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WWE Announces RAW Injury To Big Cass

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Big Cass apparently suffered a leg injury during Monday’s Brooklyn Street Fight with Enzo Amore at the post-SummerSlam RAW from the Barclays Center. WWE has confirmed that Cass suffered an injury to his left knee. He’s set to undergo an MRI on Tuesday and an update should be available after that.

WWE announced the following on the injury:

Big Cass sustains knee injury on RawBig Cass suffered an injury to his left knee during the Brooklyn Street Fight against Enzo Amore on Raw, WWE.com can confirm. The injury occurred after Amore dodged a big boot by pulling down the top rope, sending Cass to the floor in the process.

“It’s hard to tell what the extent of the injury is, but we’re going to send him to get an MRI tomorrow and figure that out,” said WWE ringside physician Dr. Chris Robinson.

Stay with WWE.com as more details about Cass’ condition are revealed.

Steve Austin Comments On WWE Trademarking ‘3:16’

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WWE successfully trademarked the term “3:16” in July for city-specific merchandise use. While 3:16 references John 3:16 from the Bible, it is known in wrestling circles as “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s signature catchphrase. The plain black “Austin 3:16” shirt is the best selling WWE shirt of all time, and the phrase was born after Austin defeated Jake “The Snake” Roberts, who was doing a religious gimmick at the time, at the 1996 King of the Ring pay-per-view.

“Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16. Austin 3:16 said I just whipped your a–!” Austin exclaimed after the win, to a big pop from the crowd.

Despite Austin popularizing “3:16” in WWE, he has no problem with WWE trademarking it. I recently visited the set of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Ranch. While giving myself and a few other journalists a ride in his humvee touring the massive set of the show, I asked Austin about WWE trademarking the phrase.

“Smart move, I wish I would have thought about it. Hell, I didn’t want to mess with John!” Austin joked, referencing John 3:16.

“Nah man, I’m cool with it,” Austin continued. “I think Stephen Colbert did something about it [which is in the video above], I didn’t see it.”

Source: WrestlingINC

NXT Women’s Champion Asuka Injured At ‘NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III’

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WWE announced today that NXT Women’s Champion Asuka broke her right collarbone during her match with Ember Moon this past Saturday at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III. The typical recovery time for the injury is 6-8 weeks.

“During the match, she landed awkwardly from a throw from Ember Moon and was able to complete the match, but had notable pain and discomfort,” ringside physician Dr. Jeffrey Westerfield said. “We performed an initial ultrasound backstage that was highly suspicious of a break that was later confirmed by an X-ray.”

No timetable has been given for Asuka’s return. The next set of NXT tapings takes place this Thursday at Full Sail University.

Source: WrestlingINC

Backstage WWE News: Heat On Baron Corbin and Enzo Amore – Bobby Roode Coming To SmackDown?

In the past week Baron Corbin cashed in and lost his Money In The Bank contract, and then lost a basic match to John Cena at SummerSlam, which opened the show. Fans have picked up on Corbin likely having backstage heat and chanted “You f–ked up” when he appeared during the NXT Takeover Kickoff show this past Saturday night.

Dave Meltzer noted on the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio that Corbin is definitely being punished, and the way he was booked in his match with Cena was indicative of his heat.

As noted, Meltzer reported over the weekend that WWE is very high on Bobby Roode, who is expected to join the main roster soon. Meltzer speculated that Roode may be brought to SmackDown and take Corbin’s spot.

As for Enzo Amore’s backstage heat, Meltzer reported that it has gotten even worse for some unknown reason. He said that “everybody” hates him, and the cooling crowd response to him is bad news because his reactions had been saving him.

JBL spoke publicly about Enzo’s heat on Bring It To The Table a few weeks ago, and said that the “odds are completely against” Enzo making it in the company.

“Now here’s what’s bad about it. Most of those guys – except for Miz, Miz is the only one – never made it,” JBL said. “Once the locker turned against these guys – they were sprayed with human repellent or whatever – they never made it. So the odds are completely against Enzo. Now I think he’s very talented, I’ve had a good working relationship with him but apparently there’s a lot of problems with him and the rest of the world.”

You can check out the full episode of Wrestling Observer Radio by clicking here.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Confirms Lio Rush Has Signed A Deal, Began Training At The Performance Center

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WWE announced the signing of top independent wrestler Lio Rush, who officially joined the WWE Performance Center yesterday.

Here is the full statement:

WWE signs Lio RushWWE has announced a blockbuster signing in the form of 22-year-old prodigy Lio Rush.

Internationally recognized as one of the ring’s top high-flyers, Rush officially joined the WWE Performance Center today in Orlando, Fla.

Born Lionel Gerard Green, of Lanham, Md., Rush wrestled in high school, becoming a two-time All-American and three-time state qualifier. He began training for sports-entertainment in 2014 and, in less than three years, has competed in 43 states, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland. In 2016, he won Ring of Honor’s Top Prospect Tournament, and earlier this year, he held the Combat Zone Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.

The 160-pounder quickly became a fan favorite on the independent scene for his daredevil creativity and unbelievable resiliency, as well as his “Dragon’s Call” finisher, a devastating frog splash that recalls D’Lo Brown’s split-leg variation. In joining the WWE PC, Rush reunites with a former tag team partner, current NXT Superstar The Velveteen Dream, with whom Rush co-held the Maryland Championship Wrestling Tag Team Titles in 2015.

WWE apparently has plans for Rush to join NXT in the near future as the announcement was filed under the NXT section on WWE.com.

Macaulay Culkin Went To SummerSlam Wearing Bunny Ears (Photos)

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’90s icon Macaulay Culkin was in attendance at Barclays Center on Sunday to watch SummerSlam … and he was rocking a pair of blue bunny ears the whole time.

Culkin — who’s known to be a bit eccentric these days — was spotted ringside with Brenda Song wearing interesting headgear, as well as backstage while taking pictures with WWE Superstars.

Mac snapped photos with Becky Lynch, Natalya and James Ellsworth.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

RAW Preview 8/21/17

Tonight’s post-SummerSlam edition of WWE RAW will take place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with the fallout from last night’s big event.

WWE announced WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar for tonight’s RAW.

* The legend of The Beast lives on

* Will Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose be able to function cohesively as Raw Tag Team Champions?

* Will Titus Worldwide get Akira Tozawa a hasty rematch?

* The Demon reigns over The New Face of Fear

* Sasha Banks withstands “Five Feet of Fury”

WWE Mae Young Classic Bracket Revealed

WWE issued the following:

After months of anticipation, the official bracket for the inaugural WWE Mae Young Classic has been revealed.

The bracket was first unveiled on the Bracketology special that streamed exclusively on the award-winning WWE Network. It lays out the first-round matchups and the perilous path to victory for the global, 32-woman tournament, which features competitors from 13 countries.

Download the official bracket now

Round One of the groundbreaking event will feature the following matches:

Who will be a bracket buster? Which competitor will be the inaugural winner of the grueling tournament? The Mae Young Classic premieres next Monday, Aug. 28, exclusively on WWE Network!

https://twitter.com/MaeYoungClassic/status/899468170133741569

 

WWE SummerSlam Results 8/20/17

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(Kickoff) The Hardy Boyz & Jason Jordan vs. The Miz & The Miztourage – Winners: The Miz & The Miztourage

(Kickoff) WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Akira Tozawa vs. Neville – Winner and new WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Neville

Elias performed a couple songs in the ring. Fans chanted for an encore after the first song.

(Kickoff) SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The New Day vs. The Usos – Winners and new SmackDown Tag Team Champions: The Usos

Following a KFC promo “HBK” Shawn Michaels came out to the ring as Colonel Sanders

John Cena vs. Baron Corbin – Winner: John Cena

SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Naomi vs. Natalya – Winner and new SmackDown Women’s Champion: Natalya

Big Cass vs. Big Show (with Enzo Amore suspended above the ring in a shark cage) – Enzo stripped to his boxers, lubed himself up and escaped the cage, but was immediately met with a boot to the face by Big cass. – Winner: Big Cass

Randy Orton vs. Rusev – Rusev attacked Orton before the bell. Orton hit Rusev with an RKO as soon as the bell rang for a quick win – Winner: Randy Orton

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

“The Demon” Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt – Winner: Finn Balor

RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) Cesaro & Sheamus vs. Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins – Winner and new RAW Tag Team Champions: Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins

United States Championship (Shane McMahon as special guest referee): (C) AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens – Winner: AJ Styles

WWE Championship: (C) Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – Winner: Jinder Mahal

Universal Championship – Fatal 4-Way: (C) Brock Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe vs. Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns – Winner: Brock Lesnar

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III Results 8/19/17 – Adam Cole Debuts

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Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas w/Zelina Vega – Winner: Andrade “Cien” Almas

RAW GM Kurt Angle and SmackDown GM Daniel Bryan was in attendance.

Corey Graves came out as guest commentator.

NXT Tag Team Championship: (C) The Authors of Pain w/Paul Ellering vs. SAnitY – Winners and new NXT Tag Team Champions: SAnitY

Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly suddenly appeared and took out both teams to a huge pop. Fish and O’Reilly, who recently made their NXT TV debuts, destroyed all 5 men and left them laying.

Neville, Shinsuke Nakamura and Kalisto was shown in the crowd.

Jim Ross came out as guest commentator.

Aleister Black vs. Hideo Itami – (The band Code Orange, with a new singer, performed as Aleister Black made his special entrance.) – Winner: Aleister Black

Sasha Banks, Bayley and Becky Lynch at ringside.

NXT Women’s Championship: (C) Asuka vs. Ember Moon – Winner: Asuka (her record title reign continues)

Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe in the crowd.

NXT Championship: (C) Bobby Roode vs. Drew McIntyre (the NYPD Pipe & Drums band is out to assist with Drew McIntyre’s entrance. McIntyre marches to the ring with the bagpipers right behind him) – Winner and new NXT Champion: Drew McIntyre

After the match, Drew sits on his knees and looks at the title while clutching it. Kyle O’Reilly and Bobby Fish suddenly appeared on the ring steps. Drew approached them but he’s attacked from behind by former ROH Champion Adam Cole. They triple team Drew and Cole floored him with a big superkick. Fans chanted for Cole. Cole raised the NXT Title and taunted Drew by holding it in his face. TakeOver went off the air with Cole, Fish and O’Reilly standing tall.