WWE has been working hard to put a stop to inappropriate imagery during their broadcasts but one fan was able to display KKK imagery during the Keith Lee vs. Dolph Ziggler. It was brief, the camera cut away and the fan was removed but this is the second week in a row that something like […]
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Retribution was back on WWE Monday Night Raw and fans were quick to spot some of the NXT names who were part of the group this week. As previously noted, the members who appeared last week were Mia Yim, Kayden Carter, Chelsea Green, Dominik Dijakovic, Shane Thorne, and Dio Maddin. It looks like some of […]
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WWE Superstar Mustafa Ali appears to be unhappy about being left off Monday Night Raw again. Fans haven’t seen much of Ali this year. He was off TV for several months until his return in July. During the time he was off, there was speculation that he was the “hacker” who was appearing on SmackDown. […]
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This week on WWE Monday Night Raw, there was a series of matches held to determine who would go on to a Triple Threat Match later on in the show. The winner of the Triple Threat Match would face Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship at the Clash of Champions pay-per-view. Keith Lee defeated Dolph […]
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Retribution was absent from WWE Payback and Friday Night SmackDown but they were back this week on Monday Night Raw. They appeared around ringside during the match featuring The Street Profits against Angel Garza and Andrade. Garza and Demi Burnett took off to the back as Retribution attacked everyone who was left around the ring, […]
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WWE is reporting that Rey Mysterio suffered a torn triceps during his match at Payback last night. Mysterio and son Dominik teamed up against Seth Rollins and Murphy and Rey was scheduled to wrestle Seth Rollins on Monday Night Raw. It was later announced that Dominik would step in to fill in for his father. […]
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This week on WWE Monday Night Raw, The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay) took on Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott to determine who would get a shot at the Women’s Tag Team Championship. Per the stipulation, the losing team would disband. WWE’s specific verbiage said that the losing team would be “no more.” Riott […]
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This week on WWE Monday Night Raw, The Hurt Business went out to the ring to celebrate Bobby Lashley winning the United States Championship last night at Payback. MVP asked Cedric Alexander if he’s had a change of heart about joining The Hurt Business Faction. Alexander made it clear that he was not going to […]
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According to multiple reports, Netflix has canceled The Big Show Show sitcom. The show, starring WWE Superstar The Big Show, premiered on April 6 as a fictional version of himself and his TV family. The premise of the show was about his teenage daughter going to live with her wrestler dad (The Big Show), his […]
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Roman Reigns is not taking it on the chin anymore when it comes to online trolls. A fan complained on Twitter about WWE shoving Reigns down the fan’s throats. The fan also called Reigns an “overrated performer” and said the Universal Title doesn’t have prestige anymore because it has changed hands so much. Reigns saw […]
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In a follow-up from the story on Mauro Ranallo, Dave Meltzer is reporting that Ranallo is not leaving on negative terms. Ranallo missed the last two NXT shows so he could be with his mother, who has been hospitalized. Meltzer also noted that Ranallo has been looking for a less stressful schedule even though WWE […]
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In a statement posted on his official Facebook account, Mauro Ranallo has confirmed that he is leaving WWE. Ranallo said that he wants to focus on other projects and to mental health charities and he wants to dedicate time to his well-being and his mother. As noted earlier, Corey Graves filled in for Ranallo at […]
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AEW has announced that the match between Matt Hardy at Sammy Guevara at All Out will be a “Broken Rules” match. Hardy and Guevara have been involved in a bitter feud in recent weeks that kicked off a few weeks ago with Hardy getting bloodied from a chair that was thrown in his face. Last […]
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The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer is reporting that NXT announcer is leaving WWE. There aren’t many details available right now on what prompted this. Ranallo was not at last week’s NXT and or at TakeOver: XXX. At TakeOver, Corey Graves filled in for in and Wade Barrett filled in for him last Wednesday night. Ranallo […]
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WWE has announced that there will be three big matches on tonight’s show with the winners facing off in a Triple Threat Match later in the night. The winner of the Triple Threat Match will go on to face Drew McIntyre in late September at the Clash of Champions pay-per-view. The three matches will feature: […]
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Former WWE/UFC Champion Brock Lesnar is no longer under contract. PWInsider first reported today that Lesnar is a free agent and the news was just confirmed to us by a WWE source. We were told a couple of weeks ago that Vince McMahon wanted to bring Lesnar back since they are now running shows in […]
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The highly-anticipated clash finally happens this Tuesday at 8/7c on AXS TV and Twitch when Eddie Edwards defends the World Title against Eric Young. Preview this personal battle with tomorrow night’s IMPACT! Cold Open.
WWE hasn’t announced much for tonight’s episode of Raw aside from a singles match between Rey Mysterio and Seth Rollins. Pwinsider.com reports that the current plans for the show will revolve around determining the next challenger for the WWE Title, currently held by Drew McIntyre. This challenger will battle McIntyre for the title at the […]
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Wade Barrett, real name Stu Bennett, could be sticking around WWE for the long haul. The former WWE star made his return to television last week as an announcer for NXT TV. With the company taping two episodes of the weekly TV show on the same date, Barrett went ahead with working the second episode […]
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Back in July, WWE bought EVOLVE Wrestling and recently started to add content from the former developmental territory to its streaming service, WWE Network. Recent filings show that WWE is having issues with getting the trademark rights to the name after acquiring the independent promotion. It turns out that the former owner, Salem Hamaoui, filed […]
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WWE’s Stats & Info Twitter account shared some interesting notes about Randy Orton. As seen at Sunday’s WWE Payback pay-per-view event in Orlando, Florida at the Amway Center on the WWE Network the former WWE Champion battled Keith Lee in a singles match. The former NXT Champion went over Orton with a sit-down powerbomb to […]
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WWE is back with another episode of Monday Night Raw tonight from Orlando, Florida at the Amway Center on the USA Network. There has only been one match announced for the show. This will be the post-Payback edition of the red brand. The contest to be confirmed is Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio in a […]
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The following was sent to us: Kris Statlander stars as Panelist on “The Masked Wrestler” An IWTV Original Series premiering this Fall A new weekly series, The Masked Wrestler, is coming to IWTV this fall. The Masked Wrestler disguises the identities of eight of today’s top independent wrestlers in a single-elimination tournament to determine who will […]
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For months there have been rumblings of AEW adding additional programming that could air on TNT or TBS. Currently, AEW airs Dynamite, its flagship two-hour weekly program on TNT, and AEW Dark, a one-hour show that is broadcasted on YouTube. Just last month, AEW executive Cody Rhodes was asked about when this new programming could […]
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MLW CEO Court Bauer confirmed in an interview with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated that the promotion is slated to hold a set of TV tapings in October with the plan to air the new programming in early November. The filming will take place at an undisclosed East Coast venue. “The hibernation is over,” said […]
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Keith Lee picked up his biggest win on the main roster thus far at Sunday’s Payback pay-per-view event. The former NXT Champion beat Randy Orton in a singles match from the WWE ThunderDome. The match went for about 7 minutes and saw Lee hit a sit-down powerbomb for the win. This came after their first […]
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As many of you saw earlier tonight, Roman Reigns won the WWE Universal Championship at the Payback pay-per-view. We were told that this is the start of a long title reign for Reigns and Vince McMahon is all in with pushing him to the moon because he wants him to be on the level of […]
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In the main event of WWE Payback, “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt put his Universal Championship on the line in a Triple Threat No Holds Barred Match against Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns. Match notes written in real-time: Strowman attacked Wyatt as his music was still playing and the match got started without Reigns. Early on, […]
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In the semi-main event spot of WWE Payback, Dominik and Rey Mysterio teamed up to take on Seth Rollins and Murphy. Match notes written in real-time: Rey was going to start the match but it looked like a swerve because Dominik charged at Rollins and Murphy and attacked them to star the match. Dominik and […]
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In one of the featured matches on the show, Keith Lee took on Randy Orton at WWE Payback. Lee still has the generic music and they added something that looks like a toga during his entrance but he took that off and revealed that he’s wearing the shorts that he used to wear in NXT […]
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Bayley and Sasha Banks put their Women’s Tag Team Championship on the line against Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax at WWE Payback. WWE has been playing up that Banks and Bayley are heading for a split soon. Notes written during the match in real-time: There was a point in the match where Jax was knocked […]
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The third match of the night for the main card of WWE Payback featured King Corbin vs. Matt Riddle. Before the match got started, Riddle was interviewed backstage and Riddle walked off angry because he was told that Corbin tweeted that Riddle is a failure at home. The match was fine, nothing special. Late in […]
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In the second match of the night on the WWE Payback main card, Big E took on Sheamus as Big E continues his run as a singles wrestler. Notes written in real-time during the match: They started out slow in the first few minutes but things slowly began to pick up around 5 minutes into […]
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The main card for WWE Payback kicked off with the United States Championship match between Apollo Crews and Bobby Lashley, who was accompanied to the ring by The Hurt Business. After a lock up and some back and forth action, Lashley took over on offense after a minute into the match but Apollo surprised Lashley […]
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It was announced during the WWE Payback Kickoff show that Drew McIntyre suffered a hairline fracture of his jaw when he took the third punk kick from Randy Orton last Monday on Raw. WWE previously said that McIntyre may have suffered a skull fracture and potential bran bleeding, which is a career-threatening injury. The update […]
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WWE Payback August 30, 2020 Amway Center (WWE ThunderDome) Orlando, Florida We are live with ongoing coverage of WWE Payback. As usual, we will post updates here immediately after every match. Please click here if you are not seeing updates on this page in your browser. Kickoff Show The announcers noted that Roman Reigns was […]
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Deonna Purrazzo has taken IMPACT Wrestling by storm since her debut, living up to her nickname, “Virtuosa”. Now you can add some class to your speakers with her new theme song and entrance video.
This Tuesday on IMPACT!, the Knockouts Champion is holding a special Black Tie Affair and you’re invited. Tune in at 8/7c on AXS TV and Twitch.
The final betting odds for the Payback pay-per-view event are in. WWE holds the Payback pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 30, 2020 in Orlando, Florida at the Amway Center. According to these odds, Roman Reigns is favored to win the Universal Title while Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler are favored to win the WWE Women’s […]
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WWE gave fans a behind the scenes look at the final night that Renee Young worked for the company. Young, who worked for WWE over the last 8 years, decided that she wanted to pursue other opportunities outside of the company. Thus, she gave her notice to depart and Young finished up with WWE at […]
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WWE confirmed late Saturday night that Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan would be teaming up to take on The IIconics during the Payback Kickoff Show. Most fans looked at this being a match just to fill time, but one fan took to Twitter to suggest a stipulation to be added to this match as a […]
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AEW star Lance Archer appeared on Busted Open Radio this week. Here are some transcribed highlights from the interview and make sure to listen to the entire show on Sirius XM radio. Lance Archer was asked what he has his sights on and what plans AEW might have for him: “For me, it’s always just […]
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Ricky Starks is the guest this week on AEW Unrestricted with Aubrey Edwards and Tony Schiavone. Starks was on to talk about his journey to AEW, his killer golf swing, how he prepared for his match with Cody Rhodes, why he was surprised at what happened before and after the match, WWE, The Undertaker, The […]
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Triple H did an interview with the Metro in the UK to talk about the return of WWE NXT UK, which has been on hiatus from taping new content due to the COVID-19 pandemic. WWE has already confirmed that new episodes of the weekly TV show would air starting on September 17th. Dave Meltzer reported […]
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Paul Heyman’s arrival on Friday Night SmackDown as the advocate for Roman Reigns raises questions on AJ Styles’ future on the brand. Styles asked to be moved away from Monday Night Raw to SmackDown because he could not work under Heyman. There is legitimate heat from Styles to Heyman because Styles believes that Heyman had […]
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The big news coming out of WWE this week is the heel turn of Roman Reigns. This week’s episode of SmackDown ended with the revelation that Reigns has aligned himself with Paul Heyman. As we noted last week, Reigns was supposed to have an edgier vibe to him after WrestleMania but those plans were put […]
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WWE recently confirmed that WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler would take place at the Payback pay-per-view event. This caught fans off guard as it appeared WWE was building to a match that would see Asuka and Baszler team up to challenge Bayley and Banks for […]
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The next two weeks of WWE NXT on the USA Network will air on Tuesday instead of it’s traditional Wednesday night timeslot due to the network airing NHL Playoff games. Thus, AEW Dynamite on TNT will not have live head-to-head competition with NXT. NXT is listed on the SyFy Network on Wednesday, September 2nd and […]
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Tay Conti is looking to get an MMA fight booked and it appears that Angela Magana will grant her wish. It all started when the AEW star wrote, “Give me a MMA challenge please …” in a post on her Twitter account. Megana responded with, “Uh Vai Morrer,” which means “you’re gonna die.” Conti responded […]
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WWE Payback is here and goes down tonight (Sunday, August 30, 2020) in Orlando, Florida at the Amway Center that will air on the WWE Network. WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman in a No Holds Barred Triple Threat Match is expected to be the main event. WWE announced late […]
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Head backstage at Emergence Night 2 where tensions were quickly rising. Rhino wants Heath to join him when he takes on Reno Scum next week, Sami Callihan prepares for battle against RVD, new X-Division Champion Rohit Raju is ready to give out opportunities, and more in these backstage scenes from the latest IMPACT!
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Roman Reigns took to Twitter to post his first comments after aligning himself with Paul Heyman. For those of you that missed it, Reigns and Heyman were seen sitting together in the backstage area and it was pretty clear that Heyman is now advocating for Reigns. Reigns didn’t say much other than: “Been waiting on […]
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Dominik Mysterio did an interview with Alex McCarthy of TalkSport to discuss a wide range of topics. During the interview, he was asked about Vince McMahon’s reaction to his first WWE match, which was when he battled Seth Rollins in a Street Fight at the SummerSlam pay-per-view event. Although he lost the contest, he put […]
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Thanks to The Shining Wizards Wrestling Podcast for sending us the following: Recently Eric Young joined The Shining Wizards Wrestling Podcast to discuss a variety of subjects. Below you will find the transcript of a few topics that were discussed. Episode 495: Hockey Psycho Eric Young www.ShiningWizards.com On wrestling in empty arenas: What I can say is, […]
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Due to NHL Playoff coverage, the next two weeks of NXT will be moved to Tuesday night at 8 pm eastern on the USA Network. However, fans who still want to watch the show in it’s regular timeslot on Wednesday night can do so by tuning into the SyFy Network, one of the networks that […]
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A new episode of “WWE Chronicle” premieres today on the WWE Network. This episode focuses on Braun Strowman. During the episode, Strowman details his frustrations with his spot in the company last year around the time of the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view and noted that he went to Vince McMahon to find out where he stood […]
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A new match has been announced for WWE Payback. WWE confirmed during today’s episode of Talking Smack that Big E will battle Sheamus in a singles match at this show. WWE had Miz make the match announcement on the show while talking with Big E. WWE holds the Payback pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 30, […]
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The overnight ratings are in for Friday’s WWE SmackDown episode from Orlando, Florida at the Amway Center. The episode drew an average of 2.181 million viewers, which is up from last Friday’s SmackDown episode that did an average of 2.168 million viewers. It should be noted that this was the post-SummerSlam and go-home episode of […]
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Fans picked up on an image of Kenny Omega that was visible inside WWE’s ThunderDome during Friday Night SmackDown. Most fans assumed that this was just an image of the AEW star as since WWE started using virtual audience members, there have been various incidents of fans trolling the company whether that be a photo […]
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This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite featured the main event of Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara in a Tables Match. AEW had been building up to this match for the last few weeks following a hot angle in which Hardy was accidentally busted open thanks to a chair being thrown at his face. Sean Ross […]
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Triple H, real name Paul Levesque, decided this week to cash out a few million dollars in WWE stock as the stock market had a strong week. The WWE Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy made two separate transactions. He sold ‘Class A’ shares in the company on August 26th & 27th. According to […]
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WWE is listening to the fans on social media who have expressed outrage over Naomi not being given more opportunities. PWInsider is reporting that although Naomi did not appear on last night’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, there are plans to push her in a stronger manner in the coming weeks. Last month, fans took […]
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Ric Flair has provided an update on when fans can expect to see his daughter back in the squared circle. Last month, Charlotte Flair had surgery done to fix issues with her breast implants. The Women’s Champion was last seen on television back on the June 22 episode of WWE Raw. Since that time, there […]
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As we first noted last night here on WrestlingNews.co, the plan going forward is for Roman Reigns to be a heel and the current booking plans are for Reigns to win the Universal Champion from “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt on Sunday at the Payback pay-per-view. PWInsider is reporting that now that Braun Strowman is one […]
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As their violent Demon’s Dance Match careens out of control on the April 12, 2018 edition of IMPACT!, Rosemary takes things to a new extreme as she piledrives Taya Valkyrie off the top rope through a table.
Rosemary battles Taya Valkyrie inside Wrestle House this Tuesday at 8/7c on AXS TV and Twitch.
Fans looking to attend the next episode of AEW Dynamite and the upcoming All Out pay-per-view will be able to buy tickets. Tickets are set to go on sale at noon Eastern time and will be available to purchase via AEWTix.com and Ticketmaster.com. Tickets start at just $35 for Dynamite and $50 for All Out. […]
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As many of you saw this week on WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Roman Reigns joined forces with Paul Heyman. WWE has teased this in the past when Reigns feuded with Brock Lesnar but Vince McMahon didn’t want to pull the trigger on a heel turn at that time. What you saw at the end of […]
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This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown closed out with Big E, Otis and Tucker defeating The Miz, John Morrison and Sheamus. Sheamus could not get along with his team and he ended up leaving to the backstage area during the match so that left Miz and Morrison at a disadvantage. Big E won […]
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This week on WWE Friday Night SmackDown, there was a backstage segment with Tamina, Alex Bliss and Nikki Cross. Bliss seemed to be back to her old self and Cross noted that it’s been a while since Bliss had her hair done up like she had it this week. Bliss broke a mug on the […]
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Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn made his return to Friday Night SmackDown. After Jeff Hardy defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, Hardy walked back up the stage area and Zayn’s music began to play. Zayn confronted Styles and then hit him with a kick to the face. As you will recall, Zayn relinquished the title several months […]
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WWE has announced that Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins & Buddy Murphy in a tag team match will take place at the Payback PPV. This comes after Rollins beat the son of the former WWE Champion in a Street Fight at SummerSlam with Rey at ringside. WWE did book a tag team match […]
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WWE has announced that Big E will be the guest tonight on “Miz TV” with The Miz and John Morrison. The preview page on WWE.com hypes that Big E will appear after he and Miz had an “impassioned back-and-forth” on last Saturday’s Talking Smack. Last Saturday on Talking Smack, Big E spoke up on what […]
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After reaching an agreement with WWE, Chris Jericho is now the owner of the trademarks to his ring name. Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the two sides came to a deal regarding the trademarks of his name as Jericho gave WWE the rights to own the intellectual […]
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This week on Vickie Guerrero’s “Excuse Me” podcast, she welcomes AEW and “Titan Games” star Dasha Kuret to the show. Dasha talks about her time on “Titan Games,” her journey from being a beauty pageant contestant to pro wrestling, her future in AEW as a broadcaster and wrestler, and much more. Here are some highlights […]
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It looks like Retribution has plans to crash Sunday’s WWE Payback pay-per-view. Dominik Dijakovic, who is widely believed to be one of the main members of the group, just sent out (and then deleted) another cryptic tweet. The tweet contained the following numbers: 192114040125. If you translate it by using a cipher, the numbers translate […]
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Shortly after Jeff Hardy made his return to television earlier this year, WWE turned his problems with substance abuse into a storyline. Specifically, his feud with Sheamus had many controversial segments that upset fans. Some angles they did include a DUI hit & run angle, drug testing that resulted in Hardy throwing urine in the […]
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As previously noted, one of the members of Retribution that appeared on Raw this week was Mia Yim. Based on how things are playing out for her on NXT, it looks like she may be one of the members who are eventually revealed because it was noted on NXT this week that she’s been on […]
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It’s becoming clear that WWE has no intention do run the Hall Of Fame ceremony without fans. WrestleVotes is reporting that the plan has been for the ceremony to coincide with a pay-per-view event. At one point, there was hope within the company that they could do it on the night before SummerSlam but those […]
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CM Punk took part in a Q&A session with fans on Twitter where he gave some interesting answers including wrestlers in AEW that he would want to work with. There was a lot of intrigue among fans about the possibility of Punk joining the promotion when it first launched. In fact, it’s been documented that […]
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There was an update on Sonya Deville in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter. As most of you know, Deville lost to Mandy Rose in a Loser Leaves WWE match at SummerSlam. Per the stipulation, Deville must leave the company. However, it doesn’t look like she will be gone forever. Dave Meltzer noted in the Observer […]
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Fans of WWE NXT UK were excited when WWE announced during last Saturday’s NXT TakeOver: XXX event that new programming from the brand would start on September 17th. Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the NXT UK crew was brought together this week for both training and taping […]
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WWE has changed for the WrestleMania 37 main event. As it was noted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the plan at one point was for the show to be headlined by Randy Orton vs. Edge in an I Quit Match. We noted here on WrestlingNews.co that there was talk of Orton winning the WWE Championship […]
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A new episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX in Orlando, Florida at the Amway Center is here. So far, WWE has only announced two segments for this show. That’ll change as fans should expect more matches and segments to be revealed this afternoon for SmackDown. This will be an important show as not […]
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We are sad to learn about the passing of WWE Hall Of Famer and wrestling great “Bullet” Bob Armstrong has passed away at 80 years old. The news broke on Twitter via his sons “Road Dogg” Brian James and Scott Armstrong. Road Dogg and Scott Armstrong tweeted, “It is with a very heavy heart we […]
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The main event for this week’s AEW Dynamite featured Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara in a bloody tables match. Guevara was busted open during a table spot during the picture-in-picture commercial break. Guevara won the match after he suplexed Hardy off the top rope and through a table that Hardy set up earlier in the […]
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During a contract signing segment on AEW Dynamite, MJF demanded to have the Paradigm Shift banned during the World Championship match at All Out MJF has been claiming that the Paradigm Shift is too dangerous and the move caused damage to his neck. MJF and his attorney set up a petition online for fans to […]
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It was announced during AEW Dynamite that there will be a Casino Battle Royale Match at the All Out pay-per-view. They did a segment featuring some of the competitors. Darby Allin attacked Ricky Starks and there was a confrontation with Lance Archer and Brian Cage with Jake Roberts and Taz doing promo work. pic.twitter.com/PC7xuFXNPe — […]
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FTR won a gauntlet match on AEW Dynamite to become the number 1 contenders for the World Tag Team Championship at the All Out pay-per-view. In the second match of the series of gauntlet matches, The Young Bucks were about to beat Best Friends but just as they were about hit the “Best Meltzer Ever,” […]
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This week on “Grilling JR” with Jim Ross and Conrad Thompson, they cover WWE SummerSlam 2000 and all of the big news items from around that time. The topics include the main event for the WWE Champion between The Rock, Triple H, and Kurt Angle. They also talk about other notable matchups like Kane vs. […]
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Cody Rhodes is continuing his pursuit to gain the ownership rights to the trademark of the nickname that his father, the late great Dusty Rhodes, made famous. The AEW executive has been rejected twice by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the “The American Dream” filing – first on March 24, 2019 and […]
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Jeff Cobb is the latest guest on Chris Van Vliet’s YouTube channel. Cobb was on to talk about his appearances in AEW, interest from WWE, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Lucha Underground and much more. Here are some highlights from the interview: Cobb was asked if he is going to announce what promotion he signed with: […]
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Xavier Woods opened up on missing the premiere of WWE Talking Smack last Saturday. Last Friday, WWE had announced the return of the show with Woods and Kayla Braxton being the hosts. However, Woods wasn’t part of the first episode that was taped on Friday night after SmackDown. We noted earlier on the site that […]
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With just hours until the start of tonight’s all-new AEW Dynamite, a new match has been revealed for the broadcast. The Butcher, The Blade, Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr will be teaming up to face off against Brian Pillman Jr, Griff Garrison, Sonny Kiss and Joey Janela in an eight-man tag team match. What’s noteworthy […]
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This week on “After The Bell,” Corey Graves welcomed Pat McAfee to the show. McAfee is coming off his in-ring debut against Adam Cole at NXT TakeOver: XXX. He discussed the match and the reaction to it from fans, football and much more. Check out some of the highlights below: Pat McAfee talked about his […]
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This week on “After The Bell,” Corey Graves welcomed Pat McAfee to the show. McAfee is coming off his in-ring debut against Adam Cole at NXT TakeOver: XXX. He discussed the match and the reaction to it from fans, football and much more. Check out some of the highlights below: McAfee talked about the incident […]
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Jimmy Uso has provided an update on his recovery from surgery. The former WWE Tag Team Champion suffered a torn ACL while working a Triple Threat Ladder match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles during Night 1 of WrestleMania 36 earlier this year. This is where he worked with Kofi Kingston and John Morrison. […]
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As previously noted, some of the Retribution members that have been seen on Monday Night Raw are people who have wrestled in NXT. It’s not clear if everyone we have seen will be revealed or if the plan is for a small group of people to be the permanent members of the faction. On this […]
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It’s looking like Karrion Kross will be on the sidelines for longer than initially believed. Kross beat Keith Lee to win the NXT Title at the NXT TakeOver: XXX event this past weekend, but in the process also suffered a separated shoulder. Fast forward to Wednesday’s episode of NXT, Kross vacated the title due to […]
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For the first time in months, AEW will have paying fans in attendance for tonight’s Dynamite episode. Of course, because of COVID-19, having paid fans attend wasn’t allowed. That will change with this show. AEW put tickets on sale, but at 10% – 15% venue capacity from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. In order to […]
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Marking the beginning of a pairing that would change pro wrestling forever, this week’s feature full match takes us back to when Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley teamed together on IMPACT! for the very first time.
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A reminder to AEW fans that Dynamite airs tonight on TNT at 8 pm EST. As noted, the show was bumped off Wednesday’s schedule for a second straight week because of NBA coverage. Tonight’s show is set to take place from Jacksonville, Florida at Daily’s Place with a select number of fans in attendance. Some […]
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Kyle O’Reilly defeated Drake Maverick via submission on this week’s episode of WWE NXT. O’Reilly seemed happy with just getting the win but Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong insisted on attacking Maverick after the match was over. Killian Dane ran out to the ring to help and then attack Maverick but the underlying story here […]
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Austin Theory made his return to WWE NXT this week during a backstage segment. Theory was on the show to confront Bronson Reed. Theory was last seen alongside Seth Rollins and Murphy on Monday Night Raw in June so this appearance on NXT appears to confirm that he is no longer part of the main […]
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As noted earlier, Karrion Kross had to relinquish the WWE NXT Championship after suffering a separated shoulder during his match with Keith Lee at TakeOver: XXX on Saturday. William Regal kicked off the second hour of this week’s broadcast with an announcement on how a new champion would be crowned. Regal started off by wishing […]
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Tomasso Ciampa returned to WWE NXT after being off TV for over 2 months. The last time fans saw him was when he lost to Karrion Kross at NXT TakeOver: In Your House in June. Since that time, there has been speculation that he is one of the members of Retribution. Ciampa quickly beat Jake […]
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Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze) defeated Imperium (Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship on tonight’s USA broadcast. Announcers Vic Joseph and Wade Barrett made note during the match that they have never won tag team gold before so tonight was their chance to prove that they could win the […]
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WWE NXT Champion Karrion Kross and Scarlett kicked off this week’s broadcast on the USA Network. Kross was seen wearing a sling on his right arm due to the shoulder injury suffered during his match with Keith Lee at NXT TakeOver: XXX. Kross confirmed that he is in pain because of his separated shoulder and […]
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WWE Superstar Dominik Mysterio was the guest today on The Gorilla Position podcast. Dominik was on the show to talk about his in-ring debut at SummerSlam, the kendo stick initiation, the reactions backstage to his match and more. Here are some transcribed highlights: Dominik talked about Seth Rollins: “Seth has been nothing but so helpful […]
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Karrion Kross has given some insight into what led to his departure from Impact Wrestling prior to him signing with WWE NXT. Things started to go downhill for Kross last year as he asked for his release from Impact in May 2019. He had several disagreements with management and ultimately taken off the air. It […]
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Renee Young made an appearance on today’s episode of WWE’s The Bump to talk about her run with the company and more. It was previously reported that Young had decided to depart from the company as she plans to pursue other opportunities. Young finished up with WWE at the SummerSlam Kickoff show. Although it’s not […]
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Part 2 of the “Battleground Podcast” interview with Nick Aldis has been posted. Aldis talks about the new plans for the NWA, thoughts on Mickie James’ return to Monday Night Raw and more. Nick Aldis talked about Billy Corgan in the COVID era: “The reality is Billy was kind of in a dark place about […]
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Former WWE SmackDown Executive Director Eric Bischoff gave some interesting comments about WWE’s storylines when he was a guest on Sportskeeda’s UnSKripted with Chris Featherstone. The product that WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon has presented on his weekly television shows has been criticized for years among fans. In recent years, the viewership numbers for […]
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This year’s WWE Payback poster has been released. The poster features Roman Reigns, who will work his first match in months as he competes in a No Holds Barred Triple Threat Match against Braun Strowman and Universal Champion Bray Wyatt at this show. Check it out here: WWE holds the Payback pay-per-view event on Sunday, […]
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Personal battles was the theme of the evening at Emergence Night 2. Take a closer look at the action with this stunning ringside photo gallery featuring your favorite IMPACT stars such as Deonna Purrazzo, Jordynne Grace, Eddie Edwards, Willie Mack, Brian Myers and more.
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