Dolph Ziggler confused audiences when he won the United States Championship at the Clash of Champions pay-per-view only to surrender the title just two days later. He disappeared from television for a while before returning as the 30th entrant during the men’s Royal Rumble match. He still has yet to return to Smackdown, but that is about to change. During Tuesday’s edition of the show, WWE confirmed that Ziggler will be returning to the ring during next week’s episode of Smackdown. Ziggler will be facing Baron Corbin in his first match back on the blue brand. Get ready to see the former World Heavyweight Champion “showing off” in the ring once again very soon.

HE’S BAAAAAACCCCCCKKKK! @HEELZiggler returns to action against @BaronCorbinWWE NEXT WEEK on #SDLive! pic.twitter.com/b1ORMpdtQP
— WWE (@WWE) February 7, 2018

Jason Jordan is reportedly dealing with a very serious neck injury and WWE recently confirmed that he has undergone surgery for his injury. It is unclear how long Jordan may be out of action for at the moment, but Seth Rollins has already found himself a new tag team partner. Despite the alliance on Raw this past Monday night, Rollins’ new partner is not Roman Reigns. Instead, PWInsider reports that Rollins will be teaming up with Finn Balor on upcoming live events. They will be competing for the Raw Tag Team Championships in matches against Sheamus and Cesaro. There is currently no word on whether or not this partnership is expected to be seen on television.

Even though it had been rumored for months, fans were still surprised when Vince McMahon announced that the XFL would be returning in 2020. McMahon confirmed that the XFL is a completely separate entity from WWE, and the football league is being put together by his Alpha Entertainment company. While we still have months to go before the first game takes place, PWInsider has learned that Alpha Entertainment recently filed trademarks for the new XFL logo and the Alpha Entertainment logo. The report also spotted the headquarters for McMahon’s new business located in Stamford, Connecticut. Feel free to check out the location of Alpha Entertainment here.

Following his apparent retirement from in-ring competition, last night’s episode of SmackDown featured a tribute to The Undertaker.

The lineup for the episode was also changed after it was confirmed earlier this week that multiple people in WWE have tested positive for COVID-19. Jeff Hardy vs. Baron Corbin was the new main event, with it being set up by Corbin insulting The Undertaker and being attacked by Hardy.

After losing in the main event, Corbin attacked Hardy. The New Day, Braun Strowman, and Matt Riddle then laid Corbin out. Hardy paid tribute to The Undertaker by doing an Undertaker pose in the ring to close the show.

New Day & The Lucha House Party also took on The Miz, John Morrison, Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro in an eight-man tag match last night.

Nikki Cross won a fatal four-way number one contender’s match and will challenge for Bayley’s SmackDown Women’s Championship at Extreme Rules. WWE has also announced that Universal Champion Strowman will face off with Bray Wyatt in a non-title Wyatt Swamp Fight at the pay-per-view.

More coverage from last night —
Velveteen Dream involved in car accident, released from hospital
WWE 205 Live results: Isaiah ‘Swerve’ Scott vs. Tony Nese
Non-title Wyatt Swamp Fight set for WWE Extreme Rules
SmackDown Women’s title match added to WWE Extreme Rules
Double contract signing announced for WWE Raw
WWE SmackDown live results: Tribute to The Undertaker
WWE SmackDown video highlights —

A video package looks at The Undertaker’s legendary career

A look at The Undertaker’s debut from Survivor Series 1990

John Cena and Roman Reigns reflect on The Undertaker’s legacy

Boneyard Match: The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles from WrestleMania 36

Ric Flair, Edge, and more recall memorable Undertaker moments

Baron Corbin insults The Undertaker, gets attacked by Jeff Hardy 

Steve Austin, Triple H, and more detail The Undertaker’s impact

Fatal four-way number one contender’s match: Bliss vs. Cross vs. Brooke vs. Evans

The New Day & Lucha House Party vs. Miz, John Morrison, Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro

Braun Strowman challenges Bray Wyatt to face him in the swamp

Jeff Hardy vs. Baron Corbin

The New Day, Braun Strowman, and Matt Riddle lay out Baron Corbin

SmackDown fallout: Alexa Bliss supports Nikki Cross after her win

SmackDown fallout: Lacey Evans vows that things are going to change

Fastlane had been set to feature a Triple Threat Match for the main event as AJ Styles defended his WWE Championship against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. However, that match was altered a bit during Smackdown from last night. After being attacked before a singles match before a singles match against each other, Dolph Ziggler and Baron Corbin were respectively put in matches against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. Since both Ziggler and Corbin were able to win their matches, they have been added to the Triple Threat Match, thus making the Fastlane main event a Fatal 5-Way match now. Styles now defends his title against four other men at Fastlane on March 11th.

And just like that, the odds are even MORE stacked against @AJStylesOrg! #SDLive #WWEFastlane @HEELZiggler @BaronCorbinWWE @SamiZayn @FightOwensFight pic.twitter.com/H6DNCpzaVh
— WWE (@WWE) February 14, 2018

Raw Superstar Curt Hawkins may currently be dealing with a losing streak of over 150 matches, but at least he has gotten a win in the past. Though her wrestling career is still very brief at the moment, Smackdown star Lana has not been able to win a match ever since she stepped into the ring. That all changed tonight during the most recent edition of the Mixed Match Challenge when she pinned Bayley to earn herself and her husband Rusev a spot in the second round of the tournament. Indeed, this is Lana’s first win in her career and she celebrated with her husband as Bayley and Elias were eliminated from the tournament. The announcers even declared that last night officially marked ‘Lana Day.’

Impact Wrestling has lost a ton of stars lately such as EC3 and Bobby Lashley, and the women’s division just took a major hit due to the departure of Laurel Van Ness. Recent addition Su Yung has been a real boost for the division thus far, and Impact may have their sights set on another top female performer right now. During an appearance on Konnan’s Keepin’ it 100 podcast, backstage Impact producer Gail Kim mentioned that Japanese sensation Io Shirai is currently on Impact’s radar. Shirai has been praised for her work in the Stardom promotion in Japan. She had previously been in talks to sign with WWE, but the company reportedly did not sign her due to an injury discovered in her medical tests.

WWE has responded to reports that fans were allowed to attend last night during Monday’s television taping, but were discouraged from wearing masks.

The company issued the following response:

Fans have not been in attendance at WWE events since March 13. Yesterday, a select number of friends and family were permitted to attend WWE’s TV production.

These individuals were required to participate in medical screenings prior to entering the closed set at our training facility, and were kept apart from in-ring performers and production personnel. Attendance was below 20% capacity and social distancing guidelines were adhered to with at least six feet between parties, thus face masks were not required.

Despite WWE’s statement, there was a segment on Raw last night that had The Street Profits come out and do their entrance, entering the crowd and dancing with members of the audience.

Jon Alba of Spectrum Sports 360 in Florida also reported that those he spoke to who attended the tapings said they didn’t feel pressured to not wear masks.

“The fans I spoke to told me they never felt pressured by #WWE not to wear a mask for TV purposes or any other reason,” he wrote on Twitter. “They confirmed temperature checks, and signed waivers as well. One noted they were in a group that had masks on them, and chose not to wear when taping started.”

WWE postponed their tapings that were scheduled for today due to a developmental wrestler testing positive for COVID-19. Everyone participating in recent tapings is expected to be tested today, with taping planned to resume on Wednesday.

Both Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer reported last night that masks were not allowed at the television taping. They go into detail on the subject in the Wrestling Observer Radio clip below:

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WWE’s house show tour of Japan that was scheduled for this summer has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The three-day tour was set to take place in early July and was supposed to include a show in Osaka and two shows in Yokohama. “Unfortunately, we will not be holding the ‘WWE Live Japan’ scheduled for July 2nd (Thursday) Edion Arena Osaka and July 3rd (Friday) and 4th (Saturday) Yokohama Arena this year,” WWE announced on their Japanese website.

“Tickets will be refunded from June 8th (Monday) 10:00 to July 12th (Sunday) 23:59.”

These would have been WWE’s first events in Japan since their two house shows in Tokyo last June. Those shows featured Triple H’s most recent in-ring appearances. On night one, he teamed with AJ Styles, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson against Samoa Joe, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley & Baron Corbin. Triple H & Shinsuke Nakamura then faced Joe & Robert Roode on night two.

NJPW, which hasn’t held a show since February due to the pandemic, is holding a press conference on Monday night regarding future events.

1906 

– Frank Gotch defeated Tom Jenkins to regain the American Heavyweight Championship 

1947

St. Joseph, Missouri:
– M.W.A. Title: Orville Brown beat Vic Christy 2 falls to 1 to retain the title
– Bobby Bruns drew Sockeye Jack McDonald 
– Dan O’Connor beat Michele Leone 
– Cal Rees drew Jack Page

1961 

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Wilbur Snyder & Leo Nomellini defeated Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kinisky to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship
– Tiny Mills beat Tony Baillargeon

1963

Kansas City, Kansas:
– World Tag Team Champions The Medics defeated Steve Bolus & Steve Kovacs 
– United States Heavyweight Champion Bob Geigel defeated Joe Scarpello

1967

Duluth, Minnesota:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Harley Race & Larry Hennig beat Verne Gagne & The Crusher via DQ
– Blackjack Lanza went to a draw with Bob Geigel
– Johnny Powers beat Reggie Parks

1978 

Omaha, Nebraska:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Blackjack Lanza & Bob Orton Jr
– Rufus R Jones beat Ray Stevens by DQ when Pat Patterson interfered
– Super Destroyer Mark II beat Steve Olsonoski via pin
– Pat Patterson drew Evan Johnson

1980 

Hasma, Japan:
– Kuniaki Kobayashi defeated George Takano 
– Kengo Kimura pinned Makoto Arakawa
– Ryuma Go pinned Haruka Eigen
– Kantaro Hoshino pinned Osaumu Kido
– Williem Ruska & Riki Choshu defeated Bad News Allen & Tito Santana 
– Strong Kobayashi pinned Chavo Guerrero
– Andre the Giant defeated Seiji Sakaguchi via countout
– WWF World Champion Bob Backlund & Tatsumi Fujinami fought Dusty Rhodes & Stan Hansen to a no contest 
– Antonio Inoki defeated Hulk Hogan via disqualification

1981 

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher via DQ
– Jerry Blackwell beat Baron Von Raschke 
– Bobo Brazil beat Paul Christy
– Spike Huber drew Johnny Valiant
– Brad Rheingans beat Ray Stevens via DQ
– Sheik Adnan Al Kassie beat Bobby Bold Eagle
– Tito Santana defeated Big John Studd

1985 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Larry Zbyszko
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig  
– Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell
– Butch Reed beat Baron Von Raschke by countout
– The Crusher beat Rick Renslow
– Steve Regal beat Buck Zumhofe
– Larry Zbyszko beat Ron Ritchie

1986

Norfolk, Virginia:
– Hector Guerrero defeated Mark Fleming
– Denny Brown fought Steve Regal to a draw
– NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Black Bart defeated Sam Houston
– Nelson Royal defeated Thunderfoot
– Ron Garvin defeated Leo Burke (sub. for an injured National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard) 
– NWA US Champion Magnum TA & the Road Warriors defeated Baron Von Raschke, Ivan & Nikita Koloff
– Ricky Morton fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a no contest

1988 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Robert Fuller beat Jeff Jarrett by countout
– Brickhouse Brown beat Max Pain via forfeit for CWA title 
– AWA Tag Team Champions Badd Company Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond beat Bob Holly & Pat Rose
– Cuban Assassins no contest Billy Travis & Scott Steiner
– Tommy Gilbert & Doug Gilbert beat Don Harris & Ron Harris
– Tommy Gilbert beat Paul Diamond
– Jeff Jarrett beat Doug Gilbert
– Robert Fuller beat Billy Travis
– Max Payne ddq Scott Steiner

1991

Waterloo, Iowa:
– Big Josh pinned the Cuban Assassin
– Ricky Morton & Dustin Rhodes defeated Black Bart & Moondog Rex 
– Black Blood pinned Sam Houston
– Ron Simmons defeated Stan Hansen via disqualification
– El Gigante defeated the One Man Gang via disqualification 
– Fantasia, WCW Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin defeated Tommy Rich, Tracey Smothers & Steve Armstrong 
– WCW US Champion Lex Luger pinned Nikita Koloff with an inside cradle

1992

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Steve Austin defeated Barry Windham for the WCW Television Title 

1993

WCW Slamboree: Atlanta, Georgia:
– 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell defeated Bobby Eaton & Chris Benoit 
– Sid Vicious defeated Van Hammer 
– Dick Murdoch, Don Muraco & Jimmy Snuka vs. Wahoo McDaniel, Blackjack Mulligan & Jim Brunzell ended in a no-contest 
– Thunderbolt Patterson & Brad Armstrong (subbing for Bob Armstrong) defeated Ivan Koloff & Baron Von Raschke
– Dory Funk, Jr. (with Gene Kiniski in his corner) vs. Nick Bockwinkel (with Verne Gagne in his corner) went to a 15-minute draw
– Rick Rude & Paul Orndorff defeated Dustin Rhodes & Kensuke Sasaki
– Sting defeated The Prisoner (Nailz)
– Lou Thesz, Mr. Wrestling II, Verne Gagne and Eddie Graham (posthumously) were inducted into the WCW Hall Of Fame
– WCW World Tag Team Champions Brian Pillman & Steve Austin defeated Dos Hombres (Tom Zenk & Ricky Steamboat) in cage match 
– NWA World Champion Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson
– Davey Boy Smith defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader via disqualification

1996

Sapporo, Japan:
– Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama defeated Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue for the All Japan Tag Titles

1999

– Owen Hart passed away at 34 years old when his entrance from the ceiling at Over the Edge 1999 went wrong

2010

WWE Over the Limit: Detroit, Michigan:
– Montel Vontavious Porter defeated Chavo Guerrero
– Kofi Kingston defeated Drew McIntyre to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship
– R-Truth defeated Ted DiBiase (with Virgil)
– Rey Mysterio defeated CM Punk in a Straight Edge Society pledge vs. Hair match
– The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd) (with Natalya) defeated Chris Jericho and The Miz to retain the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
– Edge vs. Randy Orton ended in a double countout
– Big Show defeated Jack Swagger by disqualification, Swagger retained the World Heavyweight Championship
– Eve Torres defeated Maryse to retain the WWE Divas Championship
– John Cena defeated Batista in an I Quit match to retain the WWE Championship

2017

NJPW Super Juniors Tournament: Tochigi, Japan:
– Marty Scurll beat Taka Michinoku
– Will Ospreay pinned Jushin Liger
– Hiromu Takahashi pinned Taichi
– Dragon Lee pinned Ricochet