, and that “Star is a liar.”
“Let me make this perfectly clear: if you take liberties with someone’s body when they are giving it to you and trusting you to keep them safe, you are not tough. You are an asshole. And you don’t belong in this business.Sexy Star decided to do just that this weekend at TripleMania. And while I have remained quiet on social media until I was more calm to address the situation, I have now being informed that she is telling people that it is a work. You are all now being informed that Sexy Star is a liar. She was a liar in the locker room when she was forced to apologize and instead cooked up some bulls–t excuse that she ‘didn’t know’ and she is a liar now. You know if you are torquing on someone’s arm. You know an armbar is a real and dangerous hold.
The only reason your face is not broken right now is because a little voice inside my head as I lay on the apron kept repeating, ‘Don’t go to Mexican prison.’ (thanks Demon).
However, turning to positives, the outreach from the wrestling community has been incredible. I’m overwhelmed with how much love I feel right now from friends, fans, and people I have yet to meet in this amazing business. We are a family and we protect our own. If you violate that, you are not welcome here.
I also want to thank the AAA locker room. Multiple people came up to me saying how sorry and disgusted they were. Thank you Hamada and Shani, who also had to deal with bulls–t from Star during that match. Thank you, Vampiro, for professionally trying to calm a volatile situation, though, as you know, once the excuses started pouring out of Sexy Star’s mouth in lieu of an apology, it was over.
Thank you to the amazing GFW locker room, both present that night and not. I have so much support from everyone, and talent, crew and office have all reached out to show me that.”
There are many wrestlers working to apply their craft all over the world, and even though they may not always get along behind the scenes, they have a responsibility to look out for one another, and keep each other safe when they’re inside the ring. Unfortunately it sounds like Sexy Star went into business for herself Saturday night at AAA Triplemania XXV.
Sexy Star defended the AAA Reinas de Reina Championship against Rosemary, Lady Shani and Ayako Hamada, and she made Rosemary tap out after applying her armbar submission. But after Rosemary tapped out, Sexy Star continued to apply pressure to the arm, and it was later reported that she legitimately popped Rosemary’s arm out of place.
PWInsider reports that the injury is not as serious as originally thought, and Rosemary isn’t expected to miss any time in the ring. The report notes that before Sexy Star left the venue, Vampiro brought her to Rosemary so she could apologize.
It’s also being reported that Sexy Star and Shani were legitimately shooting on each other at one point during the match, and Star quickly left the venue after apologizing to Rosemary, and Shani was said to be looking for Star because she was upset over their interaction in the ring.
You can check out a quick clip of Sexy Star locking in the armbar on Rosemary below:
It’s very clear that the wrestling world is not happy with Sexy Star at all, and you can check out some of the reactions below:
Whether it's dick flips or submissions, we constantly put our health in each others hands. If you violate that trust, you're not one of us.
DISGUSTING is just one word. We put our lives in each other's hands. So unprofessional. This is how you work yourself out of the business https://t.co/aELhRMO017
Low Ki is reportedly gone from Global Force Wrestling, after asking for his release from the company during this week’s set of tapings. While there are a few different versions of the account, the similarities were that he did ask for his release and it was said to be an “amicable” split between the two parties.
One version stated that it was a financial issue that led to his leaving, while another said it was over his creative direction. Reportedly, Low Ki was expecting to work in the GFW Championship scene, but the direction given to him was headed towards the X Division, where he would be in a championship match at GFW Bound for Glory.
Last week, Low Ki was slated to take on Alberto El Patron at the live Destination X for the GFW Championship, but Patron was stripped of the title, which effectively cancelled their match.
Returning to GFW for a fourth time in April of this year, Low Ki was able to win the X Division Championship for a fifth time in a six-man match on an episode of Impact. He then lost the title to Sonjay Dutt in June.
Earlier this week, Tyrus posted videos to social media to announce he would not be working the GFW tapings in Orlando, which began earlier this week. He said while most of his time with GFW has been positive, the past several weeks had been tough for he and his fans as they have been “Handcuffed and treated like a second-class citizen creatively.” Tyrus continued that he would “hold out” until he was treated right by the company.
Last night through his Twitter, Tyrus announced GFW granted his release from the company. He thanked the company and wished success to the roster and crew.
While in WWE, Tyrus worked as The Funkasaurus until his release in June of 2014. He then signed with GFW (then TNA) in September of the same year under the name Tyrus, aligning himself with Ethan Carter III.
Following last night’s Destination X , Jim Cornette with his Jim Cornette Experience podcast co-host Brian Last to discuss his return to the company.
* Cornette stated he was contacted by Anthem Media recently and was working now directly for them. He is not a member of the roster, and has not signed had not signed anything with GFW (beyond clearances to allow his likeness to be used on TV) and was not interested in working for the company (or any company) full-time.
* He, his wife and his dog knew he was coming in, and some Anthem people but otherwise it was kept quiet.
* Cornette admits that he has had harsh words for GFW, but likes a challenge and Anthem offered him a chance to back up his words
* Cornette wants to right some wrongs, meet with friends and says that the air smells cleaner in the Impact zone these days.
* He will appear on TV “when there is a reason for him to appear.”
* Cornette also said that nothing would change when it comes to his MLW.com podcast or his online store. You can listen to the update below.
Heated words between Jeff Jarrett and Dan Lambert of American Top Team almost incites an all out brawl backstage at Destination X. James Storm also got involved in the altercation.
Sienna (c) vs. Gail Kim (Unified GFW Knockouts Championship)
At ringside, KM tries to distract Kim right off the bat, doesn’t work, Kim gets control of the match early on with a pin attempt for only a two-count. Sienna heads to the outside to recover, Kim chases after, gets caught, picked up, and dropped on the steel steps. Action back in the ring as Sienna pounds away at Kim, big splash in the corner, pin, two-count. Sienna has all the momentum right now, back-breaker, fall away slam, pin, and another two-count. Both caught on the second rope, Kim with sunset flip powerbomb on Sienna!
Sienna tries for another splash in the corner, misses, Kim with multiple strikes to bring the champion down. Kim up to the top rope, splash, goes for a pin and only two. Kim lands Eat Defeat, but KM distracts the ref, Kim takes down KM and from the crowd shows up Taryn Terrell who takes down Kim! AK-47 by Sienna and she picks up the win.
In the ring, Bruce Prichard has the mic and the GFW Championship. He says he’s going to hand the title back to the Champion before El Patron, Lashley. He calls out Lashley and Jim Cornette shows up! Prichard is very confused why Cornette is out here, who responds that GFW called him to help fix things in the company. Prichard says that nobody outranks him and he doesn’t know why he’s out there and asks for security. Prichard wants him out and Jim says he’s arrogant, obnoxious, and people in the company are getting fed up with him. Cornette then says Prichard is fired and has Prichard sent packing as Cornette snatched the title away from him.
Cornette then says Alberto El Patron did not relinquish the title, he was stripped. Cornette says the wrestlers are not going to be giving anything, they have to fight for it and must conduct themselves as professionals in and out of the ring. He then announces a 20-man gauntlet match at next week’s show. LAX heads out to the ring, Konnan is not happy that Low-Ki now has to fight 19 other wrestlers to win the title. Cornette says he feels for Low-Ki and will make him #20 to make up for the change. The group tries to intimidate Cornette, but he lets him know he works for corporate so they can’t touch him and he exits the ring.
Winner: Dezmond Xavier wins the 2017 Super X Cup Finals
Backstage, Grado and Joseph Park talk about how Grado is going to say goodbye on next week’s show.
Sonjay Dutt (c) vs. Trevor Lee (X-Division Championship Ladder Match)
Dutt goes right after Lee, finishing with a big kick and tossing him by his hair. Lee looks to the ref, “He pulled my hair!” Dutt does it a few more times. Action to the outside as Lee is thrown into the barricade and Dutt spits some water in his face. Lee then shoves Dutt into the barricade before tossing him back in the ring. Action spills back to the outside as Lee tries to bring a ladder into the ring, baseball slide by Dutt sending the ladder right into Lee’s mug. Dutt with a nice springboard moonsault to the floor. Lee thrown back into the ring, he jumps on the apron and lands a huge kick to Dutt’s face. Lee grabs a ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring.
Dutt yanks Lee off the ladder, gets sent into the turnbuckle, Lee puts the ladder into the corner and chucks Dutt square on the ladder. Lee drops the ladder on Dutt, sets it up, and gets his fingertips on the title. He goes back after Dutt, Dutt off the ropes and Lee hits a nice jumping double stomp sending his opponent hard to the mat. Out comes a table, Lee angles it in the corner, Dutt hits a tornado DDT by jumping off the table. Dutt sets the table up and puts Lee on it, Lee breaks up that plan though. Action spills to the outside, Lee tosses in another ladder, so there’s two ladders and a table set up in the ring. One ladder is hooked into the other one and set on the second rope, Dutt with a splash and there was no give on that move. Dutt heads up to get the title and Caleb Konley shows up and powerbombs Dutt through a table. Petey Williams shows up and hits the Canadian Destroyer on Konley! He then runs out to cheer on Dutt who gets blasted with a ladder and sent back to the outside. Lee climbs the ladder, Dutt springboards up to the ladder, punches Lee off the ladder who crashes down on to that second ladder and is out. Dutt takes the title and wins the match.
Winner: Sonjay Dutt retains the X-Division Title
OVE (Dave and Jake Crist) vs. Zachary Wentz and Jason Cade
Lashley vs. Matt Sydal (Winner gets a title shot of their choosing)
Sydal uses his agility and kicks to attempt to chop Lashley down, Lashley with a big shoulder block to drop his opponent. Lashley goes for a powerbomb, Sydal reverses into a pin for a two-count. Another powerbomb attempt, Sydal with a hurricanrana straight into a pin for another two-count. Standing moonsault, Sydal thinks about a pin, but Lashley chucks him to the outside. Lashley with punches to the face before tossing Sydal into the barricade right in front of Lashley’s teammates from American Top Team. Action back in the ring as Lashley looks to have control of this match as he launches Sydal into the corner with force, pin, two.
Lashley goes to work on Sydal, takes a moment to show the ref his boot and get in his face before chopping Sydal in the neck. Lashley cranks Sydal’s neck and pulls off a stalled suplex, even doing it with one arm before dropping Sydal down. Lashley goes for the spear, Sydal moves and hits a spinning kick to stun his opponent. Sydal hits a DDT, pin, two-count. Sydal heads up to the top, Lashley follows him up and tries to hit another suplex, but gets a knee to the head. Sydal with double knees off the top to the chest, pin, two-count. Huge spinebuster by Lashley, pin, two. Powerslam by Lashley, but he just can’t put down Sydal for good. Another power move and Sydal just won’t stay down. Lashley heads to the outside and grabs a chair, the ref attempts to take it away, gets shoved away for a moment, Sydal with a spin kick that sends the chair into Lashley’s face. Sydal with a Shooting Star Press and Lashley gets the knees up, goes for a spear, misses in the corner, Sydal with a roll-up and gets the 1-2-3!
Winner: Matt Sydal gets a title shot of his choosing
– Post-match, American Top Team jumps the referee! These things happen in pro wrestling. Lashley rushes over to keep his guys calm.
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