WWE Reportedly Considering A “Queen Of The Ring” All-Women’s PPV For 2019

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Since the start of the Women’s Evolution in WWE, the female stars of the company are getting more time to shine. That also includes being involved in more matches that the men are usually involved in. From Hell in a Cell matches all the way to the upcoming Becky Lynch/Auska/Charlotte Flair TLC match, no match has been limited to just the men.

Another old school gimmick may be introduced for the women in 2019. According to the latest Wresting Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer talked about the idea of WWE possibly bringing back the King of the Ring tournament for the women.

According to Meltzer, there has been an idea to run a “Queen of the Ring” tournament next year. Meltzer noted that it’s only an idea being thrown around at this point, but they are looking for ideas for another all-women’s pay-per-view in 2019.

The “King of the Ring” tournament first originated in 1985, with Don Muraco becoming the inaugural winner. Becoming a PPV event, the single-elimination tournament continued until 2002, and then made brief returns in 2006, 2008 and 2010. After a few more years, the tournament came back as a WWE Network special in 2015.

Evolution was the first all-women’s event in WWE, taking place in October. This would be the second show to involve just the female stars of WWE. It would also be the third major tournament-based show in the last few years involving the women, after WWE produced two Mae Young Classic tournaments.

Source: WrestlingINC

Ember Moon’s Husband Rips Nia Jax And Calls Her An ‘Unsafe Moron

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In just three years as a professional wrestler, Nia Jax has become one of the top names of the women’s division. After a dominant run in NXT, Jax was sent to the main roster, defeating numerous enhancement talent to further her push. Jax worked her way up to becoming a number one contender for the RAW Women’s Championship, competing in a four-way match at WrestleMania 33. Although she was unsuccessful, she was able to win the title a year later at WrestleMania 34 by defeating Alexa Bliss.

Although Jax has been successful during her main roster run, she has been heavily criticized for working unsafely in the ring. Along with matches with Sasha Banks, Charlotte Flair, and Bayley which had moments where her opponents could have been severely injured, Jax threw a punch at the go-home show of Survivor Series to Becky Lynch. Lynch was injured from the punch, forcing her to sit out of her match against Ronda Rousey.

Daily Star is reporting that Ember Moon’s husband, indie wrestler Matthew Palmer, had some harsh comments about Jax’s in-ring work. According to the report, the now-deleted text stated, “Hope this unsafe moron doesn’t hurt my wife again.”

Moon came in as a last-minute replacement for Natalya on RAW as a teammate with Ronda Rousey, following Natalya being attacked and powerbombed through a table by the Riott Squad. Rousey and Moon were successful in the match, following an Eclipse on Tamina which set up for Rousey’s armbar submission.

Although the punch from Jax cost Lynch her opportunity to compete against Rousey, WWE has continued to use this careless moment as a way to generate more heat as a heel. Jax was able to win the battle royal at Evolution to become the number one contender for the Raw Women’s Championship, lastly eliminating Ember Moon. As a result, Jax will be competing for the title at the upcoming TLC event on December 16.

Source: WrestlingINC

Alexa Bliss Reportedly NOT Cleared For A WWE Ring Return

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Alexa Bliss has NOT been fully cleared for in-ring action, according to a new report by Dave Meltzer and F4Wonline.com.

As we noted on Wednesday, WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry appeared on Busted Open Radio and claimed Bliss has been 100% cleared to return to the ring following her time off due to concussion symptoms.

Meltzer noted that Bliss does have limited clearance for physical activity. WWE medical staff were watching closely at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando last week as Bliss returned to in-ring training.

Bliss has suffered multiple concussions in a short period of time, the last one reportedly happening in late October. Bliss has remained on TV and was recently put in charge of the RAW women’s division in the storylines.

Henry, who estimated Bliss could wrestle as soon as next week, also talked about a recent conversation he had with Bliss where she talked about just how bad she got with the concussion symptoms.

“We sat and talked for about 15-20 minutes,” Henry recalled, “And she was like, ‘Yeah, I was really bad off. I couldn’t remember where I was, I couldn’t remember what I was doing in the city.’ We were flying from London to Switzerland and she said, ‘I couldn’t remember what flight or anything. I had to rely one everyone else telling me what to do. I couldn’t stand up straight, I had vertigo.’ She said she was in a bad way, and then she came back too soon, banged her head again, and really was in a bad place.”

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE NXT Preview 12/5/18

* NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa appears – As he prepares to have the NXT Universe “follow his lead,” what does Mr. Sports-Entertainment have planned?

* NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler (with Jessamyn Duke & Marina Shafir) vs. Dakota Kai

* Matt Riddle vs. Punishment Martinez

* The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake) vs. Raul Mendoza & Humberto Carrillo

WWE 205 Live Preview 12/5/18

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live was taped last night at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.

* Drew Gulak vs. The Brian Kendrick

* Tornado Tag Team Match: TJP and Mike Kanellis vs. The Lucha House Party

WWE NXT UK Preview 12/5/18

Don’t miss back-to-back episodes of NXT UK today at 3 ET and 4 ET on the award-winning WWE Network.

* Flash Morgan Webster vs. Jordan Devlin (3pm)

* Travis Banks confronts Wolfgang & The Coffey Brothers (3pm)

* Banks vs. Wolfgang (4pm)

* Appearances by Ligero, NXT UK Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley and others (4pm)

XFL Announced There Cities And Stadiums

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XFL made their official announcement of the 8 cities and stadiums for the inaugural season of the XFL to begin in 2020.

XFL 2020 kickoff will take place February 8 — the weekend after the Super Bowl — and Commissioner Oliver Luck told the press on Wednesday that player safety is a big focus this time around.

Luck additionally explained that the XFL will be fast paced, affordable, family friendly and as technologically advanced as possible. He also noted that the league will be sending out competitive salary offers to potential players, including ex-NFL stars and college athletes.

The team locations/stadiums are as follows:

  • New York – MetLife Stadium
  • Dallas – Globe Life Park in Arlington
  • Houston – TDECU Stadium
  • Los Angeles – StubHub Center
  • St. Louis – The Dome at America’s Center
  • Seattle – CenturyLink Field
  • Tampa Bay – Raymond James Stadium
  • Washington, D.C. – Audi Field

You can watch the full announcement below:

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vAxRyYZXMyJl

HBO Reportedly Working On Kenny Omega Documentary

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HBO is reportedly working on a documentary about New Japan Pro Wrestling star Kenny Omega, who is the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

Musician Joseph Shabason recently appeared on the Kreative Kontrol podcast and revealed that he had completed the musical score for the documentary. Shabason indicated that the documentary will air in earlt 2019.

“I just finished a documentary about a wrestler, that’s going to be coming out on HBO in the New Year, which is going to be really exciting,” he said. “It’s a wrestler named Kenny Omega, he’s a wrestler from Winnipeg, but he went to Japan and formed this tag team called The Golden Lovers, which was sort of the first-ever queer storyline in wrestling. … He’s a pretty incredible dude. I was really happy with scoring it.”

HBO found major success with their documentary on WWE Hall of Famer Andre the Giant that was released earlier this year along with WWE. Stay tuned for updates on when their Omega documentary will air.

Omega is set to defend his IWGP Heavyweight Title against Hiroshi Tanahashi at the NJPW WrestleKingdom 13 event from the Tokyo Dome on January 4.

Source: WrestlingINC

Wrestling Legend Dynamite Kid Dead At 60

One of wrestling’s most innovative performers, Thomas “Dynamite Kid” Billington, died Wednesday on his 60th birthday, according to family friends.

Billington’s health struggles over the last decade have been well-publicized. His cause of death wasn’t immediately released.

Dynamite Kid’s wrestling career spanned two decades competing in the World Wrestling Federation, Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and All Japan Pro Wrestling. He found mainstream success alongside Davey Boy Smith in the British Bulldogs tag team during the 1980s in WWF.

Smith’s son confirmed the news this morning on Twitter.

“It deeply saddens me to announce the passing of Tom Billington the ‘Dynamite Kid.’ I was really happy and glad I got to see Dynamite one last time last June in the UK. Dynamite was certainly an inspiration to myself and many others and really revolutionized professional wrestling as we know it today,” Harry Smith wrote.

The former WWF tag champ has been pointed to as an childhood inspiration to many of wrestling’s top performers because of his high-flying, intense, and explosive in-ring style. Naturally, the tributes started rolling in on social media at the news of his passing.

“Gutted to hear about the passing of one of my heroes and biggest inspirations,” wrote former WWE UK champ Tyler Bate on Twitter. “RIP Dynamite Kid, Tommy Billington.”

“Thank you for all the work you’ve done for our country and inspiring so many wrestling to take a chance on themselves,” Will Ospreay wrote. “RIP Dynamite Kid.”

Billington competed in his final match in 1996. Due to leg and spinal injuries, he’s largely been confined to a wheelchair for the last two decades.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Alexa Bliss Allegedly Cleared To Return?

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Mark Henry revealed details today on a conversation he recently had with Alexa Bliss about her injury. Despite the scary specifics however, Henry claims she’s now been cleared.

The WWE Hall of Famer talked about the conversation Tuesday on SiriusXM’s Busted Open and explained how he sat with Bliss for about 15-20 minutes to discuss her condition.

Henry says Bliss told him the concussion she suffered was so bad she couldn’t remember where she was or what she was doing at times. Alexa then came back too soon after this happened and hit her head again … causing another concussion.

As we previously reported, WWE claimed Alexa’s first injury was arm related at the time. It’s clear that wasn’t the case though, as Mark says she suffered two head injuries but has now been cleared.

While we’ve been unable to confirm Alexa has been cleared, it’s worth noting she was at the Performance Center last week working in the ring with Mike Quackenbush.

Since Alexa has been away from the ring, she’s been put in charge of the women’s division on WWE TV.