Category: Wrestling News
Impact Wrestling Announces Turning Point, Defeat Rohit Challenge Returning Tuesday
– Impact Wrestling has officially announced Turning Point as the next Impact Plus special event on Saturday, November 14. BREAKING: Our next @IMPACTPlusApp exclusive event Turning Point will take place on Saturday, November 14th! #TurningPoint pic.twitter.com/lWOgLjaT12 — TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) October 30, 2020 – In other Impact news, Rohit Raju will defend his X-Division Championship…
PAC To Break His Silence On Next Week’s AEW Dynamite
AEW has announced that we’ll get an appearance from PAC in some form on Wednesday, November 4th, as he will break his silence. After months of silence in isolation, we’ll hear from @bastardPac this Wednesday, November 4th on #AEWDynamite! Watch Dynamite every Wednesday at 8/7c on @tntdrama and for our international fans https://t.co/F00KW2whih by @FiteTV…
Jey Uso, Roman Reigns, Sasha Banks Confirmed For SmackDown, Survivor Series Build Continues
WWE has not officially announced any matches for tonight’s new episode of Friday Night SmackDown. However, we can expect appearances from Jey Uso, Universal Champion Roman Reigns, and new SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks. Jey @WWEUsos faces the consequences of his WWE #HIAC loss to @WWERomanReigns TOMORROW NIGHT on #SmackDown! ???? https://t.co/Z1m9nJk5tu ???? Friday 8/7c…
WWE Is Expecting To Hire All Furloughed Employees By End Of 2020
WWE let go of over one hundred employees on April 15th. This included WWE Superstars, producers, writers and other members of staff. Some of the released employees found work elsewhere. A portion of the employees was furloughed and it seems they might be coming back soon. During WWE’s third quarter 2020 investors call, WWE President…
Details Regarding Vince McMahon Netflix Documentary Series
Vince McMahon has a life that is far from ordinary and it seems people will get to see it in more detail soon. WWE President & Chief Revenue Officer, Nick Khan revealed during an investor’s call recently that a docuseries is in the making. Bill Simmons, creator of ESPN’s “30 For 30” docuseries will be…
Jake Hager Wins At Bellator 250, Remains Undefeated In MMA
Jake Hager was scheduled to compete at Bellator 250 where he was up against Brandon Calton in the prelims of the event. Both competitors were undefeated coming into the match. It was a very physical affair as both fights gave it their all. When all was said and done, it was Hager who managed to…
Matt Riddle To Get ”Serious Character Presentation” As He Won Over Vince McMahon
Various reports suggested that Matt Riddle had issues in gaining Vince McMahon’s trust. It was also said that McMahon was only giving him what he thought he could handle. It seems Riddle impressed McMahon with his performance this week. According to a report by Fightful Select, Vince McMahon was a huge fan of Riddle’s match…
Xia Li Reportedly Upset After She Was Pulled From Event, Complained To Triple H
As reported earlier, Xia Li was set to compete in her first match in amateur kickboxing. However, she did not tell WWE about this and the company came to know of it by reading online. According to a report by Fightful Select, WWE had no knowledge of the fight until everyone else came to know…
AJ Styles & Mia Yim Have Left Twitch Due To WWE Policy Against Third Party Sites
A month ago, WWE issued an order which banned WWE Superstars from using third party sites such as Twitch and Cameo to earn revenue. They then made a rule that the Superstars will have to give ownership of their accounts to the company. Now some Superstars have announced their departure from Twitch. AJ Styles officially…
WWE NXT UK Results (10/29/20) – Walter Defends Against Ilja Dragunov
Below are complete results from the October 29th edition of WWE NXT UK: Aoife Valkyrie def. Dani Luna via pinfall. Rampage Brown is coming soon to NXT UK. Eddie Dennis meets Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews in the ring. Pretty Deadly join Dennis before The Hunt make the save. The Hunt end up turning…
WWE Changes Matt Riddle’s Ring Name
Matt Riddle will be referred to as “Riddle” going forward in WWE. WWE implemented the changes on dot com on Thursday before Riddle confirmed it himself via social media. The Original Bro made it known he doesn’t mind one bit. Riddle stated on Instagram, “People it’s okay I’ve been called Riddle most my life, I…
WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Outdraws AEW Dynamite In Viewership
Viewership numbers for both Dynamite and NXT went up this week. This week’s WWE NXT drew 876,000 viewers on the USA Network for the Halloween Havoc special. This is up from last week’s 644,000 viewers. The show ranked No. 21 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.25 rating. This week’s AEW Dynamite did 781,000 viewers on TNT.…
Brodie Lee Says Being Compared To Vince McMahon Was Detrimental To Him In AEW
Brodie Lee signed with AEW as the Exalted One, leader of The Dark Order. His initial few promos seemed to be a spoof of Vince McMahon and that might have actually harmed him. During AEW Unrestricted, Brodie Lee discussed those spoof skits of McMahon. He said that the spoofs were all that people talked about and…
What Vince McMahon Has Really Disowned, Banks vs. Bayley, Heat On Roman Reigns?
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Thunder Rosa Provides Tease For Which Company She Might Sign With
Thunder Rosa recently lost the NWA Women’s Championship at the Prime Time Live event. Since then she has been addressing rumors of where she will be going next. She also uploaded a new video which teased fans as to where she might go. Thunder Rosa uploaded a short video where she asked: “hey dirt sheets…
Eric Bischoff Explains Why WCW Never Reached Out To Shawn Michaels
During the Monday Night Wars, Shawn Michaels was one of the top stars of WWE, but WCW never reached out to him as they did to other talents in WWE. It seems there are a few reasons for this. During 83 Weeks, Eric Bischoff was asked if he was ever interested in signing Shawn Michaels to…
Enforcer Of AJ Styles Has Name Removed
AJ Styles recently debuted a bodyguard on Monday Night RAW. Jordan Omogbehin’s previous role was as a bouncer during the RAW Underground segments. He was paired with Styles after Underground got cancelled. Now it seems his name has been removed entirely. During this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW, AJ Styles did not address Jordan…
Matches Confirmed For AEW Dynamite Next Week
AEW has announced a stacked card for next week’s episode of Dynamite as we get closer to Full Gear on November 7th. MJF will be teaming up with Wardlow in order to face off against Sammy Guevara and Ortiz of the Inner Circle. Cody Rhodes will partner up with the Gunn Club and take on…
Several New Matches Confirmed For AEW Full Gear, Updated Lineup
Kenny Omega will meet former tag team partner Hangman Adam Page at Full Gear in the finals of the Eliminator tournament. Page beat Wardlow and Omega beat Penta El Zero M on this week’s Dynamite to advance. The winner of Omega vs. Page will be declared the new AEW World Championship number one contender. Additionally,…
New NXT North American Champion, Pete Dunne Returns, Next Week’s NXT Matches
– Johnny Gargano is the new NXT North American Champion after defeating Damian Priest in a Devil’s Playground match. Gargano is now the first two-time North American Champion. Despite the win, wife Candice LeRae came up short against Io Shirai in the main event. REUNITED. Congratulations to your FIRST-EVER 2x #WWENXT #NorthAmericanChampion, @JohnnyGargano! #AndNew #HalloweenHavoc…
AEW Dynamite Results (10/28/20) – Eliminator Tournament Semi-Finals
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT. Tonight’s episode will feature two semi-finals tournament matches to determine a new World Championship contender. AEW Dynamite Results (10/28/20) From Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL MJF, Wardlow, and The Inner Circle talk backstage. MJF tells Wardlow to back down when Guevara makes comments…
WWE NXT Results (10/28/20) – Title Change At Halloween Havoc
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network. Tonight’s episode will have a Halloween Havoc theme and several gimmick matches. WWE NXT Halloween Havoc Results (10/28/2020) From the Capitol Wrestling Center (WWE PC) in Orlando, FL Shotzi Blackheart spins the wheel for Gargano vs. Priest opening the show. They get…
AEW Dark Results (10/27/20) – Darby Allin Headlines
Below are AEW Dark results from 10/27: Evil Uno and Stu Grayson beat Top Flight via pinfall. Ricky Starks beat VSK via pinfall. Matt Sydal beat Lee Johnson via submission. Hikaru Shida beat Leyla Hirsch via pinfall. Jurassic Express beat Jersey Muscle and Danny Limelight via pinfall. SCU beat The Hybrid 2 via pinfall. Anna…
NXT Halloween Havoc Could Be Changed Due To Mass Quarantining
NXT had a mass outbreak of COVID-19 recently and due to that, WWE had to change plans for several events. They also asked everyone who was at the Performance Center on October 16th to quarantine themselves for two weeks owing to possible exposure to the virus. According to a report by Dave Meltzer on F4WOnline,…
Taking Title Off McIntyre, Orton vs. Edge, Retribution Sours Factions, Lesnar’s WWE Return
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AEW & WWE Have Shown Interest In Thunder Rosa
WWE has been interested in a few wrestlers and that includes Thunder Rosa. Rosa had applied to WWE before but in the role of a referee. She was unable to make the tryout due to a hurricane. Her losing the NWA Women’s Title at this time is certainly interesting timing. Dave Meltzer took to Twitter…
Vince McMahon Has Seemingly Disowned NXT Completely
Survivor Series will be held on November 22nd and WWE has already booked several matches for the pay-per-view. However, NXT was not mentioned at all during the show. According to various reports, it was said that there have been no talks of the brand being included in the build for Survivor Series. This was later…
This Week’s RAW Suffers Loss In Viewership
This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was the post-Hell In A Cell episode. It seems the show did not fare as well. According to a report by Showbuzz Daily, WWE Monday Night RAW received an average of 1.732 million viewers for its three-hour broadcast. This is a noticeable decrease compared to last week’s episode. Last…
Big E Reveals He Has No Desire To Be Like Brock Lesnar
The New Day split up during the 2020 edition of the WWE Draft. Big E stayed on Smackdown while Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods were drafted to RAW. Now he is focusing on his singles career and WWE plans on giving him a main event level push. Big E wants to be different from all…
Tucker Has Not Been Moved To RAW
Tucker of Heavy Machinery was drafted to Monday Night RAW during this year’s WWE Draft. He was separated from his partner Otis. As reported earlier, he was listed as a Superstar on Friday Night Smackdown on the WWE Website, which puzzled fans. At WWE Hell In A Cell, Tucker turned on Otis and many fans…
Serena Deeb Wins NWA World Women’s Championship
Serena Deeb is the new NWA World Women’s Champion. Deeb, who is now signed to AEW, beat Thunder Rosa on Tuesday during the October 27th UWN Prime Time Live pay-per-view. This was a highly-anticipated rematch from their critically-acclaimed AEW Dynamite match that aired before All Out in September. AND NEW! Tonight @SerenaDeeb derailed the La…
Impact Wrestling Results (10/27/20) – Who Shot Bravo?
Below are complete results from the October 27th edition of Impact Wrestling: The show opens with Eric Young attacking Rich Swann backstage. Security breaks them up and Scott D’Amore announces a Bound For Glory rematch will happen right now. Impact World Championship Match: Rich Swann (c) def. Eric Young via pinfall to retain in the hot…
Cruiserweight Match Added To NXT Halloween Havoc, Overrun Expected
WWE has added NXT Cruiserweight Champion Santos Escobar vs. Jake Atlas in a non-title match to Wednesday’s NXT Halloween Havoc special. Can @JakeAtlas_ get the one-up @EscobarWWE again when they go one-on-one tomorrow night? #WWENXT #HalloweenHavochttps://t.co/HjDEx7uz93 — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 27, 2020 Additionally, it’s being reported that Halloween Havoc is slated to run eight…
Raw’s Struggles Continue, The Rock vs. Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe’s Return, MITB Briefcase Forgotten?
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Meiko Satomura Has Signed With WWE
Meiko Satomura founded Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling in 2005. She is a veteran in the world of Joshi professional wrestling. She took part in the 2018 Mae Young Classic but did not step in a WWE ring since then. Now it seems that will be changing. She was interviewed by Tokyo Sports, where she confirmed that…
Santana & Ortiz Were Close To Signing With WWE
Santana & Ortiz are two of the top tag teams in AEW and an integral part of The Inner Circle. However, they might have not signed with AEW at all. Talk Is Jericho recently spoke to Santana and Ortiz where they talked about their journey from Impact Wrestling to All Elite Wrestling. They were aware…
WWE Still Plans On Pushing Lana as Babyface
Lana was able to secure her spot in the RAW Women’s Survivor Series team on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW. She was then put through another announcer table by Nia Jax. It seems WWE plans on doing this in order to make her connect with fans. On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer explained…
Tucker Seemingly Returns To Smackdown
During the 2020 edition of the WWE Draft, Tucker was drafted to Monday Night RAW as he was separated from his tag team partner Otis, who remained on Friday Night Smackdown. Despite that, Otis was brought to RAW by his partner under the disguise “El Gran Gordo” in order to face The Miz and John…
The Rock Busts Himself Open In Accident – Tastes His Own Blood
The Rock has always made it clear how important gym is to him. However, it seems he had an accident during one of his latest gym sessions. The Rock accidentally busted himself open while at the gym. He posted a video on Instagram, where he showed a nasty gash on his face. He needed stitches…
Match Made Official for AEW Dynamite – Updated Card
All Elite Wrestling had to remove a match for the upcoming episode of AEW Dynamite. Tay Conti was set to face Abadon in a match, but Abadon suffered an injury during the match and it was suddenly stopped. Now a new match has been booked in its place. It was announced that Eddie Kingston will…
Batista Endorses Joe Biden
Former WWE Superstar Batista is never afraid to speak his mind and has been vocal about his dislike for the current President of The United States, Donald Trump. Batista recently released a video where he said that lying and bullying to people never make a person tough. According to him, sharing the bad news with…
Six Matches Advertised For WWE Survivor Series
Several matches are now official for WWE Survivor Series. The following bouts are being advertised for the show after this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw: Five-on-Five Mens Survivor Series Elimination Match – Team Raw (AJ Styles, Keith Lee, Sheamus, TBD and TBD) vs. Team SmackDown (TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD and TBD) Five-on-Five Womens Survivor…
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (10/19/20) – Streaming Live Coverage
WWE Monday Night Raw Results Live from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, FL October 26, 2020 on the USA Network Storyline Developments & Promo Highlights: Drew McIntyre came out in regular clothing and vowed to be WWE Champion again. The Miz, along with John Morrison, interrupted him. Miz teased McIntyre but he ended…
Two Matches Announced For WWE Survivor Series
The following matches were announced for Survivor Series on tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw: Five-on-Five Survivor Series Elimination Match – Team Raw (AJ Styles, Keith Lee, Sheamus or Matt Riddle, TBD and TBD) vs. Team SmackDown (TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD and TBD) Champion vs. Champion Non-Title Match – WWE United States Champion Bobby…
SmackDown Audience Down On FS1
Last week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did 881,000 viewers on FS1. That is down from the 2.124 million viewers the show did the week prior on FOX. This was the final airing before WWE Hell in a Cell. The show aired on FS1 due to the World Series airing on Fox. SmackDown will…
WWE Will Be Leaving Amway Center Soon
WWE extended their stay in the Amway Center for the ThunderDome for another month, but it seems they will have to leave the place soon. The Orlando Magic requires the Amway Center as their season is set to begin on December 22nd. According to a report by Wrestle Votes, WWE is expected to depart from…
Marty Scurll Possibly Released By ROH
Two talents have been edited out of the official roster from the Ring Of Honor promotion. However, there is no confirmation of whether the wrestlers have been released by the company. One of them is Marty Scurll. The names of Marty Scurll and Dan Maff had been nixed from the promotion’s roster page. Both of…
Chris Jericho Talks Difference In How Tony Khan & Vince McMahon Treat Talent
Chris Jericho has wrestled in various promotions in his three-decade-long career and that includes WWE. He is currently working in All Elite Wrestling and knows how the Superstars are treated there. While speaking to Andrew Yang on Talk Is Jericho, the topic of how WWE Superstars are treated by the company was mentioned. Andrew Yang revealed…
Roman’s Next Challenger, Traditional Survivor Series Match, Future Of MITB, Best HIAC Match
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Jeff Hardy Pitches Interesting Feud With The Fiend
Jeff Hardy worked in Impact Wrestling on two different occasions. During his previous run in the company, he had a gimmick by the name of The Willow, which was his own original creation. Hardy spoke to Sports Illustrated, where he pitched an idea for him to bring back the Willow character in WWE. He said…
