WWE NXT Superstar Nikki Cross made her main roster debut at Monday’s SmackDown live event in Augusta, Maine. She teamed with Becky Lynch to defeat Peyton Royce and Billie Kay. No word yet on if she will be called up soon but SAnitY also worked last night’s live event and they were kept apart. Below are photos of Cross and Lynch at last night’s show:
The WWE TLC pay-per-view will now take place on Sunday, December 16th from San Jose, California, according to PWInsider. This will replace the originally scheduled Clash of Champions pay-per-view scheduled for that date and location. As noted, TLC 2018 was originally announced for October 21st in Boston but a non-televised WWE SuperShow live event with both brands will take place that night in Boston instead.
Below is episode 101 (“Family Dinner”) of Being the Elite. The episode features the aftermath of the NJPW G1 Special (full results here) where Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and Haku attacked the other Bullet Club members. Also, after Kenny Omega defeated Cody, it looked like the two had buried the hatchet. Here’s a recap of the episode:
* In his hotel room, Chris Jericho says goodbye to The Young Bucks and finds out Marty Scurll had been hanging in his closet to ask if he could join him and The Young Bucks to become the fourth member of The Alpha Club. Scurll then tries to recruit Jericho into The Villain Club, but Jericho is writing on something, not a list – because WWE owns that – he’s just writing some notes about Scurll. Jericho has zero interest and asks him to leave his room, Scurll tries to go back into the closet, but eventually leaves. Jericho then says quietly to the camera, “He just made the list!”
* Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks make it to the Cow Palace for the NJPW G1 Special. Cody does rehearsals for his entrance where he was carried to the ring.
* Matt Jackson tries to talk some sense into Cody and let’s him know the group still loves him and to be safe in his title match against Omega. Cody looks to have mixed feelings about all of this.
* SoCal Uncensored is really not happy to be in Virgnia, they talk some trash about George Mason not signing the Constitution.
* Omega speaks with Matt and Nick before their match and the two look a little stressed. They ask Omega how he broke the “5 Star Scale,” they’ve tried everything, but can’t do it. “It’s no secret that critics love a very long ass singles match, so you guys are already at a disadvantage,” Omega responds. He then says the secret is psychology.
* Adam Page apparently has two personalities and they argue over him taking out Joey Ryan. Page ends up beating himself up and it looks like the bad side is the only one left.
* Matt talks with Kenny and says he thinks there is still some good in Cody. Kenny says he’s just going to have a match, Matt laughs and replies not to hurt him too bad.
* Flashback to last week when Nick has a premonition: “Something bad’s gonna happen.” Clips are shown of Tonga, Loa, and Haku attacking the Bullet Club after the G1 Special main event.
* After the show, The Bucks, Page, Omega, and Scurll are eating in a hotel room. Cody knocks on the door and limps in. Kenny ends up moving over on the couch to give him a spot and hands him some food. Dejected, the group sits in silence until Cody says, “So, how are we going to make these motherf—— pay?…And what the hell is Haku’s problem?”
Brock Lesnar showed up at UFC 226 this past Saturday and was invited into the Octagon by Daniel Cormier. Lesnar proceeded to shove the new UFC Heavyweight Champion and cut a promo ripping the UFC Heavyweight Division.
“I walked into this building and watched the Heavyweight disasters from the beginning,” Lesnar said. “Ngannou’s a piece of s–t, Miocic, the piece of s–t, DC… I’m coming for you motherf–ker.”
After the incident, UFC President Dana White said that the company was “definitely going to make that fight.”
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that Lesnar has re-entered the USADA testing pool in preparation for another fight. According to MMAJunkie.com, Lesnar re-joined the USADA testing pool on July 3rd. Lesnar still has around six months remaining in his suspension after failing a pair of drug tests following his UFC 200 fight against Mark Hunt. Lesnar had defeated Hunt via unanimous decision, however the result was changed to a no-contest. He will be eligible to fight again on or after January 8, 2019.
Lesnar is still WWE Universal Champion and has one match left on his contract, according to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer. His next match has yet to be officially announced by WWE.
Brock Lesnar has officially re-entered the UFC's drug program, per USADA. He will be eligible to compete by Jan. 8. His official re-entry first reported by MMAFighting.
Ric Flair underwent successful surgery on Monday to reverse an ileostomy procedure.
Flair’s fiancé Wendy Barlow told Pro Wrestling Sheet that the operation went exactly as the Hall of Fame wrestler had hoped and they’re both feeling truly blessed.
Flair was required to undergo an ileostomy procedure after his health scare last year. The surgery today was being done in an effort to reverse the stoma, so he’d no longer be required to drain body waste from a pouch.
Flair should will be released from the hospital by the end of the week.
According to WBRC FOX 6 News, former Memphis Wrestling Personality, Nate Whitlock, passed away last Friday. Known to many as “Nate the Rat,” he had a number of different runs as a manager for Memphis Wrestling (CWA and USWA). The cause of death has not yet been released.
Whitlock had managed wrestlers such as, The Undertaker (then known as Master of Pain), Jerry “The King” Lawler, and The Godfather (then known as The Soul Taker).
Long-time Memphis announcer and current WMC-TV channel 5 Meteorologist, Dave Brown, told WMC Action News, “He really played the [heel] role well. I liked being around him. He was just a nice guy. Anything that was asked of him, he was willing to do.”
Our condolences to the friends and family of Nate Whitlock. Below are a some videos from his career.
Matt Hardy is proposing he and Bray Wyatt make a trip to All In to defend the WWE RAW tag team titles against The Young Bucks.
Hardy tweeted out the suggestion after comments made by The Bucks following Saturday’s New Japanshow in San Francisco.
When asked about what they have left to accomplish, Matt Jackson made a suggestion some might consider out of the ordinary.
“How cool would it be to win the WWE tag team championship belts and not even have to perform on their show? That would be great,” he told reporters.
“A little one off?,” Nick responded.
“Yeah, a little one off. That would be fun,” Matt replied.
The result was a tweet from Hardy that read: “What are these FANTASTICAL FANCIES that you speak of, Bucks of Youth? September 1st?” The tweet included pictures of Hardy/Wyatt with their belts and The Young Bucks carrying their titles.
Matt Hardy has extensive history with The Young Bucks — and we recently saw WWE give Nick and Matt quite a bit of promotion on their social channels.
WWE announced Fandango has suffered a shoulder injury.
WWE.com reports ‘Dango suffered a left labrum tear in his shoulder and surgery is required. No additional information was made available on when the injury occurred.
Fandango tweeted on Sunday morning saying he could be out of action for 6 months or longer.
The UFC is going full-steam ahead with plans of putting Brock Lesnar and Daniel Cormier together inside the Octagon. After Cormier defeated Stipe Miocic Saturday night at UFC 226 to become the heavyweight champion, he called out Lesnar, the reigning WWE Universal champion. Lesnar had sat Octagon-side as “DC” knocked out Miocic.
The two became involved in a brief shoving match before officials separated them. Lesnar, according to White, will need six months of clean testing in the USADA pool to become eligible to fight, meaning the bout is likely for early 2019.
“We’re definitely going to make that fight,” White said. “He’s going to pop up (in the USADA testing) here Monday or Tuesday.”
Cormier, who is also the current UFC light heavyweight champion, mentioned during his post-fight press conference a desire to fight again this year before concluding his career in 2019. That could mean a title defense of his 205-pound belt before facing Lesnar for the heavyweight championship.
“I fight Brock Lesnar, I get paid,” said Cormier, who added he is only interested in big fights to finish his career.
