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Kimber Lee Accuses NXT’s Nash Carter Of Domestic Abuse, Shares Photos

Kimber Lee has shared photos of an injury she claims was intentionally caused by a drunken Nash Carter.

Impact Wrestling’s Kimber Lee, formerly known as Abby Laith during her stint in WWE, made some serious allegations against her husband and fellow wrestler Nash Carter last week. Carter is one-half of the tag team MSK who won the NXT Tag Team Titles for a second time over the weekend. Prior to that, Lee claimed she had suffered domestic abuse at the hands of Carter.

After opening up about the allegations on social media, Lee claims she was hounded by wrestling fans to the point she decided to delete the original tweets, only fueling those who didn’t believe her. Not wanting to be silenced about what she is claiming to have happened between her and Carter, Lee has posted fresh allegations this week, including photos of an injury she alleges was caused intentionally by the NXT star.

“Hey NXT this is my face after your tag champ Nash Carter got wasted and hit me so hard he split my lip open,” Lee tweeted, tagging both NXT and Carter in the post. She adds that Carter told her after the incident that she’s a wrestler so gets “marked up” all the time. Lee followed up that tweet with another apologizing to her fans for backing away from the allegations last week. She also claims Carter has been messaging her over the weekend asking she not say anything else publicly.

https://twitter.com/Kimber_Lee90/status/1511131823203618818

Lee and Carter got married in May 2020 and are still husband and wife now, though it’s assumed the two are separated at this moment in time. As for what will happen next, that depends on WWE and possibly the authorities should they get involved. A number of wrestlers were named in 2020’s Speaking Out movement, and each situation that involved a WWE Superstar was handled individually and in many cases, pretty differently.

Triple H has previously clarified all allegations like these are taken very seriously, and internal investigations are conducted. Velveteen Dream was let go from NXT following the allegations made against him, but Riddle managed to keep hold of his position in the company despite some thinking the issues involving him and a female wrestler he cheated on his wife with still being a pretty tangled web. Whatever happens, we could see Carter disappear from NXT TV pretty soon.

Source: TheSportster

Tony Khan Says Samoa Joe Is All Elite, Joe Set For AEW Dynamite

Samoa Joe is now All Elite.

Joe made his surprise return to ROH at the end of Friday’s Supercard of Honor XV event. The main event saw Jonathan Gresham defeat Bandido to become the Undisputed ROH World Champion, but Gresham and Lee Moriarty were attacked by Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal after the bout.

Lethal, who turned on longtime friend Matt Sydal earlier in the night after defeating Moriarty, challenged Gresham to an immediate title match but Gresham denied him because of his earlier actions. This led to Dutt hitting Gresham and Gresham getting beat down. Moriarty tried to help Gresham but he failed, and that’s when Joe came out. Joe faced off with Lethal, then choked Dutt out.

In an update, ROH announcer Ian Riccaboni noted on commentary that Joe would be appearing on AEW Dynamite this Wednesday.

Furthermore, AEW President and new ROH owner Tony Khan took to Twitter to declare that Joe is All Elite. Khan confirmed Wednesday’s Dynamite appearance for The Samoan Submission Machine, who has the longest ROH World Title reign of all-time at 645 days when he held the strap from March 22, 2003 – December 26, 2004.

Supercard of Honor XV marked Joe’s first ROH appearance since June 2015. He is a one-time ROH World Champion, a one-time ROH Pure Champion, and was inducted into the inaugural class of the ROH Hall of Fame earlier this year.

WWE released Joe from his contract back on January 6. He was believed to be under the standard 30-day non-compete clauses that most WWE NXT talents have, which would’ve made him a free agent on February 5 when the clause expired.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

IMPACT Wrestling: Multiverse Of Matches Results 4/1/2022, Taya Valkyrie Returns

  • Trey Miguel (c) def. Jordynne Grace, Blake Christian, Chris Bey, Vincent, & Rich Swann – Ultimate X Match for the X Division Championship
  • Mickie James & Nick Aldis def. Chelsea Green & Matt Cardona
  • ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey def. Alex Shelley
  • The Influence (c) def. Tasha Steelz & Savannah Evans, Decay, and Gisele Shaw & Lady Frost – Knockouts World Tag Team Championship
  • Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW) def. Eddie Edwards (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
  • Josh Alexander & JONAH def. Moose & PCO
  • Deonna Purrazzo (c) def. Faby Apache – Champ Champ Challenge for the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship 
  • Chris Sabin def. Jay White
  • The Good Brothers def. The Briscoes

Taya Valkyrie appeared inside an IMPACT Wrestling ring for the first time since she left the promotion in early 2021. The former Knockouts Champion came face-to-face with Deonna Purrazzo following The Virtuosa’s bout and challenged her to a AAA Reina de Reinas Title match at Rebellion. 

https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1510108584625020930

IMPACT Wrestling: Multiverse Of Matches 4/1/2022

IMPACT is coming to WrestleCon with IMPACT Wrestling: Multiverse of Matches, LIVE Friday, April 1st at 10pm ET exclusively on FITE.

CARD

Josh Alexander and Jonah vs. Moose and PCO

Chelsea Green and Matt Cardona vs. Mickie James and Nick Aldis

The Good Brothers vs. The Briscoes

Eddie Edwards vs.  Tomohiro Ishii

Chris Sabin vs. Jay White

ULTIMATE X – IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Trey Miguel (c) vs. Chris Bey vs. Vincent vs. Rich Swann vs. Blake Christian vs. Jordynne Grace

KNOCKOUTS TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
 The Influence (c) vs.  Tasha Steelz and Savannah Evans vs. Decay vs. Gisele Shaw and Lady Frost

Alex Shelley vs. Mike Bailey

CHAMP CHAMP CHALLENGE –  ROH Women’s World Championship or the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship
Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. ?

AEW Rampage Preview 4/1/22

Tonight’s AEW Rampage episode on TNT was taped earlier this week at the Colonial Life Arena in Columbus, South Carolina.

* We will hear from Kris Statlander

* We will hear from AEW TNT Champion Scorpio Sky, Dan Lambert and Paige VanZant

* The Young Bucks vs. Top Flight

* House of Black vs. Fuego Del Sol, Evil Uno and Stu Grayson

* Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Qualifier: Jamie Hayter vs. Skye Blue

* Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Keith Lee

* Appearances by Sammy Guevara, Tay Conti and others

IMPACT Preview 3/31/22

Just one night away from Multiverse of Matches LIVE from WrestleCon, the action continues on an all-new IMPACT! tonight at 8/7c on AXS TV and 8:30pm ET on YouTube for IMPACT Insiders!

* Bullet Club vs. Motor City Machine Guns

* Josh Alexander vs. Madman Fulton

* ROH World Champion Jonathan Gresham vs. Kenny King 

* Battle Royal #1 Contender for the Knockouts World Title: Jordynne Grace, Jessie McKay, Havok, Alisha, Gisele Shaw, Savannah Evans, Rosemary, Lady Frost and Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The Influence all vie for the coveted title opportunity but only one can leave the 2300 Arena as the #1 Contender!

* Chump Chump Challenge: Johnny Swinger vs. Zicky Dice 

* The action begins Before the IMPACT, streaming this Thursday at 7:30pm ET exclusively on IMPACT Plus, YouTube and Facebook. IMPACT World Tag Team Champion Deaner locks horns with Black Taurus in a high-stakes battle of Violent By Design vs Decay! Plus, Gia Miller, Josh Mathews and George Iceman get you ready for all things IMPACT on the road to Rebellion.

Toni Storm Debuts On Dynamite, Qualifies For Owen Hart Tournament

Toni Storm is officially ALL ELITE! The 26-year-old Australian made her AEW debut on this week’s edition of Dynamite when she was revealed as The Bunny’s mystery opponent in an Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Qualifier Match. Storm advanced to the first round of the tournament when she pinned The Bunny after hitting her with a Storm Zero.

https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1509342329861283841

Ahead of Dynamite, Fightful Select reported that Storm had been in talks with AEW and is very close to signing a deal. Apparently, multiple AEW stars have been pushing for AEW boss Tony Khan to sign the former WWE Superstar.

Storm parted ways with WWE via mutual consent in December 2021. According to Bodyslam.net, a source close to the situation revealed Storm just “up and quit”. In fact, she boarded a plane home, which she paid for herself, right after competing in a triple threat match at a live event. “Worked a triple threat at a house show last night and then paid out of her own pocket to fly herself home.”

Storm is engaged to New Japan Pro Wrestling star Juice Robinson. The couple announced their engagement back in October. Robinson and Storm’s relationship status was confirmed in the summer of 2020. The Mae Young Classic winner revealed that the two of them had been seeing each other for a while after Bea Priestley, who is now NXT UK’s Blair Davenport, posted photos of the two of them together on social media. Storm and Davenport are close friends.

Source: TheSportster

AEW Dynamite Preview 3/30/22

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite on TBS will air live from the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina.

Tonight’s show will feature the first qualifying match for The Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament with The Bunny taking on a mystery wrestler to be revealed on the show. That same mystery wrestler will be signed by the company tonight.

AEW President, CEO, General Manager & Head Of Creative Tony Khan noted on Twitter that he will be announcing matches for Dynamite throughout the day.

AEW has announced the following line-up for tonight as of this posting:

* Darby Allin vs. Andrade El Idolo

* FTR vs. The Gunn Club

* Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Qualifier: The Bunny vs. mystery wrestler who will be signed by AEW on tonight’s show

* Jon Moxley vs. Jay Lethal

The Hardys Announced For AAA’s TripleMania XXX

The AEW involvement in AAA’s TripleMania XXX events in 2022 will now include the Hardys

Announced at a press conference held in Tijuana on Tuesday afternoon, Matt and Jeff Hardy will compete at the second TripleMania XXX event in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on June 18. They will take on former Ring of Honor star Dragon Lee and former CMLL star Dralistico, themselves a brother tag team.

The Hardy Boyz become the eighth and ninth AEW stars to compete on one of the three TripleMania XXX shows taking place in 2022. Andrade, Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fenix, Sammy Guevara, Tay Conti and the Young Bucks are all scheduled for the first TripleMania XXX event in Monterrey on April 30. The Young Bucks will headline the event against Fenix and AAA Mega Champion Hijo del Vikingo.

Missing are AEW team FTR, who are the current AAA World Tag Team Champions. It is unknown if they will be added to the Tijuana event or TripleMania XXX in Mexico City this October. Last week the Young Bucks declared they’d be returning to AAA as AAA World Tag Team Champions, indicating a potential title match with FTR soon on AEW TV.

This will be Jeff Hardy’s first appearance in AAA and Matt Hardy’s second; he previously competed in AAA’s Lucha Libre World Cup in 2015, where he, Johnny Mundo (John Morrison), and Mr. Anderson reached the finals as Team USA before losing to Team AAA (Alberto El Patron, Myzteziz and Rey Mysterio).

The brothers also have competed for lucha libre promotion The Crash, where they won the promotion’s tag team titles in 2017.

In addition to the Hardy Boyz vs. Dragon Lee and Dralistico, TripleMania XXX in Tijuana will feature the semi-finals of the ongoing mask vs. mask tournament featuring El Canek vs. Psycho Clown, LA Park vs. Villano IV, Blue Demon Jr. vs. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Penta vs. Ultimo Dragon. The losers of each match will move onto the semi-finals, and the losers of the semi-finals match will then compete in a mask vs. mask match at TripleMania XXX in Mexico City this October.

At today’s press conference, AAA President Dorian Roldan revealed that all the winners in the first round of the mask tournament at TripleMania XXX Monterrey will take part at TripleMania XXX Tijuana. No other matches were announced. As with AAA TripleMania XXX Monterrey, AAA TripleMania XXX Tijuana will air on FITE TV, with English and Spanish commentary.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Miro Working On New “East New York” TV Series

AEW star Miro is currently working on a new TV series in New York City.

Miro revealed on Twitter and Instagram this week that he has been living in Brooklyn, and working on a pilot for a new project. His IMDB page shows that he is filming for a TV series called “East New York,” which is currently in pre-production.

The IMDB page also says Miro plays a character called Nikolai Dushkin, which Miro confirmed on Instagram.

“Super excited about this upcoming pilot. Living in Brooklyn has definitely opened my eyes about living in a city, walking to a gym and groceries. #Dushkin,” he wrote on Twitter.

Miro then added in a follow-up on Instagram with the same photo, “Living in Brooklyn for couple of weeks. Very excited about shooting this great pilot!!! Meet Nikolai Dushkin….. and pickles, of course”

The “East New York” cop series also features Richard Kind, Jimmy Smits, Olivia Luccardi, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Kevin Rankin, Amanda Warren, C.S. Lee, Lavel Schley, Edmond Laryea, Oryan Landa, Fred Tolliver Jr., and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

IMDB notes that the series is being filmed for CBS. Below is the synopsis:

“Follows the recently promoted police captain of East New York, Regina Haywood, who leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are hesitant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting.”

It was revealed earlier this month that Miro signed a new four-year contract extension, which will keep him with AEW until at least early 2026. He has not wrestled since losing to Bryan Danielson at AEW Full Gear on November 13. Miro had been dealing with a hamstring injury for a while, but word is that he’s been cleared to return for quite a while.

https://twitter.com/ToBeMiro/status/1508462267838439424

Source: Wrestling Inc.