Various: WWE Reaction to Christian’s AEW Signing, New Japan Cup Night 6 Results, Indies

AEW

Mar 11, 2021

WWE Reportedly Was Disappointed Over Christian Joining AEW

This past Sunday’s AEW Revolution 2021 event featured the official debut of Christian Cage, formerly known as Christian in WWE, who was the hyped mystery new big “Hall of Fame worthy” signing for the company.

Fightful Select reported that the reaction within WWE over Cage’s signing with AEW was one of disappointment. It was reported that several sources spoken to stated that they were not sure Cage would go to AEW but guessed that being a likely possibility due to him not appearing on any WWE programming following this year’s Royal Rumble event. It was also reported that several high level sources stated that Cage not being referenced on WWE television “wasn’t a coincidence” and felt “let down” that Cage left. Those same high level sources also stated that the company should have done a better job to lock him into a new deal.

One WWE talent spoken to reportedly stated that if the move to AEW makes Cage happy, then they are happy for him and spoke highly of him.

In regards to AEW talent, it was reported that several had known beforehand that Cage was going to be the new mystery big signing for the company.

NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 Tournament Night 6 Results & Night 7 Card

March 11, 2021
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 Night 6 Quick Match Results:

Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI defeated Yota Tsuji & David Finlay via Lariat (pinfall 10:32)
Jado, Yujiro Takahashi, & Bad Luck Fale defeated Yuya Uemura, Tomoaki Honma, & Satoshi Kojima via Pimp Juice (pinfall 10:27)
SHO, Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, & Yuji Nagata defeated BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, & SANADA via Shock Arrow (pinfall 12:01)
Toa Henare, Juice Robinson, & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Chase Owens, KENTA, & Jay White via Texas Clover Hold (submission 13:18)
New Japan Cup 2021 tournament Second Round match – Toru Yano defeated Great-O-Khan via NU Roll-up (pinfall 13:02)
New Japan Cup 2021 tournament Second Round match – EVIL defeated Jeff Cobb via Everything is Evil (pinfall 23:08)

Here is the full card for Night 7 of NJPW’s New Japan Cup 2021 tournament, which takes place on March 13th at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan. Night 7 airs live on New Japan World starting at 4:00AM EST.

Gabriel Kidd, Yota Tsuji, & David Finlay vs. Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, & YOSHI-HASHI
DOUKI, Taichi, & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, & Will Ospreay
SHO, Kazuchika Okada, & Yugi Nagata vs. BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, & SANADA
Toa Henare, Juice Robinson, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale, EVIL, & Jay White
New Japan Cup 2021 tournament Second Round match – Minoru Suzuki vs. KENTA
New Japan Cup 2021 tournament Second Round match – Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

The National Wrestling Alliance announced that Jordan Clearwater will be making an appearance at their Back for the Attack event on March 21st.

The XFL announced on Twitter that they are currently in talks with the Canadian Football League (CFL) in regards to a potential working partnership between both leagues.

Tuesday’s debut episode of Dark Side of the Ring: Confidential drew 79,000 viewers, a 0.03 key demographic rating, and a #133 ranking on VICE, according to ShowBuzz Daily. This episode focused on the life and death of Gino Hernandez from Season 1 of Dark Side of the Ring.

As noted before, Joey Ryan recently issued an official statement that mentioned he was dropping most of his defamation lawsuits. Ryan announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he will also be dropping his lawsuit against former ROH wrestler Pelle Primeau.

Major League Wrestling announced a new match for the card of their MLW Never Say Never event on March 31st:

MLW World Heavyweight Championship – Calvin Tankman vs. Jacob Fatu (c)