It’s been a few hours since we announced the upcoming return of WWE in Italy, this time not for a live event but for WWE Friday Night SmackDown. The news has sparked enthusiasm among fans who are looking forward to this event that will be held again in Bologna, but which was mainly set in the middle of Road to WrestleMania.
Of course the landing of WWE will not only concern Italy, but is planned a European tour that will last for more than two weeks. The possibilities to see WWE also abroad are many. At the moment it is not yet known when the pre-sales will begin and how much the tickets will cost. We will keep you updated at least as far as the Italian stage is concerned.
Some will be "only" of the Live Events, but also different tapings. Let’s see the schedule:
Friday, March 14: WWE SmackDown in Barcelona, Spain
Saturday, 15 March: Live Event in Dortmund, Germany
Sunday 16 March: Live Event in Dortmund, Germany
Monday 17 March: WWE Raw in Brussels, Belgium
Friday, March 21: WWE SmackDown in Bologna, Italy
Saturday 22 March: Live Event in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sunday 23 March: Live Event in Nottingham, England
Monday 24 March: WWE Raw in Glasgow, Scotland
Friday, March 28: WWE SmackDown in London, England
Saturday 29 March: Live Event in Vienna, Austria
Sunday 30 March: Live Event in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Monday 31 March: WWE Raw in London, England
WWE Monday Night Raw: report
Brief summary of what happened in the episode of WWE Monday Night Raw on 4/11/2024 at the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
-The show opens with Liv Morgan.
The Women’s World Champion says that her "revenge tour" ended with Rhea Ripley injured. To interrupt the champion, Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair think about it, but Liv tries to make him understand that they are not on the same page. Adam Pearce announces a Battle Royal for Liv’s next challenge.
Women’s Battle Royal: (#1 Contender for the Women’s World Championship)
Winner: IYO SKY
- The new WWE Women’s champion eliminated for last Lyra Valkyria.
Tag Team Match:
War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) beat The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
Single match:
Dragon Lee (with LWO) beats Chad Gable (with American Made)
Fatal 4 Way Match: (#1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship)
Damian Priest beats Seth "Freakin" Rollins, Sheamus and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio
- During the match, Bronson Reed cost Rollins the victory of the contest.
Update on Rhea Ripley
On the occasion of the last episode of WWE NXT, Rhea Ripley showed up to meet another Australian wrestler who has just arrived in WWE: Zaria. And if for the moment it seemed a positive visit, shortly after the Mami was attacked in the parking lot of the Performance Center by Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. Some hours later, WWE announced that he reported an injury: "It was revealed that The Nightmare suffered a right orbital cavity fracture, which will put Ripley out of action for an unspecified period of time."
In the later hours, it became clear that this angle served to cover a real injury, with PWInsider and the Wrestling Observer that they reported that indeed the wrestler has returned that exact injury to that part of the body when in the episode of October 21, 2024 Raw he did a Headbutt on Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez.
In a recent talk by Dave Meltzer in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the journalist gave an update on the consequences of such injury for the Arab PLE card, writing: "The show was changed due to an injury of Rhea Ripley. Ripley suffered a fractured right orbital bone that will put her out of action and ended up delaying the planned single match with Raquel Rodriguez, who was confirmed to be on this show.
While everything was going smoothly we saw the NXT referees running in the parking lot while Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio were heading in the opposite direction: Rhea Ripley was left on the ground next to her car with her face covered in blood. On Wednesday, October 30, WWE released an official statement to announce that Rhea Ripley has suffered a fracture to the cheekbone. Very often these accidents, if announced directly by the company, turn out to be part of a storyline... Yet this does not seem to be the case.
Although not certain, it seems that the Four-Way Women’s Tag Team Title Match was used as a replacement since it is the only match on the show’s card that wasn’t scheduled before Rhea Ripley’s injury." The match will definitely be made and the rivalry between The Eradicator and Big Mami Cool will continue until probably the Australian won’t get back the belt from Liv Morgan, but it will take longer than expected.