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Asuka To Face Bayley Next Week On Raw For Shot At Sasha Banks At SummerSlam
Asuka will face WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley on next week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. If she wins, she will face Sasha Banks for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship at SummerSlam. The match was setup after Asuka requested a rematch for the title after what happened last week. Banks agreed to it on the…
Three Title Matches Confirmed For WWE SummerSlam
Apollo Crews returned on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, where he successfully defended the United States Championship against MVP. Bobby Lashley interfered in the match but Crews was able to go over clean. After the match, MVP officially challenged Crews to a rematch at SummerSlam. It was stated later in the broadcast…
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (8/03/20) – US Title, Shane McMahon, New Faction
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 Apollo Crews defend the United States Championship against MVP, Shane McMahon make his return, a new faction and more. WWE Monday Night Raw Results (8/3/20) From Orlando, Florida…
New Faction To Debut Tonight On WWE Monday Night Raw
ProWrestlingSheet.com broke the story that a new faction will be debuting on Raw tonight, and WWE.com has since confirmed that a new group is set to shake up the red brand. Who this faction could be is up in the air, but it looks as if they are arriving to cause chaos. WWE.com states that, “The…
Backstage News On SummerSlam, Royal Rumble & WrestleMania Leaving WWE Network
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Backstage News On “Chaos” At WWE Raw Tapings
WWE is taping another two weeks of Monday Night Raw today from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. There appear to be issues per Gary Cassidy of Sports Keeda. Cassidy hears the shows are unprepared due to chaos from the top. Tonight’s episode is changing on the fly, while the second is incomplete. There is…
WWE Announces Shane McMahon’s Return To Monday Night Raw
WWE has announced that Shane McMahon will make his televised return tonight on Raw. Shane-O-Mac is back!@shanemcmahon RETURNS to #WWERaw TONIGHT. What will he have in store? pic.twitter.com/el0kAtiUpg — WWE (@WWE) August 3, 2020 It’s unknown what Shane’s on-air role will be after he was fired in storyline last October to blow off his feud…
The Rock Buys XFL For $15 Million
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is part of a group that bought the XFL, according to Sportico. Johnson purchased the league out of bankruptcy with Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital shortly before a scheduled auction was set to begin. They paid $15 million, splitting it evenly. Johnson’s business partner, Dany Garcia, who is also his ex-wife, will…
Backstage News On WWE Star Returning From COVID-19
Apollo Crews will defend the WWE United States Championship against MVP in the opening match of tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. (See also – United States Title Match To Open This Week’s WWE Raw) Crews vs. MVP was scheduled for WWE’s The Horror Show at Extreme Rules but was pulled from the card the…
Ric Flair At SummerSlam, Talent AEW Should Sign, Backstage News On Draft, WWE’s Biggest Flop & Success The Same Talent?
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The Bella Twins Welcome Baby Boys Into The World One Day Apart
WWE Hall of Fame inductees The Bella Twins are both officially moms. On Sunday, Nikki and Brie took to social media to reveal they both gave birth to boys on Friday and Saturday, respectively. This is Nikki and Artem Chigvintsev’s first child together, while it’s Brie and Daniel Bryan’s second child following the birth of…
Why Kofi Kingston Was Removed From TV, Jon Moxley On Going To WWE Being A Huge Mistake, Top Star Has Surgery, Rusev Finished?, Excalibur/Owens Racist Promo Resurfaces, Eric Bischoff Confirmed For Dynamite, No WWE Shows Outside Of Florida Until Next Year?, Who Was Really Behind Eye For An Eye Match
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Exclusive: WWE Looking To Hold SummerSlam In AEW’s Backyard
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Former WWE NXT Star Confirmed For Women’s Tag Team Cup On AEW Dynamite
Chris Jericho revealed in this week’s episode of Saturday Night Special on his YouTube channel that former NXT Superstar Taynara Conti will be part of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Cup Tournament: The Deadly Draw. Per Jericho, Conti and Anna Jay will face Ariane Andrew and Nyla Rose in a tournament match that has already…
Xavier Woods Has Blunt Response To Booker T Over Big E Opinions
During a recent episode of his podcast, Booker T explained he believes Big E is going to have to “shed a few things” in order for people to look at him like a world champion. Book said he may have to alter his gear and the colors. He does not believe that trying to be…
MVP Explains Why He Doesn’t Want Hurt Business To Rehash Nation Of Domination
MVP recently appeared on Say Less With Kaz and Lowkey where he addressed rumors of WWE bringing back the Nation of Domination. As we reported exclusively here in Ask WNC, there has been talk of resurrecting the faction with it with it picking up steam lately. In fact, Ron Simmons was brought to TV with…
Early WWE Raw Preview – Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre Continues
WWE is questioning the following heading into this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw: How will Drew McIntyre respond to Randy Orton’s attack? McIntyre will defend the WWE Championship against Orton at SummerSlam. This started last week and will continue to build as the main event of WWE’s biggest show of the year. Will Asuka…
VIDEO: The Fiend Puts The Mandible Claw On Alexa Bliss
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt ended this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown by applying the Mandible Claw on Alexa Bliss. The spot happened after Bayley successfully defended the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship against Alexa Bliss. The lights went out and when they came back on, they were tinted red. The Fiend was standing in the…
Seth Rollins Reveals Vince McMahon’s Limited Role In Eye For An Eye Match
Seth Rollins revealed some interesting details about the Eye for an Eye match at WWE’s The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. Speaking during an interview with Talk Sport, Rollins revealed Vince McMahon had next to nothing to do with the actual match. It was actually planned out by himself, Rey Mysterio and producer Jamie Noble.…
Top WWE Star Predicts No Shows Outside Of Performance Center Until Next Year
WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles predicted on his Twitch channel that WWE will continue to run shows at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida until 2021. Styles added he does not know what is going on with SummerSlam. He hopes they can run shows outside of the PC but based on everything and how it…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (7/31/20) – AJ Styles Defends IC Title
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. Here you will find live results of the broadcast that aired on FOX on Friday, July 31, 2020. This week’s show features AJ Styles defending the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Gran Metalik, Bayley defending the SmackDown Women’s Championship against Nikki Cross and Naomi vs. Lacey…
Vince McMahon On Low Ratings, AEW & NXT Rebounding, Heyman’s Firing
Vince McMahon took questions from investors during a conference call held on Thursday after WWE released their second quarter earnings. While the majority of these calls are to discuss aspects that influence the company’s stock price (i.e. business details more useful for stockholders and analysts most of you could not care less about), there were…
Special Guest Moderator For Jericho/Cassidy Segment Revealed
Eric Bischoff is set to appear on next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. The news was reported on Reddit by user SpaceForce1, who has provided spoilers from taped episodes of Dynamite in the past. Bischoff is set to appear in a segment with Chris Jericho and Orange Cassidy, apparently as the advertised special guest moderator…
Why CM Punk Hates The Miz, AEW Doesn’t Need More TV, WWE Talent Jumping Ship, NXT Stars Buried
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AEW Dynamite Viewership Down As WWE NXT Rises
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite did 773,000 viewers on TNT. The show ranked No. 6 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.3 rating. Viewership was down from the 845,000 viewers the series did last week. WWE NXT over on the USA Network did 707,000 viewers on the USA Network, up from the 615,000 viewers they…
Excalibur And Kevin Owens Shown Using Racial Slurs At Old PWG Show
Excalibur traveled to last night’s AEW Dynamite in Jacksonville, Florida but was held off the show. There is still no reason as to why he was replaced by Taz and his absence was not acknowledged on the broadcast. Many fans have pointed to a video trending Twitter that shows Excalibur and WWE superstar Kevin Owens…
WWE Does A Better Job Creating Stars Than We Realize, Blatant AEW Bias, Futures Of Edge And Randy Orton, Safe To Say Top Raw Star Is Returning?
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Rusev Finished With Professional Wrestling?
Former WWE Superstar Rusev, who now goes by Miro, stated during a Twitch Q&A he is finished wrestling and is no longer a wrestler. Miro explained he’s a professional Twitcher, YouTuber and content creator. Miro, whose real name is Miroslav Barnyashev, is officially a free agent following his WWE release in April and has strong…
Former WWE Star To Compete In AEW Deadly Draw Tournament
Ariane Andrew, formerly known as Cameron in WWE, will compete in AEW’s Deadly Draw women’s tag team tournament. Andrew appeared backstage on this week’s Dynamite to make it known that she has Nyla Rose’s back despite the company announcing that teams will be drawn at random this Monday on AEW’s YouTube channel. Brandi Rhodes & Allie…
Matt Cardona (FKA Zack Ryder) Makes AEW Dynamite Debut
Matt Cardona is #AllElite. The former Zack Ryder made his AEW Dynamite debut tonight. The Dark Order attacked Cody after his TNT Champion defense, which lead to Cardona making the save. Is that… is that @TheMattCardona?! #AEWDynamite on @tntdrama pic.twitter.com/lL4W6tEh3M — AEW on TV (@AEWonTV) July 30, 2020 Cody and Cardona are real-life friends, which…
AEW Dynamite Results (7/29/20) – Tornado Tag Main Event, Cardona Debuts
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT. Please read our preview of the broadcast. We will see Warhorse vs. Cody for the TNT Championship, Kenny Omega & Hangman Page defend the Tag Team Titles, and much more. AEW Dynamite Results – 7/29/2020 From Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL Orange Cassidy,…
WWE NXT Results (7/29/20) – Lumis vs. Balor vs. Thatcher
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network. Please read our preview of the broadcast. We will see Finn Balor vs. Dexter Lumis vs. Timothy Thatcher, the return of Imperium, and much more. WWE NXT Results – 7/29/2020 From Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL The show opens with…
AEW Targeting Hot WWE Free Agents, Heat On Gallows/Anderson?, Interest In Tessa Blanchard
Cody Rhodes did a detailed interview with ESPN that produced some interesting All Elite Wrestling news items. Below are the highlights: There is a relationship between Mike Tyson, AEW and Tony Khan. Cody Rhodes hinted we have not seen the last of Tyson in the promotion. There is no update on when PAC will be…
WWE Talent Working Job Scared, Bayley vs. Sasha Banks, More SummerSlam Plans, Does Raw Star Have Heat?
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Jon Moxley Refers To Vince McMahon As ’74-Year-Old Madman’
AEW World Champion Jon Moxley was a guest on SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio where he discussed the madness of WWE’s scripted promos. Moxley, who was formerly known as Dean Ambrose in WWE, is on record several times about his discontent for being micromanaged in WWE. He signed a WWE developmental contract in 2011 and was…
Positive Sign For Rey Mysterio Returning; Photo Of Rollins’ Back After Raw
Rey Mysterio can see again. The official WWE website provided a kayfabe update on Mysterio’s condition following the Eye for an Eye match at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules: “WWE Digital has learned that Rey Mysterio’s vision is improving slowly each day, and that his optic nerve is intact, completely secured and back in…
Impact Wrestling Results (7/28/20) – Good Brothers Headline
Impact Wrestling Results & Reactions – 7/28/2020 Impact World Championship Match: Eddie Edwards (c) def. Trey via pinfall to retain. After, Eric Young came out to the stage to make it know he has his eyes on the title. The first official Wrestle House segment aired featuring Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, John E. Bravo, Kylie Rae,…
Nick Aldis Claims He Makes Six-Figures And NWA Still Turning Big Profit
Nick Aldis was a guest on Busted Open Radio on Sirius XM on Monday. Aldis is the current NWA Worlds Champion and came under fire recently after WWE Raw Executive Director Bruce Prichard stated Aldis was missing the “it factor.” During the interview, Aldis talked about how proud he was of the NWA. He explained…
Charlotte Flair Reportedly Undergoes Successful Surgery
According to a new report from talkSPORT, Charlotte Flair underwent successful surgery on Saturday, July 25, to fix a cosmetic issue from a previous operation. The former Women’s Champion took to Twitter earlier this month to address her time off, noting that she picked an option that will likely fix the issue, but will require…
Impact Wrestling Preview: World Title Match, Good Brothers In Action
A new episode of Impact Wrestling will air tonight at 8pm ET on AXS TV and Twitch. The following items have been confirmed for the show: – Trey vs. Eddie Edwards (c) – Impact World Championship match – Deonna Purrazzo vs. Kimber Lee – The Good Brothers vs. Reno Scum – Rich Swann provides a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
