Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with fallout from last week’s reunion of The Shield.
* Braun Strowman wants to face Roman Reigns in the ring alone
* Ronda Rousey carries the torch
* Baron Corbin settles into his new position
* The Revival go 2-0 against the Raw Tag Team Champions
The Bella Twins returned to the ring at Sunday’s WWE live event in Rochester, New York. They teamed with Ember Moon to defeat The Riott Squad in six-woman action. Below are a few shots from the match and Twitter comments from the twins:
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Source: WrestlingINC
WWE will officially reveal the brackets for the 2018 Mae Young Classic on Wednesday with the WWE Network MYC Bracketology special, which will be hosted by Mauro Ranallo and WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix. Below are details:
Watch the Mae Young Classic 2018 Bracketology this Wednesday on WWE Network All of the first-round matches in this year’s Mae Young Classic will be revealed on WWE Network’s Mae Young Classic Bracketology special, streaming this Wednesday immediately following WWE NXT.
For the first time, you can see the lay of the land of WWE’s second annual women’s tournament, featuring 32 of the top competitors from around the globe.
WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix, who is slated to call the action of the Mae Young Classic alongside Renee Young and Michael Cole, will join The Voice of NXT, Mauro Ranallo, on the Bracketology special to break down the first-round matchups and take a deep look at this year’s competitors.
Don’t miss Mae Young Classic Bracketology when it streams this Wednesday night at 9/8 C.
The final member of the Four Horsewomen of MMA, Jessamyn Duke, made her in-ring debut alongside Shayna Baszler and Marina Shafir in Saturday night’s NXT main event in Largo, Florida. The trio took on Deonna Purrazzo, Kairi Sane, and Io Sharai (also her debut). Baszler would tap out Purrazzo while the other two women kept Sane and Sharai from breaking things up.
As noted, it looks like WWE will do the Four Horsewomen vs. Four Horsewomen match at the Survivor Series PPV 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, Marina Shafir, Baszler, and Duke. Angles were planned and filmed for the match in 2017, but things didn’t transpire. There’s been recent talk of doing the match and word is that teases are being sent out, possibly an angle will begin at WWE Evolution.
Source: WrestlingINC
WWE recently announced their first-ever all women’s PPV Evolution, which will be taking place in October from the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, NY.
As you would expect WWE is planning to pull out all the stops for this event, as we have already started to see with the announcement of WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus’ return to singles action for the first time in seven years, as she takes on former RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss on the show.
Following the announcement of the Evolution PPV, WWE released a poll where they asked fans which former WWE Female Superstars they would like to return at Evolution. Interestingly enough, one of the names included in the poll was AJ Lee.
One would expect that the chances of AJ Lee making a return to wrestling, even for one night seem pretty slim especially considering the long drawn out and expensive legal battle her husband CM Punk just went through with WWE. However, AJ Lee’s possible appearance at Evolution might actually be a lot closer to a reality than you’d think.
Recently on Barn Burner‘s No Holds Barred podcast the host Joseph Peisich revealed that WWE has in fact reached out to AJ Lee about a return at Evolution, and his sources told him that they are closing in on a deal.
Regarding AJ Lee’s potential WWE return at Evolution, Peisich said:
“Vince McMahon picked up the phone and he reached out to AJ Lee about returning at the Evolution pay-per-view. AJ has not confirmed or denied that. Sources tell me they’re closing in on a deal with AJ Lee.”
Source: Body Slam
Tonight on WWE NXT
* The fallout from NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4
* United Kingdom Championship: (C) Pete Dunne vs. Zack Gibson
* Bianca Belair vs. Deonna Purrazzo
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The first-ever WWE NXT UK Women’s Champion will be crowned during the NXT UK TV tapings this weekend in Birmingham, England at the Insomnia Festival. WWE will be taping on Saturday and Sunday.
WWE is advertising Dakota Kai, Xia Brookside, Toni Storm, Killer Kelly, Rhea Ripley, Jinny and Isla Dawn for the show but there’s no word yet on how the champion will be crowned.
The first-ever NXT UK Women’s Champion will then defend her title at the WWE Evolution pay-per-view on October 28 in Long Island, New York.
These will be the second set of NXT UK tapings for the series that is expected to premiere on the WWE Network later this year.
Source: WrestlingINC
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with more fallout from SummerSlam.
* The New Day and The Bludgeon Brothers meet in No Disqualification title showdown
* Jeff Hardy finally goes one-on-one with Randy Orton
* Becky Lynch to explain her actions at SummerSlam
* AJ Styles to give an exclusive interview
* What’s next for Daniel Bryan and The Miz?
Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
* TJP vs. Noam Dar
* Buddy Murphy & Tony Nese vs. The Lucha House Party
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
