Category: WWE News
AEW Dynamite & WWE NXT Viewership Up
Viewership numbers for both Dynamite and NXT went up this week. This week’s WWE NXT drew 732,000 viewers on the USA Network. This is up from last week’s 696,000. The show ranked No. 50 in the 18-49 demographic with a 0.19 rating. This week’s AEW Dynamite did 866,000 viewers on TNT. This is up from last week’s…
Details Regarding Tegan Nox’s Injury
As previously reported, Tegan Nox tore her ACL and underwent surgery. This marks the third time she suffered this kind of injury, but it seems this time she might have been injured worse than before. WWE officially announced that she was injured and Triple H confirmed she had the surgery during a teleconference. During Wrestling…
The Rock Confirms Date For XFL Return
The Rock made headlines when he and his partners purchased the XFL after its reboot was brought to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now Dwayne Johnson will be venturing into new territory with the XFL. Ever since his purchase was made public knowledge, the Rock has wasted no time in emphasizing his ownership…
The Undisputed Era To Have Different Character Directions
The Undisputed Era have been the most dominant group in all of NXT for the past two years. Now it seems the members will be going in different directions as far as their characters are concerned. According to a report by PW Insider, Kyle O’Reilly will be a “full-fledged babyface” from now on and will…
Update On Jeff Hardy’s DUI Case
Jeff Hardy was arrested for DUI in October of last year. He was scheduled to appear before the court today for a hearing, but it seems that might not be happening now. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, courts all over the world have been closed and this includes the USA. It seems Jeff Hardy’s court…
Triple H Says NXT Will Not Move From Wednesday Nights
NXT moved its way to Wednesday nights on the USA Network when AEW Dynamite made its debut on TNT last year. With it started the Wednesday Night Wars, which has been going on since then. A few weeks ago, NXT and AEW Dynamite aired on different nights and this helped both shows receive more viewers.…
Possible Reason Why Kyle O’Reilly Got NXT Title Opportunity
On last week’s episode of NXT, Kyle O’Reilly won the Gauntlet Eliminator match. He received an NXT Title shot at NXT TakeOver as a result, much to the surprise of many fans. He has primarily been a tag team competitor. His last match as a singles competitor was at a Progress show in 2018. Owing…
WWE NXT Results (9/30/20) – Go-Home To TakeOver 31
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s episode of WWE NXT on USA Network. Shawn Michaels will host a confrontation between NXT Champion Finn Balor and Kyle O’Reilly. WWE NXT Results – 9/30/2020 From Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL The show opens with recaps and Kyle O’Reilly winning the Gauntlet Eliminator and Candice LeRae…
Tegan Nox Undergoes Surgery For Torn ACL
Triple H confirmed on a NXT Takeover 31 media call that Tegan Nox did indeed suffer a torn ACL and has undergone surgery to repair the injury. The procedure was a success. This is Nox’s third ACL tear in as many years. As we reported here on WrestlingNews.com, Nox tore the ACL in her right…
Roman Reigns Explains How Paul Heyman Helps Him Off-Screen
Roman Reigns made his return to WWE as a heel and quickly became the top star of Smackdown. He won the Universal Title and has been dominant as a heel champion. He successfully retained his title at WWE Clash Of Champions against Jey Uso. It seems partnering up with Paul Heyman has certainly helped Reigns.…
John Cena Reveals His In-Ring Career Is Not Over Yet
John Cena has a very busy career in Hollywood. He is currently scheduled to play the role of The Peacemaker in Suicide Squad 2 and its spin-off and he has other projects as well. He is no longer an active competitor in WWE. John Cena made an appearance on The Tonight Show. He was Jimmy…
Main Event For WWE Hell In A Cell Possibly Revealed
The next pay-per-view for the WWE main roster will be Hell In A Cell, and it will be taking place on October 25th. This will be the final pay-per-view in the Thunderdome before the company changes its venue to somewhere else. It seems they could have already decided on the main event. According to a…
Championship Match Added To NXT TakeOver
The next WWE NXT TakeOver event will be taking place on October 4th. With less than a week left, WWE is making sure the event has a stacked card. Another title match has been added to the card. It was announced by the company that Isaiah “Swerve” Scott will be receiving a chance at the…
WWE Raw Viewership Up Against Stiff Competition
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average of 1.822 million viewers on the USA Network. That is up from the 1.668 million viewers the show did in the week prior. Hour one did 1.956 million viewers, hour two did 1.824 million viewers and hour three did 1.687 million viewers. The show…
T-Bar Takes Issue With Fans Celebrating Retribution’s COVID-19 Exposure
Retribution was held off of this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw after the five core members of the faction came into contact with someone positive for COVID-19. As reported here on WrestlingNews.com, all five members tested negative but are required to quarantine for 14 days after coming into proximity with someone who tested…
Roman Reigns Says He Doesn’t Like CM Punk And Doesn’t Know Many People Who Do
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns was a guest on the latest episode of Complex’s Load Management podcast that was released today. In it, Reigns gave his opinion of CM Punk that was released as a promotional teaser: “I don’t like the guy [CM Punk], I don’t know many people who do … but I’m willing…
RVD Talks Who He Wants To Be Inducted By Into WWE Hall Of Fame
As reported earlier, Rob Van Dam left Impact Wrestling along with Katie Forbes. He was not signed to the company and now has officially become a free agent. He recently spoke to The Dropkick Podcast, where among other things, the topic of the WWE Hall Of Fame was brought into the conversation. RVD revealed by…
Alexa Bliss Comments On Murphy And Aalyah Mysterio’s Romance Angle In WWE
One of the top storylines on Monday Night RAW currently feature Seth Rollin’s follower Murphy and Rey Mysterio’s daughter Aalyah being involved in a romantic storyline. The storyline further progressed on this week’s RAW. Murphy’s real-life ex-fiance Alexa Bliss commented on this. Bliss and Murphy called off their engagement in 2018 and she is currently…
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (9/28/20) – Drew McIntyre vs. Robert Roode
WWE Monday Night Raw Results (9/28/20) From the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, FL The announce team is indeed the return of Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and Samoa Joe. Ric Flair, Christian, Big Show and Shawn Michaels opened the broadcast as advertised. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre joined them. HBK verified McIntyre didn’t know about…
Robert Roode Returns To WWE
Robert Roode made his return to WWE on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Roode answered Drew McIntyre’s open challenge for the WWE Championship. He went under in the match. Roode was pitched by Dolph Ziggler to producer Adam Pearce earlier in the show. When it came time for the open challenge, Ziggler’s music played…
Dana Brooke Traded To Raw With Mandy Rose
Mandy Rose appeared on tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw alongside Dana Brooke, who is also now officially a Raw Superstar. You may remember Rose was “traded” to Raw several weeks ago as part of an angle where The Miz got her removed from Friday Night SmackDown to get her away from Otis. Rose…
James Storm Was Set For Post-WrestleMania WWE Debut Before Pandemic
In an interview with Pro Wrestling Sheet, James Storm revealed that he was all set to officially sign with WWE before the pandemic put a stop to those plans. “I get home and I see I got an email from Canyon Ceman saying, ‘Hey, we’re interested. Paul Heyman wants me to reach out and bring…
Final WWE SmackDown Viewership For Go-Home To Clash Of Champions
Last week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew 2.110 million viewers on Fox. That is up from the 2.032 million viewers released in the overnights on Saturday. The show was WWE’s final effort before Clash of Champions. SmackDown in the week prior did 2.037 million final viewership. SmackDown helped Fox finish first in the…
Retribution Off Of Tonight’s Raw?, WWE Legends Set To Appear, Title Match Announced
– All five members of Retribution are reportedly off tonight’s Raw due to quarantine measures. Ryan Satin reports the faction members test negative but are taking precautionary measures. Regarding RETRIBUTION not being cleared to compete at the moment, sources tell me all 5 members tested negative for COVID-19. However, the group's members each have to…
Nia Jax Says She And Shayna Baszler Are “Great” And Healthy
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler were removed from WWE Clash of Champions because they were not medically cleared to compete. The team was set to defend the titles against The Riott Squad. Jax is telling a different story on social media, explaining that both her and Baszler are healthy. “Lies,”…
Tonight’s WWE Raw To Feature PPV Fallout, Update On Champions
Tonight’s episode of WWE Raw will air live from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Expect to see fallout from the Clash of Champions pay-per-view. We’re expecting the build for next month’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view to begin, with other angles potentially blown off. Raw Underground is scheduled to continue during the…
WWE Could Be Signing More ‘Prominent’ Talents For NXT UK
NXT UK made its return to television after a six-month hiatus owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The brand plans on expanding further and signing top talents from various promotions. According to a report by Inside The Ropes, WWE is looking for “prominent,” but not well-known wrestlers. Former Impact Wrestling wrestler Gursinder Singh was in attendance…
WWE Seemingly Stopped Lacey Evans’ Push
WWE usually has plans for a Superstar once they have been called up to the main roster, but that might not always be the case. This has happened to many Superstars in the past and now it seems Lacey Evans is in the same position. For the past two weeks, Lacey Evans has been on…
Update On WWE Superstars Pulled From WWE Clash Of Champions
Plans for WWE Clash Of Champions had to be changed prior to the pay-per-view starting as Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler and Nikki Cross were removed from the event. Some believed it was due to the COVID-19 virus but that is not the case. During Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that all three of the competitors…
Angel Garza Injury Not As Serious As Initially Feared
Angel Garza suffered a hip injury at WWE Clash of Champions, not a leg injury as initially reported. PWInsider reports the good news is the injury may not be as serious as initially feared. Garza was injured on a spot during the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship match after he took a knee strike from…
Roman Reigns Debuts New Look At Clash Of Champions
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns debuted his new shirtless look at Clash of Champions. It was a change Reigns confirmed prior to the show that we reported on here at WrestlingNews.com. Reigns went over Jey Uso to retain the WWE Universal Championship. Jimmy Uso returned during the match and threw in a white towel to…
The Rock Gives Response To Negative Reception Following Joe Biden Endorsement
As reported earlier, The Rock officially announced that he will be endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 US Presidential Election. While several fans reacted positively to his decision, others were definitely against it. The Rock’s Twitter timeline was full of negative comments from several people and that also included former WWE wrestler…
WWE Clash Of Champions Results (9/27/20) – Roman Reigns Retains
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Clash of Champions. Here, you will find complete results of the show airing from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Embedded in the player above is the WWE Clash of Champions Kickoff WWE Clash of Champions Results Sunday, September 27, 2020 From the ThunderDome at Amway…
Legends Get Revenge On Randy Orton; WWE Hell In A Cell Details
– Big Show, Christian, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair made surprise appearances in the Ambulance Match for the WWE Championship at Clash of Champions. All of them got back at Randy Orton, with Flair driving off with him in the ambulance after he was defeated by Drew McIntyre. PAYBACK TIME, @RandyOrton! @WWETheBigShow hasn't forgotten. #WWEClash…
Angel Garza Reportedly Injured At Clash Of Champions
Angel Garza suffered what appears to be a legitimate leg injury at Clash of Champions, according to PWInsider. Garza went down following a knee strike to Montez Ford during the Raw Tag Team Championship match. The match finish appeared to be changed as well with the ref counting three despite Andrade kicking out of Angelo…
WWE Announces Dates For Upcoming Draft
WWE confirmed the dates for the upcoming Draft on tonight’s Clash of Champions pay-per-view. The draft will begin on Friday Night SmackDown on October 9. It will continue on Monday Night Raw on October 12. The future is on the clock. The 2020 #WWEDraft begins Friday, October 9 on #SmackDown and continues Monday, October 12…
New WWE Intercontinental Champion
Sami Zayn won the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Clash of Champions on Sunday. Zayn went over in a triple threat ladder match that involved champion Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles. The finish saw Zayn and Styles fight on a ladder, with Hardy taking out Styles. Zayn was in handcuffs but this allowed for him to…
Tegan Nox Possibly Suffered A Torn ACL
Tegan Nox may have suffered a legitimate torn ACL, which would be her third torn ACL in three years. In the latest NXT injury report video (embedded above), it was said, “Unfortunately, the speculation is that Nox tore her ACL and she will be sent for an MRI.” There was an angle on last week’s…
WWE Confirms Three Superstars Not Medically Cleared For PPV
WWE confirmed on the Clash of Champions Kickoff that Nikki Cross, Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler are not medically cleared to compete. The status of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match will be addressed on tomorrow night’s episode of Monday Night Raw, as it was officially removed from Clash of Champions. It is rumored…
Two Matches Removed From WWE Clash Of Champions
Two matches have been removed from the WWE Clash of Champions card. Nikki Cross will no longer challenge Bayley for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship. As reported earlier here at WrestlingNews.com, Cross’s status was in question after she was not at this week’s episode of SmackDown. The assumption is it has to do with COVID-19…
T-Bar Goes After Eric Bischoff For Saying Retribution Sucks
T-Bar continues to defend the Retribution storyline from harsh criticism. Eric Bischoff was recently critical of the faction during an episode of his 83 Weeks podcast. Bischoff spoke on how the storyline is nonsensical and sucks. “Thank you @EBischoff,” T-Bar tweeted. “You are a huge inspiration for #RETRIBUTION! We too aspire to one day destroy…
WWE Seemingly Dropped Tag Team’s Push
There are times in WWE when pushes for Superstars get dropped abruptly and sometimes there are reasons behind it. Indus Sher were on the receiving end of a push in NXT. They teamed up with Malcolm Bivens, who is touted as one of the best promo workers in the Performance Center. Then they were absent…
Ryback Tweets World Will Be A Better Place When Vince McMahon Passes
Former WWE superstar Ryback made a fairly outlandish statement during a Twitter Q&A with fans. Regarding Vince McMahon, Ryback weighed in: “It was ALWAYS the talent. He just created a platform as a human circus that he modified from his father,” Ryback tweeted. “The guy is a piece of shit, can’t stress this enough. World…
Nikki Cross Unavailable For WWE Clash Of Champions?
There is some concern that Nikki Cross may not be available for tonight’s WWE Clash of Champions pay-per-view. According to F4WOnline.com, Cross was not at this week’s episode of SmackDown. She is scheduled to challenge Bayley at the pay-per-view for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship. Clearly the speculation is there could be a situation with…
The Rock Endorses Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
The Rock announced on Sunday morning the first presidential endorsement of his career. The former WWE superstar turned actor announced as a political independent and centrist that he is endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 United States presidential election. Both he and the Biden campaign released video of three talking. “As a…
Chris Jericho & T-Bar Have Exchange On Social Media
There was an interesting exchange on Twitter between Retribution’s T-Bar and Chris Jericho. T-Bar, who is formerly known as Dominik Dijakovic, answered a fan question about why WWE would sign a group that is trying to sign them to contracts. Below was his response: “WWE offered us contracts because it was financially cheaper than all…
When Jimmy Uso Might Be Returning
Jimmy Uso is currently on the shelf and has been absent from WWE television for a while now. Several reports revealed that he suffered a knee injury and required surgery. Now there is a projected timetable for his return. According to a report by Alex McCarthy, Jimmy Uso will be returning next year. The projected…
New Singles Match Announced For NXT TakeOver 31, Updated Card
WWE has officially announced Kushida vs. Velveteen Dream for NXT TakeOver 31 next Sunday, October 4. BRING. IT. ON. @KUSHIDA_0904 battles @DreamWWE at #NXTTakeOver on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 7 ET/4 PT on the award-winning @WWENetwork! #WWENXT https://t.co/dG1V11Rjws pic.twitter.com/DhUpIp0Jzv — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 26, 2020 Below is the updated card, which now has four…
Full Details On WWE Clash Of Champions Watch Along, The Bump, Kickoff Show
WWE is preparing for a day full of new content before and during the Clash of Champions pay-per-view on Sunday. A new episode of The Bump will stream on all social media platforms at 4pm ET. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, Jimmy Uso, Sami Zayn, and Zelina Vega will appear as guests. The Clash of Champions…
SmackDown Audience Over Two Million Before WWE Clash Of Champions
This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew 2.032 million viewers for FOX in the overnight numbers. That was just under the 2.037 the show did in the final number from last week. Hour one did 2.050 million viewers, while hour two did 2.014 million viewers. SmackDown helped FOX finish first place finish in…
