Matt Hardy - Bray Wyatt Continue Exchange, Wrestle Kingdom 11 On AXS TV, "Rock The Troops" Tonight

By Raj Giri

- Just a reminder that Dwayne Johnson's "Rock the Troops" airs tonight at 9 pm, ET/PT on Spike. The special features comedic performances, a superstar musical line up, heartfelt reunions and meaningful tributes to gold star families and veterans. The list of Hollywood heavyweights taking part include Kevin Hart, Matthew McConaughey, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Rob Riggle, Scott Eastwood, Terry Crews and surfing superstar Laird Hamilton. Musical performances include Nick Jonas, Flo Rida, Tenacious D, Katharine McPhee, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Aaron Lewis and Prince Royce along with a stand-up performance from Jeff Ross. George Clooney, Chris Pratt and Melissa McCarthy are featured in taped segments.

Bray Wyatt Comments On Wyatt Family - Final Deletion Controversy, Matt Hardy Issues A Challenge
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- As noted, Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt have been going back-and-forth on Twitter after Hardy extended an invite to the Wyatts to appear at Thursday's Total Non-Stop Deletion episode of Impact Wrestling. Matt Hardy responded to Wyatt's last tweet, you can check out the full exchange below:

- AXS TV announced today that NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 will air as a four-part TV event on AXS starting Friday, January 13th. They sent us this press release:

AXS TV PRESENTS NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING'S 'WRESTLE KINGDOM 11' IN A SPECIAL FOUR-PART EVENT STARTING JANUARY 13

AXS TV Also Announces NJPW Has Been Renewed for Over 50 Episodes in 2017 and Will Move to an Hour Earlier at 8pE/5pP on Friday Nights

LOS ANGELES ? Dec. 13, 2016 ? AXS TV today announced it will present NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING's biggest show of the year, WRESTLE KINGDOM 11, in a four-part TV event starting Friday, Jan. 13, the week after it takes place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. In addition to WRESTLE KINGDOM 11, AXS TV also renewed the popular weekly wrestling series for over 50 episodes in 2017 and it will premiere an hour earlier at 8pE/5pP.

AXS TV's acclaimed commentary duo, WWE Hall-of-Famer Jim Ross and former UFC Heavyweight Champion and NJPW veteran Josh Barnett, will call the action for WRESTLE KINGDOM 11. The first of four Friday night WRESTLE KINGDOM episodes kicks off Jan. 13 with WRESTLE KINGDOM 11's scheduled main event featuring four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada, who defends his championship against 2016 G1 Climax Tournament Champion Kenny Omega. The highly anticipated bout is the first meeting between Okada and Omega, who was a breakout star in 2016.

The second episode on Friday, Jan. 20 will feature the scheduled co-main event match between NJPW legend Hiroshi Tanahashi and IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito. The scheduled matches for the final two episodes from WRESTLE KINGDOM 11 will be announced at a later date.

"The response and critical acclaim for the NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING weekly series has exceeded our wildest expectations and we are looking forward to furthering our relationship in 2017," said AXS TV FIGHTS CEO Andrew Simon. "We appreciate that TV Asahi and New Japan Pro Wrestling are allowing us to broadcast WRESTLE KINGDOM 11 to their loyal fans in the United States just a week after the event in Japan. This is a huge step for our companies and we hope to offer more events in this timely format in the future."

"Wrestle Kingdom is a pro wrestling broadcaster's dream event," said Ross. "It's the Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl. The biggest NJPW stars in the most important bouts on the most lucrative card of the year where everyone brings their 'A' game in the Tokyo Dome!"

"Wrestle Kingdom is one of the greatest events in the world of professional wrestling year after year!" said Barnett. "The Tokyo Dome sets the stage for the biggest and best New Japan has to offer."

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