Video game company Wargaming is teaming up with WWE to offer WWE-themed tanks for their new update to World of Tanks Console. The tanks will feature the likeness of WWE Superstars and Legends and the first set will launch with Season 1 of World of Tanks Console, titled SummerSlam.
The WWE inclusion will be part of World of Tanks Console Update 5.0 and the first set starts with the launch of five new Superstar Collector Tanks featuring the likes of Undertaker, Becky Lynch, Andre the Giant, Sgt. Slaughter, and Stone Cold Steve Austin. In August, more tanks featuring the likes of Ric Flair, Roman Reigns, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Macho Man Randy Savage, and Shawn Michaels as well as new garages featuring SummerSlam will be introduced.
This partnership with WWE and Wargaming’s World of Tanks is to promote the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view.
The question of who is the Raw Women’s champion will be solved on next week’s episode of Monday Night Raw as Asuka and Sasha Banks will go one-on-one for the red brand’s title.
Last night on Raw, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon appeared on the show via video and said that Sasha didn’t win the match at Extreme Rules…but neither did Asuka.
To settle the score once and for all, the title match next week will have the stipulation that the title can change hands even if there’s a count-out or disqualification.
McMahon’s announcement made it sound like the Raw Women’s title is vacant again although Asuka is still listed as the champion on WWE.COM.
Sasha is chasing her eighth title in WWE which so far includes winning the NXT Women’s title, four times the Raw Women’s title, and twice the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles. Even though she won the Raw Women’s title on four other occasions, her record with the title is not really good and has only kept it for a combined 82 days over her four different reigns. It will be interesting to see what happens if Sasha wins it again and what the odds are that she has a longer title reign this time around with a good choice of bets surely to come from different bookmakers. In fact, out of the eight different title holders of the Raw Women’s title, Sasha is sixth in terms of overall combined days, beating only Bayley and Nia Jax, both of whom have one title reign each.
Her four title reigns came by beating Charlotte three times and Alexa Bliss once. Banks’ first reign was in July 2016 when she beat Charlotte in Pittsburgh during an episode of Raw. That title reign was only 27 days. She then lost it to Charlotte at SummerSlam but won it back in October 2016 on an episode of Raw from Los Angeles, another reign that lasted 27 days. Losing it to Charlotte again at Hell In A Cell, Banks regained it in November 2016 during an episode of Raw from Charlotte in a falls count anywhere match. Her third reign ended after 20 days, losing it to Charlotte again at Roadblock in December 2016. Her final title reign came in August 2017 when she beat Alexa Bliss but she had the shortest reign with just eight days, losing it to Bliss again on Raw in Memphis.
WWE will be making another big announcement on tomorrow’s episode of NXT.
A commercial which aired during Raw said that NXT General Manager William Regal will be appearing on the show to make this announcement. No other information was released.
The last time WWE used this tactic was to announce the NXT Takeover: In Your House WWE Network event.
Usually when WWE plugs “huge announcements” for their television broadcasts, they always fall short of expectations, with the term largely used to announce, well, nothing major.
Wrestling is a sport that pertains primarily to combat. This involves various types of grappling techniques including pins, joint locks, takedowns, throws, and clinch fighting. Other variants like Sombo, Judo, Greco-Roman, Freestyles and Folkstyle are considered theatrical and are purely for entertainment.
Generally, wrestling is all about physical competition. Unlike group sports, this only involves two participants serving as competitors or sparring partners. A continuous event, matches are held when a challenger attempts to snatch a level to gain a superior position; the titleholder must then compete to maintain his position.
There’s a huge range of styles and scores used in wrestling. As such, below are snippets to guide those who are planning on committing in such sport.
The fundamentals
The success in wrestling is a result that comes directly from the expertise of the participants in the sport’s fundamentals. Once, the players can master such aspects, they will then be able to build on them and expand their wrestling repertoire. In particular, most fundamentals used are stance, level changes, neutral position, takedown, escape, reversal, breakdown, and finish.
Stance:The position and posture of the body.
Level changes:The alteration of the body’s level to execute or set-up a counter or an attack move.
Neutral position:The starting position where the opponents stand to face each other.
Takedown:A move where the opponent was taken down yet gains control from the starting position.
Escape:A move used to move away from the opponent.
Reversal:A move where the participant goes from a defense position to a control position.
Breakdown: A move to try and get the opponent to loosen his balance.
Finish:An act to pin the opponent down.
The score
The main objective of any wrestling match is to beat down the opponent. Specifically, the match will end once a player was able to pin his opponent. However, just like in boxing, the scores differ depending on the execution of the moves in the match.
To be specific, a pin will be an automatic victory, a takedown will take 2 points, an escape is 1 point, a reversal is 2 points, a near fall is 2 points, an illegal hold is a -1 point, unsportsmanlike conduct is -1 point, an unnecessary roughness is -1 point, and a stalling is -1 point after receiving a warning.
However, such scores do not apply to game sites like IDN Poker because only the pin or the win will matter.
The mentality
To win any wrestling event, the physicality and mentality should work hand in hand. Since the journey is no easy path, people must find their inspiration, continue a positive attitude, have strength in fundamentals, develop a style, develop a desire in competition, and have mental toughness. Although these seem a lot, people will be able to succeed once they have fully committed and continue achieving.
This same mentality can also be applied when betting in sites like IDN Poker. Since participants will be handling a huge amount of stress and pressure, it is better to stay in balance and keep having sanity in check.
Ali made his long-awaited return to WWE television last night on Monday Night Raw after seven months out.
This marks his first time on television in 2020 and yesterday, he was announced as the mystery partner of Ricochet and Cedric Alexander in their match against MVP, Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin.
There was big speculation that Ali would be revealed as the Smackdown hacker but that angle has gone absolutely nowhere for the past few months with WWE seemingly dropping it without ever mentioning it again.
Ric Flair’s wife, Wendy Barlow, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently isolating herself at home. The Nature Boy, who has been on WWE television regularly, has denied a story that he has tested positive too.
The story, carried out by the New York Post, said that Flair is also coronavirus positive and was photographed at a Georgia Starbucks drive-through Friday without a mask.
“That is absolutely incorrect,” Flair told The Post. “My wife does…we live in a 5,000 square foot home. I live in the basement. She lives upstairs on the third floor and she got sick.”
A source of the NY Post claimed that Barlow is very ill but Flair is “mostly asymptomatic aside from some coughing.”
The two-time WWE Hall of Famer did not appear on Monday Night Raw last night.
PWInsider.com is reporting that the Raw taping for tonight has been delayed and as of 2PM ET it had not started filming yet. Filming was set to commence at 1PM with WWE taping two episodes of Raw, two episodes of Main Event, and two episodes of Raw Talk.
The website also reveals that it’s believed that the original plans for tonight’s show seem to have gone out of the window and there are several re-writes of the script ongoing. PWInsider says that the re-writes, according to their sources, is because some of the talent that were supposed to be part of the show are “no longer available to perform.”
Tonight’s broadcast was supposed to be headlined by Randy Orton vs Big Show in an unsanctioned match.
During his Saturday Night Special YouTube show, former AEW champion Chris Jericho revealed the original plan for his confrontation with Orange Cassidy on this past Wednesday’s Fight For The Fallen themed episode of Dynamite.
Jericho and his Inner Circle team confronted Orange Cassidy on the show, a week after Cassidy and The Demo God headlined night two of Fyter Fest. Cassidy didn’t do much last week, with first coming out with thumbs up…and then thumbs down, the signal to drop several gallons of orange juice on The Inner Circle in the middle of the ring.
But the original plan was similar to the one that Steve Austin and Kurt Angle did in WWE years ago, with Austin spraying beer and Angle spraying milk, both coming out with trucks.
“I originally wanted Orange to come into the venue in an orange juice truck, kind of like Kurt Angle did with the milk truck,” Jericho said. Citing limitations of the Daily’s Place, he added, “You can only get to a certain area and then you have to stop. You couldn’t get a whole orange juice truck, even if there’s such a thing. But I’m sure we could have made one, and he would have sprayed orange juice on us.”
Jericho said doing the OJ bath from the top, similar to what The Brood used to do in WWE with blood, was more logistically doable than the truck even though they were still somewhat skeptical because it required everyone be in the right spot.
Kayla Braxton, the WWE backstage interviewer and host of The Bump, uploaded a long statement on Twitter to address those people who have been bullying her and being nasty to her online due to her health issues, namely the two bouts with coronavirus.
Braxton said she wanted to set the record straight because “some of you have been super unkind” and said that she tested positive for COVID-19 in late March and quarantined for four weeks. She was then tested positive again a few months later despite taking necessary precautions and while she had no symptoms, she still got the virus again, which required to quarantine for another 14 days.
“Last night you all were tweeting super insensitive things regarding my health. A couple of you even said you thought I had died and maybe that woulda been for the best,” Braxton wrote. “Guys. This isn’t okay. When I said don’t be stupid like me I meant, don’t make the mistake of thinking you can’t test positive twice. I did everything I could. And this can happen to you.”
The 27-year-old then urged people to to stop online bullying, especially for something concerning health.
“It’s so gross and you should be embarrassed. Let’s all be better. This is a hard time for everyone and we’re all experiencing a state of the world we’ve never experienced before. Build each other up. Help people. Just be good to people. And to all of you who hove lent your support, I’ve seen you. And thank you. We need more people like you,” Braxton wrote.
When we are talking about WWE the first country that comes to our mind with the abundance of wrestlers is the United States. It is not surprising, however, that European countries also tend to be popular. A lot of people in Europe are active viewers of wrestling.
Nordic countries cannot boast plenty of wrestlers, but one of them, Erick Rowan, who is technically American, has roots in Norway and is still loved in his native country. In this article, we will talk about his exotic and “weird” career.
The Wyatt Family
At the very end of 2012, Erick Rowan, whose real name is Joseph Charles Ruud, (he has recently changed his name to Erick RedBeard) joined the Wyatt Family, in which he teamed up with Luke Harper. In January, they participated in the tournament for the first NXT Team championship where they reached the final but lost to Adrian Neville and Oliver Gray. However, a few months later, Rowan and Harper took revenge on the Britons, taking away their team championship at the NXT show in early May.
The end of May brought the Family a debut on RAW. On May 27, their debut gloomy promo was shown on the air of the red brand show.
For 6 weeks, video promos were shown on WWE broadcasts in which Eric began to appear in a sheep mask.
Meanwhile, on the NXT, the team managed to win several victories over the grouping of faces that included Corey Graves, Adrian Neville, and Kassius Ohno, but then still lost their titles to the Neville and Graves team on the show on June 20.
The Family debuted on RAW on July 8, 2013, when the Wyatt Family attacked Kane. Within a few weeks, they made several more attacks on the mid and low card wrestlers, which invariably culminated in Wyatt’s prowls facing Kane. The result of this short feud was a match at SummerSlam, where Bray defeated the opponent in the Ring of Fire gimmick match, after which Rowan and the Family took him backstage, and Kane disappeared from WWE stories for a long time.
We have mentioned at the beginning of the article, that even though Rowan is a US citizen for a long time, he never forgot his true origins and roots. If you look at him he is an obvious example of a Viking. And Norwegians adore vikings. His career and style sparked interest in Norway among youngsters to start watching the WWE. Supposedly, because of his influence, even the gambling industry was affected and best betting sites in Norway, known among local citizens as beste betting sider, decided to offer sponsorship opportunities to the American. You will agree that it is truly an incredible move from such a massive industry.
On Smackdown which aired on October 11, the team’s small winning streak was interrupted by a loss to Cody Rhodes and Goldust.
Afterward, Wyatt began a feud with Daniel Bryan and CM Punk, which led to the match at the PPV Survivor Series, in which Luke Harper and Eric Rowan lost to Punk and Brian. On December 2 RAW, Rowan lost the match to Daniel Bryan. On SmackDown on December 13, he lost to Daniel Bryan, but now in DC. At TLC, the Wyatt family as a whole defeated Daniel Bryan in a handicap match. On SmackDown on December 20, Eric Rowan and Luke Harper defeated the Rhodes Brothers. On RAW on December 30, he again lost the match to Daniel Brian.
Solo performances
Eric Rowan made the face turn by joining John Cena’s team at Survives Series. Cena’s team almost lost, until Sting intervened, who conducted a reverse DDT on Triple H and helped to win the match.
On January 5, a team from Ryback, Dolph Ziggler, and Erick Rowan defeated the boss’ team again. In Royal Battle 2015 Rowan came out at number 6 but was almost immediately knocked out by Curtis Axel. On January 22, at SmackDown, Bray Wyatt wanted to reunite the Wyatt Family. A week later, on January 31, he defeated Curtis Axel on Main Event and at Fastlane, he joined the team with Dolph Ziggler and Ryback against Seth Rollins, the Big Show and Kane in a team battle, but lost.
He also participated in the Andre Giant Memorial Battle in WrestleMania but was taken out.
Reunion with Luke Harper
In May 2015, he reunited with Luke Harper on the team when he attacked Fandango after his match with Harper, making a heel turn.
The Bludgeon Brothers
In 2017, Harper, along with his longtime teammate and rival Erick Rowan, made his debut in the new gimmick – The Bludgeon Brothers. At first, defeating only local wrestlers, Harper and Rowan gradually ascended to the top of the Blue Brand team division. At Fastlane 2018, Harper and Rowan intervened in the title fight between The New Day and the current team champions at the time, The Usos, beating all five participants in the confrontation, which obviously meant that The Bludgeon Brothers were seriously involved in the race for the belts. At WrestleMania 34, Harper and Rowan, without any particular problems, dealt with the New Day and The Usos in a three-way team match, taking away the championship belts from the latter.
Supporting Daniel Bryan and speaking with him as a team
On January 27, 2019 at the Royal Rumble, Rowan returned after an injury and attacked AJ Styles, which helped Daniel Bryan win and defend the title.
On May 7, 2019, at SmackDown, he fought in a team with Daniel Bryan against the Usos for the vacant SmackDown team titles, which the Hardy Boyz vacated a week earlier, due to Jeff’s injury. Brian and Rowan defeated the Usos and became SmackDown team champions. For Rowan, this was the second time with the title.
He also participated in the Norwegian reality show Alt for Norge, in which he took third place. In 2014, made his WWE 2K15 debut as a playable character.
Lance Storm has been released from WWE after spending a few months furloughed. The former WCW and WWE Superstar confirmed the news himself on Twitter yesterday.
“For what it’s worth I am now officially unemployed. First time since I left SMW in Nov. 1994. #FutureEndeavors,” Storm wrote.
The ring veteran was unlucky as he had just joined WWE as a producer in December, a few months after he closed his wrestling school in Canada. Just four months later, WWE went on a firing spree and got rid of over 50 WWE Superstars and office workers and furloughed the majority of the producers.
With no live events taking place, only a handful of producers were kept but unfortunately for Storm, he was not one of them.
AEW’s Chris Jericho responded to Storm’s tweet and said that WWE needs to “pull their heads out of their collective asses” and re-hire him, tagging the post with the hashtag #LanceIsAGenius.
Extreme Rules saw one title change and two other title matches which ended in a somewhat controversial manner.
There are new Smackdown Tag Team champions in town as Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura finally beat The New Day in a tables match. This is Cesaro’s second run with the Smackdown straps and Nakamura’s first time as a tag team title holder. The New Day ended their sixth title run with the blue titles.
The Raw Women’s title ended with Bayley hitting the three count to award the match to her tag team partner Sasha Banks. Just a few seconds earlier, Asuka spit green mist at Banks but Banks ducked and the referee ended up green-faced instead. Bayley then hit Asuka with one of the Women’s Tag Team titles, put on the referee’s shirt and Banks covered Asuka for the pinfall. The two fled with all the titles after Bayley forced the timekeeper the ring the bell.
And the United States title was also in the news as MVP declared himself the new U.S. champion. Apollo Crews did not wrestle as he was not cleared to compete due to an injury he suffered. MVP, the former three-time champ, then said he’s now the champ due to forfeit.
Wrestling has a large following and is a huge inspiration in today’s popular culture. From hit movies and personal development to music and clothing, wrestling has the potential to lend certain emotional appeal to different industries, including iGaming. Wrestling fans can, therefore, enjoy the best of both worlds on unique slots that feature massive prizes and their favourite WWE heroes. Some of these video slots also sample the pre-match scenes of the wrestlers trash-talking and sizing each other up.
And it is not only about wrestling. These slots are also packed with excellent bonus features, including scatters, multipliers, wilds, free spins, and bonus rounds. Some of them are from renowned software developers, such as Microgaming and NetEnt, so you can expect the graphics to be up to spec. Now that we are done psyching you up, here are some of the best wrestling-themed slot machines that are currently available on the internet.
1 – Luchadora
Although this slot has been online since 2017, it is still as popular as when it was released. Luchadora was developed by Thunderkick and features 40 paylines and 5 reels. The four wrestlers inside the game are named Ray, Bull, Snake, and Panther. They turn into wild symbols as soon as they hit the screen. Players can also access up to 15 free spins, which are triggered by the Lucha Bonus symbol. If any of the wrestler symbols appear on the wrestling ring corners, they will turn wild. A 15x multiplier or 15 free spins are also up for grabs in the Lucha Smackdown symbol appears on reel 5.
2 – Lucha Libre
The world of wrestling’s profound influence on contemporary society also extends to video games and online casinos. Few people know that several of the most popular casinos on ukcasino have chosen wrestling-themed slot machines such as Realtime’s Lucha Libre slots, which is a 25-payline slot game. The slot spices up online casino gaming with a Mexican pro wrestling theme. This game’s design makes is its main claim to fame, and is special enough to land a spot as one of the best wrestling slots. As usual, Realtime Gaming paid particular attention to the minutest details. Even the control buttons come in the form of different wrestlers, which takes the gaming excitement to extreme heights.
3 – Nacho Libre
Online casino software developers seem to be in love with Mexican wrestling themes if iSoftBet’s Nacho Libre slot is anything to go by. The game is based on Jack Black’s popular 2006 comedy, Nacho Libre. However, the 10-payline, 5-reel slot smacks the same exciting wrestling themes as all the others on this list. If you give it a go, you will find five different wrestlers on the reels— Esqueleto, Rosales, Sage, Ramses, and Dynasty. Players can enter into a free spin bonus round and pick up 10 spins with a standard wild or 15 spins with an expanding wild. Wild symbols also provide a 2x multiplier on every win.
4 – Andre the Giant
This 25-payline, 5-reel slot from NextGen is inspired by the iconic WWE wrestler who goes by the same name. The game is filled with exciting features and is a massive hit with wrestling fans. You can find slot symbols like wrestling boots, wrestlers, hot dogs, and of course, Andre the Giant himself. NextGen also added a lot of scatters, wilds, winning combinations, and free spins. One of the best features that make the game even more exciting is the bonus round scenes of Andre finishing off his opponent using his signature moves.
5 – Hulkamania
We cannot talk about wrestling and not mention the star veteran, Hulk Hogan. Just like the previous slot is inspired by Andre the Giant, Hulkamania was developed by Endemol based one of the most iconic wrestlers. Players get to see Hulk Hogan wearing his trademark scarf and posing in different positions on the reels. The reels also have the letters H, U, L, and K to spell the wrestler’s name. The 5-reel game also has plenty of scatters, wilds, free spins, as well as a 1000x jackpot. With the Hulkamania slot, WWE fans now have somewhere to see their hero inside a casino.
6 – Karate Pig
The last game on our list is the 40-payline 4-reel Karate Pig from Microgaming. The slot offers a lot of bonus features, and players trigger a bonus round when they get 3 scatters. If you get 7 karate belts, you get to play in the Final Showdown. Players can get a free spins bonus round if they get gold coin scatters on reel 5 or reel 1. Each win also comes with 15 free spins and a 2x multiplier.
Here are the results from last night’s Extreme Rules 2020 pay-per-view which took place from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Kevin Owens defeated Murphy in the Kickoff show; Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated The New Day in a tables match to become the new Smackdown Tag Team champions; Bayley defeated Nikki Cross to retain the Smackdown Women’s title; Seth Rollins defeated Rey Mysterio in an eye for an eye match; Asuka vs Sasha Banks for the Raw Women’s title ended in a no contest; Drew McIntyre defeated Dolph Ziggler in an extreme rules match to retain the WWE title; Bray Wyatt defeated Braun Strowman in the Wyatt swamp fight.
The MVP vs Apollo Crews match did not take place as Crews was announced as unable to compete. MVP declared himself the champ via forfeit. Also the Asuka vs Sasha Banks match ended with Bayley donning the referee t-shirt and hitting the three-count for Sasha’s pin. They took Asuka’s title but obviously Bayley was not the official for the match so the title did not change hands.
Hello everybody! It’s @TheMagnumDA with another edition of the PPV Pick’em. Tonight, we’ll be watching THE HORROR SHOW at Extreme Rules. You’d assume that a PPV like this would be appropriate for around Halloween, but hey…we’re getting it smack dab in the middle of the summer, because why the f*ck not? 😀 TONIGHT, Colin will put up his beloved WOPC Championship against yours truly. We’ve agreed that we’ll not put each other’s eyeballs on the line, but the WOPC Title definitely is!
What are we waiting for? ON WITH THE PICKS!
WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The New Day (c) vs. Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura
Colin: My opinion on The New Day being champions again, and again, and again, and again is well-known. Nakamura needs to go back to NXT where he meant something and where he was used correctly. Putting him in a tag team is a waste of his talent and potential. With that said, I still see The New Day winning here.
Magnum: I gotta say…I really want to believe that Cesaro and Shinsuke have a chance here. That said, I can’t see New Day going into Summerslam without the titles. I’ll take The New Day to retain the gold.
WWE United States Championship
Apollo Crews (c) vs. MVP
Colin: I like the new design of the United States title. I’ve seen people complain about it. People complain about everything no matter what. Much better than the last design. Okay, enough complaining about people complaining. I don’t see Apollo losing here, at least not for the time being. MVP has been quite a surprise addition to be honest and I like it. But Apollo retains.
Magnum: I really like the MVP/Lashley tandem, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the next challengers for the tag titles (currently held by The Street Profits). As for tonight? I’m going to give Apollo the duke. I think he’s enjoying a nice reign with some very good title defenses on TV. Onwards and upwards for Apollo.
WWE Raw Women’s Championship
Asuka (c) vs. Sasha Banks
Colin: I really, really wish Sasha wins here, but she won’t. I’m expecting a messed-up finish, like interference from Bayley which backfires, costing Sasha to become Sasha2belts as well. They can’t pull the trigger of Sasha turning on Bayley without fans in the building. Asuka wins.
Magnum: I also like Asuka here. I think Sasha getting the win last Monday solidifed that belief. Asuka may be without Kairi Sane soon, but that title’s not going anywhere. Asuka retains.
WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
Bayley (c) vs. Nikki Cross
Colin: I think I have better chance of becoming Smackdown Women’s champion than Nikki Cross, and I’m not even in the match. Non-starter for me, and nothing against Cross, but Bayley, just like Banks, is on fire right now.
Magnum: Again, we’re in agreement! I think that this is going to be Bayley’s most unorthodox challenge for the title, so she may have more difficulty than people think in retaining the gold. That said, Bayley’s having one hell of a year, so I think this train’s going to keep running down the tracks. Bayley retains.
Wyatt Family Swamp Fight (Non-title)
WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt
Colin: This is a non-title match, which automatically makes you think Wyatt will win, right? He already lost round one, but will he lose in his own gimmick match? I’m torn in this one, part of me thinks that Strowman wins and then it’s time for The Fiend to take on Strowman and part of me says Wyatt will win. I’m going for Strowman.
Magnum: I think Bray Wyatt is going to become Universal Champion once again. Heck, it could be at Summerslam! However, to get there, he’s likely going to have to win this match. I don’t know what tricks Bray will have up his sleeve, or who he is going to bring with him…maybe a returning Erick Rowan? Either way, I think Wyatt’s going to pull out all the stops and get the victory.
“Eye for an Eye”
Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins
Colin: Such an eye-catching match! Hah! Not sure why they even went with such a stupid stipulation. I now we’re supposed to suspend our beliefs for a bit here but Jesus Christ! If Rey Rey didn’t sign, I don’t expect him to win here, so Rollins wins this.
Magnum: Sadly, Colin and I see eye-to-eye here (!!!!) I think, what will shock people even more…is how they get there to do it. Yes, I’m going to give the win to Seth Rollins, but I’m going to take this a step further and predict that Dominick plays a very big role in this match. What I can’t predict…is whether or not Dominick is going to be held hostage (which somehow leads into Rey’s eye getting pulled out), or if he’s going to be the one to do it after turning on his father. Regardless, this is Seth’s match to win, and Rey’s stipulation to regret.
WWE Championship – Stipulation To Be Named That Night by Challenger
Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler
Colin: I like Dolph, I really do. I was there live when he won the World title from Del Rio and the arena was popping! Unfortunately for him, Drew McIntyre is not surrendering that title anytime soon, so bye bye, Ziggler. #AndStill.
Magnum: Remember last year at Extreme Rules? When Kevin Owens pinned Dolph Ziggler in about 14 seconds? That’s exactly how serious I’m taking Dolph in this match. The McIntyre Express rolls right through Zigglerville. Drew retains.
Well, that’s going to do it for us! Enjoy the show! We will see you next month for SUMMERSLAM! @TheMagnumDA signing off.
It’s going to be a wait-and-see game to find out if the Horror Show at Extreme Rules will really live up to the horror name…but until then, we have the full odds for the pay-per-view.
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In the WWE title match, Drew McIntyre remains the overwhelming favorite to walk out of the Performance Center still WWE champion. McIntyre has odds of 1/20 while his opponent Dolph Ziggler is at 7/1 for the upset.
Two women title matches will be on the card, with both the Raw and Smackdown Women’s titles on the line. Asuka, the current Raw champ, is the favorite with odds of 1/4 while Sasha Banks is 5/2 to add another title to her collection. Banks’ tag team partner Bayley looks like she’ll have a better night with 1/8 odds of retaining while Nikki Cross is 4/1 to win.
Apollo Crews is at 3/10 to retain the United States title with MVP at 11/5 to win it. The winner of this match gets the brand spanking new U.S. title. The Smackdown Tag Team titles are also up for grabs in a tables match with The New Day favorites at 7/20 to keep the straps against Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura at 19/10.
Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt will be going one-on-one in a Wyatt swamp fight and this is not for the Universal title. Wyatt is currently the favorite at 11/20 while the Universal champ is 5/4.
And it will be an eye for an eye match between Seth Rollins and Rey Mysterio with the winner supposed to rip the eye out of his opponent’s face. Gross! Seth Rollins is 1/3 favorite to keep both eyes while Rey Mysterio is 2/1 to go home with one!
Impact Wrestling announced the Bound For Glory pay-per-view for Saturday, October 24 with no other PPVs in between.
With no indication yet on what’s going to happen with the coronavirus pandemic, no location has been announced. Impact has been doing television tapings from the Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
This will be the 16th Bound For Glory pay-per-view for Impact which is seen as the company’s most important event of the year. Last year it was held at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois, and headlined by Brian Cage vs Sami Callihan.
Impact held the Slammiversary pay-per-view on a Saturday, the first time that they’ve done that for a PPV and Bound For Glory will be following suit. AEW also holds their pay-per-views on a Saturday.
Live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, WWE presents The Horror Show at Extreme Rules 2020 on pay-per-view and WWE Network. The full card is as follows:
Drew McIntyre vs Dolph Ziggler for the WWE title; Asuka vs Sasha Banks for the Raw Women’s title; Bayley vs Nikki Cross for the Smackdown Women’s title; The New Day vs Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura in a tables match for the Smackdown Tag Team titles; Apollo Crews vs MVP for the United States title; Braun Strowman vs Bray Wyatt in a Wyatt swamp fight; Rey Mysterio vs Seth Rollins in an eye for an eye match.
WWE will hold a Watch Along for this pay-per-view which will air on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch during the pay-per-view. Those guests scheduled to drop in during the broadcast are JBL, Bubba Ray Dudley, Humberto Carrillo, Shelton Benjamin, Robert Roode, Keith Lee, Lita, Sonya Deville, Mandy Rose, Mick and Noelle Foley.
Impact’s Slammiversary ended with a big surprise as after Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson celebrated in the ring with the new Impact champion Eddie Edwards, the screen went to black…for an EC3 video.
The video was pretty short, showing EC3 in front of a brick wall holding a glass of whiskey, a throwback to those videos that Impact aired promoting some surprises for the show in a news segment format. He then turns around and slams the glass to the wall which had the III logo projected on it. He then comes back in the frame and stares straight into the camera before the screen once again fades to black.
Impact Wrestling then confirmed that he would be making his return on this Tuesday’s episode of Impact on AXS TV.
EC3 worked for TNA between 2013 and 2018, joining the company after a four-year stint with FCW and NXT. He’s a former two-time TNA World champion but his return to WWE fell flat, winning the 24/7 title only. His time in NXT was slightly better than his main roster adventure although considering the hype surrounding his arrival, WWE completely missed the boat with him.
There was another familiar face at Slammiversary last night and that man was Heath Miller, the artist formerly known as Heath Slater.
Now going by his real name, Miller was able to show up at the Impact pay-per-view because the 90-day no-compete clause came to an end yesterday, making him and others free to show up wherever they wanted.
Miller crashed the party after the gauntlet match ended and said that he was at Impact to make an impact. He said that he would have loved to answer that open challenge from the Raszcals with his friend but did not make it there in time.
His promo was interrupted by Rohit Raju who then attacked Miller, asking him who the hell he thinks he is. But his offense didn’t last long as Miller turned it around pretty quickly.
Miller and Rhino reunited backstage in a short segment later on.
