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Reby Hardy Says “Decision To Be Made” On Woken Matt’s In-Ring Future (VIDEO)

Reby Hardy revealed husband Matt Hardy’s WWE contract is up in March, and he’ll likely need to decide soon whether to keep wrestling or hang it up.

Hardy spoke with the Busted Open crew over the weekend about her husband’s current status. As you may have noticed, Matt tweeted a photo of himself working backstage at SummerSlam, which you can see above.

Reby called his current status a “transitional” period.

“He’s not really sure what he going to be doing,” she said. “His contract is up in March, which I’m not sure many people are aware of, but there’s sort of a decision to be made at this point as to whether or not he should continue his in-ring career or if he should pursue something different.”

Reby made it clear Matt isn’t upset about the pending transition, saying he’d be “totally up for it.”

“[He] would be excited to do [it], I feel like, so he’s kind of giving it a go right now backstage. He’s at Summerslam. He’s not on the card but he’s there, and we’re kind of going to see from here,” she added. “It’s really a transitional time right now.”

Last week, Hardy tweeted a goodbye message to former tag team partner Bray Wyatt. He’s also been pretty sentimental on social media posting pictures from throughout his career.

Watch Reby’s comments on Busted Open below:

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

The Shield Reunites To Stop Braun Strowman From Cashing In MITB, Strowman Warns The Shield

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The Shield reunited at the end of RAW last night to help Roman Reigns fight of a attempt by Braun Strowman to cash in his MITB title shot.

Dean Ambrose and WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins came out in their Shield gear right as Braun Strowman was about to cash in his Money In the Bank contract on WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns following his win over Finn Balor. The Shield destroyed Braun before he could cash in and ended the show by putting him through an announce table with a triple powerbomb.

Strowman posted a warning to The Shield on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BraunStrowman/status/1031745682217074688

WWE RAW Preview: SummerSlam Fallout 8/20/18

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with fallout from SummerSlam.

* Who is coming for Universal Champion Roman Reigns?

* Will Rousey’s title reign begin in a state of Bliss?

* Will Rollins’ victory mean the end for Ziggler & McIntyre?

* Who can stop the B-Team?

* What fallout will occur after The Demon’s reemergence?

Brock Lesnar is scheduled for tonight.

WWE SummerSlam Results 8/19/18

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(Kickoff) Rusev & Lana vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega – Winners: Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega

(Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak – Winner: Cedric Alexander

(Kickoff) RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) The B-Team vs. The Revival – Winners: The Revival

Intercontinental Championship: (C) Dolph Ziggler w/Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins w/Dean Ambrose – Winner and new Intercontinental Champion: Seth Rollins

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The New Day – Winners be DQ: The New Day – The Bludgeon Brothers was disqualified when Rowen hit Xavier Woods with the big sledgehammer

Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens (If Strowman loses, Owens gets the MITB case) – Winner: Braun Strowman

SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Carmella vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair – Winner and new SmackDown Women’s Champion: Charlotte Flair

After the match, Becky & Charlotte hugged and then Becky attacked Charlotte and beat her down, Fans chant “you deserve it” as Becky leaves.

WWE Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe – Winner by DQ: Samoa Joe – Joe stands on top of the German announce table and takes the mic. Joe addresses AJ’s wife and says daddy AJ won’t be home but Joe will and he’ll be her new daddy. AJ stands up and he’s furious. AJ charges and knocks Joe from the announce table through the barrier at the timekeeper’s area. AJ snaps and takes out two staffers. AJ smacks Joe in the back with a steel chair for the disqualification.

After the bell, AJ, who is bleeding now, screams out and continues hitting Joe with chair shots. Fans chant “who’s your daddy?” now. Producers are out too check on Joe, including Adam Pearce and Fit Finlay. AJ’s wife and daughter look on from the crowd but it looks like they may have stepped back a bit. AJ charges with the chair but Finlay grabs it and stops him. Fans chant “one more time” as AJ looks at his wife. She tells him to stop. AJ goes to his wife and daughter, and apologizes. AJ holds his daughter and fans cheer. AJ hands his daughter back and briefly talks to the referee. AJ walks to the back with his wife and daughter. We go to replays. Joe marches up the ramp and he looks like he still wants to fight. (transcript from WrestlingINC)

Elias was out to perform a song and his guitar broke, Elias got made and tossed the guitar.

Backstage The B-Team tells The Miz that they hope Daniel Bryan beats him.

Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz – Winner: The Miz – Maryse sitting at ringside handed Miz something (possibly brass knuckles), Miz hit Bryan with the object to get the win.

Finn Balor (The Demon) vs. Baron Corbin – Winner: Finn Balor (The Demon)

https://twitter.com/FinnBalor/status/1031365619994832898

United States Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jeff Hardy – Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura

After the match, Randy Orton came out and headed to the ring to attack Hardy but then decided against it and left.

Natalya made her entrance for the RAW Women’s Championship match, wearing her father’s (Jim Neidhart) Hart Foundation jacket

RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Ronda Rousey – Winner and new RAW Women’s Champion: Ronda Rousey

After the match. Natalya, Nikki & Brie Bella celebrated in the ring with Ronda. Ronda then jumped into her husband’s arms at ringside, Ronda exited the arena with Natalya. Ronda said this is for Jim Neidhart and Roddy Piper

Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns

Before the bell rings, the music interrupts and out comes Braun Strowman with his Money In the Bank briefcase. Fans pop as Braun enters the ring and calls for a mic. Braun looks out at the fans and they pop again. Braun says everyone knows the history of the briefcase and he refuses to be a coward and cash it in while his opponent has their back turned. Braun says he’s the monster and he does things face to face. Braun wishes good luck to Roman and Beastie Boy because he’s going to be standing… Lesnar steps up and stares Braun down as a “Beastie Boy” chant starts up. Braun says he will be standing here for the entire match and doesn’t give a damn who wins because one of them will “get these hands” before the night is over. Braun drops the mic and exits the ring as Lesnar stares him down. The bell rings and Reigns immediately nails two Superman Punches, and a third. Reigns calls for the Spear and hits it. (transcript from WrestlingINC)

.Lesnar with a F5 to Braun on the floor. Lesnar smiles while Braun and Reigns are both down on the outside.Lesnar tosses Reigns back into the ring. Lesnar grabs Braun’s briefcase but Braun grabs his ankle. Lesnar slams the briefcase into Braun a few times. Lesnar slings the briefcase up the ramp and into the stage, sending the papers flying. Lesnar smacks Braun with steel chair shots on the floor now. Lesnar yells at Braun while Braun is down crawling on the ramp. Lesnar returns to the ring with a steel chair in the air but Reigns nails a Spear out of nowhere for the pin and the title. (transcript from WrestlingINC)

Winner and new Universal Champion: Roman Reigns

Hulk Hogan Says Wrestlers Who Didn’t Accept His Apology Don’t Understand Brotherhood Of Wrestling

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The backstage apology Hulk Hogan gave to the WWE roster was not accepted by everyone, and in a new interview Hulkster says those Superstars don’t understand the brotherhood of wrestling.

Hogan was a guest on the new podcast The Apter Chat with Bill Apter and spoke in-depth about WWE welcoming him back. Hulk says it first began with a text from Triple H checking in on him, as well as subsequent texts every few months making sure he was doing alright.

The former WWF champ says ideas eventually got thrown around for how he could contribute to the company again — Hogan briefly mentions Saudi Arabia without further detail — but ultimately Hulk told Hunter he really wanted to talk with Vince McMahon again.

Vince reached out not long after, according to Hogan, and they caught up like it was old times.

Triple H contacted Hulk again months later and asked if there was anything he’d like to do in wrestling, to which he said yes. Hunter and McMahon then said the first thing they’d like him to do is have a conversation with the black wrestlers about everything that occurred.

“I said no, I’m not gonna do it,” Hogan explained. “If I come back, I want to talk to everybody. Because what I did not only hurt the business, it hurt white, black, every athlete you have. Japanese. Everybody that’s involved and loves this business. What I said hurt this business.”

The 65-year-old went on to detail his conversation with the roster at Extreme Rules, saying he apologized for the terrible words he said 12-years prior. Hogan doesn’t believe, however, that the focus was on wrestlers not getting caught on camera doing bad things — even if it was mentioned.

Hulk explained, “A lot of people accepted my apology. And a lot of people heard what they wanted to hear and a lot of the narrative that came out of the meeting was on point. A lot of the narrative was really different. I was surprised to hear some people interpreted what I said that I was just sorry I got caught on camera, or whatever they interpreted, but I never said that.”

As you may recall, New Day and Titus O’Neil both spoke out after the meeting. O’Neil said the apology lacked remorse and New Day claimed they wouldn’t associate with Hulk until “genuine effort to change is made.”

In the interview, Hogan had something to say about those who didn’t accept his apology.

“I just hope the brotherhood can get back to the way it was,” Hulk remarked. “Outside the ring, you’re supposed to protect your brother. In this case, it’s a situation where 75, 80, 90 percent of the wrestlers are protecting me and they’re giving me another chance to move forward. There’s just a few wrestlers that kinda like don’t understand the bond and the brotherhood of wrestling. If someone makes a mistake, you need to forgive them and move on and try to let them prove themselves.”

Listen to the interview at the link below (WWE return talk begins around 46 minutes into the conversation).

https://app.stitcher.com/splayer/f/221620/55826627

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Results 8/18/18

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NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) vs. Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven) – Winners: The Undisputed ERA

After the match, War Raiders came out and destroyed The Undisputed ERA

EC3 vs. Velveteen Dream – Winner: Velveteen Dream

NXT North American Championship: (C) Adam Cole vs. Ricochet – Winner and new NXT North American Champion: Ricochet

NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane – Winner and new NXT Women’s Champion: Kairi Sane

NXT Championship – Last Man Standing Match: (C) Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano – Winner: Tommaso Ciampa

 

 

WWE SummerSlam 8/19/18

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WWE SummerSlam Sunday, Aug. 19, at 7 ET/4 PT, Kickoff at 5 ET/3PT

Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns

WWE Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe

RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Ronda Rousey

SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Carmella vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair

Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz

Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens (If Strowman loses, Owens gets the MITB case)

Intercontinental Championship: (C) Dolph Ziggler w/Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins w/Dean Ambrose

United States Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jeff Hardy

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The New Day

Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin

Elias to perform his greatest song

(Kickoff) RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) The B-Team vs. The Revival

(Kickoff) Rusev & Lana vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega

(Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak

 

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 Card 8/18/18

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NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4: Saturday, Aug. 18, at 7 ET/4 PT

NXT Championship – Last Man Standing Match: (C) Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano

NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane

NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) vs. Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate & Trent Seven)

NXT North American Championship: (C) Adam Cole vs. Ricochet

EC3 vs. Velveteen Dream

WWE And JBL Congratulate AJ Styles On Record For Longest Reigning WWE Champion In SmackDown History.

WWE and JBL took to Twitter this week to congratulate WWE Champion AJ Styles on breaking the record of the longest reigning WWE Champion in SmackDown history. Styles is currently #13 on the all-time list and is set to pass CM Punk for the 12th spot in just under 40 days.

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1030257936994582529

https://twitter.com/JCLayfield/status/1029843189790912512

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Planning A Big Women’s Match For Survivor Series

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It looks like WWE will finally do the Four Horsewomen vs. Four Horsewomen match at the Survivor Series pay-per-view on November 18 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

WWE’s Horsewomen are Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Becky Lynch while MMA’s Horsewomen are Ronda Rousey, WWE NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke. Angles were planned and filmed for the match in 2017 but the match never happened. There’s been recent talk of doing the match and word is that teases are being sent out.

Regarding Duke and Shafir in NXT, both are being praised for their work. Shafir has had just two matches so far and Duke hasn’t wrestled anything but practice matches. Duke was set to make her NXT live event debut along with Shafir at a live event in Largo, FL last month but Duke was pulled from the show due to a minor injury. Duke impressed people with a practice match at the WWE Performance Center and some believe she is a “prodigy” at pro wrestling. There’s also feelings that Rousey is great on the big stage, when the match is completely laid out, and that Baszler is definitely ready. The Observer adds that some people believe Duke will end up being the best of the four.

There’s also potential for a Horsewomen angle at the first-ever all-women’s Evolution pay-per-view a few weeks earlier on October 28 but word is that the actual match will take place at the Survivor Series.

Source: WrestlingINC

Shayna Baszler recently took some time to discuss her famous stable of friends known as MMA’s Four Horsewomen and the possibility of facing WWE’s incarnation down the line with Inside the Ropes.

Baszler was questioned about the possibility of seeing a match take place between the eight women now under WWE’s banner. She said her Four Horsewomen have never backed down from a fight before while taking a shot about how WWE’s incarnation came second.

“If they want it to happen, the four of us are fighters,” Baszler said. “We’ve never turned down any sort of fight. They want to argue about who is the Four Horsewomen and who owns it. I mean, we had it first and that’s… fact. It was given to us so we didn’t just call ourselves that, it was given to us.

“They started calling themselves — I mean we’re an actual team that trains together. Bayley and Sasha — they’re not even friends half the time right now, so who knows what’s going on with them? You know what I mean? Whatever.

“If they want to, we won’t turn down a fight, ever.”