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WWE NXT TO AIR 500th EPISODE, LAWLER STEPPING INTO THUNDERDOME CAGE, ABYSS IN NY THIS WEEKEND, DUTT ENTERING CZW HALL OF FAME & MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2019-02-07 09:59:00

WWE NXT will air their 500th episode on Wednesday 4/10.  If they go by their usual pattern, that will feature the matches taped at the Barclays Center prior to the 4/6 NXT Takeover: New York event.  Adam Cole vs. Ricochet will headline next week's WWE NXT.  Johnny Gargano vs The Velveteen Dream will headline the following week.

Next week's NXT UK will feature the first of three episodes taped at the Royal Rumble AXXESS event, including Mia Yim vs. Jinny.

Add Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler and Hurricane Helms to those appearing at Starrcade II this May.

Corery Graves responded to Pat McAfee's announcement that he has signed with WWE:

Sonjay Dutt will be inducted into the CZW Hall of Fame this Saturday 2/9 in Voorhees, NJ.  CZW was the first promotion that really booked and pushed Dutt regularly in the early 2000s.

Abyss will be wrestling this Saturday at the Full Faith Wrestling fundraising event at the NYWC Sportatorium in Deer Park, Long Island:

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler vs. Matt Riviera in a Thunderdome Steel Cage match will headline the 2/16 USA Championship Wrestling event in Jackson, TN.  Lawler has been on the promotion's weekly TV building to the bout:

Dolph Ziggler will be performing stand-up as part of his comedy tour on 2/28 in Poughkeepsie, NY at the Mahoney's Irish Pub & Steakhouse.

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