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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, March 5, 2021.

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Results from Thursday’s NXT UK are straight ahead in this update but first...

(STINGER: AEW)

Speculation is swirling around AEW’s next big signing.

On Wednesday’s Dynamite, Paul Wight described the person as "Hall of Fame worthy" and a “huge surprise”.

Tony Khan is not backing away from the growing hype surrounding who’s showing up at Sunday’s Revolution pay per view.

(Khan Revolution Surprise)

That clip from the AEW Unrestricted podcast.

CM Punk was asked about this during a Twitter Q&A on Thursday...and said he is NOT the surprise signing.

Khan did describe the person as a “he” during the podcast.

Khan also said the “huge surprise” is different from the 6th entrant in a ladder match for a TNT Title shot, who will be revealed during Sunday’s show.

That the TNT Title match is set to happen on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

One more note from that podcast. Khan mentioned Anthony Bowens from The Acclaimed is out of action with a knee injury.

(STINGER: WWE)

SmackDown Women’s Champ Sasha Banks and her WrestleMania challenger Bianca Belair will get another shot at the Women’s Tag Titles. WWE announced Thursday that Banks and Belair will challenge Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax at Fastlane.

Tonight’s SmackDown main event has Daniel Bryan vs. Jey Uso inside a STEEL CAGE. If Bryan wins, he gets a shot at Roman Reigns’ Universal Title at Fastlane. If Uso wins, Bryan must ACKNOWLEDGE Reigns.

Kay Lee Ray’s 500+ day reign as NXT UK Women’s Champion...rolls on. She beat Meiko Satomura on Thursday’s show.

(STINGER: ROH)

A high stakes match on this weekend’s Ring Of Honor TV. Jay Briscoe vs. Matt Taven vs. Jay Lethal vs. EC3 in a Four Corner Survival Match. The winner gets the shot at Rush and the ROH World Championship at 19th Anniversary pay per view on March 26.

Also this weekend, a Pure Rules rematch between Josh Woods and Dalton Castle.

Dragon Lee beat Brian Johnson to retain the ROH TV Title. The match was shown earlier this week on ROH’s The Experience Facebook group and YouTube channel.

(STINGER: New Japan)

The first “official” New Japan Cup show is being held this morning.

Saturday’s show has THREE first round matches - Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi...KENTA vs. Juice Robinson...and Tomoaki Honma vs. Minoru Suzuki.

TWO Cup matches were held at Thursday’s Anniversary Show. Great-O-Khan BEAT Tetsuya Naito via referee stoppage...and Jeff Cobb beat Satoshi Kojima.

Kota Ibushi beat El Desperado in the main event - his final defense of the “double gold” as they will now be merged into the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

New Japan announced two stadium shows coming up in May - at Yokohama Stadium on May 15th...and in Tokyo Dome on May 29th.

Tonight’s New Japan Strong has a pair of qualifying matches for the U.S. version of the New Japan Cup tournament - Rocky Romero vs. Lio Rush...and FILTHY Tom Lawlor vs. The DKC.

There was plenty of backlash over reports that Marty Scurll attended recent tapings of New Japan Strong. Now, there are new reports that New Japan has pulled any plans for an on-screen appearance by Scurll.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, March 5. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

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Results from Tuesday’s Impact Wrestling and AEW Dark are straight ahead in this update but first…

(STINGER: AEW)

The final stop before AEW’s Revolution pay per view is being pushed as the biggest Dynamite of the year.

AEW is making a big play for some mainstream buzz tonight...with Shaquille O’Neal tagging with Jade Cargill against the team of Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet.

(Shaq Match Preview)

That clip with Shaq provided by AEW.

There’s a late change to another match on tonight’s Dynamite. The 10-man tag between Dark Order and Matt Hardy and friends is now gonna be a traditional tag - Matt Hardy and Marq Quen vs. Hangman Page and John Silver.

We’ll see the finals of the Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament. It’s Ryo Mizunami vs. Nyla Rose. The winner gets a shot at Hikaru Shida and the AEW Women’s Title at Revolution.

Dark Order’s #10, Preston Vance vs. The Accliamed’s Max Caster for the 5th spot spot in the 6-man ladder match at Revolution, where the winner gets a shot at the TNT Championship. AEW says Tony Khan will reveal who will take the FINAL spot on Dynamite.

Tully Blanchard returns to the ring - teaming with FTR against Jurassic Express.

The former “Big Show”, Paul Wight, will make his first appearance in AEW tonight.

On last night’s Dark...Bear Country got a win - then got jumped after the bell by The Butcher & The Blade.

(STINGER: WWE)

Tonight’s NXT has a Women’s Tag Title match - Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax defending against the winners of the women’s Dusty Classic - Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai.

An NXT Tag Title Match was also supposed to be on tonight’s show. But MSK’s Wes Lee has a broken hand. So instead, we’ll get a non-title match for Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan...against Tomasso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher.

Mustafa Ali revealed during a Twitter Q&A that he’s wrestling with a torn PCL.

Some new details are emerging about the WWE Network’s transition to Peacock. An FAQ on the Peacock website says Peacock will become the exclusive home of the WWE Network starting in April. But there will be an overlap period starting on March 18th. That confirms that the Fastlane pay per view on March 21st will be available on BOTH Peacock and the original WWE Network.

MLW has a jam-packed Fusion tonight. Jacob Fatu defends the MLW Heavyweight Title against Jordan Oliver. The MLW Tag Titles will be on the line - as Contra’s Simon Gotch and Daivari challenge Los Parks. PLUS, Laredo Kid vs. Calvin Tankman.

(STINGER: ROH)

The Ring Of Honor TV Title will be defended tonight. Dragon Lee puts the belt on the line against Brian Johnson. That’s on ROH’s The Experience Facebook Page and YouTube Channel starting at 7PM..

(STINGER: Impact)

THREE title matches made for Sacrifice on last night’s Impact Wrestling.

Juice Robinson and David Finlay will challenge the Good Brothers for the Impact Tag Titles.

Ace Austin will face TJP for the X-Division Title. Austin and Chris Bey ganged up on Black Taurus during last night’s #1 Contender’s 3-way. But Bey was undone by outside interference from Madman Fulton. Austin gets the title shot, but we still get him vs. Bey on next week’s Impact.

Kiera Hogan - one half of the Knockouts Tag Champs - was a late addition to last night’s main event between Knockouts Champ Deonna Purrazzo and Jordynne Grace - making it a 3-way. Purrazzo got the pin after surprising Grace with a rollup.

ODB showed up after the match and went after Purrazzo. Impact later made it official. ODB will challenge Purrazzo for the Knockouts Title at Sacrifice. That is an Impact Plus exclusive show on Saturday, March 13th.

Also on last night’s Impact...Eddie Edwards beat Brian Myers via disqualification. Special guest referee Matt Cardona called for the DQ when he caught Myers loading up his elbow pad.

The NWA is returning to pay-per-view. It’ll present Back For The Attack on March 21st. NWA Powerrr will return to Tuesday nights on March 23rd at 6:05PM.

(STINGER: New Japan)

Looking ahead to Thursday...and New Japan’s 49th Anniversary Show.

The Double Gold will be defended for the last time in the main event - champion Kota Ibushi vs. El Desperado.

Also, two first round matches in the New Japan Cup tournament - Tetsuya Naito vs. Great-O-Khan...and Jeff Cobb vs. Satoshi Kojima.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Wednesday, March 3. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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• Shane Taylor had a big media week, and a big ROH Championship match!
• Bobby Lashley was next! He's the WWE Champion! But no fear for The Miz!
• AEW Casino App is the worst pro wrestling tie in ever?
• We get HEATED over the women's wrestling representation in All Elite Wrestling
• Reflecting on Insane Clown Posse’s StrangleMania
• Mayhem Mania continues!

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Results from AEW’s Sunday Special are straight ahead in this update.

So is the big result from New Japan’s weekend Castle Attack shows, which leads us to our top story.

(STINGER: New Japan)

The top singles titles in New Japan - the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the IWGP Intercontinental Championship will be MERGED into a NEW, unified championship. The official announcement came early Monday.

The IWGP Heavyweight Championship dated back to 1987. The IC Title was relatively newer - first being introduced in 2011.

The lineages and histories of both titles will become part of the NEW IWGP World Heavyweight Championship...with Kota Ibushi will be recognized as the first man to hold it. He beat Testsuya Naito to retain the Intercontinental Title at Sunday’s Castle Attack show.

Ibushi will walk into the maine vent New Japan’s 49th Anniversary Show Thursday - carrying the “double gold” for the final time. His opponent will be the ONE new champion crowned at the Castle Attack shows over the weekend.

El Desperado is the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion for the first time...after chasing that title for SEVEN years. Despy beat El Phantasmo and BUSHI in a 3-way for the vacant title on Sunday’s show. Despy pinned ELP after a pair of Pinche Locos.

El Desperado is also one half of the Jr. Tag Champions. He’s the first to hold both junior titles in New Japan at the same time...since Kushida.

Also announced for Thursday’s anniversary show...a couple first round matches in the New Japan Cup tournament - Tetsuya Naito vs. Great-O-Khan...Satoshi Kojima vs. Jeff Cobb...

The full New Japan Cup field was also unveiled Monday. A few notable names -

Bad Luck Fale is in the field - his first New Japan action since New Year Dash.

New Japan Cup shows are running almost daily between March 5th and March 21st.

The winner of the tournament will be the opponent for Ibushi’s first defense of the IWGP World Title at the Sakura Genesis show on April 4th.

Let’s circle back to the Castle Attack shows over the weekend. Sunday’s show saw Hiroshi Tanahashi get past Great-O-Khan, to hold onto the NEVER Championship. The Guerrillas of Destiny are still the heavyweight tag champs. They turned away the challenge of Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI.

On Saturday’s show, Kazuchika Okada beat EVIL in the main event. Jay White beat Tomohiro Ishii...and Toru Yano retained the provisional King Of Pro Wrestling title against Chase Owens.

(STINGER: WWE)

A major fork in WWE’s road to WrestleMania tonight. The Miz is set to defend the WWE Championship against Bobby Lashley on Raw.

The former champion, Drew McIntryre, hasn’t been seen or heard from since Miz cashed in Money In The Bank and beat him for the title at Elimination Chamber.

Daniel Bryan and Jey Uso will meet again on THIS Friday’s SmackDown - INSIDE a steel cage. Their main event match last Friday ended in a double countout.

The stakes this Friday are SLIGHTLY higher. If Bryan wins, he gets a Universal Title Match against Roman Reigns at Fastlane. But if Bryan loses…

(Heyman Bryan Cage Match)

That clip from the latest episode of Talking Smack.

(STINGER: AEW)

Nyla Rose will face...Thunder Rosa...TONIGHT in the U.S. final of the Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament.

The match will air on AEW’s YouTube channel starting at 7PM.

Thunder Rosa used a clever rollup to beat Riho on AEW’s Sunday Special on Bleacher Report.

Also during that show, Ryo Mizunami beat Yuka Sakazaki to WIN the Japan side of the bracket.

Mizunami gets the winner of tonight’s U.S. final on Wednesday’s Dynamite. With the winner of that match advancing to Revolution to challenge AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida.

The Sunday Special broadcast on Bleacher Report did not go exactly how AEW management expected.

Tony Khan tweeted late Sunday there were issues with the international stream. AEW responded by publishing the entire Sunday Special on its YouTube channel.

The wrestler formerly known as Big Cass in WWE returned to pro wrestling over the weekend - for his first match since 2019. He made a surprise appearance at a show for Georgia’s Lariato Pro Wrestling Guild. The former Enzo Amore was also on that show.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Monday, March 1. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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