WWE Superstars will be meeting members of the press today in Saudi Arabia with the press conference airing live on the WWE Network.
Several stars who will be headlining the show will be present for this morning press event which starts at 11AM local time. The press conference airs live in the United States at 4AM ET with highlights available for video on-demand after the event is over.
Apart form the WWE Network, the press conference streams live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Crown Jewel airs on Thursday at 1PM ET with a one-hour Kickoff show at Noon ET.
The October 25 episode of WWE Backstage did a total of 426,000 viewers last week for the second preview episode with Finn Balor as the special guest. It was down 171,000 viewers from the first episode. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
Impact Wrestling is back on “regular” television tonight with its debut on AXS TV.
Impact moved to The Pursuit Channel in January of this year after leaving POP TV. The situation was not ideal for the company as the fishing and outdoor channel did nothing for Impact, not to mention it’s not widely available in homes. AXS TV is at least available in over 50 million homes across the United States.
The show will kick off at 8PM ET and it’s headlined by an Impact World title match between Brian Cage and Sami Callahan in a steel cage. Also scheduled for tonight is Ace Austin vs Eddie Edwards, Rob Van Dam explaining his actions from Bound For Glory, and an update on Ken Shamrock’s future in Impact.
Impact announced its move to AXS TV on September 12 just days after its parent company Anthem Sports & Entertainment acquired a majority interest in the network.
Titus O’Neil and WWE Hall of Famer Booker T did not agree with how Jordan Myles has handled the t-shirt situation, airing the dirty laundry on social media and involving others without their approval.
Myles cooked up a storm a few days ago on Twitter accusing his employer of being racist for a t-shirt that was designed that depict blackface. WWE fired back saying that Myles approved the design but Myles said that he only saw it on a white background and the racist connotations are there if it’s on a black t-shirt.
O’Neil, who doesn’t hold back when it comes to his race, said that while he agreed that the t-shirt was distasteful, bringing others into the story so he could vent his frustrations on issues that have nothing to do with WWE is also very distasteful. “If it’s #ForTheCulture don’t attack those in it!” O’Neil replied.
Booker T was even more blunt and told Myles to “leave my name out of this crap.” In his latest podcast, Booker slammed Myles for going to social media to publicize this and said that he should have dealt this differently. “It’s not for the world to come in. I don’t know when is the last time somebody on social media signed my check,” Booker said.
The two-time WWE Hall of Famer added that he’s “standing way back on this one” and advised Myles that social media and his business don’t go together. “This is not a Colin Kaepernick moment. Let’s just get that straight…first and foremost. If anybody got something to say, I’m a very easy man to find. I’m at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles, California, kicking back and relaxing.”
Total Divas returns with episode five of season nine tonight with an episode titled The Real Ronda.
The synopsis for tonight’s show reads, “After Ronda Rousey posts an explosive video on social media which upsets the other female Superstars, Ronda must find a way to prove that she’s not the villain she’s made out to be. Sonya worries her relationship is moving way too fast when her girlfriend’s mother pressures them to move in together and start a family. Carmella heads to the recording studio to record a new rap song with R-Truth, but her confidence is shaken when she realizes it’s not as easy as she thought it would be. Determined to repair her aggressive reputation in the ring with a shocking move off the top rope at WrestleMania, Nia pushes herself too hard while training and receives heartbreaking news from the doctor.”
WWE has announced the 20 participants who on Thursday will compete in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for the United States title.
The entrants, in alphabetical order, are: Akira Tozawa, Andrade, Apollo Crews, Brian Kendrick, Buddy Murphy, Cedric Alexander, Drake Maverick, Erick Rowan, Eric Young, Heath Slater, Humberto Carrillo, Luke Harper, Mojo Rawley, No Way Jose, R-Truth, Sin Cara, Shelton Benjamin, Sunil Singh, Titus O’Neil, and Tony Nese.
This battle royal will take place during the Kickoff show while the United States title match with the winner taking on AJ Styles will take place on the actual show.
Smackdown on FOX Sports 1 last Friday drew its lowest viewership in its history, getting only 888,000 viewers after it was pre-empted on FOX for baseball.
The MLB game on FOX drew over 12 million viewers and Smackdown was #9 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic. The show returns to FOX this week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
WWE will be switching things up once again next year in terms of the WrestleMania weekend events.
With Smackdown now live on Friday nights, WrestleMania week will end one day sooner, on Monday, but will start a day earlier than usual, on a Thursday.
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be kicking off the festivities next year on Thursday, April 2 with Smackdown taking place live on Friday, April 3. NXT Takeover will be on Saturday, April 4 and WrestleMania on Sunday, April 5 with Raw closing out the week on Monday, April 6. Axxess will run from Thursday to Monday.
Earlier this year, WWE moved NXT Takeover to Friday night during WrestleMania 35 due to the big ROH/NJPW show at Madison Square Garden on Saturday and had the Hall of Fame on Saturday. In previous years, NXT aired on Saturday night with the Hall of Fame taking place on Friday.
Next year, the Hall of Fame, Smackdown, NXT, and Raw will all be taking place at the Amalie Arena in Tampa while Axxess will take place at the Tampa Convention Center.
The Crown Jewel go-home episode of Monday Night Raw takes place tonight live from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Three matches have been announced ahead of tonight’s broadcast, including Universal champion Seth Rollins against Rowan in a falls count anywhere match, Raw Women’s champion Becky Lynch against one half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team champions Kairi Sane, and Ricochet versus Drew McIntyre.
Plus, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair will once again be on the show for the final push of the Team Hogan vs Team Flair five-on-five match and Jerry “The King” Lawler will hold divorce court with Lana, Bobby Lashley, and Rusev!
Tickets for WWE WrestleMania 36 will go on sale on Friday, November 15 starting at 10AM ET on Ticketmaster.com.
Meanwhile, travel packages for WrestleMania go on sale a few days before on Tuesday with five packages available: Championship, VIP, Platinum, Gold, and Silver.
All packages will include WrestleMania 36, Hall of Fame, Smackdown, Raw, NXT Takeover, and Axxess tickets as well as accommodation at a Tampa Bay hotel and concierge access. The Championship package will also include and exclusive reception with WWE Superstars, a gift bag, and a Busch Gardens experience with WWE Superstars.
Both Championship and VIP packages include the WrestleMania collectible chairs and floor seats. Other packages have different seating for each event. The Hall of Fame event is only available for those who opt for the five-day accommodation option.
The Silver package will start at $1,570 while the most expensive Championship package will cost a whopping $7,470. Tickets will be sold at TravelPackages.WWE.com.
All Elite Wrestling will be presenting Dynamite live on January 1, 2020 with the show taking place from Daily’s Place Amphitheater in Jacksonville, Florida.
The location is the same one that hosted Fight For The Fallen in July and AEW is marketing this New Year’s Day episode of Dynamite as the “homecoming edition.” Tickets will go on sale Friday, November 1 at Noon ET at AEWTix.com.
AEW has not announced any details for the Christmas Day episode but it’s highly unlikely that the show will be live on that day.
NXT’s Jordan Myles has entered into a very public heated argument with his employer over a t-shirt that was put on sale that he deemed to be insensitive.
The t-shirt in question had his name resembling in the shape of white teeth surrounded by lips on a black shirt that might depict blackface. The Gucci company recently released a balaclava jumper that was similar in style and was pulled by the company after backlash from customers.
Despite the shirt being removed from WWEShop.com, Myles vented his frustration on Twitter, saying that he’s not sorry for anything he will say or do as representation is important. “If this is @VinceMcMahon & @TripleH “vision” of me then this is a slap in the face to EVERY African American performer, fan, and supporter.”
WWE issued a statement after Myles, real name Albert Hardie Jr., went public with the story. The statement read, “Albert Hardie Jr. (aka Jordan Myles) approved this t-shirt for sale. As always, we work collaboratively with all of our performers to develop logos and merchandise designs and get their input and approval before proceeding. This was the same process with Albert, and we responded swiftly once he later requested that the logo/t-shirt be redesigned. No t-shirts were sold.”
The statement from WWE did not sit down with Myles, saying that he had only approved the design which was on a white background and you could only see “the racist intentions” if put on a black shirt. Myles then published an e-mail, complete with the address of Creative Services Talent Coordinator Landon Baker, where it says that Triple H attended a creative meeting and “wanted to the letter to be more ‘teethy,'” attaching the revised design.
In another tweet after publishing the e-mail, Myles then went off calling the whole WWE system a fraud. “They created this system where you can’t trust anyone, go grow cold, and you grow apart from what you love the most,” he said.
He also lambasted WWE for still employing Hulk Hogan. “The fact that Hulk Hogan is still employed after giving the locker room an apology for being caught says enough,” he concluded.
Myles, who wrestled on the indie circuit as ACH, signed a WWE deal in February of this year and recently won the NXT Breakout tournament where he later faced Adam Cole for the NXT title.
Retired English professional middleweight boxer Anthony Ogogo has signed a deal with All Elite Wrestling. The announcement was made by Cody Rhodes yesterday at Southside Wrestling’s event in Hertfordshire, England. In later comments, Cody said that Anthony would be the company’s first developmental project.
Ogogo decked MJF last night during the show after MJF kept taunting him and dared him to punch him in the face, something that Ogogo quickly agreed to.
Ogogo, who is now 30 years old, has an 11-1 record in professional boxing, only losing his last fight back in 2016. He represented Great Britain in the 2012 Olympic Games in London as a middleweight and won the bronze medal. He also represented England in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in Delhi and won silver.
After retiring from boxing, Ogogo switched to professional wrestling where he wrestled in the UK. He was also featured on Cody Rhodes’s Nightmare Family and The Road to Double or Nothing YouTube series.
In one of the recent Grilling JR podcasts, WWE Hall of Famer and now AEW announcer Jim Ross took a dig at Seth Rollins after Rollins called AEW the “minor leagues” during a Q&A panel at the Fandemic Tour in Houston.
The issue started when Rollins was asked about a fantasy match with Kenny Omega and where would that match be held. Rollins said that “when Kenny’s done playing in the minor leagues over there, Kenny can come work at the absolute top professional wrestling company in the world, in front of the most people, and make the most money, and have the biggest matches, which is with me at WrestleMania.”
That did not sit down well with Ross, who despite strong ties with WWE, now is on AEW’s payroll and will obviously defend them. Ross said that the name WrestleMania is what sells tickets to the show and not a particular individual.
“I don’t know how many houses Seth has drawn that have sold out. But Rollins he’s got a great spot…he’s blessed, maybe someday he’ll be as over as his girlfriend,” Ross said. “I don’t know, but nonetheless, I’ve always liked his work. He’s a solid guy, but saying things like that make him look bad and for that I feel badly…I just do.”
Rollins was doing exactly what Omega said in the past, comments which also did not sit down well with many on the WWE side.
On Twitter, Rollins then posted a funny photo asking fans to come hang out with him and his “super over girlfriend,” obviously referring to JR’s comments and Ross, replying to the comment after someone pointed it out to him, added that Becky is the most over talent in WWE right now.
Then Becky Lynch added herself to the mix, directly replying to JR’s comment. “Nothing but respect, JR — you’re an amazing announcer! So go down to the locker room and announce that I would whoop your whole women’s division any day of the week and twice on Sundays.”
Former 16-time WWE champion John Cena will be the special guest on the premiere episode of WWE Backstage on Tuesday, November 5.
His involvement was announced by host Renee Young yesterday during the second preview episode which aired immediately following Smackdown on FS1.
Cena was last seen on WWE television during the Raw Reunion show in July but has not wrestled since January. He did show up at WrestleMania 35 in his old Doctor of Thuganomics gimmick, interrupting the Elias concert. He has recently wrapped up filming the ninth installment of the Fast & Furious movie.
Big WWE fan Rob Gronkowski, who is now on the FOX Sports payroll, will also be appearing on this premiere episode.
WWE Backstage is hosted by Renee Young with Booker T, Christian, and Paige serving on the panel.
The December 5 NXT non-televised live event from Jacksonville, Florida, will be an all-women’s event.
The news was announced by NXT Women’s champion Shayna Baszler last night after Tegan Nox and Dakota Kai defeated Vanessa Borne and Aliyah.
This would be WWE’s second all-women’s event following the Evolution pay-per-view last year. This time, with no Ronda Rousey, WWE opted not to have another Evolution pay-per-view even though the show delivered above expectations last time.
Tickets for this show are already on sale at NXTTickets.com for $10 and $20 each. It will be held at the Maxwell Snyder Armory at 9900 Normandy Blvd.
Xavier Woods, one third of The New Day, underwent successful surgery for an Achilles tear, an injury which happened on day one of the Australian tour this week.
The former multi-time tag team champion will be out for a long time as such injuries can take up to six months just to perform basic activities and a further six months before it’s completely healed.
Woods uploaded a video on his social media labeling it as “Day 1,” showing him assembling the iWALK, a hands-free crutch that will allow him to walk without putting pressure on his ankle.
This episode of Total Divas was jammed packed with the drama that fans of the show have come to love, and newcomer Ronda Rousey, has certainly not been exempt from a share of it.
Apparently, the Divas are not happy that the former UFC star, has come on the scene. This is particularly true since Rousey has become a heel. She has begun to insult wrestlers claiming to be acting, however, some of her comments have hit close to home for some in the locker room, particularly Nia Jax.
Jax accused Rousey of being disrespectful to her fellow wrestlers in a promo. Rousey was accosted backstage and was screamed at by Jax. The whole locker room was once again startled at Jax’s anger as Jax has been picking fights with several of her fellow Superstars lately. However, no one seemed to know why.
Jax also has gotten into a fight with Carmella where she called Carmella “fake” in a previous episode. However, it was this latest fight with Rousey that seemed to push Nia over the edge. Finally, Nia apologized to Rousey, admitting the she felt insecure about her own place in the company since she and Rousey have similar wrestling styles. All was forgiven and the two are friends again.
Meanwhile, Ronda had another issue to deal with. Her husband, Travis, has plans for Rousey, after her WWE career is over. She has always had difficulty finding workout wear due to her muscular build, so her husband thought that she might enjoy making her own workout clothes. The line would feature clothes which would be made for more built women. Travis seemed very pleased with the sample clothes, and Rousey thought that the outfits worked well too. However, she didn’t know how she felt about being in the apparel industry. She was hesitant about wearing her own clothes. She also felt no interest in being a boss. However, her husband’s enthusiasm was apparently catching because she agreed to try. So, we might be seeing Rousey wear in stores soon.
Meanwhile, the other Divas were busy having a girls trip in Florida.
As with all Diva road trips, this one was jam-packed with drama, Naomi thought that her friends, Payton Royce, and Billie Kay were feeling homesick for their native Australia, so she thought that a beach trip would cheer them up. Most Diva road trips include lots of drinking and partying, which unbeknownst to Naomi, The IIconics don’t do.
In fact, they chose to leave early. After they left, the rest of the girls really got down to partying. After a drunken night of bar hopping, Liv Morgan invited dozens of strangers over for a party. In turn, the strangers brought over a keg. At first, Naomi protested because she and her husband had paid for a villa which the party guests were busy destroying. Then, her friends reminded her that girls trips were for getting into trouble. This means that as long as there are girls trips there will plenty of drama for fans of the show!
The reason you are here is that you wish to become a professional wrestler someday. Quite possibly you might have even imagined yourself walking down the ramp to the cheers of the people. Anubhav who did an excellent SerpStatReviewsays to become a wrestler professionally, you will need a lot of hard work. With the right training, luck and coaching, you can be the next big WWE champion.
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Get in the Best Shape of Your Life
In the wrestling ring, when the theme music plays and you walk through the curtain, you have one chance that is enough for you to create a lasting impression in the minds of the audience. Arti who offers statistics homework helpsays that while you are walking towards the ring, it is your look that makes an impression much before your wrestling skills. So, do ensure that you are in the best possible shape and have the cardio and the strength to safely conduct your moves and take all the bumps from the opponent.
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Find a Quality Wrestling School
Ashima who offers online assignment helpsays that to be the best you have to learn from the best. Look for a top-notch wrestling school or a trainer who will train you through your journey of becoming a professional wrestler. You must always look for a teacher who has an actual wrestling experience at a good level. Ideally, you must train with a trainer who has in the past wrestled for WCW or WWE. Only such a person will know what exactly your wants and needs are.
All high-end wrestling companies have a slightly different style of teaching. They train you in a manner that is appealing for the TV audience as well as the fans who are watching you. As a result of this training, you’ll have a proper understanding of the ring psychology that goes into creating a memorable match. Wrestling is way more than just stringing together a series of acrobatic stunts. The first step is knowing how to perform a move and telling a story with every move thereafter is a whole different level of the gameplay.
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Study Pro Wrestling Greats
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Get in the Ring
Shivam who works with a platform where you can pay for research papersays that there’s no substitute for getting in the ring and fighting your opponent. You can book yourself in a few local events before WWE to gather as much experience as possible. Of course, in the beginning, the pay will be low or even zero. Moreover, in these events, you might be wrestling in front of an almost empty arena. However, despite all of this, you need to treat every match like a real Wrestle Mania moment. This will help you keep getting better and better. Know that the more you wrestle, the more you’ll get comfortable with taking the bumps from the opponents. As a result of all this training and practice, your moves will become believable and you’ll be able to interact better with the audience to build up all the drama. Work on your confidence and improve your timing by getting in the ring, every time you have a chance.
Work on Your Character
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Impact Wrestling held its first AXS TV tapings yesterday in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and started off with a huge title change in a match that will headline next Tuesday’s Impact Wrestling.
Impact champion Brian Cage faced Sami Callihan in a steel cage match in a rematch from their Bound For Glory pay-per-view match but this time around, the outcome was different as Callihan managed to pin Cage and win his first major singles title.
Brian Cage’s Impact title reign was marred with an injury that kept him on the sidelines for a while after he won the title from Jonny Impact at the Rebellion pay-per-view in April. He held the title for six months.
Following the match, Tessa Blanchard made her presence felt and came out for a stare-down with the new champion. Blanchard and Callihan have a long history together in Impact Wrestling, having an intergender match at Slammiversary a couple of months ago.
Impact moves to AXS TV this coming Tuesday at 8PM ET.
