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NXT North American Championship
Damian Priest (c) defeated Johnny Gargano to retain the title
7/10
- WWE traveling?
- WWE Twitch/Cameo news and reactions
- Vince McMahon email
- Harold Meij out of NJPW
- Ben Carter WWE/AEW
- Aleister Black theme
- Amber Nova
- Contract, stats, injuries
2020-10-04 21:18:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Finn Balor (c) vs Kyle O'Reilly
Finn Balor -700 (1/7)
Kyle O'Reilly +40...
2020-10-04 19:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new episode of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- Shows to watch on IWTV - BLACK LABLE PRO: "Turbo Graps 16" (Parts One & Two)
- IMPACT: "Victory Road" results
- ROH Pure Title Tournament (Episode 471) results
- NJPW G1 Climax (Nights 5-8) results
- NXT UK (10/1) results
- UWN: "Primetime Live" (9/29) results
- BTE: "Sour Patch Kids" recap
2020-10-04 17:03:15 +0000 UTC View Post
As mentioned, we have an interview with Ben Carter, where he talks about his career to this point.
Britt Baker put him over to Tony Khan without even meeting him, and Christopher Daniels contacted Carter about coming in. Because of his residence status, AEW couldn't legally pay him, so he ended up working the show for free, which he told us he was more than happy to do. He said that the experience was a whirlwind and really came into perspective how big the spots were when ...
2020-10-04 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt Riddle formed the Lucha Bros.
Chad Gable and John Morrison got squashed by Sheamus and an Easter Ham, respectively.
They've been saving their big Bayley & Sasha match for ... a random Friday in October, apparently.
The Fiend has a girlfriend now.
Carmella is back, and she and Sami Zayn both cut "All You People" promos.
But everything Roman is doing is great.
And everything else sucks. Let's talk about it.
Fightful has learned that Ben Carter has drawn the interest of multiple companies, not just All Elite Wrestling. We've been told that there was also at least contact with NXT, but weren't told how serious those discussions were or how far the conversations got. We've also heard that other companies have expressed interest in the prospect.
To expand on this, we've learned that Voices of Wrestling had mentioned this a couple of weeks ago. Since publishing this pos...
2020-10-03 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
- Keith Lee and Andrade had their first match ever against one another this past week.
- Zelina has more Raw Women's Title shots than singles wins in the past two years.
- Dominik's father is Rey Mysterio.
- Kevin Owens and Aleister Black competed for the third time, including Raw Underground. Black hasn't won any of them.
- All eight of Dominik Mysterio's match...
2020-10-03 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Fightful has learned that several local Fox affiliates have been notified that they may require interruptions during tonight's WWE Smackdown broadcast to update the condition of President Trump as he's been taken to Walter Reed Medical Center. This would be happening regardless of programming, but Fox has prepared affiliates for the possible changes.
2020-10-02 23:30:14 +0000 UTC View PostWWE will going back to the "crowd" method for NXT Takeover this weekend. We've heard from several talent and those close to talent that have said that requests were made to bring "friends and family" for the crowd environment on Sunday's NXT Takeover 31. Talent were asked on Friday afternoon to recommend names. Many of those names received information Friday noting that they could bring limited people with them.
Nobody under 16 is permitted without a guardian, face coverings will b...
2020-10-02 20:49:59 +0000 UTC View Post
There are responses and reactions all over the map for WWE's third party policies.
One prominent WWE Superstar on the main roster told us they weren't took concerned about the policies as WWE takes care of them financially and their schedule hadn't really allowed for Cameo to begin with. However, the wrestler did understand the concern others felt.
Numerous WWE wrestlers said that with the new changes, they likely won't see any additional money. Many other basic...
2020-10-02 20:36:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Louis Dangoor of WrestleTalk recently ran a report noting that WWE morale seemed to be up on the Smackdown side after the return of Roman Reigns. We've actually heard much of the same for WWE Raw since the move to the Amway Center. One WWE wrestler we spoke to said that the Performance Center was getting very "cramped and lived in" in pretty quick fashion considering WWE was running multiple shows out of the same building for five months.
Another wrestler joked to us that t...
2020-10-02 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Fightful obtained an email from Vince McMahon to talent that read as follows:
"Just a friendly reminder that this Friday, October 2 is the deadline for severing any unauthorized business relationships with 3rd parties. As was mentioned in my September 3 message, continued violations beyond this deadline will results in fines and may result in suspension of termination. If you need further details, please contact our EVP of Operations, Brad Blum. Thank you. Vinc... 2020-10-02 15:03:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Following Gary Cassidy's report that WWE talent were instructed to travel, Fightful reached out to numerous wrestlers in the company. Unanimously, the reception was that of groans and frustration, with many thinking that the decision to do this after the company knew of another outbreak was a poor one. One top wrestler said that they've not seen much from WWE to instill confidence that it would get any better on the road. Every talent we've spoke to misses live audiences, but have also ...
2020-10-01 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
- Managing
- Montez Ford, Dana & Mandy, Kushida, Asuka
- WWE TV writing
- Marcus Cor Von, Elijah Burke, Chris Masters, Mr. Kennedy
- Ben Carter
- Tag team wrestling
- NJPW and AEW
- WrestleMania plans
- WWE Draft
- Undisputed Era
- OVER 150 QUESTIONS!
2020-10-01 18:39:10 +0000 UTC View Post
There could be more NXT content on the way soon. Fightful has learned that a once-pitched NXT product was at least in the planning stages in September, before the most recent outbreak.
Once pitched as "NXT Underground" well before "Raw Underground" happened, but it wasn't to be anything like the Raw Underground we see today, outside of having peers watch the show. The idea was floated around last year, but not everyone was on board with the idea, which was tabled. There was...
2020-10-01 16:27:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn a little under a month, Impact Wrestling will be featuring its infamous flagship PPV - Bound For Glory! This iconic mainstay PPV is the most sought after PPV for Impact Wrestling dating back to its inception in 2005. Think of Bound For Glory as the Wrestlemania of Impact Wrestling and has seen numerous memorable moments featuring Kurt Angle, Sting, Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Hulk Hogan, Awesome Kong, The Great Muta, Matt Hardy, and so many more! With all the great mome...
2020-10-01 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
- Austin Theory isn't credible
- Nasty Shotzi apron spot
- Kushida and Kyle O'Reilly rule
- NXT Takeover
- Dog Collars and sentons
- World title match
- Ricky Starks and Darby Allin are good.
- Britt Baker is back
2020-10-01 04:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post
- John Cena
- IMPACT
- Jeff Hardy
- Angel Garza
- Ladder match
- RVD/Katie Forbes
- Forgotten Sons
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/zuTYRIDcouQ
2020-09-30 20:37:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe've not yet heard why Harold Meij resigned from New Japan Pro Wrestling, but we have heard from several wrestlers about how they feel about it. One longtime New Japan Pro Wrestling star told us that they never quite fully bought in to the Harold Meij plan, and they were hopeful that he would be more proactive with relationships. Another said that they would have needed more time to see his vision fully executed because of the pandemic, but that they hadn't quite seen it unfold even in...
2020-09-30 16:02:55 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of SOUR GRAPS, we talk about how Raw is a CD player stuck on repeat, and the only thing new is something that probably shouldn't exist at all.
Apparently everything was rewritten right before the show, and yet nobody saw fit to change the main storyline from "dude in his 30s is creeping on a teenager and he's probably the good guy" to um ... anything else?
Plus, Bobby Roode is back, RetroBooShun "has the night off" and Randy Orton bought himself a pair of fancy ski...
2020-09-30 01:35:53 +0000 UTC View PostMuch has been made of Aleister Black's new theme, but Fightful has heard a little more on the situation.
One wrestler reached out to us to note that Black himself had a hand in picking or switching the new theme, after seeing much of the blame cast on WWE online. WWE has been slowly moving away from CFO$ themes, but we do know of multiple wrestlers who were able to keep their themes after rejecting new ones.
We've yet to confirm the decision with Black or WWE, but have had it corr...
2020-09-29 16:16:58 +0000 UTC View PostQ&A show drops Thursday! Ask away
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2020-09-29 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned that as of the start of the show, no Raw Underground segments have been filmed for tonight's show. WWE usually records those ahead. However, Fightful heard that the company was already short on available names due to exposure and quarantine in connection with the COVID-19 outbreak. The segment was deemed unnecessary as a result.
2020-09-29 02:16:29 +0000 UTC View Post
- Wrestling COVID Outbreak
- Clash of Champions Changes
- NWA releases, deals
- MLW contracts
- AEW backstage news
- Victoria
- Contracts, stats, updates!
2020-09-28 14:35:52 +0000 UTC View PostNote: We have a full article on this dropping soon
In case you were wondering, there was absolutely no plan to have Victoria return or appear at the 2020 WWE Royal Rumble. An image of her Titantron leaked online and made people believe that she'd be showing up. Victoria told us that she first heard about this online, and had never actually been contacted to make an appearance. She's not usually in touch with WWE about anything, and joked that she gets 25 dollar royalty check...
2020-09-28 14:24:07 +0000 UTC View PostLet's talk wrestling
WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship
Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Lucha House Party (w/ Gran Metalik)
6/10
POST Wrestling has reported that both Bayley vs. Nikki Cross, as well as the Women's Tag Team Title match have been changed.
Fightful was told that the card has been affected by the COVID outbreak not just across WWE, but pro wrestling in general. Nikki Cross' absence is one WWE have been planning for since earlier in the week. We were not told how the women's tag team title match would be affected or if it'd be rescheduled, but have heard that there's a lot of frustration within WWE ov...
2020-09-27 19:24:42 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with another episode of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- Show to watch on IWTV - PARADIGM: "Same Energy"
- ROH Pure Title Tournament (Episode 470) results
- NJPW G1 Climax (Day 3 & Day 4) results
- IMPACT (9/22) results
- 205 LIVE (9/25) results
- NXT UK (9/24) results
- UWN Primetime Live (9/22) results
- Warrior Wrestling Stadium Series (9/26) results
- BTE: "Sue" recap
2020-09-27 15:53:45 +0000 UTC View Post