Category: Wrestling News
Awesome Kong Revealed As AEW Coach
Today at the Women of AEW Starrcast III Panel, Brandi Rhodes revealed that Awesome Kong will be a behind the scenes coach for the Women, in addition to her work as wrestler. 411Mania was live at the panel when this was revealed, where Brandi also talked about the current matches for the show on Saturday, as…
NXT Shows Being Postponed Due to Dorian
WWE announced yesterday that the NXT shows for tonight in Jacksonville, FL and tomorrow in Fort Pierce, FL have been postponed. The Jacksonville, FL show will take place on September 20th now, while the Fort Pierce, FL show will take place on September 28th. If fans have tickets to these events and cannot make the…
ROH Participants For World Title Tournament
Ring of Honor announced on its website today the final four participants for its World Title. The four participants are: PCO (Pierre Carl Ouellet), Bandido, Mark Haskins and Colt Cabana. Previously the promotion announced Jay Lethal, Dalton Castle, Marty Scurll and Kenny King would have a chance to challenge for the ROH World Title (current…
AEW Announces TNT Show Returning To Chicago In November
All Elite Wrestling announced the Nov. 27, 2019 episode of AEW on TNT will take place just outside of Chicago, IL from the Sears Centre. You heard it! We will be back in Chicago!Thanksgiving Eve | Wednesday Nov 27th | @Sears_Centre Tickets go on sale TOMORROW at 11am CT at https://t.co/VAt7YJBldU #AEW #AllEliteWrestling @AEWonTNT pic.twitter.com/5MBQ4KBEkl…
Will WWE NXT UK Be A Part Of The Brand On The USA Network?
Triple H discussed the possibility of WWE NXT UK being part of the brand on the USA Network during a conference call with members of the media on Friday. “I think the letters in the front of it say everything about it; I believe there is a banner of NXT sort of an oversight of…
Detailed Highlights From Cody Rhodes Q&A At Starrcast
Twitter user Connor Casey provided the following updates from the Cody Rhodes Q&A at Starrcast: * Cody joked that “you’re not going to WWE” shortly after Tony [Schiavone] was called by Bruce Prichard * Cody’s mother said “too much blood!” after the win over brother Dustin Rhodes at Double Or Nothing back in May *…
RAW And SmackDown At Madison Square Garden Not Near Sold Out
Tickets for the WWE RAW taping on September 9, 2019 and WWE SmackDown taping on September 10, 2019 from Madison Square Garden are not near sold out, per PWInsider. RAW is approximately half sold out, while SmackDown is a little less than half sold out. MSG seats about 19,000 for professional wrestling. WWE has announced…
Mauro Ranallo Opens Up About Extensive Treatment For Bipolar Disorder
WWE NXT play-by-play announcer Mauro Ranallo announced on Twitter that he is “currently in outpatient treatment for five hours a day Monday to Friday” to treat his bipolar disorder. Ranallo, 49, who is one of the best known names in combat play-by-play, stated he’s excited for live commentary when WWE NXT moves to the USA…
Rob Gronkowski Issues A Challenge
Following an article posted on WrestlePages.com earlier in the week, Rob Gronkowski may have chosen an opponent if he steps into a WWE ring. In a video captured by TMZ Sports, Gronk called out his WWE friend Mojo Rawley. He stated, “Yeah, my friend’s in there, and he’s a little wimp.” He added “So I…
New Logo For SmackDown On Fox Revealed?
On October 4, Smackdown will be moving to Friday nights on Fox, and a new logo looks to have been revealed. Ryan Satin revealed the apparent new logo on twitter, where it is more reminiscent of old school SmackDown logos. The throwback look of the logo may be attributed to the fact that Fox executives want…
AEW Video Game Coming Soon?
Last night during a special ‘Being The Elite’ mailbag session at Starrcast lll, Kenny Omega again hinted at a AEW video game in the future. He stated, “A video game for AEW is at top of my priority list.” He added, “I can’t share anything right now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there was…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 30th
News 1993 – At a WCW Saturday Night taping in Atlanta, GA, Dustin Rhodes defeated Ravishing Rick Rude to win the NWA/WCW United States Championship. Due to this, Rhodes would be recognized as the official WCW United States Champion a month later after breaking away from NWA. 2007 – In a black eye for WWE, the New…
AEW All Out Predictions
Here are the predictions from your writers here at Wrestle Pages! Nick Curry: The Buy-In Pre-Show – Private Party picks up the win Women’s Casino Battle Royal – The Dr. Britt Baker outlasts 21 women for a shot at the first ever AEW women’s championship Riho vs Hikaru Shida – Riho beats Hikaru Shida in…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 29th
News 1988 – WWF would broadcast the very first SummerSlam on this date. This would solidify the name of the Big Four Events, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble. 1992 – WWF would broadcast their very first International PPV as SummerSlam was held in London, England. The broadcast would not be aired, however,…
ROH World Champion’s Contract Expiring Soon?
Mike Johnson of PWInsider is reporting that, according to multiple credible sources, current Ring Of Honor World Champion Matt Taven’s contract is set to expire at the end of September. Taven won the ROH World Championship on April 6th at G1 Supercard by defeating then-Champion Jay Lethal and Marty Scurll in a Threeway Ladder War.…
Dustin Rhodes Signs Multi-Year Deal with AEW
AEW released the following press release: August 29, 2019 – AEW announced today that it has signed globally renowned wrestler Dustin Rhodes to a multi-year contract extension. Dustin, still wrestling at the highest level in 2019, will continue his epic in-ring career, and he’ll also join the AEW Coaching Staff as a Promo Coach…
Natalya Denies Sasha Banks & WWE Had Permission To Use Jim Neidhart Line
For those that missed it on this week’s episode of WWE RAW, Sasha Banks said, “go to hell, Nattie, and tell your daddy I said hi” during a backstage brawl. A reporter known for posting unverified rumors and passing them off as fact, claimed Natalya rehearsed the lines with Banks without issue earlier in the…
WWE Denies Current Interest In Amore/Cass Return
We reported earlier here on WrestlePages.com via Dave Meltzer that WWE officials have had talks with Enzo Amore and Big Cass about a return to NXT as top stars. Meltzer has now reported that WWE officials currently have no interest in bringing Amore and Cass back to the company. WWE says no interest in Enzo…
Tony Schiavone Clarifies Role With All Elite Wrestling
Tony Schiavone spoke about his role with All Elite Wrestling in a new interview with WrestlingEpicenter.com. “Okay, well, I do know I’m a producer,” Tony stated. “I’m going to be working on a lot of the videos you see in the shows. I’m going to be working behind the scenes when the live shows are…
WWE Discussing Draft Concept To Build Permanent RAW & SmackDown Rosters
Dave Meltzer reports that WWE officials have been discussing a new Draft concept to build permanent rosters for RAW and SmackDown. This is a new directive from Vince McMahon, as it was initially reported there would be no major roster changes ahead of SmackDown’s premiere on FOX on Oct. 4, 2019. Plans are being kept…
Will Bray Wyatt Challenge For Universal Title At WWE Hell In A Cell?
There are plans for “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt to challenge for the WWE Universal Championship at Hell in a Cell in October, reports Dave Meltzer. We had the story as the Twitter account of the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA, which will host the pay-per-view, revealed Wyatt had issued a challenge to either Seth…
Shazza McKenzie Announced For Casino Battle Royal At AEW All Out
All Elite Wrestling announced on their Twitter that Shazza McKenzie has been added to the Casino Battle Royale at Saturday’s AEW All Out pay-per-view The 21-woman Battle Royal will take place as part of the pay-per-view’s pre-show called “The Buy In.” The winner will earn a spot in the match that will crown the inaugural…
Enzo Amore On WWE Return Rumors – Says He Doesn’t Want To Go Back
We reported earlier here on WrestlePages.com via Dave Meltzer that WWE officials have had talks with Enzo Amore and Big Cass about a return to NXT as top stars. Enzo Amore recently addressed the rumors head-on in an interview with WrestlingINC.com: “I could never see myself working a schedule like that anytime soon. I mean,…
Jon Moxley Will Miss Starrcast III
During the night, Conrad Thompson tweeted that due to his current injury, Jon Moxley will not be able to make his Starrcast III commitments. Conrad said that once Jon got word from his doctor he told him “I’m sorry, this sucks.” Moxley’s panel will be replaced with “Turner Memories”, and refunds will be issues by those who request…
Former Superstars In Talks For Return To NXT
Dave Meltzer is reporting that WWE officials have had talks with Enzo Amore and Big Cass about a potential return to NXT as top stars. While it is unknown whether or not the duo has accepted any offer, Meltzer is speculating that they could be making their return on the USA Network debut episode on…
New Tag Champs And Big Return To NXT
Last night on the August 28th episode of NXT from Full Sail University, the Black and Gold brand seemed to up the ante a bit before premiering on USA in a few short weeks. Shayna Baszler, Marina Shafir and Jessamyn Duke came out to talk about the beating they delivered to Mia Yim last week,…
Beast Slayer Tops PWI 500 List
Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) released the Cover of its 29th Annual Top 500 Wrestlers in the World List on Twitter today. Coming in at #1 for 2019 is none other than Beast Slayer, Seth “Freaking” Rollins. See the post below: No. 1 in the 29th annual @OfficialPWI #PWI500 is WWE Universal champ @WWERollins! Download the…
This Day in Wrestling History – August 28th
News 2003 – NJPW would hold the very first cage match in their 30 year history, featuring Yoshihito Takayama defeating Masahiro Chono. Takayama would win the match via TKO to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Results 1989: SummerSlam from Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, NJ – Dark Match: Dino Bravo defeated Koko B. Ware –…
WWE SmackDown Viewership Decreases; Last Night’s Miz & Mrs.
This week’s WWE SmackDown did 2.088 million viewers on the USA Network. That’s down from the 2.142 million viewers the show did last week. Miz & Mrs. did 1.094 million viewers immediately following SmackDown on USA. All viewership data is courtesy of Mitch Metcalf. SmackDown Viewership Tracker Aug. 20, 2019 – 2.142 million viewers Aug.…
Bray Wyatt Hints At The Next Target For The Fiend
Bray Wyatt has continued to be very active on Twitter recently, with current and former WWE Superstars, along with the WWE Universe. One Tweet though may point to The Fiends next WWE Hall of Famer target. The Twitter account of WWE India posted a picture of The Fiend and asked “Who could #TheFiend target NEXT?…
(Updated) REAL Identity Of Roman Reigns Attacker Revealed
As promised last week, both Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan revealed the identity of Roman Reigns attacker at the end of the show. All throughout the episode, Bryan and Rowan were teasing a figure in the back room, covered in a black hood and black clothes. At the end of the episode, Reigns met with…
Ric Flair On AEW – It’s A Great Time To Be A Pro Wrestler
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently weighed in on All Elite Wrestling while making an appearance at a Major League Baseball game in Houston. The following comments are from The Houston Chronicle: “This is the greatest time in the last 20 years to be a pro wrestler,” he said last week at Minute Maid…
Paul Heyman Overseeing Heel Turn On RAW; Orton Segment Inspired By Roddy Piper
– Paul Heyman was largely responsible for Sasha Banks’ promo on this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, reports PWTorch. Heyman has been very involved with the direction of Sasha’s heel character and has overseen a lot of her work recently. – Speaking of promos, Randy Orton reading a letter that was allegedly given…
Awesome Kong Confirmed For Casino Battle Royal At AEW All Out
Awesome Kong has been added to the Casino Battle Royale at Saturday’s AEW All Out pay-per-view, according to the New York Post. The 21-woman Battle Royal will take place as part of the pay-per-view’s pre-show called “The Buy In.” The winner will earn a spot in the match that will crown the inaugural AEW Women’s…
Top Stars From WWE And Impact Wrestling Go On Medical Tourism Trip
It’s not every day where top talent from WWE and Impact Wrestling travel together but this was an exception. Rey Mysterio, along with Impact World Champion Brian Cage and Melissa Santos from Lucha Underground traveled to Medellin, Colombia for a medical tourism trip. The trio all received stem cell treatment at the BioXcellerator facility in…
Vince McMahon Tore Up Script For This Week’s SmackDown
As first reported here on WrestlePages.com, Vince McMahon was not backstage at last night’s SmackDown from the Raising Cane’s River Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bryan Alvarez reports Vince went over the script with the creative team during a conference call earlier in the afternoon. Per Dave Meltzer, Vince was tearing up the show and…
Roman Reigns’ Attacker Finally Revealed?, More PPV Matches, What You Didn’t See On SmackDown
– As first noted in our updated lineup for WWE Clash of the Champions, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Champions Big E and Xavier Woods vs. The Revival are expected to be added to the September 15, 2019 pay-per-view. It was believed the former was going to…
Quarterfinals Bouts Set For WWE King Of The Ring
Ali beat Buddy Murphy and Chad Gable beat Shelton Benjamin in King of the Ring tournament matches to conclude the first round on this week’s episode episode of WWE SmackDown. Ali will face Elias and Gable will face Andrade on next week’s SmackDown in quarterfinals bouts. On RAW, Samoa Joe vs. Ricochet and Cedric Alexander…
Title Match Official For WWE Clash Of Champions
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak will face Humberto Carrillo at Clash of the Champions. Clash of the Champions will take place Sunday, September 15, 2019 from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC. Carrillo became the No.1 contender for the title after he defeated Oney Lorcan of this week’s episode of 205 Live. Below is the…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 27th
News 1994 – Shane Douglas would win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from 2 Cold Scorpio. Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Osamu Nishimura would make their ECW debut during the same tournament. At the same event, Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) and Mikey Whipwreck would defeat Public Enemy to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship.…
AEW All Out Match Card
With the All Out PPV just days away, we present to you the “official” match card for the night! The reason official is in quotes is that it is subject to change, just as we have already seen with the Moxley vs Omega match. Here are the confirmed matches as they stand right now: Casino…
Current WWE Superstar To Challenge For The Universal Championship At Hell In A Cell?
With WWE Clash of Champions right around the corner, all eyes will eventually turn to WWE’s annual specialty PPV, Hell in a Cell. While we don’t know the card, it looks as if we may know a potential challenger for the Universal Championship. Hell in a Cell will take place from the Golden 1 Center…
Vince McMahon Not Backstage At WWE SmackDown
Vince McMahon is not backstage at tonight’s WWE SmackDown/205 Live taping in Baton Rouge, LA, reports Bryan Alvarez. Vince went over the SmackDown script with the creative team via a conference call earlier this afternoon. He missed last week’s RAW and SmackDown because he was preparing for the XFL announcements made last Wednesday. There is…
Third Hour Drags Down WWE RAW Viewership
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW did an average viewing audience of 2.528 million viewers on the USA Network, per Mitch Metcalf. This is down from last week’s average of 5.534 million viewers. The show started stronger than last week in the 8 PM and 9 PM hours but dipped significantly in hour…
WWE Championship Match Added To Clash Of Champions
WWE announced today on their facebook page that WWE Champion Kofi Kingston will defend his championship against The Viper, Randy Orton. Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton have been embroiled in a feud that saw both men counted out in their championship match at WWE Summerslam. The feud has seen real life issues brought to the forefront…
WWE Stars Tease Return To NXT
Earlier here on WrestlePages.com, we wrote about how The Viking Raiders were originally scheduled to have a squash match on last night’s RAW but plans were changed to put them into the Tag Team Turmoil match. After RAW, the tag team cut a promo where they teased competing in NXT once again. “But until we…
Impact Wrestling Not Using Star That Requested His Release
Killer Kross remains under contract with Impact Wrestling but the company has chose not to use him, reports Mike Johnson. Kross hasn’t worked for the promotion since losing a “First Blood” match against Eddie Edwards at Slammiversary on July 7. The reason Impact has opted not to use him is primarily due to him requesting…
Two Top WWE Superstars Not At RAW Last Night
Neither Seth Rollins nor Becky Lynch were at last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW in New Orleans, LA, reports Mike Johnson. The two are currently on vacation and were never in the plans to be at the show. The backstage segment featuring Rollins and Braun Strowman that aired on this week’s show (embedded above) was…
Tony Schiavone To Miss All Out – Big Update On AEW’s Commentary Team
The commentary team for All Elite Wrestling’s “All Out” pay-per-view will be comprised of Jim Ross, Excalibur and Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez, according to Dave Meltzer. Tony Schiavone will not immediately join the commentary team, despite AEW issuing a press release that read: “Schiavone joins AEW’s television broadcast team of Jim Ross and Excalibur.” He won’t…