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Layla El was injured and pulled from WWE’s schedule. She also had surgery this week.
At this time it’s unknown what the injury was but we’ll post more details as we get them.
There are some reports that claim Finn Balor suffered an injury during a triple-threat match with Hideo Itami and Adrian Neville at the NXT live event in Cocoa Beach on Friday night. After the match was over, Balor left to the back in a hurry and was apparently noticeably limping.
We will keep you posted.
For those who always ask me about pay-per-view streams, I’ll throw this out there with the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view tonight. We are not affiliated with this website at all but I use FightsJunkie.com. Basically you sign up for an account, make it ‘elite’ (it’s like $15 or something for the entire month – the WWE Network, all PPVs (WWE, TNA, UFC, all NFL games (during the season) on Sunday, etc.) and you get a HQ Quality stream. It works every time for us and never skips. Again, we’re not affiliated with the site but I always get asked so here you go.
-- As noted late last night here on the website, it was not an error when WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler referred to Christian as retired on Monday's edition of RAW.
While Christian never got the chance to cut a "retirement promo" like Edge did, it has been reported for a while now that Christian's in-ring career is likely over, and Lawler's comments were pretty much confirmation of that.
Christian had to call it a career due to suffering a number of injuries, and more specifically -- concussions -- forcing him to end his active in-ring career. He has approximately a year left on his WWE contract.
-- Mark Henry has been off of WWE TV since the November 24th edition of Monday Night Raw. Today on Twitter, Henry confirmed rumors that he has beem out of action due to an injury…
Birthdate: 06/25/1977 (age 37) Height: 5'2" Weight: 116 Ib After attending a performing arts college, El w... 
Birthdate: 11/29/1949 (age 65) Height: 6'0" Weight: 243 Ib Jerry Lawler serves as the play-by-play comment... Thank you WWE fans for all the respect. Yes I'm still hurt, I see the things people are saying. I will respond when the time is right.
— TheMarkHenry (@TheMarkHenry) December 30, 2014
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The two sons of New Jersey independent wrestling promoter Mike “Morgan” Virulet were critically injured in an automobile accident. Virulet promotes ACE wrestling and ran the ACE Arena in Union City, New Jersey which is where several indy promotions (such as CHIKARA, WSU and WWNLive) held shows. WWE Diva AJ Lee had many of her early matches at the arena as well.
Also read: ?Afa The Wild Samoan Posts A Lengthy Blog On Ata Johnson's (The Rock's Mother) Car AccidentAccording to sources, Michael Virulet Jr., 20, and Adrian Virulet, 11, were walking home from seeing a movie on Saturday when a car ran off the road and struck them on the sidewalk. Both were critically injured; Michael Jr. has lost his leg and underwent brain surgery while Adrian was impaled by an iron fence in the collision. The driver sped off and has yet to be identified. Virulet’s fifteen year-old daughter managed to avoid being struck by the car.
Authorities are investigating the incident and have described the car as a red Nissan Rogue with tinted windows and heavy damage to the passenger-side front end. It is missing part of the front passenger fender and headlight. Anyone with information that can assist them should call the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office at (201) 915-1300.
The local wrestling scene has set up a GoFundMe campaign to offset the heavy medical bills, with $8,121 raised so far. If you would like to donate, you can do so here. It should be noted that the promoter is known as good guy and is well respected among indy talents. There have never been any issues with him paying talent and that's pretty rare on the indy scene to be honest.
On behalf of everyone here on the website, we send our best thoughts to the Virulet family.
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As expected, Mark Henry made his return to WWE on Saturday night at the live event from Madison Square Garden in New York City. During the main event, Henry returned as one of Ric Flair's lumberjacks for the John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt main event. Triple H also had his own lumberjacks to back up Bray Wyatt. Basically, Flair and his lumberjacks were in the corner of John Cena while Triple H and his lumberjacks were in the corner of Bray Wyatt.
During the main event, Henry turned heel and threw Cena into the ring post. Towards the end of the match (Cena defeated Wyatt), Flair and Bray got into it and Wyatt was busted open and bleeding badly. As he headed towards the back after the match, his entire face was covered in blood. Despite the injury, Bray is NOT expected to miss any in-ring time. A few stitches and he'll be good to go!
Also read: ?PHOTO: A Bloody Bray Wyatt At WWE's MSG Event!Here is a report from the WWE-MSG main event. A full report from the entire show is posted on the main newsboard.
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt. The Lumberjacks were everyone who worked the show plus Mark Henry, Great Khali and Titus O'Neill, so there were 16 total (8 for Flair and 8 for Triple H). No Rusev. Triple H and Ric Flair each had their own entrance. HHH tried to cut a promo but Flair took the mic and that led to them grabbing the mic from each other until Bray's entrance began. They went back and forth battling. When Cena was tossed to the outside, the heel lumberjacks all put the boots to him. Bray did it again and Cena had the boots put to him before they tossed him back in. Bray drilled Cena with a DDT for a two count. Cena mounted a comeback but was caught In a sleeper. The loudest reaction all night was the back and forth chants for Cena during this sequence. Cena fought him off and nailed a tornado DDT off the ropes. He backdropped Bray over the ropes and the faces all worked him over. Wyatt was tossed back in the ring and Cena did all his standards but was freaked out by the Wyatt Spider Walk. Bray nailed an Avalanche one the corner and went for Sister Abigail but Cena escaped and went for the AA. Wyatt caught him with a Urange for a two count. Wyatt tossed him out where Henry caught him and out him back in. Cena was nailed with a back sentom splash for a two count. Wyatt attempted a Superplex. Cena slipped down and nailed a sitdown powerbomb but was pulled out by the heels before he could score the pin. The heels attacked him and faced off with the faces. There was a huge brawl. Cena did a dive off the top onto the Lumberjacks. They brawled to the back. Cena went to grab Wyatt but HHH kicked him and nailed a Pedigree. He told Wyatt to make the cover but Flair rolled in and kicked Wyatt low. Flair and Bray faced off. Flair peppered him with punches including a stiff one that busted Bray open above the eyebrow, which began bleeding. He chopped Bray but was taken down with a punch. HHH instructed Bray to pin Cena so he went for Sister Abigail but Cena turned it into an STF and scored the submission. Fun main event with both guys working super hard despite their insane travel the last 24 hours.
Notes: Byron Saxton was the ring announcer and did a fine job. Why they never use Howard Finkel here is beyond me. It would add something unique and special and Fink was the best of all time, but that's just me....They were selling new shirts for Bray Wyatt and The Usos as well as signed photos of The Usos, John Cena and Sheamus...Michael Hayes worked the show giving music and production cues.....There were a few video flubs early in the show.
-- TNA talent Davey Richards tweeted the following on Friday:
Thanx to everyone for emailing. 2 ribs broken. Dr recommends time off. Not gonna happen. Hunt for revenge starts now. @IMPACTWRESTLING
— Davey Richards (@RichardsWesley) May 23, 2014
-- UFC completed the weigh-ins on Friday for UFC 173. The event is set for TONIGHT (May 24) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight card will be headlined by a bantamweight title bout between champion Renan Barao (135 lbs) and TJ Dillashaw (135 lbs). Dan Henderson vs. Daniel Cormier and Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Ellenberger are also featured on the main card. Anyways, here are the weigh-in results:
UFC 173 Pay-Per-View Main Card:
Also read: ?Card For Tonight's Joker's Wild PPV + Gunner/TNA UpdateTJ Dillashaw (135) vs. Renan Barao (35)
Dan Henderson (199) vs. Daniel Cormier (205)
Jake Ellenberger (171) vs. Robbie Lawler (171)
Francisco Rivera (135) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (135)
James Krause (156) vs. Jamie Varner (155)
FOX Sports 1 Prelims:
Francisco Trinaldo (155) vs. Michael Chiesa (156)
Katsunori Kikuno (155) vs. Tony Ferguson (155)
Chico Camus (135) vs. Chris Holdsworth (135)
Mitch Clarke (155) vs. Al Iaquinta (155)
UFC Fight Pass Prelims:
Vinc Pichel (155) vs. Anthony Njokuani (155)
Aaron Phillips (145) vs. Sam Sicilia (146)
Li Jingliang (170) vs. David Michaud (171)
- Bully Ray had to take a hospital trip last night after being involved in a tables match against Bobby Roode at last night's TNA Sacrifice PPV. He wrote the following on Twitter:
Normally would be walkin into gym at this time. Just walked out of hospital. 1 bruised rib 1 fractured rib.
— Bully Ray (@REALBully5150) April 28, 2014
- James Storm wrote on Twitter that he had to go under X-rays on his back after his match with Gunner at last night's TNA Sacrifice PPV:
X-rays on the back negative. Just some deep damn bruising. War is what it is. BRUTAL. #Sacrifice
— James Storm (@Cowboy_J_Storm) April 28, 2014
-- ESPN recently aired a piece on SportsCenter about WrestleMania XXX. Jeremy Schaap interviewed Vince McMahon.
-- WWE Diva AJ Lee was the guest on WrestleMania Today show, which aired on the WWE Network on Saturday night from 6-8 PM ET.
-- Corey Graves may have suffered an injury during his AXXESS match earlier today. He wrote on Twitter:
I'll be signing at the #NXTExperience at #Axxess tonight from 6-8. Come say "hi," or something more interesting. Nevermind the brain fluid.
— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) April 5, 2014
-- WWE released the following "Black History Month" videos featuring Tony Atlas & Rocky Johnson:
