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WWE Rumors: New Report Says Braun Strowman Unlikely To Be Cleared For TLC

Published

5 years ago

December 13, 2018

A new report states Braun Strowman likely won’t be cleared for TLC!

Only three short days remain until the WWE closes the book on its 2018 pay-per-view schedule with TLC from the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

For weeks now, one of the event’s key matches has been the source of much speculation, as Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match has seemed to be in jeopardy since ‘The Monster Among Men’ underwent surgery for bone chips in his arm just over two weeks ago.

With so much on the line in that match (if Braun wins, he faces Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at Royal Rumble, but if Corbin wins, he becomes the permanent General Manager of RAW), we heard that WWE had a backup plan if Strowman wouldn’t be able to compete, but that obviously hasn’t played out on television.

Today, it was reported that Braun would be in the building for TLC on Sunday, but another report today indicates he might not be there to compete. According to the WrestleVotes Twitter account, Strowman is not likely to get cleared and has even been replaced by John Cena at Live Events:

Back to news: I’m hearing Braun Strowman is still not likely to compete Sunday at TLC. So much so, that on the holiday tours, John Cena will wrestle in his place. Strowman will still appear at the holiday tour shows, just won’t work. So I can’t see him working a TLC match.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 13, 2018

EA’s Take: So here’s the deal for me: Generally speaking, WrestleVotes has some pretty solid stuff. By generally speaking I mean, I can’t recall them being incorrect many times, if ever. However, there’s been so many different things said regarding Braun’s TLC status that at this point I think we all just need to wait and see what happens, regardless of the information source. I think WWE’s playing this right up until the last possible second because if there’s a chance Braun can compete even for 5 minutes, he will be in there. Hell, they could still have the match and book it in a manner that he doesn’t even need full clearance. Here’s the other thing too; Cena literally just spoke about how he can’t wrestle while shooting a movie and he’s got one coming up between Rumble and WrestleMania. Sooo…is he even allowed to wrestle or what? Like I said, wait and see.

What do you think happens with Braun Strowman’s match at TLC? Let us know on social media @theCHAIRSHOTcom and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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

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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!

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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!