Category: Wrestling News
Title Match Added To Next Week’s AEW Dynamite – Updated Card
Next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite promises to be a stacked on. On top of the 30th Anniversary for Chris Jericho, they also have other solid matches in store. Another 20-minute brush with greatness match for FTR has been confirmed. They will be defending their AEW Tag Team Titles against Angelico and Jack Evans. This…
WWE To Take Ownership Of Superstar Twitch Accounts In Four Weeks
WWE put forward a rule that prevents Superstars from using third party sites such as Pro Wrestling Tees and Cameo for making money. Twitch was seemingly fine as long as the Superstars used their real name and got permission beforehand. However, WWE did not specify they will be allowed to own their channels. According to…
NXT Superstars Begin Leaving Cameo
In September, WWE made a rule which banned from using third party sites such as Twitch and others. The reason behind this was Superstars were making money on their own and the company seemingly did not like that. They were initially not allowed to use their real-life names on Twitch and other sites, but that…
WWE NXT UK Results (10/01/20) – Noam Dar vs. Alexander Wolfe
Below are complete results from the October 1st edition of WWE NXT UK: Heritage Cup Wild Card: Kenny Williams def. Ashton Smith and Amir Jordan via pinfall to qualify for a spot in the tournament. Jinny def. Xia Brookside via submission. Post-match, Jinny says she’s going to be the queen of NXT UK. Kay Lee…
AEW Dynamite & WWE NXT Viewership Up
Viewership numbers for both Dynamite and NXT went up this week. This week’s WWE NXT drew 732,000 viewers on the USA Network. This is up from last week’s 696,000. The show ranked No. 50 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.19 rating. This week’s AEW Dynamite did 866,000 viewers on TNT. This is up from last week’s…
Details Regarding Tegan Nox’s Injury
As previously reported, Tegan Nox tore her ACL and underwent surgery. This marks the third time she suffered this kind of injury, but it seems this time she might have been injured worse than before. WWE officially announced that she was injured and Triple H confirmed she had the surgery during a teleconference. During Wrestling…
The Rock Confirms Date For XFL Return
The Rock made headlines when he and his partners purchased the XFL after its reboot was brought to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now Dwayne Johnson will be venturing into new territory with the XFL. Ever since his purchase was made public knowledge, the Rock has wasted no time in emphasizing his ownership…
WrestleMania 37 Plans For Roman Reigns, NJPW Failing In US, CM Punk’s Missed Opportunity, Sting vs. Undertaker
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The Undisputed Era To Have Different Character Directions
The Undisputed Era have been the most dominant group in all of NXT for the past two years. Now it seems the members will be going in different directions as far as their characters are concerned. According to a report by PW Insider, Kyle O’Reilly will be a “full-fledged babyface” from now on and will…
Update On Jeff Hardy’s DUI Case
Jeff Hardy was arrested for DUI in October of last year. He was scheduled to appear before the court today for a hearing, but it seems that might not be happening now. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, courts all over the world have been closed and this includes the USA. It seems Jeff Hardy’s court…
Triple H Says NXT Will Not Move From Wednesday Nights
NXT moved its way to Wednesday nights on the USA Network when AEW Dynamite made its debut on TNT last year. With it started the Wednesday Night Wars, which has been going on since then. A few weeks ago, NXT and AEW Dynamite aired on different nights and this helped both shows receive more viewers.…
Possible Reason Why Kyle O’Reilly Got NXT Title Opportunity
On last week’s episode of NXT, Kyle O’Reilly won the Gauntlet Eliminator match. He received an NXT Title shot at NXT TakeOver as a result, much to the surprise of many fans. He has primarily been a tag team competitor. His last match as a singles competitor was at a Progress show in 2018. Owing…
Dog Collar TNT Championship Match Confirmed, 8-Man AEW Tournament Announced
– Cody vs. Brodie Lee in a Dog Collar match for the TNT Championship has been confirmed for next week’s Dynamite. Next week. On @tntdrama pic.twitter.com/jcXhgu994Y — Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) October 1, 2020 – An 8-man single elimination tournament will take place soon to determine the AEW World Championship number one contender. The finals will…
AEW Dynamite Results (9/30/20) – Moxley vs. Butcher, FTR vs. SCU
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT. Jon Moxley will defend his AEW World Title against a challenger of Eddie Kingston’s choosing. AEW Dynamite Results – 9/30/2020 From Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL Darby Allin def. Ricky Starks via pinfall with the Coffin Drop in the opening match. Cody comes…
WWE NXT Results (9/30/20) – Go-Home To TakeOver 31
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network. Shawn Michaels will host a confrontation between NXT Champion Finn Balor and Kyle O’Reilly. WWE NXT Results – 9/30/2020 From Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL The show opens with recaps and Kyle O’Reilly winning the Gauntlet Eliminator and Candice LeRae…
Four-Way Tag Team Championship Match Set For Impact Bound For Glory
Impact Wrestling has officially announced a four-way Tag Team Championship match for Bound For Glory on Oct. 24. Motor City Machine Guns will defend against The North, The Good Brothers, and Ace Austin & Madman Fulton. BREAKING: The Motor City Machine Guns will defend the IMPACT World Tag Team Titles against The Good Brothers, The…
NJPW G1 Climax Tournament Day 7 Results (9/30/20)
Below are complete results from New Japan Pro Wrestling “G1 Climax Tournament Day 7” from Korkauen Hall in Tokyo, Japan: Yota Tsuji beat Yuya Uemura. Minoru Suzuki beat Yujiro Takahashi in an A-Block tournament match. Kota Ibushi beat Jeff Cobb in an A-Block tournament match. Kazuchika Okada beat Taichi in an A-Block tournament match. Will…
Tegan Nox Undergoes Surgery For Torn ACL
Triple H confirmed on a NXT Takeover 31 media call that Tegan Nox did indeed suffer a torn ACL and has undergone surgery to repair the injury. The procedure was a success. This is Nox’s third ACL tear in as many years. As we reported here on WrestlingNews.com, Nox tore the ACL in her right…
Roman Reigns Explains How Paul Heyman Helps Him Off-Screen
Roman Reigns made his return to WWE as a heel and quickly became the top star of Smackdown. He won the Universal Title and has been dominant as a heel champion. He successfully retained his title at WWE Clash Of Champions against Jey Uso. It seems partnering up with Paul Heyman has certainly helped Reigns.…
Matt Cardona Reveals His AEW Deal Has Ended
Matt Cardona made his shocking debut in AEW two months ago on Dynamite, where he saved his friend Cody. He made sure everyone was aware he signed a deal with AEW to only appear a few times and that is what happened. The former WWE Superstar spoke to the Pro Wrestling Junkies podcast, where he talked…
John Cena Reveals His In-Ring Career Is Not Over Yet
John Cena has a very busy career in Hollywood. He is currently scheduled to play the role of The Peacemaker in Suicide Squad 2 and its spin-off and he has other projects as well. He is no longer an active competitor in WWE. John Cena made an appearance on The Tonight Show. He was Jimmy…
WWE Title Plans For HIAC, Raw Underground Finished?, Using Marijuana In WWE, Illogical WWE Trades
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Main Event For WWE Hell In A Cell Possibly Revealed
The next pay-per-view for the WWE main roster will be Hell In A Cell, and it will be taking place on October 25th. This will be the final pay-per-view in the Thunderdome before the company changes its venue to somewhere else. It seems they could have already decided on the main event. According to a…
Eddie Kingston To Decide Jon Moxley’s Opponent For This Week’s AEW Dynamite
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite promises to be a solid show. Now it seems the company has announced a match for Jon Moxley. However, it seems the company will not be choosing a match for him. It will be decided by Eddie Kingston. All Elite Wrestling officially announced that Moxley will be competing on…
Championship Match Added To NXT TakeOver
The next WWE NXT TakeOver event will be taking place on October 4th. With less than a week left, WWE is making sure the event has a stacked card. Another title match has been added to the card. It was announced by the company that Isaiah “Swerve” Scott will be receiving a chance at the…
AEW Dark Results (9/29/20) – Natural Nightmares vs. Dark Order
Below are complete results from this week’s episode of AEW Dark. You can watch this week’s show embedded in the player above: SCU def. Ray Rosas & Ryzin Penelope Ford def. Alex Gracia Best Friends def. M’Badu & BSHP King Jurassic Express def. Dark Order’s 5 & 10 Gunn Club def. Cezar Bononi & Shawn…
Six Matches Announced For Victory Road On Impact Plus
Impact Wrestling has announced several matches for the Victory Road special on Impact Plus this Saturday, Oct. 3: Impact World Championship Match – Eric Young (c) vs. Eddie Edwards Impact Knockouts Championship Match – Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Susie Impact X-Division Championship Match – Rohit Raju (c) vs. TBA Unsanctioned Tag Team Match – Rhino…
Impact Wrestling Results (9/29/20) – The North vs. Austin & Fulton, Ken Shamrock Returns
Below are complete results from the Sept. 29th edition of Impact Wrestling: Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary def. Havok & Nevaeh via pinfall with Taya going over Nevaeh. Jordynne Grace def. Tenille Dashwood via submission in a rematch from last week. The Good Brothers def. The Rascalz via pinfall. Fallah Bahh def. Johnny Swinger to become…
WWE Raw Viewership Up Against Stiff Competition
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average of 1.822 million viewers on the USA Network. That is up from the 1.668 million viewers the show did in the week prior. Hour one did 1.956 million viewers, hour two did 1.824 million viewers and hour three did 1.687 million viewers. The show…
T-Bar Takes Issue With Fans Celebrating Retribution’s COVID-19 Exposure
Retribution was held off of this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw after the five core members of the faction came into contact with someone positive for COVID-19. As reported here on WrestlingNews.com, all five members tested negative but are required to quarantine for 14 days after coming into proximity with someone who tested…
Schedule Released For First-Ever Impact Week
AXS TV and Impact Wrestling announced the first-ever Impact Week, starting Tuesday, October 20, leading into the Bound For Glory pay-per-view on Saturday, October 24. Below is the official press release and schedule of events: AXS TV AND IMPACT WRESTLING JOIN FORCES TO PRESENT THE FIRST-EVER IMPACT WEEK STARTING TUESDAY, OCT. 20, LEADING INTO THE…
NJPW G1 Climax Tournament Day 6 Results (9/29/20)
Below are complete results from NJPW’s G1 Climax Tournament Day 6 from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan: Yuya Uemura beat Gabriel Kidd. Yoshi-Hashi beat Sanada in a B-Block tournament match. Kenta beat Zack Sabre Jr. in a B-Block tournament match. Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Juice Robinson in a B-Block tournament match. Toru Yano beat Evil in…
Roman Reigns Says He Doesn’t Like CM Punk And Doesn’t Know Many People Who Do
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns was a guest on the latest episode of Complex’s Load Management podcast that was released today. In it, Reigns gave his opinion of CM Punk that was released as a promotional teaser: “I don’t like the guy [CM Punk], I don’t know many people who do … but I’m willing…
Details Regarding Harold Meji’s Resignation
As reported earlier, it was confirmed by New Japan Pro Wrestling that Harold Meji will be resigning from his position as President and CEO next month. Now it seems more details have been revealed regarding his decision. On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer discussed Harold Meji’s resignation. Meltzer revealed that Meji had a goal in mind,…
NJPW President Harold Meji Has Resigned
It has been officially confirmed by New Japan Pro Wrestling that the President and CEO of the promotion, Harold Meji, will be resigning from his position. It was revealed he will be leaving NJPW next month. He will be parting ways with the company on October 23rd. He will be succeeded by NJPW of America President…
RVD Talks Who He Wants To Be Inducted By Into WWE Hall Of Fame
As reported earlier, Rob Van Dam left Impact Wrestling along with Katie Forbes. He was not signed to the company and now has officially become a free agent. He recently spoke to The Dropkick Podcast, where among other things, the topic of the WWE Hall Of Fame was brought into the conversation. RVD revealed by…
WWE Draft Moves, McMahon Runs Creative, Bring Trump Back To WWE TV?, Contracts
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Alexa Bliss Comments On Murphy And Aalyah Mysterio’s Romance Angle In WWE
One of the top storylines on Monday Night RAW currently feature Seth Rollin’s follower Murphy and Rey Mysterio’s daughter Aalyah being involved in a romantic storyline. The storyline further progressed on this week’s RAW. Murphy’s real-life ex-fiance Alexa Bliss commented on this. Bliss and Murphy called off their engagement in 2018 and she is currently…
Miro On How He Came Up With New Name For His Finisher
Miro was released from WWE earlier in the year and now he made his way onto AEW, much to the delight of fans. He is currently reinventing himself in the company and he has also changed the name of his finisher. He made his in-ring debut last week in a tag team match. His finisher…
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (9/28/20) – Drew McIntyre vs. Robert Roode
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (9/28/20) From the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, FL The announce team is indeed the return of Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and Samoa Joe. Ric Flair, Christian, Big Show and Shawn Michaels opened the broadcast as advertised. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre joined them. HBK verified McIntyre didn’t know about…
Robert Roode Returns To WWE
Robert Roode made his return to WWE on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Roode answered Drew McIntyre’s open challenge for the WWE Championship. He went under in the match. Roode was pitched by Dolph Ziggler to producer Adam Pearce earlier in the show. When it came time for the open challenge, Ziggler’s music played…
Dana Brooke Traded To Raw With Mandy Rose
Mandy Rose appeared on tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw alongside Dana Brooke, who is also now officially a Raw Superstar. You may remember Rose was “traded” to Raw several weeks ago as part of an angle where The Miz got her removed from Friday Night SmackDown to get her away from Otis. Rose…
James Storm Was Set For Post-WrestleMania WWE Debut Before Pandemic
In an interview with Pro Wrestling Sheet, James Storm revealed that he was all set to officially sign with WWE before the pandemic put a stop to those plans. “I get home and I see I got an email from Canyon Ceman saying, ‘Hey, we’re interested. Paul Heyman wants me to reach out and bring…
Final WWE SmackDown Viewership For Go-Home To Clash Of Champions
Last week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew 2.110 million viewers on Fox. That is up from the 2.032 million viewers released in the overnights on Saturday. The show was WWE’s final effort before Clash of Champions. SmackDown in the week prior did 2.037 million final viewership. SmackDown helped Fox finish first in the…
Retribution Off Of Tonight’s Raw?, WWE Legends Set To Appear, Title Match Announced
– All five members of Retribution are reportedly off tonight’s Raw due to quarantine measures. Ryan Satin reports the faction members test negative but are taking precautionary measures. Regarding RETRIBUTION not being cleared to compete at the moment, sources tell me all 5 members tested negative for COVID-19. However, the group's members each have to…
Nia Jax Says She And Shayna Baszler Are “Great” And Healthy
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler were removed from WWE Clash of Champions because they were not medically cleared to compete. The team was set to defend the titles against The Riott Squad. Jax is telling a different story on social media, explaining that both her and Baszler are healthy. “Lies,”…
Backstage News From WWE Clash Of Champions
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New Match Revealed For This Week’s AEW Dynamite
Dark Order member John Silver announced on Twitter that Orange Cassidy will face Dark Order’s 10 in a singles match on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. “#AEWDynamite is ALL NEW this Wed 9/30 at 8/7c on TNT! – Orange Cassidy v #DarkOrder’s 10,” Silver tweeted. “10 is gonna destroy Orange Cassidy! #JoinDarkOrder” https://twitter.com/SilverNumber1/status/1310582799997505536 The…
Tonight’s WWE Raw To Feature PPV Fallout, Update On Champions
Tonight’s episode of WWE Raw will air live from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Expect to see fallout from the Clash of Champions pay-per-view. We’re expecting the build for next month’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view to begin, with other angles potentially blown off. Raw Underground is scheduled to continue during the…
RVD And Katie Forbes Gone From Impact Wrestling
Rob Van Dam and Katie Forbes have departed Impact Wrestling, PWInsider hears. According to the report, their departures could have been a result of their current storylines coming to a conclusion. RVD had been working on a series of short-term agreements, not a long-term contract, and had a program with Sami Callihan. RVD and Forbes…
