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A number of pro wrestlers are at the latest Power Slap combine at the UFC Apex. Among them included the Tonga Twins, Masada, and Luke Kurtis. Amateur MMA fighter Katerina Fetters and broadcaster Geena Lucille are also in attendance. Power Slap holds these for invitees to scout ...
2025-09-04 19:51:55 +0000 UTC
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We have a ton of AEW news as it relates to AEW All Out, HBO Max, and a major star.
There seemed to be some audience confusion regarding AEW PPV following the announcement that they'd be available on HBO Max with a ten dollar discount for subscribers. It was confirmed to Fightful that the PPVs will still be featured on Amazon Prime, Triller international, PPV.com, traditional cable and satellite providers.
We're told that na...
2025-09-04 18:02:08 +0000 UTC
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given we are headed into the last quarter of the year I was curi...
2025-09-04 16:00:10 +0000 UTC
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A major market has been discussed internally for a WWE return as they expand.
WWE could be returning to China if some have their way.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp has learned that numerous people of influence within WWE have pushed for WWE to hold a major event in China in the coming years. Specifically, we’ve heard Hong Kong mentioned as a location, with a PLE event discussed internally within WWE as a possibility.
Fightful Select has heard about these pushes ...
2025-09-03 19:22:32 +0000 UTC
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Will wwe and noah start an official partnership soon
2025-09-03 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The AEW PPV on HBO Max era is officially here, with a discount of ten dollars for HBO subscribers, but that isn't it.
AEW has confirmed to Fightful Selec...
2025-09-03 16:29:01 +0000 UTC
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WWE is planning an AJ Lee return to the ring at WrestlePalooza, and a return on-screen imminently.
Fightful Select reported this weekend that there had been a number of pitches internally for AJ Lee, who is poised to return to the ring after ten years. It was heavily implied by WWE sources that AJ would be appearing or referenced on this week's Smackdown, which seems like a forgone conclusion at this point.
Bryan Alvarez of Wrestling Observer noted that WWE was planning the matche...
2025-09-02 20:41:27 +0000 UTC
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What are your thoughts on Joe Tessitore’s first full year in W...
2025-09-02 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
BEYOND: “Americanrana 25” results
DPW: “Showdown In Cary” and “Beast Coast” results
ACTION: “Retaliation” results
WWE Evolve (8/27) results
CIRCLE 6: “Barroom Blitz” results
2025-09-02 03:43:29 +0000 UTC
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It's Labor Day, and in a fitting gesture, this episode of Raw was an absolute CHORE to get through.
Hey remember how they took Stephanie Vaquer off the Clash in Paris card, because it was too short notice for them to find a suitable opponent for the vacant Women's Title?
Remember that?
Well, one week has passed and they just decided to give Steph the most obvious opponent, a woman who they could have just given her last week.
They suck at this.
Domimik retained thanks...
2025-09-02 01:49:38 +0000 UTC
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A familiar act could very well be headed to WWE.
Sources familiar with the situation claim to Fightul that Vinny and Dutch, known collectively as The Righteous, have informed some promoters that they are finishing up their indie dates in the coming months. Word out of WWE is that the company has been interested in them, and many believe they are likely to be signed.
This wouldn’t be the first time WWE has had interest. In December 2022, The Righteous, KC Navarro and Kylie Rae pa...
2025-09-01 23:25:43 +0000 UTC
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AJ Lee Rumors
Nick Khan's AAA speech
Ian Riccaboni
Vince McMahon's party
ROH Death Before Dishonor
ROH Women's Pure Title
Hook's Theme
AEW-HBO
Orange Cassidy
WWE Raw start time
Vince rumors
Brie Bella BANNED!?
Kenny Omega status
19:00 SRS Q&A, Hologram, Joe Tessitore, CM Punk-AEW HOF, WWE ...
2025-09-01 17:23:27 +0000 UTC
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Will Bayley catch any heat for doing the IG Live with Mercedes y...
2025-09-01 16:00:13 +0000 UTC
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The end of WWE Clash in Paris lends some credibility to rumors we've heard floating within WWE over the last couple of months.
WWE sources have indicated that AJ Lee's name has been brought up in numerous pitches internally of late. Lee, the wife of current WWE star CM Punk, has largely been uninterested in making a return to the ring over the past ten years.
Becky Lynch interfered in the main event of WWE Clash in Paris, helping her husband Seth Rollins. Immediately upon that hap...
2025-08-31 22:02:00 +0000 UTC
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WWE invades Paris!
Wait.
That sounded bad.
Anyway, there was some surprisingly decent wrestling on the show, and some unsurprisingly terrible commentary.
Roman Reigns beat Bronson Reed, and then got beaten down and probably written off until November.
The Wyatts retained their tag titles in a match that probably could've just been on a SmackDown. The finish was so stupid, it sure FELT like a SmackDown match!
Becky Lynch beat Nikki Bella, in a way that makes it clea...
2025-08-31 20:51:35 +0000 UTC
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Hi SRS, with Bryan Danielson appearing on tv again and traveling...
2025-08-31 16:00:07 +0000 UTC
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We will be updating throughout the day
The Clash in Paris stage has a number of big screens, as well as the Eiffel Tower on it.
At least one source we spoke to at ESPN "wasn't thrilled" by the VPN ad read on Stephanie McMahon's podcast. They didn't think it was going to be a major issue.
A reminder, even though WWE Clash In Paris is on Peacock, you can watch it on Netflix ...
2025-08-31 12:00:14 +0000 UTC
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The Ring of Honor Women’s Pure Tournament is now underway.
The championship itself was announced in April and didn’t have firm plans for it announced until the last week of August ahead of Death Before Dishonor. Based on what Fightful Select was told, that's when much of the planning actually came together.
ROH owner Tony Khan noted in the past that injuries caused a domino affect that changed and delayed plans for the ROH Women's Pure Title. At one point in the summer, n...
2025-08-31 01:55:13 +0000 UTC
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In our Fightful Q&A this week, a reader asked Sean Ross Sapp if it was possible that Liv Morgan could come back and work as an on-screen character while she isn’t cleared. Sapp answered that she very well could, but explained why WWE hasn’t been keen on doing that in the past.
Beyond just wanting returns, pops and the talent being back whenever they’re cleared so they can maximize usage, much of it has to do with contracts. Many times – unless negotiated otherwise – WWE co...
2025-08-30 19:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Hi Sean. Have you ever heard of AEW showing interest in signing ...
2025-08-30 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! SRS here! Get your questions in!
2025-08-30 15:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Sean Ross Sapp is back with his first Figure Haul video in months!!
2025-08-30 12:00:08 +0000 UTC
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WWE had their first live events in quite some time, and the talent tell Fightful that they enjoyed it.
Fightful reached out to a number of wrestlers on the tour about how they felt working live events regularly for the first time in quite a while. WWE is on a tour of Europe, and the company promotes house shows that are still lucrative over there, while scaling back to very rare non-televised live events in the United States.
One talent that we spoke to said that they much prefer ...
2025-08-30 01:56:43 +0000 UTC
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Clash in Paris is on Sunday.
On Friday, we're getting the Kerfuffle in Lyon.
Shenanigans and stupid booking prevented them from giving the promised women's matches as intended, so that's not great.
But we've got new Tag Team #1 Contenders and yes, (SPOILERS) a new United States champion.
Happy for Sami, but other than that, Everything Sucks.
Let's talk about it.
YouTube Link: ht...
2025-08-30 01:39:56 +0000 UTC
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The Friday Rumor Roundup for Fightful!
Wrestlevotes noted that multiple WWE Raw episodes in September are set for 7 PM ET. WWE did not comment when we reached out in an official capacity, but sources there told us that they may tinker with the time.
Regarding the abhorrent story that a "comedian" and former WWE writer told on a podcast (that we won't link to) that involved Ashley Massaro and Vince McMahon, nobody that we spoke to has heard that story or even heard...
2025-08-29 17:57:40 +0000 UTC
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For AEW contracts, why would talent sign contracts that have opt...
2025-08-29 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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News could be coming on the HBO Max-AEW PPV situation.
Andrew Zarian of Mat Men Radio and Fightful's Beyond the Bell noted on August 28 that he'd heard news was coming on the long awaited platform of HBO Max hosting AEW PPV shows.
Fightful was told at the time of the AEW-WBD announcement that the infrastructure on the HBO Max app was nowhere near ready for live PPV or paywall-within-paywall. There were some that were even surprised that it ended up getting announced at that point ...
2025-08-29 03:07:16 +0000 UTC
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Phil and Reg are back with a new edition of Ask Grapsody!
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA-CrhLRZ08
2025-08-28 17:10:02 +0000 UTC
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Another commentator is receiving high marks from peers.
Ian Riccaboni had a stretch of several AEW Dynamite shows that he contributed commentary for earlier this year, and has appeared sporadically since. Fightful had reported that on dates of double tapings, Riccaboni was brought in to give Tony Schiavone a break from four-plus hour tapings. Riccaboni also fills in from time to time.
Shortly after, it was revealed that Riccaboni recently signed a new deal to stay with AEW. Source...
2025-08-28 16:58:05 +0000 UTC
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