It was rumored on various websites that Mae Young Classic competitor Tessa Blanchard may be signing with WWE in the near future, however it now appears those rumors are false.

Blanchard recently mentioned on Twitter that she is now taking independent bookings for next year, so that should rule out any indications of her signing to WWE at this time.

Now accepting bookings for 2018 #TessaIsForever #Undeniable

TessaMB1@gmail.com pic.twitter.com/Z0F2kWNmSs

— Tessa Blanchard (@Tess_Blanchard) December 1, 2017

In addition to competing in the Mae Young Classic for WWE, she also wrestled several months in NXT.

The post Tessa Blanchard NOT Signing with WWE appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

As seen on Wednesday’s episode of NXT, the company began airing vignettes for a mystery debut of a newcomer to the brand.

The belief is these teasers are for the debut of former UFC Fighter Shayna Baszler, who was a runner-up in The Mae Young Classic. At the last set of tapings, Bazler debuted on NXT and had an altercation with Kairi Sane. That spot will air on the December 20th episode.

The post Spoiler on the NXT Mystery Teaser from This Week’s NXT Episode appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

The reason that five women got called up from NXT this week has to do with Vince McMahon believing that the women’s division on both RAW and SmackDown have gotten stale.

Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Vince made the call shortly after The Mae Young Classic, so it wasn’t exactly a last minute decision. Mandy Rose’s name was the first name considered because they were already working on debut plans for her previously.

While there has been speculation of WWE doing a Women’s Royal Rumble match next year, there has been no indication that this was a factor in Vince’s decision.

The post Reason WWE Called Up Five Women to the Main Roster This Week appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

It was noted a while back via Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE was working on plans to have Ronda Rousey face either Charlotte or Stephanie McMahon at next year’s WrestleMania event.

While speaking to 107.7 The Bone with Baby Huey & Bimbo Jimbo, Charlotte was asked about possibly being Ronda’s first opponent if she does decide to wrestle inside of a squared circle for WWE. Charlotte responded, “Absolutely! For sure, and I think it’s great she was around the Mae Young Classic whether she’s interested in coming to WWE or not.”

She continued, “It just creates buzz for the women’s division, and any time there’s more eyes outside of our regular audience that’s put on the women’s division is great.”

Who would you like Ronda to face in her first match with WWE? Sound off in the comment section below…

The post Charlotte Interested In Being Ronda Rousey’s First WWE Opponent appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

Blocks 1& 2:

Taz opens todays’s show by informing that this will be a shortened episode, due to CBS needing the studio for another show earlier than expected.

Taz dives right into speaking about the vacant NXT Women’s Championship. He says he likes what they’re doing with that Title creatively right now, as there will be a Fatal 4-way match at the next Takeover event in Houston to determine the new Women’s Champion. The winner of the Mae Young Classic already has one of those four spots locked down.

Taz initially thought NXT would set up a tournament to determine the new Women’s Championship, but he likes that they didn’t take the easy way out by doing that. In lieu of a tournament they’ve set up two triple threat matches, with the winner of each match earning a spot in the Fatal 4-way as well. That leaves one spot leftover.

He likes that the Mae Young Classic winner, Kairi Sane, is inserted right into this match as one of the four competitors. She needs to have a major spotlight on her now after winning the inaugural tournament, and there’s no better way to do that than inserting her right into the NXT Women’s Championship picture.

The post The Taz Show Recap – NXT Women’s Championship Plans, Will Strowman Destroy Lesnar at No Mercy? More! appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

While speaking to Alundra Blayze at Tuesday’s Mae Young Classic red carpet event, Bayley provided an update on her shoulder injury.

“Doing good. I can move it and I can do daily life stuff, I can put my hair up again. I still haven’t lifted any weights on it cause I’m scared, so I’m waiting for the doctor to tell me it’s OK to do this, it’s OK to lift this amount of weight, but it’s going up. Every day is better. It sounds cliche, but every day I get better.”

As of this writing, there is no official return date for Bayley to return to action. The belief is that should could be out of action until early 2018. We will keep you updated if we receive more information on her status.

The post Bayley Provides Update on Her Shoulder Injury appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that The Mae Young Classic tournament has been a huge hit on the WWE Network.

The eight most watched programs on the network were all eight episodes of the tournament this week. That means that the first episodes – which were released a week ago – were still pulling more viewers than either the NXT or 205 Live shows.

The post The Mae Young Classic a Huge Hit appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

While speaking to Muscle & Fitness, Triple H discussed the Mae Young Classic and revealed that he would like to see the event return on a year bases. Triple H made the below comments when asked about it returning.

“I do. Not 100% sure what that is. In some ways, I think the Cruiserweights is a different platform that can have its own distinct individual show. I don’t know if the women need that right now. The Cruiserweights, they have a match here or there on RAW, and then they have their own division and their own show on 205. With the women, you have opportunities on RAW, you have opportunities on SmackDown, you have opportunities at NXT. Hopefully, over time you’ll have opportunities in the U.K. You’ll have opportunities in different localized markets. Those are the things, for me, that it begins to spread around.”

“I would love for the Mae Young to be this recurring yearly, or whatever it is, this recurring thing that is the opportunity for the girls that are out there grinding, for the girls that are out there working at the little armories and the little places and dreaming about that pot of gold to be able to jump on the rainbow and start to take the ride. And for us to scan around the world every year and say, ‘Who do we want to look at this year, and give them that opportunity? Who’s really improved since last year to take this opportunity? Who’s that next level? Who’s that next generation of stars?’ To me, that’s where something like the Mae Young Classic becomes a huge opportunity. And if it’s my decision, yeah it will be exactly that. An opportunity that keeps coming back over and over.”

You can check out the full interview here.

The post The Mae Young Classic Returning Every Year? appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

While speaking with TV Insider, Mae Young Classic competitor Shayna Baszler revealed that she called Ronda Rousey and the other Horsewomen to appear at the Tournament back on July 13th and July 14th at Full Sail University.

“We’re such good friends and training partners and teammates. I specifically called all three of them and said, ‘Guys, this is the most important thing I’ve ever done in my combat sports career. I’d love for you guys to be there because you were there at the beginning of all of this, and I would like you to be there for this.’ They were like, ‘Yeah, you got it. We’ll drop whatever we are doing. We’re there.’”

Baszler also talked about her decision to come to WWE and revealed it’s something she’s had her eye on.

“WWE is something I’ve had my eye on. After the call, I said to myself, ‘All right, it’s time to get it in gear.’ It fired me up to get into even better shape and get ready to go.”

The post Shayna Baszler on Why The Four Horsewomen Were At The Mae Young Classic appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.

Channel Guide Magazine recently interviewed Bayley. Here are some highlights from the interview:

Not wrestling at Summerslam: “Being a part of 2K event is really cool since I wasn’t on SummerSlam, and it sucks that I’m not actually wrestling. However, I still get to feel a part of something so huge as this. Visiting the children hospitals is one of the most rewarding things for us. So even if I were to do one of those every day, I feel it would be a successful week.”

Having action figures: “The fact I have multiple action figures is crazy. You see them come with the headband, tassels and inflatable men. They really put a lot of time into those.”

The Mae Young Classic: “It was incredible. I stayed both nights and sat in the crowd the whole time. I didn’t want to sit in the back and watch on the monitor. I sat out there because there are so many of my friends who are on it. All of those girls deserve to be in that tournament. I think the fans don’t even know what to expect. They are not going to know what hit them. Once they watch, it won’t take long for them to see how good it is. Words can’t really describe it.”

Where she pulls her motivation: “I will watch what made me fall in love with it in the first place. It keeps me going. I kind of started doing CrossFit, so now I’m training with these CrossFit people. They motivate me to make a better lifestyle for myself. It’s a very healthy lifestyle. So that is where I have been pulling motivation from these days, especially being injured.”

Her shoulder injury: “It’s a separated shoulder. I’m getting checked out in a month again, so we will see where I am after that. Then I will have a better timeframe.”

The post Bayley Provides Update on Her Injury appeared first on Wrestling News & WWE News, Rumors & Spoilers.