This weekend's NXT Takeover: In Your House signifies WWE pushing forward with expanded audience. Fightful was informed that this weekend's in Your House will feature the biggest WWE CWC-Performance Center audience since before the pandemic. COVID-19 testing is no longer required, but W...
2021-06-10 18:28:00 +0000 UTC View PostNXT Takeover In Your House is this weekend, and Mat Men Radio's Andrew Zarian has noted on his show that this would not be the last NXT Takeover of the Summer, and Tim of Pro Wrestling Unlimited reported on June 7 that it'd be on August 22 . Fightful has confirmed this, and have learned the worki...
2021-06-10 17:04:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sean and maybe Jimmy are LIVE at 2:45!
video: https://youtu.be/YdXcSQiF9SU
2021-06-09 18:02:51 +0000 UTC View PostWe've had a lot of people asking about what happened with the Authors of Pain. Fightful said there were inquiries by wrestlers themselves about bringing them into particular companies last year, but that no movement was on the horizon. We're told they were brought up to AEW management last year, ...
2021-06-09 17:42:04 +0000 UTC View Post- He's fine with Adam Cole weaseling his way into the main event of Takeover.
- He's "curious and excited" about possibly facing Kushida in the future and bringing that match to a new audience.
- He was told a couple of days before Regal's initial War Games announcement that they'd be...
2021-06-09 17:24:32 +0000 UTC View Post
A tag team battle royal with a shoddily booked finish. A babyface push for (SHUDDER) Jaxson Ryker. Jeff Hardy being an angry curmudgeon. Pointless promos. Another CAN THEY GET ALONG tag match. A contract signing. And then there was the "Main Event" segment.
You all saw it. Let's talk about ...
2021-06-09 03:59:18 +0000 UTC View PostNWA is fresh off of their most recent PPV effort, and we're told they're coming back soon with a unique show. Fightful has learned that National Wrestling Alliance has been working on and plans to announce an all-women's PPV for later this year. August 28 was the preliminary date that we'd heard,...
2021-06-08 17:56:16 +0000 UTC View PostMatt Cardona's attack on Nick Gage blew up Sunday, with hype being built for an eventual match between the two. The finish saw Matt Cardona dressed as a druid, emulating Jon Moxley's mannerisms, before doing a Paradigm Shift and revealing his identity to the crowd. Fightful has learned that Cardo...
2021-06-07 14:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostJody Threat was a name that was quickly emerging on the Canadian independent scene in 2019, to the point that she got a WWE tryout in Toronto Summerslam weekend that year. She was told about four weeks ahead of time, and I spoke with her about that, and she said she got good feedback from it. She...
2021-06-07 14:35:25 +0000 UTC View PostNWA announced on their show today that Kylie Rae had signed a deal with the company, leading to many surprised people, as the last we heard, she was under contract to IMPACT. PWInsider has noted that a deal came together over the last few weeks, with the deal being hammered out in the last few da...
2021-06-06 21:59:49 +0000 UTC View Post
- WWE releases
- Why they happened
- Contract news
- AEW non-renewals, why they happened
- Sanity, Imperium, Alexander Wolfe
- New faces in IMPACT
- Summerslam location
- Injury updates
2021-06-06 21:32:59 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- Show to watch on IWTV - BEYOND: "Project Dolphin"
- MLW Open Draft - Round 3
- IMPACT (6/3) results
- 205 LIVE (6/4) results
- NXT UK (6/3) results
- ROH (5/28) results
- GCW: "To...
2021-06-06 20:06:08 +0000 UTC View PostSantana Garrett's release did not come as a surprise to many within the company, as she'd been called up nearly a year before and almost never used. There were several creative plans pitched for her, and a trio with 2021-06-06 19:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Fightful has learned that Summerslam this year is still set for Las Vegas, at least as those in the WWE office have learned, and will be announced by WWE shortly. There were other cities in the running, specifically following the announcement of Pacquiao's fight that same weekend in Las Vegas. As...
2021-06-05 18:48:40 +0000 UTC View Post
SmackDown continues to be "The Roman Reigns Show, Regrettably Featuring Other Stuff".
We got a rematch from last week in a feud about a plastic crown, and we got ANOTHER rematch from last week, which led into the reigniting of a feud that will in fact last forever, and we got a terrib...
2021-06-05 17:43:06 +0000 UTC View PostI spoke with Alexander Wolfe, who said that Triple H and Shawn Michaels informed Sanity of their call-up to Smackdown when it happened. Mark Carrano told Sanity that they were figured in and the company had big plans for them, which Wolfe said were "empty promises." Wolfe said much of what initia...
2021-06-05 14:45:30 +0000 UTC View PostMore details on Lana's time with WWE emerged to Fightful in the days following her released, and it would be noted that if Lana didn't have anything going on, it wasn't for lack of her trying. We've heard several stories about how she (and Naomi) would follow up about their creative and constantl...
2021-06-04 18:39:13 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander Wolfe spoke with Fightful and said that at one point during his WWE main roster run, he was tired of sitting in catering and getting out of shape, and specifically remembered a Triple H speech in NXT warning talent of that. Wolfe said that Triple H said that talent that doesn't get used...
2021-06-04 17:26:33 +0000 UTC View PostPWInsider had reported this afternoon that a former WWE name was going to appear in a vignette on IMPACT Wrestling. Fightful has learned that Steve Maclin, the former Steve Cutler was at the IMPACT Wrestling tapings and will be doing some work with them moving forward.
2021-06-03 23:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
- ROH Women's Tourney
- Cody, Mike Bailey, Braun Strowman, Ruby Riott, Shanna, Aleister Black
- Released talent
- AEW's new figures
- Free agent female talent
- Potential supershow
- WWE-MLW
- How wrestling companies find leaks.
2021-06-03 21:39:10 +0000 UTC View PostWWE is reloading after their releases, it would seem. Fightful reported recently that we've heard of several call-ups on the horizon, and WWE officials were at the WWE Performance Center taking in PC Live matches on Thursday. PC Live are in-house events, and we were informed that Bruce Prichard, ...
2021-06-03 17:32:54 +0000 UTC View PostIMPACT Wrestling keeps adding new faces with each new taping, and that didn't stop with their most recent set. We've been told that "multiple" new faces were around at the May tapings, and were able to confirm one name specifically. Independent standout Lady Frost worked the tapings in a short ma...
2021-06-03 16:16:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Braun.
Aleister.
Ruby.
Murphy.
Lana
& Santana Garrett
All released.
All failed, utterly, by Vince McMahon & WWE.
There may be bright futures ahead elsewhere for many of these talents, but for now, tonight, Everything Sucks.
Let's talk about it.
We go live right after List & Ya Boy
- Jacksonville, AEW weekend
- Missed superchats
- Urban Meyer
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/eznK0HjmGbg
2021-06-02 19:46:06 +0000 UTC View PostAleister Black's release is a puzzling one within WWE. While Thea Trinidad, aka Zelina was back at the WWE Performance Center recently, Fightful has not heard of any specific plans for her. We've not heard that an official contract has been signed, or that she was factored in to WWE creative plan...
2021-06-02 18:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostAmong the other releases that we've heard about Ruby Riott's release definitely seemed to shake the WWE roster the most, based on those we spoke to. Riott was universally popular backstage, and commended for her hard work often. Much of the same case with Buddy Murphy, who we're told was not in t...
2021-06-02 16:39:36 +0000 UTC View PostBraun Strowman's release was likely the most surprising to fans, but to talent close to the situation, it didn't seem to be. Several that we spoke to said that Strowman's contract, signed in 2019, was a monster deal, and that he very much knew his worth when negotiating with the company. His cont...
2021-06-02 16:21:57 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select reported today the releases of Braun Strowman, Lana, Ruby Riott, Santana Garrett, Aleister Black and Buddy Murphy. A few select people within the company knew of the news Tuesday afternoon, and plans were made to make the calls Wednesday morning to talent. A lot of these releases ...
2021-06-02 16:13:04 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned the following WWE wrestlers have been released.
- Braun Strowman
- Aleister Black
- Ruby Riott
- Lana
- Santana Garrett
- Buddy Murphy
2021-06-02 15:27:42 +0000 UTC View Post