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WWE Monday Night Raw Results (9/14/20) – New WWE Title Contender?
Welcome to our coverage of WWE Monday Night Raw. Here you will find results of the show that aired on Monday, September 14, 2020 on the USA Network. WWE Monday Night Raw Results September 27, 2020 From the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, FL Michael Cole is on play-by-play duties with Byron Saxton and…
Announce Team Changes At Raw; Ambulance Match At COC
– Tom Phillips is off the WWE Raw broadcast team for the second week in a row. Samoa Joe is also off this week. Announce duties are being handled by Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and Dolph Ziggler. There is currently no word on the reason behind the temporary changes. – WWE Champion Drew McIntyre will…
Women’s Tag Title Match Announced For Clash Of Champions
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler will face The Riott Squad at Clash of Champions. The Riott Squad became the No. 1 contenders a few weeks ago after beating The IIconics. The stipulation called for the IIconics to disband. Below is the updated WWE Clash of Champions card set for Sunday,…
Full Details On Miro’s AEW Contract, Including Compromise That Completed Deal
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WWE Friday Night SmackDown Audience Up Big
Last week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew an average of 2.329 million viewers on FOX. That is up from the 2.261 million viewers the show did in the overnights. The week prior’s final number was 2.129 million viewers for the fallout from WWE Payback episode. The broadcast did a 0.6 rating in the…
Ivar To Undergo Neck Surgery
Ivar is set to have neck surgery on Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama, Bryan Alvarez hears. As previously reported here on WrestlingNews.com, Ivar suffered a cervical injury on last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw during a suicide dive spot in a match with The Hurt Business. WWE seemed to downplay the injury but Ivar revealed…
How You Can Buy Tickets To Seven Straight AEW TV Tapings
All Elite Wrestling is getting back into the business of selling tickets. The promotion has started running shows in front of a limited audience and announced on Monday a pass for seven upcoming television tapings at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville. The product is called a Dynamite Seven and is $175. The pass begins with the…
Latest On Identity Of SmackDown’s Mystery Superstar
Carmella continues to be rumored as the mystery female Superstar joining WWE Friday Night SmackDown. The woman’s identity has not been announced as vignettes have ran on the blue brand concealing her identity. However, many fans have pointed out the dove tattoo on her left arm. Carmella hasn’t worked a match since the WWE Friday…
WWE Superstar Hints At Raw Underground Fight Tonight
Dolph Ziggler indicated on his Twitter account he will work a match on Raw Underground on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Walking into #RAW Underground tonight, like… pic.twitter.com/kukbd0LTmO — Nic Nemeth (@NicTNemeth) September 14, 2020 Ziggler went under to Keith Lee on the August 31 episode of Monday Night Raw in a regular match.…
Jeff Hardy Signs New Contract With WWE
WWE Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy has signed a new contract with WWE. The news was confirmed during an interview Hardy did with BT Sport and leaked for promotional purposes on Twitter. As explained exclusively here in Ask WNC, both Jeff and Matt Hardy signed contracts with WWE in 2017. The deals were for three years…
Brock Lesnar’s Asking Price And WWE Future Revealed
Brock Lesnar’s asking price is believed to be around $5 million a year for approximately two matches a year with promotional appearances building to these matches, according to WrestlingNews.com Insider. Vince McMahon remains confident he can get a deal done with Lesnar before WrestleMania 37 next year. A match on McMahon’s wish-list is one pitting…
AEW Dynamite To Air At 8 PM ET Wednesday On TNT
All Elite Wrestling has confirmed this week’s episode of Dynamite will air on Wednesday at 8 PM ET on TNT. Originally, there was going to be a one-hour episode on Wednesday after the NBA Playoffs followed by the normal two-hour episode on Thursday. #AEWDYNAMITE WILL AIR AS USUAL THIS WEDNESDAY 8pm EST on @TNTDRAMA (Yes,…
Why Brock Lesnar Won’t Go To AEW, Keith Lee The Third Wheel In Orton vs. McIntyre & Theme Music Debacle, McMahon High Up On Raw Star
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“In Your Face” WWE Raw Preview: Steel Cage Match
The road to Clash of Champions continues with tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw. The competition will pick up for WWE on cable television as Monday Night Football returns with a season opening doubleheader. WWE will look to counter that with a stacked lineup of their own in what they’re advertising as an “In…
WWE Hyping Sasha Banks’s Return To SmackDown
Sasha Banks will return to WWE Friday Night SmackDown on next week’s episode. The return was announced on Friday but has been a major promotional point throughout today’s NFL games on FOX. For those that missed it, WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley turned on Banks on the September 4th episode of SmackDown. It has been…
Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo Coming To Bloodsport
Impact Knockouts Champion Deonna Purrazzo is coming to Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport next month. Purrazzo beat Jordynne Grace by submission at Slammiversary to win the Knockouts Championship. She spent the last two years under contract with WWE NXT, but was largely misused with lack of TV time. She was released from WWE in April and made…
Chris Jericho On Miro Coming To AEW, Taking Shot At WWE
Chris Jericho is a fan of Miro and explained this week on his Saturday Night Special that he is another guy that fell through the cracks in WWE. He recalled Miro’s debut promo in AEW and how he asked him if he could use the glass ceiling and brass ring line. Jericho was obviously alright…
Mandy Rose “Shoots” On The Miz Over Trade To Raw
As reported Saturday here on WrestlingNews.com, Mandy Rose has been traded from SmackDown to Raw. The Miz broke the news on WWE Talking Smack as its his and John Morrison’s latest move in their tactic to obtain Otis’s Money in the Bank contract. All storyline of course. Rose, in-character, posted the following on Twitter: “You…
WWE Executive On Company Taking Pride On Operating Through COVID-19
WWE Chief Product & Technology Officer Rajan Mehta, who played a key part in the innovation of the ThunderDome, recently spoke to Sport Technie about WWE operating through the COVID-19 pandemic. “We take pride in how we’ve operated through COVID-19; we tried to innovate every portion of our organization,” Mehta said. “It’s important to create…
Video: Latest Episode Of MLW Underground
Major League Wrestling continues to pump out episodes of Underground in absence of new television. This week’s episode is embedded above with the following description: Kojimania continues as the World Heavyweight Champion headlines this week’s Underground! Just one week away from his clash with no.1 contender Mike Awesome, Kojima defends MLW gold in an All…
Jack Evans Continues To Defend Lack Of TV Time In AEW
Jack Evans continues to defend All Elite Wrestling after accusations from fans that he and Angelico are treated poorly by the promotion. In July, a fan stated they wanted Evans and Angelo to leave for Impact Wrestling. Evans shut it down immediately. Evans took to Twitter again over the weekend to explain his lack of…
Exclusive Details On WWE Raw Star’s New Contract
It was reported last month that MVP has agreed to a new multi-year deal with WWE. As first reported exclusively here on WrestlingNews.com Insider, the new deal is for two years with a downside guarantee in the $400,000 range. This was considered a strong offer in the current climate as the big bidding wars from…
New Japan Road Results (9/11/20) – New IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions
El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru are the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. The pair won the titles on the final night of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s New Japan Road Tour on Friday from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan Below are full results: Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima beat Gabriel Kidd, Yota…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Overnight Viewership
Last night’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average of 2.261 million viewers on FOX in the overnight numbers. The first hour did 2.236 million viewers and the second hour did 2.286 million viewers. The show did a 0.60 rating in the 18-49 demographic. That is up from the week prior, which did…
WWE Announces Mandy Rose Traded To Raw
Mandy Rose has been traded to Monday Night Raw, WWE announced here on dot com. Below is the official announcement: Mandy Rose is on the move, as The Golden Goddess has been traded to Raw. The Miz crashed the set of WWE Talking Smack to break the news of Mandy Rose’s trade to Raw. The…
Brock Lesnar’s Asking Price Revealed And Why AEW Can’t Be Counted out, Debuting AEW Star Felt Ill Prepared For All Out, Backstage News On WWE Releases, WWE Holds Meeting About Talent On Cameo/YouTube/Twitch, New NXT Champ, More High Profile Releases, AEW Steals Miro From Impact And Tons Of Exclusive News
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NJPW Strong Results (9/11/20) – IWGP US Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contender
Below are complete results from NJPW Strong on Friday, September 11, 2020. The show was taped in Los Angeles: ACH and TJP beat Logan Riegel and Adrian Quest. Finish saw ACH hit a Frog Splash on Quest to win the match. Rocky Romero beat Danny Limelight via submission Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa defeated PJ…
WWE SmackDown Women’s Title Match Set For Clash Of Champions
Nikki Cross will challenge Bayley for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship later this month at Clash of Champions. Cross won the opportunity after beating Tamina, Lacey Evans and Alexa Bliss in a fatal four-way match on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown. Below is the updated lineup for WWE Clash of Champions, which will…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (9/11/20) – Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. Here you will find results from the show that aired on Friday, September 11, 2020 on FOX. WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (9/11/20 From the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, FL WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman out to open the show.…
Backstage News On AEW Landing Miro Over Impact Wrestling
Miro is #AllElite, officially signing a one-year contract with All Elite Wrestling. He made his debut on this week’s episode of Dynamite as he was revealed to be Kip Sabian’s best man for Sabian’s upcoming wedding with Penelope Ford. Miro to AEW is not a surprise as Cody Rhodes revealed the former WWE Rusev as…
AEW All Out Buy Rate Revealed
All Elite Wrestling’s All Out pay-per-view is projected to have done between 100,000 and 110,000 buys, according to reports. The show, which took place last Saturday, featured Jon Moxley retaining the AEW World Championship over MJF in the main event. It vaulted Dynamite’s viewership back over one million viewers on TNT. Below are projected buy…
WWE Clash Of Champions Matches And Possible Spoilers
Only two matches are official for WWE Clash of Champions headed into tonight’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown. They are as follows: WWE Championship Match – Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton WWE Universal Championship Match Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso WWE is building towards several matches, below is a brief review of the…
WWE Releases Continue
WWE staff writer Anthony Benigno finished up with WWE on Thursday. “SOME PERSONAL NEWS: Today was my last day at WWE. Way too many memories and thank yous for almost 9 years, suffice it to say it’s about the most challenging, rewarding place I could have imagined starting my career with the best people I…
Finn Balor Reveals What NXT Locker Room Thinks Of Randy Orton
Finn Balor revealed in an interview with Bleacher Report that Randy Orton is one star several people in the NXT locker room look up to. He also expressed his desire to have Orton in NXT. “I don’t know if this is someone who would learn from it, but someone I’d love to have in NXT…
AEW Ready To Hit The Road – Several Shows Announced
All Elite Wrestling is ready to hit the road after being stuck in Jacksonville, FL due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They issued the following press release, announcing several upcoming shows: St LOUIS: The AEW DYNAMITE show at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo., on October 7 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Fans…
WWE Hell In A Cell 2020 Moved
WWE Hell in a Cell 2020 will take place on Sunday, October 25, 2020. The show was scheduled to take place on November 1. It’s interesting to note they’ll air the night after Impact Wrestling’s Bound for Glory and UFC 254. The reason for the move is unknown but it is worth noting WWE’s lease…
NJPW Announces G1 Climax 30 Shows And Matches
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full schedule and lineup for the upocming G1 Climax Tournament. You can view all upcoming matches below: September 19, Osaka (A Block) Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi Shingo Takagi vs Jay White Tomohiro Ishii vs Minoru Suzuki Jeff Cobb vs Taichi Will Ospreay vs Yujiro Takahashi September 20,…
Andrew Yang On AEW’s Approach To Talent Compared To WWE
Chris Van Vliet interviewed former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang about his strong stance against WWE’s classification of their performers as independent contractors. Yang made his point that if WWE is going to control everything about a performer, they should take some responsibility to take care of them. He indicated he got a note from…
CM Punk’s UFC Future, Cuts In WWE, Vince Needs To Do Better, Favorite USA Gimmicks
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AEW Dynamite Tops One Million Viewers After All Out
AEW Dynamite topped one million viewers for the first time since October 19, 2019 on Wednesday night. This week’s show, which was the first show after Saturday’s All Out pay-per-view, did 1.016 million viewers on TNT. The show finished seventh in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.37 rating. Dynamite ran without the opposition of WWE…
Finn Balor Where He Was 5 Years Ago, Only Confirmed Retribution Member, Miro To AEW Hurts Impact, Khan As AEW’s Leader
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Labor Day WWE Raw Viewership Sinks Before NFL Return
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average viewing audience of 1.72 million viewers on the USA Network. The show’s first hour did 1.762 million viewers. Hour two is where the show peaked at 1.800 million viewers. The third and final hour did 1.613 million viewers. It was Labor Day but things…
Injured WWE Raw Star Working Hard To Recover
One half of the Viking Raiders tag team, Ivar, suffered a cervical injury on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw. The injury occurred during a dive spot, after which Ivar immediately gave the infamous “X” signal once he landed (footage here). Ivar is thanking everyone for their support and is working hard to…
Latest Backstage Reaction To WWE’s Third Party Rules
As previously reported here at WrestlingNews.com, WWE held a meeting with talent at Monday Night Raw to clarify the rules on working with third party affiliates. The one thing WWE made clear is they want talent to continue to engage with fans on social media. They are allowed to use YouTube and Twitch, but they…
Last Week’s SmackDown Audience Adjusts Up
Last week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown ended up doing 2.129 million viewers for FOX. That adjusts up from the 2.066 million viewers that came out in the overnights but down from the previous week’s episode, which garnered a final viewership number of 2.144 million viewers. SmackDown helped FOX finish in first place across…
Complete List Of Participants For NJPW’s G1 Climax Tournament
New Japan Pro Wrestling revealed the participants for their G1 Climax Tournament. They are as follows: A Block -Kota Ibushi -Jeff Cobb -Kazuchika Okada -Tomohiro Ishii -Will Ospreay -Shingo Takagi -Minoru Suzuki -Taichi -Jay White -Yujiro Takahashi B Block -Hiroshi Tanahashi -Juice Robinson -Hirooki Goto -Toru Yano -Yoshi-Hashi -Tetsuya Naito -Sanada -Zack Sabre Jr. -Kenta…
WWE Royal Rumble 2021 Location, Update On Live Fans
WWE has a city in mind to host their Royal Rumble pay-per-view and are looking to get live crowds back prior to the show, WrestleVotes hears. The company is keeping an eye on what the NBA and NHL do for next season regarding capacity levels to see what they are able to do with fans.…
Viewership For Countdown To AEW All Out
Countdown to AEW All Out did an average of 357,000 viewers on TNT on Saturday. The special, which aired at 5:30 PM, garnered a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic. All data courtesy of Showbuzz Daily.
Brock Lesnar’s Asking Price Revealed, When Vince McMahon Wants Him Back And Why AEW Cannot Be Counted Out
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AEW’s Next World Champ, Mysterio’s Timetable, Heyman’s Current Role, Is Raw Superstar’s Career Over?
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