Nia Jax has reportedly been granted a leave of absence from WWE due to personal reasons. PWInsider reports that Jax has not quit the company, despite some rumors. It’s also confirmed that Jax was not at this week’s RAW but she was originally scheduled to be there. One source noted that original plans for the WWE TLC pay-per-view had Sasha Banks vs. Jax, not Sasha vs. Alicia Fox. We noted before that Total Divas filming was scheduled but PWInsider adds that Jax was scheduled to film content for the show in New York City tomorrow and Friday but she’s no longer scheduled to film.
The rumors began yesterday when a Twitter account — same one who spread word of Neville’s walkout — tweeted about rumors of Nia also being upset and possibly walking out of Raw last week.
Ryback discussed dating this week on Conversations With The Big Guy and his new co-host Phoenix Marie noted that she doesn’t like to go out with her porn fans.
Ryback replied, “That’s like a wrestler dating a girl that’s a huge wrestling fan. I don’t know if I would.”
Phoenix asked if it was because they’d only want to talk about matches and The Big Guy said, “Yeah. Amongst other things … mental issues … but yeah, it would be scary to me.” The comment even surprised his co-host, who reminded him that she likes wrestling and doesn’t have mental issues.
WWE announced today that Chris Jericho will host the first-ever Loudwire Music Awards on Tuesday, October 24th from Los Angeles. The show will air on AXS TV at 7pm PT that night from The Novo in downtown LA. Tickets are on sale now. WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz will also be appearing that night.
We realize that not everyone can make it to Los Angeles for the 2017 Loudwire Music Awards ceremony, but we’ve got you covered if you still want to check it out. The Loudwire Music Awards have teamed up with AXS TV and the WWE to bring you the ceremony both on television and online.
AXS TV will have the television broadcast starting at 7PM PT on Tuesday, Oct. 24, making sure you’re able to catch the award winners receiving their honors and all of the performances that will have you talking the next day. Meanwhile, the 2017 Loudwire Music Awards will simultaneously be live-streamed online via Loudwire’s Facebook page and to more than 40 million fans through the WWE Facebook page, LMA host and WWE icon Chris Jericho’s Facebook page and fellow wrestling superstar The Miz’s Facebook page.
As just stated, Chris Jericho will serve as the host for this year’s ceremony, which is taking place at the Novo in downtown Los Angeles. Jericho, who fronts Fozzy, is also a Loudwire Music Awards nominee this year as their song “Judas” is up for Hard Rock Song of the Year.
This year’s ceremony will see Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford receive the “Lemmy” Lifetime Achievement Award, while Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi will be honored with the Courage Award and Sammy Hagar is set to be feted with the Humanitarian Award. In addition to these three honors, Loudwire’s readers had a chance to vote in all categories for hard rock and metal with the winners being revealed live at the ceremony.
In addition to the Loudwire Music Awards, there will be a series of panels prior to the event as part of the Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Summit right next door at the Grammy Museum. Panels will feature Rob Halford, Sammy Hagar, Rex Brown, Steve Vai, Frank Bello and more. The event is free and on a first-come, first-served basis, but you will need to register to participate at this location.
‘The Devil’s favorite demon’ Kane returned to WWE last night on RAW. He came up through the ring, then chokeslammed Roman Reigns twice before he and Braun Strowman took turns beating him up. After that, Strowman won the match and TheMiz announced Kane would be the final member of their team along with Cesaro & Sheamus on Sunday at WWE TLCwhen they face-off against The Shield in a 5-on-3 TLC match.
ROH veteran Jimmy Jacobs made an appearance at their iPPV on Sunday, just days after we broke the news of his WWE release, and the former writer was there to poke fun at what happened.
Jacobs, who was working for WWE as a creative writer was released or fired after he posted a selfie with the Bullet Club outside of RAW during Bullet Club’s ‘Being The Elite’ invasion video on Instagram.
It all went down at Global Wars: Chicago when Bullet Club gathered in the ring to cut a promo after Kenny Omega retained his IWGP United States Championship with a win over Yoshi-Hashi.
Before the BC leader could sign off though, Matt Jackson interjected saying they should all take a selfie to commemorate the moment. However, none of the wrestlers had a phone on them. So they looked to the crowd for help and discovered Jimmy amongst the fans.
The group then went to the ringside area to snap a selfie with their buddy and Nick Jackson got on the microphone afterward to apologize on their behalf for getting him fired.
We’ve noted how multiple sources reported that Neville walked out of Monday’s RAW in Indianapolis after finding out that he would be losing to WWE Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore in the non-title main event of the show that night. The match ended up having Kalistodefeat Enzo to become the new champion but The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the plan is to put the title back on Enzo, possibly at the October 22nd TLC pay-per-view when he gets his rematch. It was also reported that Neville’s status with the company was up in the air but one source close to the situation believed that he was finished.
In an update, PWInsider reports that their sources say Neville never walked out of RAW as he was never backstage at the show, during any time on Monday. They also noted that Neville was originally scheduled to work Enzo on weekend WWE live events but he was replaced by Mustafa Ali.
According to PWI’s report, the original plan of Neville vs. Enzo was changed late in the day when it became known that Neville would not be at the show. They also note that there was talk of doing the non-title match after it was mentioned that Neville couldn’t receive a title shot due to the non-contact stipulation from the week before. Apparently they went with putting the title on Kalisto as a way to tie him to the legacy of WWE Hall of Famer Eddie Guerrero as it was Eddie’s birthday. Kalisto did make a tweet dedicating the win to Eddie and Rey Mysterio, plus it was mentioned on RAW and in backstage Fallout video. Kalisto even received a congratulatory tweet back from Rey, mentioning Eddie.
Other sources report that Neville has pushed for a release from the company with the idea of going to the indies and making a name for himself outside of WWE, similar what Drew McIntyre did before he returned to WWE NXT. Neville has reportedly been unhappy with several factors, including being left off the WrestleMania 33 DVD and receiving no royalties from what is usually the best-selling WWE DVD of the year. Neville retained the WWE Cruiserweight Title over Austin Aries on the WrestleMania 33 Kickoff pre-show but all three pre-show matches were left off the version of the DVD released in the United States.
PWI adds that Neville is still under contract to the company and has not been released. However, WWE officials are not factoring The King of The Cruiserweights into any cruiserweight division plans for the time being but it is possible that the two sides come to terms and he returns to action. Neville is also not being booked for any upcoming live events or TV events. We will keep you updated on his status.
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