Lucha Underground Returns With Season 4 Premiere Airing Tonight On El Rey Network

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Lucha Underground returns tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern (7:00 CT) on the El Rey Network with their Season 4 premiere episode.

Preview synopsis for the premiere episode reads as the following:

“The Lucha Underground’s Temple moves to a new location and Pentagon Dark mut defend his Lucha Underground Championship for the first time. Dario Cueto’s fate is revealed.”

El Rey has also issued the following videos to hype up the Season 4 premiere. 22 episodes were shot for Season 4 back in March in Boyle Heights, California.

Impact Wrestling Hires New Backstage Interviewer

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Impact Wrestling announced the hiring of Alicia Atout this week as their new backstage interviewer, officially replacing McKenzie Mitchell.

Mitchell was quietly released earlier this week after two years with Impact.

Atout commented on her hiring, while Mitchell commented on her departure via Twitter.

With Impact becoming more centered in Canada under the ownership of Anthem and more PPVs and TV tapings taking place in Canada, the hiring of Atout continues down that path as she is from Canada.

Prior to her hiring, Atout has done backstage interviewing for the Canadian independent promotion SMASH Wrestling and also hosts interviews with several performers in the wrestling and music fields on her website entitled AMBY.

Source: WrestleView

SmackDown Live Preview 6/12/18

Tonight’s Money In the Bank go-home edition of WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.

* Paige to host Women’s Money in the Bank Summit

* Daniel Bryan and Shelton Benjamin go one-on-one tonight on SmackDown LIVE

* Jeff Hardy to battle Shinsuke Nakamura after war of words on Twitter

WWE 205 Live Preview 6/12/18

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.

* Will ending The Lucha House Party make for a better 205 Live? Kalisto, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado vs. Drew Gulak, Jack Gallagher and Brian Kendrick.

* Does Hideo Itami deserve a title opportunity?

ROH Reportedly Set To Make Madison Square Garden Debut

Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley spoke with The Business Journal of Baltimore and revealed that Ring of Honor is set to make their debut at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City in 2019.

No word yet on when the ROH – MSG debut might happen but this comes as the arena has been reaching out to pro wrestling promotions as WWE has not been running the venue consistently, choosing the Barclays Center in Brooklyn instead. MSG has always been seen as a “home arena” for WWE but there was some heat from the venue over WWE not running any of their WrestleMania 35 events there. It’s very possible that ROH could run MSG head-to-head with one of the WWE shows during WrestleMania 35 Week next year.

Mexico’s AAA promotion will debut at The Garden in September, making them the first wrestling promotion in decades to run MSG outside of WWE. It will be interesting to see how these smaller promotions fill The Garden as the arena has a seating capacity of 20,789. The largest crowd ROH has ever done was around 6,000 for a show during WrestleMania 34 Week in New Orleans.

Source: WrestlingINC

Rosa Mendes Wants To “Dominate” Indie Wrestling, Then Return To WWE For HOF-Worthy Run

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It may sound crazy, but Rosa Mendes says she’s planning to “dominate” the independent wrestling scene in an effort to impress WWE officials and one day return for a Hall of Fame worthy run.

Mendes co-hosted this week’s episode of Women’s Pro Wrestling Weekly and said:

I feel like this is my business plan; I want to conquer the independents. I want to dominate in the independents and be super over and have incredible 30-40 minute matches in the independents and show people that I am a great worker and a great performer. As soon as I can say that about myself then I am going to talk to them [WWE]. They may talk to me before then, but I really want to establish myself in the independents before I even step foot in a WWE door again.”

As you may recall, Rosa retired from wrestling in February 2017. The 38-year-old mother made her return, however, at an independent wrestling event last month in Maryland.

The former Total Divas star was asked by WPW about the idea of being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame one day, an odd question considering her run, and Mendes replied:

This is the thing, right now, Rosa Mendes would never be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I feel because of who I was and because of my character and being a Manager. I know some Managers have, but if you look back, my best time as a Manager was with Primo & Epico, and I did a lot in those matches. They got the tag team titles but I just feel like I don’t think it would happen, and I don’t think I would deserve it. I feel like once I go back I want to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. I want to make history and I want people to respect my work in the ring.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Jeff Hardy Pleads Guilty To DWI, License Suspended For 120-Days

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WWE United States champ Jeff Hardy plead guilty on Monday to driving while impaired earlier this year and his license was promptly suspended for 120-days.

According to WBTV … Hardy was also fined $300 for court costs and, in addition to turning over his license, the wrestler will need to complete an assessment/treatment class.

As we previously reported, the arrest took place in March after Jeff ran off the roadway around 8pm and struck a guardrail. The crash caused his car to spin out into the middle of the road. Jeff submitted to a breath test before his arrest and blew a .25 — more than three times the legal limit.

At the time, a rep for WWE said, “Jeff Hardy is responsible for his own personal actions. We are investigating the matter and awaiting information from local law enforcement officials.” When he returned from injury not long after, Hardy won the United States Championship.

In case you missed it, the trailer for WWE 24 on The Hardys was shown tonight during Raw.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Baron Corbin Cuts Off Long Hair, Debuted Shaved Head On RAW

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After years of fans begging Baron Corbin to chop off his not-so-healthy looking locks, the new Constable unveiled a fresh cut last night on Raw.

Raw kicked off with Superstars sitting atop ladders to hype Sunday night’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view and Kurt Angle interrupted to tell the participants he wants his brand to win.

Corbin eventually made his way into the segment and The Lone Wolf’s bald head made it’s big debut.

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Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Watch The New Trailer For Second Season of Netflix 80s Wrestling Series “GLOW” – Available June 29

The Netflix series GLOW which follows a group of women wrestlers in the 1980s is set to return for a second season on June 29.

James Ellsworth Returning To WWE Soon?

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James Ellsworth is set to return to WWE soon, according to PWInsider. Ellsworth could be returning at Sunday’s Money In the Bank pay-per-view as he is scheduled to be backstage. There have been several recent creative pitches for his return.

Ellsworth was released from the company in November 2017 after first debuting as an enhancement talent in 2016 during Braun Strowman’s climb to the top. He was last involved in a storyline with current SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella. Ellsworth has worked indies since being released.

Source: WrestlingINC