Author: CJ Blaze
Adam Cole Issues Apology For Blowing Up On Pat McAfee
Is it a work or is it a shoot? Either way, former NXT Champion Adam Cole has issued an apology on Twitter for his actions toward Pat McAfee. pic.twitter.com/UAZxx1SwZu — Adam Cole (@AdamColePro) July 27, 2020 As Richard covered on Thursday, Cole appeared on McAfee’s show and stormed out in a curse-filled rant when McAfee…
Brandi Rhodes Touts Accomplishments As AEW Chief Brand Officer
Brandi Rhodes took to Twitter over the weekend to share what she has accomplished as AEW’s Chief Brand Officer this year. What does a CBO do? 2020 so far… • @kulturec 1st wrestling brand to adapt sensory inclusion• NATPE -AEW’s 1st Keynote Speaker• “Real/Different” commercial creator• @AEW_Heels• Womens Tag Team Cup Tourney Thanks for the…
Pro Wrestling NOAH And DDT Announce Merger
Japanese pro wrestling promotions Pro Wrestling NOAH and DDT are merging to form CyberFight on September 1. During a press conference on Monday, President Sanshiro Takagi cited this merger is happening because of “the economic situation driven by COVID” and that they “wanted to streamline costs where we could.” Naomichi Marufuji and Akito will serve…
Dominik Mysterio To Confront Seth Rollins On Monday Night Raw
Dominik Mysterio will appear on Monday’s Raw to confront Seth Rollins following Rey’s eye removal at Extreme Rules. WWE.com issued the following on Sunday: “After a grotesque victory over Rey Mysterio, Seth Rollins declared that no one was left to “stand in the way of the greater good.” But there’s one more man willing to…
AJ Styles Talks Butting Heads With Vince Russo, Dixie Carter Ruining TNA
During a recent Twitch live stream, WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles opened up about working with Vince Russo and Dixie Carter during his time in TNA. Styles addressed butting heads with Vince Russo: “Vince, as a person, I love the guy, and we butted heads as far as him writing, even in TNA, but I…
Lio Rush Makes First Post-WWE Appearance
Lio Rush made his first post-WWE appearance on Saturday at GCW’s Homecoming Part 1 event streaming on Fite. Rush was the handler for the doll Yoshihiko in its match against Joey Janela. Rush eventually unmasked himself and attacked Janela. https://twitter.com/amcnal/status/1287177425944743937 Rush and Janela have plenty of history dating back to their days in CZW, and…
Riddick Moss Back In Action, NXT Talent Works Main Event
For those wondering where Riddick Moss has been, the former 24/7 Champion returned to action recently on WWE Main Event and has scored two consecutive wins over Humberto Carrillo. Moss was called up to Monday Night Raw in January, but has sparingly been used since the COVID-19 pandemic forced WWE to move production to Orlando,…
WWE Names Top 10 Matches Of 2020 So Far
WWE.com has named the top ten WWE matches of the year so far from Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and pay-per-views. The list goes as follows: 10) Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher – Fight Pit (NXT 5/27) 9) Keith Lee vs. Adam Cole – Winer Take All (NXT Great American Bash 7/8) 8) Men’s and Women’s Money…
Tag Team Title Match & More Announced For Next Week’s AEW Dynamite
AEW has announced several matches for next week’s new episode, in which Tony Khan has promised it to be one of the “best cards ever.” Hikaru Shida vs. Diamante Cody’s TNT Championship open challenge against another top independent wrestler The Inner Circle vs. Orange Cassidy, Best Friends & Jurassic Express Jon Moxley & Darby Allin…
Eddie Kingston Reacts To AEW Dynamite Debut (WATCH)
Independent wrestling stand-out Eddie Kingston made his AEW Dynamite debut by challenging Cody for the TNT Championship in a no disqualification match. Despite the surprise appearance and overwhelming response on social media, Kingston came up short in this week’s opening bout. Eddie Kingston is an 18-year in-ring veteran with time spent in several promotions including…
NXT TakeOver XXX Logo & Details Revealed, Finn Balor In Action Next Week
WWE is going forward with NXT TakeOver XXX on Saturday, August 22nd, the night before SummerSlam. The event will likely emanate from Full Sail University after originally being scheduled to take place in Boston. A fiery logo has been revealed for the event: Fan in the ????, because the #NXTTakeOver XXX logo is ????! #WWENXT…
News On AEW’s First Women’s Tag Team Tournament
AEW announced on this week’s Dynamite that the AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup Tournament: The Deadly Draw will commence this summer. The first tournament of its kind for AEW will feature sixteen women in eight teams. While no teams were officially announced during the broadcast, Allie and Brandi Rhodes of The Nightmare Sisters tweeted that…
AEW Dynamite Results (7/22/20) – Eddie Kingston vs. Cody, Sammy Guevara Returns
AEW Dynamite Results & Reactions – 7/22/2020 No DQ TNT Championship Match: Cody (c) def. Eddie Kingston via submission to retain. Kingston was the surprise independent wrestler to answer Cody’s challenge. Kingston has competed in Impact Wrestling, Evolve, and many other promotions. SOCIAL EXCLUSIVEWe hear candidly from @MadKing1981 post-match. Watch #AEWDynamite NOW on @TNTDrama or…
WWE NXT Results (7/22/20) – Karrion Kross Conquers Dominik Dijakovic
WWE NXT Results & Reactions – 7/22/2020 William Regal gave Keith Lee the floor to announce he is vacating the North American Championship. A series of triple threat qualifying matches will take place over the next month to determine who will compete in a North American Championship Ladder Match at TakeOver: XXX on August 22nd.…
William Regal Announces Tournament To Crown New NXT North American Champion
NXT General Manager William Regal and Keith Lee opened this week’s NXT to announce that Lee is vacating the NXT North American Championship. With Lee focusing on his efforts as NXT Champion, he wants to give other superstars the opportunities that he had as North American Champion. As a result, Regal announced that a series of…
Big Impact Wrestling Title Change, Brian Meyers Heading To Impact
In case you missed this week’s Impact Wrestling, Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) defeated The North (Ethan Page & Josh Alexander) to capture their second Impact Tag Team Championship. The North’s historic first reign ended at 382 days. AND NEW IMPACT World Tag Team Champions – The Motor City Machine Guns!…
Impact Wrestling Results (7/21/20) – The North vs. Motor City Machine Guns
Impact Wrestling Results & Reactions – 7/21/2020 A vignette from EC3 aired as he prepares to control his own narrative this time. X-Division Championship Match: Chris Bey (c) def. Willie Mack via pinfall to retain. Bey controlled most of this Slammiversary rematch with his new-found confidence helping him keep hold of his gold. The Good…
Jon Moxley Teases Big Surprise For Wednesday’s Dynamite
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley appeared on the Dan Le Batard Show on Tuesday to promote Wednesday’s new episode of Dynamite. During the interview, Moxley teased that “hardcore fans” will be pleased with a “big surprise.” Here’s what the champ had to say: “This Wednesday is going to be an awesome show. I’m not going…
Impact Wrestling Preview: EC3 Returns, Motor City Machine Guns In Action
Impact Wrestling will air their post-Slammiversary episode tonight on AXS TV and Twitch at 8pm ET featuring the fallout of the big pay-per-view event. Confirmed for the episode so far is EC3’s return, plus Motor City Machine Guns vs. The North for the Impact World Tag Team Championship. Appearances from World Champion Eddie Edwards, Knockouts…
Huge Announcement On WWE NXT, Bar Fight Set For SmackDown
WWE has announced a couple items for upcoming programming this week. NXT General Manager William Regal will make a “huge announcement” on Wednesday’s new NXT. There’s no word yet on what’s in store. Already confirmed for the show is Dominik Dijakovic vs. Karrion Kross and Dexter Lumis vs. Killian Dain. ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/Qs3SUSCDzL — WWE on…
Former WWE NXT Star Announced For This Week’s AEW Dark
Former WWE NXT star Tino Sabbatelli, now known as Sabby, will be compete on Tuesday’s new episode of AEW Dark. He’ll team with Brady Pierce to face Best Friends. This week’s AEW Dark will feature eight matches in total: KiLynn King vs. Diamante Scorpio Sky vs. Aaron Solow Peter Avalon & Brandon Cutler vs. The…
Big Update On Delayed Raw Taping
WWE was behind schedule on taping tonight’s Monday Night Raw earlier this afternoon. PWInsider broke the news around 2pm ET, an hour after the show was scheduled to start, that Raw was being heavily re-written. It’s unknown if this was due to a change in creative direction or because of COVID-19 testing issues. As Richard…
Lariato Pro Wrestling Event To Stream On Impact Plus
Lariato Pro Wrestling, which works in conjunction with The Good Brothers Dojo in Georgia, will have their September 12th event stream on Impact Plus in the near future. Impact stars Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson, Eric Young, Crazzy Steve, and Johnny Swinger will compete on the show emanating from Dublin, GA. Lariato Pro Wrestling is excited…
EC3 To Return To Impact Wrestling This Tuesday
Impact Wrestling’s Slammiversary pay-per-view went off the air with a tease for EC3’s return. The official Impact Twitter account has now confirmed that EC3 will return on Tuesday’s new episode. IMPACT TUESDAY at 8/7c on @AXSTV EC3 #Slammiversary @therealec3 pic.twitter.com/1qj9fubxIG — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 19, 2020 Also confirmed for this week’s Impact is Motor…
Eddie Edwards Wins Impact World Title, Eric Young & Rich Swann Return
Eddie Edwards beat Ace Austin, Rich Swann, Eric Young, and Trey in the main event of Slammiversary to capture his second Impact World Championship. AND NEW IMPACT World Champion – @TheEddieEdwards! #Slammiversary ORDER HERE: https://t.co/cjK3GrKZ0H pic.twitter.com/CAi9iiFMcp — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 19, 2020 Rich Swann returned from injury to fill the first open spot, but…
Deonna Purrazzo Captures Knockouts Championship At Slammiversary
Deonna Purrazzo beat Jordynne Grace by submission at Slammiversary to capture her first Knockouts Championship. AND NEW Knockouts Champion – @DeonnaPurrazzo! #Slammiversary ORDER HERE: https://t.co/cjK3GrKZ0H pic.twitter.com/VxIrPnn6xX — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 19, 2020 Deonna spent the last two years under contract with WWE NXT, but was largely misused with lack of TV time. She was…
Big Title Match Announced For This Week’s Impact Wrestling
The North will put their Impact Tag Team Championship on the line against the reunited Motor City Machine Guns this Tuesday on Impact Wrestling. BREAKING: A DREAM MATCH is set for this Tuesday at 8/7c on @AXSTV – The North defend the IMPACT World Tag Team Championships against The Motor City Machine Guns! #Slammiversary pic.twitter.com/M4Yf3d6GX7…
New X-Division Champion Crowned At Slammiversary, Heath Slater Appears
– Chris Bey is the new X-Division Champion after beating Willie Mack in a singles match at Slammiversary. Bey signed with Impact earlier this year and has impressed many in a short amount of time. AND NEW X-Division Champion – @DashingChrisBey! #Slammiversary ORDER HERE: https://t.co/cjK3GrKZ0H pic.twitter.com/MnvUidhAOy — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 19, 2020 – Former…
Motor City Machine Guns Return To Impact Wrestling
Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, collectively known as Motor City Machine Guns, made their triumphant return to Impact Wrestling at Slammiversary. The tandem answered The Rascalz’s open challenge in the pay-per-view’s opening match and ultimately went over. The Motor City Machine Guns have answered the Open Challenge! #Slammiversary @SuperChrisSabin @fakekinkade ORDER HERE: https://t.co/cjK3GrKZ0H pic.twitter.com/wrxAuPzRqu —…
Impact Wrestling Slammiversary Results (7/18/20) – New Champions For A New Era
Welcome to WrestlingNews.com’s Impact Wrestling Slammiversary 2020 Results – Streaming Live Coverage. You can reload the page for the latest results, reactions and news from tonight’s pay-per-view, which is available to stream on FITE. Slammiversary Results & Reactions – 7/18/2020 The show opened with a video package in the same news reporting style as recent teases. It’s confirmed…
Gallows & Anderson Tell All On WWE Releases, Scrapped AEW Plans & More
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson are officially Impact Wrestling-bound following their WWE releases in April. Their journey to this point has been interesting to say the least, and they revealed their sides of the story on their Talk’N Shop podcast. When their WWE deals came up last year, they almost signed with AEW, but also…
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson Confirm Impact Wrestling Signings
Once the clock struck midnight on July 18th, former WWE stars Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson officially announced on the premiere of their Talk’N Shop podcast that they have signed two-year deals with Impact Wrestling. Impact also touted the big news ahead of Saturday’s Slammiversary event, where they are now confirmed to appear. There’s no…
Backstage News On Randy Orton vs. Big Show, Wyatt Swamp Fight Update
Randy Orton vs. Big Show in an Unsanctioned Match was originally planned for Extreme Rules, but was bumped to the July 20th Raw in an attempt to boost ratings. Raw viewership has hit all-time lows during the pandemic era with numbers well under 2 million on a weekly basis. The digital content team for WWE…
SmackDown Preview: Moment Of Bliss Mystery Guest, Styles vs. Riddle
WWE has announced a few items for the final Friday Night SmackDown before The Horror Show at Extreme Rules: – AJ Styles will defend the Intercontinental Championship against Matt Riddle – Alexa Bliss hosts “A Moment of Bliss” with a mystery guest that will “have the blue brand abuzz” – Bray Wyatt hosts a new…
Billy Corgan Denies NWA Shutdown Rumors
Earlier today, rumors began making rounds that NWA was on the verge of shutting down following the departure of VP David Lagana and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In an update, NWA President Billy Corgan took to social media to shoot down these rumors, noting that NWA “is not and will not be for…
Tegan Nox Opens Up About Coming Out, How Sonya Deville Helped Her
Tegan Nox came out as a lesbian on Instagram last week by sharing a new photo with her girlfriend. While speaking to Newsweek, Nox discussed her decision to come out now: “My life has always been a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ situation, but I felt like it was the right time, especially when you’ve found…
Tag Team Open Challenge Added To Slammiversary
Impact Wrestling announced on Thursday that The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier) will compete in a tag team open challenge this Saturday at Slammiversary. BREAKING: The Rascalz have issued an Open Challenge for #Slammiversary THIS SATURDAY LIVE on PPV and @FiteTV! ORDER HERE: https://t.co/cjK3GrKZ0H pic.twitter.com/eaYt4ONXNt — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 16, 2020 While Impact’s…
Vickie Guerrero’s New AEW Role, Former NXT Star Works Dynamite
– Vickie Guerrero has landed a role in AEW storylines as Nyla Rose’s new manager. This news was made official during the Fight for the Fallen edition of Dynamite. https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1283576258555719683 – Former NXT star MJ Jenkins made her AEW debut by teaming with Kenzie Paige in losing fashion against Brandi Rhodes and Allie in a…
AEW Dynamite Recap (7/15/20) – Fight For The Fallen Results
Here is everything you need to know coming out of the July 15th edition of AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen results – TNT Championship Match: Cody (c) def. Sonny Kiss via pinfall to retain – FTR def. The Lucha Bros via pinfall – Chris Jericho explained the 18-49 demo before The Inner Circle had…
WWE NXT Recap (7/15/20) – Keith Lee Defends, Shirai/Nox Headlines
Here is everything you need to know coming out of the July 15th edition of WWE NXT: NXT results – New NXT and North American Champion Keith Lee opened the show to celebrate his historic win. He invited Dominik Dijakovic to the ring to challenge him to a dual championship match tonight. – Damian Priest…
Moose Reveals Original Plans For Winning TNA World Championship
Moose revived the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in April and declared himself as the titleholder, but that wasn’t the original plan. In a recent interview with Wrestling With Sports, Moose revealed that he was actually supposed to win the title in the King of the Mountain main event at the “TNA: There’s No Place Like…
EC3 Opens Up About Injuries, Says He Will “Get Into A Fight” On July 18
EC3 is just days away from becoming a free agent after being released from WWE in April. In a recent interview with Fightful, EC3 said he’s going to get into a fight as soon as possible. “7/18/2020 I become free. The very first thing I do when I become free is I’m going to get…
Guests Announced For Extreme Rules Editions Of The Bump & Watch Along
WWE has announced several guests for this Sunday’s Extreme Rules editions of The Bump and Watch Along. The Bump will stream live on YouTube and other social channels at 10:30am ET with Seth Rollins, Devon Dudley, Hardcore Holly, and NBA’s Kenny “The Jet” Smith. Watch Along will also stream on all social channels alongside Extreme…
AEW Fight For The Fallen Preview, Updated Division Rankings
AEW will present a special episode of Dynamite tonight with Fight for the Fallen to raise funds for Florida’s fight against COVID-19. The following matches have been confirmed for the broadcast: AEW World Championship Match – Jon Moxley (c) vs. Brian Cage AEW TNT Championship Match – Cody (c) vs. Sonny Kiss – The Young…
Impact Wrestling Recap (7/14/20) – Trey & Ace Austin Brawl Before Slammiversary
Here is everything you need to know coming out of the July 14th edition of Impact Wrestling: Impact results – Susie, Kylie Rae, Havok, Nevaeh & Alisha Edwards def. Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Kiera Hogan, Tasha Steelz & Kimber Lee – Rhino beat Hernandez in an arm wrestling challenge backstage – Flashback moment of the week…
Raw Viewership Down Again Before Extreme Rules
Monday’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 1.561 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily. This number is slightly down from last week’s 1.580 million, and is the second-lowest in the show’s history. Here’s how the show did by hour: Hour 1: 1.697 million viewers Hour 2: 1.599 million viewers Hour 3:…
Impact Wrestling Preview: 5-On-5 Knockouts Match, Final Slammiversary Hype
Impact Wrestling is set to air its final episode before Saturday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view event. The following items have been announced: – Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Kimber Lee, Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz vs. Kylie Rae, Susie, Alisha, Havok & Nevaeh – Slammiversary contract signing for Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace – Ace Austin trains for the…
Asuka vs. Kairi Sane In The Works For SummerSlam?
During last night’s Raw Talk, Kairi Sane made it known that she would like to challenge Asuka for the Raw Women’s Championship if Asuka beats Sasha Banks at Extreme Rules. This potential match falls in line with rumors of Sane working a retirement angle this summer that would allow her to return to Japan. There…
WWE Raw Recap (7/13/20) – Belair & Baszler Return, Banks & Bayley Defend
Here is everything you need to know coming out of the July 13th edition of Monday Night Raw: Raw results – MVP opened the show with Dolph Ziggler as a guest on the VIP Lounge. Drew McIntyre laid out Ziggler to end the segment, although Ziggler’s stipulation is still a mystery. – Angel Garza &…
Unsanctioned Match Set For Next Week’s Raw
Randy Orton has challenged Big Show to an unsanctioned match on next week’s post-Extreme Rules edition of Monday Night Raw. This comes after Big Show has involved himself in Orton’s renewed “legend killer” gimmick against the likes of Edge and Christian. An #UnsanctionedMatch with @RandyOrton NEXT WEEK on #WWERaw? @WWETheBigShow ACCEPTS! pic.twitter.com/rGxrBZtbLt — WWE (@WWE)…
