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Sunday, January 12 2020 Issue #5820
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Colin Vassallo -[mailto:editor@...]-

That was a very solid NXT UK Takeover. Some hard-hitting matches. Great show if you haven't seen it with an awesome ending.

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IMPACT HARD TO KILL ON PAY-PER-VIEW TONIGHT

- Live from the Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas, Impact Wrestling presents Hard To Kill on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows: Sami Callihan vs Tessa Blanchard in an intergender match for the Impact World title; Taya Valkyrie vs Jordynne Grace vs ODB in a three-way match for the Knockouts title; Ace Austin vs Trey Miguel for the X Division title; The North vs Rich Swann and Willie Mack for the Impact Tag Team titles; Eddie Edwards vs Michael Elgin for the Call Your Shot trophy; Brian Cage vs Rob Van Dam; Moose vs Rhino; Ken Shamrock vs Madman Fulton. Apart from airing on pay-per-view, Hard To Kill will also be available on FITE.TV for non-US orders at a price of $19.99.

TESSA BLANCHARD TWEETS BACKFIRES BIG TIME AS FORMER CO-WORKERS EXPOSE HER

- A tweet by Impact star Tessa Blanchard opened the floodgates, and not in the good way, after Blanchard wrote, "Hey women, try supporting one another. Cool things happen." A bunch of former co-workers hit back at Blanchard, who apparently wasn't the model citizen on her rise to the top. Today, she headlines the Hard to Kill pay-per-view with Sami Callihan for the Impact World title in an intergender match. NXT star Chelsea Green was the first to call her out on the tweet. "You’ve consistently put down, bullied, and belittled countless female coworkers, including me. Is that support?” Blanchard, to her credit, replied, saying that she's never been anything but kind to Green during her time working together. She told Green that she has zero merit in her comments and she's not saying that she's been a saint either and made silly decisions as well. "Instead putting me down here for a little clout...you’ve got my #,” Blanchard added. Former Impact wrestler Allysin Kay, who wrestled under the name of Sienna, also accused Blanchard of doing nasty things. "Remember when you spat in a black woman’s face and called her the N-word in Japan? Was that you ‘supporting women’? The AUDACITY of this tweet.” Blanchard once again replied to the tweet, flatly denying Kay's statement. "That’s my statement and the most attention I’ll give it because of how actually ridiculous it is,” she answered. Kay wasn't done yet though, explaining that different people tried to deal with Blanchard behind the scenes for years and she never changed. "Denying things even happened shows you haven’t grown. So it was time for that ass to get exposed. I guarantee you she will treat everyone w/ respect now, bc people are watching that much closer." But the individual who was on the receiving end of that spit, La Rosa Negra, jumped in to thank both Kay and Green for calling out Blanchard. She said that it happened in Japan in 2017 and if Tessa doesn't remember it happening, she certainly does. "I am not a mean girl with any coworkers around the world," La Rosa Negra wrote. Fellow wrestler Shanna jumped in La Rosa Negra's defense as well, saying that Blanchard did more nasty stuff in Japan. "Never forget. Practice what you preach sweetheart. I standby @LaAbusadoradePR, she's a fun loving person who would never disrespect anyone,” she wrote. Blanchard did not address these tweets. NXT UK's Isla Dawn also called out Blanchard's bluff. “As someone who experienced your bullying firsthand, received regular verbal abuse, was spat on, had rumours spread about me, dealt with multiple attempts by you to blacklist me from other companies, (plus more), I just pray you now follow your own advice,” she wrote. And indie star Priscilla Kelly advised Blanchard to delete the tweet because what she said and what she is are completely different. "Remember publicly putting me down on Twitter last year for something that didn’t involve you whatsoever, then continuing to drag my name to other people for it?” Kelly was a bit controversial last year when she put a “bloody tampon” from her…well, you know…and then shoved it in her opponent’s mouth.

NXT UK TAKEOVER: BLACKPOOL II RESULTS

- Here are the results from today's NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II which took place from the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, England, exclusively on the WWE Network. Eddie Dennis defeated Trent Seven; Kay Lee Ray defeated Toni Storm and Piper Niven in a triple threat match to retain the NXT UK Women's title; Tyler Bate defeated Jordan Devlin; Gallus defeated Imperium, Grizzled Young Veterans, and Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster in a fatal four-way tag team ladder match to retain the NXT UK Tag Team titles; Walter defeated Joe Coffey to retain the WWE United Kingdom title.

THE UNDISPUTED ERA ATTACK IMPERIUM AT NXT UK TAKEOVER

- The Undisputed Era ran riot at the end of NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II and destroyed Imperium, including their leader and WWE United Kingdom champion Walter. Walter had just defeated Joe Coffey in a near 30-minute match and was celebrating with the rest of his faction before Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong ran through the crowd to attack the NXT UK group. The loud crowd went absolutely bonkers at the sight of The Undisputed Era and chanted "NXT! NXT! NXT!" as Cole and company destroyed Walter, Barthel, Aichner, and Wolfe. Imperium and The Undisputed Era will be taking on each other in an eight-man tag match at the upcoming Worlds Collide WWE Network special on the eve of the Royal Rumble in Houston, Texas. Worlds Collide will pit NXT vs NXT UK stars, replacing Takeover during the Rumble weekend.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HONORS BROCK LESNAR

- The University of Minnesota Gopher Wrestling honored the current WWE champion Brock Lesnar yesterday, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Lesnar winning the NCAA championship. The presentation aired live on the Big Ten Network during the Big Ten Wrestling Championships collegiate competition. "Bigger than life...bigger than most," the commentator said as several photos of Lesnar in the WWE and UFC flashed on the screen. Lesnar then came out jogging through some pyro, all smiles, as fans gave him a standing ovation. He was then presented a big canvas print from his NCAA final win. After the presentation was over, the mascot came out with a big WWE title cardboard cut out and gave it to Brock as the two posed together for fans in attendance. You can see it at .

NBC PICKS UP NEW COMEDY SERIES BASED ON THE ROCK'S FORMATIVE YEARS

- NBC has ordered an 11-episode comedy show titled Young Rock, inspired by the life of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and featuring Johnson himself. The show is described as chronicling his “formative years.” Johnson will appear in every episode of the single-camera comedy which will be co-written by former Fresh Off the Boat showrunner Nahnatchka Khan and her longtime collaborator Jeff Chiang. Both will exec produce alongside Johnson and his Seven Bucks Productions' Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Brian Gewirtz and Jennifer Carreras. A premiere date for the series has not yet been revealed although industry insiders believe it will be for the 2020-21 broadcast season.

SMACKDOWN RATING

- Smackdown did 2,502,000 viewers this week on FOX, off hours 2,679,000 viewers in the first hour and 2,326,000 viewers in the second hour. That was up 84,000 viewers from last week's show, a show which was surpassed by Raw for the first time since October. Smackdown tied the number one spot in the 18-49 demo with 0.8 and 0.7 rating but only beat The CW in viewership during those two hours. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)

WWE TRYING TO RENAME CITY IN KENTUCKY AFTER KING CORBIN

- In a marketing stunt, WWE is trying to rename the southern Kentucky city of Corbin to King Corbin according to WKYT News. WWE will be in town today at the Corbin Arena for a non-televised live event and WWE reps as well as a camera crew will be in front of the Colonel Sanders statue in downtown Corbin in the afternoon collecting signatures for a petition for the name change. Anyone who shows up will also get a free ticket to the house show later in the day. The event is being marketed as the WWE New Years Revolution Supershow and tons of tickets remain available for the event, hence the handing out of free tickets.

MORE NAMES ADDED TO THE ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH

- More names have been added to the Royal Rumble match, with five added to the men's match. The new participants are Dolph Ziggler, King Corbin, Elias, and Otis and Tucker of Heavy Machinery. These five bring a total number of 13 Superstars so far in the match, joining Brock Lesnar who will be the first entrant, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns, AJ Styles, Erick Rowan, Drew McIntyre, and Ricochet. Roman Reigns and King Corbin will also have a match during the show, with the two going against each other prior to the Rumble match. Meanwhile, the women's Royal Rumble match has only three participants confirmed so far with Charlotte Flair, Nikki Cross, and Alexa Bliss.


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