Wednesday Update: Tyler Breeze’s WWE Smackdown debut, UFC 195 co-main event, Tom Lawlor

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Smackdown was recorded last night.  Check out the spoilers if you can’t wait:  WWE Smackdown spoilers: Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs New Day 10-20.  As we reported yesterday, WWE RAW ratings remain low, although there was a slight uptick against tough competition last Monday, WWE Raw 10-19: Superstar lineup does little for ratings.  

Check out today’s history post: On this day in pro wrestling history: Rock loses WCW title to Chris Jericho

TV notes for tonight:

UFC Tonight is off again this week.

WWE NXT airs at 8:00 p.m. ET on WWE Network with Asuka vs. Billie Kaye, Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson vs. Enzo Amore & Big Cass, James Storm vs. Martin Stone in Storm’s debut, Alexa Bliss vs. Peyton Royce, and Rhyno vs. Baron Corbin.

TNA Impact Wrestling airs at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Destination America with more of the World Title Series. Including maybe a James Storm match.

A replay of The Ultimate Fighter from two weeks ago (it was pre-empted last week) airs at 9:00 p.m. ET. on Fox Sports 1.

The Ultimate Fighter airs at 10:00 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1 with an episode titled “Snake in the Grass.”

ROH airs at 11:00 p.m. ET on Destination America with The All Night Express vs. The Addiction and Jay Briscoe vs. Adam Page in a no disqualification match, plus The Kingdom’s reaction to what happened at All-Star Extravaganza.

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Figure Four Weekly:

Jerry McDevitt cuts quite the legal promo on Konstantine Kyros as part of his latest screed in the ongoing legal battle over WWE’s alleged role in wrestlers’ brain damage.

Figure Four Weekly October 19, 2015: Latest Update On WWE Concussion Lawsuits

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TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

  • This shouldn’t really count as a spoiler since WWE themselves already announced it on the front page of WWE.com, but Tyler Breeze makes his main roster debut on Smackdown tomorrow night.  He’s officially a main roster talent as of last week.  We talk about it on last night’s show: Wrestling Observer Live 10/21: Tyler Breeze Smackdown debut, former Tough Enough stars sign, more
  • Miz will appear on “Middle of the Night” on MTV tonight.  “Murph and the crew wake up WWE superstar The Miz and who betrays an old friend, samples extreme hot sauce, and battles Murph in a bizarre food fight. Meanwhile, Anu settles a daunting restaurant bill, and Murph joins forces with world eating champion Kobayashi in order to shut down a hot dog stand. We bring it home with Remix the Night and a trash talk montage with the Miz.”
  • Some audio notes: Matt Farmer will be a guest on Wrestling Observer Radio tonight with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer talking the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame issue that will be out in a few weeks only for subscribers.  Lance Storm will return to Figure Four Daily this afternoon, and Filthy Tom Lawlor’s usual Monday show has been moved to tomorrow due to Bryan being out of town a few days ago for a wedding.
  • Also, feel free to tweet @bryanalvarez with your thoughts on last night’s Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show.  We’ve gotten a lot of great feedback on both sides of the current Raw/no current Raw argument, plus some good suggestions about what else we could try.  At the moment, I am leaning towards Tuesday being retro Raw and retro Nitro, and Thursday being current Raw followed by current Smackdown.  NXT would move to Sundays.  This would allow each show to have a theme, and with Smackdown allegedly becoming an A-show again (for a few months at least) starting in January, reviewing each week’s Raw and Smackdown back-to-back would probably be a fun way to track continuity.

UFC

  • A Brazilian website first reported, and it was later confirmed by F4W Filthy Four Daily co-host Tom Lawlor via twitter and later on this very site, that he is out of his November fight with Fabio Maldonado. TUF 19 winner Corey Anderson has been put in as his replacement.
  • The co-main event for UFC 195 has been announced as Stipe Miocic vs. Andrei Arlovski in a possible top contender fight. Tickets go on sale tomorrow  at 1:00 p.m. ET as part of a pre-sale using the code NEWYEAR with the general onside being the same time Friday.
  • In a follow-up to the story on the massive UFC fighter cuts, several more names became public Tuesday including  Francisco Trevino, TJ Waldburger, David Michaud, Lewis Gonzales, Ivan Jorge, Naoyuki Kotani, William Macario, Joe Merritt, Pawel Pawluk, Hernani Perpetuo, Vagner Rocha, Amir Sadollah, Leonardo Mafra, Luke Zachrich and Roger Zapata in addition to the names previously announced.
  • Heavyweight Soa Palelei announced his retirement via Twitter. He plans to stay involved with the sport, just not as an active fighter.  

OTHER MMA

  • WSOF 24 last Saturday night did just 167,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network. It was the second lowest number of the year despite big names Jon Fitch, Yushin Okami and Matt Hamill fighting on the show. Dave has an article at MMAFighting about the ratings.
  • Bellator 144 is Friday night on Spike TV with the prelims running on Spike.com. This is a non-tentpole event headlined by Brandon Halsey and Rafael Carvalho fighting for the vacant middleweight title. Michael Page aka MVP, the charismatic and flashy Brtish welterweight, fights on the undercard. We’ll have coverage of the show here on the site.
  • From Bellator: The unmistakable Kimbo Slice and Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion Liam McGeary, as well as MMA Legends Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, Tito Ortiz will participate at the Official Bellator MMA Fan Fest Prior to Friday’s “Bellator 145: Vengeance” Event at Scottrade Center. It takes place Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. CT at Dave & Buster’s on 13857 Riverport Dr.  in Maryland Heights, MO

OTHER WRESTLING

  • Today’s new upload for NWAClassics.com subscribers is Tommy Rich vs. Kamala.
  • Story here about the retirement of Portia Perezat age 27 due to a neck injury that has been steadily getting worse for several years.  Instead of the usual tearful goodbye, she instead cut a heel promo on the crowd telling them they suck.
  • Coastal Championship Wrestling results from last night in Coral Springs, FL: Maxwell Chicago b Made Man, NWA Champ Santana Garrett b Tammy Lynn, Cousin Earl b Danny Embry, El Héroe Byronico b Ricky Rush, Iron City Mauler & Guadeloupe Brothers b J-Dawg Brooks & The Assassins.
  • Jesse Ventura did an appearance on Ring Rust Radio, talking about his book re-release, his stint in WCW, Donald Trump, and more.
  • Former WWE Champion Batista is getting some buzz as the new James Bond movie ‘Spectre’ nears. Here’s a Yahoo/AFP feature on him. He said he gets nostalgic for wrestling, but also has a full slate of movies coming up.

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