Category: Wrestling News
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…
Io Shirai & Tegan Nox vs. Dakota Kai & Candice LeRae To Open WWE NXT
WWE has announced a women’s tag team match will open tonight’s episode of NXT on the USA Network. NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai will team with Tegan Nox to face Dakota Kai and Candice LeRae. This match will join the following already announced: Finn Balor vs. Dexter Lumis vs. Timothy Thatcher in a qualifying match…
Warhorse Credits His Fans For Getting TNT Title Shot On AEW Dynamite
Warhorse will make his debut with All Elite Wrestling on tonight’s episode of Dynamite in a match against Cody for the TNT Championship. Warhorse, the character of 27-year-old Jake Parnell, is the reigning IWTV Independent Wrestling Champion. Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated spoke to him prior to his match against Cody. “I’ll be head banging…
Tony Khan Says FTR Need To Sign Their AEW Contracts
All Elite Wrestling updated their official talent rankings prior to this week’s episode of Dynamite on TNT. Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, known collectively as FTR, were noticeably absent. “Hello? Anyone there,” Wheeler tweeted. “As I’ve told your attorney, you each need to sign your contracts before we can rank you in the top 5,”…
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…
Cody Gives More Details On Another AEW TV Series Or Third Hour Of Dynamite
There continues to be a lot of buzz about All Elite Wrestling adding another series that could potentially air on TNT or just another hour of TV in general. As things currently stand, AEW does Dynamite each week on TNT and AEW Dark on YouTube. Tony Khan himself is on record as the saying they…
More On Recent WWE Depature
Kairi Sane has received quite the send-off from WWE. Sane, who finished up with WWE on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, was written off TV after being beat up by Bayley. This caused Asuka to leave her Raw Women’s Championship match and get counted out in the process. After the segment aired she…
Imperium’s Return, Cruiserweight Match Added To Tonight’s NXT
WWE has added two items to tonight’s new episode of NXT. NXT Tag Team Champions Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner will return after being off TV since June 17th. Additionally, Jake Atlas will be in action against Isaiah “Swerve” Scott. NXT Tag Team Champions @FabianAichner & @Marcel_B_WWE return to action TONIGHT on #WWENXT! #Imperium https://t.co/3XBngt5TTd…
AEW Dynamite Preview: Two Title Matches, Tornado Tag Match & More
A new episode of AEW Dynamite will air tonight at 8pm ET on TNT. AEW has announced the following items for the show: – Cody defends the TNT Championship against independent wrestler Warhorse – Dark Order’s Evil Uno & Stu Grayson vs. Kenny Omega & Hangman Page (c) for the AEW Tag Team Championship –…
WWE NXT Preview: Gargano vs. Strong, Finn Balor In Action
A new episode of WWE NXT will air tonight at 8pm ET on the USA Network. WWE has announced the following items for the show: – Finn Balor vs. Dexter Lumis vs. Timothy Thatcher in a qualifying match for TakeOver – Johnny Gargano vs. Roderick Strong – Shotzi Blackheart vs. Mercedes Martinez – NXT Champion…
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…
WWE Announces Nia Jax “Fined” For Actions On Raw
In a kayfabe update posted here on dot com, WWE noted Nia Jax has been “fined an undisclosed amount for inappropriate contact with multiple WWE officials in the aftermath of her match against Shayna Bazler on Monday’s Raw.” Obviously this is a storyline to book her forward following her return on this week’s show. Jax…
Kris Statlander Has Surgery To Repair Torn ACL (PHOTO)
Kris Statlander underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ACL in her right knee. As reported here on WrestlingNews.com, Statlander suffered the injury on the June 10, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite. “Tomorrow is surgery day and I’m either going to spend my night watching #AEWDark or sleeping,” Statlander tweeted prior to undergoing surgery.…
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…
Thunder Rosa To Defend NWA Women’s Title At Indie Wrestling Event
Thunder Rosa will defend her NWA World Women’s Championship against Lindsay Snow at Mission Pro Wrestling’s “Hell Hath No Fury” event on September 18. Mission Pro Wrestling is a women’s wrestling-focused independent company based out of central Texas. Hell Hath No Fury will have seven matches on the card and will require face masks and…
AEW Dark Results (7/28/20) – Three-Way Tag Team Main Event
Below are complete results from the July 28th edition of AEW Dark: FTR def. Brandon Cutler & Peter Avalon Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela def. Michael Nakazawa & Pineapple Pete Abadon def. Skylar Moore Dark Order’s Evil Uno & Stu Grayson def. Shawn Dean & Will Hobbs Scorpio Sky def. Corey Hollis Penelope Ford def.…
Cody Rhodes Reveals When TNT Championship Belt Design Will Be Finished
AEW’s TNT Championship was introduced at Double or Nothing in May with an incomplete design due to the coronavirus pandemic delaying plans. Despite this, Cody has brought the title to Dynamite every week for an open challenge. When asked on Twitter when the title’s design will be completed, Cody revealed Wednesday, August 12 as the…
Hiromu Takahashi Out Of Action With Shoulder Injury
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced on Tuesday that IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi has suffered a shoulder injury and will be out of action for a short amount of time. Takahashi is still slated to defend his title against Taiji Ishimori on August 29 at Summer Struggle. However, the following match changes have been…
Heath Slater To Compete In Title Match On Next Week’s Impact Wrestling
Heath Slater will compete in his first Impact Wrestling match next Tuesday when he challenges Moose for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. .@HEATHXXII will face @TheMooseNation NEXT WEEK and if he wins he gets a spot on the IMPACT roster! #IMPACTonAXSTV pic.twitter.com/FfIUtbgPhu — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 29, 2020 Next week’s show will also feature…
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,…
WWE Raw Audience Down For Asuka vs. Sasha Banks
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average viewing audience of 1.617 million viewers on the USA Network. This was down from the 1.628 million viewers the show did last week. Hour one did 1.699 million viewers, hour two did 1.688 million viewers and hour three did 1.463 million viewers. The three…
Mick Foley Not A Fan Of How WWE Booked Mustafa Ali
Mick Foley was critical of WWE’s decision to put Bobby Lashley over Mustafa Ali clean on this week’s Raw, one week after his return to the company. “Not crazy about that outcome,” Foley tweeted. “@AliWWE brings SO MUCH to the @WWE table – class act, outstanding wrestler, HUGE potential for international attention. Why make him…
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…
MLW Announces Deal With WAVE.tv
Major League Wrestling announced a new partnership with sports media company WAVE.tv to increase the volume of their coverage across WAVE.tv’s brands. Below is the official press release: “NEW YORK – Major League Wrestling (MLW®), the fastest growing pro wrestling league in the world, and WAVE.tv, the sports media company for today’s fan, today announced…
Two NJPW Wrestlers Cleared To Return Following Coronavirus Exposure
Yota Tsuji and Tomoaki Honma were removed from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Sengoku Lord after being exposed to an individual who was positive for the coronavirus. NJPW issued a press release, noting that both Tsuji and Honma were tested for coronavirus and are negative. As a result of the negative tests, both wrestlers have been…
Ric Flair Provides Update On His Wife After Coronavirus Diagnosis
Ric Flair was on the latest episode of Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling podcast. He started the pod by explaining that his wife, Wendy Barlow, is doing better in her diagnosis with coronavirus. It has been three weeks, he has taken her to the hospital twice, once for an IV and the second time to…
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…
NJPW Announces New Title, Two Matches Set For Summer Struggle
New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the creation of the KOPW 2020 title during a press conference on Tuesday. The title won’t have a physical championship belt, but will instead be a trophy presented to whoever is the champion at the end of the year. The following information was posted on NJPW’s website: After teasing a…
William Regal Announces New Match For This Week’s WWE NXT
NXT General Manager William Regal took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that Johnny Gargano will face Roderick Strong on this week’s WWE NXT. This match comes after the two competed in a triple threat qualifying match last week, but both came up short to Bronson Reed. They have since traded shots at each other…
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…
Kairi Sane Comments After Being Written Off WWE TV
Kairi Sane was written off WWE television on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Sane finished up at the tapings that were held last Monday at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL. She will return to Japan to live with her husband, who she married earlier this year. Sane leaves on good terms and…
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…
Several Matches And Segments Confirmed For WWE NXT
WWE NXT General Manager William Regal confirmed the following for this week’s episode of NXT on the USA Network: Mercedes Martinez vs. Shotzi Blackheart Keith Lee will respond to the actions of Karrion Kross Timothy Thatcher vs. Finn Balor vs. Dexter Lumis in a triple-threat match WWE NXT will take place on Wednesday at 8…
WWE Raw Tag Team Title Match Set For SummerSlam
The first title match is now official for SummerSlam. WWE Raw Tag Team Champions The Street Profits will defend the titles against Andrade and Angel Garza w/Zelina Vega. Andrade and Garza beat The Viking Raiders and Cedric Alexander & Ricochet in a No. 1 contender’s match on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw.…
Randy Orton Officially Challenges Drew McIntyre For Title At SummerSlam
WWE officially began the build towards Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Orton opened the show by cutting a promo on McIntyre. He explained he respects McIntyre for beating Brock Lesnar in quick fashion at WrestleMania but he has something he wants –…
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…
Kris Statlander Will Have Surgery On Tuesday
AEW Superstar Kris Statlander announced on Twitter she will undergo surgery on Tuesday to repair her torn ACL. Statlander suffered the injury on the June 10, 2020 episode of AEW Dynamite. You can watch it below: It pays to have friends like @TheKipSabian and @NylaRoseBeast when you're @thePenelopeFord! #AEWDynamite #AEWonTNT pic.twitter.com/vJOY8dmtaW — TDE Wrestling (@tde_gif)…
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…
WWE SmackDown Viewership Adjusts Down On Bar Fight
WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average viewing audience of 1.924 million viewers on FOX. This was adjusted down from the overnight number, which was 1.971 million viewers. Last week’s show was up from the 1.912 million viewers the show did in the week prior. SmackDown helped FOX finish first in the in the men…
MJF Segment Announced For This Week’s AEW Dynamite
All Elite Wrestling has announced MJF will be addressing “the state of the industry” on this week’s episode of Dynamite. Maxwell Jacob Friedman, better known as MJF, beat Griff Garrison on last week’s Dynamite. The following is also confirmed for this week’s show on TNT: Cody Rhodes vs. Warhorse for the TNT championship Diamante vs.…
WWE Raw Return Spoiler
Nia Jax will return on tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, according to a report by PWInsider. Jax has been off television since the June 15th episode of Raw when she lost to WWE Raw Women’s Champion Asuka. Tonight’s episode of Raw was taped last week and will also feature: Randy Orton will announce…
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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MLW Announces New Deal With DOE TV Network
Major League Wrestling announced a new TV distribution agreement today with Digital Original Entertainment to be included on their new streaming service, the DOE TV Network. The promotion also has deals with beIN Sports and DAZN. Last week, MLW signed Jacob Fatu, their World Heavyweight Champion, to a contract extension through late 2025. The latest…
Several Matches And Segments Confirmed For Tonight’s WWE Raw
WWE Monday Night Raw will air tonight at 8 PM/7 CT on the USA Network. This week’s show was taped last week from the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. With WWE operating closed TV tapings, we do not have spoilers. We can confirm the following for tonight’s broadcast: Randy Orton will announce his next target…
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…
