Team Flair Vs. Team Hogan Match Set For WWE Crown Jewel

WWE has announced a big Team Flair vs. Team Hogan ten-man tag match for WWE Crown Jewel 2019 in Saudi Arabia.

WWE Hall of Famers Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan will be the two coaches for the teams. Hogan’s Team Captain is WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins, while Randy Orton will be the Team Captain for Team Flair. The match was announced during MizTV on tonight’s RAW season premiere.

Crown Jewel 2019, which will air on the WWE Network, will take place on Halloween, Thursday, October 31, from the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. Others advertised for the event are The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, WWE Champion Kofi Kingston, WWE United States Champion AJ Styles, Roman Reigns, Big E, Xavier Woods, “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman, Rey Mysterio and Mansoor Al-Shehail.

Crown Jewel 2019 will be a part of “Riyadh Season” that runs from October 15 through December 15. The Saudis will be holding 11 festivals during these two months, as a way to boost domestic and international tourism in the country, and Crown Jewel will be a part of the festivals. This will be WWE’s fourth big event under their ten-year deal with the Saudi General Sports Authority.

Regarding the Team Hogan vs. Team Flair match, Orton and Rollins will announce their partners over the next few weeks. Rusev will be on Team Hogan while King Baron Corbin is on Team Flair.

Bobby Lashley And Lana Make A Steamy Return To WWE TV

WWE Raw this week ended with the returns of Bobby Lashley and Lana whose surprise appearance together included an uncomfortably long steamy makeout session.

This week’s Raw was originally scheduled to feature Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio in the main event. Mysterio and his son Dominick was taken out by Brock Lesnar at the top of show and was  later replaced by Rusev.

Mid-way through the match, while cutting to commercial, a limousine was shown pulling up.

The match ultimately came to a no-contest ending when Lashley’s music hit and he hit the stage to taunt Rusev. Moments later, Lana joined Bobby onstage and they started their long steamy kissing session as Lana’s husband Rusev watched from the ring.

The Rock Set To Appear On Friday Night SmackDown’s FOX Premiere

Finally … The Rock has confirmed he’ll appear on FOX this week for the premiere of SmackDown.

The Great One made the much-anticipated announcement via Twitter and it was announced on last night’s RAW.

“FINALLY…I come back home to my [WWE] universe,” The Rock wrote, before vowing to buy everyone a tequila after the show.

Friday Night SmackDown will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the blue brand in just a few days. The Rock will be joined in the Staples Center by fellow WWE legends such as Hulk Hogan, Sting, Mick Foley, Booker T, Ric Flair, Goldberg and Lita.

Check out The Rock’s tweet below.

WWE RAW Season Premiere Preview 9/30/19

Tonight’s WWE RAW season premiere will take place from the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.

* Debut of the new RAW announce team with Vic Joseph, Dio Maddin and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler

WWE Confirms Pyro Is Returning, New Sets And Graphics To Debut

WWE has confirmed that not only are new sets on the way, but pyro is also making a return.

The New York Post’s Joseph Staszewski tweeted saying, “Talked with #WWE Executive Producer Kevin Dunn about [WWE on Fox]. Confirmed there will be new sets, openings, logos, graphics & theme music for both #Raw and SmackDown. Pyro is also returning including “flames, lasers.”

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

AEW Dynamite Opening Video Revealed For Wednesday’s Premiere

As seen in the tweet below, AEW and TNT have released the opening video for Wednesday’s Dynamite premiere at 8pm ET. The big premiere will air live from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.

The video features AEW World Champion Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Awesome Kong, SoCal Uncensored, Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, and many others.

https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT/status/1178701174989455360

NWA Announces New Weekly TV Show NWA POWER Starting 10/8

With WWE, AEW and Impact each starting new TV deals, it was only fitting one of the oldest pro wrestling organizations joins in on the fun. Billy Corgan’s National Wrestling Alliance announced a weekly television show that will be taking place on Tuesday nights. Dubbed NWA POWER, the program will be shown at 6:05 p.m. ET worldwide starting on October 8th on the NWA’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

Corgan made the announcement via a press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in Atlanta, Georgia. The Smashing Pumpkins star purchased the NWA in 2017 and has made strides to bring back the brand to prominence. So far he has brought back the Crockett Cup and reintroduced the NWA Women’s, Tag Team and National Championships to the world. He also gave the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship a prominent spot at All Out, when Nick Aldis defended the title against Cody Rhodes.

“This return to its roots for the National Wrestling Alliance with studio wrestling is being made widely available for all great wrestling fans at the same time around the world,” The NWA announced via press release. “You can watch this show with no restrictions, no paywalls. Watch with other NWA fans during the live premiere every Tuesday at 6:05 pm Eastern.”

It was previously announced that the NWA would be hosting their first set of tapings on Monday, September 30 and Tuesday, October 1 in Atlanta, Georgia. In the above video, Corgan discussed the need for the NWA to produce their own programming, especially in today’s wrestling scene.

“It’s one thing to say you’re rebooting the NWA, it’s another thing to run matches on someone else’s stage,” Corgan stated. “We’re very grateful to those people that shared their stage with us, most recently Ring of Honor, which was an incredible opportunity. But now it’s our time to step forward, and it’s time to bring the NWA back into the spotlight, and run on its own oxygen. So, we’re very excited to announce that in October, in Atlanta, we’ll be doing our own television again.”

If you can’t watch the live premiere, the show will be available on-demand via FITE.tv every Saturday night. The organization also announced its PPV return in Atlanta on December 14th.

ROH Death Before Dishonor Results 9/27/19

(Pre-show) Jeff Cobb vs. Brody King

Winner: Jeff Cobb

 

#1 Contender Tournament Match: Marty Scurll vs. Colt Cabana

Winner: Marty Scurll

 

#1 Contender Tournament Match (No DQ): PCO vs. Kenny King

Winner: PCO

 

WOH World Championship: (C) Kelly Klein vs. Angelina Love

Winner and new WOH World Champion: Angelina Love

 

Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham

Winner: Jonathan Gresham by Submission

 

Anything Goes Barroom Brawl: The Bouncers vs. Silas Young & Vinny Marseglia

Winners: The Bouncers 

 

ROH World TV Championship: (C) Shane Taylor vs. Tracy Williams vs. Flip Gordon

Winner: Shane Taylor 

 

ROH World Tag Team Championship: (C) The Briscoes vs Lifeblood (Bandido & Mark Haskins)

Winners: The Briscoes

 

ROH World Championship: (C) Matt Taven vs. RUSH

Winner and new ROH World Champion: RUSH

MLW Fusion 9/28/19

The plunder will fly as Mance Warner brawls with Jimmy Havoc in a Bunkhouse Match!

Scientific wrestling sensation Timothy Thatcher grapples with undefeated kickboxer turned pro wrestler Douglas James.

Plus, an update on Teddy Hart’s condition following the brutal attack by Austin Aries. Will we hear from Aries?

Salina de la Renta has an ambitious autumn planned… but does she have to worry about CONTRA Unit striking?

Kevin Von Erich joins his sons Ross and Marshall as they set their eyes on championship gold in the tag team division.

The MLW SuperFight Control Center brings you the latest news on the first-ever pay-per-view in Major League Wrestling history.

Injustice continues their crusade as Myron Reed and Kotto Brazil square off against Gringo Loco and Air Wolf.

Join Rich Bocchini and Tony Schiavone from the sold out NYTEX Sports Centre in Dallas for a night of top ranked wrestling.

CM Punk Films Test Material For WWE Show Earlier This Week, More Names FOX Brought In To Try Out

The rumblings on CM Punk and WWE continue.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter has reported how WWE has an impression that Punk wants to be back with the company, but right now it’s nothing they are counting on to happen. This report comes after it was revealed in the summer how Punk’s representative went to FOX to try and push Punk as a co-host of the new “WWE Backstage” studio show on FS1. WWE was not interested in Punk for that role, and it was officially announced this week that the show will be hosted by Renee Young and WWE Hall of Famer Booker T.

In an update, multiple WWE sources have confirmed to PWInsider that Punk was at FOX Studios earlier this week in Los Angeles to discuss a potential on-air role for the WWE Backstage show on FS1, which premieres on Tuesday, November 5 at 11pm ET.

There’s no word yet on what all went down at the meeting, but Punk did do some on-camera testing. Renee was also present for the meeting.

It has not been confirmed that Punk has signed a deal to work on the show. We’ve noted how FOX brought in several WWE and non-WWE personalities to Los Angeles this summer to try out for the show. Taz and WWE Hall of Famer Sean Waltman were also brought in several times over the past few months to try out, according to PWInsider, and it was also reported that Paige and Rey Mysterio were considered. There’s also no word yet on which personalities will be used along with Renee and Booker.

FOX has experimented with different versions of the show and how it will be presented, ranging from 3-5 personalities hosting a panel discussion. A final decision on the format had not been agreed on as of earlier this week.

As noted, FOX will be taping the series each week, not WWE. Punk would technically be working for FOX and not WWE, if he signs on to be a part of the show.

Source: Wrestling Inc.