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Marty Jannetty Says Murder Claim Was Beginning of Wrestling Storyline
Last month Marty Jannetty indicated on Facebook he murdered a man when he was 13. The post caused an investigation by the Columbus Police Department. In an update, Jannetty posted on Facebook it was all a storyline: I DID NOT MURDER THAT MAN!!! It was just the beginning of a damn wrestling storyline..but OH MY…
Retribution Takes Step Forward, Frustration In WWE, Is Raw Really Falling Apart?, How Close Major WWE Star Was From Going To AEW
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Botch At All Out Nearly Caused Major Injury, Surprise Star Complains To Friends, Backstage News On WWE Interest
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WWE Monday Night Raw Results (9/07/20) – Dominik Gets Revenge
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Monday Night Raw. Here you will find results to the show that aired on Monday, September 7, 2020 from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando Florida. WWE Monday Night Raw Results (9/07/2020) From the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida Tom Phillips is off commentary this…
Matt Hardy Back On Cameo Following Hospital Stay
Matt Hardy is out of the hospital and back on Cameo. In his latest video, he explained he spent a couple days in the hospital after taking a bad bump at All Out. Hardy noted he was stuck in the hospital and they wouldn’t let him go. Hardy is scheduled to be on this week’s…
Ivar Possibly Injured After Dive On WWE Raw
There was an injury situation that occurred during The Hurt Business vs. The Viking Raiders, Ricochet and Apollo Crews on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw. Late into the match, Ivar dove through the ropes onto the outside and as soon as he came up, delivered the infamous X-signal, indicating a legitimate injury.…
The Hurt Business Gets A New Member; Matches For Next Week’s WWE Raw
– Cedric Alexander officially turned heel and joined The Hurt Business on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. He assisted Lashley, MVP and Shelton Benjamin in a six-man tag team match against Richochet and Apollo Crews early in the show but did not join. He joined in a MVP’s VIP Lounge segment and then…
WWE Holds Meeting At Raw About Talent Using YouTube And Twitch
WWE held a meeting with talent today prior to Monday Night Raw to clarify the rules of working with third party affiliates. Talent are still allowed to have both YouTube and Twitch accounts, reports Dave Meltzer. All accounts must be under a talent’s real name as opposed to their WWE ring name. WWE talent will…
Ring Of Honor Announces Bracket For Pure Title Tournament
Ring of Honor has revealed the bracket for their upcoming Pure Title Tournament. The Pure Title was part of Ring of Honor from 2004 to 2006. ROH announced plans to bring the title back in January of this year. Matches were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament will be an integral part in…
Andrew Yang Calls Out WWE In CNN Segment
Former United States Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang was on CNN where a tweet he made about WWE’s classification of independent contracts was shown and it was asked if he would like a job in the Biden administration as Secretary of Labor. “I’ll do whatever Joe and Kamala want me to do to help us…
Brodie Lee Bans Third Party Affiliates From Dark Order
The latest episode of Being The Elite is embedded in the player above. In this week’s episode, Brodie Lee takes a shot at WWE’s edict, banning talent from engaging with third party platforms. During a backstage segment where Dark Order is hanging out, Lee comes in and questions the whereabouts of Colt Cabana. Evil Uno…
WWE Updates On Sasha Banks And Big E
WWE provided the following kayfabe update on Sasha Banks and Big E: UPDATE, 9/7/20: Sasha Banks and Big E have both been discharged from the hospital and are recovering at home, WWE.com has learned. You can read coverage by dot com at this link. As previously noted here on WrestlingNews.com, this is to sell Bayley’s…
Solution To WWE Talent Status, Did AEW Fail To Protect Matt Hardy?, Bayley vs. Banks, Why Cena Never Turned Heel
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New Japan Road Results (9/06/20) – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Tournament
Below are complete results from NJPW’s New Japan Road show on September 6, 2020 from Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall in Chiba, Japan: Yuji Nagata beat Yuya Uemura via submission Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshi Hashi and Gabriel Kidd beat Kazuchika Okada, SHO, Toru Yano and Yota Tsuji via submission in an eight-man tag team…
Seven Matches Announced For AEW Dark
Seven matches have been announced for tomorrow night’s episode of AEW Dark. The bouts are as follows: Brian Cage vs. Tony Donati Lee Johnson vs. Eddie Kingston Anna Jay vs. Skyler Moore Ricky Starks vs. Ben Carter Sonny Kiss vs. Serpentico Griff Garrison vs. Angelico Sean Legacy vs. Will Hobbs The show airs at 7…
Jerry Lawler Set For Thunderdome Cage Match
The main event for Jerry “The King” Lawler’s 50th Anniversary Show is set. Lawler will team with Rock ‘N’ Roll Express to face “Dangerous” Doug Gilbert, “Lvr Boy” Matt Riviera and “Wildefire” Tommy Rich in a Thunderdome Cage match. Lex Luger, Koko B. Ware, Sgt. Slaughter, D’Lo Brown, Kane, Bobby Eaton, Tony Atlas and Dory…
Britt Baker Still Dealing With Leg Injury
The Tooth and Nail cinematic match-up between Britt Baker and Big Swole at AEW All Out was done to protect Baker, F4WOnline hears. Baker is still not 100% following her leg injury suffered on an episode of Dynamite back in May. For those that do not remember, Baker sustained an anterior lateral tibial fracture, a…
Backstage News On WWE Releasing AOP
WWE released former Raw and NXT Tag Team Champions Akam and Rezar (AOP). As reported here on WrestlingNews.com, the duo had been off television since March when Rezar suffered a biceps injury. F4WOnline.com hears Rezar was fully cleared to the ring when he was released. Paul Heyman was behind the push of AOP and given…
News on Tonight’s Labor Day Edition Of WWE Raw
WWE has yet to announce any matches for tonight’s Labor Day episode of Monday Night Raw from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. The company is teasing Randy Orton will continue his path of destruction as he will challenge WWE Champion Drew McIntyre at Clash of Champions later this month. McIntyre, who was…
NJPW To Announce G1 Climax 30 Tournament Participants
New Japan Pro Wrestling will announce the participants for this year’s G1 Climax 30 tournament this week. The announcement will come between the third and fourth matches during their September 9 show at Sendai Sunplaza Hall in Miyagi. Below are the announced matches for the that show: Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru &…
Rey Mysterio Gets PRP Injection For Torn Triceps
Rey Mysterio got a platelet-rich plasma injection on his injured triceps, he confirmed on social media. Mysterio suffered the injury during the tag team match with Dominik against Seth Rollins and Murphy at last week’s WWE Payback pay-per-view. As we reported here on WrestlingNews.com, Mysterio has decided not have surgery at this time. He is…
VIDEO: Crazed Fan Goes After Jon Moxley At All Out
A crazed fan tried to get to AEW World Champion Jon Moxley prior to his match against MJF at last night’s All Out pay-per-view. Below is video: I will never, never understand the obsession with having to touch wrestlers. pic.twitter.com/pWCCHRR599 — Spencer Love | @LoveWrestlingCA (@SpennyLove) September 6, 2020 Thankfully security was about to handle…
Storyline Injury Updates On Big E And Sasha Banks
WWE posted the following “injury” updates on Sasha Banks and Big E following this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown: After a wild night on SmackDown, Sasha Banks and Big E found themselves in need of medical attention. The Boss seemingly sustained a knee injury after crashing into the ring post during the WWE Women’s…
Former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Blasts Vince McMahon For Edict
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang spoke out against Vince McMahon in response to an edict threatening to punish talent who work with third party companies such as Cameo and Twitch. As reported here on WrestlingNews.com, WWE is cracking down on the matter to protect the brand as part of their “rebuilding phase” because the…
WWE 205 Live Results (9/04/20) – Legado Del Fantasma Have Seen Enough
Below are complete results from this week’s episode of WWE 205 Live: Ariya Daivari beat Tehuti Miles via pinfall Mansoor beat Colby Corino via pinfall Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch vs. Ever-Rise ends in no contest after Legado Del Fantasma stormed the ring https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1302065703151906816 https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1302068071570591749 https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1302070269578809352 https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1302071221723561984
NJPW’s New Japan Road Night 1 Results (9/03/20)
Below are complete results from NJPW’s New Japan Road Night 1, which took place on September 3, 2020 from Saitama City Memorial Gymnasium in Saitama, Japan: Yuji Nagata beat Gabriel Kidd Tomoaki Honma & Satoshi Kojima beat Jado & Yujiro Takahashi Yuya Uemura, SHO, Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada beat Yota Tsuji, YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii…
Major Return To WWE Expected, Tons Of News On Brock Lesnar’s Status, Wade Barrett Negotiating Contract, Another WWE Broadcast Departure, Roman Blasts Critic, Mysterio Has Serious Injury, Why Austin Theory Returned On NXT, Early WrestleMania 37 Plans Revealed, The Rock & AJ Stlyes Test Positive For COVID-19, Jericho On Whether Or Not He Would Leave AEW, Renee Young To AEW?, Bitter Relationship In WWE Exposed
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WWE Universal Title Match Set For Clash Of Champions
Jey Uso will face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at Clash of Champions later this month. Uso won a Fatal Four-Way Match on this week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown that also involved Matt Riddle, Sheamus and “King” Baron Corbin. Uso replaced Big E in the match, as he was taken out…
Bayley Finally Turns On Sasha Banks
Bayley turned on Sasha Banks on this week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. The turn happened after Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax beat Bayley and Banks to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. Medical personnel came out to check on Banks after the match but Banks pushed them away. Bayley helped Banks up…
Kris Statlander Making Progress In Torn ACL Recovery
Kris Statlander continues to recover from the torn ACL she suffered back in June. The AEW women’s division star provided an update on her status on Friday. “For everyone that’s expecting me to come back to @AEWrestling soon. I just started walking with my brace on without crutches on Tuesday. There’s still a long way…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (9/04/20) – Roman’s First Challenger
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. Here you will find results from the show that aired on Friday, September 4, 2020 on FOX. Advertised for this week’s show is an appearance by WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman and the following matches: * Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Shayna…
Keith Lee’s Push Reset, Top Star Unhappy With Recent Move?, NXT Conceding To Dynamite, Retribution Scaled Back
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Paul Heyman And AJ Styles Will Have To Coexist On SmackDown
Paul Heyman and AJ Styles are reunited once against on WWE Friday Night SmackDown. Heyman officially returned to the brand on last week’s episode when Roman Reigns was revealed as his latest client. The development is interesting considering the history between Styles and Heyman. Styles considers Heyman to be a liar due to his role…
Backstage News On Renee Young Working For AEW
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley was on Busted Open Radio this week where he was asked about his wife Renee Young, whose real name is Renee Paquette, working for All Elite Wrestling. Young gave her notice to WWE shortly before SummerSlam and finished up at the pay-per-view. She has a 90-day non-compete clause that was…
Backstage News On Brock Lesnar’s Future
The speculation surrounding Brock Lesnar’s future continues to run rampant following reports he could not agree to a new contract with WWE and is now a free agent. There have been varying accounts of when exactly Lesnar’s WWE contract expired. He had not worked for WWE since his to loss to Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania…
Braun Strowman Opens Up About Contemplating Suicide
Braun Strowman remains entrenched as one of the top WWE superstars on SmackDown, even after dropping the WWE Universal Championship to Bray Wyatt at SummerSlam and failing to regain it at Payback on Sunday. He has a new shaved head look and is primed to continue as one of the blue brand’s top heels. However,…
MLW Signs Kevin Ku Ahead Of Restart
Major League Wrestling announced they have signed Kevin Ku ahead of next month’s restart. He will debut at the television tapings in October. Below is the official press release: MLW signs Kevin Ku Will make MLW debut at MLW’s October tapings NEW YORK – Major League Wrestling today announced the signing of Kevin Ku as…
Chris Jericho On Whether Or Not He Would Leave AEW
Chris Jericho will face Orange Cassidy in a Mimosa Mayhem match at AEW All Out on Saturday. One year and a half into his run with AEW, Jericho spoke with Sports Keeda to discuss his future with the promotion. “I never put a time limit on anything that I do wrestling-wise,” said Jericho. “I mean,…
Chris Jericho On Vince McMahon Not Allowing Brock Lesnar To End Up In AEW
Chris Jericho was asked about Brock Lesnar being a free agent and the possibility of him coming to AEW in a new interview with Sports Keeda. “The only reason why the rumor’s there is somebody said “free agent”. I don’t think he’s really a free agent at all. I think it would take so much…
Kevin Nash Reveals Battle With COVID-19
Kevin Nash revealed on Twitter he and his family had COVID-19 His announcement came in response to The Rock revealing he and his family have recovered from the virus. “Welcome to the team. Very sorry you’re family is infected,” Nash tweeted. “I was tired for a while didn’t train for the 4th day. My wife…
Brock Lesnar Not In USADA Testing Pool; Possible Jon Jones Fight
Brock Lesnar has not re-entered the USADA testing pool in order to be eligible to return to Mixed Martial Arts. He would have to be tested for six months before being allowed to fight. While Lesnar has been granted an exemption before, this is an indication he is not looking to return to Mixed Martial…
Nigel McGuinness Returning To WWE NXT UK
Nigel McGuinness is returning to WWE NXT UK to provide commentary alongside Andy Shepherd, Alex McCarthy reports. McGuinness will do his lines from the United States, while Shepherd will work from a booth above the studios. McGuinness was furloughed by WWE in April. He had been doing work for NXT, NXT UK and 205 Live.
Title Match At Clash Of Champions, NXT’s Big Move, Lesnar’s Best Option, Injuries And Older Talent
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Wade Barrett Returning To WWE NXT Again Next Week
Wade Barrett will return to the NXT broadcast team on next week’s episode on the USA Network, marking his third consecutive week on the call. “There’s no way I’m missing this one,” Barrett tweeted “This is fast becoming a habit.. see you next week for another #NXTSuperTuesday! #WWENXT” This comes after we reported here on…
Renee Young Opens Up On Testing Positive For COVID-19 And WWE’s Response
Renee Young finished up with WWE at SummerSlam and is now going public with the company’s reaction to her announcing she tested positive for COVID-19. “Yeah. I generally just like to be transparent about everything. I like to just be honest. There’s no shame in having got it. Again we don’t know what’s going on…
AJ Styles Announces He Tested Positive For COVID-19
WWE SmackDown Superstar AJ Styles revealed on his Twitch stream on Wednesday he tested positive for COVID-19 last month. Styles made the announcement after The Rock went public with this recovery from the virus. “I also tested positive [for COVID-19] a couple of weeks ago, probably almost a month ago,” Styles confirmed. Styles confirmed he…
The Rock And His Family Recover From COVID-19
The Rock revealed Wednesday on Instagram he has recovered from COVID-19 after testing positive three weeks ago. Not only did he catch the virus, but his wife, Lauren Hashian, and his two young daughters, ages four and two, were also COVID-19 positive. The children only exhibited mild symptoms. “I can tell you that this has…
Early WrestleMania 37 Plans Revealed: Three Top Bouts Being Discussed
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Vitor Belfort Calls Brock Lesnar A Fraud
Brock Lesnar is a free agent and that means every professional wrestling and MMA promotion on the planet will have some type of interest in him. MMA fighter Vitor Belfort is the latest the call him out. “Brock Lesnar, I think you’re a fraud. But I’ll give you a chance. I think you’re a fraud,”…
Ring Of Honor Announces New Streaming Network
ROH Wrestling issued the following press release: RING OF HONOR ANNOUNCES ROH BEST ON THE PLANET 24/7 STREAMING NETWORK BALTIMORE, MD – Ring of Honor Wrestling is proud to announce the creation of ROH Best On The Planet, a new digital-first 24/7 linear network that will offer Ring of Honor Wrestling content 24 hours a…
