The final RAW before WWE Fastlane takes place tonight from the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair is currently in Green Bay and is scheduled to be at tonight’s RAW show, according to PWInsider.
Former NXT and WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor got physical with two of NXT’s top competitors Wednesday night … however, the wrestler claims doctors have yet to give him the green light for Raw.
WWE released video of Balor coming to the aid of Shinsuke Nakamura at the University of Central Florida during Wednesday night’s NXT TV taping and it looks like he’s back to 100%.
Finn easily clotheslined Andrade ‘Cien‘ Almas over the top rope, then hit Bobby Roode with a kick to the gut and Sling Blade.
The company reports that even though he looks ready for action, Balor told the live crowd that he still hasn’t been medically cleared to compete by WWE doctors.
Finn Balor may have gotten physical at an NXT event Wednesday night, but he isn’t lying about his medical situation — sources say he truly hasn’t been cleared yet.
even though Finn’s been working in the squared circle again and feels back to normal, the wrestler still has one more medical evaluation scheduled for the beginning of March.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Just to clear up any confusion, Finn Balor is still scheduled to be a part of WWE’s main roster following last night’s WWE NXT appearance after the University of Central Florida tapings. Balor is being advertised for RAW live events in March. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that Balor has always been scheduled for WrestleMania 33 but there’s no word yet on what his role will be. Balor has been out of action since SummerSlam 2016.
Source: WrestlingINC
The “Fighting With My Family” movie based on Paige’s wrestling family will be filming during tonight’s RAW at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. As noted, WWE Studios and The Rock’s Seven Bucks Productions are partnering for the movie.
Rock has been busy working on the movie this past week, as seen below. Rock and Florence Pugh, the actress who will play the character based on Paige, were at the Staples Center earlier doing work.
With the movie filming tonight at RAW, The Rock is rumored to be appearing.
Source: WrestlingINC
RAW takes place tonight from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Source: WWE.com
There were big plans for the Emmalina character … but after multiple rehearsals, producers realized she couldn’t pull off what they were looking to accomplish.
Sources say Emmalina was intended to be a throwback to characters like Sable and The Kat — however, delays were caused after officials felt like she wasn’t committing enough to the role and ultimately they decided to just let Emma be evil again.
Producers are still big fans of the character’s concept though — which is why they held hope it would work out — so it’s always possible that they’ll hold onto it for another female in the future.
In case you missed it, Emmalina returned to RAW Monday night and said her makeover was complete … and she’ll now be undergoing a makeover back to Emma.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
The Festival of Friendship ended in a breakup for the ages this week on Monday Night Raw … after Universal Champion Kevin Owens turned on his BFF Chris Jericho.
It all went down during Jericho’s F.o.F. when Chris presented his buddy with lavish — yet, odd — gifts and explained that Owens has made this past year one of his favorites.
Kevin clearly wasn’t feeling it though and offered a gift to Jericho as well … The List of KO … and Y2J was the only name on it. The present also came with a beatdown.
This lead to Chris being loaded into an “ambulance” afterward.
Watch the videos below and try not to cry watching the end of JeriKO.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
RAW takes place tonight in Las Vegas.
Source: WWE.com
The Road to WrestleMania 33: tonight’s WWE RAW takes place from the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.
Goldberg responds to Brock Lesnar’s challenge to a final battle at WrestleMania
Seth Rollins’ injury status to be revealed
Does Sami Zayn top the “list” of U.S. Title contenders?
Will Braun Strowman strike back against Roman Reigns?
Nia Jax’s warpath continues
Source: WWE.com
WWE announce this morning that Seth Rollins is off weekend live events. They posted the following this morning, noting that an update will be available on RAW:
UPDATE: The full extent of Seth Rollins’ injury remains unknown, but WWE.com can confirm that the former WWE Champion has not been cleared to compete at WWE Live Events this weekend. A full medical update will be given this Monday night on Raw.
Seth Rollins’ right knee was reinjured during Samoa Joe’s ambush at the conclusion of this Monday’s Raw, WWE.com can now confirm. The attack occurred as Rollins was heading to the ring to finally confront Triple H, who cost The Architect a WWE Universal Championship opportunity back in August.
As noted, Rollins has reportedly suffered a torn MCL in the brawl with Samoa Joe on RAW and is expected to be out of action for around 8 weeks.
WWE is reporting that Seth Rollins re-injured his right knee during the closing segment of this past Monday’s RAW during Samoa Joe’s attack. It was noted that Rollins will be evaluated later this week.
PWInsider confirmed that the injury is not a storyline, and Rollins is currently in Birmingham, Alabama to get examined. Once he’s examined, it will be more clear how serious the injury is and if it will force him to miss WrestleMania 33. Rollins was scheduled to be in one of the featured bouts on the card against Triple H.
While not confirmed, Rollins did appear to fall awkwardly when being taken down by Joe in the Coquina Clutch, as seen in the video at the 3:20 mark.
Rollins was forced to miss 6 months of action after tearing the ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus in his knee during a match with Kane at a WWE live event in November of 2015. The then-WWE World Heavyweight Champion was forced to vacate his title, and missed last year’s WrestleMania 32 pay-per-view.
Source: WrestlingINC
Rollins is in Birmingham, Alabama today to be examined but there’s no word yet on when he will be back in action.
Rollins tweeted the following from Birmingham today:
