Various: Stevie Ray on Hall of Fame Induction, Rusev Ties Record, New Japan Cup, Indies

Stevie Ray Comments on Harlem Heat’s WWE Hall of Fame Induction

Stevie Ray reflected on Twitter about being inducted alongside his brother, Booker T, as a member of this year’s WWE Hall of Fame class.

I appreciate all the support from the fans. Very humbling day. #WWEHallOfFame

— Stevie Ray (@RealStevieRay) March 11, 2019

Rusev Ties Infamous WWE All-Time PPV Record

Rusev tied an all-time record for the most consecutive pay-per-view losses in WWE history, according to ESPN.

ESPN reported that following Rusev’s tag team match loss at last Sunday’s WWE Fastlane event, he tied The Great Khali for the most losses in a row at WWE PPV events at 17.

Rusev's loss on the WWE Fastlane kickoff show was his 17th straight PPV loss. According to ESPN Stats and Info, that ties the Great Khali for the longest PPV losing streak in WWE history.

— Andrew Feldman (@AFeldmanESPN) March 10, 2019

Rusev commented afterwards on Twitter about him sharing this infamous honor with The Great Khali.

Knowing how things are they probably won’t even let me be number 1!!! https://t.co/t050b7QqVS

— All Might Big Rüs (@RusevBUL) March 11, 2019

NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 Tournament Night 4 Results & Night 5 Card

NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 tournament Night 4 quick match results:

• New Japan Cup 2019 First Round match – Toru Yano defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr. via pinfall (4:33)
• New Japan Cup 2019 First Round match – Colt Cabana defeated Togi Makabe via pinfall (7:47)
• New Japan Cup 2019 First Round match – Minoru Suzuki defeated Satoshi Kojima via pinfall (13:44)
• New Japan Cup 2019 First Round match – Sanada defeated Hirooki Goto via pinfall (20:47)

Here is the partial card for Night 5 of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2019 tournament, which takes place this Wednesday at the ZIP Arena Okayama in Okayama, Japan. Night 5 will air live on New Japan World starting at 6:00AM ET.

• New Japan Cup 2019 Second Round match – YOSHI-HASHI vs. Chase Owens
• New Japan Cup 2019 Second Round match – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Taichi

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Lucky Kid defeated WALTER in the finals of this year’s 16 Carat Gold tournament for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). This year’s tournament took place from March 9 to March 11 in Oberhausen, Germany.

Revolution Pro Wrestling announced a new match for the card of their April 5th Live In NY event in New York City, New York:
– Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) vs. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)

WrestleCon announced a new match for the card of their April 4th Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow event in New York City, New York:
– Dragon Lee vs. Cavernario