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The Streak Lives!
With everyone praising Asuka’s 1,678 match or something unbeaten run, another, possibly
even more impressive accomplishment has gone unnoticed: Curt Hawkins’ almost 200 consecutive
losses, which he went one match closer to over the weekend:
“Getting very close to 200.
The Streak: 0-189.
Sorry #WWEBuffalo, I tried.”
But the Star Maker has an ingenious plan to turn his fortunes around: become Braun Strowman’s
tag team partner at WrestleMania 34.
Hawkins started campaigning to become the mystery reveal over the weekend, by tweeting
his new profile picture ‘PICK ME BRAUN’ Curt wants those hands… for a tag.
Hall Of Fame Inductions Revealed While Hawkins’ losing run is inarguably
the most famous streak in wrestling history, a close second is Goldberg’s WCW unbeaten
run in the 90s.
It’s just one of the many reasons Bill is headlining this year’s Hall of Fame class,
and now WWE have revealed the person who’ll be inducting him: his Brock Lesnar feud nemesis
from last year’s WrestleMania Paul Heyman.
Several other inductors have also been announced, with Molly Holly inducting her Right To Censor
foe Ivory, and we’ll be getting two-thirds of a TLC reunion with Edge and Christian awesomely
inducting the Dudley Boyz.
Injured WWE Stars Returning Soon Looking ahead to after WrestleMania, two previously
injured wrestlers appear to be gearing up for their returns.
Firstly, after he was reportedly backstage at last week’s Raw, PWInsider is reporting
Big Cass is telling people he’s now been medically cleared to return.
Cass was put out with an ACL tear last August at the worst possible time - right in the
middle of his first main roster singles push, off the back of turning heel on his longtime
tag partner Enzo Amore.
It’s similarly looking good for Jason Jordan, who also found himself out with injury during
the largest singles push of his career - being tag team champions with Seth Rollins and seemingly
set to start a feud with his kayfabe dad Kurt Angle.
After undergoing neck surgery back in February, the Wrestling Observer are reporting he’s
expected to return in time for WWE’s European tour in May.
AJ Styles Injury Update In more positive injury news, after not wrestling
at any house shows last week because of an undisclosed injury, AJ Styles returned to
action during Saturday’s SmackDown house show in New Jersey - teaming with all three
members of the New Day in an eight man tag against Rusev, Aiden English, Chad Gable and
Shelton Benjamin.
Styles picked up the win with a Phenomenal Forearm on English.
New Japan US Expansion Plans But the biggest wrestling show of the weekend
was undoubtedly New Japan’s Strong Style Evolved event - with its huge Golden Loves
vs The Young Bucks headlining match.
And during that show, New Japan announced the next step in their US expansion - they
will be returning to California with a G1 Special on Saturday 7th July, but this time
in San Francisco’s Cow Palace.
The Cow Palace is one of the most famous wrestling venues in the States, hosting Roy Shire’s
Big Time Wrestling through the 60s and 70s, and WWE’s brilliant No Way Out 2004 pay-per-view,
where Eddie Guerrero won his first WWE Championship.
And that’s not all...
Exclusive: New Japan Running First UK Shows!
...as WrestleTalk can exclusively reveal - that’s right, we’ve got exclusive news now - that
the week before New Japan will be running their first ever UK shows, in Milton Keynes
Arena on June 30th and the Altrincham Arena, Greater Manchester on July 1st.
Presale tickets will be available this Thursday and Friday to subscribers of UK partner Revolution
Pro Wrestling’s mailing list (use the link below to sign up for that), and tickets go
on general sale at NJPWuk.com (link below as well) from next Monday.
With WrestleMania 34 just two weeks away, what about WrestleMania 3?
Watch Wrestling With Wregret’s review of the Andre the Giant vs Hulk Hogan headlined
show by clicking the video to the left!
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