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According to FW4Online's Bryan Alvarez, No Way Jose is currently set to be one of the surprise entrants in the Men's Royal Rumble match.
Alvarez made the announcement during a recent Bryan & Vinny Show.
Spoiler tag used since its related to a surprise entrant for the Men's Rumble.
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Originally Posted by Observer
It took until the Friday before the pay-per-view, but Roman Reigns has finally been announced for Sunday's Royal Rumble match ...
With the addition of Reigns, the men's Royal Rumble is up to 18 confirmed entrants. There have also been 18 participants announced for the women's match, which is everyone on the current roster who is available and doesn't hold a title. There are 12 spots remaining for both matches heading into the weekend.
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Link: http://www.wwe.com/article/roman-rei...ch-this-sunday
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Prior to TakeOver: Philadelphia going on the air tomorrow night, there will be a WWE United Kingdom Championship number one contender's match on the pre-show television tapings.
Roderick Strong will be facing Tyler Bate, with the winner getting a future shot at Pete Dunne's title. Strong vs. Bate will air on Wednesday's episode of NXT television.
Bate was the last person in WWE to challenge Dunne for the title, losing to him in a match that aired on December 20th.
Nikki Cross vs. Lacey Evans and the in-ring return of TM61 have also been advertised for Wednesday's episode and will be taped prior to TakeOver.
There will be an hour-long pre-show before TakeOver begins. Renee Young and Corey Graves will host the NXT year-end awards, and Charly Caruso, Sam Roberts, and Samoa Joe will appear on the pre-show panel.
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ROH has switched its upcoming shows and the 2/9 show in Concord, NC, that was to be a TV taping will now be a house show. The TV taping will now be on 2/10 at Center Stage in Atlanta. The Atlanta matches are now in Concord with Cody & Marty Scurll & Adam Page vs. Matt Taven & Vinny Marseglia & TK O'Ryan and Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham. One match in Atlanta for TV will be Chuckie T & Baretta vs. Mark & Jay Briscoe.
Progress Wrestling is headed to Australia with shows on 4/17 in Perth, partnering with Explosive Pro Wrestling, 4/18 in Sydney, partnering with Pro Wrestling Australia, 4/20 in Melbourne, partnering with Melbourne City Wrestling and 4/21 in Ivercargill, New Zealand.
Hirai Kawato's debut at Arena Mexico was moved from this coming Tuesday to a week from tonight due to some immigration issues.
Lanny Poffo has set up a Kickstarter program for a comic book based on his WWE gimmick called, "The Genius Lanny Poffo, Wrestling's Smartest Man."
Jushin Liger, Rocky Romero and Puma King headline for Pro Wrestling Revolucion on 3/10 in San Francisco at John O'Connell High School.
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The 1/25 edition of Impact did 310,000 overnight viewers, up from last week’s 309,000 overnight viewers.
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Sumie Sakai and Stacy Shadows have been announced for the upcoming Women of Honor Championship Tournament
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No word yet on whether Rich Swann has been officially reinstated by WWE after all charges against him were dropped in Florida yesterday afternoon.
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On his latest podcast, Jerry Lawler confirmed what some had speculated, that WWE made the call to have some additional talents brought over the Manhattan Center due to the negative reactions of the fans live to what they were getting in person in that venue during Raw 25. In asking this morning, I was told that Ric Flair and Jeff Hardy were always scheduled to appear there but The Miz and Seth Rollins were added over the course of the night ...
During his podcast, Lawler also noted he would be part of the Royal Rumble broadcast as part of the Men's Rumble bout.
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Eddie Edwards stated yesterday that Impact would remain his home "for the foreseeable" future. His current deal expires in February.
Alberto el Patron's deal expires in March, but given that he is locked in to headline the 4/22 Redemption PPV, it would appear the two sides have come to terms on some sort of extension. Impact sources would not confirm that Patron has signed a new contract.
Impact will be filming a Moose vs. Alberto el Patron bout taking place this weekend for Future Stars of Wrestling in Las Vegas.
Bobby Lashley has been pulled from all scheduled Impact-related appearances. He is free and clear to go anywhere he wants as of 2/1. We have heard his next move is to concentrate on MMA fights, but one would think WWE would be interested.
Impact Wrestling promised that next week's episode would kick off a "new era" for the company:
Next week is the beginning of a new era but one thing will remain constant. Every single week we're looking to present the very best wrestling show we can and our crew and our immensely talented roster give you everything. Thanks for watching and we'll see you next week. #Genesis
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) January 26, 2018
Impact's relationship with Crash in Mexico is done.
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WWE announced that Charly Caruso, Sam Roberts and Samoa Joe will be part of the NXT:Takeover pre-show panel this Saturday at 7 pm ET, on all the usual WWE platforms.
Renee Young and Corey Graves will host the NXT Year End Awards during the pre-show.
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Link: http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/nxt-...lphia-pre-show
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Originally Posted by WrestleInc
Matt Hardy recently spoke with 2K to promote the recent WWE 2K18 DLC Pack and commented on how he would compare Woken Matt vs. Broken Matt. He said:
"They are very similar. Basically, Broken Matt broke down the barriers in his mind and could use more of that ability. And returning back home, the reception that we received when we came out at WrestleMania 33 in Orlando, it held my condition, the Broken mind, dormant for a matter of months. And then, after touching the magical creature known as Bray Wyatt, it actually houses Sister Abigail, which I was able to draw from her magic and it reignited the magic within me. So I became Woken and realized all of my broken brilliance.
It's very interesting. They are very similar. There's a little bit of difference because the Woken Wisdom is the second rebirth. Now that my Woken Wisdom has finally been realized and I am conscious of everything that is going on now, I think that the wrestling fans are going to be in for a truly special run."
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Link: https://wwe.2k.com/news/entries/inte...8-dlc-and-more
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The T-Mobile Arena posted the ad below on their Facebook page hyping next month's RAW branded Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. In the plug, they asked which of the 12 RAW Superstars will make it inside, which would suggest that there will be two Chamber matches since there are six people in a Chamber match. It reads:
ONE MONTH 'til the #EliminationChamber! Which of the 12 @WWE Raw Superstars will make it inside? ??: http://tmobilearena.us/PtfsoT
Alexa Bliss and Samoa Joe are both pictured on the post, suggesting separate men and women's Chamber matches. There has never been a women's Chamber match since the concept was introduced in 2002. The first-ever women's Royal Rumble match will take place this Sunday, and it appears that all specialty pay-per-view matches will feature separate men and women's bouts.
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Link to the ad: https://www.facebook.com/tmobilearen...513747834023:0
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We've noted how RAW Tag Team Champion Jason Jordan has been out of the ring for a few weeks now due to an undisclosed injury. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Jordan has been dealing with a bad back. Jordan and Seth Rollins are still scheduled to defend the titles against The Bar at Sunday's Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
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Jon Bravo, who is working on a documentary looking at the Iron Addicts Gym which was owned by jailed steroid dealer Richard Rodriguez, released another interview with Rodriguez ...
In the new video, Rodriguez said that he specifically named Reigns, Wahlberg and Duhamel to get a better plea deal. He said that there are bigger names that haven't been released that will be revealed in his documentary, even teasing that he might have some secrets on advisors in President Donald Trump's administration. Rodriguez said that Reigns was introduced to him years ago by a wrestling enthusiast. He also said that he will release "snippets of proof" in the next week of text messages, tracking numbers and addresses where products were shipped that will be tied to each of the accused.
"That information with us communicating with Roman via text messages will be provided to the appropriate party, which will then be disclosed prior to our documentary that's going to be filmed soon," Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez added that his protocol with Reigns would change depending on "the varied times in which WWE wrestlers get tested."
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xBdZEugfE0
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Originally Posted by Fightful.com
WWE's Cruiserweight division is in peril over the past nine months, as their roster has been decimated with injuries, releases, legal issues and more.
The belief among talent is that WWE has frozen Neville's contract as opposed to letting it expire. We've seen this in the past with injuries, such as Rey Mysterio and Daniel Bryan. Bryan was able to get his "service time" moving along by accepting a role as WWE Smackdown Live GM. However, we're told that Neville returned to the UK a while back, until he returns, or WWE changes their mind, it's not likely his contract time will run down.
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Link: https://www.fightful.com/exclusive-u...e-s-status-wwe
Some other sheet news includes: - WWE is currently scheduled to release a "Best of Shane McMahon" DVD set on June 11th.
- Twitch will be holding a 10 day marathon of indie wrestling featuring various indie companies starting today. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...-more.html?p=1
- Recent episode of Dinner With The King podcast show had Lawler discussing the photo of him and JR asleep during RAW 25, issues with the Manhattan Center of the show, Triple H making changes on the fly due to negative crowd reactions, and getting in trouble for saying "puppies" during the show. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...-more.html?p=1
- According to PWI, WWE is rumored to not have decided on who will be the general manager for 205 Live will be yet.
- Sports Illustrated had a recent interview with Edge discussing his pick to win the Royal Rumble, wanting Nakamura vs AJ Styles at Mania, and more. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...al-rumble-and/
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