November 21, 2020

— As reported earlier in the week, Kevin Owens underwent double knee surgery yesterday. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, when surgeons examined his knees, the damage in the left knee was worse than expected but the hope is that he will be back by late February or early March, but in a worse case…

– Alexa Bliss appeared on this week’s episode of Lilian Garcia’s Chasing Glory podcast. Check out the full show at Player.fm. – NBA Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard dressed up like WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and wore an Austin mask before his team’s game this week against the Washington Wizards….

— The idea to have Brock Lesnar appear on Monday’s WWE Raw was something that was set up within the last week. With Roman Reigns off of TV and Crown Jewel this Friday, WWE felt Lesnar was needed to be on the show (even though he didn’t really do anything) to help build towards the…

At the SmackDown Live television taping this afternoon at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, a familiar face from the NXT brand turned up. NXT women’s superstar Nikki Cross made an appearance when SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch issued an open challenge after responding to RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey’s comments on RAW on Monday…

As noted, Jim Ross’ deal with WWE is likely going to spell the end of his run as announcer for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) on AXS TV. “Good Ole’ J.R.” is signed with WWE through March, and WWE is reportedly holding him back from re-signing with AXS TV until he’s officially a free agent…

— As Rajah reported here, a few current WWE superstars were backstage at last night’s Survivor Series but were simply not used. PWInsider reports the following former stars/legends/celebrities were also in attendance, likely just visiting: – Sean “X-Pac” Waltman– Ric Flair – Rikishi– Mark Henry– Tito Ortiz– Candice Michelle– Darren Young– Lilian Garcia PHOTOS: Enzo…

— According to a report by Wrestletalk.com, after this week’s UK NXT Tapings, WWE has offered new contracts to several UK talent that are alleged to include pay raises but at the same time severely restrict what other UK promotions those wrestlers are able to work with. — The report suggests that under the terms…

Kalisto recently appeared as a guest on the Steve Austin Show podcast for an in-depth interview. Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview. On Rey Mysterio offering good advice: “Eddie not only made noise to the latin community. Like, he made noise everywhere. Same with Rey. Rey, his stature, and right now,…

Live from Las Vegas, Nevada (my kind of town), this is Smackdown Live for episode #1008. Follow me on Twitter @johnreport. If you want to support us at TJRWrestling, here’s a Donate Link for our Paypal where anything you send will go towards building the site. Thanks to Melo Man for the banner up top. The…

NXT has a busy couple of days ahead of them. The NXT road schedule to close out the week kicks off tonight. The traveling crew will be running a house show at the RWJ Barnabas Arena in Toms River, New Jersey. Also this evening, the local crew will be holding a non-televised live event at…