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Turning Point 2024 results

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Colin Vassallo
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Here are the results from last night’s TNA Turning Point which took place from the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Rosemary defeated Savannah Evans and Xia Brookside in a three-way match in the pre-show; Mike Santana defeated Frankie Kazarian; Joe Hendry defeated Brian Myers, Eric Young, Hammerstone, John Skyler, and Rhino in a six-way Thanksgiving turkey bowl match; Moose defeated Laredo Kid to retain the TNA X Division title; Steve Maclin defeated Josh Alexander in a no disqualification match; The Hardys and Ace Austin defeated Kushida, Zachary Wentz, and Matt Riddle in a six-man tag team match; Masha Slamovich defeated Jordynne Grace in a two out of three falls match to retain the TNA Knockouts title; Nic Nemeth defeated Eddie Edwards to retain the TNA World title.

Turning Point 2024 live on TNA+ tonight

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Colin Vassallo
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Live tonight from the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, TNA Wrestling presents Turning Point exclusively on the TNA+ streaming service. The full card is as follows:

Nic Nemeth vs Eddie Edwards for the TNA World title; Masha Slamovich vs Jordynne Grace in a two out of three falls match for the TNA Knockouts title; Moose vs Laredo Kid for the TNA X Division title; The Hardys and Ace Austin vs The Rascalz and Kushida in a six-man tag team match; Josh Alexander vs Steve Maclin in a no disqualification match; Frankie Kazarian vs Mike Santana; Joe Hendry vs Eric Young vs Hammerstone vs Brian Myers vs PCO vs John Skyler in a six-way Thanksgiving turkey bowl match; and Rosemary vs Xia Brookside vs Savannah Evans in a three-way match in the pre-show.

A TNA+ subscription is required to see the show which is $9.99 for a month and you can cancel at any time.

Sarah Logan and Erik welcome second son

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Colin Vassallo
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Sarah Logan and Erik of the War Raiders announced the arrival of their newborn, Ezekiel Joseph Rowe.

“We have a son. And he’s perfect in every way,” Erik wrote in a post on Instagram. Ezekiel was born yesterday, November 28, making it a perfect Thanksgiving for the couple.

Logan, who at the time was playing the Valhalla character, announced her pregnancy in April. She has not wrestled since the Royal Rumble.

The two already have a son, Raymond Cash, who was born in February 2021.

Cody Rhodes appears on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

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Colin Vassallo
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WWE champion Cody Rhodes appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night on NBC to plug the upcoming Saturday Night’s Main Event set for December 14 on NBC.

Rhodes discussed a lot of variety of subjects with Fallon, labeling this current era of WWE as the “Records Era” simply because the company, under the leadership of Nick Khan and Triple H, has been breaking records left and right.

Cody also gave props to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who along with Khan and Triple H, make it “easy” for him to be the quarterback of the company.

The champ talked about WrestleMania 40 and having his mom in the ring with him when he presented the WWE title to her. He gave a short backstory from when he was eight years old how his father explained how he did not win the WWE title back at MSG and how that was his motivation growing up.

Speaking about Saturday Night’s Main Event, Cody said “there might be a few surprises here and there” apart from a fantastic card.

You can see his eight-minute segment below.

Survivor Series: WarGames 2024 inches closer to 17,000 tickets distributed

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Colin Vassallo
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Survivor Series 2024

It’s going to be big business for WWE this weekend at Survivor Series with the show inching closer to a complete legit sellout.

With no stage setup, the Rogers Arena in Vancouver has 17,288 seats available and @WrestleTix is reporting that WWE has so far distributed 16,410 tickets as of today, with under 1,000 tickets left for a complete sell out.

The cheapest tickets available on Ticketmaster are CA $193.50. Ringside seats have also dropped drastically in price and are available from CA $998.65 in second row or CA $750.80 for third row.

The last time WWE came to Vancouver at the Rogers Arena was for Smackdown on January 5, 2024 where 13,157 fans turned up for the show.

NXT rating for 11/26/2024

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Colin Vassallo
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NXT this week drew 632,000 viewers, down 40,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. The show had a 0.15 rating in 18-49, down 0.04 and the lowest in a month. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

Change in how Continental Classic winner will be determined

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Colin Vassallo
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Continental Classic

There was a minor change in how the Continental Classic will be decided this year compared to last year, with another wrinkle added before the final match.

Last year, the winners from the blue and gold leagues took on each other to determine the Continental Classic winner, however, this year there is an extra step added.

Now, the gold league winner will take on the runner up from the blue league while the blue league winner will take on the runner up from the gold league in a semi final match.

The eventual winners of those two semi final matches will then meet each other with the winner taking possession of the AEW Continental title.

These three matches will all take place on the same night at the Worlds End pay-per-view in December.

Dynamite Dozen battle royal returning next week

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Colin Vassallo
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The Dynamite Dozen battle royal returns on next week’s episode of Dynamite with the winner advancing to a match at Winter Is Coming the following week.

The 12 AEW stars in this battle royal will fight for a chance to take on MJF for the Dynamite Diamond ring, a ring which so far has stayed with MJF since its introduction.

After winning the Dynamite Diamond ring in November 2019, MJF has successfully defended it every year.

Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly are the first two entrants to officially enter this battle royal.

Second Continental Classic tournament kicks off on Dynamite

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Colin Vassallo
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Continental Classic

The second Continental Classic tournament kicked off last night on the Thanksgiving eve episode of Dynamite live from Chicago, with three matches taking place.

Shelton Benjamin of the Hurt Syndicate defeated former ROH champion Mark Briscoe in the blue league, gaining three points. Claudio Castagnoli defeated Ricochet in the gold league to get himself three points and in the second gold league match of the night, Brody King defeated Darby Allin for another three points.

Three matches will take place this weekend on Collision with Kazuchika Okada vs Daniel Garcia and Kyle Fletcher vs The Beast Mortos in the blue league plus Will Ospreay vs Juice Robinson in the gold league.

Raw rating for 11/25/2024

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Colin Vassallo
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Raw

WWE Raw this week drew an average of 1,509,000 viewers, down 7,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. The show faced a simulcast of NFL on ABC and ESPN which drew nearly 17 million viewers.

The first hour of Raw started with just 1,478,000 viewers and then increased to 1,541,000 viewers in the second hour.

Raw was #3 on the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic with a 0.47 average rating, down 0.02 from the prior week and #5 overall on all of television. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

Matt and Jeff Hardy sign TNA contracts

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Colin Vassallo
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After working for the promotion for months without a deal, TNA Wrestling today announced that Matt and Jeff Hardy have signed a contract. The news was originally broken by Sports Illustrated.

The brothers are currently the TNA Tag Team champions, having won the titles in October at the Bound For Glory pay-per-view.

Matt returned to TNA in April at the Rebellion show and his brother Jeff joined him in June during the Against All Odds show. Both were previously working for AEW.

“They’ve taken great care of us. They have put myself and Jeff in positions to succeed, which we’re very grateful for,” Matt told SI. “We love the crew there, from the boys and the girls in the locker room to the management. Everyone and everything is really clicking right now. It feels like the unity is strong. The brand is growing again. I see a lot of upward mobility for TNA over the course of the next year. Jeff and I will be part of that for the next year.”

AEW pulls Ricky Starks from future GCW appearances

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Colin Vassallo
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AEW has decided to pull Ricky Starks from all future appearances with Game Changer Wrestling following his approved surprise appearance this past weekend at their Dream On event in New Jersey.

This seems to be in retaliation for comments that a GCW wrestler, Effy, made about Tony Khan’s father on his podcast.

GCW owner Brett Lauderdale admitted that he was blindsided by AEW pulling Starks and only found out when everyone else did.

“I don’t really have a line of communication with AEW. I’ve never talked to Tony Khan on the phone or via text in my entire life,” Lauderdale said. “They don’t talk to me. I’m not trying to say that necessarily in a negative context but, I guess, we’ve never really had to talk.”

Lauderdale added that AEW did not give him an explanation or asked any questions and he doesn’t know if this will go beyond Ricky Starks.

Survivor Series: WarGames store opening in Vancouver tomorrow

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Colin Vassallo
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Survivor Series 2024

The official Survivor Series: WarGames Store opens in Vancouver tomorrow morning.

Located at BC Place (Gate C), the shop features the largest collection of Survivor Series merchandise under one roof with exclusive merchandise including replica championship titles, Superstar apparel, signed memorabilia, collectibles, mini-titles and so much more.

It opens Thursday at 10AM until 7PM and continues on Friday from 10AM to 9PM and then Saturday from 9AM to 8PM.

Chelsea Green will be meeting fans at the store between 2PM and 3PM tomorrow for free photo ops. A wristband is required for the photo and are on limited supply, so get there early.

TNA to reveal destination of their big 2025 event after fan vote on December 4

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Colin Vassallo
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TNA has announced that it will reveal the destination of their “groundbreaking” live event in 2025 on Wednesday, December 4…after fans cast their vote on their desired location one more time.

Based on fan feedback since February 2024, the top two locations that fans want a major live TNA show are New York City and Los Angeles.

Now, TNA is once again leaving it up to the fans to decide which city they want their big event in.

The destination will be announced on all TNA Wrestling social media platforms and the TNA website at 2:22pm ET on Wednesday, December 4.

To vote, go to TNAWrestling.com.

AEW’s picks for International Women’s Cup match revealed

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Colin Vassallo
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AEW has revealed the four female stars who will be battling for a spot in the International Women’s Cup at Wrestle Dynasty in January.

Jamie Hayter will take on Queen Aminata tonight on Dynamite in the first qualifier and then Serena Deeb takes on Willow Nightingale on Collision on December 7.

The two winners then face each other for the spot at the Winter Is Coming Dynamite on December 12.

The International Women’s Cup will have a four-way match featuring stars from Stardom, AEW, ROH, and CMLL and will take place on Sunday, January 5 live from the Tokyo Dome as part of the Wrestle Dynasty pay-per-view.

Ethan Page and Giulia advance to the Iron Survivor Challenge match

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Colin Vassallo
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The Iron Survivor Challenge matches for Deadline have now four of the five spots filled after two more qualified last night on NXT.

Former NXT champion Ethan Page defeated Axiom to advance to the men’s match while Giulia defeated former NXT Women’s North American champion Kelani Jordan to advance to the women’s match.

With one spot in each match remaining, the final contestants will be decided on next week’s show where the losers of each qualifying match will battle in fatal four-way matches.

The men’s match will feature Cedric Alexander, Lexis King, Eddy Thorpe, and Axiom while the women’s match will have Cora Jade, Jaida Parker, Wren Sinclair, and Kelani Jordan.

The winner of the men’s match joins Wes Lee, Je’Von Evans, Nathan Frazer, and Ethan Page in the Iron Survivor Challenge and the winner of the women’s match joins Sol Ruca, Stephanie Vaquer, Zaria, and Giulia.

Eric Bischoff and X-Pac to appear on NXT next week

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Colin Vassallo
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Former WCW President and WWE official Eric Bischoff and former nWo/DX member Sean “X-Pac” Waltman will be appearing on NXT next week.

Bischoff made his presence felt via video when he appeared during a segment between NXT champion Trick Williams and number one contender Ridge Holland. With things getting hot between the two, Bischoff said that he will be coming to the WWE Performance Center next week to host a face-to-face between the two ahead of their match at Deadline.

Meanwhile, later in the show, X-Pac kinda invited himself to the broadcast when he mentioned Shawn Michaels in a post on X writing, “Next week’s NXT show looks too good to miss. I’m coming to Orlando to watch it live!”

So far it’s unknown what X-Pac will be there for.

Dwayne Johnson back in theaters today with Disney’s Moana 2

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Colin Vassallo
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Just weeks after his Red One movie opened around the world, Dwayne Johnson is back on the big screen today, or better yet, behind the microphone, with the release of Disney’s Moana 2.

The movie also features the voices of Auliʻi Cravalho, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda, Rose Matafeo, David Fane, Hualālai Chung, Rachel House, Awhimai Fraser, Gerald Ramsey, and Alan Tudyk.

The synopsis of the movie reads, “Three years after the events of the first film, Moana receives an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors and forms her own crew, reuniting with her friend, the demigod Maui. As they journey to the far seas of Oceania to break the god Nalo’s curse on the hidden island of Motufetu, which once connected the people of the ocean, they confront old and new foes, including the Kakamora and underworld goddess Matangi.”

Moana 2 is expected to do much better than Red One, with projections hovering in the $110 million range for the Thanksgiving weekend. If it hits that number, it would be the biggest opening for a film released during that period.

The original Moana pulled in $643 million in worldwide box office and had a budget of $150 million.

AEW Grand Slam: Australia moved from stadium to 13,000-seater arena

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Colin Vassallo
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There will be nothing grand about the upcoming AEW Grand Slam: Australia show as AEW has moved it from the 50,000-seater Suncorp Stadium to the 13,000-seater Brisbane Entertainment Centre amid very low ticket sales.

An e-mail from Ticketek to all ticket holders said, “The promoter of AEW Grand Slam Australia, wishes to advise you that the venue for Grand Slam Australia on Saturday 15th February 2025, has been changed to Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Ticket holders do not need to take any action, your new event tickets will be sent to your Ticketek App in the next 2 weeks. Your Stadium tickets will not be valid for the new venue.”

AEW President Tony Khan boasted last week that the company has sold “thousands” of tickets for Grand Slam when there were already rumors of a venue change and Ticketek restricting purchasing of new tickets for the show.

Tickets for the new location are not available for sale yet but will be online soon.

The Brisbane Entertainment Centre last held a wrestling show for WWE in October 2019, a non-televised live event headlined by Roman Reigns vs Erick Rowan in a street fight.

This was a bit of karma biting back as on May 27, 2022, Tony Khan tweeted that it was one of his favorite days because he had dinner with Dana White where he informed him that MITB was moved from the proposed Allegiant Stadium to MGM Grand due to low sales on the same day of a UFC event at the T-Mobile Arena.

Rampage rating for 11/22/2024

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Colin Vassallo
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Rampage

Rampage on TNT drew 249,000 viewers last Friday, up 63,000 viewers from the prior week and the best number since October 11. The show had a 0.09 rating in 18-49, up 0.03 from the previous show and was #10 on the top 50 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)

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