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Pat McAfee Accepts Challenge To Wrestle Adam Cole At NXT TakeOver: XXX

Triple H’s challenge for Pat McAfee to wrestle Adam Cole at NXT TakeOver: XXX has been accepted via beachside promo.

Triple H threw out the challenge to McAfee Thursday morning after the former NFL player punted Cole on Wednesday’s edition of NXT.

Pat accepted the challenge hours later in a video he took on his honeymoon.

“Triple H goes on ‘Get Up’ with Mike Greenberg and starts talking about how Adam Cole wants to challenge me to a fight at NXT TakeOver: XXX on August 22nd. That’s two weeks,” he said. “Two weeks to fight a guy whose been wrestling for twelve years. A guy who’s the longest-reigning NXT Champion. A guy whose been there, done that, with everything. What have I been doing? Oh, I dunno. Kicking-off Super Bowls. Running businesses, podcasting, radio shows, merch companies, being a standup comic, taking care of everyone one of my family members and my friends, and figuring things out as I go.”

“Two weeks is not a lot of time to learn how to keep up with somebody whose been doing something for over a decade. But two weeks is enough time to find enough anger inside of me. To find enough motivation to beat the sh*t out of Adam Cole. I’ll figure it out. August 22nd is gonna be a problem for the guy who once called himself ‘The King of NXT.’ And Triple H, you said you’re gonna be able to make me famous? Well your biggest guy is about to get made famous and it’s going to be for eating another right foot to the mouth! I accept.”

Watch the video below.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

 

Watch what happened Wednesday night on NXT, that lead to the match being made for TakeOver: XXX

Source Pro Wrestling Sheet

Former WWE Superstar Marty Jannetty Apparently Claims He Murdered A Man As A Teenager

Former WWE Superstar Marty Jannetty is currently trending on Twitter due to a Facebook post he made early this morning.

Jannetty is known for making bizarre Facebook posts but in his latest it appears he is admitting to murdering a man when he was a teenager.

Jannetty recalled how he worked at a local bowling alley when he was 13, and was buying marijuana from a gay man who also worked there. The former WWE Intercontinental & Tag Team Champion went on about how he allegedly made the man “disappear” after an attempted sexual assault behind the building, and then dumped his body in the Chattahoochee River.

“I never told no one this, even my brother Geno..cause Geno would’ve killed him, and I didn’t want my brother gone,,hell he’d only recently came home from Viet Nam,” Jannetty wrote. “I was 13, working at Victory Lanes bowling alley, buying weed from a f-g that worked there..and he put his hands on me..he dragged me around to the back of the building..you already know what he was gonna try to do..

“That was the very first time I made a man disappear..they never found him..they shoulda looked in the Chattahoochie River..but Winnie(the girl in these pics) I likes you so damn much, probably my favorite..but I promised myself way back then, nobody would ever hurt me again..that includes you..I loved you but you hurt me with your f–kin Jamaican jealousy..you can go your own way, I don’t need you..”

Winnie is apparently the woman that Jannetty has been in a relationship with. He told another fan in a comment that they had a falling out. Jannetty again commented on the alleged murder and said he has the satisfaction of knowing the man never hurt another kid.

“Me and Winnie just had a fall out,” Jannetty wrote back to the fan who asked if he was OK. “But, if you’re asking bout the other thing..yes, that was a billion years ago, plus, I have the satisfaction of knowing that b—h ass n*nja never got to do another kid like that..”

For what it’s worth, Jannetty was born in Columbus, Georgia and the Chattahoochee River runs through that area. Jannetty was born in February 1960, so he would have turned 13 in 1973. The Vietnam War officially ended in April 1975, but troops were returning at various times before that. There are also records of a Victory Lanes Family Bowling Center in Columbus at some point. The facility once sat on Fort Benning Road, which is right next to the Chattahoochee River.

Jannetty has deleted the Facebook post but you can see screenshots below:

https://twitter.com/ewok_schultz/status/1290964671600693249

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE NXT Preview 8/5/20

Tonight’s WWE NXT episode on the USA Network will feature more build for the upcoming “TakeOver 30” event on August 22.

WWE RAW Preview 8/3/20

Tonight’s WWE RAW will air on a tape delay from the Performance Center in Orlando, FL with more build for SummerSlam.

* Will Asuka be out for retribution on Sasha Banks & Bayley?

* How will Drew McIntyre respond to Randy Orton’s attack?

* Apollo Crews and MVP will battle for the United States Title to kick off RAW

WWE Reportedly Planning A New Draft

It looks like the superstars of WWE may be getting some new opportunities in the coming months.

WWE is reportedly planning another draft between RAW and SmackDown, according to Dave Meltzer on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio. There were originally 5 different dates being considered for the new draft, but it has now been narrowed down to 2 possible dates in October.

Meltzer also notes that up until last week, the draft was set to take place at some point this month. He says that it may end up being moved to September, but whenever the date may be, WWE intends to hold another draft in the coming months.

There’s no word yet on if NXT stars will be included in any capacity in the upcoming draft. Last year, the Street Profits were called up to RAW as a part of the event.

The previous WWE draft took place one week after SmackDown debuted on FOX in October 2019. It continued on RAW the following week and included an opportunity to trade stars post-draft.

Notable stars that switched to the blue brand during the 2019 draft were “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, Sasha Banks, and current WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman. On the red side, notable acquisitions included Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, and Charlotte Flair.

Stay tuned for updates on the WWE draft.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE SmackDown Preview 7/21/20

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX episode will air from the Performance Center in Orlando build toward SummerSlam.

* AJ Styles defends his Intercontinental Championship against Gran Metalik

* Bayley defends her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Nikki Cross

* Mr. Money in the Bank Otis and Mandy Rose – The Love Story continues.

WWE NXT Preview 7/29/20

Tonight’s WWE NXT episode will take place from the campus of Full Sail University as the road to “Takeover: XXX” continues.

* Finn Balor vs. Dexter Lumis vs. Timothy Thatcher with the winner earning a spot in the Ladder Match for the Vacant NXT North American Title at “Takeover: XXX”

* NXT Champion Keith Lee addresses Karrion Kross

* Mercedes Martinez vs. Shotzi Blackheart

* Roderick Strong vs. Johnny Gargano

WWE RAW Preview 7/27/20

Tonight’s taped WWE RAW episode on the USA Network will feature more build for the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view.

* Randy Orton opens the show and announces his next target

* Rey Mysterio’s son Dominik appears to confront Seth Rollins

* Andrade & Angel Garza vs. The Viking Raiders vs. Cedric Alexander & Ricochet with the winners challenging RAW Tag Team Champions The Street Profits at WWE SummerSlam

* RAW Women’s Champion Asuka defends against WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks in a match where Asuka’s title can be decided by pinfall, submission, count out or DQ, including outside interference

* WWE Champion Drew McIntyre defends against Dolph Ziggler. McIntyre gets to pick the stipulation and will announce it right before the match

WWE SmackDown Preview 7/24/20

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will feature fallout from last Sunday’s “The Horror Show at Extreme Rules” pay-per-view.

* Jeff Hardy and Sheamus to throw down in Bar Fight

* Naomi set to continue the conversation on “Miz TV”

* Bayley & Sasha Banks set to address the championship landscape

AJ Styles Discusses The Possibility Of Working With AEW, His Retirement Plans

WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles took to his Twitch stream last night to answer a variety of questions from his fans.

One topic of discussion was All Elite Wrestling and the close relationships Styles has with some of the higher ups working there. Styles mentioned how you can “never say never” in regards to him possibly showing up in AEW one day.

“As far as AEW is concerned, never say never, right? But I think once my career is done, I’m hopefully just going to work for WWE in some capacity,” AJ explained. “What would I do? I’d like to be a recruiter, go scout some guys. I think that would be fun. I would have no problem going to the indies. I know we have scouts going to weightlifting contests and what not to get these big guys.”

Styles says that he intends to close the final chapter of his in-ring career in WWE and then move on to recruiting talent for the company. He notes that change is hard, and he likes the position he’s in now.

“I want to get guys and girls who have wanted to do this their whole life, give them some advice, check up on them from time to time, and help them get to the next level or the Performance Center,” Styles said. “A lot of my friends are [in AEW], guys I love, but I know what I’m doing in WWE. I know what’s asked of me and I kind of like that.

“Change always – some change sucks. You know how one thing is done and the other is not worth the hassle,” AJ continued. “I don’t need, at least right now, to go anywhere else. So, why would I? But again, never say never.”

Styles new Twitch channel has been getting a lot of attention lately, particularly because of his candid way of answering questions about Paul Heyman. You can read more about Styles’ comments about Paul Heyman at this link.

Source: Wrestling Inc.