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All is fair in a cell, even hell

Hell in a Cell is the next WWE event on the cards for wrestling fans. While the company is getting stiff competition from the AEW, there is no denying that Hell in a Cell is always a must-watch for fans.

Entertainment and sports took a big hit from the coronavirus but the creativity and determination of organisers, promoters, and all those involved have made sure that disappointment did not last long, including the WWE. After months of airing from the WWE performance center, including WrestleMania 36, the company and performers will have a change of scenery when they take to the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, for one of the most successful and anticipated pay-per-view of the year, Hell in a Cell. Online bookmakers will no doubt be in on the business of providing live streaming to fans (for those who offer live streaming), as we look through some of the huge storylines and fights.

Tribal Chief Reigns

It was a wonderful shocker when Roman Reigns made his return to the WWE at SummerSlam, and moved on from being the Big Dog to something closer to his roots and even more impressive in the way he is pulling it off, the tribal chief. As a chief, Reigns is owed allegiance, and his cousins, the Usos, are the first on the list of those who have to pay tribute. However, it has not been all kumbaya as one of the brothers, Jey Uso apparently has a problem with the whole set up. A clash between him and reigns at Hell in a Cell, in an “I Quit” match will be must-see entertainment and no doubt the main event. Online bookmakers may want to run maintenance now because those streams will have to be impeccable. Reigns will definitely be the favorite, but expect the resilience of Jey Uso to make for stiff competition and a spirited match.

Friends become enemies

Sasha Banks vs. Bayley, for the SmackDown Women’s title, will be as entertaining as it will be pure venom. Once on the same side and BFFs, Banks and Bayley are now spitting venom and promising hell after a nasty turn on Banks by Bayley. Women’s matches have steadily been coming out of the shadows of male matches in terms of entertainment value, and this one should push the envelope even further. Two fighters with very different styles, expect nothing but pulsating action from start to finish.

The Viper circles the champion

Nothing but death will separate Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre at this point, it seems. Grueling matches at Clash of Champions and SummerSlam have not been able to put their beef to rest, with Orton promising to give no quarter until he wins the WWE championship and obliterates McIntyre. On the other hand, a very motivated McIntyre, buoyed by a crazy match at Clash of Champions, will be looking to settle Orton for good, in this trilogy fight.

Hell In A Cell 2020 live on pay-per-view and WWE Network tonight

Live tonight from the ThunderDome inside the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, WWE presents Hell In A Cell 2020 on pay-per-view and WWE Network. The full card is as follows:

Roman Reigns vs Jey Uso in an I Quit Hell In A Cell match for the Universal title; Drew McIntyre vs Randy Orton in a Hell In A Cell match for the WWE title; Bayley vs Sasha Banks in a Hell In A Cell match for the Smackdown Women’s title; Otis vs The Miz in a match for the Money In The Bank contract; Jeff Hardy vs Elias.

Watch Along will return for Hell In A Cell as well and will feature WWE Hall of Famers Mick Foley, Jeff Jarrett, and Road Dogg along with IC champion Sami Zayn, Smackdown Tag Team champion Montez Ford, Bianca Belair, and Tamina.

Also, for those living in countries which rolled the clock back an hour yesterday, Hell In A Cell will start an hour earlier than usual as the U.S. will move back the clock next weekend.

Trio of former Impact Wrestling stars return at BFG 2020

Three former Impact Wrestling stars made their return to the promotion last night in the Call Your Shot gauntlet match at Bound For Glory. These were Daivari, Swoggle, and perhaps the biggest surprise of the night, James Storm.

Daivari, under the name of Sheik Abdul Bashir, wrestled for the company between 2008 and 2009, winning the X Division title once. He was recently working as a WWE producer until he was cut in the mass layoffs in April as part of the COVID-19 cost-cutting measures.

Swoggle, who wrestled as Hornswoggle in WWE, wrestled for Impact between 2016 and 2017 although there were reports at the time that he was never under a contract with the company. He last made a cameo appearance for WWE at the 2019 women’s Royal Rumble match.

And finally, James Storm also returned, weeks after he revealed that he had a WWE contract offered to him this year but it was never executed due to bad timing with the coronavirus pandemic. Storm worked for Impact between 2002 and 2015 and was part of the inaugural TNA pay-per-view in June 2002. He made a second return to the promotion between 2016 and 2018 and is a multi-time champion for Impact.

It remains unclear if all three are set for the long haul with Impact or if it’s just a one night only return for Bound For Glory.

Bound For Glory 2020 pay-per-view results

Here are the results from last night’s Impact Bound For Glory 2020 which took place from the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Deaners defeated The Rascalz in the pre-show; Rohit Raju defeated TJP, Chris Bey, Willie Mack, Jordynne Grace, and Trey Miguel in a scramble match to retain the X Division title; Rhino won the Call Your Shot gauntlet match; Moose defeated EC3; Ken Shamrock defeated Eddie Edwards; The North defeated The Motor City Machine Guns, The Good Brothers, and Ace Austin and Madman Fulton in a four-way tag team match to become the new Impact World Tag Team titles; Su Yung defeated Deonna Purrazzo to become the new Impact Knockouts champion; Rich Swann defeated Eric Young to become the new Impact World champion.

The 20 men and women who were part of the gauntlet match were Rhino, Daivari, Larry D, Crazzy Steve, Acey Romero, Tenille Dashwood, Havok, Brian Myers, Swoggle, Tommy Dreamer, Alisha Edwads, Kiera Hogan, Taya Valkyrie, Fallah Bahh, James Storm, Adam Thornstowe, Luster The Legend, Heath, Sami Callihan, and Hernandez. With his win, Rhino now gets a title shot of his choosing and as part of the stipulation, Heath also gets a full-time contract with Impact.

The Rock inducts Ken Shamrock into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame

Finally…The Rock has come to Impact Wrestling!

While it wasn’t in the ring, Johnson recorded the induction video for Ken Shamrock who was inducted into the Impact Hall of Fame yesterday during the Countdown to Glory special on AXS TV.

Johnson said that when he thinks back of some of his memorable moments in professional wrestling, there is one man who he owes a great amount of debt and gratitude to, and that’s Ken Shamrock.

The Rock explained that when he was still cutting his teeth as a heel in WWE, in order to be the best bad guy, he needed the best hero, the best badass, so he could up his “street cred” and that person was Ken Shamrock.

He said that Shamrock was in a point in his career where he could have refused to work with him, just like others did, but he didn’t, and the two went on to wrestle all around the world as he learned a great deal from him while Shamrock took him under his wing.

He called Ken Shamrock the world’s most dangerous man, the founding father of MMA and the UFC, and a pillar in the greatest era of professional wrestling – the Attitude Era.

“My friend, my brother, congratulations on the induction into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame,” Johnson said. “I’m extremely proud of you and thank you so much for the memories, thank you so much for the sweat equity and thank you for being just an awesome dude when I needed it in my career. I really appreciated it, very proud of you, enjoy this and hm, you got some Teramana Tequila coming for you and I want you to enjoy it.”

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Early betting odds for the top three Hell In A Cell 2020 matches

It’s pay-per-view weekend once again with WWE presenting its annual Hell In A Cell event live from the ThunderDome. Today we will look at the betting odds of the top three matches on the show and tomorrow we will check out the full card.

In the Universal title match, Roman Reigns is the overwhelming favorite to walk out of the cage still the champion. His odds are at a whopping 1/25 while his cousin Jey Uso is at 8/1 for the major upset.

The WWE title is also on the line in the Hell In A Cell structure with Drew McIntyre currently the favorite at 2/5 against Randy Orton who is at 7/4. Orton has not managed to dethrone McIntyre over the past few months and this looks like it will be their last match.

And for the first time, there will be three Hell In A Cell matches with the Smackdown Women’s title also to be decided inside the cage. Former best friends Bayley and Sasha Banks will go one on one with Sasha the favorite at time of this writing with odds of 4/9 while the champ Bayley is 13/8 to retain.

Kairi Sane puts over Bayley and Banks for carrying WWE during the COVID-19 pandemic

In an interview with Tokyo Sports, former NXT Women’s champion Kairi Sane put over both Sasha Banks and Bayley for how they carried the company during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that both Superstars remained motivated and determined when most of their peers were worried.

Sane thinks that their Hell In A Cell match for the Smackdown Women’s title will be a spectacular and emotional match that can only be created thanks to the close relationship the two share together.

But asked who has the advantage in the match, Sane picked Bayley because she’s been holding on to the throne for a very long time now but said that Sasha is on the same level as her best friend and praised her for having a “unique aura” in the squared circle.

Bayley vs Banks will culminate inside the Hell In A Cell steel structure tomorrow on pay-per-view and Sane will be calling the action for the Japanese version for the first time!

Bound For Glory 2020 live on pay-per-view and FITE.TV tonight

Live from the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, Impact Wrestling presents Bound For Glory 2020 on pay-per-view and FITE.TV. The full card is as follows:

Eric Young vs Rich Swann for the Impact World title; Deonna Purrazzo vs Kylie Rae for the Impact Knockouts title; The Motor City Machine Guns vs The Good Brothers vs The North vs Ace Austin and Madman Fulton in a four-way tag team match for the Impact World Tag Team titles; Rohit Raju vs Chris Bey vs Jordynne Grace vs TJP vs Trey Miguel vs Willie Mack in a six-way intergender scramble match for the Impact X Division title; EC3 vs Moose; Eddie Edwards vs Ken Shamrock; Acey Romero vs Alisha Edwards vs Brian Myers vs Havok vs Heath vs Hernandez vs Larry D vs Rhino vs Taya Valkyrie vs Tenille Dashwood vs Tommy Dreamer vs TBD in a Call Your Shot gauntlet match where the winner can choose any championship match of their choice. There’s also the stipulation that if Heath or Rhino win, Heath gets a contract with Impact Wrestling but if both of them fail, Rhino will be fired; and The Rascalz vs The Deaners in the pre-show.

Ken Shamrock’s Impact Hall of Fame induction ceremony live tonight on AXS TV

Ken Shamrock will be inducted into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame tonight live during the Countdown to Glory special. The one-hour Bound For Glory preview show will air at 7PM ET on AXS TV as well as on Impact Wrestling’s digital channels.

Shamrock was the first TNA champion when the company was still using the NWA championship, winning the vacant title in a Gauntlet for the Gold match on the inaugural TNA pay-per-view on June 19, 2002. After his one year deal came up, he left TNA and then returned for a very short time in 2004 before returning again in August of last year.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is supposed to be doing the introduction for Shamrock after the former UFC fighter asked his former WWE arch nemesis if he would be willing to do it in a tweet. Johnson quickly responded by agreeing to film it and congratulated Shamrock on making it to the Hall of Fame.

The 55-year-old joins Sting, Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Team 3D, Earl Hebner, Gail Kim, and Abyss in the Impact Hall of Fame. The company did not induct anyone during the 2019 Bound For Glory weekend.

Abadon transported to hospital after serious injury during Dynamite tapings

AEW female star Abadon was seriously injured on Thursday during the Dynamite tapings that will air next week and had to be transported to a local hospital.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reported that Abadon suffered the injury while wrestling Tay Conti. No information was given about the injury but Meltzer said it was serious, although her life is not in danger.

This injury follows two others that happened on Wednesday when Alex Reynolds got knocked out cold and was left in the ring and Fenix who landed badly on his neck and was yesterday eventually taken out of the AEW World Title Eliminator tournament.

At this point it’s unclear if the match will air on next week’s broadcast.

Impact Plus streaming service free for the whole weekend

To celebrate tonight’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view, Impact Wrestling has made the Impact Plus streaming service free for the whole weekend.

Impact Plus contains tons of episodes from Impact’s weekly flagship show as well as all the pay-per-views and exclusive events. It’s typically $7.99 a month to get. The service is available on Mac, PC, Android, Android, iOS, Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV.

Contents are geographically restricted, and cannot be streamed in sub-Saharan Africa due to existing partnership with regional broadcasters.

You can watch now at https://impactplus.tv.

Roman Reigns reveals the consequences for the HIAC I Quit match loser

On Smackdown last night, Roman Reigns revealed the consequences that both he and Jey Uso would face if they lose their I Quit Hell In A Cell match tomorrow night on pay-per-view.

Reigns said that if he loses, he will no longer be the Universal champion and no longer the tribal chief at the head of the Samoan Dynasty table.

If Jey Uso quits, then he has to follow his tribal chief and take orders from him…all of this while he respects his decisions. If Jey does not do that, then he, his brother, their respective wives, children, and whoever comes next, will be left out of the Samoan Dynasty.

Yesterday, Jey and his brother Jimmy pulled one on Roman, getting the upper hand on the last leg before Hell In A Cell.

Big E says The New Day got only two days notice about split

In an interview with FOX Sports, Big E revealed that he, Kofi, and Xavier got two days notice that The New Day was splitting up in the draft.

“Which, I think a lot of it was to ensure that we didn’t show up to work and if we heard the news then, I assume that people just imagine that we would be tearing up the halls, knocking down doors, crying in public, just fits of rage,” he said. “So I feel like they decided, let’s give ’em a couple of days to simmer down at home before we had to actually do this on TV.”

E mentioned how initially they were not pleased with the decision and splitting up The New Day was a rumor that has been going on for years, but now there was more momentum of it actually happening for real.

Despite spending six years together and winning countless titles, Big E added that there were many things that the group has not done, especially showing the serious heel side.

“As much fun as we’ve had doing the goofy, slapstick New Day stuff, when Woods came out in that white and red suit in 2014, you never got to see militant New Day. You never got to see us really be aggressive heels,” he continued. “We were just goofy heels and it worked, but I feel like there’s so much we can offer as a trio. That’s kinda what I wanted to present to them. There’s so much we can do as a trio.”

You can read the interview at FoxSports.com.

Fenix out of the AEW World Title Eliminator tournament due to injury

Alex Reynolds of The Dark Order was not the only one injured during Dynamite this past Wednesday as Fenix also found himself in the injured list.

Because of his injury, Fenix will not be able to continue in the AEW World Title Eliminator tournament and has been taken out. He is being replaced by his tag team partner Penta El Zero M. Penta, who lost his quarter final match against Fenix, will now face Kenny Omega on next week’s Dynamite.

The injury happened when Fenix delivered a twisted headscissors on Penta from the second rope and landed badly on his neck and shoulder. Fenix was seen communicating with the referee throughout the match after the spot.

This is the second time that Kenny Omega will have to face a different opponent in this tournament. He was supposed to wrestle Joey Janela on Wednesday but Janela was removed from the show as a precaution after he was in contact with someone who tested positive with coronavirus. He was eventually replaced by Sonny Kiss.

Kairi Sane doing Japanese commentary for Hell In A Cell 2020

Former NXT Women’s champion Kairi Sane will be doing Japanese commentary at Hell In A Cell this coming Sunday. The news was announced by J Sports, the official broadcaster for WWE in Japan.

Sane left WWE in July of this year to return to her homeland and be with her husband. Despite no longer competing in a WWE ring, the former champ has taken a sort of an ambassadorial role for the company in Japan and a few weeks ago she posted a photo from the WWE Japan office.

There are rumors that Sane will be involved in the NXT expansion in Japan when that eventually happens.

Sane joined WWE in 2017, winning the Mae Young Classic tournament and then went on to NXT to become the Women’s champion before joining the main roster. On the main roster, Sane found success tag teaming with Asuka where she won the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles twice.

Smackdown to air on FOX Sports 1 tonight instead of FOX

Smackdown will air on FS1 tonight starting in its usual time slot of 8PM ET rather than FOX due to the MLB World Series game taking precedence.

The last time Smackdown was on FS1 – in October 2019 – it did not end up well as only just over 800,000 viewers tuned in to watch the show. Smackdown will return on the regular FOX network next week.

No matches have been announced yet although two segments are being advertised on WWE.COM. The first is Roman Reigns who will reveal the consequences for what he’s promised will be the highest stakes in WWE history in his Hell In A Cell match against his cousin Jey Uso this Sunday. The second segment is Law & Otis, with Otis representing himself in “court” against The Miz over his Money In The Bank contract.

A special episode of WWE Backstage will air immediately following the conclusion of the show. No information was released about the one-night-only Backstage.

The Elite Deletion match to take place at Hardy compound

The Elite Deletion match between Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara will be taking place at the Hardy compound in Cameron, North Carolina and broadcast during the Full Gear pay-per-view.

The Hardy compound has hosted a few Deletion cinematic matches in the past but this will be the first time that an AEW match will be taped there. This Hardy vs Guevara match looks to be the one that ends the feud between the two which has been going on for a few months already.

Judging from a backstage video where Hardy confirmed the location of the match, it looks like Broken Matt is also coming back. Hardy told Guevara that he hasn’t been able to hold him down or kill him and come Full Gear, it’s over for Sammy.

Deonna Purrazzo signs long-term deal with Impact Wrestling

Impact Knockouts champion Deoona Purrazzo has signed a long-term deal with the company. The announcement was made during the Impact Press Pass two days ago.

Purrazzo appeared on Impact Wrestling in late May after she was cut from NXT during the mass layoffs at WWE due to the coronavirus pandemic. She quickly became one of the top women in Impact and beat Jordynne Grace for the title at Slammiversary in July.

The champ wrote on Twitter that she had been waiting to talk about the news publicly and she’s happy and excited to see what the future holds for her.

This is her second stint with Impact after she had appearances with them from 2014 to 2017 before moving to Stardom and eventually WWE.

NXT rating for 10/21/2020

For the third straight week, NXT did in the mid-600s when it comes to viewership, with a total of 644,000 viewers tuning in this week, down 6,000 viewers from last week. And in the third week in a row, the show dropped out of the top 50 cable chart, with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic, placing it in #56. NXT had 109,000 viewers less than Dynamite, which is 66,000 viewers less than the previous week. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

4 top fascinating reasons why every individual must try wrestling

Have you ever thought about wrestling sporting? Most people prefer to be fans when it comes to wrestling and not players. While you’re within your rights to choose your preference, you risk missing out on some of the benefits of wrestling. There’s more to wrestling than it is a sport you take a significant part of always. It’s who you are, and you thus adopt a fighting spirit that will see you through the hurdles of life. Here are the reasons to try out sporting activities.

It’s a complete workout routine

If you’ve been searching for a sports activity that offers a full-body workout to no avail, you can now rest easy. With wrestling, you get to deal with your core strength to achieve maximum balance. It’s a chance to go through rigorous training which involves intense training, strength conditioning, among other drills that will see you enjoy the whole-body workout routine.

It builds character 

Another great reason to try out wrestling is that you’ll get to build on your character. Wrestling enables one to deal with obstacles as you get to know quitting is out of the question. You get to learn new ways to overcome and rise after a thrashing beating. One is also in a better position to keep their emotions in check all while respecting other players and the training guide. One becomes a better team player as you also learn that success isn’t a one-time deal. Instead, it’s born out of resilience, hard work, determination, and focus. All these fantastic attributes are not only essential in life but also other gaming scenes such as slots machine online games on different websites such as Joker123. Thus, you’ll become a well-rounded player.

Become a better companion 

When playing wrestling, you realize you’re becoming accountable over other people quite quickly. Wresting is often a unique sporting endeavor that calls for teammates to work hand-in-hand for the betterment of their skills. Thus, one often gives theirs all during practice. It’s also a chance to learn about gaining a competitive edge when the competition is due. The gained work ethics and efforts are undoubtedly the best principle that you can carry out from the wrestling gym. You can get to apply these skills in slot machine online and overcome one challenge after the other.

It’s a sport for everyone

Wrestling accommodates different players irrespective of their age or weight class. There’s plenty of wrestling classes that one can become a significant part of all the time. With a professional wrestling trainer by your side, one can enjoy the sport to the fullest. It’s a chance to enter a judgment-free zone where every player is focusing on becoming the best. Thus, you get to forge a long-lasting bond with your wrestling family, who’ll always encourage you to be better.

The interesting thing about wrestling is that each training session or bout has something new for you to learn. Attaining these great attributes is a plus on your side. You can apply some of the skills in slot machine online games on various websites including Joker123. You can also adopt them in your life and enjoy who you are always becoming.