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Brock Lesnar was the headliner for a WWE show in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday.
WWE Network's much-anticipated live special, "Beast in the East," took place Saturday morning in Tokyo.
Here were the results:
• Chris Jericho beat Neville by submission with the "Lion Tamer."
• Nikki Bella retains Divas title in a triple-threat match against Paige and Tamina by beating Tamina with a forearm.
• Brock Lesnar beat Kofi Kingston with an "F5" and attacks New Day after the match.
• Finn Balor beat Kevin Owens to win the NXT championship.
• John Cena and Dolph Ziggler beat Kane and Wade Barrett after Cena hits the "AA" on Barrett.
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Myself, Brad Harper and Matt Okarmus previewed the WWE's 'Beast in the East' event, and discussed issues concerning NXT and Tough Enough.
'Battleground' pay-per-view event in two weeks: WWE's "Battleground" pay-per-view event takes place July 19 in St. Louis.
John Cena defends the United States title vs. NXT champion Kevin Owens; Ryback defends the Intercontinental title against Big Show and The Miz in a triple threat match; and The Prime Time Players defend the tag team titles vs. The New Day.
The main event will be Seth Rollins defending the WWE world heavyweight championship against Brock Lesnar.
Also, Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt.
TNA news: Total Nonstop Action star Kurt Angle is taking time off to have surgery to remove a neck tumor.
But the surgery isn't considered to be major and he's expected to be back close to three weeks.
There's been a lot of turnover after TNA's "Slammiversary" pay-per-view event.
It was reported that James Storm and Magnus asked and received their releases from the company. They had a match against each other during the pay-per-view.
Magnus has signed with Jeff Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling promotion, which appears to have a working relationship with TNA.
Austin Aries' contract expired last weekend , and he has signed a deal with the Los Angeles-based talent agency, The Regime.
Former X Division champion Low Ki announced on June 25 on Twitter that he left the company.
There were rumors that Knockouts Awesome Kong and Taryn Terrell's contracts expired. But both have denied those rumors on Twitter.
Kong responded saying: "Contrary to rumors, @IMPACTWRESTLING and I will ring in the new year together & I'll 'deck the halls' of anyone who says otherwise #staying."
Terrell said, "Stop making up rumors Internet! I just started playing!! I'm not going ANYWHERE!! #thedollhouse."
Speaking of the Knockouts, TNA's "Knockouts Knockdown" pay-per-view special will air throughout the month. The event was taped on Feb. 14 in Orlando, Fla.
Here's the pay-per-view lineup:
• Cherry Bomb vs. Gail Kim
• Solo Darling vs. Havok
• Rosita vs. Angelina Love
• Su Yung vs. Taryn Terrell
• Mia Yim (Jade) vs. Brooke Tessmacher
• Alisha vs. Madison Rayne
• Andrea vs. Awesome Kong
• Knux, Crazzy Steve and Rebel vs. Jessie Godderz, Robbie E and Angelina Love
• 7 Knockouts Gauntlet Match to crown the Queen of the Knockouts
'Total Divas' season premiere Tuesday: The Bella Twins, Natalya, Eva Marie, Paige, Alicia Fox and Naomi are back for another season of "Total Divas," which begins at 8 p.m. Tuesday on E!
Cameron and Rosa Mendes aren't regular cast members this season.
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