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WWE Secures Several WCW Trademarks

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It’s come out that the WWE has filed for a number of trademarks last week. The majority of them are for previous wrestling shows, mostly associated with their former-rivals, World Championship Wrestling (WCW).

WWE filed trademarks for the following names:

  • Saturday Night’s Main Event on 9/24
  • WCW Saturday Night on 9/24
  • WCW Thunder on 9/24
  • NWO New World Order on 9/21
  • All Star Wrestling on 9/21
  • WCW Monday Nitro on 9/21
  • WWE Hidden Gems on 9/21
  • World Championship Wrestling on 9/21
  • Halloween Havoc on 9/21
  • Fall Brawl on 9/21
  • Starrcade on 9/14

It’s worth noting that the WWE ran a special show entitled Starrcade last year in Greensboro, North Carolina. That show was done under the SmackDown brand, specifically. It was the first Starrcade event under the WWE banner and the first for 17 years.

Starrcade is returning once more this November 24th – once again as a special house show, only this time as a co-branded event with Raw and SmackDown. It takes place at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

NXT Trademarks

It wasn’t just event names that were trademarked. Many superstars also found themselves with newly associated trademarks with the WWE, including Angelo Dawkins, Montez Ford, Otis Dozovic, Tucker Knight, Adam Cole, Danny Burch, and Lars Sullivan.

Though unclear as to what this could mean, having the WWE lock down trademark rights for this group of talent is probably a good sign that the company has future plans for them.

Daniel Bryan Defends Wife Brie Bella After Backlash Over Liv Morgan Injury

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Daniel Bryan is standing by his wife’s side and pointing out that accidents happen in professional wrestling matches all the time.

Over the past two weeks, Bryan’s spouse Brie Bella has been receiving a relentless amount of criticism after she accidentally kicked Liv Morgan in the head twice in a row, nearly knocking her unconscious and ultimately causing her to have a concussion.

Immediately after the incident happened, Bella posted an apology on Twitter while sending Morgan her well wishes after the accidental kicked nearly knocked her out.

More recently, Bella has taken to Instagram where she wrote a lengthy post about cyberbullying, undoubtedly aimed at the amount of criticism she’s faced since the incident with Morgan in the ring a couple of weeks ago.

Now Bryan is going on the offensive to defend his wife and also point out that accidents happen in the ring constantly — and even he’s been the perpetrator in the past.

“I am proud of how strong my wife is. After accidentally injuring Liv Morgan last week, the first time Bri’s ever hurt another performer, she’s been subject to a constant barrage of social media attacks. Almost every wrestler has accidentally hurt someone but rarely do you see this kind of hate when it happens. For example, I concussed Randy Orton in 2012 after hitting him with what was supposed to be a chair to the back. Unfortunately part of the side hit him in the back of the head, and he was forced to miss a PPV. In 2009 in our last match against each other, I concussed Nigel McGuinness after doing a dive into him in the crowd, where his head hit the floor. And there are others.

“As for the Yes kicks, two weeks ago I accidentally kicked Andrade directly in the head due to a miscommunication on my part. I feel fortunate that he was ok, because there are few feelings worse than hurting someone. Despite all of that, never did I receive the backlash Bri did this week. With all the negative things said about my wife, nobody was harder on her than she was on herself. Thank you to the many people who reached out to support her, both publicly and privately. We all wish Liv Morgan a speedy recovery.”

Bryan ended his post with the hash tag ‘cyberbullying’, referencing back to his wife’s post on the subject on Instagram.

WWE had previously confirmed that Morgan suffered a concussion from the incident but outside of that, there’s been no other statement about Bella’s in ring performance.

By all accounts, she will still be a very active member of the roster with a high profile match coming up this weekend at ‘WWE Super Show-Down’ when she teams with her sister Nikki and former UFC champion Ronda Rousey is a six-person tag match against the Riott Squad — with Liv Morgan still currently scheduled to perform as well.

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Brie Bella Talks Cyberbullies Following Liv Morgan Incident

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Brie Bella has received a lot of negative comments as well as support from the wrestling world after kicking Liv Morgan in the face which resulted in her being knocked out during their six-woman tag team match that saw The Bella Twins and Natalya take on Morgan, Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan on last week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW in Denver, CO.

WWE has already announced that the Riott Squad is set to face The Bella Twins again, this time with Ronda Rousey as their partner at the upcoming WWE Super Show-Down event that takes place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia.

As noted, Dave Meltzer mentioned on Wrestling Observer Radio that the plan appears to be for doctors to evaluate her before Raw today and if she fails the concussion test, Alicia Fox will likely be her replacement at the WWE Super Show-Down event.

Brie took to her official Instagram account to write the following about cyberbullies:

“As a first time Mom I’ve never experienced unconditional love like this. The way she loves on me, needs me and makes me feel that I’m her whole world. Her sweet smile makes my day better, her laugh sounds like heaven and her hugs make my heart skip a beat.  We all were babies at one time. Filled with innocence, laughter and love. We never judged, hated or bullied people. We’d look in the mirror and played peek a boo with ourselves and think our shadow was the best thing ever. We just simply lived.

I hope people can find that feeling again, happiness. Happy people don’t waste their time or energy being cyber bullies….miserable people do. If you aren’t living the life you wish I pray that you find what makes your heart happy and stop wasting energy on promoting hate.  For the happy people, silence hate. Don’t let it bring you down.”

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WWE 2K19 Launch Trailer Released, Segment Revealed For SmackDown Live

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WWE 2K19 Launch Trailer Released

WWE 2K19 will be released on October 9, 2018 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. As noted, WWE Champion AJ Styles will be on the cover of the game while Rey Mysterio and Ronda Rousey will be featured as the pre-order bonus characters. 2K Games released the launch trailer for the upcoming game that featured Styles, The Miz, Asuka, Rousey, Jeff Hardy and more. If fans pre-order the Deluxe or Ric Flair Wooooo! Collector’s Edition then they get early access beginning October 5th.

Segment Revealed For SmackDown Live

WWE invades Portland, OR at the Moda Center for Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live on the USA Network. The company has announced that The New Day will have a segment where they will reveal Big E’s family secret for their “famous” pancakes.

As of this writing, no other matches or segments for the show have been announced. Also, The New Day currently doesn’t have a match booked for the WWE Super Show-Down event that takes place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia. It’s possible that the WWE will add another match that features the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions to the card later this week.

Charlotte On Her Feud With Becky Lynch, Comparing Super Show-Down To WrestleMania

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Charlotte Flair recently appeared on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia to talk about various topics including her SmackDown Women’s Title match against champion Becky Lynch at the WWE Super Show-Down pay-per-view event that takes place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia and will air on the WWE Network.

WWE Super Show-Down

Flair compared this show to a second WrestleMania of the year as she noted that it’s so exciting to know that there will be between 60 and 70,000 people in attendance and that “it’s almost like another WrestleMania.”

Becky Lynch

Regarding this feud, she noted that anytime that a wrestler is in a meaningful storyline then you run with it. She thinks that the fans are really sinking their teeth into this one, which pushes them to take it as far as they can and make it exciting because it’s fresh. She noted that although they’ve wrestled each other in the past, this time the dynamic is different, which makes it even more exciting.

Flair continued by stating that she and Lynch came up through NXT together so they know each other very well including their in-ring style and psychology. She thinks that makes for a better overall presentation.

Undertaker Explains Why Characters Are More Important Than Moves

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The Undertaker recently participated in a rare out-of-character interview about the pro wrestling business while doing a series from Pastor Ed Young of Fellowship Church called Wrastlin. This series shows the strong connections between wrestling and the Bible. In a video that was recently released, the former WWE Champion and future Hall of Famer talked about how important the knowledge of knowing that characters not moves is in the success of a competitor in pro wrestling. 

“Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn’t,” said Undertaker (h/t Sky Sports). “It’s about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another. You either have to make people love you or you have to make them hate you, it doesn’t really matter either way.”

Taker also talked about how many matches in this era of wrestling allowed the fans to take a more closer look on the moves than putting the wrestlers over. He stated that you can only see so many crazy moves so many times before you are looking for something new and that wrestler has to step up to give them just that. He added that by doing this then you increase your potential for injuries.

The Deadman would later bring up such stars as The Rock, Ric Flair, and John Cena as those who have had the ability to make people love them or hate them because he believes that the story means more than the moves.

Taker is back in action at the WWE Super Show-Down pay-per-view event that takes place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia and will air on the WWE Network.

Watch: The Undertaker’s “out of character” interview with Sky Sports:

Matt Riddle Reveals Conversation with Triple H pre-NXT Signing

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Independent superstar and former PROGRESS ATLAS Champion Matt Riddle recently signed with WWE’s NXT brand. The ‘King of Bros’ recently made his debut for the company in a house show bout. The former UFC fighter recently spoke to The Main Event on ESPN’s West Palm radio on a variety of topics including his signing with WWE.

Riddle discussed the reaction from fellow Independent stars; “Everybody’s excited for me,” stated Riddle. “I think especially with my past and everything like that, I think people never thought I would ever be with a company like WWE, or be at this level again.” Riddle then followed this with “I was killing it on the indies. I was traveling the world. I was probably one of the top three or four wrestlers in the world on the indies, just killing it. Nobody really saw me going to a bigger company because of my past and just how people view me.”

Riddle also specifically discussed talking with Triple H before signing with NXT: “I actually got a direct call from are main man ‘Trips’, Mr. Triple H, Paul Levesque,” Riddle claimed. “It was good. About three years ago I was about to get signed and we talked about that because I was supposed to possibly get signed then and it didn’t happen. We talked about that.” Riddle then talked about his trajectory in the company, stating that the company has “got good intentions,” and that Triple H “made me feel good with working with NXT and working with him. Honestly, that’s why I signed up and we’ll see where it takes me.”

h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

Drew McIntyre On Which Match He Thinks Will Steal Show At WWE Super Show-Down

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Drew McIntyre has high expectations going into his six-man tag team match at WWE Super Show-Down.

The current WWE RAW Tag Team champion recently appeared on The Overnight Crowd podcast to talk about various topics including the level of talent that will be on display at this show. He believes that when he teams up with Braun Strowman and Dolph Ziggler to take on The Shield (WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose), they will steal the show.

McIntyre stated that all of the guys in this match are so talented and he has had the opportunity to work with every one of them. He stated that although this show has Triple H versus The Undertaker featured, he believes that “We’re going there to steal the show,” because they plan to go in there and do just that.

WWE will present their Super Show-Down pay-per-view event takes place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia and will air on the WWE Network. Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz, WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe, and John Cena and Bobby Lashley vs. Elias and Kevin Owens are also featured on this show.

PROGRESS ‘Hello Wembley’ Results

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UK promotion PROGRESS held the biggest event in their existence over the weekend. The 76th chapter event #HelloWembley took place at the SSE Wembley Arena in front of a 4,750 strong crowd. Here’s the full results from one of the biggest nights in UK wrestling history:

  • Chuck Mambo b. Big T. Justice, Chris Ridgeway, Damon Moser, Danny Duggan, Danny Jones, Darrell Allen, David Francisco, Drew Parker, Mad Man Manson, Rickey Shane Page, RJ Singh, Roy Johnson, Sid Scala, Stixx, The OJMO, TK Cooper, and ‘Pastor’ William Eaver in the Pre-Show Battle Royal – Mambo eliminated Spike Trivet to win the bout
  • Mark Haskins b. Matt Riddle – Haskins took the win in Riddle’s final ever independent show. He now heads to NXT with a ton of potential and buzz following him
  • PROGRESS Women’s Championship Match – Jinny (c) b. Millie McKenzie and Toni Storm – Jinny took the win over Storm after Laura Di Matteo turned heel to re-align herself with the House of Couture. Jordynne Grace made her debut and chased out the ‘House to finish the segment
  • ATLAS Championship Match – Trent Seven b. Doug Williams – Seven won the bout with Crossbody to win the Championship. Doug Williams now has to retire as per the stipulation of the match…this was emotional
  • Jimmy Havoc b. Paul Robinson – Havoc took the win in a devastating Deathmatch. Havoc hit an Acid Rainmaker following light tube attacks to win the bout
  • PROGRESS Tag Team Title THUNDERB*STARD Match – Aussie Open b. Bandido & Flamita, Chris Brookes & Timothy Thatcher, Mills & Mayhew, Sexy Starr, Grizzled Young Veterans, The 198 and the Anti-Fun Police – Aussie Open hit the Fidget Spinner to win the match and claim their first PROGRESS tag team titles

Triple Main Event

  • Pete Dunne b. Ilja Dragunov – This was billed as the biggest match in Europe and it more than lived up to the hype. Dunne beat the debuting Dragunov with a hand manipulation submission forcing the tap out
  • TLC Match – Eddie Dennis b. Mark Andrews – Dennis took the win after grabbing the Number 1 contenders contract on the top of the ladder. Several tables refused to break during the match
  • PROGRESS World Championship Match – WALTER (c) b. Tyler Bate – WALTER hit a piledriver to end an incredible bout. WALTER had a Nakamura styled violin intro that added to the big fight feel. Tyler Bate could be one of the best of all time at this rate. The match will be available to view FREE on demand later this week

Kenny Omega Comments On Facing Kota Ibushi In “Legendary Building”

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Kenny Omega has twice offered Kota Ibushi a shot at his IWGP Heavyweight Championship title. On both occasions, Ibushi has not seemed interested in facing his partner. Following the Golden Lovers victory last night, Omega again offered Ibushi a shot at his championship. Cody ended up interjecting himself into the matter, however, and now there will be a triple threat match for the belt at King of Pro Wrestling.

In the backstage area after the show, Omega told the press, “The Golden Lovers can only face each other in a ‘legendary building’ that’s even bigger than Budokan”

Kenny Omega vs Kota Ibushi – Legendary Building?

King of Pro Wrestling will be held at Ry?goku Sumo Hall in Tokyo. The venue holds just under 12, 000. The Budokan holds just under 15,000. Its possible Omega is referring to the Tokyo Dome as a legendary building that is bigger than the Budokan. For Omega and Ibushi to face each other in the Tokyo Dome this year, however, Omega would have to either lose the title beforehand or Ibushi would have to win the G1 Briefcase.

Omega will be looking to defend his title for a 3rd straight time at King of Pro Wrestling on October 8th. Omega has already defeated Cody and Tomohiro Ishii with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on the line.

John Cena Discusses WWE’s Travel Schedule, WWE Ranks 5 Greatest SmackDown Matches

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John Cena Discusses WWE’s Travel Schedule

John Cena is slated to star in a new action-thriller with movie legend Jackie Chan. The title of the film is “Project X” and it’s scheduled to be released next year. By doing this, he’s been living in Yinchuan, China where he’s shooting the film. During this time, he has been posting some videos on YouTube showing off different things to do there.

In one of the most recent videos, he talked about how in the past, his schedule with WWE would’ve prevented him from doing this. He stated that the travel in the WWE is amazingly relentless, but it’s only because they have an audience that’s so spread out. You can see it here:

WWE Ranks 5 Greatest SmackDown Matches

WWE is expected to go all out for this month’s SmackDown 1000 episode at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC. The belief is that WWE is planning to load up the show to the point where they will bring in several stars from the past and the show will be similar to RAW 1000 back in 2012.

While promoting this event, WWE has been posting lists about various topics that were featured on the show throughout the years. WWE’s latest list ranks the five greatest SmackDown match of all-time. Edge vs. Eddie Guerrero was ranked at #1.

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NWA National Champion To Be Crowned At NWA 70th Anniversary Show

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NWA (National Wrestling Alliance), which is owned by Billy Corgan, announced on Monday (October 1) that the promotion will crown an NWA National Champion at their 70th anniversary show that takes place on October 21st in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Fairgrounds and will be available on pay-per-view (PPV) via Fite.tv.

The NWA announced that there will be 8 competitors who will compete in two 4-man elimination matches with the two winners advancing to the championship match with the winner of this final match being crowned the new NWA National Champion. The competitors will include:

  • Sam Shaw
  • Willie Mack
  • Ricky Starks
  • Sammy Guevara
  • Scorpio Sky
  • Jay Bradley
  • Mike Parrow
  • Colt Cabana

It was also confirmed by Dave Lagana that the promotion will reveal details about another NWA Championship being defended at the 70th Anniversary show, which will either be the Women’s or Tag Team championships.

Cody Rhodes vs. Nick Aldis in a rematch for the NWA World Championship will headline this show. If you recall, Rhodes beat Aldis to win the championship last month at All In.

Liv Morgan Injury Update

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Last week on Monday Night Raw, Liv Morgan took a botched Yes kick from Brie Bella in the face, resulting in a concussion. The question many were asking heading into the weekend then was would Morgan make her scheduled appearances on WWE’s house shows?

Appearing At Live Events

Reports are in and Liv Morgan did indeed appear at the WWE live events this past weekend but in the corner for the Riott Squad. She was substituted for in the ring by Alicia Fox.

While it seems that Morgan is not cleared to wrestle yet, she has been cleared to travel and appear at ringside. Similar to Alexa Bliss, Liv Morgan may just be appearing in a temporary manager role until she has been cleared by WWE doctors.

WWE Super-Showdown

As of right now, The Bellas and Ronda Rousey are advertised to take on all members of the Riott Squad at WWE Super-Showdown in Melbourne, Australia this Saturday. Although, the match could change due to Morgan not being cleared to compete.

If the recent weekend live events are any indicators, the card could be changed to The Bellas and Ronda Rousey vs Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, and Alicia Fox with Liv Morgan in their corner. For that occur, however, Morgan would have to be given the green light for the long flight to Australia. Airplane travel has been known to worsen the effects of concussions so the fact Morgan has been traveling with the Raw brand should be seen as a good sign.

Adam Cole Comments On Undisputed Era Getting Cheered

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The inaugural NXT North American Champion, Adam Cole, recently appeared on Edge & Christian’s show, E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness. During the course of the show, Cole discussed his stable – a group comprised of indie darlings, the Undisputed Era – as well as his real life friendships and relationships with the wrestlers that comprise the rest of the faction. 

He also mentioned that Bobby Fish is ready to return to action, and highlighted that fellow former ROH-alumni Roderick Strong was a natural fit for the group when he eventually joined. 

One subject in particular struck a chord with Cole: the positive crowd reaction to Undisputed Era.

Cheering The Bad Guys

Cole and co. play bad guys within a heel faction. Despite this, they have been receiving major fan adoration from those in attendance, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed by those in Undisputed Era. 

“We have come to terms with the fact that when we walk through the curtain, we’re probably going to get a positive response,” Cole admitted. “[…] we used to think, okay, what can we do on television or how can we walk out, how can we get the people to hate us, kind of from the gate?’”

The resolution is surprising, as he confessed that, “[…] we’ve kind of embraced the idea, ‘okay, they’re going to be excited to see us, but once the match starts, we’re going to really get them over time to root for our babyface opponents’ and we do run into that, which is good.” 

Cole added, “It’s more focusing on what story we can tell or how we can present it. Once the bell rings and over time getting people to really, really want our babyface opponents to win throughout the match almost. And on television, obviously, we talk a big game, we ruin a bunch of matches, which helps us get a bunch of heat.” 

You can hear the entire interview with Adam Cole (BAY BAY!) below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY0K66WUIg0

Becky Lynch Vents About Being Left Off Super Show-Down Poster

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WWE Super Show-Down takes place October 6th from the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia. The WWE advertising machine has been in full swing in support for the show, hyping the event and building towards it over the past few weeks.

One person, however, isn’t happy with the advertising that has taken place.

SmackDown Live Women’s Champion, Becky Lynch, has taken obvious issue with the campaign that the WWE is running, highlighting, what she considers, to be an obvious omission:

https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1046517778809856000

Despite the champion not being featured, the woman she bested recently at Hell In A Cell is featured prominently, as is the WWE Raw Women’s Champion, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey.

But no women’s championship representation for the blue brand?

Super Show-Down

WWE Championship Match: AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe

#1 Contenders Match: The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan

WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match: Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Buddy Murphy

WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match: The New Day (c) vs. The Bar

Triple H (w/Shawn Michaels) vs. The Undertaker (w/Kane)

John Cena and Bobby Lashley vs. Elias and Kevin Owens

The Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre

The Bella Twins and RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey vs. The Riott Squad

Asuka and Naomi vs. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce

Eddie Edwards Releases Kids Book, “Anything Is Possible: The Eddie Edwards Story”

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Eddie Edwards is the latest wrestler to release a kids book, something which is becoming more common. “Anything Is Possible: The Eddie Edwards Story” will hit bookstores tomorrow, October 2nd.

The Young Bucks have already released a kids book and Cody has said he’s writing one as well. The idea is that fans with young children are able to read their kids a book they both enjoy. Learn about former ROH and GHG World Champion, Eddie Edwards’, career while being a good parent as well. A link to purchase the book (on sale October 2nd, 2018) can be found here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFsHSxxk3UQ

Anything Is Possible: The Eddie Edwards Story

“With as much impact as his signature move, the Boston Knee Party, “Anything Is Possible: The Eddie Edwards Story” takes fans of all ages inside the ring for an inspiring look into world champion wrestler Eric Maher, aka Impact Wrestling’s Eddie Edwards’ journey to the top of the independent wrestling scene,” a press release for the book reads. “Maher teams up with co-writer and DC Comics artist Mark Poulton to deliver highlights from his incredible career. The only man in history to win the Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and GHC World Heavyweight Championships—professional wrestling’s triple crown, Maher recounts his days as a kid dreaming of a wrestling career, to training with the legendary Killer Kowalski, to  living and training in a Japanese dojo in the footsteps of his heroes.”

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed Results (9.30.18)

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New Japan Pro Wrestling presented a show from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California tonight.

It was a big night for Cody, who would win the IWGP United States Championship and also seemingly book himself in a big match for King of Pro Wrestling.

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed
9/30/18, Long Beach Walter Pyramid

  1. Jushin Liger, Ryusuke Taguchi, & ACH defeated Roppongi 3K (Sho, Yoh, and Rocky Romero) – Taguchi pinned Romero
  2. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian defeated Hangman Page and Chase Owens – Daniels pinned Owens after the Best Meltzer Ever
  3. Jeff Cobb, Chris Sabin, and Flip Gordon defeated Hirooki Goto, Beretta, and Chuckie T  – Cobb pinned Chuckie T after Tour of the Islands
    • Following the match, Hirooki Goto got in the face of Jeff Cobb. Cobb then challenged Goto to come at him but Goto ducked out of the ring, seemingly setting up a rematch between the two. Goto defended the title against Cobb successfully at the G1 Special in SF earlier this summer.
  4. Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer, and Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Bushi, and EVIL – ZSJ pinned EVIL with a bridging pining combination.
    • Evil looked dejected after picking up the loss for his team. He walked to the back separately from the others.
  5.  “Switchblade” Jay White & Gedo defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA – Jay White pinned Tanahashi with Bladerunner
    • Gedo hit Tanahashi and Kushida with brass knucks behind the refs back, allowing White to hit the Bladerunner for the win.
    • After the match, White cut a promo on Tanahashi. He was heavily disliked by the crowd. He called on Tanahashi and NJPW to give him a shot at the G1 briefcase, citing his victory over Tanahashi during their G1 round-robin by this summer.

  6. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final
    Marty Scurll defeated Will Ospreay – wins via pin after the Graduation

    • With the win, Scurll moves on to face Kushida at King of Pro Wrestling on October 8th to declare a new champion.
  7. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
    the Guerillas of Destiny (Bullet Club Firing Squad) defeated The Young Bucks (Bullet Club Elite) (c) – Title Change

    • Tonga pinned Matt Jackson after a Stun Gun
    • Matt Jackson favored his injured back for most of the match.
    • The Tongans now have both the 6-man titles and the heavyweight tag titles as well.
  8. IWGP United States Championship
    Cody defeated Juice Robinson (c) – Title Change

    • Cody reversed a super-plex into a pinning combination to get the 3-count.

  9. The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) defeated Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii (CHAOS)

    • The Golden Lovers hit the Golden Trigger on Ishii for the win.
    • After the match, Omega told his friend Ibushi that the fans wanted to see the rematch between the two of them. Cody then came out and said there should be a three-way match between Omega, Ibushi and him.
    • Omega agreed with Cody and said they should have it at King of Pro Wrestling. It will be just the second triple threat match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in history.

Cody Wins IWGP United States Championship

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Cody has won his second major championship inside of a month. He defeated Juice Robinson for the IWGP United States Championship tonight at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed.

Cody reversed a super-plex into a pinning combination for the 3-count. Jim Ross remarked that it looked as though both competitors had their shoulders down, however. Still, the referee awarded the match and the title to Cody.

He wasn’t finished there, however. Cody would come out following the night’s main event and interject himself into a match between Omega and Ibushi. He’ll now face Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega in a triple threat match at King of Pro Wrestling. It will be just the second triple threat match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in history.

Cody – IWGP United States Champion

Cody becomes the 4th wrestler to hold the IWGP United States Championship, which was introduced just over a year ago. Kenny Omega won the inaugural championship on night 2 NJPW’s trip to Long Beach last year, July 2nd, 2017.

Jay White then defeated Omega at the New Beginning in Sapporo back in February. White dropped the belt to Juice at the G1 Special in San Fransico. Now Cody has defeated Juice to earn him his second belt currently in his possession.

Cody’s Recent Championship Matches

Cody’s two title victories in September help to erase the memory of a summer’s worth of losses in big matches for him. He lost an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match to Omega at the G1 Special in San Fransico. He then dropped two straight ROH World Championship matches back in June.

Finally, at All In, Cody was able to defeat Nick Aldis to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. It is Cody’s second world title, having won the ROH World Championship previously. Now, he adds the IWGP United States titles to his collection as well.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match Set For King Of Pro Wrestling

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Marty Scurll defeated Will Ospreay today at NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed. The win earns him a spot in the finals of a 4-man tournament to declare a new champion. Former champion, Hiromu Takahashi, was forced to vacate the title due to injury in August.

Kushida defeated Bushi at Destruction in Kobe on September 23rd to advance to the finals as well.

Marty Scurll vs Kushida for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship will take place at King of Pro Wrestling on October 8th, 2018.

Marty Scurll vs Kushida – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship

Kushida is a 5x former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. He’s defended the title 8x and held it a combined 586 days, good for 7th all-time.

Marty Scurll won the title for the first and only time at Power Struggle 2017. He would lose it 60 days later at WrestleKingdom 12 to Will Ospreay.

Scurll and Kushida have met 3 times previously, twice in Ring of Honor and once in NJPW. Kushida has won all 3 matches. He defeated Scurll twice in 2017 in ROH, first to win the TV title and then again to defend it. They met for the 3rd time at the Best of the Super Juniors this May.

Marty Scurll vs Will Ospreay Stats

Scurll’s victory over Ospreay avenges the most recent match between the two. Ospreay defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title against Scurll at Sakura Genesis in April. Prior to that, Scurll had defeated Ospreay 5x in a row.

Guerrillas Of Destiny Defeat Young Bucks, Win IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles

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Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa defeated the Young Bucks tonight at Fighting Spirit Unleashed. The win earns the Guerillas of Destiny the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. They are now 4x holders of the titles.

Matt Jackson’s back seized up early, which would be a factor throughout the match. He was eventually pinned by Tama Tonga after a Stun Gun.

Guerillas of Destiny – IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions

The Guerillas of Destiny have successfully defended the titles twice and held them a combined 176 days throughout their 4 reigns.

Young Bucks Title Reign

The Young Bucks reign ends at just 112 days and 1 title defense. They won the titles from Evil and Bushi at Dominion in Osaka and defended them against the same team at the G1 Special in San Fransico.

Bullet Club Elite vs Bullet Firing Squad

The Firing Squad’s initial attack against the rest of Bullet Club took place at the G1 Special In San Francisco this summer. Tama Tonga and Bad Luck Fale then spent the entire G1 tournament breaking the rules and getting disqualified. On the final night of the tournament, however, the Guerillas of Destiny and Taiji Ishimori won the 6-Man tag titles. They are now able to add the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships to their list of held belts.

Lita Makes Unadvertised Appearance At Indy Show As Referee (Video)

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Amy “Lita” Dumas made an unexpected appearance at a Maryland Championship Wrestling event last night. Lita wrestled a match for the promotion in 2017 as well. She then competed in the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match earlier this year.

You can watch video of Lita’s appearance in the Tweet below:

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Is Lita Going To Wrestle Past Evolution?

Lita recently spoke on the prospect of wrestling more matches beyond WWE’s all-female  October pay-per-view.

“You go in with it being the idea of a one-time thing, but it’s very, very likely and potentially – the excitement of it or the crowd’s response of it could turn it into something more than a one-off. Like my life in general, I just take it all as it comes. So, we’ll see.”

“You never know who’s gonna show up at an Show
Welcome Home, Lita”

Lita is a former 4x WWE Women’s Champion and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2014. WWE Evolution

WWE’s first ever all-female pay-per-view takes place October 28th, 2018. The event will be held in the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

  • Lita vs Mickie James
  • Alexa Bliss vs Trish Stratus
  • 2018 Mae Young Classic Final
  • NXT UK Women’s Championship Match
    TBA vs TBA
  • NXT Women’s Championship
    Kairi Sane (c) vs Shayna Baszler
  • WWE Raw Women’s Championship Match
  • WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Match

Tenille Dashwood To Undergo Shoulder Surgery

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Ring of Honor’s Tenille Dashwood announced today she’s been wrestling with a bad shoulder and now needs surgery. She broke the news at the ROH tapings today. There is no timetable for her return at this point.

The legitimate injury was made part of her match with Sumie Sakai on Friday night at Death Before Dishonor. Sakai retained the WOH World Championship when Dashwood passed out while in her armbar. Dashwood came into the match with a heavily taped up shoulder which she favored for most of the bout.

Tenille Dashwood Offer Contract

It is also being reported that ROH officials have offered Dashwood a contract. Her injury is not expected to affect the status of the offer either. It is also being said Dashwood is expected to sign.

Women Of Honor Roster

With Dashwood out it opens up a spot at the top of the Women of Honor division. Champion, Sumie Sakai, won the inaugural title earlier this year.  Sakai defeated Dashwood in the semi-finals of a tournament to declare the first champion before defeating Kelly Klein in the finals.

She has now defended her title 6x. Sakai’s defeated Stella Grey, Jenny Rose, Chardonnay, Hazuki, Madison Rayne, and now Tenille Dashwood.

Ring of Honor has been beefing up their division as of late. The company recently signed Madison Rayne to a one-year contract. Brandi Rhodes, Kelly Klein, Karen Q, and Mandy Leon are all regularly featured as well.

Photos: Mia Yim Debuts At NXT Live Event

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Mia Yim made her NXT live event this weekend. As advertised, the Mae Young Classic competitor wrestled at Saturday’s NXT live event from Fort Pierce, Florida. In her first match for NXT, Mia Yim defeated Aliyah in singles action.

Mia Yim has wrestled on and off for Impact Wrestling between 2013-2017. She was expected to sign with WWE after last year’s Mae Young Classic tournament, but was sidelined with a leg injury. During a recent interview with TVInsider, Mia revealed the hardest part of her recovery was the mental aspect.

“The hardest part of the recovery was the mental,” Yim said. “Going to physical therapy, learning how to walk again and run again, rolling around in the ring — it was all easy compared to the mental part.”

She recently signed a developmental deal with WWE and has been training at the Performance Center. Here are some photos from her NXT debut from this weekend:

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Watch: Mia Yim talks about her dream to wrestle for WWE

Rob Conway Talks Randy Orton Getting Him A Guest Coaching Spot At WWE PC

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Former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Rob Conway, recently visited the WWE Performance Center and served as a guest coach. WWE correspondents caught up with Conway, who credited Randy Orton for the opportunity.

“Well, it started talking a lot to Randy Orton,” Conway said. “He’s somebody that I helped when he first started and he had asked me what involvement I would want to stay in wrestling because my in-ring career is coming to a close and I told him that I really enjoy helping people and training people. I’ve done it in the past so he let the office in WWE know that it was something I was interested in and we kind of went from there. Its worked out great.”

Rob Conway WWE Career

Conway was a former 3x WWE Tag Team Champion. Along with Sylvan Grenier, he helped form La Resistance after Renee Dupree left the team. He also held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from 2013 to 2015.

He held the Ohio Valley Wrestling heavyweight title 5 times. Conway would also give his opinions on the Performance Center:

“I mean it’s so much different. It’s still guys and girls working really hard. Everybody having a dream and wanting it to become a reality but the new P.C. is so much more advanced as far as how many rings.”

Daniel Bryan Talks 2019 Royal Rumble At Chase Field

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Many are predicting Daniel Bryan could win the 2019 Royal Rumble. Fans expecting and then not getting Daniel Bryan as the winner of this particular match has been something of a contentious issue in the past.

Bryan was in Arizona recently where the 2019 Royal Rumble is scheduled to take place at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He spoke with the local ABC affiliate in the region about next year’s event.

“It’s an incredible stadium. We were actually just talking about what the metamorphosis would look like,” Bryan said.

According to Bryan, the wrestlers will make their entrances from the player dugouts.

“Right now, the thought is that we’d come out of the dugout. We’ve never had a Royal Rumble in a baseball stadium before. I’m super-psyched. I’ve never come out of a dugout to go into a wrestling show before.”

Daniel Bryan on 2019 Royal Rumble

Bryan would continue to say he sees wrestling differently than many do.

“For me, it’s always about improving and evolving my own art form, and a lot of times that involves me doing other martial arts like jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, that sort of thing, and incorporating that stuff into what I do,” he continued.

Bryan’s not taking anything for granted now that he’s been able to resume his career. He still looks to improve his skills whenever he can.

“The way I view pro wrestling is different from the way a lot of people view it as. I view it from the spectrum of martial arts. I look at it as my own martial art,” he said. “For me, it’s a real art form that I like to work on constantly.”

The full interview can be read here.

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