Sting recently experimented with Facebook Live on his official Facebook page. While his comments were brief, they were newsworthy nonetheless.
“I can still wrestle,” Sting said. “I can still wrestle! I’m just not going to.”
Sting worked his last match on September 20, 2015, where he was defeated by Seth Rollins at WWE Night of Champions. He suffered multiple neck injuries in the bout that were career-ending.
When asked if he would be open to an on-air role on WWE television, similar to what Kurt Angle is doing now, Sting responded:
“Yeah, I might consider something like that,” Sting said. “Good to see Kurt back by the way.”
WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne retained his title in a Fatal 4 Way at Insane Championship Wrestling’s “Shug’s Hoose Party 4” event this past Saturday night in Glasgow. Dunne retained over BT Gunn, Wolfgang and Trent Seven.
In the video above, Dunne says he beats people up, he hurts people and he collects titles, and he now owns ICW just like he owns WWE. In regards to where the title is going next, Dunne says he’s taking it to the top and keeping it as he captures title after title until everything is his.
The event also saw WWE cruiserweight Noam Dar return to the ICW promotion. WWE posted the following on The BruiserWeight and Dar working the event:
WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne retains title in historic defenseIn the first WWE United Kingdom Championship defense to take place in the U.K. outside of a WWE ring, Pete Dunne successfully retained the title Saturday night in Glasgow, Scotland.
The BruiserWeight defeated Trent Seven, Wolfgang and BT Gunn in a Fatal 4-Way Match at Night 1 of “Shug’s Hoose Party 4,” an event held by Insane Championship Wrestling at the O2 ABC. The sold-out event will be available for viewing on ICW’s on-demand service starting 24 hours after the show.
Following the match, the victorious Dunne, never one to mince words, said “ICW is one of the top promotions in the world, and I own it now … just like I own WWE.”
Also at “Shug’s Hoose Party 4,” Cruiserweight Noam Dar returned to action in ICW, which was one of his stomping grounds prior to joining WWE. Dar joined former Pinky Party tag team partner Sha Samuels in tag team action.
Now that Dunne has turned back three opponents in one fell swoop, who will be next in line to step to The BruiserWeight? This much is obvious: The brash but brilliantly dangerous Dunne is unlikely to back down from the challenger, whomever it is.
The Broken Universe may have become “woken” following Monday Night Raw … as Matt Hardy came the closest he’s been to his Broken persona in WWE during a backstage interview.
Hardy was featured in a Fallout video and said he felt “woken” after he and Jeff Hardy brawled with The Revival, using the same accent and crazy facial expressions from his days as Broken Matt.
As we previously reported, Reby Hardy said in an interview with The Sheet Podcast last week that negotiations with Global Force Wrestling over the Broken gimmick had stalled … but that hasn’t stopped Matt and Jeff from using familiar phrases like “obsolete mule.”
Matt posted the video on Twitter with the caption, “@WWEUniverse, IT’S HAPPENING. #BROKEN”
Could “Woken” Matt Hardy be the compromise that finally allows something like the Broken Universe in WWE?
Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Kairi Sane is currently on the injured list after the recent WWE signee sustained a concussion during the Mae Young Classic tapings.
Sources with direct knowledge tell us the wrestler formerly known as Kairi Hojo is also dealing with some neck pain … but officials expect her to be cleared for return in early August.
It’s unclear which match the injury occurred during, or how exactly it went down.
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Because officials have been told Kairi will get the green-light next month, the injury shouldn’t stop her from wrestling in September at the MYC finals in Las Vegas.
The Decepticons are about to get an attitude adjustment … because John Cena has been cast as a lead in the upcoming Transformers spinoff.
THR reports that the sixteen time world champion is set to appear in the Bumblebee movie, which will be directed by Travis Knight and also star Hailee Steinfeld.
No word on Cena’s role, but the film will take place in 1987 and the synopsis explains: “Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. Charlie (Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.”
Chris Jericho was involved in a verbal altercation with a man in New York City on Friday night, according to TMZ.
In video footage posted Monday morning by TMZ Sports, a man is shown shouting curse words at the former Undisputed WWE Champion with Jericho shouting back at him, “F-ck your ass.”
The man said he was a fan and was just trying to tell Jericho congratulations. More expletives were exchanged before Jericho told someone with him, “These guys are f-cking p-ssies.”
Witnesses told TMZ Jericho was approached outside a tribute show for musician David Z, who was killed in a recent bus accident. The SmackDown superstar signed autographs and took pictures at first before getting frustrated and turning people down.
It’s at this point the aforementioned incident occurred. TMZ reached out for Jericho for comment but had not heard back as of press time. You can watch footage of what happened embedded in the video above. Please be advised the language is NSFW.
Jericho, who has been away from WWE so he can fulfill obligations with his band Fozzy, made a surprise return to the company on the July 25, 2017 episode of SmackDown. He competed in a triple threat match against Kevin Owens and AJ Styles for the WWE United States Championship. Styles went over in the match.
All four Broken Universe-related trademarks that Global Force Wrestling filed for registration have been given an initial refusal by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), according to PWInsider.
The trademarks, originally filed by TNA Entertainment (prior to the name change/re-brand), were refused for a variety of reasons.
Matt Hardy filed the trademark for “Broken Matt Hardy” first, which the USPTO could see as confusingly similar. If GFW is going to get it, they’ll have to prove there is no conflict between the two. They’ll also need to indicate whether “Broken Matt” refers to a living person and if it does, Matt will have to sign off. Since Matt filed the trademark first, his application will hold precedence.
The trademark for “Brother Nero” was refused because Global Force Wrestling failed to indicate whether or not it was to identify a living person. If it does, they will need the consent of Jeff Hardy, whose legal middle name is Nero.
The trademark for “Broken Brilliance” was refused because GFW failed to specify whether or not the term has any significance in professional wrestling or if it is just a “term of art” in the wrestling business.
It’s likely the trademark for “Vanguard1” was refused because it is confusingly similar to a non wrestling-related trademark.
Further, all four trademarks also received initial refusal because the wordings used for identification and classification of goods and services in the initial filing were too broad. The USPTO requested additional clarification.
Matt Hardy posted another “fun fact” related to his gimmicks and GWF. Hardy noted that when he was known as “Iconic” or “Big Money” Matt Hardy – both were created in ROH – TNA/GFW had him use those gimmicks when he came to the company. GFW President, Ed Nordholm, was interviewed by Sports Illustrated earlier this week to talk about the Hardys and ownership of the “Broken” gimmick.
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Jon Jones called out Universal Champion Brock Lesnar at UFC 214 on Saturday night … and The Beast was quick to respond.
Jones regained the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship by defeating Daniel Cormier and during his post-match speech he looked into the camera and said, “Brock Lesnar, if you want to know what it feels like to get your ass kicked by a guy who weighs 40 pounds less than you, meet me in the octagon.”
As we previously reported, Brock recently re-entered the USADA testing pool and is considering a return to MMA after his WWE contract expires next year. UFC officials initially denied the report, but Dana White has now changed his tune and claims he doesn’t know Lesnar’s USADA status.
White also conceded that Jones’ wish wouldn’t be granted anytime soon, yet Jon remained serious about his call out during a post match press conference.
“We’re serious about it, and it would be great for the MMA world. It would bring more of the general public to mixed martial arts, and that’s what we need.”
