Category: Wrestling News
Tables Match For SmackDown Tag Titles Set For Extreme Rules
Shinsuka Nakamura and Cesaro will challenge The New Day for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship in a Tables Match at Sunday’s The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. .@WWECesaro & @ShinsukeN have decided. This Sunday. #ExtremeRules, #SmackDown #TagTeamTitles. TABLES MATCH! pic.twitter.com/SnGEey9whj — WWE (@WWE) July 18, 2020 The stipulation was set on this week’s episode…
ROH Roundtable To Discuss Police Brutality And Black Lives Matter
ROH Wrestling announced tomorrow night’s they’ll premiere ROH Roundtable hosted by Ian Ian Riccaboni, with Shane Taylor, Jay Lethal, Jonathan Gresham, Kenny King and Caprice Coleman. They will be discussing police brutality, Black Lives Matter and race and racism in wrestling. You can watch a teaser trailer embedded above. The roundtable will premiere tomorrow, July…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (7/17/20) – AJ Styles Retains IC Title
Welcome to WrestlingNews.com’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results – Streaming Live Coverage. Please read our preview of tonight’s broadcast. You can reload the page for the latest results, reactions and news from tonight’s broadcast. WWE SmackDown Results & Reactions – 7/17/2020 The show opened with promos from WWE Intercontinental Champion AJ Styles and his challenger…
EC3 To Return To Impact At Slammiversary?
EC3, whose non-compete clause from his WWE contract expires this weekend, announced he’ll release a new YouTube video tonight as he “steps into The Narrative.” To whom it may concern, Control. Freedom. Purpose. Three essential words lost in a global landscape marred by division, disaster, and disease. Join a #FreeEC3 as he takes the first…
How WWE Can Fix Raw, Plans For WrestleMania 37, Baron Corbin Heat, Vince McMahon’s Handling Of COVID-19
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CM Punk Reveals His Experience Working With The Big Show
CM Punk put The Big Show over on Twitter when he was asked by a fan if he was fun to work with. “Yes absolutely on of my favs to work on house shows,” Punk tweeted in reply. Yes absolutely one of my favs to work with on house shows. — player/coach (@CMPunk) July 17,…
Bayley Names “Favorite” WWE Bout Of All-Time
Bayley will defend the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship against Nikki Cross on Sunday at The Horror Show At Extreme Rules on the WWE Network. As reported, here on WrestlingNews.com, she is heavily favorite to go over. Bayley claimed yesterday on Twitter her bout against Alexa Bliss at Extreme Rules 2017 was her “favorite” bout of…
Suicide Prevention Video With Ashley Massaro Released (WATCH HERE)
Former WWE superstar Ashley Massaro appeared in a music video for a song about suicide prevention prior to taking her own life last year. Now, with the blessing of her family, the video has been released. Brian Orlando, a morning show radio show at a Long Island radio station where Massaro hosted a weekly show,…
Backstage News On Randy Orton vs. Big Show, Wyatt Swamp Fight Update
Randy Orton vs. Big Show in an Unsanctioned Match was originally planned for Extreme Rules, but was bumped to the July 20th Raw in an attempt to boost ratings. Raw viewership has hit all-time lows during the pandemic era with numbers well under 2 million on a weekly basis. The digital content team for WWE…
SmackDown Preview: Moment Of Bliss Mystery Guest, Styles vs. Riddle
WWE has announced a few items for the final Friday Night SmackDown before The Horror Show at Extreme Rules: – AJ Styles will defend the Intercontinental Championship against Matt Riddle – Alexa Bliss hosts “A Moment of Bliss” with a mystery guest that will “have the blue brand abuzz” – Bray Wyatt hosts a new…
The Horror Show At Extreme Rules Expected Match Winners
Bet Online has updated the latest betting odds for The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. Keep in mind these can be accurate but the highest degree of accuracy is seen once the “smart money” is in on the day of the event. The current odds are as follows: TBD Match for the WWE Championship –…
AEW Strikes Back With Viewership Win Over WWE NXT
All Elite Wrestling has taken back the top spot in viewership for cable TV pro wrestling programming on Wednesday nights. This week’s “Fight for the Fallen” episode of Dynamite did 788,000 viewers on TNT, which was up from the 748,000 viewers they did the week prior. The show ranked No. 5 in the 18-49 demographic.…
Billy Corgan Denies NWA Shutdown Rumors
Earlier today, rumors began making rounds that NWA was on the verge of shutting down following the departure of VP David Lagana and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In an update, NWA President Billy Corgan took to social media to shoot down these rumors, noting that NWA “is not and will not be for…
Tegan Nox Opens Up About Coming Out, How Sonya Deville Helped Her
Tegan Nox came out as a lesbian on Instagram last week by sharing a new photo with her girlfriend. While speaking to Newsweek, Nox discussed her decision to come out now: “My life has always been a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ situation, but I felt like it was the right time, especially when you’ve found…
Tag Team Open Challenge Added To Slammiversary
Impact Wrestling announced on Thursday that The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier) will compete in a tag team open challenge this Saturday at Slammiversary. BREAKING: The Rascalz have issued an Open Challenge for #Slammiversary THIS SATURDAY LIVE on PPV and @FiteTV! ORDER HERE: https://t.co/cjK3GrKZ0H pic.twitter.com/eaYt4ONXNt — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) July 16, 2020 While Impact’s…
What WWE Expects From Edge, Undertaker Retired?, Talent Pitching Ideas, Slammiversary Surprises
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QT Marshall Still Positive For COVID-19
Diamond Dallas Page did a YouTube video, detailing his experience with COVID-19. While he tested negative two separate times for the virus, he had symptoms. He did have a family member who tested positive. In the video, Page revealed that AEW producer and wrestler QT Marshall tested positive for COVID-19. He tested positive several weeks…
EVIL’s Best Matches In Ring Of Honor Released (WATCH HERE)
Ring of Honor is celebrating EVIL winning New Japan Pro Wrestling’s IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental championships. The promotion announced they’ll be releasing his best bouts in Ring of Honor this week on YouTube. The first bought premiered Wednesday night and is Pre-EVIL Takaaki Watanabe vs. Jay Lethal. It was this match EVIL’s career in ROH…
Billy Corgan To Permanently Close The NWA?
The NWA may not be re-opened. Raven, while making an appearance on Devon Nicholson’s Hannibal TV, explained what he heard through the grapevine. Hannibal asked Raven if he could see himself working for NWA owner/promoter Billy Corgan again considering he booked for him before. “I didn’t book for Billy before, I was in the office,”…
Vickie Guerrero’s New AEW Role, Former NXT Star Works Dynamite
– Vickie Guerrero has landed a role in AEW storylines as Nyla Rose’s new manager. This news was made official during the Fight for the Fallen edition of Dynamite. https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1283576258555719683 – Former NXT star MJ Jenkins made her AEW debut by teaming with Kenzie Paige in losing fashion against Brandi Rhodes and Allie in a…
AEW Dynamite Recap (7/15/20) – Fight For The Fallen Results
Here is everything you need to know coming out of the July 15th edition of AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen results – TNT Championship Match: Cody (c) def. Sonny Kiss via pinfall to retain – FTR def. The Lucha Bros via pinfall – Chris Jericho explained the 18-49 demo before The Inner Circle had…
WWE NXT Recap (7/15/20) – Keith Lee Defends, Shirai/Nox Headlines
Here is everything you need to know coming out of the July 15th edition of WWE NXT: NXT results – New NXT and North American Champion Keith Lee opened the show to celebrate his historic win. He invited Dominik Dijakovic to the ring to challenge him to a dual championship match tonight. – Damian Priest…
Moose Reveals Original Plans For Winning TNA World Championship
Moose revived the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in April and declared himself as the titleholder, but that wasn’t the original plan. In a recent interview with Wrestling With Sports, Moose revealed that he was actually supposed to win the title in the King of the Mountain main event at the “TNA: There’s No Place Like…
EC3 Opens Up About Injuries, Says He Will “Get Into A Fight” On July 18
EC3 is just days away from becoming a free agent after being released from WWE in April. In a recent interview with Fightful, EC3 said he’s going to get into a fight as soon as possible. “7/18/2020 I become free. The very first thing I do when I become free is I’m going to get…
ROH To Celebrate Life And Career Of Hana Kimura
Ring of Honor will celebrate the life and career of Hana Kimura in a special episode premiering on Saturday. The show will feature the best of Hana in ROH and feature tribute from ROH stars. Kimura died on May 23, 2020 at the age of 22. Watch ROH’s preview celebrating Kimura in the video embedded…
Edge Ignored Elbow Pain Prior To Randy Orton Match, Knew Injury Was Serious
Edge recently did an interview with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated to promote his new movie “Money Plane.” In it, he shed some light on his torn triceps injury and the recovery to it. The Rated R Superstar admitted to having elbow pain for a month prior to the match but thought it was just…
Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley In The Works? Ripley Unveils New Look (PHOTO)
WWE Raw Women’s Champion Asuka was on a media call today where she expressed interest in wrestling NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley. Give Me Sport was on the call and noted on Twitter Asuka would like for the match to occur at the possible Evolution 2 pay-per-view. Ripley responded on Twitter: Interesting ????I’ve always wanted…
Brian Cage Wants To Talk More, Not A Fan Of Being A Heel
It has been a long road back for Brian Cage. The former Impact Wrestling World Champion worked his last match for the promotion in January but had to take over four months off due to a torn biceps. At AEW Double or Nothing in May, Cage finally got to make his debut and has immediately…
Hurricane Helms On Hardy vs. Sheamus: “It’s Not Going To Bring In Any New Fans”
Jeff Hardy’s program with Sheamus on SmackDown has been controversial. The feud has featured the good, the bad and the ugly, with some fans claiming WWE and Vince McMahon have gone too far by invoking Jeff’s past issues. There was even a segment — reportedly produced by D-Von Dudley and written by Zach Hyatt —…
Guests Announced For Extreme Rules Editions Of The Bump & Watch Along
WWE has announced several guests for this Sunday’s Extreme Rules editions of The Bump and Watch Along. The Bump will stream live on YouTube and other social channels at 10:30am ET with Seth Rollins, Devon Dudley, Hardcore Holly, and NBA’s Kenny “The Jet” Smith. Watch Along will also stream on all social channels alongside Extreme…
AEW Fight For The Fallen Preview, Updated Division Rankings
AEW will present a special episode of Dynamite tonight with Fight for the Fallen to raise funds for Florida’s fight against COVID-19. The following matches have been confirmed for the broadcast: AEW World Championship Match – Jon Moxley (c) vs. Brian Cage AEW TNT Championship Match – Cody (c) vs. Sonny Kiss – The Young…
John Cena’s Status, Major WWE Star Working Without Contract, Second AEW Series, McIntyre’s Rise To Prominence
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What Was ROH’s Greatest Rivalry Of All-Time?
The latest episode of Week By Week is now available on Ring of Honor’s YouTube channel. In it, the promotion’s latest signing from the Land Down Under speaks, there is an update on graduates from the ROH Dojo and more. You can watch the latest in the player embedded above. The finals are set for…
WWE’s Upcoming Taping Schedule, Keith Lee vs. Karrion Kross Teased
WWE is set to tape tonight’s episode of WWE NXT and the July 22 episode today from the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. They’ll tape Extreme Rules on Sunday and next week’s RAW as well as the July 27 episode on Monday. On Tuesday, WWE is scheduled to tape the July 24 and July 31…
Kevin Owens On How He Got Injured, Desire To Return To NXT
Kevin Owens did an interview with CBS Sports prior to this week’s episode of WWE Raw where he explained the injury he suffered in his WrestleMania 36 match against Seth Rollins was due to him trying to make WrestleMania as special as possible. “I’ve had a pretty great career and there’s always room for more.…
Alexa Bliss Offering Fans Personalized Video Shout-Outs
Alexa Bliss has announced she is the latest WWE talent to join Cameo. Cameo is a service where fans can order personalized video shout-outs from their favorite Superstars. “I’m on cameo y’all! https://cameo.com/alexabliss33,” Bliss tweted. The price for a Cameo for Bliss is $399 and can be ordered at this link. Bliss joins Peyton Royce,…
Impact Wrestling Recap (7/14/20) – Trey & Ace Austin Brawl Before Slammiversary
Here is everything you need to know coming out of the July 14th edition of Impact Wrestling: Impact results – Susie, Kylie Rae, Havok, Nevaeh & Alisha Edwards def. Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Kiera Hogan, Tasha Steelz & Kimber Lee – Rhino beat Hernandez in an arm wrestling challenge backstage – Flashback moment of the week…
Will Ospreay Indicates He Was Close To Taking His Own Life
New Japan Pro Wrestling star Will Ospreay posted the following today on his Instagram story: “Few weeks ago, I came very close to something I know I’d regret. I’m still dragging my feet but I’m getting better. I’m still smiling, barely but a smile nonetheless. Suicide isn’t an option even when you feel like you’ve…
Raw Viewership Down Again Before Extreme Rules
Monday’s episode of WWE Raw did an average viewing audience of 1.561 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily. This number is slightly down from last week’s 1.580 million, and is the second-lowest in the show’s history. Here’s how the show did by hour: Hour 1: 1.697 million viewers Hour 2: 1.599 million viewers Hour 3:…
Latest Update On COVID-19 In WWE
WWE Producer Adam Pearce, who announced last month he tested positive for COVID-19, is offering encouragement to anyone who is currently battling the virus. He is also reminding people to wear masks. Pearce tweeted: “To everyone out there fighting COVID-19: You’re not alone. I know it feels like it. I know it’s quiet and I…
Should AEW Go ‘All In’ On CM Punk?, Charlotte’s Return, SummerSlam Main Event, WWE’s Next Step
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Cody Talks AEW’s Negotiations With CM Punk, Why Deal Didn’t Happen
Cody Rhodes spoke with Talk Sport ahead of his TNT title defense on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite against Sonny Kiss. In the interview, he was asked about AEW’s negotiations with CM Punk. “As far as the CM Punk negotiations go, everyone heard the famous ‘he got a text from us’. Yeah, of course…
Impact Wrestling Preview: 5-On-5 Knockouts Match, Final Slammiversary Hype
Impact Wrestling is set to air its final episode before Saturday’s Slammiversary pay-per-view event. The following items have been announced: – Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Kimber Lee, Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz vs. Kylie Rae, Susie, Alisha, Havok & Nevaeh – Slammiversary contract signing for Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace – Ace Austin trains for the…
Asuka vs. Kairi Sane In The Works For SummerSlam?
During last night’s Raw Talk, Kairi Sane made it known that she would like to challenge Asuka for the Raw Women’s Championship if Asuka beats Sasha Banks at Extreme Rules. This potential match falls in line with rumors of Sane working a retirement angle this summer that would allow her to return to Japan. There…
Confirmed Matches For NJPW’s New Japan Road And Senkogu Lord Shows
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced lineups for their next two shows – New Japan Road (Korakuen Hall) in Tokyo on July 20 and Senkogu Lord in Nagoya (Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium) in Aichi on July 25. New Japan Road on July 20, 2020: Satoshi Kojima and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yuya Uemura and Yota Tsuji Gabriel…
Tammy Sytch Incarcerated For Eluding Police And More
Tammy Sytch a/k/a Sunny is currently incarcerated at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution in Monmouth, New Jersey. A quick search of the facility’s public inmate search reveals she was booked today on the following charges: Eluding Police Officer Contempt/Violate Domestic Violence Restraining Order Operating Motor Vehicle during second license suspension Contempt/Violate Domestic Violence Restraining Order…
WWE Raw Recap (7/13/20) – Belair & Baszler Return, Banks & Bayley Defend
Here is everything you need to know coming out of the July 13th edition of Monday Night Raw: Raw results – MVP opened the show with Dolph Ziggler as a guest on the VIP Lounge. Drew McIntyre laid out Ziggler to end the segment, although Ziggler’s stipulation is still a mystery. – Angel Garza &…
Unsanctioned Match Set For Next Week’s Raw
Randy Orton has challenged Big Show to an unsanctioned match on next week’s post-Extreme Rules edition of Monday Night Raw. This comes after Big Show has involved himself in Orton’s renewed “legend killer” gimmick against the likes of Edge and Christian. An #UnsanctionedMatch with @RandyOrton NEXT WEEK on #WWERaw? @WWETheBigShow ACCEPTS! pic.twitter.com/rGxrBZtbLt — WWE (@WWE)…
Kevin Owens On Why He Returned To Raw, Urging WWE To Enforce Mask Policy
Kevin Owens spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated about his return to WWE and about helping usher in WWE’s mask-wearing policy. “I hurt my ankle at WrestleMania so I needed time off, and then I came back—and then I went away again. I just felt like it was the right move for my family…
WWE SmackDown Viewership Adjusts Down
Last week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average of 1.900 million viewers on FOX, per Showbuzz Daily. The show featured SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day defending against Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro in the main event. The final number adjusts down from the average of 1.905 million viewers the show did…
