NXT TakeOver: WarGames Kickoff Panel Revealed
WWE announced that Charly Caruso, Sam Roberts, and Pat McAfee will be the panelists for the Kickoff show of tonight’s NXT TakeOver: WarGames event.
NXT TakeOver: WarGames airs live tonight on the WWE Network starting at 6:30PM EST for the Kickoff show and 7:00PM EST for the main show.
More on This Week’s Ratings for WWE Backstage
This past Tuesday’s episode of WWE Backstage drew 180,000 viewers on FS1, up from last week’s 100,000 viewers. This episode featured the official debut of CM Punk as a member of the show following last week’s teaser debut.
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the quarter-hour viewership breakdown for this week’s episode was 195,000 viewers for the start, 184,000 viewers for the second segment, 175,000 viewers for the third segment, and 165,000 viewers for the final segment.
Meltzer also speculated that if WWE Backstage manages to generate a weekly viewership average of around 125,000 going forward, FOX likely will consider the show a solid success overall given the network and time slot circumstances.
NJPW World Tag League 2019 Tournament Night 6 Results, Updated Standings
NJPW World Tag League 2019 tournament Night 6 quick match results:
- NJPW World Tag League 2019 match – Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls defeated Tencozy via pinfall (9:56)
- NJPW World Tag League 2019 match – EVIL & SANADA defeated Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata via pinfall (10:31)
- NJPW World Tag League 2019 match – Great Bash Heel defeated Toru Yano & Colt Cabana via pinfall (8:12)
- NJPW World Tag League 2019 match – KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi defeated Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi via pinfall (11:10)
- NJPW World Tag League 2019 match – FinJuice defeated Shingo Takagi & Terrible via pinfall (8:07)
- NJPW World Tag League 2019 match – Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare via pinfall (12:48)
- NJPW World Tag League 2019 match – Guerrillas of Destiny defeated Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer via pinfall (14:31)
Night 7 of World Tag League 2019 takes place this Sunday at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan.
Updated World Tag League 2019 tournament standings:
- FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) – 10 points (5-1)
- EVIL & SANADA – 8 points (4-0)
- Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI – 8 points (4-1)
- Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) – 6 points (3-1)
- Toru Yano & Colt Cabana – 6 points (3-2)
- KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi – 6 points (3-2)
- Tencozy (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) – 6 points (3-3)
- Jeff Cobb & Mikey Nicholls – 6 points (3-3)
- Great Bash Heel (Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma) – 6 points (3-3)
- Hirooki Goto & Karl Fredericks – 4 points (2-3)
- Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer – 4 points (2-3)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toa Henare – 4 points (2-4)
- Shingo Takagi & Terrible – 4 points (2-4)
- Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi – 4 points (2-4)
- Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens – 2 points (1-4)
- Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata – 2 points (1-5)