Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington.
* WWE Champion Daniel Bryan vs. Jeff Hardy (Non-Title Match)
* Gallows & Anderson vs. Rusev (with Lana) and Shinsuke Nakamura
* Randy Orton vs. Mustafa Ali
Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington.
* Why did Ariya Daivari disrespect Hideo Itami?
* Should Humberto Carrillo risk crossing Drew Gulak and Jack Gallagher?
Seth Rollins and AJ Styles have been out of action since The Royal Rumble.
AJ Styles has a hernia, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. Styles is advertised for tonight’s SmackDown Live, as well as this weekend’s SmackDown live events.
Seth Rollins has been dealing with a bad back. WWE is reportedly just resting Rollins up, and the injury is said to not be serious enough to threaten his scheduled match against WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 35.
Rollins was scheduled to be at last night’s RAW, but never appeared on television. Post Wrestling reported over the weekend that he will not be working live events for the foreseeable future, and will not be getting physical on WWE television over the next month. Despite this, WWE has him advertised for this weekend’s RAW live events.
Source: WrestlingINC
Stephanie McMahon kicked off WWE RAW last night by inviting “The Man” Becky Lynch to the ring. Becky was visibly limping to the ring and the commentators were quick to note that Becky was suffering from a knee injury. Stephanie revealed that Becky had refused to see a doctor to have her injury examined.
Citing concerns for the company, Stephanie informed Becky that she would be indefinitely suspended from WWE unless she agreed to have a doctor look at her knee. Becky refused Stephanie’s request and was suspended indefinitely by Stephanie. Following Stephanie suspending her Becky was quick to lay into her and slap on the Dis-arm-her.
A new episode of #205 Life has been released and it focuses on WWE’s Hideo Itami. As noted last week, Itami had reportedly asked for his release from the WWE. The final scene in the video features Itami saying goodbye to the WWE locker room and hugging Shinsuke Nakamura and Asuka. You can watch the episode below:
The next Superstar Shakeup finally has a confirmed date!
WWE aired an advertisement in Canada stating the first-ever “International Superstar Shakeup” will take place on April 15 and 16 at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
If it’s anything like the last Shakeup that took place, there’s sure to be some shocking changes to the rosters. Hopefully a few NXT call-ups as well.
Watch the announcement below.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon as we move towards the Elimination Chamber PPV on February 17.
* Stephanie McMahon invites Becky Lynch to the red brand.
* Kurt Angle will address his future with WWE.
* Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Alicia Fox and Nikki Cross (Qualifier for Tag Team Elimination Chamber Match)
* Does Seth Rollins regret choosing Universal Champion Brock Lesnar as his WrestleMania opponent?
* Will Braun Strowman get payback against Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin
* WWE Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley (with Lio Rush) vs. Finn Balor (Title Match)
* Jeff Jarrett comes swinging for Elias – Jeff Jarrett (with Road Dogg) vs. Elias
Last week, All Elite Wrestling met up with some potential television networks to negotiate the TV deals that have been offered to AEW, according to Dave Meltzer on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio.
Although no deal has officially been signed, Meltzer notes that the consensus behind the scenes and among those involved is that the final decision will be from one of two “legitimate” TV deals offered. So legitimate, in fact, that Meltzer claims it is the best TV deal any non-WWE wrestling show will have secured since WCW days.
In the wake of AEW developing further, Meltzer explained that there is a lot of interesting maneuvering going on in WWE, specifically in the realm of foreign markets.
As previously noted, PWInsider reported that WWE officials were backstage at this past week’s SmackDown, meeting with any WWE Superstars who’s contracts were going to expire within the next two years in an attempt to sign them to new deals. This was likely set off by Ambrose’s decision to exit from the company this upcoming April. WWE has been attempting to sign their Superstars to five-year deals for awhile now, like recent examples, Kevin Owens and The Miz.
On February 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, All Elite Wrestling will hold a Ticket Announcement Party for their next event, Double or Nothing, which will take place on May 25 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The party gets started at 6 pm PT and will be streamed on all of the promotion’s social media accounts. An excerpt from the party’s press release reads, “Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks and Brandi Rhodes will reveal spectacular new signings, exciting new partnerships, ticket on-sale information and a surprise special guest.”
Source: WrestlingINC
Pro Wrestling Sheet has confirmed Pentagon Jr and Fenix are not locked down to exclusive AEW contracts at this point.
In case you missed it, The Young Bucks made an appearance at Friday night’s “Come Hell or High Water” event in Atlanta after the Lucha Bros defeated SCU.
The AEW VPs stated Pentagon and Fenix are the second best tag team in the world, but they’d have to join All Elite Wrestling if they want to prove they’re number one. The Bucks then said they didn’t have formal AEW contracts to offer, but a handshake agreement would work.
Before that could happen though, the group were attacked from behind by local wrestlers. SCU, The Young Bucks and Lucha Bros fought them off … then the two tag teams shook hands.
Things got confusing hours later, however, after Chris Jericho tweeted saying the tag team had signed exclusive agreements with AEW — which would call their statuses with AAA, CMLL, Impact and Lucha Underground into question.
According to Lucha Central, Pentagon and Fenix will work dates for AEW but they’ve yet to sign an exclusive agreement. This means they’ll continue to fulfill promised dates in 2019 and work for a multitude of companies.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Yesterday, MLW CEO Court Bauer thanked Pentagon and Fenix for their time in MLW, reigning as tag champs for over seven months. Bauer continued, “Wherever you go next always know you both are 1000000000% leyendas de Lucha Libre!” so it looks like the duo is finished up with MLW.
Tomorrow night live from Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena Major League Wrestling will present a live beIN SPORTS network broadcast featuring 2 big championship title fights.
The live card from the 2300 arena has a bell time of 7:30pm. The live beIN broadcast begins at 8pm ET on beIN SPORTS.
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You can see a full list of matches for Saturday’s card here.
*MLW Champion Low Ki (with Salina de la Renta) vs. Tom Lawlor.
*MLW Tag Team Champions Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix (with Konnan) vs. The Hart Foundation’s Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr.
The rest of the show will be taped for future episodes of Fusion and includes:
*Aerostar vs. Rey Horus
*Mystery Partner Tag Team Bout: Tommy Dreamer & ??? vs. Brian Pillman Jr. & ???
*Puma King vs. Gringo Loco
*Rich Swann vs. Ace Austin
*Ace Romero vs. Simon Gotch
*Kotto Brazil vs. Ricky Martinez (with Salina de la Renta).
*DJZ vs. Myron Reed.
*The MLW debuts of Mance Werner, Jacob Fatu and Alexander Hammerstone, plus MJF, Lance Anoa’i and more.
