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WWE News: Injured Superstar Gets One Step Closer To Ring Return

Published

5 years ago

December 4, 2018

Fandango is nearing closer to getting cleared for a ring return!

It’s no secret that the WWE’s Monday Night RAW roster has been hit hard with injuries in recent months and even more so, the last handful of weeks with the likes of Kevin Owens, Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, Alexa Bliss and others all being shelved with varying issues.

While it looks like Braun Strowman and possibly Alexa Bliss could be back sooner rather than later (see the latest on Alexa here), another injured WWE Superstar has flown under the radar a little with regards to updates on his status. If you remember, Fandango was forced to undergo surgery for a torn labrum back in July (see the story here) with the expectation he would be out of action for approximately six months. While we’re now at roughly five months out, we have an indication that his return to the red brand could be just around the corner.

According to PWInsider, Fandango has been down at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando for the last few days working out. Of course, if you’ve followed along with the general path for Superstars returning from an injury, getting back into shape at the Performance Center is always among the last steps before gaining clearance. It should be noted that there is no definitive timetable for Fandango’s return to television or the road at this time.

EA’s Take: If you’re a proponent of getting RAW’s Tag Team Division back on track, this is good news. Of course, that’s assuming WWE puts Fandango back with Tyler Breeze, which I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t. It’s not like Breeze is doing much of anything other than showing up at NXT. Remember how hot Breezango got with the Fashion Files? It’s borderline mind boggling to me that we didn’t see any of that on RAW since they were moved during the Superstar Shakeup. Regardless, if WWE can go back to giving us some of that on Monday nights, I think Breezango could get enough momentum to at least be players in a Tag Team Division that seemingly has none right now.

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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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