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Wolfgang Injured

It’s being reported that UK star Wolfgang was injured during his WWE UK Championship match with Pete Dunne in Aberdeen last week. There’s no word on how serious the injury is, but it was enough for Wolfgang to be pulled from this weekend’s PROGRESS Chapter 57 show where he was scheduled to face Doug Williams.

I apologise for letting any @ThisIs_Progress fans down, I was looking forward to returning to face the master @DougWilliamsUK but @Joe_Coffey is a more than suitable replacement https://t.co/TaGv7drU1B

— Wolfgang Young (@WolfgangYoung) November 8, 2017

No word yet on when Wolfgang will be back in action. Well wishes going out to him for a full and speedy recovery.

Jake Roberts On Ric Flair

Jake Roberts knows all about addiction, so it’s not surprising that he has some thoughts on Ric Flair’s recent health issues. Flair was hospitalized over the summer with some serious health problems that stemmed from his alcoholism. During a recent interview, Roberts said that he had reached out to Flair, but that Flair didn’t seem to want help from anyone.

“I even tried to help Mr. Flair and I hope Ric can do it. He’s sure going at it with the wrong attitude. He thinks he snapped his fingers, that he can just beat it. There’s a lot more to it. … He’s in the hospital and he’s made that decision to quit drinking. My God I made that decision a million times and he thinks that’s all there is to it. There’s a lot more to it because you know why he’s in that hospital, that disease we call alcoholism is outside doing pushups getting ready for him to come out of the hospital. You’re in a guarded position in the hospital. You know, there’s not a lot of alcohol around.”

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Block 1:

Taz opens today’s show speaking about last night’s episode of NXT.

He says that while he enjoyed the lengthy video package dedicated to Asuka, that took up a lot of time on a one-hour broadcast. Caught up in all of this is the noticeable absence of NXT Champion Drew McIntyre yet again. Taz says the time that was utilized for Asuka’s video package should have been dedicated to building their new Champion.

Taz has a major problem with how NXT has booked McIntyre since winning the NXT Championship. He loves McIntyre and he has absolutely no issue with McIntyre becoming Champion, but he’s still fairly new to the NXT brand so the creative team must do a better job of building their new top guy.

Taz continues by pointing out that Wolfgang mentioned on last night’s show that he was trained by Drew McIntyre. This was a perfect spot for McIntyre to be utilized in a guest commentator position, where he could put over the two UK competitors, all while remaining visible to the NXT Universe and threatening revenge on Adam Cole and company.

At the end of the UK Title match, McIntyre would have been in a great spot to help Wolfgang after the attack from The Undisputed Era. This would have effectively tied together both stories and would have given McIntyre some much needed television time.

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WWE taped the following ahead of tonight’s NXT Takeover: Brooklyn event for the August 23rd episode of NXT:

* No Way Jose vs. Lars Sullivan. The match never happened as Lars attacked Jose while he was dancing during his entrance.

* Peyton Royce defeated Sarah Logan.

* WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne and Wolfgang defeated Tyler Bate and Trent Seven.

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