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
As noted, The Elite (the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega) made their in-ring return Saturday night at AEW Full Gear, losing a match to Death Triangle for the AEW Trios Championships. The Elite came out to Kansas’ “Carry On Wayward Son” for their entrance theme. A report by Dave Meltzer from F4WOnline.com has more details on The Elite’s return, and the use of their new theme song.
According to the report, the plan is for The Elite to use “Carry On Wayward Son” as their entrance music specifically for trios matches. They won’t be using the song for regular tag team or singles matches. The Young Bucks have reportedly been looking to use the song for a long time, since the Bucks and their dad are big fans of the song. Previously, the Bucks used the song as entrance music when taking part in backyard wrestling as teenagers.
The use of the song reportedly did not have anything to do with the recent situation between The Elite and CM Punk. As many fans know, The Elite were suspended following the backstage incident that took place at All Out in September. The suspension for The Elite was lifted after the conclusion of an investigation into the incident. While The Elite were said to be aware that people think the two ideas are related, that’s said to not be the case, and they’ve wanted to use the song for a while.
Additionally, even though Saturday night’s match was contested for the Trios titles, that won’t be the case for all of the subsequent matches in their best-of-seven series with Death Triangle. The Elite can only win the titles outright if they win four matches in the best-of-seven series.
The band Kansas took to Twitter following AEW Full Gear to comment on The Elite using their “Carry On Wayward Son” song for their entrance at AEW Full Gear. You can check out their reaction below:
Source: EWrestlingNews
AEW President Tony Khan provided several updates on Miro, Andrade El Idolo, Hangman Page & Adam Cole during the post-AEW All Out media scrum.
As many of you are aware, both Cole and Page are out with concussions, while Miro and El Idolo have been off TV in recent months.
You can check out some highlights from the media scrum below:
On when Miro and Anrade El Idolo may return: “I think when we launched AEW, one thing I said was that we would build a big roster, and we would kind of have it be where I wasn’t really committing to everybody necessarily working every single week, or even possibly working people in and out of the cards. And I think that’s still something I’m committed to. So there’s people who aren’t on every event, but I would still like to get involved. And you know, you’ve seen people take some sabbaticals, absences, breaks from AEW for various reasons, come back and get very involved. And I think that’s still for both of those guys, potentially something that you could see.
“There are different reasons, I think they’re different [situations]. They’re apples and oranges in some ways, but I also think both of them are great, and I would like to get both of them involved in the future.”
On Adam Cole and Hangman Page’s statuses: “Well, I’ve been in contact with both of them. They’re both doing very well. I think again, they’re different situations. But for both of them, I think I’m optimistic we’d get both both of them back. But I can’t say when either of them would be exactly. But I do think they will both very well received and I there’s a lot of fans looking forward to both of the Adams returning. I think Hangman Page and Adam Cole would have a big reception on their return. The most important thing is, they’re both doing really well.”
Source: EWrestlingNews
ZERO HOUR
Best Friends (Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor), Rocky Romero and Danhausen defeated The Factory (QT Marshall, Aaron Solo, Lee Johnson, Nick Comoroto and Cole Karter) by pinfall.
AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament SemiFinals:
Ricky Starks def. Brian Cage
Eddie Kingston defeated Jun Akiyama by pinfall
FULL GEAR
Steel Cage Match:
Jungle Boy def. Luchasaurus
AEW Trios Tag Team Championship:
Death Triangle (c) def. The Elite
Fenix knocked out Omega with the hammer.
AEW TBS Championship:
Jade Cargill (c) def. Nyla Rose
ROH World Championship:
Chris Jericho (c) def. Bryan Danielson, Sammy Guevara and Claudio Castagnoli
Saraya def. Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D
AEW TNT Championship:
Samoa Joe def. Wardlow (c) and Powerhouse Hobbs by submission on Hobbs to win the title!
No DQ Match:
Darby Allin and Sting defeated Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett
Interim AEW Women’s World Championship:
Jamie Hayter de. Toni Storm (c) to win the Title
AEW Tag Team Championship:
The Acclaimed (c) def. Swerve In Our Glory
Swerve sends Bowens in the ring and Swerve offers the pliers to Lee!! Lee contemplates it but tosses it aside! Swerve slaps him! Lee is FURIOUS! He is stoic as he pulls Bowens up and WALKS OUT ON SWERVE! Swerve screams at him and Bowens rolls him up for two! Bowens rolls through The JML Driver and tags in Caster. They hit a sick double team on Swerve! 1…2….3!
AEW World Championship:
MJF def. Jon Moxley (c) to win the title
MJF pulls out the Dynamite Diamond Ring as William Regal makes his way down to ringside and chastises him. MJF chucks the ring then flips off Regal. Mox with a choke and MJF rolls through for a two count! New ref in and he gets taken out! Bryce struggles to gets to his feet as Mox locks the Bulldog Choke! MJF is tapping but the ref can’t see! REGAL SLIDES MJF THE KNUCKS!!!!!! Right hand by MJF knocks Mox out cold!!!!! MJF crawls towards Mox….1……..2……..3! NEW CHAMP!
MJF celebrates in the ring as the commentators are stunned by what just happened. MJF looks genuinely emotional as security helps him get to the back with his knee then pushes him away. He collapses on the ramp and clutches the title and smiles doing snow angels on the ramp as the PPV goes off the air.
After the impact World Title match, Alexander and Kazarian shake hands in a tremendous show of respect. Then, Bully Ray confronts Alexander and praises him for his performance tonight. Bully calls Alexander the most incredible World Champion in all of professional wrestling. Bully gets down to business and “calls his shot” for an IMPACT World Title match on Friday, January 13th at Hard To Kill. Out of nowhere, Bully attacks Alexander at ringside with a steel chair. Bully zip-ties him to the bottom rope and continues the assault. Bully grabs Alexander’s wife and tosses her over the guardrail. Bully threatens to powerbomb her onto the concrete until Alexander hands him the IMPACT World Title. Bully stands tall with the IMPACT World Title held high before exiting the IMPACT Zone.
AEW Full Gear 2022 pay-per-view event, which takes place from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday November 19, 2022.
Card
AEW World Championship:
Jon Moxley (c) vs. MJF
AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament Finals:
Ethan Page vs. Brian Cage vs. Ricky Starks OR Lance Archer
AEW Tag Team Championship:
The Acclaimed (c) vs. Swerve In Our Glory
Interim AEW Women’s World Championship:
Toni Storm (c) vs. Jamie Hayter
ROH World Championship:
Chris Jericho (c) vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Claudio Castagnoli
AEW Trios Tag Team Championship:
Death Triangle (c) vs. The Elite
AEW TBS Championship:
Jade Cargill (c) vs. Nyla Rose
AEW TNT Championship:
Wardlow (c) vs. Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Samoa Joe
Steel Cage Match:
Jungle Boy vs. Luchasaurus
Saraya vs. Britt Baker
Darby Allin & Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal
