Category: Wrestling News
Tony Khan Reveals AEW Plans On Making Many Video Games
AEW has a lot of things planned for the upcoming year and that includes their video game project. A huge announcement regarding the AEW game will be shown on November 10th. It is not known what details will be revealed during the announcement, but it seems the company is not only working on one game.…
Impact Wrestling & NJPW Partnership Might Be Growing
Anything is possible in the world of professional wrestling. Two rival promotions who were once not on good terms can mend fences and have a good working relationship again. It seems that is what happened with NJPW and Impact. The two promotions have worked in the past. NJPW were still reportedly upset over Impact Wrestling’s…
AEW, WWE & Impact Wrestling Interested In Signing Davey Boy Smith Jr
WWE is always looking to sign more talented wrestlers to their already-deep roster. It helps if they gained more experience elsewhere and that is exactly what Davey Boy Smith Jr did. He previously worked in WWE as part of The Hart Dynasty stable several years ago and it seems he might be returning to the…
Friday Night Smackdown Had Increase In Ratings This Week
This week’s episode of Friday Night Smackdown featured more buildup for Survivor Series later on in the month. It seems this week’s show did well. According to a report by Showbuzz Daily, WWE Friday Night SmackDown garnered an overnight average of 2.209 million viewers for its two-hour broadcast. It had a .7 in the first hour…
Kenny Omega Is The #1 Contender For The AEW World Title
Kenny Omega was scheduled to compete against Adam Page in the finals of the #1 Contender’s tournament for the AEW World Heavyweight Title. It was the first match of the Full Gear pay-per-view and it was certainly a match that fans enjoyed as the former AEW World Tag Team Champions took each other apart to…
Thunder Rosa, Don Callis, Hurricane Helms, And More Appear At AEW Full Gear
AEW Full Gear featured a number of notable appearances by talent not under contract. – After Serena Deeb retained her NWA World Women’s Championship against Allysin Kay on the Buy In, Thunder Rosa appeared to make it clear she wants a rematch for the gold. Based on the booking, it seems the rematch will likely…
Details On AEW’s Next Pay-Per-View, Matches Set For This Week’s AEW Dynamite
– AEW will return to pay-per-view with Revolution on Saturday, February 27. A location remains undetermined at this time due to the unpredictability of the coronavirus pandemic. Join us for our next PPV #AEWRevolution, Saturday, Feb 27th! pic.twitter.com/Fm9jSI5rJf — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 8, 2020 – The following matches have been announced for Wednesday’s…
AEW Full Gear Results (11/06/20) – Jon Moxley Makes Eddie Kingston Quit
AEW Full Gear Results Saturday, November 7, 2020 From Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida Welcome to our live coverage of AEW Full Gear. Coverage will begin at 8 PM ET. We’ll have full results here at WrestlingNews.com. “The Buy-In” Pre-Show Results: Pre-Show) Serena Deeb beat Allysin Kay to retain the NWA Women’s Championship. Deeb made…
The Young Bucks Win AEW Tag Team Championship At Full Gear
The Young Bucks, EVP’s of AEW, have captured their first AEW Tag Team Championship after over a year of weekly television. Nick and Matt Jackson defeated FTR via pinfall at Full Gear in a match than ran nearly a half-hour. The finish saw Cash Wheeler miss a 450 Splash before eating a Superkick. Kenny Omega…
Darby Allin Wins AEW TNT Championship At Full Gear
Darby Allin is the new AEW TNT Champion after beating Cody Rhodes via pinfall at Full Gear. Cody officially “debuted” the Rhodes last name in AEW despite previously saying he wouldn’t use it in-ring. Rhodes demonstrated a confident attitude throughout the bout, but ultimately came up short to a roll-up. After Allin’s win, Taz, Brian…
Final Advertised Card For AEW Full Gear, Live Coverage Tonight
AEW will air its final pay-per-view event of the year tonight with Full Gear. The event will emanate from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, and is expected to have a socially-distanced paid attendance of around 1,000 fans. The event is available on B/R Live in the U.S. for $49.99 and will feature nine matches: AEW…
Tony Khan Explains How AEW Managed To Not Release Employees During Pandemic
WWE released over one hundred employees on April 15th. Several longtime employees were left without a job and the company was heavily criticized for this decision during the pandemic. Tony Khan spoke to Sports Illustrated, where he was asked regarding WWE firing so many employees. He then said he is pleased how AEW managed to…
Eddie Kingston Reveals How His Career Was Saved By AEW
The COVID-19 pandemic caused several businesses to be brought to a standstill. This included the indies in professional wrestling. Among several wrestlers who felt the effect of this was Eddie Kingston. Before the pandemic, Kingston always had work as he was booked for several independent circuit events. However, the pandemic left him with no more…
Brock Lesnar Might Be Done With WWE For Good
Brock Lesnar was unable to defend the WWE Universal Title at WrestleMania 36 as he lost to Drew McIntyre. Since then he has not been seen on WWE television. WWE and Lesnar failed to finalize a deal by the time they were contractually allowed to sell merchandise in his name. WWE still tried to keep…
Dana Brooke Provides Reason For Breaking Up With Batista
Dana Brooke and Batista were teasing about going on a date on Christmas last year. The two flirted a lot on social media and Dana Brooke even made an appearance on WWE The Bump to discuss her relationship with him. However, the relationship did not progress at all. While speaking to Forbes, Dana Brooke explained why…
Carmella Returns To SmackDown And Attacks Sasha Banks
Sasha Banks was scheduled to defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Bayley on this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown. Banks successfully retained her title after a hard-fought match. However, she also found her new challenger in a way she did not expect as Carmella returned to the blue brand. Following the conclusion of the…
Chad Gable Seemingly Has Many Backers Backstage On Smackdown
Chad Gable officially announced he will no longer be Shorty G after he lost to Lars Sullivan a couple of weeks ago on Friday Night SmackDown. Gable was forced to adjust to the gimmick for a year and many fans believed that it only harmed his career. The change was something that Daniel Bryan, who…
Vince McMahon Reportedly Dropped Storyline With Tucker & Otis
There are many storylines that WWE plans and as is usually the case, some storylines are abruptly dropped and not followed through. It seems this is what happened with Tucker and Otis being separated. As suggested by various reports, Vince McMahon no longer has any interest in Otis and Tucker and has cooled down on…
WWE 205 Live Results (11/06/20) – Nese & Daivari vs. Grey & Stallion
Below are complete results from the November 6th edition of WWE 205 Live: Mansoor def. Ashante “Thee” Adonis via pinfall. Mansoor showed a more aggressive side as Adonis continues to shift more toward the babyface side. They shook hands after. To celebrate next week’s 205th episode of 205 Live, there will be a five-way match…
AEW Dark Results (11/06/20) – Chuck Taylor vs. Lee Johnson
Below are complete results from the special November 6th pre-Full Gear edition of AEW Dark: Big Swole def. Tesha Price Matt Sydal def. Christoper Daniels Brandon Cutler def. Michael Nakazawa Griff Garrison def. Ariel Dominguez Stu Grayson & Evil Uno def. Sean Maluta & Ryzin Ricky Starks def. Trevor Read Chuck Taylor def. Lee Johnson
Four Matches Announced For Next Week’s Impact Wrestling
Impact Wrestling have announced four matches for Tuesday’s new episode, the go-home to Turning Point on Impact Plus: Karl Anderson vs. Josh Alexander Chris Sabin vs. Acey Romero Madison Rayne & Tenille Dashwood vs. Havok & Nevaeh TJP vs. Rohit Raju (c) for the X-Division Championship TUESDAY at 8/7c on @AXSTV! @MachineGunKA vs. @Walking_Weapon @HakimZane…
WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (11/06/20) – Sasha/Bayley Rematch
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX. We’ll see more Survivor Series qualifying matches. WWE Friday Night SmackDown Results (11/06/2020) From the ThunderDome (Amway Center) in Orlando, FL SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Sasha Banks (c) def. Bayley via submission to retain. This segment took up the first half…
Two Survivor Series Qualifying Matches Confirmed For Tonight’s SmackDown
WWE will continue the build to Survivor Series with tonight’s new episode of Friday Night SmackDown on FOX. Headlining the episode will be Bayley challenging Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. The winner will go on to face Raw Women’s Champion Asuka at Survivor Series. Additionally, tonight’s show will include two qualifying matches for…
The Undertaker’s “Final Farewell” Set For WWE Survivor Series
WWE has announced that Survivor Series on November 22 will feature the “final farewell” for The Undertaker. Below is the official press release: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Undertaker’s Final Farewell will take place at Survivor Series on Sunday, November 22 at 7 pm ET streaming live around the world on WWE Network, capping off The Phenom’s legendary…
Will Wrestling Regain Its Popularity?, Booking Austin In 2020, Future Of Lana, What’s Holding Things Back
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PAC Has Peculiar Issue With AEW
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect everyone and that also includes the world of pro wrestling. PAC went back home following an episode of Dynamite back in March. However, he never made it back to the company for many months owing to the pandemic as he was stuck in the UK. During this week’s episode…
Jake Roberts Forced To Go To Hospital Due To Complications
As COVID-19 continues to affect the world, several wrestling legends are more likely to get affected by the virus and that includes wrestling legend, Jake Roberts. He has a pre-existing condition which can make a regular case of COVID-19 into something severe. Roberts spoke to Nothing Beats Experience show, where he said that he has been…
Cody Has No Intention Of Using Last Name In AEW
After a lot of hard work, Cody Rhodes was able to get his name back after WWE cancelled their trademark on his name. However, it seems he might not be using his name at all on in AEW. During a media conference to promote Full Gear, Cody Rhodes was asked regarding him getting his name…
Tony Khan Praises Kenny Omega’s Video Game Knowledge – AEW Game Update
AEW will be giving an update on their video game next week. Fans have been eagerly waiting for the announcement and it has been a slow process. Kenny Omega is heavily involved with the game and has promised to keep fans updated as they make progress. While speaking to PW Insider, Tony Khan praised Kenny Omega’s…
Vince McMahon Once Believed Steve Austin Would Neve Be A Main Event Star
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin remains one of WWE’s best home-grown Superstars. His merchandise continues to sell very well and he is also a WWE Hall Of Famer. It seems Vince McMahon initially did not think much of him. Jake Roberts recently spoke to Premier Live TV, where he disclosed a conversation he had with Vince McMahon…
Newly Signed NXT Superstar Has Name Changed
It is not rare for a Superstar in WWE to get their name changed all of a sudden. It seems that is exactly what happened as the company has changed the name of a recently-signed NXT Superstar prior to their debut. According to a report by Fightful Select, WWE has changed the name of recently signed…
WWE Has Shown Interest In Alex Zayne
WWE is also looking towards the independent circuit in order to sign more talented wrestlers. It seems the company is interested in an independent wrestler by the name of Alex Zayne. He will be ending up his time in the indies very soon. According to a report by Fightful, WWE is currently interested in signing Alex…
WWE Seemingly Scouting Talents Who Compete On AEW Dark
WWE is always looking to sign more talented wrestlers and bolster their roster. If a certain talent is being used well by another promotion, then WWE shows even more interest in them. According to a report by Fightful Select, WWE has contacted several wrestlers who have appeared on AEW Dark. They have also contacted many people…
Matt Jackson Reportedly Working Injured Going Into AEW Full Gear
Word going around ahead of AEW Full Gear is that Matt Jackson of The Young Bucks is working with a partially torn MCL and ACL. Jackson is still slated to compete on Saturday in a highly-anticipated AEW Tag Team Championship match against FTR where if The Young Bucks lose, they can never challenge for the…
WWE NXT UK Results (11/05/20) – Joe Coffey Returns, A-Kid vs. Noam Dar
Below are complete results from the November 5th edition of WWE NXT UK: Gallus def. Sam Gradwell & Pretty Deadly in six-man action. This was Joe Coffey’s first match back from a reported suspension during the #SpeakingOut movement over the summer. Jinny def. Aleah James via pinfall. After, Jinny gets on the mic before Piper…
AEW Dynamite, WWE NXT Viewership Down Against Election Coverage
Viewership numbers for both Dynamite and NXT went down this week with U.S. election coverage dominating the ratings. This week’s WWE NXT drew 610,000 viewers on the USA Network. This is down from last week’s 876,000 viewers for Halloween Havoc. The show ranked No. 68 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.14 rating. This week’s AEW Dynamite…
Does AEW Pay Dirt Sheets?, How To Fix Raw, Greatest Match Of All Time, Cody’s Future
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Vince McMahon Changed Plans At Last Moment So That Miro Lost His Last WWE Match
Several WWE members of staff were fired by the company on April 15th. Miro was among them. He got his release three years after he first asked for it. His last match in WWE saw him losing, but that was not the initial plan. Miro, known as Rusev during his WWE run, was engaged in…
WWE Has Cancelled Their Trademark On Cody Rhodes’ Name
WWE owned the Cody Rhodes’ name following his departure from the company. That is why he simply went by ”Cody” in AEW. However, it seems that will finally be changing. According to a report by Heel By Nature, WWE has cancelled their trademark on Cody Rhodes’ name. This will allow him to call his attorney…
Eddie Kingston Was Very Close To Quitting Professional Wrestling
Eddie Kingston is set scheduled to challengee Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at AEW Full Gear in an I Quit match. The match is sure to be a very brutal affair. It seems Kingston was very close to ending his career last year. TSN recently spoke to Kingston, where they talked about his…
Miro Was Fined By WWE For Having His Hair Cut
WWE is very strict in regards to the looks of their Superstars and their presentation to the fans. They do not want Superstars to change their looks for various reasons. Video game images, action figures, and other marketing are all factors as to why the company does not want talents to change their looks without…
Title Matches Announced For NXT Next Week
NXT Halloween Havoc was a huge success last week and this week’s NXT was the fallout of that event. The company has announced two major title matches for next week’s show. During this week’s NXT, it was revealed which two titles matches will be taking place for next week’s episode. Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan…
EC3 Is No Longer Working With Impact Wrestling
On April 15th, many WWE members of staff were fired from the company. This included WWE Superstars and EC3 was also released. Following his release, he underwent a gimmick change and went back to Impact Wrestling. Now it seems he is no longer working with the promotion. According to a report by Fightful Select, EC3 has…
Pat McAfee Reveals Why He Formed His New NXT Stable
Pat McAfee made his return NXT and formed an alliance with Danny Burch and Oney as their leader. Pete Dunne returned at NXT Halloween Havoc and joined the stable as well. McAfee made an appearance on WWE The Bump this week. He was asked regarding his new-found group of NXT Superstars. He has been on…
AEW Dynamite Results (11/04/20) – Go-Home To Full Gear PPV
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT. Tonight’s episode will feature the final build to Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view. AEW Dynamite Results (11/04/20) From Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL MJF & Wardlow def. Sammy Guevara & Ortiz via pinfall when Matt Hardy provided a distraction by being dressed as Serpentico.…
WWE NXT Results (11/04/20) – Tommaso Ciampa vs. Velveteen Dream
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network. Tonight’s episode will feature Tommaso Ciampa vs. Velveteen Dream, Ember Moon vs. Dakota Kai, and much more. WWE NXT Results (11/04/2020) From the Capitol Wrestling Center (WWE PC) in Orlando, FL Dakota Kai def. Ember Moon via pinfall in the opener. Kai…
Singles Match Scrapped From Tonight’s AEW Dynamite
AEW has announced that Scorpio Sky will not compete on tonight’s Dynamite as a precaution due to being exposed to a known positive COVID-19 case. Sky has tested negative so far. Through contact tracing, AEW learned @ScorpioSky was exposed to someone with COVID-19 within the last 14 days. An initial test was negative, but AEW…
Allysin Kay To Compete In Big Title Match On AEW Full Gear Pre-Show
AEW has announced that Allysin Kay will make her AEW debut by challenging Serena Deeb for the NWA World Women’s Championship on the AEW Full Gear Buy-In pre-show. Before tonight’s huge Live #AEWDynamite on TNT, I’ve just secured a big new match for Saturday at The Buy-In available to all! After her NWA World Women’s…
How WWE Botched RETRIBUTION, Does Owens Regret WWE Contract?, Future Of Hurt Business, McIntyre At Survivor Series
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WWE Trying Something ‘Different’ For Royal Rumble
WWE will have to exit the Amway Center by December as the Orlando Magic will require the venue for their playoffs. The company is already making future plans and it seems they have something interesting in store for the Royal Rumble. According to a report by WrestleVotes, WWE plans on using the WWE ThunderDome until…
