Late on Saturday night, UFC let the cat out of the bag… Brock Lesnar’s coming back. For one night only.
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Coming out of last Friday’s New Japan show, the biggest talking point I was expecting was the debate over how to rate the main event. Granted, at the time I said that the match was easily four stars, but was also below five. That’s just another way of saying “it was a great match”, however the weekend saw the emergence of an entirely different, and divisive train of thought: those who audibly voiced their displeasure at the style of the match itself.
Well, it’s finally happening, it seems. SmackDown is moving to Tuesday nights in July, going live, and is seemingly going to be given increased attention as the USA Network sets up live wrestling every Monday and Tuesday night.
In the last twenty years, the British wrestling scene has moved away from being a hive of tribute/rip-off shows, and has become a hotbed of stellar shows and also home to some of the best up and coming talent in the world. Needless to say, it wasn’t always like this.
This Sunday sees WWE return to pay-per-view with their annual Extreme Rules event, headlined by a rematch between AJ Styles and Roman Reigns for the WWE title. We have seven matches booked for the show – and thanks to 888Sport.com, lets take a shot at predicting the future!
Buried away in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter was a brief reference to WWE looking at starting up some more tournaments later this year. There’s been plenty of hype about the renamed-Cruiserweight Classic that’ll be filmed in the coming weeks, but perhaps WWE is fishing the same pond too soon, particularly when it comes to a rumoured women’s tournament.
Last weekend’s group of releases was surprising in that it didn’t include one name: Ryback. On the surface, it would seem ridiculous to let him go, but after he was sent home following a contract dispute, suddenly all bets were off.
This past Friday saw WWE release eight performers from their contracts, in a move that represented a throwback for the company, who for years had been avoiding the negative PR associated with releasing talent, by instead just not renewing contracts.