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Big main event announced for Beach Break themed episode of Dynamite

AEW announced a mega main event for the upcoming Beach Break themed episode of Dynamite which will take place on February 3 live from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville.

The six-man tag team match will feature AEW World champion Kenny Omega teaming up with Impact Wrestling Tag Team champions The Good Brothers to take on Jon Moxley, Rey Fenix, and PAC.

There will also be a tag team battle royal where the winners will be facing the AEW Tag Team champions The Young Bucks at the upcoming Revolution pay-per-view on February 27.

Beach Break replaces last year’s Bash At The Beach themed episode after WWE regained the trademark to the name.

Tickets for this particular Dynamite will go on sale this coming Monday at AEWTix.com.

Three new females join NXT brand

WWE yesterday announced the signing of three new females to the NXT brand: Priscilla Kelly, Lacey Ryan, and Elayna Black.

The three will now go by the names of Gigi Dolin, Zoey Stark, and Cora Jade.

Kelly, 23 years old, wrestled for several indie promotions, WWN, AEW, and in Japan, before signing with WWE. She appeared at the 2018 Mae Young Classic but lost in the first round.

Ryan wrestled for Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero and also had a couple of appearances for Impact Wrestling last year. She has been wrestling professionally since 2013.

Black is a newcomer, having only made her debut in 2018. She had appearances at indie promotions such as Shimmer, EVOLVE, but mainly wrestled for Game Changer Wrestling. She also did one AEW Dark taping last year.

Raw rating for 01/18/2021

Monday Night Raw this week drew 1,854,000 viewers, up slightly by 35,000 viewers from last week’s show.

The show started with 1,991,000 viewers, then did 1,875,000 viewers in the second hour, before dropping to 1,697,000 viewers in the third and final hour.

Raw was #3, #4, and #5 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic, with 0.64, 0.61, and 0.56 ratings respectively. The NBA on TNT won the night and occupied the first two spots on the chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

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Fight Pit match to headline NXT on USA tonight

The Fight Pit match will be headlining tonight’s episode of NXT on USA Network, a match which was supposed to happen on the January 6 New Year’s Evil show but postponed due to an injury. It will be Timothy Thatcher who will be stepping inside the cage again but this time he faces Tommaso Ciampa.

The other matches announced are all part of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament, two from the men’s tournament, and one from the women’s.

Kushida and Leon Ruff will face Johnny Gargano and Austin Theory while Imperium battle Lucha House Party in two, first-round matches. The women’s tournament will kick off with Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter taking on Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez.

Stephanie McMahon discusses WrestleMania 37 at RJS and return of fans

Speaking to TheWrap.com, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon said that running WrestleMania after the Super Bowl at the Raymond James Stadium worked out well for them this time around as they will hopefully learn from the NFL about running a big event in a pandemic.

“It certainly does, I think, this year, work to our favor to be the event after the Super Bowl in the same stadium, especially given all of the key learnings that the Super Bowl will have,” McMahon said. “And hopefully we’ll be able to glean some insights from them in terms of what works, what doesn’t work, what we need to do to really ensure the best experience possible.”

McMahon refused to divulge information about capacity plans for the show but is hopeful that fans will be in the stadium. WWE announced that ticket information will be announced soon. She also told TMZ.COM that they’re still working out on logistics for fans to be part of the show but she’s thrilled and excited to have WrestleMania, hopefully, as the first event to hold fans since last March.

And as for announcing multiple WrestleManias at the same time, Stephanie said that it helps them for planning purposes and it helps fans to organize their trips better. “And now we can really work with all of our partners across the board in all of these major cities and really blow everything out as big as we possibly can,” McMahon said.

Mox back in action on Dynamite tonight

Tonight’s Dynamite on TNT will feature Jon Moxley’s return to the ring, his first match since losing the AEW World title at the Winter Is Coming themed episode of Dynamite in early December. His opponent has not been named yet.

Apart from the Moxley match, five others have been announced, including Penelope Ford vs Leyla Hirsch, Cody Rhodes vs Peter Avalon, Matt Sydal and Top Flight vs Matt Hardy and Private Party, Chris Jericho and MJF vs Santana and Ortiz vs Sammy Guevara and Jake Hager in an Inner Circle tag team challenge, and Brodie Lee Jr.’s birthday celebration match featuring Hangman Page, John Silver, Alex Reynolds, and Colt Cabana vs Luther, Serpentico, Jack Evans, and Angelico.

The promotion will also celebrate Brodie Lee Jr.’s birthday. AEW President Tony Khan invited fans to join them “at the world’s biggest outdoor socially-distanced birthday party” to sing happy birthday and celebrate -1 together with cake & candles. “Per Dark Order dress code, masks required!”

Renee Paquette invites Vince McMahon to her podcast!

Renee Paquette cheekily invited WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon to her podcast titled Oral Sessions after a successful podcast with AEW President Tony Khan.

“Hey hey hey!!! Tuesdays are for Oral Sessions y’all!! And this week I’ve got on the president of @AEW, @TonyKhan! He was so open and honest! So glad to have him on and pick his brain out wrestling, AEW, and just his life,” she wrote.

After Khan congratulated Paquette on the show, a fan asked Renee if she could get Vince McMahon next.

“Hey @VinceMcMahon you down?!,” Renee tweeted with a smiling face emoji.

McMahon is notable for not doing any media appearances and certainly has not done a podcast in his life so the odds are quite against Renee on successfully getting this one done!

AEW President Tony Khan appears at ringside inside the Impact Zone

AEW President Tony Khan doesn’t show up on Dynamite as an on-screen character, but Khan did show up in person on Impact Wrestling last night during the Chris Sabin and James Storm vs Private Party as he joined AEW coach Jerry Lynn in “scouting” the match from ringside.

Khan has appeared multiple times via “paid ad” segments on Impact along with Tony Schiavone but this was the first time that he was actually in the building for an Impact Wrestling taping.

In an earlier “paid ad” segment, Khan said he wanted to see Private Party wrestle and the reason Matt was there was because he asked him to come. “Matt Hardy is my answer to the stuff you guys have been pulling on me,” Khan said. “The question is, can I out-carny Impact Wrestling? No, I cannot. Because I’m not a carny. I am a nice guy. But you know who is a carny? Big Money Matt Hardy.”

Khan said he doesn’t care that Matt is taking a 50% cut from Private Party’s pay tonight, all he wants is AEW to be dominant. “Matt Hardy, I’m expecting results,” Khan continued, before telling Impact that he’s paying for tonight’s ad, and next week’s ad in advance.

Matt Hardy and Private Party show up on Impact, earn Tag Team title shot

Former Impact champ Matt Hardy returned to the promotion last night on AXS TV and brought with him Private Party as the partnership between AEW and Impact continues.

Hardy and Private Party showed up at the beginning of the show to interrupt a segment between The Good Brothers, Chris Sabin, and James Storm. Hardy said Private Party were there for a warm up match for tomorrow’s Dynamite. The match ended up being the AEW tag team against Chris Sabin and James Storm with the winner earning an Impact Wrestling Tag Team title shot.

Thanks to distraction from Matt and AEW coach Jerry Lynn, Private Party won the match and a future title shot. This was the main event of the post-Hard To Kill pay-per-view Impact and Private Party, Sabin and Storm, and The Good Brothers ended the show with a big brawl.

Joey Ryan says he has not committed any crimes

Joey Ryan, probably the one hardest hit from the #SpeakingOut fallout, doubled-down on his innocence in a tweet yesterday, saying he has not committed any crime.

Ryan was accused by several women and ended up losing his job with Impact Wrestling and his indie promotion Bar Wrestling closing up as well due to the serious allegations of sexual abuse and improper behavior. Ryan has since filed half a dozen lawsuits against some of the accusers as well as a $10 million lawsuit against Impact Wrestling for breach of contract.

“I have not committed any crimes. I have never been investigated for a crime. There has never been any evidence connecting me to a crime. I have never even been a person of interest in a crime. It is bizarre that some would expect me to live my life like a criminal,” tweeted Ryan.

Back in June, Ryan admitted that he did not always treat people with respect acknowledged that it was possible that he pursued people that he thought were interested in him and invaded their personal space and made them feel uncomfortable in the process, flat out denied of ever sexually abusing anyone.

The 41-year-old has not wrestled since the beginning of June, with his last match being against Crazzy Steve on an episode of Impact Wrestling.

Duane Gill back on Raw as Gillberg two months after heart attack

Nearly two months after suffering a heart attack, Duane Gill, better known to fans as Gillberg, showed up on Monday Night Raw to reprise his spoof Goldberg gimmick.

The 61-year-old was in intensive care for a few days back in November but recovered nicely and you couldn’t tell what he went through from The Dirt Sheet segment last night.

“Man that was a ball! I mean you see now why I love it, this is everything to me. It’s my life, it really is, it’s my love,” Gill told WWE cameras after he finished his segment. “And that feeling that I get when I walk out there? It’s everything!”

Gill said that he wishes that at his age he could still have a full-time job in the wrestling business. “How can you not like doing that? It’s a blast and to make people laugh? That’s what I do best!”

Gill also put over Miz and Morrison as two of the biggest names in the business today and said they were so polite and kind to him.

The former WWE Light Heavyweight champion said that when he dies, he wants people to remember him as being nice to everyone and always with a smile on his face.

WWE tests 8K cameras during live broadcasts

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WWE made use of new cameras on Friday Night Smackdown last week, broadcasting using 8K cameras that are typically used for NFL on FOX games.

While the signal still went through 1080 HD rather than 8K, the difference was notable on screen, especially when it comes to depth of field, showing WWE Superstars “popping” out of the background.

FOX has been using these cameras during their NFL games to provide a better viewing experience and with Smackdown also airing on FOX, WWE was given an opportunity to “play” with the cameras.

The effect was also very visible last night on Raw when Asuka made her entrance and you could see the background slightly blurry.

WWE transitioned to HD in January 2008 after two years of tests and a $20 million upgrade to their television facilities. The next logical step is transitioning to 4K and although WWE has already done 4K testing, the broadcasts on both USA and FOX remain in high-def only.

McIntyre and Goldberg set for next week’s Raw

The WWE champion Drew McIntyre and his Royal Rumble challenger Goldberg will both be on next week’s Monday Night Raw, their final stop before the pay-per-view match.

McIntyre missed the past two Raw shows due to being infected with the coronavirus but it looks like he will be good to go for next week.

Goldberg was hyped for last night’s Raw as part of The Dirt Sheet segment but it ended up being just Gillberg as Miz and Morrison made fun of both Goldberg and McIntyre, with Miz claiming that he’s “next” and will cash in at the Rumble.

Drew appeared in a pre-recorded video last week on Raw, urging fans to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously and wear a mask.

Renee Paquette says she has no rush to join AEW

In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, former Raw commentator and Backstage host Renee Paquette said that she is not chasing down a gig with All Elite Wrestling right now although she would for sure if the right thing presented itself in the future.

Renee said that when she left WWE, she left to do other things outside the wrestling business and going straight to work to another pro wrestling promotion would kinda defeat the purpose of wanting to walk away from the business.

“I think my time in WWE was so great, and my time in wrestling has been so great…but I don’t want to have that be the only thing that I do,” she said.

Renee added that when her husband left WWE to go to AEW, she wasn’t treated or judged differently and felt relieved when he left because doing commentary when he was a heel on TV was a bit difficult.

“I kind of kept waiting to see if people would maybe treat me a little differently. Even just sitting in production meetings every week…like…are they going to want me in production meetings?” she continued. “I’m so privy to all the information going on in WWE, are they going to not want me to know this information so I’m not leaking information to my husband or something? But no. None of that ever really happened.”

Renee, who is now pregnant with her first child, concluded that if the company was trying to push her aside due to her husband working for the competition, it was a slow enough burn that she never noticed it.

Ethan Page says he was lied to and disrespected by Impact Wrestling

Ethan Page, who is no longer with Impact Wrestling, expressed his disappointment in his match against Karate Man at the Hard To Kill pay-per-view this past Saturday, saying he was lied to and disrespected by Impact Wrestling.

“I’m so embarrassed with how IMPACT! lazily edited that segment last night & forced it to be a joke. I felt the thought of the same guys fighting each other was comedy enough & the more serious we took it the better the reaction would be. But cuz I left the company, they lied to my face & just did what they wanted the whole time,” Page wrote, apologizing to fans who paid for the pay-per-view and felt cheated.

Page said that he had zero control over creative or the final product and Impact refused to send it over to him beforehand to see it, so he saw the whole thing go down for the first time like all the fans. He said that he was surrounded by family when watching the show and all were “scratching their heads at that high school project level delivery on a PPV.”

He continued saying that he didn’t event want to have Karate Man on television and wanted it solely for his YouTube channel but they have no say in the show.

“Breaks my heart this company refuses to respect its talent or its fan base on a regular basis. I tried. Oh well! Life goes on. That door is closed. Now let’s focus on what’s next. Hope you’re all well. I love all of you for supporting me & helping promote my projects,” he wrote.

Sareee finally heading to WWE after one-year delay

Japanese star Sareee has tweeted that she will be wrapping up her duties in Japan and moving to the United States full time to wrestle for WWE after next week.

The 24-year-old will wrestle her final match for SEAdLINNNG on Friday, January 22 and then pack her bags to move west. Sareee has been signed to a WWE deal for a year but due to the coronavirus pandemic, she was not able to travel and was given permission to remain wrestling in Japan for World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana and later SEAdLINNG.

It was in September 2019 that Tokyo Sports revealed that Sareee would be going to WWE. Sareee is expected to join the WWE Performance Center and then NXT.

WrestleMania 37 to welcome fans inside Raymond James Stadium

WrestleMania 37 will be seeing the return of fans, and while not close to 100% capacity, this year’s biggest event might be WWE’s first show with fans since March of last year.

In the press release announcing the changes to the upcoming three WrestleManias, WWE said that ticket information and safety protocols for this year’s event, moved to Tampa Bay, will be announced in the coming weeks. Additional info on WrestleMania week events will also be given in due time.

In the same press release, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also looked forward to WrestleMania bringing “tens of millions of dollars to the Tampa area.” DeSantis has been getting a lot of flack for his way of tackling the coronavirus pandemic and was the one who deemed pro wrestling essential back last year, enabling WWE and AEW to keep taping shows in the state.

And unless the rules change, WrestleMania 37 will be the first one without any UK and European fans as several Presidential proclamations established restrictions on the entry of certain travelers into the United States in an effort to help slow the spread of coronavirus.

As of now, there are no plans to hold fans at any event leading up to WrestleMania 37, including the upcoming Royal Rumble pay-per-view. The ThunderDome setup inside the Tropicana Field is a very complicated one and WWE looks like they’re sticking with it for the time being, making WrestleMania 37 that more special.

Total Bellas S6 E7 rating

Episode seven of season six of Total Bellas, titled Bella Babies, drew 381,000 viewers, down 45,000 viewers from the previous episode. The show did a 0.17 in the 18-49 demo and placed #59 on the cable chart. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

Impact’s Madison Rayne retires from wrestling

Madison Rayne confirmed that she is retiring from professional wrestling and during the closing moments of the Hard To Kill pre-show, Rayne officially made the announcement.

“First I want to acknowledge how proud I am to have had a career at Impact Wrestling,” she said. “It is with full and graceful heart that after 12 years, I announce my official retirement from Impact Wrestling. It is time for me, the wrestler Madison Rayne, to go home now, to be a wife, to be a mom, and move on with my life.”

Rayne started wrestling in 2005 and joined Shimmer and did indie tours before being scooped up by TNA in 2009. She spent the majority of her career with the Nashville-based promotion and apart from a short stint with Ring of Honor and an appearance at the Mae Young Classic tournament for WWE, Rayne remained loyal to the promotion that gave her the biggest platform.

Lately, Rayne joined her husband Josh Mathews doing commentary for Impact Wrestling but this week the company announced a change in the broadcast booth, with Mathews getting promoted to senior producer.

Rayne is a former five-time Knockouts champion and a two-time former Knockouts Tag Team champion.