Various: Ronda Rousey WWE Status, EVOLVE on WWE Partnership, NJPW G1 Climax

Ronda Rousey WWE Schedule Update

As noted before, Ronda Rousey reportedly will be taking a long break from her WWE career shortly after WrestleMania 35.

In an update to Rousey’s WWE schedule, Fightful’s Jeremy Lambert reported that Rousey is currently expected to start her break after the “night after WrestleMania” episode of WWE RAW in Brooklyn, New York on April 8th. At the moment, Rousey is currently not advertised for WWE’s International Superstar Shake-Up show, which takes place on the April 15th episode of WWE RAW in Montreal, Canada.

EVOLVE’s Gabe Sapolsky Comments on His Company’s Partnership with WWE

Sports Illustrated held a recent interview with EVOLVE founder Gabe Sapolsky and one of the topics discussed included the importance of EVOLVE’s partnership with WWE.

“We are thrilled to put Dream in those matches and feel it us a seamless replacement. One of the really cool things about NXT talent coming to EVOLVE is that EVOLVE can put on matches you never thought [was] possible. So we’ll make this special for our fans.

I’ll just say it: We wouldn’t be running EVOLVE shows right now if it wasn’t for the WWE support. I always say if your promotion isn’t adding something to the marketplace—if you are running just to have shows, but offer nothing different to the fans—then I don’t see the purpose in running. There’s no reason for the fans to support you. We needed the competitive advantage that WWE is giving us. They value the pipeline of talent from the independents. It’s a win-win relationship. I am extremely grateful that we are able to deliver these unique cards with an incredible mix of talent to the fans.”

NJPW G1 Climax 2019 Tournament

AXS TV announced that they will be airing the first night of NJPW’s G1 Climax 2019 tournament live on their network. NJPW will be holding the first night of this year’s tournament in Dallas, Texas on July 6th.

Unlike with their New Beginning USA 2019 tour, NJPW announced that all of the visas for their Japanese wrestlers scheduled to compete on the first night of this year’s G1 Climax tournament have been approved by the U.S. government.

“New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Japanese wrestlers have obtained their visas for the United States. We truly appreciate the understanding and support of our fans.”

NJPW also announced that tickets for G1 Climax Opening Day event in Dallas will go on sale on March 13th starting at 12PM CT. It was also announced that prices for this event range from $50 to as high as $300.