Fightful spoke with Tom Lawlor ahead of NJPW Battle in the Valley. He joked that he was annoyed that in the show preview, Ian Riccaboni didn't mention the match between he and Homicide.
Lawlor said that he was actually approached in the past to do Slap Fight related stuff, but ended up passing on it. He thinks that eventually worked slap fights will end up being used as pro wrestling segments. He's also ashamed that he has watched most of Power Slap.
He said that he was shocked to...
2023-02-17 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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- Lethal, Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh vs. Orange Cassidy, Acclaimed & Daddy Ass: Pat Buck
- BCC's Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli vs. LFI's Rush and Preston Vance: Dean Malenko
- Josh Woods vs. Mark Briscoe: Christopher Daniels
- MJF promo: Pat Buck
- Jack Perry vs. Brian Cage: Dustin Rhodes
- Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian: Jerry Lynn
- Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Toni Storm vs. Ruby Soho: BJ Whitmer
Backstage News, Notes
- Readers h...
2023-02-17 00:31:23 +0000 UTC
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If you've ever wondered what the contract that WWE has wrestlers sign on the air look like, you're in luck.
Fightful got a look at the Brock Lesnar-Bobby Lashley contract from WWE Raw.
February 13th, 2023To whom it may concern,This document shall serve as a legal and binding agreement amongst all parties scheduled for the Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley Match, to be held at the WWE Elimination Chamber Premium Live Event, to be held on Saturday, February 18th, 2023, at the ...
2023-02-16 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Ask away for the fellas at Grapsody!!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/X4sTHufyNAs
2023-02-16 18:44:22 +0000 UTC
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The Wrestling Perspective is one of Fightful's newest shows. It is hosted by Lars Frederiksen of the Punk Rock Band "Rancid" and Dennis Farrell. This week, they interviewed New Japan Pro Wrestling’s David Finlay, ahead of his match against Bobby Fish at NJPW’s Battle in the Valley PPV event this Saturday.
David mentioned how his career has been going since Juice Robinson left New Japan for AEW. He said that he’s really enjoying himself, he had the opportunity to participate in the...
2023-02-16 15:31:00 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select has learned the following order for tonight's AEW Dynamite
- Lethal, Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh vs. Orange Cassidy, Acclaimed & Daddy Ass
- BCC vs. LFI
- Josh Woods vs. Mark Briscoe
- MJF promo
- Jack Perry vs. Brian Cage
- Hangman Page vs. Kip Sabian
- Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Toni Storm vs. Ruby Soho
Other notes:
- Prince Nana, Penelope Ford, Jose, Rebel are all scheduled for the show...
2023-02-16 01:08:32 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy Lambert spoke to indie promoter Mouse, who is the father of Billie Starkz. The interview goes up Thursday on The Spotlight
- Said Billie needs to start learning from Eddie Guerrero and start cheating to win matches. She needs to win to start paying for her own stuff.
- Billie’s mom handles all the merchandising. Mouse can only claim the Big Starkz Brand.
- There is no criteria to join the Big Starkz Brand. If you’re reading this, tweet you’re part of ...
2023-02-15 21:25:33 +0000 UTC
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A major backstage meeting was held at the AEW Dynamite tapings on February 8.
Former AEW Women's Champion Thunder Rosa returned to the road for the first time since her injury forced her to eventually vacate the title. Fightful Select has learned that there was a locker room meeting for all of the women on the roster who were present at the tapings. Those that we heard from said that it was an effort to ease the tension between Rosa and the locker room after several relationships had fr...
2023-02-15 21:12:59 +0000 UTC
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SRS does a short show to talk this week's breaking news
video: https://youtu.be/i8KsfQXW8Jc
2023-02-15 21:00:32 +0000 UTC
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Raw
- Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair and Bayley promo: TJ Wilson
- Street Profits vs. Judgment Day (Finn Balor & Damian Priest): Jamie Noble
- Brock Lesnar/Bobby Lashley contract signing: Michael Hayes
- Michin vs. Piper Niven: Molly Holly
- Baron Corbin vs. Cody Rhodes: Adam Pearce
- Asuka, Carmella, Nikki Cross vs. Natalya, Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan: Shawn Daivari
- Mustafa Ali vs. Bronson Reed: Abyss
- Seth Rollins on Miz TV: Jason Jo...
2023-02-14 21:07:26 +0000 UTC
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- Switchblade Jay White
- Austin Theory
- Cody/Heyman promo
- Deonna Purrazzo contract
- Gunns' contract
- Bianca Belair
- Janela, Oliver, Starkz
- New WWE producer
- Jeff Jarrett
2023-02-14 20:53:44 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy Lambert spoke to Billie Starkz for a new interview, that will release on Overbooked Wednesday!
- She’s trying to win matches and promises to have a positive win record by the end of the year
- Says her match with Yuka Sakazaki in Japan was a moment where things clicked for her.
- Everyone in AEW was supportive after her appearances.
- Was freaked out when Britt Baker got busted open in their match, worried they’d cut the match or end it early. When they go...
2023-02-14 19:43:05 +0000 UTC
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They took some time out of their busy show to bring on Sami Zayn and have Cody give him a pep talk and everybody loves the segment but me. (Kate probably loves it too, but maybe I can turn her to the Sour Side.)
Also they might be adding Becky to the Elimination Chamber? (Or Bayley, I guess, technically, but that would require them to book Bayley to win a match, which as we all know, would never happen in a million years.)
Elimination Chamber is STACKED, and I am ...
2023-02-14 02:57:14 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select has learned the following plans for WWE Raw tonight.
PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THOSE WHO WISH TO AVOID SPOILERS.
- Becky Lynch promo
- Street Profits vs. Judgment Day (Finn Balor & Damian Priest)
- Brock Lesnar/Bobby Lashley contract signing
- Michin vs. Piper Niven
- PROMO (see spoilers)
- Baron Corbin vs. Cody Rhodes
- Asuka, Carmella, Nikki Cross vs. Natalya, Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan
- Mustafa ...
2023-02-14 00:30:26 +0000 UTC
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Fightful has learned some early creative plans for WWE Raw from Brooklyn tonight.
Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers.
- MVP, Street Profits, Maximum Male Models, Sami Zayn, Alpha Academy, Chelsea Green, Adam Pearce are all in town for the show despite not being advertised
- WWE ordered a ton of stuff for a Valentine's Day themed show for the backstage area
- WWE had over two dozen extras brought in.
- Some of the extras were requested for a b...
2023-02-13 18:28:30 +0000 UTC
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Kevin Knight Notes
Kevin Knight of the New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Los Angeles Dojo and New Japan STRONG joined Grapsody for an exclusive interview. Here are some topics Kevin talked about with Will, Reg, and Phil.
- Kevin talked about training under Shibata. He said it’s been an amazing experience for him, and he was presented with this opportunity when he was training in Seattle under Buddy Wayne. He mentioned he had no idea what he was getting himself in...
2023-02-13 18:25:01 +0000 UTC
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Fightful's Scott Edwards had a chance to interview TJPW's rising star Juria Nagano. In the interview, she talked about becoming a pro wrestler and what her goals are as 2023 gets underway.
When asked about becoming a pro wrestler, Nagano acknowledged that the training was harder than she thought it would be. The Karate black belt said that once she finally did it, she learned quickly how painful it was.
Nagano made her goal for 2023 quite simple which was earning the first singles...
2023-02-13 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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An action-packed weekend in the world of Japanese pro wrestling is covered as Scott Edwards goes over the major events going on. He discusses Kazuchika Okada's great defense at The New Beginning in Osaka against Shingo Takagi before then breaking down his attack on Kaito Kiyomiya at the NOAH show the following day.
Also, Scott brings up what might be next for Jay White now that he has been forced to leave Japan, details the retirement of Himeka, and so much more!
Here are the promoti...
2023-02-13 11:00:05 +0000 UTC
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- Orange Cassidy, Wardlow, Orange Cassidy, Bella Twins were all at the super bowl, as was agent Steve Kaye
- As you could expect, we're told NWA was very happy about the prospects of the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title appearing multiple time during Super Bowl commercials.
- Kalisto, Mojo Rawley, Justin Roberts was also in town and attended WWE legend Rob Gronkowski's beach party.
- The Undertaker's spot for DraftKings filmed back in mid-December.
- Several wrestlers atte...
2023-02-13 06:01:58 +0000 UTC
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By Evan Wheeler from FightfulMag.com issue 3
In January 2011, UFC PresidentDana Whitesaid that women would never compete inside the Octagon. A 24-year-old former Olympic bronze medalist would make her professional MMA debut two months later in March 2011 and win via submission in just 25 seconds by way of an armbar. Ronda Rouseywould be an unforeseen force of nature entering the mixed martial arts realm and by February 2013, had altered the sport’s hi...
2023-02-12 21:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Word is that Switchblade Jay White is looking to make a move back over to the states, but nothing is set in stone yet, even though he lost a Loser Leaves Japan match at this weekend's NJPW show.
Fightful Select reported in January that White's contract was set to be up soon, and numerous companies had interest in the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion. WWE felt confident that they could land him, but we're told that hardly guaranteed at this point.
Despite online speculation t...
2023-02-12 21:40:14 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select spoke with Austin Theory for a new interview.
He says that he believes working with people like Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley will help catapult him to the level of the WWE Universal Championship. Specifically, he said that he believes he's getting closer to getting to a level of challenging Roman Reigns with each feud.
One of the matches he want to participate in is a holiday street fight that WWE does for Halloween and Christmas. When we spoke to him, it was Roy...
2023-02-12 19:25:53 +0000 UTC
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AEW Dynamite
Fightful has learned several AEW producers/coaches from the February 8 AEW Dynamite:
- MJF vs. Konosuke Takeshita: Pat Buck
- Bunny vs. Jamie Hayter: BJ Whitmer
- Ricky Starks vs. Jericho Appreciation Society: Dean Malenko
- Rush vs. Bryan Danielson: Jerry Lynn
- Elite vs. Top Flight: Christopher Daniels
- Gunns vs. Acclaimed: QT Marshall
Backstage news
- There was no producer listed for MJF's promo
- Even though Sammy G...
2023-02-12 18:59:01 +0000 UTC
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STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
Topics:
- GCW/JCW: "Jersey J-Cup" results
- NWA: "Nuff Said" results
- WRESTLING OPEN (2/9) results
- NXT Level Up (2/10) results
- MLW: "Underground" (2/7) results
- SHW (2/10) results
2023-02-12 18:58:35 +0000 UTC
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Smackdown
- Paul Heyman Promo: Michael Hayes
- Drew McIntyre & Sheamus vs. Hit Row: Shane Helms
- Lacey Evans in action: Kenny Dykstra
- Tag Team Titles: Usos vs. Ricochet & Braun Strowman: Michael Hayes
- Natalya Promo with Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler: Adam Pearce
- Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez vs. Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green: Petey Williams
- Charlotte Flair interview: Jason Jordan
- IC Title Contender: Karrion Kross vs. M...
2023-02-11 22:00:01 +0000 UTC
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We have main event, championship level contract news.
The Gunns, also known as the Gunn Club, The Ass Boys, The Buttcheek Bros, and other very pertinent things, shocked the wrestling world by winning the AEW World Tag Team Championships on February 8's episode of Dynamite. There's more good news for Austin and Colten Gunn, however.
Fightful Select has confirmed that both Austin and Colten Gunn recently re-signed with All Elite Wrestling, and will remain with the company. An exact ...
2023-02-11 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Jeff Jarrett Notes
The Wrestling Perspective Podcast with Lars Frederiksen and Dennis Farrell interviewed Jeff Jarrett this week. The interview will be available on Youtube on Sunday, February 12th, at 12:00pm Eastern. The podcast will also be available on your favorite podcast platforms at 12:00pm Eastern also.
- Lars Frederiksen mentioned to Jeff that he was a tape trader. He brought up that he was familiar with the territory days. Jeff said “Tape Traders” have a special DNA...
2023-02-11 14:30:02 +0000 UTC
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(Starting at 10:05 est)
Not sure why NOW, exactly, instead of at the Chamber, but I guess they decided that the terrific tension that was created when he walked out on the Bloodline was ... *too* terrific?
Anyway, we'll have to see what happens next, but so far, this seems like a gigantic mis-step.
Who cares what else happened on SmackDown.
Over on Rampage, we'll hear from Mark Briscoe and see the Blackpool Combat Club in action. &...
2023-02-11 02:37:44 +0000 UTC
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Fightful has learned the following plans for tonight's Smackdown
Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers. If you screenshot and post the entirety of this, you owe SRS some nachos
- Paul Heyman Promo
- Drew McIntyre & Sheamus vs. Hit Row
- Lacey Evans in action
- Tag Team Titles: Usos vs. Ricochet & Braun Strowman
- Natalya Promo
- Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez vs. Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green is listed
-...
2023-02-11 00:14:26 +0000 UTC
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Coexisting After Dark w/ Rob & Maggie SPECIAL GUEST: Tempest of WrestleTalk @ 5PM EST
Youtube Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYHlz7P4ZMY
2023-02-10 21:59:01 +0000 UTC
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