XFL A NXT star says an agent tried to get him to sign with the XFL before WWE. Since debuting on NXT alongside Carmelo Hayes in September 2021, Trick Williams has become one of the standouts on the developmental roster. Before joining WWE with no prior independent wrestling experience in 2021, Williams was a collegiate football player and nearly found …
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AEW A legendary wrestler has called Will Ospreay “the perfection of modern wrestling.” On September 17, Pro Wrestling NOAH celebrated the 25th anniversary of the pro wrestling debut of former four-time GHC Heavyweight Champion Naomichi Marufuji. To celebrate the milestone, the company presented a first-time ever dream match between Marufuji and NJPW’s own Will Ospreay after Ospreay campaigned for the …
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WWE Several WWE stars were released from their contracts today (Thursday, September 21), nine days after the UFC/Endeavor merger to form TKO. See the updated list of WWE releases today below: Mustafa Ali, Emma, Rick Boogs, Aliyah, Elias, Riddick Moss, Top Dolla, Shelton Benjamin, Dolph Ziggler, Quincy Elliott, Bryson Montana, Dana Brooke (list continues below), Mansoor, Mace, Dabba-Kato (Commander Azeez), …
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WWE UPDATE: Not long after this announcement, several WWE stars were released – click here for the latest. WWE SmackDown is set to return to the USA Network starting in October 2024. The deal to bring SmackDown back to the Network comes during the company’s ongoing media rights deals. Per the Wall Street Journal, while the terms of WWE’s new …
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Twitter/ZafonLamora While AEW Grand Slam remains in progress, there has already been a delightful moment between tapings that really must be seen to be believed. With a momentary gap between tapings for AEW Dynamite going off the air and beginning AEW Rampage’s two hour show, it seemed that Daniel Garcia gave out some dancing lessons. Specifically, he taught his signature …
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AEW Paying homage to another classic professional wrestling moment, MJF re-enacted a well known commercial starring a WWE Hall of Famer. Before his big AEW World Championship match against Samoa Joe to defend his beloved title, MJF showed off some more impressive knowledge of pro wrestling history. MJF re-enacted a classic Bret Hart commercial where a child sees Hart backstage …
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AEW A top AEW star was seemingly injured during an AEW championship match that ended in a shock title change. On tonight’s AEW Dynamite Grand Slam show, there was an International Championship match with Jon Moxley defending against Rey Fenix. However, the match ending was a bit abrupt as the pinfall victory was surprisingly called in favor of Rey Fenix …
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AEW On tonight’s September 20 AEW Dynamite Grand Slam from Arthur Ashe Stadium, an interesting reveal as there has seemingly been a new member of the Don Callis Family revealed. In the second match of the night, Sammy Guevara took on mentor Chris Jericho for the first time in the history of AEW. However, when Guevara came up short and …
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AEW A champion versus champion match kicked off tonight’s big edition of AEW Dynamite Grand Slam from Arthur Ashe Stadium. With Eddie Kingston taking on Claudio Castagnoli, it was winner take all as each put their title belts on the line – Kingston’s NJPW Strong Openweight Title, and Castagnoli’s ROH World Title. After a legitimately hard hitting match between the …
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AEW In a new Player’s Tribune article, AEW star Anthony Bowens opens up about what he called the ‘worst day of his life’ which included being rejected by WWE. Anthony Bowens describes having multiple try outs with WWE (including being introduced to Triple H) but discovering he had one very integral element still missing. Bowens wrote of his experience with …
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