Tag: WWE

Braun Strowman Underwent Elbow Surgery, Expected To Be Out For Up To 6 Months

WWE announced that Braun Strowman is expected to be out of action for up to 6 months after undergoing elbow surgery. It was originally believed he would be out of action for 4-6 weeks. As noted, Braun had been dealing with elbow issues and needed a minor procedure to correct them.

WWE announced the following:

Braun Strowman undergoes elbow surgeryBraun Strowman underwent surgery following the attack by Roman Reigns last Monday on Raw, WWE.com can now confirm.

Immediately after the assault on Strowman’s injured shoulder and elbow by the former WWE Champion, The Monster Among Men left Raw in an ambulance and was able to get back to the United States for an evaluation this past Wednesday. Following the medical consultation, Strowman underwent surgery on Thursday in Birmingham, Ala. with Dr. Jeffrey Dugas. During the procedure, it was revealed, among his other injuries, that Strowman’s elbow had been shattered, and he is expected to miss up to six months of action as a result.

RAW Preview 5/15/17

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

* Dean Ambrose to defend the Intercontinental Championship against The Miz

* What’s next for Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman?

* “The Bar” is officially raised

* Alexa Bliss’ “new best friend” stands tall

* It’s over when Samoa Joe says it’s over

Update On The WWE Women’s Tournament Taping Soon, Scouting SHIMMER, Interested In Former TNA Knockouts?

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WWE officials are heavily scouting the SHIMMER promotion for the 32-competitor women’s tournament that will air on the WWE Network later this year, according to PWInsider. It’s believed they are interested in former TNA Knockouts Jade and Marti Bella for the tournament as well.

WWE has noted that women from 17 different countries will be represented in the tournament as international talents will be a major focus. Speculation is that they are looking to bring in several talents from the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion in Japan, including Welsh wrestler Nixon Newell and Evie from New Zealand. It was reported in December 2016 that both Nixon and Evie had signed deals.

WWE is set to begin taping the tournament on Thursday, July 13th and Friday, July 14th at Full Sail University. The current plan is to release 3 or 4 episodes of the series at a time via the WWE Network, instead of one weekly episode, similar to how they have done with Camp WWE and Holy Foley. As noted, officials are looking at holding the live tournament finals on Tuesday, August 29th.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Women’s Tournament Update

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WWE revealed that they are planning on doing the 32-competitor women’s tournament in the 3rd quarter of this year. PWInsider is reporting that WWE will start taping the tournament on July 13th and 14th at Full Sail University.

Source: WrestlingINC

NXT Preview 4/10/17

* Aleister Black vs. Cezar Bononi

* #1 Contender’s Match: Roderick Strong vs. Hideo Itami  (Winner faces NXT Champion Bobby Roode at NXT TakeOver: Chicago)

‘Broken’ Hardys – Impact Wrestling Trademark Note

New trademark applications were filed on April 28th for “Brother Nero”, “Broken Brilliance” and “Broken Matt” by Impact Wrestling. It should be noted that Matt Hardy had applied for a trademark for “Broken Matt Hardy” on March 1st. A source for Impact Wrestling told PWInsider that while the trademarks are listed as being filed in April, they were actually filed back in January. It was also noted that while the Hardys and Impact are going back and forth with legal letters, there has been no lawsuit filed yet and no agreement or settlement regarding the gimmick has been made.

Source: WrestlingINC

R-Truth To Host New WWE Network Series

WWE veteran R-Truth is set to get his own WWE Network series soon, according to PWInsider. The plan is for the series to debut in late summer or early fall of this year.

WWE secretly filmed a pilot with Truth back in March. The series looks to be the first game show on the WWE Network and Truth will be hosting.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE 205 Live 5/9/17

Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will take place from the O2 Arena in London.

* Drew Gulak aims to make London a no-fly zone

* Will Neville grant TJP his Cruiserweight Championship opportunity, or will The King of the Cruiserweights claim that Aries is not yet out of the picture?

SmackDown Live Preview 5/9/17

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the O2 Arena in London with more hype for Backlash.

* Randy Orton returns after House of Horrors

* Becky Lynch faces Natalya one week after battle lines were drawn

* Dolph Ziggler to confront Shinsuke Nakamura

* Will The Usos respond to “The Fashion Files?”

Braun Strowman Sidelined With Elbow Issue, Estimated To Be Out Of Action 4-8 Weeks

Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Braun Strowman is scheduled to be out of action following last night’s Raw taping to undergo a minor procedure to fix some issues with his elbow.

The Report says Strowman Will be gone four to eight weeks due to the undisclosed injury/surgery, causing creative to re-tool plans for Extreme Rules and Great Balls of Fire pay-per-views.

Strowman’s character on TV is supposedly suffering from a torn rotator cuff — even though he’s been wrestling Roman Reigns in street fights on the UK/European tour — and his injury angle was furthered at the TV taping tonight to officially give him time to get fixed up.

Strowman came out in a sling to wrestle Kalisto, but Reigns quickly interrupted. The segment ended with Roman hitting Braun’s arm with a steel chair on the steps.

Update  from F4WOnline via WrestlingINC

Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that while Braun’s operation is not considered to be major, the problem is they don’t know how long he will be out of action until he has the surgery.

Braun and Roman Reigns have been working the current European tour but last night’s RAW angle was done to write Braun off TV for a few weeks. Braun’s absence will force creative changes to the June 4th Extreme Rules pay-per-view and the July 2nd Great Balls of Fire pay-per-view. Meltzer noted that Reigns vs. Strowman was the planned Extreme Rules main event while Braun vs. WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar was scheduled for Great Balls of Fire.

No word yet on what the new main events will be but plans for Lesnar appear to be up in the air.