WWE Hall of Famer Booker T will be replacing WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler on tonight’s RAW. Lawler was recently hospitalized with diverticulitis. Booker T sent out this tweet:
More TNA Re-Signings, TNA Wants Former WWE Champ For Wednesday’s Impact
TNA has announced that they have re-signed Madison Rayne, Mr. Anderson & The Wolves (Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards).
Update: TNA has re-signed Eric Young.
TNA wants former WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio for Wednesday’s live Impact Wrestling debut on Destination America. TNA has reportedly offered him big money.
Source: F4WOnline via WrestlingINC.com
RAW Preview: 1/5/15
Now that The Authority is back, who will face their wrath?
Who will leave RAW in an ambulance? Dean Ambrose VS Bray Wyatt in the first ever Ambulance Match on RAW.
Who’s next for The Ascension?
Will Roman Reigns face giant-sized payback?
Who will enter the Royal Rumble Match?
Wrestle Kingdom 9 Results
IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship – 4-Way Match: (C) reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) def. Forever Holligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero), Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) & The Young Bucks
6-Man Tag: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojimo & Tomoaki Honma def. The Bullet Club (Jeff Jarrett, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
8-Man Tag: Mikey Nicholls, Naomichi Murufuji, Shane Haste & Toru Yano def. Suzukigun (Shelton X Benjamin, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Takashi Iizuka
Match Can Only End By KO or Submission: Minoru Suzuki def. Kazushi Sakuraba by technical submission ( rear naked choke)
NEVER Openweight Championship: Togi Makabe def. (C) Tomohiro Ishii: Makabe is new NEVER Openweight Champion
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Kenny Omega def. (C) Ryusuke Taguchi: Omega is new IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion
IWGP Tag Team Championship: Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata) def. (C) The Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows): Meiyu Tag are the new IWGP Tag Team Champions
AJ Styles def. Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura def. Kota Ibushi
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: (C) Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Kazuchika Okada
All You Need To Know About Wrestle Kingdom 9
- Event Date: January 4, 2015
- Venue: Tokyo Dome
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
MATCH CARD
IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Kota Ibusha
AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Tag Team Championship
Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) (c) vs. Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Ryusuke Taguchi (c) vs. Kenny Omega
NEVER Openweight Championship
Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Togi Makabe
Match Can Only End By KO Or Submission
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Minoru Suzuki
8-Man Tag
Suzukigun (Shelton X Benjamin, Lance Archer, Davey Boy Smith Jr, & Takashi Iizuka) vs. Mikey Nicholls, Naomichi Marufuji, Shane Haste & Toru Yano)
Six-Man Tag
Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Jeff Jarrett & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojimo & Tomoaki Honma
Four-Way Tag Team Match
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
ReDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) (c) vs. Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero) vs. Time Splitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) vs. The Young Bucks
Pre-Show Match
15-Man New Japan Rumble
Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask, Yuji Nagata as confirmed participants
UNITED STATES BROADCAST TIMES
2A.M. ET / 1A.M. CT (LIVE)
7P.M. ET / 8P.M. CT (REPLAY)
CM Punk UFC 182 Q&A
First and foremost I would like to apologize that I didn’t get this content up while it was happening live but I misread the info and thought this particular Q&A was taking place tomorrow.
None the less I’m about to watch the Q&A myself so I hope as we watch together we can all enjoy it. The Q&A involving Phil “CM Punk” Brooks took place today in Las Vegas NV (the home of UFC 182) which will take place tomorrow. At the beginning of the Q&A there’s a special treat for WWE fans because Punk walked out to none other the “Cult of personality” I gotta admit even I marked out at that moment.
In the Q&A punk reveals his training camp, his weight division, the numerous challenges he’s received and much more! So sit back and enjoy
http://mmajunkie.com/2015/01/watch-todays-ufc-qa-with-cm-punk-on-mmajunkie-at-5-p-m-et
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
SmackDown Preview: 1/2/15
Edge & Christian has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against WWE as a result of the turbulent events on RAW. In spite of that news and news of The Authority back in charge, Edge & Christian have informed the WWE Universe that they will be at the helm for the first SmackDown of 2015.
Will Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt, who both will be in action, wait for the first Ambulance Match in RAW history Monday night to get their hands on each other?
The Usos & R-Truth VS Gold & Stardust and Adam Rose.
The Ascension makes their SmackDown debut.
Who will seize control of 2015?
Sheamus Returning Soon
Sheamus who has been out recovering from surgery he had towards the end of November, noted on Twitter that he’s heading back to the United States this weekend.
There’s some speculation within WWE that Sheamus could be returning to work as a heel for the WrestleMania 31 season.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
TNA News: Signings & Departures
TNA has announced that they have re-signed Kurt Angle, Abyss, Ethan Carter III (EC3) & Jessie Godderz. TNA Executive Vice President John Gaburick said more signings will be announced soon.
Rob Terry (The Freak) has been moved from the TNA roster page to the Alumni section, so it appears that he is done with the company. Also the Menagerie profile has no mention of him in their faction.
TNA has also removed Quinton “Rampage” Jackson to the Alumni section from the roster page.
Randy Orton To Have Surgery For Minor Injury
Randy Orton is currently dealing with a minor injury to his nose, a deviated septum. This is why Orton only worked short matches at weekend WWE live events and didn’t appear on RAW, except for his appearance he made after RAW went off the air as seen in the fan video below:
Orton will be having surgery to repair the injury soon and recovery time is only a few weeks.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter via WrestlingINC.com
