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Tama Tonga on Which WWE Talents He Would Want For The Bullet Club

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Over the last few months, there has been a mass exodus from The Bullet Club as many of The ELITE members are trying their hands at their own promotion: AEW. That has presumably left some openings within The Bullet Club and Tama Tonga speculated on which Superstars could help fill those voids, as seen below:
“There’s a lot of talent, especially ones making a splash,” Tonga told Wrestling Inc. on today’s episode of The WINCLY. “Guys are wanting to leave certain companies… The Revival – those guys have piqued an interest. Those guys are great workers and I always watch their stuff…
“There’s a lot of indie promotions we look at, especially in Australia and England. But that’s pretty much under wraps for now.”

Tonga coincidentally brought up The Revival right after news of them requesting their release became public. Tonga speculated as to why some wrestlers are wanting to leave WWE, as seen below:
“I think the market is a good time for guys to grab work elsewhere,” stated Tonga. “You can get more eyes on you maybe… Guys are thinking there’s maybe greener pastures out there.
“So, there’s options. It makes wrestlers think, ‘Hey, if I’m not being utilized here, then I can go out and be utilized somewhere else.’”
With the rise of AEW and other viable options such as New Japan, ROH & IMPACT, there is more than just WWE out there for wrestlers and wrestling fans.

“It’s great. It’s cool. Wasn’t the 90s like that? The 90s was like that, so it’s cool,” said Tonga who also spoke about the fact that so many guys from the Bullet Club and NJPW have experienced success elsewhere.
“I think it speaks for, not only The Club, but New Japan. Guys that come from New Japan. It speaks high value for our company.”
Speaking of former Bullet Club members, Tonga revealed if he still stays in contact with those guys who have headed over to WWE, as seen below:

“I’ve sent messages to [AJ Styles and Finn Balor],” said Tonga. “I’ve sent messages to Karl, Doc Gallows. Those are our friends. Those are our brothers. We see what they’re doing and we wish them well. Always love there.”
When asked if he would ever welcome back those guys into The Bullet Club if they wanted to return, Tonga didn’t mince words, as seen below:
“Oh yeah, in a heartbeat,” Tonga replied. “Those are our brothers, of course. They left on good terms with us. We’re brothers.”
With Styles, Balor & The Good Brothers in WWE, there are all the ingredients in place for a Bullet Club faction to come together. But that hasn’t happened and Tonga speculated as to why, as seen below:
“I don’t know,” said Tonga. “They tried a couple of times with The Club thing. Did it go over well? I wasn’t paying attention at that time.
“Maybe they don’t wanna go back to something that was done before, especially somewhere else. From my understanding, WWE likes to do things on their own.”
The Bullet Club will be hosting a Bullet Club Block Party in New Jersey this April. Tickets for the event can be purchased here.
You can listen to the full audio from Tama Tonga’s exclusive WINCLY Interview in the embedded audio player below:

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Spoilers: Rumored Full Card for NXT TakeOver: New York

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The NXT TakeOver: New York event takes place on Friday, April 5, 2019 in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center and will air on the WWE Network.

A rumored card has made the rounds online. Keep in mind that only WWE NXT UK Champion Pete Dunne vs. WALTER has been confirmed to take place. Here’s the lineup:

WWE NXT Title: Tommaso Ciampa (C) vs. Johnny Gargano

WWE NXT UK Title: Pete Dunne (C) vs. WALTER

WWE NXT North American Title: Velveteen Dream (C) vs. Matt Riddle vs. Adam Cole

WWE NXT Women’s Title: Shayna Baszler (C) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Io Shirai vs. Kairi Sane

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ROH TV taping spoilers: Death Before Dishonor fallout, NWA title match

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Ring of Honor returned to the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas for the second straight night as the venue hosted Saturday’s post-Death Before Dishonor television tapings.

– The Luchasaurus defeated Hyperstreak Gregory Sharpe

– Beer City Bruiser defeated Cheeseburger

– After they attacked Jay Lethal at the end of Death Before Dishonor, The Kingdom came out for an in-ring segment where they forced Bobby Cruise to read a list of Matt Taven’s accomplishments and call him the real ROH World Champion.

– Kenny King defeated Chase Owens

King faked an injury before pinning Owens with a small package.

– Flip Gordon vs. Shane Taylor

Gordon got on the microphone before the match and talked about his feud with Bully Ray. Bully came out and taunted him, leading to Silas Young entering from the crowd and low blowing Gordon.

Taylor, Bully, and Young beat down Gordon and challenged anyone to come make the save for him, but no one did.

– Nick Aldis defeated Christopher Daniels

This match was taped for HonorClub.

– ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes defeated Coast 2 Coast (LSG & Shaheem Ali) to retain their titles

– Jeff Cobb defeated Punishment Martinez to win the ROH Television Championship

As noted, Martinez finished up with ROH last night and will be heading to WWE/NXT.

– Tenille Dashwood came out with her arm in a sling and discussed dealing with a shoulder injury and skin condition (psoriasis). She revealed that she’s had the shoulder injury for six months and will need to undergo surgery.

– Marty Scurll defeated Chris Sabin

– Brandi Rhodes defeated Heather Monroe

– Hangman Page defeated Scorpio Sky

– Shane Taylor defeated Eli Isom

Taylor attacked Isom after the match, Cheeseburger tried to make the save, and Flip Gordon made the save for Isom and Cheeseburger. Gordon laid out Taylor with a chair. He asked if that’s what Bully Ray wanted and issued a challenge to Bully.

Bully said he wouldn’t be facing Gordon tonight. They set up a match where Silas Young will face someone of Gordon’s choosing at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. If Young wins, Bully can do whatever he wants to Gordon. If the person Gordon chooses wins, Gordon can do whatever he wants to Bully.

– ROH World Champion Jay Lethal & Jonathan Gresham defeated Jushin Thunder Liger & KUSHIDA

– NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Cody Rhodes defeated Willie Mack to retain his title

Cody was making his first defense of the NWA title since defeating Aldis at All In.

– The Young Bucks defeated Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian, Beretta & Chuckie T, and EVIL & SANADA in a four-way tag match

During the show-closing promo, Cody teased All In II while the crowd was chanting “All In.”

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WM32 Friday News & Notes – AP on WM32 vs. Final Four in Texas, Lesnar talks schedule reaching limit, Heyman on rise/fall of Paul Heyman Guys, Sting says he’s not done, Hogan on missing Mania, NXT Takeover confusion

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy.

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WrestleMania Friday News & Notes

– The Associated Press published a story hyping WrestleMania trying to upstage the Final Four in Texas. WM32, post-Mania Raw, and surrounding events takes place in Dallas this weekend, while the NCAA Final Four, Championship Game, and surrounding events take place in Houston. Both are competing to be the biggest spectacle of the weekend in Texas. The AP noted that WM32 wants to draw 100,000 fans to AT&T Stadium in Arlington to break their WM3 record.

– Brock Lesnar talked to the AP about his latest high-profile WrestleMania match and adding a few more dates to his schedule since last year. “Vince (McMahon) got his checkbook out and he’s writing more checks. But, I have a limit and we’re at that limit right now,” Lesnar said.

“There could be five people in the stands or 100,000 people, I don’t treat it any differently. I approach the competition the same. That’s just my mentality. I don’t get caught up in the business. I show up, I do my job, I collect my check and I go home.”

– Paul Heyman talked to CBS Sports about the challenge of trying to do the “Paul Heyman Guys” faction when Brock Lesnar is not on TV.

“There is no simple answer to this question. Reason why is there are both positives and negatives to it. Yes, I can expand the fact that I advocate for more than just Brock Lesnar. Putting my voice behind another talent – and the credibility that Brock Lesnar’s advocate would be the voice of someone else – instantly puts that person in the spotlight,” Heyman said. “The downside of it is Brock Lesnar is such a unique person, a unique character, a unique individual in this industry that placing me with someone else only begs the question, ‘Where is Brock Lesnar?’”

– Sting talked to Fox Sports ahead of his WWE Hall of Fame induction. Sting said he’s not ruling out wrestling again. “I feel great. I’m in the gym, I’m still training as I always was,” Sting said. He also relayed his injury advice to Seth Rollins, who was his (last?) opponent at Night of Champions in September in Houston.

“While you’re going through [rehab], it can seem like an eternity, and like [it’s] impossible – but the truth of the matter is, by the time you look at it – it’s easy for me to say now after 30 years – it’s a little tiny blip on the radar screen. And he’ll come out of it, so I’ve just tried to encourage him like that,” Sting said.

– Hulk Hogan chimed in on Twitter about missing WrestleMania after being cut from the company in July 2015. “Thinking about it,it really seems weird not being at @WWE WrestleMania, really weird, but I will be there in spirit, go Shane!!!!! only love HH,” Hogan tweeted.

– WWE threw people off by releasing an NXT Takeover email blast on Friday morning advertising NXT Takeover for 9:00 p.m. EST on WWE Network. Everything on WWE’s website, including the page linked in email blast, has the pre-show at 9:30 p.m. EST before the main show starting at 10:00 (9:00 local time in Dallas).

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Daily Update: Conor-Khabib, Impact Wrestling, Daniel Cormier

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THE LATEST NEWS

Andrew Everett, Jonathan Gresham set for ROH Survival of the Fittest
ROH TV results: Hurricane Helms vs. Marty Scurll II
Khabib Nurmagomedov threatens to leave UFC if teammate is released
WWE officially announces NXT UK tv show, premiere date
WWE NXT results: Triple threat North American title match
WWE 205 Live results: Mike & Maria Kanellis debut
WWE Mae Young Classic results: Mia Yim vs. Kaitlyn
Lucha Underground results: Pentagon Dark vs. Reklusa

THE LATEST AUDIO

WOL: News on Khabib, Dave Meltzer interview, Abyss talks Impact Hall of Fame! 10/11
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F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: Recapping WWE Super Show-Down

Going into Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, it wasn’t entirely clear whether it would be more of a major stadium show or a glorified live event. There were elements of both on display at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Without even factoring in entrances or the post-match angle, Triple H vs. The Undertaker was nearly 30 minutes long. It was obvious that they were attempting to deliver on the epic “last-time ever” main event that had been promised.

WON NEWSLETTER: October 15, 2018 Observer Newsletter: Highs and lows of UFC 229, plus tons of news

The biggest show in UFC history took place this past week. Look at the economics, the lessons, what it says about the fan base, the promotion and the regulators in how things escalated into the brawl that took place. Examine how Conor McGregor benefited from the brawl, likelihood of a rematch, as well as all the changes in upcoming cards and the making jokes out of the various championships.

There is also the regular coverage of UFC 229 with a look at the matches and poll results.

This issue addresses the next two major WWE shows, Evolution and Crown Jewel. Look at the issues facing WWE and Saudi Arabia, why the issues are so much deeper than women not being allowed to perform, and the return of Shawn Michaels.

Look at the unrest in New Japan and why morale has done a 180 since the G-1, the Tokyo Dome main event, the Power Struggle show, Chris Jericho in New Japan, and Tanahashi vs. Omega,

Read more on Rey Mysterio’s return to WWE, Smackdown 1,000, who is coming to Smackdown 1,000, Kevin Owens injury update, why WWE stock declined so much this past week, notes on potential of ratings on FOX and how that compares to FOX’s usual Friday numbers.

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THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE

The Nevada Athletic Commission’s punishment for Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor is expected to be meted out at a hearing on 10/24.

Impact announced a deal with Kings Highway Media, LLC to assist and expand video and content distribution across all platforms. King Highway Media is the company headed by Andrew Whitaker, who headed running all international territories for WWE for years.

For Sunday’s Bound for Glory, the LAX & Konnan vs. Homicide & Hernandez & The King match will be a Concrete Jungle Death match. There will be no mats and they will fight on bare boards and there will be no turnbuckle pads so the steel will be exposed. Bodega Bamz, the rapper and actor will be performing the ring entrance for LAX & Konnan.

Daniel Cormier talks to ESPN about his decision to face Derrick Lewis and his injuries as well as the end of his career.

AAW will debut on Twitch live tomorrow night at 9 p.m. Eastern for a show from the AFS Cinema in Austin, TX. The card has Brody King & Jimmy Jacobs vs. Sami Callihan & Darby Allin, Eddie Kingston vs. ACH, Trevor Lee vs. Rich Swann for the Heritage title, Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega vs. Ricky Starks & Aaron Solow, AR Fox & Myron Reed vs. Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz, Kylie Ray vs. Thunder Rosa, Laredo Kid vs. Jason Cade, Curt Stallion vs. Pacu & Steven Wolf and more.

Bellator announced a second show in Honolulu. They will be running a 12/14 show on Paramount to go along with the previously announced 12/15 show exclusively on DAZN. We had talked about them adding the second show last month on Observer radio. As noted, Brent Primus vs. Michael Chandler and Frank Mir vs. Javy Ayala will be the headliners. The 12/14 show will be Salute to the Troops and all servicemen and their families will get free admission to the show at the NBC Arena.

WWE
WWE and Boom Studios has announced a comic special, “WWE: Forever #1” with comics on Bret Hart, Bobby Heenan,Razor Ramon Ted DiBiase and more. It is scheduled for a 1/30 release date.
After the declines after a downgrade, WWE stock got an upgrade from Cannonball Research which estimates that the company’s EBITDA will hit $522 million in 2020 and suggests a $95 per share value.
WWE has added ten episodes of WWE Main Event from 2012-2013 on WWE Network.
An update on Goldust recovering from double knee surgery.
UFC
Early odds from BetDSI has Jon Jones as a -250 favorite against Alexander Gustafsson. They also list Valentina Shevchenko as a -300 favorite over Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
After his loss to Jussier Formiga, Sergio Pettis is moving up to bantamweight and will face Rob Font on the 12/15 show in Milwaukee.
MISCELLANEOUS
ROH announced Sumie Sakai & Dr. Britt Baker vs. Jenny Rose & Stella Gray for tomorrow night’s show in Baltimore which airs live on Honor Club.
PowerslamTV has added the most recent Bar Wrestling show, Florida Fest Wrestling and Sendai Girls from 8/19 to its streaming service.
All Japan Pro Wrestling has a tryout camp in March in San Jose. For more info you can write to [email protected].
The PFL playoffs with lightweights and light heavyweights vying for the championships on New Year’s Eve in New York, runs Saturday at the Long Beach, CA Arena.
The lightweight semifinals are:
Will Brooks(20-4) vs. Rashid Magomedov (21-2)
Islam Mamedov (15-2) vs. Thiago Tavares (22-8-1)

The light heavyweight semifinals are:
Maxim Grishin (28-7) vs. Smealinho Rama (11-4)
Dan Spohn (18-5) vs. Sean O’Connell (18-10)

MLW announced shows on 12/13 and 12/14 in Miami at the Scottish Rite Temple. Both shows will be TV tapings.
Pro Wrestling Revolver on 10/20 in West Des Moines, IA at the Val Air Ballroom with a Cage of Horrors match with Sami Callihan & Jake & Dave Crist & Larry D vs. Matthew Palmer & Shane Strickland & Jason Cade and a mystery partner, plus Walter vs. PCO, Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz vs. Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega vs. Dustin Rayz & Aaron Williams, Rich Swann vs. David Starr vs. Trey Miugel, Colt Cabana vs. Jake Manning, Jimmy Jacobs vs. JT Dunn, Marko Stunt vs. Ace Romero and more.
Heidi Katrina vs. Mercedes Martinez has been added to the XICW show on Saturday night at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Michael Elgin vs. Kongo Kong was also announced. James Ellsworth, Jimmy Jacobs plus Lotus vs. Homicide & Hernandez vs. OVE in a three-way.
Singapore Pro Wrestling and the Japanese Land’s End group is doing a joint show on 10/26 with The Horrors vs. The Bodyguard & Ryoji Sai.
Tessa Blanchard comes to Australia for a three-way with Savannah Summer and Xema on 10/24 in Sydney for Future Wrestling Australia. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
For Shine on 11/2 in Ybor City, FL, Allysin Kay defends her title against LuFisto, Priscilla Kelly vs. Santana and Su Yung vs. Stormie Lee.
Adam Brooks vs. Marty Scurll was announced for the first night of the next World Series Wrestling tour on 11/23 in Melbourne. Brian Cage vs. Robbie Eagles is set for 11/24 in Melbourne. Bandido is replacing Joey Janela on this tour.
Combate Americas on 10/13 in Tucson at Casino del Sol will be headlined by Amanda Serrano (0-0-1) vs. Erendira Orodonez (2-1). The original main event of Erik Perez vs. John Castaneda has been postponed since Castaneda is suffering from a staph infection. The show airs on DAZN at 10 p.m. Eastern in the U.S. and Canada. The top three fights air starting at midnight Eastern on Univision and Univision Deportes. The semi is Anthony Birchak (12-6) vs. Adam Martinez (5-1).
Shane Taylor is taking independent bookings through Bill Behrens at [email protected]. He is based in Houston. Also available for non-wrestling appearances is Paul Diamond, based now in Los Angeles.
Action Wrestling tonight in Tyrone, GA has Gangrel, MJF and Marko Stunt.
Women’s Wrestling Revolution is running a 10/28 afternoon show at 2 p.m. at the NYWC Sportatorium in Deer Park, New York. This is the afternoon of the WWE Evolution show. Announced are Jazzy Gabert vs. Kimber Lee, Jordynne Grace vs Jazz, Tessa Blanchard & Indi Hartwell vs. Solo Darling & Willow Nightingale, Thunder Rosa, Shazza McKenzie and more.
PWE on 10/26 in Oshawa, ONT featuring Cody Deaner, Tyler Tirva and Michael Elgin.
Rise has limited tickets left for a 10/19 show in Berwyn, IL with Tessa Blanchard vs. Mercedes Martinez in a 60 minute Iron person match, plus Dust & Raven’s Ash vs. Delilah Doom & Shotzi Blackheart, Jinny vs. Madison Rayne, David Arquette & RJ City vs. two women plus Allysin Kay and Cheerleader Melissa.
Bandit Wrestling on 10/21 in Knoxville, TN at D1 Knoxville Sports with Daniel Eads defending the Bandit title against Ace Romero Zachary Wentz vs. Fred Yehi and more. Glenn “Kane” Jacobs will be at the show as will Jake Crist and Marko Stunt.
Emi Sakura’s promotion Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling on 10/23 in Bangkok, Thailand is bringing in Shigehiro Irie, Masahiro Takanashi, Dick Togo, Michael Nakazawa and more.
Great Khali will be doing a meet and greet in Australia on 10/21 at the PVR Parkview Reception in Craigleburn, Melbourne.
WrestleCade on 11/24 in Winston-Salem, NC has Vampiro vs. Crazzy Steve in a casket match on FITE.
Pro Wrestling Eve on Saturday has a show live on Eve on Demand with Emi Sakura vs. Kay Lee Ray at 3 p.m. Eastern.
Robbie Eagles talks his debut in the New Japan juniors tag team tournament.
Jay Lethal talks this weekend’s shows.
Eddie Edwards did an interview with The Wrestling Estate about his new children’s book, his match with Moose at Bound For Glory and his character change over the past year.
Madison Rayne updates her career.

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WWE announces Nakamura, Styles, Asuka & more stars for Japan return tour

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WWE has announced the headline stars for WWE’s return tour of Japan on July 1 and 2.

The headliners are Shinsuke Nakamura, A.J. Styles, and NXT Women’s champion Asuka.

Plus, Chris Jericho, WWE World Hvt. champion Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Rusev, WWE tag champions New Day, and Paige are advertised.

Nakamura returns to Tokyo for the first time since leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling after a run on top of the promotion. Styles is also returning to Japan after a successful main event run for NJPW.

WWE announced the roster ahead of tickets going on-sale Saturday morning for both shows at the Ryogoku Sumo Hall.

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WWE Raw ratings up six percent this week

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A combination of the lack of baseball competition and the shocking news of Roman Reigns’ leukemia diagnosis led to Raw being up six percent last night and averaging 2.54 million viewers.

With no more baseball competition, the ratings should increase slightly from the numbers of the past month, not including last night which is likely above what shows will be doing because of the Reigns announcement.

The NFL game with the Atlanta Falcons vs. New York Giants did 10.33 million viewers as the leading competition.

CW’s Arrow, which featured Cody Rhodes in his role as a drug dealer in prison, did 1.18 million viewers head-to-head with the first hour of Raw.

WWE’s Road to Evolution special, which aired directly after Raw, did 1.11 million viewers, keeping 46 percent of the audience that watched the third hour of Raw.

Raw was 10th for the night on cable, trailing only NFL-related and news-related programming.

Women stuck with the third hour at a higher percentage than men, which is different from the usual pattern, and likely related to more interest in any follow-up on Reigns.

However, in the 18-49 demo, 41.5 percent of women stayed for the Evolution special, while 42.3 percent of men 18-49 stayed for the special.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 2.61 million viewers
9 p.m. 2.62 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.41 million viewers

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Update on why Chyna official cause of death will be delayed

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4/26 REPORT: The official cause of death for Chyna (Joanie Laurer) might take months to determine, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The L.A. County Coroner’s office has posted an official record of Laurer’s case. However, they are deferring the cause of death until completing toxicology tests as part of an additional investigation.

The issue is that L.A. County has a backlog of investigations into cause of deaths. The L.A. Daily News reported in March that presiding coroner Dr. Mark Fajardo was resigning effective April 15. Fajardo said he was leaving because his department was in turmoil because of funding cuts. The supervising board claimed ongoing mismanagement and job turnover.

Regardless, the Daily News reported in March that there were 180 bodies waiting to be processed at the morgue and it takes six months for toxicology reports to be completed.

It points to why an official cause for Laurer was delayed until an investigation can be completed later this year.

4/30 UPDATE: Another reason for a delay in Joanie Laurer’s cause of death is Laurer’s practice of mixing prescription drugs in multiple bottles.

TMZ reports that detectives found “several full prescription pill bottles” containing different medication near Laurer’s body when she was discovered. She also mixed vitamins with her pills.

This will require a full toxicology report to determine what was in her system at the time of her death. The initial belief is a combination of Ambien, Valium, and other items led to an accidental overdose. However, an official cause will need to be determined from the toxicology report.

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WWE Weekend Tour – Styles out with injury, new line-ups

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May 12 Weekend WWE Tour

TORCH READER ALERT: If you attend an event, we’re looking for results/reports sent to [email protected].

– As of Friday morning, WWE was advertising A.J. Styles for top matches on this weekend’s tour. Then, WWE pulled Styles from all three advertised shows this weekend.

Styles is reportedly injured from the first four months of working the full-time WWE schedule. Included was Styles taking a powerbomb through the announce table two weeks ago on Raw, but he no-sold the effects in a SportsCenter interview the next night on ESPNews.

For those of you who were expecting to see AJ Styles this weekend, I apologize. Banged my ankle up pretty good, but I'll be ready for RAW.

— AJStyles.Org (@AJStylesOrg) May 14, 2016

– The NXT traveling brand wraps up Saturday night with the following advertised roster:

NXT champion Samoa Joe
Shinsuke Nakamura
Former NXT champ Finn Balor
NXT Women’s champion Asuka
Former NXT Women’s champ Bayley

Saturday, May 14

– NXT traveling brand (Portland, Oregon – Theater of The Clouds – 7:30 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info)

Tucker Knight returns home

– Main WWE Roster (Raleigh, N.C. – PNC Arena – 7:30 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info)

WWE World Title match: Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus
Chris Jericho vs. ??? (Styles’s spot)
IC Title match: The Miz (w/Maryse) vs. Cesaro
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
Women’s Title match: Charlotte (w/Ric Flair) vs. Natalya

– Main WWE Roster (Roanoke, Va. – Berglund Center – 7:30 p.m. EST – Event/Ticket Info)

U.S. Title match: Kalisto vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Rusev
Kane & Big Show vs. Wyatts
WWE tag champions New Day
Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, Paige

– NXT home (Jacksonville, Fla. – Maxwell Snyder Armory – 7:30 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info)

Sunday, May 15

– Main WWE Roster (Columbia, S.C. – Colonial Life Arena – 7:00 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info)

Reigns, no Styles, Owens, Miz, Charlotte tour

– Main WWE Roster (Charlottesville, Va. – John Paul Jones Arena – 7:00 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info)

Ambrose, Show & Kane, New Day, Kalisto tour

***

Friday, May 13

– NXT traveling brand (Spokane, Wash. – Spokane Theatre – 7:30 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info)

– Main WWE Roster (Greenville, N.C. – Williams Arena – 7:30 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info)

WWE World Title match: Roman Reigns vs. ??? (Styles’s spot)
IC Title match: The Miz vs. Cesaro
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
Women’s Title match: Charlotte (w/Ric Flair) vs. Natalya
Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs. The Usos
The Dudleys
Baron Corbin
Sheamus
Dolph Ziggler
Big Cass
Apollo Crews

– NXT home (Largo, Fla. – Minnreg Hall – 7:30 p.m. – Event/Ticket Info)

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Cody to undergo surgery for torn meniscus after NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13

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Additional notes by Bryan Rose

Cody Runnels looks to be out of action for six weeks shortly after the first of the year with his torn meniscus.

Runnels got his MRI results on Friday and they revealed two tears, one vertical and one horizontal, on the medial meniscus.

He is going to be rehabbing it through 12/14, when he will wrestle Jay Lethal on the ROH Final Battle show. He will also wrestle on the Tokyo Dome show on 1/4 in a match that has yet to be announced. He is planning surgery after the Tokyo Dome show.

Runnels injured his knee in what would be considered a freak accident. He was pivoting around, teasing throwing a t-shirt to the crowd during the ROH Global Wars tour last weekend when he heard his knee pop. He was forced out of his 11/11 IWGP United States title match against Beretta as a result.

He has said he will be at all of his advertised bookings including a tour of Australia later this month for World Series Wrestling, doing meet and greets, but not wrestling.

By GETAWAYTHEBERKSHIRES

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