Vince McMahon Comments on SmackDown’s 1000th Episode Celebrations
Vince McMahon reflected on Twitter about the celebrations held for last night’s historic SmackDown 1000 episode.
Getting to 1,000 episodes is only possible if you have an entire universe behind you. Thank you, #WWE Universe, for celebrating #SD1000 with us. Here’s to 1,000 more. pic.twitter.com/fVI5B0jTWn
— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) October 17, 2018
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2018 Night 2 Results and Standings
NJPW Super Jr. Tag League 2018 tournament Night 2 quick match results:
- Super Jr. Tag League 2018 match – Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Soberano Jr. & Volador Jr. via pinfall.
- Super Jr. Tag League 2018 match – Robbie Eagles & Taiji Ishimori defeated ACH & Ryusuke Taguchi via pinfall.
- Super Jr. Tag League 2018 match – Shingo Takagi & BUSHI defeated Chris Sabin & KUSHIDA via pinfall.
- Super Jr. Tag League 2018 match – Roppongi 3K defeated El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru via pinfall.
Updated standings:
1) Taiji Ishimori & Robbie Eagles – 4 points (2-0).
2) BUSHI & Shingo Takagi – 4 points (2-0).
3) Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) – 2 points (1-1).
4) El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru – 2 points (1-1).
5) Tiger Mask & Jushin Thunder Liger – 2 points (1-1).
6) Volador Jr. & Soberano Jr. – 2 points (1-1).
7) KUSHIDA & Chris Sabin – 0 points (0-2).
8) ACH & Ryusuke Taguchi – 0 points (0-2).
NJPW will be holding Night 3 of this year’s on-going tournament on November 19th in Hiroshima, Japan.
Misc. Wrestling News & Notes
ROH announced three more competitors for this year’s Survival of the Fittest 2018 tournament on November 4th. They are Beer City Bruiser, Silas Young, and Luchasaurus. They join Tracy Williams, Marty Scurll, Andrew Everett, Jonathan Gresham, Flip Gordon, Colin Delaney, PJ Black, and Hangman Page for those confirmed so far for the tournament.
PROGRESS Wrestling announced that Ilja Dragunov will be making an appearance for the company at their November 11th Chapter 78 event in Manchester, England.
The National Wrestling Alliance released a new episode of their Ten Pounds of Gold series on YouTube featuring the final buildup to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship match at the NWA 70th Anniversary event in Nashville, Tennessee on October 21st.