Category: WWE

WWE Quietly Advertising Hulk Hogan For Crown Jewel

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Without any announcement from WWE, Hulk Hogan was quietly added to list of talent scheduled to appear at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

It’s unclear when Hulk was added to the Crown Jewel page on WWE.com, but if he makes an appearance at the event it will be his first time back on WWE TV since the summer of 2015.

Hulk told the Orlando Sentinel last week he was looking forward to going to Saudi Arabia with WWE … but didn’t specify at Crown Jewel. “We’re moving forward at a rapid pace,” Hogan told them. “It’s exciting to have this opportunity again after all these years where I was there and gone.”

In case you missed it, Daniel Bryan and John Cena refused to work the event and were both written out of their scheduled Crown Jewel matches this week on RAW and SmackDown Live

Renee Young will surprisingly be on the announce team in Riyadh. No word yet, however, on what sort of rules she’ll have to follow due to the country’s numerous regulations for women.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Renee Young To Join Crown Jewel Announce Team In Saudi Arabia

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Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Renee Young has been given the green light to join the RAW announce team and is set to travel to Saudi Arabia for Friday’s event.

Sources tell Pro Wrestling Sheet that WWE began working to make this happen in September after the female announcer made history joining the Raw commentary desk.

It’s unclear if Renee will have certain guidelines or rules to follow because of the country’s numerous restrictions for women.

This comes after John Cena and Daniel Bryan refused to work the event due to the Saudi government’s involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Cena has been replaced by Bobby Lashley in the upcoming World Cup tournament.

As you may recall, women were not allowed to perform at Greatest Royal Rumble and the Saudi General Sports Authority even had to release a public apology after the event due to Bayley, Sasha Banks and Carmella being shown on the big screen wearing their ring gear.

Hall of Famer Lita additionally called WWE’s relationship with the Saudi Arabian government a direct conflict of interest at the time due to the company’s public push for female empowerment.

WWE NXT UK Preview Two Back-To-Back Episodes 10/31/18

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Don’t miss back-to-back episodes of WWE NXT UK, streaming today at 4 ET and 5 ET on the award-winning WWE Network.

4 ET episode:

* Noam Dar vs. Zack Gibson

* Flash Morgan Webster vs. Mark Coffey

 

5 ET episode:

* Jordan Devlin vs. Tucker

* Mark Andrews vs. Wolfgang

Daniel Bryan Written Out Of Crown Jewel With Early WWE Championship Match

Just like John Cena on Raw this week, Daniel Bryan was written out of his match at Crown Jewel during tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live.

Following an in-ring segment at the top of the show between Daniel and AJ Styles that ended with the two wrestlers wanting to fight, Shane McMahon came out to announce the title bout would occur early in the opening match — instead of at Crown Jewel.

Styles ultimately retained, but Samoa Joe attacked both competitors when the match was over. Later in the evening, AJ told Paige he wants to wrestle Joe at Crown Jewel and the match became official.

As we previously reported, both John Cena and Bryan allegedly refused to work the upcoming event in Saudi Arabia due to controversy surrounding the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Cena was written out of the World Cup Tournament on Raw and replaced by Bobby Lashley.

Watch Paige make the new match announcement in the video below.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

WWE SmackDown Live Preview 10/30/18

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia with the final hype for Crown Jewel and fallout from Evolution.

* Who will compete in a Trick or Street Fight? One member of The New Day vs. one member of The Bar with Big Show

* AJ Styles will confront Daniel Bryan

* Who will gain momentum ahead of the WWE World Cup?

* How will Becky Lynch prepare for Ronda Rousey?

WWE Mixed Match Challenge Preview 10/30/16

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Tonight’s WWE Mixed Match Challenge will take place from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia

It’s week 7 of the WWE Mixed Match Challenge series.

The MMC season two continues this evening on Facebook Watch at 10pm EST., immediately following WWE SmackDown Live on the USA Network.

* AJ Styles and Charlotte Flair vs. Rusev and Lana

* Braun Strowman and Ember Moon vs. Jinder Mahal and Alicia Fox

Major Update On Daniel Bryan’s Status For WWE Crown Jewel

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As noted, Daniel Bryan was reportedly refusing to work Friday’s WWE Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. Robbie Barstool of Barstool Sports first reported last week that both Bryan and John Cena would not be appearing at the show, despite being advertised.

Cena was scheduled to be a participant in the World Cup tournament at the event. On last night’s RAW, it was announced that Bobby Lashley would be replacing Cena in the tournament. The storyline reason for the change was that Acting General Manager Baron Corbin was pleased with Lashley’s performance against Finn Balor on the show so he would replace Cena in the tournament, since Cena never actually qualified for it. WWE originally announced Cena as the first tournament participant without needing to qualify due to his prior accomplishments.

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Bryan was scheduled to challenge WWE Champion AJ Styles at Crown Jewel. Despite WWE taking out new advertisements to promote the match, Bryan will not be going to Saudi Arabia for the event either, according to PWInsider. WWE reportedly started making other plans regarding the match last week.

According to the report, WWE at one point had planned not to send Styles to Saudi Arabia either, and were planning on filming their match at the Performance Center in Orlando with it airing during the Crown Jewel broadcast. That idea was dropped yesterday while they were in the middle of production plans.

It’s not known how WWE plans to handle Bryan’s absence, although they are advertising that Bryan and AJ will be on tonight’s SmackDown to promote their match. They could always film an angle to postpone the match until Survivor Series, or have Styles face someone else this Friday. The PWInsider report noted that no final decision had been made as of last night on how to proceed.

Source: WrestlingINC

John Cena’s Crown Jewel Replacement Confirmed During Raw

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It’s official! John Cena will not be participating at WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia and his replacement was confirmed this week during RAW.

As we previously reported, Cena allegedly refused to participate due to controversy surrounding the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Up until this point, however, we had only been able to confirm with sources that Daniel Bryan had also requested to be left out of Friday’s event.

That was until a segment on Monday Night Raw when acting GM Baron Corbin decided to give Bobby Lashley a spot in the tournament. When asked who he was replacing, Corbin’s response was simply: “You are replacing someone who didn’t qualify … John Cena.”

WWE has still not addressed Daniel’s request to be left out of the event and, at time of this posting, are still openly advertising Bryan vs AJ Styles for the WWE Championship. Seems safe to assume this will most likely be addressed in some way tomorrow on SmackDown Live.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Jim Ross Fuels Speculation Over New Promotion During Chris Jericho Cruise (VIDEO)

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Chris Jericho shot down rumors surrounding a new promotion he and Jim Ross are allegedly trying to get off the ground — but this video from his cruise will certainly fuel further speculation.

BroBible shared a video from Jericho’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Rager at Sea over the weekend showing a quick clip from the live recording of Talk is Jericho featuring JR and Jerry Lawler.

According to BroBible, the trio touched on WWE attempting to stop Rey Mysterio from appearing on the cruise and Ross can be heard in the video saying “Somebody along the way is going to create another company some day and you’re not gonna have to worry about all that bullsh*t.”

As we previously reported, Jericho/JR are allegedly working behind the scenes with billionaire Shahid Khan — who owns the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C. of the English Premier League — to make the promotion a reality.

AXS TV has already denied any involvement, despite reportedly being in talks for TV rights.

Watch the video of JR below.

https://twitter.com/BroBible/status/1056745384050077697

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

WWE RAW Preview 10/29/18

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC with fallout from Evolution and the final red brand hype for Crown Jewel.

* Dean Ambrose finally snaps

* Nia Jax prepares to get Rowdy

* DX and Brothers of Destruction head toward cataclysmic battle

* Who will be our next Universal Champion?

* Elias’ latest smash hit