Sasha Banks spoke with NBC Sports about the upcoming Women’s Royal Rumble. Here are some highlights from the interview:

Role she wants to have in the women’s Royal Rumble: “I don’t know if I would want to start off first. I would have to do extra cardio to prepare and with the holiday season I’ve been eating a lot, so I don’t know if I would be ready for that … just kidding (laughs). Honestly, I would rather get that lucky number 30 and throw everyone out that’s left. I don’t want to sweat my makeup off. I want to look good! But no, I haven’t seriously thought about it or had a chance to because I’m still kind of in that shock moment and I’ve been more thinking about what legend could be in the match or if we’ll have girls from NXT be in the match because with [the] SmackDown and Raw [rosters] we don’t have enough to get to that 30 number yet. The potential of what legend can I work has me more excited than which number I’ll be in the Royal Rumble match, but I think when I get closer to the actual Royal Rumble, that’s when I’ll get more of my nerves. I don’t want to say I’m in shock because I guessed that this would happen, but it’s still so crazy to kick off 2018 knowing that the women are going to have a Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble. It’s really cool.”

Which former WWE stars she’d like to see come back for the women’s Royal Rumble: “I would love to hear Trish Stratus’ music. Of course Lita, Molly Holly, Jazz, Jacqueline, man even Victoria. It would be an honor to be in the ring with any of those girls. Beth Phoenix. Of course I want to win it, but at the same time, I would just want her to pick me up and throw me over the top. I would mark out, but I would land on my hands and go back into the ring like Kofi Kingston (laughs). Any of those girls would be incredible, but of course I would love to see girls from NXT get the opportunity, but of course they wouldn’t win it because I would be the last person standing.”

The storyline dictating when a women’s match will main event Wrestlemania:“Exactly and that’s the number one thing is. I don’t just want something to be given to us just to put that little stamp like ‘Oh look the women are doing it now it’s cool.’ No. My goal is to main event WrestleMania and if we’re going to main event it, I need it to be the greatest storyline ever. I need the fans to be invested. I just don’t want to get handed something because they’re putting a first time ever [match] for women. I want it to be a good storyline and I want the crowd to care because those are the moments that…I feel like the reason people talk about the Brooklyn match [I had] with Bayley so much is because of the history between me and Bayley. You know that she fought from the very beginning to get the women’s championship and for me, I fought to keep that and to show people that I’m the best. People are invested in the storylines more than just putting a name on something and bam! First time ever, you know what I mean?”

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As previously noted, WWE is planning on celebrating 25 years of RAW on the January 22nd, 2018 episode of the show.

Bryan Alvarez discussed the celebration on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Live and mentioned that the event will be an “all hands on deck” episode. Alvarez speculated that the company will bring several WWE Superstars of the past to make an appearance on that show.

The event will take place at the held in Brooklyn, NY at the Barclays Center and WWE has plans to release a DVD in celebration of the 25 years.

We will keep you updated if the company announces any of names for the event.

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WWE provided the following update regarding Big Cass’ surgery he had recently:

Big Cass underwent successful surgery to repair an ACL tear in his left knee, sustained during the Brooklyn Street Fight against Enzo Amore on Raw.

The surgery was performed by Dr. Jeffrey Dugas Thursday night, and Cass has already begun rehabilitation.

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As seen at Saturday’s NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III event, Adam Cole made his NXT debut and attacked Drew McIntyre following his championship win over Bobby Roode for the NXT Title.

According to PWInsider, there was concern at first within WWE that Drew may have been injured during the attack on Cole at Takeover. It turned out that Cole was fine and is set to be at the next set of NXT television tapings this Thursday.

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Fans at Saturday’s NXT Takeover event in Brooklyn don’t take kindly to individuals wearing Global Force Wrestling T-shirts to WWE events.

According to a fan that attend the event, he was flipped off, insulted and had a popcorn box thrown at him for wearing a GFW t-shirt to the show on Saturday night.

So far at #NXTTakeOverBrooklynIII I've received 3 middle fingers, 5 insults and 1 popcorn box thrown at my head all for repping #ImpactOnPOP pic.twitter.com/twdKJkmDtS

— Kyle (@Kyle_IHR) August 20, 2017

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As seen on last night’s NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III, Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young, the members of SAnitY defeated the Authors of Pain to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions. However, one-half of the new tag champs, Wolfe, ended up making history with his victory.

Wolfe became the first ever German-born superstar to hold a championship in the WWE.

He began training to become a pro-wrestler at the mere age of 13 and later on competed in a German promotion known as East Side Wrestling. He has also done a number of Japanese Puroresu stints as well as a brief stint in CZW before being contracted to the WWE in 2015.

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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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Bischoff is joined on today’s show by his co-host Nick Hausman.

Bischoff says he was very saddened to hear about Ric Flair’s hospitalization over the weekend. He saw Flair just a few months ago, and Flair appeared to be in very good health. It’s hard for Bischoff to imagine Flair in a compromised state because he’s always been so full of life, and every time he enters a room he commands everyone’s attention.

Hausman points out that Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Centre is promoting Brock Lesnar for RAW after SummerSlam, where they have him listed as Universal Champion and many people are considering this a spoiler. Hausman asks Bischoff if he ever had to deal with a situation like that while he was running WCW.

Bischoff says that this sort of thing happened regularly and it was very frustrating. He does point out that this doesn’t necessarily mean that Lesnar is leaving SummerSlam as Universal Champion, and people may simply be overthinking this information.

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WWE: You’re in different locker rooms every week on the independent scene. What is the impression that NXT is making on you and your colleagues?

GARGANO: Right now, I feel that NXT is the hottest thing in wrestling. There’s no doubt about that. The guys that they’re utilizing are some of the best talent in the world. I know a lot of those guys. I’ve been in the ring with Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens numerous times. You look at a guy like me, I’m not 6-foot-8, 300 pounds, but from what I’ve been able to do with my talent around the world, I can come to NXT and show the world what I have. Based on the past, that wouldn’t happen. NXT gives guys like me that opportunity, to do what we love to do and show the world what we’re capable of.

CIAMPA: It has an indie, underground vibe to it, but the production value and expertise of WWE leading it. It’s the best of both worlds. From the first live special they did, I think that was the first time that the masses saw that this was something special and the place to be. From that point on, seeing things like Sami Zayn and Cesaro’s 2-out-of-3 Falls Match, seeing Kevin Owens do so well, it’s seeing guys who were the top of the independent world going to NXT and getting a bigger platform to show themselves on. Seeing how well they’re doing gives you this drive to want to be a part of it. I just watched TakeOver: Brooklyn a couple days ago. When Triple H was in the ring introducing the show and it was dark, all you could hear was his voice. When he says, “You told us the future is now!” and throws his arms up and the cameras go wide [to show the crowd], you could feel this energy. I told my wife, “I want that. I need to be a part of that.”

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Star Okada Kazuchika was Backstage on Summerslam, also Shinsuke Nakamura and KUSHIDA were also at there. Jushin ‘Thunder’ liger, who participated in the NXT Takeover Brooklyn was also present.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbFsl43oLp0

Fake Tickets of Summerslam sold

There were some fake tickets sold in the year Summerslam event, Some fans were reportedly turned away because there tickets were fake some were even escorted out of the building.