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• ROH Headed For Lakeland, Miami & Vegas

  29-11-2018 23:50
  Ring Of Honor released the following:
  ROH invades Miami and Lakeland this February, and brings 17th Anniversary Weekend to Las Vegas in March. You can be there LIVE when tickets go on sale TOMORROW (Friday) at 10am ET in Florida and 10am PT in Vegas!
  ROH Bound By Honor: Lakeland (International TV Taping)Saturday, Feb. 9, 6:00 p.m. ETRP Funding ArenaLakeland, FLBUY TICKETS
  ROH Bound By Honor: Miami (Streaming LIVE for HonorClub)Sunday, Feb. 10, 7:00 p.m. ETWatsco CenterMiami, FLBUY TICKETS
  ROH 17
  
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• Nita Strauss On The Music And Wrestling Connection, Performing Mick Foley’s Theme, Working w/ Pyro

  29-11-2018 23:31
  Photo by Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images
  Nita Strauss recently spoke with Wrestlezone’s Kevin Kellam while promoting her new album Controlled Chaos, which is out now on Sumerian Records. You can read a few highlights and listen to the full interview below:
  Nita on being a fan of wrestling, her reaction to having her songs used by WWE: I’m a huge fan. My boyfriend Josh [Villalta, who is also Nita’s drummer and manager] and I go to indie shows, we go to WWE. There
  
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• Chris Jericho Talks EVIL, What It Means To Main Event, And His Dream NJPW Matches

  29-11-2018 23:27
  Photo Credit: AXS TV
  New Japan Pro-Wrestling just put up a great interview with Chris Jericho that was conducted after he defended his Intercontinental Championship against EVIL. In it, he discussed not wanting to face Naito at Wrestle Kingdom, his match, and why EVIL might be a top guy in the future.
  His thoughts on EVIL:
  I’ve never been in a match with EVIL before. I think the fact that the match was so great; the quality, the fighting spirit, the intensity, the strong style. I think EVI
  
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• Kevin Von Erich Stars In Commercial For Arkia Airlines

  29-11-2018 23:24
  The last remaining Von Erich brother, Kevin Von Erich, is now starring in a commercial for Israel-based Arkia Airlines. The new spot is talking about Arkia’s new route to Thailand. In the commercial, the WWE Hall Of Famer says “when it comes to flying to Thailand, I’m world heavyweight champion of that too.” Von Erich is a former WCWA World Heavyweight Champion and recently wrestled with his sons Marshall & Ross Von Erich in Israel last year.Anyone in Israel can get t
  
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• Young Bucks “Have Offers On The Table From Every Major Company In The World”

  29-11-2018 22:47
  In an interview with Petey’s Wrestling Perspective Podcast, The Young Bucks said that they are mulling over options from many major promotions, and that they seemingly have no money involved in the rumored All Elite Wrestling. This is all courtesy of an exclusive clip that was given to Pro Wrestling Sheet.
  Transcriptions via Ryan Satin at Pro Wrestling Sheet.
  Matt Jackson maintained that the Young Bucks future is unclear at the moment:
  “We’re in a situation now where we don&rsq
  
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• Ring of Honor Set For Return To Las Vegas, Lakeland & Miami

  29-11-2018 22:47
  Photo Credit: RING OF HONOR
  Ring of Honor has announced the following shows, as they continue to expand their brand and grow throughout the United States and beyond.
  RELATED: Current Lineup For ROH ‘Final Battle Fallout’
  ROH invades Miami and Lakeland this February, and brings 17th Anniversary Weekend to Las Vegas in March. You can be there LIVE when tickets go on sale TOMORROW (Friday) at 10am ET in Florida and 10am PT in Vegas!
  ROH Bound By Honor: Lakeland (International TV Ta
  
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• WWE Celebrates Dana Brooke’s Birthday, WWE Now Covers Matt Hardy’s RAW GM Offer

  29-11-2018 22:42
  Photo Credit: Bill Pritchard
  WWE Celebrates Dana Brooke’s Birthday
  A big happy 30th birthday to the always under appreciated Dana Brooke, as WWE takes a look at 30 captivating photos of the WWE superstar.Prepare to be captivated as we celebrate the birthday of @DanaBrookeWWE! https://t.co/KJs5OYP3Ab
  — WWE (@WWE) November 29, 2018RELATED: Lana Opens Up On Dealing With The Becky Lynch Injury In Real Time
  WWE Now Covers Matt Hardy’s RAW GM Offer
  WWE Now has covered Matt Hardy&lsqu
  
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• Cody Rhodes Says January Announcement Will Be ‘Bigger Than Anyone Expects,’ Destiny Wrestling Gets NXT UK Talent

  29-11-2018 22:35
  Photo Credit: NJPW/TV Asahi
  Cody Promises January Announcement Will Be ‘Bigger Than Anyone Expects’
  There’s so much hype around All Elite Wrestling and what that may mean for the future of Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, and others.
  According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Cody Rhodes said at a meet and greet that the group’s January announcement will be ‘bigger than anyone expects.’ Cody currently is slated for the Ring of Honor World Championship Match
  
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• Total Bellas Returning In January

  29-11-2018 22:32
  WWE & E! have released the following, regarding Total Bellas returning to E!:
  E! Sets Season Four Premiere of “Total Bellas” for Sunday, January 13 at 9 PM ET/PT
  The New Season Will Follow Nikki Bella As She Embraces the Changes in Her Life, The Bella Twins Road to WWE’s Evolution and Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan As They Make a Decision on Expanding Their Family
  Los Angeles, CA – November 28, 2018 – WWE® Superstars Nikki Bella®, Brie Bella®&
  
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• Official Press Release For Total Bellas’ Return

  29-11-2018 22:31
  Photo by Steve Zak Photography/FilmMagic
  The official press release has been sent out for the return of everyone’s friendly neighbourhood reality show, Total Bellas. The show will be back in January, following on from the conclusion of Total Divas’ latest season.
  RELATED: Total Bellas Season 4 Premiere Date Released
  E! Sets Season Four Premiere of “Total Bellas” for Sunday, January 13 at 9 PM ET/PT
   The New Season Will Follow Nikki Bella As She Embraces the Chan
  
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• Jim Ross Says All Elite Wrestling Is “Feast Or Famine,” Needs TV Deal

  29-11-2018 22:16
  Jim Ross spoke about the rumored All Elite Wrestling lately. On his podcast, Ross said that the entire promotion is dependent on a major TV deal, and that a deal like IMPACT Wrestling has with PopTV would not cut the mustard.
  Transcriptions via Ross Kelly of WrestlingINC.com
  “It’s either going to never happen because a TV deal could not be acquired or the TV deal is going to be finalized and it’s going to be big… Feast or famine.
  “The trademark thing with the
  
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• John Cena To Receive Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award

  29-11-2018 22:04
  Sports Illustrated released a press release regarding John Cena receiving their Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. Here is the press release in full:
  JOHN CENA TO RECEIVE THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MUHAMMAD ALI LEGACY AWARD AT SI’S SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS SHOW
  (NEW YORK, NY, November 29, 2018)—Sports Illustrated today announced that actor and WWE Superstar John Cena will receive the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. The honor will be presented at Sports Illustr
  
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• Cuervo Update: Star Discharged From The Hospital

  29-11-2018 21:57
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  In an update to the Cuervo situation, he has been discharged from the hospital following that awful incident where a concrete block was thrown at his head in a match with Angel o Demonio. There was a post on his official Facebook:
  En nombre de las familias Rolón y Báez, el manejador Victor Arroyo les queremos dar las más expresivas gracias a todos por sus oraciones y buenas vibras hacia El Cuervo de Puerto Rico.
  De esta m
  
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• Rumor On Scrapped Plans For The WWE Intercontinental Championship

  29-11-2018 21:47
  The oft-substantiated Twitter account @WrestleVotes revealed that WWE Creative had much different plans for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. According to the anonymous account, the original plan for the belt was to have Dean Ambrose cost Seth Rollins the title, leading to Intercontinental Champion Elias. This was reportedly scrapped last month, when Roman Reigns’s leukemia diagnosis completely incinerated the majority of Creative’s plans.
  As it stands, Seth Rollins will defend
  
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• Alexa Bliss Training With CHIKARA Founder At Performance Center

  29-11-2018 21:37
  Alexa Bliss has been using Twitter to update fans on her training, as she works to return from injury. The former RAW & Smackdown Women’s Champion suffered multiple concussions. She is currently overseeing RAW’s women’s division until more is known about her ability to compete.
  Today, she posted a picture of her in the WWE Performance Center with CHIKARA co-founder Mike Quackenbush, thanking him and calling him “so brilliant.” Quackenbush founded CHIKARA in 2002
  
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• XFL Set To Announce All 8 Cities & Venues On Dec. 5th

  29-11-2018 21:24
  The XFL took to Facebook to announce that they will be announcing the 8 cities and venues that will comprise the league, set to debut in 2020. The announcement will take place on Dec. 5th. The city of St. Louis is reportedly one of the cities that will be announced. The XFL was founded in 2001 by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, and lasted only one season. McMahon recently founded Alpha Entertainment to reboot the football league.
  Prowrestling.com reported yesterday that there would be 10 teams, but
  
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• IMPACT Wrestling Cold Open For 11/29 (Video), WWE Wants To Know What You Like About ‘The Marine’

  29-11-2018 20:51
  Photo Credit: IMPACT Wrestling
  IMPACT Wrestling Cold Open For 11/29 (Video)
  IMPACT Wrestling posted the cold open for tonight’s episode of IMPACT Wrestling featuring Eddie Edwards, Moose, Tommy Dreamer, Eli Drake, Tessa Blanchard, Taya Valkyrie and more fallout of Brian Cage’s decision to exercise ‘Option C’ at IMPACT Wrestling Homecoming on January 6th:
   Find out what happens next now that Brian Cage has invoked Option C TONIGHT on IMPACT 10pm ET!
  IMPACT is on Thurs
  
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• Pro Wrestling NOAH Vacates GHC Tag Team Championship

  29-11-2018 20:37
  GHC Tag Team Champion Naomichi Marufuji suffered a left hamstring tear and a left shoulder contusion during the company’s Global League tournament on 11/24. The injury took Marufuji out of the Global League finals, where he was replaced by Katsuhiko Nakajima. Now Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced that due to the severity of the injury, Marufuji will vacate the GHC Tag Team Championship. According to The Wrestling Observer, a tournament will be held on 12/7.
  Marufuji has held the tag titles
  
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• UK Promoter Says WWE Restrictions Less Severe Than Originally Thought

  29-11-2018 20:21
  The Wrestling Observer Newsletter recently spoke with an unnamed British promoter about WWE’s new restrictions on WWE NXT UK talent. WWE recently announced that their UK talent would not be allowed to work for unapproved companies, and cannot have matches with talent signed to any other major company. While these new restrictions were met with much chagrin from fans and wrestler alike, the unnamed promoter says that its just one of many restrictions that WWE has instituted since the foundi
  
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• Update On Braun Strowman

  29-11-2018 20:09
  PWInsider is reporting that Braun Strowman is scheduled for next week’s WWE RAW. The show will air live from Houston, TX and Strowman is expected to appear. There is no word on whether or not Braun is cleared to compete or his status for WWE TLC.
  Braun Strowman was scheduled to face Baron Corbin, but elbow surgery threw a hitch in plans.
  The post Update On Braun Strowman appeared first on ProWrestling.com.
  
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• 16th Annual WWE Tribute to the Troops Event To Take Place At Fort Hood, Texas

  29-11-2018 19:50
  Photo Credit: WWE.com
  WWE issued the following announcement, confirming details for this year’s WWE Tribute To The Troops event:The 16th Annual WWE Tribute to the Troops will be held Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Fort Hood, Texas
  The 16th annual WWE Tribute to the Troops will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Fort Hood, Texas. This is the second time Fort Hood has hosted The Most Patriotic Show of the Year, first serving as host in 2010.
  While in Fort Hood, Superstars will spend time
  
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• Braun Strowman Injury Update *Possible Spoilers*

  29-11-2018 19:41
  Photo by Marc Pfitzenreuter/Getty Images
  Braun Strowman is scheduled to appear on next Monday’s RAW in Houston Texas, according to a report by Mike Johnson of PWInsider. Just last week, Braun had successful elbow surgery in Birmingham, Alabama and they’re very heavily teased that he will not be able to make his scheduled match with Baron Corbin at WWE TLC on December 16. Now, he is only reported to be at the tapings, which doesn’t necessarily mean that he will ap
  
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• XFL Confirms Date For Announcement Of All Eight Teams In The League

  29-11-2018 19:28
  Photo Credit: Alpha Entertainment
  The XFL just posted the following Tweet, confirming they will make a major announcement on Wednesday, December 5th and will reveal all eight teams playing in the inaugural season of the XFL reboot:The wait is almost over! This coming Wednesday, Dec. 5, we unveil our eight cities and the venues we will play in for our inaugural season in 2020.Watch LIVE at Noon ET on https://t.co/hAlDLJuvRV or right here on Twitter! #XFL2020 pic.twitter.com/3AW9J2Qe9x
  — XFL
  
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• Current Lineup For ROH ‘Final Battle Fallout’

  29-11-2018 19:25
  As is typical with Ring of Honor shows, after the major pay-per-view there is always a set of taping is the following day. Ring of Honor has chosen to title the show’s following final battle as ROH Final Battle Fallout. They have an interesting set of superstars confirmed for this taping, including the Best Friends tandem of Chuck Taylor and Beretta, the women of Honor tag team the Twisted Sisterz, and Dr. Britt Baker. The following is from ROHWrestling.com:
  Beretta and Chuckie T. were on
  
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• IMPACT Wrestling Preview For 11/29: The Rascalz Debut, Eli Drake vs Tommy Dreamer

  29-11-2018 19:19
  The latest episode of IMPACT Wrestling airs tonight at 10/9 pm CST on PopTV.
  Check back in to WrestleZone tonight for our live coverage of the action, provided by Lovell Porter, as it airs on TV.
  WrestleZone encourages you to begin your discussion about tonight’s episode of IMPACT in the comments section at the bottom of this post, via the WrestleZone Facebook Discussion Group or by using the hashtag #WZChat on Twitter (some of your tweets will appear in our live cover
  
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• John Cena Earns The Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award; More Details

  29-11-2018 18:48
  Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
  John Cena is one of the most giving WWE Superstars of all time. From granting the most Make-a-Wish wishes of all time to his continued work with children for brands like Nickelodeon and also speaking out for issues concerning matters like equality for all, John Cena may be the greatest ambassador for WWE and their values that the company has ever had. Now, John is set to be given the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. The
  
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• John Cena Earns Sports Illustrated’s Muhammad Ali Legacy Award

  29-11-2018 18:48
  Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
  John Cena is one of the most giving WWE Superstars of all time. From granting the most Make-a-Wish wishes of all time to his continued work with children for brands like Nickelodeon and also speaking out for issues concerning matters like equality for all, John Cena may be the greatest ambassador for WWE and their values that the company has ever had. Now, John is set to be given the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. The
  
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• Baron Corbin Or Alexa Bliss For Boss?, Newest ‘Battle Of The Brands’ Has A Hot Free Agent

  29-11-2018 18:04
  Photo by Marc Pfitzenreuter/Getty Images
  Baron Corbin Or Alexa Bliss For Boss?
  WWE proposed the following question on their Instagram asking who you would rather have as a boss: Alexa Bliss or Baron Corbin? Corbin just appointed Bliss as the manager of the women’s division on RAW this past Monday which creates yet another combination of heel authority figures.View this post on InstagramLet us know!A post shared byWWE (@wwe) on Nov 29, 2018 at 8:16am PSTRELATED: Alexa Bliss Resumes In-Ring
  
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• Current Plans For Pre-Taped RAW & SmackDown Christmas & New Year’s Shows, Including Friday RAW, Saturday SD! And Double TV Tapings

  29-11-2018 17:55
  This year’s RAW and SmackDown Christmas week shows, and the New Year’s week slate of shows are set to be taped in advance, with the Christmas week shows being ran as a double TV taping.
  It had previously been reported that WWE was planning to pre-tape both weeks instead of having live shows on Christmas Eve and Day (like how RAW aired live on the holiday last year). According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE is planning on taping RAW live on December 17th in Sac
  
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• NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 To Air On FITE.TV

  29-11-2018 17:38
  New Japan Pro Wrestling released the following announcement regarding their NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 event taking place on FITE.tv when the company’s landmark show goes down on January 4, 2019:NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 set to be available Live on FITE
  Annual event set for Friday January 4, 2019
  Main card and viewing details announced
  New York City (November 29, 2018): FITE and New Japan Pro Wrestling announced today that their annual event Wrestle Kingdom 13, will stream live worldwide on th
  
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• WWE SmackDown Viewership Rises, Who Challenges Willie Mack for NWA National Title? (Video)

  29-11-2018 17:32
  WWE SmackDown Viewership Rises
  This week’s episode of WWE SmackDown Live brought in 2.264 million viewers, which is up from last week’s 2.150 million viewers.
  WWE SmackDown Live was the eighth most watched show on the night in overall viewership, and the top ranked show on the night in the 18-49 demographic. This week’s viewership totals were delayed until last night because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
  Source: ShowBuzz Daily 
  Who Challenges Willie Mack for NWA National T
  
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• Jim Ross Talks With Dave Meltzer About All Elite Wrestling Rumors, WWE’s Comedy & 205 Live Being Underutilized

  29-11-2018 17:14
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  As wrote about earlier here on WrestleZone, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter‘s Dave Meltzer was on Jim Ross‘ The Ross Report this week. Meltzer and JR covered a wide range of topics that includes the late Larry Matysik, the rumors around the All Elite Wrestling promotion, WWE’s use of comedy in storylines and the company’s talent being over-scripted. Quotes are below (transcription credit should go to @DominicDeAngelo at Wre
  
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• MLW Major Announcement: Fusion To Broadcast Live On December 14th

  29-11-2018 16:25
  MLW CEO Court Bauer shared the following major announcement on Twitter regarding MLW Fusion and that it will broadcast live on December 14th. No word yet on this is a permanent move for the promotion or if this will be done on a regular basis, but WrestleZone will keep you updated moving forward.Time make some history, @MLW fam.
  — Court Bauer (@courtbauer) November 29, 2018
  I like the name MLW Friday Night Fusion on @beINSPORTSUSA but it's missing something… 🤔
  — Court
  
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• Becky Lynch Takes Dig At The ‘New’ Charlotte Flair With Classic Simpsons Reference, Feast Your Eyes On NXT’s Dominik Dijakovic (Video)

  29-11-2018 16:23
  Photo Credit: Bill Pritchard
  Becky Lynch Takes Dig At The ‘New’ Charlotte Flair
  Becky Lynch shared a new post on her Instagram story, and took a great dig at the ‘new’ Charlotte Flair with a classic Simpsons reference.
  Becky shared a video (created from a Twitter post originally by Charles Chase) featuring some mockups of the Simpsons character Frank Grimes (aka ‘Grimey’), who was the self-declared enemy of Homer Simpson in a classic season 8 episode of the an
  
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• Watch: What’s Next For Lars Sullivan?, Rhea Ripley Has Her First Photo Shoot As Champion, More

  29-11-2018 15:49
  WWE has uploaded several new videos to its YouTube channel this week including the latest NXT post-show which questions the future of Lars Sullivan.
  WWE shared it’s post-show highlights from this week’s WWE NXT to its YouTube channel which included a brief interview with Lars Sullivan who stated what is next for him, as well as interviews with EC3 and Mia Yim.Rhea Ripley Has First Photo Shoot As UK Women’s Champion
  Following her victory over Toni Storm, Rhea Ripley became the f
  
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• Adam Page Ready For Jeff Cobb At ROH Final Battle, Meet Ronda Rousey’s Goats At Her Farm (Video)

  29-11-2018 15:23
  Photo Credit: RING OF HONOR/James Musselwhite
  Adam Page Ready For Jeff Cobb At ROH Final Battle
  “Hangman” Adam Page is all ready for his ROH Television Title Match against the defending Champion in Jeff Cobb. “The Hawaiian Juggernaut” dominated former TV Champ Punishment Martinez in 90 seconds and has defeated talent such as Shane Taylor and Christopher Daniels since obtaining that ROH gold, but now “The Hangman” looks to turn his noose on the TV strap and is
  
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• WWE SmackDown Live Viewership Up Following Becky Lynch’s Return; The Man Posts Incredible Instagram Story

  29-11-2018 15:15
  The viewership statistics are in for this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown Live and it’s good news for the blue brand who recorded a solid rating.
  This week’s episode of the show did 2,464,000 viewers which were an increase from last week which came in at 2,150,000 for the post-WWE Survivor Series episode.
  The viewership is actually the best that SmackDown has recorded since July, making it a fantastic result for WWE. This week’s episode, of course, saw the return of both
  
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• New Vignette Of A Cigar-Toting Ariya Daivari (Video), Behind-The-Scenes Of WWE v. NXT On UUDD

  29-11-2018 14:54
  New Vignette Of A Cigar-Toting Ariya Daivari (Video)
  Ariya Daivari, along with Hideo Itami, returned to 205 Live last night to seemingly form an alliance of sorts, but Daivari did come prepared with vignette in tow. This fresh new feature of him showcases the cruiserweight driving around in a Cadillac, smoking a cigar – courtesy of the man’s Twitter page:Hello again. pic.twitter.com/lo4cdPJLAn
  — Ariya Daivari (@AriyaDaivariWWE) November 28, 2018
  back pic.twitter.com/BH6TzQNfez
  
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• Pete Dunne Responds To Being Called A “Sell Out,” Killian Dain Praises Mikey Whiplash (Video), More

  29-11-2018 14:49
  The WWE United Kingdom Champion, Pete Dunne responded to someone who claimed that the Bruiserweight was a “sellout” on Twitter.
  The new NXT UK contracts have caused quite the spark amongst the UK wrestling community with many fans wondering what it means for their favorite promotions. Dunne issued a lengthy statement over several tweets to give his thoughts but was then called a sellout by someone for focusing on his WWE career.
  The Bruiserweight fired back by telling them that
  
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• Jim Ross Gives Major Praise To Asuka: ‘She’s Big Money.’

  29-11-2018 14:26
  Photo Credit: Ringside w/ Jim Ross
  On Jim Ross‘ latest Ross Report, JR gives his take on some of wrestling’s biggest topics of the moment and this episode is packed full of news, including Asuka being added to the three-way TLC match at WWE TLC, his fellow Eagles fandom he shared with Edge‘s late mother Judy Copeland, Daniel Bryan‘s performance at WWE Survivor Series against a monstrous Brock Lesnar, and so much more as he talks to Wrestling Observer‘
  
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• Tyson Kidd Talks His Career-Ending Injury, Discusses Vince McMahon’s Role In Bringing Him Back

  29-11-2018 14:18
  Former WWE Superstar, Tyson Kidd recently spoke with SLAM! Wrestling where he discussed his career-ending injury and returning to WWE for his new role.
  On his career-ending injury:
  “The night of injury, it was just one of those days where the show was being changed — up to the last minute — but the show was being changed and the next thing I know it’s me against Joe in a dark match,” Kidd said. “I’d never worked Joe before. I’d of course seen him.
  
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• Rhea Ripley On Becoming NXT UK Women’s Champion, Travis Banks On The UK Wrestling Scene, More

  29-11-2018 13:45
  During this week’s NXT UK shows, Rhea Ripley was crowned the first-ever WWE NXT UK Women’s Champion and she immediately started bragging online.
  Ripley defeated the favorite to win the title, Toni Storm to become the first ever champion and she posted a photo of her and Triple H stating she told everyone it is her time.Toni time? Pft! I told you! It’s MY time! #FirstEver #NXTUKWomensChampion #NXTUK pic.twitter.com/DadbMudk0B
  — RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) November 28,
  
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• Toni Storm Admits She Wants To Face Becky Lynch, Talks Developing In The UK & Competing At WWE Evolution

  29-11-2018 13:31
  Mae Young Classic 2018 winner, Toni Storm recently spoke with Sports Bible about growing and developing in the UK and wanting to face Becky Lynch.
  On moving to the UK to develop as a wrestler:
  “I was quite lucky. When I first came out here — from about 17 to 18 — I was just on and off again. By the time I was 19, I was fully moved here. But I was lucky enough to be taken under the wing of Dean Allmark, who is a trainer like quite local, and he helped me get to where I wanted to
  
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• Cruiserweight Legend Lands Guest Coach Spot At WWE Performance Center

  29-11-2018 13:28
  Shane “Hurricane” Helms will be working out of the WWE Performance Center for the next two weeks as a guest coach, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He will also be helping out as a backstage agent for upcoming NXT house shows.
  Helms, 44, has been in the wrestling business for more than 27 years with more than a decade’s experience working for virtually every major U.S. promotion over the course of his career. He is a three-time Cruiserweight Champion winning
  
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• New Japan Need To Watch (11/28) World Tag League *No Spoilers*

  29-11-2018 13:15
  Show is available on NJPWWorld.com.
  FIRST MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: Jeff Cobb & Michael Elgin (6 pts) vs. Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino (0 pts)
  Really solid start to the show. The Young Lions don’t bring the most drama to a matchup but they bring a ton of fighting spirit. Cobb & Elgin are stronger than anyone should be, just giant men.
  Need To Watch Rating: (6.1)
  SECOND MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Naga
  
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• Batista Praises Fit Finlay, Mike Kanellis Encourages Fans To Watch WWE 205 Live, More

  29-11-2018 13:14
  Former WWE Superstar, Batista took to Twitter last night to praise wrestling veteran, Fit Finlay for all the help he gave him during his career.
  The Hollywood star was reacting to a tweet from a fan who shared an old clip from a Batista vs Finlay match and The Animal stated that people will never realize how great Finlay was.
  Batista went on to state that Finlay will never tell you how great he was either, which makes him even greater and added that Finlay changed the direction of his career.Peo
  
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• Backstage News On Impact Wrestling Pulling LAX From Upcoming Match Against NXT Superstars

  29-11-2018 13:09
  As previously reported, the tag team of Santana and Ortiz (collectively known as LAX) were pulled from the upcoming EVOLVE shows this December, where they were scheduled to compete in a six-man tag team match against The Street Profits.
  According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the decision was made by Impact officials because they did not want their current world tag team champions wrestling against, and potentially losing to NXT Superstars (the Street Profits are also the EVOLVE Tag
  
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• James Ellsworth Claims His Legal Team Has “Concrete Evidence” To Prove His Innocence, Threatens Legal Retaliation

  29-11-2018 12:48
  Two weeks ago, former WWE Superstar James Ellsworth was accused of sending nude photographs and videos to an underage fan. He was quickly pulled from several bookings and, outside of an original statement made by his legal aid, has remained radio silent on social media since the allegations came to light.
  Shortly after the original story of Ellsworth’s alleged sexual misconduct surfaced, the 16-year-old girl making said claims released a series of photos, videos and recordings from her pho
  
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• Kota Ibushi Reportedly Set For Big Title Match at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13

  29-11-2018 12:22
  As of this Friday we are just five weeks away from Wrestle Kingdom 13 at the Tokyo Dome, the biggest event of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s calendar year. With all the top matches slowly coming together, one major name currently left without a match is ironically one of the best wrestlers on the planet — the “Golden Star” Kota Ibushi.
  It was recently announced that Ibushi will actually face Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Championship; a match many thought would take pl
  
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• NJPW World Tag League (11/28) Okada & Tanahashi Team In Main Event

  29-11-2018 10:29
  Show is available on NJPWWorld.com.
  FIRST MATCH: World Tag League Tournament Match: Jeff Cobb & Michael Elgin (6 pts) vs. Ayato Yoshida & Shota Umino (0 pts)
  Elgin shoves Umino before the bell. Umino and Elgin lock up. Elgin proceeds to throw Umino around, before eating a forearm. Elgin and Umino trade mismatched blows. Umino drops Elgin with a back elbow. Umino hits a corner back elbow. Cobb tags in.
  Cobb and Elgin hit a double backbreaker. Cobb punishes Umino’s chest.
  
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