Ron Simmons praises Bill Watts for putting the WCW World Title on him: “I had no idea that was going to take place that night”

Former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ron Simmons joined Gerald Brisco and John Layfield on “Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw” to talk about his football and pro wrestling career. Simmons was asked if he realized at that time the history he was creating when he won the WCW from Vader in 1992 becoming the first African-American […]

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Gable Steveson on why he signed with WWE, the advice he got from Brock Lesnar

Gable Steveson was interviewed on Corey Graves’ “After The Bell” podcast to talk about his amateur career and his decision to sign with WWE. Here are some highlights: Steveson was asked, “What about the WWE world intrigued you the most”: “They allowed me to go back to school. If I would have signed with UFC […]

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Rok-C reacts to ROH taking a hiatus, what it was like to be trained by Booker T

Rok-C was interviewed on Busted Open Radio to talk about her wrestling career, the recent news about Ring Of Honor, being trained by Booker T and more. Here are some highlights: Rok-C  was asked what it felt like to capture the ROH Women’s Championship: “That was so crazy.  There were mixed emotions leading up to […]

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Daniel Garcia on how he got booked on AEW Dark, CM Punk is his mom’s favorite wrestler

Daniel Garcia was interviewed on AEW Unrestricted to talk about signing with AEW. He also talked about wrestling with CM Punk and Jon Moxley, teaming with 2point0, how a single call to do AEW Dark got the ball rolling, training with The Blade, wrestling during the pandemic, his love for Joshi wrestling, and more. Here […]

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Kurt Angle: Sting didn’t play politics in TNA, Vince McMahon ‘absolutely loves’ Abyss

On his latest podcast, Kurt Angle talked about TNA Genesis 2006 and all of the news and notes from around that time period. Here are some highlights: Angle was asked if it’s true that when Sting arrived at the building for TNA Bound for Glory 2006 that he had no idea that Kurt Angle was […]

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WWE Superstar is returning to in-ring action this week

After being placed on the sidelines, Sheamus is set to make his return to in-ring action. The former WWE Champion is being advertised for the upcoming UK tour that starts on November 3rd and runs through November 10th. Earlier this week, WWE released the cards for the shows. For shows in Liverpool on November 7th, […]

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AEW star recently suffered a concussion

Thunder Rosa revealed on her vlog that she recently suffered a concussion. In the early part of the video, she noted that she hasn’t been able to work out for several days due to her suffering a concussion and that she was hopeful to get medically cleared to wrestle at the AEW event she was […]

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Backstage reaction to Gable Steveson being part of this year’s WWE Draft

Olympic Gold Medalist and NCAA Champion Gable Steveson was selected in this year’s WWE Draft even though he hasn’t worked a single pro wrestling match yet. Steveson was one of the late picks in the draft and sent to the Raw roster. While he wasn’t at the show, he was seen reacting at his home […]

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Tony Schiavone on why fans are booing Cody Rhodes, AEW streaming service on HBO Max?

Tony Schiavone answered some fan questions on AdFreeShows.com. Schiavone was asked his thoughts on Cody Rhodes being booed in AEW: “Cody has a reality show and he gets his own special entrance. I understand he’s getting booed, but he gets cheered a lot too. I’m in the arena so I can hear it and see […]

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Cain Velasquez on why he was released by WWE, short match with Brock Lesnar “didn’t serve me as well”

Cain Velasquez was interviewed on The MMA Hour to talk about his UFC career and his brief time in WWE. Here are some highlights from the interview: Cain Velasquez was asked why he is no longer with WWE: “Primarily it was because of Covid. They had to just drop a lot of their roster in […]

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Sami Callihan provides an update on his injury recovery, why Jon Moxley vs. Jimmy Jacobs was announced for Wrestling Revolver show

Sami Callihan appeared on the Battleground podcast to talk about The Wrestling Revolver Tales from the Ring 4 airing tonight at 9 pm eastern on FITE TV. Here are some highlights from the interview: Callihan & Jon Moxley were originally scheduled to face The Wolves tonight but he suffered an injury at the September 18th […]

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Bray Wyatt reacts to report that cites a WWE source saying he deserved to be released

Windham Rotunda, former WWE Superstar Bray Wyatt, apparently has plans to speak about his time in WWE and the reason why he is no longer working for them. Ringside News reported that a WWE source said the following on Rotunda: “Not being an apologist or a WWE defender, just telling you like it is. If […]

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Eddie Kingston talks about his battle with depression: “Every day is a struggle”

During an interview on Busted Open Radio, Eddie Kingston talked about his battle with depression. Kingston alluded to this on AEW Dynamite during a segment with Bryan Danielson. Kingston said the following on Busted Open Radio: “There’s a lot of things I have to fight through to get to this point. It’s not just the […]

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The Rock is teaming up with Amazon for a new Christmas movie

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a new project lined up in the world of Hollywood as he will reunite with his “Jumanji” director, Jake Kasdan. The Hollywood Reporter reports they are teaming up together for a Christmas-themed film with Amazon Studios with the working title of “Red One.” Although not confirmed, the former WWE Champion […]

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Jon Moxley talks about WWE scripting The Shield promos, how Chris Jericho convinced him AEW was real

Jon Moxley was on Wrestling Observer Radio to promote his new book, MOX, available nationwide on November 2. The book is available for pre-order now on Amazon. Here are some highlights: Moxley talking about his dislike of scripted promos and said he will never do another one again: “I will never read a script on […]

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Becky Lynch battles Bianca Belair in a Raw Women’s Title Match this Monday

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What will Seth Rollins have in store for WWE Champion Big E this Monday?

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Nixed concept art for Bray Wyatt and Alexa Bliss

WWE apparently had an idea to do a live-action Firefly Fun House. This is according to tattoo artist and illustrator Kyle A. Scarborough, who noted on Twitter that Bray Wyatt was willing to do it, but only if he could play the characters. The idea didn’t make it to TV. He tweeted, “Fun Fact: the […]

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Charlotte Flair reacts to reports made about her following Becky Lynch confrontation

Charlotte Flair has been in the headlines over the last week following the reported backstage confrontation with Becky Lynch on the October 22nd episode of SmackDown. Flair wasn’t thrilled with WWE’s plan for the championship exchange segment with Lynch and went to management to try to change it. After the segment, she had words with […]

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Kofi Kingston talks his childhood, The New Day, power of positivity

Thanks to The Art of Kindness podcast for sending us the following: WWE Superstar Kofi Kingston Talks Power of Positivity on The Art of Kindness podcast (with special cameos by his kids!) NEW YORK, NY; October 30, 2021: The Art of Kindness podcast, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, is thrilled to announce that […]

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Friday’s WWE SmackDown attendance was the lowest since return to touring

WWE continues to deal with low attendance for its live television events. WrestleTix noted that Friday’s episode of SmackDown was the lowest attended show for the blue brand since the company returned to live event touring in July. 4,180 tickets were sold for the show with an estimated capacity being 4,682. WWE Friday Night SmackDownFri […]

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Roman Reigns is closing in on Brock Lesnar’s WWE Universal Title record

Roman Reigns is on track to make WWE history as the Universal Champion. “The Big Dog” beat Bray Wyatt at the Payback pay-per-view event last year to become the champion. Since that time, he has beaten all that have come before him. Reigns reached 424 days as champion on Friday, which means he’s just getting […]

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Two matches announced for next week’s AEW Rampage

All Elite Wrestling has revealed the first two matches for the next episode of Rampage on TNT. John Silver will take on Adam Cole in a singles match while The Bunny will face Red Velvet in a TBS Women’s Title Tournament match. In recent weeks, The Elite and The Dark Order have picked up their […]

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WWE 205 Live results: Oct. 29, 2021

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SmackDown results: Oct. 29, 2021

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Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs set to take on Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss in Trick or Street Fight

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Pat McAfee ends WWE SmackDown on FS1 by saying ‘baseball is stupid’

This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown was headlined by The New Day defeating SmackDown Tag Team Champions in a non-title match that was announced earlier in the show. At the conclusion of the show, Michael Cole touted that SmackDown will return to FOX next Friday night. This week’s episode was moved to FS1 […]

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WWE SmackDown star turns heel

A WWE SmackDown star turned heel after the opening match this week on FOX. The show kicked off with an in-ring promo from SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair. The promo led to an interruption from Shotzi Blackheart and that led to a match between Flair and Blackheart. Flair won the match but Blackheart, who blamed […]

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Mance Warner released by MLW

Mance Warner is now a free agent. SEScoops confirmed today that Warner has been released by Major League Wrestling. Warner is now free to sign with any promotion on a full-time basis. Warner is the latest name to be released this week along with Jorgan Oliver, Beastman, Bu Ku Dao, and Leo Brien as the […]

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WWE SmackDown update on Charlotte Flair

PWInsider is reporting that Charlotte Flair is backstage for tonight’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown so it looks like there will be no repercussions for the incident with Becky Lynch last week. Unless there’s a change to the script, Flair is scheduled to wrestle during the first hour of the show. Flair began a […]

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WWE Hall Of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan undergoes successful surgery

Earlier this week, WWE Hall Of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer a few months ago. Duggan’s wife, Debra, shared on Instagram that he had successful surgery today. She wrote, “Jim’s surgery went as planned. Thank you for your prayers, good vibes and well wishes. Please continue them […]

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WWE has discussed NXT 2.0 returning to live event touring

WWE is looking to hire someone to be a Senior Production Assistant of Social Media for the NXT 2.0 brand. Part of the job listing notes the employee would have to create/shoot social content at various live events, TV tapings, WWE Network specials, and talent appearances. This has led to speculation about the brand resuming […]

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Chad Gable named valedictorian after earning his master's degree

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Vince McMahon issues directive for WWE to hire shorter referees

Dave Meltzer noted in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter that there is a new directive in WWE to hire shorter referees. The reason for this is because Vince McMahon wants the taller talent to stand out as being bigger than life. This is in line with the overall directive for NXT where McMahon wants to […]

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Backstage news on who came up with the idea for FTR to win AAA Tag Team Titles

FTR, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, won the AAA Tag Team Championship from the Lucha Brothers back on the October 16 episode of Dynamite. The storyline was that Andrade El Idolo paid Pinnacle leader MJF for their services as a way to take the titles away from Penta El Zero M and Rey Fenix. Thus, […]

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Goldberg comments on his future with WWE

Goldberg just won his most recent match against Bobby Lashley at last week’s WWE Crown Jewel pay-per-view event, which was a rematch from SummerSlam where “The Almighty” scored a victory over the WWE Hall of Famer. The former WWE Universal Champion did an interview with Ring Rules before the Saudi Arabia pay-per-view and was asked […]

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IMPACT! Photos: The Fallout From Bound For Glory Turns to Total Anarchy

Following one of the greatest nights in IMPACT Wrestling history, the fallout from Bound For Glory began on a wild edition of IMPACT! on AXS TV.

Tensions exploded between new IMPACT World Champion Moose and one of his greatest rivals of all time, Eddie Edwards. Plus, Minoru Suzuki set his sights on a determined Josh Alexander, Ace Austin squared off with Chris Sabin in a breathtaking main event and more. Relive each and every moment in this must-see ringside photo gallery, featuring up close and personal shots of all your favorite IMPACT stars and Knockouts!

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