As previously reported, the recent episode of NXT saw the long-awaited debut of former ROH and IWGP tag team champion Bobby Fish. Fish squared off against Aleister Black in a losing effort. You can read our full spoiler report from Wednesday’s tapings here.
Triple H took to his Twitter to react to Fish’s arrival to the NXT brand:
https://twitter.com/TripleH/status/885338756785491968reac
Jeff Jarrett claimed that there was no deal between The Hardy Boyz and Antheme over useage of the “BROKEN” gimmick during today’s GFW conference call. Reby Hardy took to her Twitter account after word got out of Jeff’s remarks and posted a series of tweets:
“I’m going to have to start ‘clarifying’ things by recording phone calls, apparently. Everything out of this loser’s mouth is BS.
Why tho ?
We had agreement terms as of LAST WEEK. Included non-disparagement clause to the tune of 5k every time I tweet something about TNA…
…but according to @RealJeffJarrett, there is nothing ? OKAY ! ? Who’s up for another run of #f***ThatOwl shirts ? They’ll be up by 2mor.
I haven’t said anything FOR WEEKS. Meanwhile, Jeff, Dutch & Ed all can’t seem to be able to keep us out of their mouths. Snakes.
‘Jeff Jarrett says…’
‘Jeff Jarrett says…’
OK, I’m seeing what he says, but what does he DO ? Well, make Del Rio champion, for one…
…I promise you, he knew exactly what was going on there. Meanwhile he’s worried about how WE’RE making $ ? #priorities #makeimpactgreatLOL”
In what is often a step toward becoming a regular presence on WWE television, NXT’s MaryKate Duignan Glidewell has a new ring name.
Glidewell, who is five-foot-eleven, will be known as Sage Miller going forward.
Her Twitter handle, which was @Amazon_Andrea, has been changed to @SageMillerWWE, with her bio reflecting the name change as well.
She sent out this tweet on Wednesday signifying the change.
Johnny Saint finished up his gig as a WWE Performance Center Coach this week.
PWInsider reports that the company held a big farewell party for Saint this week at the Center to bid him a proper farewell after he completed a scheduled six month run as a Coach to WWE NXT talents.
Saint began coaching for WWE earlier this year after making an appearance as a guest coach in March 2016.
Cody Rhodes defeated Christopher Daniels at Ring of Honour’s Best In The World Pay-per-view to become the new Ring Of Honour World Champion. Cody hit the Cross Rhodes on Daniels to get the win and the title.
This is Rhodes’s first big title win since he entered the independent wrestling scene after leaving the WWE. The American Nightmare has had a successful career after leaving the WWE, winning a number of championships on multiple promotions since his departure.
Rhodes is set to meet the IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada at the upcoming G1 Classic USA.
As we reported earlier, Cody Rhodes was successful in procuring the ROH Championship by defeating Christopher Daniels at Ring of Honour’s Best in The World Pay-per-view.
Here’s what Cody had to say after his surprising victory last night:
Here are some reactions from Cody’s friends, family and other wrestling and non-wrestling personalities on his huge victory:
The Mae Young Classic keeps getting stacked week after week. Two more participants got qualified into the prestigious tournament at the NXT Tapings this week.
As we reported in our spoiler results, the two wrestlers who qualified for the tournament were NXT wrestlers Bianca BelAir (formerly known as Bianca Blair) and Vanessa Borne (formerly known as Danielle Kamella). The former qualified by defeating a fellow NXT wrestler, Aliyah and the latter got into the tournament by surpassing an Indy wrestler called Jayme Jameson (originally known as Jayme Hachey).
The Mae Young Classic will keep on recruiting quality female talent from all around the globe before it kicks off later this year.
