Rey Mysterio wrote an emotional post on Instagram revealing that this week he managed to go visit the grave of his best friend Eddie Guerrero for the first time 13 years after his death.
The former World Heavyweight champion wrote that he always had a hard time wanting to visit Eddie and found himself “cowardly refusing it” due to the pain and memories from that day. But Mysterio overcame that pain and on Monday he managed a one-on-one moment with him.
“Exactly what I feared of happening, happened. Memories from that day were flashing through my head but his presence was much stronger and was able to cope and maintain my composure,” Mysterio wrote.
He said that after it was all said and done, he left the there with a huge internal smile and felt a soothing and peaceful love.
“Eddie has been such an inspiration not only to me but to many & will always continue to do so. I witnessed that day, that future wrestlers who never had the opportunity to meet him took the time to stop by and pay their respects wishing they would of had the honor and privilege to have met him & been around him like many of us did! I truly miss you WeeWeeto,” he concluded.
Kenny Omega’s countdown clock, revisited in this week’s episode of Being The Elite, has now been revealed as ending at the same time as AEW’s MGM Grand Pool Double or Nothing ticket party at 9PM EST on February 7.
This virtually guarantees that wrestling’s hottest free agent will join his friends at All Elite Wrestling, as any other fate would almost certainly sabotage the ticket party’s promised revelation. In a press release issued yesterday, All Elite Wrestling promised a surprise guest at the party and everything points towards Omega.
Kenny Omega is a former New Japan Pro Wrestling’s champion, whose reign ended on January 4 of this year after a loss to Hiroshi Tanahashi, and whose contract with the promotion ended on January 31.
In a press release issued today, All Elite Wrestling announced that at the Double Or Nothing ticket announcement party next week in Las Vegas they will reveal new signings, exciting new partnerships, ticket on-sale information and a surprise special guest.
Cody, The Young Bucks, Hangman Page, Brandi, Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky will all be participating in the party which will be streamed live on the company’s social media accounts starting at 6PM PST.
“We promised to change the wrestling landscape in 2019, and it’s already starting to shift,” said Cody Rhodes, AEW Executive Vice President. “Our roster is growing every day with awesome acquisitions, we’re gathering incredible momentum among our fanbase, and we’re poised to sell out the Double Or Nothing event in record speed. Whether you can join us in person next week or plan to follow the news socially, get ready to party with us on February 7, and let’s start the countdown to Double Or Nothing on May 25.”
FOX13 in Memphis is reporting that Jerry “The King” Lawler’s attorneys have filed two subpoenas to investigate Brian Christopher Lawler’s death.
Brian passed away on July 29 of last year a few hours after he was found hanging in his cell at the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Department. Jerry has always claimed that something was off in the timeline and the photos of his son’s bruisings are inconsistent with hanging. He said last year that he talked to Brian at 11AM on the day he passed away and sounded normal with no signs of being suicidal. To make matters worse, 20 cameras inside the jail weren’t working at the time.
Early in January, FOX13 reported Lawler hired Jeff Rosenblurm of Rosenblurm & Reisman who specializes in wrongful death, catastrophic injury, medical malpractice and civil rights law. Rosenblurm was engaged to pursue a civil rights claim against Hardeman County, and the deputies that were supposed to protect his son.
The subpoenas were issued to both the Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Impact Wrestling and NFL Alumni, Las Vegas Chapter announced a new partnership to advance NFLALV’s ‘Caring for Kids’ and ‘Care for our Own’ initiatives in Las Vegas, Nevada and support Impact Wrestling’s events in Las Vegas.
The partnership will include support by Impact Wrestling for fundraising initiatives directed to local charities supported by NFLALV, hosting opportunities for NFLALV-supported local charities in connection with Impact Wrestling events in Las Vegas, and participation by Impact Wrestling talent in NFLALV events.
To kick off this partnership, Impact Wrestling will participate in the Super Weekend Golf Tournament and NFL Players’ Alumni Mix ‘n Mingle Charity Silent Auction being hosted by NFLA Las Vegas on January 31 and February 1.
“The Super Weekend events are a bit of a coming out party for us,” said Linden King, president of the Las Vegas Chapter, NFL Alumni Association. “It is our first real opportunity to showcase our program, and we are thrilled to work with Impact Wrestling to help build our presence in Las Vegas.”
“Building a grassroots presence in the communities in which we operate is an important aspect of our business,” said Ed Nordholm, president of Impact Wrestling. “We welcome this opportunity to work with the Las Vegas Chapter of NFL Alumni Association as they too look to establish themselves in this community.”
WrestleMania 35 is upon us and is the norm, permutations and predictions are already doing the rounds as to who will face who, who will take all the headlines and who will run away with the championship. For the WWE Universe, WrestleMania 35 is the time to witness the biggest fights of the year and in addition, it’s also the time to make some money by predicting the winners at online casinos such as NoviBet live betting odds.
Building up to the much anticipated WrestleMania, rumors are already doing rounds that the Royal Rumble winner Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey, the RAW Women’s Champion will headline.
Becky vs Ronda: A Must Watch Fight
While it’s not yet official, all indications are that the Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey main event spot is a possibility. Soon after winning the 2019 Royal Rumble, Becky Lynch did not hide her quest to take on the reigning RAW Women’s Champion, Ronda Rousey.
The two women are fan favorites and throughout last year their fights drew the highest crowds as well as viewers. Unfortunately, the WWE universe did not get to see the two fight each other on the grandest stage. The only high profile fight that was scheduled between the two last year was set for the 2018 Survivor Series. However, the fight never came to fruition after Lynch suffered a face injury a few days before the fight and was replaced by Charlotte Flair.
With Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch being the two high profile female wrestlers at the present moment, their fight will no doubt draw a massive crowd both in the arena as well as for those following the WrestleMania 35 proceedings from their homes on TV. In light of this, it’s really difficult not to see the WWE setting the Rousey vs. Lynch match as the main event at WrestleMania.
A Fight to Determine the Better Wrestler
Since Ronda Rousey made her debut WWE appearance at WrestleMania 34 last year, she has not yet faced Becky Lynch at any big stage. Wrestling in RAW and winning the Women’s Championship cemented Rousey as one of the best female wrestlers of 2018. On the other hand, Becky Lynch also cemented her place as one of the best female wrestlers of 2018 albeit wrestling in Smackdown. Against this background, the Ronda vs Becky Lynch match, therefore, pits two incredible fighters who come from different backgrounds.
As with any other rivalry, fans (and the wrestlers themselves) will be looking to see who the better wrestler and undisputed champion is between the two.
First ever female fight headlining WrestleMania
If the rumors that Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch match is going to headline WrestleMania 35, then it is going to be the first time in history that a female wrestling match has headlined the WrestleMania! In WWE’s quest to put female wrestling on par with male wrestling as has been seen in the creation of the first ever Women’s Royal Rumble, first ever Women’s Elimination Chamber, and first ever All-Women’s pay-per-view, headlining the WrestleMania with a female match will further push the WWE’s agenda.
Former WWE Superstar Shawn Daivari has joined WWE in a producer role and is the latest addition to the team which has recently added Abyss, Sonjay Dutt, Shane Helms, and WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett.
The 34-year-old Minnesota native wrestled for WWE between 2004 and 2007, first as a manager to Muhammad Hassan, and then The Great Khali, before lacing up the boots himself. He was eventually released from the company in late 2007 and then joined TNA for two years where he won the X Division title. Daivari also had stints in Ring of Honor, Lucha Underground, and did many independent dates leading up to his rehiring at WWE.
His younger brother, Ariya, is part of the 205 Live roster and welcomed him to WWE on Twitter, posting a photo of the two together along with the words, “When I used to do my tryouts, my brother would always ask if people would “keep an eye out” for me. After I got signed, any opportunity I had to bring him to TV as my guest, I would. I wanted to return the favor. Thankfully, it helped land him his new role. Congrats bro!”
Smackdown did 2,137,000 viewers for the post-Rumble show, down 5,000 viewers from last week’s show. That is not a good number coming off the Royal Rumble and is down 372,000 viewers when compared to the post-Royal Rumble Smackdown of 2018. The show was #2 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #9 in overall viewership on cable for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Wrestling-Online.com today released the new updates for the W-O News app for both iOS and Android devices.
Version 3.2 of the iOS app (for both iPhone and iPad) can be downloaded from the App Store while version 1.2 of the Android app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store. The new versions might take a few hours before they appear and be available to download.
The new versions include the All Elite Wrestling and Press Releases category in the menu. The apps also feature integrated social media posts from Wrestling-Online.com’s social accounts, sharing features, and push notifications for breaking news.
Both the iOS and Android versions of the app are free to download.
WWE champion Daniel Bryan introduced an eco-friendly title belt last night on Smackdown, carved straight from an oak tree which naturally fell down.
“This…is trash,” Bryan said, as he held the WWE title and dumped it in the trash. “I said when I become WWE champion that I am going to change the world, but to change the world, you need new symbols,” he continued.
Erick Rowan, who was by Bryan’s side, then handed him the eco-friendly WWE title. “This is the new symbol of excellence! This is your new WWE championship,” he said.
The new eco title is exactly like the regular one but instead of leather strap and diamonds and gold, it’s all wood and sustainable organic hemp. Only a handful of WWE Superstars got their own titles throughout the history of the WWE and this might indicate that Bryan will be holding on to it for a while.
Impact Wrestling and Major League Wrestling (MLW) announced that they will be collaborating for their events on April 4 by coordinating talent and schedules to ensure that fans can attend live events presented by both organizations during the WrestleMania weekend in New York and New Jersey.
MLW will host “Rise of the Renegades” tapings on April 4 at 7PM EST for its weekly television program “Fusion” airing on beIN Sports. Tickets start at $20 and are already on sale at MLWTickets.com. The live event will take place at Melrose Ballroom (36-08 33rd St.) in Long Island City, NY.
IMPACT Wrestling presents “United We Stand” on Thursday, April 4 at Rahway Recreation Centre (275 E. Milton Ave.) in Rahway, NJ. The event, in partnership with WrestlePro, begins at 11PM EST and streams live on Twitch. Tickets are on sale at www.IMPACTWrestling.com and start at $40. The event will stream live on IMPACT Wrestling’s official Twitch channel.
“This arrangement eliminates talent booking conflicts and ensures that loyal and passionate fans of both IMPACT Wrestling and MLW are able to attend our respective live events on April 4th,” said Ed Nordholm, president of Impact Wrestling.
“Both promotions believe in putting the fans first,” said MLW COO Jared St. Laurent. “Fans will be traveling from all over the world in hopes of seeing the best of the best. MLW and IMPACT Wrestling agreed without hesitation that the fans deserved to be able to see both of these amazing events without having to choose one over the other.”
Impact Wrestling Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore added: “Due to the New York curfew preventing us from starting at 11:00PM EST, we have moved our live event to New Jersey. We want to thank our partners at WrestlePro for facilitating this collaboration on April 4th and also thank House of Glory and stress that we couldn’t make this happen for our great fans without their cooperation. We look forward to working with House of Glory in the near future and will have an announcement coming soon about a future event together.”
The two venues are roughly 30 miles apart and travel time between the two is generally about an hour.
The post-Royal Rumble Raw pulled in 2,703,000 viewers, up 241,000 viewers from last week’s show but actually lower than the January 14 episode. This has to be considered a big disappointment considering the post-Rumble Raw is usually one of the most-watched Raws of the year. Just as a comparison, the post-2018 Royal Rumble Raw had 3,394,000 viewers.
Hour one started with 2,816,000 viewers, which was lower than last week. It then went down to 2,718,000 viewers for the second hour and down even more to 2,575,000 viewers for the third and final hour.
Raw was #1, #2, and #3 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic and #5 in overall viewership for the night in cable. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
The WWE title will be defended inside the Elimination Chamber next month as Daniel Bryan will have to survive five other opponents in the steel structure to retain.
The challengers are Mustafa Ali, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, and Randy Orton. The match was made official last night on Smackdown.
This is the second Elimination Chamber match announced for the show. The brand new Women’s Tag Team titles will also be decided inside the Chamber as three teams from Raw and three teams from Smackdown will battle for the reintroduced belts.
WWE Cruiserweight Hideo Itami is gone from WWE after he requested – and was granted – his release last night at the Smackdown tapings.
Itami wrestled his last match against Akira Tozawa last night in the main event of 205 Live and on Sunday he was the one who took the fall for Buddy Murphy in the fatal 4-way match for the Cruiserweight title at the Rumble.
The news of Itami’s release was originally reported by PWInsider and Fightful. He is now on a 90-day no-compete clause which means he cannot show up anywhere else for the next three months.
Itami, who was known as KENTA prior to his WWE arrival, signed with NXT in 2014 but his stint there was highlighted with several injuries that kept him on the sidelines for over a year combined. He joined the 205 Live roster at the end of 2017 but just like in NXT, he never managed to win the big one.
WWE has confirmed that Dean Ambrose is leaving the company once his current deal expires in late April.
Taking the unusual steps of addressing the situation after PWTorch broke the story yesterday, WWE.COM issued a statement reading, “Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) will not be renewing his contract with WWE when it expires in April. We are grateful and appreciative of all that Dean has given to WWE and our fans. We wish him well and hope that one day Dean will return to WWE.”
Ambrose was reportedly very unhappy with how his character was progressing and refused a new contract which had a decent pay rise in the seven figures.
Episode three of season four of Total Bellas, titled Troublemaker, pulled in 454,000 viewers on Sunday, down just 6,000 viewers from episode two. (Ratings credit: showbuzzdaily.com)
The Fighting With My Family movie world premiere was held yesterday at the Sundance independent film festival.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Paige, Zelina Vega, writer, director, and producer Stephen Merchant, producers Kevin Misher, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia, and actors Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, and Vince Vaughn along with Paige’s entire family attended the screening.
The movie is set to be released nationwide on February 14. You can view nearly 40 photos from the arrivals as well as a video below.
The road to crown new Women’s Tag Team champions started last night on Raw with qualifying matches to determine who will be moving forward to the Elimination Chamber match next month.
Two qualifying matches took place on the show, with Nia Jax and Tamina defeating Alexa Bliss and Mickie James in the first match and then Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan of the Riott Squad defeating Natalya and Dana Brooke. Next week, Sasha Banks and Bayley team up to take on Alicia Fox and Nikki Cross in the final qualifier for Raw.
Qualifying matches from the Smackdown side will start tonight as well but no teams have been announced yet.
Three teams from Raw and three teams from Smackdown will ultimately battle inside the Elimination Chamber on February 17 to crown the new WWE Women’s Tag Team champions.
Ember Moon will be off television for several months as the former NXT champion is suffering from an elbow injury which requires her to undergo surgery.
“Sadly I messed up my elbow pretty bad and now I need to have immediate surgery,” Moon told WWE.COM in an exclusive video. She also noted on Twitter that she lasted 53 minutes in the Royal Rumble with one arm so you can imagine what she will be able to do when she gets back.
Moon said she doesn’t know how long she will be out for but “it will be a while” and now she’s trying to stay as positive as she can be in the situation.
The Pro Wrestling Torch website broke the news that Dean Ambrose has given his notice to WWE and will be packing his bags once his current deal is up at the end of April of this year.
Wade Keller of The Torch said that he was given a new contract and a pay raise but Ambrose told WWE officials this weekend, including Vince McMahon, that he was not interested in more money or staying.
His status in WWE looked pretty obvious yesterday on Raw after he was attacked by Nia Jax and on Sunday he didn’t have a great Royal Rumble either.
The former WWE champion has been working for WWE since 2011, first in developmental and then making his main roster debut in 2012 with the rest of The Shield.
Ambrose is married to Renee Young and it is not known if his status with the company will affect her in leaving as well. Young is one of the voices of Monday Night Raw, the first female permanent commentator for a major WWE show.
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