Published: May 27, 2021, 4 a.m.

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I\\u2019m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Thursday, May 27, 2021.

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A special welcome to those of you listening on TheWrestlingRevolution.com. If you want to bring our updates to your website...email us: desk@justprowrestlingnews.com.

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(STINGER: WWE)

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The new lead announcer on Raw is MMA broadcaster Jimmy Smith. He\\u2019s not entirely new to WWE. Smith has done some work with NXT in the past.

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He\\u2019ll replace Adnan Virk, who parted ways with WWE this week.

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WWE announced three new dates and cities for its return to live touring this summer:

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SmackDown will be at Cleveland\\u2019s Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on July 23rd.

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Raw will be in Kansas City, Missouri...at the T-Mobile Center on July 26th.

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And SmackDown will be at the Target Center in Minneapolis on July 30th.

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Today\\u2019s NXT UK has Nathan Frazer vs. Sha Samuels.

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(STINGER: AEW)

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The Double Or Nothing card is set. But on Wednesday, we got a new match announced for the Buy-In pre-show. Serena Deeb will defend her NWA Women\\u2019s World Championship against Riho.

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Chris Jericho says Eric Bischoff will appear on Friday night\\u2019s episode of Dynamite...to host the \\u201cCelebration Of The Inner Circle\\u201d.

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Cody Rhodes told Comicbook.com he\\u2019s \\u201c99% sure\\u201d the TNT Championship will remain the TNT Championship - after AEW\\u2019s weekly TV shows move to TBS next year.

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(STINGER: New Japan)

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Will Ospreay shared an update on the injuries that apparently forced him to relinquish the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

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On Twitter he said he\\u2019s \\u201cbeing referred for another MRI on my lower back as well for fears I may have the same issue in my neck. Things ain\\u2019t looking good, but I\\u2019m determined to comeback this year.\\u201d

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As for reports and rumors of \\u201cgaijin unrest\\u201d in New Japan...Tama Tonga isn\\u2019t really buying it.

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(Tama Gaijin Unrest)

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That clip from the new episode of the Tama\\u2019s Island podcast.

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El Desperado confirmed Wednesday that he was one of the New Japan wrestlers to test positive for COVID-19 this month.

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Kazuchika Okada and Taichi also confirmed their positive tests earlier this week.

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Okada made a surprise appearance at the start of Wednesday\\u2019s New Japan card at Korakuen Hall. He said he\\u2019s going after the vacant IWGP World Title.

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The main event on that show saw Tetsuya Naito & SANADA beat Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI. After the match, Naito issued a challenge for the NEVER 6-Man Titles held by Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and Tomohiro Ishii. Goto accepted. No word yet on a date for that title match.

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(STINGER: Impact)

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Tonight\\u2019s Impact Wrestling has the Impact debut of a legendary name in Japanese wrestling - former IWGP Heavyweight Champ Satoshi Kojima.

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Also announced for tonight\\u2019s show - X-Division Champion Josh Alexander & Petey Williams vs. TJP & Fallah Bahh.

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Plus, a 10-Woman Tag Match: Rosemary, Tenille Dashwood, Havok, Rachael Ellering & Taylor Wilde vs. Deonna Purrazzo, Kimber Lee, Susan & Fire n\\u2019 Flava.

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(STINGER: ROH)

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The latest wrestler announced for Ring Of Honor\\u2019s Women\\u2019s Championship Tournament...is Mazzerati. She was beaten by Angelina Love in a match that dropped on ROH\\u2019s YouTube on Wednesday.

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Premiering TODAY on ROH\\u2019s YouTube: the latest clash between Sledge and O\\u2019Shay Edwards.

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That\\u2019s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Thursday, May 27. 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..

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