- Becky Lynch sidelined
- Bray Wyatt latest
- Keith Lee/Swerve
- AEW Collision
- Triple H, Nick Khan, Vince McMahon
- What's up with Johnny Gargano?
- Natalya vs. Rhea Ripley
- Kota Ibushi
- Blood & Guts!
- AEW Contracts
- AEW & WWE numbers on fire
- CM Punk
- Tyler Breeze
- Colt Cabana
- Smackdown at MSG
- Hammerstone, Snitsky, Delmi Exo, Chris Hero, Rika Tastumi
2023-07-10 22:28:58 +0000 UTC View PostJohnny Gargano hasn't been seen on TV for quite a while, leading many to speculate on his status. Fightful was given an answer.
On Monday, there was a report noting that Johnny Gargano was still injured, and wouldn't be competing at this year's Summerslam. While we can't confirm his status for WWE Summerslam, or the status of the originally planned DIY angle, we can confirm that Gargano is no longer injured, and was factored in to recent creative plans in WWE.
Gargano was backstag...
2023-07-10 21:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostBray Wyatt still isn’t set for a return.
Bray Wyatt has been sidelined since late February, as he is out of action with an illness that prevented him from getting cleared for in-ring action.
When Fightful Select inquired about Wyatt’s status, a WWE higher up confirmed to us that Wyatt is still sidelined, and not cleared for action. We’re told that the’s still awaiting clearance and hopeful for a return whenever that occurs.
Wyatt was involved in a feud with Bobby Las...
2023-07-10 21:19:53 +0000 UTC View Post- Tony Schiovane's son Matt has been a part of the QTV vignettes of late.
- Becky Lynch is currently not cleared for her match with Zoey Stark tonight, but it's possible she's cleared and the match is added back.
- There are plans to finally do a Swerve Strickland vs. Keith Lee match at some point, we're told.
- Fightful will be in Atlanta next week for a WWE-related event.
- Former ECW Tod Gordon is set to do media interviews in the near future for a new project...
2023-07-10 19:16:32 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- MLW: "Never Say Never" results
- GCW: "Backyard Wrestling 5" + "Clean Up Man" results
- JCW: "Big Ass Extreme Birthday Bash" results
- IMPACT: "Slammiversary" predictions
- WEST COAST PRO: "Cruel Summer" results
- FIGHTT PRO: "Enter The Fight Round 4" results
- NXT Level Up (7/7) results
- ROH *TV TAPING SPOILERS*
2023-07-10 01:58:04 +0000 UTC View PostAEW Collision debuted on a night that is largely uncharted territory for a weekly, prime time Saturday show in this television landscape.
AEW Dynamite has generally been between 830-950k viewers on Wednesdays in prime time, while AEW Rampage has been all over the map because of the sporadic viewing times. Fightful has inquired within both AEW and sources at WBD prior to the launch of the show as to what they would consider a success for a Saturday night.
AEW didn’t respond to ou...
2023-07-10 00:11:15 +0000 UTC View PostFrom FightfulMag.com issue 3 -- how did these age?!?
Albert A.: What can Ring of Honor do, if anything, to get back to where they once were in terms of prominent United States wrestling companies?
Sean Ross Sapp: They’ve taken this step already in some cases, but I’d like to see some personality-driven wrestlers that can work to complement their outstanding wrestlers. I know they want to build within and debut a lot of their Dojo wr...
2023-07-09 21:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostAce Steel and Dennis Farrell interview Chris Hero for The Wrestling Perspective Podcast! Early for Tier Two Subscribers!
2023-07-09 17:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostFightful's Wrestling Perspective Podcast is back! This week Ace Steel and Dennis Farrell's guest is former PWG and Evolve Heavyweight Champion Chris Hero. The former NXT Superstar would join the show for nearly two hours!
Chris and Ace would discuss their 20+ years of friendship. Chris recalled when they first met and said Ace and Danny Dominion worked a tag match in Pittsburgh, and he remembered them working with Rick Michaels and David Young. Chris would recall their encounters in the...
2023-07-09 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCM Punk vs. Samoa Joe is starting at this point, and the mood in Regina is electric. 18 years in the making, this has the potential to be something special.
But the boys have their work cut out for them if they want to surpass the absolute CLINIC put on by FTR and Bullet Club Gold earlier tonight. There's intrigue aplenty in AEW, and a bunch of Bloodline drama on SmackDown to boot. I won't call it "Cinema" because I don't want Righteous Reg to be mad at me, but it was heavy on the...
2023-07-09 01:54:47 +0000 UTC View PostCM Punk in Blood & Guts? It could have happened.
The Blood and Guts match ended up getting unfortunately hampered at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Bryan Danielson broke his arm at the show, and hasn’t been backstage since, effectively removing him from the BCC vs. Elite match at Blood & Guts. However, CM Punk offered to get involved in the match, we’re told.
Fightful Select sources confirmed Voices Of Wrestling's report that Punk pitched himself as the 5th member of the B...
2023-07-08 23:05:56 +0000 UTC View Post- There were some significant time issues on Smackdown as the Bloodline segment went over on time. Several matches and entrances had to be adjusted on the fly.
- LA Knight not being on the show had nothing to do with the timing issues for Smackdown, as he was only planned for a dark segment the whole time. They had planned ahead of the show to release the segment on digital platforms
- CM Punk’s title bag plans, including the “replica title” line that he mentioned were...
2023-07-08 19:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post- Vince McMahon was at WWE Smackdown, which was expected by most of the roster. He spent the day in his office.
- We heard a lot of positivity for how the Bloodline segment was received.
- Edge's last WWE Smackdown match was a title tournament match in May. Besides that, it'd been since September 2021.
- There was a lot of positive reception over Grayson Waller's performance over the past week, even before his match with Edge.
- John Cena's new merch sold "incredibly w...
2023-07-08 01:19:22 +0000 UTC View PostThere were rumors recently that Triple H and Nick Khan were planning a “creative intervention meeting” with Vince McMahon.
McMahon is currently backstage in his office at WWE Smackdown at Madison Square Garden, and has been making heavy changes to recent WWE shows. Most of the changes have been made remotely, and have featured some advertised matches completely pulled from the show. The rumor was that Triple H and Nick Khan were planning to ask McMahon to step back from making late,...
2023-07-07 23:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostAEW is coming to Louisville, or at least that's the plan.
Fightful Select has confirmed that AEW is planning to make their Louisville, Kentucky debut on November 1 for AEW Dynamite. The company has registered an event for the date, and it's currently on the Kentucky Boxing & Wrestling Commission calendar.
The show is currently listed for the KFC Yum Center, which is where WWE has traditionally ran. Unfortunately, it is the home of the Louisville Cardinals basketball team, but ...
2023-07-07 23:26:43 +0000 UTC View PostJoin us for Coexisting After Dark w/ Rob & Maggie! Our guest this week is Wrestling Jebus!
Follow him on Twitter @WrestlingJebus.
Youtube Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrv8JBZZj-s
- Serena Deeb
- LA Knight
- Claudio/Kingston
- Toxic Attraction
- AEW Fight Forever
- Jey Uso and Roman Reigns
- WWE hires
- Mercedes WWE
- GYV
- WWE Survivor Series
- WWE booking babyfaces
- NJPW
2023-07-07 17:54:11 +0000 UTC View Post- The currently slated Summerslam matches are Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar, Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Bianca Belair, Trish Stratus vs. Becky Lynch.
- AEW Dynamite finished first in the 18-49 and 25-54 demo, getting 380k and 456k viewers respectively, 855k total.
- As one would expect, WWE was extremely happy with the numbers that emanated from WWE Money in the Bank. We'll have more on this in the coming week.
- Big E was actually scheduled to pa...
2023-07-07 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! Q&A time
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2023-07-07 15:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostAhead of her title defense at TJPW's Summer Sun Princess, Fightful's Scott Edwards had the chance to interview reigning International Princess Champion, Rika Tatsumi. In the interview, Tatsumi discussed her upcoming match at the show against Yuki Aino, the graduation of Yuka Sakazaki, and her relationship with tag team partner Miu Watanabe!
When asked about the match against Aino, Tatsumi was very respectful regarding her opponent. She believed that match will be a great test for Aino,...
The Ring of Honor Women's World Champion Athena joined Fightful’s Grapsody Podcast with Phil Lindsay and Righteous Reg for an exclusive interview.
Athena discussed her undefeated streak, which sits at 29-0 in ROH [Ring of Honor]. She would also talk about how she gets the freedom to be herself in the ring. Athena likes that ROH is taped and noted that if you ever see the audio get cut out, it’s because she probably used language that she was not supposed to.
Athena gets asked ...
2023-07-06 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostAEW is likely getting a huge name, at least for a little while.
Fightful has confirmed that conversations have taken place between international star Kota Ibushi and All Elite Wrestling. Most of the talent we spoke to this week are of the belief that he would be joining the company in some capacity, specifically for the upcoming Blood & Guts show. AEW hasn’t made an official announcement and he’s not been nearly as public of late.
Ibushi’s management has reduced media ob...
2023-07-06 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA veteran is back in AEW after being gone for about seven months.
Fightful Select learned that Colt Cabana was back at work for All Elite Wrestling during the July 5 episode of AEW Dynamite in Edmonton. Cabana was last seen on screen for AEW back in November when he was a surprise ROH World Title Challenger to Chris Jericho on AEW Dynamite. Since then, he’s also appeared on ROH programming, unsuccessfully challenging Samoa Joe to an ROH World TV Title shot in April.
We’re told...
2023-07-06 17:23:44 +0000 UTC View PostJimmy and SRS after List and Ya Boy!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SPbdzn7TAg8
2023-07-05 18:23:01 +0000 UTC View PostDiamante has been a fixture on the AEW roster, but her deal wasn’t the same as many for a long time.
We’re told that has changed. Fightful Select has learned that Diamante’s deal has been bumped up from the “tier zero” deal she’d been on to a full-time contract. Diamante was recently added to AEW’s official roster page, as well. She’s been performing on the ROH brand since April and has picked up several wins.
Diamante has been with AEW for over three years, after ...
2023-07-05 17:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostA huge name was NOT backstage at WWE Raw on Monday.
Fightful Select has learned that WWE’s Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque was not at the past week’s WWE Raw. Several people backstage at WWE Raw noted to us that they hadn’t expected Triple H’s absence, but that he was in a great mood Saturday for WWE Money in the Bank and excited for the success of the show.
Those that we spoke to claimed there was nothing to it and just a planned night away. Triple H is...
2023-07-05 17:26:11 +0000 UTC View PostRhea Ripley and Natalya impressed the masses and people backstage on the July 3 WWE Raw.
Fightful Select heard from higher ups during WWE Raw on July 3, who were very happy with the gritty nature of the Natalya vs. Rhea Ripley match. In fact, one was in contact with us to tell us it should be the first thing we watch when traveling back from Money in the Bank.
Both women were said to have taken a real beating during the match and laid in strikes, and ended up very happ...
2023-07-04 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTyler Breeze hasn’t wrestled in over two years since his WWE release, but he’s still getting a check.
Fightful Select has learned that Tyler Breeze has been under a deal with WWE specifically tied to the UpUpDownDown brand for quite some time. We have not learned if the deal has any wrestling provisions or restrictions associated with it, outside of a WWE source saying that it does prevent him from appearing on AEW programming.
Breeze’s return to the ring was announced for P...
2023-07-04 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSRS reviews:
- WWE Raw the last two weeks
- AEW Dynamite
- AEW Collision
- Sting's crazy spot
- Rhea vs. Natalya
- Insane women's tag move
- More!
2023-07-04 18:27:37 +0000 UTC View Post- MITB rumors
- AEW Contracts
- LA Knight
- AEW Fight Forever
- Drew McIntyre
- Bryan Danielson
- Cena/Mania London
- Judgment Day
- Omega & Ospreay
- Vince McMahon
- All Out
- Fuego Del Sol