Category: Wrestling News
Rumored TLC Match Announced For Raw, Rollins vs. Owens Update
WWE has announced AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton in a singles match for Monday’s Raw. The match was once rumored for WWE TLC this Sunday. Speaking of TLC, Dave Meltzer is reporting that Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens is no longer scheduled for the pay-per-view. Rollins recently suffered a broken pinky at a live event,…
Joaquin Wilde Makes 205 Live Debut, Alexa Bliss Set For WWE Backstage
– NXT star Joaquin Wilde made his 205 Live debut on Friday with a win over James Tapia. Wilde reacted to his debut the video embedded above. The former DJ Z just returned from injury last week in a dark match at NXT’s TV taping. – Alexa Bliss will be the special guest on Tuesday’s…
Ladder Match Stipulation Added To WWE TLC, Updated Card
Coming out of Friday Night SmackDown, it was announced that The Revival vs. The New Day for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship will now be a Ladder Match at WWE TLC. Below is what appears to be the final advertised card for Sunday’s pay-per-view: TLC Match for the Women’s Tag Team Championship – The Kabuki…
ROH Final Battle Results (12/13/19) – Three Major Title Changes
Below are complete results from Ring of Honor’s Final Battle pay-per-view: – Pre-Show: Josh Woods & Silas Young def. Dalton Castle & Joe Hendry – Pre-Show: Kenny King def. Rhett Titus – Pre-Show: Jeff Cobb def. Dan Maff – Bandido & Flamita def. Marty Scurll & Flip Gordon – Vincent def. Matt Taven. After, Vincent…
AEW Top 5 Rankings – December 13th, 2019
AEW has released its weekly Top 5 Rankings for each division. You can see each ranking in the Twitter posts below. Top 5 Rankings History Tracker Men’s Division: Jon Moxley (same) Kenny Omega (same) PAC (same) Cody (same) MJF (same) #AEW Men's Singles RankingsAs of Friday, December 13th, 2019 pic.twitter.com/akFwGpBWH1 — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW)…
Impact Wrestling Announces Dream Match For Hard To Kill PPV
Impact Wrestling announced on Friday that Rob Van Dam will face Brian Cage in a “dream match” at the Jan. 12th Hard To Kill pay-per-view. BREAKING: A DREAM MATCH has been confirmed for #HardToKill on January 12th in Dallas! The Whole F'N Show @TherealRVD will take on The Machine @MrGMSI_BCage! TICKETS: https://t.co/ixb7CLuY7o pic.twitter.com/FcDFE41x1q — TNA…
Early Plan For 2020 Royal Rumble Matches Revealed
The early plan for the 2020 Royal Rumble matches is for both the men’s and women’s matches to feature 30 spots. Under this scenario, 10 superstars from each of the three brands – Raw, SmackDown and NXT – would make up the matches. SkyBet.com published early betting odds to win the 2020 Royal Rumble matches.…
Will AJ Lee Make Appearance On WWE Backstage?
CM Punk made a post on Twitter of people that he wants on WWE Backstage, which resulted in fans asking his wife, AJ Lee, if she would appear on the FS1 series. Below is the exchange: https://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/1205261135349465089 No thank you, I am very retired. I will however tag along for coffee and snacks next time…
Former MLW Star Spotted At This Week’s AEW Dynamite
Teddy Hart, who recently parted ways with Major League Wrestling, was spotted in the crowd at this week’s AEW Dynamite in Garland, Texas. Uhhhh…Teddy Hart just showed up with his girlfriend and two cats. #AEWDallas #AEWDark #AEW #mlw pic.twitter.com/m1e9V8pKFm — Brandon Finch (@IntestinalFort) December 12, 2019 Follow @wrestlepages
Top AEW Star Worked Through Illness Before Main Event Match
Nick Jackson was dealing with an illness at this week’s AEW television tapings before The Young Bucks faced Santana and Ortiz in the Texas Street Fight. Matt put him over for it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattJackson13/status/1205027421415788545 Follow @wrestlepages
Lana Says She’s Received Death Threats Over Rusev/Lashley Storyline
Lana claimed in a recent interview with ComicBook.com that she has been threatened over her storyline with Rusev and Bobby Lashley. “Having death threats on me and the FBI has had to call me and protect me. And I get death threats on my comments on Instagram, on Twitter. I mean, people are bullies. I…
AEW Dynamite & WWE NXT Viewership Tie; AEW Holds The Tiebreaker
For the first time in the Wednesday night war, we have a tie. Both shows had the same amount of viewers, but AEW Dynamite had the tie breaker in the 18-49 demographic. This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite did 778,000 viewers on TNT, down from the 851,000 viewers the show did the week prior. The…
WWE Backstage Viewership Down Even With CM Punk
Tuesday night’s episode of WWE Backstage did 127,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1. CM Punk was on the show and viewership was down from the 138,000 viewers from the week prior. WWE Backstage Viewership Tracker: Oct. 15, 2019: 597,000 viewers (Tuesday preview) Oct. 25, 2019: 426,000 viewers (Friday preview) Nov. 5, 2019: 49,000 viewers Nov.…
AEW Announces Next PPV, Next Week’s Matches, Vickie Guerrero Works Commentary
Below are news & notes from this week’s AEW Dynamite: – AEW has announced “Revolution” will be their next pay-per-view on Saturday, Feb. 29th. The event will be part of the C2E2 weekend at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL. Our next PPV is around the corner!AEW Revolution!Saturday, Feb 29thChicago, ILWintrust Arena Tickets go on…
Two Big NXT Title Matches Next Week, Dakota Kai Injured?, & More NXT News
Below are news & notes from this week’s WWE NXT: – Finn Balor defeated Keith Lee and Tommaso Ciampa in the main event of NXT to become number one contender to the NXT Championship. Next week’s show will feature the following title matches: Rhea Ripley vs. Shayna Baszler (c) – NXT Women’s Championship Finn Balor…
Angel Garza Wins Cruiserweight Championship, Gets Engaged In The Ring
Wednesday night was a momentous one for NXT superstar Angel Garza. This week’s NXT kicked off with Garza defeating Lio Rush to capture the NXT Cruiserweight Championship. During commercial break after celebrating his victory, Garza led his girlfriend into the ring to propose to her. New championship. New fiancé. Not a bad night for the…
Miz & Mrs. Season 2 Premiere Date Revealed
The Miz appeared on WWE’s The Bump this morning to welcome back John Morrison and to reveal when his reality TV show will return. Season 2 of Miz & Mrs. will premiere on Wednesday, Jan. 29th immediately following NXT on the USA Network. Dot com wrote the following: “USA Network today announced the hit docuseries,…
Former WWE Star Brodus Clay Sued For Sexual Harassment
TMZ is reporting that FOX News anchor Britt McHenry is suing her former co-host Tyrus (former WWE star Brodus Clay) for sexual harassment. The report states: “According to docs, obtained by TMZ, Britt claims the network refused to investigate some of her claims, shunned her, shut her out of company events and refused to allow…
Tag Team Championship Match & More Set For Impact Hard To Kill
Below is the updated Hard To Kill pay-per-view card for Jan. 12th coming out of this week’s Impact Wrestling: Impact World Championship Match – Sami Callihan (c) vs. Tessa Blanchard X-Division Championship Match – Ace Austin (c) vs. Trey Miguel Knockouts Championship Match – Taya Valkyrie (c) vs. Jordynne Grace vs. ODB Tag Team Championship…
Open Challenge Championship Match Announced For WWE TLC
It was announced on WWE Backstage that The Viking Raiders will defend the Raw Tag Team Championship in an open challenge this Sunday at WWE TLC. When the rumored card was making rounds last week, word was that Erik & Ivar would defend against The OC’s Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, though that has yet…
Seth Rollins Injured
Seth Rollins suffered a broken finger on Sunday during a live event match against Erick Rowan. Rollins was originally scheduled to face Cedric Alexander on last night’s RAW to further advance his heel turn. However, the injury caused the plans to change. Rollins isn’t expected to miss any further time. However, there is a chance…
WWE RAW Audience Drops
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW did an average viewing audience of 2.150 million viewers on the USA Network. That’s down from the 2.208 million viewers the show did the week prior. Below is how the show did each hour: 8 PM: 2.255 million viewers 9 PM: 2.201 million viewers 10 PM: 1.995…
Trevor Murdoch Goes After Fan For Losing Interest In NWA After Cornette Resignation
Trevor Murdoch went after a fan on Twitter who stated they lost interest in the current NWA product following the forced resignation of Jim Cornette. The following is from Twitter: Well then you weren’t a fan to begin with. Cornette’s not the one taking the bumps. Cornette’s not the one putting on the show for…
Austin Aries Opens Up About WWE Release
Yesterday, CJ Blaze recapped comments that Austin Aries made in an interview with Chris Van Vliet about the controversial ending to Bound for Glory 2018. In that same interview, Aries discussed his release from WWE. “[Triple H] said he was really shocked, as shocked as I was,” Aries said. “It was per Vince and they…
WWE Tribute To The Troops Will Not Air On TV This Year
WWE did their Tribute to the Troops show on Friday at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The show was not taped for television and will not air this year as it has in years past. The USA Network wasn’t interested in broadcasting the show, so WWE didn’t tape it for TV. Follow @wrestlepages
Fit Finlay To Induct Batista Into WWE Hall Of Fame
Dave Bautista confirmed Monday on Twitter that he has requested that Fit Finlay is the one to induct him into the WWE Hall of Fame next year. The following is from his verified social media account: I owe a lot to all those names mentioned and many more but for personal reasons I’ve personally requested…
Ronda Rousey Reveals Her Status With WWE
Ronda Rousey recently addressed her status with WWE in a new interview with People.com: “I think I need to figure out a different way of doing it. To be able to not have to choose career over family or family over career and kind of find that happy medium.” “Right now, I think my family…
When Luke Harper Can Wrestle Outside Of WWE, When His Contract Was Up
Luke Harper, who was finally released from his WWE contract on Sunday, has a 90-day non-compete agreement attached to his deal. He will be able to begin working for other companies on 3/8. Harper’s original deal would have already expired, however, the company added time on due to his wrist surgery. Had they not released…
WWE Suspends Robert Roode & Primo Colon
Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that Robert Roode and Primo Colon have been suspended for 30 days for violating WWE’s Wellness Policy. There’s currently no word on what they tested positive for. The report states that WWE will likely publicly announce the suspensions soon. Follow @wrestlepages
Seth Rollins Completes Heel Turn On RAW
For those that missed it, Seth Rollins completed his heel turn on last night’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW. Rollins was revealed inside the AOP’s van during a backstage segment, as he laid out Kevin Owens with a curb stomp and left with the tag team. Check out the segment below: .@WWERollins has officially…
Tables Match Set For WWE TLC, Updated Card
WWE has confirmed that Rusev will face Bobby Lashley in a Tables Match this Sunday at the WWE TLC pay-per-view. Below is the updated match card: TLC Match for the Women’s Tag Team Championship – The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair TLC Match – Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin SmackDown Tag…
Two Matches Added To WWE TLC PPV
Below is the updated match card for Sunday’s WWE TLC pay-per-view: TLC Match for the Women’s Tag Team Championship – The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair TLC Match – Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match – The New Day (c) vs. The Revival – Universal Champion Bray…
Liv Morgan Returning To Raw Soon, Seth Rollins Aligns With AOP
– Teasers began airing during this week’s Raw for Liv Morgan’s “make over coming soon.” This should put to rest any speculation that Morgan is aligning with Bray Wyatt on WWE TV. ????????Get ready for a new @YaOnlyLivvOnce. #RAW pic.twitter.com/zZrHpErCrC — WWE (@WWE) December 10, 2019 – Seth Rollins officially turned heel on this week’s…
Austin Aries Opens Up About Bound For Glory 2018 Controversy & Plans Changing
Former Impact World Champion Austin Aries recently participated in a sit-down interview with Chris Van Vliet to discuss his career. Aries was given the opportunity to open up about the controversial ending to Bound For Glory 2018 where he lost the Impact World Title clean to Johnny Impact, no-sold the finish and walked out with…
Braun Strowman Out Of Action With Minor Injuries
Word going around is that Braun Strowman missed WWE live events in Florida over the weekend due to minor injuries that involve back spasms and a sore hip. Strowman was booked to face Universal Champion Bray Wyatt in Steel Cage matches, but was replaced by Drew McIntyre on Saturday in Jacksonville and Shinsuke Nakamura on…
Two AEW Wednesday Night Dynamite Locations Announced
AEW has announced it’s next two locations for Wednesday Night Dynamite. The first show on February 5th will take place from the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, AL. Tickets for this show will go on sale Friday, Dec. 13th. The second show on February 12th will take place from the H.E.B Center at Cedar Park…
Batista To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2020
People.com is reporting that Batista will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2020 in April. The former World Champion had the following to say about recieving the news: “Vince [McMahon] called me personally to ask me, I was just … I wasn’t surprised, but I was pretty happy. It’s a good…
New World Order To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame
ESPN is reporting that The nWo will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2020 in Tampa. It will be the second inductions for Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman. Marc Raimondi writes: “WWE will recognize four of the core members of the nWo in its earliest days: Hulk…
Sami Zayn Goes Off on Homophobic “Fan” (NSFW)
Sami Zayn was present at a WWE Live show in Daytona Beach, FL. While ringside, a “fan” began calling him a “Canadian Fa**ot” repeatedly. This led to Zayn confronting and going off on the “fan”. Video of the confrontation is embedded below from Twitter. WARNING! NSFW AND CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE! Watch at your own discretion!…
WWE Releases The Ascension
WWE continues to grant releases on Sunday. In addition to Sin Cara and Luke Harper, WWE has parted ways with Konnor and Viktor of The Ascension. “WWE has come to terms on the releases of Jonathan Huber (Luke Harper), Sin Cara and Ryan Parmeter (Konnor) and Eric Thompson (Viktor) of The Ascension. WWE wishes them…
WWE Releases Luke Harper
WWE is granting releases today of talent who have previously requested to be released, only to have those requests denied. We reported earlier here on WrestlePages.com that Sin Cara has officially been granted his release, now the same can be said for Luke Harper. The company made his release official: WWE has come to terms…
WWE Releases Sin Cara
WWE has officially granted Sin Cara’s release with the following statement issued on dot com: “WWE has come to terms on the release of Sin Cara. WWE wishes him all the best in his future endeavors.” Sin Cara took to Twitter on Nov. 11th to publicly ask for his release. He issued the following statement…
Big Update On Lars Sullivan
Lars Sullivan, who injured his knee back in June, recently provided an update on his health on Instagram. Check it out below: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5vpM1npIDM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link In June, it was reported Sullivan would be out six to nine months. The injury continued what has been a rollercoaster of a career for the 31-year-old. Sullivan rose to prominence in…
Kane Explains Status With WWE As He Works As Mayor
Kane, who is the Mayor of Knox County, TN, addressed his status with WWE in new comments to SportingNews.com: “I think, with WWE, I don’t know if you ever really retire from it all the way, especially folks that are lucky enough to get in the position that I’m in,” said Jacobs. “You can always…
Video: Tito Ortiz Submits Alberto Del Rio At Combate Americas MMA Show
Tito Ortiz defeated Alberto Del Rio in a fight at the Combate Americas MMA event on Saturday night. Ortiz submitted Del Rio in the first round via rear-naked choke. Ortiz entered to Hulk Hogan’s “Real American” entrance theme and was given a replica WWE Title belt afterwards. https://twitter.com/SuperBeaner/status/1203553374668558336 ???? Tito Ortiz coming out to @HulkHogan…
Former In-Ring Talent Returns To WWE As Producer
WWE took to Twitter to officially announce that Lance Storm has returned to the company in a producer role: Please say hello to new @WWE Producer @LanceStorm! If only we could get Lance in his prime vs. @WWEGable… #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/2g9Tngyt9g — WWE (@WWE) December 8, 2019 It is unknown as of writing exactly what his…
Jon Moxley Match Added To Wrestle Kingdom 14
Wrestle Kingdom 14 is slated to take place on January 4th and 5th, 2020 from the Tokyo Dome. A huge match was just broken by Dave Meltzer via Twitter as Jon Moxley will challenge Lance Archer in a Texas Death Match: Moxley vs. Archer U.S. title Texas death match at Tokyo Dome — Dave Meltzer…
Full Details On Latest WWE Performance Center Recruits
WWE announced the following recruits will be getting tryouts at their Performance Center: *Pierre Bouquiaux, a 6-foot-8, 265-pounder from Belgium with experience as an IFBB bodybuilder and boxing instructor. *Will Brooks, a former Bellator MMA lightweight champion with UFC experience, who currently competes in the Professional Fighters League. *Jessie Bush, a referee with seven years…
Chris Jericho Explains Original Plans For Inner Circle Faction
Chris Jericho explained the original plans for his Inner Circle faction in All Elite Wrestling. “Tony [Khan]’s original name, I can’t remember what it was, I didn’t like it as much,” Jericho said h/t WrestlingINC.com. “Then I came up with the idea of a fist, which would be five fingers forms a fist, and I…
Cody Rhodes On AEW Talent Only Having To Work One Day A Week
Cody Rhodes explained why AEW isn’t doing house shows in a new interview with DallasNews.com: “One of the benefits of working for All Elite Wrestling – if you’re a competitor – you’re really only working one day a week. The really die-hard, committed, kind of golden circle of our company is always working, and that…