As noted, Kenny Omega revealed on his Twitter handle that Bullet Club will be adding a new member. Omega had noted that the new member would be ‘A Monster that devours all competition’. New Japan Pro Wrestling has now announced that the reveal of the new member will take place at the New Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag League final on Saturday.
Source: WrestlingINC
The Young Bucks have signed a new two-year deal that will see them work both Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling, similar to the schedule they’ve worked this year.
The deal will see the brothers receive a significant increase in pay from ROH and NJPW for 2017, then another increase in 2018. They will be allowed to maintain their own merchandise and will be able to give more creative input. The deals are exclusive to the US and Japanese markets but they are still able to work overseas dates that don’t coincide with ROH or NJPW bookings. While exclusive to the US and Japan, the brothers will still be allowed to work for PWG in the US.
It was The Bucks who set the wheels in motion for Matt Hardy’s video at Final Battle, which you can see below with a video of The Bucks signing their new deals. The Hardys vs. The Bucks is currently scheduled for April 1st in Lakeland, FL, the night before WrestleMania 33 in Orlando.
Regarding Matt’s video that aired on pay-per-view this weekend which you can watch below, it was approved by TNA. Brandi Rhodes’ appearance to introduce her husband Cody Rhodes was also approved by TNA.
Dave Meltzer notes that there is nothing to the rumors of The Bucks appearing on TNA TV for the upcoming Total Nonstop Deletion episode, and there’s nothing on paper regarding anyone from ROH working for TNA but it’s very interesting that the two promotions are cooperating.
Source: WrestlingINC
Kenny Omega, a Bullet Club Elite member announced on Twitter that the deal is done, a new Bullet Club member will be announced. He went on and said: “A monster that devours all competition.Your nightmare will soon begin.”
You can check out his tweet below:
New Japan Pro Wrestling star Matt Sydal has missed several shows recently … and now it’s been revealed that the wrestler was MIA due to anin Japan for possession of pot.
According to Nikkan Sports, Sydal was arrested at the Kansai International Airport in Osaka on September 23rd while trying to enter the country with 2.12 grams of liquid marijuana — aka weed cartridges for a vape pen — in his backpack.
Sydal tweeted on September 25th saying, “Hi everyone. Had passport trouble at the border after spending an extra day at LAX. Chillin in Hawaii until this sorts out #travelwoes”
Another tweet references spending time “off the grid” and he last posted on September 29th.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
ROH World TV Championship: (C) Bobby Fish vs Donovan Dijak w/Prince Nana – Winner: Bobby Fish by submission
4 Corner Survival For Shot At ROH World Tag Team Championship: ANX w/Caprice Coleman vs Shane Taylor & Keith Lee vs Dalton Castle & Colt Cabana vs War Machine – Winners: Dalton Castle & Colt Cabana
Kamaitachi vs Dragon Lee – Winner: Dragon Lee
Hangman Page vs Kyle O’Reilly – Winner: Kyle O’Reilly by submission
ROH World Six-Man Championship Tournament First Round Match: The Briscoes & Toru Yano vs “Super” ACH, KUSHIDA & Jay White – Winners: “Super” ACH, KUSHIDA & Jay White
Tetsuya Naito w/ EVIL vs Jay Lethal – Winner: Jay Lethal
ROH World Championship: (C) Adam Cole vs Michael Elgin – Winner: Adam Cole
ROH World Tag Team Championship – Ladder War 6: (C) The Addiction vs Motor City Machine Guns vs The Young Bucks – Winners and new ROH World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks
ROH World Tag Team Championship – Ladder War 6: (C) The Addiction vs Motor City Machine Guns vs The Young Bucks
ROH World Championship: (C) Adam Cole vs Michael Elgin
ROH World TV Championship: (C) Bobby Fish vs Donovan Dijak w/Prince Nana
Tetsuya Naito w/ EVIL vs Jay Lethal
Kamaitachi vs Dragon Lee
Hangman Page vs Kyle O’Reilly
ROH World Six-Man Championship Tournament First Round Match: The Briscoes & Toru Yano vs ACH, Lio Rush & Jay White
4 Corner Survival For Shot At ROH World Tag Team Championship: ANX w/Caprice Coleman vs Shane Taylor & Keith Lee vs Dalton Castle & Colt Cabana vs War Machine
Internet Exclusive (8:45pm Start Time) – Triple Threat Match: EVIL vs Will Ferrara vs Silas Young
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Prince Puma, aka Ricochet, has reportedly turned down a new contract with Lucha Underground … but it’s still a mystery as to when he’d be allowed to work elsewhere.
According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Puma was offered a “lucrative deal” to return to the series following Season 3 but recently made a decision to pass on the offer.
Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed the generous deal was for multiple years — not seasons — but Pro Wrestling Sheet sources were tight lipped on whether Ricochet had accepted the offer or not.
It’s presently not known if or when he is planning to sign with another promotion. It is believed, however, that standard Lucha Underground contracts prevent talents from appearing on TV with another promotion until six months after their last appearance in the Temple airs.
Puma’s final match will reportedly air in Summer 2017.
For now, Ricochet is expected to continue working for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Okada defeated Tetsuya Naito (c) to become IWGP Heavyweight Champion
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Michael Elgin defeated Kenny Omega (c) to become IWGP Intercontinental Champion
NEVER Openweight Championship
Katsuyori Shibata defeated Yuji Nagata (c) to become NEVER Openweight Champion
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Briscoe Brothers defeated Guerrillas of Destiny (c) to become IWGP Tag Team Champions
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Kushida (c) defeated Will Ospreay to retain the title
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
Young Bucks defeated Matt Sydal & Ricochet, Roppongi Vice & reDRagon to become champions
Hirooki Goto defeated Evil
CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi) defeated Los Ingobernables (Bushi and Sanada)
Bullet Club (Hangman Page[Adam Page], Bad Luck Fale & Takahashi) defeated Captain New Japan, Yoshi Tatsu and Togi Makabe
You can see NJPW Dominion on New Japan World on June 19.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Michael Elgin
Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Jay White, David Finlay & Juice Robinson
Togi Makabe, Yos–tatsu & Captain New Japan vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Adam Page)
Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Los Ingobernables’ SANADA & BUSHI
Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL
IWGP Jr Tag Team Championship Elimination Match: Matt Sydal & Ricochet (c) vs. ReDRagon vs. RPG Vice vs. The Young Bucks
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. Will Ospreay
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Guerrilas Of Destiny (c) vs. The Briscoes
NEVER Openweight Championship: Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Source: WrestlingINC
New Japan Pro Wrestling is capitalizing on all of the attention the company is getting after a Best of the Super Juniors match from night six garnered polarizing reactions from fans.
New Japan posted the full Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay match from last week, which featured the two stars going back and forth in an acrobatic, high flying match. Former WCW Champion Vader and several other talents were quick to criticize the two based on a short .gif of the match that surfaced the next day.
William Regal and Shelton Benjamin were a couple of the veteran wrestling names that stood up for Ricochet and Ospreay, putting over the style. Ospreay responded to Vader’s criticism by doing a Vader Bomb the next night.
You can see the full match below:
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