Category: WWE

Anthem/Impact Wrestling Executive Releases Statement On Matt Hardy’s “Breakdown”

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Matt Hardy‘s “breakdown” on Raw this week seemed to indicate that a version of his “Broken Matt” persona is on the way and Impact Wrestling exec Ed Nordholm has released a statement about it.

Nordholm told Sports Illustrated, “We have seen the character development and will be interested to see where they take the concept.”

Ed continued, “Our new talent agreements all incorporate language that allow talent to continue to use their IMPACT persona after they leave the company. We are working with our legal team to amend our existing agreements to extend this to all of our current and former talent.”

Despite the public trademark battle with Matt this year, it seems like they’ve changed their stance.

SI also claims that the recent tease for a Broken Matt-like character isn’t false hope. The publication reports that WWE is creating a character that will not be labeled as Broken, but similar.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

NXT Preview 11/29/17

* Pirate Princess looks to go 2-0 against Iconic Duo

* Will Pete Dunne respond to Tyler Bate & Trent Seven’s tag team challenge?

* Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli aren’t through with The Street Profits yet

Jinder Mahal Visited Children At Kentucky Children’s Hospital

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)- Patients at Kentucky Children’s Hospital got a special visitor on Tuesday.

With WWE in town preparing for Smackdown Live at Rupp Arena, WWE Superstar Jinder Mahal stopped at Kentucky Children’s Hospital.

Kids were able to ask the superstar questions and snag some pictures with the professional wrestler.

Mahal says his job isn’t just in the ring.

“The most important thing that we do is that we put smiles on children’s faces, we make people happy, we’re here to entertain people, and a lot of these kids are huge fans, and we come here to see them in person and cheer them up and make their day. As simple as it is for us to just come here and taking pictures with kids or saying hello or talking to them, it makes their day.”

Source: http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/WWE-Superstar-makes-stop-at-Kentucky-Childrens-Hospital-460590233.html

Matt Hardy Makes More ‘Broken’ Comments

Matt Hardy continues to tweet about the “Broken” chants he did after last night’s loss to Bray Wyatt on RAW. As noted, Hardy started a “Delete!” chant and appeared to snap while sitting in the corner after his latest loss. He tweeted the following yesterday:

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE 205 Live Preview 11/28/17

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

* Hideo Itami is coming to WWE 205 Live

* Swann is determined to reclaim the WWE Cruiserweight Championship

SmackDown Live Preview 11/28/17

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky as the road to Clash of Champions continues.

* Randy Orton battles Kevin Owens

* AJ Styles faces The Singh Brothers in a Handicap Match

* The New Day square off with Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable

* The Fashion Files returns with a question: “Do you want to play a game?”

* Liv Morgan, Ruby Riot and Sarah Logan vs. Natalya, Naomi and SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair

Matt Hardy Teases ‘Broken’ Gimmick On RAW (Video)

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Matt Hardy’s losing streak continued on tonight’s RAW with a loss to Bray Wyatt but it looks like they are moving forward with the WWE debut of his “Broken” gimmick. As seen below, Hardy snapped with a “delete!” chant after the match and later commented on Twitter about his “dormant condishtion” being “woken” up:

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE posted this backstage photo of Hardy:

Drew McIntyre Injury Update And Return Estimate

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Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed the injury Drew McIntyre suffered at TakeOver is as serious as believed and the former NXT Champion will be out of action for months.

Sources tell The Sheet that Drew’s test results showed he tore his bicep — we’re told it happened during a mistimed move near the end of the match — and he’s hoping to return in time for WrestleMania weekend.

As we previously reported, McIntyre was injured while wrestling Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas.

Drew tweeted this morning saying, “Unfortunately I did suffer an injury during my title defense at TakeOver. I’ve dealt with setbacks before. The reality is, I always come back better…There’s a scary thought for whomever is NXT champion come 2018… .”

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

RAW Preview 11/27/17

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee.

* Will Roman Reigns institute an open challenge for his Intercontinental Championship?

* Can Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose reclaim the Raw Tag Team Titles?

* Will Paige, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville’s rampage continue?

* How will Braun Strowman attain retribution against Kane?

* Who can derail “The Zo Train”?

Details On Reasoning Behind NXT Female Call Ups – Women’s Rumble Match

WWE recently made the call to bring five women from NXT to the main roster and their reasoning for doing so is pretty simple.

Sources tell us Vince McMahon made the decision to call up multiple women from NXT shortly after the Mae Young Classic took place because he felt like the women’s divisions had been getting stale.

Mandy Rose was the first name mentioned, since creative had pitched ideas for her debut in the past.

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In case you missed it, Mandy and Sonya Deville debuted on Raw with Paige during her return. Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan and Ruby Riot debuted on SmackDown Live the following night.

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With so many debuts at once, rumors began to swirl about a possible women’s Royal Rumble match this year — for what it’s worth though, Pro Wrestling Sheet‘s sources haven’t heard anything about that being in the works. However, that doesn’t mean it’s not a possibility.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

The return of Paige and several NXT female stars being called up this week led to speculation that WWE will be holding a Women’s Royal Rumble at The Royal Rumble pay-per-view in January. For what it’s worth, The Sun in the U.K. is reporting that WWE will in fact be announcing a Women’s Rumble match for the show. The Sun reported:

“But now the event is set to be confirmed, although the details remain scarce and it is possible it may not have entrants as in the male equivalent. A number of women on the roster have already spoken on the possibility of a women’s Rumble.”

It should be noted that Dave Meltzer reported on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE is currently not planning to have a women’s Rumble match at the event.

As of this writing, following the NXT call-ups this week, WWE has 11 active female talents on the RAW roster and 10 on SmackDown. During an interview with The Montgomery Advertiser’s“Piledriver” podcast in January, Bayley said she was open to the idea if WWE brought in more talent.

“I kind of honestly think we need a few more girls to do something like that because the guys have 30 men,” Bayley said. “We don’t have many girls. Even if it was Raw and Smackdown combined, I don’t think it would make it 20. If we had more girls brought in, maybe like NXT girls, that would be really cool and I think it would be a lot of fun.”

Source: WrestlingINC