Category: Wrestling News
Tessa Blanchard Issues New Statement On Racism Accusations
New Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard took to Twitter on Thursday to issue a statement directly addressing the racism accusations that many wrestlers revealed last weekend. https://twitter.com/Tess_Blanchard/status/1217994209006882816 This is the first formal statement from Blanchard after her post-title win promo in which she stated, “Nobody in this life is perfect. We’re all human.” Follow @wrestlepages
AEW Dynamite Tops WWE NXT Viewership Again
AEW Dynamite came out on top over WWE NXT with the higher viewership number for the third week in a row. NXT did 700,000 viewers on the USA Network, which was barely down from the 721,000 viewers they did the week prior. The show ranked No. 31 on the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic list.…
Taz Officially Signs With All Elite Wrestling
Fresh off the heels of AEW extending their deal with TNT through 2023, Cody Rhodes announced that Taz has officially signed a multi-year agreement with the company in a broadcast role. Yesterday #AEWDynamite was extended to 2023 by @tntdrama and Today we are happy to announce that @OfficialTAZ has signed a multiple year agreement with…
Jon Moxley vs. Pac Next Week, Omega & Page Earn Title Match & More AEW News
Below are news & notes coming out of AEW Dynamite: – Cody has accepted MJF’s stipulations for a match at AEW Revolution on Feb. 29th. Cody will now face Wardlow in a cage match on the Feb. 19th edition of Dynamite. – Jon Moxley will face Pac on next week’s show to determine the next…
New NXT TakeOver: Portland Match Set, DIY Reuniting At Worlds Collide & More
Below are news & notes coming out of this week’s WWE NXT: – Bianca Belair won the women’s battle royal for the right to challenge the NXT Women’s Champion at NXT TakeOver: Portland. Belair will challenge either Rhea Ripley or Toni Storm. You're in for a treat, Portland.@tonistorm_, @RheaRipley_WWE, @BiancaBelairWWE will see ONE of you…
Notable Return & Debut In NXT Women’s Battle Royal
As reported yesterday, Mercedes Martinez signed with WWE and officially made her debut during tonight’s Women’s Battle Royal. We also saw the return of Kacy Catanzaro to the NXT ring during the Battle Royal. Catanzaro was rumored to have retired from wrestling in September due to ongoing back issues. On October 20th, her profile on…
Rocky Johnson Passes Away At Age 75
Rocky Johnson (birth name Wayde Douglas Bowles), the father of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has passed away at the age of 75. Wayde was born in Nova Scotia on August 24th, 1944. Wayde changed his legal name to Rocky Johnson when he started his wrestling career in 1964. He became WWF Team Tag Champion in…
AEW Top 5 Rankings – January 15th, 2020
AEW has released its weekly Top 5 Rankings for each division. You can see each ranking in the picture below. Top 5 Rankings History Tracker Men’s Division: Champion: Chris Jericho Jon Moxley (same) Cody (same) Kenny Omega (same) PAC (same) Sammy Guvara (new) Women’s Division: Champion: Riho Hikura Shida (up) Nyla Rose (up) Kris Statlander…
WWE Announces ‘Fight Like A Girl’ Series Featuring Female Superstars
WWE and Quibi announced on Wednesday the launch of Fight Like a Girl – a series where Stephanie McMahon pairs a WWE Superstar with a young woman struggling with a personal issue that has been holding her back. Leading individual episodes of the upcoming series are Sasha Banks, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Alexa Bliss, Sonya…
AEW Dynamite Extended Through 2023 On TNT
WarnerMedia announced on Wednesday that AEW Dynamite’s television deal on TNT has now been extended through 2023. Additionally, the press release revealed another AEW show will be launched straight-to-series. No other details were offered as to when that will air. Breaking News – #AEWDynamite Extended Through 2023 pic.twitter.com/cZHeqGdcRs — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) January 15,…
Angel Garza To Defend Cruiserweight Championship At Worlds Collide
As revealed on WWE’s The Bump, Angel Garza will defend the NXT Cruiserweight Championship in a four-way match at Worlds Collide. Who will fill out the field from @WWENXT and @NXTUK when @AngelGarzaWwe defends his #WWENXT #CruiserweightTitle in a #Fatal4Way Match at @WWE #WorldsCollide?! https://t.co/Z32qfIxoyZ pic.twitter.com/AvX4YpUOiQ — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 15, 2020 Tonight’s NXT…
Paige Says Triple H Has Reached Out Over Inappropriate Joke
Triple H received a bit of heat over an inappropriate comment in regards to Paige and her personal life over the weekend. When addressing rumors of Edge and Paige possibly wrestling again, he said he wants to see them both live healthy lives. Triple H mentioned Edge has children and added: “Paige maybe. She probably…
Mercedes Martinez To Compete In NXT Women’s Battle Royal
As revealed on WWE Backstage, new signee Mercedes Martinez will compete in the No. 1 contender’s battle royal on tonight’s NXT. Martinez joins Bianca Belair, Candice LeRae, Chelsea Green, Dakota Kai, Vanessa Borne, Kayden Carter, Mia Yim, Santana Garrett, Io Shirai, Shotzi Blackheart & Xia Li. Below is the updated line-up for tonight’s new episode:…
Elias Signs WWE Contract Extension
Ryan Satin broke the news on WWE Backstage that Elias has signed a multi-year contract extension with WWE after returning from injury. Elias noted on his Instagram account that he has signed a three-year extension. Dot com covered the news here. Follow @wrestlepages
Kane Returning To SmackDown, Banks vs. Evans Rescheduled
WWE has announced Kane will appear on Friday Night SmackDown this week. There’s no word yet on what his role entails, though WWE’s preview teases his involvement in the Royal Rumble match. Lacey Evans vs. Sasha Banks has been rescheduled for SmackDown after their match did not happen last week. As previously noted, SmackDown will…
Inter-Promotional Match Set For NWA’s Hard Times PPV
NWA’s next pay-per-view, Hard Times, will be headlined by NWA Worlds Champion Nick Aldis vs. Ring of Honor’s Flip Gordon in a non-title inter-promotional match. BREAKING | A huge inter-promotional match signed for #NWAHardTimes @NWA vs. @RingOfHonor@RealNickAldis vs. @TheFlipGordon Order #NWAHardTimes now – https://t.co/6xgGJc7jTU pic.twitter.com/f3fR1rVyot — NWA (@nwa) January 14, 2020 This comes after Aldis…
Impact Wrestling Announces Return Of Lockdown Event
Impact Wrestling is reviving Lockdown for an Impact Plus event on Saturday, March 28th. The live special will emanate from St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario. BREAKING: The most dangerous event of the year returns. Lockdown is coming to @StClairCollege on Saturday, March 28th LIVE on @IMPACTPlusApp in association with with @bcwonline! Tickets are on…
Mercedes Martinez, Jake Atlas & Others Join WWE Performance Center
WWE has announced their newest class of recruits, which is headlined by two-time Mae Young Classic competitor Mercedes Martinez. Joining Martinez at the WWE Performance Center are: independent wrestler Jake Atlas Titan Games competitor Emily Andzulis former NFL defensive tackle Anthony Francis Cirque du Soleil acrobat Sidney Bateman 7′ former college basketball player Zechariah Smith…
Monday Night Raw Viewership Dips Against College Football Playoffs
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW did an average viewing audience of 2.030 million viewers on the USA Network. That’s down from the 2.385 million viewers the show did the week prior. Below is how the show did each hour: 8 PM: 2.218 million viewers 9 PM: 2.059 million viewers 10 PM: 1.814…
Big Show Set For MSG Live Event, Update On His WWE Status
Big Show is advertised for WWE’s live event at Madison Square Garden on March 22nd. He’s slated to team with Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe to face Seth Rollins & AOP. Speaking of the three-on-three feud, Big Show wasn’t expected to be involved in the program long. There’s still plans in place for Rey Mysterio…
Big Injury Update On Velveteen Dream
Velveteen Dream’s back injury is said to be “pretty serious,” per Dave Meltzer. Unfortunately there’s no update on when he will return after being out of action since October. Obviously there’s speculation on a surprise Royal Rumble appearance, but that would all depend on clearance from WWE’s doctors. The former NXT North American Champion has…
Buddy Murphy Aligns With Seth Rollins & AOP, Royal Rumble Match Updates
– This week’s Raw concluded with Buddy Murphy aligning with Seth Rollins & AOP to score the Fist Fight win over Big Show, Kevin Owens & Samoa Joe. .@WWE_Murphy just helped out the #MondayNightMessiah during the #FistFight!@WWERollins got one over against @WWETheBigShow on #RAW! pic.twitter.com/hAQVz1gYka — WWE (@WWE) January 14, 2020 – Below is the…
Tables Match Set For SmackDown, Ladder Match Announced For Raw
– This week’s Friday Night SmackDown will be headlined by Roman Reigns vs. Robert Roode in a Tables Match. – Next week’s Raw will feature Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade in a Ladder Match for the United States Championship. The Jan. 20th episode will also include Liv Morgan & Rusev vs. Lana & Bobby Lashley in…
Wednesday Night Viewership
Since the debut of AEW Dynamite on TNT, there has been rampant talking about the head to head numbers and who is dominating who. Well, I decided to take a different approach here and look at the total number of viewers that are watching both AEW and NXT on Wednesday nights. The reason for doing this…
Paige And Renee Young React To Triple H’s Insensitive Joke
Triple H is getting heat on social media over a joke be made during an interview with Sportskeeda.com. During the interview, Hunter addressed rumors of Edge and Paige possibly wrestling again. He said he wants to see them both live healthy lives. Triple H mentioned Edge has children and added: “Paige maybe. She probably has…
Backstage News On Attitude Issues Keeping Tessa Blanchard From WWE Contract
Tessa Blanchard remains a hot topic of discussion coming off of her historic win at last night’s Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill PPV where she was crowned World Champion. The win was preceded by more controversy after several of her colleagues accused her on Twitter of past behavior issues involving bullying and racism. Blanchard seemed…
Fist Fight Rules Revealed For Raw Main Event, Contract Signing Confirmed
The Wrap exclusively revealed several interesting news bits going into tonight’s Raw in Lexington, KY: – Tonight’s show will be headlined Big Show, Kevin Owens & Samoa Joe vs. Seth Rollins & AOP in a Fist Fight. This Fist Fight “is no-holds barred, no disqualification, no count outs, no pin falls and no submissions” match.…
Bray Wyatt Responds To Matt Hardy
Earlier today, we reported about a Tweet sent out by Matt Hardy. Just a few minutes ago at the time of writing, Bray Wyatt responded to Matt on Twitter: dear matt, i couLd nEver hurT you i could heal you, just like you did for Me whEn the world threw me away you were the…
Impact Hits Grand Slam With Hard To Kill Main Event
Impact Wrestling held their Hard to Kill pay-per-view last night from Dallas, TX. The show was headlined by Tessa Blanchard getting her shot against Sami Callihan for the Impact World Championship. It’s a match the company has meticulously built towards, knowing they had the opportunity for a truly industry-altering type moment. They’ve been careful to…
Brian Cage’s Wife Denies He’s Signed With AEW
Melissa Santos, the real-life wife of Impact star Brian Cage, is disputing a report that her husband has signed with All Elite Wrestling. Santos tweeted: “Really?? How can you confirm something that isn’t true???? I’m his wife and I can CONFIRM, he hasn’t signed on any dotted line.” You can read the post from Twitter…
Rumored 2021 Royal Rumble And WrestleMania Locations
Rumors are going around that WWE is set to announce the locations for the 2021 Royal Rumble and WrestleMania. As of now, these are the locations that are likely to be announced: 2021 Royal Rumble – Seattle, WA – Either T-Mobile Park or CenturyLink Field 2021 WrestleMania – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Field The…
The Rock Announces New Series On NBC
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made a stunning announcement Sunday on Instagram. He posted a video that coming this fall on NBC, he will be producing a series that is based on his childhood years and focus on him growing up: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B7MdMx9lqDv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link No announcement has been made yet as to when this series will debut or…
Matt Hardy Teasing Alliance, Leaving For AEW?
Matt Hardy took to Twitter yesterday to post the following: I am in LIMBO. I am LOST. I am EMPTY. Would HE hurt me or heal me? pic.twitter.com/yVLLc8oMYP — MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) January 12, 2020 In the tweet, he is obviously referring to The Fiend. This could very well be an angle that could play…
Impact Wrestling Injury Updates, Pre-Show Matches Taped & More
Below are news & notes coming out Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view: – Brian Cage was unable to compete against Rob Van Dam due to a torn bicep, per PWInsider. As previously noted, Cage is finishing up with Impact and is headed to AEW. – X-Division Champion Ace Austin and Madman Fulton may have…
Tessa Blanchard Addresses Controversy & Title Win Off The Air (Video)
Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view was headlined by Tessa Blanchard defeating Sami Callihan to become the first female World Champion. There was a lot of heat on Blanchard going into the event, which even resulted in her losing an independent booking. Impact officials also kept Blanchard off of media appearances over the weekend. One…
Details Revealed For Impact Wrestling’s Next Pay-Per-View
Impact Wrestling announced during Hard to Kill that their next pay-per-view, once again entitled Rebellion, will emanate from Terminal 5 in New York City in April. BREAKING: IMPACT Wrestling proudly presents Rebellion THIS APRIL at Terminal 5 in New York City. #HardToKill pic.twitter.com/hMSozabk7h — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) January 13, 2020 The exact date in April…
Impact Wrestling Hard To Kill Results (1/12/20) – Tessa Blanchard Wins World Title
Below are complete results from Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view in Dallas: – Ken Shamrock def. Madman Fulton – X-Division Championship: Ace Austin (c) def. Trey Miguel – Knockouts Championship: Taya Valkyrie (c) def. ODB & Jordynne Grace – Rob Van Dam def. Daga after RVD beat up Brian Cage, preventing their scheduled match…
Brian Cage Reportedly Signs With AEW
SoCalUncensored is reporting that Brian Cage is leaving Impact Wrestling after signing a multi-year contract with All Elite Wrestling. This would explain why Cage’s match against Rob Van Dam at Hard to Kill never began. Instead, RVD injured Cage and went on to defeat Daga. The report also states Ring of Honor offered Cage a…
Backstage News From Impact Wrestling Hard To Kill
Backstage news from Impact Wrestling Hard to Kill… Impact Tag Team Champion Ethan Page has been dealing with salmonella poisoning from something he ate but he still planned on working tonight’s show. It was a difficult journey for several Impact workers to Dallas as the variable weather across the country posed a significant challenge. One…
Marty Scurll Re-Signs With ROH, Takes Over Lead Booking Duties
PWInsider is reporting that Marty Scurll has re-signed with Ring of Honor as an in-ring talent after his contract expired in November 2019. Additionally, Scurll has taken over lead booking duties for the company. While the length of this new deal is unknown at press time, “The Villain” will also be allowed appear in NWA.…
Paige Mocks Rumors Of An In-Ring WWE Return At Royal Rumble
For those that missed, a rumor began circulating online after Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com speculated that Paige could be returning to the ring later this month at WWE Royal Rumble. In response to the rumor, Paige tweeted out a response that she would entering herself into the Men’s Royal Rumble. The tone was clearly one…
Tessa Blanchard Pulled From Indie Booking Over Allegations
Tessa Blanchard has been removed from her scheduled booking for Heavy Metal Pro Wrestling in San Antonio, Texas on 1/24. She lost the booking over allegations of racism and bullying that surfaced on Saturday afternoon, the hours leading up to her historic main event match against Sami Callihan for the Impact Wrestling World Championship at…
NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II Results (1/12/20) – Undisputed Era Attacks Imperium
Below are complete results from Sunday’s NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II event: – Eddie Dennis def. Trent Seven – NXT UK Women’s Championship: Kay Lee Ray (c) def. Piper Niven & Toni Storm – Tyler Bate def. Jordan Devlin – NXT UK Tag Team Championship Ladder Match: Gallus (c) def. Imperium, Grizzled Young Veterans &…
Rich Swann Not Cleared To Compete At Impact Hard To Kill?
PWInsider is reporting that Rich Swann is not medically cleared to compete after suffering a bad ankle sprain during Friday’s Bash at the Brewery 2 event. Swann was scheduled to team with Willie Mack to challenge The North for the Impact Tag Team Championship at tonight’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view. There’s currently talks of changing…
False Story About AEW Ticket Sales Circulating From WWE
There is an interesting rumor currently making rounds that AEW co-founder Tony Khan bought all of the tickets for the AEW shows that sold out quickly on the first day in order to make the product appear hot. This was a story told to a film director doing an international documentary on pro wrestling where…
WWE SmackDown Viewership Up
This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average viewing audience of 2.502 million viewers on FOX, which is up from the 2.418 million viewers from last week. SmackDown averaged a 0.75 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which was #1 for the night. That is up from the 0.7 rating in the 18-49…
Final Lineup For WWE NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II
WWE NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II is just getting underway live from the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire, England on the WWE Network. The following bouts are confirmed for the show: NXT UK Championship Match: WALTER (champion) vs. Joe Coffey NXT UK Women’s Championship Triple Threat Match: Kay Lee Ray (champion) vs. Toni Storm vs.…
Final Lineup For Impact Wrestling’s Hard To Kill Pay-Per-View
Impact Wrestling will hold their Hard To Kill pay-per-view tonight from The Bomb Factory in Dallas, TX. The card will feature one of the most highly-anticipated main events in quite some time as Tessa Blanchard will challenge Sami Callihan for the Impact Wrestling World Championship. The following bouts are confirmed for the show: Impact World…
Tessa Blanchard Accused Of Being A Racist Bully Ahead Of Hard To Kill
On the heels of the biggest match of her career, Tessa Blanchard is facing serious accusations about her character. While there have been rumors over the years that her attitude prevented her from signing with WWE, a recent tweet from the No. 1 contender for the Impact Wrestling World Title has opened up the door…