- Al Snow was in attendance at WWE Raw, and took a photo with Cody Rhodes after the show.
- We dropped off several WWE Fightful Awards ahead of the WWE Raw show in Lexington.
- Fightful has an off air segment you can watch from after the show at this link. Cody Rhodes gave away his weight belt and his ...
Cody and Seth had a pretty great promo about joining forces against Roman & The Rock.
But just like with jazz, it's the notes you DON'T hear that matter.
Cody said nothing about why he originally stepped aside for The Rock, and Seth said nothing about his reaction to his World Heavyweight Title being dragged, disrespected, and flat-out BURIED, in front of millions of people, multiple times, over the past 10 days.
Feels like both of those things should have been addressed...
2024-02-13 03:44:39 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Raw, subject to change.
Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers.
- New Day & Jey Uso vs. Imperium
- Chamber Qualifier: Bronson Reed vs. Bobby Lashley
- Spoiler Promo #1
- Chamber Qualifier: Liv Morgan vs. Zoey Stark
- Judgment Day's R-Truth vs. Not Judgment Day's JD McDonagh
- Spoiler Promo #2
- Chamber Qualifier: LA Knight vs. Ivar (w/ Valhalla)
- Sam...
2024-02-13 01:01:41 +0000 UTC View Post- Cody/Rock/Roman
- Okada to AEW
- WrestleMania XL Kickoff
- Mercedes signed by AEW
- Seth Rollins talks Vince
- Becky/Seth contracts
- Rhea speaks with Fightful
- Speedball
- MLW news
- TNA shakeup
2024-02-12 20:10:33 +0000 UTC View Post- We're told that Davey Boy Smith Jr is 100 percent after his health issue last year.
- MLW's Superfight served as the wrap up and the switch to a new direction for upcoming storylines.
- We're told that the MLW action figures sold out at MLW Superfight and are selling well online.
- CONTRA Unit is adding more "soldiers" to their MLW stable. Both former and new.
- Yuji Nagata coming out with beers to celebrate his friend Kojima's title victory was not plann...
2024-02-12 20:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp caught up with Rhea Ripley at the WrestleMania Kickoff in Las Vegas during the week of the Super Bowl.
Sean mentioned the discourse around Rhea’s match at WrestleMania 39 against Charlotte Flair. He mentioned they went out there with something they wanted to prove, and Rhea agreed. Rhea told Fightful, “I understand why we weren’t the main event. I do. I have to give it to the guys. They had a very compelling story going into WrestleMania to the p...
2024-02-12 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new episode of the WEEKENDER!
- GCW/JCW: "Jersey J-Cup" results
- GLORY PRO: "Ascend" (Ep. 22) results
- DREAMWAVE: "Run This Town" results
- ACTION: "Dead Or Alive" results
- FREELANCE: "From Freelance With Love" results
- NXT Level Up (2/9) results
- NWA: "Powerrr" (2/6) results
- ROH *TV TAPING SPOILERS* (56 min-end)
2024-02-12 00:40:50 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select had the opportunity to talk with Julius Creed at WWE Royal Rumble Media Day.
Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp mentioned to Julius how he met him and his brother Brutus at a tryout a few years ago. Julius told Fightful a lot has changed since and that life in the WWE moves at supersonic speed. He said that his day-to-day life still feels the same while everything is different.
Sean asked him about his thoughts on potentially working a UFC match in the future.
Juliu...
2024-02-11 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has confirmed a major free agent’s landing spot, barring some unforeseen catastrophe.
Fightful has learned that legendary New Japan Pro Wrestling star Kazuchika Okada is headed with All Elite Wrestling after leaving NJPW. We’re told that the deal was effectively agreed to in the last couple of weeks, but we haven’t confirmed that pen has been put to paper as we’re told it is being finalized. AEW has been confident that they’d land him for the last several weeks, and e...
2024-02-11 17:50:36 +0000 UTC View PostA lot of fun stuff on Collision tonight, including:
Feuds beginning!
A challenge laid out!
Two women's matches!
Lucha! Lucha! Lucha!
Mascot maiming!
A railroad spike driven into a man's forehead!
And a laid-back fella in aviators is going to try to defeat a vicious pitbull made out of stone!
One of those rare shows where there's nothing SPECTACULAR but nothing objectionable either.
Collision is on a great run of shows, so of course they're off the a...
2024-02-11 02:41:51 +0000 UTC View PostShane Taylor promotions has grown, and he’s right in the middle of an AEW contract
Fightful Select inquire recently about the contract status of Shane Taylor, as he’d originally been working in AEW and ROH without a contract. We’re told that last year, Taylor had inked a deal with All Elite Wrestling to have him exclusive to the company. Since then, he’s feuded with Keith Lee and eventually teamed with Lee Moriarty.
We’re told there has been talk of growing Shane Taylor ...
2024-02-10 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post- Cody Rhodes was originally listed as facing Jimmy Uso in a dark match after WWE Smackdown, but ended up facing Solo Sikoa.
- The Cedric Alexander and Ashante "Thee" Adonis vignette was originally scheduled to run during Smackdown.
- There was a lot of speculation on Twitter that Young Bucks' theme was inspired by Succession's theme song, which is accurate. Roman Reigns' theme is also inspired by the show.
- Those we've spoken to said WWE had reached out about at least one ...
2024-02-10 18:48:42 +0000 UTC View PostSo Trips is having a power struggle with the Rock, which of course is endangering our currently promised Cody vs Roman one-on-one match.
Guess we'll have to Let It Play Out™.
Also, we're having six qualifying matches for the Elimination Chamber, to see who faces Seth Rollins for The Title Nobody Really Wants™.
The problem is, there are a bunch of guys who are OverQualified for Qualification Matches, and somehow Dominik Mysterio is going to beat one of them to get into the Cham...
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2024-02-10 01:55:41 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Smackdown, which are subject to change.
Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers
- Triple H Promo
- SPOILER MATCH
- Pretty Deadly vignette
- Elimination Chamber Qualifier: Michin vs. Bianca Belair
- Bayley promo
- Top contender match: DIY vs. Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate
- SPOILER VIGNETTE
- SPOILER BACKSTAGE SEGMENT
- SPOILER MAIN EVENT
2024-02-10 00:57:05 +0000 UTC
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SRS is back from Vegas and answering your questions live!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/kss85RK-xj4
2024-02-09 23:01:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Rob Wilkins & Gisberto Guzzo discuss Matthew Vaughn's newest film, "Argylle." Reclusive author Elly Conway writes best-selling espionage novels about a secret agent named Argylle who's on a mission to unravel a global spy syndicate. However, when the plots of her books start to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, the line between fiction and reality begins to blur. Reclusive author Elly Conway writes best-selling espionage novels about a secret agent named Arg...
2024-02-09 22:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select has learned that DEFY and PROGRESS Wrestling have joined forces.
The companies issued Fightful the following:
PROGRESS Wrestling of the UK, and DEFY of Seattle, USA have today joined forces in a major merger in the world of professional wrestling.
Following hot on the heels of the $21bn merger between WWE and UFC, this is the latest transaction in the wrestling world, highlighting the growing popularity in the sector. The merger will create a truly glob...
2024-02-09 20:10:39 +0000 UTC View PostFightful were in attendance at the WWE WrestleMania Kickoff event in Las Vegas Thursday. Below are some notes from the event and Vegas in general.
- There was a VIP section on the floor for sponsors, friends and family.
- There were also sections for On Location ticket package buyers.
- There were numerous media there, including several covering the Super Bowl.
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- Former UFC fighter and current NJPW star Tom Lawlor was there covering the event. He p...
Fightful spoke to Becky Lynch at WWE's WrestleMania Kickoff press conference.
Lynch spoke about her book and said it was something she'd worked on for quite a while and went back to. She tried to be as candid and fair and honest as possible, and did not want to hold anything back. She said if she portrayed anyone as an asshole, she hopes it's because they are one.
Regarding she and Rollins jockeying for WrestleMania main events, she said that she views it as ...
2024-02-09 03:03:33 +0000 UTC View PostSeth Rollins spoke with Figthful at tonight's after tonight's WWE WrestleMania Kickoff Press Conference, and we spoke about a variety of topics.
Rollins confirmed that his contract is up this year, as Fightful Select reported, but said that he believes a deal will get done, and that he's been very proud to work with WWE. Even though he closed WrestleMania as champion one year, he still has a goal of being advertised for a main event of WrestleMania.
He discussed his rollercoaster ...
2024-02-09 02:57:31 +0000 UTC View Post
WELP.
The Rock turned heel?
And joined forces with Roman?
Because Cody chose to face Roman at Mania?
And then said mean things about the Rock's family?
Because the Rock brought a family tree PowerPoint presentation?
Because the Rock went to ancestry.com?
And Seth just stood there being entirely unimportant?
Except now there's gonna be a tag match?
At Mania? Or Elimination Chamber? Or an episode of SmackDown?
And the Rock slapped Cody.
And he might slap Trip...
Sting is now an AEW Tag Team Champion, but he likely wouldn't have been if he had his way.
Sting and Dary Allin emerged victorious on the February 7 Dynamite, just under one month away from Sting's retirement match at AEW Revolution 2024. In beating Ricky Starks and Big Bill, the duo became AEW Tag Team Champions.
We're told that not only was Sting adamantly and long against winning the AEW Tag Team Titles, for a long time he was against even competing for them. However, some in A...
2024-02-08 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're gonna start reviewing movies that star professional wrestlers, you've gotta start with the first ever film from WWE Studios, so old that it was actually WWF Studios.
NO HOLDS BARRED, starring Hulk Hogan as a fictionalized version of Hulk Hogan, with the ridiculous name of just "Rip," was released in 1989. "Rip" is the World Heavyweight Champion, and a rival network executive wants him dead, for some reason? So he hires a very large screaming man named Zeus to kill him in a tel...
2024-02-08 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIf you couldn’t tell, Mercedes Mone is headed to All Elite Wrestling. Fightful Select and Andrew Zarian of Mat Men Radio have learned more.
The company announced a TD Garden episode of Dynamite, specially titled Big Business which is to feature Mercedes, who has been on the company’s payroll since at least early January.
On December 29, Fightful reported that WWE stated that while they had talks with Mercedes, those talks had fallen through and the two sides couldn’t come to...
2024-02-08 02:24:52 +0000 UTC View PostFightful reached out to Anthem regarding to the move within TNA Wrestling.
Anthony Cicione, the new president of TNA said the following:
Statement from TNA Wrestling President Anthony Cicione
I am excited and honored to be the new President of TNA Wrestling, a company rich in tradition and loved by pro wrestling fans worldwide.
This move is intended to further integrate TNA Wrestling into the Entertainment Group of Anthem Sports & ...
2024-02-07 22:32:19 +0000 UTC View Post- We've heard much of the same as PWInsider regarding AEW's continued interest in Kamille after the two sides recently met.
- For those asking about WWE Speed, we've heard nothing new on that front. As best we know, it was just a concept.
- Everything we and Andrew Zarian of Mat Men Radio have heard coming out of AEW is that they will be running TD Garden on March 13 for AEW Dynamite as many have speculated and TD Garden posted. This has long been the expected debut of Merce...
2024-02-07 21:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostSRS and Jimmy Van keep it going!
video: https://youtu.be/e3DYT9Ozx3E
2024-02-07 20:33:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnthony Cicione is in, Scott D'Amore is out as President of TNA Wrestling.
Fightful confirmed that talent and staff were informed of the move today, with some finding out this morning.
Currently staff and talent are on a zoom call to discuss the move.
One talent said they believed Anthem wanted the brand to be more closely associated with them as opposed to D'Amore, and when we asked another about that they said "I can see that, but he saved TNA."
We're told that the m...
2024-02-07 18:20:26 +0000 UTC View PostThere are several notes coming out of last night's NXT.
Corey Brennan confirmed the upcoming NXT double taping is due to the Perth trip, as key people in production will be heading over. Some talent will also head over for that, so the decision was made to consolidate the tapings.
Byron Saxton is set to replace Booker T for the duration of his absence, Brennan learned. There was no discussion of CM Punk doing commentary, and he's not expected to be at the PC the next few weeks. We...
2024-02-07 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post