Ethan Carter III is backstage for tonight’s Impact tapings. He was originally scheduled to finish up with the company last night.

There is talk that Bobby Lashely may be finishing up with the company in January, which means that tonight could be his last appearance.

Nick Aldis, Dave Lagana and Tim Storm are also there filming content for the NWA.

Gamma Singh from the old days of Stampede Wrestling is backstage visiting, as is Haku/Meng.

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During Thursday’s WWE NXT Live Event in Austin, TX., Adam Cole was busted open the hardy way in a six man tag between The Undisputed Era and Sanity. Correspondent Cody Walper sent along the following regarding the incident:

“They set up a spot on the floor literally right in front of me where Bobby Fish, Kyle O’Reilly and Cole all got sent into each other head-first by Sanity and it sounded like a soda busting in a freezer. Cole bled heavily and got pulled to the back to get cleaned up. The rest of the guys did an awesome job buying time until Cole came back out (never once breaking character) and continued the match.”

The Undisputed ended up scoring the victory in the match.

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Block 1:

A listener calls into the show and mentions that he was excited to see A.J. Styles defeat Jinder Mahal to claim the WWE Title on Smackdown Live this week, but at the same time, he hopes Mahal doesn’t fall back down into a mid-card role now. Taz says he really doubts that’s going to happen because WWE has invested too much television time and money into Mahal to let him slip back into a mid-card role.

Taz points out that James Storm has reportedly left Impact Wrestling, and he thinks there’s definitely a possibility that we could see Storm back in WWE. He’s not sure what happened during Storm’s recent, short run in NXT, but he thinks there’s a chance that Storm could have another opportunity in WWE.

As for the rumours that Storm should team up with Bobby Roode and re-form Beer Money, Taz doesn’t think that’s going to happen. He says that Roode has had a great singles run since signing in NXT and then transitioning to the main roster. Roode has a great singles gimmick right now, and there’s simply no need to team these guys back up.

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– The only tickets available for the November 5th Bound for Glory event are general admission tickets.

– There will be a media press conference with Moose and Josh Mathews Tuesday afternoon.

– Impact Wrestling is working alongside Imperial Wrestling Revolution this Saturday at the FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The event will be a One Night Only show. The following matches are confirmed:

*GFW champion Eli Drake vs. Montego Seeka

*MVP vs. Damon Windsor

*Alberto el Patron vs. Bobby Lashley

*EC3 vs Jack Swagger

*Gail Kim vs. Rebel

*LAX vs. The Young Guns

*The Arrow Club vs. Marshall & Ross Von Erich

*Trevor Lee vs. DJ Z vs. Malice vs. El Fuego del Sol

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Block 1:

Taz opens today’s show speaking about the passing of Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan.

Taz says that Heenan was a trailblazer for many people in the business of professional wrestling. He was a trendsetter who revolutionized several different aspects of the business. Taz adds that he didn’t work with Heenan frequently, but every time he interacted with Heenan it was easy to see that the character we saw on our television screens was simply him in real life.

Heenan was one of the only people who Taz was legitimately nervous to meet when he got into the wrestling business. Heenan was one of Taz’s biggest influences, especially when it came to the commentating side of his career, so he was very nervous to meet him. Not surprisingly, Heenan was a pleasure to deal with and if you met him once, it was almost as if you knew him your whole life.

Taz says that Heenan was the best Manager of all time, and he’s undoubtably one of the best commentators of all time as well. He concludes by saying he just wishes he knew Heenan better than he did. He sends his love, thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Heenan, and he dedicates this show to the memory of Heenan.

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While speaking to USA Today, Ring of Honor COO Joe Koff was asked about former ROH World Champion Adam Cole’s decision to leave the promotion and join WWE.

“Do I feel any more because he left? I feel the same when anybody leaves,” Koff told USA Today. “It always makes me feel like we did a good job on our part.”

He continued, “This is something that Adam really wanted to do –and Bobby did and Kyle did and Kevin Owens before them – I’m all for their happiness. If they can fulfill their happiness in their roles, then I’m all for it.”

You can check out the entire interview here.

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Block 1:

Taz returns after undergoing a successful surgery to repair the nerve damage in his wrist/hand.

He begins today’s show by speaking about Smackdown Live, and the debut of Bobby Roode. He points out that Roode didn’t execute his full, NXT style entrance, and that was probably Vince McMahon’s decision due to the strict television time restrictions of Smackdown Live. He thinks Roode is really coming into his own with the ‘Glorious’ gimmick, and Taz is excited about his future on the main roster.

However, he felt that Roode’s debut was somewhat lacklustre, especially for a former NXT Champion. He thought that if Roode was going to debut with a match like this, he should have won much quicker than he did.

Taz recalls the difficulty of getting Championship belts through airport security after 9/11. He says that after airports understandably amped up their security processes, most talents were quite satisfied with not holding a Title belt because all the Champions had to go through the tedious process of explaining why they had a giant gold belt in their luggage.

Taz also recalls Hulk Hogan and other veteran WCW stars ribbing Big Show after he won the WCW Title early on in his career. They told Show that he had to wear his Title belt everywhere, even when he was out in public. Big Show didn’t know the difference, so he’d wear his Title around his waist while walking through airports.

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Bryan Alvarez reported on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Live that WWE originally had plans to call up three NXT Superstars to the main roster.

As seen on Tuesday, Bobby Roode made his official main roster call up on the SmackDown Live brand. Alvarez noted that he doesn’t know who the other two NXT Superstars that are going to be called up, but expects for it to happen soon. It could happen before or at the next Superstar Shakeup this year.

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As previously reported, Bobby Roode stuck around in New York while the rest of the NXT Superstars flew back to Florida to gear up for Thursday’s NXT television tapings. It’s been rumored that Roode will be the next top NXT Superstar to move to the main roster.

To add fuel to the speculation about Roode’s arrival, he was seen by fans arriving to the Barclays Center ahead of tonight’s SmackDown Live event.

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It is being reported by PWInsider that numerous talents have been spotted in NYC presumably in attendance for today’s NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III. Roderick Strong, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly are all in town for the event. Fish was even in attendance for last night’s WWE 2k18 media launch event.

However, the most interesting name of them all is that of Adam Cole. Yes, Cole is indeed in town, presumably for the event. Recently, photos of Cole standing with the NXT roster at an airport surfaced online right after the news of his signing with the WWE broke out.

Furthermore, it was revealed by Triple H on a media conference call that he will not be in attendance at tonight’s event.

Are you excited for Takeover: Brooklyn III and Adam Cole’s debut? Tell us in the comments!

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