Daily Update: Elimination Chamber, Becky Lynch, Jessica Penne

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F4W NEWSLETTER: Figure Four Weekly: Kenny Omega signs with AEW

While it had become expected leading into the announcement, that doesn’t make Kenny Omega joining All Elite Wrestling any less of a vital move for the start-up company.

Omega signing with AEW was confirmed at last week’s Double or Nothing ticket announcement party in Las Vegas. Omega signed a four-year deal that allows him to still wrestle for New Japan Pro Wrestling if he wants to (and if NJPW will have him). And in addition to his in-ring role, Omega will serve alongside Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks as an executive vice president of the promotion.

WON NEWSLETTER: February 18, 2019 Observer Newsletter: Death of Pedro Morales

I don’t expect more than a few more weeks of this format of Observers.

WWE grossed $930,160,000 and turned a $98,719,000 profit in 2018, both company records. Last year the company set a revenue record of $800,959,000 and turned a $32,116,000 profit.

Pedro Morales, best known for his three-year run as WWWF champion from 1971-73, passed away on 2/12 at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ, where he had been hospitalized for two weeks. He was 78 and had been battling Parkinson’s Disease for several years.

NJPW New Beginnings: As a legit shoot, while NJPW almost always sells out Edion Arena for big shows, they comped less and opened up more seats so this number was the highest since the 2015 show headlined by Hiroshi Tanhashi vs. A.J. Styles.

UFC 234 – Chaos erupted the day of UFC 234, the first UFC pay-per-view offering of 2019, at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, causing dramatic change unheard of when it comes to UFC pay-per-view events.

It is now official that Kenny has signed with AEW.

Mustafa Ali’s eyeball got busted open and really messed up after a Garvin stomp by Randy Orton on SD Tuesday night.

Dwayne Johnson said he was the first choice to host the Oscars this year. But he said he couldn’t make it work due to the timing of shooting the Jumanji sequel.

Roman Reigns (Joe Anoa’i) will be making an appearance on a Nickelodeon series next month.

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SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • WWE Elimination Chamber takes place tonight at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The card is as follows:
    Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Samoa Joe vs. Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston in a Elimination Chamber match for the WWE title
    Nia Jax & Tamina vs. Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan, Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville, The IIconics, Bayley & Sasha Banks and Naomi and Carmella in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Women’s tag team titles.
    Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush vs. Finn Balor in a handicap match for the WWE Intercontinental title
    Ronda Rousey vs. Ruby Riott for the Raw women’s title
    Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin in a No DQ match
    Buddy Murphy vs. Akira Tozawa for the WWE Cruiserweight title (pre-show)
  • Becky Lynch on Twitter went after the McMahons, writing “The McMahons are killing everything I’ve built, and they’re doing it week by week, and show by show. And even though I have NEVER ENDING knee issues, I will figure out a way to stay alive in all of this.”
  • A Mark Henry documentary will be streaming following WWE Elimination Chamber.
  • Mustafa Ali talked about his feelings about being removed from Elimination Chamber due to injury.
  • Cain Velasquez continues to talk up WWE, saying there is a 70% percent chance he’s going.
  • Daniel Bryan is the subject of this week’s Canvas 2 Canvas.
  • Carmella plays Wheel of Fortune with Xavier Woods on UpUpDownDown’s Superstar Savepoint.
  • Shooting has wrapped for The Rock’s next movie, Hobbs & Shaw.

Pro Wrestling

  • Impact will wrap up tapings in Las Vegas tonight. According to PWInsider, former NXT star Sawyer Fulton was backstage during the last two days of taping. Luchasaurus also made his debut during the tapings.
  • This week’s MLW Fusion episode is now available on YouTube. It features Teddy Hart vs. MJF for the Middleweight title, Alexander Hammerstone vs. Ariel Dominguez, and Rich Swann vs. Ace Austin.
  • GCW will run two shows in Japan on 8/22 and 8/23.
  • CZW has been adding names to their Best of the Best tournament on 3/2, which now include Anthony Greene and Gary Jay. 

UFC/MMA

  • Jessica Penne, who was scheduled to fight Jodie Esquibel on tonight’s UFC show in Phoenix, is off the card following an injury. According to Ariel Helwani, she severely sprained her ankle this morning while warming up, and there will be no replacement fight.
  • This would make the 5,000th match in UFC history, barring any other change, Cynthia Calvillo vs. Courtney Casey.
  • If Kron Gracie were to get a win tonight, it would be the first Gracie win in the UFC since Royce defeated Dan Severn in 1994.
  • John Anik and Dominick Cruz will be commentating tonight’s UFC event.
  • Maurice Greene will replace Daniel Spitz, taking on Jeff Hughes at UFC Wichita on 3/9.
  • Jonathan Brookins talks to VICE Sports about his experiences with yoga.

Daily Pro Wrestling History: Triple H wins 2008 Elimination Chamber

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