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Tony Khan Comments On “Huge Huge Star” Debuting At AEW Revolution

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Paul Wight dropped a bombshell at Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. During his first appearance for AEW, Wight revealed that a ‘Hall of Fame’ worthy star will debut this Sunday at AEW Revolution.

AEW President Tony Khan appeared on this week’s AEW Unrestricted podcast and provided some new information about this signing. Khan said, “It’s true. There’s going to be a major star in the world of wrestling, a huge huge star, is going to sign a multi-year deal at the pay-per-view.”

You can listen to Tony Khan’s comments in the player embedded below:

Khan confirmed there will actually be two debuts at AEW Revolution: Paul Wight’s mystery man, as well as the 6th and final competitor in the Face of the Revolution Ladder Match.

So, who is the “huge huge star” who has signed a multi-year contract with AEW? Khan’s “It’s true” remark has some fans guessing Kurt Angle. Other possibilities could include Christian, Brock Lesnar, CM Punk or Batista.

Batista Says It’s Not Him

Speaking of Batista, he denies that he’s signing with AEW. In response to a fan on Twitter, Batista reiterated that he is retired from pro wrestling.

So, just how “done” is Batista with pro wrestling? Back in 2019, Batista told Chris Van Vliet that he would go broke before wrestling another match.

”This is a real wrestling retirement. I am done. My in-ring career is over… I will not have another wrestling match. I will go broke before I have another wrestling match, and I will not go and wrestle for another promotion. It’s not going to happen.”

CM Punk: It Isn’t Me Either

Former WWE Superstar CM Punk is also urging fans to not get their hopes about him being the AEW signee. Punk held a Twitter Q&A on Thursday afternoon told people flat out – “no, it’s not me.’

MLW Fusion (3/3) Results: Jacob Fatu Defends Against Jordan Oliver

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Major League Wrestling presented Fusion last night. Two title matches took place on the show as Jacob Fatu defended against Jordan Oliver and Los Parks faced Simon Gotch and Daivari.

The full show can be viewed in the player below.

MLW Fusion 3/3 Quick Results:

  1. MLW Tag Team Championships
    Los Parks (c) defeated Contra Unit (Daivari & Simon Gotch)
  2. Mike Parrow defeated Jason Dugan
  3. Calvin Tankman defeated Laredo Kid
  4. MLW World Championship
    Jacob Fatu (c) defeated Jordan Oliver

Jacob Fatu Retains MLW World Championship

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The Contra Unit and Injustice rivalry had its biggest match to date this week when Jordan Oliver challenged Jacob Fatu for the MLW World Championship. Fatu picked up the win after a Samoan Drop followed by his patented top-rope moonsault. After the match, the members of Contra Unit continued the attack on both Reed and Oliver. Members of the Sentai Death Squad ran in with body bags to place the Injustice members in.

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The big heavyweight Calvin Tankman would make the save, however. He both protected Injustice from a further beatdown and puts himself in the conversation for a future title shot against Fatu.

Injustice Prevent Contra Unit From Winning Tag Team Gold

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Simon Gotch and Daivari of Contra Unit received a tag-team title match against Los Parks this week. Los Parks attempted their normal routine of bringing in a fresh member of the family from under the ring to enter the match illegally. The referee thwarted this attempt, however. While the referee was distracted, Jordan Oliver and Myron Reed of Injustice interfered and allowed LA Park to hit a spear on Daivari for the win.

Parrow Wants To Be The Most Dominant Heavyweight In MLW

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Before Mike Parrow hit the ring for his match against Jason Dugan this week, clips of an interview with him were shown. Parrow said he wants to be the most dominant heavyweight in the promotion. He made quick work of Dugan, pinning him after delivering his patented “Murder Bomb.” After the match, Parrow cut a promo on Azteca Underground’s Mil Muertes, setting up a future heavyweight clash.

Calvin Tankman Defeats Laredo Kid

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Mike Parrow wasn’t the only heavyweight to leave a mark on this episode of MLW Fusion. Calvin Tankman picked up a win over Laredo Kid. It took awhile for Tankman to wear down his opponent enough to deliver a Tankman Driver, but once he did, it was all over. After the match, Tankman said he wants the added money that comes with being MLW World Champion and called out Jacob Fatu.

Dynasty Alliance With Alicia Atout Brewing?

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There are people who believe the Dynasty’s Richard Holliday has developed a bit of a thing for Alicia Atout. The commentator and “Interview Queen” has been feuding with Salina de la Renta as of late and this week Salina said she wants Alexander Hammerstone’s National Openweight gold in her stable. She also referred to Holliday as Atout’s “boy toy.” Richard Holliday promised Atout that the Dynasty would handle the situation.

Top-5 Tag-Team Rankings Released

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MLW debuted a new format to its rankings. This week instead of top-10 singles rankings, MLW announced top-5 rankings for its tag-team division.

MLW Tag-Team Rankings:

MLW Tag Team Champions: Los Parks (Azteca Underground)

  1. The Von Erichs
  2. Contra Unit
  3. Violence is Forever (Team Filthy)
  4. Injustice
  5. The Dirty Blondes

Coming Up In MLW

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Next week:

  • National Openweight Championship
    Alexander Hammerstone (c) vs LA Park

In 2 weeks:

  • Mike Parrow vs Mil Muertes

NJPW Announces Wrestle Grand Slam Stadium Shows

Michael Reichlin
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New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced Wrestle Grand Slam featuring two stadium shows taking place in May.

NJPW Grand Slam will take place on May 15th at Yokohama Stadium and May 29th at the Tokyo Dome.

The events have several layers of significance for New Japan. The May 15th show will be the promotion’s first-ever show from Yokohama Stadium. March 29th will be their first show from the Tokyo Dome outside January in 16 years.

NJPW has yet to announce any matches for these special events, but is telling fans to “Stay tuned for details!”

Ryo Mizunami Wins AEW Women’s Title Eliminator Tournament

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Ryo Mizunami has earned the chance to become the AEW Women’s World Champion on this week’s AEW Dynamite, as she defeated former champion Nyla Rose in the finals match of the Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament. Mizunami was part of the Japan Division of the tournament along with Maki Itoh, Yuka Sakazaki, and Aja Kong.

With the win, Ryo Mizunami has earned a title shot at Hikaru Shida’s Women’s Championship at this Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view event. After Mizunami’s win, Shida who was sitting at ringside, came up to the ring and presented the trophy to Mizunami as part of the ceremony of her winning the tournament. While shaking hands, Mizunami hit a forearm to Shida and the two then began trading shots. Shida was able to knock her challenger down as they both stared each other down.

Ryo Mizunami, affectionately called aniki — which is a Japanese honorable term for an older brother or a superior — is a veteran joshi wrestler who started her career in 2004. She was planning to retire from pro wrestling in 2019 until she was part of a six-woman tag team match at AEW’s Double or Nothing event that made her stay wrestling. She would go back to wrestling in Japan as a free agent and would return to America by winning the Japanese bracket of the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament.

Updated AEW Revolution Card

  • AEW World Champion Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida vs. Ryo Mizunami
  • AEW World Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks vs. The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho and MJF)
  • Team Taz (Brian Cage and Ricky Starks) vs. Darby Allin and Sting in a Street Fight
  • Adam Page vs. Matt Hardy in a “Big Money Match”
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Scorpio Sky vs. Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Lance Archer vs. Max Caster vs. TBA in a Face of the Revolution Ladder Match for a future AEW TNT Championship match
  • Miro and Kip Sabian vs. Best Friends (Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor)
  • Bear Country vs. Silver & Reynolds vs. Evil Uno & Stu Grayson vs. Santana & Ortiz vs. The Butcher & The Blade vs. Private Party vs. Top Flight in a Casino Tag Team Royale for a AEW World Tag Team Championship match
  • Riho and Thunder Rosa vs. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. and Rebel on the pre-show

Finn Balor vs. Adam Cole NXT Championship Match Set For Next Week

Rayan Sayyed
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Finn Balor was accused by Roderick Strong of being the reason behind The Undisputed Era’s breakup on this week’s episode of NXT. Adam Cole has been going against all his former teammates, with Strong suffering an attack from his hands last week. Before that, it was Kyle O’Reilly that was knocked out by him. Tonight when Strong came out to the ring demanding to see Cole, he was instead greeted by Balor instead.

Read more: Undisputed Era No More After Adam Cole Turns On Roderick Strong

Roderick Strong blamed Finn Balor for the chaos and said that everything was fine until Balor showed up to NXT. Balor countered and said that it wasn’t him who turned Adam Cole to the dark side, but it was the gold on the champion’s shoulder. We then saw Balor challenge Cole for the NXT title for next week’s episode to get him out of hiding.

Finn Balor told Roderick Strong that he would never be a leader, he would always be a follower and until he gets a little more greedy and selfish like the prince, he would never… Balor couldn’t finish the statement as he got attacked by Strong. Balor got the better of it and then referees came out to break them up. The two then met in the ring in the main event on NXT in a non-title bout. Balor was able to get the upper hand and won the match. More importantly, though, Adam Cole has been challenged officially by Balor and the match would be a must-watch for NXT fans as both stars are on the top of their game currently.

After the match, Adam Cole came out and had a very heated confrontation with Finn Balor in the ring. The intense stare-down was broken up by the multiple referees present. You can check out the segment in the embedded video below:

Legendary Promoter Jim Crockett Jr. Passes Away Aged 76

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Jim Crockett Jr., legendary wrestling promoter and part owner of Jim Crockett Promotions passed away on Wednesday because of organ failure, at the age of 76. The news of his passing was confirmed by WWE Hall of Famer and one-half of The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express Robert Gibson via his Facebook page. “Rest In Peace Jim Crockett, Jr. You will be missed by so many,” says the caption of the post.

Jim Crockett Jr. was reported to be in grave condition this week and was housed in hospice care. The 76-year-old’s failing liver and kidneys were cited to be the cause. According to the report, he had taken himself off dialysis.

Jim Crockett Jr. took over his father’s company in 1973 and would grow the southern-based wrestling promotion to the national level. In 1980, he went on to be elected as the NWA President. He would serve two subsequent terms in 1985 and 1987 too.

As Crockett Promotions was not doing well financially and was near bankruptcy, he sold his company to Ted Turner through promoter Jim Barnett by November 1988. It was renamed as World Championship Wrestling (WCW) by Turner and would continue until 2001. Crockett would go on to stay as NWA President until 1991.

Reactions to Jim Crockett Jr. Passing

The wrestling world mourned his death and everyone came forward to offer their condolences. Here are some reactions:

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AEW Dynamite Results (3/3): Revolution Go-Home Show, Shaq In Action, Paul Wight Debuts

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AEW Dynamite aired live from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. Shaq teamed up with Jade Cargill to face Cody & Red Velvet tonight. It was the final episode of Dynamite before AEW Revolution this Sunday night.

Dynamite Results (3/3)

  1. Jade Cargill & Shaq def. Red Velvet & Cody
  2. FTR & Tully Blanchard def. Jurassic Express
  3. PAC & Rey Fenix def. John Skyler & D3 (squash match)
  4. Ryo Mizunami def. Nyla Rose
  5. Max Caster def. 10
  6. Hangman Page & John Silver def. Matt Hardy & Marq Quen

Here are the takeaways from this week’s show:

Shaq & Jade Cargill def. Cody & Red Velvet

Cody & Red Velvet faced Shaq & Jade Cargill in the first match of the night. Shaq hit Cody with a chop to the chest and followed it up with a big chop to the chest.

Jade tagged in and beat Red Velvet down in the corner. Red Velvet battled back with some kicks. Austin Gunn and Colby Gunn attacked Shaq outside the ring but he beat them down. Red Velvet Moonsaulted onto Jade Cargill outside the ring.

Back in the ring, Jade locked in a Figure Four in the mmiddle of the ring. Jade flexed while applying the hold and waved towards Arn Anderson. Jade grabbed a table from under the ring and set it up on the outside.

Red Velvet bounced Jade’s head off the table and rolled Jade back into the ring. Cody and Shaq tagged back in and tied up in the middle of the ring. Cody booted Shaq in the midsection but Shaq shrugged it off.

Shaq planted Cody with a Powerbomb but Rhodes hopped up and slammed Shaq to the canvas for a near fall. Cody then hit a Crossbody on Shaq that sent him through two tables next to the ring. Red Velvet hit a Spear but Jade was able to kick out at two. Jade then hit her finisher for the pinfall victory. Shaq was put in an ambulance but was not in it when Tony Schiavone opened the door.

Opinion: Tonight was an impressive debut for Cargill and I thought this match was way better than I thought it was going to be. I was not expecting to see Shaq hit a Powerbomb and take a bump through two tables.

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Young Bucks Attacked Inner Circle

Inner Circle came to the ring for a Town Hall Meeting. Jericho & MJF vowed to beat the hell out of the Young Bucks this Sunday at Revolution. Conrad Thompson came to the podium and asked if Sammy was going to be let back into Inner Circle. MJF called Conrad “turkey tits” in response to the questcion. Barstool’s Brandon Walker showed up and then Bischoff returned to Dynamite.

Bischoff asked about the condition of Papa Buck after their attack last week. Jericho said that they don’t care about the condition of Matt and Nick’s father. AEW Tag Team Champions Young Bucks interrupted and made their way to the ring.

Matt and Nick said that their father is the greatest and did all the things that MJF & Jericho’s fathers failed to do. Young Bucks added that their dad taught them to stand up for themselves and a brawl broke out. Matt and Nick then put Santana and Ortiz through some tables to end the segment.

Shawn Spears Returned

FTR & Tully Blanchard squared off against Jurassic Express tonight on Dynamite. J.J. Dillon was ringside for the match. J.J. slid Dax his shoe and Harwood hit Jungle Boy over the head with it for a two count. Tully tagged in and made it seem like he was going for a Suicide Dive as Dynamite went to a commercial break.

When Dynamite returned, Jungle Boy planted Harwood with a Back Suplex. Cash Wheeler tagged in and drove Jungle Boy into the turnbuckle. Jungle Boy climbed to the top rope but Harwood hit him with a Suplex. Wheeler followed it up with a Splash and then a German Suplex for a near fall.

Tully Blanchard planted Marko Stunt with a Slingshot Suplex but turned around into a boot to the face from Luchasaurus. Luchasaurus went for a Suicide Dive but a camera man got in the way. The camera man then hit Luchasaurus with a cheap shot and FTR followed it up with a spike Piledriver for the pinfall victory. It turned out to be Shawn Spears as the mystery attacker.

Paul Wight Made His AEW Debut

Paul Wight was interviewed by Tony Schiavone tonight on Dynamite. Wight wore a short that read “No More BS.) and said it is an unbelievable honor to work with AEW. Wight stated that he will be working with Schiavone on a new show called Elevation and said he has the biggest scoop ever. Wight said that a Hall of Fame talent will be debuting at Revoluion.

Ryo Mizunami Earned A Title Shot

Nyla Rose faced Ryo Mizunami in the finals of the AEW Women’s Elimination Tournament. Nyla dominated the action early but Ryo battled back and sent Rose the corner of the ring. Rose planted Ryo with a Backbreaker and went for the cover but Mizunami kicked out at two.

Rose went for a Senton but Ryo got out of the way and Nyla crashed to the canvas. Ryo hit Nyla with a Leg Drop on the ring apron and Rose fell to the floor outside the ring. Back in the ring, Rose connected with a Samoan Drop and hung up Ryo across the top rope.

Nyla climbed to the top turnbuckle and hit a Knee Drop but Ryo somehow kicked out at two as Vickie Guerrero flipped out ringside. Ryo hit a German Suplex and followed it up with a Spear. Ryo then hit the Guillotine Leg Drop for the pinfall victory. Ryo will face Hiraku Shida for the AEW Women’s Championship this Sunday at Revolution.

Opinion: I’m glad it is not Nyla Rose again, but I don’t know how I’m supposed to be excited for this match. Thunder Rosa and Britt Baker are usually featured on Dynamite every week and are not in the title picture. I’m sure it will be a good match but AEW didn’t do enough to get a lot of people invested.

Ricky Starks Interrupted Sting

Sting was interviewed by Tony Schiavone once again on Dynamite. Ricky Starks interrupted and told Sting that he saw fire from him last week. Starks added that he is also man enough to admit that Sting has still got it. Ricky told Sting that he still isn’t an icon and slapped Starks across the face. Sting sent Ricky to the corner and hit the Stinger Splash.

Sting then locked in the Scorpion Deathlock but Hobbs and Cage broke it up. Brian Cage tried for the Powerbomb again but Darby Allin made the save to end the segment. Sting & Allin will face Ricky Starks & Brian Cage this Sunday at Revolution in a Street Fight.

Max Caster Qualified For The Ladder Match At Revolution

Max Caster faced 10 from Dark Order tonight on Dynamite. The winner of the match will qualify for the Face of the Revolution match this Sunday at Revolution. Before the match, Caster rapped and included a line about Lady Gaga’s dog walker that was shot four times. Caster then won the match after Jack Evans interfered.

Hangman & John Silver Picked Up A Win

John Silver & Hangman Page faced Matt Hardy & Marq Quen tonight on Dynamite in the main event. Hardy and Quen dominated the action early as Dynamite went to a commercial break. When Dynamite returned. Hardy bounced Silver’s head off the apron and went for the cover but John kicked out at two.

Hangman Page pleaded for a tag but Hardy brought Silver back to the corner. Quen stomped Silver down to the canvas and shoved his boot against John’s throat until the referee broke it up. Matt tagged back in and posed for the crowd on the middle turnbuckle.

Matt leaped off the turnbuckle but Silver caught him with a knee strike. Silver hit Sliced Bread and finally was able to tag in Hangman. Page leveled Quen with a Clothesline and followed it up with a massive Spinebuster in the middle of the ring.

Page hit Quen with a Fallaway Slam and then hit Hardy with a Crossbody outside the ring. Back in the ring, Hangman planted Quen with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Matt tagged in and hit Page with a Neckbreaker for a two count.

Hangman battled back and connected with a Back Suplex. Page knocked Quen off the apron and tagged Silver back in. John hit Matt with a Spear and followed it up with a Brainbuster for a two count.

Quen hit Silver with a cheap shot and then tagged back in. Marq climbed to the top rope and hit Silver with a Dropkick. Page tagged in and hit Quen with a Powerbomb and Silver followed it up with a Clothesline. Hangman then connected with the Buckshot Lariat for the pinfall victory.

Matt attacked Hangman after the match but Dark Order rushed the ring. The rest of the tag teams in the Casino Battle Royal on Sunday rushed the ring and a massive brawl broke out as Brodie Lee Jr. watched on from the stage. Matt escaped from the ring and traded words with Brodie Jr. to close the show.

Opinion: Dynamite was another solid show this week and did a good job of hyping up the PPV this Sunday. There are several matches I am looking forward to this Sunday and hopefully Revolution turns out to be a great show.

WWE NXT Results (3/3): Title Match, Group Therapy, Balor vs. Strong

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The March 3, 2021 episode of WWE NXT aired live on the USA Network from Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center. 

WWE NXT Results 

  • Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan def. Timothy Thatcher & Tommaso Ciampa
  • Ember Moon def. Aliyah
  • Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler def. Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez
  • Cameron Grimes def. Bronson Reed thanks to help from LA Knight
  • Finn Balor def. Roderick Strong – non-title match

Here are the takeaways from this week’s show:

We Get A Big Title Announcement, Balor vs. Strong

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Roderick Strong came out and cut a promo about how he demanded to see Adam Cole, who attacked him last week as the implosion of The Undisputed Era continues. 

Instead, Finn Balor came out to the ring. Strong said that everything was fine until Balor showed up and blamed Balor for the chaos. Balor challenged Cole to a title match next week. He told Strong that he would never be a leader, but rather will always be a follower. Balor said that until Strong gets a killer instinct like him, he’ll never…Strong attacked Balor and Balor got the better of it until the referees came out to break it up. 

A hot segment with a big random title match on a random episode of NXT. It’s interesting that WWE isn’t saving this for the TakeOver special next month. 

Balor and Strong worked the main event, but it was a non-title match. Balor dominated the majority of it as it was a technical bout. They did some near falls down the stretch. Balor won with the 1916. Post-match, he had a staredown with Cole.

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Group Therapy 

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The Way’s storyline with Dexter Lumis continued on this show as NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell & Austin Theory went to therapy. 

This came after Gargano said last week he was sending Theory to therapy for having stockholm syndrome Theory was showing after being abducted by Lumis at TakeOver: Vengeance Day last month as he walked with the group to the ring, which featured Gargano retaining his North American Championship against Kushida. 

Theory returned to NXT the following Wednesday but thought he had been on vacation for the past three days. Last week’s show saw Lumis defeat Gargano in a non-title match after Theory refused to hit Lumis with a steel chair.

The opening line of this segment was Theory telling Gargano that the place didn’t look like Chuck E Cheese. An older woman was their therapist. The whole group was there. Theory said he doesn’t have a Dexter Lumis problem and thinks he went on vacation. He said Dexter needed a friend. Gargano wanted Lumis arrested. Gargano freaked out and was kicked out. He sent text messages to Candice so both Candice and Indie got thrown out as well. 

Non-Title Match

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NXT Tag Team Champions Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher in a non-title match took place. 

Of course, Lorcan & Burch were originally set to defend their titles against men’s Dusty Classic winners MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter) on the episode. That was nixed due to Lee suffering a broken hand.

While he injured the hand in the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic last month, WWE did a segment where The Grizzled Young Veterans attacked MSK on NXT last week. Thus, WWE claimed Lee suffered his broken hand when The Grizzled Young Veterans used steel chairs in the attack.

After Thatcher defeated Ciampa in a Fight Pit match, the former rivals became partners as they teamed together since then. They fell short in winning the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. 

This match was solid with the champs going over with their finishers. Thatcher sold his left shoulder after the match. Imperium came out during the match to watch on, but they didn’t do anything past that. 

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Women’s Tag Team Title Match

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Women’s Dusty Classic winners Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez challenged Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles.

The match took place right around the top of the second hour. There was a referee spot and Jax and Raquel brawled to the floor. Shayna locked in the rear-naked choke for the win after Adam Pearce came out with a new referee. It turns out that Kai wasn’t the legal person for her team. 

Kai & Gonzalez defeated Aliyah & Jessi Kamea in the first round of the tournament, Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter in the semifinals, and Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon in the finals at the NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day special. 

WWE set up this feud two weeks ago on NXT as the two teams did a face-off where Jax and Baszler looked down on the fellow heels. In fact, on Monday, Jax put out an Instagram post noting that they were going down a level to face them. 

Paul Wight Makes AEW Debut, Teases ‘Hall Of Fame Talent’ Signing

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As advertised, Paul Wight, formerly known as The Big Show, made his AEW debut on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite. 

He will be Tony Schiavone’s co-host on AEW Dark: Elevation on Monday nights starting later this month. He was interviewed by his commentary partner on the stage where he cut a promo bout how he looks forward to working with the AEW talent and he looks forward to his new role on Elevation.

He then teased that a Hall Of Fame worthy talent will get hired at AEW Revolution. He did botch the line by calling it Elevation instead of Revolution, but that happens from time to time on live television. He added that this talent signing “is not who you think” and fans should tune in to find out who this person is.

As of this writing, it’s anyone’s guess who this person is. AEW does have an open spot left in the Face Of The Revolution Ladder Match at Sunday’s Revolution pay-per-view event. The winner gets shot at Darby Allin’s TNT Title at a future date. Cody Rhodes, Scorpio Sky, Penta El Zero Miedo, and Lance Archer are just some of the competitors. 

Last month, it was announced that AEW and Wight had come to terms on a multi-year deal. WWE and Big Show were unable to come to terms on a new deal financially.

Shaq Wins AEW Debut Match, Goes Through Table

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The Shaquille O’Neal & Jade Cargill vs. Cody Rhodes & Red Velvet match took place on Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite. Originally, Rhodes was supposed to team up with his wife, Brandi Rhodes, in this match, but she was replaced by Red Velvet due to Brandi being pregnant. 

The match featured Jade and Red working the majority of it with AEW saving spots for Shaq. Shaq and Cody did start things off with the NBA Legend getting in some chops and even performed a back body drop.

There was a spot where Cody knocked Shaq off the apron and this allowed Austin Gunn to him Shaq in the back with a chair, but Shaq did not sell it. He took Austin and his brother out as a result. At one point, Shaq hit a powerbomb only for Cody to follow up with a powerslam. There were two tables set up on the floor with Cody taking out Shaq over the top rope sending them both crashing through it. Jade hit her finisher to Velvet for the win. After the match, Shaq sold it as if he was knocked out. 

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Originally, it looked like the match would take place at the AEW Revolution pay-per-view on March 7th. However, it was revealed that the reason Shaq was wrestling on Dynamite instead of the PPV is due to the NBA holding the All-Star Game on the same night as the Revolution PPV and he is needed to cover the NBA game.

AEW has a crossover with the NBA since All Elite Wrestling airs their weekly television show, Dynamite, on TNT while the network also airs NBA games.

Shaq first made an appearance on Dynamite back on the December 9th, 2020 episode to do a sit-down interview with Brandi. To show the drawing power of the NBA legend, the show did 995,000 viewers. It was a strong segment of the show as it did over 1.2 million viewers. The quarter featuring Shaq averaged 1,063,000 viewers and 618,000 viewers in 18-49.

Cargill later appeared and issued the challenge for this match. Shaq has stated in recent years that he wanted to wrestle Cody and now he achieved that goal. With Paul Wight, formerly known as The Big Show, now in AEW, perhaps that is the next match for the NBA Champion.

Bobby Lashley Shares What Vince McMahon Told Him After Winning WWE Title

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Bobby Lashley had his big crowning achievement by winning the WWE Title. 

He did just that this past Monday night on Raw when he beat The Miz in the main event. The newly crowned champion spoke with FOX Sports to talk about it. 

During it, he looked back on what WWE Chairman Vince McMahon told him after the big win. He began by noting that Booker T told him one time that he should be in the main event and realized to stop just having fun, but strive to get more of his career. 

Lashley stated that McMahon doesn’t want you in the promotion to have fun, but rather wants to get in an argument with you because you’re fighting for something that you want. He said McMahon wants you to step out of the box and do something bigger such as a spot at WrestleMania and the crowd to form them to give you the title. 

“When I was able to go through that curtain [after winning the WWE Championship] and give Vince a hug, he grabbed me and he held me for a while and was like, ‘Man, I’m proud of you.’”

There’s still no word yet on who he’ll defend the WWE Title against at Fastlane on March 21st.

NJPW Talents ‘Not Happy’ That Marty Scurll Was Backstage at Strong Tapings

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As we reported earlier today, Marty Scrull will not be part of New Japan going forward as originally expected. News broke last week that Marty Scurll had filmed content that would be shown on an upcoming episode of New Japan Strong. As it turns out, NJPW has no plans to air the footage or have Scurll back in the company anytime soon.

The news was first reported by the Super J-Cast podcast and has also been confirmed by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. In an update to the news, Fightful Select have confirmed that talent backstage were not informed of Scurll’s involvement before he turned up to the tapings.

Scurll is believed to have filmed an angle with NJPW’s Rocky Romero at the promotion’s Los Angeles Dojo. Upon news of this leaking, there was a negative response amongst fans due to accusations against Scurll as part of the #SpeakingOut movement.

Fightful noted that there were several people who worked the tapings that were not happy with the situation. These talents stated that would have been made aware of Scrull’s involvement ahead of time? They would have made it clear to New Japan officials that they didn’t want to work at the tapings.

It was also confirmed by Fightful that “everything at the actual tapings was said to have been fine, and without incident.”

Marty Martinez Training At Nightmare Factory

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Former Lucha Underground star Marty “The Moth” Martinez has been training at the Nightmare Factory, which is operated by AEW star Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall. 

Martinez, real name Martin Casaus, shared the news in a post on Instagram. He mentioned that he suffered a spine injury in his L4 and L5 by hugging a dog. 

“Yes, I got injured hugging my adorable dog. Docs said I needed surgery. I opted for stem cells instead. I’ve spent the last 2 years relearning how to walk without pain from sciatica & muscle tension. I had to relearn how to run on the treadmill. Spent more time on rehab than heavy weights. My stream watched the struggle. I learned that progress is just as important as results. I had already beat sleep apnea, learned to manage my Lyme disease, & I spent way to much time fighting to be healthy that there was not a chance in hell I wasn’t chasing my dream with it.”

He had to learn how to run and walk again. He went on to state that he’s back in the ring training at what he calls the best school in the country. 

Martinez added, “So I’m here training at the @nightmarefactoryga. You’re never done learning in wrestling & progressing everyday.”

Martinez made a name for himself while working for Lucha Underground from 2014-2018 where he won the world title. His last match came at an ASP show in October 2020. 

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Pat McAfee Reacts To Cody Rhodes’s Claim That He’s Been Angling For A Job With AEW

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Pat McAfee gave his reaction to the comments made by Cody Rhodes during today’s media conference call as the AEW Executive Vice President claimed McAfee has been trying to get a job with AEW.

Rhodes was asked about NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal stating that his AEW match alongside Jade Cargill against Rhodes and Red Velvet would top all other celebrity matches in pro wrestling.

Rhode stated he likes that Shaq made the comment because it raises the bar when another match like this happens. 

“I think….I didn’t see this particular comment, especially from Pat, which is super bizarre because….just bizarre because I’m pretty sure Pat’s trying to get a job at AEW like every other day, but that’s another conversation.”

McAfee reacted to the comments made by Rhodes during The Pat McAfee Show.

“Cody Rhodes just said I’ve been trying to get employed by the AEW, or whatever, every other day. So I’d like that to be known, that is not true. OK, I’ve actually talked about retirement here more than I’ve ever contemplated going to AEW.”

McAfee then brought up his Twitter exchanges with AEW star Miro regarding the Shaq interview comments. He plans to watch the match, but made it clear, “I am not [trying to get hired by AEW]. I’d just like that to be very clear.”

Cody Rhodes Comments On Second AEW Show On TNT

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All Elite Wrestling Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes took part in a media call this afternoon to promote Sunday’s AEW Revolution pay-per-view.

You can listen to full audio from the 45-minute call here.

SEScoops asked Cody about the second AEW show coming to TNT some time later this year. Will the show have a different format from Dynamite, and if so, what can fans expect?

“I think all of our shows will end up with a different format,” said Cody. “It’s a bit of a braintrust in forming those formats. Right now the focus is AEW Dark: Elevation, how we can make that different, and how we can feature our younger stars to get to know them. I’ll tell you one thing we won’t do with AEW Dark: Elevation, we’re not going to bait and switch. We’re not going to give you a show on night one that doesn’t reflect what that show will be like the rest of the year.”

Cody Rhodes once again was careful to state that the additional hour of content on TNT is not a third hour of AEW Dynamite. AEW officials have already decided upon a name for the second TNT show. Cody expects the cat will be out of the bag by the time AEW hosts its next media call.

“When it comes to the additional hour of content on TNT, and I’m careful to say third hour since people sometimes think we’re going three hours, which we are not. When it comes to that, I can only tell you that it has a name and I love its name, but I can’t tell you what it is. Hopefully, on the next media call, we’ll be talking about it, but it will happen in 2021.

He also teased that AEW talent will be appearing on another high-profile show that is part of the Warner Media family.

“In addition to that, there’s some other news featuring some other AEW talent regarding another show that is also in the Warner Media family.”

Cody Rhodes teams with Red Velvet against Shaquille O’Neil and Jade Cargill tonight on AEW Dynamite.

John Silver Shares Memories Of Brodie Lee

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The wrestling world was dealt a giant blow this winter with the untimely death of Brodie Lee. An outpouring of tributes and respect for the man has followed in the time that has passed since. John Silver recently took part in an interview with Chris Van Vliet and shared some of his memories of Brodie Lee including how Brodie purchased ring gear for him to help make him a bigger star.

“He was the man. He was such a happy good guy,” Silver said. “There was no negativity, he was always laughing, he would always have this big smile, especially with this big beard he had going on. But he’s just a good guy. He bought the ring jacket I have just because it would help me look more like a star if I had it. He also bought me matching gear that I wore at the Brodie show.”

Silver continued to talk about Brodie purchasing ring gear for him.

“It was just supposed to be for the BTE sketch, and then I asked him he’s like I want to buy you this stuff it’s going to be cool. I’m like that’s so cool what’s the sketch. He’s like I don’t know, we’ll think of something. He didn’t have a real idea in mind, but he thought it would be funny if Silver dresses like me one day. It wasn’t cheap gear, altogether it cost over $1,000 that he spent on me that he didn’t have to, I didn’t ask for it. Just because he thought it would be good for BTE and for me and the skits we do.”

Silver also said that when they were filming BTE sketches, Brodie would always try and get him to laugh.

“We’re trying to get through these sketches, and he would purposely try his absolute hardest to make me laugh. If I laugh, we’ve got to do it again. You see so many sketches of him getting right into my face and screaming sh*t at me, and just trying to make me laugh. It always worked, which is why we had to start pretending we were crying because we were always laughing.”

Silver also spoke about working the Brodie Lee tribute show and how difficult it was to do.

“I’m a pretty emotional guy, so that was difficult, but I thought I was going to be worse. The whole day was difficult, being around people. It was good too, but I’m like I can’t stop thinking about this.”

Silver actually missed a Dark Order entrance during the show. He also detailed what happened with that during his discussion with Chris Van Vliet.

“The match itself, if you look at the first match [Colt Cabana and The Young Bucks vs Matt Hardy and Private Party] If you look, I wasn’t there for the entrance, I come in late because I went to the back. I went to my room and I was not in a good mood. I forgot Colt was up and I forgot I had to do the entrance. When I heard the music and I thought screw it, I started running. You don’t see me coming out with them, but when Colt eventually does the pose, I’m there.”

The full interview is available in the player below:

Marty Scurll’s New Japan Strong Appearance Scrapped

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News broke last week that Marty Scurll had filmed content that would be shown on an upcoming episode of New Japan Strong. As it turns out, NJPW has no plans to air the footage or have Scurll back in the company anytime soon.

The news was first reported by the Super J-Cast podcast and has also been reported by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Scurll is believed to have filmed an angle with NJPW’s Rocky Romero at the promotion’s Los Angeles Dojo. Upon news of this leaking, there was a negative response amongst fans due to accusations against Scurll as part of the #SpeakingOut movement.

Last week, Scurll filming content for NJPW in Los Angeles was addressed on Wrestling Observer Radio.

“Marty Scurll worked the New Japan tapings a couple of weeks ago in California,” said Dave Meltzer.

“I’m not at all surprised at Marty Scurll working for New Japan, that’s just how they do things and in Japan, it’s not going to be an issue. In the United States, it’s going to be an issue to a lot of fans. There are people who want him black-balled for life.”

Scurll is a former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion with New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Cody Rhodes Says Breaking AEW Title Stipulation Would Be The “Easiest Heel Turn In Wrestling”

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At AEW Full Gear 2019, Chris Jericho defeated Cody Rhodes in a match that carried a significant stipulation in addition to the world title being on the line. As a result of the loss, Cody can never challenge again for the AEW World Championship again. This has led many fans to wonder if AEW will stick to its guns and adhere to the stipulation for the long haul.

In a recent interview with WFAN Sports Radio, Cody commented on his desire to stick to the stipulation. He also noted, however, that ultimately it is Tony Khan’s decision.

“I’m going to stick to my word on the AEW Title, but ultimately, that decision will rest on AEW owner Tony Khan. It’s the easiest heel turn in wrestling if I was to break it,” Cody laughed. “I love that we’re disciplined and conservative, and presenting wrestling backwards.”

Rhodes would continue to say that he hopes he never “needs” to hold the title.

 “I don’t want to sound braggadocious or egotistical, but my goal is to never need the World Championship. Yeah, it sucks to watching Kenny Omega or Jon Moxley with the title when I consider myself the 1A of the group, but I gave my word.”

Cody has a big match tonight with no titles on the line. He will team with Red Velvet to take on Shaquille O’Neal and Jade Cargill.

The Case for Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair Main Eventing One Night of WrestleMania 37

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On the February 26th edition of WWE SmackDown, Women’s Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair selected Sasha Banks as her WrestleMania 37 opponent. With over 6 weeks of build-up and with two women at the top of their game, this match should headline night one of WrestleMania 37 on April 10th

Bianca Belair battled in the Women’s Royal Rumble for almost an hour, entering at number 3 and winning the match. At the same time Sasha Banks fought of Carmella, ending the storyline she was involved in leading up to the Rumble. Since then, it had been rumored that Bianca would choose Sasha as her opponent at WrestleMania.

The two have been involved in tag-team action up until last Friday and are now set to enter their own feud leading up to the big showdown. The only previous time a women’s match headlined WrestleMania was in 2019, but this matchup has all the makings to be a lot better and holds the potential to be a main event that lives long in the memory.

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Bianca Belair & Sasha Banks

With the benefit of WrestleMania being spread of two nights again, there is more opportunity for exposure and appreciation. Edge and Roman Reigns will deservedly be the main event for night 2 of WrestleMania, but Bianca and Sasha have just as much claim to also close out the show.

Bianca has only been a part of the main roster since last year’s WrestleMaina, where she was put with the Street Profits, but her meteoric rise since has been admirable. After being transferred to the blue brand of WWE, Bianca has been involved in exciting feuds with Billie Kay and Natalya as well as representing SmackDown at Survivor Series. She then went on to become the second-ever African American Superstar to win the Royal Rumble, lasting a total 57 minutes in the match.

On the other hand, we have Sasha Banks, who has finally been given the opportunity to hold on to the Women’s Championship belt for a sustained period of time. After a lengthy back-and-forth with the company, Sasha stayed with WWE despite there being rumours she was set to leave the promotion. The Boss entered a memorable feud with long-time best friend Bayley, from whom she captured the SmackDown Women’s Championship from at the 2020 Hell in a Cell pay-per-view.

Prior to this defence, Sasha had lost all of her title matches where she held the belt going into the match. After beating Bayley in the rematch, she ended a drought of unsuccessful defences with a main roster singles title, finally opening up a new chapter in her era of being champion.

With the match now made official, we have just over a month until WrestleMania where both women have the opportunity to prove why they should be headlining one of the nights.

Both Sasha and Bianca’s promo-cutting skills are only bettered by their in-ring abilities, providing us with a plethora of entertainment. May the best woman win.

NXT Preview: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler In Action

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WWE returns to the Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida tonight for an all new episode of NXT.

WWE is advertising the following items for tonight’s broadcast of NXT on the USA Network:

  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Bazsler return to NXT. They will put the belts on the line against Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez
  • NXT Tag Team Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch will face Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher in a non-title match.
  • Johnny Gargano is taking The Way to a therapy session.

Plus, we’ll see the fallout of Adam Cole turning on Roderick Strong and effectively ending the Undisputed Era faction.

Join us here later tonight for our weekly NXT Results and Takeaways feature.

One of the top headlines of the week is the news of NXT leaving Wednesday nights very soon. Check out the article below for more on this developing story:

Impact Results (3/2): 3 Matches Added To Sacrifice

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Impact Wrestling is less than two weeks away from their next big event, Sacrifice on March 13th. This week’s show added several matches to the show.

Impact 3/2 Quick Results:

  1. X-Division #1 Contendership
    Ace Austin defeated Black Taurus and Chris Bey
  2. Tenille Dashwood defeated Havok
  3. The Good Brothers & FinJuice defeated Reno Scum & Team XXXL
  4. Eddie Edwards defeated Brian Myers via DQ (Referee: Matt Cardona)
  5. Deonna Purrazzo defeated Jordynne Grace and Kiera Hogan

ODB To Challenge Deonna Purrazzo At Sacrifice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aInz3XwBKWc

This match was originally supposed to be just Purrazzo vs Grace but after Fire N Flava interrupted a backstage promo earlier in the night, Kiera Hogan was added to the bout. The finish of the match came shortly after Grace dove to the outside and took out Susan and Kimber Lee. Grace then attempted to deliver a splash to Hogan but Tasha Steelz pulled her out of the ring. This then allowed Purrazzo to roll up Grace for the win.

After the match, as Grace and Tasha Steelz brawled to the back, Purrazzo was left alone in the ring. ODB then bolted out from the back and attacked the Knockouts Champion. Last we saw ODB, she had been attacked and left unconscious in the back. Based on ODB’s actions here, it seems she knows exactly who attacked her. Shortly after, it was revealed that ODB will challenge Purrazzo at Sacrifice.

The Good Brothers To Defend Tag Belts Against FinJuice At Sacrifice

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Impact Wrestling didn’t waste any time getting Juice Robinson and David Finlay into the tag-team title hunt. There had been dissension between teams when The Good Brothers and FinJuice teamed up to defeat Reno Scum and Team XXXL this week. Later in the show, FinJuice managed to bait the Good Brothers into challenging them to a match for the belts at Sacrifice. Just like that, two of the best tag-teams in the world will clash in just 10 days.

Tony Khan Says AEW and Impact Are On The Same Team

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There was a stark difference in attitude from the two Tony’s this week. After Tommy Dreamer was critical of the tone that has been used in the AEW ads as of late, this week Khan stated that AEW and Impact are on the same team. Don Callis, Kenny Omega, and the Good Brothers are on the other team although Khan didn’t specifically say as much. The two Tony’s then ran down the card for tonight’s episode of Dynamite.

Matt Cardona Disqualifies Brian Myers In Match Against Eddie Edwards

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Matt Cardona and Brian Myers are former tag partners, longtime friends, and podcast co-hosts. They have not gotten along well so far in Impact Wrestling, however. Earlier in the show, Cardona told Myers he was going to call the match “right down the middle” which Myers didn’t like. Then during the match, Cardona caught Myers loading up his elbow pad and disqualified him after he hit Edwards with it. Something is brewing between these two.

Ace Austin Qualifies For X-Division Title Shot

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Ace Austin earned a shot at the X-Division title with a win in triple threat action this week. He had actually teamed with Black Taurus and Chris Bey last week in a victory over Willie Mack, Trey Miguel and Josh Alexander in 6-man action with the stipulation that the winning team would face each other this week.

An X-Division match between Ace Austin and champion TJP was then made for Sacrifice.

Sami Callihan Invades Trey Miguel’s Wrestling School

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Callihan continued his harassment of Trey Miguel this week. He has been critical that the former Rascalz member has no loyalty or passion. Callihan showed up at the school where Miguel is a head teacher. He was confronted by one of the school’s trainers, CK3, and a student before the segment cut out.

Tenille Dashwood Picks Up Win Over Havok

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Tenille Dashwood had been lobbying for Havok to be her new tag-team partner but things didn’t work out as planned. Instead, the two would face off in singles action this week. Dashwood picked up the win off of Kaleb Konely’s distraction. She hit the Spotlight Kick on Havok to get the pin. Havok’s tag partner came to the ring and took out Kaleb after, leading to speculation that Havok and Neveah may have resolved their recent conflict with each other.

Coming Up In Impact Wrestling

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Impact Wrestling: Sacrifice on March 13th:

  • Impact World Championship
    Rich Swann (c) vs Moose
  • Knockouts Tag Team Championships
    Fire N Flava (Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz) (c) vs Jordynne Grace & Jazz
  • X-Division Championship
    TJP (c) vs Ace Austin
  • Knockouts Championship
    Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs ODB
  • Impact Tag Team Championships
    The Good Brothers (c) vs Juice Robinson & David Finlay

AEW Dynamite The Crossroads Preview: Shaq & Paul White Debut (3/3)

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All Elite Wrestling returns to Jacksonville, FL tonight for a special edition of AEW Dynamite dubbed, The Crossroads. This is the ‘go home’ edition of Dynamite ahead of Sunday’s AEW Revolution pay-per-view.

We say this most weeks, but the card is pretty stacked. Dynamite will see the AEW in-ring debut of basketball legend Shaquille O’Neil, Paul White’s first AEW appearance, the finals of the AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator tournament and more.

The following items are scheduled for AEW Dynamite: The Crossroads:

  • NBA legend Shaq & Jade Cargill vs. Cody Rhodes & Red Velvet. This match will open the show.
  • We will hear from AEW’s newest signee, Paul Wight.
  • Tully Blanchard comes out of retirement to team with FTR against The Jurassic Express.
  • AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament Finals: Nyla Rose vs. Ryo MIzunami. The winner of this bout challenges Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women’s World Championship at Revolution.
  • The Dark Order vs. Matt Hardy & Private Party & Hybrid2
  • Max Caster vs. 10 of the Dark Order (Preston Vance) to earn a spot in the Ladder Match at Revolution.
  • Inner Circle leader Chris Jericho and MJF will hold a press conference ahead of their tag title match against the Young Bucks this Sunday.

Immediately after Dynamite goes off the air, AEW and TNT will present the Countdown to Revolution special.

Join us here tonight for our AEW Dynamite Results and Takeaways.

Kacy Catanzaro Confirms Knee Injury: Partial LCL Tear

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NXT star Kacy Catanzaro has confirmed that she is battling a legitimate knee injury.

WWE recently ran an injury angle that saw Catanzaro suffer a leg injury at the hands of Xia Li. During the latest NXT injury report, the company noted that she is not medically cleared to compete.

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Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer commented on the situation, noting that it was essentially a ‘storyline’ injury. “It’s not like she’s 100% but she’s fine,” he wrote.

Catanzaro took to social media to give her side of the story. She revealed that she’s recovering from a partial LCL tear, which will keep her out of action for at least the next several weeks.

Kacy Catanzaro Confirms Injury

“It’s been a tough week..” she began. “Coming to terms with a partial LCL tear, but working with a medical staff to get back as soon as I can. You can’t keep me down.”

SEScoops wishes Kacy Catanzaro a speedy recovery. You can view her photo and message in the Instagram post embedded below.

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Charlotte Flair Says She’s Pitched To Be Paired With Andrade In WWE

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Charlotte Flair is engaged to fellow WWE Superstar, Andrade. During a recent interview with TV Insider, Charlotte noted that she has pitched WWE to work with her fiancé on-screen.

“I’ve actually pitched that,” Flair said when asked about working with Andrade. “I would be very much open to that. I’ve done a lot in my career, but nobody has seen me in an on-cam relationship, or in that light. I can come across cold on TV.”

Andrade has not been a fixture on WWE programming since the fall. His lat official match with WWE was on October 12th, 2020 in a loss to Angel Garza.

Flair also spoke about her segment with her father from the February 22nd edition of RAW.

“I loved the back-and-forth because originally it wasn’t supposed to be that way. My dad comes from an era where he can cut a promo and not have to memorize things. I’m so in the zone right now where for the first time in my career I’m comfortable to ad lib out there. I’m an emotional person as it is, so trying to channel certain things that have frustrated me was very easy. I was never expecting to be back on screen with my dad in 2021 and have him across the ring from me [supporting someone else]. So I was able to bring out certain emotions.”

Bobby Lashley On WWE Title Win: “I Promised Myself This Would Happen”

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This Monday on RAW, Bobby Lashley defeated The Miz to become the 53rd person in history to hold the WWE Championship. Lashley begins the 141st reign in the title’s lineage. He spoke to SI.com recently about what the title win means to him.

“I promised myself that this would happen,” Lashley said during the interview. “There have been times when I didn’t know if this was going to come, but I worked my ass off and refused to be denied. Now that we’re here, it’s surreal.”

“Seeing so many people ringside—like Ricochet, Elias and Braun—that meant a lot,” he continued. “I’ve shared moments with all of them. Sharing it with Shelton, Cedric and MVP, that’s very meaningful, too. I’ve had so many calls and messages—I heard from my college wrestling coach, my high school wrestling coach, even people I trained with in Japan. It’s been amazing.”

Lashley was a 4x World Champion with TNA Wrestling/Impact. He also held the ECW title while in WWE twice. Lashley is also a 2x Intercontinental and 2x United States Champion as well.

“I went into professional wrestling believing that the world title would be my world medal,” Lashley continued. “This has always been my goal. Even when times were tough, I didn’t stop. I never stopped, I kept working to get better. My dad taught me hard work, and I’m teaching that to my kids. And it’s true—the harder I work, the luckier I get.”

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