The first-ever women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic is coming to NXT.

On tonight’s New Year’s Evil episode of NXT, general manager William Regal announced that NXT will soon hold its first women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Regal said the decision was made after looking at the strength and depth of NXT’s women’s roster.

Further details — including when the tournament will begin — haven’t been revealed.

The men’s 2021 Dusty Classic will kick off with Undisputed Era (Adam Cole & Roderick Strong) vs. Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) and The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake) vs. Ever-Rise (Chase Parker & Matt Martel) taking place on NXT next Wednesday (January 13). Curt Stallion & August Grey, Killian Dain & Drake Maverick, Imperium (Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner), Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde), and Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory have also been announced for the tournament.

With the exception of 2017, the men’s Dusty Classic has been held annually since 2015. The tournament has been won by Finn Balor & Samoa Joe, The Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar), Undisputed Era’s Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, Aleister Black & Ricochet, and Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne.

– WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre noted in a Twitter Q&A prior to Monday’s RAW that he is injured and will be out of action for a couple of weeks. He did not specify the nature of the injury.

– Matches taped prior to RAW for this week’s Superstars include Damien Sandow vs. Alex Riley and Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Primo & Epico.

– WWE will be screening the new “CM Punk: Best in the World” documentary on October 7, 2012 (1-3PM) from The Portage Theatre in Chicago. CM Punk will be there to speak to the audience, as will several of the people who were interviewed for the DVD. Admission is free for the first 1,000 fans.

– Devon re-tweeted several messages from fans over the weekend encouraging him to return to WWE. When asked if he would return, he replied:

“where he [God] puts me is where im going to be”

As we reported on Monday, Devon also tweeted a picture of himself in the gym wearing a “RAW Is WAR” t-shirt, another sign that he could be headed back to WWE.

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The following is the updated card for Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam:

Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
Shawn Michaels in Triple H’s Corner

WWE Championship Match:
CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena vs. Big Show

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match:
The Miz (c) vs. Rey Mysterio

WWE Tag Team Championship Match:
Kofi Kingston and R-Truth (c) vs. The Prime Time Players

Daniel Bryan vs. Kane

Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler

There will also be a 30-minute online pre-show at Youtube.com and WWE.com featuring WWE United States Champion Santino Marella vs. Antonio Cesaro.

While it has not been announced yet, Damien Sandow vs. Brodus Clay is still expected to take place on Sunday.

WWE SummerSlam 2012 Results

Former WWE superstar John Bradshaw Layfield has a new blog up about talking about WWE’s “Top 50 All-Time Wrestling Villains” list. Here’s what JBL said:

“I have to say the top 50 greatest heel list by WWE is pretty far off. Forget JBL, I’m too biased to comment on myself, after all who else has had to have a police escort out of a town like I had in El Paso in 2004? That is real heat-and has any heel had any heat like that where folks were actually wanting to kill you since then, but I digress.

The biggest problem I have is with Gorgeous George being #9. I believe he was the greatest heel of all time, he inspired Muhammad Ali and James Brown-this was the guy who set the bar.

Nothing against my pal Hot Rod, I think Roddy was greatest heel of modern era. It is hard to compare eras, so how do you compare Hot Rod to the ‘Toast of the Coast’ The “Sensation of the Nation” the ‘Gorgeous One’. It’s impossible. So any list is arbitrary.

However, putting Gorgeous George #9 is insane. The 4 Horsemen were the greatest faction of all time, you have to have them at the top. There are so many great heels, omitting Bruiser Brody though? Really? Or Stan Hansen? Or William Regal?

Hollywood Hulk Hogan? Give me a break. Hogan was in the top 3 of biggest draws of all time, perhaps the biggest-depends on how you define the Stone Cold era. However, a heel? He wasnt a real heel he was a character. Greatest storyline of all time was the NWO and biggest match of all time was him versus Andre (that was ALL him, and he should get credit for that), but he was never a proper heel-he was still the Hulk, big difference.

Only two heels in the last 20 years needed police escorts out of towns, me and Sgt Slaughter. No one else.

Before that there were many. Hot Rod had heat like a nuclear bomb, he could be greatest heel ever-if the Gorgeous One isn’t and that is a close race.

In the 70s and 80s there were great heels and too many to mention here. Dick Murdoch, my first tag partner, was one of best heels of all time. To put some of these guys on the list and not Captain Redneck? Come on!

Any list is hard to justify, but I gotta say while this one has most of the top 50 in place I would argue the placing itself.”

SUMMERSLAM SPOILERS: Insider News On Who Will Win The Top Matches

The ROH Television Championship will be on the line as Dragon Lee defends against Rey Horus on ROH TV later this month.

On the latest episode of ROH Week By Week, it was announced that Lee vs. Horus for the ROH Television title will air on ROH TV in two weeks (the weekend of Saturday, January 16 and Sunday, January 17 on Sinclair stations and Monday, January 18 on ROH’s website). Lee has been ROH Television Champion since winning the title from Shane Taylor at Final Battle 2019.

For the first time since ROH resumed television production following their hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lee returned at last month’s Final Battle pay-per-view and retained the TV title against Tony Deppen. Deppen had won a four-way match earlier in the night to get the title shot.

Horus, Bandido & Flamita are the current ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions. They were supposed to defend their titles against Shane Taylor Promotions (Taylor & The Soldiers of Savagery) at Final Battle last month, but Bandido and Flamita were pulled from the show due to pre-travel COVID-19 testing. Horus instead defeated Dalton Castle in a singles match at Final Battle.

On the episode of ROH TV that’s premiering this coming weekend, ROH will revisit some of its best matches of 2020. That will include Jonathan Gresham vs. Tracy Williams in the Pure title tournament finals, Rush vs. PCO vs. Mark Haskins for the ROH World Championship from Gateway to Honor, and the battle royal from Free Enterprise. The most recent episode of ROH TV was a look at ROH during the pandemic, including Haskins vs. Jay Lethal and Bandido vs. Flip Gordon in empty arena matches that were taped in March and hadn’t aired until now.

Jim Ross recently spoke to WWE.com for the “WWE Classics” column about his experience doing commentary on WWE television with Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler.

JR says Vince McMahon lives and breathes WWE, which added an extra layer of depth to their commentary:

“Much like Bill Watts, the owner of Mid-South Wrestling and UWF who I broadcasted with a generation earlier, Vince knew exactly what he wanted to see and hear on the broadcasts that he created and produced. I cannot think of any occasion where I was ever better prepared for a broadcast than when working with McMahon. Traveling with the head honcho and talking the product 24/7 certainly kept one completely immersed in the moment and informed of WWE’s creative direction. When we went on the air, we were thoroughly prepared, ready to inform and entertain … or adlib on the fly if need be, especially when the chairman would call an audible.”

Two things Vince McMahon is known for are his work ethic and his disdain for sleep. JR says no matter how many hours Vince worked in a day, he was always ready to “turn it on” when the cameras began rolling and immerse everybody (even him and Jerry Lawler) in the world he created:

“One thing that I’ve always admired about Vince is his untiring work ethic and relentless pursuit of the brass ring. McMahon often said “that sleep is our enemy” and no matter how many hours we put in at work prior to going on the air, Vince was always ready to go over the top, become larger than life and fulfill his role as the voice of WWE.”

“Most fans don’t realize how challenging it is to broadcast live TV, especially in a hybrid genre such as WWE. Unlike the on-air talents in the NFL where they have producers figuratively joined at their hip, providing them with info and tidbits of data, we WWE announcers are responsible for getting ourselves ready for every broadcast. Luckily for me, Vince McMahon, who created the product, was my broadcast partner and I fed off of him. I traveled the same road as Vince in the creative sense.”

“Obviously, we had different styles and backgrounds, but, along with Lawler’s brilliance, that’s what helped make our three-man team special. Vince was an outstanding storyteller and he knew the direction that he wanted the product to take. “King” and I simply had to listen and emotionally invest while coming up with our own material to complement what McMahon established.”

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