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RECKLESS SPECULATION POD: Where will WWE releases go?

SRS talks about the WWE releases and where they'll go

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More News On WWE Releases, Including Samoa Joe And Mickie James

WWE has started what appear to be annual April 15 releases today, cutting Mickie James, Billie Kay, Chelsea Green, Kalisto, Tucker, Samoa Joe, Bo Dallas, Mojo Rawley and Wesley Blake.

Of those wrestlers, we've been told that Mickie James had been vocal backstage about her desire to continue...

More On Bo Dallas' Release

Bo Dallas was unfortunately among those released by WWE this week after being out of action since 2019.

Bo Dallas had been backstage at some recent episodes of WWE Smackdown, but we'd been told he'd not figured in to any creative plans whatsoever. He'd also started looking into additional b...

Additional Details On New ROH Contracts

PWInsider today reported that Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis had signed with ROH full-time. Maria had noted in the past that they were at least obligated to the company until June. Fightful reached out to Bennett and clarified that they signed entirely new contracts with Ring of Honor, which rep...

List Goes On PRE SHOW

- Yeti Cups

- Charlotte Flair

- Jim Ross on Mania

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More on Ivelisse's AEW Departure, What Talent Says Happened

You may have noticed that Diamante has been working as a solo act for over a month in All Elite Wrestling. Fightful inquired about the absence of her partner Ivelisse, and were told that Ivelisse has not been at AEW tapings of late. We reached out to Ivelisse a couple of weeks back, who told us t...

Another WrestleMania Finish Changed The Week Of The Show

We mentioned the changes to the Fiend vs. Randy Orton match, but that wasn't the only match that had the result changed this weekend. Fightful was informed that originally Riddle was supposed to retain his WWE United States Championship at the show, but it was adjusted in favor of continuing the ...

Alex's SOUR GRAPS: Raw After Mania--Decapitalization

The Raw After Mania didn't feature any big surprise returns, or big surprise debuts or big surprise ANYTHING. Also, there was no crowd going into business for themselves. Also there was no crowd.

Most tragically, no beach balls.

But Alexa Bliss has a new friend, and Nia Jax has a new ...

Tons Of News On Roman Reigns vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan

WrestleMania's night two main event featured an awful lot of story to it, and as is the case with most Reigns-related creative, we're told that Paul Heyman was instrumental in orchestrating it. Even beyond that, we were also informed that 2021-04-13 17:05:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Danhausen ROH Contract Update

Danhausen is appearing for Ring of Honor while still working independent dates, but according to our interview with him, he's not locked down long term. Danhausen indicated to Fightful that his current ROH deal lasts through the end of the calendar year. Separately of the interview, we'd learned ...

SRS Match Ratings, Discussion For RAW AFTER MANIA

Bobby Lashley (w/ MVP) defeated Riddle
SQUASH

Riddle approaches Lashley backstage and challenges him. This is a really funny segment, with Riddle directly quoting (with dates) times Lashley said he would take on anyone.

Lashley beats the shit out of Riddle for ten ...

Tentative post-Mania plans

Tonight's Raw was the product of several creative changes over the weekend. We're told that as of this afternoon a "big" triple threat match had been planned for the evening's show, set to feature some sensible performers, likely to determine what's next for Lashley.

As with anything (as y...

Finish To Major WrestleMania Match Changed, No Creative Direction Given To Talent

If the Fiend/Randy Orton climax at WrestleMania wasn't what you were expecting, you aren't alone. In fact, the talent are among those.

Fightful has learned that the plan as of Friday before Wre...

Backstage Report (4/12/21)- WRESTLEMANIA!

- Tons of WrestleMania notes

- Names backstage at Mania

- Becky, Cena, Lesnar, Goldberg

- NXT Takeover match cut for time

- WWE 2K22

- AEW-IMPACT-NJPW News

- Ronda Rousey

- Andrade

- Gallows, Juice Robinson, David Finlay

WrestleMania 37 Night Two Match Ratings, Notes From Sean Ross Sapp

Hulk Hogan and Titus O'Neil are out to intro the show in pirate suits. Hulk Hogan gets booed every time he...

WrestleMania Night Two Notes!

- You may have seen on social media that Miro was at WrestleMania. He watched the show from the crowd as opposed to backstage to support Lana. He was also at the talent hotel this week.

- Alicia Fox was also at WrestleMania in gear on night one. 

- What looked to be a crash pad w...

More WrestleMania notes, wrestlers backstage

As mentioned last night on Fightful Select, Peyton Royce was backstage, despite not being used on the show and she was far from the only one. Many saw Jinder Mahal on the stage as well, but Ivar was there in full gear for the show. He's been sidelined for over seven months with an injury.

W...

Fightful Weekender (4/11): IMPACT HARDCORE JUSTICE, NXT UK PRELUDE, GCW, IWTV

STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new episode of the WEEKENDER!

Topics:

- IMPACT: "Hardcore Justice" results

- NXT UK: "Prelude" results

- GCW "The Collective" full results (featuring 12 Game Changer Wrestling events)

- IWTV "Showcase of the Independents" full results (f...

News On WrestleMania 37 Day 2

Early concerns about weather are already taking their toll on WrestleMania Day 2. We're told that the call time has already been pushed back for the show, but the start time is the same as of right now. We'll keep you updated as we learn more

Sasha And Bianca's post-match

Upon coming back through the curtain tonight at WrestleMania, we're told that Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair were met with applause and congratulations from their colleagues. As soon as the show went off the air, Montez Ford sprinted to the ring to celebrate with Belair, which was also filmed. Fig...

WWE 2K22 News

WWE 2K22 was officially announced tonight. Media was briefed on the announcement Thursday with an embargo until WrestleMania. The 2K team told us they wanted to be more transparent about the process this time around, and would answer questions they could along the way. In addition, there will be ...

WrestleMania 37 Night One Match Ratings, Notes From Sean Ross Sapp

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Opening
So not Hogan....not Drew.....VINCE gets the first pop back. What a rib! Vince gives a big speech welcoming the audience back to WRESTLEMANIAAAAA! That Vince McMahon WrestleMania introduction will be heard for decades and decades to come. It'l...

WrestleMania Notes (ONGOING)

- After the weather ripped down some of the WrestleMania set, we're told that men in hard hats were sent up to fix flags that were on top of the set's ship and anything else that needs adjusted. WWE had tarped off the video screens to protect them and a lot of the floor seating had blown over bef...

Bellas - WrestleMania Update

If you were hoping that the Bellas could pop up in tonight's women'stag team turmoil, match, you probably shouldn't. We were told they are not planned to wrestle in the match tonight, even though they're at the venue for Hall of Fame activities. Those that we've spoken to say that the common beli...

WWE HOF Update

For those asking about the plans for the Hall of Fame inductees and WrestleMania, we were told that as of Thursday, the plan was to feature Hall of Famers on the show  in some capacity, despite the unusual circumstances we live in. They are hoping to have as many in Tampa as possible, even t...

Ronda's Original WWE Contract Would Have Been Up Today

This has gone largely under the radar, but Ronda Rousey's original WWE contract faces its expiration date on April 10, 2021. WWE issued a statement in January 2019 indicating that the contract signed was through that period while the two sides attempted to deny that she'd be leaving the company.<...

Alex's SOUR GRAPS: WrestleMania SmackDown -- Y'all Gon Make Me Lose My Mind

WrestleMania SmackDown featured a bunch of promos, A CLASH OF THE TITANS, the return of actual Main Event Jey Uso, and the Tag Titles being retained by Riggler & Zoode.  

So we'll get to preview WrestleMania, too, while we're at it!  

Everything sucks. Let's talk about i...

WrestleMania Night 1 Main Event, Per Internal Script

WrestleMania Night 1 is slated to make some major history, at least according to the Friday script.

Fightful has learned that as of Friday evening, Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair for the Smackdown Women's Title is listed on those scripts as the show-closing match for WrestleMania night one. ...

News On WrestleMania, Nigerian Drum Fight

Big E mentioned it in a mid-week interview, but as of Wednesday, those involved and in WWE had no idea what a Nigerian Drum Fight was. It wasn't specified when it was pitched, put forth, or put on television what it was. We were told ideas were even being tossed around as of the tapings that happ...

News On Becky Lynch, John Cena, Goldberg, Brock Lesnar

It's WrestleMania season, and that means familiar faces often pop up. Fightful asked around about several of those faces and the possibility of them appearing. Note that this is not a confirmation that these wrestlers will or won't appear, just information we've gathered backstage about the possi...