WWE's developmental program known as NXT put on its big boy britches last month and blew the collective minds of the WWE Universe with its first ever live event. NXT ArRIVAL was the first ever wrestling event broadcast live on WWE Network and it was the first time many fans witnessed the likes of Sami Zayn, Adrian Neville, Paige and more. Cesaro vs Zayn IV is being called a match of the year contender by many, and must see by all. WWE NXT has arrived, and there are NO excuses for fans (who are Real Americans) to watch it. The WWE developmental territory now has more eyes on it than ever, and business is about to pick up.
Elsewhere in WWE.....
The Network is live!!!! After a week of glitches and not being able to access some content, the Network is live! While there are still some glitches present things are being fixed at a rapid pace, and everything should be smooth sailing for Wrestlemania....at least we hope, or we'll hear Vince's backstage tirade all over the southeast. Check out http://network.wwe.com for details and http://network.wwe.com/schedule for the complete broadcast schedule.
The Elimination Chamber was.....a PPV. We got a great Shield vs Wyatt Family match out of it and the main event Elimination Chamber Match was fun as usual despite a predictable finish that had some fans thinking Vince Russo booked the PPV.
Hulk Hogan is back!!!!! Undertaker is back!!!! Ric Flair is collecting a paycheck!!! Bret Hart and Kevin Nash are around too...and the New Age Outlaws are once again your tag team champions of the wooooooooorld!!!
It must be Mania season, the smell of legends is in the air....or is that old gym socks? The Wrestlemania card is starting to shape up. Hulk Hogan is back to host the 30th edition of the event. Bootista vs Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is currently scheduled to headline the show. Brock Lesnar is getting his shot at the Undertaker's streak this year and there have been teases of Daniel Bryan vs Triple H. While everybody isn't getting what they wanted, I'm not mad at the potential of this card.....yes, potential is the right word.
Elsewhere in Wrasslin....
In New Japan...
NJPW, "42nd ANNIVERSARY SHOW", 2014.03.06
Ota Ward Gymnasium
19:00 JST | 11:00 EU | 10:00 UK | 05:00 EST | 03:00 PST
www.ustream.tv/njpw - $25
01. Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Taichi)
02. KUSHIDA & Manabu Nakanishi vs CHAOS (Jado & Gedo)
03. Jushin 'Thunder' Liger, Tiger Mask & Super Strong Machine vs El Desperado, BUSHI & Captain New Japan
04. G.B.H. (Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma) & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Bullet Club (Prince Devitt, Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga)
05. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima), Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs CHAOS (Toru Yano, Yujiro Takahashi, Takashi Iizuka & YOSHI-HASHI)
06. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs Bullet Club (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows)
07. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii)
08. Special Singles Match: Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi
NJPW, "NEW JAPAN CUP", 2014.03.23
Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium
16:00 JST | 08:00 EU | 07:00 UK | 03:00 EST | 01:00 PST
www.ustream.tv/njpw - $25
. New Japan Cup Semis & Final
Participants
Karl Anderson
Lance Archer
Shelton Benjamin
Prince Devitt
Bad Luck Fale
Doc Gallows
Hirooki Goto
Tomohiro Ishii
Shinsuke Nakamura
Manabu Nakanishi
Tetsuya Naito
Katsuyori Shibata
Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Minoru Suzuki
Yujiro Takahashi
Toru Yano
In Ring of Honor...
The stars are back!!!
Top stars such AJ Styles and Chris Hero are back in Ring of Honor and are colliding for the first time ever this month at a live event in Dayton, OH. Like most US promotions, Ring of Honor is gearing up for it's big Wrestlemania week cards which will be highlighted later in the month.
Dragon Gate USA / Evolve Wrestling
There is a NEW Evolve Champion!!!!
Chris Hero defeated AR Fox for the title in February. Both Evolve and Dragon Gate are gearing up for big events in April.
Total Nonstop Action / Impact Wrestling
TNA is heading for it's annual Lockdown PPV. The card is set and the PPV airs Sunday March 9th.
STEEL CAGE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Magnus vs. Samoa Joe
STEEL CAGE LETHAL LOCKDOWN
Team MVP (MVP, The Wolves,???) vs. Team Dixie (Bobby Roode, Austin Aries, The BroMans)
STEEL CAGE MATCH
Kurt Angle vs. Ethan Carter III
STEEL CAGE KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Madison Rayne vs. Gail Kim
STEEL CAGE MATCH
Gunner vs. "Cowboy" James Storm
STEEL CAGE MATCH
Mr. Anderson vs. Samuel Shaw
STEEL CAGE MATCH
Bad Influence & Chris Sabin vs. The Great Muta, Sanada and Tigre Uno
It's that time again marks....and we had two OTs in February, so there are two Walls of Shame
Wall of Shame 1.0
Wall of Shame 2.0
Wrestlemania takes place April 6th this year, and all the Mania week events will be
hyped in the April Wrasslin thread.
But wait, there is more!!!!!
Spider From Mars has organized a community review project for each Wrestlemania which starts tomorrow! Here is the list of everyone who has signed up and when their reviews should be posted in the thread. Simply post your review for that Mania on your assigned day. We expect some folks to not participate, if it happens we will have someone else cover it for when we compile them for the Wrestlemania Week 2014 thread.
Rapstah- 1 (March 2)
Batigol- 2 (March 3)
Gurudyne- 3 (March 4)
Darkbanjo- 4 (March 5)
Serpentine- 5 (March 6)
Mr. Sandman- 6 (March 7)
Slightconfuse- 7 (March 8)
CureVylash- 8 (March 9)
Tm24-9 (March 10)
Killing_joke- 10 (March 11)
Aiii- 11 (March 12)
Pepsi City- 12 (March 13)
mrboo001- 13 (March 14)
Spider from Mars-14 (March 15)
XenoRaven-15 (March 16)
DMczaf- 16 (March 17)
TL21xx-17 (March 18)
Reneledarker - 18 (March 19)
Snaku-19 (March 20)
jred2k- 20 (March 21)
LoneWolf296- 21 (March 22)
Khrysler Jerikho- 22 (March 23)
Vince McMahon- 23 (March 24)
Man God- 24 (March 25)
Mr. Nobody-25 (March 26)
BillRiccio- 26 (March 27)
CrunchinJelly- 27 (March 28)
Nazaaay- 28 (March 29)
Strobogo-29 (March 30)