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Kofi Kingston Out 6 Weeks; Big E To Get Singles Run
A backstage segment aired on tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown with Kofi Kingston coming out of the trainer’s room. He told Big E he is injured and is going to be out about six weeks. Kofi told Big E with Xavier Woods out and now him about to be out, the universe is…
Nikki Cross To Challenge Bayley For SmackDown Title Next Week
Nikki Cross is once again the No. 1 contender for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship. WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley opened this week’s show by announcing she would give the winner of Cross vs. Alexa Bliss a shot at the title on next week’s show. Cross won off a roll-up in a physical encounter, setting…
Backstage News On MVP’s Stock, Nation Of Domination, WWE Star Gets Hitched
– MVP’s stock in WWE continues to rise as the company has been impressed with his work both on and off screen. As we reported in Ask WNC, WWE is currently looking to offer MVP a long-term contract extension. MVP believes he can wrestle for two or three more years and wants to transition to…
WWE SmackDown Preview – Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus Bar Fight
Tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown will air at 8 PM/7 CT on FOX from the Performance Center. This week’s show will feature: Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus in a Bar Fight Naomi on Miz TV following the buzz she created last week after being squashed by Lacey Evans. WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and…
Cody To Defend TNT Title Against Warhorse On Dynamite
All Elite Wrestling announced today on Twitter that Cody Rhodes w/Arn Anderson will defend the TNT Championship against Warhorse on next week’s episode of Dynamite. You asked for it. You got it.Next week on Dynamite – @CodyRhodes defends his TNT Championship against the challenger @JPWARHORSE. Watch #AEWDynamite every Wednesday night on @TNTDrama 8e/7c or https://t.co/GdI7QAK8wn…
Lineup For Episode Four Of Lion’s Break Collision Tonight On NJPW World
Episode No. 4 of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Lion’s Break Collision will premiere tonight at 10 PM ET/9 PM CT on NJPW World. The show will feature the following: Alex Coughlin vs. Tom Lawlor Misterioso vs. Danny Limelight Rocky Romero and Rust Taylor vs. TJP and Clark Connors Jeff Cobb vs. Karl Fredericks
WWE Star’s Future, Attitude Era Wouldn’t Work Today, Adam Cole On Raw/SD, Controversial Interview
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WWE’s COVID-19 Protocol Revealed; Move To New Headquarters Delayed
WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon was recently featured on Ad Age Remotely where she talked about how WWE has been operating throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the highlights. Stephanie explained that WWE has made it optional for performers and crew to work. They do not force anyone to work during this time. Roman…
The Miz On When He Will Retire From WWE
The Miz participated in a Q&A on Twitter to promote a new show he is hosting on the USA Network called “Cannonball.” One of the fans asked Miz at what age he plans to retire. “Whenever it stops being fun,” Miz tweeted in reply. Whenever it stops being fun. https://t.co/okmQS1SE94 — The Miz (@mikethemiz) July…
VIDEO: MLW Pulp Fusion Featuring Richard Holliday, Salina de la Renta And More
The latest episode of MLW Pulp Fusion is now online. We have embedded it in the player above. Featured in this episode: The self-proclaimed Caribbean Heavyweight Champion Richard Holliday invites us to his Martha’s Vineyard compound as relaxes and reflects on his next rumored title fight. The National Openweight Champ Alex Hammerstone is ten days…
Backstage News On Sammy Guevara’s Return From Suspension
Sammy Guevara returned to All Elite Wrestling on this week’s episode of Dynamite on TNT. Guevara, who had been suspended for one month without pay, emerged from under a mask and celebrated his return with Chris Jericho, Santana, Ortiz and Jake Hager. His last appearance on Dynamite was on June 17 when he tagged with…
MLW Extends World Champ Jacob Fatu Until 2025
Major League Wrestling has signed Jacob Fatu, their World Heavyweight Champion, to a contract extension, Marc Raimondi confirmed. Fatu signed with MLW in late 2019 and is now under contract until late 2025. Fatu won the MLW World Title last July at Kings of Colosseum in Chicago, IL. He is a member of the Anoa’i…
12 Matches Announced For Next Week’s AEW Dark
AEW CEO Tony Khan has announced 12 matches for next week’s episode of AEW Dark. The matches are as follows: SCU vs. Santana & Ortiz vs. Private Party Brandon Cutler & Peter Avalon vs. FTR Best Friends vs. Alex Reynolds & John Silver Evil Uno & Stu Grayson vs. Shawn Dean & Will Hobbs Michael…
WWE Cancels SummerSlam In Boston, Does Not Name New Location
WWE SummerSlam will not take place at the TD Garden in Boston, MA next month. This is something that has been known for quite some time but was officially confirmed by the company on Thursday. While it is believed WWE will hold the show from the Performance Center, where all events have been ran since…
Viewership & Ratings For This Week’s AEW Dynamite And WWE NXT
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite did 845,000 viewers on TNT. The show ranked No. 5 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.32 rating. Viewership was up from the 788,000 viewers the series did last week. WWE NXT over on the USA Network did 615,000 viewers on the USA Network, down from the 631,000 viewers…
WWE Hall Of Famer Mike Tyson To Fight Roy Jones Jr. On Sept. 12
WWE Hall of Famer Mike Tyson is returning to the ring. Tyson, 54, will fight Roy Jones Jr. in an eight-round exhibition on September 12 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. It will be broadcast on pay-per-view and on the multimedia platform Triller. Triller will build up to the bout in a…
Early WWE SmackDown Preview – Sheamus vs. Hardy Bar Fight
The following has been announced for tomorrow night’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX: Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy in a bar fight (check out what Matt Hardy said) Naomi a guest on MizTV (possibly to address #NaomiDeservesBetter?) A confirmed appearance by WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and Sasha Banks Join us here at…
VIDEO: Adam Cole Curses Out Pat McAfee During Interview
WWE NXT Superstar Adam Cole cursed out former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee during an interview featured on The Pat McAfee Show. Cole took issue with McAfee’s questions and ended up cursing at him. Cole stated McAfee was “being a total dick” for saying the reason he succeeded was because of all the great people…
Why AJ Styles Hates Paul Heyman, SummerSlam Main Event Outcome, AEW Talent Going To WWE, Backlash For Orton
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Matt Hardy Frustrated In AEW, Jeff’s WWE Storyline, Guevara’s Suspension
Matt Hardy posted a brief video on his YouTube channel where he expressed his frustration over how things have gone so far in All Elite Wrestling and teased maybe it is time for him to be the real Matthew Hardy. “When I first made the decision to come to All Elite Wrestling, I was excited…
Eric Young To Vince McMahon – ‘Your Show Is Broken’
Eric Young did an interview with Bully Ray and Tommy Dreamer on Busted Open Radio to talk about his departure from WWE and return to Impact Wrestling at Slammiversary. Young, who signed with WWE in 2016 after a successful run in Impact, was the leader of the SAnitY stable in NXT before being called up…
AEW Dark Results (7/21/20) – Darby Allin Returns, Starks Joins Taz & Cage
This week’s episode of AEW Dark is now available on YouTube. The show was taped last week and features the return of Darby Allin. We have complete results available below: AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida beat Rache Chanel Kip Sabian w/ Penelope Ford beat Corey Hollis Best Friends beat Brady Pierce & Sabby Ricky Starks…
Bobby Fulton Remains Cancer Free; Has Surgery To Stop Bleed
Bobby Fulton is still cancer free. His medical issues from over the weekend were due to an arterial bleed that had to be stopped. Fulton underwent surgery and is still in “rough shape,” according to his son. Fulton’s son, Jimmy Hines, posted the following on Facebook: MEDICAL UPDATE FROM DAD: Please continue to keep him…
PHOTO: Renee Young Shows Off New Look
Renee Young showed off a new hairstyle on her Instagram account. “Trying to take a suitable picture of my new haircut before Jon catches me and starts roasting me,” Young wrote in the caption. She later had to clarify her comments. “* I didn’t mean he was roasting the haircut. The haircut is great,” wrong…
Chris Jericho’s “Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager At Sea” Postponed
Chris Jericho’s third annual “Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea” wrestling cruise has been postponed until October 21-25, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Twitter account that handles news about the cruise confirmed the new earlier today. “After careful consideration and caution for everyone’s health and safety, we have made the difficult but necessary…
Three Matches And Huge Announcement Set For Tonight’s WWE NXT
This week’s episode of WWE NXT will feature the following on the USA Network: * Dominik Dijakovic vs. Karrion Kross * William Regal to make huge announcement * Shotzi Blackheart vs. Aliyah * Dexter Lumis vs. Killian Dain WWE posted the following preview on dot com: Dominik Dijakovic takes on Karrion Kross Karrion Kross clearly…
Is WWE Bringing Back Nation Of Domination?, Top WWE Star’s Future In Limbo, Who WON’T Headline WrestleMania 37, Untimely Release
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Backstory On Brian Meyers’ Tweet To Vince McMahon Ahead Of Impact Debut
As CJ reported earlier here at WrestlingNews.com, Brian Meyers, formally known as Curt Hawkins in WWE, is heading to Impact Wrestling. A vignette was included on this week’s episode of Impact to promote his pending debut. This will be his second stint in the company after competing in the TNA vs. GFW storyline in 2015.…
PHOTO: Rusev, Now Miro, Is Looking Jacked As A Free Agent
Roman Reigns got a lot of attention by showing off his physique over the weekend as he has spent his time way from WWE in the gym. Former WWE Superstar Rusev, who now goes by Miro, is showing Reigns is not the only person staying in shape. He posted the following on his Instagram with…
AEW Dynamite To Feature Cody vs. Top Indie Wrestler, Jon Moxley And More
Tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite is set to feature the following: * AEW World Champion Jon Moxley * An appearance by FTW Champion Brian Cage and Taz * A match featuring MJF * Diamante vs. Ivelisse * Jurassic Express vs. Chris Jericho & Jake Hager * Cody Rhodes will defend the TNT Championship against a…
The Undertaker Launches TikTok Account
The Undertaker continues to put himself out there on social media, this time by launching an account on TikTok. As if this writing, Undertaker has not uploaded any videos but has 50.7K followers. This could be an attempt for Undertaker to connect at the next generation as the website has half a billion users, with…
Mike Bennett And Maria Kanellis Talk WWE Departure, Overcoming Addiction And More
Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis Bennett were featured on Episode 13 of the ROHStrong Podcast. In it, they talked about their WWE run and being released two months after the birth of their second child. Mike talked about his recovery from addiction to prescription drugs. They discussed working together in ROH, forming The Kingdom and…
WWE Raw Viewership Up After Extreme Rules
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average viewing audience of 1.628 million viewers on the USA Network. This is up from the 1.561 million viewers the show did last week. Hour one – 1.740 million viewers Hour two – 1.609 million viewers Hour three – 1.535 million viewers Raw finished #22…
Slammiversary Breaks Social Media Records For Impact Wrestling
Impact Wrestling issued the following press release: SLAMMIVERSARY 2020 BREAKS SOCIAL MEDIA RECORDS FOR IMPACT WRESTLING Highly-Anticipated Free Agent Reveals and Hard-Hitting Championship Matches Drive Record-Setting Engagement for IMPACT Across Digital Platforms Nashville – (July 21, 2020) – IMPACT Wrestling was firing on all cylinders Saturday night as Slammiversary 2020 became the company’s biggest live…
ROH Roundtable On Police Brutality, Black Lives Matter, Race & Racism In Wrestling
Ring of Honor released the inaugural ROH Roundtable episode on their official YouTube channel. In it, Ian Riccaboni is joined by Caprice Coleman, Shane Taylor, Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham and Kenny King to discuss police brutality, the Black Lives Matter movement and race & racism in wrestling in a candid and emotional panel. You can…
Why Austin Theory Was Removed From WWE TV, Final Extreme Rules Thoughts, Leave Ric Flair Alone, Stars MIA At Raw
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Final Viewership For Go-Home To The Horror Show At Extreme Rules SmackDown
Last week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average of 1.912 million viewers on FOX. The number adjusted up from the overnight viewership released on Saturday, which was 1.893 million viewers. The number is also up from the final viewership number the prior week, which finished at 1.900 million viewers. SmackDown did a…
Raw Women’s Title To Be Determined Next Week, Stable Named, Title Change
– WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon appeared on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw and announced next week, Asuka will face Sasha Banks for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship. The match can be decided by pinfall, submission, count out, or disqualification, including outside interference. – The stable of Lashley, MVP and Shelton Benjamin is…
Ric Flair Says His Wife Has COVID-19, Denies He Has It
Ric Flair’s wife, Wendy Barlow, has COVID-19 and is “very ill,” according to a report by The New York Post. Barlow is familiar to professional wrestling fans as former WCW star Fifi The Maid. The Post’s report features a photo of Flair without a mask on at a Starbucks drive-through [in his car] on Friday…
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (7/20/20) – Randy Orton vs. The Big Show
Welcome to WrestlingNews.com’s WWE Monday Night Raw Results – Streaming Live Coverage. Tonight’s broadcast is set to feature The Big Show vs. Randy Orton in an Unsanctioned Match, WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Kairi Sane in a non-title match and Seth Rollins vs. Aleister Black. You can reload the page for the latest results,…
Kairi Sane To Face WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley On Raw
WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley will face Kairi Sane in a non-title match on tonight’s episode of Monday Night RAW. Sane was involved in the WWE Raw Women’s Championship match last night at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules as she was with Asuka. It was during that match Bayley interfered, stole the referee’s shirt…
MUST SEE – Up Close Photo Of Rey Mysterio’s Eye At Extreme Rules
TMZ Sports ran a feature on the Eye for an Eye Match match at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules featuring Seth Rollins and Rey Mysterio. They show a close-up of Mysterio’s eye, which you can view below: WWE's Rey Mysterio 'Loses Eyeball' In Live Match, Seth Rollins Pukes! https://t.co/wK0mCj4fCs — TMZ (@TMZ) July 20,…
WATCH: Doc Gallows And Karl Anderson Featured In Being The Elite
Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson are featured in the latest episode of Being the Elite. The episode is titled “BC 4 Life” and features former Bullet Club members Gallows, Anderson and The Young Bucks. Also in this week’s episode is Matt Hardy with his latest “Broken Brilliance” and “Speaking Spanglish” with Alex Marvez. You can…
Seth Rollins To Face Aleister Black On Tonight’s WWE RAW
WWE is taping tonight’s episode of RAW, next week’s RAW, RAW Talk and Main Event today from the Performance Center. The company has announced Seth Rollins will face Aleister Black on tonight’s show, which joins Randy Orton vs. Big Show in an Unsanctioned Match. There will also be an update on the WWE Raw Women’s…
Backstage News On COVID-19 In WWE, Updated Case Count, Frustration Over Testing, Impact On Other Companies
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WWE Superstar Leaving Company After Today’s Raw Tapings
Kairi Sane will finish up with WWE at today’s Raw tapings, according to a new report by PWInsider.com. Sane will leave on good terms but will move back to Japan. She announced in February she recently married a man who she was having a long-distance relationship with. Sane has been trying to get back to…
MJF Calls Out AEW World Champion Jon Moxley
MJF called out AEW World Champion Jon Moxley on Twitter on Monday. A fan tweeted how it was said MJF is not on television every week or in the championship picture. He stated MJF was money. MJF replied by quoting the tweet and offering the following comments: “It’s almost as if there’s a certain individual…
WATCH: Alexa Bliss Lures Braun Strowman Into Bray Wyatt’s Trap
WWE utilized Alexa Bliss in the Wyatt Swamp Fight between WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt at last night’s Horror Show at Extreme Rules pay-per-view. For those that missed it, Bliss was featured wearing a black veil where she lured him into Wyatt’s trap. She lifted the veil up and stated, “You know…
Mysterio Off WWE TV?, Backstage Update On Apollo Crews, Confusing PPV Finish, The Miz’s Longevity
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John Cena Undresses While Reminding People To Check Sources
John Cena appeared on the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. You can watch the appearance, which begins just after the 19-minute mark, in the video embedded above. In the clip, Cena was giving his take on the subject of the episode, “Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories.” “There’s a little of official looking stuff…
