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WWE News: Becky Lynch Not Fully Cleared Just Yet

Published

5 years ago

December 6, 2018

Why have we yet to see Becky Lynch back in action?

It’s now been just over three weeks since the last time the WWE Universe saw SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch in any kind of physical action on-screen, taking the now infamous punch to the chops from Nia Jax back on November 12th that caused a broken nose and concussion.

Of course, ‘The Man’ had to be replaced in her scheduled match against RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey at Survivor Series (rewind back to Survivor Series with Mitchell’s Live Report), but has not missed much screen time on SmackDown Live. Now, we’re just over a week away from TLC, where Becky is set to defend her title in the first-ever Women’s Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match against Asuka and Charlotte Flair, but she still has yet to compete.

While there has been talk that Asuka was inserted into the match to offer a little more protection for Becky and that still could certainly be the case, as of right now ‘The Lass Kicker’ is not cleared to return to the ring according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. It’s being said that Becky is cleared of her concussion, but not the broken nose. Meanwhile, we know that Lynch has since had one match, which was this past week at the WWE Tribute To The Troops taping where she teamed with Charlotte Flair. However, it’s not known exactly how much Becky was able to do during the match as details or spoilers on the show have been very scarce (see when the show will air here).

Currently, it does not appear that the TLC match is in any jeopardy and the expectation is that Becky will be cleared by the time December 16th comes.

EA’s Take: This is just WWE being very cautious, which we knew they were going to be, much like they have been with Alexa Bliss. There’s been so many injuries lately and Becky’s been red hot, so they’re taking it easy and justifiably so. I think Asuka probably was added to the match to help out, but I also think that was just one reason and there’s still a good chance she walks away champion.

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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.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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!

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!