AEW has announced the lineup for tonight’s new Rampage episode that will air at a special start time – 4 pm ET, 3 pm C, 1 pm PT on TNT.
ROH Tag Team Champions FTR defend against Top Flight
Darby Allin vs. Anthony Henry
Hikaru Shida in action
Dark Order vs. Rush, The Butcher & The Blade
ROH Champion Chris Jericho speaks
The 2022 WWE “Survivor Series: War Games” Premium Live Event from the TD Garden in Boston, MA on Saturday, November 26.
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5-on-5 Men’s War Games Match
Team Bloodline (Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos, Solo Sikoa, Sami Zayn) vs. Team Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch, Ridge Holland, Drew McIntyre, Kevin Owens)
Numbers Advantage: Team Brawling Brutes
5-on-5 Women’s War Games Match
Team Bianca (RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, Asuka, Alexa Bliss, Mia Yim, Becky Lynch) vs. Team Damage CTRL (Bayley, Nikki Cross, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Dakota Kai and IYO SKY, Rhea Ripley)
Numbers Advantage: Team Damage CTRL.
SmackDown Women’s Title Match
Shotzi vs. Ronda Rousey (c)
Triple Threat for the WWE United States Title
Austin Theory vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Seth Rollins (c)
AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor
Less than 24 hours after WWE officially changed Mia Yim’s ring name to Michin on its website, it appears it’s back to Mia Yim again, as you can see at this link here.
Yim even confirmed the ring name change Tuesday on the “Ten Count” podcast. She noted during the interview that Michin was a nickname within The O.C. They told her that she needed one and she used Michin because it was something that her mom called her since she was a child. Michin means crazy in Korean. Yim also shared the name change news on her Twitter. WWE also filed to trademark the name Michin a few weeks ago.
WWE released Yim on November 4, 2021, alongside her husband, current AEW star Keith Lee. After being with Impact Wrestling for a few months, Yim made her WWE return on the November 7 episode of “Raw.” She helped The O.C. battle Rhea Ripley and The Judgment Day.
It’s worth noting that a week after her return was when WWE first revealed the Michin nickname. On the November 14 episode of “Raw” was when The O.C. officially introduced her as the solution to their “Rhea Problem.”
“Michin handles her business tonight in her return match,” Anderson said in the backstage segment.
The match was against Tamina and it was Yim’s first-ever singles victory on the WWE main roster. When Yim moved to the main roster from “NXT” as part of the Retribution stable, Yim wrestled only one singles match and she lost to Dana Brooke.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
The post-Full Gear edition of AEW Dynamite will air live tonight on TBS from Chicago’s Wintrust Arena.
Pro Wrestling NOAH announced today that Darby Allin would team with The Great Muta and Sting for Muta’s retirement match on January 22nd.
Opponents for the bout have not been announced. Muta (Keiji Mutoh) is currently on his retirement tour that will end on February 23rd, while the January 22nd match marks the final match that he will portray, The Great Muta.
WWE star Shinsuke Nakamura will wrestle The Great Muta in a singles match at NOAH’s The New Year 2023 event on January 1.
Source: EWrestlingNews.
Tonight’s episode of WWE NXT in Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center at 8/7c on the USA Network:
A week after Karl Anderson referred to Mia Yim as “Michin,” which means “Crazy” in Korean, WWE officially changed the returning Superstar’s in-ring name on this week’s “WWE Raw.”
For starters, the television graphic referred to Yim as only “Michin” ahead of Team Bianca Belair’s in-ring promo, even though Yim was not present for the segment after being ambushed by Rhea Ripley in the backstage area. Furthermore, WWE’s official website made several changes to Yim’s profile page, referring to her as only “Michin” in the bio that recaps her WWE journey, including her participation in the inaugural Mae Young Classic in 2017, her run in “WWE NXT” and her recent return to the promotion as the solution to The O.C.’s “Rhea Problem.” Interestingly, the bio doesn’t include any information about her time as a member of RETRIBUTION.
WWE had filed to trademark the name “Michin” a few weeks ago, but it was previously believed that the moniker would only be used as Yim’s nickname, not her actual in-ring name. Yim herself confirmed the name change via Twitter, as seen below.
Michin will be a part of Team Bianca in a WarGames Match this Saturday at the Survivor Series premium live event. The team of Michin, Belair, Alexa Bliss, Asuka & a mystery partner will square off against Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY, Dakota Kai), Nikki Cross & Rhea Ripley. On this week’s “WWE Raw” in Albany, NY, Ripley defeated Asuka in a WarGames Advantage Match to secure the entrance order advantage for her team on Saturday. After the bout, Michin attacked Ripley, leading to a brawl between the two women as the show went off the air.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
With WWE’s Survivor Series WarGames event right around the corner, things could be taking a relatively unexpected turn this week. As it happens, a major return from injury is potentially on the cards.
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That’s because “Fightful Select” is reporting that “as of last week at least, former WWE Women’s Champion Becky Lynch was expected to be back soon.”
Lynch suffered a separated shoulder at SummerSlam in July during her match with Bianca Belair for the “Raw” Women’s Championship. Making it all the more interesting is that as recently as one month ago, Fightful noted that there was both no actual timeline for her to return and that there certainly weren’t plans in place for Lynch to return early. As is always the case when it comes to wrestling, however, plans are subject to change.
Now Fightful has been told that there have been talks of Lynch being the fifth member of Belair’s team in the women’s WarGames match this Saturday, which would see her align with Belair, Mia Yim, Alexa Bliss, and Asuka. Right now, those four are waiting on a fifth woman to join them in taking on Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, and IYO SKY), Nikki Cross, and Rhea Ripley.
Bianca said on Monday’s RAW that they will name their 5th member Friday on SmackDown.
It’s also been reported that the current feeling around the locker room in regard to working with Lynch specifically is one of excitement, especially now that Vince McMahon is no longer booking things. Just before her injury-forced departure, “The Man” came back around.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s WWE RAW will be broadcast live from the MVP Arena in Albany, New York at 8/7C on USA Network. It’s the last RAW before Saturday’s Survivor Series WarGames Premium Live Event.
Asuka and Rhea Ripley dig into the trenches for WarGames advantage
Belair, Matt Riddle, Bobby Lashley, Austin Theory, Bayley, and WWE United States Champion Seth Rollins are all advertised for the show on the WWE Events website. The arena website also advertises Elias, The O.C., The Judgment Day, and Kevin Owens, though Owens is unlikely given his return to SmackDown last week.
KAIRI made history by becoming the first IWGP Women’s Champion this past week, and did so while nursing an injury.
At NJPW x STARDOM Historic X-Over, KAIRI won the title in the main event of the show against Mayu Iwatani.
Taking to Twitter, the former WWE Superstar explained that she suffered a sprain during training, and nearly gave up because it hurt to walk.
“Four days before the match, during ring practice, I sprained myself in a flashy fall. I was told that it would take three weeks for a full recovery, and I almost gave up because it hurt to walk. However, with the support of many people, I was able to fight through the two battles with my willpower. really really Thank you very much.”
KAIRI left WWE’s weekly programming in 2020 and served as an ambassador for the promotion in Japan until her full departure earlier this year.
Since leaving, the former NXT Women’s Champion has earned a bachelor’s degree, competed for STARDOM and gotten married.
Source: EWrestlingNews
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