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Triple H Lists WWE Talent He Would Like To Have Match Against
During a recent appearance on the After the Bell podcast with Corey Graves, Triple H discussed which superstars he would like to have a match against. “If I were to look at it now, clearly for me from the white meat Shawn Michaels-selling babyface side, [Johnny] Gargano. [Tommaso] Ciampa is different – he’s more like…
Backstage News On The Usos Returning To WWE TV
With Jimmy Uso being acquitted of DUI charges earlier this month, the WWE creative team has been instructed to come up with ideas to re-introduce The Uso brothers tag team on television. The current plan is for them to remain on Raw. Follow @wrestlepages
Early Location News For Survivor Series 2020 & Royal Rumble 2021
The early front-runner to host Survivor Series 2020 is Dallas, Texas. The current favorite to host Royal Rumble 2021 is Seattle, Washington. The rumors were reported earlier by WrestleVotes on Twitter: Source: Location news… clear front runners, if not already official: 2020 Survivor Series: Dallas, TX2021 Royal Rumble: Seattle, WA — WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) December 27,…
Toni Storm Opens Up About Fallout Of Private Photos Leaking Online
Toni Storm from WWE NXT opened up about the fallout over private photos of her that leaked online last year during an appearance on Lilian Garcia’s podcast. “I just shut down because I noticed stuff that had leaked because I was already kind of in a bad place mentally. I always really struggled with depression…
AEW Dynamite Coming To Newark, NJ
All Elite Wrestling have announced the 3/25 episode of Dynamite will take place from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. It’ll be interesting to see how they set the venue up as it can fit up to 19,000. Below are details on tickets: Newark, NJ! #AEWDynamite is coming!Wednesday, March 25th@prucenter Tickets go on sale Friday,…
Jim Cornette Files Lawsuit Over ‘F*** Jim Cornette’ T-Shirt
Jim Cornette is suing indie talent Brandon “G-Raver” Graver over a “f*** Jim Cornette” t-shirt design. The complaint states Cornette is “is a professional wrestling living legend and believed by many to be the world’s leading expert on all matters having in any way to do with the sport of professional wrestling.” truly #blessed to…
WWE Hasn’t Contacted Eric Bischoff About nWo HOF Induction
Eric Bischoff has NOT been contacted by WWE about being inducted into the Hall of Fame with the new World order next year. “No,” said Bischoff h/t WrestlingINC.com. “I was surprised they announced it this early as they usually announce it a little later in the year. But no, I haven’t spoken to anybody. I…
Big E Reveals Frustration With Kevin Owens Replacing Him
Big E revealed his frustration about being replaced by Kevin Owens in the New Day when he was injured. “With the meniscus thing, when I’m in the hospital, I’m in the bed. I just finished my surgery and I turn on the TV and I know [Kingston and Woods] have to do what you have…
WWE Looking To Sign Killer Kross, Fast Track Him On Raw Or SmackDown
WWE is interested is signing former Impact Wrestling star Killer Kross. In fact, there is a chance the company has already offered him a deal. WWE is open to fast tracking him to an upper tier spot on Raw or SmackDown. Kross was locked in a contract dispute with Impact Wrestling for months. He hasn’t…
Backstage News On Two WWE Stars Paul Heyman Wants To Push
Paul Heyman is said to be high up on both Buddy Murphy and Aleister Black. The plan is for Murphy to be groomed into a top heel, with Black working as a top babyface. Despite his plans, some are skeptical about Heyman being able to successfully elevate them. Neither Murphy nor Black are typical “Vince…
WWE NXT Star Undergoes Reconstructive Surgery
Fandango suffered more than an elbow dislocation on the Dec. 11 episode of WWE NXT. The NXT Superstar underwent reconstruction surgery of his ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, a procedure known very well by baseball fans as Tommy John surgery. He could be out of action as long as 12 months. Fandango tore…
Backstage News On Samoa Joe’s Current WWE Status
WWE plans to transition Samoa Joe from a commentator back to an in-ring performer now that he has recovered from his fractured thumb. This is the reason for the closing segment on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW when he refused to move from the announcer’s desk and was taken out of the…
Most Disliked WWE YouTube Videos Of 2019 Revealed
Forbes.com published a list of the most dislike videos on WWE’s official YouTube channel for 2019. They are as follows: Charlotte Flair Replaces Becky Lynch in Anticipated WrestleMania Match—73,000 Dislikes Seth Rollins hits “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt with a Stomp—48,000 Dislikes Brock Lesnar Brutally Attacks Rey Mysterio and his Son—39,000 Dislikes Braun Strowman vs. Bobby…
David Marquez Offends People Defending Jim Cornette Joke
David Marquez of the National Wrestling Alliance drew criticism for the following tweet: Eddie Murphy can say “Coon Boy” on network TV but @TheJimCornette can’t say a starvation joke in the internet? Good on you America. — David Marquez (@CWFHMarquez) December 23, 2019 After the backlash, he issued the following: “Late last night, I posted…
Jerry Lawler Reveals Why Last Week’s WWE RAW Taping Was Difficult
Jerry Lawler explained on a recent episode of his podcast why it was difficult taping back-to-back episodes of WWE Monday Night RAW on 12/16: “That was a long night. We had 20 matches.” Lawler said h/t PostWrestling.com. “We started, and I bet a lot of people didn’t realize… it would be hard to realize it…
How Much Longer Matt Hardy Plans To Wrestle, Big Update On His Status
Matt Hardy recently answered questions from fans on Twitter. Below are the hilgihts: A live deletion match: “That would be a daunting challenge, but it’s possible. I would envision it as a DELETION battle meets Broadway.” Goals for the New Year: “Be a better father & husband. Be more present in the moment. Take care…
Ric Flair Comments On Charlotte’s Booking In WWE
Ric Flair recently addressed Corey Graves’ comments about his daughter Charlotte in a new interview with WrestlingINC.com. For those that missed it, Graves stated he feels like she’s going through the motions in the ring. Here’s the reaction from The Nature Boy: “I am not happy with the way they are doing it; I guess…
Cody Responds To Roman Reigns’ Comments About AEW Not Being Competition
In August Sports1 interviewed Roman Reigns and he had some interesting comments about AEW not being competition to WWE, in reference to something Seth Rollins had said about the upstart promotion. “I think [Rollins] is being generous in calling them a competition,” Reigns said. “I don’t want to get too deep into this […], I…
Steve Austin: “The Feeling That Anything Could Happen Is Lost”
Steve Austin made an excellent point with what’s missing in professional wrestling today while appearing on the Pardon My Take show. “When you used to watch back in the Attitude Era when we had the Monday Night Wars, Nitro had this hot open, and then we had our pyro coming down, pow, pow, pow, it…
Kevin Nash Pulls Out Of Chris Jericho’s Cruise
Kevin Nash confirmed over the weekend on Twitter that he will not be in attendance on Chris Jerihco’s cruise due to a scheduling conflict. Apparently Nash will be filming a movie during the time the cruise will take place. The following is from Twitter: Would like to express my apologies for having to cancel my…
Why Mauro Ranallo/Corey Graves And Jordan Myles Stories Weren’t On WWE Backstage
Several fans have noticed the stories of Mauro Ranallo/Corey Graves and Jordan Myles were not covered on WWE Backstage. Ryan Satin from ProWrestlingSheet.com, who is on the show, explained why in the following tweet: https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1208453540995198976 Richard Reacts: I couldn’t disagree more. Mental health issues are not going to go away by simply not covering them.…
Backstage News On AEW Viewership Woes
AEW have evidence that viewers of Dynamite on TNT switch to WWE NXT on the USA Network during the commercial break, which is the reason they’re doing more insets. The interesting note about the head-to-head data is that NXT viewers aren’t switching to AEW, with the belief being that NXT fans are not AEW fans…
The Young Bucks Leave Twitter Over Negativity From Fans
Matt and Nick Jackson, known collectively as The Young Bucks, disabled their Twitter accounts due to negativity from fans. Their father, Matthew, tweeted the following: https://twitter.com/MATTLEEMASSIE/status/1208238453894217731 https://twitter.com/MATTLEEMASSIE/status/1208416009847070722 https://twitter.com/MATTLEEMASSIE/status/1208415111750152192 https://twitter.com/MATTLEEMASSIE/status/1208250219105681409 Follow @wrestlepages
WWE Stars Comment On Blown Spot From AEW Dynamite
Randy Orton, Mark Henry and Tama Tonga all weighed in on a video from AEW Dynamite that shows one of the members of Dark Order throwing some punches that would rival those of Shane McMahon. First the spot, then the reactions below: Those punches tho ???? pic.twitter.com/iWgD1udQTT — Richard Gray (@grayinternet) December 21, 2019 Fire…
Even With Another Denial, Rumors Of Edge Returning Persist
As reported here on WrestlePages.com, WWE Hall of Famer Edge continues to shoot down rumors of an in-ring return in WWE. Even with another denial, multiple whispers around the company continue to speculate about him possibly returning to the ring. The justification for the rumors all stem from the fact he did the spear at…
Jimmy Uso Acquitted Of DUI Charge
Jimmy Uso was found not guilty in his DUI case stemming from his arrest on 7/25 in Pensacola, Florida. A jury deliberated for about an hour in a Pensacola courtroom on Wednesday before announcing the verdict. Dashcam video appeared to show Uso, whose real name is Jonathan Fatu, speeding a swerving in his Cadillac Escalade.…
Former WWE Star Interested In Working For AEW?
Former WWE talent Alex Riley wrote on Instagram that he’s interested in possibly working with All Elite Wrestling. A fan wrote to Riley that maybe he should return to the ring for another run, not in WWE or NXT but maybe AEW. Riley responded, “I agree, thank you.” Generation Championship Wrestling has booked Riley for…
Paul Heyman Trying To Build Up Certain Stars On WWE RAW
Paul Heyman has been pushing for some talent on RAW to get more wins, which is the reason behind recent squash matches. The thinking is the stars that need built up need to get over as much as possible, so they’re scheduling short (one-two minute) matches to accomplish that. So the next time you see…
When To Expect Several Injured WWE Stars To Return
– Nia Jax and Ruby Riott are both scheduled to return to WWE in the first quarter of 2020. We could see either or even both back as soon as January. – Xavier Woods is out until at least May 2020. – Lars Sullivan is currently slated for a return in June 2020. Follow @wrestlepages
John Cena Never Took Paycheck From Total Bellas
Nikki Bella revealed that John Cena never took a paycheck for his role on Total Bellas and she doesn’t like how he didn’t have a voice when their breakup was showcased. “The one thing I really regret about showcasing the breakup is that no one got to hear [John’s] voice, and it just seemed so…
WWE RAW Audience Down Following TLC
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW did an average viewing audience of 2.054 million viewers on the USA Network. That’s down from the 2.150 million viewers the show did the week prior. Below is how the show did each hour: 8 PM: 2.204 million viewers 9 PM: 2.099 million viewers 10 PM: 1.858…
Kairi Sane’s WWE Return Pushed Back
We noted earlier here on WrestlePages.com the plan was for Kairi Sane to return to the ring for WWE at their post-Christmas live event on 12/26 from Madison Square Garden. That has now been changed. Sane will not wrestle on the show and the event will now feature Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte…
Big Update On John Cena’s Upcoming Movie Roles
With John Cena not working WWE TLC last Sunday, a full calendar year has passed without him wrestling on one of their pay-per-views. Cena is busy doing his best impression of Dwayne Johnson as he has several film projects in the works. Below is a quick look at his films slated for release next year:…
Kairi Sane’s WWE Return Date Revealed
Kairi Sane did not work last night’s WWE RAW taping as a precaution after suffering a concussion at WWE TLC. The company is expected to give her some time to recuperate as they do not want to rush any talent back following a concussion, especially when it was obvious to everyone who watched the the…
Top WWE Execs Not In Attendance At WWE TLC
Neither Vince McMahon nor Triple H were backstage at the WWE TLC pay-per-view in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday. The show was put together the way Vince wanted it via conference call. Paul Heyman was in charge of the Raw matches, while Bruce Pritchard was in charge of the SmackDown matches. Follow @wrestlepages
The Ascension Taking Independent Bookings
Konnor and Viktor of The Ascension will begin taking independent dates when their 90-day non-compete clauses expire from their WWE contracts. The following promotional posters featuring the tag team have surfaced: The Ascension are hitting the indie scene pic.twitter.com/4d2CtH9R04 — Richard Gray (@grayinternet) December 17, 2019 The Ascension showed real promise in NXT, where they…
Sin Cara Changes His Name To Cinta de Oro
Sin Cara will now wrestle as Cinta de Oro. The original Cinta de Oro was one of Cara’s idols and died in 2016. One of the original Cinta de Oro’s children gave Cara permission for him to use the name. The following is from Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6J-ponFa0C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Cara didn’t bother to change his name prior to…
Primo Colon Explains He Didn’t Fail WWE Wellness Test
Primo Colon addressed his 30-day suspension for violating the WWE Wellness Policy in a new interview with Primerahora.com, explaining he didn’t test positive for anything but simply didn’t take a test when requested. “I was not on the road (on tour with the company), I was not scheduled for any event in the near future.…
Bizarre Backstage Details On Sin Cara Working For AAA
Following up on an earlier item where Jorge Arias appeared at AAA Guerra de Titanes over the weekend and used the Sin Cara name, he did not obtain permission from WWE. Alrias was officially released from his WWE contract a couple of weeks ago. However, it contained a 90-day non-compete clause and he does not…
Tyson Fury Teases WrestleMania 36 Match Against Brock Lesnar
Boxer Tyson Fury continues to tease a match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36 next year in Tampa. During an interview with Behind the Gloves, Fury discussed his Crown Jewel match against Braun Strowman and teased plans after his fight against Deontay Wilder in February. “It went really well, it was a good experience, WWE…
Sin Cara Appears At AAA Guerra De Titanes
Former WWE star Jorge Arias, better known as Sin Cara, worked last night’s AAA Guerra De Titanes show. What was interesting about the appearance is that not only did he seemingly violate his 90-day non-compete clause attached to his WWE contract but he even used the Sin Cara name. Below is video: Cara was officially…
Backstage News From Tonight’s WWE TLC PPV
Below are backstage news and notes from tonight’s WWE TLC pay-per-view: AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton will not take place tonight but was moved to tomorrow night’s Monday Night RAW. Braun Strowman does not have medical clearance, so he won’t be facing Shinsuke Nakamura. Bayley vs. Lacey Evans was originally rumored for the pay-per-view but…
Five Bouts Advertised For WWE’s 12/26 Show At Madison Square Garden
The following matches are being advertised for WWE’s post-Christmas live event from Madison Square Garden on 12/26: WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors vs. Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins WWE United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton No Holds Barred: Rusev vs. Bobby Lashley…
Latest On Colt Cabana & Marty Scurll After Finishing Up With ROH
As previously reported here at WrestlePages.com, Colt Cabana has finished with Ring of Honor. The same can be said for Marty Scurll and both are going to be available for outside promotions. Scurll has already agreed to at least one independent date outside of ROH and there is said to be interest from both WWE…
Braun Strowman Injury Update
Braun Strowman is currently dealing with an injury. There have been varying details as to what exactly is bothering him as it was originally reported as back spasms but later noted to be a sore hip. Strowman was pulled from a WWE live event last weekend due to the injury. Below is what he wrote…
Colby Covington Teases Move To WWE After UFC 245
Former UFC Interim Welterweight Champion Colby Covington teased a move to WWE over issues with UFC’s pay in a new interview with Ariel Helwani of ESPN. “UFC needs to pay up, if they don’t pay up after this fight you will probably see me in WWE,” said Covington h/t WrestlingNews.co. “This is it, I’m putting…
Top WWE Star Wants To See Less Scripting With Promos
Becky Lynch told fans during a Q&A at the Gorilla Position Live event in London that she would like to see less scripting in WWE when it comes to promos. “I think I would give the wrestlers more freedom to talk and to be able to cut their own promos. Because we know ourselves, what…
Paige Believes Female Talent Still Being Held Back In WWE
Paige believes a lot of the girls in WWE are being held back. She expressed her frustrations during a recent episode of Corey Graves’ After the Bell podcast. “I don’t understand why we don’t have another girl’s PPV (Evolution PPV). We had that one-off deal, like what the h*** is that about? Give us one…
Top AEW Star Calls Backstage Meeting Over Tag Team Matches In Promotion
AEW World Champion Chris Jericho was recently a guest on Konnan’s podcast. During the appearance, Jericho told a story about how the lack of tag team psychology in AEW was driving him nuts so he held a backstage meeting about it. “I called a team meeting — I’ll tell you right now. The lack of…