Sasha Banks met Lacey Evans' daughter. Taking a page out of The Fiend's book, I see.
NBA star and former 24/7 Champion Enes Kanter discussed joining WWE when his basketball career ends. We'll see what things look like when that day comes.
NXT announced the talents in its latest Performance Center tryout:
- Pierre Bouquiaux, Belgian bodybuilder and boxing instructor
- Will Brooks, former Bellator lightweight champion who has also competed in UFC and the Professional Fighters League
- Jessie Bush, referee
- Zack Clayton of "Jersey Shore"
- Anthony Catena, who has worked Reality of Wrestling and Chaotic Wrestling
- Nigel Cawthon, college football player and high school wrestler
- Duke Davis, former college football player
- Michael Evans from "Titan Games"
- Steven Felger, referee at WWN
- The Natural Classics from Australia
- Stephen Wolf of EVOLVE
- Clifford Fortune, college football player and powerlifter
- Khambrell Gomez, college football player and Belize shot put and discus star
- Miles Grooms, college football player who also played in Canada
- Nick Cutler
- Anthony Henry of EVOLVE
- Calvin Tankman
- Ganon Jones, Jr.
- Palmer Cruise
- Matthew Knotts, who trained under The Dudleys and Billy Gunn
- Ariel Levy of Chile
- King Khash of Canada
- Pingi Moli, stuntman and college football player
- Olumide Ogunnaike, bodybuilder and powerlifter
- Roman Rozell, Green Beret and college wrestler
- The Boys of ROH
- Isaiah Williams, NFL and college football player
- Victoria Andreola, who trained in New Jersey
- Jennifer Michell Cantu Iglesias, powerlifter
- Chanice Chase, runner
- Lauren Dodds, bodybuilder and powerlifter
- Christine Hartmann, volleyball player
- Anriel Howard, WNBA player and track star
- Alex Lee
- Christi Jaynes
- Kara Lazauskas of "Titan Games", amateur MMA fighter
- Alyx $ky, who is also a bodybuilder
- Lainey Nations, MMA fighter
- Rachael O'Leary, who has MMA experience
- Ebony Payne, firefighter
- Jessica Roden, who was given the vague description of "athlete"
- Arissa LeBrock, who was profiled recently
- Elaine Simon, indie wrestler
- Aja Perera
The WWE UK Championship was stolen before EVOLVE 142, as well as Walter's passport, both of which were in his rental car. That's awful.
AEW has trademarked "Join The Revolution," so expect to see that on 50 T-shirts.
Shawn Spears has trademarked "PERFECT10N" and "THE CHAIRMAN"
Joey Janela has trademarked "The Bad Boy."
Raw has announced:
- Rusev and Lana divorcing
- Rey Mysterio vs. AJ Styles for the WWE United States Championship
Teddy Hart asked for his release from MLW multiple times before it was granted. There were a number of issues, from Hart missing a number of bookings for wrestling and interviews, and making changes to showcase himself more in his War Chamber match. MLW was also upset with him being in the crowd at AEW and NXT shows while holding a title with MLW. Hart, in turn, felt that MLW didn't feel that MLW supported him as he faced allegations from an ex-girlfriend. Sounds like it was best for both parties to move on.
Impact will have footage on "Table for 3" after Raw, as the episode will feature Sting, Jeff Jarrett, and AJ Styles. That's pretty cool.
Oney Lorcan has signed with WWE for a multi-year deal. Notably he had asked for his release recently. I hope he can show what he's made of now.
Rey Mysterio will be on "WWE Chronicle" Saturday night.
Sammy Guevara is on Chris Jericho's latest podcast. Sammy has really taken advantage of his opportunities in AEW.
Alberto El Patron and Tito Ortiz promoted their MMA bout. The two had a shoving match at their weigh-in. Good hype.
- Alberto lost via submission 3:10 into the first round. As a result of the loss, Ortiz got Alberto's WWE Championship and donated $10,000 to Alberto's chosen charity.
- Sin Cara, Chavo Guerrero, and El Hijo del Dos Caras accompanied Alberto before the fight. Melissa Santos was also there as an interviewer. Combate Americas is interested in Sin Cara as a commentator.
At NXT's December 6 Florida live event:
- Rinku Singh worked his first live event since October 19, losing to Nick Ogarelli.
- Kushida worked his first live event since September 21, defeating Dexter Lumis
- Cameron Grimes worked his first live event since November 1, teaming with Killian Dain and Dorian Mak in a loss to Keith Lee, Matt Riddle, and Dominik Dijakovic
Friday Night Smackdown drew 2.45 million viewers, a slight boost from last week.
Impact has signed Kentucky's Larry D. He faced Michael Elgin at No Surrender.
At EVOLVE 142:
- Babatunde teamed with Josh Briggs in a DQ loss to Anthony Greene and Harlem Bravado
- Brendan Vink defeated Adrian Alanis
- Arturo Ruas defeated Timothy Thatcher
- Reina Gonzalez defeated Shotzi Blackheart in a no disqualification match
- Walter defeated Josh Briggs
At NXT's December 7 Florida live event:
- Pete Dunne worked his first live event since November 2, defeating Kona Reeves
- Roderick Strong worked his first live event since October 26, teaming with Marina Shafir in a loss to Matt Riddle and Rhea Ripley
- Malik Omari returned to NXT for the first time since 2013, losing to Dexter Lumis. That's a surprise.
- Keith Lee became number one contender to the NXT Championship, winning a contenders' match against Danny Burch, Marcel Barthel, and Ridge Holland. This was Barthel's first live event since October 31.
Impact's No Surrender event had technical issues preventing it from airing on Impact+. It aired on FITE.TV with a number of mishaps.
Taya Valkyrie is doing a Christmas toy drive at tonight's Impact event, where fans who bring toys can get a meet and greet and a picture.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It's procedure for talents to deny they've been signed until WWE can announce it. Satin is there to add some level of credibility and get some "scoops" to "break" on the program. His role there is on-screen talent.
2. Yeah it's too early to have anything planned on that front.
3. Right now it's just in beta testing, and they're just showing stuff that would be on WWE.com, YouTube, etc. It's definitely a move to try to get people lured in to eventually become paid subscribers.
4. It's almost always due to music they don't own the rights to. They would much rather dub it over than pay the fees to air what originally aired!
5. I guess Jericho? Though of course he hasn't been gone all that long.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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