Jim Ross has posted on Twitter that his daughter Amanda sent him some knives for Christmas. Unfortunately, while he unpacked them, he accidentally stabbed himself in the stomach! Click below to reveal the graphic photo Jim shared. Thankfully he confirmed he is OK, but it certainly looks like he was fortunate considering how sharp the blades obviously are.

Ryback legally changed his name to that of his wrestling character when he left WWE so he could continue to be known by Ryback. He had wanted to get the trademark as well, but WWE has now re-filled for it.

Talking to Chris Van Vliet, he said:

“WWE re-filed for the Ryback trademark on the final day before I was set to get it, which I had to pay to get my trademark filed for it, and they re-filed on the final day, and my attorney notified me.”

“Then I had a phone call with him, and he notified me that it’s gonna cost anywhere between $45,000 and $60,000 to cancel out their trademark on it and it’ll take anywhere from 12 to 18 months, and I’m probably going to get it, but I actually sent them a message I think I sent Mark Carrano a message, nothing mean, just like, ‘I wish you guys would cancel this, drop this on your own. I will be very upset if you don’t drop this on your own.’ I’m going to be really f*cking upset.”

So given he has asked WWE to drop this on their own, it probably won’t help his cause to then post the below photo on his Instagram, which obviously is teasing going to AEW.

Following on from Paige, The Miz, Randy Orton, and Lana, all recently signing new contracts. WWE has secured the services of Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Dana Brooke, Angelo Dawkins, Montez Ford, and Oney Lorcan.

It’s understood all of these contracts are for significant increases in pay, with Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, and Dana Brooke all having agreed 5-year deals.

Oney Lorcan was an interesting re-signing, as he had requested his release, but obviously, whatever issues he had were resolved.

It’s believed the reason WWE is doing so much to re-sign talent to longer deals is because of the threat from AEW, who have shown they have the financial clout to recruit WWE talent, which does bother WWE.

Earlier this evening, both of The Young Bucks deleted their Twitter accounts. Nick didn’t comment beforehand, but Matt posted the below:

The accounts are now gone.

From asking around, it seems The Young Bucks will soon have a Twitter presence as a combined account, run by someone else. It isn’t known why this decision has been made, but it’s likely due to all the bitterness and drama that comes with being on Twitter and the Vincels who constantly harass them.

Back in October, we reported that AAA star Jesus Alfonso Huerta Escoboza, who is the second La Parka, suffered head and neck injuries. They were so severe that at one point they were considered life threating.

The video below (recorded by Roberto Figueroa) shows him cracking his head on the barricade and then the floor. He was rushed to a local hospital where he has only recently been able to leave.

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A few days later, his son, who wrestles as Karis La Momia Jr, would tell reporters:

“Thank God he is very well, he is recovering. Day by day, he is trying to move on, just today in the morning he started talking and breathing on his own, he was in intensive care, and he is going to intermediate therapy.”

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We now understand that despite the injury occurring at an at a Kaoz Lucha Libre independent show, that AAA is looking after him. He is recovering in Monterrey in a house that that AAA owns. On top of that, AAA has covered all of his medical costs, estimated to currently be $157,000.

Here is hoping that La Parka continues to make progress towards a full recovery.

Last week’s Wednesday Night Wars ended up as a tie with both shows having exactly 778,000 average viewers. But this week, NXT had a comfortable victory.

AEW Dynamite ended up decreasing from 778,000 average viewers to 683,000 viewers, and NXT increased from 778,000 average viewers to 795,000 viewers.

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AEW featured Chris Jericho and Jungle Boy going to a 10-minute draw, Cross Rhodes and Darby Allin defeated The Butcher and The Blade, and SCU retaining their AEW tag titles over The Young Bucks.

NXT had Rhea Ripley defeating Shayna Baszler to win the NXT Women’s Championship and NXT Champion Adam Cole beating Finn Balor to retain the title.

There is no AEW Dynamite next week due to Christmas, and NXT has been taped, so the war resumes in 2020.

Speculation has been widespread since Edge hit Elias with a spear at this past SummerSlam that a return to the ring could be possible.

It has now been confirmed that Edge has signed a new contract with WWE, which reportedly has a decent upside. It isn’t a Legends deal, so it would seem he will be wrestling again. When and where is not known, neither is how regular his schedule will be, although common sense would say it would be part-time at best.

It should be noted that Edge has been denying claims he will be wrestling again, and that is likely, so his return is a surprise and gets the reaction it rightly deserves.

On one of his final E & C’s Pod of Awesomeness podcasts, he discussed his neck injury:

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I think in terms of my neck there’s a lot of miseducation. When I first found out with my retirement speech, I said what I knew at that point. I’ve since learned a lot more. I’m a highly physical person. I fell off a mountain bike a few weeks ago. They don’t give me a stunt double.

To be perfectly honest, I think I could do a match tomorrow … I might be blown up, but I’d be okay.

So it looks like we will be able to watch Edge’s triumphant return to the ring in 2020, and if it comes at WrestleMania 36, it will have been after a 9-year layoff.

AEW was in Corpus Christi, Texas last night, so what better way to pay tribute to one of Texas’ favorite sons, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin than with some Stunners while drinking White Claws?!

After Dynamite and Dark were finished, Shawn Spears was the victim taking Stunners from Joey Janela, Cody Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, Nick Jackson, Aubrey Edwards, and the coup de grâce coming from AEW president Tony Khan.

Thanks to @MjfScarf, you can watch Khan’s Stunner below.

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Fans on Twitter weren’t overly happy with Spears selling for Khan, but it was off-air and bit of fun to send the crowd home happy. We are a long way from him putting the title on himself, and to be fair it was a decent Stunner.

Back in October, we reported that Ric Flair had been cleared to get physical at Crown Jewel. For those who watched the show, you’ll know that didn’t happen with just as many fans disappointed as those relieved.

It turns out that the reason it didn’t happen was because Vince McMahon wouldn’t allow it. Flair would tell Wrestling Inc:

“I got cleared medically to do something in Saudi, and then Vince nixed it. If I would have fed Roman in that huge comeback he made, or tapped Hogan, that would have been the coup de gras. You just wanna give them everything they paid for and sometimes if you’re not physically involved, you feel like you’re not giving everything you had if you’re not physical.”

Given the circumstances, it was surprising Flair was medically cleared anyway, and given Vince’s decision, it is likely Flair has probably taken his last bump, which might be for the best.

It was the night after a PPV, but despite that, Raw set a record low for a non-holiday episode with 2.05 million viewers. The previous low was 2.06 million viewers back in November.

The show featured a Lashley proposing to Lana, a Gauntlet Match for a U.S. Title shot that ended in a no-contest, and Randy Orton beating AJ Styles.

Raw hasn’t been must-see TV for a long time, and that was meant to change when Paul Heyman was made Executive Director. Unfortunately, it’s been a case of meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

It’s very likely that with next week’s episode being taped and going against the Vikings vs. Packers game, we could see a further decrease.

It seems WWE isn’t over Jon Moxley leaving them for AEW, because on the Debuts of the Decade video they’ve uploaded to YouTube, they’ve taken the time to remove the Dean Ambrose name from The Shield’s debut.

We’ve double-checked, and he is still named on the original Survivor Series 2012 show available on the WWE Network, so this was done just for the YouTube video. It’ll be interesting to see if this becomes a regular occurrence. Seemingly it looks like WWE isn’t happy with someone leaving on their own terms for a change.

It looks like the potential legal issue we reported on yesterday has been averted because Jorge Arias has changed his wrestling name to Cinta de Oro, which means “Gold Ribbon.”

The original Cinta de Oro was Sergio Aguirre and was involved in training Arias. Sin Cara had been wearing a gold ribbon on his mask previously to honor Aguirre, who passed away in 2016. The below photo shows the sons of Aguirre given their father’s mask to Arias, allowing his name to live on.

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Interestingly though, and thanks to @LuchaBlog for providing this information. Arias applied to trademark Cinta de Oro in 2018, and it has not yet been approved. Now a woman on Facebook called María Zárate is threatening legal action claiming ownership of the name Cinta de Oro since 2016.

We’ll have to wait and see if there is anything to this.