Category: WWE

WWE Tribute To the Troops Preview 12/14/16

WWE Tribute to the Troops airs tonight at 8PM ET on the USA Network from Washington, DC:

WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens and Rusev w/Lana vs. WWE United States Champion Roman Reigns and Big Cass

WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz w/Maryse vs. Apollo Crews

An appearance by WWE World Champion AJ Styles

#1 Contenders Match: Gallows & Anderson vs. Sheamus and Cesaro vs. The Golden Truth vs. The Shining Stars

Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Family vs. Dolph Ziggler and American Alpha

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann, TJ Perkins and Jack Gallagher vs. The Brian Kendrick, Tony Nese and Drew Gulak

Bayley vs. Dana Brooke

NXT Preview 12/14/16

The following is scheduled for tonight’s 12/14 NXT on WWE Network:

Action from Melbourne, Australia as Shinsuke Nakamura defends the NXT Championship in a steel cage against Samoa Joe

#1 Contenders Fatal 4-Way Qualifying Match: Eric Young vs Tye Dillinger

#1 Contenders Fatal 4-Way Qualifying Match: Oney Lorcan vs Bobby Roode

#1 Contenders Fatal 4-Way Qualifying Match: Andrade “Cien” Almas vs No Way José

#1 Contenders Fatal 4-Way Qualifying Match: Roderick Strong vs Elias Samson

Zack Ryder Injured On SmackDown Live

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The Hype Bros won a battle royal on last night’s SmackDown Live to become the new #1 contenders to SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Family. WWE announced that Zack Ryder suffered an injury to his left knee in the match. No word yet on the severity of the injury or what will happen to the #1 contendership but we’ll keep you updated.

WWE announced the following:

Breaking News: Zack Ryder suffers knee injuryOn the Dec. 13 episode of SmackDown LIVE, Zack Ryder suffered an injury to his left knee. The injury took place when Long Island Iced-Z attempted a Rough Ryder in the same contest in which The Hype Bros won a Tag Team No. 1 Contenders’ Battle Royal. This victory gave them the right to challenge SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Family.

After the match, Ryder was carried to the trainer’s room and is currently on crutches.

“We think he injured his kneecap or his patella. We think it popped out and then popped back in, so we’re just going to do an MRI to make sure that there is not cartilage damage or some tendon tearing, stuff like that,” according to WWE’s Dr. Chris Robinson. “Hopefully there’s not and it’ll be a shorter rehab period. If there is, there’s a different road we might have to go down that may take longer to get him to recover.”

Check back to WWE.com tomorrow for an update following Ryder’s MRI.

AJ Styles Removed From All Live Events Until After Christmas, Styles On Injury And If He’s Cleared

As noted, AJ Styles has not wrestled since sustaining an ankle injury at last week’s TLC pay-per-view. Styles’ ankle injury occurred when he took an over-the-top rope backdrop from Dean Ambrose during their match.

WWE was hoping that Styles would be able to return to action on last night’s SmackDown and defend the WWE Championship against James Ellsworth, however plans were changed. Styles ended up not wrestling on the show, and Dolph Ziggler defeated Dean Ambrose, Luke Harper and WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz in a Fatal 4 Way Elimination Match to become the new #1 contender for the WWE Championship. Ziggler will face Styles for the WWE Championship on the December 27th SmackDown from Chicago. The storyline reason given was that James Ellsworth was too sick to face Styles. WWE SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan noted on Talking Smack that Ellsworth will still get a WWE Championship opportunity in the future.

Styles has been removed from all upcoming SmackDown live events until the December 26th show at Madison Square Garden in New York. Styles is scheduled to defend the title against Ambrose and the returning John Cena in a triple threat match at the event.

Styles appeared on Talking Smack last night and dodged questions about if he was cleared to wrestle, but said that he “could go.”

“Health-wise I’m ready to rock, I was ready to go with Ellsworth tonight and then he got sick,” Styles said. “I’m ready to go… listen, I can go.”

Source: WrestlingINC

205 Live Preview 12/13/16

WWE 205 Live takes place tonight on WWE Network at 10PM ET. Due to the tapings of the Tribute to the Troops special airing Wednesday on USA Network that will take place prior to Smackdown Live tonight in Washington, DC, 205 Live was taped prior to last night’s RAW TV Tapings in Philadelphia, so it will not be a live broadcast this evening.

Scheduled for tonight:

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann vs. TJ Perkins in a Non-Title Match

Lince Dorado vs. Mustafa Ali

Jack Gallagher vs. Drew Gulak.

SmackDown Live Preview 12/13/16

WWE Week will feature Styles vs. Ellsworth in a WWE Championship Match

Battle Royal tonight to determine SmackDown Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders

Is Nikki out to get Natalya or Carmella?

Who will look to unseat The Miz?

Comedian Gabriel Iglesias to appear tonight on SmackDown Live

Source: WWE.com

Rock The Troops Special Tonight On Spike TV

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Military men and women are honored in this tribute concert hosted by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson airing tonight on Spike TV at 9/8C. The show was filmed on Oct. 22 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The show features Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Terry Crews, Matthew McConaughey  and retired Marine Rob Riggle, with music from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nick Jonas, Flo Rida and Tenacious D, featuring Black and partner Kyle Gass.

For more information on Rock The Troops visit http://www.spike.com/shows/rock-the-troops

Matt Hardy Invites Current And Former WWE Superstars To ‘Apocalypto’ Match This Thursday

TNA Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy tweeted the following invitations to RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day, SmackDown Tag Team Champions Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt, DX, Evolution, The Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection, Edge & Christian and legendary tag team The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express for Thursday’s “Apocalypto” match during the Total Nonstop Deletion edition of Impact Wrestling.

As noted, several tag teams are expected for the match but obviously no WWE talents will be appearing.

Source: WrestlingINC

Erick Rowan Posts New Teaser Video

Erick Rowan has posted another teaser video that shows him doing away with his old sheep mask and revealing a new one. Rowan posted this latest teaser to his own YouTube channel. Rowan has been out of action since late September with a torn rotator cuff.

Source: WrestlingINC

The New Day Makes History

Last night on WWE RAW, The New Day made history by becoming the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions. The record was previously held by Demolition They accomplished by winning 2 different Triple Threat Tag Team Title matches. First they defeated, Gallows & Anderson and Sheamus & Cesaro. In the main event they defeated, Kevin Owens & Chris Jericho and Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.

The New Day posted about their big night on Twitter: