ZitatAlles anzeigenSPOILER: Possible Segment For This Week's WWE SmackDown Live
A possible segment for tonight's episode of SmackDown Live in North Little Rock, AR at the Verizon Arena on the USA Network has been revealed. Bryan Alvarez noted on the most recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio that he was told that WWE plans on revealing who has been attacking Tyler Breeze and Fandango on SmackDown Live.
Alvarez mentioned that they have promised to reveal the attackers in the past but changed their minds at the last minute. He added that they could well change their mind again, but he was told that the plan as of late was to actually reveal the person or persons behind the attack.
If you recall, Dave Meltzer has reported in the past that the original plan was for the attackers to be revealed as Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, but those plans could have been changed.
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ZitatAlles anzeigenPossible NXT Call-Up **Spoiler**
Per a report from Wrestling Observer’s Bryan Alvarez, the WWE has been planning three big NXT call-ups. The first was former NXT Champion Bobby Roode who dropped his title to Drew McIntyre at NXT TakeOver III: Brooklyn earlier this month, as “The Glorious One” made his debut on SmackDown Live last week. The next appears to come from Asuka, who comes off of a successful NXT Women’s Title defense against Ember Moon at NXT TakeOver III: Brooklyn as well. It was later announced that Asuka suffered an injury during the match that would keep her sidelined for several weeks.
She was forced to relinquish her title and NXT General Manager William Regal announced that she is currently in negotiations for a main roster call-up with RAW General Manager Kurt Angle and SmackDown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan.
As for who the third call-up could be, The Authors Of Pain did not take part in last Thursday’s NXT tapings after losing their Tag Team titles to SAnitY at TakeOver: Brooklyn as well. Perhaps this could be the final call-up Alvarez was reporting on.
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ZitatAlles anzeigenWWE Rumor Mill: Brand new show featuring UK Tournament Competitors by the end of 2017?
Will this show finally see the light of day?
We had believed that a weekly television show featuring the competitors from the United Kingdom Tournament held in Blackpool would become a regular feature on the WWE Network. We've recently learned from Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio that despite the major budget cuts that the company was experiencing, there were still plans to do a weekly TV show by the end of 2017. We bring you his thoughts via Ring Side News.
In January of this year, WWE went to Blackpool in England for two days to crown the first ever WWE United Kingdom Champion through a 16-man tournament, across 2 whole days. Tyler Bate became the first ever UK Champion at the said event. It was believed that the competitors of the tournament would be part of a weekly TV shown, that would air in June of this year, but the project was sidelined because of several budget cuts.
Meltzer believes that even though the project was shelved in June, there were plans to have it going by the end of the year. So far, we've only seen the United Kingdom Tournament participants on NXT, either at the tapings or at NXT Takeover specials, but according to Mr Meltzer, these talented men would have their own show, towards the conclusion of 2017. The dates for the show's tapings were not yet disclosed.
We saw current United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne and Wolfgang tease some friction at last week's NXT episode, as the fallout of the tag team match where they teamed up together against Tyler Bate and Trent Seven. That could be the central storyline moving forward, in the division.