An NXT name is headed to Major League Wrestling.
Sources have confirmed to Fighftful Select that former NXT talent Sloane Jacobs is heading to MLW to compete in their women's featherweight division.
Jacobs was released by WWE last November, and has since appeared on ROH TV. Before heading to WWE, she'd also made AEW appearances. Beyond that, she was featured in the well received Monster Factory show on Apple TV+, where she was seen under her indie name of The Notorious Mimi.
2023-10-06 00:20:02 +0000 UTC
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Things haven't been smooth sailing between WBD and AEW over the last week.
On last week's episode of AEW Dynamite, there were several audio issues through the TBS feed. The situation persisted on the October 5, episode, but that wasn't the biggest problem. WBD sources confirmed with us that they became aware of a mistake regarding AEW Dynamite's listing yesterday morning across multiple providers that likely caused viewership issues. The WBD source called all of the issues "inexcusable...
2023-10-06 00:15:35 +0000 UTC
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There were plans for a DIY reunion this past summer, but they were nixed fairly late.
Fightful Select has learned that there were active plans this Summer to reunite Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa on WWE TV, as hinted at on episodes of WWE Raw. However, this was one of many stories that got nixed and effectively dropped.
The June 19 episode of WWE Raw saw many changes, including a planned World Heavyweight Championship Open Challenge match. We’d reported at the time that Tomm...
2023-10-05 21:30:16 +0000 UTC
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Two-time WWE Hall of Famer Sean Waltman [X-Pac/1-2-3 Kid] joined Fightful Select for an exclusive interview.
Waltman joined Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp to promote his upcoming live show “An Afternoon with Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman.” The show will take place on November 25th in Rosemont, Illinois, before WWE’s Survivor Series, which will emanate just miles down the road at the All-State Arena that evening.
Waltman says he does not get to see Kevin Nash as much as he used to...
2023-10-05 19:59:00 +0000 UTC
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Nick Hogan was never considered for WrestleMania 39.
During a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, Hulk Hogan claimed that Nick Hogan was in consideration to wrestle Shane McMahon or do something with him at WrestleMania 39. Hogan’s claim was that Shane McMahon contacted him to do some sort of angle with him at WrestleMania, and mentioned potentially Nick Hogan being involved.
One higher up in WWE upon seeing the interview said: “In no way is that true. I can’t think of a ...
2023-10-05 16:33:28 +0000 UTC
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Ask Grapsody! 10/5/23 | 5 PM EST | Get Your Questions In!
Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7NrjuLkH8U
2023-10-05 16:11:09 +0000 UTC
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- Adam Copeland is All Elite
- ACTION: "Sharpsburg Showdown" results
- LIMITLESS: "Anniversary VIII" results
- GLORY PRO: "Fear Of The Dark" results
- ROH *TV TAPING SPOILERS* (35 mins-42 mins)
- MLW: "Fusion" (9/28) results
- NWA: "Powerrr" (9/26 + 10/3) results
- NXT Level Up (9/29) results
2023-10-05 01:16:10 +0000 UTC
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A couple of AEW and ROH stars are going to be taking some time off in the near future.
Julia Hart has emerged as a character within All Elite Wrestling, but that is about to slow a bit.
Hart competed for the TBS Championship at AEW WrestleDream, losing to Kris Statlander. However, she’d seen her profile increase significantly in recent months, and led to an undefeated streak and the aforementioned title shot. However, she’ll be out of in-ring action for a little bit.
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2023-10-04 20:15:01 +0000 UTC
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SRS continues and breaks some news on a couple of talent set to miss a little time!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/KmZBlUGNDp8
2023-10-04 19:14:00 +0000 UTC
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- Jimmy Van is out of the office today, so we'll be doing a superchat and humperchat led show hosted by SRS today.
- This week's WWE Raw in San Jose was the highest grossing non-PLE in the market's history for the company.
- As if there was any doubt, WWE loaded up NXT because AEW will be on Tuesday next week. WWE expects AEW to do much of the same. We'll have concurrent AEW and NXT post-shows next week.
We’re told that The Wrestlers on Netflix has had an immediate i...
2023-10-04 17:06:04 +0000 UTC
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- Fightful is dropping an interview with Sean Waltman this week.
- Some members of the recent WWE tryouts were told they would find out their status three to four weeks after the tryouts.
- Rhea Ripley's return was not listed internally on WWE rundowns, but it was not kept a secret as she was around all day.
- For those asking, Johnny Gargano has not been sidelined with an injury, he has been cleared and fine to wrestle since late April/early May.
WWE Raw Produce...
2023-10-03 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The WWE NXT brand was going to look a whole lot different before the WWE releases.
Trick Williams is the new NXT North American Champion after defeating Dominik Mysterio at NXT No Mercy, however, that wasn’t the original plan. There were some incorrect reports stating that Dominik was originally scheduled to retain over Mustafa Ali. Actually, Mustafa Ali was supposed to win the North American Championship prior to his release. This is one of the reasons why NXT higher ups stated to us...
2023-10-03 17:04:22 +0000 UTC
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A bunch of unfortunate injuries changed plans tonight. Which sucks.
But those plans changed to a main event title match between Tommaso Ciampa and Gunther. Which doesn't suck.
Everything ELSE sucks, though. Let's talk about it.
Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAxgpBZEbhc
2023-10-03 02:56:01 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select has learned the following plans for WWE Raw, which are very subject to change.
- Nia Jax vs. Shayna Baszler
- Judgment Day promo
- Alpha Academy vs. Imperium
- Bronson Reed vs. Cedric Alexander
- Gunther and Tommaso Ciampa contract signing
- Seth Rollins interview
- Ivar vs. Xavier Woods
- Tegan Nox vs. Chelsea Green
- Drew McIntyre on Miz TV.
- SPOILER MATCH
- Cody Rhodes interview
- SPOILER MAIN EVENT
2023-10-03 00:01:51 +0000 UTC
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Fightful spoke to Sami Callihan now that he's a free agent.
Sami said that he hasn't been a free agent in a long time because of WWE, Lucha Underground, IMPACT and Dragon Gate having him under contract. He fought very hard to get a lot of talent out of a really restrictive LU contracts.
He said that originally his IMPACT ontract was supposed to be up December 30, 2022. However, his leg injury led to him having time tacked on. He says that things came down to the wire a...
2023-10-02 18:57:59 +0000 UTC
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Unfortunate news for Becky Lynch.
Fightful Select has confirmed with WWE sources that Becky Lynch is not cleared to compete at tonight's episode of WWE Raw. We'd reported Saturday night that Lynch sustained a laceration that required 11 stitches to close.
Lynch was originally scheduled to face Tegan Nox for the NXT Women's Championship. There was hope that Lynch would be able to compete, but it isn't in the cards as of now.
2023-10-02 18:39:43 +0000 UTC
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By Tamaya Greenlee
Some of the earliest recorded uses of the term “death match,” in association with professional wrestling, emphasize the literal stakes at hand. In 1925, the term was used to describe a life-or-death scenario Stanislaus Zbyszkofound himself in almost ten years earlier, when he was captured by Russian soldiers and forced to prove he was a wrestler by throwing one of their own, a Russian heavyweight named Aberg. Failure to d...
2023-10-02 18:00:02 +0000 UTC
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SRS shares a ton of news
- Edge joins AEW, backstage reactions
- Jade Cargill joins WWE
- Lots of Wrestledream news
- Changed AEW plans
- Serena Deeb
- Becky Lynch/NXT
- Why NXT has been loaded up
- Other free agents
- Sami Callihan
- Mustafa Ali, Dana Brooke
- Moxley/Fenix
- Adam Cole
- Shelton Benjamin/AEW
- Jey Uso
- WWE tryouts
2023-10-02 16:22:41 +0000 UTC
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Edge will now be known as Adam Copeland, and is All Elite.
Fightful has already spoken to a number of sources within AEW, which have unanimously positive receptions to Copeland joining the company.
In addition to being around full-time in AEW, we're told that Copeland will have a significant presence within the company and has expressed his willingness to help in a variety of capacities. One longtime AEW talent said that Copeland spoke about Copeland filling the gap that CM ...
2023-10-02 06:18:30 +0000 UTC
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Okay, so ZSJ and Bryan Danielson having a match for the ages couldn't exactly be called a **surprise**, but it was an amazing display of technical brilliance.
What of the rest of the card, though? Did everything go off without a hitch, or was there anything that made me feel like I needed to use the motto of this podcast?
Everything sucks? Not sure. Let's talk about it.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/jVBPxJC1cnY
2023-10-02 02:40:13 +0000 UTC
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Our AEW WrestleDream SCOOPS thread, which will be updated throughout the night! Leave your comments on the show below!
- To reiterate, Jon Moxley was not scheduled to face either Tom Lawlor or Josh Barnett on this show, but his opponent was to be another New Japan Pro Wrestling contingent name. Plans were changed for his match within a couple of days of his concussion
- We're told Katsuyori Shibata vs. Eddie Kingston was finalized in the last couple of weeks.
- For those ask...
2023-10-01 23:43:30 +0000 UTC
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That expanded pay per view schedule has been discussed more internally by All Elite Wrestling.
Sources within AEW informed Fightful Select last week that a December PPV was being discussed by the brand. While solid details are still few and far between, we’ll share what we’ve heard thus far. To make it clear – we don’t know for sure if it will be ROH or AEW branded, as Final Battle has been a staple of ROH.
Within the AEW roster, it was rumored that the show could take pla...
2023-10-01 22:53:24 +0000 UTC
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If Edge is to be believed, he’s now a free agent, and no longer in WWE.
Well before that, tons of talent within All Elite Wrestling and WWE were of the belief that Edge was heading to AEW when his deal was up. As far back as mid-August, there were AEW wrestlers who said they heard he was coming in, even before his last match. As recently as this past week, a veteran WWE talent said it was a “lock” that Edge was going to AEW.
Edge had claimed that all of this matches had been...
2023-10-01 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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AEW WrestleDream Fightful Select Exclusive Pre Show
Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZFo_gMUCtY
2023-10-01 17:45:00 +0000 UTC
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There have been some changes to the last few PPVs in AEW.
We’d mentioned that there were pitches or ideas for Paul Wight/Captain Insano, Matt Hardy and Grado (or Jeff Hardy if he could get into the UK) against Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh and Jay Lethal. Not only was Jeff Jarrett heavily pitching to get on the AEW All In show, we’re told he pitched the Grado elements that were also gaining steam online due to Tom Campbell. Jarrett himself has stated he also pitched for Dennis Ro...
2023-10-01 15:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Becky Lynch retained the NXT Title, but didn't leave unscathed.
Fightful Select learned that Becky Lynch sustained a laceration to her arm tonight. The wound required 11 stitches to close up, but she looks to be okay.
We'll have more info as we get it.
2023-10-01 04:20:48 +0000 UTC
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Sami Callihan is officially a free agent as of midnight.
After years with IMPACT Wrestling, Callihan is now gone from the company in which he became a world champion in. We’re told there doesn’t appear to be any ill will from either side, but a deal was not reached, and Callihan left.
Callihan has people pushing for him within All Elite Wrestling, namely Jon Moxley, who has long maintained a great relationship with Callihan. We’ve heard Sami’s name tossed around in produce...
2023-10-01 04:01:02 +0000 UTC
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An indie talent was backstage at tonight's AEW Collision tapings.
Fightful has confirmed that indie wrestler Vinny Pacifico was at tonight's show, though we haven't learned he will be used in any capacity. As of 10:30 ET, he hadn't appeared in any matches or anything of the sort.
Vinny made headlines recently via procuring sponsorships from Bang Energy, and then G Fuel. Pacifico recently wrestled at New Japan Pro Wrestling's Philadelphia show. He worked two sets of AEW shows earli...
2023-10-01 02:33:17 +0000 UTC
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- Tiffany Stratton vs. Becky Lynch was announced as the main event of NXT No Mercy, but we were told it was pretty well expected internally from the time the match was announced.
- Internally within AEW, Darby Allin vs. Christian is expected to be the main event of WrestleDream
- We’re told in recent months that WWE has prevented some extras from watching show runthroughs from the crowd as a part of a protocol to tighten up some behavior from them.
- During a recent ...
2023-09-30 20:56:02 +0000 UTC
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NXT No Mercy 2023 | Fightful Select Pre-Show
Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/F1ZwJHCKbas?si=X6dmotS5VT2kwE98
2023-09-30 18:45:59 +0000 UTC
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