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Paige Training For Her Ring Return At WWE Performance Center

Paige was back at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando yesterday to work towards getting cleared for her WWE ring return. She’s been out of action since the summer of 2016 after having neck surgery. WWE posted the following on the former Women’s Champion visiting the Performance Center today, quoting a post she made to Instagram:

Paige returns to the WWE Performance CenterPaige is on a journey to reclaim her “house.”

The former Divas Champion — unseen in a WWE ring for more than a year — revealed she has returned to the WWE Performance Center, presumably beginning her return to active competition in WWE.

“Went to see an old friend today,” she wrote. “Good to be back there! @wwe #RoadBackToMyHouse”

Paige is a two-time Divas Champion and became the youngest Superstar to hold the title when she captured it during her Raw debut at the age of 21. If her return his imminent, as this post is leading many in the WWE Universe to believe, consider the women of Raw and SmackDown LIVE officially put on notice.

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Source: WrestlingINC

Michael Hayes Invites Cody Rhodes To Team With Goldust At WWE Starrcade

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Starrcade was the creation of Dusty Rhodes and WWE producer Michael Hayes wants to honor that by having Cody Rhodes and his brother Goldust team at the upcoming live event.

WWE announced yesterday that they’d be reviving the Starrcade name for a live event in Greensboro, North Carolina next month and Cody reacted on Twitter by saying, “Dear  If you’re afraid an event won’t sell cuz’ the holiday and want one of my Dad’s events…at least book Goldy..”

Hayes responded by saying, “So Cody, UR right we should have Goldy on the show, by the way, what R U doing that night??? Wanna team with UR Brother?”

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Goldust posted the following on Twitter yesterday:

Bayley Returned From Injury, Added To Title Match At No Mercy (Video)

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Last night on WWE RAW, Bayley made a surprise return.

Following Nia Jax’s non-title win over RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss, Bayley came out and helped Bliss and Sasha Banks knock Jax out of the ring. The segment ended with Bayley and Banks taking out Bliss with Bayley hitting her Bayley-to-Belly suplex.

It was announced later that Bayley was added to the RAW Women’s Title Match at this Sunday’s No Mercy pay-per-view, making it a Fatal 5-Way. (C) Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax vs. Emma vs. Bayley

Bayley has been out of action since early August after suffering a shoulder injury in a match with Jax. She was set to wrestle Bliss for the title at SummerSlam but that match was nixed.

RAW Preview 9/18/17

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the SAP Center in San Jose, CA with the final hype for Sunday’s WWE No Mercy pay-per-view.

* Nia Jax aims to knock Alexa Bliss off her pedestal

* Will it be Roman Reigns or John Cena who gets in the final word before WWE No Mercy?

* Braun Strowman shows no mercy

* Brothers-in-arms, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, stand triumphant

* Will Enzo Amore get even with The Miz?

WWE Starrcade Live Event Announced For November

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WWE issued the following:

Starrcade is back, and for the first time in 30 years, it’s coming home.

On Saturday, Nov. 25, during Thanksgiving weekend, Starrcade returns when the Superstars of SmackDown LIVE descend on Greensboro, N.C., for a historic event at the Greensboro Coliseum.

The premier event of the National Wrestling Alliance and, later, WCW, Starrcade got its start in Greensboro on Thanksgiving 1983 with a star-studded lineup that saw Ric Flair defeat Harley Race to win his second of 16 World Championships. Starrcade remained in Greensboro through 1986 and was the stage on which legendary performers like Dusty Rhodes, The Four Horsemen, Magnum TA, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express and many more etched their names into sports-entertainment history.

As the calendar turned to the 1990s, a new generation of competitors emerged to take the Starrcade spotlight, like Sting, Vader and the nWo. The last edition of Starrcade under the WCW banner took place in December 2000.

Watch every Starrcade on WWE Network

Now, fans in Greensboro will get the opportunity to be a part of history, as Starrcade returns with an absolutely stacked card featuring two Steel Cage Matches. Matches announced* for the return of Starrcade include:

WWE Championship Steel Cage Match
Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

SmackDown Women’s Championship Steel Cage Match
Natalya vs. Charlotte Flair

United States Championship Triple Threat Match
AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Rusev

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Texas Tornado Match
The New Day vs. The Usos

Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens

Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler

Breezango vs Aiden English & Mike Kanellis w/ Maria Kanellis

The Hardy Boyz are also confirmed to appear at Starrcade in their home state of North Carolina, as are WWE Hall of Famers and Starrcade legends Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express!

Tickets for Starrcade will be available starting Friday, Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. ET at Ticketmaster. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of history as Starrcade returns!

*Talent and matches listed and depicted above are subject to change.

WWE Hall Of Famer Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan Dies at 73

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WWE Hall of Fame manager Bobby “The Brain” Heenan died on Sunday at the age of 73, according to the WWE.

Heenan, known for his sarcastic wit and telegenic presence, was widely considered one of the great managers in WWE history. In later years, Heenan became arguably the greatest heel TV announcer of all-time. During Heenan’s time as a manager, he managed such wrestling stars as Andre The Giant, Ravishing Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, King Kong Bundy and countless others. Heenan had been out of the spotlight in recent years as he had his jaw removed due to throat cancer.

Here is the WWE’s complete statement:

WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Bobby Heenan, regarded by many as the greatest manager in sports-entertainment history, has passed away at age 73. 

With a career spanning more than four decades, Bobby Heenan was the “The Brain” behind some of the most prolific Superstars in sports-entertainment history. Heenan plied his trade as their mischievous manager by running his mouth on their behalf with a sarcastic wit considered among the best in the business.

Heenan named competitors under his guidance as the Heenan Family, a moniker meant to show the strength of their alliance over any of their opposition. Members of the Heenan Family in the AWA and WWE read like the who’s who of sports entertainment, including legends and WWE Hall of Famers such as Nick Bockwinkel, the Blackjacks, Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig, the Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), Harley Race, and of course, the first WWE Hall of Famer, Andre the Giant, whom Heenan led to the ring at WrestleMania III before 93,173 fans.

As impossible as it may seem, Heenan’s overwhelming success as a manager was matched by that of his announcing career. Heenan’s constant verbal jousts with fellow WWE Hall of Famers Gorilla Monsoon and “Mean” Gene Okerlund on USA Network remain among the most entertaining moments in sports-entertainment history. In fact, “The Brain” was so entertaining, that “The Bobby Heenan Show” had a brief run on USA Network as well.

In addition “The Brain” was part of the original broadcast team for Monday Night RAW in 1993, and is the only person to have sat at the announcers’ table for both Raw and WCW Monday Nitro.

WWE extends its condolences to Heenan’s family, friends and fans.

Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Bobby’s daughter informed those close to him via Facebook and said he was surrounded by family when he passed. His daughter noted that he’d been sick, but his passing was sudden.

A source close to the Heenan family told PWS that Bobby became immobile near the end of August and that’s when things began to worsen.

The news first broke on Twitter after Jim Ross tweeted, “The news of Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan’s passing today gutted me. I loved our time together. No one ever did it better than the Wease.”

All of us here at Wrestling News Blog would like to extend our condolences to the Heenan Family and friends.

Adam Cole, Bobby Fish And Kyle O’Reilly’s NXT Faction Now Has A Name

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The trio of Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly got their first WWE shirt on Wednesday and along with it came the reveal of their group’s name.

According to their shirt/bio on WWE.com, the trio will henceforth be known as The Undisputed Eraand Cole tweeted a purchase link saying, “ …we are Undisputed.”

O’Reilly also tweeted a link and said, “The Undisputed ERA is now. Support our revolution with the official T-shirt.” Fish added, “Our time is upon us.”

In case you missed it, the group debuted together at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn by attacking Drew McIntyre and have been featured on NXT programming since.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Kairi Sane Wins Inaugural Mae Young Classic, Earns NXT Women’s Title Shot At TakeOver: Houston

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“The Pirate Princess” Kairi Sane won the inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament on Tuesday night and was granted an NXT Women’s Title shot at TakeOver: Houston.

Sane and Shayna Baszler went head-to-head in a hard fought battle during the WWE Network special and Kairi picked up the win after landing her patented elbow drop from the top rope.

Triple H told ESPN after the event that the newly crowned winner will compete at TakeOver for the recently vacated title and Senior News Producer James McKenna reported before the show that sources say the current plan is for multiple woman from NXT to be in the match.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Vince McMahon Returned To SD Live, Announces HIAC Match, Assaulted By Kevin Owens

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Vince McMahon made his first WWE SmackDown appearance since 2013 on tonight’s show from Las Vegas and confronted Kevin Owens after the recent beef between Owens and suspended SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon.

Vince took shots at Owens for threatening a lawsuit and reinstated Shane, then announcing Shane vs. Owens for the October 8th WWE Hell In a Cell pay-per-view. That match will take place inside the Cell. Shane vs. Owens and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. WWE Champion Jinder Mahal are the only matches confirmed for the HIAC pay-per-view as of this writing.

The segment between Owens and Vince ended with Owens busting Vince open with a headbutt. Owens then kicked Vince in the ribs while he was down and finished the attack with a frog splash from the top rope. Owens left while Vince was helped to the back by referees, officials, medics and Stephanie McMahon.

Source: WrestlingINC

Mae Young Classic Finals 9/12/17

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Tonight the finals of WWE’s Mae Young Classic will take place live from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

* Mae Young Classic Finals: Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane

The winner of the inaugural Mae Young Classic will be determined tonight when Japan’s Kairi Sane battles the United States’ Shayna Baszler in the tournament Final, streaming live exclusively on WWE Network at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

Four rounds of hard-hitting action narrowed down a field of 32, and The Pirate Princess and The Queen of Spades are the last two competitors standing.

Sane topped Tessa Blanchard in the First Round, Bianca Belair in the Second Round, New Zealand’s Dakota Kai in the Quarterfinals and Australia’s Toni Storm in the Semifinals. In each match, the 5-foot-1 Pirate Princess endured serious headwinds before besting her competition, and she polished off all her opponents the same way, via her must-see, one-of-a-kind Diving Elbow Drop.

While Sane’s inspirational journey through the bracket captured the hearts and minds of the WWE Universe, Baszler’s path to the Finale struck a much different tone.

The former UFC fighter used brute force to claim her victories, arrogantly demolishing China’s Zeda in the First Round, thrashing veteran Mia Yim of South Korea in the Second Round and punishing independent sensation Candice LeRae in the Quarterfinals before overcoming one of her wrestling mentors, Mercedes Martinez, in the Semifinals. Like Sane, The Queen of Spades employed the same move to clinch victory in each battle: her seemingly unbreakable rear naked choke.

Along the way, Baszler has enjoyed the support of her Four Horsewomen training partners Ronda Rousey, Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke, though the WWE Universe hasn’t been quite approving of Baszler’s unsportsmanlike behavior (such as her refusal to break her rear naked choke on LeRae after the bell).

Though they approach competition with different outlooks, Sane and Baszler now find themselves in the same spot, as finalists in WWE’s groundbreaking women’s tournament. Can Kairi Sane, who is newly signed to NXT, kick-start her WWE career in the biggest way imaginable, with a milestone victory on the Mae Young Classic Finale? Or will Shayna Baszler stomp out that dream and make Sane tap, adding to the bragging rights of MMA’s Four Horsewomen?

Don’t miss the compelling Mae Young Classic Finale when it streams live from Las Vegas tonight at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, only on the award-winning WWE Network.

There will then be a Red Carpet Special at 6pm EST, hosted by Cathy Kelley. That event will air exclusively on Facebook. Ronda Rousey, Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, The Bella Twins, Bayley, Charlotte Flair, cast members of Netflix series “GLOW” and others are expected to appear on the red carpet, live from Las Vegas.