NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch – Winners: The Undisputed ERA
Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream – Winner: Ricochet
NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Shayna Baszler vs. Nikki Cross – Winner: Shayna Baszler
NXT Championship: (C) Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan – Winner: Aleister Black
Chicago Street Fight: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa – Winner: Tommaso Ciampa
WWE plans to make history by putting on Australia’s biggest-ever wrestling show later this year at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
We first reported on the possibility of the event back in December — at the time it was going to be called Global Warning II — but now it’s official, with a new name!
The October 6 event called WWE Super Show-Down appears to be produced in the style of Greatest Royal Rumble. WWE hopes to pack the 100,000 seat stadium by bringing all its top talent — and featuring what’s being labeled the “final showdown” between The Undertaker and Triple H.
John Cena, Kurt Angle, and Ronda Rousey are among the other names being billed. It’s worth noting WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar does not appear on the advertisement featuring two dozen wrestlers. No other matches have been announced.
According to The Herald Sun, Melbourne is looking at this event as a tourism opportunity. They’re hopeful the show can create an economic influx similar to Global Warning in 2002 — which generated more than $20 million for the local economy.
The Sun notes the event will feature a Wrestlemania atmosphere utilizing the same design and production team from WWE’s top event. The MCG is expected to be configured for about 70,000 seats, according to The Sun. Back in 2002, some 56,000 fans attended Global Warning at Etihad Stadium.
The event is being put on as a “partnership” with promotion company TEG Danity.
A WWE news release says the show will be available on WWE Network and be available internationally on pay-per-view. Tickets go on sale June 28.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
WWE Championship – Last Man Standing: (C) AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Roode vs. The Miz vs. Rusev vs. Samoa Joe vs. Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston or Big E
SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Carmella vs. Asuka
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Ember Moon vs. Sasha Banks vs. Natalya vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch vs. Lana vs. Naomi
Intercontinental Championship: (C) Seth Rollins vs. Elias
Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal
Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass
Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn
(Kickoff) SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
NXT Championship: (C) Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan
NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Shayna Baszler vs. Nikki Cross
Chicago Street Fight: Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch
Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream
“Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition” (8 p.m., CBS): Stephanie McMahon, the chief brand officer of WWE and wife of 14-time champion and WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Stephanie dons a blonde wig and fakes a southern accent as “Sam,” a woman who’s trying to learn about WWE for her blog. McMahon’s journey starts in search of possible new talent for the WWE roster and ends up making dreams come true for a charity-minded young WWE fan.
Stephanie McMahon tweeted the following on tonight’s Celebrity Boss edition of “Undercover Boss” on CBS:
Last month, the San Antonio Zoo posted a video to its Facebook page showcasing three WWE wrestlers playing tug of war with a 2 1/2 year old lion cub.
Billed as weighing over 300 pounds, WWE SmackDown star Killian Dain and NXT stars Ricochet and Fabian Aichner tested their strength during a visit to the zoo.
Holding a rope, the three couldn’t move the cub, who was separated by glass and holding the rope with its mouth, at all.
Regarded as the King of the Jungle, lions are an apex predator and proved it even at the age of 2 1/2 against three wrestlers.
Source: MiamiHerald
The WWE website and YouTube channel will begin airing first round matches from the WWE UK Title tournament today. These matches were filmed at the recent UK Download Festival. We posted the Drew Gulak vs. Jack Gallagher video yesterday but below are the rest of the match release dates. As noted, the rest of the tournament will be taped on Monday, June 18th in London and the winner will face WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne the next night. The two-day event from London will air on the WWE Network at 3pm EST on Monday, June 25th and Tuesday, June 26th.
Thursday, June 14
Flash Morgan Webster vs. James Drake – 12 p.m. ET
Ashton Smith vs. Joseph Conners – 3 p.m. ET
Friday, June 15
Kenny Williams vs. Dave Mastiff – 12 p.m. ET
Ligero vs. Travis Banks – 3 p.m. ET
Monday, June 18
Amir Jordan vs. Zack Gibson – 12 p.m. ET
Tucker vs. Joe Coffey – 3 p.m. ET
Tuesday, June 19
Jordan Devlin vs. Tyson T-Bone – 3 p.m. ET
Source: WrestlingINC
Tonight’s Money In the Bank go-home edition of WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.
* Paige to host Women’s Money in the Bank Summit
* Daniel Bryan and Shelton Benjamin go one-on-one tonight on SmackDown LIVE
* Jeff Hardy to battle Shinsuke Nakamura after war of words on Twitter
Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.
* Will ending The Lucha House Party make for a better 205 Live? Kalisto, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado vs. Drew Gulak, Jack Gallagher and Brian Kendrick.
* Does Hideo Itami deserve a title opportunity?
James Ellsworth is set to return to WWE soon, according to PWInsider. Ellsworth could be returning at Sunday’s Money In the Bank pay-per-view as he is scheduled to be backstage. There have been several recent creative pitches for his return.
Ellsworth was released from the company in November 2017 after first debuting as an enhancement talent in 2016 during Braun Strowman’s climb to the top. He was last involved in a storyline with current SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella. Ellsworth has worked indies since being released.
Source: WrestlingINC
