Backstage News On Goldberg Vs. Brock Lesnar Rematch, Why Match Was So Short

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Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that Goldberg will definitely work with Brock Lesnar again in a rematch from last night’s Survivor Series pay-per-view, where Goldberg defeated Lesnar in an 86 second match. Meltzer noted that the deal was put together within the past week, and it was something that Lesnar and others pushed for. It was noted that Lesnar saw money in a Goldberg program and didn’t want to end it with one match, and Vince McMahon apparently saw that as well.

As for why the match was so short, Meltzer noted that it wasn’t because of Goldberg being hurt. He said the match was changed to get Goldberg over once he agreed to stay, and the decision was made to do a short match like his short WCW matches that got him over in the first place.

Up until last month, Goldberg had been treating the match as a one-time shot. When speaking to Booker T at the end of October on the Heated Conversations podcast, he noted that while it was a one-match contract, he would consider other opportunities in the business.

“I’m treating it as [a one-shot deal], man,” Goldberg told Booker T. “That’s what they offered. That’s what I accepted. If they wanted more, they would have offered more. So I took the offer when it came to a mutual decision, which I believe was mutually positive for everybody involved. Dude, I treat it was such. I have a one-match contract and I’m taking it like the last match of my career. And the minute after the match is over, I won’t bask in it. I’ll think about what’s next. If it’s anything else in the wrestling world, I’ll consider that. If not, hey, man, it’s not like I’ve been looking for something to do the last 12 years by any means.”

Source: WrestlingINC

Goldberg Inked Deal To Appear In Royal Rumble Match

There’s a reason Goldberg was made to look so dominant during his return tonight at the Survivor Series … Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned he recently agreed to appear in the upcoming Royal Rumble.

Sources tell us the 49-year-old made the deal this week that will see him participate in a Rumble match for the second time in his career. This year’s event is in January at the Alamodome.

For those who missed his return, Goldberg DOMINATED Brock Lesnar in a match that lasted only a few minutes — surprising the entire wrestling world.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

WWE Survivor Series Results 2016

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(Pre-Show) Tony Nese, Drew Gulak & Ariya Daivari vs Noam Dar, TJ Perkins & Rich Swann – Winners: Rich Swann, TJ Perkins & Noam Dar

(Pre-Show) Luke Harper vs Kane – Winner: Kane

5-on-5 Traditional Women’s Elimination Match: Team RAW (RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Nia Jax & Alicia Fox) vs Team SmackDown Live (Nikki Bella, SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Carmella & Naomi) – Nikki was attacked in the back, but she didn’t see who it was. Natalya took her place – Alicia eliminated Carmella, Alexa eliminated Alicia, Nia eliminated Naomi by count out, Natalya eliminated Sasha, Charlotte eliminated Natalya, Becky eliminated Nia by submission, Charlotte eliminated Alexa, Bayley eliminated Becky – Winners: Team RAW (Bayley & Charlotte)

Intercontinental Championship: (C) The Miz w/Maryse vs Sami Zayn – Maryse rang the ring bell, Zayn thought he won, Miz rolled Zayn up for the 3 count – Winner: The Miz

5-on-5 Traditional Tag Team Elimination Match: Team RAW (RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day, Sheamus & Cesaro, Enzo Amore & Big Cass, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson and The Shining Stars) vs Team SmackDown Live (SmackDown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno, The Hype Bros, American Alpha, The Usos and Breezango) – Kofi quickly eliminated Breezango, then Jey Uso quickly eliminated The New Day, Gallows eliminated The Hype Bros, The Shining Stars eliminated by Jason Jordan, Anderson eliminated American Alpha, Rhyno eliminated Gallows & Anderson, Enzo eliminated Slater & Rhyno, Jimmy Uso eliminated Enzo & Big Cass, Cesaro eliminated The Usos by submission – Winners: Team RAW ( Sheamus & Cesaro)

Mick Foley & Stephanie McMahon awarded Sheamus & Cesaro a Tag Team Title match for tomorrow night’s RAW

WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Brian Kendrick vs Kalisto (If Kalisto wins, the division comes to SmackDown) – Baron Cobin came in and hit Kendrick, then laid out Kalisto with End of Days – Winner: Brian Kendrick by DQ – RAW retains Cruiserweight Division

5-on-5 Traditional Men’s Elimination Match: Team RAW (WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, United States Champion Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman & Seth Rollins) vs Team SmackDown Live (WWE World Champion AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton & Shane McMahon) – Strowman eliminated Ambrose, Shane eliminated Strowman by count out, James Ellsworth hiding under ring held Strowman’s leg, Strowman chased Ellsworth up ramp and tossed him off stage through a table, Owens hit Styles with list of Jericho and was eliminated due to DQ, Orton eliminated Jericho, Reigns hit Shane with a spear as Shane came off top rope with a Coast 2 Coast, Shane eliminated by referee decision, Ambrose came out and attacked Styles, security tried to get Ambrose out, Reigns & Rollins took out the security, The Sheild powerbombed Styles through a table, Rollins eliminated Styles, Luke Harper came out & The Wyatt Family surrounded Reigns & Rollins and attacked, Orton hit a RKO out of nowhere on Rollins, Wyatt eliminated Rollins, Orton shoved Wyatt out of the way, took spear from Reigns, Wyatt eliminated Reigns – Winners: Team SmackDown Live (Bray Wyatt & Randy Orton)

Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman – Goldberg destoyed Lesnar quickly, hit 2 spears then the Jackhammer – Winner: Goldberg 

Goldberg brings his son into the ring to celebrate

Yana Kunitskaya upsets Tonya Evinger at InvictaFC20 but not without controversy

Many MMA fans were left speechless Friday night (November 18th,2016) as a relatively unknown Yana Kunitskaya submitted Tonya Evinger in the first round of the main event of InvictaFC20

Prior to this bout Evinger had been on a 10 fight winning streak, she hadn’t lost in five years and was invicta’s longest reigning Batemweight  champion.

So to say Kunitskaya  win was an upset would be the understatement of the century. 

Kuntitskaya stopped the former champion via standing armbar in the very first round. The win though is laced with controversy and here’s why.

While in the submission Evinger proceeded to step on Kuitskaya’s face in attempt to break free from the submission. Although not an illegal move referee Mike England made Evinger switch positions despite the fact that she was actively defending. 
The feeling is that once  Evinger was forced to switch positions this gave Kunitskaya the leverage she needed to cinch in the submission leaving Evinger no choice but to tap.

Evinger’s manager Jerod David Phillips and head coach Aaron Pena both stated that they will be challenging the referee’s call in hopes that Evinger will get an immediate rematch. It should be noted that Evinger used the very same technique in 2013 against Sarah D’alelio and it was never stopped.

Earlier in the night Mike England was criticized of making a bad call by stopping the fury in the Alexa Conners vs Stephanie Eggers fight to reset the mouthpiece of Eggers. Typically things like that should be done when action is at a stand still. Although Conners walked away with the split decision win, it’s believed she would’ve got the TKO victory had it not been for the mishap.

Regardless of what you feel about the main event though one thing is for sure. We have a new Batemweight champion in invicta and her name is Yana Kunitskaya.

Let us here your thoughts. Was Kunitskaya’s win a fluke? Should Evinger get an  immediate rematch? Was it just a bad call by the referee or was everything justified. Weigh in on the comment section below.

NXT TakeOver: Toronto Results 11/19/16

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Bobby Roode vs Tye Dillinger – Winner: Bobby Roode

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Finals: The Authors of Pain (w/Paul Ellering locked in cage hanging above ring)  vs TM61 – Winners: The Authors of Pain

NXT Tag Team Championship – 2 of 3 Falls: (C) The Revival vs #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) – Winners of 3rd fall by submission and new NXT Tag Team Championions #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)

NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Asuka vs Mickie James – Winner: Asuka

NXT Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura vs Samoa Joe – Winner and new NXT Champion Samoa Joe

WWE Announces New Model For Their 4 Annual Major Events

Source: ESPN.com

The WWE is set to roll out a new business model around its four annual major events.

Beginning with WrestleMania 33 in April of next year, the organization will bring all their other franchises into that same city, with shows from those brands surrounding the main event.

For example, NXT, Raw and Smackdown Live will bookend WrestleMania in Orlando, SummerSlam in Brooklyn, New York, in August, Survivor Series in Houston in November and a yet-to-be-determined location for Royal Rumble (January 2018).

Fans will be able to purchase a complete package that gets them access the main events and the three other shows.

The WWE has already sold out all the travel packages, ranging from $950 to $5,900 a person for WrestleMania 33. The deal includes a ticket to NXT on April 1, WrestleMania on April 2, Monday Night Raw on April 3 and Smackdown Live on April 4. WrestleMania will take place at the Citrus Bowl while the other three will be at Orlando’s Amway Center. The deal also includes a ticket to the WWE Hall of Fame Induction that Friday, transportation to and from the arena and at least a three-night hotel stay.

The higher-end package also includes a reception with WWE superstars and a visit to the organization’s state-of-the-art performance center.

Individual tickets for WrestleMania go on sale on Nov. 18, while individual tickets for the surrounding events will go on sale at a later date.

Having all the events in one venue helps to streamline ticket sales with so many fans coming from out of town. People in all 50 states and 35 countries attended WrestleMania 32. The idea also helps to pare down costs; the set doesn’t have to be broken down from night to night to move to a new venue.

The decision to surround the WWE’s four tentpole events with shows from the other brand extensions wasn’t made in a vacuum. The WWE tested the concept in Brooklyn at Barclays Center last year, when it surrounded SummerSlam 2015 with sellouts for NXT and Raw. In April this year, the WWE sold out WrestleMania 32, NXT, Raw and the Hall of Fame, all of which took place in Dallas.

The news comes ahead of this weekend’s sold-out Survivor Series in Toronto, which also includes a sold-out Raw and a nearly sold-out NXT show. The 2017 Survivor Series will take place in Houston at the Toyota Center on Nov. 19, 2017. All four events on that weekend will be hosted at that venue.

 

Rock ‘N’ Roll Express Appearing In TNA’s Tag Team Apocalypto With Broken Matt Hardy

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Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

TNA Wrestling‘s upcoming Tag Team Apocalypto at the Hardy Compound has partly been filmed … and sources tell us legendary tag team The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express are one of the teams involved.

Pro Wrestling Sheet has learned Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson recorded a few segments during the shoot, which PWS  was told has so far been the craziest one Broken Matt has done yet.

According to reports, nearly a dozen teams are participating in the special which airs next month. Our sources say it was a closed set, so not much else will be known until teasers start getting released.

We’re just praying the Bucks of Youth make an appearance in the Lake of Resurrection.

WWE Survivor Series 11/20/16

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2016 WWE Survivor Series – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Special start time 7 PM ET/4 PM PT

Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman

5-on-5 Traditional Men’s Elimination Match: Team RAW (WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, United States Champion Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman & Seth Rollins) vs Team SmackDown Live (WWE World Champion AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton & Shane McMahon)

5-on-5 Traditional Women’s Elimination Match: Team RAW (RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Nia Jax & Alicia Fox) vs Team SmackDown Live (Nikki Bella, SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Carmella & Naomi)

5-on-5 Traditional Tag Team Elimination Match: Team RAW (RAW Tag Team Champions The New Day, Sheamus & Cesaro, Enzo Amore & Big Cass, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson and The Shining Stars) vs Team SmackDown Live (SmackDown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno, The Hype Bros, American Alpha, The Usos and Breezango)

Intercontinental Championship: (C) The Miz w/Maryse vs Sami Zayn

WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Brian Kendrick vs Kalisto (If Kalisto wins, the division comes to SmackDown)

(Pre-Show) Tony Nese, Drew Gulak & Ariya Daivari vs Noam Dar, TJ Perkins & Rich Swann

(Pre-Show) Luke Harper vs Kane

NXT TakeOver: Toronto 11/19/16

NXT Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura vs Samoa Joe

NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Asuka vs Mickie James

NXT Tag Team Championship – 2 of 3 Falls: (C) The Revival vs #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Finals: The Authors of Pain vs TM61

Bobby Roode vs Tye Dillinger

AJ Styles On If It’s Been Hard Transitioning To The WWE Style, If He Is More Comfortable As A Heel, The Club Being Split Up

NBC Sports interviewed AJ Styles, who was promoting this Sunday’s Survivor Series pay-per-view. Below are a couple of highlights:

Transitioning to the WWE style:

“It’s been easy. Every guy that I’ve worked here in the WWE has been great. I think they understand that it’s not about them, it’s not about me, it’s about the match and about making sure that people enjoy what they’re seeing because if we work together and put on a good product, we’ll keep those fans.”

If he is more comfortable as a heel:

“Absolutely. Regardless of whether John Cena gets booed, or whatever it is, he’s still the ultimate babyface. He’s still a huge piece in this giant puzzle that is the WWE. So for me to be the heel against John Cena was perfect for AJ Styles.

“It was perfect for what I needed to do,” Styles continued. “It was easier because I think everyone that’s been a great babyface, aside from John Cena, has been a heel at one point. I think being a better heel, a better bad guy, makes you a better babyface in the long run.”

The Club being split up:

“I was … ah … I was shocked,” Styles said when asked about the moment in the clip above. “Um, I knew that we were coming out with Club shirts and stuff like that, so I just assumed that we were going to be together.”

“We’re more than friends. Those guys are more like my family. I spent two years with them in Japan and we came together to the WWE, so it was a big shocker that we got broke up. You know, it’s just ah … really hard to explain, you know? These are the guys I ride with when we’re on the road. So, for the first time in I guess two years, we’re not on the same shows anymore. In fact, I don’t see them at all. Honestly, I literally just got done talking to them on the phone, that’s how close we still are.”

“It was something that happened that we’ve grown from. I mean they’re doing great on Raw. I’m doing great on SmackDown,” Styles beamed. “Now we look forward to those four Pay-Per-Views a year that we get to hang out and act like goofballs together.”

Styles also discussed the WWE schedule not being hard for him and more. You can read the full interview by clicking here.

Source: WrestlingINC