Much has been discussed surrounding Summerslam over the past couple of months and this morning a report came out from WrestleVotes stating that the show would take place in Orlando, Fl at the Amway Arena. Orlando sports journalist, Jon Alba has reported that this may not be a one ...read more
It has been speculated for some time that Summerslam will not be taking place in the Performance Center, with ideas being tossed around about on a beach, on military base or even on the boardwalk in New Jersey. However it appears that after all of that the WWE will still host ...read more
Last week we had a spectacular episode of AEW Dynamite, with one of the most anticipated matches in the program's short history will be taking place tonight. Before we get to that, here are some other notable events that will be on tonight's episode on the road to All Out: ...read more
Tonight's edition of WWE NXT emanates from Full Sail University and is headlined by another NXT North American Championship Ladder Match, triple-threat qualifier as well as Karrion Kross in action against Danny Burch kicking off the show! Let's take a look at what tonight has ...read more
On last week’s (August 5th) episode of AEW Dynamite, Dax Harwood wasn’t able to finish the 12-man tag-team match and was helped to the back while the match was still going on. Dax provided an update when he appeared on iHeartRadio’s ‘Battleground’ podcast: "I played high school ...read more
NXT is one of the best wrestling shows going today. There are not many flaws with NXT today. The only flaw that I see is the tag team division and its direction. What can be done to spice up the NXT tag team division? Currently, Imperium are the tag team champions. The only tag ...read more
Monday Night Raw this week was main evented with Randy Orton punt kicking Ric Flair after defeating Kevin Owens. The show also featured continued attacks by the group known as retribution, more Raw Underground, and Seth Rollins putting a major beating on Dominik Mysterio. The ...read more
FOX has set a new special before NXT Takeover on Summerslam weekend, it'll be call “WWE SummerSlam’s Hottest Moments”. The show is scheduled to air on Saturday, August 22 from 4pm-6pm ET. The show will actually air on FOX, the major broadcast TV channel. It's worth noting that ...read more
Two weeks away from Summerslam and Monday Night Raw opens with a Summerslam contract signing between Seth Rollins and Dominik Mysterio. Rollins is at a whole new level with his character. He is so dialed in with the Monday Night Messiah promos that I actually believe that he ...read more
It could be argued that last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw was one of the most hyped up episodes in recent memory. Hours before the show, the WWE twitter account tweeted that Shane McMahon would be returning to Raw and they also tweeted that a new faction would appear on ...read more
Tonight's edition of Monday Night RAW emanates from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and is headlined by the number one contender for Drew McIntyre's WWE Championship, Randy Orton taking on Kevin Owens. Let's see what tonight has in-store for us... Randy Orton ...read more
It is with much sadness from evberybody here at Wrestling News World to announce that former WWF/WWE superstar James “Kamala” Harris has passed away at the age of 70. The is best known for his time during the 80s & early 90s. Kamala will be truly missed. James “Kamala” ...read more
Shaking things up from last week Raw delivered a very exciting show with lots of new storylines. NXT, as always, brought us loads of entertainment and some great matches. Smackdown delivered some really shocking moments and had the universe talking. It was really hard to choose 5 ...read more
The Thanksgiving Day tradition of Survivor Series PPVs continues on November 23, 1989. The opening consists of a video package of various wrestlers saying what they are thankful for. Following the video package we get a shot of the Rosemont Horizon’s audience. They then show ...read more
Friday Night Smackdown to me has always been the more entertaining show and from the Performance Center last night that statement still rings true! A lot of great story telling with twist and turns along the way, I’m going to try and decipher it for you! Smackdown opened up ...read more
According to multiple reports, Warner Media (media company that owns TNT, among other networks) are making massive changes to their executive ranks under new CEO, Jason Kilar. It's being reported that among those changes, will be TNT, TBS and TruTV President, Kevin Reilly, along ...read more
NXT TakeOver: XXX is only right around the corner, scheduled for the day prior to SummerSlam. During it, there is a big ladder match for the vacant NXT North American Championship. A total of six superstars will be competing for the prestigious title. Entry slots are filling up ...read more
Tonight's edition of Friday Night SmackDown emanates from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and is headlined by a new episode of the Firefly Funhouse with Bray Wyatt, fresh-off of The Fiend's attack on Alexa Bliss, last week. Let's see what tonight has in-store for ...read more
Cesaro the wrestler that should be on the level of somebody like John Cena or Roman Reigns by now. Unfortunately, that's not the case and that is very sad. The first time I watched Cesaro wrestle was against Sami Zayn at NXT Arrival and I was amazed at the awesome performances by ...read more
It looks like Rey Mysterio will finally ink his offer from WWE, despite a equal offer from AEW. It has been speculated for over the last month that Rey Mysterio was close to signing a new deal with the company, especially after his son has launched into a Summerslam feud with his ...read more
Last night Wednesday night dealt with it's biggest competition of 2020 with the NBA, MLB, MLS and a new season of Big Brother debuting, not to mention some of the US had power outages. Both shows were considered a success from most of social media, where NXT kicked off a major ...read more
SummerSlam, one of the four 'major' WWE events, airs in a few weeks (Aug. 23) with plenty of betting odds currently available. 888sport has roughly 20 different wagers for bettors to sink into, as we have a complete breakdown for all of them. Dominik Mysterio vs Seth Rollins ...read more
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AEW is new to the wrestling scene but is already being compared to larger and more established wrestling promotions across the board. With under 2 years passed since the company formed, AEW has provided some wonderful wrestling but also has some growing pains to work through. The ...read more
Former WWE tag team specialist Marty Jannetty took to Facebook this morning and told a story about when he was a child. He would say "I was 13, working at Victory Lanes bowling alley buying weed from a f** that worked there and he put his hands on me, he dragged me around the ...read more
The WWE/Pro Wrestling betting market is loaded for Wednesday night, as both NXT and AEW Dynamite have plenty of odds for bettors to wager on. Let's break down the odds provided by 888sport for Wednesday's doubleheader. AEW Dynamite Betting Odds There are plenty of heavy favorites ...read more
AEW HEELS LAUNCHES DYNAMIC MEMBERSHIP PLATFORM FOR FEMALE WRESTLING FANS -- New Female-Forward Community Led by Brandi Rhodes to Hold First Event on New Platform Friday, August 7 -- August 5, 2020 – AEW Heels, the new female-focused wrestling community led by AEW Chief Brand ...read more
The Road to All Out is officially underway, and after an explosive episode of Dynamite last week, there is sure to be plenty of fallout in preparation for the Labor Day PPV spectacular! Here's a preview of what to expect for tonight: Last week saw Cody win ...read more
Tonight's edition of WWE NXT emanates from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and is headlined by a triple-threat qualifier for the North American Championship Ladder Match at NXT TakeOver: XXX. Let's take a look at what tonight has in-store... Pat McAfee and Adam ...read more
The WWE made a massive hiring announcement today, except it wasn't a former champion, Hall of Famer or purchase of another company, it was hiring a new President. The WWE announced today the hiring of Nick Khan. Khan is a extremely well respected sports agent who has represented ...read more
The NXT women's division is on fire! I think it is the most immersive and exciting division around today. There is a huge variety of women's wrestlers on NXT and each one has their own persona and skill set. The future looks very bright for the NXT Women's Championship. Tonight ...read more
Press Release From WWE.com STAMFORD, Conn., August 5, 2020 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced that Nick Khan, former Co-Head of Television at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), has been named President & Chief Revenue Officer, reporting directly to WWE Chairman & CEO Vince ...read more
Below you can find an ongoing AEW Dynamite viewership tracker. Viewership numbers are available from October 2019 (AEW's Dynamite debut episode) to present (August 2020) and are updated after each show. For a tracker of WWE TV viewership ratings for Monday Night RAW, Friday Night ...read more
This week's episode of Monday Night Raw was headlined by a major announcement by Shane McMahon which was the introduction of Raw Underground. This segment would be an underground fight club of sorts that was presented by Shane. The show also saw the debut of 5 hooded members of ...read more
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There has been much speculation surrounding Summerslam and we can confirm that a location will be selected this week and it's likely to be in the North East United States. We have been reporting that Vince would like the ocean or a "beach like" atmosphere in the background. ...read more
Monday Night Raw from the Performance Centre in Orlando had a lot going on last night so bare with me as I comb through. The show opens up with the United States Championship match between the real champion Apollo Crews and the self-proclaimed champion MVP. During the entrances ...read more
This week's ratings war odds between WWE and AEW is a bit interesting to say the least. Aside from the noticeable amount of splits oddsmakers are giving the market, there is actually a brand new market all together. 888sport is now offering a futures market within the viewership ...read more
It looks like TNT will be moving AEW around for NBA programming for at least three episodes in August and September. TNT sent out a programming alert stating that the following AEW Dynamite shows would be moved to other time slots in certain weeks.The Wednesday August 19th ...read more
Announced on WWE Twitter account Shane McMahon is returning to the WWE tonight. It's unclear at this time why he is returning however you have to believe that WWE is hoping that it helps with viewership tonight. With the NBA returning to Monday Nights tonight and with more sports ...read more
Tonight's edition of Monday Night RAW emanates from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and is headlined by the debut of a new faction, along with the return of Shane McMahon. Let's take a look at what tonight has in-store... A New Faction’s Debut On RAW Will Cause ...read more
Nikki Bella & her fiancé, Artem Chigvinstev welcomed their first child, on Friday (July 31st). Nikki took to her Instagram to share the news with everyone, earlier today. Nikki and the baby are both happy and healthy. Nikki's sister, Brie gave birth to her and current SmackDown ...read more
This week in WWE, we had some very shocking moments on Smackdown, some matches made for Summerslam and as always some great wrestling . Let's go through my 5 best and worst moments. Raw this week was underwhelming and there were many spots that I didn't enjoy, I ...read more
Early odds have been out for a few weeks now on who will win the WWE Royal Rumble in January. One of the more popular futures bets in the WWE/Pro Wrestling market, 888sport has elected to leave odds up on their sportsbook page for now. Roman Reigns is the current favorite for the ...read more
Below you can find an ongoing WWE TV viewership tracker for Monday Night RAW, NXT and Friday Night SmackDown. Viewership numbers are available from January 2019 to present (August 2020) and are updated after each show. For a tracker of AEW Dynamite's viewership, click HERE! ...read more
Last night's edition of WWE SmackDown on FOX pulled in an average of 1.89 million viewers. That number is down from last week's average of 1.97 million. The show was headlined by a pair of title bouts with AJ Styles defending the Intercontinental Championship against Gran Metalik ...read more
On August 29, 1988, in Madison Square Garden the (then) WWF put on a PPV that would go on to become the second most important PPV on the WWE calendar. Gorilla Monsoon and “Superstar” Billie Graham, who sounds a great deal like Dusty Rhodes, are the commentary team for this ...read more
