The continued INSISTENCE by WWE that Charlotte Flair is somehow a babyface remains one of the most confounding things in all of wrestling.
Elsewhere, we got a pretty great tag team title match between Judgment Day and the Hurt Profits/Street Business, and we got a HUGE upgrade for the Santos Escobar match tomorrow, going from a broken-down Carlito to frigging DRAGON LEE.
But mostly, we're angry about Charlotte.
Because everything sucks, let's talk about it.
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2023-11-25 03:02:00 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Smackdown, which are subject to change. Please be mindful of those who wish to avoid spoilers.
- Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, Charlotte Flair, and Shotzi Promo
- Men’s Tag Titles: The Street Profits vs. Judgement Day (Finn Balor and Damian Priest)
- The Grayson Waller Effect with Kevin Owens
- Spoiler Match
- Carlito In-Ring Promo
- Brawling Brutes vs. Pretty Deadly
- Backstage Sp...
2023-11-25 01:06:52 +0000 UTC
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AEW Fight Forever news keeps rolling in.
Recently, Fightful Select reported that not only were there plans to continue producing DLC and content on the AEW Fight Forever, but that a couple of wrestlers had been scanned for use in the game for the future.
We can confirm that Saraya was among the recently scanned talent and there are talks of adding her to the game. We haven’t heard a timetable on this, or if it’s a definite, but she was scanned.
2023-11-24 19:00:02 +0000 UTC
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In the interest of eliminating confusion as best we can, I’ve decided to do a written CM Punk FAQ, as he’s naturally going to be a huge topic ahead of WWE Survivor Series. If you have more questions, feel free to drop them below.
Q: Is CM Punk going to be at WWE Survivor Series 2023?
We've not reported one way or another that he will or won't. He's not featured on any graphics, rundowns, plans that we've heard of as of yet. We've heard nothing as of today to i...
2023-11-24 18:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Some great news for a promising young AEW star.
Fightful Select has learned that Top Flight’s Dante Martin was backstage at a recent AEW show, and is nearing a return from injury. Martin suffered a gruesome injury at a March ROH PPV during a Canadian Destroyer to the outside of the ring through a table.
In July, Ian Riccaboni said on commentary that Dante Martin was ahead of schedule and was healing up. Dante’s brother Darius has been extremely active, especially on the ROH br...
2023-11-23 22:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Let's gooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Over 30 minutes of mailbag for you to listen to while making turkeys
2023-11-23 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Things are looking up for an AEW talent who has been sidelined for a year.
The last time we saw Marq Quen of Private Party was last November in a loss to Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal. Unfortunately, he’s been out of action for nearly a full year, which led Isiah Kassidy to team with the likes of the Hardys and Ethan Page. Even then. Kassidy has only worked a couple of dozen matches during that period himself.
We’re told Quen was backstage at a recent AEW show, and AEW is hopefu...
2023-11-22 21:23:49 +0000 UTC
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Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland captured the attention of the AEW audience at Full Gear during their Texas Death Match.
One particular spot that got a lot of attention, for better or worse, was Hangman Page drinking Swerve's blood, then spitting it out. It led to many questions as to whether or not the spot was planned, and/or approved.
We can confirm that the day following AEW Full Gear, Fightful was informed that the spot was planned and pitched by the participants, and was a...
2023-11-22 21:20:00 +0000 UTC
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SRS and Jimmy keep the party going!!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tB8zcBLfjd0
2023-11-22 20:33:00 +0000 UTC
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Alex Hammerstone returned to MLW at Fightland…sort of.
Hammerstone returned to MLW, joining World Titan Federation, with it being noted that he was able to secure his “release from MLW.” This led to many people suspecting and even outright proclaiming that the entire situation was a work, which it wasn’t and isn’t.
Hammerstone clarified on his Twitter, that coming back to do the World Titan Federation angle helped secure him his release. We’re told that is actually tru...
2023-11-21 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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- As of last night, we're told WWE's stance hadn't changed on CM Punk at Survivor Series
- Talent that we've spoken to have not been informed as to the context of Shinsuke Nakamura's callouts
- Randy Orton's reveal was done intentionally as to not make fans believe CM Punk would be the partner.
- Nick Aldis was also producing while at WWE Raw this week
- Everyone was happy with the 48 minute Alex Kane vs. Jacob Fatu title match at MLW Fightl...
2023-11-21 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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A lot of good on Raw tonight, and a lot of bad.
Drew vs Jey for the Men's WarGames Advantage. The Women's WarGames Advantage will be decided via a potato chip website poll.
I guess it's nice to know right now though, who's going to dethrone Rhea Ripley as the next Women's Champion on Raw. It's not who you might expect, but they did make it pretty obvious tonight.
And yeah, that means...
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
Watch here: 2023-11-21 03:46:06 +0000 UTC
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Fightful has learned the following WWE Raw plans for tonight, subject to change
- Drew McIntyre promo
- Raquel Rodriguez vs. Nia Jax
- Judgment Day segment
- Women's WarGames video
- Becky Lynch vs. Xia Li
- Johnny Gargano vs. Ludwig Kaiser
- Zoey Stark-Rhea Ripley Segment
- WOMEN'S TAG MATCH SPOILER
- Miz & Gunther face to face
- Chad Gable vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
- Wargames rules video
- Cody, Seth, Sami, Jey segment<...
2023-11-21 01:02:35 +0000 UTC
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- Will Ospreay signs with AEW
- CM Punk/WWE
- WWE and WarGames
- Juice Robinson
- Raw themes
- Young Bucks
- Raw/SD notes
- Top Dolla
- Swerve
- Zoey Stark
- Joey Janela
- Kenny King gets IMPACT release
- Megha Parekh/AEW
- Sega/AEW
- Ronda Rousey/AEW
2023-11-20 21:21:46 +0000 UTC
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Some unfortunate news for an AEW star.
Fightful Select has confirmed that Bullet Club Gold member Juice Robinson is slated to be out of action for the immediate future. Robinson was absent from this weekend’s AEW Full Gear in Los Angeles, as he’s dealing with an injury.
Fightful confirmed that Robinson sustained a back injury recently, and it will require surgery to fix it. We’re not sure exactly when Robinson sustained the injury, but he last competed on the November 1 epis...
2023-11-20 18:39:04 +0000 UTC
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- Shane Helms visited with some friends at the Pro Wrestling REVOLVER in LA Thursday night.
- Fightful has an interview with Zoey Stark that will go up ahead of WWE Survivor Series.
- Denise Salcedo and Kate will host the WWE Survivor Series post-show, and will be joined by Sean Ross Sapp for backstage news.
- Nick Aldis is still doing solo producing assignments for dark matches and shadowing on the main roster.
- Regarding Nick Aldis' interview with the BBC that...
2023-11-19 21:00:04 +0000 UTC
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WWE could be in for a big change for one of their shows.
Sources have indicated to Fightful that a new theme song could be in the works for WWE Monday Night Raw.
A source revealed to Fightful that a new theme song could debut on the show very soon, as soon as this week. We haven't been able to confirm as much as that quite yet, but did confirm that it was a discussion and a song has been produced. From a timing perspective, it would make sense, as Vo Williams' "Greatne...
2023-11-19 21:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select had the chance to catch up with WWE Superstar Zoey Stark for an exclusive interview ahead of her upcoming match-up against WWE World Champion Rhea Ripley at WWE Survivor Series.
Fightful’s Jeremy Lambert asked Zoey Stark about the recent report regarding the rave reviews she has received for her work. She said it was great getting the validation. Zoey told us she wanted to be a WWE Superstar when growing up, and she never thought she would get recognition from WWE lead...
2023-11-19 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- MLW: "Fightland" results + *TV TAPING SPOILERS* (13 min-22 mins)
- REVOLVER: "Unreal" results
- Ronda Rousey makes ROH debut
- WEST COAST PRO: "Whiplash" results
- GCW: "Going And Going" results
- ICW NHB: "Pitfighter X18" + "Volume 55" results
- GLORY PRO: "Ascend" (Ep. 11) results
- NXT *TV TAPING SPOILERS* (53 min-57 min)
2023-11-19 18:24:18 +0000 UTC
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By Taeler Hendrix of Fightful Magazine 7
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Over the last twenty years, women’s wrestling has been steadily growing in popularity, opportunity, and talent. In recent times this spike has welcomed both dreamers and athletes alike from all across the globe. All of whom are flocking to the pro wrestling industry in record numbers in the pursuit of childhood dreams of superstardom. From Total Divas to Muscle and Fitness Hers. Even the Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards. This has fueled...
2023-11-19 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The Young Bucks are experiencing a personality change, as we’ve seen highlighted on AEW TV of late.
Now, Brandon Cutler has said that the Young Bucks are taking time away from wrestling. But there's more than meets the eye.
The Young Bucks are poised for a heel turn, if they haven’t already undergone one in the eyes of many, but we’re told they won’t be alone in that. In addition to The Young Bucks, there have been plans for them to be joined by others. Fightful has ...
2023-11-19 17:22:13 +0000 UTC
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Half of the show so far has been phenomenal.
Some amazing in-ring work, with some head scratcher booking decisions.
And a main event angle dredged up from Overbooking Hell.
There's a lot of matches yet to come though, so the jury's still out.
Alex and Kate will give you all of their thoughts, sour and otherwise.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
Watch it here: https://w...
2023-11-19 03:07:38 +0000 UTC
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Will Ospreay has joined All Elite Wrestling, in what Fightful Select is told is a multi-year deal, that will go over three years.
The move happened well before Ospreay’s NJPW deal was up, which left many surprised considering the nature of his deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling how that it happened. We’ve confirmed that Ospreay is still under contract to NJPW and will continue to be through January of 2024. We’re told that Ospreay had communicated to New Japan that he wasn’t re-s...
2023-11-19 03:03:44 +0000 UTC
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- More seats were opened up for AEW Full Gear over the last few days
- Traffic was predictably a nightmare in LA heading to both Collision and Full Gear.
- Skye Blue's new theme is from Butcher Babies. BodySlam.net reported this earlier today
- Jay White is by far the biggest underdog on the show tonight from a betting perspective at BetOnline
- We can confirm tonight's signing has been in LA ahead of AEW Full Gear, and hidden away. They had not arrived to the building...
2023-11-19 00:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Ronda Rousey showed up at the November 17 ROH tapings, leading to much speculation over her status within AEW.
Rousey wrestled at Thursday night's Wrestling REVOLVER show, teaming with her best friend Marina Shafir against AEW/ROH talent Athena and Billie Starkz in a match that went to a no contest. On Friday night, Rousey reappeared, this time in ROH, running the same match back for an upcoming HonorClub match.
The hope is that Rousey can generate some subscriptions, but as of Fr...
2023-11-18 19:06:20 +0000 UTC
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JOIN Rob & Maggie of Fightful for the Fightful Select AEW Full Gear Pre-Show! We will also have guests!
Watch the show on Youtube: https://youtu.be/PpDqrZ6c6qc
Network: PPV
Venue: Kia Forum
Location: Los Angeles
Event Date: November 18, 2023 8:00 PM
AEW World Championship
MJF (c) vs. Jay White
Trios Match
Sting, Darby Allin & Adam Copeland vs. Christian Cage, Luchasau...
2023-11-18 18:30:01 +0000 UTC
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SO MUCH TO GET INTO.
The Tag Title 4-way at Full Gear in now A LADDER MATCH!
Santos Escobar cut the promo that's going to make him a star!
The Street Profits are now the #1 contenders to the Judgment Day!
Dragon Lee & Axiom and Rush & Dax Harwood tore the house down!
Trent Berretta won a shot at Christian's TNT Title!
The Women's WarGames match is now official!
But Road Dogg was on commentary all night.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about...
2023-11-18 02:28:10 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Smackdown, which are subject to change.
- Damage CTRL Promo
- Top contender match: Brawling Brutes vs. Street Profts vs. Pretty Deadly
- Dragon Lee vs. Axiom
- Santos Escobar promo
- Cameron Grimes vs. Grayson Waller
- Paul Heyman promo
- LA Knight vs. Jimmy Uso
- Charlotte, Bianca, Shotzi promo with SPOILERS
BACKSTAGE NEWS:
- Cedric Alexander vs. Karrion Kross is plan...
2023-11-18 00:52:10 +0000 UTC
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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR GAMES
If you'd like to avoid potential spoilers, please navigate away from this page.
War Games returns next week at Survivor Series in Chicago, and there are still some spots to be filled in both the men's side of things, and the yet to be officially announced women's match that is set for Survivor Series.
Last week, PWInsider reported that Becky Lynch was under consideration to be added to a Survivor Series match, opposite Damage CTRL. Sean Ross ...
2023-11-17 23:41:22 +0000 UTC
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Julia Hart has clearly found her connection to the audience and it’s paying off.
Hart was on a roll leading into AEW WrestleDream, which saw her lose an AEW TBS Title match to Kris Statlander. Following the match, Julia Hart would take several weeks off of television, as she married Lee Johnson and went on her honeymoon. Upon returning, she still had the interest of the crowd.
We’re told there were some initial creative plans that were altered for Julia Hart, but we’re not t...
2023-11-17 19:33:01 +0000 UTC
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