Category: Wrestling News
Adam Cole Issues Apology For Blowing Up On Pat McAfee
Is it a work or is it a shoot? Either way, former NXT Champion Adam Cole has issued an apology on Twitter for his actions toward Pat McAfee. pic.twitter.com/UAZxx1SwZu — Adam Cole (@AdamColePro) July 27, 2020 As Richard covered on Thursday, Cole appeared on McAfee’s show and stormed out in a curse-filled rant when McAfee…
Sneak Peak PHOTOS Of AEW Action Figures: Orange Cassidy, PAC & Darby Allin
Next week, All Elite Wrestling action figures are coming to Walmart. The first wave of figures will include AEW TNT Champion Cody, Brandi Rhodes, AEW World Tag Team Champion Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho and The Young Bucks. The second wave will feature Pentagon Jr., Fenix, MJF, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley, Dustin Rhodes and AEW…
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…
NJPW Summer Struggle Night 2 Results (7/27/20)
Below are complete results from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Summer Struggle Night 2 show from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Monday: Ryusuke Taguchi, Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe beat Gabriel Kidd, Tomohiro Ishii and Hirooki Goto BUSHI and Shingo Takagi beat YOSHI-HASHI and Toru Yano El Desperado and Minoru Suzuki beat Yuya Uemura and Yuji…
NJPW Summer Struggle Night 1 Results (7/26/20)
Below are complete results from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Summer Struggle Night 1 show from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sunday: Ryusuke Taguchi, Satoshi Kojima and Togi Makabe beat Gabriel Kidd, Yano and Tomohiro Ishii SANADA and Shingo Takagi beat YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto DOUKI and Minoru Suzuki beat Yuya Uemura and Yuji Nagata Yoshinobu…
PHOTO: Mike Bennett Looks Like A Different Person After Leaving WWE
Roman Reigns and Rusev have shown off dramatically altered physiques during their time in quarantine, proving the workload has only increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Add Mike Bennett, the former Mike Kanellis, to the list. The former WWE 205 Live star revealed a new photo of his physique over the weekend, showing off a dramatic…
Brandi Rhodes Touts Accomplishments As AEW Chief Brand Officer
Brandi Rhodes took to Twitter over the weekend to share what she has accomplished as AEW’s Chief Brand Officer this year. What does a CBO do? 2020 so far… • @kulturec 1st wrestling brand to adapt sensory inclusion• NATPE -AEW’s 1st Keynote Speaker• “Real/Different” commercial creator• @AEW_Heels• Womens Tag Team Cup Tourney Thanks for the…
Pro Wrestling NOAH And DDT Announce Merger
Japanese pro wrestling promotions Pro Wrestling NOAH and DDT are merging to form CyberFight on September 1. During a press conference on Monday, President Sanshiro Takagi cited this merger is happening because of “the economic situation driven by COVID” and that they “wanted to streamline costs where we could.” Naomichi Marufuji and Akito will serve…
Dominik Mysterio To Confront Seth Rollins On Monday Night Raw
Dominik Mysterio will appear on Monday’s Raw to confront Seth Rollins following Rey’s eye removal at Extreme Rules. WWE.com issued the following on Sunday: “After a grotesque victory over Rey Mysterio, Seth Rollins declared that no one was left to “stand in the way of the greater good.” But there’s one more man willing to…
AJ Styles Talks Butting Heads With Vince Russo, Dixie Carter Ruining TNA
During a recent Twitch live stream, WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles opened up about working with Vince Russo and Dixie Carter during his time in TNA. Styles addressed butting heads with Vince Russo: “Vince, as a person, I love the guy, and we butted heads as far as him writing, even in TNA, but I…
Big Update On NJPW’s Summer Struggle Tour
New Japan Pro Wrestling began their Summer Struggle tour today at Korakuen Hall. Sunday’s show was headlined by Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi versus EVIL, Dick Togo and Taiji Ishimori. We should have complete results online soon. Below are the announced matches for night two. The show will begin tomorrow morning at 5:30 AM…
Former WWE Star Wants TNT Title Match Against Cody?
JTG re-posted a Photoshopped promotional poster showing him versus Cody for the TNT Championship on AEW Dynamite. The former WWE star tagged Cody on Twitter with the following comment: “Interesting… @CodyRhodes don’t you love Fan Art ?” The tweet did not draw a response from Cody but drew several replies from fans. Reactions were mixed,…
Chris Jericho On Why He Won’t Be Returning To WWE
Chris Jericho did another Saturday Night Special last night on YouTube. One of his fans watching commented for him to please come back to WWE. “It’s not going to happen,” Jericho explained. “I’m really enjoying being in AEW and I loved my time with WWE. I love Vince McMahon. I learned a lot, had a…
More On WWE Blowing Off McIntyre vs. Ziggler On Raw
WWE will blow-off Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler on tomorrow night’s episode of Monday Night Raw. As reported in our initial Raw preview here on WrestlingNews.com, McIntyre will get to pick the stipulation of the bout, which he will announce right before the opening bell. The match will not be for the WWE Championship. Below…
Kevin Owens On Wrestlers That Helped Him “Step Up His Game”
Ring of Honor wrestler Cheeseburger asked his “wrestler friends” on Twitter the following question: Who was the first “name” you wrestled that was so good you realized how little you truly know and helped you step your game up? Kevin Owens took an opportunity to respond with some interesting insight. “There’s a lot of them…
Dustin Rhodes Launching Wrestling Academy In January 2021
The Rhodes Wrestling Academy is set to open in January 2021 outside of Austin, Texas. Dustin Rhodes will be launching the school that will be for new young prospects. It will not be associated with AEW or anyone else. Rhodes wrote on the school’s Twitter account it is a project he has “dreamt about for…
Impact Wrestling Sees Increase In Viewership After Slammiversary
Last Tuesday’s episode of Impact Wrestling did 163,000 viewers on AXS TV, according to a report by PWTorch.com. It was the first episode of Impact since Slammiversary and saw the return of EC3, The Good Brothers, a tag team title change and more. Viewership was up from the 156,000 viewers the show did the week…
Mark Henry Believes Adam Cole’s Outburst Was A Shoot, Will Be Reprimanded
Mark Henry was on Busted Open Radio were he and Bully Ray discussed the incident between Pat McAfee and Adam Cole. For those that missed it or are just now hearing about it, Cole cursed out former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee during an interview featured on The Pat McAfee Show. McAfee went at Cole…
Lio Rush Makes First Post-WWE Appearance
Lio Rush made his first post-WWE appearance on Saturday at GCW’s Homecoming Part 1 event streaming on Fite. Rush was the handler for the doll Yoshihiko in its match against Joey Janela. Rush eventually unmasked himself and attacked Janela. https://twitter.com/amcnal/status/1287177425944743937 Rush and Janela have plenty of history dating back to their days in CZW, and…
Finn Balor Answers Edge’s Request For Match At TakeOver
Finn Balor vs. Edge at an NXT TakeOver event? It seems like both WWE Superstars are interested in a dream match that would put them head-to-head. Earlier this week, Edge tweeted this: “Ok @RobertStoneWWE my man! Let’s collab. Get me a match vs @FinnBalor at Takeover, I only want fuschia m&m’s(they don’t make those, so…
WrestleMania VII Celebrity Guest Regis Philbin Dead At 88
Television icon and WrestleMania VII celebrity guest Regis Philbin has died. He was 88-years-old. Philbin’s family issued the following statement to People: “His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him – for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor, and his singular ability to make every day…
Frustration In WWE Over COVID-19, Chaos Backstage At Raw, Ric Flair Controversy, Why AJ Styles Hates Paul Heyman, Big SummerSlam Developments, Matt Hardy Frustrated In AEW, Impact Stars Take Aim At Vince McMahon And Backstage News
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Riddick Moss Back In Action, NXT Talent Works Main Event
For those wondering where Riddick Moss has been, the former 24/7 Champion returned to action recently on WWE Main Event and has scored two consecutive wins over Humberto Carrillo. Moss was called up to Monday Night Raw in January, but has sparingly been used since the COVID-19 pandemic forced WWE to move production to Orlando,…
Backstage News On COVID-19 Impacting Viewership Of AEW Dynamite
Word making rounds throughout the AEW locker room is that the promotion’s momentum was halted by the COVID-19 pandemic in a major way. The feeling is if Dynamite scheduled for Rochester, NY on March 18 and the special “Blood & Guts” show took place on March 25 in Newark, NJ as planned, AEW Dynamite would…
WWE Names Top 10 Matches Of 2020 So Far
WWE.com has named the top ten WWE matches of the year so far from Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and pay-per-views. The list goes as follows: 10) Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher – Fight Pit (NXT 5/27) 9) Keith Lee vs. Adam Cole – Winer Take All (NXT Great American Bash 7/8) 8) Men’s and Women’s Money…
Falls Count Anywhere Match Draws Over 1 Million Viewers For AEW
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite did strong viewership numbers, with The Young Bucks vs. The Butcher & The Blade drawing more than one million viewers. AEW President & CEO Tony Khan confirmed on Twitter that from 8:55pm ET to 9pm ET, the final five minutes of the Falls Count Anywhere Match, the show drew…
WWE Raw Preview: Ziggler vs. McIntyre, Women’s Title, Orton’s Next Target
WWE is hard at work to bring their audience for Monday Night Raw back over two million viewers. On next week’s show, which was taped this week, the following has been confirmed: Randy Orton will reveal his next “target” following his win over The Big Show this week. Ricochet & Cedric Alexander vs. The Viking…
SmackDown Audience Up With Incredible Main Event
This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown garnered an average of 1.971 million viewers on FOX. Hour one did 1.985 million viewers, while the second hour ticked down slightly at 1.956 million viewers. SmackDown was No. 1 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.5 rating. The audience is up from the 1.912 million viewers…
WWE 205 Live Results (7/24/20) – Six-Man Tag Action
Below are complete results from this week’s episode of WWE 205 live: Drake Maverick beat Leon Ruff. The finish saw Maverick land an elbow off the top rope followed by the pinfall. Mansoor, Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan beat Ever-Rise (Chase Parker & Matt Martel) & Tehuti Miles. The finish saw Mansoor pin Miles for…
NJPW Announces Summer Struggle Series, Premiere Of NJPW Strong
New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a series of shows at Jingu Stadium called the Summer Struggle. The Summer Struggle tour will begin tomorrow at Korakuen Hall and will run through August 16. NJPW confirmed the series during intermission at Saturday’s Sengoku Lord show. Fans will be in attendance at the shows but the stadium…
NJPW Sengoku Lord Results (7/25/20) – EVIL vs. Takahashi
New Japan Pro Wrestling held their Sengoku Lord show at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on Saturday. The show was headlined by EVIL defending the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships against Hiromu Takahashi. As reported earlier here at WrestlingNews.com, Tomoaki Honma and Yota Tsuji were pulled from the show after a confirmed exposure to…
Two NJPW Wrestlers Held Off Sengoku Lord Due To COVID-19
Tomoaki Honma and Yota Tsuji were pulled from New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Sengoku Lord show after filming a television show with another cast member who tested positive for COVID-19. They filmed the show on July 17 and the cast member tested positive on July 24. Neither Honma nor Tsuji were in close contact with the…
Cody Defends Booking Of Character, TNT Title Defenses
Former WCW star Glenn Gilbertti, a/k/a Disco Inferno, asked on social media if Cody Rhodes’ character on AEW television was a heel and then he made reference to his TNT title defenses against independent talent. “Is Cody Rhodes a heel? This is like the old school angle where you have a list of worthy contenders…
More Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In WWE
COVID-19 continues to impact WWE, just as it does every other part of the world. Cornell Gunter, who works for WWE’s Content Innovation Lab, announced on social media he tested positive for COVID-19. So far, the only other names associated with WWE to make public they have tested positive include producers Jamie Noble and Adam…
Backstage News On Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy Bar Fight
WWE filmed the Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy bar fight from last night’s episode of SmackDown from Irish Shannon’s Pub on Church Street in Orlando, Florida. The establishment is currently closed due to Florida restricting sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Sheamus’s personal bartender was played by independent wrestler Vinny McParland. He appeared…
Jeff Hardy Gives DELETE Shout Out To Matt Hardy On SmackDown
Jeff Hardy gave a shout out to his brother and current AEW Superstar Matt Hardy on tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night Smackdown. During the bar fight with Sheamus, Jeff stated, “My brother had to DELETE his career, tonight I have to recover mine.” The match turned out to be as physical and intense as…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (7/24/20) – Hardy vs. Sheamus
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX. Please read our preview of the broadcast. We will see fallout from The Horror Show at Extreme Rules, Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus in a bar fight, Naomi on MizTV and an appearance by WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and Sasha…
WWE Intercontinental Title Match Set For Next Week’s SmackDown
Gran Metalik won a Fatal 4-Way match on this week’s SmackDown to become the No. 1 contender to the WWE Intercontinental Championship. He will face AJ Styles for the title on next week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. The match involved Metalik, his tag team partner Lince Dorado, Shorty G and Drew Gulak. The…
Kofi Kingston Out 6 Weeks; Big E To Get Singles Run
A backstage segment aired on tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown with Kofi Kingston coming out of the trainer’s room. He told Big E he is injured and is going to be out about six weeks. Kofi told Big E with Xavier Woods out and now him about to be out, the universe is…
Nikki Cross To Challenge Bayley For SmackDown Title Next Week
Nikki Cross is once again the No. 1 contender for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship. WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley opened this week’s show by announcing she would give the winner of Cross vs. Alexa Bliss a shot at the title on next week’s show. Cross won off a roll-up in a physical encounter, setting…
Backstage News On MVP’s Stock, Nation Of Domination, WWE Star Gets Hitched
– MVP’s stock in WWE continues to rise as the company has been impressed with his work both on and off screen. As we reported in Ask WNC, WWE is currently looking to offer MVP a long-term contract extension. MVP believes he can wrestle for two or three more years and wants to transition to…
WWE SmackDown Preview – Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus Bar Fight
Tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown will air at 8 PM/7 CT on FOX from the Performance Center. This week’s show will feature: Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus in a Bar Fight Naomi on Miz TV following the buzz she created last week after being squashed by Lacey Evans. WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and…
Cody To Defend TNT Title Against Warhorse On Dynamite
All Elite Wrestling announced today on Twitter that Cody Rhodes w/Arn Anderson will defend the TNT Championship against Warhorse on next week’s episode of Dynamite. You asked for it. You got it.Next week on Dynamite – @CodyRhodes defends his TNT Championship against the challenger @JPWARHORSE. Watch #AEWDynamite every Wednesday night on @TNTDrama 8e/7c or https://t.co/GdI7QAK8wn…
Lineup For Episode Four Of Lion’s Break Collision Tonight On NJPW World
Episode No. 4 of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Lion’s Break Collision will premiere tonight at 10 PM ET/9 PM CT on NJPW World. The show will feature the following: Alex Coughlin vs. Tom Lawlor Misterioso vs. Danny Limelight Rocky Romero and Rust Taylor vs. TJP and Clark Connors Jeff Cobb vs. Karl Fredericks
WWE Star’s Future, Attitude Era Wouldn’t Work Today, Adam Cole On Raw/SD, Controversial Interview
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WWE’s COVID-19 Protocol Revealed; Move To New Headquarters Delayed
WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon was recently featured on Ad Age Remotely where she talked about how WWE has been operating throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the highlights. Stephanie explained that WWE has made it optional for performers and crew to work. They do not force anyone to work during this time. Roman…
The Miz On When He Will Retire From WWE
The Miz participated in a Q&A on Twitter to promote a new show he is hosting on the USA Network called “Cannonball.” One of the fans asked Miz at what age he plans to retire. “Whenever it stops being fun,” Miz tweeted in reply. Whenever it stops being fun. https://t.co/okmQS1SE94 — The Miz (@mikethemiz) July…
VIDEO: MLW Pulp Fusion Featuring Richard Holliday, Salina de la Renta And More
The latest episode of MLW Pulp Fusion is now online. We have embedded it in the player above. Featured in this episode: The self-proclaimed Caribbean Heavyweight Champion Richard Holliday invites us to his Martha’s Vineyard compound as relaxes and reflects on his next rumored title fight. The National Openweight Champ Alex Hammerstone is ten days…
Backstage News On Sammy Guevara’s Return From Suspension
Sammy Guevara returned to All Elite Wrestling on this week’s episode of Dynamite on TNT. Guevara, who had been suspended for one month without pay, emerged from under a mask and celebrated his return with Chris Jericho, Santana, Ortiz and Jake Hager. His last appearance on Dynamite was on June 17 when he tagged with…
