NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK
PAIGE SUSPENDED FOR SECOND TIME - ITAMI INJURED
The relationship between Paige and WWE was thought to have been rebuilt, But it appears once again Paige may be in the Doghouse of the company. Paige made the following statement on Twitter; "Same s**t different day. Kids..Please don't get prescriptions or doctors notes. Not acceptable. Rules apply depending on your status." While Boyfriend Alberto El Patron and Paige's parents claim that her latest violation of the WWE's wellness policy was unfair, and say that the violation was for doctor prescribed prescription medication for pains in her neck, The WWE have released a counter statement saying that Paige failed the test for an illegal substance, and they defended their company's medical treatment by saying that she is receiving the best care. Here are both Statements from WWE; "STAMFORD, Conn. — WWE has suspended Saraya-Jade Bevis (Paige) for 60 days effective immediately, for her second violation of the company's talent wellness policy." and "Saraya-Jade Bevis [Paige] tested positive for an illegal substance, not a prescription drug. In addition, WWE is providing world-class medical care for her in-ring injury."
Paige's mother and father showed concern in their posts on the situation, Ricky Knight [Paige's dad, British Wrestling promoter and Owner of WAW Wrestling] wrote the following; "ok here we go again yes I know about my daughters suspended once again she has not failed a drugs test. My daughter has had a long term neck injury which imo has not been dealt with. i have ask my daughter to return to UK For help with this injury as help and direction in the USA Has not been forthcoming imo. She has been in pain and out of in ring action for a fair while now and has been prescribed pain killers which apparently is against the wellness program. I feel my daughter has been let down big time in the USA and the proper care and advice needed in the position she has been in has not happened to say I am p****ed off with the situation is an understatement, this is my statement i am not open to questions thank you for your cooperation." And Paige's mother, Saraya Knight [British Wrestler] wrote the following; "I wish she would come home.... sometimes letting out a scream just doesn't sound loud enough, banging your head against a wall doesn't reach the spot, closing down emotionally causes inner demons to surface, asking for help creates rumours, being in a sea of people but being alone, sometimes life just sucks..."
There is another interested party revealed this past week for TNA Wrestling, None other than Broken Matt Hardy! He said on Twitter "I am interested in purchasing @IMPACTWRESTLING if the owners will sell to me. I would inject my #BROKENBrilliance into every iota of it. If I buy, 1st move is to DELETE the OBSOLETE TNA acronym. The poor play on words retards the brand from reaching its full potential. #TND."Whether this is Broken Matt winding up the fans, Keeping up Kayfabe, Or a serious revelation from the Broken One, This could throw a spanner in the works of companies future. Aswell as this shocker of an announcement comes the revelation of Total Non-stop Deletion, That promises to top trump The Final Deletion, Delete or Decay and The Great War. Total Nonstop Deletion will be a special episode of TNA IMPACT Wrestling, That will take place at Broken Matt's home in North Carolina, That will feature The Hardy's defending their World Tag Team Titles against Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett of The Helms Dynasty, Rosemary of Decay defending her Knockouts Championship, King Maxxel's TNA wrestling debut, and an 'Apocalypto Tag Team Match' that will feature Tag Teams outside of TNA work the match. Matt has already booked three teams outside of TNA for the match, and has Invited The New Day from WWE and The Young Bucks from ROH, In exchange for a Broken Matt appearance at both WWE and ROH.
The former KENTA, Hideo Itami has once again been put back on the shelf with another injury, This time to his neck. Itami, Who has been no longer than 6 months back in the ring, Suffered an injured neck during an NXT Live event in Largo on 1st October, After taking a botched powerslam from Prospect Riddick Moss. Its currently unknown how long Hideo will be out for or if he will require surgery or not. - Women's Wrestling Legend Mickie James, who is a member of the ORIGINAL Women's Wrestling revolution in WWE alongside the likes of Gail Kim, Lita, Beth Phoenix, Melina and the late great Chyna Will be returning to WWE in a Women's Championship match, But not for RAW, Or SmackDown for that matter, As "Hardcore Country" will be challenging Asuka for the NXT Women's championship at the NXT Takeover PPV in Toronto. - Roderick Strong has been revealed as Austin Aries' mystery partner in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tourney this past week. Strong will be a member of the NXT brand.
The odds sadly of Tyson Kidd returning to in-ring competition are extremely low. His condition is not promising for a ring return. Tyson, After having the neck surgery, Was supposed to have feeling back in his head by now, but Kidd said on Twitter that that is not the case; "I can't feel my head or move my head the way I used to, but EVERY day I'm focused on my recovery". Bruce Hart, Revealed that the current feeling among family and friends are that Tyson won't ever wrestle again, Despite Kidd not making any announcement as of yet. For those uninformed to the situation with Kidd's injury, He Wrestled a Dark match against Samoa Joe on 1st June 2016, And had his neck broken and spine damaged from taking the Samoa Joe Muscle Buster. The Wrestling Observer revealed the scene backstage when it happened; The entire situation backstage that night was far worse than has ever come out, and that people backstage were "scared to death" over what happened.
In Other News, 2016 TNA Hall of Famer Gail Kim, has had to relinquish her newly won Knockouts Championship that she won from Maria at Bound For Glory due to a back injury that she endured at the first set of TNA Taping's. - Luke Harper made his WWE TV return on SmackDown, To aid Bray Wyatt against Randy Orton at No Mercy, But Harper wasn't originally planned to compete on the Blue brand, as he was redrafted after Erick Rowan suffered an injury, Thus leading to a Bray-Harper reunion. - WWE will be releasing a new Superstar themed DVD set featuring WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Diamond Dallas Page [DDP]. The set will feature all new interview content. - Alberto El Patron is heading for ROH and TNA. The Multi-time World Champion and International Superstar revealed on ESPN during an interview that he will be making an appearance in TNA, And will be returning to ROH, Where he enjoyed working; "I already talked to my friends from Ring of Honor, and I'm a big fan of that company and their talent. I had a blast a few years ago, and I'm going to have fun with all those guys again pretty soon, as well as doing something with my friends in TNA, especially because my friend Drew McIntyre [Galloway] works for them. I have other friends like Damien [Sandow, a.k.a Aron Rex] and Cody Rhodes. I'm just looking forward to doing an appearance with them pretty soon." El Patron also talked about WWE trying to split he and Girlfriend Paige up; "To be honest, I don't care what they say or what they try to do. We are together, and we are happy. I know a lot of people are not happy, but regardless of whatever people say, we can be happy. We can be together. And we are going to stay together because we are happy." Speaking of Alberto, He has revealed that he is the President of Combate Americas. Alberto stated that he agreed to the position it as soon as it was offered to him by CEO Campbell McLaren. Alberto said that he will continue to wrestle part-time, "Once a week", while working to make a big success of the company. - Braun Strowman, at the moment is planned to be the man that will be first stepping stone of current NXT star Samoa Joe when he is called up onto the Main Roster.
Former ECW, WCW and WWE star, and Wrestling Legend Perry Saturn, Has been forced to set up a Gofundme page in order to raise a goal of $100,000 for treatment for his deteriorating condition. Mr Saturn has been through the wars lately fro the concussions that he endured through out his Wrestling career. Perry made the following tweets on his current condition; "It's been a long time since my last tweet. I've been dealing with health issues. I have T.B.I. from all the concussions from wrestling. Unfortunately I'm rapidly being overwhelmed by my health issues. So I'm asking for help from anyone who can. Please go to my Go Fund Me Page. I always hear God moves in mysterious ways. I now know, just because I don't agree with it, doesn't mean it's not the right plan for me. It's really hard to accept the fact you need help. It's even harder to ask for help. Thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. God Bless." The campaign has received over $8,000 of contributions, Including a $5,000 pledge by Chris Jericho, Longtime friend of Saturn (Jericho recently donated $3,000 to Rico Constantino, Who is also going through similar health problems to Saturn). We wish Mr Saturn nothing but the very best and our thoughts are with him and his family. Perry's GoFundMe Page description reads; "Perry Saturn is known the world over as one of the best sports entertainers of the 20th and 21st century. He's been a part of ECW, WCW and the WWE. That kind of entertainment over a 25 year career has taken a significant toll. Perry is dealing with a grade "serious" traumatic brain injury, which causes the following problems: 1) Almost constant headaches - 2) Sensitivity to light - 3) Brain fog - losing time, basically - 4) Inability to drive or work - 5) Dementia. Perry is in a position to get good medical care, but he's strapped financially. He can't work and his wife Lisa is a full time caregiver, essentially. They live within driving distance of his care but they need money to pay living expenses, medical bills, and to arrange reliable transportation that can make it through the winter.This seems like a lofty goal, we know - but keep in mind each MRI is $2,500, each test is $1,000 - the money flows fast and in the wrong direction. These are wonderful people who have hit hard times. If you can help, please do. If Perry has entertained you, please give a little back. Help spread the word!"
NJPW Star Michael Elgin last Thursday underwent surgery for an injury he sustained at NJPW King of Pro Wrestling event on 10/10, During an Eight Man Tag Team match against Los Ingobernables de Japon. Elgin released a video about his injury, In the video he said; "New Japan's a huge company, and they wanted me to get it looked at, I mean, it was the right thing because it's called a blowout fracture of the orbital bone, and basically the bottom of your orbital here [points to eye in the video] gets fractured, and a lot of the tissue that holds your eye into place is coming through the fracture." This has lead to NJPW replacing Elgin in the IWGP IC Championship match at Power Struggle with Jay Lethal. - Regarding the Deal that has been signed by Bill Goldberg for a WWE match at Survivor Series against Brock Lesnar, The deal was only finalised about a week ago, Says Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer. He also notes that the deal is for one match at the Survivor Series PPV, But a second match would depend on how his match with Lesnar goes down, especially as Goldberg's past fan receptions in Toronto, Canada, [Where this years SS will take place] have been poor, And with the possibility of a second fan hijacking happening again, This could very well be Goldberg's first match in over a decade, and Goldberg's final match also. - As featured in last weeks newsletter, The Chris Benoit Biopic has itself a new director, and the wheels are now in motion once again. The film will be produced by Alex A. Ginzburg, Tony Lee of "Let It Play" and executive produced by Ram Getz and Matthew Randazzo, Who wrote the book Ring of Hell: The Chris Benoit story and the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry. The script will be written by Jake Goldberger and Sarah Coulter, and will be based on Randazzo's book. Via The Wrestling Observer, Someone who was once involved with the movie, Said that it was originally going to be loosely based on Irv Muchnick's book about the Murders, but plans changed, and now the movie will be based on the book wrote by Randazzo. Industry giant William Morris Endeavor (WME), who is involved with the CB movie, suggested that the film have scenes that will feature Kevin Sullivan, Of whom is a key part of Conspiracy theorys on the Deaths of the Benoit's. WME also suggested that they have late wrestler Johnny Grunge, perhaps scripted as Benoit's best friend, be the one who found Eddie Guerrero's body in his hotel room after a WWE WrestleMania event at Madison Square Garden. However, In reality, Eddie's body was found by his nephew Chavo Guerrero before a TV taping in Minnesota. Another idea from WME featured Sullivan breaking into the Benoit household, Which would inject speculation that Sullivan was involved. As one could imagine, WWE are not pleased to say the least that this movie is going through, as they have spent the past decade ignoring the Benoit case, and also the movie would show drug usage, Steroid usage, and CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), Which would lead to alot of unwanted eyes on WWE.
WEEKLY SHOW RESULTS AND PPV RESULTS
WWE RAW - Episode Aired: 10/10/2016
The show starts with an In-ring segment feat New RAW Women's champion, Sasha Banks. A Challenge is presented to Charlotte for the Rematch she is owed inside Hell in a Cell at the PPV. She accepts. An Altercation with Rusev, Lana, Roman Reigns, Charlotte and Sasha leads to a Tag Match being made for later tonight. / New Day Segment. KOFI KINGSTON DEFEATED CESARO, More tension between Sheamus and Cesaro as they look to compete for the Tag Team titles at Hell in a Cell against New Day. / Mick Foley books Sasha Banks and Roman Reigns vs Charlotte and Rusev for tonight. / BAYLEY DEFEATED CAMI FIELDS, After the match, Bayley is attacked by Dana Brooke on the stage as she was celebrating. / Backstage segment with Chris Jericho on the phone followed by an R-Truth comedy moment. / SIN CARA & LINCE DORADO DEFEATED DREW GULAK & TONY NESE / Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon in-ring segment. They hype Hell in a Cell PPV coming up. They announce That Sasha versus Charlotte for the women's title will take place inside of Hell in a Cell, As will Kevin Owens Versus Seth Rollins. Owens along with Jericho come out and a confrontation between the two and Management takes place. This leads to a proposition being made, If Jericho defeats Seth Rollins tonight, He will be added to the title match at HIAC. / SAMI ZAYN & NEVILLE DEFEATED CURTIS AXEL & BO DALLAS, (Notes: Social Outcasts were Originally supposed to be against Enzo and Cass, But Anderson and Gallows took them out prior to the match.) R-TRUTH (W/GOLDUST) DEFEATED TITUS O'NEIL / Backstage segment with TJ Perkins and Brian Kendrick in the locker room. Ends with Kendrick being floored by TJ after an attack by Kendrick was thwarted. / HANDICAP 2-ON-1 MATCH - BRAUN STROWMAN DEFEATED THE SPLASH BROTHERS, Braun after the match in an interview is still not satisfied with Foley's challenge. / ROMAN REIGNS & SASHA BANKS DEFEATED CHARLOTTE & RUSEV (W/LANA) / In-ring segment with Paul Heyman. A challenge is issued on behalf of Brock Lesnar to Goldberg. / Emma will return as Emmalina, A return promo is aired. /TJ PERKINS DEFEATED ARIYA DAIVARI, A confrontation between Kendrick and Perkins after the contest. / Goldberg in a tweet, Reveals he'll be at RAW next week to answer Heyman's challenge. / IF JERICHO WINS, HE'S ADDED TO THE HELL IN A CELL UNIVERSAL TITLE MATCH - SETH ROLLINS DEFEATED CHRIS JERICHO, (Match Notes: Kevin Owens tried to help Y2J, But wasn't successful), After the bout, Owens and Y2J try to beat down Rollins, But he fights back. Owens and Rollins stare down one another as Rollins hits a Pedigree on the fallen Y2J in the ring.
WWE SMACKDOWN - Episode Aired: 11/09/2016
The show starts with an In-ring segment with the new WWE Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler. Miz and Maryse make an appearance, Mourning the death of the IC title. Miz isn't finished with Ziggler, Neither are the Spirit Squad. / 2-ON-1 HANDICAP MATCH - DOLPH ZIGGLER DEFEATED THE SPIRIT SQUAD (KENNY & MIKEY), After the match, Miz and The Squad beat down Dolph. Rhyno and Slater make the save. / The commentary team talk about Becky Lynch's injury that is preventing her from competing. Its revealed that Becky will defend her title against Alexa Bliss at the 8th November SmackDown from Glasgow, Scotland. / Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon issue three 5-on-5 Survivor Series matches for the Survivor Series PPV. One mens, and one women's and one tag teams, To see who is the best. / NAOMI DEFEATED CARMELLA, (Match Note: Nikki Bella heading to ringside distracted Carmella, Allowing Naomi to pick up the win.) / A backstage interview with Alexa Bliss, Who runs down Naomi, Leads to Daniel Bryan booking Naomi versus Bliss for next week's SmackDown. / JIMMY USO DEFEATED CHAD GABLE / Backstage tension between the Hype Bro's, and a staredown with The Ascension. / an in-ring victory speech By AJ Styles. This leads to AJ issuing an open challenge. Ambrose comes out and mentions that he is not finished with AJ, But he has an opponent for him, James Elsworth. Daniel Bryan comes out and makes the Non Title match official with Ambrose as Guest referee. / NON-TITLE MATCH, SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: DEAN AMBROSE - JAMES ELSWORTH DEFEATED AJ STYLES, (Match Notes: Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds on AJ and dragged Elsworth on-top of AJ and counted the pin.) / Backstage, Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan mock AJ for losing to James, And Bryan hypes an idea for Elsworth next week. / A Disturbed Randy Orton, recruits Kane to help him tackle the Wyatt Family tonight. Even Kane says Randy has issues. / THE WYATT FAMILY (BRAY WYATT & LUKE HARPER) DEFEATED RANDY ORTON & KANE, (Match Notes: The lights go out and Kane has vanished. The Wyatt's take advantage of a confused Orton.)
WWE NXT - Episode Aired: 12/10/2016
The show starts with an in-ring match. / DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC ROUND ONE MATCH - SANITY (ALEXANDER WOLFE & SAWYER FULTON) (W/MASKED MAN & WOMAN) DEFEATED BOBBY ROODE & TYE DILLINGER, (Match Note: Bobby Roode abandoned Tye during the match.), After the match, SAnitY Beats down Dillinger, And the two masked stars are revealed to be Nikki Storm and Eric Young. / Bobby Roode is asked backstage about leaving his partner earlier in their match, He responds by saying that if Dillinger was hurt "that's on him". / BILLIE KAY (W/PEYTON ROYCE) DEFEATED LIV MORGAN /DUSTY RHODES TAG TEAM CLASSIC ROUND ONE MATCH - TM-61 (SHANE TAYLOR & NICK MILLER) DEFEATED TINO SABBATELLI & RIDDICK MOSS / BLAKE VERSUS MURPHY ENDS IN A NO CONTEST, (Match Note: Samoa Joe ran in and attacked Murphy to end the match. Then Joe is attacked by Blake, But it didn't work and Joe flattened him. Joe Calls out Regal, He says time is up, Bring me Nakamura or the NXT title. Then Nakamura, Who is dressed in a Neck Brace heads out to the stage. Then takes off the brace, and charges the ring and the fight is on. They fight to the point of security having to break them up. They are separated, But both Joe and Nakamura fight the security. Then they return to the ring and Nakamura gets the upper hand with the Kinshasa on Joe, And stands tall to end the show.
Episode Aired: 10/10/2016
ROH FIELD OF HONOR
Kevin Kelly and Steve Corino are joined by ROH TV Champion, Bobby Fish for the following match-up.KYLE O'REILLY DEFEATED KATSUYORI SHIBATA, (Match Notes: The NJPW Referee Tiger Hattori stops the match after Shibata refused to tap out as he couldn't escape the hold.) / RING OF HONOR TV MAIN EVENT - FOUR CORNER SURVIVAL MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - ADAM COLE (c) DEFEATED JAY LETHAL, TETSUYA NAITO AND HIROSHI TANAHASHI (STILL CHAMPION)
LUCHA UNDERGROUND - Episode Aired: 12/10/2016
The show starts with Dragon Azteca backstage, He is attacked by Chavo Guerrero with a Chair. Chavo reminds Azteca that his Dad kicked the Original Azteca's ass. Rey Mysterio see's Azteca is down after Chavo leaves and ponders who did this, and realises it was Chavo. He shouts Chavo's name! / In the Temple, Matt Striker and Vampiro announce that El Dragon Azteca versus Pentagon Dark is the main event match tonight. Matt and Vampiro are unaware that Azteca has been taken out by Chavo. / FAMOUS B & DR WAGNER JR (W/NURSE BRENDA) DEFEATED SON OF HAVOC & MASCARITA SAGRADA / The White Rabbit vignette airs again. In the woods, A voice that says "How long is forever".... "Sometimes forever is just one second" The Rabbit is shown again, Then a graphic of the words "Tick, Tock, They'll be here soon" airs. / Matt Striker finds out that Azteca has been injured, and questions the main event match happening. He also reveals that Dario will spin his Dial of Doom that results in a Title shot against his brother Matanza. / GIFT OF THE GODS CHAMPIONSHIP - SEXY STAR (c) DEFEATED JACK EVANS, (Match Notes: PJ Black came out and distracted the referee whilst Johnny Mundo came in and attacked Sexy. Fenix came out to even the odds.) / In Dario Cueto's Office, Dario is with Chavo. Dario on the phone gets word that Azteca is still in hospital, and will not be in the Temple tonight. Chavo is killing himself laughing because he thinks he will replace Azteca in the main event against Pentagon Dark. Rey comes into the office and says that there will be a new main event here tonight, Him versus Chavo! Rey vows to get vengeance for Azteca, as Chavo plays innocent to the whole affair. As Chavo goes to leave, he tries to blindside Rey, But Rey foresaw his attack. Then Rey responds to Chavo's "25 years of Friendship" comment, by saying that after 25 years, He is used to Chavo's under handed tactics. Dario is enjoying seeing this, And then books a three way between Chavo, Rey and Pentagon. / MAIN EVENT - TRIPLE THREAT MATCH - PENTAGON DARK DEFEATED REY MYSTERIO AND CHAVO GUERRERO, After the match, Pentagon tried to break Rey's arm, but Rey counters and throws Pentagon out of the ring, But Chavo comes in and attacks Rey with a steel chair. He then ties Rey to the tree of woe and continues to attack Rey's surgically repaired knee with the chair to end the show.
TNA IMPACT WRESTLING - Episode Aired: 13/10/2016
The show starts with New World Champion Eddie Edwards in the Impact Zone. He cuts a passionate speech on his journey and his win over Lashley. He proclaims to be a fighting champion and prove that his win wasn't a fluke. Lashley came out and beat down Edwards. He then wants a referee out for his rematch, He then goes to hit Edwards with a chair but EC3 and Moose make the save. / A confrontation between The Tribunal and Aiden O'Shea backstage. Aiden on behalf of Corgan, He tells them to Impress Corgan and management as they are on the bubble in TNA. / Backstage interview by Jeremy Borash with Billy Corgan. He says that because of his actions, Lashley's title rematch has been taken away from him. He will face the winner of a match later tonight of Corgan's doing. / IMPACT GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP - ARON REX (c) DEFEATED JESSIE GODDERZ (STILL CHAMPION), (Match Scorecard - R1 & R2: All 3 judges 10-9 for Godderz / R3: Rex pins Godderz to Win the match.) / Backstage segment, Bobby Lashley is asked by Aiden O'Shea what happened in Billy's office, Lashley reveals that he and Corgan have made a comprimise. He says two guys are in for a surprise tonight. / Backstage Segment with the Now Broken Hardy's. Matt and Nero bury the past, and celebrate as they move on together into a new Broken Era. / Maria isn't happy with Allie as she finds out that she must face Gail Kim alone in the No DQ match tonight as Sienna and Laurel are banned from ringside. / Lashley interrupts a conversation between Moose and EC3, and Informs them that they will face one another tonight in the main event, and the winner faces Lashley next week. / In-ring segment [Celebration] with The Broken Hardy's. They proclaim to be the greatest Tag Team in all of Space and time. Matt has a premonition that new challengers for their tag titles will be revealed tonight. Then Baron Dax and Basille Baraka [The Tribunal] run in and blindside the Hardy's. They floor the champions. / CODY (W/BRANDI RHODES) DEFEATED "THE MIRACLE" MIKE BENNETT (W/MARIA KANELLIS BENNETT) / Promo from Marshe Rockett, The newest member of The Helms Dynasty. / X-DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP - DJZ (c) DEFEATED MARSHE ROCKETT (STILL CHAMPION)/ Backstage, Maria with Allie and Mike Bennett are furious about how TNA has been screwing them over since the beginning. / Madison Rayne joins the Commentary Team for this match. NO DQ MATCH FOR THE KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP (PLUS, IF MARIA LOSES, SHE IS NO LONGER THE LEADER OF THE KNOCKOUTS) - GAIL KIM (c) DEFEATED MARIA KANELLIS BENNETT (STILL CHAMPION) / Backstage confrontation between EC3 and Eli Drake, After Eli interrupted an EC3 interview. / Josh Mathews and The Pope at ringside, Run down the Main event until they are cut off by an interruption that changes the screen over to a Black and White screen with a clock rapidly ticking down. Three masked men are sitting around a table. All done up in black suits and white ties, With white masks on. The Letters DCC appear. The masked man says "their detractors will have you believe that they are just another form of anti-establishmentarianism". He says they are not wearing masks to hide their identities but to show that they will make a stand in Impact Wrestling. A quote from Martin Luther King Jr, is shown on screen; "The thing that we need most in the world today is a group of men and women who will stand up for right and be opposed to wrong, wherever it is. A group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong, whether they're never caught up with. And some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not". / MAIN EVENT - MOOSE DEFEATED ETHAN CARTER III (Note: The winner of next weeks match between Moose and Lashley will determine a new Number one contender for Eddie Edwards' World Championship.), After the match, The show ends with Lashley heading to the ring for a stareoff with the winner Moose.
OTHER SHOWS RESULTS AND PPV RESULTS
Promotion: EVOLVE
Event: 70
Date: 15/10/2016
Location: Dr. Smith Neighbourhood Centre, Orlando, Florida
Darby Allin Defeated Anthony Henry
Nathan Cruz Defeated Jason Kincaid
Fred Yehi Defeated Dustin
Tag Team Match
The Gatekeepers Defeated Bunk and Funk
EVOLVE CHAMPIONSHIP
Timothy Thatcher (c) Defeated Ethan Page (w/The Gatekeepers) (Still Champion)
Zack Sabre Jr. Defeated Tracy Williams
Chris Hero Defeated Drew Gulak
After the Match, Drew Galloway came out and praised the heel Hero, and belittled Riddle. Galloway blamed Riddle for injuring him which has kept him out of Wrestling for six weeks [Most notably his Bound for Glory match with Aron Rex]. Then Galloway says that he brought back the first ever Evolve champion to take on Riddle tonight, AR Fox!
Matt Riddle Defeated AR Fox
After the Match, Dustin ran out and attacked Riddle. He double Teamed Riddle with Fox until Catch Point made the save for Matt Riddle. Galloway and his team escaped the ring, Then Drew Gulak cut a promo on Catch Point being about respect. And then a reunion of Catch Point with Tracy Williams and Matt Riddle ended the show as they held the ring.
Promotion: What Culture Pro Wrestling
Event: Loaded #12
Date: 15/10/2016
Location: Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
INAUGURAL WCPW INTERNET CHAMPIONSHIP (Vacant)
El Ligero Defeated Travis Banks and Alberto El Patron (New Champion)
(El Ligero will forever be known as the first ever Internet Champion)
Eight Man Tag Team Match
Los Perspectiva & El Hijo de Gracie Defeated Gabriel Kidd, Prince Ameen, Johnny Moss & Liam Slater
4-on-1 Handicap Match
The Primate Defeated Simon Miller's Academy Team
Promotion: NJPW
Event: King of Pro Wrestling 2016
Date: 10/10/2016
Location: Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo Japan
Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi & Will Ospreay Defeated The Bullet Club (Adam Cole, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi)
Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Bobby Fish Defeated Toru Yano, Jado, Repongi Vice (Barreta & Romero)
Go Shiozaki, Maybach Taniguchi, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya Defeated Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi
IWGP JR HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Young Bucks (c) Defeated Ricochet & David Finlay (Still Champions)
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Guerilla's of Destiny Defeated The Briscoes (c) (New Champions)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kushida, Michael Elgin & Jay Lethal Defeated Los Ingobernables (Bushi, Evil, Sanada & Tetsuya Naito
NEVER OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Katsoyori Shibata (c) Defeated Kyle O'Reilly (Still Champion)
WRESTLEKINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE SPOT ON THE LINE
Kenny Omega (Title Match Holder) Defeated Hirooki Goto
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Kazuchika Okada (c) Defeated Naomichi Marafuji (Still Champion)
After the match, Gedo called out Challenger Kenny Omega to meet the Champion Okada face to face. Kenny Cuts a promo on how Okada has been the blue eyed boy, and how Gedo has given him everything. He says that Okada is the face of NJPW, But at WresteKingdom, he will defeat Okada, Take his title and make him his b***h.
WRESTLER INTERVIEWS
TWO MAN POWER TRIP INTERVIEWS... BRUNO SAMMARTINO
How is his current relationship with WWE and Vince McMahon:
"It's very good. I congratulate Vince for the changes that he made. I really think that is great but more than that I think my goodness in my day we had those boxing rings, that were like concrete and when I look at my peers and the guys that are still around they are all crippled up. Now, Vince made these changes to these rings and they don't have the steel posts underneath they have springs and it has a lot of give and more padding on the ring which is great."
Some of the other major improvements that impress him the most:
"He has done a lot to protect the guys and when somebody gets hurt from everything I know that I've been told he picks up the tab for all of them because a lot of them don't have insurance. I respect that. When I complained about the steroids and the nudity and all that stuff, I was strong in criticising it. But you have to be fair and with everything that I see now that he has done and the money that these guys make compared to what we did (laughs) in my day, I have to say he brought it to where the talent can really be on the same level as other athletes."
Paul “Triple H” Leveqsue being the bridge that brought both sides back together and seeing Vince for the first time in nearly twenty years:
"With Paul Leveqsue and the conversations we have had I've found him to be a straight shooter and everything he said with me he kept his word 100%. I respect that so very much and I am grateful though because if he had not initiated it and he is the one who called me and with everything we discussed he has been 100%. When I met Vince for the first time at the Garden after all those years, he was very cordial with me coming back and he shook my and said Bruno, it is great to have you back and I feel like you are back where you belong or something to that affect but he could not have been nicer and kinder and I appreciate it all."
Selling out the famed Madison Square Garden one more time with his Hall of Fame induction:
"Because we were on last, the show was supposed to be over at 10:30pm and by the time I came out there it was five after eleven. I am not a guy who can write speeches and when I speak I speak from the heart, I just say what I feel and what I believe in. I felt that I was cut a little short because there were other people that I wanted to acknowledge that I didn't but I felt that I touched on it pretty good about my life and my beginning and more or less how I got here (to that night). People treated me great and I've heard a lot of good comments so I guess I must have come off pretty good because I received a lot of letters and mail telling me how much they loved it."
TWO MAN POWER TRIP INTERVIEWS... ROBBIE E
Thoughts looking back at Bound for Glory:
"It's the biggest pay per view of the year and it was great from top to bottom. Everyone always works their asses off. The crowd was magical and electric and the building was rocking. It is cool because everyone always has their best gear on and it was a special night for a lot of people."
What is the vibe amongst the TNA locker room with all of the rumours and the speculation of its future dominating the headlines:
"Just what it has always been. I think people think wrestlers read the internet more than they actually do. Maybe some do but I'm just not a wrestler who does stuff like that. I don't do like "internet stuff" so I look at it all differently than other people do. I think mood is always awesome at TNA. Why wouldn't it be? We are getting paid to be wrestlers and we all live in nice houses and drive nice cars (at least I do) and why wouldn't we all be in a good mood?"
The rumours of TNA imminently closing:
"The thing is do you know when I'll worry about when TNA closes? When TNA closes. Until then, who cares? Over the past six years every other month people are saying it is closing and why are you saying this? The thing is in 2016 I guess it's just cool because it's not just TNA it is just what people do in general and it is be negative and it is cool for them to do. People just bash stuff and be negative and that sucks."
Does it bother him that people continually try to bury TNA:
"No, because if they are talking it is better than if they are not talking. Let them bury you at least the name TNA is coming out of their mouth. They may not realise it but they are actually helping us by talking about it."
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Through The Ropes Newsletter Issue #12 - Monday 17th October 2016
Written By the Through The Ropes Team / Next Issue: Monday 24th October 2016
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