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Former WWE NXT Star Confirmed For Women’s Tag Team Cup On AEW Dynamite
Chris Jericho revealed in this week’s episode of Saturday Night Special on his YouTube channel that former NXT Superstar Taynara Conti will be part of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup Tournament: The Deadly Draw. Per Jericho, Conti and Anna Jay will face Ariane Andrew and Nyla Rose in a tournament match that has already…
Sonya Deville On Working Through Pandemic; Names Her GOAT
Sonya Deville is back on SmackDown after a few weeks off of TV. As see on this week’s show, she cut Mandy Rose’s hair in their program. VIDEO: Sonya Deville Cuts Mandy Rose’s Hair On SmackDown Out of the ring, Deville and Rose are good friends and she spoke with the International Business Times about…
Xavier Woods Has Blunt Response To Booker T Over Big E Opinions
During a recent episode of his podcast, Booker T explained he believes Big E is going to have to “shed a few things” in order for people to look at him like a world champion. Book said he may have to alter his gear and the colors. He does not believe that trying to be…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Down In Overnight Numbers
WWE Friday Night SmackDown did 1.892 million viewers on FOX in the overnight numbers. That is down from the 1.924 viewers the show did in the final number last week. That was adjusted down from the overnight number that was 1.971. This past Friday’s show did 1.873 million viewers the first hour and 1.911 million…
Full Details On NJPW Strong; Tournament For IWGP US Title
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s new series called NJPW Strong will focus on American talent. The first episode of the series will feature the opening round of a tournament called New Japan Cup USA with the winner getting a shot at the IWGP United States Championship currently held by Jon Moxley. The following will air on…
Bracket For NJPW’s Tournament To Crown New NEVER Six-Man Tag Team Champion
New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a tournament to determine the new NEVER Six-Man Tag Team champions Shingo Takagi, EVIL and BUSHI have vacated the titles. EVIL had no desire to continue as a titleholder as he is now the dual IWGP Intercontinental and Heavyweight Champion The tournament will be under single elimination rules and…
MVP Explains Why He Doesn’t Want Hurt Business To Rehash Nation Of Domination
MVP recently appeared on Say Less With Kaz and Lowkey where he addressed rumors of WWE bringing back the Nation of Domination. As we reported exclusively here in Ask WNC, there has been talk of resurrecting the faction with it with it picking up steam lately. In fact, Ron Simmons was brought to TV with…
WWE Star Opens Up On Battle With Depression
Peyton Royce opened up on her battle with depression in a new post on Instagram. Royce, who was last worked Ruby Riott in a losing effort on the July 20, 2020 episode of Monday Night Raw, explained how everything was great on the outside but it was not. Below is her full post: ❗️ Vulnerable…
Early WWE Raw Preview – Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre Continues
WWE is questioning the following heading into this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw: How will Drew McIntyre respond to Randy Orton’s attack? McIntyre will defend the WWE Championship against Orton at SummerSlam. This started last week and will continue to build as the main event of WWE’s biggest show of the year. Will Asuka…
WWE 205 Live Results (7/31/20) – One-Match Show
Below are complete results from this week’s episode of WWE 205 Live from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida: Joaquin Wilde & Raul Mendoza beat Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Tony Nese. The finish saw Wilde pin Tony Neese after a Lungblower followed by a running kick and Russian Leg Sweep combo. https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1289382191949062145 https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1289384929554358272 https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1289385522880606210 https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1289386057402740736…
Bayley Continues Historic SmackDown Title Reign
Bayley beat Nikki Cross on this week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown to retain the WWE Women’s SmackDown Championship. The finish saw Bayley slam Cross’s face into the mat and pin her in just over 10 minutes. Today marks 295 days that Bayley has held the title. .@NikkiCrossWWE PLANTS the champ!#SmackDown @itsBayleyWWE pic.twitter.com/71R53gTBhx —…
VIDEO: The Fiend Puts The Mandible Claw On Alexa Bliss
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt ended this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown by applying the Mandible Claw on Alexa Bliss. The spot happened after Bayley successfully defended the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship against Alexa Bliss. The lights went out and when they came back on, they were tinted red. The Fiend was standing in the…
VIDEO: Sonya Deville Cuts Mandy Rose’s Hair On SmackDown
There was a backstage segment on tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown where Sonya Deville attacked Mandy Rose. Rose was putting on lipstick when Deville showed up and began attacking her. Deville smeared lipstick on Rose’s face and kicked her in the head. Then, Deville took scissors and started cutting Rose’s hair. She went…
Did AEW Copy Impact With MJF’s ‘State Of The Industry’ Address?
Did All Elite Wrestling bite from Impact Wrestling in MJF’s ‘State of the Industry’ address that aired on this week’s episode of Dynamite on TNT? Impact tweeted a video of a segment from 2015 featuring EC3’s #EC3ForChamp promo. Check out their tweet below: Is the #EC3ForChamp campaign part of the past @therealec3 wants to destroy?…
Seth Rollins Reveals Vince McMahon’s Limited Role In Eye For An Eye Match
Seth Rollins revealed some interesting details about the Eye for an Eye match at WWE’s The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. Speaking during an interview with Talk Sport, Rollins revealed Vince McMahon had next to nothing to do with the actual match. It was actually planned out by himself, Rey Mysterio and producer Jamie Noble.…
Mistrial Declared In Jeff Jarrett’s Lawsuit Against Anthem Wrestling
A mistrial was declared in the lawsuit pitting Jeff Jarrett and Global Force Wrestling against Anthem Wrestling. United States District Court Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. declared a mistrial on Friday, granting a motion filed by Anthem’s legal team. There were a number of factors that caused Anthem to request the mistrial. They alleged Jarrett’s…
Top WWE Star Predicts No Shows Outside Of Performance Center Until Next Year
WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles predicted on his Twitch channel that WWE will continue to run shows at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida until 2021. Styles added he does not know what is going on with SummerSlam. He hopes they can run shows outside of the PC but based on everything and how it…
Watch: Pulp Fusion With More Salina de la Renta
Major League Wrestling released the latest episode of Pulp Fusion today on their official YouTube channel. You can watch it in the player embedded above. Below is the official description: Salina de la Renta negotiates with AAA???? Is the Empresaria selling Promociones Dorado? The realest family in Lucha libre hits the pool as Los Parks…
Did AJ Styles Successfully Defend WWE Intercontinental Championship?
AJ Styles beat Gran Metalik in a WWE Intercontinental Championship match on this week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. The match was booked to make it look like Metalik had a chance with Lince Dorado in his corner. There were some good near falls and a lot of fun spots. Ultimately, Styles hit the…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (7/31/20) – AJ Styles Defends IC Title
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. Here you will find live results of the broadcast that aired on FOX on Friday, July 31, 2020. This week’s show features AJ Styles defending the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Gran Metalik, Bayley defending the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Nikki Cross and Naomi vs. Lacey…
NJPW Summer Struggle Results For Night 3 And Night 4
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Summer Struggle tour has continued this week. Below are results from Night 3 and Night 4. NJPW Summer Struggle Night 3 (7/29/20) From Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Attendance: 599 fans YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto beat Gabriel Kidd, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima SANADA &…
WWE NXT Injury Updates On Cameron Grimes, Finn Balor And Dexter Lumis
Matt Camp reported on the following WWE NXT injuries in this week’s NXT Injury Report: Cameron Grimes suffered a jaw contusion his encounter with NXT Champion Keith Lee. Grimes has challenged Lee to a bout for next week. Finn Balor worked the Triple Threat main event with a calf muscle tear. The injury occurred during…
Vince McMahon On Low Ratings, AEW & NXT Rebounding, Heyman’s Firing
Vince McMahon took questions from investors during a conference call held on Thursday after WWE released their second quarter earnings. While the majority of these calls are to discuss aspects that influence the company’s stock price (i.e. business details more useful for stockholders and analysts most of you could not care less about), there were…
WWE Touts Strong Second Quarter Earnings
WWE announced their second quarter earnings on Thursday. Below are the highlights: Second Quarter 2020 Highlights Revenues were $223.4 million as compared to $268.9 million in the prior year quarter reflecting the timing of the Company’s large-scale event in Saudi Arabia; Revenues reached a record $514.4 million year-to-date, representing 14% growth from the prior year…
Mark “Rollerball” Rocco Dead At 69
British wrestling legend Mark “Rollerball” Rocco has died at the age of 69. The news was announced by All Star Wrestling on Facebook. According to the statement, Rocco had suffered the past few months. “It is with the greatest of sadness that we have to announce the passing of the one and only MARK ROLLERBALL…
Special Guest Moderator For Jericho/Cassidy Segment Revealed
Eric Bischoff is set to appear on next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. The news was reported on Reddit by user SpaceForce1, who has provided spoilers from taped episodes of Dynamite in the past. Bischoff is set to appear in a segment with Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy, apparently as the advertised special guest moderator…
WWE Payback PPV Scheduled For One Week After SummerSlam
There is a rumor making rounds on social media that WWE has added an additional pay-per-view to their schedule. According to the @WrestleVotes account on Twitter, which has broke stories in the past, WWE will hold their Payback pay-per-view one week after SummerSlam on Sunday, August 30, 2020. For whatever reason, WWE has added an…
Seven Matches Announced For AEW Dark
Seven matches have been announced for next week’s episode of AEW Dark. AEW Dark premieres every Tuesday on the official All Elite Wrestling YouTube channel. Announced bouts are as follows: FTR vs. Brian Pillman Jr. & Griff Garrison Jack Evans vs. QT Marshall The Butcher & The Blade vs. Private Party Scorpio Sky vs. Will…
Eddie Kingston Lands Deal With All Elite Wrestling
Eddie Kingston is All Elite. AEW announced on Friday they have officially signed Kingston following his debut on last Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite where he lost to Cody Rhodes in a TNT Championship Match. Kingston also cut a promo that was well received. Kingston, 38, is well known on the United States independent scene, working…
Why CM Punk Hates The Miz, AEW Doesn’t Need More TV, WWE Talent Jumping Ship, NXT Stars Buried
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Excalibur And Kevin Owens Shown Using Racial Slurs At Old PWG Show
Excalibur traveled to last night’s AEW Dynamite in Jacksonville, Florida but was held off the show. There is still no reason as to why he was replaced by Taz and his absence was not acknowledged on the broadcast. Many fans have pointed to a video trending Twitter that shows Excalibur and WWE superstar Kevin Owens…
WWE Does A Better Job Creating Stars Than We Realize, Blatant AEW Bias, Futures Of Edge And Randy Orton, Safe To Say Top Raw Star Is Returning?
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Rusev Finished With Professional Wrestling?
Former WWE Superstar Rusev, who now goes by Miro, stated during a Twitch Q&A he is finished wrestling and is no longer a wrestler. Miro explained he’s a professional Twitcher, YouTuber and content creator. Miro, whose real name is Miroslav Barnyashev, is officially a free agent following his WWE release in April and has strong…
Excalibur Misses AEW Dynamite With No Explanation
Excalibur was noticeably missing from commentary on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, which aired live on TNT. The announce team was comprised of Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone and Taz. It was not mentioned on the broadcast why Taz filled in for him. Earlier in July, Shiavone missed Dynamite due to his COVID-19 test results…
Io Shirai & Tegan Nox vs. Dakota Kai & Candice LeRae To Open WWE NXT
WWE has announced a women’s tag team match will open tonight’s episode of NXT on the USA Network. NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai will team with Tegan Nox to face Dakota Kai and Candice LeRae. This match will join the following already announced: Finn Balor vs. Dexter Lumis vs. Timothy Thatcher in a qualifying match…
Warhorse Credits His Fans For Getting TNT Title Shot On AEW Dynamite
Warhorse will make his debut with All Elite Wrestling on tonight’s episode of Dynamite in a match against Cody for the TNT Championship. Warhorse, the character of 27-year-old Jake Parnell, is the reigning IWTV Independent Wrestling Champion. Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated spoke to him prior to his match against Cody. “I’ll be head banging…
Tony Khan Says FTR Need To Sign Their AEW Contracts
All Elite Wrestling updated their official talent rankings prior to this week’s episode of Dynamite on TNT. Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, known collectively as FTR, were noticeably absent. “Hello? Anyone there,” Wheeler tweeted. “As I’ve told your attorney, you each need to sign your contracts before we can rank you in the top 5,”…
AEW Targeting Hot WWE Free Agents, Heat On Gallows/Anderson?, Interest In Tessa Blanchard
Cody Rhodes did a detailed interview with ESPN that produced some interesting All Elite Wrestling news items. Below are the highlights: There is a relationship between Mike Tyson, AEW and Tony Khan. Cody Rhodes hinted we have not seen the last of Tyson in the promotion. There is no update on when PAC will be…
Cody Gives More Details On Another AEW TV Series Or Third Hour Of Dynamite
There continues to be a lot of buzz about All Elite Wrestling adding another series that could potentially air on TNT or just another hour of TV in general. As things currently stand, AEW does Dynamite each week on TNT and AEW Dark on YouTube. Tony Khan himself is on record as the saying they…
More On Recent WWE Depature
Kairi Sane has received quite the send-off from WWE. Sane, who finished up with WWE on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, was written off TV after being beat up by Bayley. This caused Asuka to leave her Raw Women’s Championship match and get counted out in the process. After the segment aired she…
WWE Talent Working Job Scared, Bayley vs. Sasha Banks, More SummerSlam Plans, Does Raw Star Have Heat?
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Jon Moxley Refers To Vince McMahon As ’74-Year-Old Madman’
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley was a guest on SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio where he discussed the madness of WWE’s scripted promos. Moxley, who was formerly known as Dean Ambrose in WWE, is on record several times about his discontent for being micromanaged in WWE. He signed a WWE developmental contract in 2011 and was…
WWE Announces Nia Jax “Fined” For Actions On Raw
In a kayfabe update posted here on dot com, WWE noted Nia Jax has been “fined an undisclosed amount for inappropriate contact with multiple WWE officials in the aftermath of her match against Shayna Bazler on Monday’s Raw.” Obviously this is a storyline to book her forward following her return on this week’s show. Jax…
Kris Statlander Has Surgery To Repair Torn ACL (PHOTO)
Kris Statlander underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ACL in her right knee. As reported here on WrestlingNews.com, Statlander suffered the injury on the June 10, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite. “Tomorrow is surgery day and I’m either going to spend my night watching #AEWDark or sleeping,” Statlander tweeted prior to undergoing surgery.…
Positive Sign For Rey Mysterio Returning; Photo Of Rollins’ Back After Raw
Rey Mysterio can see again. The official WWE website provided a kayfabe update on Mysterio’s condition following the Eye for an Eye match at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules: “WWE Digital has learned that Rey Mysterio’s vision is improving slowly each day, and that his optic nerve is intact, completely secured and back in…
WWE Raw Audience Down For Asuka vs. Sasha Banks
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average viewing audience of 1.617 million viewers on the USA Network. This was down from the 1.628 million viewers the show did last week. Hour one did 1.699 million viewers, hour two did 1.688 million viewers and hour three did 1.463 million viewers. The three…
Mick Foley Not A Fan Of How WWE Booked Mustafa Ali
Mick Foley was critical of WWE’s decision to put Bobby Lashley over Mustafa Ali clean on this week’s Raw, one week after his return to the company. “Not crazy about that outcome,” Foley tweeted. “@AliWWE brings SO MUCH to the @WWE table – class act, outstanding wrestler, HUGE potential for international attention. Why make him…
Nick Aldis Claims He Makes Six-Figures And NWA Still Turning Big Profit
Nick Aldis was a guest on Busted Open Radio on Sirius XM on Monday. Aldis is the current NWA Worlds Champion and came under fire recently after WWE Raw Executive Director Bruce Prichard stated Aldis was missing the “it factor.” During the interview, Aldis talked about how proud he was of the NWA. He explained…
MLW Announces Deal With WAVE.tv
Major League Wrestling announced a new partnership with sports media company WAVE.tv to increase the volume of their coverage across WAVE.tv’s brands. Below is the official press release: “NEW YORK – Major League Wrestling (MLW®), the fastest growing pro wrestling league in the world, and WAVE.tv, the sports media company for today’s fan, today announced…
Two NJPW Wrestlers Cleared To Return Following Coronavirus Exposure
Yota Tsuji and Tomoaki Honma were removed from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Sengoku Lord after being exposed to an individual who was positive for the coronavirus. NJPW issued a press release, noting that both Tsuji and Honma were tested for coronavirus and are negative. As a result of the negative tests, both wrestlers have been…
