Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown will take place from the TD Garden in Boston, MA with fallout from WWE Super ShowDown and more on the Road to WrestleMania 36.
WWE has not issued an official preview for tonight’s SmackDown.
* John Cena will make his return to SmackDown tonight.
* New WWE Universal Champion Bill Goldberg will be there, just one day after winning the title over “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt in Saudi Arabia at Super ShowDown.
Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the TD Garden in Boston, MA.
WWE has not issued an official preview for tonight’s 205 Live.
* Tonight’s 205 Live episode will see Team Captains Tony Nese and Lio Rush pick their partners for the Captain’s Challenge 10-man Elimination Match that will take place next month some time. Rush vs. Nese in singles action will also take place tonight.
Recently, WWE have begun teasing us with one of those mysterious storylines where there is a recurring thing happening on TV for a number of weeks, without any possible explanation as to what it means or who could be behind it. This time, Vince and co. have done a surprisingly good job at presenting the angle, as the delivery has been based on subtlety and not bashing the audience over the head with.
For a number of weeks, people watching SmackDown on their screens have seen random glitches distort the video quality once or twice during the show. The initial guess would have been it was another manifestation of Bray Wyatt’s ever expanding list of superpowers. But as the shows progressed, neither commentators mentioned these glitches nor would they be implicated in any of Bray’s promos or segments.
The rumor mill has since been spinning furiously as to who could be behind these glitches. Could it be a returning superstar? Could it be a sensational debut? Of course, the expectations do need to be tempered slightly given so many of WWE’s storylines end up in Randy Orton’s hometown of Nowhere.
But, since WWE have bothered to give us this juicy narrative thread to feast upon, we would only be doing ourselves an injustice by letting cynicism bog us down. Who could be behind these glitches? Here are seven possible answers according to WhatCulture.
Source: WhatCulture
Of these 7 possibilities most wrestling news sites and blogs seemed to think it’s either the debut of recent WWE signee Killer Kross or Mustafi Ali who has been off of TV as of late.
(Kickoff) The OC (Gallows and Anderson) vs. The Viking Raiders –
Winners: The OC
Tuwaiq Trophy Gauntlet Match: Andrade vs. AJ Styles vs. R-Truth vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Erick Rowan vs. Rey Mysterio
R-Truth vs. Bobby Lashley – Winner: R-Truth
Post Match: Lashley assaulted R-Truth
R-Truth vs. Andrade – Winner: R-Truth
R-Truth vs. Erick Rowan – Winner: R-Truth by DQ
Post Match: Rowan choke slammed R-Truth
R-Truth vs. AJ Styles – Winner: AJ Styles
AJ Styles vs. Rey Mysterio
The OC assaulted Mysterio in the back.
Styles declares himself winner by forfeit wants his hand raised and awarded the trophy.
The Undertaker beat up The OC in the back.
AJ Styles vs. The Undertaker –
Undertaker hits Styles with a chokeslam for a quick win
Winner: The Undertaker
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1233085075849392128
SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The New Day (c) vs. John Morrison and The Miz –
Winners and new SmackDown Tag Team Champions: The Miz and John Morrison
Angel Garza vs. Humberto Carrillo –
Winner: Angel Garza
RAW Tag Team Championship: Seth Rollins and Murphy (c) vs. The Street Profits –
Winners: Seth Rollins and Murphy
Dolph Ziggler w/Robert Roode vs. Mansoor –
Winner: Mansoor
WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Ricochet –
Lesnar got a quick squash win.
Winner: Brock Lesnar
Steel Cage Match: King Corbin vs. Roman Reigns –
Winner: Roman Reigns
SmackDown Women’s Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Naomi –
Winner: Bayley
Universal Championship: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Goldberg
Winner and new Universal Champion: Goldberg
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1233125055426678785
Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling have announced that the 2019 War of the Worlds Tour will feature four big events in May.
The shows will take place on May 6 in Buffalo, May 7 in Toronto, May 9 in Kalamazoo, and May 10 in Villa Park, IL.
Below is the full announcement issued by ROH today:
ROH, NJPW TEAM UP FOR WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR IN MAYRing of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling are joining forces again for the War of the Worlds tour, which consists of four huge, star-studded shows in May.
The War of the Worlds tour, which will feature world class matches with stars from both ROH and NJPW, kicks off on May 6 in Buffalo before heading to Toronto on May 7, Kalamazoo (Mich.) on May 9, and concluding in Chicago on May 10.
Tickets for all four shows go on sale next Wednesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. local time for HonorClub members and Friday, March 6 at 10 a.m. local time for the general public.
A staple since 2014, the War of the Worlds tour features dream matches, title bouts, and first-time matchups you cannot see anywhere else with the stars of ROH and NJPW.
Keep it locked on ROHWrestling.com and ROH’s social media channels for talent and match announcements. Don’t miss your opportunity to see the stars of ROH and NJPW live!
ROH/NJPW PRESENT WAR OF THE WORLDS TOUR 2020
Wednesday, May 6: Buffalo RiverWorks, Buffalo, N.Y., 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 7: Ted Reeve Arena, Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 9: Wings Event Center, Kalamazoo, Mich., 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 10: The Odeum Expo Center, Villa Park, Ill., 7 p.m.
The March 11 WWE NXT episode on the USA Network will air live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando.
Triple H appeared after this week’s NXT episode at Full Sail University and announced the special Fan Appreciation Night event for March 11.
WWE is unable to run at Full Sail on March 11 because the school will be hosting their annual Hall of Fame Week from March 8-13, with an event being held that Wednesday at the NXT Arena.
Tickets to the Fan Appreciation Night at the Performance Center were given out for free, and are already gone. The pre-sale for the free tickets began tonight after NXT on the USA Network went off the air, but all tickets were gone in less than 10 seconds, according to a correspondent in attendance. The event is already told out, unless they released another set of tickets at 12:15am ET later tonight, but it’s not likely.
This will be the second time NXT has ran at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando as the Halftime Heat 2019 event also took place at the facility. That match saw Ricochet, The Velveteen Dream and Aleister Black defeat NXT Champion Adam Cole, Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE has announced Samoa Joe has been suspended for violating the WWE Wellness Policy.
WWE released a statement through their website which says:
WWE has suspended Nuufolau Seanoa (Samoa Joe) for 30 days effective Monday, February 24, for his first violation of the company’s talent wellness policy.
As we previously reported, Joe has been out of action as of late after suffering a head injury which took place during a commercial shoot this month. He also suffered a concussion on Raw a few weeks ago which forced him to sit on the sidelines.
Joe is the latest wrestler to be suspended for violating the company Wellness Policy after Andrade was suspended last month and Bobby Roode before that.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.
* 30-Minute Iron Man Match: Kenny Omega vs. Pac
* AEW Revolution World title Match Weigh In – (C) Chris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley
* The Butcher and The Blade w/The Bunny vs. Best Friends w/Orange Cassidy
* Inner Circle (Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz) vs. Jurassic Express
February 27, 2020 – Mohammed Abdu Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Available on WWE Network – 12pm ET
Universal Championship: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Goldberg
WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Ricochet
SmackDown Women’s Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Naomi
RAW Tag Team Championship: Seth Rollins and Murphy (c) vs. The Street Profits
SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The New Day (c) vs. John Morrison and The Miz
Steel Cage Match: King Corbin vs. Roman Reigns
Tuwaiq Trophy Gauntlet Match: Andrade vs. AJ Styles vs. R-Truth vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Erick Rowan vs. Rey Mysterio
Tonight on Impact at 8/7c on AXS TV
* Impact X-Division Championship: Ace Austin (c) vs. Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard
* Best of 5 Series – Match 4: Eddie Edwards vs. Michael Elgin ( Elgin lead 2-1)
* RVD vs. Daga
* Gut Check makes it’s longest-awaited return. The fan-favorite competition will feature young talent in a series of matchups and challenges to determine who has what it takes to earn an IMPACT Wrestling contract. Which future stars will emerge this year?
