The following is set for tonight’s 3/16 episode of Impact Wrestling on Pop TV:
Alberto El Patron’s reaction to relinquishing the World Heavyweight Title
Brandi Rhodes vs. Kayci Quinn
X-Division Championship: (C) Trevor Lee vs. Andrew Everett vs. Braxton Sutter vs. Suicide
The Return of LAX
Rusev underwent shoulder surgery on March 9th. Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that he is scheduled to be out of action for around two months, which means he will miss WrestleMania 33 in Orlando.
It appears Rusev was injured before his March 5th WWE Fastlane loss to Big Show as he’s needed the surgery for some time. The surgery is why he lost to Big Show and why the team with Jinder Mahal was quickly ended. Rusev’s absence may lead to more ring time for Lana as his injury is why she was sent back to WWE NXT and the WWE Performance Center last week.
Source: WrestlingINC
The “Loser Leaves WWE NXT” match between Elias Samson and Kassius Ohno appears to be on for next Wednesday’s episode. Below is video of Dasha Fuentes interviewing Ohno after his loss to NXT Champion Bobby Roode tonight. Ohno is talking about how he didn’t anticipate starting out his return with a disappointing loss when Samson appears singing a song to taunt Ohno. Ohno says Samson needs an ass kicking but Samson doesn’t believe Ohno belongs in NXT. This leads to Ohno challenging Samson to the match for next week.
Source: WrestlingINC
Erick Rowan has been cleared to return to the ring from his torn rotator cuff. PWInsider notes that Rowan was backstage for last night’s WWE SmackDown but obviously was not used.
Source: WrestlingINC
NXT Championship: (C) Bobby Roode vs. Kassius Ohno
Tye Dillinger, No Way Jose and Roderick Strong vs. SAnitY
The Authors of Pain vs. The Ealy Twins
Jeff Hardy spoke with SE Scoops for a new interview. Some highlights are below:
On reports that he and Matt have signed short-term deals with Ring of Honor: “We do, it’s a short term deal and it’s cool because we can still work the indies like we’ve been doing. We’ve really had a good time on the independent circuit. We sell a lot of merchandise and take a lot of pictures with fans. It’s great to be your own boss and being able to do TV with Ring of Honor as well.”
On a possible WWE return: “I would love to introduce the Broken Universe to WWE eventually. I think it would be huge. As far as character driven or just a fresh vibe in in the pro wrestling world, yeah I think eventually I’m sure I’m going to jump back into the solo dimension and I’d love to be the world champion again. In my career in WWE, if it works out, the whole Hall of Fame and all that stuff. It started there and I’d like to end there. For now, I’m just having a blast doing the indies and I love the Broken Universe stuff with Matt, I think it’s the best thing he’s ever done. It’s just hard to keep a straight face around him at times, but he can be serious and make sense in a weird way, it’s just so fun. I hope it lasts as long as it can.”
Source: 411Mania
Tonight’s 205 Live will take place from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA as the Road to WrestleMania 33 continues.
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA as the Road to WrestleMania 33 continues.
Controversy surrounded the end of the Impact Wrestling World Title Match between Alberto El Patron and Bobby Lashley. After a pair of referee bumps, El Patron hit Lashley in the head with the World title belt and got the pin. As both referees were recovering, one seemingly saw the belt shot while the other counted the pin for El Patron. After the match, Bruce Prichard confronted Alberto El Patron about how he won the match and said he shouldn’t be the champion.
Today, Impact Wrestling posted the video above showing a meeting between Alberto El Patron and members of Impact Wrestling about what happened. Alberto was told by Prichard, “Due to the way that you won the championship…let’s just cut to the chase, we’re asking you to relinquish the championship back to Bobby Lashley.”
Laughing at the proposition, Alberto said “You guys have to be kidding” and Prichard responded, “It’s the right thing to do, let me ask you a question, how would your Dad feel about this?”
Alberto quickly rose from his chair in anger, but after calming down, he said he would give the title back to Bobby Lashley if he could get a rematch. He was told that request would be up to Lashley and he would have to ask him first. Alberto said he wouldn’t ask, but “demand” another match and stormed out of the room, leaving the title on the table.
Impact Wrestling airs on Pop TV on Thursdays at 8pm EST.
Source: WrestlingINC
WWE Cruiserweight Cedric Alexander reportedly injured his right knee, according to James McKenna of Pro Wrestling Sheet. Doctors have reportedly said that Alexander will be out of action for 3-5 months. His last match was a six-person tag match on 205 Live on February 28th.
Source: WrestlingINC
