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Bayley Reaches New Milestone As Champion
Bayley has found great success with her current run as Smackdown Women’s Champion. She was voted as the #1 Woman Wrestler on PWI and now it seems she has reached another milestone in her career. LSines2015 of Reddit provided fans with an interesting fact regarding Bayley’s time as a champion in WWE. Bayley now has…
Two Title Matches Set For AEW Full Gear, Eliminator Tournament Matches For Next Week
– Jon Moxley will defend the AEW World Championship against Eddie Kingston at Full Gear. Additionally, The Young Bucks will challenge FTR for the AEW Tag Team Championship. – The AEW World Championship Eliminator Tournament is underway with first-round matches in the books. Below are quick results: Wardlow def. Jungle Boy Kenny Omega def. Sonny…
New NXT Tag Team Champions Crowned, Pat McAfee Returns And Forms Alliance
Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch are the new NXT Tag Team Champions thanks to a returning Pat McAfee. Breezango were scheduled to defend the titles against Undisputed Era, but both Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong were attacked backstage throughout the night. Lorcan and Burch would be named their replacements. At the finish, a masked man…
AEW Dynamite Results (10/21/20) – First-Round Tournament Matches
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT. Tonight’s episode will feature first-round tournament matches to determine a new World Championship contender. AEW Dynamite Results (10/21/20) From Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL Eliminator Tournament Match: Wardlow def. Jungle Boy via pinfall to advance. Eliminator Tournament Match: Kenny Omega def. Sonny Kiss via…
WWE NXT Results (10/21/20) – Pat McAfee Aligns With New Tag Team Champions
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network. Breezango will defend the NXT Tag Team Championship against Undisputed Era, plus we find out what’s in store for Halloween Havoc. WWE NXT Results (10/21/2020) From the Capitol Wrestling Center (WWE PC) in Orlando, FL Kushdia is in the ring to start,…
Impact Wrestling Bound For Glory Updates, Ken Shamrock’s HOF Induction Ceremony Set
Impact Wrestling will air their marquee Bound For Glory pay-per-view this Saturday, Oct. 24. In the hours leading up to the event, more Impact programming will air on AXS TV: October 22 at 10 p.m. ET: This Is Bound For Glory October 24 at 6 p.m. ET: This Is Bound For Glory October 24 at…
Kris Statlander Unlikely To Return Before Mid-2021
Kris Statlander tore her ACL back in June of this year. She underwent surgery for the injury and since then she has been recuperating. It seems it will still be a long time before she can make her return. Statlander spoke to Wrestling Inc, where she gave an idea as to when she could be returning.…
Surprise Opponent For Roman Reigns, WWE Phasing Out Retribution, Next WWE Champion
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WWE Venues Under Investigation For Being COVID-19 Hotspots
The Orange County Department of Public Health is currently investigating “hot spots” for COVID-19 and it seems three venues from WWE have made it onto the list. The venues in question are the Amway Center, WWE Performance Center, and Full Sail Arena. According to a report by W-FTV 9, the following locations will all be investigated.…
WWE Accused Of Lying About Profits
WWE released over 100 employees on April 15th, including members of staff. During that time Jake Hager was already with AEW and was certainly troubled by what he saw in WWE. Stephanie McMahon took to Twitter and praised WWE as the company was named the “2020 Corporation of the Year” at the PR News CSR…
WWE Might Be Planning Survivor Series Around The Undertaker
The next pay-per-view after WWE Hell In A Cell will be WWE Survivor Series. It seems The Undertaker will be having a role for this year’s event. It will be taking place on November 22nd. The Deadman made his debut at Survivor Series during the 1990 edition. The company seems to be having him involved…
WWE RAW Sees Decrease In Viewership
This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was the season premiere episode. The episode did not seem to get as many ratings as expected According to a report by Showbuzz Daily, WWE Monday Night Raw managed an average of 1.77 million viewers for its three-hour broadcast. This is a noticeable decrease compared to last week’s episode.…
Xia Li Will Be Making Her Amateur Kickboxing Debut
NXT Superstar Xia Li is one of the most talented Superstars in the NXT women’s roster. However, it seems she is not only skillful in professional wrestling. Li is set to make her debut in amateur kickboxing at Combat Night Orlando on October 24th. Combat Night Orlando promoter Mitchell Chamale spoke to the Roman Show…
Impact Wrestling Results (10/20/20) – Go-Home To Bound For Glory
Below are complete results from the Oct. 20th edition of Impact Wrestling: Hernandez def. Rhino, Heath, Alisha Edwards, & Cousin Jake in a five-way match with Bound For Glory implications. Hernandez will now enter the Call Your Shot Gauntlet last, while Rhino will enter first. Jimmy Jacobs sits down with Moose, but Jacobs is soon…
Update On Karrion Kross’ Recovery
Karrion Kross won the NXT Championship after defeating Keith Lee. However, he disclosed his shoulder during the match and was forced to relinquish the title. He underwent surgery for the shoulder and is now recuperating. Kross is currently working very hard for his inevitable return. Kross’ girlfriend Scarlett took to Instagram and posted a video…
Early Royal Rumble Picks, Dynamite Unfairly Scrutinized?, Who Leaked Bischoff’s Debut, Final WWE Draft Thoughts
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Jake Hager To Make MMA Return This Month
Jake Hager is undefeated in MMA currently. It seems he will be going back to the octagon for a match soon. According to a report by MMA Kings, Jake Hager has signed a deal to compete in a fight for Bellator on October 29th. Bellator 250 will feature Hager fighting against Brandon Calton, who is…
Mustafa Ali Is The Smackdown Hacker
Several reports suggested that WWE planned on revealing the Smackdown mystery hacker on the season premiere of Monday Night RAW. Following Retribution getting destroyed by The Fiend earlier on RAW this week, Mustafa Ali was shown backstage with his stable, where he made a shocking announcement. Mustafa Ali said that all he needs is a…
Match Made Official For WWE Hell In A Cell
WWE Hell In A Cell will be taking place this Sunday on October 25th. Only three matches were booked for the card but that changed following this week’s RAW. This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was the go-home episode before WWE Hell In A Cell. Elias made his return during last week’s WWE Draft.…
Lilian Garcia Makes WWE-Related Announcement
Lilian Garcia parted ways with WWE back in 2016, but she still had a relationship with the company as she had several WWE Superstars over for his podcast. She mentioned she was going to make an announcement on Monday and now we know what it is. The former WWE announcer revealed that her podcast Chasing…
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (10/19/20) – Live Season Premiere Coverage
WWE Monday Night Raw Results Live from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, FL October 19, 2020 on the USA Network Storyline Developments & Promo Highlights: Alexa Bliss stood in the middle of the ring with the lighting turning red to open the show. “Monday Night Raw, he’s here,” Bliss said. “Let him in.”…
AJ Styles’ New Bodyguard Debuts On Tonight’s WWE Raw
AJ Styles has a new bodyguard that debuted with him on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. The role is played by Jordan Omogbehin, who previously worked as a Raw Underground bouncer. He was also featured as the largest ninja in Akira Tozawa’s group. He is 7 foot 3 inches tall and 291 pounds and…
Vice Renews Dark Side Of The Ring For Third Season
Vice has renewed Dark Side of the Ring for a third season. The renewal is more of less of a formality, as we have already already heard details about upcoming episodes. The show has performed well for Vice with season two topping the premiere season. The Wrap wrote the following about the renewal: “‘Dark Side…
Two Big Matches Added To Loaded “Season Premiere” Raw
WWE has announced several new items for tonight’s “season premiere” episode of Monday Night Raw, which is also the go-home to WWE Hell in a Cell show. Added to already announced items is Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus and AJ Styles vs. Matt Riddle. Below is the updated list of advertised items: Raw debut of Firefly…
Survivor Series Plans, Sting’s WWE Status Revealed, ROH’s Future, Ring Break Segments
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Vince McMahon Still Sees Big Things In Goldberg
Goldberg appeared on the season premiere of Friday Night Smackdown last week. He was watching the match between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman for the WWE Universal Championship. According to reports, it was said that the FOX Network desired big names for the season premiere. He was brought due to that reason only and there…
Matches Added To Upcoming Episode Of RAW
The season premiere of Monday Night RAW will be held this week. For such an occasion, the company has added a few matches that fans would be interested in. This includes a title match. Lana became the #1 contender for the RAW Women’s title after she won the battle royal on last week’s RAW. It…
WWE Might Be Planning On Making Lana A ”Massive Babyface”
Lana had been put through the announcer’s table for several weeks on Monday Night RAW. This, to several fans, meant that WWE was burying her, but that seems to not be the case. She was getting destroyed by Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler so that they would look strong. Then she won the #1 Contender’s…
WWE Possibly Planning To Give Enforcer To AJ Styles
RAW Underground was nixed by WWE for many reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent outbreak of the virus on NXT were a few of the reasons why. It seems the company has pitched ideas for the security guard Jordan Omogbehin to work with AJ Styles. According to a report by Fightful, some ideas were pitched…
Daniel Bryan Talks About His Current WWE Run
Daniel Bryan has been wrestling for a very long time and has competed all over the world in various promotions. As he gets older, his body is simply no longer able to perform at the same level as he used to. Bryan spoke on Talking Smackdown, where the former WWE Champion talked about his current…
Retribution Member Removed, Heat Between Seth Rollins And Matt Riddle, Plans For AEW’s #1 Contender Tournament Revealed, WWE Nixes Tag Team; Continues Controversial Angle, Why New Day Broke Up, Another Lars Sullivan Controversy, ThunderDome’s Future, AEW’s New TV Show, Raw Underground Finished
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Dominik Mysterio Might Have To Change Name
Dominik Mysterio previously mentioned that WWE plans on him wearing a mask and have his name changed Rey Mysterio registered a trademark for “Prince Mysterio,” but now it seems WWE has a copyright of their own. According to a report by Heel By Nature, WWE registered multiple copyrights for Superstar names on October 13th. One of…
Rey Mysterio Says He Is ”99% Ready” For In-Ring Return
Rey Mysterio suffered an injury during his tag team match at WWE Payback, where he and Dominik Mysterio competed against Seth Rollins and Murphy. Since then he has been on the shelf but has regularly appeared on WWE television. Now it seems he will be making an in-ring return soon. Rey Mysterio made an appearance…
AEW Blood & Guts Still In The Works
AEW booked a Blood & Guts match earlier in the year. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it did not end up taking place. The match is still going to take place but it will be a while. Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks recently spoke to 411 Mania, where he said that AEW spent…
WWE SmackDown Viewership Down For Season Premiere
According to Showbuzz Daily, the season premiere of WWE Friday Night SmackDown brought in an average of 1.987 million viewers in the overnight numbers. This is down from last week’s Draft Night 1 episode, which drew 2.178 million viewers. The first hour received 1.978 million viewers and went up to 1.995 million in the second.…
WWE Might Be Using Stock Footage For NXT Fans Reacting To Matches
WWE shifted NXT and 205 Live to the Capitol Wrestling Center, which was formerly the WWE Performance Center. They managed to make an atmosphere comparable to the ThunderDome. However, it seems the company no longer needs fans to watch the shows live as they have footage of fan reactions. Fans have been under the impression…
Why RAW Underground Was Nixed
RAW Underground has been nixed by WWE and it might not return anytime soon. They seem to have a legitimate reason nixing the segment and it had to do with the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez talked about the current situation. He revealed WWE nixed the segment owing to the recent COVID-19…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (10/16/20) – Season Premiere
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results Live from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, FL October 16, 2020 on FOX Storyline Developments & Promo Highlights: Triple H and Stephanie McMahon opened the show in the ring with the majority of the SmackDown roster on the stage. They welcomed viewers to the season premiere and ran…
Benjamin Carter Possibly Signed By WWE
WWE had their sights set on Benjamin Carter for a while now. The initial plan was for him to be signed to the NXT UK brand, which was possible for him. It seems Miro might have revealed where Carter will be going to next. Carter’s performances on AEW Dark certainly impressed many companies. AEW has…
Smackdown Will Be Moving To FS1 Next Week
Friday Night Smackdown made its debut on the FOX Network last year and has mostly appeared on it since then. However, it seems the show will be moving to FS1 next week. The world series games will be held next week, which will interfere with the show. Friday Night Smackdown will be moving to FS1…
Kenny Omega And Darby Allin Likely To Get More Focus During AEW’s Second Year
The Anniversary edition of AEW Dynamite took place this week. It seems the company will be focusing on a specific few talents from now on. Matt Jackson spoke to Screen Crush, where he revealed that the company will be giving more focus to Kenny Omega and Darby Allin during the second year on TNT. He did…
Lilian Garcia Promoting WWE Appearance And Announcement
Lilian Garcia left WWE back in August 2016 but continued to be associated with the company. She has invited many WWE Superstars to her podcast. She also has an announcement to make on Monday. Following her “big announcement” on Monday, she will appear on WWE The Bump on Wednesday. Many fans are under the impression…
RAW Underground Might Be Done For Good
WWE brought in the concept of RAW Underground during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it has not appeared on television for two weeks straight. Now it seems it might not be coming back. According to a report by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, RAW Underground “is considered done.” It was initially stopped after the recent COVID-19 outbreak…
WWE To Change Touring Schedule?, AEW Expanding, Heat Between Rollins & Riddle, Futures Of Mysterio Children
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Paul Heyman Reveals How He Was Fired From Executive Director Role
Paul Heyman was the Executive Director of Monday Night RAW. His goal was to push the newer generation of Superstars and gave them more spotlight, but Vince McMahon did not see it that way. Heyman brought in Superstars who were not focused on the main roster and helped push them. While it was working for…
Finn Balor Might Have To Relinquish NXT Title
Finn Balor was able to retain his NXT Championship against Kyle O’Reilly at NXT TakeOver 31. However, he suffered a jaw injury during the match, where he broke his jaw in two places. Balor underwent surgery for his injury last week and has been recovering since then. During this week’s NXT, it was said the…
Sony Deville’s Stalker Continued To Harass Her While Incarcerated
A stalker named Phillip Tomas II broke into Sonya Deville’s house in order to kidnap her, which he had been planning for several months. His attempt failed and he was arrested. He has several charges against him. He had a virtual court hearing on October 12th regarding the attempted kidnapping. His next appearance is on…
AEW Dynamite & WWE NXT Both See Viewership Numbers Increase
Viewership numbers for both Dynamite and NXT went up this week. This week’s WWE NXT drew 651,000 viewers on the USA Network. This is up from last week’s 639,000. The show ranked No. 51 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.17 rating. This week’s AEW Dynamite did 826,000 viewers on TNT. This is up from last week’s…
WWE Announces Daniel Bryan’s Return, Tag Team Title Match For SmackDown
WWE has announced Daniel Bryan will return to WWE on Friday’s SmackDown season premiere. This will be Bryan’s first appearance in the ThunderDome. .@WWEDanielBryan makes his #WWEThunderDome debut tomorrow night on #SmackDown! ???? Friday, 8/7c @FOXTV https://t.co/5lDW5Gup3D — WWE (@WWE) October 15, 2020 Additionally, The Street Profits will defend their new SmackDown Tag Team Championship…
Bayley Tops Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s Top Women’s 100
Pro Wrestling Illustrated has announced Bayley as this year’s No. 1 women’s wrestler. Congratulations to @itsBayleyWWE for ranking #1 in this year's PWI Women's 100! Preorder your print copy of this exciting issue at https://t.co/O8TDpHJexm pic.twitter.com/0HztapTl1k — PWI (Pro Wrestling Illustrated) (@OfficialPWI) October 15, 2020 The cover reveals the top five is rounded out with…
