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Ric Flair Provides Update On His Wife After Coronavirus Diagnosis
Ric Flair was on the latest episode of Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling podcast. He started the pod by explaining that his wife, Wendy Barlow, is doing better in her diagnosis with coronavirus. It has been three weeks, he has taken her to the hospital twice, once for an IV and the second time to…
Backstage SummerSlam News, Could AJ Styles Have Saved Gallows/Anderson?, Naomi & John Morrison As Jobbers, WWE Overseas
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WWE Championship Match Official For SummerSlam
Drew McIntyre will defend the WWE Championship against Randy Orton at SummerSlam. McIntyre officially accepted Orton’s challenge prior to facing Dolph Ziggler on this week’s episode of Raw. In his promo, McIntyre told Orton not to underestimate him because that’s what Brock Lesnar did and he got his ass kicked. This was the second match…
Kairi Sane Comments After Being Written Off WWE TV
Kairi Sane was written off WWE television on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Sane finished up at the tapings that were held last Monday at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL. She will return to Japan to live with her husband, who she married earlier this year. Sane leaves on good terms and…
New WWE Raw Women’s Champion; Kairi Sane Written Off
Sasha Banks beat Asuka via count out on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw to officially win the WWE Raw Women’s Championship. It was a competitive match that ultimately saw Asuka get distracted by Bayley taking out Kairi Sane in the backstage area. When footage of what Bayley was doing to her best friend…
Several Matches And Segments Confirmed For WWE NXT
WWE NXT General Manager William Regal confirmed the following for this week’s episode of NXT on the USA Network: Mercedes Martinez vs. Shotzi Blackheart Keith Lee will respond to the actions of Karrion Kross Timothy Thatcher vs. Finn Balor vs. Dexter Lumis in a triple-threat match WWE NXT will take place on Wednesday at 8…
WWE Raw Tag Team Title Match Set For SummerSlam
The first title match is now official for SummerSlam. WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The Street Profits will defend the titles against Andrade and Angel Garza w/Zelina Vega. Andrade and Garza beat The Viking Raiders and Cedric Alexander & Ricochet in a No. 1 contender’s match on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw.…
Randy Orton Officially Challenges Drew McIntyre For Title At SummerSlam
WWE officially began the build towards Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Orton opened the show by cutting a promo on McIntyre. He explained he respects McIntyre for beating Brock Lesnar in quick fashion at WrestleMania but he has something he wants –…
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (7/27/20) – Asuka vs. Sasha Banks
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw on the USA Network. Please read our preview of the broadcast. We will see Randy Orton announce his next target, Dominik Mysterio confront Seth Rollins and several matches. WWE Monday Night Raw Results – 7/27/2020 From WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL…
Kris Statlander Will Have Surgery On Tuesday
AEW Superstar Kris Statlander announced on Twitter she will undergo surgery on Tuesday to repair her torn ACL. Statlander suffered the injury on the June 10, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite. You can watch it below: It pays to have friends like @TheKipSabian and @NylaRoseBeast when you're @thePenelopeFord! #AEWDynamite #AEWonTNT pic.twitter.com/vJOY8dmtaW — TDE Wrestling (@tde_gif)…
Triple H Invites Pat McAfee To WWE NXT Over Adam Cole Interview
Triple H went on The Pat McAfee Show today to talk up the segment between McAfee and WWE NXT Superstar Adam Cole on the show last week. As CJ reported earlier, Cole issued an apology Monday on Twitter. Hunter essentially confirmed the blow-up as a work (sorry, Mark). Triple H stated Adam was being a…
WWE SmackDown Viewership Adjusts Down On Bar Fight
WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average viewing audience of 1.924 million viewers on FOX. This was adjusted down from the overnight number, which was 1.971 million viewers. Last week’s show was up from the 1.912 million viewers the show did in the week prior. SmackDown helped FOX finish first in the in the men…
MJF Segment Announced For This Week’s AEW Dynamite
All Elite Wrestling has announced MJF will be addressing “the state of the industry” on this week’s episode of Dynamite. Maxwell Jacob Friedman, better known as MJF, beat Griff Garrison on last week’s Dynamite. The following is also confirmed for this week’s show on TNT: Cody Rhodes vs. Warhorse for the TNT championship Diamante vs.…
WWE Raw Return Spoiler
Nia Jax will return on tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, according to a report by PWInsider. Jax has been off television since the June 15th episode of Raw when she lost to WWE Raw Women’s Champion Asuka. Tonight’s episode of Raw was taped last week and will also feature: Randy Orton will announce…
Talent In WWE Making Less Money, Panic Over Raw’s Viewership, Grudge Match At SummerSlam, How WWE Feels About AEW
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Exclusive Details On Why Kofi Kingston Was Removed From WWE TV
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MLW Announces New Deal With DOE TV Network
Major League Wrestling announced a new TV distribution agreement today with Digital Original Entertainment to be included on their new streaming service, the DOE TV Network. The promotion also has deals with beIN Sports and DAZN. Last week, MLW signed Jacob Fatu, their World Heavyweight Champion, to a contract extension through late 2025. The latest…
Several Matches And Segments Confirmed For Tonight’s WWE Raw
WWE Monday Night Raw will air tonight at 8 PM/7 CT on the USA Network. This week’s show was taped last week from the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. With WWE operating closed TV tapings, we do not have spoilers. We can confirm the following for tonight’s broadcast: Randy Orton will announce his next target…
Backstage News On The New Day’s Future In WWE
With Xavier Woods out with an Achilles injury and still working his way back, WWE plans to give Big E a run in singles competition. This was confirmed on-air during last week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, when Kofi Kingston announced he would be out for six weeks with an “injury.” The reason for Kofi…
Sneak Peak PHOTOS Of AEW Action Figures: Orange Cassidy, PAC & Darby Allin
Next week, All Elite Wrestling action figures are coming to Walmart. The first wave of figures will include AEW TNT Champion Cody, Brandi Rhodes, AEW World Tag Team Champion Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho and The Young Bucks. The second wave will feature Pentagon Jr., Fenix, MJF, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Dustin Rhodes and AEW…
NXT Star Believes John Morrison Deserves More Than Jobber Status
John Morrison was squashed by WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman on last week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown. Morrison returned to WWE in January after being gone since 2011. He had big singles wins against Big E and Kofi Kingston and went on to win the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship with The Miz. However,…
NWA Champion Takes A Shot At Bruce Prichard And Low Raw Ratings
WWE Raw Executive Director Bruce Prichard gave the opinion that NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis is missing the “it factor” on a recent podcast. This caused Aldis to respond on Twitter. “Hi @bruceprichard, Your ignorant comments about me had me at an all-time low, kind of like your Raw ratings,” Aldis tweeted. “However, there…
NJPW Summer Struggle Night 2 Results (7/27/20)
Below are complete results from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Summer Struggle Night 2 show from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Monday: Ryusuke Taguchi, Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe beat Gabriel Kidd, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto BUSHI and Shingo Takagi beat YOSHI-HASHI and Toru Yano El Desperado and Minoru Suzuki beat Yuya Uemura and Yuji…
NJPW Summer Struggle Night 1 Results (7/26/20)
Below are complete results from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Summer Struggle Night 1 show from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sunday: Ryusuke Taguchi, Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe beat Gabriel Kidd, Yano and Tomohiro Ishii SANADA and Shingo Takagi beat YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto DOUKI and Minoru Suzuki beat Yuya Uemura and Yuji Nagata Yoshinobu…
PHOTO: Mike Bennett Looks Like A Different Person After Leaving WWE
Roman Reigns and Rusev have shown off dramatically altered physiques during their time in quarantine, proving the workload has only increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Add Mike Bennett, the former Mike Kanellis, to the list. The former WWE 205 Live star revealed a new photo of his physique over the weekend, showing off a dramatic…
Big Update On NJPW’s Summer Struggle Tour
New Japan Pro Wrestling began their Summer Struggle tour today at Korakuen Hall. Sunday’s show was headlined by Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi versus EVIL, Dick Togo and Taiji Ishimori. We should have complete results online soon. Below are the announced matches for night two. The show will begin tomorrow morning at 5:30 AM…
Former WWE Star Wants TNT Title Match Against Cody?
JTG re-posted a Photoshopped promotional poster showing him versus Cody for the TNT Championship on AEW Dynamite. The former WWE star tagged Cody on Twitter with the following comment: “Interesting… @CodyRhodes don’t you love Fan Art ?” The tweet did not draw a response from Cody but drew several replies from fans. Reactions were mixed,…
Chris Jericho On Why He Won’t Be Returning To WWE
Chris Jericho did another Saturday Night Special last night on YouTube. One of his fans watching commented for him to please come back to WWE. “It’s not going to happen,” Jericho explained. “I’m really enjoying being in AEW and I loved my time with WWE. I love Vince McMahon. I learned a lot, had a…
More On WWE Blowing Off McIntyre vs. Ziggler On Raw
WWE will blow-off Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler on tomorrow night’s episode of Monday Night Raw. As reported in our initial Raw preview here on WrestlingNews.com, McIntyre will get to pick the stipulation of the bout, which he will announce right before the opening bell. The match will not be for the WWE Championship. Below…
Kevin Owens On Wrestlers That Helped Him “Step Up His Game”
Ring of Honor wrestler Cheeseburger asked his “wrestler friends” on Twitter the following question: Who was the first “name” you wrestled that was so good you realized how little you truly know and helped you step your game up? Kevin Owens took an opportunity to respond with some interesting insight. “There’s a lot of them…
Dustin Rhodes Launching Wrestling Academy In January 2021
The Rhodes Wrestling Academy is set to open in January 2021 outside of Austin, Texas. Dustin Rhodes will be launching the school that will be for new young prospects. It will not be associated with AEW or anyone else. Rhodes wrote on the school’s Twitter account it is a project he has “dreamt about for…
Impact Wrestling Sees Increase In Viewership After Slammiversary
Last Tuesday’s episode of Impact Wrestling did 163,000 viewers on AXS TV, according to a report by PWTorch.com. It was the first episode of Impact since Slammiversary and saw the return of EC3, The Good Brothers, a tag team title change and more. Viewership was up from the 156,000 viewers the show did the week…
Mark Henry Believes Adam Cole’s Outburst Was A Shoot, Will Be Reprimanded
Mark Henry was on Busted Open Radio were he and Bully Ray discussed the incident between Pat McAfee and Adam Cole. For those that missed it or are just now hearing about it, Cole cursed out former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee during an interview featured on The Pat McAfee Show. McAfee went at Cole…
Finn Balor Answers Edge’s Request For Match At TakeOver
Finn Balor vs. Edge at an NXT TakeOver event? It seems like both WWE Superstars are interested in a dream match that would put them head-to-head. Earlier this week, Edge tweeted this: “Ok @RobertStoneWWE my man! Let’s collab. Get me a match vs @FinnBalor at Takeover, I only want fuschia m&m’s(they don’t make those, so…
WrestleMania VII Celebrity Guest Regis Philbin Dead At 88
Television icon and WrestleMania VII celebrity guest Regis Philbin has died. He was 88-years-old. Philbin’s family issued the following statement to People: “His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him – for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor, and his singular ability to make every day…
Frustration In WWE Over COVID-19, Chaos Backstage At Raw, Ric Flair Controversy, Why AJ Styles Hates Paul Heyman, Big SummerSlam Developments, Matt Hardy Frustrated In AEW, Impact Stars Take Aim At Vince McMahon And Backstage News
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Backstage News On COVID-19 Impacting Viewership Of AEW Dynamite
Word making rounds throughout the AEW locker room is that the promotion’s momentum was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic in a major way. The feeling is if Dynamite scheduled for Rochester, NY on March 18 and the special “Blood & Guts” show took place on March 25 in Newark, NJ as planned, AEW Dynamite would…
Falls Count Anywhere Match Draws Over 1 Million Viewers For AEW
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite did strong viewership numbers, with The Young Bucks vs. The Butcher & The Blade drawing more than one million viewers. AEW President & CEO Tony Khan confirmed on Twitter that from 8:55pm ET to 9pm ET, the final five minutes of the Falls Count Anywhere Match, the show drew…
WWE Raw Preview: Ziggler vs. McIntyre, Women’s Title, Orton’s Next Target
WWE is hard at work to bring their audience for Monday Night Raw back over two million viewers. On next week’s show, which was taped this week, the following has been confirmed: Randy Orton will reveal his next “target” following his win over The Big Show this week. Ricochet & Cedric Alexander vs. The Viking…
SmackDown Audience Up With Incredible Main Event
This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown garnered an average of 1.971 million viewers on FOX. Hour one did 1.985 million viewers, while the second hour ticked down slightly at 1.956 million viewers. SmackDown was No. 1 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.5 rating. The audience is up from the 1.912 million viewers…
WWE 205 Live Results (7/24/20) – Six-Man Tag Action
Below are complete results from this week’s episode of WWE 205 live: Drake Maverick beat Leon Ruff. The finish saw Maverick land an elbow off the top rope followed by the pinfall. Mansoor, Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan beat Ever-Rise (Chase Parker & Matt Martel) & Tehuti Miles. The finish saw Mansoor pin Miles for…
NJPW Announces Summer Struggle Series, Premiere Of NJPW Strong
New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a series of shows at Jingu Stadium called the Summer Struggle. The Summer Struggle tour will begin tomorrow at Korakuen Hall and will run through August 16. NJPW confirmed the series during intermission at Saturday’s Sengoku Lord show. Fans will be in attendance at the shows but the stadium…
NJPW Sengoku Lord Results (7/25/20) – EVIL vs. Takahashi
New Japan Pro Wrestling held their Sengoku Lord show at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on Saturday. The show was headlined by EVIL defending the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships against Hiromu Takahashi. As reported earlier here at WrestlingNews.com, Tomoaki Honma and Yota Tsuji were pulled from the show after a confirmed exposure to…
Two NJPW Wrestlers Held Off Sengoku Lord Due To COVID-19
Tomoaki Honma and Yota Tsuji were pulled from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Sengoku Lord show after filming a television show with another cast member who tested positive for COVID-19. They filmed the show on July 17 and the cast member tested positive on July 24. Neither Honma nor Tsuji were in close contact with the…
Cody Defends Booking Of Character, TNT Title Defenses
Former WCW star Glenn Gilbertti, a/k/a Disco Inferno, asked on social media if Cody Rhodes’ character on AEW television was a heel and then he made reference to his TNT title defenses against independent talent. “Is Cody Rhodes a heel? This is like the old school angle where you have a list of worthy contenders…
More Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In WWE
COVID-19 continues to impact WWE, just as it does every other part of the world. Cornell Gunter, who works for WWE’s Content Innovation Lab, announced on social media he tested positive for COVID-19. So far, the only other names associated with WWE to make public they have tested positive include producers Jamie Noble and Adam…
Backstage News On Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy Bar Fight
WWE filmed the Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy bar fight from last night’s episode of SmackDown from Irish Shannon’s Pub on Church Street in Orlando, Florida. The establishment is currently closed due to Florida restricting sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Sheamus’s personal bartender was played by independent wrestler Vinny McParland. He appeared…
Jeff Hardy Gives DELETE Shout Out To Matt Hardy On SmackDown
Jeff Hardy gave a shout out to his brother and current AEW Superstar Matt Hardy on tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night Smackdown. During the bar fight with Sheamus, Jeff stated, “My brother had to DELETE his career, tonight I have to recover mine.” The match turned out to be as physical and intense as…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (7/24/20) – Hardy vs. Sheamus
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX. Please read our preview of the broadcast. We will see fallout from The Horror Show at Extreme Rules, Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus in a bar fight, Naomi on MizTV and an appearance by WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and Sasha…
WWE Intercontinental Title Match Set For Next Week’s SmackDown
Gran Metalik won a Fatal 4-Way match on this week’s SmackDown to become the No. 1 contender to the WWE Intercontinental Championship. He will face AJ Styles for the title on next week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. The match involved Metalik, his tag team partner Lince Dorado, Shorty G and Drew Gulak. The…
