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Kairi Sane Possibly Suffers Concussion At WWE TLC

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Kairi Sane may have suffered a concussion during Sunday’s WWE TLC pay-per-view.

The TLC main event saw The Kabuki Warriors retain their titles over Charlotte Flair and RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch in a brutal women’s TLC match, the first-ever for the tag team titles. The match included several big bumps for all four competitors. Sane was laid out on the outside of the ring for the finish of the match as Asuka retrieved the titles from above the ring. Bryan Alvarez of F4Wonline.com reports that Sane was checked out backstage after the show and the belief is that she suffered a concussion.

The report noted how Sane was not moving well after a certain point in the match, and how she didn’t take a normal bump when Flair hit her with the Spear at ringside, which could be a sign that she was already out on her feet by then. There was also a spot where Sane looked like she was struggling to get up for a powerbomb spot. It was speculated that she may have suffered the injury when she was hit in the head as Flair and was throwing the monitors around at ringside.

It was also noted that an official diagnosis will not be available until Monday afternoon at RAW. WWE has not announced any injuries from TLC and Sane has not commented.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE TLC Results 12/15/19

(Kickoff) Humberto Carrillo vs. Andrade –

Winner: Humberto Carrillo

– After the match, Carrillo celebrates as his music hits. Vega throws a fit at ringside as we go to replays. Carrillo exits as Vega enters the ring, staring at Andrade. It looks as if Andrade says he’s done with Vega. He heads to the back and she eventually follows.

 

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship – Ladder Match: The New Day (c) vs The Revival –

Winners: The New Day

 

Aleister Black vs. Buddy Murphy –

Winner: Aleister Black

 

WWE RAW Tag Team Championship – Open Challenge: The Viking Raiders (c) vs. The OC (Gallows and Anderson)

Double Count Out

– After the bell, Anderson gets up first and stomps on both of the champions. Fans aren’t happy with the finish. Anderson slams Erik face-first into the KFC table as the fans get up, still holding on to some of the good. Anderson drags the table over to the bottom of the ramp, some food still on it. They go to double team Erik through the table but Ivar makes the save. Erik clears the table, or most of it at least, and then they drive Anderson through it. The referee brings the titles over and the champs stand tall at ringside as their music hits.

 

TLC Match: Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin –

The Revival, Dolph Ziggler and Corbin’s gaurds all got involved in the match.

Winner: King Corbin

Fans boo

– After the match, fans boo louder as the music hits. Corbin stands tall with Ziggler and The Revival. We go to replays. Corbin poses in the corner with his crown and scepter as Ziggler and The Revival join him on the ropes. Reigns is still down on the mat as the referee checks on him. Corbin clutches his ribs and raises the scepter as they exit.

 

Universal Champion: Bray Wyatt (c) vs. The Miz –

Winner: Bray Wyatt

– After the match, the music hits as Wyatt sits up on his knees, smiling. Wyatt snaps for a second and snatches the title from the referee. We see The Fiend appear on the big screen. Wyatt stares up at him. Some fans chant “let him in!” now. Wyatt goes under the ring and brings The Fiend’s large mallet out. Wyatt brings the mallet into the ring and stares Miz down. The Fiend is still on the big screen. Wyatt gets up and slowly walks over to Miz, who is still laid out. The lights start going down for The Fiend and Wyatt gets excited, yelling about how “he’s here!” Wyatt turns around to a hooded man in the ring. The man charges and drops Wyatt with a a running knee. Fans chant “Yes!” as the man stands up. He takes the hood off and it’s a mostly clean shaven Daniel Bryan. Fans chant his name. Bryan unloads in the corner with kicks to Wyatt, then charges in with the running dropkick, and another. Bryan unloads as the ‘yes!” chants continue. Bryan grabs the mallet and waits but the lights go out. They come back on and Bryan is alone in the ring, no sign of Miz or Wyatt. The WWE Universal Title belt is on the mat. Bryan slams the mallet and hits the corner to pose for fans. His music hits as the “yes!” chants pick up. Bryan looks down at the title and rubs his shaved head. Bryan marches up the ramp and slaps hands with fans, encouraging the crowd to chant “yes!” again as he leads the chant from the stage.

 

Tables Match: Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley –

Winner: Bobby Lashley

– Backstage to The Street Profits – Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford. They hype TLC and Dawkins gives Bobby Lashley some advice, to get a vasectomy. We suddenly hear a fight going on backstage and we see Roman Reigns brawling with King Baron Corbin. Dolph Ziggler, The Revival and The New Day are also involved. The Street Profits jump in and go at it with The Revival

 

Women’s Championship – TLC Match: The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Becky Lynch and Charlotte –

Winners: The Kabuki Warriors

– After the match, Asuka stands tall on the ladders with the titles and the music hits. Her celebration is short as the brawl spills out into the arena from the backstage area. Roman Reigns and Baron Corbin are going at it but we also see The Revival, The New Day, The OC, Dolph Ziggler, and others involved. The brawl is all over the place and also included security guards. Reigns ends up sending Corbin off the stage level, taking out a big group of Superstars and security down below. The final WWE pay-per-view of the decade goes off the air with a huge group of Superstars and security guards down on the ground after the move from Reigns and Corbin.

WWE TLC 12/15/19

DATE: December 15, 2019 at 7:00 PM ET (Preshow at 6:00 PM ET)
LOCATION: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

TLC Match: Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin

WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt vs. The Miz

Women’s Championship – TLC Match: The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Becky Lynch and Charlotte

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship – Ladder Match: The New Day (c) vs The Revival

WWE RAW Tag Team Championship – Open Challenge: The Viking Raiders (c) vs. TBA

Tables Match: Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley

Aleister Black vs. Buddy Murphy

WWE Friday Night SmackDown Preview 12/13/19

Tonight’s WWE TLC go-home edition of SmackDown will take place from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with the final hype for Sunday’s pay-per-view.

  • The Big Dog Roman Reigns will be unchained for SmackDown
  • The Miz sat down with Renee Young at his home in Los Angeles

WWE NXT Preview 12/11/19

Tonight’s WWE NXT episode will air live from the NXT Arena at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.

  • Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee and Finn Bálor square off to determine No. 1 contender to the NXT Championship
  • Mia Yim goes one-on-one with Dakota Kai
  • Lio Rush defends his NXT Cruiserweight Championship against Angel Garza
  • Is Rhea Ripley ready for Shayna Baszler?

WWE Files Trademarks For Old WCW And ECW PPV Names

WWE went on a trademark spree this week. The company has applied for trademarks for the following names on December 6th.

* Fully Loaded
* Living Dangerously
* Heat Wave
* Anarchy Rulz
* World War 3
* Chi-Town Rumble
* Sin
* Souled Out
* New Blood Rising
* Hog Wild
* Capital Combat
* Road Wild
* Greed
* Uncensored
* Spring Stampede
* The Day Of
* Mayhem
* Beach Blast
* Massacre on 34th Street
* Hardcore Heaven
* Eat Sleep Conquer Repeat

This comes after Cody Rhodes filed to trademark “Bash at the Beach”, which AEW will be using for two episodes of AEW Dynamite in January.

WWE applied to trademark “WarGames” and “WWE Crown Jewel” back in November after “Slamboree” and “SuperBrawl” were applied for by Cody Rhodes.

Source: Wrestling Inc. (h/t to PWInsider)

WWE Tribute To The Troops Will Reportedly Not Air On TV This Year

The 17th annual WWE Tribute to the Troops reportedly will not air on TV.

As noted, WWE taped matches and segments with top Superstars and Marines on Friday at the Marine Corps Air Station New River and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. This was the first time that the TTTT was taped at a Marine Base.

It was reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that the 2019 Troops Tribute was not taped for TV and there is no TTTT TV special this year. Dave Meltzer did not know yet why the event is not airing.

WWE’s Tribute to the Troops has been held every year since 2003, and has aired on either UPN, NBC or the USA Network. There’s also on word yet on if the event might air on the WWE Network this year. It’s very interesting that WWE and USA would pass on airing the event as it usually draws more than 1 million viewers on a slow holiday week, which won’t have a new episode of WWE NXT this year, plus it brings the kind of PR that WWE goes for.

Below is TTTT video that aired during Friday night’s SmackDown episode. Below are match results from Friday’s event:

* Humberto Carrillo and Kevin Owens defeated Drew McIntyre and Andrade

* WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Asuka and Kairi Sane retained over Sarah Logan and Natalya

* The Street Profits defeated Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins

* The OC (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson) defeated Ricochet and RAW Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders

* Seth Rollins defeated Erick Rowan in a Boot Camp match.

There were also said to be appearances from Braun Strowman and WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry, among others.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Suspends Robert Roode And Primo Colon For Wellness Policy Violations

WWE has suspended two Superstars for Wellness Policy violations, according to Pro Wrestling Sheet.

Robert Roode and Primo Colon have both been hit with 30-day suspensions after violating the Wellness Policy this week. There’s no word yet on what substance they tested positive for.

Roode wrestled Roman Reigns on a recent SmackDown TV episode and was stretchered out of the arena after a beatdown angle. The Colons have been off WWE TV for many months, but there have been rumors on a return. Primo and Epico have both been working for the WWC promotion in Puerto Rico, owned by Primo’s father.

UPDATE:

WWE has confirmed the suspensions with the following announcement on the WWE Corporate website:

WWE® SUSPENDS EDDIE COLÓN AND ROBERT ROODESTAMFORD, CONN., December 10, 2019 – WWE has suspended Eddie Colón (Primo) and Robert Roode each for 30 days effective immediately, for a first violation of the company’s talent wellness policy.

Matt Hardy Says His “Countdown To Arcadia Has Begun” Following Latest WWE RAW Loss

Matt Hardy was back on WWE television tonight for only the second time since April. After losing a fairly quick match to Buddy Murphy on RAW on November 25th, Hardy was defeated in another one-sided match by Drew McIntyre on tonight’s RAW.

Hardy’s WWE contract is reportedly up in late February of 2020. PWInsider recently reported that the biggest point of contention in contract negotiations is how will be used creatively going forward. The two sides are reportedly not that far apart on the final aspects of a new deal.

Following his loss to McIntyre, Hardy took to Twitter and noted that his “countdown to Arcadia has begun.”

“Still in my #RAW slump, I’m sorry. MORE ATONEMENT APPARENTLY,” Hardy tweeted earlier, followed by another post where he wrote, “I know the slump & losses won’t last forever, my countdown to Arcadia has begun. I will show up & do my job. We’ll get past this together.

“I’ve received so much love, support & sympathy tonight from the most vocal audience. Without you, there’s no me. THANK YOU ALL.”

You can check out the tweets below:

Hardy also “liked” several tweets disapproving of the way he’s been used lately, which you can see below:

https://twitter.com/HTRWpodcast/status/1204213886012022784

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE RAW Preview 12/9/19

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina as the road to TLC continues.

WWE has again not posted a RAW preview this week.

WWE has announced Rey Mysterio will defend the United States Championship against AJ Styles.

It was also announced that the Lana and Rusev divorce will happen live on tonight’s show.