After wrestling for Fight Life Pro Wrestling last night in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, House of Black member Buddy Matthews hinted that he will be disappearing for a while.
Matthews grabbed the house mic and addressed the crowd, saying that he’s going to be the bearer of some unfortunate news.
“As everyone knows, the House of Black has had some issues lately. As all the members of the house, I’m speaking for them all, we want to thank you all for being members of the house,” Matthews said. “Unfortunately, I, like some of the other members, need to go away for a while. I need to recalibrate. I need to figure out some things. As my brother Malakai once said, this isn’t goodbye…this is see you later.”
Meanwhile, Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reported as well that Matthews is done with AEW for now, citing unhappiness in the promotion.
The House of Black is now down to just Brody King and Julia Hart.
This week’s Impact Wrestling on AXS TV drew 82,000 viewers on AXS TV, up 15,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. For the third straight week in a row, the show drew 0.01 in the 18-49 demo and didn’t chart in the top 150 cable chart for the night. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
TMZ.COM cameras caught up with the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes and asked him how recovery has been going and about his return to WWE.
Cody said that WWE has treated him “like the house that built him” and it’s amazing to be back. He said that after his return, everything was rolling fast and then got a bump in the road with his torn pec.
“It was like the best three months of my life. Hopefully we can get back to that soon,” Cody said.
Asked about a timeline on his return, Cody repeated a previous statement saying that they haven’t given him one because they know he’s going to test it, but he has an idea in mind, and so do the fans.
“I have in my mind where I want to be and I think a lot of fans have in their mind where I’d like to be, the former AEW TNT champion said. “That’s hopefully where it’s at. What happens next, hopefully, and what we do, this is all speculative and up in the air. Hopefully it’s a run people will remember and I have to be healthy for it,” he continued.
Ahead of Extreme Rules, FOX will be airing WWE’s Top 10 Most Extreme Moments special on Sunday, October 2.
According to the FOX schedule on TV Passport, the hour-long show is set for a 4:30PM ET airing following NFL programming but some FOX affiliates might air the show before. It is best to check your local listings for the actual start time.
Airing after an NFL game will bring in a few million viewers thanks to the strong lead-in so that is some much-needed extra publicity for Extreme Rules.
Fresh off his exit from All Elite Wrestling, former NXT Tag Team champion Bobby Fish made his Impact Wrestling debut last night at Victory Road, an event which streamed exclusively on the Impact Plus streaming service.
Fish cut a promo in he ring saying that after a 20-year career, he’s not here for the bullshit and then wondered if he can even say that here.
“Let’s think about this, Impact can’t fire me, I don’t work here,” Fish said.
He mentioned that even though he never worked with Impact, he still kept an eye on the locker room and as a man who’s not afraid to call somebody out, the Impact locker room is full of legit dudes who will come out to the ring and give it a go.
Fish was eventually interrupted by Shera and Raj Singh and Singh. The two tried to double team him but Fish kicked Shera and then hit a suplex on Singh.
The former member of The Undisputed Era/Elite left AEW at the end of August after less than a year with the promotion and then challenged CM Punk to a fight during a podcast after the whole All Out backstage brawl.
Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH announced today that Hall of Famer Sting will team with The Great Muta for his final match on Sunday, January 2023 in Yokohama, Japan.
The match will take place at The Great Muta Final Bye-Bye show from the Yokohama Arena although their opponents have not been named yet. This will be Sting’s debut with NOAH.
The two legends have a long history together from their WCW and NJPW days in the late 80s and early 90s and wrestled against each other at Starrcade, The Great American Bash and other events and also teamed up together at other shows in Japan and the United States.
Tickets for this show will go on sale to the general public on November 12. VIP seats are priced at 100,000 Yen, around $700. Other tickets start from the equivalent of $35 to $350.
Hangman Adam Page got himself another AEW World title match after he won the Golden Ticket Battle Royal during last night’s Rampage: Grand Slam episode. He now moves on to the October 18 episode of Dynamite where he takes on Jon Moxley during a one-time Tuesday night show which will air directly against NXT.
Other participants in the battle royal included 10, Ari Daivari, Best Friends, Brian Cage, Cole Karter, Danhausen, Dalton Castle, Daniel Garcia, Dante Martin, Evil Uno, Jay Lethal, John Silver, Lance Archer, Lee Moriarty, Matt Hardy, Penta El 0 M, Private Party, QT Marshall, Rush, The Blade, and The Butcher.
The ending saw the former AEW World champion eliminate Rush in the final two to grab the victory.
Here are the results from last night’s Victory Road 2020 event which took place from the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
Ace Austin, Chris Bey, and Juice Robinson defeated Jack Price, Jason Hotch, and “Shogun” Jackson Stone in a six-man tag match in the pre-show; Tasha Steelz defeated Killer Kelly in the pre-show; Mike Bailey defeated Delirious to retain the Impact X Division title; The Motor City Machine Guns defeated Honor No More; Mickie James defeated Gisele Shaw; Frankie Kazarian defeated Alex Zayne, Black Taurus, Kenny King, Laredo Kid, Mia Yim, Trey Miguel, and Yuya Uemura in an intergender triple threat revolver match to become the number one contender for the Impact X Division title; Honor No More defeated Josh Alexander, Heath, and Rich Swann in a six-man tag match; Jordynne Grace defeated Max the Impaler; Steve Maclin defeated Sami Callihan and Moose in a three-way barbed wire massacre match.
The White Rabbit didn’t come to Smackdown and instead offered another clue via another QR code.
The scanned QR code led to yet another teaser, a maze game where you have to lead a white rabbit to a door. When completing the game, the word Patricide and coordinates 53°32’49.5″N, 113°29’51.3″W show up. Inputting the coordinates into Google Maps gives you the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the site of next week’s Monday Night Raw.
The word patricide is a person who kills their own father, so this will be interesting in how it plays out to the overall mystery of who this White Rabbit is.
Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit song was once again played during a commercial break at Smackdown with the fans popping big when the red lights came on, but unfortunately for them, the expected Bray Wyatt was not in sight.
Fans also posted photos from the parking lots showing a paper with the coordinates and a white rabbit left on their windshield.
Impact Wrestling announced that Raven will be inducted into the Impact Hall of Fame this year during the Bound For Glory pay-per-view.
Raven, now 58 years old, wrestled for TNA from 2003 until 2007 and then had another short stint between 2009 and 2010. Raven won the NWA title in June 2005 at Slammiversary, the only title he won during his six-year stint with the company.
The in-ring veteran is best known for his work in ECW where he was a two-time ECW World champion and a four-time ECW World Tag Team champion. He also wrestled for WCW and WWE during his career.
Other members of the Impact Hall of Fame include Sting, Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Earl Hebner, Gail Kim, Abyss, Ken Shamrock, Awesome Kong, and Team 3D.
Bound For Glory takes place from the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, New York on October 7.
Last Week’s Rating: 470,000 overall; 0.14 in 18-49 demo
So Saraya’s not cleared for in-ring. Since she was clearly interested in Britt, perhaps she’s the person to finally tear Jamie Hayter away from Baker?
It’s Saturday morning, and you know what that means… it’s time for our Rampage Review!
JR welcomed us along with Excalibur, Schiavone and new ROH Champ Chris Jericho.
Darby Allin & Sting vs HOB (Brody King & Buddy Matthews), no-DQ
Backstory: Long feud between the 2 sides, King made the challenge last week
Wasting no time, the faces appeared behind the HOB during their entrance, Sting and Matthews brawling on the ramp, Allin and King in the ring as Jericho wondered disgustedly ‘What kind of guy uses a bat?’
Darby took a huge chop from Brody that sent him flying over the ropes leaving Sting alone, the heels circling, a flurry from Sting keeping them at bay, Stinger Splash to Matthews after forcing him to the corner.
Cut off by King, he put Sting up for a superplex but Allin came in, hitting a Code Red off the top, accelerating into a diving shoulder through the ropes with Matthews on the apron. The Aussie then fought off by Sting, onto a table at ringside, Sting perched to dive but shoved off by Brody, crashing through one table, smashing his head on a second. Darby’s death wish is rubbing off.
Dragging the vet inside, Hart hauled out handcuffs as the break arrived.
Could really do without JR giggling with Jericho. Particularly when Excalibur’s already noted they’re going to talk about his despicable actions later.
Darby was in big trouble post-break, being beaten and battered on the ramp by the HOB, Sting still handcuffed in the ring. Dante’s Inferno was coming, on the ramp no less. Allin slipped out, climbing the scaffolding, Coffin Drop onto a standing Matthews, smacked by King as he got up, snatched up into that familiar choke by the Big Guy, only freeing himself by throwing himself off the stage, taking King with him, using the Big Fella as a crash mat.
Leaving Sting at the mercy of Matthews and Julia Hart, a nasty cut on his forehead. Bringing in a chair, sitting the veteran mid-ring, Matthews was about to tee off with the bat when the lights went out. Bringing out the Great Muta!
Seemingly on the US leg of his retirement tour.
Matthews stepped aside. Muta eyed Sting before hauling Matthews’ leg out the socket with a Dragon Screw. Julia Hart took a really nasty bump, missing the table at ringside, I audibly gasped, hope she’s okay.
A Scorpion Death Drop later, we had the first winners of the night. The ex-rivals sharing a moment in the middle.
Action packed opener. Not a huge fan of matches when the guys are so clearly hurting themselves but it started the show off with a bang.
WINNER: Darby Allin and Sting
Hook & Action Bronson vs 2Point0
Backstory: 2.0 have been baiting Hook, Bronson was in the crowd & helped his friend
Crowd noticeably tired as Bronson rapped Hook to the ring, an audible roar for the pair but far from the responses at the start of Dynamite.
Taz joined on comms.
Big boot from Parker, Hook escaping out of the hip toss, landing on his feet. Jericho said this could be one of Hook’s biggest challenges. C’mon man.
Tag to Bronson, big cheer, Menard in to greet him, trying to dislodge him with a shoulder block but Bronson running over both, crushing them in the corner. Guy’s got some acceleration.
Hook back in, being doubled by 2.0, two-count for Parker. Snap suplex getting a one, Menard back in, the crowd chanting for Bronson, a step-up elbow off Parker’s back by Menard.
Parker cut-off Hook from the tag, the youngster with a throw, freeing himself for the hot tag, more shoulder charges from Bronson, a ‘Queens’ Stampede, then a pounce, bouncing the heels around before tagging out.
Forget what I said at the start, Bronson was very popular with this crowd.
Hook back in, Redrum locked in on Parker, Menard in for the save, a Redrum waiting for him courtesy of Bronson. The good guys win.
Bronson looked very good here. Everything he did was believable. He didn’t do anything he couldn’t. And the crowd loved him.
WINNER: Hook & Action Bronson
Wardlow & Samoa Joe vs Tony Nese & Josh Woods
Backstory: Wardlow ran off the heels when they attacked Joe last week
Smart Mark was on the mic as we came back, saying that Wardlow’s been trying to powerbomb him for months now. So presumably that’s happening.
Big response for Joe, as usual. The faces headed straight for the ring, no acknowledgment of the other beside their matching colors.
Woods dropped Wardlow with a suplex, mimicking the symphony, paying for it as Wardlow hit a suplex of his own before clotheslining Woods, leaving Wardlow clutching his leg as both spilled outside.
‘Joe’s gonna kill you!’ bellowed the crowd as Nese headed to the top for a moonsault, Joe doing his legendary ‘step out the way’ spot. Crowd enjoyed that. But then getting hung on the top by Nese but not for long, drilling him with an STO out of the corner, hauling Nese to the top, Muscle Buster. 1,2,3.
This was over very quickly. Perfect. AEW have far too many matches that they drag out despite the outcome being obvious. This was exactly what it needed to be.
Post-match, the heels doubled the vet, Wardlow finally hobbling back in, running through both with a double clothesline, setting Nese up for the Symphony. Sterling entered to interrupt and was surrounded by the good guys. Three powerbombs followed, Joe hauling Sterling up after each.
WINNER: WarJoe
Jungle Boy video promo, putting over Fenix. Back to dispassionate and monotone for the youngster. This is their first ever singles meeting.
Rey Fenix vs Jungle Boy
Backstory: None
Could be the match of the night. Though personally I think Rey is above losing here, particularly since that’s pretty much all Death Triangle have done since landing the Trios Titles.
Big reaction for both, especially Rey.
Flying out the blocks, Fenix backed JB into the corner, who came out with a tejeiras, a dropkick and a kip-up. Fenix responded with a ridiculously athletic somersault armdrag after walking the ropes, following with a Hook Kick after swinging between them.
No-one uses the ropes better than Rey. Break time.
Stinging slaps from the Mexican as we came back, JB responding, knocking Rey down, Fenix slipped out of a suplex but Jungle Boy used the momentum to come back with a heavy clothesline, then a sheer-drop brainbuster. Westside Gunn was in the front row, perfectly placed to see JB’s elbow suicida.
Rey missed with a second hook kick, JB striking with a thrust kick and poisonrana (which looks awesome, really should be his finish), Fenix replying with a rolling, leaping cutter. Both retreated to the corner, using the ropes to haul themselves up, coming to the middle, exchanging chops, a double underhook bomb turned into hurracanrana by JB mid-move.
Another thrust kick from JB, who missed with a sliding elbow but again caught Fenix going for the hook kick and sent him outside. With both perched on the apron: heavy forearm from the youngster, who saw a sunset bomb off the apron blocked and was blasted with a running kick, striking back with one of his own as Rey flew at him off the apron.
Another scrap right in the center after the second break of the match, Fenix dropping JB across the knee off the shoulders, then hitting a Gory Cutter for the first pin attempt and two-count of the contest. A corkscrew kick left Jungle Boy struggling in the middle, Rey to the ramp, beautiful step-up escalera for another close count.
‘Zero Miedo’ chant as JB slipped out of the corner, this time hitting the sunset bomb, a sliding clothesline/elbow seeing his first two count. Three Amigos time, Jungle Boy slipping out of the last into a kind-of reverse ddt. With Rey down in the middle, Jungle Boy to the top, crotched as Fenix covered the ground in a split-second, nailing a beautiful frogsplash for nearly three.
A step-up spinkick in the corner ended with Rey carrying Jungle Boy on his back, poised to drop the youngster until he slipped out into a tight roll-up for the victory. After being visibly frustrated for a second, Rey relaxed and the two shared a handshake and a hug.
Christian’s music hit almost immediately, the crowd booing loudly. Luchasaurus’ music followed quickly, the dinosaur appearing behind JB. Rey must be a ghost because he’d somehow disappeared. The Big Guy dropped his former partner face first as Christian began to speak. He didn’t say much, blaming JB for his injury.
This was the match of the night. Excellent, breathless action combining superb athleticism and heated, physical exchanges.
WINNER: Jungle Boy
Footage of the JAS celebration on Wednesday saw a disgruntled Daniel Garcia try to speak but Jericho put him off for now, saying it was time to party.
Sammy Guevara vs Eddie Kingston
Backstory: On-screen, part of ongoing JAS/Kingston feud; offscreen, the pair had a confrontation which led to Kingston’s suspension & their ppv match being scrapped
Huge response for Eddie Kingston. Love his music. Sammy’s isn’t bad either.
This one should be great too.
Before we got going, Guevara grabbed a mic, telling Eddie ‘man-to-man, I’m sorry… I didn’t say this sooner: you’re a fat piece of s***’. (That’s allegedly what pissed off Eddie for their real confrontation)
Not smart, Kingston flying at the youngster, dragging him around ringside, hauling off with heavy palmstrikes and headbutts. Then dragging Sammy to the apron where Guevara back body dropped him to the floor to heavy booing as the ads arrived.
Guevara was targeting the back as we returned but missed off the top, Kingston throwing elbows to the face until a distraction from Melo allowed Sammy to strike with a knee to the face, step-up enziguri and a double-jump cutter for two. That cutter’s a little too delayed to look good.
One of the heaviest lariats you’ll ever hear – yes, hear – came next, then machine gun chops, the crowd still right behind the native, Sammy screwing up another double jump, hitting the deck but hauled up into a backdrop driver, setting up for the reverse elbow but missing.
Sammy took advantage, hauling Eddie up for the GTH, Kingston fighting out, half-and-half, then landing the Uriken right in the middle. Then another. And another. Hauling off with a slap before locking in the Stretch Plum, the ref calling it quickly as Sammy couldn’t defend himself.
Kingston though refused to let go, bringing a crew out, including Paul Turner, who overturned the decision, continuing the storyline where Tony Khan challenged Turner to tighten things up.
Tay was great dragging Sammy up the ramp, excitedly telling her groggy husband that he won as he looked anything but a winner.
Short and disrupted by ads but what we saw was good and it linked a couple of stories together. Eddie had to come out like a madman here and he did. To be continued.
WINNER: Sammy Guevara after ref overturned decision
Jade Cargill vs Diamante, TBS Title
Backstory: Diamante challenged Jade last week, bringing Trina with her
Still cannot understand why they hyped Trina so much. If this was in Miami it’d be a little more understandable. Perhaps they really want the rights to ‘Pull over that Ass’ Too Fat’ for someone’s entrance?
Diamante dived off the apron, Jade catching her, launching an F5 onto the apron, then Jaded for the win. Cargill seemed to legit hurt her leg in catching Diamante.
The crowd were behind Jade here. As was Trina, who cast aside Diamante and celebrated with the Baddies.
Cool finishing sequence. Otherwise, your typical Jade match.
WINNER: Jade Cargill
Golden Ticket Battle Royal for future World Title Shot
Backstory: Announced last Friday
For those wondering, Tony Khan explained that the Casino Chip grants a title match anytime, anyplace. While this grants a title match at a pre-stipulated time and place.
Hangman was out first – the only guy to receive an entrance – but blasted from behind by Rush, Butcher and Blade, the Dark Order in quick pursuit as the match went straight to break.
Paul Wight joined on comms.
All the other combatants had emerged during the break (why exactly did they bother signing W. Morrisey?). Daivari was eliminated first. Must’ve been one of the favorites given his track record of Rampage main events.
Page and Danhausen worked together to eliminate QT, ‘Hausen following quickly courtesy of B&B. Dante next, nasty spill onto his head. Then Hager, hooked out by the Best Friends. Dalton Castle, apparently part of the ROH Trios Champs, was saved by The Boys.
Garcia, Moriarty and Trent were next. More ads.
Vance had gone too during the break. The Blade was next courtesy of Matt Hardy, who hugged Private Party to a cheer but all three were eliminated by Butcher. As was Uno. Which put Butcher on Hangman’s radar.
Silver flexed, which annoyed Rush, who flung him over the ropes, leaving Rush, Archer, Penta, Page and Lethal. Archer quickly removed courtesy of a Penta enziguri. Penta then seemingly did the same to Lethal but he was caught by Singh and returned to the ring, eliminating Penta after a Lethal Injection. Pissing off Hangman who blasted Lethal out of the match.
(I know I’ve said this before, but to me, Lethal isn’t near the level of Penta. He and Rey lose way too often.)
Two men left. Heavy chops exchanged, a Rush German from which Hangman landed on his feet but was nearly eliminated as both spilled to the apron. More chops exchanged, Rush setting up for a piledriver; Hangman reversing into a DeadEye on the apron, sending Rush tumbling to the floor.
Tuesday October 18th is the date for the title defense.
Your standard Battle Royal, containing waaaay too many scrubs considering a title shot was on the line.
Hangman was the right choice if they want the upcoming title match to be a big match. But they need to be careful about how often he loses. He’s done almost nothing since losing the title and doesn’t feel on the level of other former champs.
WINNER: Hangman Adam Page
Will Hobbs vs Ricky Starks, Lights Out Match
Backstory: Longtime friends, Hobbs attacked Starks’ injured neck, then beat him quickly at All Out
The Main Event. Presumably a make-good for having their time cut at the ppv. Though both are young stars with a feud worthy of the slot.
Befitting the match, this was a fight straight away, fists flying, Starks springing off the ropes into a Thesz Press, pursuing Hobbs to the outside, introducing him to the steel steps, then pausing to kiss a lady’s hand in the crowd.
An early Roshambeaux attempt was turned into an awkward looking neckbreaker which was maybe meant to look the same as the DeadEye where Starks injured his neck? If not, it just looked bad, Starks banging his head against the Big Guy’s back on his way down.
Returning from the final break, Hobbs was poised over a downed Starks, chair in hand. Setting it up in the corner, he stampeded Starks into it but Ricky blocked another, following with a tornado ddt after running up the buckles. A two-count his reward.
Just as Starks was about to use the chair, Hobbs struck with a low blow, crumpling Ricky as Powerhouse set up two chairs in the middle. Starks though slipped out, belting the Big Fella in the balls. Repositioning the chairs back-to-back, he set-up the Roshambeaux again but was backdropped ‘spine-first’ onto the backs. Though hit more around the ass. Didn’t look fun.
A running powerslam seemed like the end but Ricky kicked out. Crowd quiet after four hours. Out on the ramp, Hobbs snapped off a right hand, pursuing the smaller man up towards the tunnels. Almost out of it, Starks ducked a right hand but was planted into the tunnel attempting a spear. Hobbs ripped a light-fixture away as he loomed over Starks crawling back to the ring.
Missing with the light-fixture, he was Speared through a table, Starks afterwards cracking the light over Hobbs’ head. Roshambeaux for the win.
This was actually the first Lights Out match I’ve watched; they’re really not my thing. Fortunately, this didn’t have too much by way of barbed wire boards. Good action broken-up by too-long an ad break.
WINNER: Ricky Starks
Next Dynamite:
Saraya will speak
As will MJF
Moxley vs Juice Robinson, World Title Eliminator
Overall impressions
Genuinely had to double check what day it was after watching this. Because it didn’t feel like a Rampage. And that’s a good thing, as DDP once said.
Meaningful matches involving stars. It’ll be interesting to see how this does in the ratings. In addition, there was a better mix of long, competitive matches and shorter ‘squashes’. Meaning the former had more impact.
Also have to note, it kind of gets unappreciated how excellent AEW are at having the good guys win. Yes, heat is important. But more important is sending the fans home feeling good about what they just watched.
We start the show with the WWE Undisputed Universal Champion the Tribal Chief Roman Reigns and the Bloodline. After they had Solo “acknowledge Roman” and the music started to play, Sami Zayn asked for a minute and wanted to acknowledge the Tribal Chief as well. Roman then says he likes Sami but why is he even talking right now? Why is he always hanging around? Why does he have their shirt on? Take the shirt off! As Sami refuses, Roman says Jey who steps to Sami and rips the Bloodline shirt off Sami.
Roman tells him he just needs to listen for once and said he is never going to wear it again and says because he got him a new one and throws Sami a shirt that has SZ Honorary UCE on it. Sami does his handshake with Jimmy Uso and then Roman says anything you want to say. Sami Says yes, “I acknowledge you my Tribal Chief” and then hugs Roman.
Liv Morgan VS. Lacey Evans
Evans goes outside and finds a kendo stick under the ring; she swings at Liv, but Liv ducks hits a code breaker then the oblivion for the win.
Winner the WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion Liv Morgan
After the match, Liv picks up the kendo stick and starts beating Evans with the it. Liv then pulls a table out from under the ring. Liv then puts Evans on the table, then climbs to the top of the ring post and senton bombs right through Evans and the table.
The New Day VS. The Maximum Male Models
As Maxine gets pictures Kofi comes in and dropkicks Mace out of the ring and Woods rolls up Mansoor for the win.
Winners: The New Day
After the match, Max loses it and rips off his jacket slamming it on the mat and yelling at everyone.
Braun Strowman VS. Otis
Great match for both of them but it was Strowman with the powerbomb for the win.
Winner: Braun Strowman
Drew McIntyre comes out and challenges Karrion Kross to a strap match. Scarlett comes out by herself and Kross attempts to attack Drew, but Drew was ready for him. Drew got the best of Kross until Scarlet hit Drew with a low blow then Kross chokes Drew out and accepts the strap match for Extreme Rules.
Dakota Kai VS. Raquel Rodriguez
As Shotzi comes out and attacks Bayley and Iyo Sky, Rodriguez rolls Kai up for the pin
Winner: Raquel Rodriguez
The Usos VS. Ridge Holland and Butch for the WWE Unified Tag Team Championship
After several near falls, Sami Zayn goes to get a chair and went to slide it in the ring, Sheamus stopped him and was confronted by Solo and Sami, but Imperium come down and attack Sheamus which distracted Butch and Ridge and Usos hit the one D on Butch for the win.
Winners and Still WWE Unified Tag Team Champions: The Usos
Japanese wrestling legend The Great Muta made a surprise appearance on Rampage last night, coming to the aid of former rival Sting and Darby Allin.
Muta came out after Sting was handcuffed to a chair and Buddy Matthews was ready to hit him with a baseball bat but the house lights went out and Muta came out to a big ovation. Matthews first moved out of the way thinking that Muta will attack Sting, but Muta had other plans.
Muta took down Matthews then spit green mist in his eyes, who bumped into Julia Hart who was on the apron. Hart took a table bump but missed the majority of it for a hard landing.
Sting then pinned Matthews with the Scorpion Death Drop to end the match. Muta and Sting then shook hands and hugged.
Muta, who is now 59 years old, is on a retirement tour and will have his final match on January 22 in Japan.
The last White Rabbit tease on Monday Night Raw ended with 9:23 flashing on the screen. 9:23 is today and tonight there happens to be a live Friday Night Smackdown.
So will the White Rabbit show up tonight? Or will there be another tease instead?
The internet wrestling community is convinced that all these teases are for the return of Bray Wyatt. The man who designed The Fiend’s mask and helped shape up the character uploaded a photo this week of a White Rabbit mask with “feed your head” written as the caption.
The Hangman game which had the question “who killed the world” and the answer of “you did” is also a take on a previous interview where Wyatt said that he didn’t kill the world.
The phrase “come with me” which appeared at the end of the video on Monday is what Wyatt used to finish off his first promo in the old FCW.
Plus, the red lights that WWE is using towards the end of the White Rabbit song during live events is the lighting that The Fiend used to get repeatedly.
But as it’s often the case, it remains to be seen if these clues will really lead towards the return of Wyatt. Triple H made it no secret that he would love to work with him again in a recent interview and there have been several discussions with Wyatt for a potential return.
In the latest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that Saraya has not yet been cleared to wrestle and that is the reason she did not get physical with anyone during her debut on Wednesday.
The former WWE Divas champion shocked the wrestling world when she came out during Dynamite: Grand Slam to scare off the heels after they continued their attack on Toni Storm and Athena. Baker, Hayter, and Deeb all cleared the ring before Saraya told them that this was her house now.
Saraya is pushing to get cleared to return to active competition and signed a deal with All Elite Wrestling probably on the basis that she will eventually get cleared. Her WWE contract ran out on July 7 of this year and WWE let her go, with her last match for the promotion coming in December 2017.
Saraya was cleared to return to WWE in 2017 after a year out due to neck injuries but a kick from Sasha Banks at a non-televised live event just weeks after her return put her on the shelf permanently.
The Guinness World Records have acknowledged John Cena’s record-breaking wishes granted through Make-A-Wish Foundation which now stand at a whopping 650, more than any other celebrity.
Despite out of the majority of the WWE spotlight, the leader of the Cenation remains popular with kids whose wish is nothing more than meeting the man himself.
Just for comparison, no other celebrity in Make-A-Wish has granted more than 200 wishes, but Cena is the most requested celebrity and is now working towards the 700th wish.
The 16-time world champion doesn’t advertise 99% of his meet & greets or Make-A-Wish events but on occasions he ends up in the news like for example when he took a plane and traveled to the Netherlands to meet a fan with down syndrome from Ukraine who fled the country with his mother during the war.
A two-hour Rampage: Grand Slam airs tonight on TNT in its regular time slot of 10PM ET.
The show will feature a Golden Ticket battle royal where the winner will get a title shot at the AEW World title on the October 18 Dynamite.
Other matches include Sting and Darby Allin vs Brody King and Buddy Matthews of House of Black, Matt Menard and Angelo Parker vs Hook and Action Bronson, Jade Cargill defends her TBS title against Diamante, ROH TV champ Samoa Joe teams up with TNT champ Wardlow to take on Tony Nese and Josh Woods, Jungle Boy battles Rey Fenix, Sammy Guevara meets Eddie Kingston, and Ricky Starks vs Powerhouse Hobbs in a lights out match.
D-Generation X will be reuniting on the October 10 Monday Night Raw for their 25th year anniversary. This particular Raw takes place from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and tickets are still available from SeatGeek.com starting from just $26.
Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Road Dogg all still work for WWE, while X-Pac will be easy to get on the show. One person who will be notably absent is Billy Gunn as Daddy Ass is now an integral part of the competition – All Elite Wrestling.
The last time DX were in the ring together was at the Raw Reunion episode on July 25, 2019. The faction is part of the WWE Hall of Fame and were inducted in the class of 2019, including Chyna.
PWInsider.com is reporting that Gabe Sapolsky has returned with WWE and is working with the creative team.
Sapolsky, who was hired by Triple H in 2018 as a consultant for NXT was released in January of this year as WWE continued to gut Triple H’s core team down in Orlando. But with Levesque back in charge, many of those who left were brought back.
The 49-year-old co-founded Ring of Honor, EVOLVE, Dragon Gate USA, and worked for other well-known indie promotions as a booker before being scooped up by Triple H to work as a consultant on NXT. He is known for having one of the best minds in the business and was often lauded as a great booker.
He also uploaded a new profile picture on Twitter of him and Triple H standing behind the curtain at an EVOLVE show from several years ago, writing, “Time to play The Game. LFG!!!”
Live tonight from the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Impact Wrestling presents Victory Road, airing exclusively on the Impact Plus streaming service. The full card is as follows:
Moose vs Sami Callihan vs Steve Maclin in a three-way Barbed Wire Massacre; Jordynne Grace vs Max the Impaler in a Pick Your Poison match; Mike Bailey vs Delirious for the Impact X Division title; Alex Zayne vs Black Taurus vs Frankie Kazarian vs Kenny King vs Laredo Kid vs Mia Yim vs Trey Miguel vs Yuya Uemura in an intergender triple threat revolver to determine the number one contender to the Impact X Division title; Heath, Rich Swann, and Josh Alexander vs Eddie Edwards, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett in a six-man tag team match; Mickie James vs Gisele Shaw; Killer Kelly vs Tasha Steelz; The Motor City Machine Guns vs PCO and Vincent.
