WWE Hall of Famer Lita returned to in-ring action at Friday night’s MCW event. She teamed with The Bruiser and The Hell Cats to defeat Andy Vineberg, MCW Champion Sean Studd, Rayo & Jeremiah in an eight-person tag team match. Zalaphoto Wrestling Photography posted the video of the match, which includes Lita addressing the crowd at the start of the show.
Source: WrestlingINC
Brian Fritz of The Sporting News reports that Spike TV, which is being rebranded as The Paramount Network in early 2018, is not bringing Impact Wrestling back to the Network despite Impact Wrestling recently securing a U.K. television deal with Spike U.K. This follows a report from Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet that stated that Spike Senior Vice President and Executive Producer Scott Fishman met with Jeff Jarrett before Sunday’s Impact Wrestling taping “about various topics, including a U.S. return.”
Fritz (@BrianFritz) tweeted this statement from Spike:
Spike statement: Spike TV officials confirm that Scott Fishman was there for personal reasons — and is not negotiating any deals. That statement from @Spike was issued by David Schwarz, Vice President of CommunicationsJason Powell of @prowrestlingnet has reported for months that Fishman has been backstage at various @IMPACTWRESTLING tapings. However, each time he was there visiting friends and not working on any business deals. Fishman lives in the Central Florida area. Of course, @IMPACTWRESTLING tapes their shows at Universal Studios, also in central FL so it’s not far from where Fishman lives. Fishman has plenty of friends with @IMPACTWRESTLING considering that the promotion aired on @spike for over nine years.
So, despite making a deal with Spike in the UK, they are not negotiating a return in the US. Impact’s current television deal with @PopTV expires late in 2017.
Satin replied to Fritz on Twitter and noted that his report never stated that there were negotiations, and that a return to Spike for Impact Wrestling was discussed.
Source: WrestlingINC
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Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg at WrestleMania 33 for the WWE Universal Title is now official after Goldberg defeated Kevin Owens for the gold at WWE Fastlane last night.
Below is WWE’s official preview for the match:
As if the long-awaited mega rematch between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33 wasn’t already big enough, the stakes have been heightened following Goldberg’s triumph at WWE Fastlane.Now, The Beast Incarnate is out for not only redemption on Sunday, April 2, but also Goldberg’s newly won Universal Championship.
Despite his world-beater bona fides, The Conqueror has never defeated his decorated opponent. Indeed, Goldberg has had Lesnar’s number since the first time they locked horns, at WrestleMania XX. After more than a decade away from WWE, Goldberg returned last fall and destroyed Lesnar in shocking fashion at Survivor Series, thrashing The Conqueror in one minute and 26 seconds.
Lesnar’s advocate, Paul Heyman, chalked up the loss to The Beast taking Goldberg too lightly and nothing more. Yet at Royal Rumble, Goldberg enjoyed the upper hand again, eliminating Lesnar from the event’s eponymous 30-Superstar brawl.
No one else has thrived against Lesnar the way Goldberg has. Lesnar, a four-time WWE Champion, has carved out a career of destruction. Among his many accomplishments since returning to WWE in 2012, Lesnar ended The Undertaker’s once unbreakable WrestleMania Streak, demolished John Cena and bludgeoned Randy Orton to the point of referee stoppage.
Goldberg, however, has proven to be an unbeatable foe, so far.
Will Lesnar’s luck change when he battles Goldberg for Raw’s top championship, at WWE’s biggest event of the year, no less? Or can Goldberg further cement his incredible legacy, putting an exclamation point on his career with another victory against The Beast?
Find out which iconic behemoth comes out on top when Universal Champion Goldberg meets Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33 on Sunday, April 2, live on the award-winning WWE Network.
Source: WrestlingINC
Despite signing with ROH, Matt Hardy is still teasing returning to WWE. Hardy tweeted the following after Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defended their RAW tag team titles at Fastlane tonight:
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WrestlingINC reports that there were a couple of issues with Konnan at this past Friday’s Impact Wrestling taping. He had showed up for the show late and had an altercation with a fan. Konnan later went off on officials. It was considered to be one of those “in the heat of the moments” by many, but Impact Wrestling officials emphasized he “can’t treat talent like he does in Mexico.”
Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that the identity of the wrestler donning the Suicide costume at Impact Wrestling’s recent TV taping was Caleb Konley.
Konley signed with Impact Wrestling back in April of 2016.
Wrestlers who’ve previously worn the costume include TJ Perkins, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian.
(Kickoff Match) Rich Swann & Akira Tozawa vs The Brian Kendrick & Noam Dar – Winners: Akira Tozawa & Rich Swann
Sami Zayn vs Samoa Joe – Winner: Samoa Joe
RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) Gallows & Anderson vs Enzo Amore & Big Cass – Winners: Gallows & Anderson
Sasha Banks vs Nia Jax – Winner: Sasha Banks
Jinder Mahal came out to the ring. Rusev is out next with Lana. (Rusev has a new short haircut) They argue in the ring about who’s wrestling the first match. They start brawling. Rusev sends Jinder to the floor. Jinder sends Rusev into the ring post. Jinder knocks Rusev over the barrier and goes back into the ring. Out comes Cesaro.
Cesaro vs Jinder Mahal – Winner: Cesaro After the match, Rusev assaulted Mahal, Big Show came out.
Big Show vs Rusev – Big Show hit Rusev with 3 choke slams and a knockout punch – Winner: Big Show
WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Neville vs Jack Gallagher – Winner: Neville
The New Day came out with a ice cream bicycle cart. Xavier Woods says they’re riding the bike all the way down the road to being the hosts at WrestleMania.
Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman – Winner: Roman Reigns
RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Bayley vs Charlotte Flair – Winner: Bayley
WWE Universal Championship: (C) Kevin Owens vs Goldberg – After a lot of stalling by Owens, Chris Jericho’s music hit and Jericho appeared then the bell rang. Goldberg hit the Spear and Jackhammer for the win – Winner and new WWE Universal Champion: Goldberg
As noted, the Hardys appeared at ROH Manhattan Mayhem VI last night and defeated The Young Bucks to win the ROH tag team titles. They cut a promo after the match and said that they have signed with the company.
During their promo they listed several ROH dates which are all before WrestleMania 33, which led many to believe that they signed a short-term deal with ROH until WrestleMania. Dave Meltzer stated on Wrestling Observer Radio that word is that it is a long-term deal and they are signed with ROH for the near future, although the exact length of the deal is not known.
“They’re not going to WWE anytime soon. I do not know the length of the [ROH] deal, but it’s not a two month deal,” Meltzer said. “They’re there [in ROH].”
It was noted that a big part of the Hardys signing with ROH was creative control, and that they can work independent dates. The Hardys are also once again taking independent dates. They had recently stopped taking any indie dates because they felt that they might have not been able to fulfill them if they signed with WWE.
Source: WrestlingINC
Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned a high ranking executive from Spike met with Jeff Jarrett today … and their new deal in the UK wasn’t the only thing they discussed.
Sources say Scott Fishman — Senior Vice President and Executive Producer at the network — was present before Impact’s taping today and met with JJ about various topics, including a U.S. return.
According to a press release from when he was promoted to SVP in 2012, Fishman was “instrumental in developing” Impact Wrestling in the early days of the show.
As we previously reported, the company’s weekly TV show will return to Spike in the UK starting in April. We’re told lots of promos for that were shot over the weekend.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Last night, Ring of Honor’s Manhattan Mayhem VI took place and Bubba Ray Dudley showed up to help Bobby Fish fight off Adam Cole and the rest of the Bullet Club. Here’s a video of his appearance, he also took a picture with The Hardys.
Here are the full results from last night’s show:
* Sumi Sakai def. Jenny Rose & Mandy Leone
* Josh Woods def. Brian Milonas (Top Prospect Tournament Match)
* John Skyler def. Curt Stallion (Top Prospect Tournament Match)
* Christopher Daniels def. TK O’Ryan
* Dalton Castle def. Colt Cabana
* Marty Scurll (c) def. Sonjay Dutt (TV Title Match)
* Dragon Lee def. Will Ospreay
* The Young Bucks (c) def. Lio Rush & Jay White (Tag Title Match – Post match, Hardys appeared and challenged The Young Bucks to a match)
* The Hardys defeated The Young Bucks (c) (Tag Title Match)
* ROH Manhattan Battle Royal: Matt Taven won a future ROH title shot
* Hangman Page & Kazarian & Cody Rhodes defeated Jay Lethal & The Briscoes
* Adam Cole (c) defeated Bobby Fish (ROH Title Match – Post match, Bullet Club went after Fish and Bubba Ray Dudley hit the ring to make the save. Bubba talked about “being home,” that he had an offer from Impact Wrestling and from ROH, as well.)
