Category: Wrestling News
Chris Jericho Reacts To NXT Defeating AEW Dynamite In Viewership
AEW World Champion Chris Jericho tweeted the following about WWE NXT beating AEW Dynamite in viewership for the first week this week: Remember guys, it’s a marathon not a sprint….. ???? — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) November 21, 2019 But Last night wasn’t a true NXT show, now was it shmoopy? https://t.co/QOdXI9p7Sr — Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho)…
Backstage News On Roman Reigns’ Status In WWE
While this probably won’t surprise anyone, Roman Reigns is expected to be featured heavily heading into Wrestlemania season. As we first reported yesterday, Reigns could be line for a WWE Universal Championship match at the show against Bray Wyatt. His current feud with “King” Baron Corbin is considered a placeholder. Word going around WWE…
Current Favorites To Win At WWE Survivor Series
The initial betting odds for WWE Survivor Series are now available courtesy of 5Dimes.eu. The favorites are denoted with a “-“ sign with the underdogs denoted with a “+” sign. 103 Brock Lesnar (end of broadcast ruling) -320 104 Rey Mysterio (end of broadcast ruling) +240 111 Shayna Baszler wins Triple Threat Match +120 112…
Velveteen Dream Update
It has been rather noticeable that Velveteen Dream has been absent from NXT programming since cutting the controversial promo against Roderick Strong (Seen above). Brad Shepard posted the following on the 19th: https://twitter.com/TheBradShepard/status/1196892456584957952?s=20 Hopefully this is just a minor setback and he will be able to return sooner, rather than later.
Kelly Klein Fired By Ring Of Honor Via Email
Joey Mercury took to Twitter to expose more backstage Ring of Honor drama on Thursday. This time it was by way of email screenshots from ROH COO Joe Koff to current WOH Champion Kelly Klein. In the email, Koff informed Klein that her current deal with the company will expire at the end of the…
Jordan Myles Reportedly Released From WWE
Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that Jordan Myles has been released from his contract with WWE NXT. No other details were made available in the wake of his recent social media tirade and claims against WWE. Myles has reverted back to his former wrestling name of ACH and is already announcing independent bookings through his…
WWE NXT Beats AEW Dynamite In Viewership, Dynamite Wins Key Demo
WWE NXT beat AEW Dynamite in overall viewership after eight weeks of head-to-head competition. This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite did 893,000 viewers on TNT, down from the 957,000 viewers the show did last week. The show ranked No. 8 on the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic list. NXT did 916,000 viewers on the USA…
AEW World Title Match Set For Next Week’s Dynamite, Kenny Omega Defends On Dark
Below are news & notes from this week’s AEW Dynamite: Next week’s pre-Thanksgiving edition of Dynamite in Chicago will feature the following matches: Scorpio Sky vs. Chris Jericho (c) – AEW World Championship PAC vs. Kenny Omega MJF vs. Adam Page for the AEW Diamond Ring – Dustin Rhodes returned to Dynamite to help save…
Adam Cole Secures WarGames Advantage, Which Raw & SmackDown Stars Invaded NXT?
Below are news & notes from this week’s WWE NXT: – Adam Cole defeated Dominick Dijakovic in a Ladder Match to earn the WarGames advantage for Undisputed Era. – It appears that the fourth member of Team Ciampa won’t be revealed until Saturday. – Several Raw and SmackDown stars appeared on NXT to continue the…
CM Punk Helps WWE Backstage Gain 80,000 Viewers
This week’s episode of WWE Backstage did 180,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1. That’s up +80,000 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. 12, 2019: 100,000 viewers Nov. 19, 2019: 180,000 viewers Follow…
Seth Rollins To CM Punk – “HELL Of A ‘Response.’ Coward.”
While CM Punk downplayed a potential in-ring return in WWE during last night’s episode of WWE Backstage, a program is brewing should it happen. Punk also gave some advice to Seth Rollins: Stop tweeting. Rollins responded with this: HELL of a “response.” ????. Coward. https://t.co/kJ9vKm3zhI — Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) November 20, 2019 Follow @wrestlepages
Randy Orton Confirms Length Of New WWE Contract
Randy Orton confirmed during an appearance on Corey Graves’ After the Bell podcast that his new WWE contract is for five years. ”I did sign a [five-year] deal and I’m very happy about it,” Randy stated h/t WrestlingINC.com. “I was just having fun and I’ve been more so now than ever aware of other guys…
Cody Snaps Back At Fan For How He Dealt With CM Punk Offer
Cody Rhodes addressed a fan on Twitter who accused him of being unprofessional in his dealings with CM Punk. Cody responded with this: I was not unprofessional in my conduct. I never texted anybody an offer. He’s doing what he wants to do and fans should be happy that he’s happy regardless of which promotion.…
WWE Star Out Indefinitely With Torn Achilles
Ember Moon confirmed on this week’s episode of WWE Backstage that she suffered a torn Achilles and is out of action indefinitely. BREAKING:@WWEEmberMoon updates the @WWEUniverse as to why she's been out of the ring recently. #WWEBackstage pic.twitter.com/Lm4MbAYZ0O — WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) November 20, 2019 An Achilles tear is a serious injury and could…
CM Punk Addresses Whether Or Not He’ll Return To The Ring For WWE
On last night’s episode of WWE Backstage, CM Punk addressed his return to WWE television. Punk explained how the position wasn’t in existence six months ago but he was interested when it was offered to him. He talked about how the job is with FOX and not WWE and that he can criticize the product…
Triple H On Release Requests, WarGames, & Survivor Series
Earlier today, Triple H took part in the NXT: TakeOver WarGames media conference call. During the call, he was asked about the recent rash of release requests, among other things. When asked about NXT appearing on future PPV’s with Raw & Smackdown following Survivor Series: “The intent is to, uh, not to say it won’t…
Jim Cornette Resigns From NWA
Effective immediately, Jim Cornette has resigned from NWA. This is due to the following comment he made during a match between Nick Aldis and Trevor Murdoch: “Trevor Murdoch is the only person who can strap a bucket of fried chicken to his back and ride a motor scooter across Ethiopia. Trevor Murdoch can take care of himself!”…
Stone Cold Talks Jericho
On The Steve Austin Show last week, Stone Cold took some time to talk about Chris Jericho and what he is doing for AEW: “To me, right now he’s about as entertaining as it gets. He’s pushing the envelope. He’s edgy. You don’t know what he’s going to do, so you have that factor of, ‘What…
Lana Botches Lines
Lana botched her segment with Bobby Lashley last night. According to Dave Meltzer, she was only supposed to say “90 miles” and not “90 days”: “She was supposed to say 90 miles, she was not supposed to say 90 days. Lashley was supposed to correct her and then she would say 90 feet. But somehow,…
NWA Powerrr Episode Taken Down For Offensive Line By Jim Cornette
The Nov. 19 episode of NWA Powerrr has been removed from YouTube due to a controversial line by Jim Cornette. While on commentary, Cornette talked about how Trevor Murdoch was the only person he’d ever known that could get away with riding around Ethiopia with a bucket of fried chicken on his back. You can…
Cody Rhodes Claims Father’s Name
Back in March, Cody Rhodes and family filed for a patent and trademark with the United States Patent and Trade Office for the rights to his father’s name, Dusty Rhodes. The response back in May was that Cody had to submit verification of a few documents within 6 months. This appears to have been satisfied…
Backstage News On Bray Wyatt’s Push, WWE Title Plans
WWE is “all in” on the push of “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt and are exploring ways to keep him as strong as possible. There are no plans to take the WWE Universal Championship off him anytime soon and it’s believed Daniel Bryan will not win the title from him at Survivor Series. As of this…
Shorty G and Wife Add to Family
WWE announced a little bit ago that Shorty G and his wife, Kristi, have welcomed their 3rd child Monday night. Charles James Betts was born at a healthy 9lbs. This is Shorty’s first son as he has 2 daughters, Meadow Ann and Clay. Both mother and baby are doing well following the birth. Shorty G…
Enzo Amore Addresses WWE Return Rumors
Enzo Amore accused WWE of starting the rumor he was returning to the company. “That report definitely came from them [WWE]. I didn’t start any rumors. Let’s just be clear about that,” Enzo told Hannibal TV h/t Fightful.com. “I do have confirmation that it was not obviously me, it was somebody in their organization. My…
Cesaro Reveals Important Advice That John Cena Gave Him
Cesaro revealed some advice that John Cena gave while speaking to SportsKeeda.com: “I’m very honored. I don’t take it lightly, as some people might just be like, ‘Ah yeah, I’m awesome and everybody likes me!’ Something that John Cena always said: you’re only as good as your last match. And I believe that.” “Every match…
Goldberg Says It’s A Very Good Possibility He’ll Be Back
Goldberg recently discussed his match at SummerSlam against Dolph Ziggler and addressed his future in professional wrestling. “I am greatly appreciative of what [Dolph] did for me, and for his professionalism,” said Goldberg in an interview with Sports Illustrated. “I can’t say thank you enough.” “I’m never happy with any of my performances, and I’d…
CM Punk On Whether Or Not He’ll Appear In Next Year’s Royal Rumble Match
Rapper and well-known professional wrestling fan Wale asked CM Punk if he would be an entrant in the 2020 Royal Rumble match. Punk answered, telling him, “Nope,” while reiterating he works for FOX and not WWE. Punk did confirm he would be talking about it though. The series on Twitter is below: Nope. I’ll talk…
Video: R-Truth Regains WWE 24/7 Title
R-Truth pinned Samir Singh to regain the WWE 24/7 title in a segment that did not air on last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW. We have the footage embedded in the player above. Follow @wrestlepages
AEW President Tony Khan Calls Out Randy Orton For Using Racial Slur
Randy Orton and AEW President Tony Khan had an exchange on Twitter over comments Khan made on CM Punk’s tweet. That exchange is below: What’s that whole thing about glass houses and stones?https://t.co/z99BVuCMfP — Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) November 19, 2019 I thought you only tagged me in your posts when you were grasping for leverage.…
WWE RAW Audience Up
This week’s WWE Monday Night RAW did an average viewing audience of 2.127 million viewers on the USA Network, up from last week’s 2.040 million viewers. Below is how the show did by hour: 8 PM: 2.245 million viewers 9 PM: 2.211 million viewers 10 PM: 1.925 million viewers Average: 2.127 million viewers In addition…
Seth Rollins On CM Punk’s Return, Tony Khan Jokes About WWE Talent Stuck
On Monday we wrote about CM Punk commenting on catching up on five plus years of professional wrestling for his role on FS1’s WWE Backstage. That tweet drew a number of responses, notably from Seth Rollins and Tony Khan. Don’t talk about me, fight me. I’ll catch ya right up. https://t.co/CiyQqQ6Bjt — Seth Rollins (@WWERollins)…
Huge Matches Set For This Week’s NXT, TakeOver & Survivor Series (Updated)
WWE has announced two big matches for Wednesday’s NXT: – The Revival return to take on NXT Tag Team Champions Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish – Pete Dunne vs. Damian Priest vs. Killian Dain will take place at TakeOver: WarGames, with the winner challenging Adam Cole for the NXT Championship at Survivor Series. Already on…
No Holds Barred Stipulation Set For Survivor Series, Updated Card
Rey Mysterio vs. WWE Champion Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series will now be a No Holds Barred Match following Mysterio’s attack on Lesnar two weeks ago. MORE BIG NEWS…from @HeymanHustle!@BrockLesnar's #WWEChampionship defense against @reymysterio at #SurvivorSeries this Sunday will be #NoHoldsBarred! #RAW pic.twitter.com/unOGoVbJGD — WWE (@WWE) November 19, 2019 Below is the updated pay-per-view card…
US Title Match Set For Next Week’s Raw, Several NXT Stars Invade Raw
– AJ Styles will defend the United States Championship against Humberto Carrillo on next week’s Raw, just one night removed from Survivor Series. BIG NEWS.@humberto_wwe will challenge @AJStylesOrg for the #USTitle NEXT WEEK on #RAW! pic.twitter.com/2kxv5LWgtM — WWE (@WWE) November 19, 2019 – This week’s Raw saw appearances from NXT stars Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir,…
Finn Balor Wasn’t Happy On Raw Or SmackDown, Predicts He Has Eight Years Left
Finn Balor talked about his move from the main WWE roster back to NXT during a recent appearance on Corey Graves’s “After the Bell” podcast. In it, he revealed he wasn’t happy where he was on Raw or Smackdown. “[The idea to return to NXT] came to be a couple of months ago. Things weren’t…
AEW Looking To Trademark What Vince McMahon Said About Them
Vince McMahon referred to AEW as “blood and guts and gory things” during a conference call with investors earlier this year. It appears the company is embracing that. Last Wednesday, AEW officially filed a trademark application for the term “Blood and Guts” relating to posters, photographs, ringtones, merchandise, action figures, retail services, entertainment services, and…
Nikki Cross Signs New Contract With WWE
Nikki Cross has agreed to a new contract with WWE. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed but it’s believed to be a multi-year deal that will secure her with the company. Cross, whose real name is Nicola Glencross, first received a WWE tryout in 2015 following a run on the independent circuit and…
CM Punk Trying To Catch Up On WWE For New Backstage Role
CM Punk posted the following on Twitter regarding his new role on WWE Backstage on FS1: It IS weird trying to catch up on 5+ years of rasslin’, I’m doing what I can. There’s bright spots, mostly women from what I can tell. There’s BAD too. I’m gonna talk about it, and no one is…
Confirmed: AEW To Tape Matches For Dynamite Onboard Jericho Cruise
AEW World Champion Chris Jericho confirmed on Instagram that AEW will be taping matches for the Jan. 22 episode of Dynamite on his cruise on Jan. 21 in Nassau. The following is from his social media: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5BPVsbhu1I/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Follow @wrestlepages
Tickets Now On Sale For Impact Wrestling’s Hard To Kill PPV
Tickets for Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view in Dallas, TX on 1/12/20 went on sale this morning. The show will take place from the Bomb Factory and will be headlined by Sami Callihan defending the Impact World Championship against Tessa Blanchard. You can obtain tickets at this link. Follow @wrestlepages
Updates On TakeOver & Survivor Series Pre-Shows, New WWE Network Content
NXT TakeOver: WarGames will have a thirty-minute pre-show starting at 6:30pm ET on Saturday. TakeOver will kick off at 7pm ET. At the conclusion of TakeOver, a new WWE Chronicle focusing on Cain Velasquez will air. Survivor Series will have a two-hour kickoff show starting at 5pm ET, with the pay-per-view officially starting at 7pm…
Triple H To Join Team NXT At Survivor Series?
WrestleVotes is reporting that there was recently a push from the WWE creative team to have Triple H compete at Survivor Series as member of Team NXT. Reportedly the push was met with mixed reactions from many people including Triple H himself as he doest not want to be part of the match. Hearing that…
Alicia Atout Joins MLW Broadcast Team
Former Impact Wrestling interviewer Alicia Atout has joined MLW’s broadcast team as a correspondent and host. “Alicia is both incredibly talented and hardworking, and has been a standout with her Vlog series AMBY,” said Court Bauer, MLW CEO and founder. “We couldn’t be more pleased that she’ll be joining MLW starting this December on MLW…
AEW Announces Bash At The Beach Events, New AEW Trademarks Filed
– AEW announced on Monday that the Jan. 15th Dynamite taping in Miami, FL will now be called Bash at the Beach, which was the title of WCW pay-per-views from 1994-2000. The #AEWDynamite scheduled for Wednesday, January 15th in Miami, Florida has gotten just a little bit bigger now as the event will be Officially…
Corey Graves Believes Big E Should Get Major Singles Push
Corey Graves believes WWE should give a big push to Big E. When speaking of The New Day star, Graves stated the following during a recent episode of his After The Bell podcast: “This should be the opportunity for Big E’s big, singles breakout performance. Now, I’m not saying to break up The New Day.…
Rey Mysterio Has Option To Leave WWE Next Year
Rey Mysterio’s WWE contract that was signed in September 2018 has an opt-out clause after 18 months. This means Mysterio could opt-out and leave the company around WrestleMania next year. However, it’s important to consider that WWE often adds times to contracts when talent miss time due to injury and Mysterio missed time due to…
Date And Location Of WWE Elimination Chamber 2020
WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 will take place on Sunday, March 8, 2020 from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. This will be the first time Philadelphia has hosted an Elimination Chamber match or the pay-per-view itself. Follow @wrestlepages
What To Expect On Tomorrow Night’s WWE Monday Night RAW
Tomorrow night’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW in Boston, MA is beginning to take shape. It will feature the following: * Seth Rollins vs. Andrade (w/ Zelina Vega) with the winner taking the Captain’s spot for Team Raw at Survivor Series * Asuka vs. Natalya * Rey Mysterio will appear * Becky Lynch and…
Braun Strowman To Challenge For WWE Universal Championship
Below is the latest lineup for WWE Starrcade 2019: – Bray Wyatt vs. Braun Strowman in a Steel Cage Match for the WWE Universal Championship – The Miz vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Sami Zayn for the WWE Intercontinental Championship – Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin – Seth Rollins vs. Erik Rowan – The Kabuki Warriors…