Category: WWE News
Two Matches Added To WWE TLC PPV
Below is the updated match card for Sunday’s WWE TLC pay-per-view: TLC Match for the Women’s Tag Team Championship – The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair TLC Match – Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match – The New Day (c) vs. The Revival – Universal Champion Bray…
Liv Morgan Returning To Raw Soon, Seth Rollins Aligns With AOP
– Teasers began airing during this week’s Raw for Liv Morgan’s “make over coming soon.” This should put to rest any speculation that Morgan is aligning with Bray Wyatt on WWE TV. ????????Get ready for a new @YaOnlyLivvOnce. #RAW pic.twitter.com/zZrHpErCrC — WWE (@WWE) December 10, 2019 – Seth Rollins officially turned heel on this week’s…
Braun Strowman Out Of Action With Minor Injuries
Word going around is that Braun Strowman missed WWE live events in Florida over the weekend due to minor injuries that involve back spasms and a sore hip. Strowman was booked to face Universal Champion Bray Wyatt in Steel Cage matches, but was replaced by Drew McIntyre on Saturday in Jacksonville and Shinsuke Nakamura on…
Batista To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2020
People.com is reporting that Batista will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2020 in April. The former World Champion had the following to say about recieving the news: “Vince [McMahon] called me personally to ask me, I was just … I wasn’t surprised, but I was pretty happy. It’s a good…
New World Order To Be Inducted Into WWE Hall Of Fame
ESPN is reporting that The nWo will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2020 in Tampa. It will be the second inductions for Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman. Marc Raimondi writes: “WWE will recognize four of the core members of the nWo in its earliest days: Hulk…
Sami Zayn Goes Off on Homophobic “Fan” (NSFW)
Sami Zayn was present at a WWE Live show in Daytona Beach, FL. While ringside, a “fan” began calling him a “Canadian Fa**ot” repeatedly. This led to Zayn confronting and going off on the “fan”. Video of the confrontation is embedded below from Twitter. WARNING! NSFW AND CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE! Watch at your own discretion!…
WWE Releases The Ascension
WWE continues to grant releases on Sunday. In addition to Sin Cara and Luke Harper, WWE has parted ways with Konnor and Viktor of The Ascension. “WWE has come to terms on the releases of Jonathan Huber (Luke Harper), Sin Cara and Ryan Parmeter (Konnor) and Eric Thompson (Viktor) of The Ascension. WWE wishes them…
WWE Releases Luke Harper
WWE is granting releases today of talent who have previously requested to be released, only to have those requests denied. We reported earlier here on WrestlePages.com that Sin Cara has officially been granted his release, now the same can be said for Luke Harper. The company made his release official: WWE has come to terms…
WWE Releases Sin Cara
WWE has officially granted Sin Cara’s release with the following statement issued on dot com: “WWE has come to terms on the release of Sin Cara. WWE wishes him all the best in his future endeavors.” Sin Cara took to Twitter on Nov. 11th to publicly ask for his release. He issued the following statement…
Big Update On Lars Sullivan
Lars Sullivan, who injured his knee back in June, recently provided an update on his health on Instagram. Check it out below: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5vpM1npIDM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link In June, it was reported Sullivan would be out six to nine months. The injury continued what has been a rollercoaster of a career for the 31-year-old. Sullivan rose to prominence in…
Kane Explains Status With WWE As He Works As Mayor
Kane, who is the Mayor of Knox County, TN, addressed his status with WWE in new comments to SportingNews.com: “I think, with WWE, I don’t know if you ever really retire from it all the way, especially folks that are lucky enough to get in the position that I’m in,” said Jacobs. “You can always…
Former In-Ring Talent Returns To WWE As Producer
WWE took to Twitter to officially announce that Lance Storm has returned to the company in a producer role: Please say hello to new @WWE Producer @LanceStorm! If only we could get Lance in his prime vs. @WWEGable… #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/2g9Tngyt9g — WWE (@WWE) December 8, 2019 It is unknown as of writing exactly what his…
Full Details On Latest WWE Performance Center Recruits
WWE announced the following recruits will be getting tryouts at their Performance Center: *Pierre Bouquiaux, a 6-foot-8, 265-pounder from Belgium with experience as an IFBB bodybuilder and boxing instructor. *Will Brooks, a former Bellator MMA lightweight champion with UFC experience, who currently competes in the Professional Fighters League. *Jessie Bush, a referee with seven years…
Former WWE NXT Star Says He’s Quitting Pro Wrestling
Former WWE NXT Superstar Jordan Myles, who changed his name back to ACH, tweeted he’s quitting the wrestling business. The following is from Twitter: https://twitter.com/ACHisSuper/status/1203336804050644994 This comes after Myles requested his release from WWE in a bizarre tirade where he accused WWE of racism over a t-shirt he reportedly approved. We certainly hope he finds…
SmackDown Audience Up To Begin December
This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown did an average viewing audience of 2.446 million viewers on FOX, which is up from the 2.366 million viewers from last week. Below is how the show did by hour: 8 PM: 2.536 million viewers 9 PM: 2.356 million viewers Average: 2.446 million viewers SmackDown Viewership Tracker:…
WWE Star Inks Contract Extension
Biff Busick (Oney Lorcan) has signed a longterm contract extension with WWE per his post on Twitter: I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE AGREED TO A NEW MULTI YEAR CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT MAY THE WRESTLING GODS HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOULS — BIFF Busick (@_starDESTROYER) December 7, 2019 It is…
US Title Match & Divorce Segment Confirmed For Monday’s Raw
The 12/9 episode of Monday Night Raw in Greenville, SC will feature the following items: – AJ Styles vs. Rey Mysterio (c) – United States Championship Match – Lana and Rusev will have a “divorce” segment This will serve as the go-home Raw for WWE TLC. Stay tuned to WrestlePages.com for the latest developments. Follow…
New Matches Announced For WWE TLC
The WWE TLC pay-per-view card has begun to take shape coming out of Friday Night SmackDown. Here’s the updated line-up: TLC Match – Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match – The New Day (c) vs. The Revival – Universal Champion Bray Wyatt vs. The Miz (non-title) IT'S OFFICIAL: @mikethemiz will go…
Two Matches Set For Tonight’s WWE 205 Live
Tonight’s WWE 205 Live will feature “hand-picked opponents” from Cruiserweight Champion Lio Rush and Angel Garza, who are set to square off on Wednesday’s WWE NXT. The matches are: Lio Rush vs. Danny Burch Angel Garza vs. Raul Mendoza Follow @wrestlepages
Roman Reigns Match & More Set For Tonight’s SmackDown
WWE has announced the following for tonight’s Friday Night SmackDown on FOX: Roman Reigns vs. Dolph Ziggler King Corbin vows to humiliate Roman Reigns What happened to Daniel Bryan? Considering WWE TLC is just over a week away, some match announcements could be made tonight. Richard has more details here on why the card hasn’t…
Why WWE TLC Matches Haven’t Been Announced, Rumored Card
WWE hasn’t announced any matches for their TLC pay-per-view on 12/15 because Vince McMahon’s new philosophy is that PPVs are all about Network sign-ups. These tend to occur the day of the show, so there isn’t a rush like there used to be to get the lineups out. With that being said, the lineup has…
Backstage News On Vince McMahon Changing RAW Main Event
Vince McMahon changed the main event of this week’s WWE Monday Night RAW during a production meeting. The original plan was for Randy Orton, Ricochet and Humberto Carrillo to defeat The OC with help from Rey Mysterio. Vince wanted it changed to Orton not wanting to team with those guys, so Mysterio was in the…
Stacy Keibler Expecting Third Child; Reby & Matt Hardy Reveal Baby Photos
– Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler announced on Wednesday that she is expecting her third child in May 2020. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5rKMhHHhWh/ – On a related note, Reby and Matt Hardy have revealed photos of their third son, Bartholomew Kit Hardy. https://twitter.com/RebyHardy/status/1202352709644492803 Follow @wrestlepages
UK Championship Match Set For NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II
It was announced on this week’s NXT UK that WWE UK Champion WALTER will defend his title against Joe Coffey in the main event of NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II on Sunday, Jan. 12th. At #NXTUKTakeOver: Blackpool II, United Kingdom Champion @WalterAUT of #Imperium will finally go head-to-head against #Gallus’ @Joe_Coffey.https://t.co/aJb5OVjZwV — NXT UK (@NXTUK)…
AEW Dynamite & WWE NXT Viewership Rises
After two weeks of WWE NXT coming out on top of overall viewership, AEW Dynamite pulled ahead this week. This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite did 851,000 viewers on TNT, up from the record-low 663,000 viewers the show did the week prior. The show ranked No. 8 on the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic list.…
NXT 2019 Year-End Awards Categories & Nominees Revealed
WWE has revealed the categories and nominees for the 2019 NXT Year-End Awards. The results will be announced on the Jan. 1st, 2020 episode. Voting can be completed at this link, or via Tweeting using the designated hashtags: Female Competitor of the Year – #NXTAwardFemale #IoShirai #ShaynaBaszler #RheaRipley #KayLeeRay #ToniStorm #BiancaBelair Male Competitor of the…
Several NXT Title Matches Announced, Notable Returns, Dark Matches & More
Below are news & notes from this week’s WWE NXT: – Next week’s show will feature the following matches: Mia Yim vs. Dakota Kai Angel Garza vs. Lio Rush (c) – Cruiserweight Championship Finn Balor vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Keith Lee – #1 Contender’s Match .@itsLioRush puts the NXT Cruiserweight Title on the line against…
RAW Viewership Up Slightly; NFL Still King Of Mondays
This week’s WWE Monday Night RAW did an average viewing audience of 2.208 million viewers on the USA Network, up from last week’s 2.109 million viewers. Below is how the show did by hour: 8 PM: 2.418 million viewers 9 PM: 2.279 million viewers 10 PM: 1.928 million viewers Average: 2.208 million viewers Raw was…
Kofi Kingston Reveals Daniel Bryan Pushed For WrestleMania 35 Match
The New Day appeared on WWE’s After the Bell podcast this week to discuss their careers and to promote their new podcast. During the interview, Kofi Kingston revealed Daniel Bryan went to bat for what would be their WrestleMania 35 match: “[Daniel Bryan] pushed for that to happen. The plans weren’t for me to be…
Reby & Matt Hardy Welcome Third Child
PWInsider is reporting that Reby Hardy gave birth to her third child with WWE star Matt Hardy on Tuesday night. While it hasn’t officially been confirmed on social media as of this writing, Matt did tweet the initials “BKH” early Wednesday morning. BKH — MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) December 4, 2019 Congratulations to the happy family!…
John Morrison’s First Televised WWE Appearance Revealed
It was revealed this morning that John Morrison will be an in-studio guest on next Wednesday’s WWE’s The Bump. This will be Morrison’s first WWE appearance since 2011. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@TheRealMorrison.Next week.LIVE ON #WWETheBump! pic.twitter.com/Vfum3Q38Te — WWE’s The Bump (@WWETheBump) December 4, 2019 ALSO – John Morrison Comments On Returning To WWE The Bump airs on WWE’s…
Kushida Returning On Tonight’s NXT, Another Match Nixed Due To Injury
WWE has announced Kushida will return from injury on tonight’s new WWE NXT. Kushida has been out of action since October when suffering a wrist fracture against WALTER. Additionally, Damian Priest vs. Killian Dain has been nixed due to Priest not being cleared to compete since Survivor Series weekend. As previously noted, Rhea Ripley vs.…
John Morrison Comments On Returning To WWE
After months of rumors and speculation, Ryan Satin broke the news during WWE Backstage that John Morrison has signed a multi-year contract with WWE. The former Intercontinental Champion took to social media to comment on the news: Confirmed ✅ I have signed with @WWE – I’ve never been as good at anything as I am…
Dio Maddin Not Returning To Raw Commentary Team?
Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that Dio Maddin will not be returning to the Raw commentary booth as he still has aspirations of competing in the ring. As a result, it’s being reported that Maddin is returning to the WWE Performance Center to train. Filling in his spot will be Samoa Joe until Joe is…
John Morrison Returning To WWE
As announced on WWE Backstage, John Morrison has signed a multi-year deal to return to WWE. This will be the first time Morrison has been in WWE since 2011, where he was known for his explosive offense and exciting parkour. Morrison is a former WWE Tag Team Champion and a former Intercontinental Champion. There is…
CM Punk Still Doesn’t Like Hulk Hogan
CM Punk isn’t a Hulkamaniac. He wasn’t as a kid and he certainly isn’t now that he’s met Hulk Hogan. During an appearance on Windy City LIVE’s 2 Minute Warning, Punk was asked who his favorite wrestler was growing up. “’Rowdy’ Roddy Piper,” Punk replied h/t WrestlingINC.com. “Hands down.” When the host stated he thought…
Rhea Ripley vs. Dakota Kai Set For This Week’s WWE NXT
WWE has announced Rhea Ripley will face Dakota Kai on this week’s WWE NXT. Below is the updated line-up of what to expect on Wednesday’s new episode: Rhea Ripley vs. Dakota Kai Damian Priest vs. Killian Dain How will Adam Cole respond to Finn Bálor’s attack? Can Lio Rush and Angel Garza be kept apart?…
R-Truth Regains WWE 24/7 Title, Heath Slater Pitched Idea For Reign
After WWE RAW went off the air last night, R-Truth won the WWE 24/7 Title back from NASCAR driver Kyle Busch during Busch’s championship photo shoot. You can watch what happened embedded in the video above. Truth is now a 24-time WWE 24/7 Champion. Speaking of the WWE 24/7 Title, Heath Slater recently pitched himself…
Will CM Punk Be On This Week’s Episode Of WWE Backstage?
CM Punk stated on Twitter he won’t be on tonight’s episode of WWE Backstage on FS1. The following is from Twitter: Nah. Hard pass. Next week though! (90% sure next week) — player/coach (@CMPunk) December 3, 2019 Follow @wrestlepages
Goldberg Announced As Next Guest For Broken Skull Sessions
The next episode of Stone Cold’s Broken Skull Sessions will air on the WWE Network on Sunday, Dec. 15th following WWE TLC. Steve Austin’s next guest will be WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg. HELL YEAH is RIGHT.@Goldberg is NEXT to join @steveaustinBSR on #BrokenSkullSessions, premiering right after #WWETLC on Sunday, December 15! https://t.co/FNr6iNro9T — WWE…
NASCAR Driver Captures WWE 24/7 Championship, Seth Rollins On Backstage
– This week’s Raw featured NASCAR driver Kyle Busch pinning R-Truth to capture the WWE 24/7 Championship with Michael Waltrip as the referee. NEW 24/7 CHAMPION! The 2019 #NASCAR Cup Champion @KyleBusch has just won the #247Championship on #RAW! pic.twitter.com/SiLmcUi0YT — WWE (@WWE) December 3, 2019 – Seth Rollins will appear live on WWE Backstage…
Brock Lesnar Rumored To Face Cain Velasquez Or Tyson Fury At WrestleMania 36
The new rumor on Brock Lesnar’s opponent for WrestleMania 36 next year in Tampa is that WWE is looking at doing a bout against Cain Velasquez or professional boxer Tyson Fury. The backstory behind a Lesnar vs. Velasquez match would be a “rubber match,” as Velasquez beat Lesnar for the UFC heavyweight title but Brock…
Charlotte Flair Applies To Trademark ‘Ashley Flair’ And More
Charlotte Flair, whose real-name is Ashley Fliehr, and her boyfriend Andrade have applied for the following trademarks: “Ashley Flair” and “The Queen of Wrestling” IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Graphic T-shirts; Hats; Hooded sweat shirts; Pants; T-shirts; Short-sleeved or long-sleeved t-shirts IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Entertainment in…
More Bad News For WWE 2K20; Budget Cuts For Series Moving Forward
WWE 2K20 is not doing well. The game was hammered by critics following its October release and it hasn’t performed well in terms of sales. Justin Leeper, who is known for his work on WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2011 (2010), WWE SmackDown vs. RAW 2010 (2009) and Death Stranding (2019), weighed in on the criticism…
Mauro Ranallo Slated For NXT Commentary Return This Week
Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that Mauro Ranallo has informed WWE officials that he will be back on commentary for Wednesday’s NXT at Full Sail. We’ve extensively covered the Ranallo/Corey Graves controversy here at WrestlePages in the links below: Drama Involving Mauro Ranallo And Corey Graves Over Tweet Criticizing Commentary (Updated) Latest On Mauro Ranallo’s…
WWE NXT Wins Second Straight Week Over AEW Dynamite In Viewership
WWE NXT beat AEW Dynamite in overall viewership for the second straight week of head-to-head competition. Last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite did 663,000 viewers on TNT, down from the 893,000 viewers the show did the week prior. The show ranked No. 15 on the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic list. This is the lowest…
Tommaso Ciampa Would Retire Before He Went To Raw Or Smackdown
Tommaso Ciampa explained on a recent episode of Lilian Garcia’s podcast why he doesn’t want to be on Raw or Smackdown. “I have a little one at home and my schedule is better in NXT than it would be on the road – and I had neck surgery and I’m not freaking stupid. I get…
Steve Austin Recalls First Time He Was Asked To Do Scripted Promo In WWE
During a recent episode of his podcast featuring Eli Drake as a guest, Steve Austin shared an interesting story about his first scripted promo in WWE. “I’ll never forget when I came back from getting my neck fused, C3 and C4, in ’99 or whenever it was,” Austin remembered h/t WrestlingINC.com. “And when I left,…
Kane Shares ‘Biggest Misconception’ Of Vince McMahon
Kane, whose real name is Glenn Jacobs, recently appeared on Busted Open Radio and clarified what he believes is the biggest misconception about Vince McMahon. “I think [the misconception] is that Vince is this heartless person that takes advantage of everyone, and uses people until they are all used up and then discards the husk…