The Hardys appeared at last night’s ROH show and defeated The Young Bucks to win the ROH tag team championship.
After the match the Hardys said that although people are wondering if they signed with Meekmahan, they “exist in the plane known as ROH.” They are with ROH until at least Supercard of Honor
Source: WrestlingINC
Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – March, 5, 2017
WWE Universal Championship: (C) Kevin Owens vs Goldberg
Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman
RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Bayley vs Charlotte Flair
Sami Zayn vs Samoa Joe
WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Neville vs Jack Gallagher
RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) Gallows & Anderson vs Enzo Amore & Big Cass
Sasha Banks vs Nia Jax
(Kickoff Match) Rich Swann & Akira Tozawa vs The Brian Kendrick & Noam Dar
UFC 209
Woodley vs. Thompson 2
Date: March 4, 2017
Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Main Card (10 pm ET on Pay-Per-View)
Prelims (8 pm ET on FS1)
Prelims (6:30 pm ET on UFC Fight Pass)
WWE announced the following:
The whirlwind struggle to determine WWE Champion Bray Wyatt’s No. 1 contender at WrestleMania will reach new heights this Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE when Randy Orton battles AJ Styles one-on-one.
For a brief moment last Tuesday, it seemed as if the ongoing controversy surrounding the WWE Title had finally been settled. Styles overcame Luke Harper in an extremely hard-fought match and seemingly established himself as The New Face of Fear’s Show of Shows’ challenger. But that assumption literally went up in smoke when 2017 Royal Rumble Match winner Randy Orton —who had previously stated that he would not challenge Wyatt as long as he was the master and Orton the servant — suddenly declared that he was coming for the WWE Title at The Showcase of The Immortals before burning The Wyatt Family Compound to the ground!
But who ultimately has the right to challenge Bray Wyatt: the Superstar who won the Royal Rumble Match or the Superstar who won the honor after Orton refused it?
To answer that question, Commissioner Shane McMahon and General Manager Daniel Bryan reviewed all that happened this past week and have determined that The Viper and “The Face that Runs the Place” must go head-to-head this Tuesday at 8/7 C on USA Network to finally establish who will take on The New Face of Fear on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
Ex-WWE star Alberto El Patron is officially locked down to a deal with Impact Wrestling … and he made a big splash during his debut at Thursday night’s TV taping.
Sources tell us the two sides recently finalized a deal and, although the terms are still unknown, we imagine it’s similar to what Broken Matt and Jeff Hardy recently turned down.
Alberto made his first Impact appearance by coming face-to-face with Impact Wrestling World Champion Bobby Lashley during an in-ring segment. Plus, his WWE Superstar fiancee Paige was backstage as well.
Hiring the man formerly known as Alberto Del Rio is interesting, since the past few months have been tumultuous for him. He’s been involved in incidents like getting stabbed outside of a restaurant, being arrested in Austria over a bar fight and beating up a guy dressed as a Ninja Turtle.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Something to Wrestle host Bruce Prichard made his anticipated return to Impact Wrestling at their TV tapings on Thursday … and he informed the crowd that the name TNA is dead.
Prichard had inked a deal with Impact for both an on-air and backstage role, which began with last night’s appearance.
According to those in attendance … Bruce said Impact had hope a few years ago, but TNA as a name is now dead, so the company will only be known as Impact Wrestling going forward.
For everyone asking, his podcast isn’t going anywhere — he’s already let that be known.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
The following is scheduled for tonight’s 3/2 Impact:
Knockout Championship -Last Knockout Standing Match: (C) Rosemary vs Jade
World Championship: (C) Lashley vs Josh Barnett
Impact Grand Championship: (C) Drew Galloway vs Moose
Moose and Cody: Was a line crossed?
X-Division Championship: (C) Trevor Lee vs Andrew Everett
What’s next for Laurel Van Ness?
Former UFC female bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, below are some pictures of her filming her role for the NBC drama “Blindspot.” The episode featuring Rousey is expected to air during season two and be episode 20 in the series, which airs Wednesday nights.
Impact Wrestling issued the following today:
IMPACT Wrestling Announces New UK TV Deal with Spike UK
TORONTO | LONDON – Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. announced today a new broadcast deal for IMPACT Wrestling to be televised exclusively on Spike UK, making its flagship weekly show available throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
From Spring 2017, IMPACT Wrestling, TNA pay-per-views, including One Night Only specials will be available on Spike UK, and TNA Xplosion exclusive to My5, which is part of the Channel 5 stable available on Sky TV (160), Freeview (31), Freesat (141), Virgin Media (154) and other DTT platforms.
New episodes of IMPACT Wrestling will premiere on Friday nights, quenching the appetite of U.K. fans to view IMPACT Wrestling within hours of the US premiere broadcast.
“Since our acquisition of IMPACT Wrestling, growing the brand in the UK has been one of our most important initiatives,” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Spike UK to fill this important spot in their programme schedule and look forward to rebuilding our presence in the UK market. As one of the hottest wrestling scenes in the world right now, we look forward to taking an active role in the market, both on television and with live events.”
Anna-Belen Dunlop and Kris Graham, Acquisitions and Channel Managers of Spike UK, added: “We are excited that Spike will be the new exclusive home of IMPACT Wrestling in the UK With Anthem’s new leadership and founder Jeff Jarrett back, this is a watershed moment for the franchise, which is a perfect fit for our Spike audience.”
For more information, please visit www.impactwrestling.com/ and www.spiketv.co.uk.
As noted, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Drew Galloway, Maria Kanellis, Mike Bennett, Reby Hardy and Jade are no longer with TNA. Mike Johnson of PWInsider reports that there could be more departures coming as there have been several other talents who have been asked about locking themselves into new deals. They are looking for talents that are going to commit to them, and are willing to part company with those who won’t. Some of the talent that are already locked into deals with TNA include World Champion Bobby Lashley, Moose, EC3, Eddie Edwards, Davey Richards and Eli Drake.
Source: WrestlingINC
