- DJ Z and Robert Strauss were another couple of names that were met with a lot of happy faces and welcoming arms. Both of them are said to have good attitudes and are willing to adapt. We're told that their television experience is something that helped out their cases as well.
- I reached out to WWE about Randy Orton being listed among the cast of Seth Rogen's upcoming movie "Long Shot." There's no photo or video of Orton on set, and no official announcement, and WWE didn't issue me a...
2019-03-19 13:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Not a ton of news and notes today, but I did inquire about Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows and the report that they were taken off of the road after passing on new contracts. A WWE source told me Monday afternoon "they didn't re-sign because they got benched, then they get benched because they didn't re-sign. What's in it for them?"
I'd noted that some were surprised that Anderson would be willing to go considering how openly he's spoken about his time home with family. Fightful has foll...
2019-03-18 17:52:44 +0000 UTC
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- American Top Team manager Dan Lambert tells us that UFC Champion Amanda Nunes would be open to filming a WWE training vignette with a Ronda Rousey opponent.
- Coming up on the slate of Making a Finisher: Magnum TA's Belly to Belly Suplex, Christopher Daniels' Angel's Wings, and Abyss' Black Hole Slam.
- There was a little frustration on the side of some in WWE's design wing for putting the Finn Balor 'Demon' graphic for WrestleMania ahead of time. Thus far a 'demon' appear...
2019-03-17 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Stephen Jensen Interviews Dylan Hales from IndependentWrestling.TV
Topics:
NEW Weekly Show Starts 4/3/19 - Beyond Wrestling: "Uncharted Territory"
IWTV Championship and Champions (Jonathan Gresham, "Hot Sauce" Tracy Williams, Orange Cassidy)
GRAMMY's Street Fight
Stokely Hathaway Signs w/ WWE
Tons of thoughts on current independent talents (such as Kris Statlander, AC Mack, Sadkampf, Brett Ison, and many more)
IWTV: "Family Reunion"...
2019-03-16 17:05:48 +0000 UTC
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Along with Wayne Shotta, SRS reviewed Mania 28 for Iron Forges Iron!
2019-03-16 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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For those new to this feature, it's a fun little booking exercise I do every month, where I take people who weren't used in matches or big segments on PPV shows and book a card with them. I want your thoughts and your cards!
Cruiserweight Tournament: I'd have whatever match 205 Live could spare in this spot as the show opener. It'd be good to feature a cruiserweight match with stakes that isn't a title match
EC3 vs. Jinder Mahal- I can't pretend a...
2019-03-15 19:57:29 +0000 UTC
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- I'd mentioned that ahead of both Fastlane and Smackdown, several wrestlers had no idea what was going on with their spots at WrestleMania. That was still the case as of this morning.
- If the Undertaker has any involvement in WrestleMania, those we've spoken to have been tight lipped about it.
- Eminem's rep Dennis Dennehy reached out to Fightful this week after the story we broke, but hasn't followed up.
- To follow up on WWE's producers and how well they've b...
2019-03-15 17:10:01 +0000 UTC
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Back in the early 2000's, Jimmy Van owned a wrestling promotion in Canada called the XWC, the Xtreme Wrestling Coalition. There was a time when the XWC had interest from a Canadian television network who requested a demo, and so the XWC put together (with their limited resources) this promo. Unfortunately the deal never came to fruition.
2019-03-14 14:51:27 +0000 UTC
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Mr. Warren Hayes brings you a wrap up podcast for 205 Live, Uk and NXT
Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmnnGcVoPzk
2019-03-14 00:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Topics!
- Eminem - WWE fallout
- Women in Saudi Arabia
- WWE leaks
- Raw, SD, Fastlane notes
- Hangman Page
- Ivelisse
- Deron Winn
- Injuries
- Contracts
- Becky Lynch makes a kid's life
2019-03-13 18:37:01 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select can confirm a deal has been reached with recording artist Eminem to help provide the soundtrack for WWE 2K20. They're also planning to have him appear on an episode of Smackdown later this year as a part of the launch of Smackdown Live on Fox. We're also told that WWE is planning on having a title belt made for him.
2019-03-12 22:22:12 +0000 UTC
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There could be a major change coming to WWE's Saudi Arabia shows, if some in the company have their way.
WWE's deal with Saudi Arabia has been a huge point of contention for fans, wrestlers and employees alike. WWE has gained a giant sum of money to put on huge events in the country, but not without controversy. As if the social issues facing the country weren't enough, last year's murder of Jamal Kh...
2019-03-12 20:11:29 +0000 UTC
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- We can confirm there has been at least a pitch to involve women in the May Saudi Arabia show from WWE's side of things. We're told that it happened a couple of weeks ago, but specifics are unclear at this point. WWE has no intent to pull out of the deal with SA, and maintains a positive relationship with those putting on the show.
- Fun fact: As I mentioned on last night's show. The girl who designed the site that Becky saw already has a nice leg up in wrestling -- her dad, Chris Mich...
2019-03-12 19:49:52 +0000 UTC
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A heads up, Jimmy Van is out this week, so I'm doing a free, live Q&A in place of List & Ya Boy. Ask as many questions as you want, and I'll be doing an extra show this month to make up for this one being free.
Ask away, and if you haven't subscribed, do it!
2019-03-11 20:19:03 +0000 UTC
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- To expand on the rumor killer about WWE Superstar salaries, one person noted that they left their previous job to join WWE, but the article last year had their salary as listed at well below the position they left for.
- WWE actually had produced and submitted the commercial announcing DX's WWE Hall of Fame induction before Billy Gunn was even made aware of the induction.
- I'm told that everything ran smoothly as far as timing and production from a WWE standpoint for last...
2019-03-11 16:51:40 +0000 UTC
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- As mentioned yesterday, there were talks of making a change to the pre-show lineup as of this weekend for Fastlane.
- The Smackdown Tag Team Title match was slated to kick off the PPV main portion of the show.
- I spoke to several wrestlers who were told the pace of this show would be "brisk." There are several wrestlers who aren't booked who are backstage.
- There are more people within WWE today who worked with Wally Yamaguchi than you'd realize. We were told a lot...
2019-03-10 21:43:05 +0000 UTC
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Jazz outshines Lita in this battle of eventual world champions
2019-03-10 12:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Stephen Jensen's Weekender Show!
Show to watch on IWTV - Scenic City Invitational: “Scenic City Rumble” (2/9/19)
FREE match on YouTube - PCO vs. Darby Allin from Black Label Pro: “Vacation” (8/18/18)
MLW Fusion Episode 46 results
ROH TV results (3/1)
Impact TV results (3/8)
NWA - New YouTube content
BTE: “Filler Episode” recap
2019-03-09 21:39:54 +0000 UTC
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- As mentioned, those within the company (on Smackdown at least) that Evolution 2 wasn't confirmed. It should be noted, only PPVs up until May have been officially announced, and the rest were leaked. There were rumblings that WWE would want to announce the event in a public setting.
- The King Kong Bundy video WWE had produced and released on digital platforms was actually completed by Tuesday afternoon.
- Don't be surprised to see a change to the Fastlane Kickoff show tomorrow.<...
2019-03-09 18:44:34 +0000 UTC
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By Joe Hulbert
Some of wrestling’s most iconic and lasting images are built on a twist or a turn. Whether it’s a fallen hero betraying his peer or a reviled villain righting his wrongs, these memorable shifts are littered throughout the industry’s history. Well, that can still be the case to this day and considering Kevin Owens’ status as one of wrestling’s great modern antagonists, his eventual transformation has always appeared intriguing. In reality though, that momen...
2019-03-09 18:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Sean Ross Sapp takes a look at the WWE produced documentary short "ECW Relaunch Untold"
Watch Untold here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB5RwQw5njM
2019-03-08 20:13:04 +0000 UTC
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- We're told that ahead of his diagnosis, Harley Race had been spending more time at his wrestling school, which is run by his son.
- If you missed it on Wednesday, AroLucha has started sending out rewards to its investors, a year after accepting public investors.
- I'd heard of some frustration from WWE wrestlers who had tried to contact Alicia Fox, but not gained any response, only to be told they needed to reach out to her.
- An odd question we got, but for the pers...
2019-03-08 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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We've been hearing some interesting notes about Ronda Rousey that will probably surface before the weekend, but I wanted to offer a little bit of clarity to a report I posted a couple of months ago. I noted that a member of Ronda Rousey's entourage was seen as a problem late last year for WWE, and that Rousey quickly dealt with that problem, endearing her to the company.
To clarify, there was a situation where her videographer was accused of filming and selling footage of Enzo Amore bei...
2019-03-08 05:42:00 +0000 UTC
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I thought that the WWE salary article that was going around a while back would die down, but it's instead gained more traction. I confirmed with several of the wrestlers on the list that literally all of their numbers were not accurate. The list has been aggregated and repeated several times over, but it's nothing worth reading.
2019-03-07 20:01:33 +0000 UTC
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Mr. Warren Hayes brings you a wrap up podcast for NXT UK, 205 Live and NXT! !
Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2sIGrwnFIc
2019-03-07 01:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Sean Ross Sapp has the news for the week
- Mandy and Asuka
- Raw & SD notes
- Impact re-signings
- Hangman Page
- Sumie Sakai
- Punishment Martinez
- Alicia Fox
- Tommaso Ciampa
- Injuries
- Contracts
- Raw & SD stats
2019-03-06 19:25:02 +0000 UTC
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- Sources that I've spoken to in Impact Wrestling are of the belief that the news of "new contracts" being put out there (and later debunked by SEScoops as being from October), were to help bury the Jeff Jarrett lawsuit news.
- I reached out to WWE in regards to what the "WrestleMania correspondent" role means for Michael Che and Colin Jost, but didn't get a response back from them.
- We're told Ronda Rousey's team didn't run the "Damn The Man" shirts she's sellin...
2019-03-06 14:00:00 +0000 UTC
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We'll update this throughout the day as we gain more information.
- Raw was way light on time on Monday, which is why they had to extend the Stephanie McMahon interview and the Rousey beat down. Then they ended up going heavy and had to cut away from Stephanie.
- We're told Heavy Machinery have gone above and beyond backstage to try to make a good impression, including helping clean up after the shows.
- Women of Wrestling has been renewed for a season, which is why AX...
2019-03-05 05:24:06 +0000 UTC
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THANK YOU TREVOR STRONG, YET AGAIN!
2019-03-04 20:43:02 +0000 UTC
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In regards to the news from WrestleVotes that Jason Jordan has been improving his spot in the company, Fightful learned a while back that things don't seem to be getting better for him physically. He's still having grip issues that will prevent him from wrestling until they get better, which isn't looking very optimistic at this point.
2019-03-04 19:09:21 +0000 UTC
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