Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the following matches will probably take place at NXT Takeover: New Orleans:

* Andrade Almas vs. Aleister Black
* Johny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
* Sanity (Young, Dain, & Wolfe) vs. Undisputed Era (Cole, Fish, & O’Reilly)
* Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler

NXT Takeover: New Orleans takes place at the Smoothie King Center on Saturday, April 7th, 2018.

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As seen at Saturday’s NXT Takeover: Philadelphia event, WWE introduced War Machine, Ricochet, and EC3 on the big screen in between matches. It was previously reported that War Machine would be receiving new names once they arrived to the company and we can confirm that is still the plan.

Dave Meltzer reported on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio that the company decided to introduce them as “War Machine” at Takevoer so that they could get a reaction from the fans in attendance. The belief is no one would really know them by their original names. The plan is still to repackage them with a new name once they make their in-ring debuts on weekly NXT television.

Regarding EC3, Meltzer said that he could see them keeping that name because it’s well established but WWE may still decide on changing it. Meltzer also indicated that Ricochet will definitely be receiving a new name once he debuts.

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While appearing on Cerrito Live on Saturday, Koko B. Ware revealed that he wasn’t invited to the RAW 25th Anniversary show that takes place this Monday.

For those not aware, Koko took part in the first-ever Monday Night RAW match, losing to Yokozuna. He mentioned that he hasn’t heard from WWE since his 2009 Hall of Fame induction.

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While speaking with Peter Rosenberg for Rosenberg Radio, Daniel Bryan talked about his retirement from WWE and revealed that he initially refused to retire from WWE when Vince McMahon asked him to do so.

“I get the call from Vince McMahon on a Saturday and I retire on a Monday in Seattle, Washington. And I got a call on a Saturday from Vince McMahon and said, ‘I would like you to retire Monday in Seattle. I just think it would be the best for you,’ that sort of thing. At first, I said, ‘I don’t want to do it.’ And then, I talked to Brie and called him back and I was like, ‘hey, if I’m going to have to retire, my mom can be there, my friends can be there, there can be this support system around me.’” Bryan noted, “I was very thankful that WWE gave me such a platform to retire on, but it was just a hard day.”

Bryan continued, “They asked me to do commentary for a thing that they did called the Cruiserweight Classic, which was on the WWE Network. And they asked me to do that, and I said, ‘yeah, that sounds great!’ It’s only 10 episodes and I only have too go do it a couple of times, and I get to help this young, independent talent because they were all unsigned talent at the time. And I thought it was great, but then, they told me, ‘you’re coming back as the General Manager.’ That wasn’t a question. That’s not an ask. And I was like, ‘argh, I don’t know if I want to do this.’”

“One of the hard things about what I do now is that the entrance is the best part. And then, I go out there and I talk. And, like, I’ve gotten better at this whole thing. I used to be someone who is very bad on the microphone. But now, I’ve developed into being more comfortable with it, finding myself with it, and that sort of thing. But it’s still not my passion. I’ve learned how to do it because that’s what my job required.”

You can listen to the full interview here.

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Enzo Amore recently spoke with The Sun. Here are some highlights from the interview:

Thoughts on Neville: “Neville is one of my favourite pros in the business. He carried NXT with that title and was a tag-team champion there. Then he worked the 205 division with the hardest schedule in silence, he was working Friday, Saturday and Sunday and then Mondays and Tuesdays.

Why he wants him to come back: “When guys were catching red-eye flights from the west coast after Raw, Neville was driving on to the next town or taking an early morning flight. It’s the hardest schedule in pro wrestling because you are closing out 205 at the end of the week. I hope Neville comes back and we feud. I have never seen a guy work like he does. He might move better than anyone has ever moved in a ring – like the Dynamite Kid. I have seen him tear it up in matches that no one will ever see – absolute bangers – I would love to move around with him because that dude can dance.”

Traveling with Neville, Braun Strowman, and Big Cass and their music tastes: “I travel on my own and try to I float along to music. I travelled with Neville, he is my road dog, we travelled on NXT and FCW before that. He opened my eyes to a whole genre of music in reggae. And then I travel with Braun, who is introducing me to country music. And Big Cass was all about Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen.”

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WWE has canceled the 205 Live Event that was scheduled to take place on January 19th at the Ryan Center on the campus of The University of Rhode Island.

It’s being said that the event was canceled because of “routing” and “schedule” conflicts. Individuals who purchased tickets will be offered full refunds.

The Ryan Center Box Office is open Monday-Friday 10am-6pm and Saturday 10am – 2pm. For questions, call 401-788-3021.

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The Singh Brothers are still actively working alongside Jinder Mahal at WWE Live Events even though they split on WWE television. Mahal and The Singhs are currently set to work together at Saturday’s Live Event in New Delhi.

While reports earlier this week suggest that the alliance is over, it appears that they are only teaming up under a special circumstance only and they probably won’t be getting back together on television.

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Triple H mentioned on Facebook Live after Saturday’s NXT Takeover: WarGames event that WWE has plans to bring back the WarGames match sometime in the future.

“I think we’ve seen a franchise built here tonight. I think WarGames will be back. I think when the time is right we’ve got a lot of WarGames excitement yet to come. What I’m really proud of with the guys that were in that ring tonight is they took something from the past, they didn’t stand on anybody else’s shoulders, they didn’t stand on anybody else’s roof, they made it theirs. They brought it into something for today, they brought it into something new, they made it now, they made it the future.“

You can listen to his remarks embedded in the vidoe below:

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Triple H revealed during today’s conference call to promote Saturday’s NXT Takeover: War Games event, that there will be no roof on the War Games structure.

“We’re not going to have a roof,” Triple H said. “I think it’s a little bit limiting. I think the style has changed. I’m not saying that anyone’s going to do it in this match, but I think going forward, I try to think about the future… look, Arn Anderson wasn’t doing moonsaults off the top of a cage (laughs). This allows for there to be a little bit of a different opportunity there to do some things.”

“I don’t think personally that we’ve changed the concept of what it is… there are some small tweaks, but I think they work better in today’s generation than it did in the format that was originally used.”

You can listen to the full call embedded in the video below:

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WWE apparently didn’t know about Chris Jericho agreeing to work a match against Kenny Omega at the upcoming Wrestle Kingdom 12 event.

Nick Hausman, who is the co-host of Eric Bischoff’s podcast, revealed that WWE had no idea about Jericho’s challenge until it aired at Saturday’s NJPW Power Struggle event.

Jericho is a free agent and can work anywhere he chooses. His last stint with WWE was on a month-to-month deal and that deal expired. As previously noted, Jericho has been in talks with New Japan Pro Wrestling since August.

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