Kurt Angle has announced that the upcoming TNA Maximum Impact Tour in the United Kingdom in January will be his retirement tour.
“Good things come to an end and my career is coming to an end. I’ve had a great career, I’ve enjoyed every single second of it from WWE to TNA. I’m just glad I’m going to do it here in the UK,” Angle said while doing media tours in England to promote the tour.
TNA will hold three live events – in Manchester on January 29, in London on January 30, and in Birmingham on January 31 – all of which will be Impact television tapings.
Angle had already announced that his contract with TNA expires in the beginning of the year and he would not be signing a new one.
You can see the video of Angle announcing his retirement below.
TNA and Multi Screen Media announced that the TNA tour of India has been postponed and will be scheduled for an unspecified date in 2016.
There were supposed to be three live events in Mumbai on December 2, 3, and 4, with the last show being a One Night Only show broadcasting live in India.
“The postponement is primarily due to logistical issues around the timing of the event,” the press release announcing the cancellation of the tour states.
TNA made a huge deal out of the India announcement last month with a press event which included Ethan Carter III, Rebel, and Mahabali Shera appearing on behalf of TNA and former WWE champion Dalip “The Great Khali” Singh also present to announce his new working relationship with the company.
“We are also proud of the relationships we are forming with our fans across India and we are honored to travel our incredible roster to India for three historic global live events emanating from Mahabali Shera’s home,” said TNA President Dixie Carter at the time.
A large group of individuals were supposed to leave to India later this weekend but everyone was informed via e-mail that the tour is off. Those who were going to work the shows are still going to be paid.
The yearly post-WrestleMania tour of the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Northern Ireland was announced yesterday by WWE with Superstars and Divas performing in 10 shows over the span of 8 days.
Monday Night Raw and Smackdown tapings will also be held during this tour, this time with London getting the nod with tapings at the O2 Arena on both nights.
The tour starts on April 16 with a stop in Birmingham at the Barclaycard Arena. On April 17 it’s Nottingham’s turn with a show at the Nottingham Capital FM Arena. Two TV tapings on April 18 and 19 with Raw and Smackdown in London at the O2 Arena while on April 19 there will also be a second show up in Manchester at the Manchester Arena. Two shows on April 20 with one in Newcastle at the Newcastle Metro Arena and the other at The SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On April 21 it’s one show at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, followed by Sheffield on April 22 at the Sheffield Arena, and the last stop in Glasgow, Scotland, at The SSE Hydro on April 23.
Interesting enough the Superstars being used to promote this tour for marketing are Sheamus, Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, and the Dudley Boyz.
Brad Maddox received his pink slip yesterday as WWE confirmed that the 31 year old is no longer under WWE contract.
“WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Brad Maddox as of Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. WWE wishes Maddox the best in all of his future endeavors,” the statement on WWE.COM reads.
Maddox has been with WWE since 2010, first signing a developmental deal and working for Florida Championship Wrestling during the days when the likes of Seth Rollins, Bo Dallas, and Bray Wyatt where working there. In 2012, he made his WWE debut as a referee and during the Hell In A Cell match between Punk and Ryback, he interfered on Punk’s behalf.
In 2013, after first being given the on-screen role of Assistant Raw Managing Supervisor, he was promoted to Raw General Manager after Vickie Guerrero was “fired.” He was absent from WWE television for the most of 2014 and in mid 2015 he appeared on Raw again, teaming up with Adam Rose. His last match came on the November 21 episode of Main Event where he teamed up with Rose to lose to The Usos.
He was also the man who The Undertaker tombstoned during the surprise appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon a couple of weeks ago.
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“The therapy sessions are really brutal, a lot worse than I expected them to be,” Rollins said, adding that he’s living a life which is a complete 180 of what he lived before.
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You can see the video of Rollins at the rehab center where he gives additional comments on his progress below.
Ever since ESPN has announced a partnership with WWE to bring a WWE segment every Tuesday to ESPN SportsCenter, anchor Jonathan Coachman has answered to hundreds of questions regarding the deal on his Twitter account.
Yesterday a fan asked if it was true that WWE is paying for the air time on ESPN SportsCenter, an allegation that Coachman shot down, calling it “absolutely false.” He said that it was his idea “to do for people to simply enjoy what I also enjoy. Again someone assuming.“
Fans has mainly criticized the segments as just promotion for WWE rather than tackling the real news such as injuries, ratings, and other stuff that is usually covered by wrestling websites.
Coach, a former WWE employee, has said that he’s not returning to WWE full time as ESPN is his home and will be for the next 30 years but he is loyal to WWE as well.
ESPN is apparently in the process of adding more WWE stuff to its website and adding more coverage although Coach said that things take time but the segment will evolve into something bigger.
NXT star Sam Johnston, better known to wrestling fans as Solomon Crowe, has departed the company after he asked for his release.
Crowe signed a developmental deal with WWE back in mid 2013 and later that year he debuted his hacker gimmick although he never made it on television until January 2015. At the end of August 2015, he was joined by Seth Rollins’ girlfriend Zahra Schreiber who played the character of his younger sister.
Prior to joining WWE, Crowe was known on the indy circuit as Sami Callihan and wrestled for Combat Zone Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor, and other promotions.
Crowning a new WWE champion did nothing to spark interest in Monday Night Raw as the post-Survivor Series episode did an average of 2,964,000 viewers, down 328,000 viewers from last week which had a Divas contract signing as the main event.
Hour one started with 3,190,000 viewers, and then dropped to 2,990,000 in the second hour before going down even more to 2,712,000 in the third and final hour. From hour one to hour three Raw lost a whopping 478,000 viewers.
Raw has not fallen below the 3 million average viewership in nearly two decades and it’s a new record low for a non-holiday episode. (Ratings credit: ShowBuzzDaily.com)
Tickets for the Raw after WrestleMania 32 will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, December 5 at 10AM CST on Ticketmaster.com.
An Internet-only pre-sale will be held on December 4 starting at 10AM CST and will run till 10PM PST. Ticket prices range from $25 to $125 and this event is expected to sell out in no time due to the huge presence of International fans as well as the show having a reputation of being the rowdiest and craziest Raw of the year.
Raw after Mania takes place on April 4 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. (Thanks to Twitter user @Tbone2373 for the heads up!)
The main event for the TLC pay-per-view was announced last night on Monday Night Raw with WWE World Heavyweight champion Sheamus defending his new gold against the 5 minute former champion Roman Reigns.
This match for the title will be a tables, ladders, and chairs match, a first for Sheamus while the second one for Reigns. Reigns, as part of The Shield, participated in his first TLC match during the 2012 pay-per-view taking on Daniel Bryan, Kane, and Ryback.
The show will take place on December 13 – just 3 weeks away – from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Video footage from the August 31 incident at the WWE Performance Center where a man was shot outside the property was released for the first time by NBC affiliate WESH 2 Orlando.
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Monday Night Raw TV Report for November 23rd, 2015 – “No ‘Tender Love, and Care’ Here!”
Introduction Segment: Video Promo
A still-picture and video recap of Survivor Series is shown, where Roman Reigns won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for a few minutes, until Sheamus cashed in his Money In The Bank briefcase and became a four-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion, as well as aligning himself with Triple H.
Segment #2: Welcoming and Arena Promo
Michael Cole greets us from Nashville and The Authority’s music plays. Triple H and Stephanie walk out, and both are happy because they have “their man” on there side, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus. HHH goes on about how Roman was given a chance to take the easy road and just join The Authority, but instead he didn’t and then Speared “The Game” at the end of Survivor Series. Triple H asks for Sheamus to come out, so he does.
Microphone in hand, the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion revels in his latest accomplishment; even the fans chanting “you look stupid” does not bother him. He goes on about telling the people that he “was one Brogue Kick away from becoming WWE World Heavyweight Champion.” Sheamus holds the title high, continuing to brag and hugs Steph and HHH.
Roman Reigns interrupts and demands his automatic rematch; Steph denies his request since he attacked her spouse last night. Roman challenges Triple H and they stare-down while Stephanie backs away. “The Game” informs Reigns that he will get his rematch, when the C.O.O. decides, not tonight. From the corner, Rusev enters and superkicks Roman! Sheamus follows with a Brogue Kick, then he, Rusev, Steph, and HHH stand on the stage. Triple H announces that the WWE World Heavyweight Championship rematch will happen at the TLC show on December 13th. They will compete in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. Meanwhile tonight, Roman will have to face Rusev!
Segment #3: Video Promo
Still-photos The Undertaker and Kane’s match with The Wyatt Family at Survivor Series is shown; “The Brothers Of Destruction” were supreme!
Up next, Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper will take on The Dudley Boyz!
Commercials.
Match #1: Tag-Team – The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) VS. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper) (with Wyatt Family members Braun Strowman and Erik Rowan)
Prior to the bell, a video is shown of Bray threatening vicious harm to The Dudleyz. Luke starts out and dominates for a bit until Bubba whips him and boots him. He tags in D-Von, and the “brothers” double-flapjack Luke. Bray pulls Harper out for a break.
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Bray is now controlling over D-Von, harshly clotheslining him in the corner. He continues the punishment until he misses a running senton. D-Von makes the hot-tag and Bubba is all over Luke! He punches away then one-arm slams him, but is distracted by the rest of The Family and given a big clothesline! Harper covers for the victory!
Winners via Pinfall: The Wyatt Family
Post-match, Rowan, Strowman, and Wyatt continue the assault.
Commercials.
Segment #4: Video Promo
A compilation of the new video game, WWE 2K16, is aired.
Segment #5: Video Promo
Clips of The Undertaker’s career from the last twenty-five years, mixed in with JBL’s interviews with Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H, is featured.
Team B.A.D. make their entrance as Sasha Banks will be wrestling, next!
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Match #2: Single – Sasha Banks (with Team B.A.D. partners Tamina and Naomi) VS. Becky Lynch
They lockup and throw each other, then engage again and Sasha gets the advantage. She pounds away then rubs Becky’s face into the canvas. Lynch pushes back, but is dropped by Sasha’s knees in the corner. She continues to use the ropes to punish Becky, then Tamina slaps Lynch as Banks got the referee’s attention.
Sasha clamps on a surfboard, but Lynch fights back. She hits a couple clotheslines then a calf-kick. She tosses Banks with a t-bone suplex. Sasha puts her down again, but Becky traps her in her Disarmer hold. B.A.D. distracts again, allowing Banks to roll-up and hook the tights for the 1 – 2 – 3!
Winner via Pinfall: Sasha Banks (with Team B.A.D. partners Tamina and Naomi)
Segment #6: Video Promo
Paige yells from backstage and appears on the Titantron. She argues with Cole over the finish of the Divas Championship match, where she debates Charlotte’s win because the Champ’s arm was under the ropes. Paige claims she is still the #1 Contender to the title.
The New Day will celebrate one year of teaming with a “Country Jamboree” and Tag-Team Championship Open Challenge, up next!
Commercials.
Segment #7: Arena Promo
Tag-Team Champion The New Day strut out, dressed in unicorn and cowboy hats. They are carrying toy stick horses and a trumpet. In the ring, they denounce having to be in Nashville because it is renowned for Country Music. Xavier Woods, Big E., and Kofi Kingston then challenge a team to take them on.
The Lucha Dragons answer, as do The Usos! All three teams get into it, but The New Day backs out when they realized they may be outnumbered.
It is just announced that Paige will get to challenge again for the Divas Title against Charlotte tonight!
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Segment #8: Backstage Promo
Rene Young is with Divas Champion Charlotte. She wants her thoughts on Paige calling her a “cheater.” Charlotte says that she “respects” Paige, and it doesn’t matter overall what she insinuates; she is happy to face Paige again.
Match #3: Single – Mark Henry VS. Neville
Neville tries to circle around Henry, but Mark uses his strength to shove into the corner and give repeated headbutts in the corner. Neville soars off the top turnbuckle a bit later, but Henry catches him. He goes for the World’s Strongest Slam, but Neville hops out of it! He kicks Mark in the head, then twists off the top turnbuckle with the Red Arrow Splash to finish this!
Winner via Pinfall: Neville
Post-match, “The World’s Strongest Man” glares at Neville, then offers his hand in sportsmanship. Neville takes it as the two shake, and Henry tells him “I respect you.”
Segment #9: Video Promo
Stardust is going on as usual when Titus O’Neil walks in and scares him away.
Up next, Stardust and The Ascension face The Primetime Players and Goldust!
Commercials.
Match #4: Six-Man Tag-Team – Stardust and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) VS. Goldust and The Primetime Players (Darren Young and Titus O’Neil)
Goldust and Stardust gaze at each other, then Stardust makes the tag before even going at it with his real-life brother. Goldust and P.T.P. are governing for a bit until Stardust, Konnor, and Viktor take control for a while young gives Stardust boots out of the corner and leaps to Titus for the hot-tag
O’Neil cleans house then gives a big boot to Konnor. Goldust clotheslines Stardust over the ropes while Young takes out Viktor. Titus comes out on top after his Spinebuster on Konnor!
Winners Pinfall: Goldust and The Primetime Players
Zeb Colter and United State Champion Alberto Del Rio will be out after the break!
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Segment #9: Arena Promo
United States Champion Alberto Del Rio and Zeb Colter go to ringside by the announcer’s table. They rip on the crowd for not joining up with them for MexAmerica. They declare “to hell with all of you people. The borders of MexAmerica are closed.” They continue to go on until Jack Swagger interjects.
On the stage, Jack shakes his head at his former manager, saying that Zeb used to believe in America. He wonders what has changed, calling him an “old, out-of-touch, bitter, hypocrite.” Alberto orders Swagger not to speak that way, but Jack stands up against him more and marches to the ring. After staring at each other, Del Rio shakes his head “no and backs away, while holding the U.S. Title in Jack’s face. Swagger proclaims “we the people” with the fans as Zeb and Alberto go to the back.
Commercials.
Match #5: Single for the Divas Championship – Paige (Challenger) VS. Charlotte (Champion)
Following formal introductions, an elbow-collar tie-up starts, then slapping ensues. Charlotte grounds Paige with a front-facelook, then tears at her left arm with an armbar. Paige breaks and runs away from Charlotte on the ring apron, but Charlotte throws her back in. she knees Paige a few times then struts like “The Nature Boy!”
Charlotte elbows Paige and slams her around the ring with the Figure-4 Necklock. She climbs the turnbuckle, but Paige yanks her off and stomps repeatedly in the corner. She trips Charlotte up and ties her in a bow-and-arrow chinlock. She places Charlotte between the top and middle ropes, then knees her again numerous times.
Paige mocks Charlotte with her version of the Figure-4 Necklock, wearing her down. She suplexes Charlotte into the ropes, then pulls her left leg against the bottom rope on the other side. She kicks Charlotte hard in the side of the face, but only gets two! She continues to focus on Charlotte’s legs, particularly with another suplex into the ropes.
The former “Diva Of Tomorrow” turns a tackle by Charlotte into a guillotine chokehold, then bends her right leg backward with a stretch. She applies pressure to Charlotte’s head too, but Charlotte gets up and somewhat dropkicks her!
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Charlotte starts to make a comeback with chops and a rear chinlock with scissors! She goes for the Spear on Paige to the floor, but they kind of end up tumbling instead. Both try to get in the ring, but Paige holds Charlotte back and chucks her into the barricade. Mike Chioda, the referee counts to ten, and neither made it!
Winner: None due to Double Count-Out
Paige continues, hurling her onto the steel steps too and tossing her onto the commentator’s table. Paige tortures Charlotte with the P.T.O. on the table, then stomps a couple of times before two referees break her away.
Commercials.
It is announced that Jack Swagger will go against United States Champion Alberto Del Rio on Smackdown! this week!
Segment #10: Arena Promo
Heath Slater tries to entertain the fans with a rock n’ roll song, but “The Big Guy” stops it before he can play. Ryback approaches the stage and “feeds” on Heath, demolishing him with a spinebuster and the Shellshock Samoan Drop after getting smacked with the guitar, which only shattered across Ryback’s back and did no damage to him.
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Match #6: Tag-Team – Tyler Breeze and Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens (with Summer Rae) VS. Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose
Tyler and Dolph wrestle around for a bit until Owens and Ambrose are tagged in, however Kevin switches back out; it is back to Dolph and Tyler. Ziggler is put to the canvas with a kick, and Owens and Breeze double-team Dolph in the corner.
Ziggler makes a comeback attempt, jumping onto Kevin and reaching for the tag, but instead dropkicking him. He crawls again for the high-five, then hurdles forward to Dean! He is in and takes out Tyler, especially with a running dive form the outside to the floor!
Back in the ring, Ambrose turns “Prince Pretty” around with a swinging neckbreaker, but is caught by Owens, allowing Breeze roll him up for two. “The Lunatic Fringe” manages to turn Tyler around into Dirty Deeds for the W while Owens looked on!
Winners via Pinfall; Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose
Commercials.
Segment #10: Video Promo
The same that opened Raw is recalled.
Rusev makes his entrance for his main-event against Roman Reigns, and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus joins him.
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Match #7: Single – Rusev (with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus) VS. Roman Reigns
Roman slaps and punches Rusev right away but Rusev kicks him and grounds him with a front-facelock. Reigns sends Rusev off the ropes then clothesline him and uppercuts. He whips “The Bulgarian Brute” into the corner and tries a Samoan Drop, but Rusev wiggles out. Instead, Reigns gives Rusev a neckbreaker and punches away in the corner.
Rusev turns it around into kicks in the corner and pressures him against the middle rope. Rusev slams Reigns’ head against the turnbuckle, but eats a big boot in the middle of the ring! Rusev rolls to the outside, where he is chucked into the corner of the barrier! Roman looks at Sheamus, who is sitting by the announcers.
Commercials.
Rusev is still dominating, working over Reigns with a grounding rear chinlock. He throws him to the floor, where Sheamus attacks while Marty, the referee, was turned around. Back in the ring, Rusev stomps away and works over Roman more. Sheamus pulls at Reigns’ leg as he ran, but the referee decides to send the WWE World Heavyweight Champion to the back this time.
Rusev is furious and gets rolled-up for a near-fall, but Rusev puts Roman to the mat with a Samoan Drop. Both men are down, but soon get back up and slug away at each other. Reigns rockets off the ropes with a running flying forearm and clotheslines Rusev in the corner ten times, but meets a spinning-wheel kick right after! 1 – 2 – Roman raises his shoulder!
Rusev ascends the turnbuckle, but Reigns meet shim their and sets up for a suplex. Rusev punches him off and subsequently dives with a headbutt. 1 – 2 – Reigns kicks out again! “The Bulgarian Brute” signals to crush with The Accolade, but Roman battles out of it. He is stomped on a lot again but manages a Superman Punch for a close call!
Roman psyches himself but Rusev goes to the outside and kicks Reigns to break the momentum! He continues to thrown around the floor, and rammed against the announce table by his head. Rusev places Roman back in the ring, but is kneed as he tried to get in himself! Reigns hits another Superman Punch, which makes Rusev fall to the mat below! Roman follows with a Drive-By running front-dropkick, but King Barrett runs out and hits him with the Bullhammer, causing the DQ!
Winner via Disqualification: Roman Reigns
Post-match, Roman disposes of Barrett quickly, then slams Rusev’s back with a steel chair multiple times. He also hits Sheamus, who ran back out, and the two gawk at each other to close the show, Roman in the ring and the WWE World Heavyweight Champion from the stage.
End Of Raw.
Reporter’s Rumblings – By Moe Tapp
This was actually a pretty good Raw, coming off a very predictable Survivor Series. I did not watch the Network/Pay-Per-View, but was disappointed with the final results. More on that below, so let’s look at Raw and Survivor Series, combined!
Excellence: wrestling matches between The Dudleyz/Wyatts, Sasha/Becky, The Divas Championship, and Roman/Rusev!
I’m absolutely loving Paige’s new personality; I think I wrote about her before, but this is the attitude she should have for a heel and should’ve had the first time around she turned. The fans are actually together in their “hatred” of Paige, which is perfect to push her as the heel.
The New Day’s promo was hilarious (and I love country), and I like the prospect of Luchas VS. Usos VS. New Day for the Tag Titles!
Glad to see both Jack Swagger and Neville in new storylines; great that Swagger’s actually on TV and still a face (he’s actually getting over pretty well and his theme music is awesome!) and happy that Neville has moved on from the boring feud he had with Stardust.
Bogus: I’ll begin with the little ones before my major rant!
Slater/Ryback was a waste of time; should’ve not had that segment and given more time to another match….
The Tag bout with Ambrose/Ziggler/Owens/Breeze deserved so much more time (see above!). these guys can wrestle and I would’ve liked to see them longer, and I expected it.
Now onto the big story and my huge displeasure: the WWE World Heavyweight Championship scenario. As my Dad said two weeks ago when the tournament started, it became way too predictable. It was totally set up for Reigns/Ambrose and some sort of screw finish for the finals; I did not believe for one second that either of them would keep/capture the WWE Title clean. (Yes, I predicted Reigns to win, but I didn’t think fully and probably would’ve put another situation around that last week.)
I really hate that Sheamus took it; he has done nothing for the last two months since Night Of Champions, so there was absolutely no reason to even get hyped if he was going to cash in or not. It would’ve been a little better if they had played up the guessing game with him during the tournament, like they did back in September.
Another angle/twist, much better, would’ve been for Roman to start to play the “not-a-sell-out” emotion first, then completely turn and accept Triple H’s offer to be “his guy” and be given the WWE World Heavyweight Championship right then and there, not having the tournament at all. This would’ve been a great, more-unexpected surprise and intrigue.
The current way has been done too much and is monotonous. I now can’t wait for the Royal Rumble, as that’s the next true show (other than NXT: Takeovers!) that will offer some variance and guessing in who could be the next #1 wrestler. I hope they keep Sheamus/Reigns very physical though, as that is the one plus of this feud that they are both awesome at.
Until Smackdown!, Be Excellent Wrestling-Online Readers and Fans!
Cesaro was supposed to be part of the 5 on 5 traditional Survivor Series match yesterday but was replaced by Titus O’Neil. Jim Ross then broke the news on his Twitter before the show that Cesaro was suffering from a shoulder injury and might need surgery.
In an interview with WWE.COM, Cesaro said that he had this injury for around two months but never knew how bad it was. After icing it for a while, he thought it wasn’t a serious injury as he still had strength and motion in and kept wrestling as if nothing happened.
“Then I thought, ‘Maybe if I were to know exactly what it is, it will be easier to rehab and get it better’ … and then I found out it’s a complete tear. [Laughs] So, no matter how much rehab I do, it will not reattach itself to the bone, unfortunately,” Cesaro said. After an MRI he found out that he tore a tendon and partially tore another one, requiring surgery to fix the problem.
Cesaro will be going under the knife today and his return date is up in the air. “I don’t want to be quoted on a timeframe. I think the official timeframe I was told was like four to six months, but that all depends on how surgery goes, how my rehab goes and so forth.”
TNA’s first Impact Wrestling show on Pop will be held at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, live on January 5. Additional tapings will be held over the following four days in the same location.
Tickets go on sale on Friday, November 27, at 10AM EST at Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices are $10 and $25 as well as $75 for VIP packages which include ringside seats and a special meet and greet session. The VIP tickets are sold at ShopTNA.COM. A pre-sale will begin this Wednesday at 10AM EST with TNA President Dixie Carter revealing the pre-sale code on her @TNADixie Twitter account on Wednesday morning.
The January 6 and 7 tapings will be Impact tapings for the following weeks while the January 8 and 9 tapings will be One Night Only and international TV tapings for overseas broadcast partners. TNA is expected to tape two sets of Impact shows per day. Only the January 5 broadcast will be live on Pop.
Following the ISIS threat at the Survivor Series, the Atlanta Police Department in conjunction with other federal authorities made their presence known outside the Philips Arena, bringing maximum security to the nearly 15,000 fans who attended the show.
Armed police officers and federal agents surrounded the area as every single fan went through metal detectors and bomb sniffing constantly dogs roamed around. Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed opened a Joint Operations Center, a move out of an “abundance of caution” even though the FBI said they did not have credible information of an attack.
Police instructed all those who were not going in – including members of the press – to stay far away from the arena so they could have a clear view of who’s coming in through video security and eyes on the ground. All bags – including women purses – were banned from the Philips Arena yesterday to make sure no one brings in anything with them.
The 37 year old Sheamus became the new WWE World Heavyweight champion last night after successfully cashing in the Money in the Bank briefcase to defeat Roman Reigns, who minutes before won the WWE title for the first time by pinning Dean Ambrose in the tournament final.
Sheamus won the Money in the Bank briefcase earlier this year when Roman Reigns was also screwed by Bray Wyatt. He teased cashing in a couple of times throughout the past few months but executed his right last night and after two Brogue Kicks he was declared the new champion. Triple H celebrated with Sheamus who apparently now is The Authority’s pick in the absence of Seth Rollins.
Sheamus is the 16th Money in the Bank winner and the 13th person to successfully cash in the briefcase. Only Mr. Kennedy, John Cena, and Damien Sandow were unsuccessful in cashing in, with Mr. Kennedy losing the briefcase to Edge as a storyline due to his suspension. Sheamus held on to the briefcase for 161 days, the fourth longest among all the winners. Only Edge, Seth Rollins, and Dolph Ziggler held on to the briefcase longer.
The last cash in was at WrestleMania 31 when Seth Rollins inserted himself in the title match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns and Rollins pinned Reigns after a Curb Stomp to win the title.
Here are the results of the 2015 Survivor Series, which took place at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
A traditional 5 on 5 Survivor Series match started things off in the pre-show featuring Goldust, The Dudley Boyz, Neville and Titus O’Neil vs Stardust, The Miz, Bo Dallas, and The Ascension. The faces nearly cleaned house with only Neville being eliminated and Stardust was the last man standing for the heels. Goldust, Dudley Boyz, and Titus O’Neil were the survivors, winning the match.
Lilian Garcia sang the U.S. national anthem and surely this only made it on the pay-per-view because of the ISIS threat at the Survivor Series. Michael Cole announced that 14,481 fans are inside the Philips Arena.
The first semi final match started the pay-per-view with Roman Reigns vs Alberto Del Rio. Reigns was booed quite a bit as soon as his entrance hit . The ending came when Reigns hit the Superman punch and went for a spear but Del Rio caught him with a superkick. Reigns kicked out at the last millisecond and then fans chanted “Si, si, si” as Del Rio went for the armbreaker. Reigns countered that and powerbombed him but did not manage to pin him. Del Rio then locked in the armbreaker but Reigns powered out and then hit the spear for the pin.
Backstage interview with Roman Reigns. Ambrose interrupts and Reigns says that both of them will be fighting for the championship later tonight. Kevin Owens then interrupts and reminds Reigns how he always comes up short when it comes to the WWE title. Ouch. He says tonight it’s the Kevin Owens show. Fans love Owens.
The second semi final match was up next featuring Kevin Owens vs Dean Ambrose. Owens got a good pop from the crowd. The two had a pretty good match and a cool spot saw Owens hitting a modified suplex from the top rope which was followed by a massive clothesline from Ambrose. “This is awesome” chants. Owens F5’s Ambrose on the announce table and then tries the Pop Up Powerbomb twice but on both occasions Ambrose escapes, hits the Dirty Deeds and pins Owens to advance to the final.
The traditional 5 on 5 Survivor Series match which WWE had no participants announced is next. The faces team included Ryback, Lucha Dragons and The Usos. The heels consisted of The New Day, Sheamus, and King Barrett. Woods has a new hair-do looking like Marc Mero. Yep. During the match, The Usos and The Lucha Dragons flew together as all the heels were on the outside and then Ryback did a crossbody from the top rope onto everyone! Wade Barrett was eliminated first by Sin Cara. Jimmy Uso was pinned by Xavier Woods. Sheamus hits the Brogue Kick on Sin Cara, eliminating him. Jey Uso pins Big E after a splash from the top. After the Big E elimination, Woods and Kofi accompanied Big E to the back, leaving Sheamus alone in the ring versus Kalisto, Ryback, and Jey Uso. Ryback hit the Shellshock on Sheamus and wins the match for his team. Kofi and Xavier never came back out.
The WWE Divas title match featuring Charlotte vs Paige is next on the card. The two had a long match that went back and forth. Towards the end of the match, Paige went on the barricade and reminded everyone – again – that this is her house and Charlotte also went up and speared her. Then she threw her back in the ring and locked in the Figure 8 and Paige tapped out with Charlotte retaining the Divas title.
Prince Pretty and Summer Rae along with the selfie and iPhone walked out for their match against Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler came out with a new jacket and pants with a “DZ Crew” logo on them. Breeze held up his own against the more experienced Ziggler however the NXT alumni won the match after hitting the Unprettier. Summer Rae joined the celebration in the ring afterward and took a couple of selfies with Breeze to commemorate the victory.
25 years ago today, The Undertaker walked out with Brother Love for his WWE debut and the rest was history. This time it’s not Brother Love accompanying him but his on-screen TV brother, Kane, for the match against the Wyatt Family. The “gong” goes and as smoke fills up the arena, Kane hits his special powers to light everything on fire. A large casket drops down from the ceiling showing the many faces of The Undertaker throughout his 25 year career as fire lights up the Undertaker signs on the sides and blue lasers shoot up for extra effects.
Erick Rowan hits the ring quickly but Taker and Kane take him out with a chokeslam. Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt will be wrestling this match with Braun Strowman standing outside. The Undertaker walked the rope for some old school on Harper as fans chanted “you still got it.” The U.S. announce table got some action earlier on as Strowman threw Kane and cleared everything on the table. Cole noted that he was a bit too close to Kane for his liking after Kane flew on the table. Hah! The Spanish announce table didn’t escape carnage though as Taker and Kane chokeslammed Braun Strowman through it, getting the biggest pop of the night and “Yes!” chants. Back in the ring, the duo chokeslammed Bray and Harper in sync and then the Undertaker hit the Tombstone on Luke Harper for the pin. Everyone at the Philips Arena gives a standing ovation for 25 years of awesomeness. Kane respectfully left the ring to leave the Undertaker alone to absorb the standing ovation.
The main event for the WWE World Heavyweight title and the final of the tournament closed the show as former Shield members Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns wrestled for the gold. Fans booed every time Reigns went for his Superman punch and spear with Ambrose the clear fan favorite. Roman Reigns hit a massive spear after Ambrose ran the turnbuckle and pinned him for the title win. Ambrose congratulated Reigns as confetti filled the arena and fireworks lit up the Philips Arena.
After all this, Triple H’s music hit the speakers and he came out and congratulated Roman Reigns. HHH offered to shake his hand but Reigns speared him and then he turned around and Sheamus, out of nowhere, hit the Brouge Kick on Reigns and cashes in his Money In The Bank briefcase. Reigns kicked out, barely, but then Sheamus hit another Brouge Kick and pinned the newly crowned champion to win the WWE World Heavyweight title. Sheamus celebrates in the ring with Triple H as the new king for the Authority.
WWE announced two new WWE Network shows that will join its original line up.
The first show is titled Ride Along, a new series that will put WWE cameras in a car as two WWE Superstars or Divas travel from city to city chronicling their journey on the road.
The second show is titled The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness. Judging from the preview it’s not clear as to what exactly this show will be about and no start date was given for any of the two series.
WWE Hall of Famers Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels will be the next two guests on the Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network.
Flair’s episode will be interesting especially since the Charlotte/Paige angle where he said he cried when his dead son’s name was mentioned to further the angle between the two. The 16 time World Heavyweight champion is always a must-see when given a microphone and with Steve Austin’s no-BS questions it might be one of the wildest interviews of the series to date.
Shawn Michaels had a pretty good feud with Steve Austin which led to their match at WrestleMania 14 that kicked off the Stone Cold era. The two recently were together on the Legends with JBL panel to discuss the career of the Undertaker.
These two interviews have already been taped at Austin’s ranch so they will not be live like previous Stone Cold Podcast shows where the interviews were held right after Monday Night Raw.
WWE was dealt with another blow as Cesaro has a shoulder injury that will keep the Swiss Superman out for an extended period of time.
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross wrote on Twitter that Cesaro will likely require to go under the knife to repair his shoulder and while no time frame was given, usually surgery will require at least four to six months to get cleared for in-ring action again.
If Cesaro does indeed get surgery, he will join Seth Rollins and Randy Orton on the sidelines and both of them will be missing WrestleMania 32 unless there is a miracle quick recovery. Such time frame for Cesaro will also mean that he will miss WrestleMania.
His tag team partner Tyson Kidd is also out after he had neck surgery a few months ago.
Cesaro was supposed to be part of the traditional 5 on 5 Survivor Series match on the Kickoff show however he was replaced by Titus O’Neil.
