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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Tuesday, August 17, 2021.

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(STINGER: WWE)

Just days before TakeOver 36 on Sunday...NXT is rolling out a pair of title matches on tonight’s show.

Kushida defends his cruiserweight championship against Roderick Strong.

Plus, MSK put the NXT Tag Titles on the line against Imperium’s Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner.

Also tonight, the second semifinal match in the NXT Breakout Tournament: Duke Hudson vs. Carmelo Hayes.

RKBro is BACK! And they’ll challenge AJ Styles & Omos for the Raw Tag Titles at SummerSlam.

Riddle rescued Orton from a beating at the hands of Omos. Orton declared he respects Riddle and the two shook hands.

Earlier, Styles pinned Riddle with the Styles Clash.

Also added to SummerSlam, Alexa Bliss vs. Eva Marie.

Drew McIntyre beat Veer & Shanky in a 2-on-1 match, pinning Shanky with a Claymore. That means Veer & Shanky will be banned from ringside for McIntyre’s match against Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam.

Rhea Ripley pinned Raw Women’s Champion Nikki ASH with the Riptide in a non-title match. After the match, Nikki went after Charlotte Flair, who was sitting in on commentary.

That led to a tag team main event, where Charlotte & Nia Jax beat Nikki & Rhea. Charlotte pinned Rhea.

Damian Priest pinned The Miz with a Brogue Kick - right in front of United States Champion Sheamus, who was on commentary at the time. John Morrison walked out on Miz during the match. Earlier, he learned Miz had been medically cleared for WEEKS before he finally got out his wheelchair last Monday.

Mansoor got an outside assist from Mustafa Ali and pinned Mace.

NXT Champion Karrion Kross quickly submitted Jeff Hardy with the Kross Jacket in a non-title match.

Survivor Series is set for Sunday, November 21st at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

(STINGER: AEW)

Tonight’s AEW Dark has a big 8-Man Tag - Jurassic Express and the Varsity Blonds teaming up against The Wingmen.

Also tonight, the ELITE HUNTER Frankie Kazarian vs. Brandon Cutler...Matt Hardy vs. Wheeler Yuta.

Some notable names will make their AEW debuts. Lee Moriarty goes up against Dante Martin...and Masha Slamovich faces Penelope Ford.

Plus, Kiera Hogan gets another look against Kris Statlander. Hogan made her AEW debut on last night’s Elevation...with a loss to Hikaru Shida.

Also on last night’s show...Diamante pinned Julia Hart after she misdirected the referee, pulled a chain out of a corner pad and then hit Julia with it. Diamante continued to beatdown after the match until Big Swole ran in for the rescue.

Joey Janela used a handful of tights to roll up and pin Alan “5” Angels...and the Lucha Brothers beat The Hybrid2.

New names announced for the NWA’s Empowerrr pay per view on August 28th.

The AEW tandem of Red Velvet & KiLynn King will be in the NWA Women’s Tag Team Title tournament.

Plus, Thunder Kitty will be in the Invitational Cup battle royale.

(STINGER: ROH)

On this past weekend’s Ring Of Honor TV...Max The Impaler beat Hollidead in a first-round match in the women’s title tournament.

Also, Flip Gordon pinned Homicide to win a 10-Man “All-Stars vs. Champions” Tag Team main event.

(STINGER: New Japan)

COVID-19 concerns are leading to more changes for New Japan.

This all started over the weekend, when IWGP World Heavyweight Champ Shingo Takagi and BUSHI were found to have fevers.

The results of PCR tests still aren’t back. So, Shingo and BUSHI are off of Tuesday’s show...along with Testsuya Naito, SANADA, Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo and Gedo.

The winner of New Japan’s Super Junior Tag League will be decided on Tuesday’s show.

First, Junior Heavyweight Champ Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask face Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. Eagles & Tiger Mask are still alive in the tournament but they need to win and get some help.

The main event has the Junior Tag Champs Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru. If the Bullet Club tandem wins they take the tournament. If Despy & Kanemaru win, we could have a three-way tiebreaker to sort out.

Getting back to Togo & Gedo, their absence from Monday’s show means they’ll miss their final Super Junior Tag League match. Their opponents, Roppongi 3K, dissolved as a team. So, New Japan is declaring the match a double forfeit - with neither team receiving any points.

The breakup of Roppongi 3K was a violent one. SHO hung YOH out to dry during their match Monday against Despy & Kanemaru. YOH eventually succumbed to the numbers. After the match, SHO made his intentions clear and attacked YOH.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Tuesday, August 17. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

I’m Matt Carlins. Thank YOU for listening.

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