WWE: TakeOver Watch Along, Referee “Injury” Update, Japan Tour Cancelled

WWE Announces NXT TakeOver: In Your House Watch Along Show

WWE announced that a new Watch Along show will be airing on WWE’s YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch accounts during tonight’s NXT TakeOver: In Your House event.

Announced to be appearing throughout the show are Natalya, Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, and Renee Young.

Official press release:

Gear up for NXT TakeOver: In Your House with a full day of programming on WWE’s digital platforms!

First, catch a special edition of WWE’s The Bump on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. ET on WWE Network, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Twitch. Guests include WWE Hall of Famers Shawn Michaels and Sean Waltman, NXT play-by-play man Mauro Ranallo, as well as NXT North American Champion Keith Lee and Mia Yim before their massive TakeOver matches.

Stick around for a live stream of Best of WWE: NXT’s Most Defining TakeOver Matches, featuring a marathon of unforgettable classics that includes a showdown between Sasha Banks and Bayley for the NXT Women’s Title from TakeOver: Brooklyn, Finn Bálor’s NXT Championship clash with Samoa Joe at TakeOver: London, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa colliding in a Street Fight at TakeOver: Chicago II and more.

Later that night, the WWE Universe can take in NXT TakeOver: In Your House with Natalya, Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Renee Young and more on WWE Watch Along, streaming live on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Twitch.

Finally, catch an exclusive interview with Triple H on Facebook Live immediately following NXT TakeOver: In Your House. You won’t want to miss what The Game has to say after what promises to be an action-packed night.

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SmackDown Referee Injury Update

During the Lacey Evans and Sonya Deville match on Friday’s SmackDown, WWE referee Danilo Anfibio appeared to suffer a leg injury following a ref bump spot. Anfibio was unable to continue and was replaced by WWE referee Jessika Carr following a commercial break.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Anfibio’s injury was not legit and was just a storyline injury in order to create a way to lead into the match’s commercial break spot.

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WWE Announces Cancellation of This Year’s Tour of Japan

WWE recently announced that their scheduled tour of Japan during this summer has been cancelled due to coronavirus-related issues.

This three-day tour was originally scheduled to take place from July 2-4 in Osaka and Yokohama, Japan.

The company announced that refunds for tickets will be made available from June 8th to July 12th for those who request one.

Official press release:

Unfortunately, we will not be holding the ‘WWE Live Japan’ scheduled for July 2nd (Thursday) Edion Arena Osaka and July 3rd (Friday) and 4th (Saturday) Yokohama Arena this year.

Tickets will be refunded from June 8th (Monday) 10:00 to July 12th (Sunday) 23:59.