Various: Scott Dawson on Tag Title Win, WWE Hall of Fame Update, Ibushi Signs w/ NJPW

Scott Dawson Comments on The Revival Winning the RAW Tag Team Championship

Scott Dawson reflected on Twitter about The Revival’s victory over Bobby Roode and Chad Gable for the RAW Tag Team Championship during last night’s episode of RAW.


WWE’s Hall of Fame 2019 Class Update

As noted before, WWE reportedly will be inducting the original Hart Foundation as one of the members for this year’s Hall of Fame class. The original Hart Foundation was comprised of Bret Hart, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, and Jimmy Hart.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that WWE is currently planning to begin officially announcing members for this year’s class after this Sunday’s Elimination Chamber event and the first announcement could be made as early as next week’s episode of RAW.


Kota Ibushi Signs With NJPW

Kota Ibushi reportedly has recently signed a two-year contract with NJPW, according to a recent episode of The Super J-Cast podcast. Ibushi made a surprise appearance at yesterday’s NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka event and announced that he was staying in the company for the foreseeable future.

Dave Meltzer also noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that his NJPW contract is exclusive, meaning he won’t be able to wrestle for AEW unless NJPW and AEW form a working partnership with each other in the future.


ROH

ROH announced a new match for the card of their March 15th ROH 17th Anniversary Show in Las Vegas, Nevada:
ROH World Championship – Jay Lethal (c) vs. Matt Taven