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• Dakota Kai To Miss 8-10 Weeks Due To Torn Meniscus, Will Undergo Surgery

  13-08-2024 04:10 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Dakota Kai has been sidelined with an injury.During the August 12 episode of WWE RAW, commentator Michael Cole noted that Dakota Kai had suffered a torn meniscus. He stated that she would be out for eight-to-ten weeks, and she would undergo surgery.Kai last wrestled at the WWE live event on July 27, where she and IYO SKY beat Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. Sonya Deville later attacked Kai backstage on the August 5 episode of WWE RAW.Meanwhile, SKY and Kai competed on the Augus
  
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• NWA Powerrr Results (9/17): Juventud Guerrera Competes, Multiple Title Matches

  18-09-2024 06:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
  On September 17, the National Wrestling Alliance delivered an action-packed show with the latest episode of NWA Powerrr.Juventud Guerrera competed on the show, which featured several title matches.The results are as follows:
  NWA Exodus Pro Championship: Pretty Boy Smooth (c) def. Mims via countout. Mims attacked Smooth after the match.NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship: The King Bees (c) def. Caribbean FlowNWA Kross Fire Championship: Zyon vs. Juventud Guerrera (c) ended in a no
  
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• Ricochet vs. The Beast Mortos Added To 9/18 AEW Dynamite

  18-09-2024 04:50 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ricochet will be in action on AEW Dynamite.Tony Khan announced that Ricochet will face The Beast Mortos on the September 18 episode of AEW Dynamite. This comes after Mortos attacked Ricochet following his win over Sammy Guevara on the September 11 episode.
  TOMORROW, Wed 9/18
  Wilkes-Barre, PA
  Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite
  TBS at 8pm ET/7pm CT@BeastMortos vs @KingRicochetAfter he was blindsided last Wednesday by Beast Mortos, Ricochet will aim for revenge tomorrow on
  Wednesday Nig
  
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• CM Punk To Be Guest Referee For NXT Title Match On 10/1 WWE NXT

  18-09-2024 04:26 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  CM Punk‘s role on the October 1 episode of WWE NXT has been revealed.As previously announced, Punk will appear on the October 1 episode of NXT in Chicago, which will mark the show’s CW Network premiere. However, his role on the show had been unclear.Punk appeared on the September 17 episode and noted that he had an idea for his role, but Roxanne Perez interrupted him. Later in the show, NXT Champion Ethan Page and Trick Williams signed the contract for their title m
  
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• NXT Women’s North American Title Match, Press Conference, More Set For 9/24 WWE NXT

  18-09-2024 04:08 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE is loading up the card for the September 24 episode of WWE NXT.After Wren Sinclair slapped Kelani Jordan backstage, WWE announced that Jordan will defend the NXT Women’s North American Championship against Sinclair on September 24.Plus, Ridge Holland will face Riley Osborne. Elsewhere on the show, NXT Tag Team Champions Axiom and Nathan Frazer will appear on the Grayson Waller Effect, and the competitors who will be in action on the CW Network premiere will participat
  
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• CM Punk Appears On 9/17 WWE NXT, Roxanne Perez Interrupts Him

  18-09-2024 03:29 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  CM Punk appeared on WWE NXT, and he was confronted by NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez.Punk came to the ring on Tuesday and highlighted how he enjoyed NXT and watching the development of future stars. He also noted that he did some scouting, as he would be facing some of those stars someday. He name-dropped Lexis King, Carmelo Hayes, Ethan Page, and Bron Breakker. Punk also joked that he had shirts older than Je’Von Evans.
  .@CMPunk has his eyes on who's coming thr
  
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• Zachary Wentz Reveals Wes Lee Attacked Trey Miguel, Doesn’t Know How Long He’ll Be Out

  18-09-2024 03:16 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Zachary Wentz reveals what happened to Trey Miguel.Wentz and Miguel were set to challenge Nathan Frazer and Axiom for the NXT Tag Team Championship on the September 9 episode of WWE NXT, but Ava announced that they were unable to compete. The Street Profits replaced them in the title match.On the September 17 episode of WWE NXT, Zachary Wentz came to the ring and played security footage of Wes Lee attacking Trey Miguel in the parking lot. He explained that the atta
  
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• Tyrese Haliburton Appears On 9/17 WWE NXT

  18-09-2024 03:01 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  NBA star Tyrese Haliburton appeared on the September 17 episode of WWE NXT.Haliburton, a two-time All-Star with the Indiana Pacers, had expressed his interest in stopping by, and Shawn Michaels invited him to the show. Tuesday’s episode kicked off with a contract signing that ended without signatures, as NXT Champion Ethan Page slammed Trick Williams through a table.Backstage, NXT General Manager Ava spoke with Haliburton. He said he would make sure that Page and Williams
  
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• Ethan Page Responds To ‘I Quit My Job To Be Here’ Sign At WWE Raw: Me Too

  18-09-2024 02:34 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Ethan Page jokes about his journey to WWE.Page left AEW/ROH earlier in 2024 and made his surprise debut on the May 28 episode of NXT. Within a matter of weeks, he captured the NXT Championship at NXT Heatwave, and he continues to hold the gold.Page took to Twitter to respond to a picture of a fan who had a, “I quit my job to be here” sign at the September 16 episode of WWE RAW. The NXT Champion briefly wrote, “Me too lady.”
  Me too lady. https://t.co/hMER
  
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• Randy Orton Match, Sexyy Red Appearance Announced For 10/8 WWE NXT

  18-09-2024 02:23 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Randy Orton won’t just appear on the October 8 episode of WWE NXT; he is set to compete on the show.As previously announced, NXT’s second episode on The CW Network will emanate from The Factory in Chesterfield, Missouri. The show was initially set to be held at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis.NXT General Manager Ava kicked off the September 17 episode of WWE NXT and announced that Randy Orton will compete on the October 8 episode. His opponent was not named.
  
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• MLW Announces Card For MLW Pit-Fighters Special

  18-09-2024 01:54 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Major League Wrestling has announced the card for their MLW Pit-Fighters special.Major League Wrestling will present MLW Pit-Fighters on their YouTube channel on September 26. Matt Riddle, Tom Lawlor, AKIRA, Bobby Fish, and other stars are set to compete.The card is as follows:
  Vale Tudo Rules: Matt Riddle vs. Tom Lawlor
  Taekwondo Rules for the MLW Women’s World Featherweight Championship: Janai Kai (c) vs. Delmi Exo
  Taipei Taped Fist Death Match: AKIRA vs. Ikuro Kwon
  Atl
  
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• WWE RAW Viewership Rises On 9/16, Demo Also Up

  18-09-2024 01:24 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE RAW viewership increased on September 16.The PWTorch reports that RAW averaged 1.509 million viewers, which is up from last week ( 1.430 million viewers).The hourly break-down is as follows:
  1st hour: 1.618 million2nd hour: 1.541 million3rd hour: 1.367 million
  In the 18 to 49 demographic, RAW drew a 0.49 rating, which is also up from last week (0.45 rating in the same demographic).RAW was up against the Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atla
  
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• WWE NXT Results (9/17/24)

  18-09-2024 00:58 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE NXT Results
  September 17, 2024
  Report by Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.comCheck Out Last Week’s Coverage: WWE NXT Results (9/10/24)WrestleZone features weekly audio and video content on Facebook, YouTube, and your favorite podcast apps like Apple, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Subscribe now for hours of exciting wrestling content, including exclusive interviews, previews, reviews, and more!Subscribe Now:The post WWE NXT Results (9/17/24) appeared first on Wrestlezone.
  
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• Kyle Fletcher On The Future Of Aussie Open: It’s Very Hard To Say

  17-09-2024 23:30 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Kyle Fletcher comments on the future of Aussie Open and says things might be different when Mark Davis returns.Davis has been out of action with an injury since he and Fletcher lost to FTR at AEW WrestleDream 2023. Meanwhile, Fletcher has had a breakout run as a singles star, and he won the ROH World Television Championship.Kyle Fletcher discussed Mark Davis’ absence while speaking to The Outerhaven. He admitted that Aussie Open’s future was unclear. (H/t
  
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• Eric Young On WWE Working With TNA: This Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg

  17-09-2024 23:05 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Eric Young says WWE working with TNA is mutually beneficial, and what fans have been seeing is just the tip of the iceberg.In an interview with Denise Salcedo for Instinct Culture, TNA’s Eric Young was asked to share his thoughts on TNA working with WWE.“It comes as no surprise to me, as a person who’s very friendly with Triple H,” Eric Young said. “I still talk to Triple H to this day, we’re very good friends, and we converse. We d
  
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• Rhea Ripley Says The Judgment Day Helped Her Career More Than She Can Say

  17-09-2024 22:38 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Rhea Ripley says she cried when her time in The Judgment Day came to an end.The Judgment Day as fans knew it ended at WWE SummerSlam, as the group turned on Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley. Ripley had been in the group since 2022, and this run led her career to new heights.
  Speaking on Casual Conversations with The Classic, Rhea Ripley was asked about the Judgment Day chapter of her career ending.“The Judgment Day was really family to me. It really was, and it has helped my
  
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• Rob Van Dam Had One-Day Notice For WWE SmackDown Appearance, Says He Filmed Some Interviews

  17-09-2024 22:09 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Rob Van Dam did not have much notice for his appearance on WWE SmackDown.WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam was shown in the crowd on the September 13 episode, which was the season premiere. Vickie Guerrero, Teddy Long, Ron Simmons, and other legends were also shown in the crowd.Rob Van Dam detailed how his appearance came together while speaking on his 1 Of A Kind podcast. (H/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful for the transcription)
  “How about that,” he said. “RVD
  
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• NXT Tag Team Title Match Confirmed For 10/8 WWE NXT

  17-09-2024 21:37 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Grayson Waller and Austin Theory have their sights set on the NXT Tag Team Championship.In a tweet, Grayson Waller shared a clip in which he commented on NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom getting attacked by The Bloodline on NXT. He noted that he kind of missed having titles. Theory said he never got his opportunity to be a tag team champion in NXT, and Waller said that he hadn’t either. He stated that he wanted to change that.Waller brought up NXT’s sh
  
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• Grayson Waller And Austin Theory Want To Challenge For NXT Tag Titles At NXT In Missouri

  17-09-2024 21:37 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Grayson Waller and Austin Theory have their sights set on the NXT Tag Team Championship.In a tweet, Grayson Waller shared a clip in which he commented on NXT Tag Team Champions Nathan Frazer and Axiom getting attacked by The Bloodline on NXT. He noted that he kind of missed having titles. Theory said he never got his opportunity to be a tag team champion in NXT, and Waller said that he hadn’t either. He stated that he wanted to change that.Waller brought up NXT’s sh
  
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• John Cena To Star In ‘Matchbox’, Movie Based On Mattel Car Toyline

  17-09-2024 21:13 via wrestlezone.com
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  John Cena is set to star in a movie about Matchbox cars.Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter reports that Cena has agreed to star in Matchbox, a live-action movie about the Mattel car toyline. Director Sam Hargrave (Extraction), is set to helm the project for Apple Original Films.The screenplay is byDavid Coggeshall (The Family Plan) and Jonathan Tropper (The Adam Project). Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger, along with Mattel Film’s Robbie Bre
  
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• Adam Pearce ‘Fines’ Bronson Reed & Braun Strowman For Damaging Property (And His Sanity) After Chaotic Brawl On WWE Raw

  17-09-2024 20:51 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Adam Pearce just can’t catch a break.This week’s episode of WWE Raw emanated from Portland, Oregon. The lineup was supposed to feature six matches. Unfortunately for WWE Raw General Manager Adam Pearce, one of those matches was derailed by the continued brawling between Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman.Instead of wrestling each as scheduled, Reed and Strowman forged a path of destruction through the ringside and backstage areas. This sequence included Reed hurling a
  
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• CW Anderson Comments On Reviving ‘Horsemen’ Name In MLW, Who Pitched ‘Extreme’ Variation

  17-09-2024 20:36 via wrestlezone.com
  
  CW Anderson knows there’s a right way to honor the past.
  Bobby Fish and Bret Ryan Gosselin aligned with Brock and CW Anderson at MLW’s Summer Of The Beasts event last month. The group made things official at MLW Fightland, christening themselves as the ‘Rogue Horsemen.’The name is a spinoff of the legendary Four Horsemen stable, which featured Brock’s father, Arn, as a founding member of the group. The ‘Horsemen’ name also has a history in MLW, as CW An
  
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• Sheamus Re-Signs With WWE

  17-09-2024 20:03 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Sheamus has re-signed with WWE.Speaking on The Pat McAfee Show, Pat McAfee announced that Sheamus had officially signed an extension with WWE.
  BREAKING NEWS: @WWESheamus has OFFICIALLY signed an extension with @WWE ?#PMSLive pic.twitter.com/CUTlZYDEzI— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 17, 2024
  Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful (via Fightful Select) confirmed the news with WWE sources. He wrote that the veteran’s contract was set to expire earlier in 2024, but it was e
  
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• Kurt Angle: Roman Reigns Has Earned Every Bit That He’s Gotten

  17-09-2024 20:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Kurt Angle thinks Roman Reigns is rightly considered one of the best in the world.The Tribal Chief recovered from a difficult initial push to become a top star in the WWE. He spent 1316 days as Universal Champion, which is the fourth-longest reign in WWE history. Meanwhile, his nine WrestleMania main events earned him the record as main eventing WrestleMania more than anyone else in history. He overtook Hulk Hogan, following his two matches at WrestleMania 40.This incredible ru
  
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• Bianca Belair to IYO SKY: Let Me Know When You Want To Run It Back, Or Bring Your Partner

  17-09-2024 19:48 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Bianca Belair teases further competition with IYO SKY.In the semi-main event of WWE Raw this week, Bianca Belair and IYO SKY battled in a rematch of their 2023 WWE Backlash clash. In that instance, Belair emerged victorious. However, SKY rolled up Belair for a win of her own on Monday’s episode of RAW.
  Coming off their latest in-ring encounter, it seems that both Belair and SKY want at least more, whether in the form of singles or tag team action.I [see] you @Iyo_SkyWWE,&
  
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• Mick Foley: Whatever Vince McMahon Did Or Didn’t Do, Many Of Us Aren’t Allowing That To Mess With Our Memories

  17-09-2024 19:31 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  In January 2024, Janel Grant filed a lawsuit in which Vince McMahon was accused of sexual assault and trafficking. McMahon is under federal investigation, and he has denied the allegations. Over a year later, former WWE stars continue to comment on the allegations.WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley, alongside Rikishi, spoke with fans at a panel at Comic-Con Northern Ireland. (Via Monopoly Events) In one highlight, they were asked to comment on their relationship with McMahon.“I
  
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• WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Returns December 14, Will Simulcast On NBC & Peacock

  17-09-2024 19:09 via wrestlezone.com
  
  WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event is coming back to NBC.
  Variety confirmed WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event will return on December 14. The event will take place at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Long Island, New York. The venue was also the site of the first-ever “Saturday Night’s Main Event” in 1985.The event is the first of four quarterly WWE primetime specials for NBC, part of the new five-year media rights deal with NBCUniversal, including Smack
  
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• AEW Collision Draws 268,000 Viewers With Taped Episode Against College Football

  17-09-2024 18:32 via wrestlezone.com
  
  AEW Collision viewership on September 14 was up from the previous week.Wrestlenomics (via Programming Insider) reports that 268,000 viewers tuned in on Saturday. This number is up from last week, when 157,000 viewers watched the special Friday night episode.In the 18 to 49 demographic, Collision scored a 0.08 rating, which is also up from last week (0.04 rating on September 6).
  Saturday’s total viewership was the lowest number for a non-preempted episode in Collision history. The demograp
  
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• Jade Cargill Welcomes Chance To Get More Reps And Experience With NXT Appearance

  17-09-2024 18:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Jade Cargill welcomes the chance to work in NXT.
  WrestleZone Managing Editor Bill Pritchard spoke with WWE Women’s Tag Team ChampionJade Cargill. Cargill was asked if she’d be interested in appearing on NXT (in addition to being part of the SmackDown roster) to get more in-ring experience. Cargill said she’d welcome the opportunity if it were presented to her.
  Would Jade Cargill want to appear in NXT?“I wouldn’t mind it, just to get the reps a
  
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• Wade Barrett Says He’s Mentally Moved On From Full-Time Wrestling, Names The One Match He’d Return For

  17-09-2024 17:55 via wrestlezone.com
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  WWE commentator Wade Barrett has not wrestled since 2016. He says that he has mentally moved on from wrestling full-time, but one match would get him to come back.In an interview with AceOdds, Wade Barrett was asked whether WWE running major events in the United Kingdom ever gave him the itch to wrestle again.“100%. And anytime I get asked this question, if I could have one match for the remainder of my days on this planet and you’re allowed one more match, who woul
  
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