Here's your fight size update for Thursday, October 19, 2023:
- In response to Torrie Wilson saying she wants to wrestle her, Rhea Ripley says she'll go easy on the Playboy Cover Girl and WWE Hall of Famer.
It’s ok, I’d let you live… Don’t want to upset @DomMysterio35 -- https://t.co/3mTyxDmMNR
— RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) October 18, 2023
- ICYMI: Mickie James Recalls Working With Raven Early In Her Career, Says It Was An 'Amazing Thing' For Her
- WWE has added new tickets for the WWE Survivor Series at the Allstate Arena and expanded the setup.
WWE expanded the setup/configuration for Survivor Series at Allstate Arena.
— WrestleTix (@WrestleTix) October 19, 2023
The new setup accommodates a total of 15,342 seats, adding 2,784 to the previous configuration.
Sections 105, 108, 205, and 208 have been added, resulting in what should be a different stage setup. This… pic.twitter.com/Oz1pSwGbnx
- Watch Kevin Owens’ most memorable moments on SmackDown, from joining — and betraying — The New Day to his brawls with Roman Reigns and The Bloodline.
- WWE's Drew McIntyre gives a preview of Royal Rumble while speaking with WUSA 9.
- Paul Wight will be at OVW tonight.
- The Royal Rumble will be held in the island of relevancy, per Roman Reigns.
Win the Rumble and get a round trip to the Island of Relevancy. https://t.co/YS4OVHq37c
— Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) October 19, 2023
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- Here's your MLW FUSION Preview:
MLW FUSION featuring Matt Cardona vs Manders, streaming 8pm tonight on MLW’s YouTube channel and FITE+, Friday on beIN XTRA and Saturday on Cable TV’s beIN SPORTS (find a provider).Matches:
• Matt Cardona (with Saint Laurent) vs. 1 Called Manders
• Bomaye Fight Club vs. The Mane Event
• Ichiban vs. Love, Doug2 title changes! Big returns! Shocking debuts! Slaughterhouse forever changed MLW. What’s next? Find out on Fusion!
MLW has TRIPLED its security tonight following a wild Slaughterhouse post match brawl between World Titan Federation Superstars and the Bomaye Fight Club... as well as a second dust-up after the show with Mance Warner and these self-proclaimed “Superstars.”
With security maxed out, the World Titan Federation’s “Crown Jewel” Matt Cardona steps in the ring in the main event as he looks to put World Champion Alex Kane on notice and keep the eyes of the league on him. But is Cardona alwayz ready for one of the toughest brawlers in MLW? He’ll have to be as Cardona battles the 1 Called Manders.
Meanwhile, Mance Warner has put it out on social media he has been doing some drinking and thinking and he has plans to confront Cardona, following their after show dust-up as well tonight! Is there enough security to keep MLW fighters from the Superstars of the World Titan Federation tonight?!
For the first time in 2 years “Filthy” Tom Lawlor is back on FUSION… and he has a shocking change in store for his filthy fans. What is it? Watch to find out.
Journey to the Atlanta fight camp of World Heavyweight Champion Alex Kane. The fight captain speaks out on the World Titan Federation and the Slaughterhouse brawl.
Following the extraordinary events at Slaughterhouse, Salina de la Renta promises BIG NEWS on Fusion! What’s next for the “Empresaria of Lucha” as her conquest of MLW continues?
Tony Deppen and TJ Crawford’s continuous smear campaign against the injury sidelined Kevin Blackwood forces the league to take further action against the dangerous duo.
Will security be able to keep the World Titan Federation Superstars and Bomaye Fight Club apart? They’ll be tested as Mr. Thomas tags up with The Bomaye Fight Club’s newest middleweight recruit J Boujii as they fight The Mane Event!
In a middleweight eliminator, Ichiban represents the NumberOneDojo against wrestling’s cupid: Love, Doug.
- Check out the ratings for the October 18 episode of AEW Dynamite.
- Stevie Richards re-books the finish of the match between Gunther and Bronson Reed.
On being Muhammad Hassan's lawyer:
"Similar to being in the right place with Chaotic, they called up the promoter at the time Jamie and they said hey, we need, which is a weird suggestion from WWE for what we need, but we need guys under six foot tall, who look like they could be like fresh out of law school. So I forget how they worded it but because it was for Hassan and Daivari like they wanted you to have a certain look, I think their wording was. So three of us got sent it was me this kid Matt Logan and this kid Chase I'm I want to say maybe I'm like at that time six months older than Matt younger than Chase. But we didn't have anyone who was like 20, which is just so weird now thinking about wrestling but we didn't have anyone who was 26-30. It was all kids and we all went there. I borrowed my brother's suit because I didn't have one and the three of us are in catering and John Laurinaitis comes in he just like looks at us and he's like, Yeah, I think he's gonna do, and that was the end of that. You're like, Okay, I didn't know exactly what we're there for. And then all of a sudden, like it was the whirlwind of a day. Stephanie McMahon comes up to me, next thing I know, takes me for a tour. And I'm like, What the heck is going on? So like an individual tour. This is the backstage, this is where we do this this is that and I remember like to this day her just say it's just like the independents just with like, a lot more money behind it, and but she was the nicest person ever. And I was like, This is crazy. And then finally, like, you know, I did the whole thing and stuff and they were like, you know, you're gonna read this, this script and you have a writer Ed Koskey, who still like to this day with the company head writer. And they kind of let it slip to me later in the day as the day went on there. This is super important. Like, at that time, they did something with Hassan. I forget what it was, but it was like, I want to say something happened with terrorist attacks too and UPN was under crazy heat."
On being forced to apologise for Muhammad Hassan:
"Yeah, he disappeared after this, but they were like you have to do an apology for his actions last week. And it has to come off as sincere and real because we're actually apologising to the network on live TV because that's what they requested. And it was just bizarre because in my head at this point, I'm like, with Jamie the promoter. I'm like, why didn't they just hire an actor? Why didn’t they hire somebody professional? And I was like, This is so bizarre. He's like, you know, but I was a promo guy I've always been a promo guy, he’s like it's just like your penmanship promo, just go do whatever your penmanship problems. I'm like, Thank God, I have this script. I can read it and like they were like, you're reading it. You don't have to memorise it. So I like, okay, and then I did. I did an in-ring rehearsal with Undertaker, with Hunter, Steph and Vince and everybody watching me."
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