Author: CJ Blaze
WWE UK Champion Announced For EVOLVE 135 & 136
NXT UK has announced that WWE UK Champion WALTER will be returning to EVOLVE for 135 on Sept. 20th and 136 on Sept. 21st in New York. BREAKING: @WWE United Kingdom Champion @WalterAUT will be in action and take part in Meet & Greets at these upcoming #EVOLVE events!#EVOLVE135 – Sept. 20th in Brooklyn#EVOLVE136 –…
New Updates On Next Week’s Live NXT, Dakota Kai Returning Soon
– Candice LeRae has been added to the number one contender’s match set for next week’s live NXT on the USA and WWE Network. You've been heard loud and clear, @CandiceLeRae.@RealKingRegal decides next week's #1Contender's #TripleThreat is now a #Fatal4Way… and if @RheaRipley_WWE wins tonight, it'll become a #Fatal5Way! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/Djyo1voxPu — WWE NXT (@WWENXT)…
WWE SmackDown Viewership Down Before Clash Of Champions
This week’s WWE SmackDown did an average viewing audience of 2.061 million viewers, per Mitch Metcalf. That’s down from the 2.130 million viewers the show did last week on the USA Network. It was No. 1 in the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic, the sixth week in a row to do so. SmackDown Viewership Tracker…
Triple H Reveals The Future Of 205 Live?
Triple H recently did an interview with Newsweek to promote NXT’s move to the USA Network. During the interview, he revealed that 205 Live will begin to sit under the NXT umbrella. So 205 Live will sit under the NXT umbrella? “You’ll start to see 205 begin to. I think it always existed as an…
WWE Hires New On-Air Hosts
WWE has hired former Impact Wrestling backstage interviewer McKenzie Mitchell and former House of Hardcore commentator Matt Camp to work as on-air hosts/digital talent. Both revealed the news via Twitter today: DREAM COME TRUE ⭐️ your newest @WWE on-air host pic.twitter.com/6Rvtwrl25g — McKenzie Mitchell (@mckenzienmitch) September 11, 2019 My first @WWE event was 2/23/92 in…
Several Matches Announced For This Weekend’s Impact Wrestling Specials
Impact Wrestling will be airing live events on their Twitch and Impact Plus platforms this weekend. On Friday, Operation: Overdrive will emanate from Lawton, Oklahoma, and will stream live on Twitch: Eddie Edwards vs. Sami Callihan – Street Fight Kiera Hogan vs. Desiderata vs. Rosemary vs. Taya Valkyrie – Knockouts Championship Michael Elgin vs. Fuego…
Kevin Owens Teases NXT Return?
After being “fired” by Shane McMahon at the end of this week’s SmackDown Live, Kevin Owens took to Twitter to post three interesting letters: “14-24-20.” Fans were quick to point out that those numbers match the letters “NXT” in the alphabet. 14-24-20 — Kevinn (@FightOwensFight) September 11, 2019 With NXT going live on the USA…
NXT Stars Appear On 205 Live, Commentary Changes Announced
This week’s 205 Live at Madison Square Garden opened with KUSHIDA making his debut to team with Jack Gallagher in a winning effort against Akira Tozawa and Brian Kendrick. Welcome to MSG, @KUSHIDA_0904! #205Live pic.twitter.com/Pe62XsdrCP — WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) September 11, 2019 KUSHIDA wasn’t the only one to make his debut though. With NXT going…
No DQ Match Set For WWE Clash Of Champions
Coming out of this week’s SmackDown Live, we now know that Roman Reigns will face Erick Rowan in a No Disqualification Match at Clash of Champions this Sunday. Below is the updated card for Sunday: Universal Championship – Seth Rollins (c) vs. Braun Strowman WWE Championship – Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Randy Orton Raw Women’s…
Seth Rollins Discovers Siblings He Didn’t Know Existed
WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins took to Twitter on Tuesday to reveal that he recently found a brother and sister he never knew existed thanks to the 23andMe ancestry service. Rollins posted a photo with his new-found brother, which can be seen below: In a wild turn of events, I recently found out I have…
Several Matches Added To ROH Death Before Dishonor PPV
Ring of Honor has announced two Number One Contender tournament matches and a Women of Honor World Championship match for their Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view on Sept. 27th in Las Vegas. The winner of the Number One Contender tournament will earn a World Championship match at Final Battle on Dec. 13th in Baltimore. Below is…
RAW Viewership Suffers Against Monday Night Football
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw from Madison Square Garden did an average viewing audience of 2.130 million viewers, which was down significantly from the week prior, per Mitch Metcalf. Last week’s show did 2.507 million viewers. With Monday Night Football returning, WWE loaded this week’s show up with notable appearances and matches.…
Elias Pulled From King Of The Ring Due To Injury
WWE has announced Elias has been pulled from tonight’s King of the Ring semi-finals match on SmackDown Live against Chad Gable. BREAKING: Due to an injury, @IAmEliasWWE will not compete in his scheduled #KingOfTheRing semifinal match against @WWEGable. Stay with WWE Digital for further updates as the situation develops. #SDLivehttps://t.co/04mQBO1vnm — WWE (@WWE) September 10,…
24/7 Championship Changes Hands Before Raw
Before Raw went on the air from Madison Square Garden, Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter pinned R-Truth to win the 24/7 Championship during a WWE Main Event taping. Kanter celebrated briefly before R-Truth rolled him up to win it back. Fan footage from Twitter can be seen below: How many is this? 15? pic.twitter.com/NoMZfSy8Sa —…
Colt Cabana Announced For NWA TV Tapings, More Tickets Available
NWA announced on Monday that former National Champion Colt Cabana will be in action at the Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st TV tapings at GPB Studios in Atlanta. TALENT UPDATE Coming to the National Wrestling Alliance in Atlanta on 9/30 & 10/1 is… https://t.co/qZY7LVVvmN pic.twitter.com/wjzCEPJzHL — NWA (@nwa) September 9, 2019 Dave Lagana noted on…
Anthem Purchases Majority Interest In AXS TV, New Home For Impact Wrestling?
Anthem Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of Impact Wrestling, announced on Monday they have acquired a majority interest in AXS TV and HDNet Movies Networks. Mark Cuban and AEG will continue to be equity partners, while Steve Harvey is joining as an investor and will have a seat on Anthem’s board of directors. According…
Bellator MMA Makes Offer To Impact Wrestling Star
WrestlingInc is reporting that Bellator MMA has offered TJ Perkins a chance to fight for the promotion. Bellator is hoping to land Perkins for a fight in November after the initial timeline for a fight was too short. Conversations are said to be ongoing as the two sides are discussing logistics such as weight class…
Possible Significant Change Coming To NXT TakeOver Events
WWE has released travel package information for the 2020 Royal Rumble weekend in Houston, which noticeably did not list NXT TakeOver as part of the package. In its place for 2020 is a live Worlds Collide event scheduled for Saturday, January 25th. WWE has aired several taped Worlds Collide specials this year on the WWE…
Top Raw Superstar Out Of Action With Injury
PWInsider is reporting that Drew McIntyre is out of action right now after undergoing surgery to fix a lingering injury. The idea was to get the surgery out of the way before WWE’s big fall TV season. Word going around is that McIntyre may be ready to return now as it’s just a matter of…
Street Fight Added To NXT’s First Live Episode
WWE has announced that Matt Riddle will face Killian Dain a Street Fight during the first live episode on September 18th. ???? JUST ANNOUNCED ???? @SuperKingofBros and @KillianDain to square off in a Street Fight on the first live, two hour edition of #WWENXT! https://t.co/S9KDycI3dl — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 9, 2019 As previously noted,…
NJPW Returning To Los Angeles In November
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that they will be returning to Los Angeles, CA, for New Japan Showdown on Monday, November 11th. The event will take place at the Globe Theatre, which is the home of PWG. NJPW first ran shows in LA this past January for the first show of their New Beginnings USA…
Backstage News On Goldberg & Matt Riddle’s SummerSlam Encounter
Fightful.com has learned new details regarding the backstage encounter between Goldberg and Matt Riddle at last month’s SummerSlam event. Riddle made it public knowledge during WWE’s Watch Along stream on YouTube that the two exchanged pleasantries backstage. You can check out Riddle’s comments in the video below: According to Sean Ross Sapp, his sources say…
Allysin Kay Speaks On Mae Young Classic Feedback, Where She Stands With Impact
NWA Women’s World Champion Allysin Kay recently sat down with Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com for an exclusive interview where she discussed her experiences working with WWE and Impact Wrestling. Mae Young Classic feedback: “I got so much good feedback that I almost thought people were lying to me,” said Kay. “Because when something like…
Backstage News & Notes From Impact Wrestling’s TV Tapings
Mike Johnson of PWInsider had several news and notes coming out of Impact Wrestling’s television tapings in Las Vegas this week: – Former World Champion Chris Sabin and Paul London worked as producers. – Joey Ryan was backstage on Thursday filming pre-tapes despite not appearing in front of the live crowd either night. – Daga,…
New NWA Tag Team Champions Crowned
Thomas Latimer (f.k.a. Bram) & Royce Isaacs beat Villain Enterprises (PCO & Brody King) at Ring of Honor’s Global Wars event in Chicago on Saturday night to become the new NWA Tag Team Champions. ROH and NWA ended their relationship in July, so the title change was inevitable as PCO and King are under ROH…
Trish Stratus & Sasha Banks Featured In Upcoming WWE Network Documentaries
– TrishStratus.com revealed that Trish Stratus will be the focus of an upcoming WWE 24 documentary that will be featured on the WWE Network. The doc will feature footage from WrestleMania 35 and SummerSlam weekend as she prepared to face Charlotte Flair in her farewell match. An air date has yet to be revealed. –…
Women’s Tag Team Championship Match Added To Clash Of Champions
WWE has announced that Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville will challenge Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross for the Women’s Tag Team Championship at Clash of Champions. Rose & Deville earned the title shot when they beat Bliss & Cross in a non-title match during last week’s SmackDown Live. At #WWEClash of Champions, @AlexaBliss_WWE & @NikkiCrossWWE…
*SPOILERS* Impact Wrestling Taping Results From Las Vegas (9/6)
Impact Wrestling held night two of their television tapings from Sam’s Town in Las Vegas on Friday. Below are *spoiler* results: Xplosion: – Damos def. Damien Drake – TJP def. Tyler Durvack – Knockouts Champion Taya Valkryie def. Lacey Lion Impact Wrestling: – Desi Hit Squad (Mahabali Shera, Rohit Raju & Gurshinder Singh) def. The…
World Championship Match Announced For Impact’s Bound For Glory PPV
Impact Wrestling announced during Friday’s broadcast that Brian Cage will defend the World Championship against Sami Callihan at Bound For Glory. IT'S OFFICIAL @MrGMSI_BCage will defend the World Championship against @TheSamiCallihan at Bound for Glory! #BFG #IMPACT pic.twitter.com/aWu3dlChC6 — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) September 7, 2019 Callihan earned the match by defeating Tessa Blanchard at Unbreakable…
Two More Big Matches Confirmed For Raw At MSG
WWE announced two more matches for Monday’s big episode of Raw emanating from Madison Square Garden: Cedric Alexander will face United States Champion AJ Styles in a non-title match following their backstage altercation last week. BREAKING: @CedricAlexander is set to do battle with @AJStylesOrg THIS MONDAY on #RAW!https://t.co/aBK1k5e0Lj — WWE (@WWE) September 6, 2019 Raw…
*SPOILERS* Impact Wrestling Taping Results From Las Vegas (9/5)
Impact Wrestling held night one of their television tapings from Sam’s Town in Las Vegas on Thursday. Below are *spoiler* results: Xplosion: – Rich Swann def. enhancement talent – The Rascalz def. Desi Hit Squad Impact Wrestling: – Havok (w/James Mitchell) def. Taya Valkyrie (c) by DQ with the Knockouts Championship on the line. John…
WWE Signs Former Lucha Underground Star & Football Player
WWE announced on Thursday that Jorge Bolly and Edgar Lopez have signed with the WWE Performance Center. Second-generation luchador Jorge Bolly — better known to ring fans by the aliases El Hijo del Fantasma and King Cuerno — has arrived at the WWE Performance Center. @WWEPC https://t.co/gbKOoY6YvM — WWE (@WWE) September 5, 2019 Bolly is…
Pro Wrestling Noah Star To Compete At Bound For Glory
Impact Wrestling announced on Thursday that Pro Wrestling Noah star Naomichi Marufuji will compete at this year’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view event on October 20th. His opponent has yet to be named. Below is announcement via Twitter: BREAKING: @noah_marufuji_ is coming to Bound for Glory!#BFG pic.twitter.com/WXHmGzpTUQ — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) September 5, 2019 Marufuji last…