Former NJPW star EVIL (Takaaki Watanabe) is in talks with WWE and has even expressed his desire to come in as a NXT roster member. (WO) Given he’s a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion that’s a surprisingly humble request.
Speaking of New Japan though here’s the New Japan Cup semi-finals lineup for March 20th. (NJPW)
- Yota Tsuji, Yuto-ICE, OSKAR & Gedo vs. T.M.D.K. (Zack Sabre Jr., Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa)
- Aaron Wolf, Tora Yano & Tomoaki Honma vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Done Fale & Dick Togo)
- Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori & Daiki Nagai vs. United Empire (Jake Lee, HENARE, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
- YOH, El Desperado & Master Wato vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
- Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Taichi, Satoshi Kojima & Masatora Yasuda
- Taisei Nakahara & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi)
- New Japan Cup Semi-final: Callum Newman vs. Shota Umino
- New Japan Cup Semi-final: Oleg Boltin vs. Yuya Uemura
Santos Escobar has been working with a tricep injury dating back to a NXT house show Royal Rumble weekend and the situation has finally come to a head where he’ll be out of action due to surgery. (FF)
The new American Gladiators debuts April 17th on Prime Video and will feature wrestling related people like Miz (Mike Mizanin), Wardlow, Kamille, Eric Bugenhagen (Rick Boogs), Jessie Godderz, and Jessica Roden (J-Rod).
Here’s the current lineup for NXT next Tuesday. (WWE)
- Gauntlet Eliminator North American Title #1 Contenders Match: Competitors TBA
- NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Tournament Match: Eli Knight & Elio LeFleur vs. The Culling
- Ricky Saints vs. Tony D’Angelo
- Thea Hail vs. Kelani Jordan
- Lainey Reid & Fallon Henley vs. Wren Sinclair & Kendal Grey
- Sol Ruca and Zaria face-to-face
The last episode of Collision did a 0.07 18-49 and 458,000 viewers. (Wrestlenomics)
Pete Dunne vs. Masashi Takeda is official for Bloodsport XV. Nattie will be competing too.
The lineup for Honor Club tonight is below. (ROH)
- ROH Pure Women’s Championship Match: Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Billie Starkz
- Grizzled Young Veterans & Isla Dawn vs. Valentina Rossi, Rosario Grillo, and the DXP
- Diamante vs. Hyena Hera
- Rachael Ellering vs. Robyn Renegade
- Alec Price and Jordan Oliver vs. The Dark Order
- Mark Davis vs. Angelico
- Trish Adora and Christyan XO in action
- Big Bill in action
The defense rests? Ted DiBiase Jr.’s side of the criminal trial has no more to offer.
Leila Grey got ACL surgery this week. Best wishes to her!
Aaron Rourke defeated Jackson Drake to become the new EVOLVE Men’s Champion. (WWE)
