WWE Announces Final 8 For UK Tournament – While the WWE tries to pretend this tournament will be as eventful as last years, they revealed the final eight men in the #1 Contender Tournament for the UK Championship. Those names are current Champion of Progress, Travis Banks, Flash Morgan Webster, Jordan Devlin, Tucker, Drew Gulak, Ashton Smith, James Drake, and Tyson T-Bone.
The Young Bucks Reveal Why They Won’t Go to WWE – The Young Bucks talked to Chris Jericho recently about why they opted to pass on going to the WWE, and to be frank; it makes all the sense in the world to avoid going there.
If we left right now [for WWE], it would be kind of dumb of us because they couldn’t pay us what we’re making right now, not with the schedule we’re on too. There’s no way. Of course they could [afford the pay]! Do you know what I mean? I just don’t think they would!
I’m so used to being in charge of everything. Our entire business, we run this thing together. Like, I’m on my phone all day. My wife’s helping me do it too, but we do this independently, so it would be so hard for me to just give all that up, to go, ‘here you go! Here are the keys to the car.
Historically, tag teams aren’t the main feature there, so I mean, would you say The Hardy Boyz were the last big [WWE tag team]? Yes, so it’s like, ‘well, do you want to put in 10 years there to get to the point of where the Hardys were?’ We have a lot of weighing options, but like [Jericho] said, if you get there, you make top dollar and you can’t make money like that doing what we’re doing.
Best of the Super Juniors Results – This morning in Tokyo, Japan the Best of the Super Juniors tournament began, and featured a major upset. Tiger Mask defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru, ACH defeated Flip Gordon, YOH defeated BUSHI and in a huge upset, Taiji Ishimori defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion Will Osprey. The tournament is not single elimination, and each win is weighted by points. Winners get two points for a win, and the two with the most points at the end of the competition face off in a winner-take-all match.
Quick Hits – Former WWE jobber Tom Magee was involved in a dispute over a parking spot in front of his house, which resulted in several men assaulting him. He’s since been released from the hospital and is back home resting. WWE has revealed that Randy Orton has undergone surgery to repair medial meniscus tear in his left knee. NWA World Champion Nick Aldis will appear for ROH Wrestling at their Honor United: Edinburgh show, tagging with a mystery partner against the Young Bucks.