Category: Wrestling News
Sin Cara Requests Release From WWE
Sin Cara took to Twitter to publicly ask for his release from WWE on Monday. Below is his statement in Spanish: ???????? pic.twitter.com/i1HFQ9bVzi — CintaDeOro (@CintaDeOro) November 11, 2019 Sin Cara returned from injury on Sept. 27th and is currently on the international tour with WWE. He will be facing Drew McIntyre on tonight’s pre-taped…
Broken Skull Session With Steve Austin Coming To WWE Network
WWE plans to bring Steve Austin back to the WWE Network for a new podcast show. The show will be called Broken Skull Session with Steve Austin and will feature The Undertaker as the first guest. While the exact timetable of the show’s premiere isn’t known, it’s believed to be in the first quarter of…
Becky Lynch, Lana’s Confession, Title Match & More Confirmed For Raw
WWE has confirmed the following items for Monday’s pre-taped Raw from Manchester: – Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch opens the show – The Kabuki Warriors defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – Lana unveils a “shocking confession” – Seth Rollins names new members of Team Raw for Survivor Series Click here for complete Raw…
AEW Tag Team Championship Match Set For 11/13 Dynamite
AEW has announced that Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky of SCU will defend the AEW Tag Team Championship against The Inner Circle’s Sammy Guevara and Chris Jericho on Wednesday’s Dynamite. The #InnerCircle looks to collect more #AEW gold this Wednesday, November 13th in Nashville as Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara challenge SCU for the AEW…
Cody Rhodes Not Cleared To Compete (Graphic Photo)
AEW posted a graphic photo on Twitter of Cody’s face following a nasty bump he took during his World Championship match at Full Gear. It was noted in the tweet that Cody suffered a costochondral separation and requited 8 stitches to close the wound above his right eye. He is currently not cleared to compete.…
Jake Hager Giving WWE Talent Advice
Recently, Rusev has been getting a lot feedback on his current story line with Bobby Lashley and Lana. One AEW talent Jake Hager decided to let Rusev know what he should do. In a retweet Hager stated, “Leave her and that asshole company”. You can see the tweet below: https://twitter.com/realjakehager/status/1193569463108587520?s=21
AEW Full Gear Results (11/9/19) – Champions Retain, MJF Turns On Cody
Below are complete results from AEW Full Gear in Baltimore, MD: – Jim Ross and Excalibur handled commentary duties – Buy In Pre-show: Britt Baker def. Bea Priestly. After, Awesome Kong (w/Brandi Rhodes) attacked Bea. – Santana & Ortiz def. The Young Bucks. Rock ‘N Roll Express were at ringside and helped beat down Santana…
Title Matches Announced For Impact Wrestling No Surrender
Impact Wrestling has announced the following matches their next Impact Plus special, No Surrender, which will emanate from Dayton, OH on Dec. 7th: – Rich Swann vs. Sami Callihan (c) – Impact World Championship Match – Jessicka Havok vs. Taya Valkyrie (c) – Knockouts Championship Match – X-Division Champion Ace Austin vs. Eddie Edwards –…
First Look At AEW’s Full Gear Set, Britt Baker Working Sick?
Kevin Sullivan has revealed the first look at the AEW Full Gear pay-per-view set: @AEWrestling #AEWFullGear is going to be ???????????? pic.twitter.com/hRUV71uE94 — Kevin Sullivan (@KevinSullyTV) November 9, 2019 On a related note, Cody also revealed on Twitter that Britt Baker is working with the flu tonight, but has since deleted the tweet. Full Gear…
Report: AEW Stars Involved In Altercation During Starrcast Event
BodySlam.net is reporting that AEW’s Jimmy Havoc and Excalibur were involved in an altercation during Tony Schiavone’s birthday party at Jimmy’s Famous Seafood on Thursday night. Havoc, who had been drinking, threw a punch at Excalibur and missed. Excalibur put Havoc in a chokehold, briefly knocking Havoc out. Once Havoc came to, he swung at…
Dolph Ziggler Almost Quit WWE Over SummerSlam Plans
Dolph Ziggler was booked to go under to Goldberg at this year’s SummerSlam, but the original plans for the match almost made him leave WWE. Ziggler revealed the match was supposed to last mere seconds in an interview with Talk Sport: “Okay I’m here to do business and do special things,” said Ziggler. “I try…
SmackDown Viewership Steadily Increases
Yesterday’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average viewing audience of 2.617 million viewers on FOX, up from the 2.543 million viewers from last week with the NXT invasion angle. Below is how the show did by hour: 8 PM: 2.725 million viewers 9 PM: 2.510 million viewers Average: 2.617 million viewers The show did…
Luchasaurus Likely Out Until January With Hamstring Injury
Luchasaurus stated during a media scrum at Starrcast on Friday that he’s targeting a January 2020 return from his hamstring injury. This is a story we’ve been following as Luchasaurus mocked an account on Twitter for reporting he would be out three to six months with the injury in October. It was then believed the…
**SPOILERS** WWE Raw Taping Results For Next Week
WWE taped next week’s episode of Monday Night RAW on Friday in Manchester. Below are full taping results: * Dio Maddin was not on commentary, as next week’s duties are handled by Vic Joseph and Jerry Lawler. * WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors beat WWE Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Charlotte…
Now Streaming: New Episode Of AEW Dark From Charlotte
Episode six of AEW Dark is now streaming in the player above. This episode features the following: – Hikaru Shida vs. Big Swole – Leva Bates and Nyla Rose vs. Shazza McKenzie and Shalandra Royal – CIMA & SCU vs. Kip Sabian & Jack Evans & Angelico Follow @wrestlepages
Women’s Tag Team Championship Match Set For Raw
It was advertised during SmackDown that The Kabuki Warriors will defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship against Charlotte Flair and Natalya on Monday’s Raw. It should be noted that the upcoming Raw was pre-taped on Friday in Manchester. Click here for our SmackDown news recap. Follow @wrestlepages
*Spoilers* Impact Wrestling TV Taping Results (11/8/19)
Below are complete Impact Wrestling TV taping spoiler results from the Melrose Ballroom in New York City on Friday, courtesy of PWInsider. Click here for night one taping results. – Xplosion: Buster Jackson & Matt McIntosh def. General Justice & Nikos Rikos – Trey def. Shawn Donovan – Josh Alexander def. TJ Crawford – Rob…
New Tag Team Champions Crowned, Update On Survivor Series Teams & More
Below are news & notes from this week’s Friday Night SmackDown in Manchester, England: – The New Day defeated The Revival to capture their fifth SmackDown Tag Team Championship. Presumably, Kofi and Big E will now face The Viking Raiders and Undisputed Era at Survivor Series. – NXT UK’s Imperium – WALTER, Marcel Barthel, Fabian…
AEW Announces Top 5 Rankings For All Divisions Ahead Of Full Gear (Updated)
All Elite Wrestling has announced their first Top 5 rankings ahead of Full Gear. This will now be a weekly occurrence. Men’s division: Cody PAC Adam Page Kenny Omega Jon Moxley #AEW RankingsFriday, November 8th, 2019 pic.twitter.com/thyimkly1S — All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 8, 2019 Tag Team division: The Lucha Bros Private Party The Young…
Impact Wrestling Hard To Kill Main Event Revealed
Impact Wrestling held a press conference in New York City on Friday to announce that Sami Callihan will defend the Impact World Championship against Tessa Blanchard in the main event of Hard To Kill. BREAKING: The #HardToKill main event is OFFICIAL! @Tess_Blanchard will make history and challenge @TheSamiCallihan for the IMPACT World Championship! FULL DETAILS:…
AEW Reportedly Signs New Women’s Star
BodySlam.net is reporting that All Elite Wrestling has signed “Big Swole” Aerial Monroe. Swole competed in the Buy In Casino Battle Royale at AEW All Out and was most recently featured in a tag team match on this week’s AEW Dark. WWE fans may remember her from the 2018 Mae Young Classic. She is also…
Major *SPOILER* For Tonight’s SmackDown From Manchester
WWE is pre-taping Friday Night SmackDown and Monday Night Raw in Manchester, England today. As a result, spoilers are out on the internet, with a big one in particular just coming in. Kofi Kingston and Big E of The New Day defeated The Revival to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. https://twitter.com/GMS_WWE/status/1192873217440059394 After the match,…
Aleister Black Out Of Action, Update On Zayn & Nakamura Pairing
– Aleister Black is out of action with a knee injury, per Dave Meltzer. There’s no timetable for his return, but it was noted it was just a tweak. – For those wondering why Sami Zayn was paired with Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura this year, rumor has it that Zayn has been battling shoulder issues.…
*Spoilers* Impact Wrestling TV Taping Results (11/7/19)
Below are complete Impact Wrestling TV taping spoiler results from the Melrose Ballroom in New York City on Thursday, courtesy of WrestlingInc: – Xplosion: Willie Mack def. Bobby Wayward – Josh Mathews and ODB talk in the ring about ticket sales from this event going towards rebuilding ODB’s Meat and Greet food truck. Knockouts Champion…
Backstage News On The OC vs. Undisputed Era, Potential Survivor Series Plans
Dave Meltzer is reporting that The OC vs. Undisputed Era is in the works to happen on WWE TV soon. It was noted that the match isn’t currently scheduled for Survivor Series, as the three secondary champions are expected to participate in a triple threat, not to mention Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly are also…
Chris Jericho On Randy Orton Re-Signing With WWE
Chris Jericho stated the following in an interview with SportsKeeda.com about Randy Orton re-signing with WWE: “I can’t say anything about it because I don’t know anything about it, no-one’s calling me to tell me about these things. But I know this – nobody is getting out of WWE, especially Randy Orton, because unless he’s…
Jeff Hardy Court Update – New WWE Trademark Filed
– Jeff Hardy is due back in court on the morning of Dec. 5 in Moore County Court over his Driving While Impaired arrest last month. – WWE officially filed the trademark on “Trent Seven” at the beginning of the month. Follow @wrestlepages Source: PWInsider.com
WWE Injury Notes: Alexa Bliss, Cedric Alexander, Xavier Woods
– Alexa Bliss has still not been cleared to return to the ring and is set to have her shoulder issues re-evaluated within the next few weeks. – Cedric Alexander had been dealing with an undisclosed injury prior to being cleared for this week’s RAW, where he worked Buddy Murphy. The injury was obviously minor.…
Official Details On WrestleMania On-Sale Party
WWE issued the following press release: TAMPA, Fla. – WrestleMania, WWE’s annual pop culture extravaganza, comes to Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, April 5, 2020. To celebrate the event, the official WrestleMania On-Sale Party will take place at Ford Thunder Alley at Amalie Arena on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. The WrestleMania On-Sale Party will feature WWE…
NXT Closes The Gap In Viewership Against AEW Dynamite
WWE NXT and AEW Dynamite both had big episodes last night, which resulted in the viewership gap coming closer together. AEW Dynamite, which was the go-home to Full Gear, did 822,000 viewers on TNT, which is up from last week’s series low of 789,000. The show ranked No. 8 on the Cable Top 150 18-49…
Shawn Spears Match Added To AEW Full Gear
AEW announced on Thursday that Shawn Spears will face Joey Janela at the Full Gear pay-per-view this Saturday. https://twitter.com/Perfec10n/status/1192478608117370880 Below is what appears to be the complete advertised card: AEW World Championship Match – Chris Jericho (c) vs. Cody Rhodes AEW Tag Team Championship Match – SCU (c) vs. Lucha Bros vs. Private Party AEW…
Sasha Banks Returning To Action, Tyson Fury To Appear On SmackDown
WWE has announced Sasha Banks vs. Nikki Cross for Friday Night SmackDown in Manchester, England. BREAKING: #TheBoss @SashaBanksWWE is back and set for action against @NikkiCrossWWE on Friday Night #SmackDown.https://t.co/TQgtPxEylq — WWE (@WWE) November 7, 2019 It was also announced earlier this week that Tyson Fury will appear live on SmackDown in his hometown as…
Cody Makes Career Announcement, Title Match Added To AEW Full Gear & More
– Cody Rhodes announced on this week’s Dynamite that if he loses to AEW World Champion Chris Jericho this Saturday at Full Gear, he will never challenge for the title again. – The following matches were taped for AEW Dark: Hikaru Shida def. Big Swole Leva Bates & Nyla Rose def. Shalandra Royal & Shazza…
WWE 205 Live Spoilers For 11/8/19
Two matches were taped for this week’s 205 Live from Full Sail University, which will air at 10pm ET on the WWE Network after Friday Night SmackDown: – Mansoor def. The Brian Kendrick – NXT Cruiserweight Champion Lio Rush def. Raul Mendoza in a non-title rematch In case you missed it, Lio Rush will defend…
The OC Invade NXT, War Games Updates, Next Week’s Matches & More
– This week’s NXT was highlighted by AJ Styles & The OC invading the show and facing Tommaso Ciampa, Keith Lee and Matt Riddle in the main event. The match ended in chaos when Finn Balor and Adam Cole interfered. – Mia Yim has officially joined Team Rhea Ripley for TakeOver: War Games. Shayna Baszler…
Hulk Hogan To Undergo Back Surgery Next Week
Hulk Hogan revealed in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he’s set to undergo back surgery next week. “I’m going in for another back surgery next Tuesday,” said Hogan. “They’re going to fuse six levels together, so we’ll see how I feel after that.” Hogan has talked about wanting to have one final match at…
WWE Backstage On FS1 Bombs In Premiere
The premiere of WWE Backstage on FS1 only did 49,000 viewers, according to Mitch Metcalf. Obviously with an audience that low, it did not crack the top 150 series on cable television last night. Barring error, the series fell well short of expectations and well below preview episodes on 10/15 (597,000 viewers) and 10/25 (426,000…
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Women’s Championship Match Set For AEW Full Gear
AEW has announced that Riho will defend the AEW Women’s Championship against Emi Sakura at Full Gear on Saturday. The #AEW Women's World Championship will be defended at #AEWFullGear when @riho_gtmv puts her championship on the line against @EmiSakura_gtmv Full Gear broadcasts LIVE from Baltimore this SATURDAY night, and is available on all major providers,…
Rhea Ripley & Shayna Baszler Name War Games Participants
Rhea Ripley and NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler appeared on WWE’s The Bump to announce their War Games team members. Team Rhea Ripley will include Ripley, Tegan Nox and Candice LeRae. Team Shayna Baszler will include Baszler, Bianca Belair and Io Shirai. ???? #NXTTakeOver: #WarGames BREAKING NEWS AHEAD ???? Team @RheaRipley_WWE: Team @QoSBaszler:???? @TeganNoxWWE_ ♠…
Location & Date Revealed For Impact Hard To Kill, Next Week’s Matches
– Impact Wrestling’s next pay-per-view, Hard To Kill, will emanate from Dallas, TX, on Sunday, Jan. 12th, 2020. – Moose vs. Fallah Bahh has been added to Turning Point on Saturday, while Tessa Blanchard vs. Madison Rayne has been added to Overdrive on Sunday. – The following matches have been announced for next week’s Impact:…
NXT Star Cleared For In-Ring Return
Joaquin Wilde revealed through his Instagram story on Tuesday that he has been cleared to return to wrestling. The NXT star has been out of action since July with a broken eye socket. He had surgery to repair the injury in October. Wilde competed in the first-ever NXT Breakout tournament earlier this summer, coming up…
Women’s Match Announced For AEW Full Gear Pre-Show
AEW has announced that Britt Baker vs. Bea Priestly will take place during the AEW Full Gear Buy In pre-show this Saturday. Cody Rhodes has also confirmed another match announcement will be made on AEW’s Twitter account Wednesday afternoon ahead of Dynamite. Below is the updated pay-per-view card: AEW World Championship Match – Chris Jericho…
Randy Orton Signs Multi-Year Contract Extension With WWE
Randy Orton has signed a multi-year contract extension with WWE, according to multiple sources and first confirmed by Mike Johnson. Word of his new contract was a topic of conversation following this week’s Monday Night RAW in Long Island, NY. His re-signing had become a priority of the company and is something they wanted to…
Big Updates On Injured WWE Stars, SmackDown Matches Rescheduled
– Alexa Bliss is reportedly out of action with a shoulder injury, per PWInsider. There’s currently no timetable for her return. On a related note, Bliss was at the WWE Performance Center on Tuesday for a photo shoot that also involved Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks. – Elias is rumored to be returning “any day…
Jake Hager Discusses Unhappiness In WWE
Jake Hager recently talked about the end of his run in WWE during an appearance on Busted Open Radio. Below is an excerpt: “You know, I am very thankful for the run that I had there [in WWE] but towards the end there when Bully [Ray] was there I was very unhappy. I didn’t know…
More On Backstage Meeting At RAW, Seth Rollins Goes After Meltzer
More details/contradictions have come to light after a meeting that took place backstage at last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW in New York. The meeting was called by Vince McMahon and the message was everything is fine and the delay out of Saudi Arabia was caused by mechanical issues with their aircraft, according to Dave…
Raw Viewership Slightly Up With NXT Invasion Angle
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW, which featured NXT Champion Adam Cole vs. Seth Rollins in the main event, did an average viewing audience of 2.136 million viewers on the USA Network. That’s barely up from last week’s 2.133 million. Below is how the show did by the hour: 8 PM: 2.351 million…
Scarlett Bordeaux, Shotzi Blackheart & Others Officially Report To WWE PC
WWE announced the signing of four new talent on Tuesday morning: Former Impact Wrestling star Scarlett Bordeaux EVOLVE star Shotzi Blackheart Independent stand-out Indi Hartwell Referee Stephon Smith WWE revealed the following about the newest Performance Center signees: Chicago’s Elizabeth Chihaia – aka Scarlett Bordeaux – has made quite the name for herself in America and abroad.…
WWE Backstage Premiere Information
Tonight at 11pm EST is the debut of the new show WWE Backstage on FS1. Here are some notes of what you might come across during the broadcast, including who is confirmed to appear and some “backstage” news: On CM Punk Debuting: – Punk has stated multiple times since the rumors of him joining WWE Backstage…