Various: WWE Smackville Update, Big Show Documentary, G1 Climax Night 7 Results, Indies

WWE Smackville Update

A new match and official run time for WWE’s Smackville event on July 27th in Nashville, Tennessee were recently announced by the host venue and WWE.

A recent local advertisement posted at the host venue’s website, Bridgestone Arena, revealed a new match listed for this Saturday’s event:
– SmackDown Women’s Championship Triple Threat match – Bayley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss (with Nikki Cross)

The venue’s website also listed that a SmackDown Tag Team Championship match will also take place but did not reveal the challengers for The New Day’s belts.

WWE Network currently has the event listed to run for one hour in length.


WWE Network Airing a New Documentary on Big Show This Saturday

WWE announced that a new documentary featuring the Big Show will be airing on the WWE Network following the end of this Saturday’s Smackville event.

The documentary is titled Rebuilding Big Show and has a run time of one hour.

Official synopsis:

“Join Big Show as he reflects on his 25-year career in sports-entertainment while he recovers from a serious surgery and rehabilitation.”


NJPW G1 Climax 2019 Night 7 Results

NJPW G1 Climax 2019 tournament Night 7 quick match results:

  • G1 Climax 2019 match – Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Bad Luck Fale via count out (6:30)
  • G1 Climax 2019 match – Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Lance Archer via pinfall (11:58)
  • G1 Climax 2019 match – KENTA defeated EVIL via pinfall (15:03)
  • G1 Climax 2019 match – Kota Ibushi defeated SANADA via pinfall (19:14)
  • G1 Climax 2019 match – Kazuchika Okada defeated Will Ospreay via pinfall (21:56)

NJPW’s G1 Climax 2019 tournament will be going on a four day rest break ad will resume on July 24th with Night 8 at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima, Japan.


Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

AXS TV announced that the second season of Women of Wrestling’s weekly TV show will debut on their network on September 7th.

Ring of Honor announced that this year’s Honor United tour of the United Kingdom will be taking place from October 25-27. The October 25th event will take place in London, England, the October 26th event will take place in Newport, Wales, and the October 27th event will take place in Bolton, England.

Turner network executives reportedly were in attendance at last weekend’s AEW Fight for the Fallen event, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dave Meltzer reported that Turner executives were very impressed with the size of the event’s crowd and how over AEW talent was to the live audience throughout the show. Meltzer also reported that while FITE.TV buys and B/R Live viewership numbers were down compared to Fyter Fest, B/R Live executives were still very pleased with the amount of new subscribers generated from last weekend’s event, reportedly to have been around 18,000.

Destiny World Wrestling announced a new match for the card of their ICONS 2 event on August 9th in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada:
– Sami Callihan & oVe (Jake & Dave Crist) vs. SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, & Scorpio Sky)