The Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is returning next year with more details being given on the January 1 taped episode of NXT on USA Network. The news was announced during the NXT show today.
This will be the fifth annual tournament classic which was created to honor the American Dream Dusty Rhodes who played a big part in NXT history.
Previous winners of the tournament include Samoa Joe and Finn Balor, Authors of Pain, The Undisputed Era, and Aleister Black and Ricochet.
So far there is no news on when the tournament will commence and when the winners will be crowned.
In previous years, the Rhodes family presented the winners with the trophy but that is not going to happen anymore with both Cody and Dustin Rhodes heavily involved in NXT’s main competition All Elite Wrestling.
WWE women main evented three pay-per-views in 2019, including the biggest show of the year – WrestleMania – matching the number of main events they did in 2018 during the height of the women’s revolution.
This year, the women held the top match at WrestleMania 35, the Survivor Series, and the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-views. Perhaps the most significant one was the WrestleMania main event where for the first time in 35 years, the female Superstars were the top billing. It was also the first time for the women headlining the Survivor Series.
Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Shayna Baszler, Asuka, and Kairi Sane were the seven women who main evented these three pay-per-views. Lynch main evented all three of them, with Flair being a part of two, while Rousey, Bayley, Baszler, Asuka, and Sane all being part of one match.
Last year in 2018, the WWE women main evented the Royal Rumble, Evolution, and TLC as well. Evolution was a women-only pay-per-view so you could argue the case that this year it was better since there was no specific women’s show.
Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins of The Street Profits have signed new multi-year deals with WWE. The news was announced yesterday on WWE Backstage on FS1.
Ford, 29, and Dawkins, also 29, made their debut as The Street Profits in NXT in March 2016 and the duo rose to fame this year after being part of some awesome matches, including the ladder match at NXT Takeover: XXV where they won the NXT Tag Team titles for the first time.
After losing their titles to The Undisputed Era two months after winning them, they were moved to Monday Night Raw and were officially drafted to the red brand in October.
Tonight’s Dynamite is loaded with some PPV-caliber matches, five of which have been announced.
The number one contender for the AEW Women’s title will be decided as Britt Baker takes on Kris Statlander, with the winner facing Riho at a later date. The AEW Tag Team titles are also on the line as SCU defend their gold against The Young Bucks who won a #1 contender’s match last week. A mega tag team match featuring The Lucha Bros versus Hangman Page and Kenny Omega will also take place while Chris Jericho will take on Jungle Boy in a non-title match where Jungle Boy’s challenge is the last 10 minutes in the ring with Le Champion. The fifth match involves newcomers The Blade and The Butcher who will team up and take on Cody and Darby Allin.
NXT will be headlined by two huge championship matches as both the NXT and NXT Women’s titles will be on the line.
Shayna Baszler will be defending her gold against Rhea Ripley while Adam Cole will be putting his title up for grabs against the returning Finn Balor who last week won a #1 contender’s match.
The men’s title match will kick off the show and will air commercial free in a bid to keep viewers from switching back to AEW Dynamite.
This will be the last NXT live on USA Network before January 8, 2020 as the NXT crew will get a break from having to work live on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
On Sunday night at the TLC pay-per-view, Kairi Sane received a few blows to the head that might have resulted in her getting concussed. Sane looked in lala land for a bit after she got thrown a monitor which hit her in the back of her head and suplexed by Flair where she hit her head on the concrete floor.
Sane was not involved in any physical action on Raw the following night and now she has also been pulled from the post-Christmas tour, meaning she will miss the annual Madison Square Garden show on December 26. Sane and Asuka were going to defend their titles against Flair and Lynch on that night but now it will be a triple threat match between Lynch, Flair, and Asuka inside a steel cage.
Sane showed concussion-like symptoms and the belief backstage is that the situation should have been handled better from the people running the show. The referee never threw the X hand signal and no doctor checked on Sane during the match. She was pretty evident that she got knocked out at one point and Lynch even tried to protect her during the rest of the match.
Vince McMahon and Triple H – who usually run the shows from Gorilla – were not present at the TLC pay-per-view and the show was being run by Paul Heyman and Bruce Prichard.
Both Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair saluted Sane on Twitter noting what a tough warrior she is.
Sane said on Twitter that she is doing okay but WWE medical doctors have not cleared her to compete yet.
The post-TLC pay-per-view Monday Night Raw drew 2,053,000 viewers this week, down 97,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. That is a new record low for a non-holiday show.
Hour one started with 2,204,000 viewers, followed by 2,099,000 in the second hour, and then down to 1,858,000 viewers in the third and final hour. The night was dominated by NFL on ESPN which did 11 million viewers.
Raw was #4, #8, and #11 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and it was #12 for the night in overall viewership on cable. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
WWE and SuperSport, Africa’s premier sports broadcaster, today announced a multi-year extension to continue delivering WWE’s weekly flagship programming live in more than 50 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, while expanding the partnership to include a dedicated WWE channel on DStv.
The new WWE channel will air Raw, SmackDown and NXT live each week and will feature premium WWE programming including 205 Live, Ride Along, WWE Chronicle and Table for 3.
The 24/7 channel launches on DStv channel 128 beginning Wednesday, January 1, 2020 and builds on the success of the WWE pop-up channel that launched this year. SuperSport channels will continue to air Raw, SmackDown and NXT live each week and be home to all of WWE’s monthly pay-per-view events.
“The fans of the WWE universe asked for it, and we are delighted to deliver,” said Gideon Khobane, chief executive of SuperSport. “WWE programming has proven to be compelling content with riveting storylines and insane action, which our viewers absolutely love. This is a big step and a great start to the new year.”
“SuperSport is a valued partner who shares our approach to engaging and entertaining our fans,” said Stefan Kastenmüller, WWE Senior Vice President & Group General Manager, EMEA. “We are thrilled to expand our partnership with a new, 24/7 WWE channel which will super-serve our passionate fans in the region.”
The NXT Takeover: Portland WWE Network special will take place from the Moda Center on Sunday, February 16 and tickets will go on sale this Friday at Noon ET. A pre-sale will start on Thursday at Noon ET.
Formerly known as the Rose Garden, the Moda Center is Portland’s primary indoor sports facility and has a seating capacity of just over 19,000. WWE will test a Sunday Takeover for the first time in the United States with the Portland special, a move away from the usual Saturday night which Takeover specials have been held regularly since 2014.
The logo of the event has also been released which resembles the blade of a chainsaw.
A February Takeover is being held because there will be no Takeover during the Royal Rumble weekend and instead a Worlds Collide event will take place where NXT stars will take on NXT UK stars.
During the latest episode of the Feel The Power podcast, Kofi Kingston announced that he has signed a new five-year deal with WWE.
Kofi had the best year of his WWE career in 2019 as fan support catapulted him to one of the main events of WrestleMania, winning the WWE title for the first time against Daniel Bryan.
The Ghanaian-born WWE Superstar has been working with the company since 2006, rising through the ranks from the old developmental territories of Deep South Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling.
Kingston, now 38 years old, had many title runs while in WWE including winning the Intercontinental title four times, the United States title three times, the World Tag Team titles once, the Raw Tag Team titles four times, the Smackdown Tag Team titles four times as well, and the big WWE title once.
He spent six months as WWE champion following his epic win at WrestleMania 35, but lost it to Brock Lesnar in just seven seconds during the first episode of Smackdown on FOX in October.
The NXT title match between Adam Cole and Finn Balor set for tomorrow night’s NXT on USA Network will be presented commercial free and it will kick off the broadcast.
The news was announced by WWE yesterday as NXT and AEW go head-to-head with two big shows ahead of the Christmas holidays. The next time both shows will be live will be on January 8, 2020 as NXT will not have a live broadcast on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
AEW is countering the move by putting The Lucha Bros versus Kenny Omega and Hangman Page to open Dynamite tomorrow and it will also be commercial free.
This is the second time that the commercial-free concept will be used on NXT. NXT was also commercial free for the first hour when it started against AEW Dynamite back on October 2 but that did not affect the ratings as AEW went on to have a very comfortable victory.
All Elite Wrestling’s Dynamite television show will be coming to Atlanta and Kansas City in February 2020. The company announced the new locations yesterday on Twitter.
Atlanta will get the show first on February 19 and it will be live from the State Farm Arena. This is a massive 21,000-seater arena that is used by WWE as well and it is one of the largest arenas AEW will perform in.
The Kansas City show will take place at the Silverstein Eye Center Arena on February 26. The arena holds less than 6,000 seats.
Tickets for both Atlanta and Kansas City shows go on sale this Friday, December 20 at Noon ET at AEWTix.com.
The TLC pay-per-view last night from Minneapolis became the first pay-per-view event in recent history where no singles title was defended.
The WWE, Universal, Intercontinental, United States, Raw Women’s, Smackdown Women’s, and 24/7 titles were not featured at all on the pay-per-view. The only titles defended during the broadcast were just tag team titles, with the Raw, Smackdown, and Women’s titles all on the line.
The Universal champion Bray Wyatt was on the show but his match against The Miz was a non-title one while Becky Lynch, the Raw Women’s champion, was involved in the main event for the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles.
Jumanji: The Next Level with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the leading role delivered big in the box office office this weekend, opening with $60.1 million, around $10 million more than the projected revenue set by industry insiders.
The $60.1 million opening set a December studio record for Sony according to BoxOfficeMojo.com and it is the 13th largest December opening ever. Jumanji opened in 4,227 theaters nationwide on December 13.
Apart from the $60.1 million weekend in the United States, the movie already has $152.5 million in international box office revenue, sending its worldwide tally to $212.6 million. The previous Jumanji movie ended its theater run with a massive $962.1 million worldwide.
Jorge Arias, the man formerly known as Sin Cara in WWE, appeared on the AAA show Guerra de Titanes on Saturday…using his Sin Cara name.
But Arias might be in some hot water as he is on a 90-day no-compete clause and legally he wasn’t able to appear on the show and the name Sin Cara is trademarked by WWE and he wasn’t supposed to use it either. Arias even used the same mask that he used as Sin Cara in WWE.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer says that there was no deal that was worked out between WWE or himself to use the name outside WWE. The original Sin Cara, the man who portrayed the character of Mistico in Mexico, now uses the Carístico name and never used his WWE gimmick outside the promotion. To keep the trademarked name and gimmick alive, WWE then decided to put Arias under the mask when Mistico left.
Kairi Sane was in rough shape following the TLC match yesterday and was being checked by WWE medical after the match was over.
Sane was on the receiving end of some brutal shots, including a monitor to the head, and there are fears that she might have suffered a concussion during the match. At one point during the match, Flair suplexed Sane and she hit her head on the concrete floor as well.
Even Raw Women’s champion Becky Lynch acknowledged Sane’s toughness after the match with a post on Twitter addressed to Sane writing, “You truly are a warrior.”
This was the Pirate Princess’s first main event spot on a pay-per-view as the women once again headlined the show.
Wrestlers who dedicated themselves to the sport can experience a handful of health benefits. For one, wrestling serves as a total body workout because you’re using all of your muscles. Your upper body will continuously go through pushing and pulling motions while wrestling. Since the sport will also require you to stay in a squatted position, your lower body significantly contributes to your performance, as well.
Although wrestling can improve your fitness in the long run, going overboard can also result in nerve pain. The capabilities of the human body come with limitations, and pushing your body to the limits can do more good than harm.
If you’re an aspiring wrestler, solely incorporate CBD or cannabidiol oil to your lifestyle. CBD oils produced with quality for high dosage can manage symptoms of nerve pain and improves your body’s ability to manage pain. Not All CBD oil products are made the same. With enough time and effort in finding some of the best cbd oil available today in the market, you are sure to find one that is for you. Always be on the lookout for discounts on startup CBD companies too.
Nerve Pain When Wrestling: Why Does It Happen?
As mentioned, you will use your entire body whenever wrestling. Along with your mental capabilities, wrestling is a sport that highly requires physical toughness. An untrained mind or body will make it hard for any aspiring wrestler to excel in the sport.
The very nature of wrestling increases your susceptibility to nerve pain and other injuries. In worse cases, a single wrestling match or engaging in excessive training sessions can become the reason why you’ll suffer from traumatic and chronic injuries.
Traumatic injuries can happen whenever your opponent slams your shoulder or twisting your neck during a cross face. Chronic injuries occur when you spend too much time maintaining poor posture or repetitive tasks in training or in a match. Since your body contains billions of nerves, any of these injuries can damage your nerves and cause excruciating pain.
There are several reasons why wrestlers experience nerve pain. Your nerves can become irritated or compressed, or your joint capsules (which also contains thousands of nerves) can get overstretched.
Nerve pain and any other types of injuries can require a wrestler to miss important matches. As a neophyte in the wrestling industry, nerve pain and injuries can cause delays in your progress since you’ll have to miss days from training and matches. Untreated nerve pain can worsen over time and can lead to permanent nerve damage.
The Best CBD Oil: What Is It And What Does It Do?
Nerve pain is common among wrestlers. And while there are several treatment options to this type of injury, none of these warrant long-term and safe solutions. Painkillers and over-the-counter medications can help manage the pain, but long-term use of these drugs can cause significant damage to your kidney, liver, and other organs.
Chiropractic treatment, on the other hand, can increase your risk of stroke. According to studies, chiropractic or osteopathic treatment is linked to stroke, especially if you plan on getting your neck adjusted. Since this type of treatment only provides short-term pain relief, choosing chiropractic treatment for your nerve pain isn’t worth the risk.
You won’t have to worry about any side effects or short-term pain relief once you choose to use CBD oils for nerve pain. This product contains natural compounds from the cannabis or hemp plant and doesn’t use any harmful chemicals. In fact, all of the compounds in CBD oils react with the receptors in your brain and immune system to better manage nerve pain.
To paint a clearer picture of the effects of the best CBD oil in treating nerve pain, consider these points:
Anti-inflammatory: The natural anti-inflammatory property of CBD oil is one of the reasons why more and more people are now using the product. According to studies, CBD oil can significantly reduce your body’s oxidative stress, a contributing factor to inflammation.
The pain associated with nerve damage actually stems from inflammation. When your nerves become too narrow because of chronic inflammation, it can create too much pressure resulting in pain. Blood clots and other blockages can also occur and cause pain.
Since CBD oil treats nerve pain from the root of the problem, you can guarantee that regular use of this product can lead to long-term pain relief.
Controls neuropathic pain: Your body contains billions of neurons, responsible for transmitting information to and from different parts of the body. Your neurons are the essential building blocks of your nervous system.
CBD oil also works by reducing chronic pain from nerve damage. This happens because as CBD oil enters your body, it reacts with the receptors in your brain and then sends signals to other regions of the brain, spinal column, and nervous system. This process can effectively combat nerve pain as CBD oil can signal your brain’s pain receptors to shut down.
Seek Medical Approval
Unlike over-the-counter drugs, the human body can tolerate long-term use and high doses of CBD oil. The body needs a certain amount of cannabidiol in order to function properly.
However, before you jumpstart your career as a wrestler and use CBD oils, visit your doctor first. CBD oils are generally safe for human consumption, but using it along with other medications can lead to side effects and health risks.
After a couple of weeks absence from television, Daniel Bryan returned during the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view with a new look and attacked Bray Wyatt.
Bryan, sporting his American Dragon look from his Ring of Honor days with a shaved head and shaved beard, appeared after Wyatt defeated The Miz on the show. When the lights went out, Wyatt thought that The Fiend was about to come out but instead, a hooded man stood in the ring and hit the running knee as soon as the lights came on.
Bryan then removed the hoodie covering his face as fans had already started chanting “Yes! Yes! Yes!” Before he could attack Wyatt more, lights went out again and he disappeared once the lights came back.
The former WWE champion then stared down the Universal title and encouraged fans with his “Yes!” chant.
Bryan was last seen getting dragged under the ring by The Fiend, ripping his hair in the process.
The recently re-signed John Morrison has reported to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida to shrug off any ring rust he might have accumulated over the past couple of months.
“There’s another place in Orlando that claims to be the happiest place on earth. But they don’t have 6 sweet @wwe rings like the @wwepc,” Morrison wrote in a post on Instagram.
The former Impact champion posted a few photos and videos of him training in the ring as he awaits his official call to show up on Raw or Smackdown…or NXT. Morrison described the PC as “epic” and said he couldn’t imagine a better place to get used to the WWE ring again. “8 years since I’ve been in a @WWE ring. Real ropes ain’t the same as the cables I’ve been doing my stuff on since I’ve been away,” he added.
Morrison signed a new multi-year contract with WWE earlier this month. He has not wrestled inside a WWE ring since 2011.
The final WWE pay-per-view of the year will bring a variety of WWE Superstars and hosts to provide the fun for the TLC Watch Along series.
Streaming on WWE’s social media channels, Watch Along gives you a relax show as guests mingle while watching the pay-per-view, often being way too honest about what they’re watching.
Hosted by Cathy Kelley, those scheduled to appear tonight throughout the broadcast are Dana Brooke, Matt Hardy, Paul Ellering, Chad Gable, Rachael Evers, Drake Maverick, Shelton Benjamin and the team of The Bump including Kayla Braxton, McKenzie Mitchell, Evan T. Mack, and Dan Vollmayer. The special guest will be Minnesota Timberwolves star Jeff Teague.
