In the latest round of tweets between Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch, it looks like Rousey was not too thrilled about Lynch including Travis Browne in her latest insult. You can decide if they are just doing a good job working everyone as part of the WrestleMania hype or if this is today’s version of […]
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Kofi Kingston took to Twitter to issue a statement after Vince McMahon announced on SmackDown Live that he would be replaced by Kevin Owens in the WWE Championship match at WWE Fastlane. Here is Kingston’s statement: “I needed to take a couple days to process what has actually happened. Shock, sadness, emptiness, frustration, anger, confusion […]
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Thanks to “After 83 Weeks with Christy Olson” for the following: ERIC BISCHOFF ON BRUCE PRICHARD’S FUTURE & CONRAD THOMPSON’S SAD REACTION TO WWE RETURN PLUS ERIC BISCHOF SAYS ARN ANDERSON EXIT IS A LOSS FOR WWE, CALLS HONKY TONK MAN A “JACKASS” FOLLOWING HOF ANNOUNCEMENT, SUGGESTS A CONTROVERSIAL STORYLINE FOR ROMAN REIGNS This week […]
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At press time, Dean Ambrose has not signed a new WWE contract. We reported earlier this week that WWE management is hoping that Roman Reigns can convince Ambrose to stay with the company. It is widely believed that Ambrose will jump to All Elite Wrestling if he does not sign a new WWE deal and […]
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Please note, there is a NXT spoiler in the last paragraph of this post. The latest update on Tommaso Ciampa is not good. As previously reported, Ciampa was supposed to wrestle Cesaro this week on SmackDown Live but the match was changed because Ciampa is dealing with an injury. PWInsider is reporting that Ciampa has […]
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We send our best wishes to actor Luke Perry. It was reported today by TMZ that Perry suffered a stroke yesterday and he’s currently under observation at a hospital in Los Angeles. Perry is the father of AEW wrestler Jungle Boy, who was signed to a deal with the company last month. There are conflicting […]
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If you follow Becky Lynch on Instagram, then you know that she can get pretty creative with her insults. Today, things took a non-PG turn when Rousey responded to Lynch’s “mugshot” photos taken after she was “arrested” on Monday Night Raw. Lynch started by saying, “Ronda, you go back and get that BELT because I […]
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The Undertaker did another out of character interview with Pastor Ed Young. He talked about a variety of subjects including the following: – What it’s been like to be The Undertaker for almost 30 years. – Some of the injuries he’s dealt with over the years. Taker said he had 17 surgeries, both eye sockets […]
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Last week before WWE announced Roman Reigns was returning to Monday Night Raw, we exclusively reported that WWE announcers were told to mention The Shield when Braun Strowman was triple powerbombed by Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley. Things are much clearer now that Reigns has let the world know his leukemia is in […]
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Patricia Arquette, the sister of former WCW Champion David Arquette, is not a fan of her brother getting back into wrestling. Patricia told Ellen Degeneres this week that her brother had a heart attack a year and a half ago. Arquette, who was shown sitting ringside this week at Monday Night Raw, is a huge […]
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Last year we first reported on Howard Finkel being in bad health. We reached out to one of his friends and we weren’t told much aside from the fact that Finkel as lost a lot of weight. A few months ago, Jerry Lawler said on his podcast that Finkel had suffered a stroke. He did […]
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All signs on WWE TV are pointing towards Kofi Kingston getting his first WWE Championship match at WrestleMania and we were told this week that Kingston vs. Bryan is the plan. A couple of weeks ago, it was reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the plan was for Daniel Bryan to face a returning […]
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David Finlay has been pulled from the upcoming New Japan Cup. NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling) recently announced the news after he suffered an injury while competing at NJPW-ROH Honor Rising event on February 23rd. As of this writing, the promotion has yet to name his replacement in the tournament but he was scheduled to […]
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Madison Rayne, who signed with Ring Of Honor last September, is already gone from the company. PWInsider first reported the news and we have independently confirmed the news of her departure. The reason why she is leaving is that she was not happy about the creative direction for her so both sides agreed that the […]
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There’s a brief update on The Undertaker in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter. As of right now, WWE’s internal card for WrestleMania still does not include The Undertaker. At one point, they were looking at him as a potential opponent for Batista but, as you saw this week on Monday Night Raw, it is now […]
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WWN VP of Talent Relations and creative, Gabe Sapolsky was recently interviewed by Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated where he spoke about a wide range of pro wrestling topics. It’s no secret that Sapolsky has a working relationship with the WWE that benefits the EVOLVE brand. In fact, in this interview, he stated that EVOLVE would […]
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The alliance between Mexican promotion, AAA, and AEW (All Elite Wrestling) continues. Before the AEW rally in Las Vegas, All Elite Wrestling announced that they had created an alliance with AAA. This partnership will see the two promotions would exchange talent at each other’s events. Cody Rhodes has revealed that he would be appearing at […]
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Last month, Dave Meltzer reported that WWE was preparing for Ronda Rousey to take time away from the company. Rousey previously said publicly that she is ready to start a family and her husband Travis Browne has said that they are ready to have kids soon. When news got out about Rousey taking time away, […]
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NXT World Champion Tommaso Ciampa is dealing with an injury. Dave Meltzer reported the news. in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. As of this writing, the extent and severity of Ciampa’s injury is unknown. It should be noted that he’s been working through it with the mindset that he’ll take care of […]
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The Undertaker is taking bookings for appearances and autograph sessions independent of WWE. This had led to speculation his future with the WWE. Also, it’s been reported that WWE currently doesn’t have a match involving him planned for WrestleMania 35. He was last seen in action when he and Kane lost to Triple H and […]
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Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Batista made headlines when he gave some interesting comments about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson during an interview with TampaBay.com. It all started when Batista brought up how he “hates” being compared the likes of John Cena and Johnson due to their connection of wrestler who has made the successful transition […]
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The war of words between WWE Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch continues. The latest exchange between the two top women’s stars of the WWE started once Lynch took to her official Twitter account where she shared photos of her mugshot to her followers. This was after the arrest angle that was done […]
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On Wednesday night, WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy was teasing a big announcement regarding his future with the WWE, which got a lot of fans talking online. This is where the top star on the 205 Live brand announced that he will be away from WWE 205 Live for a few weeks as he’s taking […]
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Cody Rhodes, who serves as an executive for AEW (All Elite Wrestling), which is a promotion that launched back in January, has confirmed that the company is scouting stadiums for potential upcoming shows. The first official event under the banner of AEW is Double or Nothing that is scheduled to take place on May 25th […]
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Want to save at ShopIMPACT.Com this March? Well, you need to take advantage of our Madness sale! Use the Promo Code: Madness10 at ShopIMPACT all March long and you will save 10% and that allows you to get more IMPACT gear! This opportunity is only available this March as IMPACT prepares for some incredible shows in the very near future, like Rebellion on Pay Per View on April 28th in Toronto.
Save big with our Madness Sale and get the shirts of your favorite Stars and Knockouts like Brian Cage, Killer Kross, Johnny IMPACT, Tessa Blanchard and more!
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WWE has sent out a video to their YouTube channel that features former WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens discussing how hard it was for him to leave his family in order to make his return to in-ring action under the banner of the sports entertainment company. Owens had been preparing for his return and did […]
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Former WWE Champion Bray Wyatt got some attention online via social media when he responded to a critic who had called him out for his “cryptic” tweets. This led to him writing back on his official Twitter account that he would show everyone how great he is when he returns soon. He wrote the following: […]
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Former WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch once again used the power of social media in order to further get over an angle done on television. As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw in Atlanta, GA at the State Farm Arena on the USA Network, Lynch came down to the ring and […]
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A new talent has been confirmed to be under contract with AEW (All Elite Wrestling). The announcement was made during the latest episode of “The Road to Double or Nothing” where it was revealed that Bea Priestley would be coming to the newly launched promotion. It was also noted that she would make her promotional […]
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Former WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens has been inserted into the top feud on SmackDown Live in his return to television. Owens will challenge WWE Champion Daniel Bryan for the strap at the Fastlane pay-per-view event on March 10, 2019 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio that will air on the WWE Network. […]
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It appears that Matt Hardy’s run as the Woken character under the WWE banner is over. As seen on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Charlotte, NC at the Spectrum Center on the USA Network, Matt returned to in-ring action to team up with Jeff Hardy to take on former WWE SmackDown Tag Team […]
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WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Asuka was in action after Tuesday’s WWE SmackDown Live and 205 Live went off the air. This was after she didn’t appear on this week’s episode of SmackDown Live in Charlotte, NC at the Spectrum Center on the USA Network. This has been a normal thing as of late when it […]
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WWE has officially announced that Asuka will defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Mandy Rose at WWE Fastlane. On last week’s episode of SmackDown Live, Rose scored a pinfall over Asuka in a one-on-one match after Rose faked an eye injury. Rose vs. Asuka was announced in a post-SmackDown video (see below). Here is the […]
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Matt and Jeff Hardy wrestled The Bar on this week’s episode of WWE SmackDown Live. Last summer, the belief was that Matt was going to retire due to injuries and he briefly worked backstage as a producer but he’s been working hard in recent months to get in top shape. Matt recently noted on social […]
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This week’s episode of WWE SmackDown Live kicked off with the WWE Championship contract signing between Kofi Kingston and Daniel Bryan. Kingston was about to sign the contract but Vince McMahon walked out and declared he wanted a bigger box office match so he decided that Kevin Owens would be replacing Kingston at Fastlane. On […]
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WWE got some great news with the Raw viewership numbers. The return of Roman Reigns to provide an update on his leukemia treatment and the hype for Ric Flair’s birthday celebration helped draw the biggest WWE Raw numbers since last summer. The show averaged 2.92 million viewers, up from last week’s ratings that were helped […]
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WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair has given his reaction to being attacked by fellow Evolution member Batista on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw in Atlanta, GA at the State Farm Arena on the USA Network. Flair took some time to reflect on this assault as he went to his official Twitter account […]
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Dolph Ziggler has reacted to a fan through the power of social media who thinks The Miz should leave the WWE for AEW (All Elite Wrestling). It all started when the fan wrote on Twitter, “I hope @HEELZiggler @mikethemiz will switch to AEW once their contracts with WWE comes to an end this year, because […]
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WWE SmackDown star Erick Rowan worked his first match in months at a WWE live event on Monday in Savannah, GA at the Martin Luther King Jr Arena. Rowan battled and beat former WWE Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin in a singles match at this show. Prior to this show, his last match came back on […]
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The longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE will take his place in this year’s Hall Of Fame. WWE announced today, via CBS Sports, that the Honky Tonk Man will be inducted this year. He is one of the glaring omissions from the late 1980s boom period but it wasn’t because WWE didn’t try. HTM has said […]
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Yesterday was Sami Callihan and today we are happy to announce Fallah Bahh has signed a new contract with IMPACT Wrestling. Fallah was thrilled when we reached out to him, telling IMPACTWrestling.Com, “bahh!” Clearly, Fallah couldn’t be happier about being with IMPACT for the foreseeable future. The news was first reported by WrestlingINC.Com earlier today.
If you are keeping up with the math, that makes three. Josh Alexander over the weekend, Sami Callihan on Monday and Fallah today. We promise to have more announcements later this week. Friday we announce the signing of a returning Star who has captured IMPACT gold in the past. Who will it be? Find out on Friday.
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The support being shown to Roman Reigns has been amazing during these last 24-48 hours. However, there’s always a few fans that are looking to poke holes in everything even when there are no holes to poke. Some fans have come up with a conspiracy theory with the claim being that Reigns was given time […]
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Just a few weeks ago it seemed like Dean Ambrose was almost certainly on his way out of WWE and a jump to All Elite Wrestling seemed likely. It’s still possible he could leave when his deal expires in April but WWE management is hoping Roman Reigns can help change his mind. During a recent […]
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The card for the Ring of Honor (ROH) 17th Anniversary PPV continues to be revealed. The Baltimore-based promotion recently announced a new match for the upcoming pay-per-view event. ROH Women of Honor World Champion Mayu Iwatani will make her next title defense against Kelly Klein at this show. ROH World TV Champion Jeff Cobb, ROH […]
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Former WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns originally didn’t want to travel to make the return to Saudi Arabia. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful is reporting Reigns had informed Vince McMahon and WWE officials that he didn’t want to return to the country before revealing that he had been diagnosed with leukemia. He joins the likes […]
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Former WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns made an appearance Good Morning America on Tuesday where he spoke about a wide range of topics that included the announcement of his leukemia is in remission. He shared the good news on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw in Atlanta, GA at the State Farm Arena on […]
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The revival of the XFL is quickly approaching as we are less than one year away from the relaunch of the football league as it will start on the weekend after next year’s Super Bowl. The belief is that the second attempt by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon with football will be different from the original […]
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“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander will be one of the special guests on the weekly IMPACT Wrestling Press Pass Podcast on Thursday, Feb. 28, starting at 2pm ET.
In addition, a returning former IMPACT Champion will be revealed exclusively on the Press Pass Podcast – and the former Champion will be available for media questions, as will Alexander.
Press Pass hosts Josh Mathews and Ross Forman will kick off the Podcast with updates on major upcoming IMPACT Wrestling shows, including United We Stand on April 4 in New Jersey and the Rebellion pay-per-view on April 28 in Toronto. Mathews also will have news about Sami Callihan. who confirmed on Feb. 25 that he signed a new multi-year deal to remain with IMPACT Wrestling.
Alexander was offered, and accepted, a three-year contract this past weekend from IMPACT Executive Vice-President Scott D’Amore. Alexander had been considered one of the best free agents on the market, until D’Amore gave him the IMPACT contract at a Destiny Wrestling event in Canada. Alexander is best known for his work with AAW, PWG, and AIW.
Plan you questions now for this news-filled Press Pass Podcast.
TOPICS TO DISCUSS
• Josh Alexander’s in-ring style
• His in-ring attire
• Why IMPACT
• Alexander’s golden dreams
• The Rebellion pay-per-view
• Alexander’s wrestling highlights
• Life away from wrestling
• Who is the returning IMPACT Champion – and why the return
• Short-term goals
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WWE has announced the third match that will be taking place at the Fastlane PPV. This marks the final show that will go down before WrestleMania 35 in April, which is considered the biggest show of the year for the sports entertainment company. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks and Bayley will have their […]
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As you can see in the clip below, there was a dark segment after the show-closing angle with Batista, Ric Flair and Triple H. After Monday Night Raw went off the air, Jinder Mahal made his way to the ring but, you guessed it, he was beaten up by the Hall Of Famers in the […]
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Ric Flair’s 70th birthday celebration closed out this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. It was a very newsworthy episode that also featured Becky Lynch getting arrested and Roman Reigns announcing that his leukemia is back in remission. There were several legends invited to the party including Shawn Michaels, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Kurt Angle, […]
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WWE taped two matches before Raw for this week’s episode of Main Event. AOP’s Rezar defeated No Way Jose but the next result will have people scratching their heads. EC3, who has not been seen on Monday Night Raw in a couple of weeks, lost to Apollo. This has to make you wonder if EC3 […]
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Roman Reigns kicked off this week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw to give the fans an update on his leukemia treatment. Reigns started out by saying thank you. Reigns said he’s a man of faith and he’s always believed in God but, before his announcement in October he was terrified and he didn’t know […]
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Earlier today, we wrote about Dave Bautista being in Atlanta for movie work. Well, he will also be appearing tonight on Monday Night Raw, according to the Wrestling Observer website. Bautista is backstage at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, the site of tonight’s WWE Raw but he is being kept hidden from everyone. Obviously, […]
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A year ago, we reported about Tampa, Florida putting in a bid for a future WrestleMania. “Naturally, we think with the rich tradition of professional wrestling in our community, with so many (WWE stars) who live here, with how much passion there is for professional wrestling, that it makes a lot of sense to try to […]
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Across the 16 and a half year history of IMPACT Wrestling there have been countless memorable matches and moments. Every week here on IMPACTWrestling.com we’ll take you on a trip down memory lane to revisit some of the anniversaries of them.
February 25 – Lex Luger returned to TNA at NWA-TNA PPV #83, press slamming AJ Styles through a table in the Asylum.
AJ Styles defeated Roderick Strong on IMPACT in 2006.
February 26 – AJ Styles defeated The Sandman at NWA-TNA PPV #36 in 2003, while Vader teamed with Dusty to face The Harris Brothers.
March 1 – Sami Callihan shocked the world when he violently smashed Eddie Edwards’ face with a baseball bat on IMPACT in 2018. Taya Valkyrie returned to IMPACT earlier in the show to face off with Rosemary.
In 2016, Kurt Angle defeated Bobby Roode in his IMPACT farewell tour in London, Abyss battled Jimmy Havoc in a No DQ match while Eric Young defeated Big Damo for the King of the Mountain Championship.
March 2 – Rosemary defeated Jade in a physical Last Knockout Standing match on IMPACT in 2017. Moose also defeated Drew Galloway for the IMPACT Grand Championship while Bobby Lashley defeated Josh Barnett to retain the IMPACT World Championship.
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It turns out that Tammy “Sunny” Sytch’s arrest was related to another DWI. This would be her sixth arrest for DWI since 2015. According to the Ocean County Sheriff police report, Sytch was stopped at about 6:30 pm on Saturday and she was charged with DWI, having an open container in a motor vehicle, consumption […]
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Monday Night Raw will be in Atlanta as the road to WrestleMania and the hype for Fastlane continues. As noted over the weekend, Bruce Prichard is back with WWE as part of the creative team. He holds a high-level position. Dave Meltzer reported over the weekend that Prichard actually started as a consultant with the […]
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Shawn Michaels took to Twitter earlier today to wish WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair a happy 70th birthday. Flair will be celebrating his birthday tonight on Monday Night Raw. Michaels also hinted at making an appearance in Atlanta, which is the city where Raw will emanate from tonight. It has been confirmed to us […]
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WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has addressed his future with the sports entertainment company. The legendary commentator did so on his latest Ross Report where he brought up how his contract with the WWE ends in March and is set to be a free agent. Ross was open and honest when it comes to […]
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Chris Jericho spoke about an interesting topic during a recent appearance on the Rich Eisen Show. The former WWE Champion talked about a wide range of topics in this interview such as his love of the NFL, and Fozzy but one story stood out. That story was about his original ring name when he got […]
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Ortiz was ready to strike. In fact, the LAX star had already notched several strikes and was poised to topple the defending IMPACT Wrestling Bowling Champion, Pentagon Jr., during the recent IMPACT Wrestling VIP Bowling Challenge, held Feb. 17 in Las Vegas. But in the end, it was Pentagon Jr. retaining his Bowling Championship – and bragging rights. Pentagon Jr. is now the two-time IMPACT Wrestling Bowling Champion, and he proudly held the bowling ball title in the post-event group photo. Pentagon Jr. defeated Fenix, Konnan, Santana, Ortiz and Daga.
A first-time IMPACT Wrestling VIP fan was the winner among the fans. Laughter was plentiful in the ever-popular Bowling Challenge, and a few gutter-balls too. The IMPACT Wrestling show on Feb. 15 featured the appearance of numerous former NFL players, including Floyd Little, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Floyd was even wearing the distinctive yellow sport coat, given to Pro Football Hall of Fame members. Floyd sat in the front-row, alongside fellow former football players Linden King and Morlon Greenwood. All three participated in a press conference to formally kick off the partnership between IMPACT Wrestling and the NFL Alumni Association – Las Vegas chapter.
IMPACT Wrestling president Ed Nordholm was joined at the press conference by Johnny Impact, Taya Valkyrie and Rich Swann. The football players signed autographs and posed for photos with many of the IMPACT stars, such as Moose, Tommy Dreamer, Eddie Edwards and Johnny Impact.
IMPACT Wrestling also crossed into the NHL world while in Las Vegas, as the mascot for the Vegas Golden Knights, Chance, was the special “manager” for The Rascalz in a high-flying match against the Desi Hit Squad, managed by Big D, who is a local DJ at 95.5 The Bull. Let’s just say, Chance looked like an air-traffic controller during this match. Another Vegas highlight was Ace Austin shining in-ring, then posing for a photo after a match with the youngster who received an autographed Austin playing card.
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ABC’s Good Morning America has posted a commercial to hype Roman Reigns appearance tomorrow. Reigns will be on the show to discuss his battle with leukemia and they teased that he will be making “an announcement you can’t miss.” Of course, before he heads to GMA, Reigns will be in Atlanta tonight for Monday Night […]
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As first reported by WrestlingINC.Com, Sami Callihan has resigned with IMPACT Wrestling. That means more years of Callihan doing whatever he wants on IMPACT Wrestling! More years of Callihan stealing match of the year and moment of the year and putting fear into his opponents.
We can’t wait to see what Callihan does to celebrate now that he has resigned with IMPACT. While in Las Vegas, IMPACT also reported that Eddie Edwards has signed a new contract as well.
Stay tuned to IMPACTWrestling.Com for more information on Stars resigning their contracts as well as rumors of a former Champion returning to IMPACT Wrestling soon.
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Ring Of Honor announced the following: FITE LAUNCHES SUPPORT FOR SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES WITH RING OF HONOR WRESTLING New York, NY (February 25, 2019) – FITE and Ring of Honor Wrestling announced that starting today new and existing FITE users are able to subscribe to and access ROH Wrestling‘s popular subscription service HonorClub through FITE. With the […]
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Cody Rhodes has given his reaction to longtime WWE agent and pro wrestling legend Arn Anderson departing from the sports entertainment company. Although details are still unknown, it’s been reported that he was let go after having an argument with WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. Pro Wrestling Sheet recently interviewed Cody Rhodes where he […]
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When United We Stand was announced for April 4th in New Jersey, IMPACT immediately had a lot to live up to on this night. How do we compare to what happened last year in New Orleans with IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground? It was one of the most talked about shows of the year. At United We Stand we know we will see IMPACT vs. Lucha Underground Part 2 and 8 men will represent each respective company in a match that is already highly anticipated.
Then you have the Main Event! Rob Van Dam returns to IMPACT to team with the controversial Sabu to battle the World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Bros!
We also announced that Ultimate X would be taking place at United We Stand, the winner of this match will earn a future X-Division Championship Match. Jake Crist is in Ultimate X representing IMPACT Wrestling. Jake Evans will represent AAA and Kotto Brazil is representing MLW. Now, we are proud to announce that representing Lucha Underground will be Dante Fox! Also, representing WrestlePro will be Pat Buck! Two new additions to this match and we can confirm that there will be a mystery opponent for all these competitors at United We Stand on April 4th on FITE.TV in New Jersey. Tickets are still available and are going fast! Get your tickets now HERE.
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One WWE star has joked about the lack of exposure on WWE’s weekly television show, SmackDown Live. It turns out to be WWE United States Champion R-Truth. The blue branded star took to his official Instagram account where he shared a photo of himself with his legs and arms bound with another photo that has […]
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NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling) has announced its main event for the 47th Anniversary Show of the promotion. This event goes down inside the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on March 6th and will air on their streaming service, New Japan World. NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay is slated to take on IWGP […]
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NJPW (New Japan Pro Wrestling) has announced some big matches that will be featured in the bracket for the 2019 New Japan Cup. The Cup will take place over the course of 12 events from March 8 to March 24. The promotion will air these events live on NJPW World, which is their streaming service, […]
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Former WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella recently spoke with Hollywood Life to talk to her about various topics that include winning an award for Best Actress in a Reality Series for Total Bellas as well as her future with her ex-boyfriend and former WWE Champion John Cena. The couple announced their separation last year after […]
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One WWE Raw superstar had an injury scare at a recent live event and that’s former Raw Tag Team Champion Drew McIntyre. WWE held a live event on Saturday night in Tupelo, MS at the BancorpSouth Arena. At this show, McIntyre worked a singles match against Dean Ambrose. During the match, it appeared that McIntyre […]
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WWE Hall Of Famer Tammy “Sunny” Sytch is in legal trouble again. PWInsider is reporting that Sytch was arrested on Saturday in New Jersey. There are no details available yet on why she was arrested and jailed. Sytch also has legal issues in Pennsylvania because a bench warrant was issued for her back on 2/15. […]
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In a new video on her YouTube channel, Lana addressed the news about Ronda Rousey taking her spot on Total Divas. As we’ve written about before, Lana talked about her departure from the show during an interview on Lilian Garcia’s podcast. She said the E! Network made the decision to remove her and her husband […]
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Aleister Black has said goodbye to NXT at a live event on Saturday night. Black said NXT is a family and he is proud to be a part of the “family” and NXT will always be his home regardless of what he does next. As most of you know by now, Black is now part […]
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Randy Orton posted a clip of himself from a recent video/photo shoot. Several fans noticed that Zack Ryder chimed in to congratulate him. Ryder also noted that he is never picked to do those kinds of projects. Ryder wrote, “They never ask me to do these shoots. Congrats man!” Orton gave an interesting response: “‘their’ […]
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A new trademark filed by Starrcast, LLC will have some eyebrows raised among fans and people in WWE. On 2/14, Starrcast, LLC filed for the “Dead Man Talking” trademark. The trademark is for the following: Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainment personality; Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a […]
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WWE Hall of Famer and former Monday Night Raw General Manager Kurt Angle recently did a Q&A on Facebook where commented on a number of interesting topics from fans. One interesting question was asked by someone who wanted to know about WWE Superstars asking for their release. On Friday, the sports entertainment company granted the […]
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The reason why several people were released by WWE had nothing to do with the crowded roster. Tye Dillinger’s release was granted because he asked for it and some people believe it was granted because he went public with it on Twitter. Others like Mike and Maria Kanellis and The Revival had their release requests […]
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There was a loud argument between Arn Anderson and Vince McMahon last week and that was what caused his firing from the company, according to two sources familiar with the matter. We were told that Anderson has a reputation as a straight shooter and would oftentimes question things on the creative side of the company […]
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Kofi Kingston was recently a guest on Edge & Christian’s Pod Of Awesomeness and during the interview, he talked about fans wanting to see him become the next WWE Champion. WWE has already confirmed that WWE Champion Daniel Bryan Bryan would make his next title defense against Kingston at the final pay-per-view event before WrestleMania […]
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Nikki Bella won the award for Best Actress in a Reality Series for her work in the E! Network series Total Bellas. She won at the Women’s Image Network Awards. The WIN Awards “strive to advance a gender-balanced world and increase the value of women and girls by celebrating outstanding film and television.” Nikki took […]
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CatchClub’s YouTube channel did a five-minute interview with WWE Hall Of Famer Kevin Nash. Nash talked about who he would pick if he launched a wrestling promotion, what advice he has for wrestlers who think about jumping to AEW, If he’s been approached to work for AEW or WWE backstage, and the possibility of writing […]
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During a surprise celebration party for his main roster call-up, Ricochet was asked about his status on the main roster of the WWE – Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live. As seen on last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw in Lafayette, LA at the Lafayette Cajundome on the USA Network, Ricochet made his Raw […]
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Former WWE Superstar Jack Swagger (Jake Hager) was interviewed by Chris Van Vliet last night at USA Pro Wrestling in Orlando, FL. He covered a number of topics including the advice that Vince McMahon gave him before his MMA debut, why he chose Bellator over UFC, the length of his Bellator contract, the fact that […]
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Former WWE Champion CM Punk is slated to join Ring of Honor star Marty Scurll for a meet and greet at the upcoming C2E2 event. This convention takes place March 22nd-23rd at Chicago’s McCormick Center. The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, and Jim Cornette are also set to appear at this convention. The two men will […]
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Nikki Cross has sent a warning to WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Asuka through the power of social media. She did so when she sent out a message on her official Twitter account. Cross recently tweeted, “Hehe remember this Asuka?!?! Naughty Nikki is looking for a new toy?!? But shhhhhh keep it a secret! Hide and […]
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