WWE: Kurt Angle on WWE Dropping the Ball with Baron Corbin After His Retirement Match & Corbin Responds, WWE Announces 12/17 NXT Show for Lowell, More News

Nov 13, 2024

Kurt Angle Comment son Baron Corbin’s WWE Release & WWE Dropping the Ball with Corbin After His Retirement Match, Corbin Responds

WrestleZone held a recent interview with WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle. One of the topics discussed included Angle’s thoughts about Baron Corbin’s release from WWE earlier this month and his belief that WWE dropped the ball on Corbin following his retirement match.

“Baron, I think he’s underrated. I think it kinda sucks — they started utilizing him the way they should have, they had him beat me, which I was okay with, it was my last match and obviously you’re gonna lose your last match when you retire. Baron, after that, he ended up winning King Of The Ring and then nothing else happened with him. It’s a little disappointing to know that he beat a legend at WrestleMania in the legend’s last match and they didn’t really do much with him after that. For me, it makes me feel like I did that for nothing.”

Following the release of the interview, Corbin responded to Angle’s comments on Twitter stating:

“To be fair, that’s one of the reasons I wish I had become world champ! It would paid honor to what Kurt did for me. I will forever appreciate it and wish I could have done more to make it worth it for him.”

To be fair, that’s one of the reasons I wish I had become world champ! It would paid honor to what Kurt did for me. I will forever appreciate it and wish I could have done more to make it worth it for him. https://t.co/9OVJkUsHNm
— Tom (@TomPestock) November 13, 2024

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

WWE to Hold Dec. 17th NXT Show in Lowell, MA

WWE recently announced that the December 17th episode of WWE NXT will be taking place at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts.

It was also announced that tickets for this upcoming event will officially go on sale starting on November 20th.

Official press release:

NXT takes place Tuesday, December 17 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts
November 13, 2024 – WWE today announced NXT will head to Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, December 17. This marks NXT’s return to Lowell for the first time since Battleground was held in May 2023. The episode will air live on The CW starting at 8 p.m. ET.
Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, November 20 at 10am ET/7am PT via www.lowellauditorium.com. Fans can purchase tickets during an exclusive pre-sale by visiting www.lowellauditorium.com and using the code NXTLIVE starting Tuesday, November 19 at 10am ET/7am PT until 11:59pm ET / 8:59am PT.
In November 2023, WWE and The CW announced a five-year agreement to bring NXT to broadcast television for the first time in its 13-year history. NXT joins a growing roster of live sports on The CW including ACC football and basketball games Pac-12 football and LIV Golf. The CW is also home to the Emmy®-award winning weekly studio series “Inside the NFL” and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The network will soon offer more than 500 hours of sports programming year-round.

WWE News & Notes

Wednesday’s WWE Speed show on Twitter featured Dragon Lee defeating Akira Tozawa in the Finals of WWE’s newest #1 Contender’s tournament for the WWE Speed Championship. Lee will be facing off against Andrade for the WWE Speed Championship at next week’s episode of WWE Speed on November 20th.

WWE recently announced that CM Punk will be making an appearance at their WWE Live Holiday Tour 2024 event on December 26th at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

WWE also recently announced that this Thursday’s episode of Trivia Pursuit on The CW network will be featuring NXT talents Trick Williams, Lola Vice, Wes Lee, and Roxanne Perez as the guest contestants.

WWE recently released a new behind-the-scenes video of their NXT show on November 6th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

WWE will be holding a double set of WWE SmackDown tapings on Friday, November 22nd in Salt Lake City, Utah. The reason for the double set of tapings is due to WWE officials giving their talent and staff the Thanksgiving weekend off as a break.

WWE recently released five new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was a WWE Championship Triple Threat match of Jon Cena vs. Ryback vs. CM Punk (c). The second new video was a “Rey Mysterio reflects on Dominik Mysterio getting into the ring: WWE Chronicle.” The third new video was a “35 minutes of classic Survivor Series team promos.” The fourth new video was an Eight-Man Elimination match of The Rock, Shane McMahon, Kane, & Test vs. D-Generation X (Triple H, X-Pac, Billy Gunn, & The Road Dogg) on the November 11, 1999 episode of WWE SmackDown. The fifth new video was a WWE Cruiserweight Championship match of Nunzio vs. Juventud Guerrera (c) from a WWE Road to Survivor Series Tour 2025 event in Rome, Italy.

Tamina has been absent from WWE programming since their Royal Rumble 2023 event in January of 2023. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources stated that Tamina is still under a contract with WWE. Sapp reported that those spoken to stated that the reason for Tamina’s lengthy absence is simply due to WWE officials have not had any creative plans for her. Sapp reported that Tamina’s name is currently not listed in any internal talent roster list.

In a recent interview with the Gorilla Position podcast, Tiffany Stratton gave her thoughts about her current cash-in plans for her Women’s Money In The Bank briefcase. Stratton stated “Oh my goodness, you guys, I’m never gonna tell you when I’m gonna cash in. You guys need to stop asking me. It’s gonna be a surprise, it’s gonna be epic. It’s up in the air, so you’ll have to tune in and watch and see what happens.” Strattong also gave her thoughts about the potential of her cashing in at WWE’s RAW premiere show on Netflix. Stratton stated “I don’t know. Maybe I’ll cash in there. Maybe I won’t even have a match. Maybe I’ll just cash in and become champion on the premiere. You’ll have to wait and see.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gave his thoughts about his return to WWE earlier this year and competing at WrestleMania XL. Johnson stated “I had such a great time. Cody and Seth and Roman, it was just wild. I grew up in that world of pro wrestling. There’s nothing like when that music hits and the crowd goes crazy. [Fallon said it feels like The Rock is home when he’s performing]. That’s a good way to put it. I grew up in the world of pro wrestling, and I followed the careers of my grandfather and my dad. My grandfather and my dad used to wrestle up here at [Madison Square Garden] in the ‘70s, and here I come along, not trying to screw anything up with their legacy. Then all of a sudden, the business has grown into what it’s grown into. TKO now owns WWE, and I have the honor of sitting on the board of TKO. What a full-circle moment. It’s crazy. I started with seven bucks, and now… [Fallon said it’s not], now it’s not seven bucks [laughs].” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)