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Tonight’s WWE RAW will feature more build for the upcoming Fastlane and WrestleMania 37 events.
RAW will be headlined by WWE Champion The Miz making his first title defense since winning the title at Elimination Chamber. He will defend against Bobby Lashley.
Tonight’s RAW will also see Drew McIntyre make his first appearance since losing the WWE Title to Miz at Elimination Chamber, which came after an attack by Lashley. There is no word on what WWE has in store for McIntyre tonight, but it will be interesting to see if he gets involved in the WWE Title match or continues his feud with Sheamus.
New Japan Pro Wrestling has officially unified the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships to create the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, reports PWInsider.
New Japan chairman Naoki Sugabayashi had confirmed the news to Tokyo Sports.
PWInsider also reports that Kota Ibushi’s first defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship will be against the winner of the New Japan Cup. The New Japan Cup starts on March 5.
El Desperado vs. Ibushi will headline New Japan’s Anniversary Event on March 4, but it will be a non-title match.
NJPW will be holding a press conference on March 1 at 3 pm JST (1 am ET).
Source: Wrestling Inc.
As noted, Heath revealed a few weeks ago that he would need surgery in March due to several injuries that include a rip on both sides of his abdomen wall and his abductor’s muscle being completely off the bone.
The former WWE star announced yesterday on Twitter that he would be having his surgery today, March 1, 2021, in Durham, North Carolina.
It was back in October when Heath was injured during the Call Your Shot Battle Royal at Impact Wrestling Bound for Glory.
He made his Impact Wrestling debut on July 18, 2020, at Slammiversary.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
NWA is reportedly going to hold a new set of TV tapings from March 21-24, according to the latest Wrestling Observer Radio.
There was uncertainty of the promotion’s future after all of its content was deleted from its YouTube channel over the weekend.
The videos were removed because of a new distribution deal that should be announced soon. NWA content will be available through their new partner. I was not told specifically who the new partner is, but I was able to confirm that it is not WWE or AEW.
This deal will add some new revenue for the company, which is more than they were making from the ads on their YouTube channel.
As reported by Dave Meltzer, a “positive announcement” is expect soon from NWA, also noting it had nothing to do with AEW.
The promotion’s last set of tapings took place in Atlanta, Georgia in late-January 2020. Since then, NWA has worked with AEW and UWN to have their champions appear and defend their titles — most notably, Thunder Rosa and NWA Women’s World Champion Serena Deeb in All Elite Wrestling.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will feature more build for WWE Fastlane and the Road to WrestleMania 37.
WWE is are advertising that WWE Hall of Famer Edge and WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will continue their Road to WrestleMania on tonight’s show.
John Morrison reportedly suffered a knee injury during Monday’s WWE RAW.
Morrison lost a non-title singles match to new WWE United States Champion Riddle on Monday night. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Morrison was injured during the match when he did a twisting dive at one point. He caught his leg in the ropes and landed with the knee hitting the floor.
Morrison was checked on by the referee but continued the match while limping. They finished the match, without Riddle working on the knee, and Riddle ended up winning with the Bro Derek.
Morrison could be seen limping and walking slower than usual later in the show when he had to come back out with WWE Champion The Miz.
There’s no word on the severity of the injury or if Morrison will miss any ring time.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Bailey Matthews, the son of NXT General Manager William Regal, has made his in-ring WWE debut … and he’s a chip off the old block!
It all went down on the latest edition of NXT UK where Matthews went toe-to-toe with former NXT UK Champion Tyler Bate.
Matthews lost the match, but looked impressive and suits the UK style perfectly — as you’d expect!
Bailey’s wrestling journey began in 2018 when his old man sent him to the mother land to train. He performed on a few UK indie shows, and eventually joined New Japan Pro Wrestling as a Young Lion. He officially signed with WWE last month.
“Ready to roar onto the scene and represent his hometown of Blackpool, England, Bailey Matthews is set to bring a unique style to NXT UK inspired by the likes of Johnny Saint, Billy Robinson and NXT General Manager William Regal,” WWE said when they announced Bailey’s singing.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite episode airs on TNT at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida.
* Lance Archer vs. Rey Fenix in a Face of the Revolution Ladder Match qualifier
* Hangman Page vs. Isiah Kassidy
* Jake Hager vs. Brandon Cutler
* The Varsity Blonds vs. Brian Cage and Ricky Starks
* Sting will appear and he’s coming for revenge from Brian Cage and Team Taz
* Jon Moxley vs. Ryan Nemeth
* Dr. Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose (Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament Semis)
Tonight’s WWE NXT episode on the USA Network will be headlined by the long awaited non-title No DQ match between Karrion Kross and NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar. If Escobar no-shows, he will be stripped of the title and suspended indefinitely by NXT General Manager William Regal.
