1/12/2018

JBL vs Rhodes family:

JBL has apologised for a series of angry tweets aimed at Cody Rhodes and his late father, Dusty, this week. He admitted posting them, but said he was drunk from celebrating his birthday, and was only joking, although conceded his posts were dis-respectful to the deceased HOF'er and that should not have said he would kill Cody.

WWE wedding:

Aleister Black and Zelina Vega were married this week.

TLC:

Finn Balor vs Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley vs Elias are booked for TLC. Bar vs New Day vs Uso's for the blue Tag is also on.

ROH concede defeat:

ROH's COO says he does not expect to see Cody Rhodes or the Young Bucks in his promotion in 2019.

Becky Lynch:

ESPN have named Becky Lynch WWE wrestler of the month, it is the first time a woman has landed the top spot on their list.

XFL:

The 8 cities that will contest the return season of XFL are official, although earlier than planned. Someone hacked the website and released the info. A press event had been booked for next week. The plan is to expand over time to 21 teams, but only 8 will be involved in season 1, and they are...

• Dallas, Texas
• Houston, Texas
• Los Angeles, California
• New York
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Seattle, Washington
• Tampa Bay, Florida
• Washington, DC

Raw rib:

Kalisto has revealed that Sasha Banks outs him whenever he is out of kayfabe (No mask)...

"That's the cool thing about me, I guess, I get my privacy because nobody knows what I look like. I can go in and out at a restaurant or whatever, bar, anywhere! Anywhere I want to go and I don't get bothered. Now, apart from when I'm with Sasha, 'hey, that got to be Kalisto, right?' I'm like, 'eeh, hey, what's up, man? Do you want a picture?'"

Y2J makes Impact:

Chris Jericho has posted a picture of himself with Impact execs today.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan:

Jim Duggan has discussed his ''Terrifying'' health issue. He said he had been feeling some tightness in his chest, since flying back from a convention, but put it down to a muscle tear that had bothered him for years, (he hadn't had it corrected) so ignored it. He then spent the weekend helping his daughter move house and was struggling to carry boxes up the stairs due to breathlessness. He started to become alarmed at how much he was struggling to breathe and his wife decided to take him to the hospital, although he protested. He has been diagnosed with a heart complication, but says his his spirits are good.

ROH win again:

ROH have reportedly sealed a deal with another WWE target. This time PCO, FKA Quebecer Pierre. They also snagged the signature of MLW's Brody King.

Xavier Woods vs fans:

Xavier Woods has launched into a scathing attack on wrestling fans...

"You just got an awesome wrestling show on Saturday night, you just had an awesome wrestling show on Sunday, then you're gonna watch Raw on Monday, and SmackDown on Tuesday, then NXT. What are you complaining about? And then like, you can watch New Japan. You can watch Triple A. You can watch so much wrestling from all corners of the world. And it's all awesome and it's all good. It's all different guys and girls portraying their form of art that they love – that they wanna give to you. So anytime anyone complains about wrestling it's so annoying to me because people come off as these entitled infants. Because in reality, wrestling hurts so bad. And then we're hurting ourselves to entertain the masses. And sometimes the masses wanna tell us how much it sucks."

He may have been in a bad mood after a (Racial) altercation at the airport. The customs team in Malaysia pulled him aside, thinking he was Kofi Kingston. Xavier told him he was the other black guy (Implying a racial slant to the confrontation) and the agent sent him into a darkened room to meet more senior officials, where he was asked why he was lying about his identity.

Titus awarded:

Titus O'Neil was at the Ebony 100 gala last night, as one of the named honourees for 2018.

Switch back:

WWE are swapping the pre Mania NXT event and HOF ceremony back around after experimenting this year. NXT will be on Friday night, HOF on Saturday.

Brother Love reveals who trained Shane-O-Mac:

''I remember when he was on the road with us on the ring crew and as a referee. We were given strict instructions about not giving Shane any bumps and to take care of him and all this other crap, but he would get to the towns early and set up the ring and would ask me and Randy Savage whether Randy minded him showing Shane some stuff. So, Randy and I would go to the buildings early in the afternoon after the ring was set up and work with him. I was the first one that had to take some of those stiff a** crazy tackles from that crazy son of a b***h, and I remember the first time he locked up with Randy and Randy telling him to loosen up. It's a dance, not a fight, so loosen up. We would go in the ring and every day we were on the road we would get in the ring with him during the day and work out in the ring a little bit, then go to the gym and work out. That was early on when he was on the ring crew."

Cody's good deed:

Cody Rhodes has released a charity tee to support neglected animals that are caught up in disaster emergencies.