“Y2J” Chris Jericho made his return to RAW last night, interrupting The New Day. Jericho said he was here to save WWE again and announced that he is entering the 2016 Royal Rumble Match.
Major Royal Rumble Announcement Made On RAW (video)
After Roman Reigns successfully defended his WWE World Heavyweight Title last night on RAW against Sheamus, Vince McMahon announced that Reigns will defend his title at the royal rumble pay-per-view against 29 other men in the Royal Rumble Match.
DEVELOPING: AJ Styles, Other Big Names Sign With WWE
Source: F4WOnline
WWE has reportedly signed New Japan Pro Wrestling stars AJ Styles, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson and current IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, according to F4WOnline. We first exclusively reported in early December that WWE was interested in signing Nakamura. The group reportedly informed NJPW booker Gedo that they were finishing up before WrestleKingdom 10 this morning.
No word yet on when the four will begin work with WWE but Nakamura apparently is not leaving early as he will most likely drop his title before leaving.
F4W added that Anderson was reportedly also in talks with TNA and close to signing but the WWE deal came through instead. Anderson, Gallows and Nakamura are expected to honor their Ring of Honor dates for February and AJ is likely done with ROH going forward.
We’ll have more on this story later.
RAW Preview: 1/4/16
WWE World Heavyweight Championship – With Special Guest Referee Vince McMahon: (C) Roman Reigns VS Sheamus
Does another U.S. Title opportunity await John Cena?
Which Superstars will join Big Show and Curtis Axel in declaring their participation in the 2016 Royal Rumble Match?
What new pursuits await Tyler Breeze and Summer Rae following their announcement on SmakcDown that they’re going their separate ways?
No respect for The New Day?
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 Results
New Japan Rumble: Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Fujiwara, Tiger Mask, Cheeseburger, Hiro Saito, YOSHI-HASHI, Mascara Dorado, Captain New Japan, Manuba Nakanishi, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shiro Koshinaka, King Haku, The Great Kabuki, The Gracie Hunter, Kazushi Sakuraba, Jado – Winner: Jado: What really stands out about this match was that Haku appeared in the match representing the Bullet Club and the legendary Great Kabuki was in the match.
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: (C) reDRagon VS Matt Sydal & Ricochet VS Roppongi Vice VS Bullet Club/The Young Bucks w/Cody Hall – Winners and new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team champions The Young Bucks
NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Toma Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi) VS Toru Yano & The Briscoes – Winners and new NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team champions Toru Yano & The Briscoes
ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Lethal w/Truth Martini VS Michael Elgin – Winner: Jay Lethal
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kenny Omega w/The Young Bucks VS KUSHIDA – Winner and new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA
IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) w/”Bullet Babe” Amber Gallows VS GBH (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) – Winners and new IWGP Tag Team Champions GBH
Hirooki Goto w/Captain New Japan VS Tetsuyta Naito w/Los Ingobernables – Winner: Hirooki Goto
NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii VS Katsuyori Shibata – Winner and new NEVER Openweight Champion Katsuyori Shibata
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura VS AJ Styles – Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada VS Hiroshi Tanahashi – Winner: Kazuchika Okada
The Wrestling Breakdown Podcast From 1/2/16
If you missed The Wrestling Breakdown Podcast with Ed & Vanessa you can check it out here:
http://www.spreaker.com/user/edbostonpodcast/wrestling-breakdown-1-impact-wrestling-l
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 Card 1/4/16
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 10 live from the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2016 at 3am ET on NJPWWorld.com.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada VS Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura VS AJ Styles
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kenny Omega VS KUSHIDA
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: (C) reDRagon VS Matt Sydal & Ricochet (aka Prince Puma in Lucha Underground) VS RPG Vice VS The Young Bucks
ROH World Championship: (C) Jay Lethal VS Michael Elgin
IWGP Tag Team Championship: (C) Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) VS GBH (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma)
NEVER Openweight Championship: (C) Tomohiro Ishii VS Katsuyorin Shibata
(Newly created Title) NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi) VS Toru Yano & The Briscoes
Hirooki Goto VS Tetsuyta Naito
New Japan Rumble: Jushin “Thunder” Liger VS Hiroyoshi Tenzan VS Jado VS Manabu Nakanishi VS Ryusuke Taguchi VS Satoshi Kojima VS Tiger Mask VS Yuji Nagata
UFC 195: Lawler VS Condit 1/2/16
UFC 195: Lawler VS Condit Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Main Card PPV 10PM ET
Welterweight Title Fight: (C) Robbie Lawler VS #4 Carlos Condit
Miocic VS Arlovski
Larkin VS Tumenov
Brandao VS Ortega
Trujillo VS Sims
FS1 Prelims 8PM ET
McDonald VS Kanehara
Noke VS Morono
Kish VS Ansaroff
Holtzman VS Dober
UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims 6:30PM ET
Poirier VS Duffy
Soto VS Tanaka
Westcott VS Garcia
For more information on the event visit http://www.ufc.com
NXT Preview: 12/30/15 Part 1 Year-In-Review
Tonight’s NXT on the WWE Network will be part 1 of a special year-in-review show with Corey Graves and Rich Brennan.
Sin Cara Dislocated His Shoulder On RAW
Last night on RAW, Sin Cara suffered a dislocated shoulder during his match with Big E. WWE doctor Chris Robinson confirmed the injury to WWE.com and noted that the shoulder was popped back into place, outside of the ring, so Sin Cara could continue the match.
Sin Cara tweeted the following to a fan:
