WWE Bringing Back Elimination Chamber PPV This Month, Title Matches Confirmed For Elimination Chamber

Last night on RAW, WWE announced they are bringing back the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. It will be available exclusively on the WWE Network. It will take place on May 31st at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

PWInsider reports that the decision to bring back the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view was made within the last few days. Talents backstage at RAW were surprised to hear the announcement.

One of the reasons WWE did away with the Elimination Chamber was due to the lack of arenas that would allow the setup of the Chamber when renovations to older arenas made it impossible for them to handle the structure.

WWE is running a live event that same night May 31st in Greenville, SC. John Cena, King Barrett and Rusev are advertised for that event but the card is subject to change. The event starts at 1pm EST so technically they could get some of the top Superstars to Texas for the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event.

WWE has confirmed that the newly vacated Intercontinental Title and the WWE Tag Team Titles will be decided inside the Elimination Chamber.

WWE also has confirmed that the WWE World Heavyweight Title and the United States Title will be defended at Elimination Chamber but not inside the Chamber.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Daniel Bryan Relinquished The WWE Intercontinental Title

Last night on RAW, Daniel Bryan came to the ring thanked the fans and relinquished the WWE Intercontinental Championship due to his ongoing health issues. Bryan said the title deserves to be defended and he is unable to do so.

Bryan said he spent the last two weeks in and out of doctors offices and he requested to come out on RAW to address the fans and to relinquish the title. Bryan said he had a MRI last week and the doctors don’t know how long he will be out of action – it could be weeks, months or he may never be able to wrestle again.

 

More On Bully Ray’s One-Off TNA Return, Destination America Unhappy With TNA

Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer appeared on last night’s Live Audio Wrestling to talk about current issues in TNA. As noted earlier Bully Ray’s return was apparently a one-off deal. Meltzer noted that any long-term return hinges on TNA being able to give Bully a good financial deal which the company may not be in position to do right now. Bully’s big surprise return was done to help with ratings.

 

Meltzer noted that Destination America is having “buyer’s remorse” with their TNA deal, with the issue being with ratings and ad sales. While TNA programming does good ratings for the network, Destination America was expecting to get far more of the Spike TV viewership and thought TNA’s loyal fan base would follow them to another channel.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

 

RAW Preview: 5/11/15

Will chaos erupt between John Cena and Rusev?

Are Erick Rowan and Luke Harper reuniting?

Is Naomi unstoppable with Tamina at her side?

Will King Barrett and Sheamus retaliate against WWE’s underdogs?

Who will gain key momentum before WWE Payback’s Fatal 4-Way Match?

Source: WWE.com

ROH On New England Sports Network

According to PWInsider, Ring of Honor will air tonight on the New England Sports Network. While it may not be picked up by all NESN’s affiliates, this week’s episode of ROH TV will air at midnight ET. The episode featured the ROH in-ring return of Chris Sabin, as well as Alberto El Patron in action.

ROH has yet to make an official announcement about the airing, so tonight’s episode may not be considered the “official debut” by the company. NESN is available on DirecTV and Dish Network.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

More Names Revealed For GFW Roster

More Global Force Wrestling roster members was revealed today. A few of the familiar names added to the roster were – Tyrus/Brodus Clay, Cliff Compton/Domino and Bullet Club members, The Young Bucks.

 

Possible Dixie Carter Reality TV Show

It’s being reported that TNA President Dixie Carter is working on a possible reality TV show. It was first reported back in January 2014 that TNA’s production team began working on a demo reel for a potential Dixie reality TV show with the idea it would be shopped around to networks.

Dixie had a film crew following her around at Friday’s Impact tapings, presumably for a reality TV show that she has been trying to get off the ground.

Dixie previously tried to get on The Real Housewives of Nashville reality show.

Source: WrestlingInc.com

 

TNA News: 3-Hour Episode Of Impact, Return of “The Pope”, AAA Star Works TNA tapings

Destination America is advertising a three-hour episode of TNA Impact Wrestling for Friday, May 22nd. The episode is scheduled to begin at 8pm ET.

“The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero will make his return to TNA on this May 22nd episode.

AAA star Argos worked the May 22nd TNA tapings.

 

Bully Ray & Velvet Sky Returned To TNA Impact Wrestling

Bully Ray and Velvet Sky both made their return to TNA Impact Wrestling this past Friday on a live episode of Impact on Destination America.

It was good to see them back in TNA. I wasn’t able see Impact Friday because I don’t get Destination America on my cable, but I was able to view the show later over the weekend via On Demand.

Velvet made her return in a segment with her former BFF and partner Angelina Love. Angelina was in the ring running her mouth about how she is the greatest Knockout and how she is the only beautiful person in TNA. Angelina spotted Velvet in the crowd and asks why she is her because she was fired. Velvet had a new biker chick look with purple and red hair. Velvet was just staring at Angelina. Velvet entered the ring. Angelina tried to make nice and hugged her but Velvet wasn’t having any part of it. Angelina then accused Velvet of trying to upstage her and that Velvet is nothing without her. Velvet attacked Angelina choking her with her own hair. Security came in and pulled Velvet off of Angelina.

 

Billy made his return at the top of the show when Eric Young was in the ring demanding to know who the special guest referee was going to be for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship match. Bully’s music hit and he came out and delivered his classic line – “Do you know who I Am.” Bully announced that he is the special guest referee. Later during the main event, EY hit Bully with a low blow then attempted to piledrive him but Bully countered with a back drop. Bully continued to call the match fairly and eventually Kurt Angle locked in the ankle lock on EY making EY tap out. Bully raised Angle’s hand in victory.

 

I’m looking forward to seeing what plans TNA may have for Velvet going forward. I would like to see more of Bully in TNA but according to PWInsider, Bully’s appearance was a one-off deal and he hasn’t signed a new deal with the company. According to PWInsider, Velvet will be back in TNA on a regular basis.

 

TNA Impact Preview: 5/8/15

TNA Impact Wrestling is live tonight on Destination America.

Mr. Anderson VS EC3: Fans choose the stipulation – Falls Count Anywhere Match or Arm Wrestling

Gail Kim & Awesome Kong VS The Dollhouse

TNA World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kurt Angle VS Eric Young: A Former World Champion returns to Impact as Special Guest Referee.