It appears that JBL will be inducted into the 2020 Hall of Fame. JBL was with the WWE for over a decade, first on the scene as Justin Hawk Bradshaw. He would then team with Farouq and create the Acolytes. They would team up until Bradshaw would break away and form his most ...read more
Welcome to the Wednesday Wrestling Preview where I take a look at everything being promoted for tonight's wrestling show's. Last week NXT closed the gap to just over a 50,000 viewer difference for their go-home show before Takeover: Portland. Below I will be breaking down the ...read more
Hello, are we all ready to... Baaassk in his gloooory Tonight's panel includes Renee Young, Booker T, Paige and special guests, Keith Lee and Hall of Famer Mark Henry. First, "The World's Strongest Man" Hall of Famer, Mark Henry joins the panel, The first things they discuss is ...read more
Like many people I was thrilled to see Montel Vontavious Porter, otherwise known as MVP, return to a WWE ring at the 2020 Royal Rumble. Though his appearance in the match was brief, it was good to see a former fan favourite back after a long time away from the company. MVP’s ...read more
Here is the audio from Cody Rhodes AEW Media Call. Chris Deez's notes from the call can be found below. Leave a Comment! Cody Rhodes AEW Conference Call Notes 18-02-20 Jim Babcock introduced everybody to the call and gave a small intro regarding the upcoming 20 episode of AEW ...read more
MVP who made his return recently at the Royal Rumble has appeared on RAW for the past few weeks. Last week he had Drew McIntyre as a guest on the VIP Lounge and has just confirmed his new role in the WWE on the Booker T podcast. Current Super Showdown PPV on Thursday, February ...read more
In the latest episode of the Chasing Glory podcast with Lillian Garcia, it was revealed that Shelton Benjamin has signed an extension and will be with WWE for the foreseeable future. Benjamin would also say on his Twitter that this was one of the most revealing interviews ever. ...read more
Tom Phillips announces Drew Mcintyre Vs MVP for tonights show. The king informs us of Seth Rollin's Sermon. Randy Orton is out for his no holds barred match with Matt Hardy. Footage from last weeks attack on matt hardy was played. WWE's video magic worked pefect with the crowd ...read more
Via their official twitter page, WWE on Fox have broken the news of who will be entering this year's RAW Womens Elimination Chamber, with the winner going on to face Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 36 for the RAW Womens Championship. The 6 participants announced are as follows: ...read more
WWE have done it again. They’ve managed to take something which was once so special, entertaining, unique, creative and full of potential… and completely destroy it. On tonight’s Monday Night RAW we will see Matt Hardy take on Randy Orton in what is likely to be Matt’s final ...read more
On this episode of Putting You Over I got to talk to, second generation wrestler, Brian Pillman Jr. The MLW star and new Warrior Wrestling Champion will sit down with me and discuss everything from being the son of one of the most polorizing wrestlers in history, to his startup ...read more
Hello everyone, my name is The Standing Streamer and I do a Wrestling Variety show on Twitch called Putting You Over. One of the segments I do is LIVE Reactions to PPVs. Here is my initial stance on last nights NXT TakeOver from Portland Oregon. I apologize for the congested ...read more
This week Monday Night Raw takes place from the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington The show will continue to build to the upcoming Super ShowDown event in Saudi Arabia. A Sermon from The Monday Night Messiah, Seth Rollins. WWE is reporting that Seth Rollins will be ...read more
Charlotte Flair appeared after the Women's Title match on NXT Takeover: Portland. She would go on to attack Ripley from behind after successfully defending her title. Charlotte would ask for a microphone and accept Ripley's challenge for WrestleMania. During NXT Takeover: ...read more
NXT Takeover: Portland is just a few hours away and the latest betting odds favor one new champion, two champions retaining and a pick'em for one title. The odds say that their will be new tag team champions and that the Women's title and North American title will be retained. ...read more
Welcome everyone to the Wrestling News World NXT Takeover: Portland live results, the show will feature four title matches and you can read our preview here. During the show, we will bring you the action as it happens here in this article. So if you are unable to watch the show ...read more
The date was January 27th 2018. The stage, NXT TakeOver Philadelphia. Aleister Black had just had his hand raised after a captivating and brutal Extreme Rules match against Adam Cole. The two men essentially said ‘follow that’, the WWE Universe agreed and we were not ...read more
Tito Ortiz is apparently at the Performance Center training for a return to WWE. According to Dave Meltzer Ortiz has been in Orlando at the PC, as you may remember he has been recovering from injury. It's unknown at this time if a return to the ring is imminent or if he is set ...read more
MLW Fusion Ep. 97: A Dynasty production This week’s FUSION is brought to you by The Dynasty; Richard Holliday, MJF, Alex Hammerstone & Gino Medina. Do not want to scroll Version: · Gino Medina pins Septimo Dragon. · Alexander Hammerstone pins Aerostar to retain the National ...read more
NXT TAKEOVER: PORTLAND FEBRUARY 16, 2020 PORTLAND, OREGON MODA CENTER NXT takes over The City of Roses this Sunday with NXT Takeover: Portland from the MODA Center in Portland, Oregon. The card is booked with 6 stacked matches, 4 of them being title matches. Will Gargano get ...read more
Welcome to WrestlingNewsWorlds live coverage of WWE Smackdown! Stay here for up to date results, highlights and hot talking points! Advertised for tonight: Reigns and a mystery partner face the challenge of The Miz & John Morrison, Bayley defends the SmackDown women’s ...read more
Whatcha gonna do when Hulk Hogan and Hulkamania run wild on you this Friday night? That’s right - the WWE Universe will get to see The Hulkster himself this week on SmackDown! Hogan will appear to discuss his upcoming Hall Of Fame induction as part of the NWO.. The Immortal’s ...read more
Via her official Twitter account, Cathy Kelly announced today that she will be leaving her role on NXT. Kelly has been an on air WWE personality for the last 4 years and had become one of the most popular 'presenters' in the company. Taking on a variety of backstage roles, Kelly ...read more
This past Monday on Raw, Randy Orton sbjected Matt Hardy to the same brutal Con-Chair-To that sent Edge out of Raw on a stretcher. Now, Hardy is coming for payback. In the wake of Orton’s heinous attack, the former multi time Tag Team Champion is now slated to battle The Apex ...read more
Latest on Goldberg, Reigns and The Fiend. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the plan is to keep the Bray Wyatt vs. Goldberg match at WWE Super Showdown for the WWE Universal Championship short. Of course, Goldberg faced The Undertaker at last year’s ...read more
For the first time in 2020 it appears NXT has narrowed the gap between themselves and AEW. This weeks figures came within just about 50k of eachother. AEW 817k-0.30 10th on cable. NXT 757k-0.24 21st on cable. Dynamite drew an average viewership of 817,000 down 12% from 928,000 ...read more
Jeff Cobb had an incredible year in 2019 in Ring Of Honor and many have wondered what would be next for him when his contract expired on January 1st. Some believed he may head to NXT to be with his good friend Matt Riddle however it appears that he is headed to AEW. In a promo ...read more
Welcome everyone to the final NXT show until NXT Takeover: Portland. There have been two matches announced for this show. We will see Kushida vs. Adam Cole and Lio Rush vs. Angel Garza to earn the right for a Cruiserweight Title match. We open the show with Roddy Strong in the ...read more
It hasn’t even been 6 months since Erick Rowan was enjoying a fantastic, if unexpected, push which was arguably his best year as a WWE Superstar. It was a weird one to say the least, as for a good few months we watched Rowan quite literally try to kill Roman Reigns. The most ...read more
We are in WrestleMania season which means we are also counting down to the next set of inductees into the Hall of Fame. Every year fans are excited and upset at names going into the hall due to names they feel should make the list. According to our own Thomas Fenton The British ...read more
It's Wednesday and you know what that means, another night of head to head wrestling action. 2020 thus far has been the year of AEW, who has dominated the viewership, broken into the top 5 in the rankings multiple times and got a television contract extension. Dynamite this week ...read more
John Cena is returning to WWE. He will be appearing on Friday Night Smackdown on February 28. The news first broke through WWE Backstage. ...read more
On tonight's episode of WWE Backstage, CM Punk and Charlotte Flair are slated to appear. The show kicks off after a slight (15 minute) delay due to the WKC Dog show but tonight's panel includes: Renee Young, CM Punk, Booker T, Paige and special guest Charlotte Flair. The show ...read more
Once again this year Raw was the number one ranked show on cable that makes it five out of six weeks of this happening. The show averaged about 2.3 million viewers with a peak of 2.4 million viewers. The show was considered by most to be a solid episode and featured Shayna ...read more
AEW taped the following matches for this Tuesday's edition of AEW Dark on YouTube. The results are as followed: *Missy Hyatt was introduced to the crowd. *AEW Women's Champion Riho defeated Shoko Nakajima. *Austin Idol was introduced to the crowd. *Jimmy Havoc defeated Sonny ...read more
It appears Jeff Hardy will be headed to the Performance Center this week and could be making his return soon. Jeff who was injured last year just after WrestleMania was initially sidelined with an injury that was going to keep him out for the better part of 2019, also ran into ...read more
Super Showdown is shaping up to be quite the event. Later this month in Saudi Arabia 6 men will compete for the first-ever Tuwaiq Trophy and will consist of A.J. Styles, Bobby Lashley, Rusev, R-Truth, Rowan, and Andrade. It was announced last week that Carmella would be the ...read more
Seth Rollins and his disciples come out to start the show. Rollins tells us he is here to lead us to the future but first he has to take care of the past. Rollins cuts to the clip of last weeks elimination match. Rollins says they are not leaving the ring until his message is ...read more
It appears that Simone Johnson is looking to follow in her legendary father's footsteps and become a WWE Superstar. She has grown up around wrestling her entire life with so many members of her extended family in the business. You can see an exclusive interview and video below ...read more
It was announced this morning by the LA Times and we covered it here on Wrestling News World as well that WrestleMania 37 will be in Los Angeles, California. This will be the fifth time that the Los Angeles area has hosted the WrestleMania event. Since it has been confirmed other ...read more
WrestleMania has become such a revenue-producing event for cities that they have been bidding on the major event for the last few years. It also appears to be a go-to for new NFL stadium events once they are completed. Next year's WrestleMania location has been confirmed by the ...read more
Back in September 2019, WWE and USA Network inked a deal to begin airing NXT on live television. Prior to that, NXT was exclusively available to the company’s streaming service, WWE Network. WWE’s deal with USA Network is reportedly worth $30 million a year. 6 months after ...read more
One of the biggest stories on social media for the better part of the year has been Matt Riddle continuously calling out WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. This led to much speculation regarding if it was known by the company or if Riddle was going into business for himself. While at an ...read more
It was announced last night that NJPW would be running a show in New York City on August 22nd of this year. That happens to be the same day that NXT Takeover : Boston will be taking place during Summerslam weekend. It will be interesting to see how fans travel to the North East ...read more
The most anticipated night of the New Japan New Beginning tour has arrived. The tour that follows a history two-night Wrestle Kingdom features a first-ever double championship main event title defense for Tetsuya Naito. Tonight also features three more title matches. One happens ...read more
It appears that Kelly Kelly may be seen more often after her return in this past Royal Rumble match. It was noted on Jerry Lawler's podcast that after speaking with Kelly Kelly backstage at the Royal Rumble event that she might be around on a more "semi-regular" basis. It seems ...read more
LIVE from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Von Erich Country. Welcome to another edition of MLW Fusion. Tonight marks the 96 episode & we are LIVE from Dallas, Fort Worth. The show kicks off with a video package from last week & clips of Contra talking about the demise of The Hart ...read more
Since Smackdown has moved to FOX it has done steady numbers and has continually done very well in the key demographic. Some people were concerned over what the numbers may be against a critical Democratic Debate that aired on ABC. While the show did drop in the key demo from ...read more
It appears Taynara has decided to part ways with the WWE. According to Sean Ross Sapp over at Fightful.com the NXT superstar has apparently decided to end her WWE career. According to the report, there was a disagreement with the company last month and it may have been ...read more
Paul Heyman. Possibly the most polarizing name in pro wrestling history. Talk to one person and they’ll call him a visionary while another will call him a snake. One will call him a trailblazer; another will say he’s evil. Even his best friends admit you shouldn’t trust him as ...read more
