Impact Wrestling returns with their latest episode later this evening on Pop TV.
Featured below is the scheduled lineup for tonight’s show:
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* Trevor Lee wrestles for The Crash promotion in Mexico
* Eli Drake & Chris Adonis vs. Johnny Impact & Garza Jr.
* Bobby Lashley vs. Moose
* Eddie Edwards vs. Naomichi Marufuji for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan
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As noted, WWE Hall Of Famer Steve Austin recently appeared as a guest on Ring Rust Radio for an interview. Below are some additional highlights.
On whether or not seeing guys like Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon back in the ring after so many years gives him the itch to return himself: “No, man. I got a fire in my belly for the business because I love pro-wrestling. I have zero desire to ever try to get back in the ring. I have so many great memories and I look back on those times fondly. It’s the young guy’s time to shine and I am enjoying seeing what they are coming up with. I like seeing the old school guys like myself still in there and doing their thing. When people decide to step away from the ring like I did or the guys that decide to step back in, it’s on a case-by-case, person-by-person basis. Some guys just like to hang on for as long as they can. For a while there, I didn’t understand why guys would do that. When I really thought about it, it’s because they love being in that god-dang ring so much that they just can’t get away from it. I had that neck injury and I needed to get out of the business so I did. I can understand that mindset now. I am done, I am happy being done, I wish I could of stayed in the ring a little bit longer, I rode off into the sunset a little bit sooner rather than I would of like, but it is what it is. I have come to terms with that and I have moved down the road. I am still a fan of the business and watching the men and women do what they do in the business and on Raw and SmackDown and the pay-per-views on the network.”
On the upcoming fifth season of “Broken Skull Challenge” on CMT and what fans who have never seen the show can expect if they tune in: “It’s just bad-ass competition. It’s very simple, very basic, very strenuous, very hard and in a tough environment. Basically, we film this on top of a mountain in the desert right outside Los Angeles. Everything we are using from boulders to barrels to logs, there’s no scientific nothing out there. It’s bracket-style competition. Eight athletes come out each week through three rounds of competition and you either win or you lose. If you win, you go on, and if you lose, you go home. At the end of the day, out of eight competitors, one will be left standing. That competitor will come back the next day and run my obstacle course and it’s called the Skull Buster. It’s a half mile course with ten obstacles standing in your way. If you can beat a bench-mark time, you get $10,000 and remain there until someone can dethrone you. It is a very simple formula to understand. If you have never seen it before, you can tune in and understand exactly what is going down. What is going down is extreme, hardcore, physical competition. There ain’t no reality, the only reality out there is you either are going to win or lose, it is a challenge show.”
Check out the complete Steve Austin interview at BlogTalkRadio.com.
— According to a report at Sports Illustrated, the decision to release Emma, Darren Young and Summer Rae was made this past Friday and announced on Sunday, a day before they were to fly out for Raw and then subsequently the European tour. The decision was apparently made by Vince McMahon during his “routine budget meeting.”
— Emma’s release was the one that caused the most surprise she was recently wrestling Asuka on a WWE PPV, but according to this story, the writing was on the wall for a while as she had heat backstage within the company, particularly on the writing staff.
— Not only did she have enemies on the staff, but she rubbed people the wrong way by voicing her opinions strongly on Twitter. While Emma had a lot of respect backstage among her peers, her release is viewed by some in the company as “addition by subtraction in the locker room” and somewhat of a statement by management.
— Despite her release, the door remains open for a possible return down the road.
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— According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE is tentatively planning on having AJ Styles vs. Jinder Mahal headline the December 17th Clash of Champion PPV. Whether that means the title changes hands tomorrow remains to be seen, but the belief is that they will begin a program leading to that PPV match.
— Paige is expected to return to the WWE roster within the next two weeks, possibly as early as this week. She noted on Twitter that she was taking a flight yesterday to a location she did not reveal, but she wasn’t at the Bound for Glory PPV in Ottawa with Alberto El Patron, so the rumor is that she may have been headed overseas to join the Smackdown brand currently on tour in Europe.
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During Tuesday’s edition of WWE SmackDown Live, three big matches were made official for next week’s show.
SmackDown Live Women’s Champion Natalya will be defending her title against Charlotte Flair, while WWE United States Champion Baron Corbin will defend his title against Sin Cara.
The winners of the Natalya-Charlotte and Corbin-Cara matches will go on to face their RAW title-holder counterparts in non-title matches at this month’s WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.
In addition to Natalya-Charlotte and Corbin-Cara, a match pitting The New Day against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in tag-team action.
Next week’s SmackDown Live, which is the WWE Survivor Series “go-home” edition of the show, emanates from Charlotte, North Carolina. Join us here for live results coverage of the show.
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Former WWE Superstar Jack Swagger (Jake Hager) recently appeared as a guest on Arm Drag Takedown with Pollo Del Mar for an interview. Below are some of the highlights.
On why WWE was a special place to work: “I was very lucky to go to the biggest company in the world and wrestle. You definitely see the bigger arenas, the bigger crowds, hear the bigger pops, work with he bigger names. You can’t put a monetary value on that, because it’s so special.”
On goals he didn’t reach while in WWE: “Anything I did not accomplish there, it wasn’t because there was a thumb over my head, pushing me down. It’s because I didn’t accomplish it. That’s the way I choose to go through life and look at things and move on.”
On Cody Rhodes’ WWE departure: “He has a very good brain for this business – he always has – and he really knew his game plan and what he wanted to do. He executed it very well.”
Check out the complete Jack Swagger interview at HuffingtonPost.com.
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Lucha Underground star Brian Cage recently appeared as a guest on Ring Rust Radio for an in-depth interview. Below are some of the highlights.
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On if he will be a part of the next season of Lucha Underground: “I would definitely hope to be part of the next season. Where we left off, we will see what happens because it’s been a while since we taped. I don’t know how much things will change, but I hope everything works out according to plan and I can continue to do an excellent program with Mil Muertes, Sami Callihan and King Cuerno over the gauntlet. Hopefully get my opportunity at the title again and come home with it.”
On his past WWE departure and if there have been any talks recently about him returning to the company: “There’s been zero contact between them and me. They were giving me the runaround for 18 months about bringing me in for a try out. Finally, when they said they would bring me in, they kept saying okay the next one, the next one and the next one. Finally, they said okay we should get to this next one. I called them back the very next day and told them never mind, I don’t want to do it. I was with TNA and Lucha Underground at the time, so I just woke up and said, ‘f–k this I don’t want to do this.’
“There was a story when I got released. About six or eight months afterwards I got re-signed and then my contract got rescinded. I went back and forth with them about it and then Johnny Ace brought me down to talk to me at a show about bringing me back in. It was close to WrestleMania, so he said we will get through Mania then we will bring you in. So, after some calls and texts, he gets back to me and says they are no longer interested. So, I ask what happened. He tells me I haven’t called him or responded to him or came down to any live events. Then asked why would I waste both of our times just to say never mind? Then he says, ‘Well let’s face it kid, you’re average at best and were no longer interested at this time.’ I told him let’s really face it, I think you and I both know I am better than average, but I appreciate you responding and maybe we will work together in the future.
“I want to say something more about that, but it would be politically incorrect. Fast forward to the next time and I said I didn’t want to do it and they were blown away. They couldn’t believe it and asked if I wanted this or that and I just said that I’m no longer interested right now, maybe another time. It felt kind of good to have it come full circle. I’m not opposed ever going back there, which it would have to be the right time, the right situation, all that. If I don’t ever go back, I’m more than happy. It wasn’t until now that it feels like what I thought it would feel like as a kid to be a pro-wrestler. I am the most happy and content in my career that I’ve ever been. Do I need to go back there? No, not at all. Is there a chance I could go back there? If things line up accordingly to plan then no, I’m not opposed to going back.”
Check out the complete Brian Cage interview from Ring Rust Radio at BlogTalkRadio.com.
Impact Wrestling continues their week-long series of television tapings this evening at the Impact Zone at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
According to PWInsider.com, there are several noteworthy faces that are backstage at the taping tonight.
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The report states Jerry Lynn is backstage at the show working as a producer for the promotion. Additionally, James Mitchell, an ECW Original who last appeared at the Slammiversary XV pay-per-view in 2017, is also at the show. Former independent wrestler turned WWE seamstress / ring gear designer and Sasha Banks’ husband, Kid Mikazie, is at the show as well.
It’s also worth noting that PWInsider is reporting that “something pretty newsworthy” will be happening at tonight’s taping. Stay tuned for spoilers of the show here at Rajah.com.
AlphaTauri’s Daniil Kvyat said he was initially “angry” with Romain Grosjean following the Haas driver’s ill-fated maneuver at the start of the Bahrain GP.
In the commotion of the start, as the field accelerated out of Sakhir’s Turn 3 on the opening lap, Grosjean veered right and clipped Kvyat’s left front wheel, which pitched the Haas straight into the barrier and into a harrowing crash.
Kvyat, who had nowhere to go as Grosjean moved over on the Russian, fumed over his rival’s antics until he saw a ball of fire exploding in his mirrors.
“It was a scary moment,” said Kvyat after the race. “I saw him, at first I was very angry that he came across like this, I thought, what is he doing?
“But then my mind changed immediately when I saw in the mirrors the fire. I was just hoping he was OK.
“I immediately didn’t like what I saw in my mirrors. I’m glad he’s OK, honestly. It really just reminds you what we do is dangerous.”
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Kvyat’s teammate Pierre Gasly was also unsettled by the dramatic incident.
“Initially I didn’t know what happened and when I saw the images I was shocked because from my generation I have never seen things like this,” the Frenchman told Sky F1.
“In the past I think it was more common, but it was really scary.
“Then when I saw Romain got out of the car already, I was happy to see him jumping out. It’s just scary, I had no idea a Formula 1 car could break that way and especially go through the barrier.
“So the Halo proved to be really working in that particular occasion. I sent him a text during the red flag just wishing him for a good recovery.”
Unfortunately, there was more to Kvyat’s eventful evening in Bahrain. The Russian was handed a 10-second penalty and two penalty points on his licence for a contact with Racing Point’s Lance Stroll that sent the Canadian head over heels at Turn 8.
Kvyat hit back at the steward’s decision, insisting Stroll knew where he was positioned but did not leave him enough space.
“I don’t share the stewards’ view on that,” said Kvyat, who finished just outside the points. “I think I had nowhere to go. I already put my whole car on the inside kerb.
“He, on the other hand, he knew I was in there, but he turned in as if I wasn’t there.
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“So I’m a bit upset at this decision, it’s kind of ruined my race because I had a great second start, I was again back in the game, but this penalty just ruined everything.”
On Tuesday, WWE announced via their official website the dates and information regarding an upcoming set of NXT television tapings.
Featured below, courtesy of WWE.com, is the article the company released today to promote the new NXT tapings.
NXT TV tapings come to Center Stage in Atlanta in 2018
Sports-entertainment’s hottest brand is coming to the historic Center Stage Theater in Atlanta, as NXT will tape episodes of its highly popular weekly WWE Network program on Thursday, Jan. 4, Thursday, Feb. 1, and Friday, Feb. 2, 2018
Located in the heart of Atlanta, the storied Center Stage was once home to NWA and WCW Saturday Night, playing host to sports-entertainment legends such as Diamond Dallas Page, Sting and Lex Luger.
Watch as NXT Superstars such as NXT Champion Drew McIntyre, Mae Young Classic winner Kairi Sane, Aleister Black, Ember Moon, SAnitY, The Undisputed ERA, Johnny Gargano, Roderick Strong and more battle inside the squared circle.*
Tickets for all three TV tapings will be available starting Friday, Dec. 1, at 10 a.m. ET. Visit NXTTickets.com for complete information on how you can see sports-entertainment’s hottest brand this winter!
*Talent listed and depicted above is subject to change.
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