31/1/2019

King fights for truth:

The legal team representing Jerry Lawler's family have filed two subpoena's demanding answers from the jail cell where his son Grand Master Sexay died.

 WrestleMania:

It is reported that WWE have decided they will main event this years Mania with the Red brand women, Rousey vs Becky vs Flair.

WWE signing drive:

In the wake of Ambrose and Itami quitting this week, WWE were dragging any star whose deal is set to expire in the next two years into the office to try to tie them down to new agreements at SmackDown this week.

Alum in movie:

Kurrgan will appear in Netflix's 'Polar'.

ROH get their man:

Ian Riccaboni is staying with ROH despite interest from WWE and AEW.

30/1/2019

New champion:

R-Truth was given a US title shot to make up for having his Rumble spot stolen on SmackDown, and he won the gold.

Elimination Chamber:

Daniel Bryan will put his gold on the line in the structure next month. Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles, Samoa Joa and Mustafa Ali will challenge.

Uso's will challenge Miz & Shane for the blue Tag.

New belt:

Daniel Bryan unveiled the new animal friendly version of the WWE title on TV last night (Photo).

Top star quits:

Hideo Itami has reportedly asked for his WWE release.

Old boy backs out:

Trent Barreta is reportedly backing out of an agreement to re-sign with NJPW, AEW are said to be interested.

Injury:

Mark Haskins has a calf tear.

Rey respect:

Rey Mysterio says he paid his first visit to the grave of Eddie Guerrero this week.

**Dick Miller**

29/1/2019

WrestleMania:

Becky Lynch chose to challenge Ronda Rousey for the red Women's strap as her reward for winning the Royal Rumble on Raw, the match will develop into a triple threat before the show, with the addition of Charlotte. Seth Rollins chose Brock Lesnar.

Double J signs:

Jeff Jarrett has signed to return to WWE as a producer. The company have also signed Shawn Daivari for their production team.

Injury:

Ember Moon was injured during the Royal Rumble match. She needs elbow surgery.

Women's Tag:

Riott Squad and Jax / Snuka have taken spots in the chamber match to crown the first Women's Tag champs.

Alum talked to AEW:

Jack Swagger says he has had brief talks with Cody Rhodes about him joining AEW.

Top star gives notice:

Dean Ambrose has refused a big money new deal and has given notice to WWE, Vince personally, via some sources. He is said to be frustrated with his character development. His contract expires after WrestleMania, and he is expected to fulfill his dates until then. The deal he had been offered was a seven figure, five year deal.

SD teaser:

• What will be the fallout of Lynch's WrestleMania challenge to Rousey?
• Shane McMahon & The Miz to throw The Best Tag Team Celebration in The World
• Daniel Bryan vows to change the climate of WWE forever
• Who will step up to Asuka?
• Can Rusev & Lana bounce back from a crushing Rumble?

Angle bumped Ryder:

Kurt Angle was given Zack Ryder's spot in the Royal Rumble. on the night of the event.

28/1/2019

Royal Rumble:

Results...

1. Bobby Roode & Chad Gable bt Rezar & Scott Dawson (Pre)
2. Shinsuke Nakamura bt Rusev for the US (Pre)
3. Buddy Murphy bt Akira Tozawa, Hideo Itami and Kalisto (Pre)
4. Asuka bt Becky Lynch
5. Miz & Shane McMahon bt BAR for the blue Tag
6. Ronda Rousey bt Sasha Banks
7. Becky Lynch won the women's Royal Rumble
8. Daniel Bryan bt AJ Styles
9. Brock Lesnar bt Finn Balor
10. Seth Rollins won the men's Royal Rumble

Notes...

• Becky Lynch suffered a wardrobe malfunction
• Hornswoggle made an appearance
• Becky Lynch replaced the injured Lana in the women's Royal Rumble
• Erick Rowan returned to join Daniel Bryan
• Nia Jax stole R-Truth's spot in the men's Royal Rumble and became the first person to compete in more than one Rumble on the same night
• A fan was forced to strip off an AEW shirt during the show

Women's entry order...

1. Lacey Evans
2. Natalya
3. Mandy Rose
4. Liv Morgan
5. Mickie James
6. Ember Moon
7. Billie Kay
8. Nikki Cross
9. Peyton Royce
10. Tamina Snuka
11. Xia Li
12. Sarah Logan
13. Charlotte Flair
14. Kairi Sane
15. Maria Kanellis
16. Naomi
17. Candice LeRae
18. Alicia Fox
19. Kacy Catanzaro
20. Zelina Vega
21. Ruby Riott
22. Dana Brooke
23. Io Shirai
24. Rhea Ripley
25. Sonya Deville
26. Alexa Bliss
27. Bayley
28. Becky Lynch
29. Nia Jax
30. Carmella

Men's entry order...

1. Elias
2. Jeff Jarrett
3. Shinsuke Nakamura
4. Kurt Angle
5. Big E
6. Johnny Gargano
7. Jinder Mahal
8. Samoa Joe
9. Curt Hawkins
10. Seth Rollins
11. Titus O'Neil
12. Kofi Kingston
13. Mustafa Ali
14. Dean Ambrose
15. No Way Jose
16. Drew McIntyre
17. Xavier Woods
18. Pete Dunne
19.  Andrade
20. Apollo Crews
21. Aleister Black
22. Shelton Benjamin
23. Baron Corbin
24. Jeff Hardy
25. Rey Mysterio
26. Bobby Lashley
27. Braun Strowman
28. Dolph Ziggler
29. Randy Orton
30. Nia Jax

Halftime Heat:

WWE announced a SuperBowl HalfTime Heat show, featuring 6 of NXT's top talent over the weekend.

WOS star refuses WWE:

Bea Priestley has reportedly refused to follow Kay Lee Ray and Viper to WWE NXT UK, and is now on the radar of AEW.

Alum coming back:

Hurricane has reportedly signed a deal to return to WWE, as a producer.

Jericho goes after WWE:

Chris Jericho told Brick Lesnar to pull up his pants and to lose the gut during the Rumble, on social media. He also said AEW were not interested in most of WWE's roster, naming Zack Ryder and Tyler Breeze, as those that would not find a willing home there.

Raw tease:

• The Kingslayer celebrates Royal conquest
• The "Rowdy" Road to WrestleMania
• The Beast triumphant
• Where will the new WWE Superstars wind up?

Paige film:

The Rock, Zelina Vega and her husband Aleister Black are in Utah for the Sundance film festival.

Injury:

Will Ospreay has broken his toe.

Drew McIntyre talks different mentality:

"What's changed from my first stint is that I don't take anything for granted. I'm a lot more mature and I don't have negativity in my life. Partying isn't as important to me anymore like it was when I was younger. I focus very much on the job and my goals and dreams... They say opportunity is everything you've got. I didn't realize that the first time around because I had lost perspective."

27/1/2019

NXT - Royal Rumble:

Last night NXT held a pre Rumble special...

Results...

1. War Raiders bt Undisputed Era (NXT Tag)
2. Matt Riddle bt Kassius Ohno
3. Johnny Gargano bt Ricochet (North Am.)
4. Shayna Baszler bt Bianca Belair
5. Tommaso Ciampa bt Aleister Black

NXT awards:

WWE gave awards to their talent for their performances in 2018 last night...

• Woman Of The Year - Kairi Sane
• Man Of The Year - Tommaso Ciampa
• Wrestler Of The Year - Kairi Sane
• Tag Team Of The Year - Undisputed Era
• Event Of The Year - New Orleans
• Match Of The Year - Johnny Gargano vs Andrade Cien Almas
• Feud Of The Year - Johnny Gargano vs Tommaso Ciampa
• New star Of The Year - Ricochet
• Future Star Of The Year - Io Shirai

Return delayed:

Harper was not cleared in time for Royal Rumble earlier this week, but should be good to go very soon.

Alum victorious:

Jack Swagger scored a first round win in his MMA debut last night.

Ziggler to AEW:

Dolph Ziggler says he would make a great addition to the AEW roster, his biggest hint yet at his future plans.

He also revealed why he did not take the backstage job...

"If WWE wanted to keep me around it would be to be in the ring. For now. Producing I could see happening 10 years down the line but I don't know why I wouldn't be doing some other stuff first. It's a great thing and there are a lot of people who are good at teaching and giving back and I love pulling people aside or if they come up to me at work. Doing that full time and basically being in the best shape of my life, I wouldn't be able to do it knowing that I could be like no let me just do this for you. One day down the line that could be something but I'm very much not interested in that."

AJ staying:

The Meltzer says he has it on good authority that AJ Styles will re-sign with WWE in April.

Stupid idea lasts:

Pat Patterson recalls Vince McMahon telling him the Royal Rumble was a stupid idea...

"I had a big meeting with Vince McMahon and Dick Ebersol. I'm there with Vince and we're talking about Dick Ebersol, he's on NBC Network, wants a big show, something special, something that's never been done. So, I gave my idea to Vince. He knew the idea but he didn't like it, but I gave him the idea. And Vince says, 'Alright, tell Dick Ebersol that stupid idea you've got.' I said, 'Well first of all, it's not a stupid idea.' So, Dick Ebersol, I told him the idea. One guy, two guys, bing boom! Dick Ebersol went crazy, he says, 'Vince, this is unbelievable for television.'

Cena out of PPV:

WWE have officially withdrawn John Cena from tonight's PPV. He gave his spot to Braun Strowman.

Another star told to be at PPV:

Maria has made it to Phoenix for Royal Rumble, without her husband, Mike.

26/1/2019

UK star blasts fans:

Trent Seven has reacted to the abuse the NXT UK roster are getting from UK fans...

"It's codswallop. Absolute codswallop. It's the most pathetic thing in the world. You don't want to sound too egotistical, but in all fairness what we've done in the last two years for the independent scene, for certain fans to turn around and say that now it is ruined, is probably the stupidest thing I've heard anyone say. It is quite clear British wrestling is at the absolute peak of where it has ever been."

John Cena:

John Cena has been cast in a new Netflix project. It is not yet titled, but will see a family get trapped in an abandoned movie studio, and then the films that were made in there come to life, with the family as the stars.

Bryan reveals WWE tests:

Daniel Bryan says WWE put him through a battery of wellness tests after every single match he does, looking for any signs of concussion syndrome, although he told ESPN that he feels he has been passing everything they have thrown at him for over a year now, so is hoping they start to loosen up the protocols.

NXT>WWE:

NXT Takeover tickets are selling faster than the post Royal Rumble TV shows tickets.

Why Paige will not return:

"Mine is all spinal, it's kind of like Edge or Stone Cold. It's spinal stenosis. There is no way I can get back in the ring. But never say never. Maybe in about 40 years time but I don't think you're going to want to see like a 60-odd year old girl in the ring, you know?"

Alum's worry about WWE women:

Victoria and Molly Holly say they fear for the women of the new WWE era...

Victoria...

"It's scary to watch. It's very unpredictable with ladders and tables. It's scary! I'm older and smarter, and I don't want to get seriously hurt."

Molly...

"I wanted to do things well but I also didn't want to get hurt. I have zero injuries from the pro wrestling business. I feel great every day, and I feel like it's because I didn't really push to do more high-risk stuff."

Animal rights group reveal Bryan's title plans:

PETA, a US animal rights group, have revealed that Daniel Bryan has asked WWE to remove the leather strap from his WWE title. They say Bryan will save lives with his stand against the material. (Cows, lives I presume).

Kidd says thanks:

Tyson Kidd suffered an injury that only 5% of sufferers survive, only 1% of whom avoid life limiting paralysis. He and his wife Natalya went to visit the surgeon that made him one of the 1% when he suffered his career ending neck injury at the hands of Samoa Joe, today.

More talent told to show up:

WWE have lined up a big surprise for the men's Royal Rumble match, Kenny Omega says he would not say it was him because if it was it should garner a reaction, and that WWE did not know what they were doing.

Erick Rowan, Tye Dillinger, Big Show, Bray Wyatt and Hornswoggle have been told / asked to be there for the Rumble match.

Sin Cara, Christian, and Maryse have also been spotted in town, but Hulk Hogan, despite reports to the contrary, is not at the event.

WWE return to Benoit country:

WWE have confirmed they will work events in Edmonton, Canada again, now that a ban on combat sports has been lifted.

Morgan attacks WWE hypocrisy:

Matt Morgan says his WWE career was killed because he suffered a concussion on a live show. He believes a big push was canned because of the injury, even after he was cleared.

WWE at MMA:

R-Truth is going to sing Jack Swagger to the cage for his MMA debut tonight.

Injured Alum leaves Impact:

Evan Bourne, who is currently trying to get knee surgery, has left Impact, with offers from WWE and AEW to consider, when he is back on his feet.

Alum vs WWE:

Jack Swagger says he is planning to file a claim for the TM of his WWE ring name.

25/1/2019

Bischoff trashes another WWE title:

Eric Bischoff says the Universal title is meaningless...

"I don't think it matters if Brock Lesnar held the Universal title or not, and I don't think anybody cares about the Universal title. It's meaningless. Who cares? I think people care about Brock. I think he is such a badass, and such a larger than life character, and so unbeatable that the world is waiting to see who and if anybody will come along and knock him from his throne. But I don't think there would be any more or any less interest in any of those matchups if the belt was not a part of it."

AEW sign Hollywood kid:

Cody Rhodes has revealed he has signed actor Luke Perry's son, Jack.

HOF'er shuts down NJPW tour:

The shut down of Donald Trump's US government has caused the Japanese roster of NJPW to miss the upcoming US tour, because there are no staff to process their visa applications.

Sasha critical of creative:

"All of last year, I feel like our career was kind of like at a standpoint where we weren't really doing much, where we were told one thing and the next week, it was something else. We thought we would be facing each other, and then they stopped that. So we were like, 'alright, if they're going to make us a tag team, let's be the best tag team we could possibly be' where we were training together; we're watching tape together; we're getting matching gear just to be told that they weren't going to have the titles. And then, the next thing you know, they're introducing the titles, there are so many dreams and so many goals that we stay up late on the road just talking about how we're going to achieve them all."

ROH sign WWE target:

After being advised to dodge WWE by Andrade, Rush has confirmed he has chosen to sign for ROH.

Tag Team revolution:

The Meltzer claims WWE are working on re-starting the tag division, and have promised to make the Revival the faces of the division, if they stay. They also plan to offer to invoke a one year extension of the Hardyz deals, which expire at Mania.

WWE are also promising pay hikes for talent when the new TV deals start later in the year.

Retirement retired, briefly:

Matt Morgan will come out of retirement for a one shot deal in March. A charity Royal Rumble match in Florida.

Alum frustrated:

Evan Bourne has had his surgery delayed after his insurance company refused to sign off on the op on his knee, due to paperwork errors. He is working on getting it sorted, and hopes to have the op next week.

Roman finds new role:

The Rock has cast Roman Reigns as his brother in the 'Fast spinoff he is currently filming.

Rousey angrily blasts wrestling press:

Ronda Rousey has furiously refused to respond to stories about her WWE future, she says what happens in her vagina is none of anyone else's business, and people should get their minds out of her reproductive organs.

Rumble surprises:

Kurt Angle, Braun Strowman and Velveteen Dream have been told to be at Royal Rumble for possible spots in the match. Tatanka is also teasing being involved.

D Bry wants new belt:

Daniel Bryan says he is working with WWE on changing the World title belt's design...

"Yes, but changing corporate things takes time. I am on the verge, I am on the verge of getting this changed, but to get it changed I have to retain my championship at the Royal Rumble on Sunday. So that is my #1 priority."

Diva Search:

WWE have hired a production company to find the next female star of WWE. Casting is underway as of this writing.

British wrestling featured:

UK magazine show 'The One Show' featured wrestling legend Klondyke Kate and the Pro Wrestling Eve promotion this evening. They covered the promotion inducting Kate into their HOF and interviewed her about the abuse she got for being one of the first females to compete in the sport in the country, before cutting to the studio, where a couple of their roster, including their champion, put on a demonstration of the sport vs a planted member of the audience, after the male host chickened out, and the female host declared she was pregnant.

24/1/2019

Former World champ benched for whole year:

Former Impact champion Chris Sabin says he has torn his ACL and is out for 8-12 months.

HHH cleared:

HHH has been told he can start training again after his KSA injury. His return though, may be brief. He says he will not wrestle into his 50s, which coupled with Batista saying this year will be WWE's last chance to give him his dream match vs Hunter at Mania, could see us watching a big double retirement bout at Mania 35.

CZW HOF:

LuFisto has been named as this years CZW HOF'er.

Top Impact stars quit:

Abyss and Sonjay Dutt have left Impact and are WWE bound. A leaked E-mail to talent broke the news that the two men left after a mutual agreement, as the company did not want to stand in the way of their personal career goals. WWE had chased Abyss hard a decade ago, wanting to have him wrestle 'Taker at Mania, but he chose to stay loyal to the then TNA at that time.

Their roles in the production and creative teams for Impact have been taken by Tommy Dreamer and Konnan.

Vince offers Alum advice:

Jack Swagger has revealed that Vince McMahon contacted him this week to offer him advice over his impending MMA debut. He told the former World champ ''Don't lose.''

Royal Rumble:

The host venue of this years Rumble have created a special meal for the event (Photo). It comprises of an 18 oz. pork bratwurst patty on a toasted onion roll, cheddar cheese, smoked bacon, crispy coleslaw, fried onions, BBQ aioli, fried mac and cheese wedges.

TNA death:

Bella Donna has died aged 40. She was part of Jim Mitchell's group in the early part of the millennium. The news was broken by the man she used to valet, Wolfie D via his social media profile.

She had been unresponsive in her home on Monday, and was revived at the scene, but did not recover from what is, as yet, an undisclosed cause for her death.

Rousey ready to go:

Ronda Rousey has reportedly told WWE she will be going after WrestleMania 35. She is said to be hankering after starting a family.

WCW star bullied:

Crowbar says he was bullied in the ECW locker room, for studying at the same time as having a wrestling career...

"If you want me to be frank really, I'm at the point where I don't care anymore. Most of those guys s**t on me for studying in the back of the locker room. People talked s**t when I was in ECW because I would bring my books and I would study. I would go do indie shows and I would be doing homework, and they mocked me. I don't wish ill upon them, I wish success on everyone, but I knew the business was finite, that it ends someday. For me it's not over, but it's not my way of life, it's not my career, it's not how I make money right now. But I can say 80-90 percent of guys gave me s**t for it, and I hold my head up high and I think I'm better off than 95 percent of them. And I'm not saying that to be snarky, but I took a lot of s**t for years, everyone looked down upon me trying to do both, and I'm in a much better place for it right now."

Kozlov on Netflix:

Vladimir Kozlov appeared on the last episode of 'The Punisher.'

Taker to Hall:

A WrestleMania leak has suggested there is no plans in place for The Undertaker to wrestle at this years Mania, furthering the rumours, after an inadvertent leak by WWE themselves, that he may be on his way to the HOF instead.

X-Pac reveals how WWE talent avoided drugs bans at Royal Rumble '95:

"Back then, we were getting drug tested a lot. If we thought we could sneak a joint here or there, smoke a little pot, we would. And so, we'd smoke weed the night before, and then, we'd show up and there's a drug test at Royal Rumble. And so, I pretty much avoided it the whole day. And then, Dave Hebner, he tricked me into going into the drug test room. He's like, 'so-and-so needs to talk to you,' so we'd walk in his room and Dave's like, 'sorry, kid.' So I hemmed-and-hawed. And this was the only way you could beat the drug tester back then, I hemmed-and-hawed and told the guy giving the test that I couldn't pee and he said he could pee for $200. I pulled out that $200 out of my wallet so Goddamn fast you wouldn't believe it!, I'm just going to say that guy made a lot of money that day!"

WWE vs Karl Anderson:

WWE abandoned their bids for the TM of Karl Anderson's name in October, Anderson himself has sen an opportunity to take it back for himself and has filed a claim for it.

Fake Belts:

For reasons unknown, both Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey wore replica title belts on this weeks Raw, rather than the actual gold.

23/1/2019

Dolph Ziggler update:

Dolph Ziggler has reportedly turned down a backstage production job with WWE, furthering the belief that he will leave the company on, or before, January 31.

Rumble matches dropped:

WWE have demoted two matches onto the Royal Rumble pre show. Rusev vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the US and the Cruiserweight fatal four way will now be exclusively on the Network kick off.

Randy Orton has been announced for the Rumble match, after returning to TV last night.

Stephanie to ESPN:

Stephanie McMahon will voice over a show on ESPN, the network has announced. She will narrate the 50 defining moments of the special olympics.

XFL on TV:

XFL are talking to Fox and ESPN about a TV deal.

Why Mustafa Ali was promoted:

Mustafa Ali has revealed Daniel Bryan was responsible for his promotion to SmackDown. He said Road Dogg informed him that he was not working 205 Live when he arrived at the arena, because Daniel had gone to the office to request to work with him.

Flip Gordon:

ROH have confirmed Flip Gordon has torn his MCL.

Scott Dawson mocks WWE censorship:

Scott Dawson has mocked WWE for blacking out their feed when Sasha Banks bare backside was accidentally exposed during her match on Raw this week. He said his own bare bum was inadvertently unveiled the week before, and no-one cared...

''Guys, my trunks fell down and exposed my butt two weeks ago on Raw and no one said ANYTHING!''

Jake The Snake dragged into difficult situation:

Jake The Snake has denied claims made by an 80s wrestler that he has scammed him out of $10,000. Honky Tonk Man backed up the claims, but he and Jake have a long and bitter feud, so that is neither here, nor there. Jerry Grey is currently battling cancer and has called on Jake to repay the money to aid in his health battle. Jake has angrily denied the claims, but said he wishes Grey the best and hopes he makes a full recovery, although then added so he can ''admit the damn truth.''

22/1/2019

Raw:

Braun Strowman returned to action, Heavy Machinery and Lacey Evans debuted and Revival wrestled a Tag title match, one week to the day after asking to be released from their contracts, on Raw last night.

Royal Rumble:

Alexa Bliss, Lacey Evans and Titus O'Neil have taken spots in the Rumble matches.

JBL and Beth Phoenix will return to call the Rumble matches.

Blackout:

WWE blacked the screen out for a few seconds during the main of Raw last night. It was not a technical issue, it was because Sasha Banks trunks came down during a segment with Natalya, exposing her backside briefly.

New recruits:

Trevor Lee, Sam Shaw, ACH, Rachel Ellering and others, will start their WWE careers, when they report to the PC in February.

Hollywood wins:

The Meltzer has claimed that John Cena is not hurt and has asked WWE to put the story out because his next film bosses have expressed concern about him working the Royal Rumble match. He is due in Vancouver for filming in the coming weeks, and seems to have chosen his acting career over his WWE one this time.

SD tease:

• Mr. McMahon to moderate "The New" Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles' face-to-face
• Rey Mysterio and Andrade to collide in 2-out-of-3 Falls Match
• The Miz and Cesaro to battle with their partners in their corners five nights before Royal Rumble
• Naomi and Mandy Rose to square off

WWE star moves show:

Aiden English is joining the 205 Live announce team.

Bella bereft:

Brie Bella says she fell into a deep depression after injuring Liv Morgan, and the social media backlash that followed...

"It's crazy how I've been wrestling for 12 years and one of my major mistakes in the ring I get judged so harshly on. We're not perfect, no one's perfect, you know how many people have been injured in the ring? But for some reason I was like showcased in such a way of like, this evil person, and 'look what she's done' and I got bullied really bad. I wanted to run into a cave and you'll see. I don't think people have ever seen me break down as bad as they will during the whole Liv situation. I went into deep depression. I didn't know if I was going to be able to go back to work. All the horrible things people were saying about me, I felt a thousand times worse than the things they thought of me and I really had to sit down and think to myself, 'Brie, you're a mother' and if Birdie was in this situation would you want her to feel this bad or would you want her to stand up to it and be like, 'screw you guys'? I made a mistake and she's not badly injured and you know what, this is our business, this is what we all signed up for. Everyone's going to see backstage even how Liv and I were with each other. Out in the WWE ring, we have to play so much, bad guy, good guy, don't talk to your competitors, but backstage you'll see that we're all really close and it affects us. We never want to go out there and hurt each other, so when it happens it's emotional. But people are going to hear my side of the story and my voice and how it's about damn time that trolls stopped going on the internet and bullying everyone."

21/1/2019

Christian tells AEW not to copy TNA mistakes:

"I think that they need to focus on themselves. I think the knock TNA had is they seemed to worry too much about what WWE was doing instead of focusing on their own. That would be the way to go, in my opinion. As far as new signing Chris Jericho goes, he is obviously one of the biggest names in the history of the industry. So that is a major feather in their cap right off the bat that they are legit and going to try to make it work. Otherwise, Chris is a professional. He wouldn't have attached himself to it if he didn't think AEW had a bright future."

He also talked about his WWE career ending with no fanfare...

"For me, I've never been the guy to go out there and say, 'That's it. I'm done.' Honestly, I think what happened is when I got hurt, nobody knew this was going to be the end. It was a bit of a process. It was four or five months down the line when we realized I wasn't coming back from it. So, it's kind of hard to go back after and say, 'Remember five months ago when I was off TV? Well, guess what?' It got to a certain point when it was too hard to go back and do anything. I'm completely fine with my career. I feel like I accomplished everything I ever set out to accomplish. On to the next chapter."

Live accident:

The ring ropes snapped during an AJ vs Bryan match on the WWE live tour this past weekend. No one was injured, and Bryan used the broken middle strand to beat AJ with.

Balor says WWE wanted to nix LGBTQ Mania tribute:

"That was something I honestly believed in for a very long time, and I had pitched, and pitched, and pitched to a lot of different departments in WWE and it had been shot down, and shot down, and shot down, and it wasn't until Stephanie got wind of the idea that it all started to fall in to place. It's easier for a message to come down the line of command than it is to go up the line of command."

Raw tease:

• Finn Bálor believes he can slay The Beast
• Ronda Rousey & Natalya to square off against Sasha Banks & Bayley this Monday night
• New Superstars make their presence felt
• What's next for Braun Strowman?
• The Bobby Lashley era has begun

Strowman updates Roman's health:

"Roman's doing really well. I think he's in Hawaii right now on vacation seeing some of his family so everything is going good with him. It's just a day by day thing," Strowman said of when Reigns would return. "I know he's doing his treatments and stuff at home. When I speak to him, he sounds well and says he feels well. I trust him with everything he's ever told me. Roman's work ethic is just like mine. We go out every night, we give 100 percent of what we have to go, we put our bodies on the line and we know that, at the end of the night, we're going to have you on your feet, you're going to be hoarse, and you'll be going crazy because we did our job entertaining you. From top to bottom, we're the best athletes in the world."

Jericho talked to Impact:

Chris Jericho has confirmed he was talkeing to Impact, and that they made him a great offer, but he is happy with his choice to go to AEW.

WWE spoil HOF?:

WWE referred to the Undertaker as a HOF'er during a promo for new footage on their Network today. A hint at something to come? They often name their headliner at, or just after, Royal Rumble.

HOF'er tells Cena to hang them up:

Booker T says he believes John Cena has lost it, and it is time to move on...

''He can talk a good game but his rapping days is over. I mean, my time is now? Your time is up. It's over, man. These young guys like Finn Balor, coming in and stepping their game up. It's gonna be a whole totally different landscape of the game change out here in the near, near future. Finn Balor, he's got that spot. He's gonna be in there with Brock Lesnar."

Cena out of Rumble?:

WWE have announced John Cena has injured his ankle, and his status for this weekend's PPV is not currently known.

20/1/2019

WOS prepare for WWE invasion:

World Of Sport have changed their Women's title twice this weekend. Viper took the gold from Kay Lee Ray, who was in the crowd at the NXT UK show, only for the WWE prospect to drop the title herself, to Bea Priestley.

Royal Rumble:

WWE have been announcing female Rumblers on their Twitter all day, the new stars confirmed are...

• Charlotte Flair
• Naomi
• Tamina Snuka
• Peyton Royce
• Billie Kay
• Dana Brooke
• Lana
• Nia Jax
• Nikki Cross

Injury:

Akam is benched with a leg injury.

Emma psoriasis free:

Emma has overcome her latest battle with the awful skin condition psoriasis. She credits a change in her diet for helping her win her latest fight with the condition.

Revival:

Should WWE play hard with Revival, they could be away from the sport for 15 months. They are contracted to the company until April 2020.

Matt Hardy:

Matt Hardy says he has been cleared from his spinal injuries and is looking forward to getting back in the ring.