Matt Sydal Abruptly Leaves Match After Suffering Injury At Evolve 139

Matt Sydal reportedly left during his match against Leon Ruff tonight at Evolve 139 because of an undisclosed injury.

According to Evolve founder Gabe Sapolsky, Sydal was receiving treatment after he left his match minutes in.

Sapolsky tweeted, “Matt Sydal is receiving treatment in back. He will be ok.”

One user tweeted that Leon Ruff hit Sydal the wrong way with a move. Sydal then got up, rolled out of the ring, and went in the back. The referee followed him and deemed that he couldn’t continue.

The user’s full tweet, “Leon Ruff seemingly hit him the wrong way with a move. He got up, rolled out of the ring and walked to the back. Ref went after him..and said he couldn’t continue and that was it.”

Matt Sydal wrestled in WWE as Evan Bourne from 2008 to 2014. He also wrestled in ROH and Impact Wrestling.

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Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE RAW TV Taping Cancellation, WWE To Hold RAW Double Taping

The December 17 taping of RAW at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. That show was scheduled to air on December 23 as WWE talent was reportedly going to get some time off during the holidays from December 22 until December 26.

The Well Fargo Arena announced it will host two episodes of RAW on Monday, December 16, with the second episode airing the following week on the 23rd.

Below is the full announcement:

WWE Fans! Wells Fargo Arena will now host two episodes of WWE Monday Night RAW on Monday, December 16th, moving the event start time up to 5:45pm, with doors at 4:15pm. That’s two shows for the price of one! Follow the ticket link below to purchase your tickets today!

For no additional charge, fans going to the event can end up sitting through six hours of TV tapings.

WWE Using Different RAW And SmackDown Sets This Week In England (Photos)

WWE is taping tonight’s SmackDown and Monday’s RAW from the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England today.

WWE is using a different set for today’s double tapings, as seen in the fan tweet below. The more elaborate sets that recently debuted on RAW and SmackDown are not being used.

https://twitter.com/Bluepeter1979/status/1192858732969037824

MLW Fusion Preview 11/9/19

SuperFight is in the books a new chapter for Major League Wrestling begins live from Orlando tomorrow night at GILT Nightclub featuring a double main event!

Two of the truest fighters in Major League Wrestling will meet for the first time ever in a match with championship implications as Low Ki battles Timothy Thatcher. Don’t miss what guarantees to be a war in the ring.

Complimenting the hard-hitting Thatcher-Low Ki bout is a World Middleweight title defense. Fresh off of an incredible championship clash against Austin Aries, Teddy Hart will defend the belt for the second time in 7 days this Saturday night as he takes on the newly minted #1 ranked Myron Reed of Injustice.

CONTRA Unit will make a proclamation as their campaign of violence in the sport continues following a historic clash in Chicago. What will the global leaders in violence have to say? Tune in to find out!

Plus, Mance Warner is not happy with Jimmy Havoc. What does Ol Mancer have to say about the vile post match attack at SuperFight?

Could “Filthy” Tom Lawlor become a free agent? We’ll learn more about Tom’s future in MLW.

Rich Bocchini and AJ Kirsch call the action from ringside on MLW FUSION!

AEW Full Gear 11/9/19

November 9, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET – (Preshow at 7:00 PM ET ) – Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Maryland  – Available on B/R Live and Traditional PPV

Saturday’s AEW Full Gear pay-per-view from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD, Ticketmaster shows more than 1,200 tickets left at this link. They are going for $30 – $125. There are also two floor seats that come together, and include the commemorative take-home chair, for $300 each.

AEW World Championship: (C) Chris Jericho vs. Cody Rhodes

(Three judges will be available as a tiebreaker if match goes beyond 60 minute time limit. If Cody loses he won’t challenge for AEW World Title ever again)

Unsanctioned Lights Out Match: Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega

AEW World Tag Team Championship: (C) SCU vs. Lucha Bros vs. Private Party

AEW Women’s World Championship: (C) Riho vs. Emi Sakura

The Young Bucks vs. Proud & Powerful (Santana & Ortiz)

“Hangman” Adam Page vs. PAC

Joey Janela vs. Shawn Spears w/Tully Blanchard

(The Buy In) Britt Baker vs. Bea Priestley

Stephanie McMahon’s Autobiography Coming In 2020

Stephanie McMahon, the Chief Brand Officer of WWE, will have her autobiography released August 2020 according to a report by PWInsider.

The book, which has the working title of “UNREAL: Inside the Crazy, Fun Show Business World of WWE,” will be released by Regan Arts Publishing.

McMahon initially announced the publication of the book back in 2016. It was announced in 2017 that the book was being put on hold to a later date.

Source: WrestleView

Hulk Hogan To Undergo Back Surgery Next Week

In an interview with Sports Illustrated, WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan revealed he would be undergoing back surgery next week.

“I’m going in for another back surgery next Tuesday. They’re going to fuse six levels together, so we’ll see how I feel after that.”

There is no timetable for how long the recovery will be for Hogan. Hogan had been floating around the idea as of late of doing one last match at WrestleMania 36 in Tampa, Florida, his hometown.

Source: WrestleView

WWE Friday Night SmackDown Preview 11/8/19

Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown will take place at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England as the Road to Survivor Series continues. the show will be pre-taped beginning around around 1:15pm ET.

  • Roman Reigns collides with King Corbin
  • Tyson Fury returns to SmackDown on FOX this Friday
  • The Revival to defend SmackDown Tag Team Titles against The New Day
  • Sasha Banks returns to face Nikki Cross on Friday Night SmackDown

Backstage Notes From Vince McMahon’s Pre-RAW Meeting, Karl Anderson Called Out For Tweets, More

Vince McMahon called a backstage meeting at around 3pm ET on Monday before RAW to address the travel debacle coming out of WWE Crown Jewel.

Vince reiterated that there were no issues between the company and officials in Saudi Arabia, and that a mechanical issue prevented the plane from leaving when it was scheduled to, nothing else.

Vince opened the meeting up for questions from talents and nobody asked any questions, and nobody said anything about the story given to them on what happened in the Kingdom. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that there was a feeling that saying anything negative about the story given to them during the meeting wouldn’t do anyone good, and nobody spoke up. The Observer adds that the feeling on saying anything negative about the company’s Saudi story wouldn’t do anyone any good, was apparently the correct call.

Randy Orton said something during the meeting but he was just trying to break the tension by being funny. Vince responded and asked, “Anybody else want to just kiss my ass?”

The meeting was just about to wrap up when Triple H called out Karl Anderson for comments he made on Twitter, about who would be the locker room leader on Monday. As noted, Anderson tweeted, “Looking forward to seeing who the locker room leader is on Monday.. [popcorn emoji] [red heart emoji]”

Anderson reportedly didn’t say much of anything in response. There was apparently more heat to the Anderson situation as he and his wife also joked on Twitter about not going back to Saudi Arabia, but going back because they need a new pool or a second house. He tweeted, “Couldn’t pay me enough to go back .. Well that’s not true, I need a second pool, so…..”

Anderson’s wife responded, “2nd house!! Not a pool..but don’t ever go back AGAIN! We don’t need our daddy/papi/motherlover/absanderson/besttagteam etc. being held hostage while we’re at home worried to death [red heart emoji]”

You can see the Anderson tweets below.

WWE United States Champion AJ Styles spoke at the meeting but didn’t say much. Styles was very unhappy because the delay in the Kingdom caused him to miss one of his son’s wrestling matches. Rusev spoke some and mostly thanked Mark Carrano, WWE’s Senior Director of Talent Relations, for his work in quickly getting hotel rooms booked for everyone while they waited for a flight back to the United States. No one spoke about anything negatively, but there were some remarks about how at times during the debacle, the talents didn’t have access to Wi-Fi and were unable to contact their families.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Backstage News On Why WWE Put Sami Zayn With Shinsuke Nakamura

Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Sami Zayn had been having trouble with his shoulders in recent months. This is why he has been wrestling less and was put with WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura as his mouthpiece.

There’s no word yet on when Zayn will return to regular in-ring action, but word now is that he’s OK and can wrestle, but the current role is what they have him doing. Zayn has worked some live events since being put with Nakamura, including losses to Buddy Murphy while WWE was in Australia last month, but he hasn’t wrestled regularly on TV since August, when he took losses on RAW to Samoa Joe and Cedric Alexander.