There were early reports that Kalisto’s injury was real but the incident on last night’s WWE RAW involving Kalisto and the Dudleys was storyline.
During Raw, Kalisto took a bump on his face outside the ring and was clotheslined by Devon and was acting as though he was injured, to leave Sin Cara on his own, to end up with the Lucha Dragons losing to the Dudleys in the tag team tournament.
That was a scripted part of the show and Kalisto is not going to be missing any action.
While Kalisto stayed down, they used a local extra and not a regular trainer as the person who attended to him, and never did an “X” symbol, although they did play it up as if he was hurt.
Nobody backstage was talking about it if as anything had gone wrong the rest of the night.
The trip of a lifetime is over. nine shows in ten incredible days in Tokyo. Alan was logging his progress from the start with the DKP Mobile Unit and as a result dear listeners, we present you with a special on the road diary. With help from his pals on the trip, Alan discusses all the events we saw including BJW’s Strong Climb Tournament featuring an incredible coming of age main event, New Japan at Korakuen, Shootboxing and the emotional retirement of one of their biggest stars, our amazing experience at Dragon Gate, Keiji Muto rolling back the years, wrestling merch heaven, the match of the trip, Champion Carnival greatness and of course the centre piece of the trip – New Japan Invasion Attack at Sumo Hall which featured a huge debut and a huge title change. If you want to listen to really really happy people in wrestling heaven, this is the show for you! CHECK IT!!!
WWE officials have informed us that Undertaker will be doing two shows next week on the European tour.
Undertaker is scheduled to appear on 4/19 in London, which are the Smackdown tapings, and will be doing a 4/20 house show in Newcastle.
Yesterday we had been told that he would be off the tour, but it was explained that there was a misunderstanding and he is off most of the tour, with Kane replacing him in all the other cities that he was originally advertised.
Undertaker was originally going to work the entire tour doing tag team matches in most cities. Last week he was pulled from advertising on most of the shows, but not all of them. As of yesterday, he was being advertised for three dates on the tour.
Originally, the European Tour was scheduled to be headlined by Undertaker on one side and Daniel Bryan appearances on the other, so had Undertaker pulled out of the entire tour they would have lost both of its headline acts.
WWE Raw last night fell back to the expected normal numbers the week after WrestleMania with 3.52 million viewers.
Last week’s show did 4.08 million viewers, but the day after WrestleMania is usually very strong. The drop would be expected.
The number is along the lines of what the show has been doing since football season ended. Of the 12 previous shows this year that didn’t go against football, last night’s show beat out five of them and was below seven of them.
There was a different ratings pattern as the show started with a low first hour, but had a good second hour before dropping somewhat in the third hour.
Raw was the highest rated show on cable last night, with The O’Reilly Factor on FOX News in second place at 3.04 million viewers.
Dancing With The Stars, which featured UFC’s Paige VanZant, was the most-watched show on television last night with 12.51 million viewers.
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! Raw from Monday, Shane McMahon’s return, TNA woes, Undertaker, Kimbo Slice talks his drug test failure, tragic death in MMA, tons of calls and emails and text messages and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
The original alternate is back with a singular subject – New Japan’s Invasion Attack, with all of it’s awesometicity and whatnot. Topics include, but aren’t limited to: being jealous of The Kayfabulous Gaijin Pilgrimage, Tired Mike Says Words, the amazing Will Ospreay, an awesome main event, and so much more. It’s not just a podcast; It’s the Adam and Mike BIG AUDIO NIGHTMARE~! Here at WrestlingObserver.com.
Mexico City, Mexico: – Tarzan López defeated Black Guzmán to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Title
1948
Mexico City, Mexico: – Mike Kelly defeated Gory Guerrero for the NWA World Middleweight Title
1950
Des Moines, Iowa: – Leo Nomellini beat Earl Wampler – Verne Gagne beat K.O. Hall – Joe Savoldi beat “Cowboy” Orville Carlson
1955
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Verne Gagne drew Pat O’Connor – Paul Baillargeon beat Dick the Bruiser (as Bruiser Afflis) – Joe Pazandak beat Red Bastien
1958
Chicago, Illinois: – Verne Gagne defeated Dick the Bruiser to win the Chicago/Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1961
Mobile, Alabama: – The Mysterious Medics defeated Bobby and Don Fields for the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1963
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: – Karl Von Schober and Ricky Waldo defeated The Masked Destroyer and Jim Wright for the Stampede International Tag Team Titles
1967
Los Angeles, California: – Ricky Romero defeated Stan Pulaski to win the California Heavyweight Title
1968
Atlanta, Georgia: – Mr. Wrestling defeated El Mongol to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title
1969
Portland, Oregon: – Moondog Mayne defeated Luther Lindsay for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
1970
Tulsa, Oklahoma: – Bill Watts defeated The Spoiler to win the Tri-State NWA North American Heavyweight Title
1972
Mobile, Alabama: – Bob Kelly defeated Don Fargo for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title – Gorgeous George, Jr. defeated Bill White for the City of Mobile Heavyweight Title
1973
Hattiesburg, Mississippi: – The Wrestling Pro defeated Bob Kelly to win the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title
Kansas City, Kansas: – Abe Jacobs fought Mike George to a draw – L.D. Lewis defeated Jim Dalton via DQ – Danny Little Bear defeated The Viking – Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe defeated Argentina Zuma & Omar Atlas – Bob Brown fought Rufus R. Jones to a draw – Central States Heavyweight Champion Roger Kirby defeated Terry Funk
1975
St. Paul, Minnesota: – Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes & Andre the Giant beat Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman & Boris Breznikoff 2 out of 3 falls – Nick Bockwinkel beat Billy Robinson dq – Chris Taylor beat Geoff Portz – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Kenny Jay & George Gadaski – Khosrow Vaziri beat Rock Riddle
1976
Vancouver, British Columbia: – Don Leo Jonathan and Jimmy Snuka defeated Gene Kiniski and Siegfried Steinke to win the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles
1977
Dallas, Texas: – Fritz Von Erich defeated Bruiser Brody to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
1980 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) defeated Ivan Putski and Tito Santana for the WWF World Tag Team Titles
Knoxville, Tennessee: – Bob Orton, Jr. and Tony Peters defeated Terry Gibbs and Bob Roop to win the International Championship Wrestling Southeastern Tag Team Titles
1982
Memphis, Tennessee: – Bill Dundee and Steve Keirn won the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles from Bobby Eaton and Sweet Brown Sugar
1983
Matsuyama, Japan: – Ron Bass and Stan Hansen defeated Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta for the NWA International Tag Team Titles
1984
Wheeling, West Virginia: – The Spoiler defeated Brad Armstrong to win the NWA National Heavyweight Title
Kansas City, Kansas: – The Grapplers (Len Denton and Tony Anthony) defeated Jerry and Ted Oates to win the NWA Central States Tag Team Titles
1985
Mexico City, Mexico: – Cien Caras and Sangre Chicana defeated Cachorro and Ringo Mendoza for the Mexican National Tag Team Titles
1986
Portland, Oregon: – Billy Jack Haynes defeated Bobby Jaggers to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title
1987
Atlanta, Georgia: – Rick Steiner and Sting defeated Chris Adams and Terry Taylor to win the UWF World Tag Team Titles
1988
San Juan, Puerto Rico: – Kendo Nagasaki and Mr. Pogo defeated Chris and Mark Youngblood for the WWC World Tag Team Titles
1990
Tampa, Florida: – Robert Fuller and Kendall Windham defeated Brian Knobbs and Hurricane Walker (subbing for Jerry Sags) to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles
Fridley, Minnesota: – The Lightning Kid (Sean Waltman) defeated Matt Derringer to win the Pro Wrestling America Light Heavyweight Title
1991
Dallas, Texas: – Eric Embry defeated Bill Dundee for the USWA Texas Heavyweight Title – Jeff Jarrett defeated Tom Prichard to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1993
Memphis, Tennessee: – Simply Devine (Steve Doll and Rex King) won the USWA Tag Team Titles from the Moondogs
1997
New Japan Battle Formation: Tokyo, Japan: – Riki Choshu and Kensuke Sasaki defeated IWGP Tag Team Champions Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura to win the titles – Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Manabu Nakanishi – El Samurai pinned Shinjiro Otani – Chris Benoit pinned Kevin Sullivan – Junji Hirata and Satoshi Kojima defeated Osamu Kido and Kazuo Yamazaki – Shiro Koshinaka pinned Takashi Ishikawa – J-Crown Champion Jushin Liger pinned The Great Sasuke to retain the titles – Antonio Inoki defeated Tiger King – Keiji Muto pinned Masahiro Chono – Naoya Ogawa defeated IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto by TKO
NWA New Jersey Eddie Gilbert Memorial Brawl: Cherry Hill, New Jersey: – The Beach Bullies (The Inferno Kid and Ray Odyssey) defeated NWA United States Tag Team Champions Downward Spiral (Adrian Hall and Twiggy Ramirez) to win the title – Mr. Puerto Rico defeated Steve Corino – Tommy Gilbert defeated Ian Rotten. – King Kong Bundy defeated Don Montoya – Lance Diamond defeats Cheetah Master and NWA North American Heavyweight Champion Reckless Youth in a triangle match to win the title – Marty Jannetty defeated Harley Lewis – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dan Severn fought Dory Funk, Jr. to a double-countout to retain the title – Doug Gilbert defeated Buddy Landell – Flash Funk defeated Ace Darling – Goldust defeated Derrick Domino
Memphis, Tennessee: – The Shooting Stars (Jerry Faith and Troy Haste) defeated Flash Flanagan and Billy Travis for the USWA Tag Team Titles – King Reginald (Reggie B. Fine) defeated Jerry Lawler
2000
Waegwan, South Korea: – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) defeated Steven Dunn and Jackie Fulton (subbing for Reno Riggins) for the NWA World Tag Team Titles
Jeffersonville, Indiana: – Chris Michaels defeated Sean Casey to win the OVW Light Heavyweight Title
2003
All Japan Pro Wrestling Champion’s Carnival tour: Tokyo, Japan: – Gran Hamada pinned Gran Naniwa – Gigantes and George Hines beat Hiroshi Hase and Masayuki Kono – Kaz Hayashi and Jimmy Yang beat Omega Griffon and NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion Low Ki – AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion Kendo Kashin defeated Carl Contini by submission to retain the title – Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka defeated Hideki Hosaka and Shigeo Okumura – AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Tomohiko Hashimoto, Tomoaki Honma and Kazushi Miyamoto – Keiji Muto and AJPW Unified World Tag Team Champion Satoshi Kojima defeated Masa Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada – AJPW Triple Crown Champion Shinya Hashimoto defeated AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion Arashi by TKO to retain his title
The WWE announced today a new group of signings to developmental deals with the company.
Babatunde Alyegbusi – Alyegbusi got some publicity as something of a gimmick signing of the Minnesota Vikings last year as a 6-foot-9, 350 pound football player from Poland. He didn’t make the team, but his size got pub. The Observer had already reported his recent tryout.
Bianca Blair – Blair is a Crossfit competitor who was an All-American at the hurdles at the University of Tennessee and has been featured in a number of women’s fitness magazines.
Nikola Bogojevic – Bogojevic was a bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2014 Pan American Games and was training with the Olympic wrestling team.
Carolyn Dunning – Dunning is a bikini contest competitor within the bodybuilding bikini world.
Macey Estrella – A woman wrestler who trained with American Premier Wrestling who a Marine Corps SWAT team background.
Nicola Glencross – Better known as Nikki Storm, she has wrestled all over the world including with top women’s groups like Stardom and Shine, as well as many of the U.K. based promotions.
Terrance Jean-Jacques – A 6-foot-3, 265 pound All-American wrestler from the University of Iowa and University of Rhode Island.
Deniella Kamela – Kamela was on-air talent working for Fox Sports Arizona and trained under Rikishi and Gangrel at the Knoxx Pro Wrestling School in Southern California and was a cheerleader for the Arizona Cardinals and dance team member of the Phoenix Suns.
Michael Nicholls – The Australian-based Mikey Nicholls, who agreed to the deal last year but just started at the Performance Center recently.
Shane Veryzer – Better known as Shane Haste, he and Nicholls were a tag team in Pro Wrestling NOAH and the pair have extensive experience, including winning the Tag Team of the Year award in Japan in 2013.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA! Tons of thoughts on Raw from Monday with Shane back in charge again, the debut of the Balor Club, TNA financial woes update, Lucha Underground spoilers, Paige Van Zant on Dancing with the Stars, tons of mailbag questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
TNA Wrestling, effective immediately, will no longer air a Tuesday night replay on Pop TV.
The only airing of the show tomorrow will be at 9 p.m. Eastern and 6 p.m. Pacific time.
Impact will have a second airing on Pop TV on Saturday mornings at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time.
But any change of time slots isn’t the best thing right now when they are in negotiations to sell a stake in the company and it’s most valuable asset was nationwide prime time coverage, and the new time slots aren’t strong for the West Coast.
TNA has no house shows scheduled at this point and it’s next TV tapings are 4/21 to 4/24 in Orlando at Universal.
