Richard Morgan Fliehr is at it again, or as you know him better, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. He’s filed a $10 million lawsuit against FAM Networks alleging they tricked him into giving away the rights to his name, image and likeness through a complex agreement he was only given 14 minutes to review. Normally I don’t have the time of day or patience for his shenanigans, but on this one I’m giving Richard a MAYBE IT HAPPENED given we already know he got tricked into giving out his bank information to someone who was allegedly booking him for the Joe Rogan Podcast. He seems susceptible to being flimflammed and taken advantage of. It’s classic elder abuse.
In this interview Colten Gunn says he came back two months early from a torn patella: “I tore my patella, just from a regular routine jump. It was supposed to be nine months to a year before I could practice in the ring, but I went to physical therapy four times a week and stayed at it. Had my diet locked in, had my physical therapy, and I was back practicing at five and six months, and got cleared in seven months. Now, I’m back. It feels pretty good. A little nervous at first, but got through it.”
Mark Shapiro says even more WWE events are coming to Saudi Arabia: “Obviously, nothing bigger next year than WrestleMania being in Saudi Arabia, which will be one to remember and one not to miss. Of course, our partners in Saudi bring the UFC and WWE to their region because they’re trying to draw attendance from not just around the globe, but certainly in the Middle East. All I would tell you is when it comes to the Middle East, despite what’s going on, despite how much longer that may go on, they’re open for business. In fact, I would tell you they’re more hungry to bring live events, not just sports, but concerts to the Middle East to show the world and tourism and fans that they’re open for business and they’re not slowing down. We’ve stayed on track with our events for this year. We still have two more events this year. may actually announce a couple more this year. That’s how much demand we’re seeing, and I think that’s ultimately the headline among the headlines when it comes to TKO and where we sit in the sports entertainment ecosystem. Demand is outstripping supply.”
The August 31st Raw did not rank in the top ten domestically or globally. (Netflix)
Speaking of Raw, WWE has announced eight new live event dates for Raw and SmackDown. (WWE)
- Monday, November 9 – Greenville, South Carolina – Raw – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
- Friday, November 13 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – SmackDown – Amerant Bank Arena
- Monday, November 16 – Raleigh, North Carolina – Raw – Lenovo Center
- Friday, November 20 – Evansville, Indiana – SmackDown – Ford Center Evansville
- Monday, November 23 – Wichita, Kansas – Raw/SmackDown – Intrust Bank Arena
- Monday, November 30 – Little Rock, Arkansas – Raw – Simmons Bank Arena
- Friday, December 4 – Grand Rapids, Michigan – SmackDown – Van Andel Arena
- Monday, December 7 – Toledo, Ohio – Raw – Huntington Center
Zilla Fatu rejected an offer to join BirthRight on NXT and got beat down as a result.
ROH paid tribute to Andy “The Butcher” Williams with a ten bell salute at their latest taping.
Here are the upcoming dates for the World Tag League. (NJPW)
- November 25th: Yamagata, INPEX Sakata Arena
- November 27th: Aomori, Towada City General Gymnasium
- November 28th: Iwate, Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
- November 29th: Aomori, Aomori Prefectural Budokan
- December 1st: Yamanashi, Aimesse Yamanashi
- December 2nd: Shizuoka, Twin Messe Shizuoka
- December 4th: Kochi, Kochi Prefectural Citizens’ Gymnasium
- December 5th: Ehime, Kihoku General Park Gymnasium
- December 6th: Yamaguchi – Iwakuni City General Gymnasium
- December 8th: Nagasaki – Dejima Messe Nagasaki
- December 9th: Fukuoka – Fukuoka City Gymnasium
- December 10th: Miyazaki – Hayamizu Park Gymnasium and Cultural Center
- December 11th: Kagoshima – F Arena Ichikikushikino (Ichikikushikino City General Gymnasium)
- December 13th: Kumamoto – Grand Messe Kumamoto
Mason Rook, Tony D’Angelo and Saquon Shugars won a six-man tag on NXT last night; they now get to have a three way match on NXT next week for the right to be No. 1 contender to the NXT Title.
