Scott Fishman from Sports Illustrated had a chance to catch up with WWE Superstar Drew McIntyre for a quick chat about WWE 2K23. McIntyre talked about the reports that they may or may not be using the Banger Bros name anymore. He was asked what they should be called: "We call ourselves The Banger ...
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Tyrus was recently interviewed on the Muscle Memory YouTube/podcast ahead of his title match. Tyrus will be defending the NWA Championship against Matt Cardona at Nuff Said show on FITE TV. Tyrus was asked what Vince McMahon, Dixie Carter, and Billy Corgan’s ...
WWE Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes joined Corey Graves' "After The Bell" podast this week. Cody Rhodes talked about giving everything he had to rehabbing his injury: "I had that moment with my wife, Brandi, where she didn't tell me in a mean way, but she let me know that if I got back, and I ...
A company laying off some of its workforce is expected when any business is looking to sell as they trim up expenses and try to make it as profitable as possible. WWE is no different, especially now that Vince McMahon is back. After McMahon's return to the company as the Executive Chairman of the ...
Last year’s WWE Royal Rumble was chaotic from the various changes to plans for the show, the issues with Shane McMahon in the 30-Man Royal Rumble, and more. The 2022 version was Triple H’s first in charge of creative and one without Vince McMahon leading the ship. There had been concern among ...
Fans and wrestlers have praised WWE for the storyline with Sami Zayn and The Bloodline. It grew organically, as confirmed by Zayn in various interviews where he initially thought it would be a good way to be mentioned with Reigns on television, never thinking it would get or last to the point that ...
WWE went away from the edict put in place by Vince McMahon last year not to use NXT talent in the Royal Rumble matches. Leading up to the bout, it was reported by Fightful that WWE had higher-ups reach out to NXT management about who they wanted for the event from the developmental brand and made ...
Brock Lesnar returned from hiatus on the WWE Raw 30 anniversary show last week, which led to him making another unadvertised appearance last Friday night on SmackDown to further build his feud with Bobby Lashley. They’re tied with a win over each other, and Lashley eliminated Lesnar from the ...
WWE made a few changes to the originally planned Royal Rumble card, including a once-talked-about Finn Balor vs. Edge bout inside of the Hell in a Cell structure. The planned Ronda Rousey vs. Raquel Rodriguez match for the SmackDown Women’s Title was pulled from the show and moved to SmackDown a ...
WWE has made several changes to the plans for Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania 39 over the last two months. WrestlingNews.co exclusively reported that plans for a match between Rousey and Becky Lynch had been scrapped because WWE had something else in mind for the former UFC star. As late as December ...
Although John Cena is staying busy in Hollywood, he will return for a match at WWE WrestleMania 39. Cena hasn’t worked a WrestleMania since 2020 when he did the Firefly Fun House with Bray Wyatt, but the company has wanted him for this year’s show dating back several months, and they will get it. ...
During today's 4th quarter earnings call, Nick Khan was asked if Vince McMahon would step down if the future owner of the company did not want Vince on board. Khan said that Vince would step down in that situation, so that clears up something that has been speculated on ever since word got out ...
The ratings are in for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. The show drew 901,000 viewers, down from the 1.003 million viewers the show drew last week. In the 18-49 demographic, the show did a 0.31 rating, which is down from the 0.32 last week. Dynamite ranked #2 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, ...
WWE issued the following: Fourth Quarter 2022 Highlights Revenue was $325.3 million, an increase of 5%; Operating income was $62.7 million, a decrease of 22%; and Adjusted OIBDA1 was $90.2 million, a decrease of 4%Returned $8.9 million of capital to shareholders through dividend paymentsCrown Jewel ...
It looks like WWE will be doing another sponsored-themed match, this time at WrestleMania 39. At last Saturday’s Royal Rumble, Mountain Dew Pitch Black was integrated as it was the name of a match between Bray Wyatt and LA Knight. It saw them compete in a street fight under black light. While ...
WWE Hall Of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart has his next movie project lined up as he will be featured in the “STALKER” film. The movie is directed by Steve Johnson and also features Sophie Skelton and Stuart Brennan. The film is slated to be released in select theaters and on-demand on March 24, ...
The friendship and respect between Triple H and Dave Bautista date back decades as Triple H believed in “The Animal” to the point where he suggested that Bautista be part of Evolution alongside himself, Randy Orton, and Ric Flair. Years later, Triple H put over Bautista to make him the World ...
Brock Lesnar was among the names that entered this year’s 30-Man Royal Rumble match, where he had a showdown with Gunther and briefly mixed it up with Bobby Lashley before Lashley eliminated him. After being eliminated, he destroyed the ringside area, lifted the ring steps, and even tossed a ...
It seems to be just a matter of time before AEW is on a streaming service in the United States, whether their own OTT platform or licensing their streaming rights to a streaming service, something WWE did for big bucks with Peacock. Bloomberg has an article with AEW President Tony Khan about AEW, ...
NWA Women’s Champion Kamille appeared on Women's Wrestling Talk. The following highlights were sent to us: The Importance of NWA: "NWA to me, it just means like freedom. We've had a lot of people come in from other promotions or just the Indies and I feel like with the NWA the way, Billy runs it, ...
WWE started the road to WrestleMania 39 in April following last Saturday’s Royal Rumble event that was capped off with a hot angle where Sami Zayn finally turned on The Bloodline only to be beaten down. Cody Rhodes won the 30-Man Royal Rumble match, earning the right to challenge Roman Reigns for ...
WWE is facing another lawsuit from a shareholder who has brought a suit against them because of the “horrifying allegations” made against Vince McMahon. According to court documents obtained by Bloomberg, Dennis Palkon filed the lawsuit against WWE in Delaware’s Chancery Court, where Palkon looks ...
AEW taped this Friday’s Rampage episode that will air on TNT after the Dynamite event on Wednesday night from the Nutter Center in Dayton, OH. Here are the spoilers, courtesy of F4Wonline.com: The Elite (Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks) defeated Ethan Page, Matt Hardy, and Isaiah Kassidy. Swerve ...
AEW DynamiteFebruary 1, 2023Wright State UniversityDayton, OH Welcome to our live coverage of AEW Dynamite. As always, we will have the results up immediately after every match. Refresh this page often to see updated results. Tonight on AEW Dynamite: Jon Moxley vs Adam Page. Bryan Danielson ...
The ratings for the latest edition of WWE NXT are in. The show drew 587,000 live viewers on the USA Network, which is down from the 607,000 viewers the show previously drew a week ago, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics. It did a 0.13 rating for the 18-49 demographic. The show did a ...
MLW issued the following: MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING (MLW) ANNOUNCES BETONLINE.AG AS OFFICIAL SPORTSBOOK PARTNER Los Angeles–Feb. 1, 2023–Major League Wrestling (MLW) – one of the fastest growing wrestling organizations in the world – today announced worldwide online gaming leader BetOnline.ag as ...
Cody Rhodes got people talking on Sunday when he shared a photo of the Winged Eagle WWE Championship on Instagram. He has previously talked on Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions about wanting to bring the title back. He brought back the old-school Intercontinental Title design during his first ...
Former WCW/WWE star Marcus "Buff" Bagwell was the guest on the latest episode of "The Undisputed Podcast with Bobby Fish." Bagwell talked about his childhood, how he got started in the business, making it to WCW, getting heat from some of the boys in WCW, being asked to join the NWO by Kevin Nash ...
During a Q&A on his podcast, WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair was asked who, if anybody, would he like to see surpass his 16 World Title reigns: “Charlotte, without even thinking. I think it would make a statement heard around the world. She would overnight be as big as Serena Williams. Absolutely. ...
On today's Busted Open Radio, Dave Lagreca asked Tony Khan how hard he looks at certain free agents when considering on who he should sign. Lagreca mentioned Kota Ibushi as an example. Khan said, "There's a lot of great free agents in the world of pro wrestling but certainly Kota Ibushi is a great ...
Charlotte Flair was interviewed on "Out of Character" with Ryan Satin. She talked about he surprise title win in December and her return to WWE after dental issues. Here are some highlights: Charlotte talking about coming back to WWE: "I didn't feel any ring rust. The only difference is being ...
In an exclusive for WrestlingNews.co, Steve Fall's Ten Count recently spoke with former WCW/WWE star Marc Mero. Scroll down to watch the interview. Among several topics, Mero was asked about his ex-wife "Sable" Rena Lesnar and how the marriage ended. Mero said, "What happened was once we left the ...
2K Games today released a new gameplay trailer for the upcoming WWE 2K23 video game. The trailer shows the first look at the WWE video game debut of WarGames which will pit 3v3 and 4v4 single player or multiplayer modes. The ionic match has two rings next to each other with a cage surrounding them ...
The Boogeyman recently underwent the knife. The former WWE star has shared two posts on Instagram noting that he had surgery. He captioned the first post with, “Through adversity,one only builds character, can’t keep a good man down..#WWELEGEND BOOGEYMAN “$TILL CMIN2GETCHA.” The second post saw ...
In an exclusive for WrestlingNews.co, Steve Fall's Ten Count interviewed Jeff Cobb. He talked about debuting at Wrestle Kingdom, Mecedes Mone, WWE, and other topics. Scroll down for the entire interview. Jeff Cobb talking about Mercedes Monet working for New Japan: "It was really cool to see her ...
Dave Bautista, better known to WWE fans as Batista, is preparing to say goodbye to the Drax the Destroyer character. He made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the 2014 “Guardians of the Galaxy” film before appearing in other MCU movies such as Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, Avengers ...
WWE NXTJanuary 31, 2023|WWE Performance CenterOrlando, FL Welcome to our live coverage of WWE NXT. As always, we will have the results up immediately after every match. Refresh this page often to see updated results. Tonight on WWE NXT, New Day Invitational Match, winner gets added to the NXT Tag ...
WWE Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes appeared on Logan Paul's IMPAUSIVE podcast today. Scroll down to watch the full interview. Here are some transcribed highlights: Cody Rhodes talking about the view that some legends of the industry have on today’s wrestling: "There's some guys in the industry, ...
This week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw ratings is in. According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the episode drew an average of 2.114 million viewers on the USA Network, down from the 2.344 million viewers last week. The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.64, down from the 0.70 rating ...
This week on The Snake Pit podcast, WWE Hall Of Famer Jake "The Snake" Roberts took some fan questions. Topics include fights with fans, Jake's relationship with Vince McMahon, flying with Ronnie Garvin, Jake's favorite TV shows, and several other topics. Jake was asked if a wrestler bringing a ...
WWE Hall Of Famer talked about the WWE Royal Rumble, including his own entry into the Men's match. Booker said, "I want to thank everybody in the arena at the Alamodome for showing the old man some love. It was off the chains. It was electrifying. It was pandemonium. It was unbelievable. I got to ...
Renee Paquette welcomed ROH World Television Champion (aka The King of Television) Samoa Joe as her guest on "The Sessions." Samoa Joe was asked what kind of advice he gives to wrestlers who don’t have a lot of experience wrestling on TV: "I think gauging your thoughts behind eliciting reactions ...
The latest edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown saw the ratings increase. The show averaged 2.544 million viewers on FOX, which is up from 2.257 million viewers one week ago, according to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics. In the all-important 18-49 demographic, the show did a 0.67 rating, up ...
The live viewership numbers for AEW Rampage are in. Rampage drew 458,000 viewers and a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic on TNT in the 10 pm ET time slot. Last week the show did 464,000 viewers and a 0.13 rating. Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics reported the news. We will have more data ...
Although The Rock’s status for WrestleMania 39 is not set in stone, he won’t be wrestling as he has indicated to WWE that he doesn’t feel like he has enough time to get into the kind of shape he feels he needs to be in a match against Roman Reigns. While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave ...
With WWE starting to announce things for this year’s Elimination Chamber PLE, there has been speculation about whether Brock Lesnar will be working the show. Coming out of WWE Raw, we know Austin Theory will defend his US Title inside the Chamber against Seth Rollins, Bronson Reed and Johnny ...
Tyson Fury has continually teased a return to in-ring action after making his in-ring debut in October 2019 with a win over Braun Strowman at WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. Years later, the boxer has yet to do so. Since 2019, he has teased Drew McIntyre and Brock Lesnar, among other WWE ...
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were among the many people in attendance to pay their respects to the late Jay Briscoe. The late wrestler passed away earlier this month after being in a car accident minutes from his home in Laurel, Delaware. The funeral was streamed on the Laurel School District YouTube ...
Although WWE pitched ideas for a match against Brock Lesnar and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns for Wrestlemania 39, Steve Austin won’t be wrestling at the April event. WWE reportedly made “Stone Cold” a “huge money” offer for a match against Reigns. While speaking on Wrestling ...
The top two matches are set for WWE WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles. At the start of tonight's episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, Cody Rhodes walked out to the ring to talk about winning the Royal Rumble match this past Saturday and his path to the Undisputed Universal Championship that is currently ...