Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown will take place at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England as the Road to Survivor Series continues. The show was pre-taped on Friday.
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WWE RAW TV Taping Cancellation, WWE To Hold RAW Double Taping
The December 17 taping of RAW at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. That show was scheduled to air on December 23 as WWE talent was reportedly going to get some time off during the holidays from December 22 until December 26.
The Well Fargo Arena announced it will host two episodes of RAW on Monday, December 16, with the second episode airing the following week on the 23rd.
Below is the full announcement:
WWE Fans! Wells Fargo Arena will now host two episodes of WWE Monday Night RAW on Monday, December 16th, moving the event start time up to 5:45pm, with doors at 4:15pm. That’s two shows for the price of one! Follow the ticket link below to purchase your tickets today!
For no additional charge, fans going to the event can end up sitting through six hours of TV tapings.
WWE Using Different RAW And SmackDown Sets This Week In England (Photos)
WWE is taping tonight’s SmackDown and Monday’s RAW from the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England today.
WWE is using a different set for today’s double tapings, as seen in the fan tweet below. The more elaborate sets that recently debuted on RAW and SmackDown are not being used.
https://twitter.com/Bluepeter1979/status/1192858732969037824
Backstage Notes From Vince McMahon’s Pre-RAW Meeting, Karl Anderson Called Out For Tweets, More
Vince McMahon called a backstage meeting at around 3pm ET on Monday before RAW to address the travel debacle coming out of WWE Crown Jewel.
Vince reiterated that there were no issues between the company and officials in Saudi Arabia, and that a mechanical issue prevented the plane from leaving when it was scheduled to, nothing else.
Vince opened the meeting up for questions from talents and nobody asked any questions, and nobody said anything about the story given to them on what happened in the Kingdom. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that there was a feeling that saying anything negative about the story given to them during the meeting wouldn’t do anyone good, and nobody spoke up. The Observer adds that the feeling on saying anything negative about the company’s Saudi story wouldn’t do anyone any good, was apparently the correct call.
Randy Orton said something during the meeting but he was just trying to break the tension by being funny. Vince responded and asked, “Anybody else want to just kiss my ass?”
The meeting was just about to wrap up when Triple H called out Karl Anderson for comments he made on Twitter, about who would be the locker room leader on Monday. As noted, Anderson tweeted, “Looking forward to seeing who the locker room leader is on Monday.. [popcorn emoji] [red heart emoji]”
Anderson reportedly didn’t say much of anything in response. There was apparently more heat to the Anderson situation as he and his wife also joked on Twitter about not going back to Saudi Arabia, but going back because they need a new pool or a second house. He tweeted, “Couldn’t pay me enough to go back .. Well that’s not true, I need a second pool, so…..”
Anderson’s wife responded, “2nd house!! Not a pool..but don’t ever go back AGAIN! We don’t need our daddy/papi/motherlover/absanderson/besttagteam etc. being held hostage while we’re at home worried to death [red heart emoji]”
You can see the Anderson tweets below.
WWE United States Champion AJ Styles spoke at the meeting but didn’t say much. Styles was very unhappy because the delay in the Kingdom caused him to miss one of his son’s wrestling matches. Rusev spoke some and mostly thanked Mark Carrano, WWE’s Senior Director of Talent Relations, for his work in quickly getting hotel rooms booked for everyone while they waited for a flight back to the United States. No one spoke about anything negatively, but there were some remarks about how at times during the debacle, the talents didn’t have access to Wi-Fi and were unable to contact their families.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE RAW Preview 11/4/19
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, New York with fallout from WWE Crown Jewel.
No matches have been announced for tonight’s RAW but WWE Champion Brock Lesnar is set to appear after he quit Friday Night SmackDown and said he was headed to RAW to come after Rey Mysterio.
WWE has not posted their official preview for tonight’s show as of this writing, but it’s worth noting that their events page has new WWE Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, Seth Rollins, Charlotte Flair, RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, and WWE United States Champion AJ Styles advertised to appear.
The arena has Rollins vs. Wyatt in a Steel Cage match advertised locally, which would be the dark main event as The Fiend is a SmackDown Superstar, plus appearances by Lynch, Styles, Flair, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, Ricochet, Aleister Black, and The Street Profits.
It’s rumored that WWE NXT Superstars will appear on tonight’s RAW to continue the Survivor Series build that began on Friday’s SmackDown with the NXT invasion angles.
Seth Rollins took to Twitter today to issue his first wrestling-related comments since losing the WWE Universal Title to “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt at last Thursday’s WWE Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia.
Rollins thanked Dubai Tourism for the trip he took with RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, and mentioned Ringside Collectibles for the Ringside Fest event on Sunday. He also revealed that he will address his WWE future during tonight’s RAW episode from Long Island.
He wrote, “So much swirling in my head after #CrownJewel. Thank you @dubaitourism & @RingsideC #RingsideFest & all of our incredible fans for the weekend. Will address my future tonight on #Raw.”
https://twitter.com/WWERollins/status/1191377720829267968
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE RAW Preview 10/28/19
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri with the final hype for WWE Crown Jewel.
- Seth Rollins and Erick Rowan set to battle in Falls Count Anywhere Match
- Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair to appear days before WWE Crown Jewel
- Becky Lynch to face Kairi Sane on Raw in matchup of champions
- Rusev and Lana will take their quarrel to “The King’s Court”
- Ricochet looks to tip the scales for Team Hogan in rematch with Team Flair’s Drew McIntyre
Humberto Carrillo Says He’s Feeling Blessed After Raw Debut
Humberto Carrillo made a big splash last night during his WWE RAW debut and afterward the wrestler said he’s feeling blessed.
In case you missed it, Carrillo was first interviewed backstage by Charly Caruso during the show and briefly mentioned Seth Rollins. This led to the Universal Champion challenging him to a match.
While Humberto eventually lost to Rollins, the match impressed fans and earned him the respect of Seth who shook the young wrestler’s hand afterward.
Carrillo reacted to all of this after the show while talking with Sarah Schreiber.
“I think I’m really blessed,” he explained. “I don’t mind if I lose the match. As you said, I win the respect of the champ and from all the crowd. And I’m representing Raw right now, from NXT to 205, and now on Raw … that’s great. That’s great. I’m really blessed and thankful with everybody.”
Watch the interview below.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
WWE RAW Preview 10/21/19
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio as the road to Crown Jewel continues.
- Seth Rollins to discuss burning down The Firefly Fun House
- Flair to name final member of Team Flair for WWE Crown Jewel
- The Street Profits challenge The O.C. with a mystery friend in their corner
- Sin Cara returns to Raw against Andrade
- Rey Mysterio to appear live on Raw
WWE Announces Authors Of Pain Have Been Officially Signed To RAW
WWE announced that the Authors of Pain have been signed to RAW. WWE announced it with a video explaining the two powerhouse wrestlers have been signed to RAW after “extended negotiations with both USA Network and FOX amid rumors of their return to the MMA world.”
WWE Talents To Receive Time Off During Christmas Week
WWE is set to tape the pre-Christmas edition of RAW on Tuesday, December 17 in Sioux City, Iowa. The taped show will air on Monday, December 23, according to @Wrestlevotes.
All WWE talents are scheduled to have some time off between Sunday, December 22 and Thursday, December 26. The SmackDown episode on Friday, December 27 will air live.
There will also be no live WWE NXT episode on Wednesday, December 25 for Christmas. There’s no word yet on what they have planned for NXT that night.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
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