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WWE Rumors: WWE Reporting Kane Suffered Broken Ankle At Extreme Rules

Published

6 years ago

July 15, 2018

At tonight’s Extreme Rules, we saw the reunited tandem of Kane and Daniel Bryan, Team Hell No, get their shot at The Bludgeon Brothers’ SmackDown Tag Team Championships after weeks of buildup. Of course, The Bludgeon Brothers got themselves involved last month in a Gauntlet Match to determine the number one contender to the WWE Championship, costing Bryan his opportunity and leaving him easy pickings for The Miz.

The champions essential “bullying” of The Leader of the Yes Movement would then see the surprise return of his old tag team partner Kane to even the odds and the pair would earn their chance for the SmackDown Tag Titles by defeating The Usos in their first match back together.

It didn’t play out how Team Hell No expected tonight however, as The Bludgeon Brothers attacked them early on in the night and severely damaged Kane’s leg. This would force Bryan to compete alone against the champions, putting up a solid fight before the numbers became too much for him. ‘The Devil’s Favorite Demon’ would finally make his way to the ring sporting a walking boot, but in the end the damage had already been done and The Bludgeon Brothers retained.

WWE has since provided an update on Kane, claiming that he has suffered a broken angle as a result of tonight’s attack:

At WWE Extreme Rules, Kane suffered an injury at the hands of The Bludgeon Brothers. Despite returning to action to help his Team Hell No tag team partner Daniel Bryan, X-rays taken on The Devil’s Favorite Demon later revealed that he has suffered a broken ankle.

Check back with WWE.com for more details as they become available.

PWInsider is now reporting that the backstage angle was done because Kane is legitimately injured and was seen in the walking boot earlier in the day.

EA’s Take: Of course, this is all storyline it feels like. It has to be right? We all knew the Team Hell No reunion was going to be short-lived due to Kane’s political career and nothing against ‘The Big Red Monster’, but Bryan’s got better things to do now that he’s reportedly signed a new two-year contract (read about that here). So this was just a way to kill two birds with one stone, giving The Bludgeon Brothers the win and writing Kane off of television in one swoop. This injury seems to have popped up rather quickly and with no previous word of it, so I feel like I have to at least question it.

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AEW Coverage

Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW Coverage

AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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