Category: WWE News
WWE Releases Curtis Axel
WWE.com announced on Thursday that Curtis Axel has been released. “WWE has come to terms on the release of Curtis Axel. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.” Axel is a former WWE Intercontinental and Raw Tag Team Champion after signing with the company in 2008. He last appeared on SmackDown in…
Two Big Title Matches Announced For Next Week’s WWE NXT
WWE has announced that Adam Cole will defend the NXT Championship against Velveteen Dream on next Wednesday’s pre-taped episode. NEXT WEEK: @AdamColePro defends his #NXTChampionship against @DreamWWE on #WWENXT! pic.twitter.com/CG4GtBNUz8 — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) April 30, 2020 Cole vs. Dream was slated to headline NXT TakeOver: Tampa before TakeOver was scrapped. WWE had tried to…
Last Chance Gauntlet Match To Determine Final MITB Spot
As announced on The Bump on Wednesday morning, a last chance gauntlet match will go down on Monday’s Raw to determine who will replace Apollo Crews in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. No participants have been announced at this time. It’s worth noting that Monday’s Raw and likely the Money in the…
WWE Releases Cain Velasquez, Gerald Brisco Furloughed
Dave Meltzer is reporting that WWE released Cain Velasquez and furloughed Gerald Brisco recently. Velasquez joined WWE last year when SmackDown moved to FOX in October. His only televised match occurred at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia, where he lost a quick WWE Championship match to Brock Lesnar. Velasquez was said to have a signed…
Raw Superstar Removed From Money In The Bank Ladder Match
Apollo Crews was featured quite a bit on this week’s Raw when he pinned Andrade in a six-man tag match to open the night, and then challenged Andrade for the United States Championship later on. During their title match, Apollo Crews tweaked his knee and the ref called for the bell. In a storyline update,…
Former WWE Champion Returns On Raw
Former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal returned to active in-ring action on tonight’s Monday Night Raw. He made quick work of Akira Tozawa for the win. Mahal had been out of action since June 28th, 2019 after suffering a serious knee injury. Follow @wrestlepages
Samoa Joe Reportedly Returning To Raw Commentary Booth
Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that Samoa Joe is joining the Raw announce team again starting with tonight’s live broadcast. WWE is airing tonight’s Raw live and pre-taping next week’s show. This will be their taping schedule through the end of June at least. There’s no word yet on if Samoa Joe is replacing Jerry…
WWE 2K Battlegrounds Replacing WWE 2K21 This Fall
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, WWE confirmed last week that WWE 2K21 was scrapped for this fall. Video game players were hoping for better news after WWE 2K20 seemingly flopped last year. On Monday, WWE announced that 2K Battlegrounds will be released this fall with a much different look and gameplay compared to…
Big Triple Threat Match Added To Tonight’s Raw, Contract Signing To Take Place
WWE has announced Asuka vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Nia Jax in a triple threat match for tonight’s Monday Night Raw. All three will represent Raw in this year’s Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Before they meet in the Women’s #MITB Ladder Match one week from Sunday, @WWEAsuka, @NiaJaxWWE and @QoSBaszler will battle in…
Velveteen Dream Issues Statement Regarding Social Media Rumors
WWE NXT star Velveteen Dream has been trending throughout Friday due to rumors that he was sending inappropriate images to minors through social media messaging platforms. These rumors were supported by screenshots on Reddit, which have since been removed. There were also rumors that Dream’s Instagram account was hacked. Velveteen Dream took to Twitter on…
AEW Dynamite Viewership Rebounds, Ends NXT’s Two-Week Streak
AEW Dynamite outdrew WWE NXT in viewership this week to end NXT’s two-week streak of “wins.” NXT did 665,000 viewers on the USA Network, which was down from the 692,000 viewers they did the week prior. The show ranked No. 50 on the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic list. AEW did 731,000 viewers on TNT,…
North American Championship Match & More Set For Next Week’s WWE NXT
WWE has announced the following for next Wednesday’s new episode of NXT: – Keith Lee defends the NXT North American Championship against Damian Priest – Mia Yim goes one-on-one with NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair in a non-title match NEXT WEEK on #WWENXT: ????#TheQueen @MsCharlotteWWE battles The #HBIC @MiaYim!????@RealKeithLee defends the NXT #NorthAmericanTitle against @ArcherOfInfamy!…
Tonight’s WWE NXT Main Event To Be Changed?
Tonight’s new episode of WWE NXT was scheduled to be headlined by Finn Balor vs. Velveteen Dream. While no new match has been announced as of this writing, the NXT Twitter account noted that a “possible incident” involving Finn Balor occurred in the locker room on Wednesday, which could force a change to the match.…
WWE Reportedly Had Sarah Logan Booked For Raw Despite Release
Despite being released from WWE last week, Sarah Logan was at one point scheduled to appear on Raw, according to Ryan Satin. Fans were quick to pick up on how many times Sarah Logan was mentioned by name from the commentators and in backstage interviews, leading to speculation that she could appear again. There’s no…
Three Stars Added To Men’s MITB Ladder Match, WWE Title Match Confirmed
Three more superstars have been added to the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Aleister Black, Apollo Crews, and Rey Mysterio qualified with respective wins over Austin Theory, MVP, and Buddy Murphy. The graphics that aired throughout the night seemingly confirmed that each Ladder Match will have six participants this year. Additionally, it was…
Drew McIntyre Match Added To Tonight’s Raw, Updated Lineup
WWE has announced that Angel Garza will face WWE Champion Drew McIntyre in what will likely be the main event of tonight’s Raw. JUST ANNOUNCED: #WWEChampion @DMcIntyreWWE will go one-on-one with @AngelGarzaWwe TONIGHT on #WWERaw!https://t.co/82NotDkCa1 — WWE (@WWE) April 20, 2020 Below is the updated lineup: Rey Mysterio vs. Buddy Murphy – Money in the…
Former WWE Champion Ready And Waiting To Return
Jinder Mahal has been medically cleared to return to the ring and is waiting for the call from WWE. The former WWE Champion confirmed the news recently to Chris Featherstone, who reached out for comment on his status. The update comes in light of WWE releasing multiple workers last week due to budget cuts over…
SmackDown Audience Down Again
This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average overnight viewing audience of 2.192 million viewers on FOX. Below is how the show did each hour: 8 PM: 2.239 million viewers 9 PM: 2.145 million viewers Average: 2.192 million viewers Viewership was down from the 2.375 million viewers the show did the week…
More On The Death Of Howard Finkel
The wrestling world continues to grieve the loss of legendary ring announcer Howard Finkel, who died this week at age 69. Finkel, WWE’s first employee, had been in failing health recently due to stroke he suffered in early 2019. The Fink’s last involvement with WWE was on the 25th anniversary of Monday Night Raw on…
Six More WWE Releases Revealed
The following names appear to have been released by WWE as they have been removed from the company’s Performance Center website: Mohamed Abdelfattah a/k/a Mohamed Fahim – signed in January 2018 Marcos Gomes Faisal Kurdi – signed in 2019 Edgar Lopez Hussain Aldagal Yifeng (aka Rocky) WWE has been releasing and furloughing talent and employees…
Jim Ross On WWE Stockpiling Talent, Latest Releases
During his latest podcast, Jim Ross weighed in on the WWE releases that took place this week and how the company had stockpiled talent, presumably to make it more difficult for them to sign with AEW. “At some point in time, you’ve almost got to go into some of these talents and say ‘look, the…
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Changes Hands On SmackDown
The New Day are once again SmackDown Tag Team Champions coming out of this week’s Friday Night SmackDown. Big E defeated The Miz and Jey Uso in the main event to win the titles on behalf of The New Day. This comes after John Morrison beat Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso at WrestleMania in a…
Women’s Tag Team Title Match, MITB Qualifying Matches Set For Next SmackDown
WWE has announced the following items for next week’s Friday Night SmackDown: Carmella & Dana Brooke vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross (c) – Women’s Tag Team Championship Drew Gulak vs. King Corbin – Money in the Bank qualifying match Lacey Evans vs. Sasha Banks – Money in the Bank qualifying match A look at…
Universal Title Match Set For Money In The Bank, New Ladder Match Participants
Coming out of SmackDown, we now know that Braun Strowman will defend the Universal Championship against Bray Wyatt at WWE Money in the Bank on May 10th. Additionally, Dana Brooke and Daniel Bryan qualified for Money in the Bank Ladder Matches with respective wins over Naomi and Cesaro. Below is the updated pay-per-view card: Men’s…
Money In The Bank Ladder Matches To Emanate From WWE HQ In Stamford
As announced on Friday Night SmackDown, this year’s Money in the Bank Ladder Matches will emanate from WWE’s Headquarters in Stamford, CT. More specifically, a “Climb The Corporate Ladder” theme will be in place with the Ladder Match participants starting on the ground floor of HQ and working their way up to the roof where…
More WWE NXT Releases Revealed
A few more names released from WWE NXT this week have come to light. Tino Sabbatelli and Taynara Conti’s profiles on WWE.com are now located under the Alumni section. As noted earlier, Kassius Ohno’s profile was also moved. None of the three have publicly addressed the news on their social media pages as of this…
WWE Films Money In The Bank Content On Roof Of WWE HQ?
The biggest story coming out of Friday (so far) is that WWE is changing their taping schedule once again. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, WWE will air “live” episodes of Raw, NXT, and SmackDown every other week. On the same day that “live” episodes air, WWE will tape the following week’s episode. Ryan Satin has…
Possible Timeline for Return of Live Audiences Revealed
Late Thursday, President Donald Trump put down the groundwork for the Country to begin to return to normal. We are choosing to cover this because it effects when fans might be able to return to venues to see shows live. All options of when to institute the following phases are up to each State. However,…
WWE NXT Outdraws AEW Dynamite For Second Week In A Row
For the second week in a row, NXT drew a higher viewership number over Dynamite. NXT did 692,000 viewers on the USA Network, which was slightly down from the 693,000 viewers they did the week prior. The show ranked No. 58 on the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic list. AEW did 683,000 viewers on TNT,…
Roman Reigns Wife Pregnant with Twins…AGAIN!
During an interview this morning with Muscle & Fitness Magazine, Roman Reigns announced that he and his wife, Galina, are expecting sometime later this year: M&F: “You have 3 kids?” Roman: “3 with 2 in the oven. So, I’m looking to be a Papa Bear of 5! Breaking news! We haven’t shared that.” This will…
WWE Hall Of Famer Howard Finkel Dies At 69
WWE.com is reporting that WWE Hall of Famer and legendary announcer Howard Finkel has passed away at the age of 69. WWE is saddened to learn that Howard Finkel has passed away at age 69. When considering the greatest ring announcers in the history of sports and sports-entertainment, you’d be hard-pressed to name one better than Howard…
Released NXT Talent Being Paid for 30 Days
Sean Ross of Fightful is reporting on Twitter that released talent from NXT will be getting paid for 30 days, then be free to immediately go wherever they want in the industry: NXT talent is being provided 30 days of pay and then are free to do whatever they want. — Sean Ross Sapp of…
WWE Releases Kassius Ohno?
It appears as if WWE has quietly released Kassius Ohno after his WWE.com profile has been moved to the Alumni section. Ohno was released once before from WWE in 2013 before making his return to NXT in 2017. He had spent the last year as a top name in NXT UK. Ohno and other NXT…
Drake Maverick Posts Emotional Video
Drake Maverick took to Twitter to post his thoughts on his release: https://twitter.com/WWEMaverick/status/1250493936185102339?s=09 From me personally, I am shredded by this video. I’ve not been a huge fan of his, but to see the absolute emotion and brokenness is heart wrenching. This shows how tightly knit the WWE family is with one another.
WWE Releases Rusev, NXT Releases Begin
WWE and Rusev have confirmed his departure from the company. Thank you All, Rusev out! — Miro (@ToBeMiro) April 15, 2020 Additionally, NXT stars Aleksander Jaksic and Deonna Purrazzo confirmed their releases on Twitter. More NXT announcements will soon roll out. The people closest to me know this is something I’ve been struggling with wanting…
WWE Releases Zack Ryder & No Way Jose
WWE has now released Zack Ryder and No Way Jose, according to dot com. WWE has come to terms on the release of Kurt Angle, Drake Maverick (James Curtin), Zack Ryder (Matthew Cardona), Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers), Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra), Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson), Heath Slater (Heath Miller), Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz), Rowan (Joseph Ruud), Sarah Logan (Sarah Rowe), No Way Jose (Levis Valenzuela), Mike Chioda, Mike Kanellis (Mike Bennett), Maria Kanellis, EC3 (Michael Hutter), Aiden English (Matthew Rehwoldt), Lio Rush (Lionel…
WWE Releases Erick Rowan, Mike & Maria Kanellis, Primo & Epico
WWE has released four more superstars: Erick Rowan, Mike Kanellis, Maria Kanellis, Primo, and Epico. As of this writing, seventeen talent are now listed on dot com’s announcement: WWE has come to terms on the release of Kurt Angle, Drake Maverick (James Curtin), Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers), Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra), Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson), Heath Slater (Heath Miller), Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz), Rowan (Joseph Ruud), Sarah Logan (Sarah Rowe), Mike Chioda,…
WWE Releases Sarah Logan & Mike Chioda
WWE has come to terms on the release of Sarah Logan and long-time referee Mike Chioda. Their names have officially been added to the list on dot com: WWE has come to terms on the release of Kurt Angle, Drake Maverick (James Curtin), Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers), Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra), Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson), Heath Slater (Heath Miller), Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz), Sarah Logan (Sarah Rowe), Mike Chioda, EC3 (Michael…
WWE Releases Kurt Angle & Aiden English
WWE has announced the release of WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle and 205 Live commentator Aiden English. WWE has come to terms on the release of Kurt Angle, Drake Maverick (James Curtin), Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers), Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra), Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson), Heath Slater (Heath Miller), Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz), EC3 (Michael Hutter), Aiden English (Matthew Rehwoldt) and Lio Rush (Lionel Green). We wish them all the best in their…
Nine Producers Reportedly Furloughed From WWE
PWInsider reports that nine producers have been released from WWE: WWE Producers Billy Kidman, Mike Rotunda, Dave Finlay, Pat Buck, Shawn Daivari,Scott Armstrong, Sarah Stock, Shane Helms and Lance Storm have departed WWE as part of today’s cutbacks, PWInsider.com has confirmed. There may be additonal backstage names confirmed as the day progresses. As noted, WWE released eight…
WWE Releases EC3, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & More
WWE has begun announcing talent releases amid the budget cut announcement on Wednesday: WWE has come to terms on the release of Drake Maverick (James Curtin), Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers), Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra), Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson), Heath Slater (Heath Miller), Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz), EC3 (Michael Hutter) and Lio Rush (Lionel Green). We wish them all the best in their future endeavors. Click here for the official announcement.
Vince McMahon Announces WWE Cuts & Furloughs, Developing Story
WWE issued the following press release on Wednesday: STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WWE (NYSE: WWE) today provided an update on measures taken by the Company in response to the current impact of COVID-19 on the organization. Due to COVID-19 and current government mandated impacts on WWE and the media business generally, the Company went through an…
Matt Riddle And New Partner To Defend NXT Tag Team Titles On Tonight’s NXT
NXT General Manager William Regal appeared on Wednesday’s The Bump to announce that NXT Tag Team Champions Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne will collectively decide Riddle’s new tag team partner. As noted, Dunne is currently stuck in the UK and is unable to appear on NXT TV for the time being. Riddle and his new…
William Regal To Address NXT Tag Team Championship Situation On The Bump
NXT General Manager William Regal will appear on Wednesday’s new episode of The Bump at 10am ET to address the status of the NXT Tag Team Championship. Like Jordan Devlin, Pete Dunne is currently in the UK and is unable to appear on NXT TV for the time being. Matt Riddle has appeared on TV…
Raw Viewership Hits All-Time Low
This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw did an average viewing audience of 1.913 million viewers on the USA Network. Below is how the show did by hour: 8 PM: 1.994 million viewers 9 PM: 1.913 million viewers 10 PM: 1.8325 million viewers Average: 1.913 million viewers This week’s audience was down from the…
Drew McIntyre’s Next Challenger Revealed?, New Stable Officially Forms
– Coming out of last night’s Raw, it seems that WWE is moving forward with Seth Rollins vs. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre. After McIntyre defeated Andrade in the main event, Rollins laid out the new champion with a Curb Stomp. Rollins vs. McIntyre will likely happen at Money in the Bank on May 10th. –…
Three Raw Superstars Qualify For Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match
WWE is going forward with their Money in the Bank pay-per-view on May 10th. Three women from the Raw roster won qualifying matches on Monday’s show to confirm their participation in this year’s Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Asuka, Shayna Baszler, and Nia Jax all qualified with respective wins over Ruby Riott, Sarah…
Three Money In The Bank Qualifying Matches Set For Next Week’s Raw
WWE has announced three first-time Money in the Bank qualifying matches for next week’s Monday Night Raw: Rey Mysterio vs. Buddy Murphy Aleister Black vs. Austin Theory Apollo Crews vs. MVP Some straight-up BALLIN' news on the #VIPLounge… NEXT WEEK on #WWERaw, there will be THREE #MITB Qualifying Matches: ???? @reymysterio vs. @WWE_Murphy ???? @WWEAleister…
Finn Balor Match & More Announced For This Week’s WWE NXT
WWE has announced Finn Balor will face Imperium’s Fabian Aichner on this week’s WWE NXT. #Imperium's @FabianAichner is set to battle @FinnBalor THIS WEDNESDAY on #WWENXT. https://t.co/YIbT5TOKFS — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) April 13, 2020 Despite NXT UK Champion Walter being unable to compete in U.S. at this time, WWE is clearly going forward with the…