Category: WWE

Mike And Maria Kanellis Recently Requested Releases From WWE

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Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Mike and Maria Kannellis recently asked for WWE officials to release them from their contracts.

According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, the Kanellis’ have been unhappy with the way they’ve been used in WWE for awhile and finally made the decision a few weeks ago to request their releases.

Mike Kanellis has also once again started selling new shirts on Pro Wrestling Tees.

Mike and Maria Kannellis signed with WWE in April of 2017 and debuted in June at Money in the Bank. Months later, Mike revealed he had been battling addiction and Maria announced she was pregnant. The duo weren’t used much on TV after that, until recently resurfacing on 205 Live.

According to CageMatch.net, Mike Kanellis wrestled on SmackDown Live a total of four times since signing with WWE. The rest of his appearances were largely relegated to Main Event and live events.

WWE doesn’t always grant release requests, so it’s possible nothing comes of this and the couple are simply paid to sit at home until the deal expires.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

AJ Styles Impersonates “Stone Cold” Steve Austin

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The dark main event after last night’s WWE 205 Live tapings at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama saw WWE Champion Daniel Bryan retain over AJ Styles by disqualification. Bryan reportedly cut a strong heel promo, which poked fun at Alabama for losing to Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship earlier this month. AJ came back and laid Bryan out, also stopping to celebrate with a young fan in the crowd. AJ then impersonated WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin, switching out the beer cans for water bottles, after hitting a Phenomenal Forearm on Bryan. You can see video from the segment below:

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Source: WrestlingINC

WWE NXT Preview 1/16/19

NXT tonight at 8 ET on WWE Network.

* Keith Lee and Kassius Ohno gear up for seismic clash

* Bianca Belair prepares for NXT Women’s Title clash with Shayna Baszler

* Johnny Gargano in action

* The Streets Profits ready 2019 conquest

* Dominik Dijakovic returns

WWE NXT UK Preview 1/16/19

NXT UK, today at 3 ET/8 GMT on WWE Network.

* Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster vs. Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel

* One week after Jinny attacked Isla Dawn from behind, The White Which will attempt to conjure up payback against The Fashionista of NXT UK.

Impact Wrestling On Twitch Peak Viewership, Overall Ranking Compared To AAA

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Although IMPACT Wrestling has been streaming programming through Twitch for some time, there was a special curiosity regarding the promotion’s new distribution strategy: to air on domestic television via the Pursuit Channel and stream concurrently on Twitch on Friday nights.

In numbers available on SullyGnome (a Twitch statistics and analysis website) for the 7 day period of January 8th-14th, IMPACT Wrestling peaked at 10,422 viewers (at some point on Friday night). The channel is programmed nearly 24/7 and over 155 hours in the last week averaged 318 viewers for a total watch time of 51,662 hours. IMPACT gained 4,816 followers for the week (and now has 67,320 followers on the platform).

IMPACT was the most watched program in the Wrestling category. In comparison, AAA was ranked second. The AAA promotion had no specific destination programming this week but did stream 144 hours of content. It peaked at 194 viewers and averaged 60 viewers with a total watch time of 8,731 hours.

Over the last 365 days, the most watched 5 promotions were the following:

1. IMPACT
2. AAA
3. Rocky Mountain Pro
4. House of Hardcore
5. Capitol Wrestling

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE SmackDown Live Preview 1/15/19

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama as the road to Royal Rumble continues.

* Rey Mysterio and Andrade “Cien” Almas to continue their epic series

* The Miz to throw Shane McMahon “The Best Birthday Bash in the World”

* Carmella and Sonya Deville to square up

* What’s next for Becky Lynch and Asuka?

* Will AJ Styles find out how vicious Daniel Bryan can be?

WWE 205 Live Preview 1/15/19

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.

* Tonight’s 205 Live episode will return to the Tuesday 10pm ET timeslot on WWE Network.

* WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy issuing a non-title open challenge.

Kevin Owens Has Dropped Weight

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Kevin Owens has dropped a significant amount of weight as he prepares to return to the ring from double knee surgery. As seen below, Owens appeared at the Cavalcade of Customs event in Cincinnati this past Friday and signed autographs for fans.

WWE recently aired a “coming soon” promo for Owens’ ring return but there’s no word yet on when he will be back. There’s speculation on Owens returning in the 30-man Royal Rumble match later this month.

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Source: WrestlingINC

Nikki Cross Debuts On Raw In Tag Match, Heavy Machinery, EC3 and Lacey Evans Appeared

The Riott Squad challenged Bayley and Natalya to find a partner this week for a six woman tag — and it led to Nikki Cross wrestling her first match on RAW!

After weeks of vignettes teasing Nikki’s move to the main roster, the Scottish born Superstar finally made her presence known to join Bayley/Natalya. She then helped her team earn a victory.

Heavy Machinery appeared during the “A Moment of Bliss” segment. EC3, Lacey Evans made brief backstage appearances as well, but neither spoke on camera.

Michael Cole mentioned that before any of the arriving Superstars are assigned to a brand, they’ll be appearing on both shows so the WWE Universe can “see what they got”.

Watch video of Nikki Cross’ RAW debut below.

Watch Otis Dozovic of Heavy Machinery disrupts Alexa Bliss’ interview with Paul Heyman during  “A Moment of Bliss” and his partner Tucker Knight coming out to get him below.

And below you can see the appearances of EC3 and Lacey Evans.

Jerry”The King” Lawler Signs New Two-Year WWE Contract

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Jerry “The King” Lawler says he recently signed a new two-year agreement with WWE and will soon be calling the action during the men’s Royal Rumble.

On the latest episode of Dinner With the King, Lawler revealed his contract was due to expire on January 10th. After informing Kevin Dunn that the deal was about to be up, WWE sent a new offer.

King explained that his new deal is for two years and came with a raise.

In addition to the new contract, Lawler also announced he’ll be on commentary for the men’s Royal Rumble match later this month alongside Michael Cole and JBL.

Listen to the full episode below (this portion begins around 29 minutes in).

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet