Current NXT Tag Team Champion Roderick Strong recently teased coming to EVOLVE during the promotion’s EVOLVE 117 show earlier this week. Strong wants to win the EVOLVE Championship from Fabian Aichner, which he has never been able to do before in his career. Gabe Sapolsky later indicated that Strong would be featured on the show, and sure enough Roddy has just been confirmed for the EVOLVE 117 event on December 15th, as well as EVOLVE 118 the following night. Strong will first face Austin Theory and Fabian Aichner in a Triple Threat match for the promotion’s top title during EVOLVE 117. At EVOLVE 118, The Undisputed Era member will be facing Darby Allin in a singles match.
WWE has just released the lineups for EVOLVE on Dec. 15th in Queens, NY and Dec. 16th in Deer Park, NY. Check out the article for several scoops! https://t.co/2vmU9xkUZ7
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TNA Wrestling founder Jeff Jarrett is now suing his former promotion and Anthem Sports & Entertainment for allegedly continuing to his new Global Force Wrestling promotion’s likeness on TV. Jarrett claims that Impact Wrestling’s Global Wrestling Entertainment streaming service uses a similar name and logo, and that the promotion still has the GFW Amped shows on the service as well. PWInsider has provided an update on the situation noting that Jarrett and Global Wrestling Entertainment filed a response on November 29th to Anthem’s motion to be excused from having the case under Tennessee law. Despite this, Jarrett remains persistent in his claims, and a jury trial for the case is now scheduled for June 30th, 2020.
WWE’s next pay-per-view, Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, will be taking place at the SAP Center in San Jose, California on December 26th. Several of the top titles will be on the line during the show, and it appears as if the company may be planning on ending the year with a number of title changes. Cageside Seats has just noted that multiple championships are now expected to change hands during the show. As of right now, the WWE Championship, SmackDown Tag Team Championships, Raw Women’s Championship, SmackDown Women’s Championship, and Intercontinental Championship will be defended during TLC. Expect to see the current landscape of titleholders change in the very near future.