Category: Wrestling News
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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Legado Del Fantasma To Compete On This Week’s WWE 205 Live
WWE has announced a tag team match for Friday’s new episode of 205 Live on the WWE Network. Following last week’s events, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch will face Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde of Legado del Fantasma. https://twitter.com/WWE205Live/status/1304239021258878976 No other matches have been announced at this time. We’ll have complete results posted right here…
Two More WWE Producers Reportedly Released
WWE made more company-wide cutbacks on Thursday with the release of several office and road employees who have been furloughed since the spring. According to PWInsider and Fightful, producers Mike Rotunda and Sarah Stock were among those let go. Mike Rotunda was famously known as Irvin R. Shyster (IRS) during his WWE career until 2004.…
Intercontinental Championship Match & More Set For Friday Night SmackDown
WWE has announced a few items for this week’s Friday Night SmackDown: Bayley addresses her attack on Sasha Banks Bray Wyatt unveils a new creation during Firefly Funhouse AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy (c) for the Intercontinental Championship .@JEFFHARDYBRAND and @AJStylesOrg are set for an #ICTitle showdown TOMORROW NIGHT on #SmackDown! ???? Friday, 8/7c @FOXTV…
Impact Wrestling Announces Former Voice-Over Talent Barry Scott Has Died
Impact Wrestling announced on Thursday that Barry Scott, the man behind the iconic voice of many TNA/Impact intros, has passed away at the age of 65. In recent years, Scott did the voice-over for the Slammiversary 2017 opener, which has been embedded above. Scott also returned earlier this year to voice-over a video package on…
Two Title Matches, Heritage Cup Tournament Announced For New NXT UK Episodes
The NXT UK relaunch will air next Thursday, September 17, from BT Sport Studios in London. Several items have been announced ahead of the brand’s return: – The September 17th episode will feature Amir Jordan & Kenny Williams challenging Wolfgang & Mark Coffey of Gallus for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship. – Piper Niven…
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…
WWE NXT Viewership Slightly Down For Super Tuesday II Episode
This week’s WWE NXT drew 838,000 viewers on the USA Network for their “Super Tuesday II” episode without head-to-head competition from AEW Dynamite. This is down from last week’s 849,000. The second Tuesday show ranked No. 15 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.22 rating. WWE NXT Viewership Tracker: Sept. 18, 2019 – 1.179 million viewers (One…
Gerald Brisco Announces WWE Departure, More Releases Coming?
WWE Hall of Famer Gerald Brisco has been let go from WWE after 36 years with the company. Brisco tweeted on Thursday that Vince McMahon called to deliver the news that he is “no longer needed.” Ok, want to get this out the right way. Last night I received a call from @wwe Chairman Of…
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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AEW World Championship Match Announced For Dynamite Anniversary Show
AEW will celebrate Dynamite’s one-year anniversary on Wednesday, October 14. The special episode will be headlined by Lance Archer vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship. No other matches are known at this time, but the episode will air just four weeks before AEW’s next pay-per-view Full Gear on November 7. AEW has announced…
NWA Women’s Title Match, Parking Lot Brawl & More Set For Next Week’s AEW Dynamite
AEW has loaded up next week’s Thursday episode with the following matches: MJF in action FTR vs. Jurassic Express Hangman Adam Page vs. Frankie Kazarian Chris Jericho & Jake Hager vs. Private Party Best Friends vs. Santana & Ortiz in a Parking Lot Brawl Ivelisse vs. Thunder Rosa (c) for the NWA Women’s Championship https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1303871452098199554…
AEW Dynamite Results (9/09/20) – Miro Debuts, Brodie Lee vs. Dustin Rhodes
Below are complete results from the September 9th edition of AEW Dynamite: Chris Jericho and MJF addressed their All Out losses with Tony Schiavone in the parking lot. Jurassic Express def. Lucha Bros via pinfall in the opening match. Penta El Zero M accidentally hit Fenix with a Destroyer before the finish. There’s dissension among…
Miro Signs With AEW, Makes Dynamite Debut As Kip Sabian’s Best Man
Miro, formerly known as Rusev in WWE, has officially signed with All Elite Wrestling. Miro made his Dynamite debut on Wednesday and was revealed to be Kip Sabian’s best man for Sabian’s upcoming wedding with Penelope Ford. During his appearance, Miro made mention of spending ten years in the same house and not being able…
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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Tay Conti Signs With AEW, Will Compete On Tonight’s Dynamite
AEW announced on Wednesday that Tay Conti is officially #AllElite. The former NXT star competed in AEW’s Deadly Draw tournament last month, making it to the semi-finals alongside Anna Jay. Conti has received an offer to join Dark Order. AEW also announced that Conti will go one-on-one with Nyla Rose tonight on Dynamite. NEW MATCH…
AEW’s Next World Champ, Mysterio’s Timetable, Heyman’s Current Role, Is Raw Superstar’s Career Over?
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AEW Dark Results (9/08/20) – Brian Cage In Action, Ricky Starks Headlines
Below are complete results from this week’s episode of AEW Dark. You can watch this week’s show embedded in the player above: Will Hobbs def. Sean Legacy Brian Cage def. Tony Donati Angelico def. Griff Garrison Anna Jay def. Skylar Moore Eddie Kingston def. Lee Johnson Sonny Kiss def. Serpentico Ricky Starks def. Ben Carter
Five Matches Announced For Next Week’s Impact Wrestling
Impact Wrestling has announced several items for next Tuesday’s episode: Tenille Dashwood appears RVD’s “The Whole F’n Talk Show” debuts Deonna Purrazzo & Kimber Lee vs. Kylie Rae & Susie Brian Myers vs. Willie Mack XXXL vs. The Deaners Kiera Hogan vs. Taya Valkyrie The North, Ace Austin & Madman Fulton vs. Motor City Machine…
NXT Star Undergoes Name Change, Former Announce Team Member Returns
– Tehuti Miles is now known as Ashante Adonis in WWE. The former Miles has been heavily featured on 205 Live in recent weeks. Adonis went under to Velveteen Dream on this week’s NXT. – Josiah Williams is back to work with NXT after being furloughed earlier this year. Williams previously worked in the Performance…
Io Shirai In Action, Two Title Matches Set For Next Week’s WWE NXT
WWE has announced three matches for next week’s NXT on Wednesday, September 16: Shotzi Blackheart vs. Io Shirai (non-title) Imperium vs. Breezango (c) in an NXT Tag Team Championship rematch Timothy Thatcher vs. Damian Priest (c) for the NXT North American Championship NEXT WEDNESDAY at 8/7c on @USA_Network: ???? @ArcherOfInfamy vs. Timothy Thatcher for the…
Impact Wrestling Results (9/08/20) – Tag Team Chaos, EY vs. Dreamer
Impact Wrestling Results & Reactions – (9/8/2020) The show opens with a recap of Eric Young dethroning Eddie Edwards last week, while EC3 continues to torment Moose. The new World Champion Eric Young makes his way to the ring. Young stakes his claims as Impact’s new leader before Alisha Edwards interrupts. Alisha calls EY a…
New WWE NXT Champion Crowned
We have a new NXT champion. Finn Balor successfully captured the NXT Championship in a one on one contest with Adam Cole that had no time limit. This match came about after Adam Cole and Balor went to a draw last week during the hour-long fatal 4-way match on last week’s NXT Super Tuesday show.…
WWE NXT Results (9/08/20) – Super Tuesday II
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network. Please read our preview of the broadcast. We the crowning of a new NXT Champion and much more. WWE NXT Results – 9/8/2020 From Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL NXT Championship Match: Finn Balor def. Adam Cole via pinfall to become the NEW…
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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Eve Torres Reveals Her Family Has Tested Positive For COVID-19
Former WWE Divas Champion Eve Torres revealed on Instagram that she and her husband have tested positive for the coronavirus. Their two-year-old has also developed a fever. Torres wrote: “I debated sharing this, as it still feels raw and personal right now, but I’ve always believed in sharing both the good and the tough with…
Tessa Blanchard’s First Post-Impact Wrestling Match Announced
Tessa Blanchard will return to the ring at a Warrior Wrestling event on September 12. In the main event, Blanchard will defend her Warrior Wrestling Women’s Championship against Kylie Rae. This is Blanchard’s first major appearance since leaving Impact Wrestling on bad terms earlier this summer. Blanchard was the reigning Impact World Champion before Slammiversary,…
WWE Announces New Podcast Hosted By Alexa Bliss
WWE has announced a new podcast titled Uncool with Alexa Bliss will debut on Tuesday, September 22. Bliss will be joined by guests every Tuesday to discuss all things “uncool” like awkward first dates and wardrobe malfunctions. Below is the entire press release: STAMFORD, CONN., September 8, 2020 – WWE today announced Uncool with Alexa…
No DQ Tag Team Match Set For AEW Dynamite, Updated Lineup
AEW has announced Chris Jericho & Jake Hager will face Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss in a No Disqualification tag team match this Wednesday on Dynamite. This Wednesday on Dynamite – It's a NO DISQUALIFICATION tag-team match as @IAmJericho & @RealJakeHager of the #InnerCircle take on @SonnyKissXO & @JANELABABY! Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on @TNTDrama 8e/7c…
WWE Provides Injury Update On Ivar
As noted, Ivar of the The Viking Raiders suffered a possible injury on Raw when he took a dive outside of the ring and followed it by throwing up the dreaded “X.” In an update, WWE.com noted that Ivar suffered a cervical injury and was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. He’s expected…
Impact Wrestling Preview: Eric Young Appears, Motor City Machine Guns Defend
A new episode of Impact Wrestling will air at 8pm ET on AXS TV and Twitch. The following items have been announced for the broadcast: New Impact World Champion Eric Young opens the show Moose continues his hunt for EC3 Madison Rayne’s Locker Room Talk with Kylie Rae & Susie Chris Bey vs. TJP The…
WWE NXT Super Tuesday II Preview: Steel Cage Match, NXT Champion To Be Crowned
WWE will air another edition of NXT Super Tuesday on the USA Network at 8pm ET due NHL playoffs airing on Wednesday. The card has been loaded up once again and will feature the following: Adam Cole vs. Finn Balor to crown a new NXT Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Mercedes Martinez in a Steel Cage…
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…
