Below are some top TNA & WWE news stories of the day.
• Former WWE NXT Cruiserweight Champion KUSHIDA has signed with IMPACT Wrestling / TNA.
Here’s what he said about his decision during an interview on the Battleground podcast:
“One of the reasons I chose TNA is because of my good friends Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin. These two influenced my life. We’re all signed to same company — I can’t believe it. I’m so excited for next year.”
BREAKING: KUSHIDA signs with TNA Wrestling! pic.twitter.com/9JYC3IIGrl
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) December 13, 2023
• According to PWInsider, CM Punk is back at the WWE Performance Center today, training & holding court with NXT talents. There was a massive genuine excitement at the PC yesterday when Punk surprised everyone by showing up & spending the day with talents.
• CM Punk has been added to the December 26th WWE Live Event at Madison Square Garden. He will face Dominik Mysterio at this event as well.
• After his health scare in 2021, Triple H said in an interview that he almost died and now understands that family matters the most.
During an interview on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast, Randy Orton revealed that Triple H has changed rules backstage in WWE and wrestlers can now get days off when they need to attend to family matters.
In an update on this, Fightful Select reported the following:
“WWE talent will have a full week off in most cases ahead of Christmas, as there are no events scheduled between December 19 and December 25.”
The December 22nd episode of SmackDown will be taped after this Friday’s episode. The December 25th episode of RAW will be a “Best of 2023” edition.
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