Welcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
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2022-12-15 14:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post- Fightful Select has heard from several members of the AEW locker room who have had positive things to say about the morale and direction of said locker room of late.
- AEW's new hire Mike Mansury, who looks to significantly improve production, is at the show tonight. However, he's still observing and not on duty as of yet.
- The NBA on NBC "Roundball Rock" theme debuted on AEW TV tonight. We've been told Tony Khan wanted the rights coming out of AEW Full Gear to coincide w...
2022-12-15 01:54:16 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
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2022-12-15 00:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostDan The Dad spoke with Fightful Select's Spotlight, which airs Thursday! Below are some early notes
- Toa Liona is okay and Dan The Dad reached out to apologize for working stiff.
- The character Dan The Dad came from being a natural dork and being made fun of by Ethan Page.
- Says Orange Cassidy is the best at the comedy wrestling style and he got a lot of advice from him.
- Pitched “Dad Joke” move to RSP early in his Dan The Dad run, they tried it, and it worked. Has othe...
Kevin Owens vs. Shawn Michaels? Well, if Kevin Owens had his way, that would have happened.
Kevin Owens appeared on Kevin Raphael's podcast this week (link below) and said that he recently inquired about a potential match with Shawn Michaels. In the interview, Owens noted that after the Stone Cold match at WrestleMania, he figured ntohing was impossible. When Owens went to NXT for the KO Show, he had a sit down with Shawn Michaels and asked him if he'd considered having one last match w...
2022-12-14 21:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostSRS and Jimmy Van keep the party rolling!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/i94KfkNjy1g
2022-12-14 20:33:00 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select has learned that Mandy Rose has been released from her WWE contract.
Fightful has learned that WWE felt they were put in a position where they needed to release her due to what they considered the explicit nature of the content on her FanTime page. They considered this to be outside the parameters of her WWE contract. In following up, WWE sources indicated to Fightful that they felt like the content was not appropriate for one or more of their partner relationships, and ...
2022-12-14 16:58:33 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
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2022-12-14 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
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2022-12-14 06:20:19 +0000 UTC View PostPlease avoid this article if you do not wish to be spoiled.
Earlier on Twitter we posted a vague gif (the peak of journalism) of Mandy Rose blowing a kiss.
Fightful Select learned just ahead of tonight's NXT that there was discussion backstage of Mandy Rose dropping the NXT Women's titles at this week's tapings. Roxanne Perez challenged her for a match tonight shortly after.
Obviously there's no way to confirm this until it happens, but we have learned tha...
Vince McMahon wants to come back to WWE, but it doesn't seem like that feeling is reciprocated.
A new Wall Street Journal article dropped on December 13, outlining that Vince McMahon has told those close to him that he's considered making a WWE comeback, and got poor advice to retire. This, with the revelation of two more lawsuits regarding sexual misconduct and assault -- one new, and one from Rita Chatterton, a former WWE referee.
Fightful immediately heard from numerous staff a...
2022-12-14 00:42:05 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select spoke to AEW's Ethan Page for a new interview.
Ethan Page re-signed with AEW very early into the original deal that he'd agreed to, and told Fightful that it was the right choice. He dipped his toes into producing and agenting, and told us that he's also pushed to do some commentary work. Even though he has a long way to go before wrapping up his career, he said that he wanted to be as equippe...
2022-12-13 21:03:46 +0000 UTC View PostWWE Raw Producers
- Title shot tourney finals: Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley: TJ Wilson
- AJ Styles vs. Chad Gable: Shawn Daivari
- Street Profits & Akira Tozawa vs. Judgment Day: Shane Helms
- Candice LeRae vs. IYO SKY: Kenny Dykstra
- Elias vs. Solo Sikoa: Adam Pearce
- Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley: Pete Williams
- United States Title Contender: Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley: Abyss
Backstage News
- Kylie Rae worked the WWE Main Event tapings as B...
2022-12-13 17:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
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2022-12-13 16:25:06 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
To write- in a candidate not listed, comment them below. A “like” on a write in can also count as a vote.
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2022-12-13 04:50:02 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
To write- in a candidate not listed, comment them below. A “like” on a write in can also count as a vote.
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2022-12-13 04:40:15 +0000 UTC View Post
(STREAMING 10 MINUTES AFTER RAW!)
Kevin Owens is the only good sports entertainer.
Everything else on the show was either stupid or felt kind of phoned in, honestly.
Killing time for the Holidays.
Asuka vs Rhea and Bobby vs Seth are still to come at the time of this writing, so those might be good.
Guess we'll find out if ... everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
2022-12-13 03:23:18 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select has learned the following WWE Raw plans for tonight
Please be thoughtful of those who wish to avoid spoilers
- Title shot tourney finals: Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley
- AJ Styles vs. Chad Gable
- Street Profits & Akira Tozawa vs. Judgment Day
- Candice LeRae vs. IYO SKY
- Elias Tribute Concert that leads to a match
- Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley
- United States Title Contender: Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley
2022-12-13 00:29:45 +0000 UTC
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A very interesting name is getting a look ahead of WWE Raw tonight.
Fightful Select has learned that AEW, IMPACT and NWA veteran Kylie Rae is working a WWE Main Event match ahead of tonight's WWE Raw tapings. She'll be working against Dana Brooke.
Kylie Rae was in Orlando last week at the WWE Performance Center for a week-long tryout. Those that we spoke to said that she seemed in high spirits. WWE held a more experienced tryout that included indie workers like KC Navarro, D...
2022-12-13 00:24:51 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- ROH: "Final Battle" results
- Krule vacates IWTV Independent Wrestling World Championship
- IMPACT *TV TAPING SPOILERS*
- ETU: "We Don't Belong Here" results
- GCW: "Settlement Series Part 8" results
- NXT Level Up (12/9) results
- NWA: "Powerrr" (12/6) results
- MLW: "Fusion" (12/8) results
- SHW results
2022-12-13 00:03:57 +0000 UTC View PostAEW made a big hire in the form of Mike Mansury.
Mansury announced his return to wrestling as a Senior VP & Co-Executive Producer for AEW. He previously served as VP of Global TV Production for WWE. He's been around AEW shows for the last several weeks at least, but this hire is even bigger than many realize on the surface.
When the Triple H regime took over, many asked if Kevin Dunn would also be on his way out. When we asked within WWE, we were repeatedly told that the one p...
2022-12-12 23:24:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs has been the case all along, Karl Anderson is still slated to work NJPW Wrestle Kingdom.
Reports emerged today indicating that WWE and NJPW had come to an agreement for Anderson to work the January NJPW spectacular, but those that we've spoken to all throughout the process say that has been the plan since August.
Back in late August, WWE approached Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows, offering them WWE contracts. The two had been working without deals in NJPW since leaving IMPACT Wre...
2022-12-12 20:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a crazy news day, and SRS is here to clear lots of stuff up
- Sasha Banks/NJPW/WWE
- Karl Anderson NJPW/WWE
- Cody Rhodes
- AEW video game
MORE!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/I9W__QH7mDY
2022-12-12 19:53:50 +0000 UTC View PostLast week, Fightful reported Cody Rhodes and Miz were in LA, likely filming for WWE 2K. Johnny Gargano, Rey Mysterio, Dominik, Rhea Ripley, Damian Priest, Bianca Belair were also there. Maryse was scheduled to be there, but we aren't sure if it was for the game.
- Fightful heard from numerous WWE sources that indicated that they were very happy with the buzz from Sol Ruca's NXT LVL UP finish. The match saw Ruca use an imploding cutter that went viral on social media. Dante Leon h...
There have been pitches for numerous talent to be called up to the WWE main roster, Fightful Select has been told that there have been pitches for several NXT talent.
Since the return to live crowds last year, NXT talent has regularly worked dark matches or on Main Event to help evaluate them. One NXT source indicated to us that WWE higher ups feel it gives them a more accurate reflection of how a talent woul...
2022-12-12 01:39:31 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
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2022-12-11 23:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs seen in Fightful Magazine, issue 2! Available at FightfulMag.com!
By Carlos Toro
Boxing has never been a sport for the weak of heart. Its warriors put their lives on the line every time they step into the ring, even if it’s not something fans immediately realize.
In an instant, a punch can send a fighter to a hospital, break their ribs, cause concussions, and leave long-lasting damage that will follow them well after they hang up their gloves.
...
2022-12-11 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDanny Limelight was interviewed by Grapsody, where he spoke openly about his MLW and AEW exits.
- He didn’t know about the Independent circuit when he first got into wrestling.
-Thought wrestlers wrestled in college and then got drafted like it’s the NBA.
- Rocky Romero contacted him for NJPW LA Dojo tryout and Lion’s Break Collision/NJPW STRONG.
- Wants to be the face of United Wrestling Network.
- Asked for promo time in AEW but never got a mic. Says MLW ...
2022-12-11 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the voting of the first-ever Fightful Awards.
These awards are a full-on fan vote, to reflect the “best of” 2022 per our great audience. We look to keep these as positive as possible, and reflect the highlights of a very newsworthy year.
To write- in a candidate not listed, comment them below. A “like” on a write in can also count as a vote.
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2022-12-11 17:18:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe Wrestling Perspective Podcast is now part of Fightful! Each week, The Wrestling Perspective is hosted by Lars Frederiksen of the Punk Rock Band "Rancid" and Dennis Farrell.
The second episode will be available on Youtube, and your favorite Podcast platform, on Sunday, December 11th at 12:00pm EST. The guest this week was former TNA Heavyweight Champion EC3.
EC3 was asked why certain moves were banned in his promotion CYN (Control Your Narrative). He would explain they were bei...
2022-12-11 04:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post