Saturday night (6/23/18) in Evansville, Indiana WWE Hall of Famers Jeff Jarrett and Road Warrior Animal was at the World Wrestling Alliance (W.W.A.) show. I got to meet them and got a photo with Jeff. Below are some photos and video from the event.
In the video below I didn’t get recording in time, Jarrett ran out hit Stonewall with a chair then hit him with The Stroke to help Dakata France win the W.W.A. Championship.
Kick off your weekend with Major League Wrestling: FUSION tonight on beIN SPORTS at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. Learn more how you can watch FUSION here.
$20,000 BOUNTY MATCH is tonight’s main event. Will the 6’5″ California bounty hunter Brody King collect as he looks to maim the reigningWorld Heavyweight Champion Shane “Swerve” Strickland? Salina de la Renta is betting $20,000 he does. Watch Swerve vs. Brody tonight on beIN SPORTS!
ATTLE RIOT CONTROL CENTER WITH EXCLUSIVE!
Will your favorite wrestlers join the 40-man first-ever Battle Riot? Find out! [Buy tickets to see it live]
A SHOCKING RETURN???
One of wrestling’s most celebrated wrestling families will be represented on tonight’s show… the individual is also one of the most infamous names in the sport. WHO? Tune in at 8pm to find out.
TEAM FILTHY PLAYS DIRTY WITH THE STUD STABLE
Fight team captain “Filthy” Tom Lawlor plans on showing the Stud Stable he is the filthiest man in the game. You can only imagine what that will entail.
BARRINGTON HUGHES RUMBLES ON FUSION
469 pound super heavyweight Barrington Hughes returns tonight! The undefeated Miami native looks to continue his dominate ways as he climbs the rankings.
Will anyone be able to stop the “Caramel Colossus” from crushing the competition? Tune in tonight to find out.
Join Tony Schiavone and Rich Bocchini as they call the action for an action packed 60 minute shot of Major League Wrestling: FUSION!
Rich Swann made his debut at the Impact tapings in Windsor earlier this month. Impact announced last night that he will be making his Impact debut next week. The former WWE Cruiserweight Champion mutually parted ways from the WWE in February after an incident with his wife (and current Knockouts Champion) Su Yung.
A WWE vs. NJPW event sounds like an impossible pipe dream, but Kenny Omega says he’d love to see a working relationship form between the two companies so it could happen.
Omega took part in a media call to promote NJPW‘s upcoming live G1 Special in San Francisco on AXS TV and at one point said he believes now is the time to ease up on “us vs. them” mentality.
As you may have seen, Triple H recently said WWE was open to the idea of forming working relationships with other organizations … which naturally got people talking about an NJPW alliance.
When asked about the WWE exec’s comments, Omega was on the exact same page.
“I definitely would want to see that,” he answered. “I think that nowadays, with the popularity and respect level of other sports — for example basketball, or baseball or soccer — I feel that it wouldn’t be out of place for pro wrestling to stand at the same level as those sports. And I think the only way we stand a chance at doing that is if we really band together and give them the best of the best.”
The Cleaner went on to say most “dream matches” currently on fan wishlists are, for the most part, people who compete in different promotions. This includes matches like The Elite vs. New Day or Tommaso Ciampa vs. Kenny Omega.
“I think that now is a very good opportunity to cash in on that. And I believe that both parties benefit.”
Listen to the interview clip below:
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Raw will be without Sami Zayn for the foreseeable future … as the wrestler revealed both his shoulders are busted and surgery is required before he can return.
Zayn told WWE.com he’s got two torn rotator cuffs and underwent surgery to fix one of them today in Birmingham, Alabama.
“I guess people don’t know about this injury; I’ve been working with it for some time,” Sami explained. “I don’t know exactly when I tore it. I think I tore it, or initially injured it, on a Montreal Live Event. Which is ironic because I injured my left shoulder — now somewhat famously — in Montreal in my [Raw] debut against John Cena. And at a Live Event this past August wrestling Jinder Mahal, I think I injured it then.”
He continued: “But then my left shoulder, a.k.a my bad shoulder, started to act up again as well. That shoulder hasn’t quite been the same since surgery anyway, so I had just kind of gotten used to the fact that that shoulder was the bad one. But it started to get progressively worse, so basically, long story short, it turns out I have two torn rotator cuffs. The left one and the right one are both torn. I just underwent surgery on the right one, and then in about six or seven weeks, I’ll be undergoing surgery on the left one, and hopefully I can come back healthy and happy.”
As we previously reported, Sami traveled to Alabama to determine how serious his shoulder injuries were. Zayn says he learned surgery would be required after getting an MRI on “the bad shoulder.”
No exact return estimate was given, but Sami says he’d like to be “in the mix” for WrestleMania.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact on Pop TV:
* Tonight is the final IMPACT Wrestling before we pack up and move north to Windsor, Ontario for the next 4 weeks. Tonight we will see the next step on the road to Slammiversary and so much more.
* Impact Tag Team Championship: (C) Z&E vs. LAX
* Madison Rayne vs. Taya Valkyrie
* See what happened between Impact Champion Austin Aries and Moose at the Slammiversary Press Conference!
* We will also hear from the man who has been causing chaos on IMPACT Wrestling for months. The Mystery Attacker who has taken out a slew of IMPACT employees and Roster Members. Killer Kross speaks for the first time tonight.
* oVe vs. Pentagon Jr. and Fantasma
Ronda Rousey was scheduled for 7 dates during her storyline WWE 30-day suspension, 3 of which were RAW tapings. While Rousey is still scheduled for this Sunday’s WWE live event in Anaheim, she has been pulled from this Monday’s RAW in San Diego. Here is her updated schedule during her suspension:
* 6/24 – RAW live event in Anaheim, CA
* 7/6 – RAW live event in Philadelphia, PA
* 7/7 – RAW live event at MSG
* 7/8 – RAW live event in Bridgeport, CT
* 7/9 – Monday Night RAW in Boston, MA
* 7/16 – Monday Night RAW in Buffalo, NY
Source: WrestlingINC
The official Twitter account of the upcoming All In event on September 1 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois (just outside Chicago) announced on Wednesday night that they have licensed production to broadcast the event in some capacity.
An announcement on how the event will be broadcast will be made in the coming weeks.
WWE announced that taping of the 2018 Mae Young classic will take place Wednesday, Aug. 8, and Thursday, Aug. 9, from Full Sail Live in Orlando. Tickets will be available tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT via www.nxttickets.com.
Below is WWE’s announcement:
STAMFORD, Conn. – WWE today announced that Mae Young Classic 2018 will take place Wednesday, Aug. 8, and Thursday, Aug. 9, from Full Sail Live in Orlando, Fla., with tickets available tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT via www.nxttickets.com.
The tournament, named after WWE Hall of Famer and one of the greatest WWE Superstars in history, Mae Young, will once again feature 32 of the top female competitors from 12 countries participating in a single-elimination tournament. The second annual event will stream exclusively on WWE Networklater this summer.
“We are thrilled to once again present the Mae Young Classic and provide a global showcase for 32 of the top female talent from around the world,” said Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative. “Last year’s event was a significant milestone in WWE’s Women’s Evolution, and I am confident this year’s event will break even more barriers.”
Additional information on Mae Young Classic 2018 will be announced in the coming weeks.
Click here for more information on the life and legacy of WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young.
* Lucha Underground Championship: (C) Pentagon Dark vs. “The Monster” Matanza Cueto
* Still in the clutches of Kobra Moon, the fire-breathing DRAGO returns
* El Dragon Azteca Jr flies into the Temple
