NJPW Announces G1 Climax 29 Matches

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced all of the bouts taking place for the 2019 G1 Climax Tournament. The announcement was made during night four of the Kizuna Road tour.

The tournament, which starts in Dallas, Texas, features a stacked card featuring Kota Ibushi v. KENTA, Kazuchika Okada v. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Will Ospreay v. Lance Archer, EVIL v. Bad Luck Fale and SANADA v. Zack Sabre Jr.

Here is the complete schedule for the G1:

7/6: Night 1 – Dallas, Texas – A Block
* Kota Ibushi v. KENTA
* Kazuchika Okada v. Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Will Ospreay v. Lance Archer
* EVIL v. Bad Luck Fale
* SANADA v. Zack Sabre Jr.

7/13: Night 2 – Ota, Tokyo – B Block
* Hirooki Goto v. Jay White
* Juice Robinson v. Shingo Takagi
* Tetsuya Naito v. Toru Nano
* Tomohiro Ishii v. Jeff Cobb
* Jon Moxley v. Taichi

7/14: Night 3 – Ota, Tokyo – A Block

* Hiroshi Tanahashi v. KENTA
* Kota Ibuishi v. EVIL
* Kazuchika Okada v. Zack Sabre Jr.
* Will Ospreay v. SANADA
* Lance Archer v. Bad Luck Fale

7/15: Night 4 – Sapporo – B Block

* Tetsuya Naito v. Taichi
* Jeff Cobb v. Jon Moxley
* Juice Robinson v. Hirooki Goto
* Tomohiro Ishii v. Jay White
* Toru Yano v. Shingo Takagi

7/18: Night 5 – Korakuen – A Block

* Kota Ibushi v. Will Ospreay
* Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Zack Sabre Jr.
* EVIL v. SANADA
* Kazuchika Okada c. Bad Luck Fale
* KENTA v. Lance Archer

7/19: Night 6 – Korakuen – B Block

* Tomohiro Ishii v. Jon Moxley
* Hirooki Goto v. Tetsuya Naito
* Juice Robinson v. Jeff Cobb
* Toru Yano v. Jay White
* Shingo Takagi v. Taichi

7/20: Night 7 – Korakuen – A Block

* Kazuchika Okada v. Will Ospreay
* Kota Ibushi v. SANADA
* Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Lance Archer
* KENTA v. EVIL
* Zack Sabre Jr. v. Bad Luck Fale

7/24: Night 8 – Hiroshima – B Block

* Tomohiro Ishii v. Tetsuya Naito
* Jon Moxley v. Shingo Takagi
* Jeff Cobb . Jay White
* Hirooki Goto v. Taichi
* Juice Robinson v. Toru Yano

7/27: Night 9 – Nagoya – A Block

* Kazuchika Okada v. KENTA
* Hiroshi Tanahashi v. SANADA
* EVIL v. Zack Sabre Jr.
* Will Ospreay v. Bad Luck Fale
* Kota Ibushi v. Lance Archer

7/28: Night 10 – Nagoya – B Block

* Tetsuya Naito v. Jon Moxley
* Juice Robinson v. Tomohiro Ishii
* Jeff Cobb v. Taichi
* Hirooki Goto v. Toru Yano
* Shingo Takagi v. Jay White

7/30: Night 11 – Takamatsu – A Block
* KENTA v. SANADA
* Will Ospreay v. Zack Sabre Jr.
* Kazuchika Okada v. Lance Archer
* Hiroshi Tanahashi v. EVIL
* Kota Ibushi v. Bad Luck Fale

8/1: Night 12 – Fukoaka – B Block

* Tetsuya Naito v. Juice Robinson
* Jeff Cobb v. Shingo Takagi
* Tomohiro Ishii v. Hirooki Goto
* Taichi v. Jay White
* Jon Moxley v. Toru Yano

8/3: Night 13 – Osaka – A Block

* Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Kota Ibushi
* Kazuchika Okada v. SANADA
* Will Ospreay v. EVIL
* Zack Sabre Jr. v. Lance Archer
* KENTA v. Bad Luck Fale

8/4: Night 14 – Osaka – B Block

* Tetsuya Naito v. Shingo Takagi
* Jon Moxley v. Jay White
* Hirooki Goto v. Jeff Cobb
* Juice Robinson v. Taichi
* Tomohiro Ishii v. Toru Yano

8/7: Night 15 – Hamamatsu – A Block

* Kazuchika Okada v. EVIL
* Kota Ibushi v. Zack Sabre Jr.
* Will Ospreay v. KENTA
* Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Bad Luck Fale
* SANADA v. Lance Archer

8/8: Night 16 – Yokohama – B Block

* Jeff Cobb v. Tetsuya Naito
* Tomohiro Ishii v. Shingo Takagi
* Hirooki Goto v. Jon Moxley
* Juice Robinson v. Jay White
* Toru Yano v. Taichi

8/10: Night 17 – Budokan – A Block

* Kazuchika Okada v. Kota Ibushi
* Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Will Ospreay
* KENTA v. Zack Sabre Jr.
* EVIL v. Lance Archer
* SANADA v. Bad Luck Fale

8/11: Night 18 – Budokan – B Block

* Tetsuya Naito v. Jay White
* Hirooki Goto v. Shingo Takagi
* Juice Robinson v. Jon Moxley
* Tomohiro Ishii v. Taichi
* Jeff Cobb v. Toru Yano

The finals take place on August 12 at the Nihon Budokan.

Source: Wrestling Inc. 

Lucha Brothers Defeat The Young Bucks For The AAA Tag Team Championship In Mexico

Last night in Mexico at AAA Verano de Escandalo, the Lucha Brothers defeated The Young Bucks and won the AAA World Tag Team Titles.

The Young Bucks back in February defeated Pentagon Jr. and Fenix to win the AAA World Tag Team Titles. They also had retained the titles at last month’s AEW Double or Nothing before losing last night.

https://twitter.com/luchalibreaaa/status/1140428413792137216

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Source: Wrestling Inc.

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Scarlett Bordeaux Comments On Being Grabbed And Groped By Fan At AAA Event

At Saturday night’s AAA event, Impact Wrestling star Scarlett Bordeaux was groped by a fan during her match. What happened was while she was getting back up from her feet, a fan at ringside grabbed her from behind. The footage of the incident was shared by Luchablog on Twitter, which you can watch below:

Bordeaux was in a six-woman tag match with Lady Shani and Taya Valkyrie and opponents Chik Tormenta, La Hiedra, and Tessa Blanchard.

After watching the footage because while the matched happened she didn’t notice, Bordeaux commented about the incident. She thanked Lady Shani who was the one that pulled her away from the fan. There was security near.

Bordeaux wrote: “It is NEVER okay to touch a performer without their consent. I didn’t realize what happened until I watched the footage afterwards being so in the moment after a dive with my back turned otherwise I would have reacted much differently. Thnx to @LadyShaniAAA for having my back.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

MLW Announces Savio Vega Coming To Promotion This Summer

Major League Wrestling announced that this Summer, Savio Vega is coming to the promotion. MLW shared the announcement on their official Twitter page.

https://twitter.com/MLW/status/1140083070101544960

Vega has wrestled for many promotions, most notably in the ’90s for WWE. Vega was part of The Nation of Domination and before his departure was part of Los Boricuas. He had rivalries with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Goldust, and The Disciples of the Apocalypse.

His more recent promotions include BSP, World Wrestling League, and Game Changer Wrestling.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Mike And Maria Kanellis Sign New Multi-Year WWE Contracts

Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Mike and Maria Kanellis have signed new WWE contracts. Sources say they recently inked multi-year deals and were happy with their final offers.

Maria Kanellis recently made it known that she and her husband were nearing the end of their deals with a tweet on May 27 saying: “Contracts are up in 3 weeks. Just saying…”

Mike and Maria signed with WWE in 2017. They’re currently featured on 205 Live.

AEW’s All Out Pay-Per-View Sells Out In 15 Minutes

All Elite Wrestling has announced that their All Out pay-per-view is already sold out.

The pay-per-view reportedly sold out in just 15 minutes. Fans noted on social media how they were met with messages of long wait times, indicating that some fans were not able to get tickets before the show sold out.

AEW All Out will take place on Saturday, August 31 from the Sears Centre Arena near Chicago, IL. Matches announced include Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho vs. “Hangman” Adam Page to crown the first-ever AEW World Heavyweight Champion.

Below is the announcement on today’s quick sell out:

Source: Wresting Inc.

MLW Fusion Preview 6/15/19

EDITORS NOTE: The following description was provided by the office of Salina de la Renta.  MLW in no way, shape or form endorses the below.

Salina de la Renta invites you to experience her vision of MLW Fusion as she presents the greatest pro wrestling broadcast in the history of the sport.

After producing a ratings smash hit episode last month; Promociones Dorado’s empresaria is back in power as the executive producer for this week’s episode.

In the main event, the Midwest Mega-Powers will explode in a loser leaves MLW match.

The gross, sweaty warthog Sami Callihan must fight his friend and goat lover Mance Warner… and only one hillbilly can have his hand raised in a match where falls count anywhere.

The main event exemplifies Ms. de la Renta’s brilliance at matchmaking. It is guaranteed one of her foes will be vanquished.  Will it be the trailer park trash or the repulsive warthog?  It doesn’t really matter.

What better way to eliminate an enemy than pitting one against the other. Adios, white trash!

Parental guidance is recommended as Ricky “El Sicario” fights Low Ki.  Witness the greatest Cuban athlete ever dominate the former World Champion.  Low Ki will need less creep and more fight if he wants to have a chance against an athlete that drips machismo like Ricky Martinez.

Be astonished as Salina de la Renta introduces Flamita to the global stage.  One of the most sought-after luchadores will make his debut in a spectacular bout against the Tijuana thriller Rey Horus.  Experience the best lucha libre in the world as two of Mexico’s top ranked luchadores compete for the empresaria.

Plus, the Puerto Rican powerbroker Ms. de la Renta has brokered another big deal… or two.  What could it be? Tune in to find out.

Showcasing great Mexican and Cuban athletes, Latin culture and dominance, it is Promociones Dorado’s privilege to celebrate the prolific vision of wrestling’s most vibrant mind as Salina de la Renta presents MLW FUSION.

Matches:

  • Loser Leaves MLW Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sami Callihan vs. Mance Warner
  • Flamita vs. Rey Horus
  • Low Ki vs. Ricky “El Sicario” Martinez

Impact Wrestling Preview 6/14/19

Scheduled for tonight’s Impact, airing on Pursuit and Twitch 10 ET/9 C.

* Michael Elgin vs. Willie Mack

* Havok is Back: She returned with a bang in a cloud of smoke with Father James Mitchell by her side and Havok is back as a Knockout on IMPACT Wrestling. Every single Knockout on the roster needs to take notice of what is happening now that Havoc has returned.

* Jordynne Grace vs. Madison Rayne

* RVD & Sabu vs. The North

Lars Sullivan Currently Dealing With An Injury

Lars Sullivan is currently out of action with an injury, according to F4Wonline.com.

Sullivan was originally scheduled to face Matt Hardy at Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown, but he was pulled due to what was believed to be a minor injury. New information reveals that Sullivan is suffering from a knee injury, and that it’s much worse than originally believed.

There is no word yet on when Lars will be back in action, but they should have a better idea once he undergoes an MRI. F4W notes that it doesn’t look like a small thing.

Lars defeated The Lucha House Party in a 3-on-1 Handicap Match at WWE Super ShowDownlast Friday. He then won the rematch on this Monday’s RAW.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Backstage Talk On WWE Talents Waiting For Contracts To Expire, Stephanie McMahon’s WWE NXT Meeting

There are said to be a lot of WWE talents who are counting the days until they can get out of their WWE contracts, according to Wrestling Observer Radio.

There have been rumors of WWE talents wanting to leave for months, but Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that AEW putting on a successful show with Double Or Nothing has really changed things.

On a related note, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon was in Orlando this week for a business luncheon. She also visited the WWE Performance Center and Wednesday’s WWE NXT TV tapings at Full Sail University. As seen in the video below, Stephanie held a talent meeting before Wednesday’s tapings, which was described as a pep talk.

Stephanie reportedly pushed how great everything is with the company, and how talents get to be their own brands in the company. Stephanie also pushed social media in a big way. Her presentation included a big screen that showed how Forbes recently listed WWE and WrestleMania as one of the top 10 most powerful brands on social media, among other points.

It was also noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE is trying to convince talents that their careers are over if they leave. Talents have believed this in previous years, but most aren’t buying it these days and a lot of wrestlers who leave are happy that they made the decision. Meltzer noted how it appears as if WWE is trying to convince the fans that it’s WWE or nothing, and that wrestlers are jokes if they aren’t with WWE. Meltzer pointed to the enhancement talents with the YOLO County Tag Team Titles on Tuesday’s SmackDown, which were featured in the angle with Heavy Machinery and SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan & Rowan.

Source: Wrestling Inc.