Tag: Wrestling
Another Major Spoiler for Tonight’s Slammiversary Event
As previously noted, TV Guide spoiled the main event for tonight’s Slammiversary event when it revealed that Alberto El Patron will be celebrating his victory on the upcoming Impact Wrestling episode.
In addition to that spoiler, they also suggest that El Patron will be the new leader of LAX.
Smith Hart Passes Away
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GFW Slammiversary Results – July 2nd, 2017
Steve Carrier
Steve is the Founder of RingsideNews, AllWrestlingNews, and Wrestling dot News. He has been writing about professional wrestling since 1996. He first got into website development at the time and has been focusing on bringing his readers the best professional wrestling news at it’s highest quality.
Final Card for Sunday’s Slammiversary Event
The following matches are confirmed for Sunday’s Impact Wrestling Slammiversary event:
Title Unification Match
GFW Global Champion Alberto El Patron with Dos Caras vs. Impact World Heayweight Champion Bobby Lashley with King Mo
Title Unification Match
GFW Women’s Champion Sienna vs. Impact Knockouts Champion Rosemary
Fatal 4 Way for the Impact Tag Team & GFW Tag Team Titles
Laredo Kid & Garza Jr. vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Taiji Ishimori vs. Drago & El Hijo del Fantasma vs. The LAX
2 of 3 Falls for the X Division Title
Low Ki vs. Sonjay Dutt
Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team Match
Eddie Edwards and Alisha Edwards vs. Davey Richards and Angelina Love
Strap Match
James Storm vs. Ethan Carter III
Jeremy Borash & Joseph Park vs. Josh Mathews & Scott Steiner
DeAngelo Williams & Impact Grand Champion Moose vs. Chris Adonis & Eli Drake
Former Impact Talent Debuts at NXT Tapings
Former Impact talent Gunner made his debut at the NXT Live Event in St. Petersburg, FL tonight. Here are photos of his new look:
Gunner left Impact Wrestling back in 2015 and he was considering retiring from the business. Plans changed and rumors of him signing with the company date back to a couple months ago.
WWE Changes Plans for SummerSlam Main Event
As previously reported, SummerSlam was expected to be headlined by Braun Strowman vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Title this year. Those plans have changed and WWE has decided to go a different direction, according to the Wrestling Observer.
Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that Lesnar vs. Strowman is not the plan anymore. Meltzer mentioned that Lesnar will defend his WWE Universal Championship against Roman Reigns or Samoa Joe at SummerSlam instead of Strowman.
If WWE decides to book Reigns against Lesnar at SummerSlam, it’s expected that Roman will carry the championship all the way until WrestleMania 34, where he would then defend it against the “free agent” John Cena. This could be one of the reasons as to why Cena is now working both RAW and SmackDown Live shows.
Vince Russo’s The Brand Recap – Discussing his Restraining Order Against Jim Cornette, Will he Press Charges? More!
Russo was avoiding this discussion and he had no intention of talking about this on his show, but after multiple false reports from wrestling ‘journalists’, he thought he had to clear the air and get the true story out there once and for all.
Speaking about the wrestling ‘journalists’, he points out that not one of them reached out to him to get the actual story after this news broke. Instead, they all took the news and gave their own biased spin on it, which is the polar opposite of respectable journalism. This proved the point that he’s been saying for years, that if you’re paying for the opinions of these guys, you’re wasting your money.
Getting into the heart of the situation, Russo says that he has been ridiculed by Jim Cornette for over two decades. It has been a constant battle between him and Cornette, but in the past couple of weeks Cornette took things to an entirely new level by threatening violence on him and his family.
He says that he only lives roughly two hours from Cornette now, and his wife is often home alone. She was quite upset after Cornette’s recent rant, and Russo felt it was necessary to take matters into his own hands by getting this Order of Protection. Hopefully this allows his wife to relax, and keeps Cornette out of their business for the foreseeable future.
Vince Russo’s The Brand Recap – Ranallo Returns, Snow vs. Meltzer, Ellsworth’s Heat Leads to Rise in Smackdown Viewership, More!
Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane, Glenn Gilbertti (Disco Inferno), and Konnan.
Russo opens today’s show by discussing the rise in viewership for Smackdown Live this past week. The blue brand’s viewership increased by 500,000 last week and he believes that was a direct result of the booking from Sunday’s Money in the Bank PPV, specifically the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match.
Konnan agrees and although he thinks the finish could have been done better, it accomplished its goal of drawing attention to the brand. Russo points out that when you tell stories and leave viewers wondering, they will tune into the next show to see what happens.
Gilbertti says that the fan backlash over that finish was silly to begin with. He says the problem with the wrestling industry right now is that there are too few experts, and the actual experts are criticized and ridiculed by people who consider themselves experts simply because they’ve watched a lot of wrestling.
Mike Tenay Turns Down Offer for Impact Wrestling Return
Mike Tenay has reportedly turned down an offer to return to the announcers booth for Impact Wrestling.
According to the Wrestling Observer, with Jeremy Borash and Josh Mathews competing at the upcoming Slammiversary event, Impact wanted to have Tenay and Don West reunite and call the show. Tenay apparently turned the offer company down, which led to the Impact bringing in Robert Flores to work alongside West.