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• #DIY vs. Tajiri & Akira Tozawa – NXT Tag Team Championship Match: WWE NXT, Dec. 28, 2016

  29-12-2016 05:19
  
  #DIY vs. Tajiri & Akira Tozawa – NXT Tag Team Championship Match: WWE NXT, Dec. 28, 2016The post #DIY vs. Tajiri & Akira Tozawa – NXT Tag Team Championship Match: WWE NXT, Dec. 28, 2016 appeared first on ProWrestling.com.
  
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• Update On The Hardy Boyz’s Status Following TNA Against All Odds

  17-06-2024 23:06 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  The Hardy Boyz are back in TNA, and a new report provides an update on the situation.
  Matt Hardy returned to TNA in April after his AEW departure. Jeff Hardy joined him with his own return at TNA Against All Odds after his AEW deal expired.
  Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful (via Fightful Select) reports that both Matt and Jeff Hardy are still free agents, and they are working in TNA without contracts. Per Sapp, Matt Hardy’s original agreement was set to be a short-term deal, but
  
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• Alba Fyre And Isla Dawn Want To Represent WWE Women’s Tag Titles On All Three Brands

  17-06-2024 22:59 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn aim to be fighting champions.At WWE Clash at the Castle, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn won the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. This marked their first title win on the main roster, though they won the gold in NXT.Speaking at the WWE Clash at the Castle post-show, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn discussed their title win. They made it clear that they were ready to defend the gold against anyone and everyone. (H/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful for
  
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• Chad Gable: Heel Turn Was ‘Kind Of My Idea’

  17-06-2024 22:31 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Chad Gable discusses his heel turn and recalls feeling like he had “flatlined” as a babyface.Chad Gable had been a fan-favorite star on WWE RAW. But after multiple failed attempts to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, he turned heel on Sami Zayn. He has continued to chase the title ever since.Speaking on The Gorilla Position, Chad Gable discussed his heel turn. He explained how it was “kind of” his idea.“The whole idea to turn heel was kind
  
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• Two Money In The Bank Qualifiers Set For 6/17 WWE RAW

  17-06-2024 22:19 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Qualifying matches will begin on the June 17 episode of WWE RAW.WWE announced two Triple Threat qualifying matches for Monday’s show.On the men’s side, Jey Uso will face Finn Balor and Rey Mysterio. On the women’s side, Zelina Vega will take on IYO SKY and Kiana James. The winners will advance to WWE Money in the Bank.
  ? ? ? #WWERaw General Manager @ScrapDaddyAP has some HUGE announcements regarding tonight's #MITB Qualifying Matches!
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• Report: WWE Looking To Establish Partnerships In Puerto Rico And Mexico

  17-06-2024 22:03 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE has been working with other promotions recently. A new report states that they are looking to collaborate with those in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
  Lucha Libre Online reports that WWE is looking to establish alliances or agreements with companies in both Puerto Rico and Mexico. The report notes that the company has been “knocking on the door in both countries” recently. In doing so, they are looking to cre
  
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• CM Punk Advertised For 6/21 WWE SmackDown, Update On In-Ring Return

  17-06-2024 21:36 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  CM Punk is being advertised for the June 21 episode of WWE SmackDown. Plus, his in-ring return could reportedly be on the horizon.After CM Punk cost Drew McIntyre his match at WWE Clash at the Castle, he said he would be at the June 21 episode of WWE SmackDown, which will be held in Chicago. Allstate Arena has somewhat confirmed his appearance, as the venue is advertising the former WWE Champion for the taping.
  JUST ANNOUNCED…CM PUNK RETURNS TO ALLSTATE AR
  
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• Cody Rhodes Was Only Given Two Baby Aspirins For Hell In A Cell 2022 And Happy To Have Them

  17-06-2024 21:29 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  One of the biggest and most talked about matches in the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes’ career, is the Hell in a Cell match. He wrestled the match with a torn pectoral muscle. It was a gruesome visual to see his chest and Tricep all bruised up.
  Recently, while talking on The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast, Cody Rhodes shared that he only took two baby aspirin tablets before the match and thought he puke in front of the crowd.“I think I get a little… Matt [Car
  
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• Report: Injury Update On Damian Priest After WWE Clash At The Castle

  17-06-2024 21:21 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  A new report provides an update on Damian Priest‘s status following WWE Clash at the Castle.At WWE Clash at the Castle, Damian Priest defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Drew McIntyre. At one point in the match, Priest’s leg got hung up in the ropes. It seemed like he may have gotten injured, but he finished the bout. At the post-show press conference, Priest said his knee felt like “trash.”Mike Johnson of PWInsider reports that it is bel
  
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• WWE Clash at the Castle Review

  17-06-2024 21:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  WWE Clash at the Castle is officially in the books!WWE’s latest Premium Live Event went down at Glasgow’s Ovo Hydro arena in Scotland on June 15 (Saturday). The five-match card all had titles on the line.Here’s what went down at Clash at the Castle in Scotland.Video Credit: YouTubeUndisputed WWE ChampionshipParticipants: Cody Rhodes (champion), AJ Styles (challenger)Stipulation: I Quit matchWinner: Cody RhodesAnalysis: Having Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles kick off
  
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• Kanye West Performs At TJPW x Alexander Wang Event WangMania In Tokyo

  17-06-2024 20:41 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Kanye West has somewhat crossed over into the wrestling world.Controversial rapper Kanye West appeared at the WangMania event in Tokyo, which was put together by Alexander Wang. West performed a concert in the ring.TJPW‘s Miyu Yamashita and Mizuki competed at the show as well.
  The clip, courtesy of Dark Puroresu Flowsion via yusei_kano, can be seen below:
  Kanye West showed up to Wangmania a Joshi wrestling event & concert in Tokyo. TJPW’s Miyu Yamashita
  
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• Insane Clown Posse: F*ck CM Punk For Life

  17-06-2024 19:41 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Insane Clown Posse wrote a series of heated messages directed at WWE star CM Punk.
  On June 17, Insane Clown Posse took to Twitter and posted a series of heated messages about CM Punk. The first message led off with, “F*ck CM Punk for life. You wouldn’t shake our hands in TNA lil bitch and you clown on the only real friend you ever had in Colt Cabana you bitch. I Shared my bank account with my mom before she passed you little insensitive bitch. You little heartless a
  
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• Documentary About AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland In The Works

  17-06-2024 19:24 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  A documentary about AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland is in the works.
  As reported by Matt Grobar of Deadline, the partnership between Swerve Strickland and Flash Garments will featured in a documentary. Kenny and Keith Lucas are joining forces with Mookie Thompson for the project. The documentary will highlight the partnership and the combination of hip-hop and wrestling. The duo’s partnership led to Swerve Strickland’s popular theme song, “Big Pressure&rd
  
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• JBL Explains Why ‘Mother Teresa’ Promo On SmackDown Was ‘The Most Make Or Break Moment’ Of His Life

  17-06-2024 19:07 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  JBL pinpointed the one promo on Smackdown that put the wheels in motion for his WWE Championship run.The WWE Hall of Famer held the WWE Championship for 280 days. During this time, he was one of the top heels in the company. However, he was not considered a top star for most of his career.The former WWE Champion was fired from his analyst role on CNBC in 2004. This was after he was caught using the Nazi salute in the ring during a European tour in Germany. The network soon seve
  
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• Sami Zayn & Friends Announce Comedy Show In Toronto On Money In The Bank Weekend

  17-06-2024 18:48 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Sami Zayn is set to debut his new comedy show in Toronto, on the same weekend the city host WWE’s Money in the Bank.The Canadian star recently performed for the first time on stage. Zayn performed stand-up for the Netflix is a Joke festival. He was interrupted by rival Johnny Knoxville on stage.Hopefully things go better next month, when Sami Zayn & Friends come to his home country of Canada. WWE announced Sami Zayn & Friends Do Toronto is set to take place on Jul
  
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• AJ Styles Has Talked To Shawn Michaels About Having A Match, Explains Why It Probably Wouldn’t Have Happened

  17-06-2024 18:47 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Recently, while speaking to Gorilla Position during the NXT Stand & Deliver Pre-Show Press Conference, Shawn Michaels mentioned that if he was about 20 years younger, he would have gotten the opportunity to wrestle stars such as AJ Styles and Seth Rollins. Recently, the Phenomenal One opened up on why he never got to wrestle the WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels.
  AJ Styles spoke to Kenny McIntosh of Inside the Ropes ahead of the Clash at the Castle Premium Live Event. During
  
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• Kamille Returns To The Ring At Robles Promotions Event

  17-06-2024 18:22 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Kamille returned to the ring for the first time since November.Per Lucha Libre Online, the former NWA World Women’s Champion returned to the ring on June 16 when she competed for Robles Promotions in Mexico.
  Kamille Brickhouse regresó a los cuadriláteros hoy con Robles Promotions en México. @Kamille_brick @roblespromo pic.twitter.com/1bHqoSGmd9— Lucha Libre Online (@luchalibreonlin) June 17, 2024
  This marked Kamille’s first
  
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• Asuka Has Knee Surgery, Shares Health Update

  17-06-2024 17:46 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Asuku has given an update on her knee surgery.The former WWE Women’s Champion was pulled from the Queen of the Ring tournament last month. WWE then revealed that she needed knee surgery, having not wrestled since losing the women’s tag team titles at Backlash France in May.On the latest video from her YouTube channel, KanaChanTV, Asuku showed clips of her in her car, going to the airport to travel for her knee surgery. Japanese text was shown on the screen, and tran
  
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• Karrion Kross Shares How He Recovered From An Elbow Injury In NXT In Less Than 24 Hours

  17-06-2024 17:38 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Recently, the leader of the Final Testament Karrion Kross shared an untold tale about an elbow injury that he had suffered.
  The People’s Champion Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson had posted on Twitter that he suffered an elbow injury and is undergoing treatment.“Functional medicine, holistic medicine, modern medicine – I’m an advocate for it all when we get banged up. But don’t sleep on the power of the “healing Teremana hooch” ??
  
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• Former WWE Executive Rob Kligman Named Chief Revenue Officer Of Anthem Sports Group

  17-06-2024 17:25 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Rob Kligman has a new role with Anthem Sports Group.
  Kligman was named Chief Revenue Officer of Anthem Sports Group on Monday. Kligman worked for WWE for seven years as the company’s Vice President of Global Digital & Integrated Sponsorship Sales. In his new role, he will be responsible for “driving revenue across all aspects of the businesses, with an emphasis on sales and advertising, sponsorship opportunities, and strategic partnerships for Anthem’s TNA Wrestling, one o
  
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• Carmella Reveals Original Pitch Video For Her ‘Untouchable’ Gimmick

  17-06-2024 15:31 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Carmella had a specific vision for her ‘Untouchable’ run in WWE.
  A fan recently reflected on Carmella’s ‘Untouchable’ character on Twitter, saying it was a shame that she didn’t like the character because they enjoyed it. Carmella responded and said it’s not that she didn’t like it, but it just didn’t work out the way she originally hoped for.
  “It’s not that I didn’t like it. I just didn’t want a new
  
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• WWE RAW Preview (6/17/24)

  17-06-2024 15:06 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  It’s almost time for WWE RAW!Tonight’s episode of the red brand emanates live from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. The show will feature the fallout from WWE Clash at the Castle.Here’s what’s in store for the June 17, 2024, episode of Monday Night RAW.Money in the Bank qualifying matchesThe road to Money in the Bank kicks off tonight on WWE RAW with qualifying matches for both the men’s and women’s MITB ladder matches. Shea
  
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• Naomi Shares The Local Significance Behind Her Ring Gear At SmackDown In Glasgow

  17-06-2024 14:59 via wrestlezone.com
  
  Photo Credit: Trinity Fatu via Twitter
  Last week was a monumental week for the world of professional wrestling. To be more specific, it was a huge week for WWE. It was the first time WWE hosted a Premium Live Event in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the second edition of the Clash At The Castle Premium Live Event.
  The night before the Premium Live Event, Friday Night SmackDown took place in Glasgow, Scotland as well. One of the matches of the night was the one-on-one match between ‘The Hot Mess&
  
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• AJ Styles Will Make His Pro Wrestling NOAH Debut On July 13

  17-06-2024 14:49 via wrestlezone.com
  
  AJ Styles has another big match in his future.
  Pro Wrestling NOAH announced Styles will make his debut for the company at Destination 2024 on Saturday, July 13. The event will take place at Nippon Budokan in Japan.
  Styles will be facing off with Noamichi Marufuji for the first time in his career.? #BREAKING A MAJOR announcement from NOAH & WWE！?A special match between "The Genius of the Ark" @noah_marufuji_ & "THE PHENOMENAL ONE" AJ Styles is urgently scheduled!!?How to order #AB
  
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• Shawn Michaels Reveals What He’s Looking For When Assessing Future Talent

  16-06-2024 17:00 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Shawn Michaels understands what he’s looking for when it comes to NXT‘s future talents.WWE Vice President of Talent Development Shawn Michaels recently talked with The Schmo. When asked what he looks for when assessing future talent, Michaels pointed to charisma, coordination, and coachability.“Honestly, for me, everybody talks about the ‘it’ factor, and if you can define that, you’d go out there, and you’d pick them, and it’d be
  
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• TNA iMPACT Spoilers From Chicago, IL (Taped 6/15)

  16-06-2024 05:22 via wrestlezone.com
  
  On June 15, TNA Wrestling taped content for TNA iMPACT at Cicero Stadium in Chicago, IL. These matches will air sometime in the coming weeks.The spoilers, courtesy of Twitter user Cory, are as follows:
  A segment with Mustafa Ali leads to Ali challenging Speedball Mike Bailey to a match for the X-Division Championship at SlammiversarySpitfire defeated The HexIt’s announced there will be a six-way elimination match at Slammiversary for the TNA World Championship. There will be five qua
  
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• The Learning Tree vs. Private Party Set For 6/22 AEW Collision

  16-06-2024 05:10 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Next week’s episode of AEW Collision will feature a tag team match with The Learning Tree trying to teach Private Party a lesson.
  As confirmed during Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision, next week will see The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho & Big Bill) take on Private Party (Isiah Kennedy & Marc Quen). The match comes after Private Party ambushed The Learning Tree nearly two weeks go on AEW Dynamite.
  Following the move, it looks like The Learni
  
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• All Star 8-Man Tag Team Match Set For 6/19 AEW Dynamite, Updated Card

  16-06-2024 04:53 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite just got even bigger, with Swerve Strickland an Will Ospreay set to face off and an All-Star 8-man tag team match set.
  As confirmed during Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision, Strickland and Ospreay will go face-to-face ahead of their AEW World Championship match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door at the end of the month.
  Elsewhere on the card, an All-Star 8-man tag team match has been set, that will see Zack Sabre Jr. r
  
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• Hikaru Shida Joins Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament

  16-06-2024 04:47 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  Hikaru Shida has officially entered the 2024 Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament.During Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision, Shida appeared in a brief vignette to confirm that she would be entering the tournament, and plans to get revenge on her loss in the last tournament.
  Shida, who hasn’t appeared on a program since her Ring of Honor Women’s World Championship loss to Athena at Ring of Honor Supercard of Honor in April, said that she plans t
  
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• Buddy Matthews Seemingly Injured On 6/15 AEW Collision

  16-06-2024 04:26 via wrestlezone.com
  
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  House of Black member Buddy Matthews suffered an apparent injury during the main event of tonight’s episode of AEW Collision.
  Buddy Matthews looked great in the ring early on, but after delivering a top rope Meteora, it appeared that Matthews injured his knee. He was looked over by medical staff and Malakai Black before being taken in the back.Brody King and Malakai Black continued the match two on three, eventually receiving a timely assist from PAC, whic
  
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