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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 9, 2020 4:08:17 GMT -5
Also added Crews vs. Andrade for the US Title.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 8, 2020 23:13:19 GMT -5
The final is on July 11th, with the winner getting the shot at Naito on July 12th. Those Osaka shows I believe will be their first with fans, at 1/3rd capacity.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 8, 2020 14:34:03 GMT -5
Bayley & Sasha vs. Alexa & Nikki vs. Billie & Peyton in a Triple Threat for the Women's Tag Team Titles added to Backlash.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 8, 2020 10:47:54 GMT -5
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 8, 2020 10:44:34 GMT -5
I've updated the OP to remove mention of it being a title match, think the UK account either got the wrong end of the stick, or they've spoiled the announcement.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 8, 2020 10:24:43 GMT -5
Tweet from Karl Ravech at ESPN:
"MLB has made proposal to Players. 75 percent Prorated salary. 76 game season. Playoff pool money. No draft pick compensation for signing player. Season finishes September 27th. Post season ends at end of October. Significant move towards players demands and effort to play more."
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 8, 2020 10:08:02 GMT -5
It's the last RAW before Backlash, which will contain THE GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH EVER, and surely WWE have never lied to us before, right? ๐
Last night, Charlotte Flair lost #12. Tonight, can The Queen go some way to getting an opportunity at #13? Following last week's finish that saw Nia Jax distract Asuka to give Flair a count out win, The Empress of Tomorrow will face off with Charlotte once again. Will Asuka go into her Backlash title match with Jax full of momentum, or will Flair bounce back from losing the NXT Women's Title at Takeover: In Your House?
We have two talk show segments tonight - the Peep Show returns as Christian hosts his former partner (and "brother") Edge to preview the alleged GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH EVER with Randy Orton on Sunday, while MVP has a biased guest on The VIP Lounge in Bobby Lashley, who will challenge Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship at Backlash.
The IIconics were getting prepared to mount another challenge at Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross for the Women's Tag Team Titles, but now Billie Kay and Peyton Royce must look towards a different target, as the inaugural champions Bayley and Sasha Banks won the titles back on SmackDown on Friday. The Role Model and The Boss will make a trip over to the Red Brand tonight - what do they have in mind, and will the IIconics have something to say about it?
After many sporting events, the Street Profits and the Viking Raiders find themselves in a Decathlon this week. Surely this has to be the last week of these contests - will the two teams finally come to blows over the RAW Tag Team Titles?
All this, plus the latest on Rey Mysterio and if he's retiring or not, tonight from 8/7c on USA in the States, Sportsnet 360 in Canada, BT Sport in the UK and Ireland, and FOX 8 in Australia!
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 23:29:05 GMT -5
This looks like it was taken at an indie show, and all the other fans are queuing behind Trips to get their mark pic with the new champ.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 16:39:02 GMT -5
STARDOM may still be taking their time following Hana Kimura's death, think they might resurface shortly before the 5 Star GP.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 16:27:14 GMT -5
They'd have used Dakota Kai's, but she ended up smacking her face off the bottom of hers, so she's sworn off it for a while.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 15:44:58 GMT -5
Apparently this is false news and the picture of the belt with the Bryan side plates had been circulating on Twitter before the Brie story existed. Thanks for this, updated the OP to reflect.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 14:22:55 GMT -5
Another cool video Kane to Lady Kane Chokeslam!
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 12:32:10 GMT -5
There's a live Watch Along tonight with Renee Young, Natalya, Bianca Belair and Ruby Riott.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 12:21:03 GMT -5
Some news from Sean Ross Sapp at Fightful... {Spoiler}Backlash is being taped at the PC this afternoon before Takeover - I can only presume they didn't want to do two straight Sundays, so they're getting both done today. Once Backlash has finished filming, the PC talent will be driven over to Full Sail for Takeover.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 12:14:09 GMT -5
The first two matches are set, as Nick Gage takes on Nate Webb, and Allie Kat goes one on one with Effy. Others appearing include Alex Zayne, Calvin Tankman, Lee Moriarty and Mance Warner.
EDIT: Blake Christian vs. Myron Reed just added.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 10:36:02 GMT -5
Don't click if you don't want to know! {Spoiler}{Spoiler}
Brie Bella briefly posted a picture of the Intercontinental Championship belt with Daniel Bryan's plates on it, then took it down. Ooops! UPDATE: This might not be entirely legitimate, as the picture was apparently online before what was mentioned in the spoiler tag. This could still be a red herring.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 7, 2020 4:53:52 GMT -5
MLB are awful at marketing their stars. Mike Trout should be a mega star right now, and he plays in (or near to) a big market, yet hardly anyone who doesn't follow the sport at a hardcore level is aware of him. No wonder they're making a balls-up of finding a way to get a season going. I reckon they'll settle on somewhere around 82 games from around August-ish.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 6, 2020 10:33:07 GMT -5
Hour 1: 1,962,000 Hour 2: 1,908,000 Average: 1,935,000
Down from 2,054,000 last week.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 5, 2020 23:32:34 GMT -5
Huge fan of Pamela 2 Straps.
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Post by Steveweiser on Jun 5, 2020 13:51:59 GMT -5
Per Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter:
June 10th - Live June 17th - Taped on June 11th June 24th - Live July 1st - Live (Fyter Fest Night 1) July 8th - Taped on July 2nd (Fyter Fest Night 2)
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