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It was recently reported that NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa may be dealing with a neck injury. Ciampa has already been pulled from some of his upcoming appearances, and unfortunately, he has just been removed from another event. The Adventureland store in Blackwood, New Jersey has removed both Ciampa and Ricochet from their planned appearance at the store this Sunday. Although Ciampa is out injured right now, Ricochet is still good to go. This has led some to assume that Ricochet will be competing at Fastlane this Sunday. If Ricochet does wrestle on the pay-per-view, the most likely match that would involved him would be he and Aleister Black teaming to face Chad Gable & Bobby Roode and The Revival in a Triple Threat tag team match for the Raw Tag Team Championships.
Legendary professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino passed away nearly one year ago. Sammartino was perhaps the biggest star of his era while he was the reigning champion of the WWWF, and he was recognized with a WWE Hall of Fame induction back in 2013. Sammartino likely had plenty of interesting stories about the business, which he documented in his autobiography in the 1980s. Fortunately, PWInsider has reported that Sammartino’s book has just been re-released. “Bruno” has been revised and expanded with additional stories, comments, and content, while also removing elements that kept kayfabe alive. The book was pushed back following Sammartino’s death last year. Those interested in giving it a read can click here.
Following WWE’s announcement that there will be an open challenge from R-Truth for his United States Championship tonight, the company has decided to announce an additional segment that will be taking place during tonight’s episode of the series. Recent main roster call-ups Ricochet and Aleister Black will be teaming up to take on former SmackDown Tag Team Champions Sheamus & Cesaro during tonight’s broadcast. Meanwhile, The Miz will be facing Jey Uso before they compete in a tag team match during WWE’s Fastlane pay-per-view this weekend. Tonight’s show will serve as the go-home edition of SmackDown before Fastlane, so it could turn out to be a rather eventful show.
EXCLUSIVE: @KaylaBraxtonWWE has some news regarding a HUGE #RAW #TagTeamTitles match at #WWEFastlane!
But before it all goes down, @WWEAleister & @KingRicochet will square off against @WWECesaro & @WWESheamus TONIGHT on #SDLive… pic.twitter.com/vnKZCLfvUZ
— WWE (@WWE) March 5, 2019