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Awesome Kong at the May Young classic tonight

 

This should be good

 

Good way to end SD.

 

Class from Kevin Owens, fair * to Vince taking those kind of bumps at 70

Looks like were heading for Triple H v KO at Mania next year

 

Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly will be called "The Undisputed Era" in WWE NXT.

 

Monday's WWE RAW, featuring RAW Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose teaming with The Hardys to defeat Cesaro, Sheamus, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson in the main event, drew 2.903 million viewers. This is down from last week's 2.932 million viewers for the Labor Day edition of the show. RAW also features John Cena vs. Braun Strowman, Jason Jordan vs. Roman Reigns and an appearance by WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar advertised ahead of time.

For this week's show, the first hour drew 3.022 million viewers, the second hour drew 2.987 million viewers and the final hour drew 2.699 million viewers.



This week's WWE SmackDown, featuring Vince McMahon's first blue brand appearance since 2013, drew 2.754 million viewers. This is up from last week's 2.582 million viewers and is the best number since mid-April. SmackDown also featured a Sin City theme with Naomi vs. SmackDown Women's Champion Natalya, Tye Dillinger vs. WWE United States Champion AJ Styles and The New Day capturing the SmackDown Tag Team Titles from The Usos in a Street Fight.

 

Lio Rush making his NXT debut

 

Debut for Sane

 

The news of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's passing today gutted me.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jrsbbq/status/909544054941036544




Saddened by the news that arrived this afternoon from Bobby Heenans daughter Jess, that he has passed. Bobby and his family have had to endure so much because of his health. Bobby Heenan was such a great friend. You don't replace people like that.

https://mobile.twitter.com/thegeneokerlund/status/909548472990302209

 

WWE Hall of Famer Bobby “The Brain” Heenan passes away

WWE is saddened to learn that WWE Hall of Famer Bobby Heenan, regarded by many as the greatest manager in sports-entertainment history, has passed away at age 73.

With a career spanning more than four decades, Bobby Heenan was the “The Brain” behind some of the most prolific Superstars in sports-entertainment history. Heenan plied his trade as their mischievous manager by running his mouth on their behalf with a sarcastic wit considered among the best in the business.

Heenan named competitors under his guidance as the Heenan Family, a moniker meant to show the strength of their alliance over any of their opposition. Members of the Heenan Family in the AWA and WWE read like the who’s who of sports entertainment, including legends and WWE Hall of Famers such as Nick Bockwinkel, the Blackjacks, Big John Studd, King Kong Bundy, "Ravishing" Rick Rude, "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, the Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard), Harley Race, and of course, the first WWE Hall of Famer, Andre the Giant, whom Heenan led to the ring at WrestleMania III before 93,173 fans.

As impossible as it may seem, Heenan’s overwhelming success as a manager was matched by that of his announcing career. Heenan’s constant verbal jousts with fellow WWE Hall of Famers Gorilla Monsoon and “Mean” Gene Okerlund on USA Network remain among the most entertaining moments in sports-entertainment history. In fact, “The Brain” was so entertaining, that "The Bobby Heenan Show" had a brief run on USA Network as well.

 

Starrcade returns to Greensboro this November



Starrcade is back, and for the first time in 30 years, it's coming home.

On Saturday, Nov. 25, during Thanksgiving weekend, Starrcade returns when the Superstars of SmackDown LIVE descend on Greensboro, N.C., for a historic event at the Greensboro Coliseum.

The premier event of the National Wrestling Alliance and, later, WCW, Starrcade got its start in Greensboro on Thanksgiving 1983 with a star-studded lineup that saw Ric Flair defeat Harley Race to win his second of 16 World Championships. Starrcade remained in Greensboro through 1986 and was the stage on which legendary performers like Dusty Rhodes, The Four Horsemen, Magnum TA, The Rock 'n' Roll Express and many more etched their names into sports-entertainment history.

As the calendar turned to the 1990s, a new generation of competitors emerged to take the Starrcade spotlight, like Sting, Vader and the nWo. The last edition of Starrcade under the WCW banner took place in December 2000.

Now, fans in Greensboro will get the opportunity to be a part of history, as Starrcade returns with an absolutely stacked card featuring two Steel Cage Matches. Matches announced* for the return of Starrcade include:

WWE Championship Steel Cage Match

Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

SmackDown Women's Championship Steel Cage Match

Natalya vs. Charlotte Flair

United States Championship Triple Threat Match

AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Rusev

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Texas Tornado Match

The New Day vs. The Usos

Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens

Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler

The Hardy Boyz are also confirmed to appear at Starrcade in their home state of North Carolina, as are WWE Hall of Famers and Starrcade legends Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat and The Rock 'n' Roll Express!

 

Honestly wouldn't be against Vince reviving some old WCW PPVs to replace some of the * they have right now, TLC and * In A Cell for example.

Starrcade, Halloween Havoc, Great American Bash.. bring them all back.

 

Paige returns to the WWE Performance Center



Paige is on a journey to reclaim her "house."

The former Divas Champion — unseen in a WWE ring for more than a year — revealed she has returned to the WWE Performance Center, presumably beginning her return to active competition in WWE.

"Went to see an old friend today," she wrote. "Good to be back there! @wwe #RoadBackToMyHouse"

Paige is a two-time Divas Champion and became the youngest Superstar to hold the title when she captured it during her Raw debut at the age of 21. If her return his imminent, as this post is leading many in the WWE Universe to believe, consider the women of Raw and SmackDown LIVE officially put on notice.


https://www.instagram.com/p/BZMeezmFMok/?taken-by=realpaigewwe

 

Sheamus cutting a promo on Raw with a Celtic badge on his arm haha hero.